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Farnborough, United Kingdom, 2014/07/15 - Chinese airline Zhejiang Loong Airlines has selected Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran) wheels and carbon brakes for its future A320 fleet, comprising seven A320neo and 34 A320ceo models - SafranMBD.com. PAR: SAF | SAFRAN
With this contract, Zhejiang Loong Airlines becomes Messier-Bugatti-Dowtys first customer for A320neo wheels and carbon brakes, marking the companys entry in the wheel and brake market for the upcoming re-engined version of Airbuss single-aisle twinjet.
A legacy cargo carrier, Zhejiang Loong Airlines began offering commercial passenger flights early this year. The airline plans to develop regional routes from its hub in Hangzhou to destinations in Zhejiang province.
Liu Jianjun, Deputy Chief Engineer of Zhejiang Loong Airlines, said,"We opted for Messier-Bugatti-Dowty carbon brakes to support our growth and expansion into the passenger market, particularly demanding in terms of operational reliability and cost management."
MBDs carbon brake for the A320neo offers a host of advantages, including greater energy absorption capacity during than its counterpart for the classic A320ceo, but at the same weight. It also features better cooling and lower maintenance costs.
Commenting on this latest contract win, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty Chairman and CEO Vincent Mascré said,"Our new carbon brake for the A320neo capitalizes on our experience with its best-selling predecessor. While building on this success, we have also integrated incremental design changes that enhance the brakes performance and reliability, while reducing costs."
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Hey there, if you are looking for the most affordable airfare tickets to Hong Kong,Macau and Singapore or cheap domestic tickets bound for CDO, Cebu or Davao, then this promo fare by Cebu Pacific might be for you. This promo covers the months of May, June, July and August of 2013.
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Cebu Pacific Air Domestic Seat Sale Promo ( Travel Date is from June 1 to August 31, 2013)
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2 bedroom flat for saleGateshead
Property Description
Key features
- Two bedroom ground floor flat
- Lounge with feature fire
- GCH, Newly fitted D/G & alarm
- Yard to the rear
- Newly fitted kitchen
- Three piece bathroom
- Close to local amenities
- Close to transport/road links
- Viewing recommended !!!!!!!
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TREVETHICK STREET, GATESHEAD.......... This two bedroom ground floor flat is situated close to local amenities and transport/road link to Gateshead Town Centre and Newcastle City Centre so would be ideal for the FTB, couples, young families and investor alike. Accommodation comprises entrance hallway, two bedrooms, lounge with living flame fire and feature surround, newly fitted kitchen and three piece bathroom. Other benefits include gas central heating, newly fitted double glazing and security alarm system. Externally there is rear yard. VIEWING HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!!!!
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With alcoves, living flame effect electric fire with feature fire surround and hearth, tv aerial point, laminate flooring, radiator and window.
Range of newly fitted white base and eye level units, sink unit, integrated electric oven, gas hob and cooker hood, tiled splash backs, plumbed for washing machine, strip lighting, laminate flooring and radiator.
Three piece white suite comprising bath with shower over, hand wash basin and w.c., vinyl flooring, tiling from floor to ceiling and single radiator.
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Bomb Sticky Original Members Together Again + New Album on Local Licks @ Six
The latest band featured on our Local Licks @ Six was Bomb Sticky. The band is back together with all its original members who founded the band back in 2001. They have a new album, 'Bomb Sticky,' and are working on more original material.
Bomb Sticky is another great example of label defiance, you really can't call them this or that. I guess the best description of what they're all about comes from the band itself who describe their sound as psychedelic metal and I'd agree with that.
With influences ranging from Pantera, Alice In Chains, Metallica and Pink Floyd they've managed to meld all these different influences together with their own unique sound to create something all together different. Acid rock meets metal!
'We've reunited and our self-titled album is only three months old, but we are already looking forward to writing and recording even more new music," said lead singer Josh Haugen.
The varying tempos, melodies, vocal styles and deliveries are well balanced. They have a great contrast of both hard and soft textures that seem to blend together without effort or disruption.
'There are very few places for us to play live even in Oklahoma City, for example the Samurai closed down, along with several other venues, so any opportunity we have to play live we jump on," said drummer Jason Haugen.
Bomb Sticky is: Josh Haugen – GUITAR & VOCALS / Jason Hodge – BASS / Jason Haugen – DRUMS
Their new self titled album has been out for three months now and we're hoping to see them back in Lawton sometime soon. Maybe a release party at the Railhead Saloon. If you missed our show you can download all three tracks we featured on the band's Facebook.
I'd like to thanks Bomb Sticky for making the trip from Oklahoma City and hanging out with us we really appreciate it. To stay up to date, informed and abreast with all things Bomb Sticky including music and merch check out their official Facebook page or their ReverbNation site.


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The city of Kent is seeking volunteers to help with its annual Cuyahoga River cleanup, which will take place from 8 a.m. to noon on Aug. 17.
The launch point will be at Tannery Park and city staff and volunteers will exit the river just north of the Middlebury Road Bridge.
Eric Gorczynski, an environmental technician for Kent, said volunteers can RSVP by emailing him at email@example.com or by calling 330-678-8108.
"Anyone that wishes to bring or provide canoes, kayaks, row boats or any other contributions are more than welcome to do so. Your generosity is greatly appreciated," he said. "Please remember to bring work gloves, sun screen, a light snack, water and shoes capable of providing protection from rocks or debris."


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>research, I've come to understand
> If this were feasible, I'd consider it, certainly. But in my
> that woodland creatures have learned that human-made trails maketheir lives easier, also! So, my
> question still stands - what if an animal happened upon us hung upin our hammocks?
I always thought of it as the other way around. People found animal
paths handy.
You sure wouldn't want to be hanging across a trail then an ATV comes
down the path!
You'll hear animals all around you while you're hammocking. They have
no interesting in anything that doesn't smell like cookies.
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- Yep, a copious amount of clean water used to flush a wound (at
pressure if possible) is really all you need. some studies suggest
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peroxide or other anit-bacterial cleaning agents.
Huh, good old mother nature provided H2O, how about that.
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Rahul Gandhi all set to travel 16km on foot to offer prayers at Kedarnath
Thu, Apr 23, 2015, 03:10 PM
AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi is getting ready to trek to Kedarnath on a spiritual trip. He will be visiting the holy shrine of Kedarnath along with the chief minister of Uttarakhand. Rahul Gandhi will be reaching Jolly grant airport in Dehradun. He will visit Gaurikhand and from there he will walk for 16 km to the Kedarnath shrine, where he will participate in a religious ceremony. This will be the first time ever that the Gandhi scion will visit any of the four holy shrines of Uttarakhand.


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In an
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Argentinian researcher Ch
Russo revealed that he and two of his associates discovered
multiple SQL
injection vulnerabilities on the world's
most popular torrent site, The
Pirate Bay.
They successfully exploited these vulnerabilities to gain 4 million
users user names, e-mail, and internet addresses.While the
vulnerability exploited is quite different, the leak is very
reminiscent of the recent snatch
of iPad buyers' email addresses by Goatse Security.
Unlike that incident, though, the purloined information has the
potential to put a number of people in sticky legal water if it falls
into certain hands (i.e. the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA)).Russo said he briefly considered how much the RIAA
and MPAA would give him for the info, but decided against selling
it. He states, "Probably these groups would be very
interested in this information, but we are not [trying] to sell it.
Instead we wanted to tell people that their information may not be so
well protected."Brian Krebs -- apparently a TPB user
himself -- verified that Russo had this info by sending him his
username, in exchange for the gathered email and password hash.
Krebs verified these items were indeed correct, validating Russo's
claims.Russo says he made no alterations or deletions to the
records in the system.He did, however, gain some even more
valuable information than the massive record of average Joe and Jane
users. He also looted a list of the user names and MD5
hashed passwords of the top administrators and moderators
for the site. That list would be particularly of interest to
the RIAA and its international sister organization, IFPI, which have
long fumbled
over attempts to try to shut the site down.Russo
contacted The Pirate Bay about his findings, but has received no
response. The site did remove the insecure component, though,
safeguarding itself from future attacks of this nature. Russo,
who is only 23, is leveraging the incident as a bit of a publicity
stunt of sorts in order to promote his security exploit software
package Impassioned
Framework. He hopes to sell that to business as a tool to
perform simulated attacks on their networks and verify security,
similar to what the popular Eleonore exploit
kit does.The
Pirate Bay has
released no official response to the news of the breach. The
latest development is that the homepage appears
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- At a certain point in post-natal development, ASD brains are larger
- Certain parts of the brain may function differently in ASD children
- Certain portions of the brain, such as the amygdala, may be enlarged in ASD brains
- "Minicolumns" in the brain may be formed differently and be more numerous in ASD brains
- Testosterone may be linked to ASD
- The entire brain may function differently in ASD children
Animal scientist Temple Grandin has an extraordinary mind. Probably the world's most famous person with autism, she "thinks in pictures." Overall, the right side of her brain dominates. Grandin's enlarged left ventricle is a sign of abnormalities in her left hemisphere, which typically handles language, and may account for the difficulties she has with processing words. To make up for this, the right hemisphere sometimes overcompensates, which can lead to special abilities in music, art, and visual memory. Grandin's amygdala (the almond-shaped organ said to play an important role in emotional processing) is larger than normal. This is not a surprising finding because among other functions, this region processes fear and anxiety, which are emotional states often affected by autism. Her fusiform gyrus is smaller than normal – also not a surprise, since this region is involved in recognizing faces, which is a social skill that autism may disrupt.
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Leg warmers, roller disco, an Aussie pop star cavorting on the big screen as a muse from Greek mythology…. Gee, the '80s got off to such a strong start, how did the decade ever manage to go awry?
Not that the cinematic mess that is Xanadu is a complete cultural stain. The soundtrack — brimming with Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra hits such as "Magic," "Suddenly," "I'm Alive" and the ecstatic title song — is nothing to be ashamed of. And the film itself is so bad, it's… well, certainly not good, but at least memorable enough to inspire a loving send-up in the 2007 Broadway musical of the same name.
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Gay playwright Douglas Carter Beane (The Little Dog Laughed) has adapted the screenplay to wickedly funny effect, and additional ONJ and ELO hits "Have You Never Been Mellow," "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic" have been thrown into the score because, you know, why the hell not? It all adds up to, in the words of one character, "children's theater for 40-year-old gay people," and it proves to be an exceptionally fine fit for Signature Theatre.
If you are not a gay person of a certain age, you could be forgiven for wondering why Xanadu ever resonated as it did for that generational niche. (Did we mention leg warmers, roller disco and an Aussie pop star as a muse from Greek mythology?) But you may not forgive yourself if you don't avail yourself of the 90 minutes of blissful musical comedy that Signature is delivering.
Director-choreographer Matthew Gardiner sets the perfect tone of sexiness and silliness called for in the tale of Sonny (hunky, hunky Charlie Brady, whose tube-socks-and-denim-cutoffs-clad legs deserve their own billing), a sweet stoner artist in Los Angeles who creates a sidewalk chalk mural that becomes an Earthly portal for the daughters of Zeus, the nine muses (Erin Weaver, Sherri L. Edelen, Nova Y. Payton, Mark Chandler, Jamie Eacker, Kellee Knighten Hough and Nickolas Vaughan) who personify creative inspiration.
Weaver is Clio, the one who takes a shine to Sonny when he needs help to realize his dream of a place that combines all of the art forms into one supreme creation — a roller disco! giggle — and who adopts the name Kira, roller skates and an Australian accent to camouflage her muse-ness. And yes, her "sisters," as she calls them, include two flamboyant men because, you know, why the hell not? And yes, there are only seven of the nine muses onstage (two are said to be in the band) because, you know, nine muses would be expensive!
Harry A. Winter rounds out the cast as Danny (the Gene Kelly role in the film), turning on the easygoing charm for the role of a real-estate magnate who had his own encounter with Kira years earlier and who holds the key, literally, to an old theater, the Xanadu, that is Sonny's roller disco destiny. Various other mythological roles are handled hysterically by Winter (as Zeus) and most of the muses when the action shifts to Mount Olympus, where Sonny travels to save Kira from her father's wrath after she breaks several muse rules, including falling in love with a mortal.
Incorporating Newton-John's 1975 single "Have You Never Been Mellow" here may seem like a gratuitous gesture. But once you hear lyrics such as "running around as you do, with your head up in the clouds" sung to Zeus, on Mount Olympus, that's brilliant stuff.
Much of the vocal and comedic burden falls on Weaver, but she rolls with it (ha!) effortlessly, and there are plenty of shining moments to go around in the talented cast. There are quibbles to be made: Brady's lovely voice, though amplified, is harder to hear than Weaver's, which seems like an error of Matt Rowe's sound design; the colorful whimsy of Misha Kachman's set is marred by rope lights that spell out Xanadu in huge, barely legible letters that mimic but fail to match the show's logo; and although dialogue emphatically places the action in 1980 (the year of the film's release), there are references in the script and staging — to the movie Clash of the Titans, to Mr. T's "I pity the fool" catchphrase, to a My Little Pony doll (standing in for Pegasus; cute, but still…) — that date from later in the decade.
Beane and Gardiner are clearly clever enough that they shouldn't need to rely on such incongruities. But the glitches pale next to the pleasures that dominate the evening. And once Kira comes to understand the true meaning of Xanadu — that it's not a place, but simply the act of loving and creating — you may feel that as delightful a destination as Xanadu has become, maybe it didn't start out in such a bad place after all.
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Compassionate Use of IV Fish Oil for Parenteral Nutrition (PN) Liver Injury (Omegaven)
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|Drug: Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Comprised of Fish Oil
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Compassionate Use of an Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Comprised of Fish Oil in the Treatment of Parenteral Nutrition Induced Liver Injury in Children
- death associated to liver disease [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Death only associated to liver disease
- Liver transplant [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Liver transplant secondary to parenteral nutrition associated liver disease
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Experimental: Omegaven Intravenously
Infants in this arm have PNALD with direct bilirubin >4 mg/dL
Drug: Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Comprised of Fish Oil
IV lipid provided for parenteral nutrition when enteral feeds are not tolerated due to intestinal disease
Other Name: Omegaven
Experimental: Omegaven Intravenously for PNALD High Risk Patients
Infants in this arm are at HIGH Risk of developing PNALD and have direct bilirubin >1mg/dL but less than 4 mg/dL.
Drug: Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Comprised of Fish Oil
IV lipid provided for parenteral nutrition when enteral feeds are not tolerated due to intestinal disease
Other Name: Omegaven
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- >14 days <24 months* Anatomic short gut (< 50 % bowel removed) with total bilirubin > or = 4 mg/dL Or severe dysmotility of gut reflecting non functional gut with total bilirubin > or = 4 mg/dL Receiving at least 60 % calories by intravenous infusion Requires IV nutrition an additional 28 days * Patients with direct bilirubin > or = 6 mg/dL who do not meet criteria above but meet criteria with * If infants qualify for high risk ARM (gastroschisis, ileal atresia, <750 grams and stage III NEC) d bilirubin >1 mg/dL but less than 4 mg/dL.
Exclusion Criteria:
Congenital lethal condition (e.g. Trisomy 13) Clinically severe bleeding Evidence of viral hepatitis or primary liver disease as etiology of their cholestasis Other health problems such as survival extremely unlikely even if cholestasis improves Known allergies to eggs or shellfish
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|Principal Investigator: Cynthia Blanco, MD
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Keywords provided by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio:
parenteral nutrition
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Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Fat Emulsions, Intravenous
Parenteral Nutrition Solutions
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Monsanto is in the group of major seed companies that will have drought-tolerant corn planted in the fringe of the Western Corn Belt in 2012. Monsanto provided details about farmer field trials at a recent media conference in St. Louis.
"We're not talking about being able to grow corn in a desert," Dusty Post, corn crop technology lead, told reporters.
Real-world field planting followed by analysis of any yield enhancement will occur in 2012, if all goes as currently planned. Various U.S. regulatory approvals are required as a biotech crop moves through the process to be fully registered and before the biotech seed is widely sold.
Monsanto is expecting U.S. EPA approval for field trial work in 2012 and subsequent marketing approval, but the company will also want export approval by major importers of U.S. corn before releasing the seed widely.
With regulatory approval, Monsanto's farmer trials in 2012 will be limited to approximately 10,000 acres total on about 250 farms in the states of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas.
Not all drought-tolerant corn or corn that maximizes production from limited water being planted in 2012 will be biotech. Conventional breeding is being used in some cases by Monsanto competitors.
Positive results from Monsanto's version of corn to produce more yield with less water could depend on when the water is limited during the corn's growth stages, and as Post noted, the corn plants will need more water than much of Texas has received in 2011.
Another use for the corn could be limited irrigation. Less water might be needed to produce a reasonable yield, which is seen as more and more important as underground water is being depleted in situations such as the current Plains drought.
If weather projections are right, areas now growing corn could have higher temperatures, less rainfall and wide fluctuations in weather patterns. If this occurs, drought-tolerant corn could be extremely important to maintain and increase grain production around the world.
The 2012 harvested corn will have to stay out of the export channel and be used as livestock feed.
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CHICO -- The Jacks tried to comeback before the Wildcats slapped them with reality.
Humboldt State found itself trailing once again and attempted to come back but Chico State dropped the team like a bad habit 63-48 in California Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball action on Saturday.
The Lumberjacks trailed by as many as 16 points before pulling within seven late in the game. Chico State held the Jacks off, defeating HSU for the fourth time in the teams' last five meetings.
"We got a good dose of CCAA basketball this weekend," said HSU head coach Steve Kinder, whose squad defeated CSU Stanislaus in a tight contest Friday. "The old cliche' is to be satisfied with a split on the road, but we know that you have to have some roadtrip sweeps to win a championship in this league."
Defending CCAA regular season champion Chico State improved its record to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in conference action. Humboldt State, last year's CCAA Tournament champion, dropped to 4-2 in all games and 1-2 in league contests.
Unable to force Chico State into their preferred up-tempo style, the Lumberjacks also hurt themselves by shooting only 33 percent from the field. The Wildcats managed a 40-percent shooting mark from the field, and connected on six free throws down the stretch to preserve the victory.
Aaron Chamberlain gave Humboldt State hope when he banked home a layup while being fouled with 3 minutes, 10 seconds remaining. Chamberlain added the free throw, slashing Chico State's lead to 52-45.
Chico State guard Rashad Parker answered with a 3-pointer, and Demario Sims connected on all six of his chances from the free throw line, accounting for the final margin of victory.
Alec Williams led Humboldt State with 12 points, but was limited to a 3-for-15 shooting from the field by Chico State's 7-foot center, Jason Conrad. Austin Bryan also contributed 12 points for the Lumberjacks despite playing only 16 minutes because of foul trouble.
Sims was Chico State's top scorer with 18 points, while Amir Carraway and Conrad each scored 11 points. Conrad led all players with nine rebounds, adding to his team's 39-26 advantage on the boards.
Short runs characterized the game's opening minutes, but neither team consistently found the bottom of the net. After 10 minutes had passed the score remained low, Drew Kitchens' 3-pointer at the 9:52 mark giving the Wildcats' a 16-11 lead.
While Humboldt State remained cold, Chico State found its rhythm, Sims expanding the advantage to eight points with a 3-pointer. The Jacks went nearly eight minutes without scoring, missing eight shots from the field and two free throws as the Wildcats built a 23-11 lead.
"We weren't playing team basketball early in the game," Kinder said. "We weren't making that extra pass to get a good shot like we have been recently. That created an inability to score that put us in a deep hole and we were unable to climb out."
HSU point guard Cody Kale broke the drought with a jumper, but James Staniland expanded the Chico lead with a 3-pointer. The Lumberjacks forged a mini-run when Williams flipped in a floater and Ethan Dillard connected from long range to cut the Wildcats' lead to 26-18 at halftime.
Bryan, who sat out most of the first half after picking up two quick fouls, scored HSU's first two buckets of the second half before being whistled for his third infraction. Bryan stayed in the game and continued to spark HSU, dropping in a pair of free throws and blocking a shot on the other end of the court.
Collectively, Humboldt State's troops couldn't match the Wildcats, who patiently worked the ball in to Conrad while building a 16-point lead. A put-back dunk by Chico State's 7-footer put the Wildcats ahead, 43-27, forcing Kinder to call a timeout.
Following the break, Williams gave HSU a lift, scoring five straight points, including three on free throws. Darren Turpin also contributed a layup to help the Lumberjacks cut the lead to single digits at 43-34.
Humboldt State came within seven points for the first time in the second half when Turpin dropped in a jumper with 5:32 remaining to play, but Parker's 3-pointer extended the lead again.
Following a 13-day break from competition, the Lumberjacks play a single game on the road, facing CCAA travel partner Cal Poly Pomona on Dec. 15. They'll return home for a Dec. 19 non-conference game against Pacifica University, their final game of 2012.
Chico State 63, Humboldt State 48
at Chico, Calif.
Chico 26 37 -- 63
Scoring -- (HSU) Williams 12; Chamberlain 5; Kale 6; Bryan 12; Woods 4; Dillard 3; Turpin 6 (Chico) Sims 18; Parker 11; Carraway 7; Park 7; Conrad 11; Stanland 3; Appel 1; Kitchens 3; Semple 2
3-ptrs -- (HSU) Bryan 1; Dillard 1 (Chico) Sims 2; Parker 3; Carraway 2; Stanland 1; Kitchens 1
Free throws -- (HSU) 12-16 (Chico) 16-19


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October 17
Around the world in eight days: An armchair traveler's best friend might well be the Denver International Film Festival, an annual fete featuring the best--old and new--of films from around the world. This year's star-studded event kicks off tonight at the Continental Theatre, I-25 and Hampden Ave., with the screening of the Australian flick Shine (a repeated object of the standing "O" at this year's Sundance fest), followed by a glitzy opening-night gala. The festival then continues daily through October 24 at the AMC Tivoli 12 theaters, 900 Auraria Pkwy., with a stunning lineup of special presentations, celebrity tributes, a showcase for Colorado filmmakers, a New Media Expo and the British Film Institute's Century of Cinema, a twelve-part retrospective series focusing on influen-tial directors from various countries, including America's Martin Scorsese. Stargazers, be forewarned: Receiving DIFF honors this year are actor Tony Curtis, animation pioneer Chuck Jones and directors Charles Burnett (To Sleep With Anger) and Adoor Gopalakrishnan of India, all of whom will be on hand to accept awards at selected screenings oftheir works. The late Krzysztof Kieslowski, whose marathon masterwork The Decalogue is to be shown in parts, will also share the festival's limelight. And capping off events back at the Continental next Thursday is a closing-night screening of Al Pacino's Looking for Richard, a film about the actor's process that was conceived and directed by Renaissance man Pacino (he also acts in it. Tickets to all festival happenings are available in advance at the Tivoli or by calling 830-TIXS; for additional information call 321-FILM.
Spiked punch: One punchline just isn't enough for comedian Wendy Liebman, who built her rising reputation on a subtle penchant for always having an afterthought. Even when you think she's finished the joke. Really. In journalism we call it a kicker, but in comedy, it's just plain laugh-out-loud funny, which is why Liebman is beginning to make noticeable waves in the comedy world. Look out, here she comes: Liebman will be in town through October 20 for a run at the Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Larimer Square, performing at 8 tonight and Sunday, at 8 and 10 Friday, and at 6:45, 8:45 and 10:45 Saturday. Tickets range from $11 to $15; for information or reservations call 595-3637.
October 18
Folk it over: New folk, old folk--it's all the same to John Gorka, who feels that being named "the pre-eminent male singer-songwriter of the new folk movement" in Rolling Stone is nice but that the idea of "new folk" is oxymoronic. "As far as I know, folk music's always been there," Gorka says. So without further ado, let's welcome the erudite Jersey baritone, an absolute favorite on the folk circuit, to the Bluebird Theater, where he performs tonight at 8. Fellow singer-songwriter type Lucy Kaplanski, who is pals with folky leading lady Shawn Colvin, opens the show. Tickets to the concert, sponsored by the Swallow Hill Music Association, are $15 ($13 Swallow Hill members); call 1-800-444-SEAT. For details call 777-1003.
Grow up, already: No one wrote--or rewrote--more scripts based on the Peter Pan story than J.M. Barrie himself, the gentle mastermind behind the magical tale of everyone's favorite eternal youth. Elements of Barrie's scripts form the foundation for Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, a recent adaptation by John Caird and Trevor Nunn that enjoyed a successful run with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Now the Denver Center Theatre Company brings the updated version to life at the Stage Theatre, 14th and Curtis in the Plex, where it opens tonight at 8 and continues daily, except Mondays, through November 3. Emphasizing the character of Wendy (who--as we know--chooses to grow up) and featuring a fantastic set complete with choreographed swordplay between the Lost Boys and pirates, a cast performing multiple roles and a 29-foot-long crocodile, this Peter Pan provides ample color and entertainment for the whole family. Admission ranges between $25 and $32; for showtimes and reservations call 893-4100.
October 19
Caen and able: The Denver Press Club's third annual Damon Runyon Awards Banquet promises to be a dazzler. This year's gala honors not one, but two admired newspaper columnists: San Francisco Chronicle gossip specialist Herb Caen, an iconic Golden Gate character who virtually wrote the book on his exclusive trade; and Molly Ivins of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, whose no-nonsense column is familiar to readers across the country. Runyon, the feisty journalist and observer of the human condition for whom the award is named, would most certainly approve. Festivities, which take place at the Eulipion Center, 1770 Sherman St., begin with a cocktail reception at 5 and silent auction at 6; a banquet and award ceremony follow at 7. Admission to the entire event is $75 ($50 banquet only). Call 571-5260.
Past perfect: When these fellas muse about the "old ball game," they know what they're talking about. Members of the Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association do everything the old-fashioned way: They dress old, play by the old rules and have a good old time. The base-ballers close out their season today with a doubleheader at the Fort Logan Base Ball Park, Lowell Street and Oxford Avenue. Admission to the pair of matches, which begin at 10 a.m., is free; for information call 973-8362.
Pet projects: Let your animal instincts lead you today--someone, possibly with a wet nose or leathery tongue, will be thankful you did. Two area no-kill shelters are throwing fundraisers to benefit their continued work in the animal community, and everyone's welcome. Cat lovers are invited to the Cat Care Society's '96 Cajun Convention, a family affair featuring that perennial Harold Stassen of the cat world, society mascot Cajun, who will preside at his own kissing booth. A cake walk, bake sale, games, entertainment and discounts at the Cajun's Closet thrift shop round out activities, which take place from noon to 4 at the shop, 5785 W. 6th Ave. Other animal lovers will want to hobnob with celebrity hosts and auctioneers--human ones--at the Maxfund's black-tie-optional Puttin' on the Max, to be held this evening at the Brown Palace Hotel, 17th St. and Broadway. Chow down--on human food--and dance to the Kool Kats; for information call 595-9481.
October 20
Mulch it over: One look at the leaves piled up on your lawn will clue you in: Fall fell. But it's no problem, really--the folks at Denver Recycles, a local waste-management program working with the CSU Cooperative Extension, want to help. The organization suggests that digging leaves into your garden or compost heap or mulching them into your grass are the best ways to recycle the wretched refuse, but because it also acknowledges that the inundation is sometimes overwhelming, Denver Recycles assumes the composting duties by sponsoring an annual Denver Leafdrop, allowing city residents to drop off bagged leaves at the following six sites: Smiley Junior High School, John F. Kennedy High School, Sloan Lake Marina, Cranmer Park, Veteran's Park and the Denver Solid Waste Transfer Station at Quebec St. and S. Cherry Creek Dr. The sites will be open from 10 to 4 Sundays, through November 17; for details call 640-1678. Those seeking more specific information on home leaf recycling can call 640-5270 for advice.
Fully booked: In case you've begun to take books for granted and spend most of your free time with your nose buried in the World Wide Web, here's a breath of fresh air: Check out (figuratively, that is) Pages Through the Ages, an exhibition of antique treasures of bookmaking and typography now on display at the Vida Ellison Gallery of the Central Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. Taken from the library's Douglas Collection of Fine Printing, the exhibit, which runs through the end of October, features a series of books published by arts and crafts movement designer William Morris, a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible and other printed gems. The gallery is located on the museum's seventh floor.
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October 21
Fun and games: It's a frightening thought, but now you can have your Monday Night Football and eat it, too. Whenever you want. A Rowdy Friends Bus Tour, featuring a forty-foot monster cruiser equipped with thirteen hands-on computers and two big-screen PC stations, is coming to town today to show off the new ABC's Monday Night Football CD-ROM game. Test the new three-dimensional football simulation--hosted by Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf and others, just like the real thing--at Best Buy, 8682 Park Meadow Center Dr., Littleton, where the tour bus will be parked from 10 to 6 today. Then go home, or you'll miss the kickoff.
October 22
Everything in moderation: Are you among the sympathetic souls who think Halloween is getting to be, like, way too grownup and gory? Maybe so. Though the Non-Scary Haunted House at the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys is specifically designed for tiny terrified tykes between the ages of 2 and 10, there's no reason why you wouldn't be welcome there, as well--and once you're there, nothing will drip on your face, scream at you or threaten to chop off your nose. Open from 10 to 4 daily except Mondays and from 1 to 4 Sundays, today through October 31, the easy-on-the-nerves ordeal includes special exhibits along with free pre-Halloween treats, a slightly creepy haunted trail and a museum treasure hunt; costumes are encouraged. Admission is $2 to $3 (children ages two to sixteen free, October 26 only); call 322-1053. The museum is located at 1880 Gaylord St.
October 23
Humble pie: Just an ordinary guy--or so he would have you believe--will drop by the newly huge, renovated triple-decker version of the Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th St., today to entertain, discuss and hawk his recent book. At noon, famous trial lawyer Gerry Spence introduces his memoir, The Making of a Country Lawyer, in which he discusses his unassuming rural roots, as part of the downtown T.C.'s Professional Pursuits series. Later, at 7:30, liberal-baiting talk-show personality Ken Hamblin spouts rhetoric from his new treatise, Pick a Better Country: An Unassuming Colored Guy Speaks His Mind About America. Love him or leave him; for additional information about either event call 436-1070.


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|Reviews for Monsters
| Nimbus Llewelyn chapter 1 . 8/6/2013
Sorry. But that made it very hard to read.
Okay, that aside, interesting premise, cool monster, but there are few flaws: one, it is far too short. You rush things and skate over others to get through certain parts of the story. Would it kill you to elaborate? Two, Harry never uses any of those spells, except possibly Somnus. He increases his repertoire, sure, but not that much. Three, it all feels very cold and impersonal, as if a written report, rather than a story. Four, Charity isn't going to be that revealing. There is no way in hell that she'd just go out and say that.
| pshaffer chapter 3 . 1/5/2013
As the first reviewer said, there is potential here. But its a long way from done. I would say you have here a story arc with some potential ideas for plot and scenes.
One of the perks of fanfic is that for all non-original characters, the character development has already been done for you, all you have to do is keep faithful to the original author's work to be good there. You have some research to do in this area, as much of this doesn't ring "true" to what we (as readers) would expect from those characters. The more you deviate, the less likely readers are to spend time reading your work. Fact of life.
The first reviewer had some good points regarding writing style, although there is no one, true way to go about it. But some styles work better than others, and when starting out its usually best to go with what works unless you hit a point where it doesn't work for some aspect of the story you want to tell. Thats not original advice on my part either. The advice about looking at successful books for how paragraphs are structured and writing style is very good advice. Study successful writers.
Be sure to add in some conflict and drama. Have some emotion and physical reactions to events in there to help readers empathize. Looking at chapter 3, there is no conflict. There is no drama. You touch on emotion and physical reactions just a bit when you describe Karrin's face. "She smiled brightly". "Her smile froze...the color left it...". Other than that, its all very sterile and straight-forward. Nothing that I, as a reader, would say "yeah, thats how I would feel or react".
Learn some about scene description. Taking chapter 3 for example, I know that maggie starts off in her room. Then she's suddenly at Aunt Murphy's house. Her door has woodwork. We know what Karrin was wearing when she answered the door. But that's all we know about scene _from you_. It only seems to work because your readers have read the Dresden books where all that stuff has been described in great detail. So we have a mental image already built up in our heads. But you need to provide that in your stories.
Do not be disheartened by my review. Writing is hard. Putting your efforts out there and inviting others to criticize your work (which we often translate as criticism of self) is even harder. I appreciate your work and thank you for sharing it with us.
| Ziggelly chapter 1 . 9/19/2012
Ummm... I'd give you props if you're a middle school or early high school kid who's writing this. It shows promise, so I apologize in advance, because criticisms are a b****h, I know. But I'm trying to help you get better. So, the things that I noticed:
1) Paragraphs. The lack is the very first thing I noticed about your story, and it makes me very much not want to read it, because a lack of paragraphs really hurts my eyes and makes you seem like a bad writer straight away.
You need a new one every time there's a different person speaking, and whenever you feel that a larger break is appropriate; a new action, a completely new thought, etc. Try to keep it less than five sentences, if you can. Look at any book you've got for a baseline of what it should look like, if you want to.
2) Never, ever break from the story. Having a voice in your writing is fine - heck, it's awesome - but you shouldn't use words like "anyways." If she's walking down the street, she's walking down the street. Don't stop to tell us about her life, and then jump straight back into the story again. Either don't start telling us at all, and slip in those facts as you go along, or spend /more/ time on her description, and don't even /start/ telling us that she's walking until you're ready.
3) Why would it be getting dark right after school? School usually ends at 3:00. Even on the shortest day of the year, sunset would be almost two hours after that. Did she have a really, really long walk home (I would be seriously complaining about that if it were me)? Did she have to stay late? And you really don't have to go into detail about why nobody could pick her up. All you have to say is "nobody could pick me up."
4) That wasn't a fight scene. That was barely a prelude to a fight scene. More action! More fear! More kicking monster butt! Why do you think I'm reading this? ;D
5) Okay, Charity is like... a seriously protective mother bear. Do you think she'd info-dump like that? I can't see it, personally. She'd be like "yeah, it was just a dream" or somesuch. Try to keep her away from the madness for as long as she could. But that one is completely up to you, my friend.


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Democratization of Local Government (Decentralization)
Far-reaching "big bang" decentralization reforms in Indonesia and the Philippines have opened up a very dynamic field for studying changes in local service delivery, governance performance and power structures. More specifically research questions include the methodological intricacies of measuring these changes, processes of elite circulation, intergovernmental budgetary relations, civil-military relations at the provincial level and the reconstruction of local cultural traditions as a strategy of legitimizing claims for local leadership. The aim is to develop a theoretical model that captures the functioning of economic and political subsystems in their dual interaction with historical and cultural contexts through quantitative econometric analysis.
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Decentralization and Public Service Delivery in Indonesia
|PhD candidates:
|Bambang Sjahrir Putra and Antonio Farfán Vallespín
|Department of Economics
|BMBF (November 2009-November 2012) and Promotionsstipendium nach dem Landesgraduiertenförderungsgesetz (LGFG) Baden-Württemberg (May 2008-November 2009)
Indonesia's size, diversity and decentralization experience provide a unique opportunity to test many theories on the effects of decentralization. In 2001, after being a highly centralized country for more than three decades, Indonesia's central government devolved authority over functions and fiscal and human resources to the country's then 336 local governments and thirty provinces Since then it has been evolving rapidly in to a more decentralized and democratic country with the introduction of direct presidential and head of local government election in 2004. The local governments vary significantly in terms of geographical and topographical condition, natural resource endowments, fiscal capacity, level of development, ethnic and religion composition, quantity and quality of infrastructure and human capital. This huge diversity and dynamic decentralization and democratic process, accompanied by a good national statistical system that includes, among others, regional and national accounts, and regular, detailed household surveys, make Indonesia a good country case study to analyze the effects of decentralization.
This research project analyzes the impact of decentralization on the evolution economic and social development in Indonesia. The development and distribution of public service delivery is a relevant policy issue in a developing country as big and as diverse as Indonesia. Theoretically, decentralization can be beneficial for a country with heterogeneous preferences and sufficient resources mobility. Decentralization brings decision-making power closer to the constituents and therefore can make public services more efficient if we assume that local governments are benevolent. In a developing country such as Indonesia, however, resources are not fully mobile, a sufficient monitoring system is not yet in place and accountability mechanism is far from being effective. These factors can hinder decentralization from being beneficial and make it prone to corruption and elite capture. The impact of decentralization is evaluated by observing the quantity and quality of public services. This research attempts to provide theoretical and empirical evidence that would show how decentralization can affect the dynamic of public service delivery and socio-economic development. Ultimately the study will try to answer whether Indonesia has benefitted from decentralization and what are the determinants of the success or the failure and how Indonesia can improve or benefit more from it.
The Rise of Oligarchy in Contemporary Indonesia: Case Studies of Local Governor Elections in North Sumatra and East Java in 2008
|PhD Candidate:
|Panji Anugrah Permana
|Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg
|October 2009 - September 2012
After more than three decades of the New Order Regime, Indonesia has embarked on a range of political changes. One of the most crucial changes in the new democratic order is a far-reaching and radical decentralization scheme, by many scholars dubbed as the "big bang" decentralization. An important democratizing dimension of decentralization is the direct election of local chief executive through local elections since 2005. The preliminary observation shows that local established elites have been quite resilient and are still able to defend their elevated political role even under the new democratic conditions. Local elections have not produced new, alternative leadership out of the existing one. The gives rise to the question as to what extent local elections as an embodiment of democracy could be coupled with the rise of un-democratic forces such as political gangsters, local bosses, and political brokers? How did the predators and the old elites build their alliances, how did they adjust to the new democratic system and how did their coalition manage to succeed in electoral contestation? What are the consequences of these tendencies for the consolidation of Indonesia's democracy? Drawing from democratic transition literature, decentralization debates, elite theory and patron-client research, this study seeks to identify the dynamics in elite competition and elite circulation at the local level. Empirical research will be conducted through comparative method in two provinces (North Sumatra and East Java). The study promises novel empirical insights into a study about significant relevance for the consolidation of Indonesia's fledgling democracy.
The Reconfiguration of Indonesian Decentralization: An Historical Institutionalist Study on Intergovernmental Power Relations and Resource Allocation
|PhD candidate:
Zuliansyah P. Zulkarnain
|Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg
|Gov. of Indonesia
The Indonesian big bang decentralization of 1999, which was initiated by the collapse of the New Order regime in 1998, has changed the nature of the Indonesian government from centralized government to decentralized government. To date the process of decentralization reform is still continuing in order to overcome conflict of authority between levels of government, and the discontent of sub-national governments on the design of fiscal allocation. However, most of the policies and studies on decentralization show less concern on the political context and political interaction in the process of institutional change and formation of intergovernmental relations. By utilizing a Historical Institutional perspective, this research aims to explore how the political context, power relations, and actors' maneuvers determine institutional change of intergovernmental power relations, and influence the policy of fiscal allocation. A causal tracing process approach is being used to analyze the causal mechanism in the process of decentralization reform along the path of change since 1999 up to 2009. Methodologically, the within-case study is applied to elucidate how institutional change and formation took place in each period of reform, whereas cross-case studies intend to explicate how and why power relations and actors' maneuvers create a discrepancy of fiscal allocation among the regions. As a protocol of cross-case studies, this research selects two provincial governments i.e. the provinces of Riau and East Kalimantan as comparable cases.