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The biggest surprise of Marvel's long-awaited "The Avengers" project isn't that it works spectacularly well, rather it's that it works at all. It was around five years ago that the first serious inroads were made with this ambitious plan to team up several separate superhero franchise characters into one big epic feature. A risky gamble to be sure but an ambitious one that even us non-comic fanboys could get excited about, especially after the critical and commercial success of the first "Iron Man".
Yet that film's disheartening sequel, though let down by numerous issues, was most crippled by its forced 'Avengers' tie-ins. While not as undercut, both "Thor" and the "Captain America" similarly suffered from the awkward and uncomfortable insertion of 'Avengers' world building into their own respective franchise launchers – ultimately detracting from films that simply would have worked better as stand alones.
This cultivation process may have been awkward and sometimes painful, but the fruits of that labor have proven unexpectedly ripe. "The Avengers" really is far greater than the sum of its parts – a rollicking sci-fi adventure epic with plenty of character, humour and heart that delivers on practically every front.
Much of the credit must go to writer/director Joss Whedon whose signature is all over this work. Through the likes of "Buffy," "Angel" and "Firefly" we've been witness to his deft skill at balancing large character ensembles, emotionally resonant themes, gripping end of the world scenarios and plenty of self-deprecating character-based humour. All of that is brought to the table here.
Not only does Whedon have an innate understanding of both this material and its audience, but even by his standards there's an unexpected amount of fearlessness on display – he takes chances with gags and character beats here even some master filmmakers wouldn't dare, and most of them pay off handsomely.
If there is a real surprise though it's that 'Avengers' really marks his arrival as a tentpole director the same way the "Star Trek" reboot did for J.J. Abrams. Both were acclaimed TV show runners with deft writing and small screen directing skills, yet their first onscreen forays (M:I-3, Serenity) were solid if indistinctive action films that lacked the originality and drive that usually made their work so distinct.
With 'Avengers' though Whedon doesn't have to worry about establishing backstory or budget restrictions, while his sense of pacing has been refined to a diamond sharp point. Even at 142 minutes there's really no fat that could be trimmed here aside from maybe a few scant random shots of destruction. That's mostly because he never forgets that the characters and their interactions come first and it's the little human details that make us care.
That is why the massive scenes of epic destruction here are so much more engaging and exciting than anything involving Shia LaBeouf and those CG cars. It's a proper group of distinct characters we care about working together as a team, each making full use of their own unique talents. While Whedon's approach lacks the luscious photography of some other tentpoles, he's still able to get all of the film's $200 million up on screen along with giving the film an impressive sense of scale without overdoing it.
Tonally and story-wise it remains in step with the other Marvel movies, specifically the first "Iron Man". It never forgets that it is a big, brassy crowd-pleasing blockbuster and a comic book movie first and foremost. This means it fully embraces its pulpy source material, never getting too serious but never crossing that line into high camp either. It's dramatic when necessary and laid back where possible so the plot is on the thin side and it's not a particularly deep film (to say the least), even if it is often deeply satisfying.
The cast is uniformly strong, every character not only getting their time to shine but each sharing distinctive moments and relationships with the other members of this ragtag group. Even though it's frankly about as well-balanced as it can be, some naturally stand out more than others and everyone will have their personal favourites.
Robert Downey Jr.'s work here beats everything he did in "Iron Man 2" by a country mile – gone is that arrogant and irritating edge we saw last time and back is the warm fun cocky swagger of our first visit with Tony Stark. Yes he steals his scenes, especially those with Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo whom he both shares such a great rapport with. Yet he also knows when to step back and let others shine.
Ruffalo's the real gem here. Not because of his acting skill, which has always been strong, but rather it seems Marvel has finally found the perfect wavelength for Hulk. Gone is Eric Bana's repressed meekish geek with daddy issues or Edward Norton's jumpy, self-flagellating, lovelorn loner. Ruffalo's charming relatable techie works because of his resigned acceptance of the beast within and healthy respect of its true nature, similarly the Hulk side is shown to be an unpredictable and impossibly destructive force albeit one with much more of a distinct personality than we've seen before.
Similarly seeing great improvements on their previous outings are Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and Tom Hiddleston's Loki. Serving as mere eye candy in "Iron Man 2", Johansson's character gets far more exploration this time out while also reminding us of her surprising acting abilities – this is a career best for her, right up there with her "Lost in Translation" work. Before this I had zero interest in her character, now though I am actually interested in seeing where her character could go.
Hiddleston's villainous turn in "Thor" was one of that film's highlights, but his take here is even more delicious. His motivations remain somewhat under explored and at a few points the scenery chewing could be dialled back a touch, but Hiddleston nails the performance. Like in "Thor", this could easily have been a quite flat character on the page, but he turns it into one with a lot brewing under the surface. From the chilling interrogation scene with Black Widow to his interactions with Hemsworth and Downey, when he's given the floor he really shines.
Thor remains a bit flat and enigmatic in his scenes either on his own or with the SHIELD characters. Yet when interacting with his fellow heroes the character's distinctness really clicks – Chris Hemsworth giving us glimpses of that warmth and charm that made him a soap star here in Australia and then a movie star on the global stage. There's even a good sense of humour here that was missing from his take on the character in the "Thor" standalone, and the blond muscular giant handles his action scenes with aplomb.
With such big personalities on offer it's the more human characters that fade into the background. Much like in his stand alone movie, Captain America remains frustratingly bland and one-note even if he has more to do here. Though designed as an audience entry point into this crazy world, he ends up being something of a dead weight. Kudos to Chris Evans for visibly working hard to do what he can with the character, but even Whedon struggles to make him interesting beyond acting as either a comic relief sounding board or a foil for Tony Stark.
Similarly S.H.I.E.L.D. remains a indistinct and unremarkable organisation. The flashy helicarrier, where pretty much all the second act is set, is impressively rendered but it is mostly populated by anonymous cyphers be it the oddly bland Cobie Smulders or the still underserved Samuel L. Jackson.
Jeremy Renner's work as Hawkeye pales compared to his "Mission Impossible" turn a few months back, mostly because Renner spends much of the film in a literal trance so there's no time to give him any real development. Of these relatively 'normal' characters it's really Clark Gregg's adorably geeky Agent Coulson who still generates warmth and humour. "¨"The Avengers" is the opposite of other Marvel Studio movies in one way – its structural weaknesses. Almost all of the earlier Marvel films got worse as they went along, whereas 'Avengers' starts with its most unsure foot forward and a surprisingly dull opening set piece. However it gets better by the minute as these separate characters come together and start interacting with each other.
There's a lot of attention to detail here, including pay-offs of threads from the previous films. It also throws in unexpected but welcome tangents such as the character suspicions of their employer's motivations. That said some of the 45 minutes that Whedon has cut out has resulted in a few sketchy plot elements – the Chitauri aliens are fairly indistinct, their motivations glossed over, and Loki's connection with them never given enough detail to properly justify it.
Thor's arrival strikes with an air of convenient timing, and some technobabble about the Tesseract macguffin (a cube that can open a wormhole) will make little sense to even hardcore sci-fi and comic geeks. These are all nitpicks yes, but again it's quite possible some of the sketchier elements of the plot were actually fleshed out and filmed but didn't make the final cut. As is there is certainly nothing in here that doesn't feel either out of character or detractive to the unfolding action.
I'm someone who isn't much of a superhero comic fan (I simply don't understand the whole DC vs. Marvel war) but I have enjoyed the Marvel Studios films so far to varying degrees. It is certainly fair and easy to say though that this is the best of that bunch and a stellar example of blockbuster filmmaking – one of the best movies of this kind in months, perhaps years. It certainly knows what kind of movie it is, what its fan base wants and where it should aim. There may be weightier, deeper or richer films this year – but there probably won't be any that are as much fun.


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MyApp::RealModel). This way you can conveniently use the code in batch jobs and command line tools outside of the web environment. But still you need to create a nearly empty
MyApp::Model::EmptyModel class just to connect the outside model into the catalyst framework. This might not seem as too much work - but it requires one more unique name and complicates the documentation. And since this
EmptyModel does not introduce much new functionality over the
MyApp::RealModel, the programmer easily forgets about all differences between them - and eventually falls into confusion.
This is one indirection layer too much in my opinion - what I would like instead is to be able to specify in the configuration file (myapp.yml) something like:
model: MyApp::RealModel
Is that change feasible? Don't ask me.

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Escape from Cybercity: hard as nails
>> Monday, July 30, 2007
The Earth is under attack. "The evil Guardian's Forces are in control. Only a few continue to resist and only a you can help. Your mission is to survive the dangers of CyberCity. Fight you war to the train and destroy the Guardian's planet. Beware: Things are not what they seem... Escape From CyberCity is the first CD-interactive action adventure to utilize full-cel animation, giving the player the feel of starring in a fast action motion picture. This beautifully animated production features a dynamic, high impact soundtrack and complete interactive play." - According to Fathom Pictures, at least. But what do we think about Escape from Cybercity?
A very old title for the CD-i, Escape from CyberCity still impresses with its japanese cel-animation and fast action... even if you have to play it five times before you score a single point. It's the home version of a little seen arcade game -- I played it a few times at a Malibu Fun Center in Redwood City, California, and never got past the ''manholes'' sequence -- with just a one-time-only ''slow down'' button removed in the CD-i conversion.
CyberCity is a shooting game cobbled together from scenes from two japanese animated films, ''Galaxy Express 999'' and ''Aiedu Galaxy Express''. They've been made into a game by putting cross-hairs on the screen, allowing the player to shoot back at onscreen enemies. The game gets into a system of showing the player a street corner, waiting for a joystick move right or left to pick a path, and then shows robots, soldiers, tanks, etc., all of which the player has to quickly aim at and shoot to survive.
Where the animation doesn't have enough bad guys, the CD-i animates some characters on top of the cel-animation. Because of the choppiness of both kinds of animation, the effect works quite well -- you can tell the cars on the highway are computer-animated, but maybe not the jump-troopers.
This game is TOUGH. If you move right at the first corner, you look up to a building. One of two windows lights up and a sniper opens fire on you. If it's the left window, you've got a chance of aiming and shooting in time. If it's the right, you're in trouble.
Later on, there's an alley with a group of manholes that bad guys pop out of and throw bombs at you. It can take hours of play before you get through this sequence, even though the first one is always at the front- right or rear-left.
Once you start to get a quick trigger finger, you'll progress quickly through the game. After the manholes, the most difficult sequences in the game are a shootout in the passenger car of a train flying through space (don't ask) and the final escape sequence, which requires a lot of experimentation or help from a friend to figure out.
If you make a certain sequence of moves early on, you can actually get through the entire game in less than ten minutes. If you don't, you could end up in a loop and never get out of CyberCity. While I appreciate the fact that there are multiple paths through the game, the straight-forward path (tank, manholes, tank, highway) is too brief -- you should have to go through at least one more sequence to get out of the city. It's just too tempting to avoid near-impossible sequences like ''Skateboard City''.
The final sequence is also frustrating, and you'll probably need a hint to finish the game: the sequence of colors seen on the reactor you shoot out is the sequence of colored tunnels you need to drive the train through to escape.
Shooting with a joystick-style controller is adequate, if somewhat inaccurate and uncompelling. The game is actually better played with a trackball or even the kiddies' roller-controller. I don't know if it works with a light gun (such as the one supplied with Mad Dog McCree).
In all, "Escape from CyberCity" is an amusing laser-disc shooter, if you can hang with it long enough to get past the "manholes" sequence. It's more fluid and interesting than the static "Mad Dog McCree" series, and the variability of the game makes it less predictable than Space Ace and "Dragon's Lair". Frustrating... but somewhat fun.
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Ben used to carry a purse, a purple, beaded, sparkly thing, with a long strap. He usually kept a little doll inside of it, Daphne from Scooby Doo or Tinkerbell. He loved Daphne so much. I ordered her from Ebay, and she arrived just in time to come with us for a weekend beach trip. I buried Ben in the sand, and I buried Daphne right beside him. They both smiled, sand in their hair, as I took their picture.
We didn't let him take the purse everywhere. We never explicitly told him he couldn't; we just redirected him, enticing him with something even more amazing to bring with him instead. I felt bad not letting him take it with him, but I didn't want him to deal with the stares and awfulness of strangers. We did let him carry it whenever he wanted at our house or at the house of family members. But even family members say things sometimes. Surprising, terrible things.
When he was two, he really wanted a broom for Christmas (I swear.) So, I walked into Toys r' Us, which I hadn't visited since childhood, and discovered that there was still a visible divide between "girl toys" and "boy toys." I knew where to look for the broom. On occasion, we'd let the kids get Happy Meals at McDonald's. "Girl toy or boy toy?" they would ask at the drive-through (not thru) window. "The Hello Kitty watch," I would snap, refusing to identify it by gender, hoping my son hadn't heard what they said. Knowing that he had.
Up until he was about six, Ben regularly played with Barbies, a Strawberry Shortcake, mermaids, a dollhouse (which we still have). His favorite movie was Cinderella. His favorite colors were pink and purple. Still, I persuaded him to not take his Strawberry Shortcake to kindergarten for sharing. Because although I believe passionately that he should not be ashamed of doing so, I also know the cruel reality of a classroom, and I didn't want to set him up for ridicule.
Ben's predilection for "girl toys" gradually changed as he became more interested in comic books, Mario Brothers, Legos, and superheroes. Barbie now frequented the Batman lair. Mario slept in the doll house. His favorite color is now green. Eventually, the dolls receded to the bottom of the toy box, seemingly forgotten. When we moved last year, I found a pile of them, and asked Ben if he was ready to give them away to his baby cousin. He thought for a few seconds, and nodded. He was ready.
We kept two Barbies, named Peehead Sr. and Peehead Jr. Ryan tells the boys these insane and hilarious stories based on the dolls and figures they own, and the Peeheads, who are naked and maimed after years of play, are often featured in those stories.
A couple of days ago, Ben was playing with Peehead Jr. and said he would like to buy her some clothes. On the way to Target, he excitedly discussed outfit possibilities and thanked me profusely for taking him. But as we neared the parking lot, his demeanor changed. "I just feel a little embarrassed," he said. I parked and turned around and looked him in his sweet little face and we talked about how there shouldn't be a such thing as boy toys and girl toys, that kids can and should be able to play with any kind of toy they want. Ben seemed slightly reassured, but he's not a dumb kid. He knows the difference between the ideal and reality. "Listen," I told him. "In our home, you are safe to play with whatever you want to play with." That seemed to work okay.
After perusing the options, he chose an assortment of rainy day Barbie clothes–the package included a rain coat, rain boots, a coffee mug, and two dresses. "This is perfect," he said. "Because it's raining outside." He wanted to carry it at first, but I noticed as people walked by him, particularly one older boy with a skateboard balancing on his head, he would hide it behind his back. I offered to carry it for him, and he seemed relieved. "Ben," I said. "If someone says something mean to you about those Barbie clothes, I will punch them." I did not intend to say this, and I shouldn't teach him to resolve problems with violence. But I was so angry that he had to feel ashamed of wanting something as innocuous as tiny rain-appropriate attire. He just laughed. I told him I didn't mean it. But I think I did mean it. If a stranger made fun of my son in the throw pillow aisle at Target, I don't actually know if I could stop myself from punching that stranger.
After buying it, we stopped at the "cafe" for a snack. The Target Cafe. Because I'm classy like that. He went to find us seats, and I watched him as I waited for our order. He slipped the box out of the bag and studied it, smiling. But when a family walked by outside, on the other side of the window, he threw it onto the table and covered it with his hands. The family didn't notice. This was very difficult to watch.
Ben asked me what my favorite kind of Barbie was when I was a kid. I told him about this one Barbie I had, Perfume Pretty Barbie, that I received one year for my birthday. I didn't tell him about how I pretended to be excited when I opened the present, how I maneuvered her arms and legs and wondered what the point was. I was not interested in Barbie, ever. I was interested in Thundercats and Transformers and tetherball and arm wrestling. I had neither an interest nor an inclination to be inside of the house, strapping infuriatingly delicate sandals onto plastic feet. But that, of course, was okay. I had the ability to move between "girl toys" and "boy toys" with fluidity, because the stigma wasn't as great.
As I got older, however, girls stopped playing and began walking in groups, chattering about boys, and I wanted to play basketball, or softball, or whatever game was going. Eventually, both girls and boys began calling me a "dyke." I was not doing what I was supposed to be doing, what every other girl was doing. And this apparently meant I wanted to have sex with other girls. There's nothing wrong with having sex with other girls, of course. But one thing clearly doesn't lead to the other.
On the way home, Ben spoke of the possibilities for Peehead Jr. "Maybe she can have a friend now that she has clothes…Maybe we can make her a closet…Did you know that her real name is Francisca?" I want to lock all of that sweetness inside some sort of bulletproof structure and protect him inside of it. But I can't. I know that.
I don't know whether Ben's interest in Barbies means he will be gay. I suspect that's why people punish their boys for even wanting a baby doll or a purse. Do they really believe that playing with a certain type of toy will somehow alter the genetic composition of their children? Why do ignorant bigots get to make my child feel badly just for being an open, loving, amazing person? What I do know is that Ben does not fit neatly inside of the box these people have created. And I never have either. And, to be honest, neither does anyone I know. What I do know is that we should abolish the terms "girl toys" and "boy toys." These terms serve no purpose, except to limit and harm.


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Update (10/28/2016): Skyrim Special Edition (which includes the base game as well as all DLC) is now available via Steam, Xbox One and Playstation 4. You can find mods for the PC at Nexus Mods or Bethesda.net. You can also get mods for Xbox One and Playstation 4 at Bethesda.net (I believe it's only possible to mark a mod for the consoles as "in your library" and they must be downloaded within the game on the console).
Note: Most of the information below regarding modding should still be accurate to Skyrim SE. There's very little that's changed in terms of modding processes since Morrowind. However, the links to specific mods are not guaranteed to work. I recommend searching on nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition for the mod you're interested in rather than trying to use the version linked below.
Update (6/4): As the title says the Legendary Edition is now available on Steam for $59.99(US). If you haven't already bought Skyrim it's a great way to get into the game. All three DLCs (Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn) plus the original 50+ hour game for the price of a single new game.
In his infinite wisdom, our great mod Mortus, all hail the mighty tiburón, hath decreed that there shall be a new Skyrim thread. Acting the (temporary) role of arm of His Toothiness I shall provide.
First off, the original thread can be found here. Inside you will find 300+ pages of speculation, angst, humor, stories of elation and fear as well as the rambling thoughts of many temporary denizens of Tamriel.
There are a lot of things that this post can contain, but in the service of brevity and getting you into the game (and discussion ) quickly I will keep it to a few, important things:
1. Important Sites
One of the most common questions to come up in any Skyrim discussion is "How does $Mechanic work?" There are two resources that can answer this question in (nearly) as much detail as you want:
- The UESP Wiki - UESP has been the wiki the go to location for information on the Elder Scrolls series for years and as such it tends to be where modders, tinkerers and those who break the game down and identify the formulas that drive the game post information.
- The Elder Scrolls Wiki - The Elder Scrolls wiki is much newer than UESP and it tends to focus on a high-level understanding of the game.
Modding is another big part of Skyrim (well, actually all Bethesda games ) and there are three places to look for them:
- Skyrim Nexus - The Nexus sites have been a home to mods for the Elder Scrolls series since the Oblvion days and it has a huge following of both modders and users.
- Steam Workshop - The Steam Workshop was actually just opened alongside the release of Skyrim's Creation Kit. Even though it's so new because of the complete Steam integration it's gathered quite a large number of mods already.
- Skyrim GEMS - A fairly extensive list of recommended mods, broken down by category. Not all are guaranteed to work together, but they do a decent job of giving compatibility caveats.
Skyrim Nexus is where you'll want to go if you're going to be doing heavy modding. Their mod manager (I'll link to it in a minute ) is pretty easy to use and integrates well with the website. In some cases you will find that certain mods that you might want to use are kept exclusive to one of the sites by their authors. That's ok. Mixing mod installs between the two is (mostly) ok and will not usually cause you any undue headaches. So long as you use one of the tools in the next section...
2. Tools
- BOSS - BOSS is a load order manager and is simple to use and essential if you're going to be using more than a few mods that use plugins together. Install BOSS, install your mods and run BOSS. That's it (well, there's more if you have a really complex mod install, but for most people that's it).
- Nexus Mod Manager - Easy to use, one click downloads from the Nexus website and automated and scripted installs (for mods that have an install script). NMM allows you to control your install order as well as which mod's resources take priority when conflicts arise.
- Wrye Bash - The latest evolution of the original Wrye Mash, the first real mod manager for the Elder Scrolls series. It's a very deep program and that depth can be daunting. In return it provides you with (pretty much) absolute control over your mods. Bash also has some features (that are not yet really completely compatible with Skyrim) that can help to overcome certain types of conflicts that can arise between mods. I wouldn't consider it essential at this point since those conflict resolution features aren't fully compatible with Skyrim. NMM is simply easier to use, but Bash is (IMO) well worth the learning curve. It's what I use exclusively.
- Steam Workshop - Included here for completeness on the Mod Manager front. Easiest to use, but with that ease comes lack of control. Again, it's great for playthroughs that don't use many mods.
- Mod Organizer - Several people here have recommended this, but I can't. Not because it's bad, I just don't know. Never used it and I don't intend to.
Earlier I mentioned that there were two questions that got asked frequently. The second is:
3. What Mods Should I Use/Do You Recommend?
Over the past year (and nearly a half) the community here has put together many posts answering this question. I'll approach the subject here in three parts.
The first will be to outline a few of the mods that are considered to be essential.
The second will be to provide a small, quick visual overhaul list. First time players should start there. It's dead simple to install a few visual mods, there's very little risk of conflicts and (almost) no risk of issues in the game from it.
The third will be to provide links to the posts in the first thread that contain user's personal mod lists. As time goes on and this thread gains more of these I will do my best to update this section as appropriate.
3a. Essential Mods
- Unofficial Skyrim Patch - Essential community fixes. The modders involved with these patches are the peak of the modding community and reflect years of modding and fixing Bethesda games.
- Unofficial Dawnguard Patch - Use only if you have Dawnguard installed.
- Unofficial Hearthfire Patch - Same as above.
- Unofficial Dragonborn Patch - I'm starting to sound like a broken record here...
- Skyrim Script Extender - SKSE is essential to the operation of a small, but growing, subset of mods. Any mod that requires SKSE (and has a good author) will inform you of such on their mod page. Installing it is as simple as moving the .dll and executables from the archive into \Steamapps\common\Skyrim\ That's it.
- SkyUI - It's pretty much agreed that there aren't many user interfaces that are worse than vanilla Skyrim's. SkyUI is a vast improvement and with it's latest version has included a mod control panel that any mod can use to present you with configurable settings. No more using annoying pop-up boxes for configuration!
- Alternate Start - Live Another Life - Allows you to perform character creation immediately upon starting a new game and select a "background" for your character that skips the vanilla start for the game (Helgen). The main quest will start when you get within a small radius of Helgen
I have had it pointed out to me that there NPCs who have an annoying tendency to get killed by the various dragon and vampire attacks that target the player. It's reasonable to consider NPCs that are not fighters attacking and getting killed during these sequences a bug, so here's two mods that can fix that issue (thanks IntCiv ):
- Run for Your Lives - Makes citizens in a village or city run indoors during a dragon attack.
- When Vampires Attack - Dawnguard adds random vampiric attacks while the expansion is active. This mod causes citizens in a village or city run indoors during those attacks.
3b. A Lite Visual Overhaul
- Bethesda's High Resolution Texture Pack - This is easily the easiest way to get some enhanced textures in the game.
- Static Mesh Improvement Mod - perhaps the first thing that I will install in the future (even before texture mods) it has options for compatibility with vanilla style textures as well as Skyrim HD. Enhances the lower polycount static meshes that shipped with Skyrim.
- SkyrimHD - Of all the texture mods out there (unless something's changed in the last few months) SkyrimHD is the most complete and the most authentic to the original look. There are a few standout textures that don't quite work, namely wood textures. But they're not so egregiously wrong as to make the pack unusable. If you wanted you could hunt them down and remove them if you really didn't like them.
- Xenius' Character Enhancement - A full makeover for the NPCs (and PC). It stays lore friendly but characters now look much better than in vanilla.
- aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Best armor replacer out there.
- Realistic Lighting Overhaul - For this I recommend only using the Adaptive Interiors portion. The next mod will cover you for outdoors.
- Project Reality - Climates of Tamriel - The most comprehensive and awesome lighting and weather mod so far released. If you use Realistic Lighting for interiors then don't install any of the interior options for this mod.
- Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux - This is a merger of several mods that came out early on that makes the water much better looking in game.
- Enhanced Night Skyrim - New night sky textures, new moon textures and optional new galaxy texture.
- High Quality LODs - Brings a bit of an enhancement to the distant LOD meshes in the game. Not quite as useful as Arthmoor's RAEVWD meshes from Oblivion, but still nice to have.
- Flora Overhaul - Well regarded enhancement to the flora of the world. I haven't actually used it as early versions would bring my old computer to its knees.
- High Quality World Map with Roads - very nearly as essential as SkyUI it makes the world map far more useful[/i]. If you use it with the meshes from High Quality 3D Map it makes it a bit better.
3c. Mod Lists by Author
- Anvilfang - A small grab bag list of mods (no links, just names).
- Elore - Some more variety in terms of visual mod options.
- MichaelC - Various AI, NPC fixes and a couple of lighting mods.
- Krimhorn - Focuses on lighting options.
- Krimhorn (again) - Magic system changes.
- Anvilfang - A nice list broken down into categories spanning visual mods to misc fixes.
- HexRei - A list (well an image of NMM ) of his stable mod list.
- My list that I based the Lite Visual Overhaul section on
4. Final Thoughts
I've covered just about everything that I can think of to cover. I'm sure that I missed something though. One thing that there really wasn't anywhere above to put up above. I wrote a rather involved post a few months ago describing how the game loaded assets and where conflicts can arise. It's not required reading in order to enjoy Skyrim (or even to get into modding it) but if you come across what you suspect to be a conflict it might help you to identify why you're having a problem. Hope it helps.
Edit: 3/12 - Added Life Another Life to the Essential List; minor semantic clarification.
Edit: 3/13 - Added NPC behavior fix to Essential List; correction in the Official HRTP description; adjusted When Vampires Attack description.


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CSN to carry live Blackhawks Convention Opening Ceremonyby Comcast SportsNet Chicago / Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago, IL (July 24, 2013) -- Comcast SportsNet, the television home for the most games and most comprehensive coverage of the 2013 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks, is ready to start up the 2013-14 NHL season in a big way with exclusive, LIVE Opening Ceremonies coverage from the sold out 2013 Blackhawks Convention, which is being held downtown this weekend (July 26-28) at the Hilton Chicago.
On Friday, July 26 beginning at 5 p.m. CT (hosted by SportsTalk Live's David Kaplan), Comcast SportsNet & CSNChicago.com will provide viewers with every thrill-packed moment of the convention's opening ceremonies featuring introductions of Blackhawks players/coaches/front office executives, the singing of the National Anthem, exciting Stanley Cup championship video montages, plus – a special live interview with a Blackhawks player immediately following the ceremony and much more! (NOTE: Comcast SportsNet will also provide a late night replay the Convention's opening ceremonies at 12:30 a.m.)
In addition, Comcast SportsNet's Chris Boden will file reports for SportsNet Central (6:30 p.m., 10 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and midnight) featuring interviews with Blackhawks players, coaches and fans. Plus, CSNChicago.com's Blackhawks "Insider" Tracey Myers will be providing fans with additional, comprehensive digital coverage throughout the weekend with exclusive convention video highlights and numerous players/coaches/front office executive interviews.


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A Blackwater contractor shot and killed a dog belonging to the New York Times. Oh no you heard that right. Of course, upon reading the story it seems that, amazingly enough, it wasn't just some case of abject cruelty perpetrated by some war-dehumanized monster emboldened by the guaranteed impunity made possible by the law vacuum that is mercenary-occupied Iraq! See, the dog was getting the Blackwater bomb-sniffing dogs all riled up while they were out on a sweep for explosives, and the sweep had to continue, and the Blackwater dude tried to get the Times dog to back off but it wouldn't. "It wasn't a dog everyone was close to on the compound," said Times correspondent Alissa Rubin, who says of the State Department, which made two follow-up visits to investigate the shooting. "They were very solicitous and I thought took the incident very seriously." How novel for them!
We were worried those military contractors in Iraq had maybe lost every last shred of their humanity. We were worried there was complete lawlessness. That the State Department had pretty much thrown up its hands at the whole place and left all its investigations of military contractor behavior to be led by a bunch of worthless perverts.
But no. Once again, it's clear they care about something, and that something may not be women, it may not be Iraqi civilians, but it is man's best friend.
And I guess that is something.
OMG They Killed A Puppy [Wonkette]
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to search for a string in all files ending with .c, .C, .h, .H, .cc and .CC listed in all subdirectories. But since this includes two commands this feels inefficient.
How do I write a regex to include .c,.C,.h,.H,.cc and .CC files using one single regex?
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Government Job & Internship Fair, October 26th, 2-5pm, MGH Commons
Hello Huskies,
Are you interested in gaining a full-time, part-time, or an internship opportunity with a government agency? Then you will definitely want to attend the UW Seattle campus Government Job & Internship Fair sponsored by the Career and Internship Center with support from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance Career Development Office.
Government Job & Internship Fair
Thursday, October 26th, 2-5pm
Mary Gates Hall Commons – Seattle campus
Open to all students and alumni from all 3 campuses
Click HERE for more details about the fair or download The Fairs App (available to download for FREE to your iphone/ipad from the Apple App store or from Google Play store for Android phones).
GPSS Conference on May 6
As the end of the quarter is coming, you must be busy working on your term papers and projects. Why don't you share your wonderful work right on our campus? GPSS hosts a conference for UW graduate and professional students on May 6. This conference is to think about what we do and study as graduate and professional students in the changing geopolitical climate.
Hawaii cetacean survey invitation
Aloha colleagues,
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, in partnership with the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, will be conducting an EEZ-wide survey in Hawaii (main and northwestern Hawaiian Islands) for cetaceans in the summer and fall of 2017. The Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey, or HICEAS, will take place on seven 25-30 day legs on 2 ships (R/Vs Oscar Sette and Reuben Lasker) from July to December 2017.
California Coastal Act Request for Submissions
The Stanford Environmental Law Journal is requesting short articles from a variety of perspectives to help us commemorate the 40th anniversary of the California Coastal Act. Please consider submitting a statement of interest, and send this on to anyone who may be interested.
In recognition of the fortieth anniversary of the passage of the California Coastal Act, the Stanford Environmental Law Journal is soliciting short articles highlighting the Act's significance for California, the United States, and the world.
UW Environmental Career Fair: Save-the-Date
UW Environmental Career Fair
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Mary Gates Hall Commons, UW Seattle Campus
Hosted by the College of the Environment
College of the Environment Student Travel & Meeting Fund – Deadline January 20, 2016
The College of the Environment Student Travel & Meeting Fund is now accepting applications for Winter Quarter Review.
Funding Opportunities:
Individual Student Travel to Meetings
Don't Miss The Government Career Fair- October 27th, MGH, Commons!
Hello Huskies,
We hope you had a fun summer and are recharged for the fall quarter! Are you interested in gaining a career opportunity working in a government setting? Don't miss the Government Career Fair sponsored by the Career Center. This event is a great opportunity to interact and connect with government employers looking to recruit Huskies for part-time, full-time and internship opportunities.
VMF Art/Science Opportunity
Short-Term Residency Opportunity Description:
The Marjorie and Joseph Rubenson Endowment Short-Term Residency is an annual opportunity for an artist or researcher investigating conservation of animals, plants and habitats to visit the Volcan Mountain Range in Julian, California to create original works of art or engage in scientific research that would enhance the public appreciation of the mountain, its unique beauty and environmental attributes.
2015 Government Career Fair – October 27th, Mary Gates Hall, Commons, 2-5pm
Hello Huskies,
We hope you had a fun summer and are recharged for the fall quarter! Are you interested in gaining a career opportunity working in a government setting? Don't miss the Government Career Fair sponsored by the Career Center. This event is a great opportunity to interact and connect with government employers looking to recruit Huskies for part-time, full-time and internship opportunities.
New! Career Preparation Seminar in Autumn 2015: FISH 300
Starting in Autumn 2015, SAFS will partner with the School of Oceanography to offer FISH/OCEAN 300 Exploring Opportunities in Marine Sciences, a seminar designed around preparing juniors and seniors for next steps after graduation.
In this course you will:
Plan courses and prepare for graduation
Explore academic, research, and career opportunities in the marine/freshwater sciences
Prepare to apply for jobs and/or graduate school
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FISH 300 Exploring Opportunities in Marine Science (sln 22808)
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Wednesdays, 1:00-2:20, MSB 123 First class is TODAY!


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From the next major update to Windows 10 to the next generation of HoloLens, here's what's on tap from Microsoft this year.
Here's your guide to all the IT training sessions, partner meet-ups and annual Microsoft conferences you won't want to miss this year.
Microsoft's productivity and collaboration plan for businesses with fewer than 300 users is getting two new features: conditional access security and trouble-ticket tools for administrators.
Microsoft this week announced its "Wave 2" product release plans for its Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planning solutions, as well as its Power Platform.
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Transcendent Nubian melodies & folksongs, exquisitely performed by Abdel Karim el Kably in mid-1960s Sudan. Afrotone STLP-500. Recordings and explanatory notes by Roxanne Connick Carlisle. Recorded at Omdurman, Republic of Sudan in 1963, 1966 and 1967, with a Nagra III B tape recorder. - A rare & lovely record. Full scans & notes included in this post (above & below). 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy. ***
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Recognizing that HPC is one of the most important tools for innovative research, Israel became one of 25 nations to join the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) in January 2013. Israel's Inter-University Computation Center (IUCC-MACHBA) represents Israel in the partnership.
IUCC plays an active role in several PRACE working groups, among them training, and is proud to host the PRACE 2014 Winter School in Tel Aviv. This brings international hands-on HPC training to Israel for the first time.
The 2014 Winter School will open on February 10 with a unique half-day workshop entitled "The Future of HPC: Israeli Innovation." Researchers from throughout Israel and Europe will be attending the advanced HPC training sessions, and this opening workshop is a special opportunity to bring users and developers together to learn more about the Israeli technologies that power HPC research infrastructures.
The "Future of HPC" half-day workshop includes lectures from some of the leading experts in HPC technologies from industry and academia, with a focus on trends on the future of HPC technologies over the next five years.
For more information and to register please visit http://prace-ri.eu/PRACE-Winter-School-2014 or send an email to email@example.com.


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Creepy crawly photo competition!
8 July 2014 by Lisa
Here's our Education Demonstrator from the Bug House, Laura Carter, to tell us about the latest Bug House photo competition:
"It's that time of year again – sunshine, warm weather, flowers… and creepy crawlies! So why not grab your camera and enter our 2014 Bug House photography competition?
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Celtic Royal Hotel, Bangor Street, Caernarfon, LL55 1AY
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- 95 guest reviews
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"The hotel appearance as you enter is nice. Our room was ok for a 3 star. Wifi did not work throughout the stay. Reception and swimming pool..."
"My wife and I stayed for 3 days. The Rooms are basically furnished with the room and corridors decorated in a "Barbara Cartlandish" Candy St..."
"The hotel was a big surprise for what we paid for the night. A lovely place...."
"Would certainly return to the hotel - Very pleased with the service, staff, food and accommodation - Ideal for short stay...."
About the hotel
The prestigious Celtic Royal Hotel is a three-star hotel that offers 110 luxurious en-suite bedrooms located near the World Heritage site of Caernarfon Castle and on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park. With excellent standards of dining and service in an elegant yet homely environment, our historic hotel in Wales is a popular choice for weddings and celebrations. We boast superb facilities, including an excellent leisure club and conference facilities.
We offer well-appointed en suite bedrooms that are bright and airy, and have cosy seating area and a work desk. Rooms come equipped with tea/coffee facilities, a TV and a private bathroom with a hairdryer. to make your stay comfortable. We also have six accessible rooms, a refurbished grand reception hall, library and residents' lounge.
For your dining needs, our Castell Restaurant serves Mediterranean-inspired menu while the cool Y Copa/Summit bar offers a place for informal dining and nightcaps. An extensive wine list from well-priced house favourites to premium champagnes for those special occasions and afternoon tea that includes a selection of finger sandwiches, cakes and petit fours, served with tea or coffee is served at the Y Copa Bistro.
The conferencing facilities cater for up to 300 delegates and the large, spacious ballroom with a 1600sq foot dance floor makes our hotel an ideal venue for a dance weekend, ball or gala dinner. We offer free on-site parking and free Wi-Fi in all rooms and public areas.
Residents enjoy complimentary access to all our leisure facilities – perfect for a pre-dinner dip or an early morning work out. Our facilities include a 16m pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and a fully equipped gym.
Within walking distance from Celtic Royal Hotel, you can marvel at the ancient castle and town walls, check out the scenic steam train or explore the walking and cycling paths while enjoying the coastal views. A wealth of wonderful and diverse landscapes and outdoor recreational activities at Snowdonia National Park are only a 20-drive away. Bangor railway station is about nine miles away.
Please note that any member of your party under the age of 16 years is subject to Junior Guest Guidelines / Rules. Specifically, as the pool is not under constant lifeguard supervision junior guests must be supervised by an accompanying adult over the age of 18 years at all times with a maximum of two juniors per supervising adult. Juniors are not allowed use of the Sauna, Steam Room or Gym. The pool is available for junior guests from 8am to 6pm daily with last entry at 5:30pm and 8am to 11am on the day of departure. STANDARD OPENING TIMES: Monday - Friday 7. 00am exit by 10. 00pm - Last Entry at 9. 30pm (Sauna & Steam Room 7. 00am - 9. 00pm) Saturday - Sunday 8. 00am exit by 8. 00pm - Last Entry at 7. 30pm (Sauna & Steam Room 8. 00am - 7. 00pm) All Bank Holidays 8. 00am exit by 8. 00pm - Last Entry at 7. 30pm (Sauna & Steam Room 8. 00am - 7. 00pm) Juniors (All ages up to and including 15) are only permitted from 8. 00am exit by 6. 00pm daily (Last Entry at 5. 30pm) and must be supervised by an adult (over 18yrs) at all times. Departure Date Exit by 11. 00am for all guests. During school holidays junior guests are permitted to use the pool until 8. 00pm. We thank you for your cooperation in helping us to make your stay safe and most of all, enjoyable.
Note: Please be advised that swimming pool will be closed from 1st to 21st December. Gym will be open as usual.
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You see the following error and message when you try to sign in to Xbox Live on your Xbox 360 console:
This means that your console cannot connect to the Xbox Live service. This issue can occur for any of the following reasons:
To resolve this problem, try the following solutions:
Solution 1: Check the status of the Xbox Live service
Some Xbox Live features may not be available during scheduled maintenance or because of temporary Xbox Live issues. To determine the Xbox Live service status, go to the Xbox Live status page.
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Signature in the Cell
In 1991, Phillip Johnson published Darwin on Trial. In 1996, Michael Behe published Darwin's Black Box. In 1998, William Dembski published The Design Inference. While numerous other books on the subject have been published, these three books are considered …Read More
The Christian and Science (Part 1)
What is the Christian's role in the scientific enterprise? How do we as Christians live in a culture that has been shaped and influenced by the impact of scientific accomplishments? Lest we slip into critical attitudes toward science, we …Read More
The Christian and Science (Part 3)
(Continued from The Christian and Science pt. 2) Christians Need Not Fear Scientific Inquiry There is a sense in which the Christian should be the most passionate scientist of all because he should be rigorously open to truth wherever it …Read More
Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the LORD? (Part 2)
The paradise atop Eden's mount is described in Genesis 2-3 as a well-watered Garden with an abundance of fruit trees, a place where humanity and animals lived in harmony. These physical blessings, however, were but tokens (and small ones at …Read More
Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the LORD? (Part 1)
Once a soul has come to understand something of the unutterable majesty of the holiness of God, the question asked in Psalm 15 and 24 suddenly weighs upon the heart: "Who shall ascend the mountain of the LORD?" That …Read More
Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the LORD? (Part 3)
Worship — approaching the living God — is the central concern of Scripture, and a vital aspect of its narrative drama. Who may climb the summit of the LORD's dwelling place to gaze upon his beauty? Against the backdrop of …Read More
The Covenant Way
"Even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation" (Ps. 71:18). One of the things I feel an urgency to proclaim to our covenant sons and daughters …Read More
Paradise Lost
In the second chapter of Hebrews, the author notes that God did not appoint angels, but human beings, to rule the world to come (v. 5), and he quotes Psalm 8 to prove it: "You made him for a little …Read More
Old Expectations
When Jesus started his earthly ministry, he began by "proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom" (Matt. 4:23). Yet nowhere in the Gospels do we see Jesus giving a clear definition of the kingdom. The reason is simple: Jesus didn't …Read More
Existence in God
Recently I visited a member of our congregation who was in the hospital. After leaving his room, I stepped onto the elevator and noticed two women standing quietly at the back of the elevator. Each was carrying a bag that …Read More
Creation Ex Nihilo
No sentence is more pregnant with meaning than the opening one of the Bible: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen. 1:1). It tells us several things all at once, four of which are worth …Read More
In The Beginning
The Bible opens by saying, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." The purpose of the creation account was not to answer twenty-first century scientific skeptics, but to teach the people of Israel about their God …Read More
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God promises us "a new heaven and a new earth" (Rev. 21:1). Some people leap to the conclusion that God will simply throw the present creation onto the scrap heap, so to speak, and start over again from scratch …Read More


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If an EPA-requested six-month extension is granted by the courts, the bulk of the 2011 cropping season will avoid onerous new pesticide permitting requirements long in development at the agency. Even if the EPA had not made the March 3 request, the new National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits are the target of a recent House bill.
For more, see NPDES.
Until a Sixth Circuit Court three-judge panel ruling in early 2009, the EPA was content with exempting label-adhering pesticide applications from the permitting requirements of the Clean Water Act. That changed when the panel ruled pesticides are "pollutants" in regard to the CWA and the EPA must require farmers to obtain NPDES permits for applications made to, over or near bodies of water.Further complicating the situation: the new permits under CWA would be duplicative since pesticide applications are already regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
While environmental groups cheered the court decision, the burdensome NPDES permitting process quickly became a concern for, among others, producers, ranchers, consultants, applicators, commodity groups, those tasked with mosquito control, and state governments.
Over the last several years, the courts – including the U.S. Supreme Court – have provided no help to those opposed to the new permits. Meanwhile, the EPA has struggled to meet NPDES implementation deadlines.
In fact, the EPA has been called out repeatedly for an unwillingness to admit the length of time required to set up such a permitting system. Last September, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, then-Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, was pointed in her remarks to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.
"CWA regulations are an unnecessary burden not only to applicators but to state regulatory authorities," Lincoln told Jackson. "States like Arkansas are underfunded and struggle to keep up with existing laws and regulations and don't need to spend time enforcing regulations that don't improve the environment. … States are supposed to implement their permitting programs by April, 2011. Frankly, I'm amazed your agency expects states to implement that general permit into law in a mere four months time. … We're at the end of September and the possibility of (adhering to the proposed EPA) timeframe become more and more bleak."
For more, see Senate Agriculture Committee takes on EPA
With that background, on Thursday, the EPA requested the court-imposed April 9 deadline be extended to October 31, 2011.Just a day earlier, Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, wrote to Administrator Jackson, urging the agency to ask for a nine-month delay.
"Providing additional time will give the relevant regulatory agencies enough time to properly implement the Court's 2009 ruling, which made applications of aquatic pesticides subject to NPDES permitting requirements," wrote Stabenow.
Meanwhile, on the House side, a bipartisan bill, HR 872 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011), was introduced on Tuesday. If the new requirements kick in on April 9, "pesticide applications not covered by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit are subject to a fine of up to $37,500 per day per violation," said a House Agriculture Committee press release announcing the bill. "In addition to the cost of compliance, pesticide users will be subject to an increased risk of litigation under the citizen suit provision of the CWA. The legislation would amend FIFRA and the CWA to clarify congressional intent and eliminate the requirement of a NPDES permit for the use of FIFRA-registered pesticides."
HR 872 would "eliminate an unnecessary and duplicative regulatory burden imposed by an uninformed court decision," said Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member, said "Congress never intended for farmers and ranchers to meet additional permit requirements for pesticide applications under FIFRA. The last thing producers need is more regulation and this bill will relieve producers from meeting a costly regulatory burden that would have little to no environmental benefit."
Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, urged Congress to "immediately pass H.R. 872. Time is of the essence. We call on Congress to take action now to approve H.R. 872. It provides a permanent solution to the regulatory quagmire of duplicative pesticide permitting requirements facing farmers, ranchers and others who use pesticides."
On Thursday, just prior to EPA's request for a delay, Keith Menchey, who covers science and environmental issues for the National Cotton Council, spoke with Delta Farm Press about the NPDES permitting, legislation, and the EPA request for a delay. Among his comments:
For more on Menchey, see Pesticide permits and Clean Water Act
On the House legislation…
"Some lawmakers on the House side have introduced a bill, HR 872, which would amend both the Clean Water Act and FIFRA. It would exempt pesticide use from any CWA permitting.
"Basically, it would take us back to EPA's 2006 rule that was vacated by the Sixth Circuit Court decision.
"Because it amends both CWA and FIFRA, the bill would see jurisdiction by both the House Agriculture Committee and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
"We've got a very close timeline with this since the effective date (for the EPA new pesticide application regulations) is April 9 – unless the court chooses to provide an extension.
"So, both committees will have to mark up (HR 872). Hopefully, it will get enough support. Perhaps it will get onto the suspension calendar, which would send it over to the Senate with a bit more strength." That's because "a suspension vote needs the support of two-thirds of the members."
On Stabenow's letter…
"Stabenow has sent a letter to EPA (urging Administrator Lisa Jackson) to ask the court for an extension. If EPA does that and we get an extension, we'll have a bit more time to work on this.
"But, as of now, we can't assume that will happen. And the effective date is still April 9.
"We've already been talking to the Senate side on a legislative fix."
Do you think the EPA will buck against (Stabenow's request)?
"My personal observation is that EPA is seeing how difficult" implementing the permitting "is going to be. They've heard a lot from states about what a burden it will be. It adds no additional environmental protections.
"I think EPA will at least be neutral – that's what they've said. They're not going to support it, either. But 'neutral' is better than them opposing it – to get Democratic votes, anyway."
On other commodity groups and the case…
"The agriculture community is fired up. I just got back from a meeting with all of them and everyone is raring to go at this."


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The ongoing conflict is making it almost impossible for Syrians to access food and now a looming drought threatens to put the lives of millions more at risk.
ROME – Syrians are facing yet another challenge as a UN special report warns of a looming drought, which would have devastating consequences in a country already struggling in the midst of conflict.
WFP's Syria coordinator, Muhannaad Hadi, says: "It has taken a massive effort from WFP and partners to scale up to reach 4 million people in March, but we fear now that a possible drought – if rainfall doesn't pick up – could put the lives of millions more at risk."
Low rainfall and poor crop development will have a huge impact on the next cereal harvest, while wheat production is already at an all-time low. To make matters worse, the conflict has already damaged pumps and canals, caused power failures and destroyed tractors, making food production impossible.
The UN report highlights how a potential drought would strain the country's already fragile food security situation, stating: 'The situation will not change while conflict lasts and its resolution will take considerable time if and when peace is restored to Syria."
In recent few weeks, WFP has succeeded in reaching all 14 Syrian governorates for the first time in six months, although many areas still remain inaccessible as the conflict continues. In addition, WFP provides food and vouchers on a monthly basis for 1.5 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.
Funded entirely by voluntary contributions, WFP needs to raise around US$40 million a week to finance what is its biggest and most complex operation.


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In Ohio, she met Calvin Stowe, a professor of Biblical Literature at Lane and clergyman who fervently opposed slavery. He was nine years her senior and the widower of her dear friend, Eliza Tyler. They married in 1836 and eventually had seven children, four of whom died during her lifetime.
Samuel Charles, "Charley" died at eighteen months from cholera and an older son,
Henry, drowned while a student at Dartmouth College.
Years later, their son Frederick, an alcoholic from the age of sixteen, died, never really recovering from the wounds he sustained at Gettysburg in the Civil War nor being able to cope with his mother's success.
Daughter Georgiana, married to an Episcopal priest and a mother, died in her forties, having lost her health and mind to morphine addiction.
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Interdisciplinary Minor in Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (AIMES)
The interdisciplinary minor in Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (AIMES) provides an introduction to the various cultures, peoples, and religions —Muslim, Jewish, and Christian—of the Middle East, as well as the diverse forms of Islamic practice in Muslim societies throughout the world. This program also encourages the study of diaspora and immigrant communities where Islamic and Middle Eastern populations constitute a religious or ethnic minority.
A requirement of this program is a minimum of one year's study of Arabic, a language that has cultural, religious, and political significance both in the Middle East and in global Islamic communities.
Students enrolled in this minor have the opportunity to sample the variety of methodologies and academic disciplines—including anthropology, art history, literary criticism, history, political science, and religious studies—that address the Middle East in particular and the Islamic world at large.
The AIMES interdisciplinary minor is ideal for students who want to develop the intellectual resources for thoughtful and informed engagement with current issues in the Middle East and the Islamic world. AIMES is also well suited for students considering work with overseas aid organizations, government service, international business or graduate programs in international studies.
No Journey Is Easy: Syrian Refugees in America
On Jan 25th, Mohammed Kadalah, lecturer of Arabic at SCU, gave a talk titled: No Journey Is Easy: Syrian Refugees in America.


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Curare Pot on Display in The Power of Poison main content.
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A curare pot from the early 20th century is on display in the special exhibition The Power of Poison, now open at the Museum. Learn more.
When British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) traveled through northwest Amazonia in the mid-19th century, he observed Tukanoan Indian hunters of the Rio Negro aiming blowguns with poisoned arrows at the treetops. The effects made an impression: "The wounded birds sometimes turn giddy and drop in a few seconds, or fly away to a neighboring tree and in a minute fall heavily to the ground," he wrote.
Wallace had observed the effects of curare, the sap of a jungle vine that, when injected, acts as a powerful muscle relaxant. Its active ingredients include curarine and tubocurarine, alkaloids that are present in several Amazonian plants, including Curarea tecunarum and Chondrodendron tomentosum vines. A neurotoxin, curare blocks nerve impulses from reaching muscles when it enters the bloodstream, immobilizing the victim—a bird, monkey, or other small animal.
But it's harmless when ingested, so the meat of curare-stricken prey is safe to eat.
By incapacitating wild game this way, human hunters are doing what many animal predators do to secure their meals. Various species of scorpions, spiders, and venomous snakes inject calibrated cocktails of venom into their prey to paralyze or kill it. But humans have to create their weapons, and blowguns with curare-tipped arrows are ideal for rain forest hunting. Crafted from easily available materials, they bring down animals quietly, without alarming other prey and with little damage to fur or feathers.
The Tukanoan Indians prepare curare by scraping sap from the bark of a tropical vine, then pounding and boiling it down to a thick paste. Often, ingredients such as crushed snake fangs or stinging ants, which are thought to bestow magical powers, are added to fortify the curare. Because it loses potency when exposed to the air, curare is kept covered in gourds or clay pots like the one above, currently featured in the special exhibition The Power of Poison.
The curare pot comes from the Museum's own collection. It was collected in the early 20th century by the archaeologist Hermann Walde von Waldegg and donated to the Museum by geologist and collector Dr. Harvey Bassler in 1961. Three other curare containers are on exhibit in the Hall of South American Peoples, along with blowguns and related artifacts.
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