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Skipped out on chores around the house this afternoon to spend some quality dog and bike time here in town. Nose hill was engulfed in a thick ice fog that coated the grass and the trees with a layer of prickly hoar frost.
October 28, 2006 | Permalink
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Pure unadulterated joy.Not the kind that can come from a purchase or a good investment.The kind that can only come from watching something do what it was meant to do.In this case, a 10-year old border collie mutt running his ass off.
From good weeks, bad weeks will follow.This was one of those bad weeks.No amount of alcohol could shake the anxiety and it definetly couldn't turn the sadness into happiness.Its for times like these we're happy we rescued a dog.Its times like these we're really happy we rescued two dogs.
Saturday morning I woke up and was supposed to drag myself off to a cyclocross race, but my head wasn't into it due to employment uncertaintly, so I decided on something low-stress instead. There's nothing like a hike in the mountains with the wife and the mutts to remind me what's worth stressing over and what's not.Our plan was to head up to the Cascade Amphitheatre, but we screwed up and took the wrong trail. It was all good in the end, as you really can't go wrong in the rockies, unless of course you stumble across a mama grizzly and her cubs. As usual, Rawley and Yoho were in heaven, every five minutes they'd bolt into the trees and the sound of a very pissed off squirrel would follow. Rawley ran himself so hard that he puked and Yoho learned that she's not as agile as Rawley and that its a good idea not to follow him off cliffs (think pancake).
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October 22, 2006 | Permalink
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Last night the company finally screened An Inconvenient Truth down at the Plaza theatre in Kensington. I think most people in the company walked away with a greater awareness of why its so important to come up with ways to reduce our CO2 emmissions. Unfortunately, the screening pretty much came at the worse time. Four hours earlier, the CEO broke some bad news as to the fate of the company, which left most of us fairly stunned and really in no mood to thoroughly discuss the movie afterward (lets just say we were more inclined to plant ourselves in front to the beer taps.)
Here are some observations/opinions about the movie.
1) Al Gore is a great speaker, I mean where the hell was that Al Gore during the 2000 election?!
2) Gore brought too much of his own personal politics into the video. He didn't need to mention 9/11 and the photo of him, all decked out in a hospital suit, next to his son's hospital bed, felt very staged to me to the point where I felt like I was watching a campaign commercial (for Al Gore, not climate change).
3) While the movie probably does a good job in getting the message out to the lay masses, it will not change the minds of hardcore skeptics. He made no mention of some the evidence that climate change skeptics use. (i.e. non-anthropogenic CO2 sources are at least an order of magnitude higher than anthropogenic sources so we couldn't have an effect, which can be rebutted through 13C and 14C isopotic measurements, or that changes in the solar cycle may be having an effect, which may have some merit, but so far no link has been proven, at least from what I've researched/read)
4) Gore lied when he said there are no published peer-reviewed articles questioning the existence of anthropogenic caused climate change. This paper is currently sitting on my desk at work right now:
de Freitas, C.R., 2002: Are observed changes in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere really dangerous? Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 50 (2), 297-327.
While this guy may not be right, his paper questions whether human-caused climate change exists and it appeared in a peer-reviewed journal (yes, its a journal for Petroleum Geologists, but we're scientists too). I'm sure there are many more out there.
5) The smoking-cancer analogy in the movie was kinda weak, I think he should've focussed on something more relevant, like CFC's and the ozone layer.
After the flick, our environmental group detailed a pilot project they plan on starting to curb our CO2 emmissions, needless to say, its a different idea than what is being talked about in industry right now.
October 21, 2006 | Permalink
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I'm sorry, I don't normally blog about politics. I think that gives politicians more time on the internet than they actually deserve. More importantly, I think political parties and politicians exist only to serve themselves and are for the most part, as relevant to me as what the stock market does on an hourly basis (meaning, absolutely irrelevant). That being said, this blows me away. I mean seriously, people believe Bob Rae is the best choice for the Liberals to beat the Conservatives? This means either, Stephen Harper is really bad or Canadians are really stupid. In my experience, things are not normally black and white, but some shade of gray. This means of course, Stephen Harper is kinda bad and Canadians are kinda dumb.
October 17, 2006 | Permalink
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I haven't had much time for this lately, between getting stranded in the open ocean due to a fuel line disconnect, work and spanish classes, most of my time has been taken.
I met Ian Wright today. I strolled down to MEC for a new set of lights (almost got flattened on my commute in, I suspect due to the fact that the driver couldn't see me, or at least thats what I choose to believe) and there Ian Wright was, sitting at a table signing prints of water colours he had done. Real cool guy, we chatted about my new light and I imparted wisdom about Vegas, his next trip. Basically I told him to always double down on eleven, the best places to gamble are the casinos where there's cigarette burns in the felt and to never hit on 17 when the guy next to you has an ace (muy importanto).
Maria and I spent Thanksgiving (and her 30th b-day) on Quadra Island. We ate too much, drank too much and swear we saw El Chupacabra.
Its been snowing in Calgary the past two days. The commute in is still suprisingly busy, I think high parking costs are forcing more and more people to think about other ways to get to work which means riding in the winter. I'm in the early winter dressing phase, where I way over dress every time before I ride in, only to figure out halfway through the ride, that I really didn't need the base layer. By December, I'll have it figured out again, just in time for the real winter.
The other day, while I was riding around doing "bicycle acrobatics", I started to think that maybe I could make some money off of it. Turns out this lady from China beat me to it.
I guess if I'm going to have to compete with the likes of her, I better expand my trick repetoire beyond riding with no hands.
October 01, 2006 | Permalink
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I am finished with my first week of class and I am still excited, good sign. 😉 I am surprised to find economics as interesting as I do. This teacher has put such an emphasis on the social aspect of it that it keeps me intrigued. It is really nice that the themes in my classes are running parallel to each other as well. Inductive reasoning in math also explains how social scientists make generalizations about patterns in society. Whether it be economists, political scientists or sociologists. It is helping drive home the points I am learning in these classes because for four hours out of a day it repetition really. Moreover, I am just happy that for once math makes sense to me. That is such a good feeling.
Today I took a longer break than usual after class before I started my reading. I decided to watch a movie and relax a bit. My morning started off rocky, I apparently forgot to set the alarm last night and woke up at the exact time I need to leave the house to be at class on time. Booger. 😦 Todd wasn't thrilled about my oversight either as he had a meeting at work this morning. Oops. Luckily I got to school on time with no issues.
When I got home I decided to watch Capote. I have read In Cold Blood and have always meant to get around to seeing this movie. To my surprise Harper Lee's character is in the movie quite a bit. I loved that. To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite book. It is something my Dad and I share together, he is my Atticus Finch. I could never look up to anyone as much as him and you see that in Scout's relationship with Atticus in the book as well as the movie. For those that are not as familiar with the story, Harper Lee wrote the book around what her childhood was like and Dill's character is actually Truman Capote. As a child he lived with his aunt next door to Harper Lee and they became lifelong friends.
What I found interesting about the movie was what Truman Capote went through to write and complete this novel. I was aware when I read the book that he interviewed Perry Smith quite a bit as well as Richard Hicock, I did not realize it took him years to write this book however.
The question I was left with after watching the movie is, Did he never write another novel because he felt that he could never do better than this or was it because of how affected he was by this story.. by Perry?
The reason this thought came to me is because part of what has always held me back from doing Social Work, which is what I truly feel I was made to do, is the fear that I will be too affected by it. My heart will ache too much, I wont be able to separate the two different parts of my life or worse.. I wont be able to give enough, do enough. At the end of the movie Truman Capote's character is saying final goodbyes to Perry and Dick right before their executions and he says, "I did everything I could." And you get that sick feeling in your stomach knowing that our best isn't always good enough. Sometimes you just cant change things, you cant fix things, something bad is happening and no matter what you do you cannot control it. I guess it's like Harper Lee said, "Real Courage is knowing your licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." Fear of Failure should never be a reason for not trying.

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Filed under: Pelota Mano | Tags: 4 1/2, Cuatro y Medio, Gonzalez, Labrit, Pamplona, Retegi Bi
Saturday 21st November, Labrit, Pamplona
GONZALEZ beat RETEGI BI 22-12
This weekend was a tense affair for at least three of the pelotaris involved in the Cuatro y Medio semi finals, for the two tickets to the final depended on a series of outcomes. Sebastian Gonzalez, having lost to Titin III last week, had to beat Retegi Bi at Labrit on Saturday to progress. However, even victory there was not a guarantee, for if Titin were to beat Martinez de Irujo a day later, the cause would be lost. Retegi Bi, for his part, had a mathematical chance of qualification but it would have taken the miracle of a 22-2 victory for this to come to pass. Realistically he knew this was a task beyond the herculean, but he was understandably determined to have at least one victory to show for his time in the semi finals.
Gonzalez delivered on his side of the bargain and there was nothing Julen Retegi could do to stop the rot. Within two minutes, Gonzalez had raced to a 3-0 lead and condemned his young opponent to a winless exit. The result was never in serious doubt as the man from Donibane struck cleanly and dominated with his well practised combination of deep serve followed by hook winner. The match suffered from predictability and only seriously caught fire when a collision between the two players sparked a three way protest between the two players and Julen's father and botillero, Julian Retegi, leading to a replay of the point. But this was of transient importance as Gonzalez took the victory 22-12.
Gonzalez therefore was left in limbo, having done all he could. An Irujo victory on Sunday would put him through to the coveted final but a win for Titin would send him packing. Retegi must surely be disappointed at his performance in the semi finals but must take heart from the way he got there, beating a bafflingly off colour Aimar Olaizola with play worthy of his eventual position. There is surely more to come from the promising son of the famous father.
Scoring sequence: 3-0, 3-2, 8-2, 8-4, 11-4, 11-5, 14-5, 14-7, 16-7, 16-9, 19-9, 19-12 and 22-12.
Written with the partial help of Noticias de Alava
Image from Diario Vasco
Filed under: Pelota Mano | Tags: 4 1/2, Astelena, Cuatro y Medio, Eibar, Retegi Bi, Titin III
Sunday 8th November, Astelena, Eibar
TITIN III beat RETEGI BI 22-13
It is twelve years since the famous Cuatro y Medio final of 1997. The epic duel between Retegi II and Titin III has gone down in history as one of the greatest games of all time and its shadow was never far from Astelena on Sunday. Retegi II and Titin met again but in very different circumstances, as the former coached his son, Julen, against the player he once defeated. Titin, now aged 40, has withstood the test of time and succeeded against the son where he failed against the father.
Julen Retegi looked tight and nervous from the off, a pale imitation of the player who had so spectacularly thwarted Aimar Olaizola in the quarter finals. Titin raced to a 6-1 lead while Retegi failed both in direction and positioning on the fronton. The young forward pulled two points back by way of two errors from Titin but at 13-3 to the Riojan legend, the game appeared to be up for Retegi. However, much to the delight of the Tolosa faithful, Retegi rallied, showing flashes of his quarter final dominance. In the course of the game's middle section, in which Retegi closed to 13-16, Titin committed six errors, some more unforced than others, but Retegi also displayed some dazzling shot making prowess. This was nowhere more apparent than in the beautifully worked txoko at 13-4 and in the stunning dosparedes winner which took the score to 13-10. However, just as the game appeared to be shaping up for a battle royal, Retegi lost all his momentum after a falta which ripped into his confidence. The man from Pamplona failed to add to his score as Titin ran away with it, 22-13.
Retegi appeared utterly dejected and it is easy to see why. In his previous match he had pulled off one of the upsets of the year in totally outplaying the defending champion, the man who has dominated Cuatro y Medio in recent years. He showed tantalising glimpses of that form here but proved unable to sustain it. He needs to find an extra gear if he is to compete at this level on a consistent basis. Titin for his part played with impressive verve and his customary passion. He has the ammunition to make quite some mark on the remainder of this tournament; Irujo and Gonzalez must be on their guard when faced with the evergreen warrior from Tricio.
Scoring sequence: 0-1, 6-1, 6-3, 7-3, 13-3, 13-10, 14-10, 14-11, 16-11, 16-13 and 22-13.
Filed under: Pelota Mano | Tags: 4 1/2, Cuatro y Medio, Labrit, Olaizola II, Pamplona, Retegi Bi
Saturday 31st October, Labrit, Pamplona
RETEGI BI beat OLAIZOLA II 22-11
In what must count as one of the shocks of the year, 24 year old Retegi Bi has defeated defending champion Aimar Olaizola in the quarter finals of the Cuatro y Medio Championship. Olaizola has been the king of this format in recent years having won the championship on four occasions, equalling the record set by Retegi Bi's father. The man from Goizueta has been in storming form for the majority of the past few months, notably beating Martinez de Irujo to take the Navarrese Cuatro y Medio title, but here he had no answer to the masterclass of the undoubted underdog. Unfortunately, as this was such a seminal point in the championship, I am not able to bring you an eyewitness report as there was no webcast, but reports state that Retegi Bi was simply superior in every facet of the game. Aimar, a shadow of his usual self, was out of the game from the word go, finding himself down 0-8 in quicktime. From there, there was no way back as the young forward hit his way to victory. Retegi Bi won the second tier pairs championship in both 2007 and 2008 but he now has a shot at something infinitely bigger; he takes his place in the semi finals by right.
Image from: El Correo Digital
Filed under: Pelota Mano | Tags: 4 1/2, Aritz Lasa, Bengoetxea VI, Cuatro y Medio, Patxi Ruiz, Retegi Bi
Yesterday, Saturday 24th October, saw two matches in the second round of the Cuatro y Medio Championship, resulting in a victory apiece for the two empresas. In Amorebieta, Julen Retegi got the better of Patxi Ruiz 22-15 in an error strewn encounter. Retegi made five errors but played well, especially in defence, and manipulated Ruiz with ease. Ruiz for his part committed ten errors and as a result was never in the game. This must come as a huge disappointment for the man from Estella, who was clearly delighted to have come through his first round match with no sign of his long standing back injury. Retegi will play defending champion Aimar Olaizola in the quarter finals next weekend.
Meanwhile, things were tight in Pamplona, where Oinatz Bengoetxea defeated Aritz Lasa 22-19. It was an intense, 70 minute encounter which could have gone either way, but the former Manomanista champion, who showed great strength in both attack and defence, held his nerve at the last. Bengoetxea will face Juan Martinez de Irujo next weekend for a place in the semi finals.
Image from: El Correo Digital, Sources: ASPE, Asegarce
Filed under: Pelota Mano | Tags: 4 1/2, Bengoetxea VI, Beroiz, Cuatro y Medio, Olaetxea, Retegi Bi
There were two first round matches in the Cuatro y Medio Championship today and both were won in decisive fashion. At Labrit in Pamplona, former Manomanista Champion Oinatz Bengoetxea thrashed current 2nd tier Manomanista king Mikel Beroiz 22-5. A solid Bengoetxea was never troubled by his young opponent who made 9 errors in the course of the encounter. Beroiz is a truly impressive young talent and will have his day, but it is the man from Leiza who proceeds to the second round, where he will meet Aritz Lasa.
Matters were almost as one-sided in Renteria where Julen Retegi beat Mikel Olaetxea 22-8. Retegi will now face the winner of Monday's game at Beotibar between Patxi Ruiz and Alberto Ongay.
Filed under: Pelota Mano | Tags: Labrit, Manomanista, Pamplona, Retegi Bi, Urberuaga
Saturday 4th April
Labrit, Pamplona
URBERUAGA beat RETEGI BI 22-19
Julen Retegi was the undisputed favourite at Labrit on Saturday as he faced Xabier Urberuaga in the first round of the Manomanista Championship. Retegi surely hoped he could take his first footsteps on the path of his great father, Julian, who won this tournament an astonishing eleven times between 1980 and 1993 but in his way stood Urberuaga, who had obviously committed to mind the adage that it is never over until the fat lady sings.
From the outset, Urberuaga, winner of the second division title in 2007, showed that he would be no pushover for the young pretender and he was soon up 8-3. However, Retegi showed his growing maturity in bringing his impressive armoury of resources to bear, and took the match to 8-8, then 12-8 and 19-8. Especially impressive were his left arm and his serve. His father, playing botillero, must have been well pleased.
However, things were to change in emphatic style. Urberuaga found his rhythm and never looked back, playing like a man possessed to pass and crush the dreams of his rival. Retegi managed only one further point as Urberuaga cruised past him at barely a canter to reach victory at 22-19. It was a triumph based on hard work, sweat, toil and determination for the man from Aulesti, who also exhibited a veritable pick and mix of shot making prowess. Retegi for his part looked one dimensional; he was impressive with his left but power elsewhere seemed lacking. Still, there are many years ahead for the talented son of his famous father, and surely much success too. Urberuaga will face Aritz Begino next Sunday for a place in the third round.
Scoring sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 5-2, 5-3, 8-3, 8-12, 9-12, 9-18, 17-18, 17-19 and 22-19
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Thirty-six hours into my naked-faced challenge, I had a panic attack. Call me overly-sensitive and self-conscious (I am), but when the reality finally set in that I would not be able to change my appearance for a whole month—even if I looked tired or haggard—I nearly started crying. I had known I felt more confident with eyeliner and mascara, but I hadn't realized just how vulnerable I felt without it. Each time I looked in the mirror, I found myself staring for longer than normal, trying to find something nice to say to my "naked" reflection. Don't get me wrong: I love myself, and I generally have very high self-esteem. But what I have realized during the past week is that a large part of that self-esteem comes from not worrying about how I look—and when I have makeup on, I don't worry. So how do I get to a place where I don't worry when I don't wear it?
I read an article recently that discussed the detrimental effects of complimenting young women on their appearance. "Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything," the author, Lisa Bloom, says. Bloom argues that bringing the focus away from physical appearance, and toward intellect and personality would mitigate the self-esteem issues that so many girls and women suffer from. (I would argue that the same goes for boys.) As I stood staring at myself in the mirror last Tuesday, I thought back to this article. I wondered if perhaps my focus was in the wrong place, searching for the "beautiful" features of my face or body. What if, instead of looking to the mirror to tell me how beautiful I was, I did something that contributed to my overall health and beauty?
I am not self-conscious when I practice yoga, when I run or meditate, when I cook an elaborate dinner, when I draw, paint, read, spend time with my family and friends, or rehearse with my improv group. All these things make me feel happy and secure—so why not shift my energy to those things? I am not suggesting that this will cure me completely of self-consciousness or worry; my point is that, whenever I look around me, or look within myself, I realize that my life is pretty fantastic.
I've got three weeks to go in Natural Beauty Month—that's 21 more days of no makeup. But rather than focus on the negative ("no makeup"), I shall try to think of it in positive terms: 21 more days to appreciate what I have and what I can do; 21 more days to focus on the things that matter; 21 more days to reinforce a new habit: Gratitude.


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Today sees the release of Lover-To-Be b/w
I Thought You Were Dead 7" red vinyl.
Both tracks were recorded in 2017 as part of the Low In High School sessions (confirmed by Damiano Mazzarella who contributes vocals - via his IG and by the vinyl itself).
With no clear details, it appears there are somewhere between 1000-4000 copies of this record worldwide.
That said: by hook or by crook the B-side will eventually appear here for people to hear.
There have always been decent people here who strive to share rarities and this track won't be an exception.
Even if I have to tunnel through my storage locker to find my turntable.
This year's RSD has a very varied mixture of rarities and the general feeling I just experienced at the midnight opening event I attended was positive and friendly - no tension over the rarer items.
The Bowie stuff went quickly.
I managed to nab a Propaganda box set - The Eight Testaments of Propaganda (not had a ZTT record in a long time),
Lover-To-Be, Lee Scratch Perry 7" (with Boz, Johnny Bridgewood & Woodie Taylor), Clockwork Orange 7", Bowie - Pinups picture disc & Prince 12". Overall, a pretty good haul. There was an eclectic mix of things on offer this year and I'd guess the industry will only offer more of the same next year.
RSD really does appear to have grown in popularity.
I missed out on the great looking Bowie - Just a Gigolo blue vinyl, Bronski Beat pic disc, Art Of Noise, Suede (coming out anyway) and The Fall, but hopefully the Ebay vultures will go easy on me.
I know very few people went record shopping at midnight, but feel free to contribute your successes and regrets if you are participating in RSD today.
Tired & spent out.
Related items:
- "Lover-To-Be" Record Store Day listing confirmed & details (Apr. 13, 2019) - Feb. 28, 2019
- "Lover-To-Be" (LTD Ed.) Coming soon previously unreleased B-side - Morrissey Central (5 Feb, 2019) - Feb. 5, 2019
"Lover-To-Be" red vinyl 45 released today for Record Store Day (13 April, 2019)
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The original Uprising was something new and unique. It melded first-person action with real-time strategy to provide fast-paced, addictive gameplay that kept most of us locked in despite the game's shortcomings. The sequel, Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy, is basically an enhanced version of the original, with several gameplay and interface modifications that make the game more approachable (and less frustrating). While the changes to Uprising 2 are notable and (for the most part) positive, the game still manages to underwhelm because of some seemingly minor flaws.
Once again, you pilot the powerful Wraith command tank. Instead of fighting other humans in a desperate revolution, however, you're fighting against a ruthless horde of DNA-harvesting aliens called the Trich. Fortunately, these guys are easier to identify on the battlefield than the human troops in Uprising. The foot soldiers and the vehicles are very angular and dark, making them easy to pick out from your own troops.
The game includes 36 missions, 28 of which are split into three minicampaigns. These campaigns can be played separately or in one continuous string. The missions are not completely linear, but because the game relies heavily on its plot, they are more structured than those in Uprising. The remaining eight missions are designed to be played as single scenarios. Actually, you can play any one of the 36 missions as a single scenario, which is a neat feature but one that can certainly spoil some of the campaign plot points.
Gameplay is very much like the original Uprising. You drive around the battlefield, claiming citadel locations and assembling bases to harvest energy and produce military units. When you encounter enemy forces, you can go at them in your Wraith and call in your units for support. The landscapes are nicely rendered and show a lot of variety, thanks in part to the planet-hopping theme of the campaigns. In other words, each planet has a unique look and feel, so although most have the same landscape features (hills, valleys, and lakes) they each at least have a different palette.
In fact, the graphics for the game are quite stunning. The sky effects deserve special mention as they are some of the best I've seen this side of Unreal. Also, the game features some nice weather effects and includes both day and night missions, which helps keep things interesting. Units and buildings are well modeled and are generally easy to identify in the heat of combat. Still, the graphics in Uprising get dinged for two significant reasons. First, they support 3Dfx Glide only for 3D acceleration. That means no Direct3D, which means no Riva TNT or any other non-3Dfx board for that matter. This is simply inexcusable. Second, even with dual Voodoo2 cards in a Pentium II 450 system (with the rendering distance set to maximum), the game still showed a lot of "gray wall" distance rendering problems. For example, enemy aircraft circling a distant base would appear out of gray haze for a second then vanish into thin air. Even right near my own base, if I turned to look from one end of the base to the next, I couldn't always see my own citadel tower - even though I could see the hills behind it. Now that's just plain wrong. One other minor gripe: I frequently found myself hung up on invisible barriers, having to back up and strafe from side to side until I could pull myself free.
On the positive side, Cyclone has streamlined the interface quite a bit, and a helpful, color-coded targeting system helps you pick out the good guys from the bad. Also, you no longer have to manage that cryptic power triangle. Some hard-core types may be miffed at this, but not having to worry about my tank's power allocation sure did make things simpler.
Which leads us to the next negative point: Whereas the original Uprising was a bit too difficult in some areas, this game is too easy. For starters, you can dumb down the difficulty to a point where you can practically win the game with nothing but your Wraith. This will make the game more approachable to newcomers and is a welcome change from the original, but it seems as if the developers went too far when they added the AI suggestion feature. This option lets you rely on the computer to perform the next recommended action - such as fortifying a new citadel - without your help. The problem? This feature simply makes the game far too easy. It is optional, however, so you can avoid it if you choose.
What you can't avoid are the contrived and predictable mission designs and the feeling that you've been there and done that far too many times. Many of the missions are repetitive, and the task of building base after base after base gets old in a hurry. Also, the artificial barriers that block certain parts of certain maps got to be pretty annoying. If I'm stupid enough to venture into a seriously dangerous part of the map too early in a mission, let me learn that on my own. Often I found myself going through the motions to win a mission, rather than getting emotionally charged as I faced new obstacles. In short, I just didn't care very much about what I was doing in Uprising 2.
On a lighter note, the sound effects are quite good in Uprising 2, especially when you decide to run down those infantry units foolish enough to stand in your way. The music is also quite good, and the varying themes really set the mood before, during, and after a mission.
Multiplayer support has been beefed up, with a maximum of eight players now (as opposed to Uprising's four). The game will be available via Heat.net and mplayer.com and also provides support for native IP, IPX, modem, and direct serial links.
If you simply compare the game with the original Uprising, it looks pretty damn good - and make no mistake, Uprising 2 is a fun game. The problem is that Uprising 2 lacks the unique flavor of the original and does very little that we haven't seen before. While some of the first game's flaws have been addressed, Uprising 2 adds a few of its own to the mix. In the end, we're still talking about a very good game but one that seems as if it could have so easily been a great one.


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Internet Exploder, an excellent browser? With Internet Explorer 9, it's possible! Microsoft's made a very pretty browser that feels like it's a part of Windows 7, loaded with HTML5 compatibility and unmatched graphics hardware acceleration for whizzy, whizzy web apps.
It's way more standards compliant than any previous version of IE, with a 95 score on the Acid3 web standards test. Like every browser, it's packed in a bunch of HTML5 features, though what Microsoft's pushing the hardest, particularly in its big shebang demos - that you can catch here - is the fact that it's using Direct2D and DirectWrite for hardware-accelerated graphics rendering with your GPU.
The promise is that by tapping your graphics card, the browser can run more hardcore web apps like games in the browser, as some of Microsoft's impressive, if slanted, demos attest to. (Google's pushing its own ways to reach the same end.)
In terms of usage, IE9 is the first time Internet Explorer didn't immediately make me wanna plunge back into Chrome or Firefox - oh the bliss of the unified search/address bar - both in terms of the interface and the way it renders pages. It has its share of wonkiness while it's still in beta. In addition to the weird way it renders our quicklink headlines, for instance, it completely chokes out on Apple's spiffy new HTML5-powered iTunes Showtimes, even though the page works perfectly in Chrome, Firefox 4 beta 4 and Safari.
Google's Chrome Arcade Fire demo totally kills IE9's Killers demo, though. The beta's out for everybody later today. You might as well check it out, since it's what your mum's going to be using in a few months - you might even be impressed. It's right here: [IE9 Beta]


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Breathe Me
Overall winner of improvisation with a score of 96.7
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Added: February 17, 2015
Event: Dance Magazine Video Of The Month Sponsored by Joffrey Ballet School
Category: Modern
#31 Breathe Me
Passionate commitment throughout the piece! 👏
#30 Breathe Me
Nice technique content as well as performance!
#29 Good job!
Good job
#28 Nice work
#27 Amazing
Great job👯👯
#26 so good
I lovE kelsey watt
#25 Breathe Me
Superb musicality and feel for the music. It is evident your dedication to dance.
#24 Kelsey
Keep up the amazing dancing, Kelsey!
#23 Kelsey
Beautiful performance!
#22 Kelsey Watt
Beautiful interpretation of the music and controlled movement...Gdad
#21 #21
Amazing job, Kelsey!!
#20 Kelsey Watt
Amazing, even better than Flashdance!
#19 Breathe Me
Beautiful and inspiring performance!
#18 gr8
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#17 Couldn't stop watching
The contrasts of strengths and softness in your movements was breathtaking.
#16 Kelsey Watt
Great job Kelsey!
#15 Kelsey
i love you kelsey! So proud Of you
#14 Super Star!
Never stop reaching for your dreams Kelsey, you've got it kid <3!
#13 Breathe Me
Wow, I am truly humbled by the outpouring of love and support. Thank you.
#12 You have my vote :-)
Kelsey is a star in the making!!!!!
#11 Breathe me
Love watching your free spirit dance
#10 Kelsey Watt
Absolutely stunning. I hope you take on the world with that talent!
#9 Breathe Me
Good job Kelsey. Proud of you!
#8 Breathe Me
So stunning and gorgeous kels love you ♥
#7 Breathe Me
Passionate performance and stunning lines. Brilliant!
#6 Breathe Me
This improv pieces has a wonderful fluidity in movement from one transition to the next. Excellent use of the stage and great use of different levels. Well done!
#5 Breathe me
Flawless! One of the best dances I've seen so far !
#4 Breathe Me
Beautiful Kelsey❤
#3 Breathe Me
Beautiful dance Kelsey!
#2 amazing
very inspirational :D
#1 Kelsey Watt
Lovely dance. Kelsey is wonderful.


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Planetfall: Meeting Tails
Anar, Ring 08, 01022
"So, what got you so intrigued on this project?" I asked to the empty air as I walked down the only partially-completed hallways. The floor carpeting was in, but many of the wall panels were still missing.
"You, actually," Lance replied. "An AI hadn't been chosen for the mission yet, but the news was obvious to every AI around that one would be needed before today. After our conversation at Miss Ohadi's home, I realized that I wanted to get away from being an administrator for a while."
"So who's the admin at your town now?"
"An Ssphynx named Keos. He's very effective, friend– I like him. I think he'll do fine there."
I felt a deep humming sound reverb through the ship. "They've started the main drives," I commented.
"They are trying to, yes. Ah, there's one. Yes, all three are now up and running." He sounded pleased with himself. "I believe that we now have translight capability. Captain Elohim had announced that initial shakedown will commence in about an hour."
I nodded. "He's done quite a good job of putting together a cohesive engineering crew, hasn't he?"
"He is an engineer's captain," Lance agreed. "And his people know their tasks as engineers. They are capable of handling or handing off duties to others. Your Chief of Engineering, Katherine Hawkwind, is quite competent in her own right. And having Amanda Ohadi on board, if only as an observer, should prove interesting."
I nodded. "This bulkhead is closed," I said as I came to a heavier-than-usual door. "Is there life support on the other side?"
"Yes," Lance replied. The door opened and I stepped through. "However, there is no artificial gravity."
"Now you tell me!" I shouted to him as I tumbled headfirst down the corridor. I grabbed a strut set into the wall for just such emergencies and got control of myself.
"You didn't give me a chance to warn you," he admonished.
I growled politely. Easing my way down the hallway I heard a loud, metallic noise, a sudden outcry of "Whoops!" and an small explosion of giggling. Wondering what that was, I turned the corridor.
Down the hallway a melVulpin floated, tangled in three or four thick black cables that led from the left wall to the right wall. He wasn't fighting his way out of them at the moment, but hovering there, scratching his head and looking perplexed. He wore the insignia of a junior engineer. "Need some help?" I offered.
"Could you?" he asked, looking up so quickly that the snap of his head sent him into a gentle tumble again. "I mean, yes sir. I mean… Hey, aren't you Ken Shardik?"
"I guess so," I replied. "That's what it says on the uniform, after all." I pushed myself along handholds and reached him. Together we started untangling him.
As I parted two cables, he laughed. "Guess I look like an idiot, huh?"
"Not that I can see." Actually, what I could see looked irresistibly adorable. Not handsome, really. I couldn't get a good look at how tall he was, although I was curious to know. It looked about 150, maybe 155 cents tall. His fur was bright, bright golden red, pure Vulpin stock (and vulnerable to allergies, I remembered. Which might explain why he works in the purified atmospheres of space). As I started to untangle him, he drifted head-to-the-floor and turned around and I got hit in the face with his tail.
I sputtered, brushed it away, and then got hit again, from the other side. "What the Hell?"
"Sorry, should have warned you."
I looked, confirming what I thought I had seen. "You have two tails?"
"That's right," he replied, shaking both of them playfully. He seemed to have them both entirely under his willful control. I caught just enough of a glimpse of his face to see a wide smile.
"This may sound like a funny question, but… why?"
"Why not?" he replied. "It seemed like a good idea at the time. I've always wanted to have two tails. Ever since I was about thirteen the idea's been stuck in my head."
"And you've had them how long?"
"About thirty years." He grinned. "I thought people would like them, but I've found that they put a lot of people off."
I nodded. "I can imagine." We finally got him free and floated away. "Data connectors?" I asked, gesturing at the cables.
"Those are. That one's power," he replied gesturing. "These things are serious black holes for that stuff."
"What are?"
"Simaculae. You know, Unsambo."
"Ah," I replied, nodding. "Got it. So, what's your name, since you apparently already know mine?"
"Nishipo Parzec," he replied, holding out his hand. I grasped a strut with my left so that I wouldn't go sailing off when I shook with the right. "But my friends call me 'Tails.'"
"I wonder where that came from?" I joked.
"You got me," he laughed right back. Gods, he was cute. I wanted to "get" him all right. It was kind of annoying, really; I had to keep reminding myself to keep my hands to myself. And part of my problem was that I couldn't be sure if my attraction to him was nothing more than my continued ridiculously slutty flow of hormones. I had no explanation for the sudden rush of lust other than possibly that this job had put me in contact with a large array of very attractive people suddenly, and after six years of not knowing what I was missing, my body was responding naturally.
But in the lack of gravity he kept turning as he returned to his work. He had a slim, boyish body under that uniform, a wide face with very large, imploring eyes, and, when I could see it through all the fur on his tails– Gods, that feels weird to say it that way– he had a beautiful ass, too. About the only thing I could think of that bothered me was that he'd trimmed his whiskers. That was a fashion decision I personally disliked. Some people thought it made their face more "accessible."
While he dug into the ceiling, he said, "Can I ask you a question?"
I sighed. No matter how many times I say I hate that phrase, I still get it. "Sure," I replied, tossing in my political voice.
"Ken, why do we have so many simaculae on board? I mean, we could do almost everything in VR. We should just have one or two, but instead we've got nearly thirty. Why take up so much room on the ship?"
I opened my mouth to answer, them stopped as a different thought hit me. One that, much to my amusement, I felt a little reluctance to set forth as I was beginning to realize just how many people I was going to be flying with who I already had agreed into my bedroom on a somewhat erratic basis.
Oh, what the Hell, I decided. "How soon until this one is operational?"
"Yeah, fully."
He scanned the segment of corridor with his eyes. "Three or four hours, I'd say."
"Will the gravity be on?"
"Should be by then."
"Great. Want to give it a test?"
"According to my watch, the confirmation shakedown should be back in dock in a little under fifty hours. If you want to test this unsambo out, meet me here at the end of second shift tomorrow and we'll give it a test run. Say around three lome'?"
"Sir? Is this a date?"
I grinned. "Make of it what you want. The best way to teach you why there are so many simaculae is to show you. Will you do it?"
He thought for a moment. "Sure."
"Great. I'll be waiting for you to get here."
"See you at eighteen hundred tomorrow, sir."
I laughed, then saluted him. "Carry on, Tails."
I saw him shake his head as he mysteriously appeared onto the scene as if by SDisk. "Oh, come on!" he shouted up at me. "Not a gravity and perspective test!"
I waved to him from the top of the hill. "It'll be good for you!"
He started climbing the hill. It wasn't all that tall; just about seven meters or so. He had chosen to dress rather casually for this; nylon shorts and a cotton tank-top, neither of which did anything for him. I would not have labeled him 'athletic,' although he was certainly proportionate. Fortunately, they also did nothing to hide his loveliness underneath.
He reached the top of the hill, his legs pumping mechanically. He was panting pretty hard when he reached me. "Hi," I said.
"Hi," he gasped back, collapsing onto the grass, exhausted. "What is this?" he asked, gesturing around.
"It's a hill somewhere in Alia. Just a little picnic spot where I take friends and family sometimes. You don't mind, do you?"
"No," he said, shaking his head and still panting hard. "Just wanted to know. So, what's this all about?"
"Well, you wanted to know what it is about simaculae that makes them so important. I wanted to show you why. Drink?" I asked, holding out a bottle of apple juice.
"Oh, thank you!" he said.
"You're out of shape if that walk knocked you out like this."
"I know," he replied. "I'm going to do something about it this trip. I think I've just been spending too much time in lowered gravities." He drank deeply out of the bottle, then handed it back. I put it away in the very mundane-looking picnic basket which, of course, would have just about anything I wanted in it.
I looked at him carefully. "Tails, have you ever read 'The Shape of the Body?'"
"That's one of yours and Aaden's essays, isn't it? No, I hate to say it, but I'm not into reading that kind of intellectual stuff." He grinned.
I shrugged. "'Sokay, neither am I." He laughed. "We wrote 'Shape' because of an essay that had appeared sometime earlier called 'The Five Pound Universe.' A pound is–"
"It's an archaic measure of weight, I remember." He grinned. "Something like 2.203 kilograms under 1.012 G or something like that. A Terran measure."
"Right. Anyway, this guy's point was that the brain was the be-all and end-all of existence, that everything went into it and was interpreted by it. Aaden and I disagreed." I followed his eyes as they looked into the basket. "Have you eaten?" He shook his head. "Go ahead, take a look, then."
He reached into the basket as I continued. "Anyway, Aaden's and my point was simply that sentient beings are more than the two- kilos stuck in their hard shell. Even before we're born we're getting used to feeling, seeing, hearing and tasting through our senses. And as we grow up, the ways we can do things, the limits we can reach, the extremes of sensation we're capable of interpreting, all get trained by the limits on our eyes, our skin, our muscles.
"Even Terran religions know this. Most of them have an attachment to the body of one sort or another. Christian 'resurrection' and the Pagan 'silver cord' are reflections of that. Sensation is useless without a place to store that sensation, and storage is useless without something to store there."
Tails held up a hand while still holding a muzzleful of something. He swallowed. "That still doesn't explain why the difference between VR and Simaculae. All of those sensory things can be fed by good VR."
"Except for some of the most important. Two of which you've done right now."
"You climbed a hill, and you're eating a sandwich. One of the most important things about VR, Tails, that everyone is aware is the fact that it doesn't leave a lasting impression. It's what they teach in most VR classes even before you start jacking in. 'It's not real, It's not real.' You learn to believe that. Use it to overcome feedbacks.
"The reason we've encouraged Simaculae use in starships is for just that reason. To encourage people to remember their basic physical nature. It comes down to a spiritual belief, I guess, in the importance of 'reality' and the 'real body.'" I paused. "You know, of all the people in the universe, you're probably the last one I should have to explain this to."
"Because of your little bodily change," I said, pointing at his tails. "How old were you when you got those?"
"When did you want them?"
He grinned. "Like I said, probably when I was around thirteen. I even modified my icon so I would have two tails in VR."
I grinned. "Exactly. It wasn't enough, was it?"
He frowned, putting his hands to the sides of his muzzle to scratch an itch. "No, it wasn't." He stopped scratching, lowered his hands, and looked up. "I see."
I smiled. "Yeah, you do. I understand why your tails put people off; for some of them, it's an alteration of the body, and that makes you a different person to them. On the other hand, people who are, well, in my opinion, too hooked on VR are shocked by how physical you must be to want something that radical that badly to be done to your already very handsome body." I felt my grin widen a little more. "If I eat something, I want to feel it in my stomach. If I run, I want to feel it in my legs. And if I fuck, well… " I laughed. "I want to feel that in the morning too, sticky sheets and all. VR is too clean for me."
"If we had sex in here, you wouldn't have sticky sheets."
I almost laughed when I heard that 'we.' The signals that had started yesterday were now coming in clearly. "True. But we will still need to take a shower."
Sometimes seductions are like chess games and sometimes they're more like zero-G Marco-Polo. This was the second, and now he had me tagged. He lunged for me and we tumbled onto the grass, trying to match up our mouths and get in a kiss.
Finally, we stopped rolling and my lips found his muzzle, kissing him, feeling his mouth about mine, his short muzzle almost surrounding my lips as our tongues met and slid against one another. I felt his sharp canine teeth, wondering what it would feel like to have them scrape against my cock. His soft breath smelled of lunch and promises and his body on top of mine felt light and delicate.
I slid my hands up under that stupid shirt of his, burying my fingers deep into his fur, feeling his ribs underneath. His breath was hard and deep, and I could feel his chest expanding with each inhalation. I pressed my thigh up between his legs, feeling the heat of his groin and the hardness of his erection against it.
"Why didn't you just come out and tell me yesterday?" he asked.
"I didn't know. I mean, who could I ask? I mean, I didn't know what your tastes were or anything like that. I just made a date and hoped for the best."
"Thank you," he smiled. "When it comes to sex, I'm omnivorous."
I laughed. "Yeah."
"But no pain."
"Don't worry, right now that's the last thing on my mind." My hands reached down and caressed his beautiful ass; they strayed towards the center where I found the base of his tails; they were indeed mounted side-by-side and I could even feel where the bone split started. I grabbed one in each hand and tugged away slowly, feeling the fur slide through my palms.
Tails' whole body stiffened. "Don't– do that– unless you really mean it!"
"That turns you on?"
"Yes. More than you can imagine!"
I filed that away for future reference and dropped them. We returned to kissing, crazily, my fingers scratching at his chest as I rolled him over onto his back and sat down on his hips. "You are simply the most adorable thing I've seen in months, Tails."
He blushed. "I just never dreamed that Ken Shardik would walk into my life and I never thought he'd be so, so normal!"
"Ah, it's just me," I said, reaching behind myself to fondle his cock through his shorts. "I see you only have one of those."
"It's enough," he grinned.
"Let's see," I said, reaching up one of the legs of his shorts to find it with my hand. I felt the soft bulk of it against my fingertips and closed my hand around it. "You're right," I said. "It is enough." I grabbed his shorts by the stretch of cloth that ran between his legs and pulled. They came loose easily.
His cock was pale, with thin veins running along the sides. The head was almost flat against the shaft, so that it looked much more tubular than many cocks.
I was less concerned with the look than the taste as I opened my mouth and pressed my tongue to it. I felt the smooth texture of his skin slide over my tongue, awakening my tastebuds. I felt surprise at my own craving for it as I took all of it, pressing my nose down against his ballsac and feeling it bend slightly to slide down my throat. I worked my throat slowly to massage the length of his shaft, enjoying the sweet satisfaction of having his cock at my command. I stroked it slowly, enjoying all of it, especially the moans he was making. Since I was kneeling head-to-crotch besides him, his hands started fumbling with my pants, but I brushed them away. "Leave that for later," I said.
"I can't just lie here," he gasped.
"Sure you can," I said, taking his cock back into my mouth. He whimpered softly as I worked on it. I felt his body tense and relax, tense and relax. I could tell I was getting him close to climax. My hand probed between his legs, fondling his small testicles, feeling them roll between my fingers before reaching down a little more and caressing his asshole. Tense and relax. In and out. I moved my head back and forth in practiced rhythm, sucking on his cock with sheer abandonment and for my own gratification. I just wanted him.
His tensions grew longer, taking more time, and as I began sucking a little harder, feeling the skin of his cock slide under my tongue and the smell of his fur against my nose, he tensed hard, holding, and then let loose a loud, gasping moan as his cock shot a stream of warm come into mouth. I didn't let up, stroking, pulling every drop I could out of him. His hips pumped slightly as he came. I let every drop fall on my tongue, rolling it about inside my mouth and onto his cock. Unlike many people, I adore the taste of come.
As I moved away, I closed my lips on his shrinking shaft, sucking the last drops of semen and swallowing. He looked down the length of his body at me and shook his head. "You are amazing."
"Just old," I laughed. "And experienced."
He laughed. "And handsome." He rolled over in the grass, taking off his shirt and tossing it aside. "Take your clothes off."
I did as he asked, still feeling a little dizzy from his climax. "Wow," I breathed.
"Are you okay?" he asked, looking up at me.
"Believe me," I said, "I'm fine. I just got an incredible thrill from making you come in my mouth."
He lay down besides me, and we stretched out on the grass lazily, caressing each other. "Well, you haven't come yet."
"Even if this was all you wanted, Tails, I'm a happy Shardik right now."
"Well, there is something more I want, but even I need a few seconds to recover from that."
I nodded. "Okay. Let's just take a breather, then."
After a while, his hands caressing my chest and stomach slid down between my legs and found my cock. It took almost no coaxing on his part to bring it back to life, my erection roaring as it grew in his hands. After less than a minute it was completely hard and he was stroking it slowly. Then he shifted position as I had earlier and took it into his mouth.
I gasped; his mouth was warm but his teeth were sharp. They scraped along the underside delicately and I worried that he would hurt me. But he just suckled my cock for only a minute before he shifted position again, straddling my hips with his and holding my cock aimed under his tails. He sat down; I felt my cock press against his backside, he moved it into position, and then sat down insistently. The resistance was impressive; he had to hold my cock in place or else his tight hole would just push it out of the way. A little more insistence and the head slid past his sphincter and into his asshole, the rest following as he sat down, moaning a light "Mmm" as his hips met mine. "Oh, that feels good."
I nodded, reaching out and putting my hands on his furred thighs, scratching at them as he began stroking up and down along the length of my shaft. Gods, he did feel good. I would press up with his every downstroke, sharing in the pleasure as we made love in the grass.
He started to breath harder again, and I realized that his legs, which had had trouble up the seven meters of hill or so, wouldn't hold him up very long doing this either. I reached up and held him by his sides, then slowly teetered over, so that he landed on the grass. "Not like this," I said, sliding out of him.
I turned him over, pushing his leg down until he was on his belly, then pulling his buttocks into the air by his pelvis. "This is how I want you, Tails." I grasped both of his tails at the base, one hand around each, and pulled them up and away from his butt, uncovering his asshole. He moaned a soft, "Oh, please…"
I smiled as I pressed my cock against his asshole again, sliding into his now loosened hole. It was pretty to watch, my pale cock disappearing into his furry, red backside, the barely- visible sphincter almost grasping at it as I pulled out. I held onto his tails like they were handlebars, with them pulling him towards me on every thrust. His moans were loud and animal as I fucked him slowly.
I was not going to last long; this afternoon had already wound me up far too tight and I was ready to explode. But I wanted to last a long time; the heaven of this beautiful Vul and his lovely tails was too much to rush. I took each stroke thoughtfully, feeling my hips hit his buttocks with every thrust, feeling his anus clutching at my cock, listening to his moans, watching his fur wave with the impact.
I was gasping harder myself, feeling my chest rise and fall with every thrust. I held his tails to me, feeling the fur of his legs against my thighs and of his tails against my chest. His body was warm inside and out. My climax wanted out and it wanted out bad. I couldn't hold it back and with one final, slow thrust into his body, I came. "Tails!" I remember gasping as I felt my cock throb, coming deep inside him, feeling his whole body tense to receive my semen.
And then I slowly pulled out of him. "Oh, Tails," I gasped as I collapsed on top of him, my body molding to his, my lips at the back of his neck. I kissed him softly as we toppled over to the side again, naked onto the grass. Which, now that our passions were spent, was quite itchy to me. I squirmed slightly, then decided just to wait. "Thank you, Tails."
"Thank you, Ken," he replied. "Can we get up? I'm kinda uncomfortable."
"The grass?"
"Yeah," he agreed, nodding. We rose and he started scratching himself in earnest.
"Let me," I said, reaching out to do the scratching for him. He returned the favor and we spent a good two or three minutes close to one another, scratching, kissing, and playing. Then I recovered a bottle of water from the basket. "Drink?"
"Thank you." He shook his head. "You're very good."
I smiled, nodding once. "Experience is a good teacher. You are very good in your own right."
He looked up at me as if to speak, then stopped. Then started again. "I guess I expected you to be turned off by me. I changed what you made, after all."
"I can understand that. But… that's your right. People change how they look all the time. Earrings, fur trim patterns, colorings, even clothes and jewelry. What you did is radical and I think it does affect what you are inside. But in your case, given how much time you spent deciding and how happy you seem to be with it, I think it really does reflect what you are in there," I said, brushing my fingertips against his chest. "I find that kind of self-knowledge very sexy."
He smiled gently. "Let's go take that shower you were talking about."
"Okay. Lance, end simulation." Gravity shifted a few degrees as the hill gave way to the bare, black walls of the Simaculae. Our clothes fluttered to the ground and the picnic basket was whisked away. We dressed quickly, taking time to grab at each other once in a while. "Well, your engineering job worked just fine."
He laughed. "I didn't think it wouldn't." He reached down and stroked his belly softly. "And you're right about one thing."
"What's that?"
"I will remember this in the morning."
I laughed. "I bet. Come on, let's go get clean. I'm on deck 11."
"I'm on 12. It's closer."
"Then let's go to yours." We walked out of the empty room.


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Harberton 1887 Jubilee Reminiscences
Queen Victoria celebrated her Golden Jubilee on 21st June 1887. Great celebrations organised by Major John Fincher Trist of Tristford took place in Harberton on that day. The Major wrote a book, including an ode which was sent to the Queen, which captures the events of the day and names many of the individuals involved. An original copy of this book was kindly lent to this website.
The full text has been captured by OCR and can be viewed by clicking here.
Bear in mind that the book has about 65 pages in total.
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The Vortex Butterflies trilogy reaches is game-changing conclusion with devastating consequences for Gabby, Cindy and The Doctor! Will they all make it out in one piece? Or will the fate of these beloved companions be changed forever?


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The Organizers
The World Wide Panorama events and web sites have been organized and created by Don Bain and Landis Bennett. They both participated in the early "Wrinkles" and maintain large web sites of their own panoramic images. Both are current or former members of the IVRPA (International VR Photography Association) Board of Directors. Original graphics by Kat Bennett and Markus Altendorff. Maps, database, and programming by Markus Altendorff. Thomas Rauscher, Keeper of the Coordinates.
G. Donald Bain ( )
In real life I managed the Geography Computing Facility at the University of California Berkeley, where I also taught cartography and field studies. The rest of the time I travel and take panoramas for my web site: Don Bain's Virtual Guidebooks. This project (my wife refers to it as my obsession) has taken me from Tahiti to the Arctic, from the prehistoric ruins of the Southwest to the glaciers of the Canadian Rockies. As a compulsive educator it has been a real treat, documenting and sharing my landscapes with the world. I have taken over 4000 panoramas, with about 3500 currently on the site (http://VirtualGuidebooks.com).
Landis Bennett ( )
I met Don when I attended the University of California Berkeley as a geography major. Fortuitously I started there at just about the same time QTVR reared its head. Don was just learning all about it and because we both share a great love of travel and photography he introduced me to his new enthusiasm. I took it from there and did a bit of my own traveling. I have about 1000 panoramas from all over North America on my website and many, many more that have yet to be put on the web - if only for a little more time. When not making panoramas of my travels, I'm making maps both self-published and for hire. My site can be found at http://www.360Geographics.com.
Kat Bennett ( )
Kat created the logos and regional graphics for this web site. She is a professional cartographer with Avalon Travel Publishing. Another graduate of the geography department at U.C. Berkeley, she has been on panographic expeditions north past the Arctic Circle and south of the Tropic of Cancer.
Markus Altendorff ( )
I'm into panoramic photography as a hobby since 1997, and also took part as a contributor in some of the early Wrinkle in Time events. My involvement with the WWP was more of a lucky accident, caused by an email from Landis Bennett after I presented a pretty rough draft of a clickable world map for the 9/04 event to our WWP Yahoo Group.
Markus created the striking new world and detail maps for the 9/04 event and ran the whole WWP as a one man show until 2018.
Erik Krause, Carsten Rees, Kathy Wheeler, Luca Vascon and Robert Bilsland
The new WWP management team took over in 2019.
Thomas Rauscher ( )
I am very new to panoramic photography and this hobby started with the 2004 Sanctuary Event. My other passion is programming and as it turns out, this is a perfect match. I did several extensions for PanoTools and I have written Windows software for QuicktimeVR called Pano2QTVR. Like Markus, my involvement started with a post on the WWP Yahoo Group about my first tests of Placemarks for Google Earth and NASA Worldwind.
Pat Swovelin †
His e-mail footer said it all:
"World Wide Panorama Event Coordinator
Get out there an shoot some panoramas!"
Pat has maintained the events, proof-reading the individual contributions and providing assistance to the participants for years. He passed away unexpectedly on May 21st, 2012. The June 2012 event, "Heritage", is dedicated to him.
-- The WWP team
Richard Crowest ( http://www.corvidae.co.uk )
Richard has programmed the sleek Flash-based audio player and graciously granted the WWP the right to use it on this website.
Many thanks to those who have assisted with translation from English to other languages:
Andrei Bodrov, Wil Brugman, Bostjan Burger, Fat Chai, Giancarlo De Leo, Carl von Einem, Hans Inge Hagen, Jaume Lorens, Roberto Mancuso, Jakob Norsted-Moberg, Waleed Nassar, Inaki Rezola, Tiit Roosileht, Pedro Silva, Rudi Szabo, Mickael Therer, Michel Thoby, Alexander Thomsen, Dudu Tresca.


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IDR – Indonesian Rupiah
- Overview
IDR is considered to be a restricted currency, which implies an inherent limitation to the tradability of this currency. Fund transfers in this currency are not allowed outside of Indonesia.
Besides this limitation, this currency is considered to be complex (multiple information to be provided and complex processing).
- Currency Guidelines
Besides the standard information, the beneficiary's physical full address is recommended.
A clear reason / purpose of payment is mandatory and consists of a full written description (in English) of the nature of payment to be provided in the remittance information. For example: providing an invoice number without guiding text is considered as insufficient and can result in errors or delays.
Example: Payment of travel expenses – invoice n° 123456789
A purpose of payment code (see Appendix IV) is required when payments are above IDR 100 million and one party involved in the transaction is a non-resident.
Moreover, it is recommended to provide the beneficiary's telephone number in the remittance information.
This currency does not have any decimal places.
Eventually it is highly recommended that all IDR wire payments have the following information under Beneficiary Address with format "SKN/2*2**" where:
* BenefTypeCode value = 1/ 2/ 3 (1: Individual, 2: Corporate, 3: Government)
** BenefStatusCode value = 1/ 2 (1: Resident, 2: Non-Resident)
Examples in case of SWIFT MT103:
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• Using tag 70 (payment details-free format): 70:/BENEFRES/ID/SKN/2*2**
• Using tag 72 (bank-to-bank information): 72:/ACC/BENEFRES/ID/SKN/2*2**
• that incomplete instructions may result in delay and late execution.
• that ID in the above-mentioned examples, is a fixed value that stands for "Indonesia" and not for a particular identification reference.
- Instructions, technical guidelines & more
To consult the Technical Guidelines of this currency, click hereTECHNICAL GUIDELINES
To consult the Appendix(es) click hereAppendix IV: Purpose of Payment Codes (IDR)
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• Available charge options: OUR/SHA/BEN
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Masters, D. C. "Jasper Nicolls and English Protestant Education in Canada East." In His Own Man: Essays in Honour of Arthur Reginald Marsden Lower, edited by W. H. Heick and Roger Graham, 149–162. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1974.
Magnuson, Roger. "Les écoles protestantes sont-elles confessionnelles?" In Société, culture et religion à Montréal, XIXe-XXe siècle, edited by Guy Lapointe, 122–135. Montréal: VLB Editeur, 1994.
Hillmer, Melvyn. "Baptist Theological Education in Ontario and Quebec, 1838-1982." In Canadian Baptist History and Polity, edited by Murray J. S. Ford, 40–55. Hamilton, ON: Divinity College, McMaster University, 1983.
Henchey, Norman. "St. Joseph Teachers College Joins McGill: A View from the Other Side." In Aspects of Education. (A Special Supplement of the McGill Journal of Education, Vol. 26, No. 2 – Supplement 1991), edited by Margaret Gillett and Ann Beer, 207–222. Montreal: Faculty of Education, McGill University, 1991.
Baum, Gregory. "Tendances radicals du protestantisme à Montréal." In Société, culture et religion à Montréal, XIXe-XXe siècle, edited by Guy Lapointe, 80–97. Montréal: VLB Éditeur, 1994.


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Serious Questions Raised About CNN's Use Of Stealthy P2P Video For The Inauguration
from the security-risks-abound deptCNN got a lot of attention on inauguration day as being the online site of choice for people to watch the streaming video of the events. However, as reader Jim Wood alerts us, many people are probably unaware that they agreed to do so by sharing their bandwidth via a P2P application. Now, first off, I actually think this is a good general use of P2P and have wondered in the past why more streaming apps don't make use of bandwidth sharing P2P in a similar manner. However, it does appear that there are many, many issues with how this was implemented. CNN told people they had to install Octoshape Grid Delivery to watch the video -- and it turns out that wasn't true. You only had to install it if you wanted to make use of the more efficient bandwidth sharing. Also, it doesn't appear that it was clearly explained to users at all what they were agreeing to. This is especially problematic at a time when more and more ISPs are using broadband caps that often include upstream traffic. Users might not realize at all that they were giving up a significant amount of their bandwidth.
Separately, the EULA for the software contains some totally ridiculous clauses, including: "You may not collect any information about communication in the network of computers that are operating the Software or about the other users of the Software by monitoring, interdicting or intercepting any process of the Software." Yes, if you install the software, you can no longer monitor your own traffic usage, at least according to those terms.
There are also serious concerns about potential security problems associated with the software, since the software can automatically be activated by visiting any "Octoshape-enabled" website. That seems like a zombie-scammer's dream setup: a secretive P2P network that people don't even know they have that can use up a ton of bandwidth, can't be sniffed (legally) and uses an unexpected port.
Again, there are definite useful ways to make use of P2P to spread out the bandwidth, but it needs to be done in a much more transparent, reasonable and safe manner. Unfortunately, this implementation doesn't seem to have done that -- and millions of trusting CNN users may now run into problems because of that.
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NCIS season 15 starting 3 July @20:00 on MNet
Will and Grace 18 July 19:30 on MNet
9-1-1 (23 July 20:00 on MNet)
Explores the high-pressure experiences of police, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. They must try to balance saving people with solving problems in their own lives.
Good on Lucifer, fun series.
Brooklyn nine nine (saved by another channel)
LUCIFER (Saved by Netflix)
Barry: Renewed
Yip. If the time changes it most likely only air next year
According to Thinus, The Orville will start on M-Net on 13 August at 17:00, although he does remark that the content of the show may not be suitable for that timeslot, so that time and date may change.
@Doug yip saw that apparently the story will be thousand years before the current time in westeros. How the white walkers started and stuff like that
Looks really good better than GoT currently is
Not so appropriate here yet, but oneday....
HBO have ordered a spin-off of Game of Thrones
RIVIERA starts 20:00 on 119 BBC FIRST
Set in the French Riviera, the series follows Georgina Clios, a midwestern art curator whose life is turned upside down after the death of her billionaire husband Constantine Clios in a yacht accident. Georgina becomes immersed in a world of lies, double-dealing and crime, as she seeks to uncover the truth about her husband's death.
Ride Upon The Storm
New Danish show starting Saturday 16 June 22:30 on M-Net
BAFTA-winning Adam Price (Borgen) turns his attention to how faith and religion affect our lives in this modern, character-led drama produced by Camilla Hammerich (Borgen) and starring Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards).
The story centres on a family of priests that traces its roots back more than 250 years: Johannes (Mikkelsen), Elisabeth (Ann Eleonora Jorgensen), and their sons, August (Morten Hee Andersen) and Christian (Simon Sears). Johannes is God-like to his sons – he gives, loves, and punishes. His favouritism for August and his disappointment with Christian forces both into making desperate choices in order to either gain his love or break free from him. Their path will lead us into war and encounters between different religions, seen through the intimate lens of a family drama.
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Marine weddings can be an ideal way to display your mutual commitment to the armed services and your future spouse. Additionally, If you or your future spouse is part of the military currently or you have retired from the military, the marine wedding allows you to invite other officers in your unit and demonstrate your respect for marine traditions. However, many marine traditions exist regarding the invitations, ceremony and reception. Familiarize yourself with the protocol before you have your marine wedding.
Ask your commanding officer for permission to marry. In many cases this may not be necessary, but it is a sign of respect. If you will be having your wedding on base, you should also ask for permission to use the area for your wedding as well as any restrictions on the use of the grounds.
Talk to a military chaplain about your interest in having a marine wedding. Retain his services. Military chaplains do not charge a fee for their services.
Decide upon your ceremony location. You can book the military chapel on your base or have your ceremony at another church or chapel. Be sure to ask if the chaplain can perform your service if desired. Ask permission to include marine traditions such as the arch of swords. Discuss any limitations on photography or music. Many churches will limit the type of music you can play during your wedding ceremony. You will usually need to restrict your photographer from clicking during somber moments in the ceremony. The emphasis should be on the religious ceremony, rather than on the marine traditions.
Decide upon a reception location. You can opt for a military affiliated location, such as a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building or on a typical civilian reception location. Reserve the reception location as far in advance as possible.
Order your invitations. Include the rank and marine service of the groom and bride if applicable when referring to them. Mention the type of dress that you will be having on the invitation or in an enclosure inside the invitation. For example, state whether it will be a formal black tie event or white tie event. Begin addressing your invitations. The ranking of each military personnel should be included on the invitation. Include an invitation for the reception to the military chaplain and his spouse.
Arrange for your bridal party to wear appropriate clothing depending on the time and formality of your wedding. The bride, groom and other members of the bridal party usually wear their uniforms, although the bride may opt for a wedding dress even if she is a marine as well. White or blue uniforms are worn if the wedding is very formal like a white tie affair. Ask the bridal party to dress in dinner uniform for a black tie event. Ask your bridal party to dress in whites or blues for an informal wedding. Other wedding guests not in the bridal party may wear their uniforms as well.
Order your wedding flowers from a local florist. Do not order boutonnieres with your wedding flower order because they are not permitted to be worn on marine uniforms.
Arrange for an arch of swords recessional. In this tradition several officers place their swords in a row in an upside-down V shape. The bride and groom pass underneath. It is also customary that the last marine tap the bride with the sword after she passes through to welcome her to the marine corps. Ask members of your bridal party to complete this tradition if they are officers. Otherwise, other guests who are officers can be asked ahead of time to complete this tradition. Ask your chaplain or honor guard to reserve the use of the swords.
Order your wedding cake. Become familiar with the tradition of the groom slicing the first piece of cake with his sword and feeding the cake to the bride. The bride will then place her hand on the sword as the groom places his hand over hers to cut the piece of cake for the groom. She then feeds him the cake in return.
Inform your ushers of specific seating arrangements during the ceremony and reception. The bride and groom's commanding officers should be seated as near to the couple as possible. Other officers should be seated immediately behind the families' seating. You should also make sure that officers are shown to their reception seats before the civilian guests.