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|Review: Axxis - Utopia
Label: AFM Records
Year released: 2009
Duration: 49:27
Tracks: 11
Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 4/5
Review online: August 23, 2009
Reviewed by: Christopher Foley
Rated 3.85/5 (77.04%) (27 Votes)
Picture this: it's bang in the middle of the "Great British Summer" and it's a truly horrible day, winds a roaring and the rains a pouring, my spirits are low – looks like the beach is off. Fortunately for me I have a shed-load of albums to review and at the top of the list we have the latest Axxis release. Turns out Utopia is the exact order of the day, over the top, hyper melodic, super catchy and most of all ridiculously fun. While it's gray outside, my room becomes lit up. It's hard not to smile with these guys – but that's always been the case with Axxis. I love a band that puts the fun into metal – I mean don't get me wrong I love dramatic albums featuring grim tales of horror, plague, and death but sometimes I need to cut loose and have fun! These guys are certainly one of the best around today at just that matter. Of course I have to give a special mention to the album cover because quite frankly it's one of the coolest I've seen this year, and what's not to like about a lady with a fire whip straddling a sea serpent? If you were familiar with the last Axxis release, this is more of the same only better and they've certainly done away with a few of the offending matters from Doom of Destiny. Utopia is hands down a better album, featuring superior production and musicianship and of course greater songs.
Obviously this wouldn't be Power Metal without the mandatory intro (I'm slowly becoming more accustomed to these as of late.). After the intro we have the immense title track and honestly it's hard not to smile (which can lead to bizarre looks on public transport.) As always Bernhard Weiss' vocals are as much fun as ever – if you like Kai Hansen, chances are you're going to love this guy. Immediately noticeable is how much the guitars have improved since Doom of Destiny. Marco Wriedt really does take names and kick ass here. Despite bearing one of the more laughable song titles I've seen in a while "Sarah Wanna Die" stands out as one of the finer tracks on Utopia – and certainly one of the catchiest. "My Fathers' Eyes" is the weakest link here, although the intro piano and guitar solo both sound fantastic. "The Monsters Crawl" features a cracking intro riff although I'm still quite unsure how to take the bizarre keyboard effect used over the top of it – which slowly becomes more frequent during the later tracks, admittedly taking a slight dip in quality when compared to the first 4 or 5, especially the more mid-paced numbers as these guys work far too well playing fast. However the album closer "Underworld" is an awesome double bass-fueled Power Metal gem featuring a damn fine chorus and quite possibly the best song these guys have ever penned – it's just so goddamn fun!
Overall it's hard for me not to recommend Utopia. Axxis are a superb act who deserve more recognition, despite a few niggles (and of course my wish of an album filled with tracks like "Underworld") Utopia is a very strong release which certainly blows Doom of Destiny out of the water. Power Metal fans you need this in your life even just on the strength of "Underworld" and the title track. If you're feeling down, I'd suggest ordering this album; it certainly brightened my day up. Recommended
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Bata Bangladesh, the local company of the family-owned global footwear and accessories manufacturer and retailer Bata Shoe Organization, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to train and employ 5,000 low-income rural women as independent sales representatives.
The Rural Sales Programme, Bata's social enterprise, plans to expand to 40 rural districts and reach 10 million new customers with its affordable footwear products by 2020. BCtA is a global initiative that encourages companies to fight poverty through inclusive business models, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other international organizations.
The Rural Sales Program was launched in 2005 in partnership with CARE International's social business, Jita, and was designed to help overcome some of the obstacles to economic development in rural Bangladesh, such as lack of market penetration and a lack of economic opportunities for those without land, many of whom are women. Since its inception, the programme has expanded rapidly, growing from 49 women selling only Bata flip flops at US$1 in one region, to more than 2,200 women across 54 hubs in 28 rural districts and reaching 375,000 households selling, toiletries, apparel and medicine in addition to footwear. Known as Aparajitas Bengali word for 'woman who never gives up'; the women are now averaging US$80/120 each month in commissions, and as a result are able to improve their material conditions, build a sense of dignity and enhance their participation in household decision-making. Bata will leverage Jita's existing linkages to deliver its affordable products to the most hard-to-reach areas and expand its customer base in Bangladesh by 10 million people.


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The Real Reason Google Doesn't Like Paid Links
Being a (Near) Monopoly is Expensive
The more I think about it the more I realize why Google doesn't like the various flavors of paid links. It has nothing to do with organic search relevancy. The problem is that Google wants to broker all ad deals, and many forms of paid links are more efficient than AdWords is. If that news gets out, AdWords and Google crumble.
DoubleClick was the wrong model until Google bought them. But smart marketers are not trying to waste millions of dollars on overpriced brand ads.
Google Doesn't Sell Social Ads
If you are buying ads on Google you are trying to reach everyone searching for a keyword. If you buy contextual ads you are trusting relevancy matching algorithms. Those used to be the standard, but now there are far more efficient ways to reach early adopters. Social influence is far more important than most people give it credit for.
Content as Ads & Cheap Social Ads
People game Digg, draft stories for specific trusted editors, suggest stories to popular blogs, buy reviews on blogs, create products or ideas with marketing baked in, link nepotistically, etc. There are a lot of cheap and affordable ways to reach early adopters.
Editorial and social relationships have far more value than Google realize, and Matt Cutts's recent outbursts are just a hint at how Google is losing their dominant control over the web. And they deserve to, because...
The Web Doesn't Want to be Controlled
Sure Google likes link baiting today, but that is the next paid link. Google is backing themselves into a corner, destroying each signal of quality they once trusted, until one day the web is a piece of junk or Google is no longer relevant.
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Well DUH!
I sell sponsored links for a flat fee per month and the CPC sometimes is less than $0.01 based on all the click traffic but none exceed $0.15 per click when you average it out.
how awesome
is this quote
"It didn't generate much money," Brin recalls, referring to the program as a "hand-patched life preserver." DoubleClick, he adds, was the ocean liner Google would swim to should the life preserver fail.
paid link boost
The problem is that Google wants to broker all ad deals, and many forms of paid links are more efficient than AdWords is.
Paid links give you something contextual PPC ads can't: a boost in your inbound link popularity.
It would be funny for Google to run a clandestine link brokering business to find out who all the paid ads REALLY belong to.
Interesting Stuff
One of the largest adsense forums around is over at Warriors. I will post this topic there and it will be hopefully very interesting to see the response of individuals who rely upon adwords for their entire incomes. Thanks David
Testing purposes
Matt said they wanted reports of paid links for "testing purposes" - manual policing is not practical and not what they are good at, so will likely build an algo that scales based on test results.
I suspect paid links to/on relevant sites/content will be unnaffected, paid links to/on non-relevant sites/content will likely just be ignored for PR and anchor text value and not penalised.
Quote: Google is backing
Google is backing themselves into a corner, destroying each signal of quality they once trusted
Google is destroying the signal quality? Er.... ok....
Sorry, but this kind of thing makes me chuckle, like some big conspiracy rumour mill. Next we'll hear that Google shot JFK...
A lot of people buy links with the express intention of improving their rank in Google, so why is Google going to like the practice?
You all bitch and moan about irrelevant SERPs that you say Google chucks out, yet seeingly defend one of the practices that obviously cause it.
a hint at how Google is losing their dominant control over the web.
Heh, could've fooled me. I was under the impression that some recent stats showed their market share for search has increased. They've not long ago picked up the biggest video community on the web, which is still pretty strong despite the sudden lurch of law suits.
They don't look like a company in trouble yet.
Adsense sites!
I also think Google have really messed up web search results by creating Adsense, and the flood of crappy websites by middlemen using it to make a buck!
Throw baby out...
>>A lot of people buy links with the express intention of improving their rank in Google
And a lot of people buy links with no such intention. That's the bit that Google doesn't give a shit about. AFA Google is concerned all paid linking in bad and they want you to be the chief snitcher to report on people who have the audacity to pay for links.
>> their market share for search has increased
Just when people are increasingly using non-search methods to get to destinations.
"Google Has an Agenda"
It's like a "catch 22" and 'Google' has an "agenda". It would seem to me that "Google" wants to have more control over who's able to sell paid links.
Well we live in a "Capitalist Society" an economic system in which the means of production are mostly privately owned and operated for profit, and in which distribution, production and pricing of goods and services are determined in a largely free market.
Google themselves are the architect of the paid links, but it doesn't give them exclusive rights to it and voiding us "The Webmasters" from being able to "Monetize" our website by means of selling links also.
Although, IMHO I believe "Google" are ready to launch their algorithmic attempt at filtering out certain types of paid links, whether we like it or not.
Google will justify this by saying it's to help improve the quality of SERPs, when we all know what it's really about and that's "Google" wants to capture a bigger share of this market!
How is Google going to do this?
The question i have is how the hell is google going to determine whether a link is a paid one or not using a math algorithm? There are link brokerages out there that do not provide list of websites that sell links, and some of the those websites are very trusted sources for google.
So how is google going to go about it?
Network analysis. We saw a
Network analysis. We saw a potential taster with this in back in October 2005 (cf, link exchanges).
On the one hand, Google could more aggressively push on looking for easy indicators - "Sponsored by" lists and similar.
On the other, simply identifying certain network structures, and devaluing one or more elements regarding link values.
Quote: Network analysis. We
Network analysis. We saw a potential taster with this in back in October 2005 (cf, link exchanges).
What worries me is the lop-sided nature of this. Google has no interest in minimizing collateral damage. On the contrary, Google profits via AdSense.
Network analysis properly done puts the influence into the hands of the linkers. Every paid link network owns an arsenal for sabotage... just include a few extra competitor sites as if they were paying customers, and get them onto the "link buyers" list to neutralize the effects. If Google stays one-sided by only devalueing paid links, they risk chasing their own tail as link exchanges simply add more layers of abstraction. It's a losing game, unless collateral damage doesn't matter.
Of course Google will do what helps Google, every time. What a mess.
Get rid of Page Rank
All Google needs to do is to stop showing page rank. The is no reason to show page rank that is remotely useful to Google's users that I can see. The only use it has is for SEO's.
They don't need to bother with trying to figure out which link is paid for or not. Just stop disclosing rank and no one will be able to sell something based on a value they can't prove. Then all that will be left is for link sellers to sell based on the traffic they get, just like Google does.
Google is going to get to the point of being governmentally regulated as they move more and more towards positioning themselves as the arbiter of information. Because they know full well the power of the top positions as relates to commerce.
So by becoming essentially a utility they will be truly on thin ice when it comes to proving what are "paid" links and what aren't. I can see the kinds of lawsuits happening that have a good shot at putting a huge dent in Goliath's armor.
So the easiest answer for Google is to just stop showing the very thing that fuels the whole link-selling industry. Because not even human reviewers can prove anything based on the appearance of a link somewhere. Unless they have incontrovertible proof of a transaction they are going to be pretty hard up to "punish" someone's website for "paid" links.
Not to mention that this brings up again the issue of GoogleBowling a competitor. What will Google do if I purchase a bunch of links on known link-selling networks? Most likely they won't count for anything but who knows?
Anyway, that's my take on the whole thing.
I think so many people are
I think so many people are buying links that there would still be a huge market even if Google pulls away pagerank display
Buy Buy Buy
It would be funny for Google to run a clandestine link brokering business to find out who all the paid ads REALLY belong to.
They dont actually need to do that.
They could just clandestinely buy one.
They probably already have.
For many
link buyers, page rank is not a metric that factors into the purchase.
>>Get rid of Page Rank
Don't think that will help much. You can still easily tell which sites have the trust by a few queries using on page factors.
Google cannot hide it's algorithm. It's in the SERPs after all...
Google Does Not Support Paid Links?
This is really a joke. Google actually encourages you to buy paid links in order to boost your site ranking, and they also ask you to submit to the ODP, which is a worse joke.
Quote from the Google site:
Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites.
First off, Yahoo and most top directories do not accept free listings for most sites, so isn't Google asking us to buy links? I think the answer is clear, and the intent.
As far as the ODP is concerned, it is virtually impossible to get into most categories because the editor is your competitor. The only way to get in is to bribe one of the other editors.
I have submitted several of my sites to categories that are so specific it is impossible to not include them for any other reason. The sites are useful, user friendly and content rich, yet after two years not one has been included.
The ODP is irrelevant since google stopped promoting their copy of it, the "google directory".
The google directory still exists, but you wouldn't know it from google.
It took me three years to get my first listing in the ODP. I didn't care much, cuz the ODP is JUST one directory and there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds out there just waiting for my URL.
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Cox Accused of Defamation in Hazing Story
ATLANTA (CN) – The roommate of the Florida marching band member who died from hazing in November claims in court that Cox Media defamed him by calling him one of the perpetrators of the hazing, though he was a victim of it.
Keon Hollis sued Cox Media Group dba WFTV and WFTV Inc., in Fulton County State Court.
Hollis, a senior at Florida A&M University, claims that WFTV published an article on its website that falsely reported that the school had suspended him after the death of Robert Champion.
"The article falsely states that plaintiff was suspended by Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University ('FAMU') in connection with the hazing-related homicide of Mr. Robert Champion ('Mr. Champion')," the complaint states. "It was clear from the outset that plaintiff Hollis was never suspended, and was a victim, rather than a perpetrator, of hazing on the night of Mr. Champion's death. Indeed, defendants' source for the article expressly disavowed all statements associating plaintiff with the homicide and alleged suspension before defendants published the article. Defendants nevertheless published the article, leading readers and members of the public to believe that Hollis hazed Mr. Champion and ultimately caused, or contributed to the cause of, his tragic and untimely death. Defendants negligently published the article and published it with a reckless disregard for truth or falsity."
Hollis, who was Champion's roommate, is also a drum major and a member of the school's now-notorious marching band, "the Marching 100".
According to the complaint, "the Marching 100," which was established in 1892, has performed at high-profile events such as the Super Bowl, presidential inaugurations and the Grammy Awards, and has been featured on TV shows and in national commercials.
"Known for precise and disciplined routines, members of the Marching 100 have been, and are, a tightly knit group, not unlike fraternities and sororities in the collegiate Greek system," the complaint states.
"Within the Marching 100, members formed separate, and often secret, subgroups, which also resembled fraternities and sororities.
"These subgroups, known as the Clones, Thunder, Gestapo, Red Dawgs, Screaming Demons, B Tone Express, Whales, and The Z, have been historically based on a variety of common bonds among various band members, such as the section of instruments played by particular groups or the area of the country from which students came prior to attending FAMU and becoming members of the Marching 100.
"The culture of camaraderie and discipline also involved a deeply rooted and entrenched tradition of hazing which pervaded the Marching 100 as a whole, as well as each of the subgroups.
"Over the years, various hazing rituals were used by Marching 100 members in an attempt to galvanize and indoctrinate members into the Marching 100, as well as into the secret and select subgroups of the Marching 100.
"Hazing is part of a longstanding tradition within the Marching 100, and, on information and belief, has been carried out with the knowledge of FAMU faculty members and, in some cases, has occurred in their presence.
"Less senior students often submitted to hazing as a means to attain the respect and trust of their fellow Marching 100 members and/or to gain admission into the various subgroups of the Marching 100.
"Students who refused to be hazed were ostracized and faced isolation and disrespect.
"One of the most brutal hazing traditions at FAMU is an event known as 'Crossing Bus C' or 'Crossing Over'.
"Crossing Over takes place on the bus used to transport the percussion section of the band, known as Bus C.
"Crossing Bus C requires the Marching 100 member to be hazed by attempting to make his or her way from the front of Bus C to the back of the bus, while the Marching 100 member is repeatedly beaten, pushed, kicked, pulled, thrown to the ground, and even thrown against the ceiling by other Marching 100 members. Marching 100 members use their hands as well as hard objects, such as drumsticks, mallets, paddles and bottles, to hit the hazed member as he or she attempts to make his or her way to the back of the bus.
"Agreeing to Cross Over is viewed by Marching 100 members as a tradition for obtaining the utmost respect and acceptance of the Marching 100.
"Hazing is a criminal offense in the State of Florida and the State of Georgia."
Hollis says he was one of six drum majors chosen to lead the band during the 2011 FAMU football season, along with Champion.
On Nov. 19, after FAMU played its last football game of the season, in Orlando, Hollis and Champion went through the "crossing over" ritual to gain the respect of band members, according to the complaint.
"After both men boarded bus C, plaintiff Hollis began crossing over," the complaint states. "In the process, plaintiff Hollis was repeatedly beaten with band members' hands, drumsticks, mallets and other objects, kicked, pushed and stomped as he made his way to the back of the bus. As he began his efforts to reach the back of the bus, he heard Mr. Champion being beaten in a traditional prerequisite to crossing over, known as the hot seat.
"After completing the hot seat, Mr. Champion began crossing over. Mr. Champion also attempted to make his way to the back of the bus while being beaten with fists and physical objects and being kicked, pushed, pulled and stomped.
"After crossing over, plaintiff Hollis briefly spoke with Mr. Champion, while both men sat beaten at the back of bus C.
"Plaintiff Hollis then exited the bus, and vomited in the parking lot as a result of the beating he had endured.
"Shortly thereafter, Mr. Champion lost consciousness while still on board of bus C and was later pronounced dead from hemorrhagic shock. The injuries that caused Mr. Champion's death were a direct result of the blunt force trauma he received from the repeated beatings he experienced while being subjected to the hot seat and crossing over hazing rituals. Plaintiff Hollis survived the trauma. Mr. Champion, his friend and roommate, died that night as a result of it."
Hollis says he was a victim of the hazing ritual and was never expelled or considered responsible for Champion's death.
But he claims that on Dec. 5, 2011, WFTV and Cox Media published a defamatory article, "FAMU student leaders call for an end to hazing," on the WFTV web page, falsely stating that Hollis had been suspended in connection with Champion's death.
Hollis says the article attributed its statements about him to FAMU's student newspaper, The Famuan, which mistakenly identified Hollis as one of four students who had been expelled after Champion's death.
He claims The Famuan removed his name from the original article before WFTV and Cox Media published their piece, but the defendants failed to remove the false and defamatory statements.
After Hollis demanded a retraction, WFTV and Cox Media updated the article, stating that Hollis had not been suspended, but he says they failed to mention that Hollis had not contributed to Champion's death.
Hollis says the article permanently damaged his reputation.
He seeks compensatory and punitive damages for defamation and emotional distress, and wants a complete retraction of the article.
Hollis is represented by L. Lin Wood with Wood, Hernacki & Evans.


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This piece is going to look at historical price differences between unleaded petrol and diesel in The Netherlands. In the long run the price of crude oil is the main component that affects this price differential. In the short run, state taxes and subsidies affect the price of both fuels. Additionally, environmentally oriented regulations with respect to the level of sulfur in diesel has pushed the prices up and narrowed the difference. Throughout the year there exists some seasonality with winter having smaller price difference, as demand for diesel increases and the price of diesel follows along.
Unleaded petrol has continuously been more expensive than diesel. In the Netherlands the historical gap has been around 20% and it is getting narrower with time. If in early 2006, petrol was a bit above 25% more expensive than diesel, in 2019 this price differential is 15%. What are the main drivers behind this narrowing?
While the price of crude oil is the main driver of retail fuel prices in the long-run price, differences across countries are due to various taxes and subsidies for gasoline or diesel. During the ending of 2018, crude oil prices have shown shaky signs and the price differential between petrol and diesel is quite unstable.
Crude oil prices have been on the rise for about a year, passing the $80 per barrel level in January 2019. On top of that, supply concerns from U.S. sanctions pushed the prices even further up. In the short run, exchange rates, tax policy, regulations, supply disruptions, and seasonal factors also play a role but these influences are minor compared to crude oil.
Moving forward, in an effort to decrease pollution from ships, on the 1st of January, 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will require the sulfur content in marine fuel to drop from a maximum of 3.5% down to 0.5%.
While in Europe these type of regulations began in the early 1990s, the U.S. began to phase in the ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) only in 2006. Meeting the standards of ULSD requires a substantial investment into equipment to remove the sulfur. In turn, diesel prices went substantially up and the price differential became narrower.
Experts predict that the European average gasoline price is expected to remain relatively stable at around €1.27 per liter in 2019. This average is based on 36 European countries including Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Russia. The average diesel price is expected to be €1.17 in January 2020, or around 1% more expensive than 2018. In any case, it seems certain that diesel prices are set to rise during 2019, and more significantly than petrol prices.
Let's start with the yearly average of oil and diesel prices since 2006. The highest average price of both fuels was noted in 2012 and the lowest was in the aftermath of 2009. The world economic contraction and the lack of local demand pulled crude oil prices down during the financial crisis of 2009 which had an immediate effect on petrol and diesel.
In 2012, higher oil prices, driven by concerns about Iran, have been behind the rising price of petrol fuel. Crude oil prices rose by 12% throughout 2012 and with a recovering economy and an underlying upward trend in global demand, the risks of the price increasing further were high.
Back in 2013, a litre of petrol costed an average €1.78 in the Netherlands, compared with €1.64 in Belgium and €1.55 in Germany. Italy was closest to the Netherlands, with a litre of Euro95 costing €1.73.
Still, the price growth of petrol is nowhere close to that of diesel. The increasing cost of diesel motoring in the Netherlands is partly due to various car-related taxes, which are the highest in Europe. While tax on petrol-driven cars is the second-highest in Europe after Norway.
If we focus on the difference, the figure below can give us more insights. In 2016 petrol was 23% more expensive than diesel, while in January 2019 this gap decreased to a bit above 15%. The lowest recorded difference was that of 2019 but there are eleven months to follow. The second lowest was that of 2008 when both fuels were cheapest.
While the price difference between petrol and LPG has historically remained steady, with petrol being 60% more expensive than LPG, increasing diesel prices are narrowing the gap between diesel and petrol.
Moreover there is a seasonality noticed throughout the year. Fuel oil used for heating homes is made from the same ingredients as diesel fuel. As it gets colder throughout the year, the demand for heating oil rises.
In turn this pushes the diesel price up and narrows the price difference between petrol and diesel further. On average, petrol is 21% more expensive during the period May- September and 17% more than diesel during October- February.
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Man who was sat on by police officers during Great Yarmouth arrest remains in custody
PUBLISHED: 17:00 17 October 2018 | UPDATED: 17:20 17 October 2018
A man who had to be sat on to be kept under control during an arrest for shoplifting is still in custody.
The man, who is in his 30s, was arrested amid dramatic scenes in Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, on Tuesday at around 5.30pm.
Four police officers were called to the scene after the man was caught by security guards in Poundstretcher.
The officers wrestled with the man outside the store, with a crowd quickly gathering.
He was eventually taken away in a riot van to Great Yarmouth Police Investigation Centre where he remains in custody.
A police spokesman confirmed he had been arrested on suspicion of theft from a shop.
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The first MERIS observation captured the huge phytoplankton patch produced by the 'upwelling' mechanism along the west coast of Africa near Mauritania. The unprecedented resolution allows fine-scale structures to be detected. In such upwelling areas, northeast trade winds bring deep and nutrient-rich water to the surface, feeding phytoplankton. Changes in climate affect the intensity of the upwelling with important consequences for marine ecosystems, fisheries and local economies.
One important task for MERIS is to provide overviews of the dynamics of upwelling areas and their primary production. This, in turn, could improve management of fish stocks within sustainable limits. Another important task for MERIS is to provide information on carbon fixation through photosynthesis within the global ocean for a better understanding of the carbon cycle.
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Instrument: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Date of Acquisition: 22 March 2002
Orbit number: 00306
Instrument features: Full resolution image (300-meter resolution)
MERIS was designed to measure the concentration of phytoplankton. The colours seen by MERIS indicate the concentration of chlorophyll, the pigment that phytoplankton use for photosynthesis. MERIS can detect chlorophyll concentrations as low as 0.01 microgram, or 1/100 000 000 of a gram, per litre. MERIS data will be used to monitor the worldwide distribution of phytoplankton and to compute primary production.


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This seems to have become worse and worse in recent revisions of MS and UB. When the spreadsheet is open on a net or part tab in UB or MS every time I touch a net or part or row in the spreadsheet it redraws the screens over and over and over for many many iterations before calming down. At least 3 times but sometimes as many as maybe 10 or more times. And it's not very fast either. It is becoming VERY irritating.
It's also very frustrating when drawing a board with power planes poured. Ultiboard redrwas the planes on *every* change, which gives about 3-10s of reaction time to anything...
That's because you have global options/PCBdesign DRC check set to Full Real Time Check. If your design grows at some point you'll want to turn that to No Real Time Check. Then you manually control when it does a DRC update and re-draw by clicking the DRC check button when you want.
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The cover is one of the biggest selling points for any book. It is the trailer, the advertisement. It is what draws in the reader. It tells them what genre the book is at a glance and, whether we like it or not, it indicates the caliber of book that lies within. That is why… Continue reading Finding a Great Cover Artist for your Indie Book
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Thanks for joining me as I chronicle My Self-Publishing Journey for my epic fantasy, THE SHADOW WATCH. In Part One, I outlined my reasons for pursuing this avenue of publishing over the traditional publishing model. Many things are quickly falling into place, as I lay the groundwork for the self-publication process. My editor and cover… Continue reading My Fantasy World Map Reveal


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- Paper box
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- Cable box
- Mailbox
The world revolves around a structure of boxes. A box holds the keys to accessing the world. When it comes to computers and mobile phones, we type into little boxes all day just as cartoonists draw in them. Said artist Ivan Brunetti:
The nature of cartooning seems inherently playful, having its roots in a playful kind of drawing, but because you're putting things into boxes and organizing pages into panels and shapes of rectangles and circles, it automatically has an architectural quality, too.
The box carries obligation. It asks to be filled with stuff (food, tv channels, paper, a recorder, etc.), and then it delivers. When you remove the box, things get messy. Its format constricts what you can put it. The box provides structure, and in a world of infinity and frenzied activity, it's one less thing we have to think about how it works until you poke it. Boxes are life.
Life kid suck from the box Drink from the box The juice kid suck Life kid suck the box Yeah Bruce lee Tanglon


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text: The portrait session: if given enough time and you talk with your photographer about what look you're going for, you can make the most out of the little time you DO have. Between the ceremony and the reception can sometimes feel rushed and with a huge wedding party like theirs and trying to wrangle them all up, it can take a bit longer. Tara planned just enough time to stop at two locations. If you've noticed the first few posts, the gals were wearing cowboy boots, so we wanted the shoot to feel "down home/country/western but with a little bit of sass" because let's just say it……she knew how to work the camera! THIS my friends made my job so much easier. And the weather couldn't have been more cooperative. Her wedding day was the definition of a PERFECT fall day.


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Panel: Image, Artifact and Visual Object: New Perspectives on Jesuit Artistic Legacy in China, 1600-1800
Raum: Kath Theol II, Hochparterre, Johannisstraße 8-10
|European 'Imagines' in the China Mission: An Overview from Western Sources
|Two Chinese Images of "Salvator Mundi" in the Seventeenth Century
|Objects of Appropriation: The Visual and Material Re-Framing of Artifacts in Sino-European Exchange
|Wang, L.
|Picturing the Feast of Sacred Heart: An Eighteenth Century Chinese Church Painting in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
|Wang, C.
|Castiglione or Not ?- Reconsidering the Painting Machang Defeating the Enemy in Berlin Collection and Its related Issues
Lianming Wang
Beschreibung des Panels:
This panel explores the visual products created by Jesuit artists stationed in China, including conventional genres like drawings, prints and book illustrations as well as those re-framed "visual objects". Moreover, the specific ways in which the Western images and visual vocabularies are translated by appropriating Chinese rhetorics will also be investigated.
Interdisziplinär (Sinologie; Kunst und Archäologie)
Abstracts der Vorträge:
Golvers, Noël: European 'Imagines' in the China Mission: An Overview from Western Sources
In this contribution, I will present an overview of the evidence, from different (mainly) Western sources on the acquisition, the production and the spread of Western 'imagines' – of different kind – through China, especially from Macau and Peking, and mainly in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Also will be discussed the different forms (prints; etchings, 'perspective paintings') and functions (preaching and evangelization; introductory or representation presents, decoration of the residences), topics (Christian and profane, the latter being portraits, political scenes, land- and cityscapes, gardens, the 'Versailles and Marly"-theme, etc.), but also book illustrations (platebooks of different kind [anatomical; botanical, architectural, etc.), and some particular cases mentioned in the sources. Also some words on the identity of some 'painters' (Western and Chinese) will be added.
Grasskamp, Anna K.: Objects of Appropriation: The Visual and Material Re-Framing of Artifacts in Sino-European Exchange
Put in metal mounts on behalf of early modern Kunstkammer collectors Chinese porcelain vessels displayed traces of material as well as cultural appropriation. European silver and gold mountings re-shaped the Asian ceramics, framed and Europeanized them, mediating between their foreign materiality and the frameworks of locally defined display systems. Equally, European objects could be re-shaped and re-framed within the context of Chinese collecting. A famous example are the astronomical instruments made for emperor Kangxi (r. 1662-1722) by Flemish Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688). Sinicized through sculpted stands (zuo) and semi-architectural platforms (tai), the European scientific instruments staged the foreign at the center of the cosmologically defined Chinese world, the "spiritual" platform lingtai, the observatory of the Son of Heaven. Strategies of visual appropriation of the foreign object can further be analyzed in Sino-European print culture. This includes imagery produced in cooperation between Jesuit missionaries and Chinese scholars and artisans, but also representations that re-stage fragments of Chinese visual and material culture in Europeanized pictorial spaces, as in the publications of Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). This paper will explore strategies of material and visual appropriation in early modern Sino-European exchange. Its focus on object display in three-dimensional space and two-dimensional imagery will add to our understanding of the culturally defined dynamics of artistic appropriation and shed light on the relationship between Jesuit agency and material culture.
Qu, Yi: Two Chinese Images of "Salvator Mundi" in the Seventeenth Century
At the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and nearly a hundred years after the beginning of Jesuit missionary activity in China (since 1549), the first two books about the life of Jesus with illustrations were published by the Jesuits, namely Tianzhu sheng jiang Chuxiang Jingjie (Explanation of the Canonical Book about the Lord of Heaven's Incarnation with Selected Images) 1637 and Jincheng Shuxiang (Images in a Booklet Presented to His Majesty) 1640. Before the narrative representations of the life of Jesus each book has at its beginning an image of "Salvator Mundi", namely Tianzhu jiang sheng sheng xiang (Holy Image of the Incarnation of the Lord of Heaven) and Tiandi zonggui yizhu xiang (Image of one Lord, to whom Heaven and Earth belong). In contrast to the early artistic representations and written documents about "tianzhu" (Lord of Heaven), which are invariably portrayed as Madonna with Jesus Child, these two prints provide the earliest extant Chinese images of "Salvator Mundi". Compiling with their accompanying explanations the concept of God as creator in the Old Testament and the incarnation of God in Christ in the New Testament was presented to the Chinese in the first half of the 17th century. Tracing the Chinese art historical convention and comparing the Chinese philosophical and religious context, the images and the Chinese translations and explanation of the Christian terminologies confirm that the Jesuits were well aware of Chinese art historical conventions as well as philosophical and religious thoughts. Basing on the unadulterated Christian dogma on the one hand and adapting to the Chinese understanding on the other side they introduced the image of God to the Chinese authentically and completely, which will be concluded in this paper.
Wang, Ching-Ling: Castiglione or Not?- Reconsidering the Painting Machang Defeating the Enemy in Berlin Collection and Related Issues
In the collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is a hand scroll painting Machang Defeating the Enemy. The painting depicts an 18th century Manchu general, Machang defeating his enemies in a battle against the Dzungar tribes of Central Asia. For a long time this painting was not considered to be an original work of Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) but rather a workshop piece, since there is another identical work in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. This paper first deals with the authorship of the painting, I will use archival material to prove that the painting in Berlin collection is also an original work painted by Giuseppe Castiglione, and then discuss context of producing the multiple versions of paintings in the Qing court. Besides repositioning the authorship of this painting, I will also put this painting back to its original context together with the generals' portraits and engraving prints depicting the battles of China against the Central Asian tribes, to discuss how the battle pictures were produced, general portraits (which artistically were influenced by the impact of European oil painting and engraving) and the political dynamics and power structure between China and tribes of Central Asia.
Wang, Lianming: Picturing the Feast of Sacred Heart: An Eighteenth Century Chinese Church Painting in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
This paper deals with an eighteenth century oil painting, produced with Western techniques and perspective by a 'non-court painter'. It portrays an unusually solemn Christian procession taking place in front of a church in a walled Chinese courtyard garden. Through the examination of contemporary accounts of rituals practiced in the French North Church (Beitang) in Beijing, and two newly discovered nineteenth century church drawings held by the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., this paper concentrates on an iconographic analysis of the depiction of these rituals. Special attention is paid to the 'etic' (outsider's) narration – the way in which the ritual event has been visually translated and constructed. Based on this discussion, I will move to a stylistic analysis and demonstrate various indicators of European influences found in the painting via a comparison of other contemporary or later narrative works done by Jesuit court artists and their Chinese helpers, such as the Imperial Banquet in the Garden of Ten Thousand Trees (Wanshuyuan ciyan tu) (1755). In the context of Qing court art productions, I will analyze how Western pictorial narration influenced traditional Chinese ways of portraying ceremonial events.


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Explosion at steel factory injures 25 in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A large explosion at a steel factory injured 25 people in a central Brazilian city on Friday, but killed no one.
The explosion occurred at a gasometer in the Usiminas factory in Ipatinga, a mid-sized city in the state of Minas Gerais. Gasometers are used to store gases released during the steel-making process.
The Ipatinga Fire Department said no one died and that the explosion injured 25 people, none of them seriously.
An Usiminas statement said the company's fire brigade blocked gas pipelines and that no leakage had been detected.
Usiminas said it is investigating what caused the explosion.
News portal G1 reported that residents and school children were evacuated from nearby buildings and showed images of large plumes of smoke over the city.
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Home to the world famous sights of the Pantheon, the Colosseum, Vatican city and the Trevi Fountain, it is a city of wonders, and one you simply need to visit.
Famous for being over-priced and considered a "tourist trap", we were worried we would never be able to visit Rome on a budget ... but we were very wrong indeed.
Below we will show you the secret travel tips for having an amazing time in Rome without the huge price tag.
Our budget: £180. This included, flights, accommodation in the centre of Rome for 4 nights, and our spending money. HOW?! I hear you cry….Let us show you!
Al Viminale Hill Inn & Hotel: A wonderful three star, quaint, chic hotel in the Termini area of Rome.
All the major sights in Rome can be reached within a 10 to 15 minute walk from this hotel, which makes it the perfect location in Rome!
The rooms are comfy, with wonderful views of the city, and they offer you a free bar with coffee and tea making facilities that can be used 24/7! They provided fridges which was perfect for storing cold meats and breads to make some sandwiches, & to keep insulin and other medication cool! Staff are super friendly and helpful!
Top Tip: request a top floor room, for the best morning view!
The cost? £64- total price for the whole stay (flights and hotel). Ammmazzzziinng value.
Our top tip here is to use booking.com look for your accommodation in Rome! You can then crosscheck the prices against alpha rooms or travelrepublic to find the best deal.
You get major discounts compared to other sites; and we have used them countless times for bookings with no problems- they are trusted websites on trustpilot and have the best prices for city centre locations in Rome!
**CITY TAX; Rome has a city tax per night per person depending on the hotels rating; ours was €4 per night which equated to €32 for our entire trip**
We know some people couldn't find the exact deal we got with this hotel (I think we got SUPER lucky!), but I've rounded up other great accommodation choices in Rome for three different price ranges.
This is perfect for accommodating your Rome on a budget itinerary.
Don't forget you can use Airbnb too to check for decent deals in and around Rome.The metro is easy to use as are the trains, so a good way to see Rome on a budget is to stay a little outside and metro or train it into the city.
You can get £25 off your first booking (if you've never signed up before- use a different email and card if so :P ) with this link.
To help widen the choice, I've done some research and found other great value hotels with a great location. Also these are based on my research and recommendations from others.
This beautiful hotel offers accommodation in the heart of Rome. It's 450 m to the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps, which makes it a super romantic destination.
WiFi is available, as it an optional breakfast to start your day of exploring, and the rooms are beautifully decorated.
I think this is a perfect place to stay when visiting Rome on a budget, because it's budget friendly!
The cost is 86 pounds a night, BUT with booking.com flash deals when you're a member (happening right now), it's 40 pounds a night. Amazing value.
Another great option for visiting Rome on a budget, this hotel offers air conditioned and comfortable rooms located just 450 m from the Trevi Fountain, so it's in the heart of Rome.
Rooms are nicely decorated and the price includes breakfast. Oh, the price? 39 pounds a night for 2 people with a private bathroom. THAT is AMAZING value, and it's got a view score of 8.3, which means it's good.
Airbnb has lots of great apartments and rooms for Rome too and you can get up to £30 off your first trip if you sign up with our link, NO CATCH!
One word, Ryanair. As much as I can think of countless faults with them as an airline; their low fares cannot be one! If you book in advance you can get flights for as little as £30 return.
Remember that the peak season in Rome runs from May to September, so prices may be a little higher- although nothing too extreme with Ryanair.
The cost? £46 per person return. This includes 10kg hand luggage which is the perfect amount for a city break! No need for a big suitcase.
Other airlines such as EasyJet can offer good discount deals, but I typically find Ryanair cheaper.
Read Also: Our Favourite Backpacking Destinations (Of course, Italy is one of them ...)
Getting to your hotel, and getting around Rome costs very little! Terravision offer a bus to Rome Termini station for €4 each way; this operates from both airports in Rome, and the station is the perfect location to reach your onward destination.
If you are in the vicinity of Rome, you will not need to use buses or the metro- put on your best walking shoes and everything is within distance, you will be surprised at how close everything actually is.
If however, you're taking a trip a little further out, hop on the metro for €1.50 per journey. Cheap as chips!
The best thing about Rome is that a lot of the major sites cost nothing! And the ones that do require a fee, can be reduced if you have an EU passport. Here are my top 6 sights for visiting Rome on a budget.
A trip to the beautiful Trevi Fountain is free. Although you may want to spend 5 cent to throw your coin in the fountain! Don't forget your camera to take an iconic photo.
There are lot's of great places to eat around here, but they are a little pricey because of their location.
The cost? €13 without an EU passport, and €7.50 with a passport. This is an absolute bargain for arguably three of the best sites Rome has to offer! The ticket is valid for 2 days so if you are getting a little tired- go home, refresh and head back the next day!
TOP TIP: Head to the Colosseum after 3pm- we queued for 15-20 minutes, which flew by, compared to the hour long queues at the start of the day.
We would also suggest buying your tickets at the entrance for Palatine Hill- there is virtually no queue and you can complete these two venues before heading off to the Colosseum at 3 o'clock!
Alternatively, for just €23 you can purchase this tour and skip any queues altogether. Do what suits you.
A trip to visit the Pantheon is free, so another great Rome on a budget sight. Doesn't cost a penny to view this wonderful building. Once you're finished you can walk to Piazza Nova to sit by the fountains and indulge in some famous gelato, which is cheap.
To walk around the city..it's FREE! To visit the infamous St Peter's Basilica, it won't cost you a penny, and even if you aren't religious; it's a magnificent church full of history, extraordinary architecture and art & it's the world's largest!.
TOP TIP: you have the opportunity to go into the Dome, it costs €6 to walk up the steps (only do this if you are capable- it's steep!) or €8 to take the lift, we took the lift, as it is a killer on the feet! You will be greeted with the most AMAZING views of Rome, it is not to be missed, and the perfect location to take some great photos.
These are quite expensive unless you are a student! Full price is € 16,00 and reduced price is € 8,00. If this is something you are interested in, then it is definitely worth an investment.
For us, it wasn't worth the money and we were quite satisfied with what we had already seen. But I do here it is beautiful, and it can be included in some package tours which are listed below.
TOP TIP- On the last Sunday of every month, it is FREE to visit the Museums from 9am to 12.30pm! So check your calendar and take advantage.
Free! Unfortunately under construction when we visited; but a great location to grab a gelato from the many stores within its vicinity.
It also features a long road of designer shops finishing with the House of Valentino, which if you love designers is perfetto- unfortunately designer stores didn't fit within our budget.
Rome has so much to offer and with over 900 churches to its name, there are some special gems that often get overlooked! The perfect way to discover these and other hidden gems of Rome is to take a FREE Rome walking tour, and yes, it really is free! You book online in advance and have the choice of a day tour or an evening tour.
We opted for the evening tour as the weather is a good temperature at this time! The tour runs from 5.30-7.30pm and is a wonderful, informative tour of the streets of Rome ending at the Trevi Fountain! You can check out more about this tour here.
It costs €3 for a 20 minute row boat trip, and the lake is beautiful and it's super cheap to rent out bikes to explore the surrounding gardens and sights! ( Around €12 for an hour!)
Cheap thrill and honestly a beautiful and hidden gem of Rome. I don't know why this doesn't make the tourist guides as often.
Don't miss it.
If you want to bring your family and friends back a gift from Rome, you can do so at a low cost! Fridge magnets are €1 and key chains are also €1. I love to collect key chains from every city I go too- but now my keys are getting a little heavy!
One last thing….I warn you now- you will be bombarded with the words "selfie stick" on every step you take in Rome. I met a girl in the queue who bought one, it didn't work, she wasted €5.
Bring one with you, and just politely say no to those selling (its illegal for them to sell- so do not encourage it!)
**2019 and you will still be bombarded with selfie sticks...and anything else that's a "craze".
Check out our blog for tips on eating and drinking in Rome on a budget!
We have proved to you that Rome can be done successfully on a budget, what are you waiting for? Plan your next adventure now!
If you've been to Rome add have more to add then join us in the comments below. If you fancy visiting other areas of Italy, then I recommend Turin , Verona and Venice.


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John Martin's tribute to his hero, Billy Liddell, which was first published at LFChistory.net.
In the period that followed the Second World War life in the UK was pretty austere. Rationing, something that is barely imaginable today, was widespread. We were only allowed to buy very limited amounts of the things that we all needed. Eggs were restricted to two per person per week, bread to a couple of 2lb loaves and milk to a couple of pints. We got by but it wasn't pleasant.
I was 6 when the war finished and, because there had been no meaningful football during the war, I had no allegiance to either of the city's clubs. However we lived adjacent to Newsham Park which is about one mile, as the crow flies, from Anfield and I spent all of my leisure time there, playing cricket in the summer and football in the winter. When league football got going again after the end of the war Saturday afternoons in Newsham Park were punctuated by what sounded like claps of thunder but were, in fact, the sounds of the Kop celebrating another goal for Liverpool.
We won that first post war Championship and although only two of the 'thunderclaps' I had heard in Newsham Park were to celebrate goals by Billy Liddell I had become a Liverpool supporter and I was desperate to go to Anfield to see my team play. Billy had become my hero as a result of the reports in the 'Echo' which described his terrific pace and cannonball shooting power.
I was not to know that the 1947 Championship triumph was a peak from which we were to fall at a pretty alarming rate over the next 6 years. Billy could do no wrong as far as I was concerned and he continued to score and supply goals even though the team was slowly subsiding.
I didn't have too long to wait for my first game at Anfield. I had an uncle who was well connected and, for my 10th birthday present he took me to Anfield to watch the Reds play Burnley. That would have been good enough had we had the worst view in the ground but the actuality was that we watched the game from the splendour of the directors box!
My uncle's connections included one of the club's directors, Mr Martindale, and I took my place to watch Liverpool play Burnley on 4th December 1948 sitting next to Ted Ray who was, at the time, probably the top comedian in Britain and a huge radio star at a time when TV was yet to be available.
My world was shattered when Burnley scored and at half time I was convinced that my first live game of football was destined to end in defeat. The half time break was to have a huge influence on the rest of my life. When the referee blew his whistle for half time all of the inhabitants of the directors box headed for the boardroom for refreshment (mainly of the alcoholic variety) but because of my tender years I was not allowed inside and I spent the 10 minute interval in the company of the commissionaire who was on duty outside the boardroom. Eventually a buzzer sounded and the commissionaire popped his head inside the boardroom and announced 'teams coming out, gentlemen'.
I can still hear the clatter of studs on the concrete surface that separated the dressing rooms from the tunnel onto the pitch and there, only a few feet away from me, were my heroes making their way back onto the pitch for the second half. Talk about being starstruck! I only had eyes for Billy Liddell and as he passed he obviously picked up my open mouthed adulation and he winked at me on his way to the pitch. What a birthday present this was turning out to be!
When we took our seats for the second half I was in wonderland but I was still convinced that we were about to be beaten until Cyril Done scored with 10 minutes to play. The game ended 1-1 and I was well and truly hooked on Liverpool FC in general and William Beveridge Liddell in particular.
Billy Liddell was everything that a professional sportsman should be. He was supremely talented at his sport, he was scrupulously fair in the way he played, he was loyal to his club and their supporters and he was an inspiration to a whole generation of youngsters, of whom I am proud to be one, in the way they were to lead their lives.
Few performers in any sport get to be known only by their Christian name. Many are accorded affectionate nicknames, Rushie, Carra, Stevie G, Cally, Smithy and Thommo coming readily to mind but I can only recall three who have been universally referred to by their Christian name and instantly recognised. Billy (Liddell), Kenny (Dalglish) and Dixie (Dean).
During his playing career you never heard any Liverpool supporter ever refer to 'Liddell'. Even if he missed a penalty, which he did occasionally, it was always 'Billy missed' not 'Liddell missed'.
His ability is difficult to relate to any modern day players. He was completely two footed, to such an extent that his natural foot was his right one, and yet he made his name as a left winger. He could head a ball more powerfully than many could kick it and his speed was such that he would have been a match for Michael Owen at his peak.
He played in the era of the maximum wage and actually earned less than some of his team mates because he was only a part time player. He combined his football career with a life as an accountant and a bursar at Liverpool University, not to mention his responsibilities as a JP.
Billy training for the Rest of the World game in 1955
But it was as a raiding winger that Billy will best be remembered. To watch from the main stand as Billy attacked the Kop goal was a sight to behold. In those days the Kop was reputed to hold 28000 spectators and when Billy got the ball they all wanted to see what he was going to do with it. The surge forward was spectacular but, in the aftermath of Hillsborough, was extremely dangerous. It was commonplace to move 20 yards from your starting place in the Kop when there was a full house and Billy's charges down the wing could well have pre empted what happened at Hillsborough. And still there are some who want to reintroduce standing areas!!
Having seen Billy for the first time live I was desperate to go back to Anfield to see my heroes on every possible occasion but my folks would not let me go to the match unattended for the rest of that season and I had to wait for the beginning of the 1949/50 season before I was able to reacquaint myself with the thrill of attending Anfield.
The first game of that season was against Sunderland, a big club in those days, and I was allowed to go to the game on my own on the understanding that I went into the boy's pen. This I was more than happy to do and it was from the boy's pen that I watched my beloved Reds for the next few years. Had my parents known of the unspeakable discomforts in that little concrete box in the top corner of The Kop I doubt that they would have let me anywhere near Anfield!! The behaviour of most of the occupants was appalling and most of the bigger boys climbed onto the wall of the pen and jumped into the Kop. As I was about 4ft 6" at the time this was not an option for me and so the 'Pen' became my Anfield home for the next 4 years or so.
That game against Sunderland resulted in a comfortable 4-2 victory but my hero, Billy, missed a penalty. He hit the ball to the goalkeeper's right but put it wide of the post and it hit the low wall that surrounded the pitch in those days and rebounded onto the track just by the half-way line on the Kemlyn Road side (now the Centenary Stand side). I imagine that the Sunderland goalie was glad that he was unable to get a hand to it!
My disappointment at the missed penalty was soon forgotten as I attended ensuing games and Billy kept supplying goals for the likes of Albert Stubbins and Jack Balmer. This was the season that we got to the FA Cup Final and Billy, of course, made a huge contribution to the Cup run.
King George shakes hands with Billy at Wembley in 1950
When the draw was made for the quarter finals we were drawn against Blackpool who, strange as it might now seem, were a big club at the time and they had as their star player one of English football's all-time greats, Stanley Matthews. Stan was later to be knighted by Her Majesty but had Princess Elizabeth, as she was at the time, been present at Anfield on 4th March 1950 she would certainly have been more impressed by Billy's contribution than by the future Sir Stanley. I watched this game from the Kemlyn Road Stand with my father (the only game I ever attended with my dear old dad) and the tickets must have been obtained via my uncle's contact with Mr Martindale.
We won the game 2-1 with the winning goal coming from, who else but Billy. The game was memorable for me for all sorts of reasons. It was the first game that I had attended with my dad (and, as it happens, the last), my hero scored the winning goal and our trip to the ground was taken by taxi. It was my first taxi journey and the driver told us that his last fare had been Stanley Mattews, who he had taken from Lime Street Station to Anfield. That might or might not have been true but I certainly remember the game for another reason. Liverpool made a radical tactical change, which sounds pathetic in these days of ever changing line ups. The Liverpool team was announced in its usual formation with Jimmy Payne as outside right and Billy Liddell as outside left but when the game kicked off Payne and Liddell swapped wings and Billy played on the right and Payne on the left. Believe it or not but that tactical revolution was seen as the crucial part of Liverpool's victory.
We beat Everton in the semi final at Maine Road and went on to lose to Arsenal at Wembley, two games for which I had no chance of obtaining tickets.
The loss to Arsenal really did signal the start of our decline. On the face of it things should have been quite good, We had won the League Championship only three years before and we had got to the FA Cup Final but the truth was that we were on the slide. We had achieved our success with an ageing team although this was a problem for all clubs as football came to terms with the end of the war. In a funny sort of way you could say that Billy Liddell was the cause of Liverpool's demise because we expected so much from him that we didn't have to buy any other players!!
The reality was, of course, different.
We badly needed new players and the ones that were signed by George Kay, in his later years, by Don Welsh and later by Phil Taylor were, frankly, not good enough.
Our years in the second division were miserable except for the contribution of Billy, who gave everything (and more). He would have been well within his rights to have asked for a transfer to enable him to play in the top division but that wasn't Billy's way. Although a Scot, he was truly an adopted scouser and he devoted the rest of his career to the vain pursuit of getting Liverpool back into the First Division. At times his displays bordered on the superhuman.
Liddell flanked by the great Stanley Matthews on the left and Manchester City legend Roy Paul preparing for the match between Great Britain and the Rest of Europe in Belfast 1955.
He had been selected to play in the first ever Great Britain team against the Rest of Europe at Hampden Park in 1947 and, although he didn't score, he was instrumental in Great Britain's 6-1 victory in front of 135,000 spectators. Eight years later another Great Britain v Rest of Europe fixture was arranged to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Irish FA. The game took place at Windsor Park, Belfast and Billy was one of only two players selected who had played in the first game (the other was Stanley Matthews). This time the result was different, Europe winning 4-1 but Billy was always justifiably proud of being selected for both games.
Throughout the dark days of the second division he never gave less than his best and his forays down both wings and, later in his career, his battering ram performances as centre forward gave us hope that we would rise again. It would not happen during his playing career but he was able to retire knowing that he had done more than any player could possibly be expected to have done and he spent his retirement sitting just in front of me in the Main Stand watching his successors taking the team on to glories that would not have been possible without his massive contribution.
In my opinion Billy was the greatest player ever to pull on a red shirt.
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The Legend of Tarzan movie ReviewThe Legend of Tarzan Review It has been years since the man once recognized as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard) left the jungles of Africa behind for a reconditioned quality of life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his dearest wife, Jane (Margot Robbie) at his side. Right now, he has been invited back to the Congo to offer as a business emissary of Parliament, unfamiliar that he is a pawn in a dangerous convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz). But those behind the murderous story have no plan what they are about to unleash.
"The Legend of Tarzan" has always had terrible optics-- white hero, black land-- to state the excessively obvious. Probably the simply real way to prevent his negative image would be to let him molder on the shelf and in our cultural thought. Other than that this wild little one brought up by apes transformed wild man permanently caught somewhere between civilization and nature is a terrific mythic hero-- a rich, dense tangle of tale, philosophical and political significances. That partly describes why he's been such a commercially dependable property since Edgar Rice Burroughs cut him loose in 1912, the year Tarzan roared into presence in a pulp publication that evolved into a supremacy of books, comics, plays and Movies.
The image of Alexander Skarsgard collapsing bare-chested through the jungle as the latest big-screen Tarzan, his lengthy hair and diamond-cut muscles gradually fluttering, gets at one more aspect of this character's attraction. Like a lot of Tarzan stories, this one teems with impressive flora and fauna, much of it suitably computer generated, some of it recorded on specific location in green, green Gabon. But its most very special and magnificent effect is Tarzan, one of those characters who have always made complex the familiar argument that visual pleasure in Hollywood cinema is pivoted on females being objects of male desire Johnny Weissmuller, the most popular screen Tarzan, was an exemplary fetishized object of desire.
He receives one by proxy in "The Legend of Tarzan," which opens with some historically updated text concerning King Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), known as the butcher of Congo for his role in killing millions. It's a gloomy start to this make-believe, but the mood lifts at Greystoke Manor, Tarzan's ancestral pad in Britain, where he's broodily lurking about like a caged animal. Already wed to Lady Jane (Margot Robbie, holding her own), Tarzan now goes by John Clayton, having years previously returned to nominal civilization and its unhappiness.
Directed by David Yates, from an action-and-incident-packed script by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, "The Legend of Tarzan" takes a while to get going. After revealing its grave bona fides, it keeps on to engage in a lot of narrative throat clearing, a lot of it committed to seeding Burroughs's foundational story with historical truths. To this specific end, John receives an invitation from King Leopold to return to Congo to witness the king's putative great works. John declines the offer, only to change his mind after an entreaty from an American, George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson), who suspects that the Belgian king is enslaving the region's people.
Right here, though, Williams is generally a raised sidekick as well as a medical professional, war expert and crack shot who's as skilled at suturing injuries with bugs as he is mowing down swaths of white mercenaries. More interesting, especially delivered how regular colonialist imaginations tend to play out, it is Williams who voices the complexities, catastrophic mistakes and redemptive efforts of the so-called civilized world, a screen job generally given to white saviors. Williams's polar opposite is the resident villain, Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz, predictably good), a silky, straightforward sadist who embodies rapacious evil from his all-white suit to his crosslike weaponry.
Tarzan continues to be the man apart and the man in the middle, the uneasy, in some cases forlorn, often exuberant bridge in between civilization and nature, between the human and nonhuman animal arena. His origin story from his wellspring to his new mother's hairy arms is related in recall jumble that communicates what he lost when he left the jungle-- home, entire world and identification. And when he at last returns to that home, he has much to do, including nuzzle old furred buddies and lead a saving mission that soon involves Jane along with 1000s of Africans. Jane scoffs at the word damsel, but she's in distress as well as a stand-in for the abused, restricted black bodies that the movie shows only glancingly.
Piece of Tarzan's appeal-- at least to some-- is that he inhabits an entire world that looks like ours, but without the unsettling distractions of genuine anguish. It's become more difficult for pop entertainments to gloss over historical damages, which may be why so many modernized colonial has a hard time involve deep space or an alien attack. Perhaps it's much easier to reword history through futuristic myths, where worlds can collide before everyone steps on. There's something feeling about "The Legend of Tarzan," which as it struggles to deliver old Hollywood-style adventure without old Hollywood-style racism, suggests that perhaps other fantasies are possible-- you just need some idea and Mr. Jackson.
"The Legend of Tarzan" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned)
Initial release: July 1, 2016
Running time: 1 hour 49 minutes.
Language : English, Hindi, Telegu
Director : David Yates
Writer : Adam Cozad, Craig Brewer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Collee, Stuart Beattie
Cast/Actor : Abi Adeyemi, Adam Ganne, Adrian Palmer, Aleksander Mikic, Alex Ferns,
Alexander Skarsgård, Alicia Woodhouse, Anthony Chisholm, Antony Acheampong, Ashley Byam
Bentley Kalu, Cali, Casper Crump, Charles Babalola, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz,
Clive Aitkins, Djimon Hounsou, Don Gayle, Edward Apeagyei, Ella Purnell, Guy Potter,
Ibrahim Fagge, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, Joy Isa, Kieran Shekoni, Lamin Tamba, Lasco Atkins,
Laurence Spellman, Liv Hansen, Luke Hope, Mac Pietowski, Madeleine Worrall, Margot Robbie, Mark Preston, Matt Cross, Matt Townsend, Matthew William Jones, Mens-Sana Tamakloe,
Mimi Ndiweni, Osy Ikhile, Richard Banks, Rory J. Saper, Rudy Barrow, Samuel Garcia,
Samuel L. Jackson, Sidney Ralitsoele, Simon Russell Beale, Stacee Myers, Teresa Churcher
Producers : Alan Riche ( Producer), Bruce Berman (Executive Producer)
David Barron (Producer), David Yates (Producer), Jerry Weintraub (Producer)
Keith Goldberg (Executive Producer), Mike Richardson (Producer)
Nikolas Korda (Executive Producer), Peter Riche (Executive Producer)
Scott Cherrin (Co-Producer), Steven Mnuchin (Executive Producer)
Susan Ekins (Executive Produce)
Official Site: http://legendoftarzan.com
Review By : MainTarget
Reviewer : R.Shivendra S


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Injury-riddled Yale finally back at Bowl
NEW HAVEN >> The Yale football team has been decimated by injuries. That really started to become a glaring problem a few weeks ago when Dartmouth crushed the Bulldogs 35-3 to hand Yale its first loss of the season.
The Bulldogs were down seven starters that day, along with a handful of others. It was the most players head coach Tony Reno had lost to injury since he took over four years ago.
Just when the roster seemed to be getting healthy again, the situation worsened.
Yale welcomed back its top two wide receivers Friday night against Penn. Highly touted North Carolina State transfer Bo Hines and promising junior Robert Clemons returned. Hines hadn't played since the season opener, but left Friday night's 34-20 loss to the Quakers early with another injury.
The Bulldogs also lost starting running back Deshawn Salter and tight end Sebastian Little to injuries in Philadelphia.
"We have a tremendous training staff and they do a great job. They've been exceptional all year. It's been interesting," Reno said. "The most important thing is what we believe in. Worry about the moment and what you can control. That's my biggest concern."
The collection of injuries is growing longer than a child's Christmas list. Forty players on the roster have been injured or sick and missed time this season. Of those, 12 are out for the season, including Little, starting running back Candler Rich and starting defensive back Foye Oluokun. Reno said he does not have a timetable for returns on the other players.
It's like a game of Operation. Pick a body part and there's likely a Bulldog that's suffered that injury. Many players are sporting walking boots, crutches and slings as if they were the latest trend.
Injuries have reduced the Bulldogs' margin for error. Yale had solid depth, but that has been diminished. Reno preaches a "next-man-up mentality," but that can only go so far. A banged-up offensive line has had difficulty developing chemistry. Quarterback Morgan Roberts has had trouble getting his timing down with all the injuries at receiver. The Bulldogs' offense has only scored 45 points combined over the last three games. Last year Yale scored at least 43 points in a game seven times.
Yale had high hopes coming into the year and was a potential Ivy League title contender. The Bulldogs will make no excuses, however, there's no denying health has certainly played a role in hindering hopes and dreams. After suffering its second Ivy loss to Penn, Yale (4-2, 1-2) is likely out of title contention now.
After a four-game road stretch, Yale comes back to the Bowl to host a much-improved Columbia program led by East Haven native and legendary Penn coach Al Bagnoli at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The rash of injuries has created opportunities for other players.
"Roles change," Reno said. "Whatever the role is that day, embrace it."
Players like free safety Hayden Carlson and third-string running back Austin Reuland have. Carlson stepped in for Oluokun earlier this year and leads the Bulldogs in tackles (49). Reuland ran 12 times for 61 yards and his first career touchdown against Penn.
"Prepare for every game as if I'm going to start," Reuland said. "If a guy goes down, the next guy goes down, you get your shot."


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This month my project for the Minerva Crafts Blogger Network is the Cleo dungaree dress. I have been absolutely loving this style of dress, so much so that I have even actually bought three RTW versions (and I practically never buy dresses). I'm not really able to pull off the dungaree trousers look, but I've always had a soft spot for dungaree dresses, they just never seemed to be widely available until recently. I bought Tilly's Cleo Pattern the very day it came out, but then for various reasons irrelevant to this post I didn't sew it straight away.
What I love about these dresses is how practical and cosy they are as part of an outfit, not to mention cute! When I first started wearing them, I worried that I basically looked like a five year old.
But then I got over it. I don't care! I feel great! I love how you can layer up underneath them with one or more t-shirts (even my Grainline Studio Linden sweatshirt looks good underneath), you can wear thick, cosy tights, warm boots with extra socks for foot warmth, and then throw a big slouchy cardigan over the top. I cut my dress a size bigger than I normally would too, because I like a loose fit and I don't have to worry about the dress clinging to my tummy!
The fabric choice was of course inspired by one of Tilly's versions of this dress - I love her pale pink denim version. My fabric is a duskier pink and it's a Needlecord Fabric. It's the first time I've used corduroy since 2010, so I forgot all about it having a nap; consequently my pockets are all cut the opposite way to the rest of the dress (because I ignored the cutting layout). Whoops! Let's just say it was a conscious design choice. Hahaha.
I sewed the pattern pretty much straight out of the packet - the only alteration I made was to widen the straps to fit my dungaree clips better. This reduced my seam allowance at the back where the straps attach, but not so much that it was a problem to sew. It seemed to take me quite a while to sew this dress, and I think that's due to the precision of all the topstitching, and I sewed proper flat fell seams at front, back and sides, instead of Tilly's mock flat fell seams.
I used a proper topstitching needle and topstitching thread, and the flat fell seams and the pockets are all topstitched with two parallel lines. I would have liked to use a twin needle for this to save time, but my twin needle isn't a topstitching one, plus I only had one spool of topstitching thread. The one reel was just enough for the project, although I would have liked to topstitch two parallel lines along the straps instead of just one line around the edge. I think I can live with it (first world problems!). Ive included two spools in my materials list, so you will have plenty if you go for the kit!
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Mar 27, 2012, 09:59 ET
TORONTO, March 27, 2012 /CNW/ - Delays in the final rounds of voting in last Saturday's Federal NDP Leadership Convention were caused by a deliberate, large-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that attempted to deny NDP members access to the online balloting system. While the attack temporarily slowed down the voting process, at no time was Scytl's highly sophisticated security system penetrated. An onsite independent audit by Price Waterhouse Coopers confirmed that no ballots cast by credentialed NDP members were added, subtracted or changed.
DDoS attacks typically attempt to crash or greatly slow down websites by saturating servers with bogus external communications requests that deny legitimate users access. Governments, banks, credit card companies and high-profile political or organizational websites are common targets of DDoS attacks, often launched as protests by the organization's political or economic opponents. A forensic investigation is now underway to attempt to locate the source(s) of the attack on the NDP vote.
"We deeply regret the inconvenience to NDP voters caused by this malicious, massive, orchestrated attempt to thwart democracy," says Susan Crutchlow, General Manager of Scytl Canada.
"We are proud, however, that our robust system, which is used by many governments around the world, repelled this attack, did not crash, and completed its mission of giving all NDP members who wished to vote the opportunity to do so securely."
Crutchlow praised NDP convention vote organizers for their level-headed response to the dramatic situation and their confidence that Scytl's large, on-site technical staff could handle the attack.
"When we diagnosed the problem and explained what we needed to do to respond, they were calm and cooperative and extended the voting time to ensure the integrity of the process, even in the face of media criticism and groundless speculation. They should be congratulated for their unwavering respect for their members' right to choose their new Leader."
A preliminary analysis of the sequence of events follows. More information will be released as the investigation proceeds.
What Happened
- Scytl Canada was contracted by the New Democratic Party of Canada in an open, global competition to provide the voting services for both advanced and election-day balloting. The advanced balloting was performed via electronic and mail-in ballots using a preferential voting process. This occurred flawlessly, without incident.
- The first round of balloting began at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 23 and was completed on schedule at 09:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2012. When the second round of balloting began at 11:00 a.m., there were some initial voter delay and timeout reports that quickly increased in volume.
- On receipt of these reports, Scytl determined that the voting system was operating normally and the user delays were being caused by a growing volume of external voter requests. The logs of automated monitors such as Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and firewalls were analyzed and Scytl quickly recognized that this might be an external attack on the system. Scytl technicians commenced standard mitigation procedures including increasing the system throughput, identifying and blocking malevolent IP sites and other actions.
- Within 20 minutes following the evidence of external attacks, Scytl had an additional team of over twelve high-level personnel involved in these mitigation activities, which allowed the voting portals to be kept open albeit in a slower mode. By keeping ahead of the attackers, Scytl was able to allow the voting process to proceed with an overall three-hour delay.
Preliminary Attack Analysis
Scytl has performed a preliminary forensic analysis on the attack and has concluded the following:
- This was an organized and large-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack launched against the voting system in an orchestrated, professional, albeit illegal manner.
- Well over 10,000 malevolent IP addresses (computers) have been identified so far, as having generated many hundreds of thousands of false voting requests to the system. This effectively "jammed up the pipe" into the voting system, delaying voter access. This network of malevolent computers, commonly known as a "botnet", was located on computers around the world but mainly in Canada.
- The required organization and the demonstrated orchestration of the attack indicates that this was a deliberate effort to disrupt or negate the election by a knowledgeable person or group.
Scytl Canada is a company incorporated in Toronto, Ontario. Scytl Canada is a subsidiary of Scytl Secure Electronic Voting.
Scytl Secure Electronic Voting (www.scytl.com) is a technology company specializing in the development of secure electronic voting and electoral modernization. It has conducted over 100,000 voting events since its founding in 1994.
Based in Barcelona and with subsidiaries in Baltimore, Toronto, New Delhi, Athens and Kiev, Scytl's solutions have been used in public elections by governments from countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Norway, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, India and Australia, among others.
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