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How to Pull a Dodge Pickup Behind a Motorhomeby Tanya Brody
Towing any vehicle behind a motorhome requires calculating the towing capacity of your motorhome. Then you'll need to determine the weight of your tow vehicle and towing equipment. Dodge pickup trucks are great to have along on your trip, especially if you bring other outdoor equipment like canoes, kayaks or motorcycles. MotorHome Magazine and Family Motor Coaching magazine both list the Dodge Dakota, and the Dodge Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 as towable vehicles in their 2009 and 2010 dinghy guides.
Determine Your Towing Capacity
Step 1
Load your motorhome. Put everything you take with you into it as though you were packing for a trip. Fill up the tank. During a trip or as you are preparing for or getting home from a trip are great times to take this measurement.
Step 2
Go to a truck stop and get your motorhome weighed. Most truck stops have weigh stations. Go inside and ask what the procedure is and how much it will cost. Follow the instructions. You will be given a weight receipt that will have your gross vehicle weight (GVW). This is how much your motorhome weighs, fully loaded.
Subtract your GVW from the gross combined weight rating (GCWR). This is how much towing capacity you have.
Select and Weigh Your Dodge Pickup
Step 1
Take your towing capacity calculation with you to the dealership if you haven't yet chosen a vehicle to tow. Let your salesperson know what your weight limitations are. Choose and purchase your Dodge pickup.
Step 2
Weigh your Dodge pickup, fully loaded, just as you did for your motorhome. Fill up the tank, put any recreational or other equipment you intend to bring into the pickup bed. Follow the same procedure you did for weighing the motorhome.
Step 3
Determine what kind of towing equipment you wish to use, and calculate the additional weight. Tow-bar, mounting plate, and braking equipment are all necessary when towing. The company you have to install all of this equipment should know the approximate weight of each piece. Most RV dealers and repair places install towing equipment. Add this additional weight to the number on your weight receipt.
Once you have the overall weight of your Dodge pickup, determine if you have enough towing capacity to carry everything you intend to. If not, off-load some less necessary things.
Preparing to Tow
Step 1
Have all of the towing equipment installed on your Dodge pickup by a reputable installer.
Step 2
Re-load any equipment you wish to take with you.
Step 3
Hook your Dodge pickup to your motorhome, following the manufacturer instructions for your towing equipment.
Step 4
Test all lights, turn signals and braking equipment.
Take a test drive to determine that everything is working properly. Have someone follow the motorhome and truck in an additional vehicle to see that all the lights come on and to watch for problems.
- Towing any vehicle that is overweight is dangerous because it introduces the possibility of fishtailing while driving. Essentially it becomes a case of "the tail wagging the dog" because there is too much weight in back. This can result in serious, even fatal, accidents.
Items you will need
- Fully loaded motorhome
- Fully loaded Dodge pickup
- Towing equipment
- Calculator
- "MotorHome" magazine; 2010 Guide to Dinghy Towing; March 2010
- "MotorHome" magazine; 2009 Dinghy Towing Guide; February 2009
- "Family Motor Coaching" magazine; Towables for 2009; January 2009
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Eaton, IsabelleCanadian Council on Learning
ISABELLE EATON is a researcher with the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), an independent nonprofit corporation that promotes and supports research to improve all aspects of learning across all walks of life. Before joining CCL, she worked as a research associate with the Imaginative Education Research Group at Simon Fraser University. She has pursued studies in political science and economics and graduate research in education, focusing her work on children�s understanding of the narratives of video games. She is interested in children�s understanding of stories and their use of information and communication technologies (ITC), in health literacy and ITC use by adult learners, and in factors that support knowledge mobilization and knowledge exchange, particularly through new media.
The article describes three ways in which students� ready engagement in, and quick learning when playing, electronic games have been assumed to provide useful guidance to educators. The authors argue that the least commonly used mode of inference from gaming to education is the only one to hold out significant promise.

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text: Oct 22 2020 Recruitment and Selection What is it? This workshop covers the first stage of the recruitment process from identifying a vacancy up to the shortlisting stage. Through a series of group exercises and group discussion the workshop will include preparing an advert, the purpose of a job description and person specification and what they should contain. There will also be an opportunity to obtain up to date information on employment legislation in the areas of discrimination, equality and immigration. Participants will be encouraged to share best practice and discuss difficulties they have experienced with previous recruitment. The trainer will also discuss the colleges Recruitment and Selection best practices and procedures. Target audience All members of staff sitting on recruitment panels are required to undergo this training. This course is mandatory for all line managers. Programme objectives Be the end of the workshop participants will be confident in preparing to advertise a position including putting together an advert, job description and person specification. They will also have a good knowledge of employment legislation related to recruitment and the colleges best practice. You may also be interested in the interview skills workshop. Precourse work Please complete the following moodle course before attending the session: https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4624 Course length Half-day course. Time: 9:30 - 12:30 Location: MS Teams Categories: Staff training, Sub-category: Leadership and management, Please contact orgdev AT royalholloway.ac.uk if you would like to attend this event


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Insurers' anti-fraud tech budgets on the rise
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Insurers' anti-fraud approaches are maturing, according to the latest biennial study by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud and SAS.
The "State of Insurance Fraud Technology" survey, which reached 84 carriers, revealed that lead quantity has dropped from a concern of two-thirds of insurers to one-third, the lowest level since the report's 2012 inception.
"This was the most surprising outcome of the 2018 study," says Dennis Jay, executive director of the Coalition. "We believe it signals a maturing in how special investigative units [SIUs] use technology. Insurers have discovered that generating a large quantity of leads causes SIUs to expend significant resources that produce inadequate results."
Another sign of insurer progress was reflected by the first reduction in reliance on traditional detection tools, like automated red flags and business rules. Instead, insurers have increased their interest in deploying a combination of more advanced solutions, such as predictive modeling, exception reporting, and case management, all of which are now deployed by over half of respondents.
According to Jay, using a blend of more sophisticated tools is also alleviating challenges with excessive false positives and negatives, which showed a decline for the first time. "Rather than the historical approach of relying on one or two technology tools, insurers who report fewer frustrations with false positives and negatives are those with a robust blend of tools," he says.
As for the types of fraud where insurers are applying technology, 90 percent of survey respondents -- which are more heavily P/C insurers -- concentrate on detecting claims fraud.
However, uncovering underwriting fraud surged from 27 percent in 2012 to 55 percent today, which Jay believes is having a deterrent effect. "At the Coalition, our social media monitoring shows people are saying it's no longer worth attempting to commit underwriting fraud because the chances of getting caught are so high," he points out.
Budgets on the rise
Moving forward, insurers are clearly bullish on the benefits of fraud detection technologies, with 41 percent expanding their tech budgets for 2019 and only two percent contracting. For purchasing, two-thirds expect to acquire claims fraud detection technologies, with a third investing in underwriting solutions.
Tool sophistication investments are also a priority says the study, which was conducted in partnership with SAS during November and December 2018. The top areas where insurers will spend new money are predictive modeling, at 64 percent versus 19 percent in 2016, and link analysis/social network analysis, at 43 percent versus 16 percent two years ago. New on the list is AI, where about a fifth of insurers are planning purchases.
On the investment findings, Jay strikes a cautionary note. "Many in senior management seem to have fallen in love with hot innovations, such as AI, without really understanding that success requires employing trained analysts and investigators to interpret the data produced," he says.
Jay also emphasizes looking beyond the specific anti-fraud products your competitors are adopting to determine which technology partnerships are the best for your company. "Those who take the time to thoroughly investigate potential solution providers are achieving better results than those who simply jump into purchasing the latest thing, he says."
Regardless which particular anti-fraud solutions make the most sense for your business, Jay notes that you'll find new options coming on the market in the days ahead. "We're hearing about many new exciting technologies in the pipeline," he says. "We expect such advances will assist with deterring fraud and, as a result, enable insurers to shift their focus toward detecting complex schemes, which ultimately helps keep costs in check."


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Writing a scholarship essay: 8 tips to secure financial aid
Applying for scholarships is an important part of your college career. Scholarships not only reduce your overall debt as a result of attending a community college, trade school, or university – they also highlight your abilities as a student. They are a great resume item as well as a financial buffer.
Securing scholarships is a process that involves writing an effective essay.
Scholarship Essay Writing Tips
- Read all of the instructions that come in the application packet or are posted online. If you're unsure about a requirement, always research the scholarship website or ask for clarification. Don't proceed until you know what the expectations are.
- Organize your thoughts in outline form. Before you start writing, it is important that you make a plan for what you will write. This will guarantee the effectiveness of your essay.
- Make a statement. Using your outline, make sure that your essay has a point. And make sure that supporting paragraphs all support your main point.
- Use clear language. Trying to inflate an essay with "big" words will work against you. You are not trying to impress with your vocabulary – you are trying to make an overall statement that is impressive. Trying too hard will only take away from that message.
- Review the essay question and your essay to make sure they match. After completing your essay, it is important that you double check to make sure that it answers the question you've been given and gives the right statement in response to the requirements set by the scholarship board.
- Edit your essay. Always edit and proof your essay. Never turn in a first draft (or even a second).
- Have someone else edit and proof your essay. Find a peer or colleague with strong communication and writing skills and ask them to review your work. Take constructive criticism as a positive step forward!
- Keep a copy. Always make an extra copy and note the date that you sent your work to the scholarship review board. You'll want to retain a copy for your records – as well as for the off-chance you need to resubmit.
Apply Often
Another important tip when it comes to applying for scholarships is to do so often. The more applications you submit, the more likely it will be that you score a great scholarship – or even a few of them. It never hurts to apply – and will always help if you get more!


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The terminology that is used throughout this website and all CRCC resources can vary as follows:
Except where the term 'sexual assault' is used within a legal definition (see section: What does the Law say about Sexual Assault) the terms 'sexual assault' and 'sexual abuse' are used interchangeably and refer to a broad range of sexual behaviours and sexual conduct towards another person, including both contact and non-contact behaviours, which are unwanted or where the person is unable to give consent (see section: When is Consent Negated?)
Different people refer to those who have experienced sexual assault as 'victims' and others use the term 'survivor'. Individuals who have experienced sexual assault may prefer one word over the other and some use each of the terms to describe their experience at different times.
When a person has experience trauma, they may feel overwhelmed or in crisis, their capacity to cope may be overloaded and they may feel paralysed. The word 'victim'can reflect this difficult and distressing time, which may last weeks, months, and for some people, years. It can also conjure up the sense that the person who experienced the sexual assault was subjected to the tactics of an offender.
The word 'victim' is also used by police and in criminal proceeding to denote that the person who has experienced an offence is not responsible for the offence.
The word 'survivor'is sometimes used in a therapeutic context and for some people it represents resilience and the ability to take action. The term can capture a sense of resourcefulness and strength in overcoming obstacles despite having gone through immense trauma.
The terms 'offender' and 'perpetrator' are used for those who perpetrate sexual assault and sexual abuse with the exception of the reporting and legal process section where the terms 'defendant' and 'accused person' are used, reflecting the language used in criminal proceedings.
The Canberra Rape Crisis Centre (CRCC) is a non-government, feminist organisation working collaboratively within service provision systems in the ACT and surrounding areas to provide services and programs to eliminate sexual violence against women, young people, children , and men.
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Magazine article The Nation's Health
WHO: Air Pollution a Continuing Health Threat in World's Cities
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Public health news from around the world
Air pollution is threatening health in many cities worldwide, according to World Health Organization data.
The agency estimates that more than 2 million people die yearly from breathing in particles present in indoor and outdoor pollution. Such particles, which are 10 micrometers or smaller, can penetrate the lungs and enter the bloodstream, causing heart disease, lung cancer, asthma and acute lower respiratory infections.
"Across the world, city air is often thick with exhaust fumes, factory smoke or soot from coal burning power plants," said WHO Director for Public Health and Environment Maria Neira, MD, MPH. "In many countries, there are no air quality regulations and, where they do exist, national standards and their enforcement vary markedly."
According to a WHO analysis of air quality measurements taken from 2003-2010 and released in September, the largest contributors to urban outdoor air pollution in both developed and developing countries are motorized transportation, small-scale manufacturers and other industries, burning of biomass and coal for cooking and heating and coal-fired power plants. Also, particularly in rural areas during colder months, residential wood and coal burning for space heating is a key contributor to air pollution.
"Local actions, national policies and international agreements are all needed to curb pollution and reduce its widespread health effects," said Michal Krzyzanowski, head of the WHO European Center for Environment and Health in Bonn, Germany.
The analysis of data from nearly 1,100 cities across 91 countries found only a few of those cities meet the WHO air quality guideline for exposure to the most dangerous type of pollution particles. …


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Add water to icing a drop at a time for thinner spreading consistency. Decorate with dragée (sometimes called sugar pearls), gold or silver dust, and coarse or sparkling sugar, and tint the frosting with food color paste. All are available at coppergifts.com. Make the cookie dough up to a month in advance, wrap it tightly, and freeze. Thaw dough completely by placing it in the refrigerator overnight.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 350°.
To prepare cookies, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, stirring with a whisk. Place butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed until light and fluffy. Add egg, and beat until well blended. Beat in molasses and vanilla extract. Reduce mixer speed to low. Add the flour mixture to butter mixture; beat just until combined.
Shape dough into a 4-inch round, and cover with plastic wrap. Chill for 1 hour. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut out 40 (2 x 3-inch) cookies, rerolling scraps as necessary. Place cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350° for 9 minutes or until lightly browned on bottoms. Cool on a wire rack.
To prepare icing, combine powdered sugar, egg white powder, and 1/8 teaspoon salt, stirring well. Gradually add 1 tablespoon water, stirring constantly with a whisk until smooth. Decorate cookies as desired. Sprinkle with sugar, if desired. Let the cookies stand on a cooling rack until icing is completely dry (about 1 hour).
Finishing flourishes don't require special equipment. First, "flood" cookies by spreading thin frosting with a small offset spatula to coat, if desired. Pipe thicker frosting from a zip-top bag to outline. Use a toothpick to make small dots of icing that act as glue for decorative details like sugar pearls.


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Our contest to win two tickets to win opening night of Disney's Newsies at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver on July 5 is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Julie McIsaac.
Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Disney's Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenage 'newsies,' who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys' expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what's right.
Disney's Newsies is inspired by the real-life 'Newsboy Strike of 1899,' when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers.
Disney's Newsies plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver from July 5-10. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.


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Media coverage of robotics tends to be a bit one-sided, and we've been flooded with images of robots that perform effortlessly because they've been designed and trained for a specific task: cleaning a floor, kicking a basketball, even running like a dog. The idea that a brand new, cutting-edge robot would have trouble picking up an everyday object sitting on a table is strange to us, and Joe Palca of National Public Radio's All Tech Considered talks to Brown CS Assistant Professor Stefanie Tellex to find out why and learn about her team's crowdsourcing experiment designed to change this learning curve.
The audio interview, a text article, and multiple videos of robots in action are available here. You can also watch PhD student John Oberlin and Stefanie's "Bandit-based Adaptation for Robotic Grasping" video by clicking the image above and read their paper here.
For more information, please click the link that follows to contact Brown CS Communications Outreach Specialist Jesse C. Polhemus.


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Electrical Engineering Concentration (BS)
Learn to Connect Conceptual Design to Practical Application
Guided by faculty-mentors, George Fox electrical engineering students engage in a rigorous hands-on learning environment that provides the best possible tools for success. You'll prepare to become an electrical engineer in a highly personalized concentration within the engineering major where students learn to connect conceptual design and practical application. Beginning your freshman year, you'll work with state-of-the-art equipment and newly renovated facilities that enable you to develop your ideas into tangible prototypes.
Research, Design and Deliver Solutions
The electrical engineering concentration prepares you to research, design and deliver electrical and electronics solutions involving communication and control systems, computers and robotics, electronics and instrumentation, energy and power systems and biomedical devices. This concentration appeals especially to students who enjoy a stimulating and rigorous course of study. Areas of specialization include communication systems, digital signal processing, wireless devices, integrated circuits, electric power, automatic controls, and optoelectronics.
A rising profession, electrical engineering offers a diverse range of career possibilities. Your work may range from development of electrical microchips for hospital patients, to design of hybrid vehicle electronic systems, to design of consumer electronics, or the development of large relays and generators for power stations. Often overlapping with computer engineering, a degree in electrical engineering can open doors to a technical career in most any industry.
As an electrical engineer, your capacity to impact society will be significant, beginning even as a student in the Servant Engineering program. As part of core curriculum, engineering students create solutions to great technical challenges – for instance, by devising augmentative communication and physical therapy devices for patients at the Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children in Portland, Oregon.
Learn in New 'Maker Hub'
Engineering graduates of George Fox are well prepared to develop and implement projects successfully in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams. Throughout the program, students create, invent and learn together in the Engineering Innovation Center's "maker hub" – a 6,000-square-foot configurable project-build space. They also work together in high-tech design studios; machine, welding and woodworking shops; the computer design lab; a tool room; an additive manufacturing lab; and in environmental, geotechnical, construction and transportation lab spaces.
In the College of Engineering, Christian professors believe your spiritual development is just as important as your professional growth. Our goal is to help you prepare for a successful career and a purposeful life.


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Action: Use captive breeding to increase or maintain populations of cranes
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A study from Canada over 32 years found that whooping cranes Grus americana successfully bred in captivity eight years after the first eggs were removed from the wild. The authors note that young 'downy' chicks suffered high mortality in captivity.
Supporting evidence from individual studies
A study between 1967 and 1991 (Kuyt 1996) found that the removal of 355 whooping crane, Grus Americana, eggs from a wild population in Northwest Territories and Alberta, Canada, to start a captive population, did not negatively affect the wild population, which increased from 48 to 146 birds during the study period, with no nests being abandoned. The captive population had high hatching success (78–100% for 50 eggs shipped to Patuxent Wildlife Research Centre in 1967-74, and 77% for 166 eggs shipped to Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge in 1975-88) but 'downy young' suffered 68% mortality, mainly due to disease and anatomical abnormalities. However, cranes first bred in captivity in 1975 (in Patuxent), with five females laying 19 eggs in 1989 (nine hatching). This study is also discussed in 'Release captive-bred individuals', 'Foster eggs or chicks with wild conspecifics' and 'Foster eggs or chicks with wild non-conspecifics (cross-fostering)'.


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The Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody states that if any member of parliament goes to courts in order to testify regarding the actions of the Parliamentary Select Committee that is a violation of clause 17 of the act regarding Parliamentary Powers and Privileges.
He also stated that if a member of parliament is to testify in courts regarding any parliamentary activity that Member of Parliament needs to obtain special permission from the Parliament.
The Deputy speaker further stated that in a situation where a Member of Parliament violates this, a censor motion can be brought against that MP for contempt of Parliament.


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Greetings and welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly guide to the weekend's new movies. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest look at the upcoming weekend, and then check back on Thursday night for final projections based on actual theatre counts.
If you aren't doing so already, you can follow The Weekend Warrior on Twitter where he talks about box office, movies, music, comic books and all sorts of random things.
Congrats to Tom of Kansas and Albert of Missouri for winning our "Thor: God of Thunder" Video Game contest from a few weeks back!
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney Pictures) – $91.5 million N/A (down .5 million)
2. Thor (Paramount/Marvel) – $18.0 million -48% (same)
3. Bridesmaids (Universal) – $17 million -35% (up .5 million)
4. Fast Five (Universal) – $11.5 million -45% (up .2 million)
5. Priest 3D (Sony/Screen Gems) – $6.1 million -58% (same)
6. Rio (20th Century Fox) – $5.0 million -45% (same)
7. Something Borrowed (Warner Bros.) – $3.8 million -45% (up .2 million)
8. Jumping the Broom (Sony/Tristar) – $3.5 million -48% (down .2 million)
9. Water for Elephants (20th Century Fox) – $2.3 million -45% (same)
10. Soul Surfer (Film District) – $1.2 million -34% (same)
Weekend Overview
The summer is now in full swing with the release of a major sequel, the fourth installment in one of the biggest film franchise of all time, mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney Pictures). Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush are back, joined by Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane and new director Rob Marshall of Chicago fame. On the one hand, Captain Jack Sparrow is one of Johnny Depp's most beloved characters, one that helped elevate him to a new level of fame and fortune, but the previous installment wasn't as well received and one wonders if as many fans will rush out to see this one. The third weekend of May (and the weekend before Memorial Day) tends to be a big one with some of the biggest movies of all time released here, including the three "Star Wars" prequels, all of the "Shrek" movies and The Matrix Reloaded. In fact, eight of the Top 20 May openers have opened in this weekend in hopes of getting some advance money before Memorial Day and then bringing in some of the huge amounts of business from moviegoers on top of that. With so many stronger movies opening this summer that people actually want to see, we think this one will open up under the $100 million mark, maybe even under $90 million, and then tail off pretty quickly with the number of big sequels opening both next week and the week after.
This week's "Chosen One" is Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics), which you can read more about below.
This weekend last year saw the release of another fourth installment, that of the hit animated comedy franchise Shrek Forever After (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount), but unlike the previous two installments which each opened with over $100 million, this one did a relatively disappointing $70 million opening. (Yes, these are the times we live in when a movie opening with $70 million is disappointing.) It did pick up some steam over the rest of the summer to gross nearly $240 million but that was the least amount grossed for the franchise. Opening all the way down in 6th place, Will Forte's MacGruber (Rogue/Universal) tanked with just $4 million in over 2,500 theaters, averaging less than $1,600 per theater. The big surprise of the weekend may have been the Bollywood drama Kites (Reliant BIG) entering the Top 10 with just under a million dollars in 208 theaters. The Top 10 grossed $141 million and since we think "Pirates" will perform better than last year's "Shrek," we think that amount should be bested this week.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney Pictures)
Starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Kevin R. McNally, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Sam Claflin, Geoffrey Rush
Directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha); Written by Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio (all four "Pirates" movies, The Mask of Zorro)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Rated PG-13
Tagline: "We're going to make so much money by making Johnny Depp be Jack Sparrow again! Mwahahaha hahahahaha!" (This isn't the real tagline, but not finding anything resembling one, we assume this is the internal tagline at Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.)
Plot Summary: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is on a quest to find the Fountain of Youth along with the evil pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and his daughter Angelica (Penelope Cruz), but they have to race to get there before Jack's arch-rival Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), who is on a mission from the King to get there before the Spaniards.
The summer finally kicks into high gear with the second major franchise sequel following Universal's pre-summer hit Fast Five, and while this one already has a similar built in fanbase, the fourth installment of Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer's blockbuster swashbuckling franchise has quite a bit of baggage as well. When the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie was being released in the summer of 2003, it was not taken very seriously, maybe because it was based on Disney park ride that had been around for decades. Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski somehow turned the ride into a fun, high seas action adventure that introduced a lot of people to a number of movie characters that would become favorites, spawning three movies that grossed over $300 million.
More than anything, the success of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies marked the rise of Johnny Depp from a second-stringer to a full-on box office star who can bring people into theaters to see whatever crazy character he's playing at any given time. There are different phases to Depp's lengthy career from his early days on the police drama "21 Jump Street" to his early work with Tim Burton in Edward Scissorhands, Oscar-worthy auteur fare like What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Ed Wood during the '90s, culminating in starring roles in movies with Roman Polanski and Julian Schnabel. Obviously, the release of the first Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl changed everything, and suddenly, a lot of young women who never paid much attention to Depp were rediscovering his charms. He also was being taken a lot more seriously as an A-list star among Hollywood producers, though he remained faithful to his greatest supporter. That led to a successful opening for Tim Burton's take on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and while their next pairings for The Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd both had disappointing showings, their take on Alice in Wonderland ended up being a huge hit for Walt Disney Pictures in 2010, becoming their second billion dollar grossing movie worldwide. The rather disappointing showing for Depp's pairing with his female equivalent A-lister Angelina Jolie in The Tourist over the holidays did make one wonder whether he was still a draw and his reteaming with Gore Verbinski in the animated Rango did well but nowhere near some of the biggest animated hits.
Joining the cast is Penelope Cruz as Angelica, the daughter of Blackbeard, and its her first appearance on screen with Depp since the two of them appeared ten years ago in the late Ted Demme's crime-thriller Blow. Since then, Cruz has also risen up a few notches in terms of star power, helped by her three Oscar nominations, winning for Woody Allen's Vicki Christina Barcelona. Even so, she's only starred in one live action movie that grossed over $100 million and that was Cameron Crowe's 2001 thriller Vanilla Sky, co-starring then-boyfriend Tom Cruise. Cruz also provided a voice for Jerry Bruckheimer's G-Force and made a cameo in the sequel Sex and the City 2, but On Strangers Tide is her biggest movie to date.
Another major change with the fourth movie is that it's the first one directed by Rob Marshall, who exploded into Hollywood with his first feature film as a director (not counting television) being the Oscar-winning Chicago, which grossed nearly $171 million. Neither of his movies that followed were nearly as successful with his musical Nine, also starring Cruz, pretty much bombing. The only other big name joining the cast of the fourth movie is Ian McShane, the British actor who first got attention for his role as Al Swearengen in "Deadwood," which has led to a number of movie roles in everything from Shrek the Third (voicing Captain Hook) to Death Race to Woody Allen's Scoop.
The movie is opening in one of the most desirable weekends of the summer thanks to the success of the "Star Wars" prequels, which picked the weekend before Memorial Day to help increase the amount of money they could make, the fans rushing to see it opening weekend and then the casual moviegoers going the following weekend. DreamWorks Animation has also opened all four "Shrek" movies on the weekend to huge success. This may be why Disney chose the weekend over the Memorial Day opening for the previous installment, although Disney also opened The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian on this weekend a few years back and it didn't come close to delivering on the $300 million made by its predecessor.
So who is the main audience for the "Pirates" movies? First of all, you have the young kids and teens who have grown up calling the franchise their own, and with Depp on board, it certainly offers something for women of all ages from teen girls to women in their 30s. Older guys over 25 or 30 will likely be less interested and more cynical about a fourth movie, which is surprising because one would think pirates to be a guy thing, but the movies have done more to appeal to women due to the romance angle and Depp.
That's really the biggest question surrounding the movie, and that's whether the diehard fans are still on board for another movie, especially since so many were disappointed with the last movie at least compared to the first one. We've seen third movies not living up to expectations of previous installments from The Matrix Revolutions to Spider-Man 3 to Shrek the Third. In fact, the sequel to the latter of those opened last year this weekend to just $70 million after the $100 million plus openings of the previous two movies, and one can see "On Stranger Tides" following suit. (The last movie "At World's End" opened the same summer as two of the three mentioned and it really created a weird dichotomy with few moviegoers loving them but all of them grossing $300 million.)
Let's look at how the three movies compared in terms of reviews and user ratings. "Curse of the Black Pearl" received an 8.0 out of 10 in IMDb User Ratings and 78% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. That was followed three years later with "Dead Man's Chest" with 7.3/10 and 54% on Rotten Tomatoes and the following year's "At World's End" ended up with a 7/10 in IMDb User Ratings and a dismal 45% from critics. By comparison, the original Shrek had an 8.0/10 User Rating which dropped down to a 6.1 for the third movie, which may have been why last year's Shrek Forever After opened weakly compared to the previous two movies.
On Stranger Tides is the first movie in the franchise shot and screened in 3D, which theoretically means higher ticket prices although many moviegoers are dubious of the format and may choose not to pay extra to see it in 3D. Even so, without the 3D, it may have opened even lower in North America.
Frankly, we don't think "On Stranger Tides" will get very good reviews, probably somewhere between the first and second movie in terms of Rotten Tomatoes, and with many of the fans already rather disillusioned from the disappointing third chapter, they may just wait to see the movie until they hear from friends whether it's worth their money. Opening on its own this weekend in over 4,000 theaters will certainly help it be the only choice for many moviegoers this weekend, but we expect casual moviegoers who don't read reviews might choose to watch it over Memorial Day, a weekend when millions of people who don't often go to movies catch up on what they missed. The problem is that the movie has a ton of competition for ALL potential audiences starting Thursday when two far-more-anticipated sequels are opening.
Because of that, we think "On Stranger Tides" may open just over $90 million, and we think it will top out at $250 million domestically, but make enough money globally to warrant a fifth movie.
Why I Should See It: Johnny Depp's Captain Jack is back with lots of fun new characters!
Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)
While I already have a review, which you can read above, I wanted to talk a bit more about how Woody Allen's movie has helped pull him out of the mini-slump he's been in. While most consider Match Point the turning point, I'm more of a fan of his comedies, especially when he's in them. While Whatever Works comes closest to the Woody Allen I loved with Larry David in the lead–the script/premise was from back in the '70s as well–Midnight in Paris is a great companion piece to Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Allen's first movie shot in Spain.
From the title, it's pretty easy to figure out the movie is all about Paris, but using a premise that involves time travel (of sorts), Allen is able to look at modern-day Paris as well as the city during its heyday of the '20s with lots of great historical characters interacting with a more typical Allen lead. In some ways, this movie falls somewhere closer to the work of Mel Brooks, but still has the clever thoughtfulness that Allen has brought to his best work.
I've been down on Owen Wilson for his last few movies, but he really seems perfectly suited for the character of a wanna-be author and for Allen's sharp writing, and it did make me wonder whether Wilson (a talented writer in his own right) was able to tailor Allen's writing to work with him better. I also loved Marion Cotillard in this movie, as she's quickly becoming an actress who can make any film better. I honestly can't think of a better actress for Allen to work with and hopefully we'll see her in more of his films similar to Scarlett Johansson.
It's still too early to tell if this will be the Woody Allen movie that gets him back at the Oscars for the first time since Match Point, but we do think the screenplay is strong enough that it can get into those nominations if nothing else. (It would be his 14th screenplay to be nominated.)
Regardless, we think that whether or not you're a fan of Woody Allen's recent output, those who've either been to Paris or always have wanted to go should enjoy the romanticism inherent in him exploring this new territory in such a thorough way.
Midnight in Paris opens in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, and it's a Woody Allen movie not to be missed! (Go read our review for a more critical analysis.)
Also in Limited Release:
Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel direct the doc Louder than a Bomb (Balcony Releasing) which follows four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare for a national competition. It opens on Wednesday at the IFC Center in New York.
Russ Parr's romantic comedy 35 and Ticking (Image Entertainment) stars Nicole Parker, Tamala Jones, Kevin Hart and Keith Robinson as four individuals dealing with problems either in dating and finding the right person or in their marriages, presumably when they hit the age of 35. Also starring Meagan Good, who is only 30, it opens in select cities on Friday.
Veteran actor and musician Kris Kristofferson stars in Shane Dax Taylor's drama Bloodworth (Samuel Goldwyn Films) as E.F. Bloodworth, a musician who abandoned his wife and sons for life on the road, and though his relationship with those sons (Val Kilmer, Dwight Yoakam and W. Earl Brown) has remained sour, he's been able to bond with his grandson Fleming, who just met the woman of his dreams, played by Hilary Duff. With music by T. Bone Burnett, who played a similar role in the eerily similar Crazy Heart, this opens in select cities on Friday.
Sean Kirkpatrick's previously-undistributed film Cost of a Soul (Rogue/Relativity Media) won the "Big Break Movie Contest" to be released by Rogue. It stars Chris Kerson and Will Blargove as two soldiers who return home from Iraq to the crime-ridden North Philadelphia town where they grew up, one of them to the pregnant wife he deserted, the other to the brother who is now involved in drugs. The two men suddenly find them back in the situation that they joined the military to escape. It opens in select cities Friday.
Mini-Review: To wantonly attack production assistant Sean Kirkpatrick's directing debut might be akin to drowning a bag full of kittens, because it was made on such a low budget using a similar DIY ethos as Melvin Van Peebles that you have to give him credit for his efforts.
The street-level crime drama treads familiar ground of soldiers retuning home to their "hood" to catch up on what they missed while in combat, only to face even bigger turmoil at home. Not that Irish Tommy Donahue or African-American DD Davis being soldiers is that important to the story, as the former comes home to the wife and daughter he abandoned only to get pulled into the same world of mob crime he ran away from. DD sees his older brother caught up in the violent world of drugdealing and has to figure out how to keep his younger brother from joining him.
There isn't a lot of new ideas in Kirkpatrick's fairly derivative film which probably could have used a stronger cast to really do his writing justice. Instead, we get a lot of third-rate sub-par performances and an equal amount of overacting to go along with it. The real breakout star of the film is Will Blagrove as DD, the closest the film comes to a protagonist, because everyone else straddles such a grey area of good/bad, especially Chris Kerson's angst-ridden Tommy, who returns to his job as hired killer for the local boss, played by Gregg Almquist, and is responsible for DD's own desire for revenge.
The film feels fairly disjointed as it goes back and forth between Tommy and DD's storylines, the latter being far more interesting, which is why it's a shame it gets less screen time. Eventually, the stories are brought together and that's where the film starts to find its groove, though for every decent scene, there are more than a few "What the…?" moments For instance, it's never clear what the point is to make Tommy's daughter mentally-challenged (or autistic, it's never clear), but it may leave you wondering whether the young actress herself suffers that condition or whether she's just being directed to act badly because their scenes together are grueling in their sentimentality and really takes you out of the tone of the rest of the film. It also feels like roughly 15 minutes could have been cut out of Tommy's story to give more depth to DD and the entire film would have been improved by it.
"Cost of a Soul" is a valiant enough first effort, but Kirkpatrick has a long way to go before he achieves even "Mean Streets"-level Scorsese, but you really feel that he could do better things if given a bigger budget and a better DP.
Rating: 5/10
Leah Sturgis' comedy Hard Breakers (Freestyle Releasing) follows two women (Cameron Richardson, Sophie Monk) frustrated with dating and men but when they find a young surfer unconscious on the beach, they decide to go out on a man-hunt by dominating men. Yeah, I don't get it either. It'll open in select cities regardless.
Opening in 3D and 2D theatres is the animated The Lion of Judah (Animated Family Films), directed by Deryck Broom and Roger Hawkins, is a biblical story told though a cast of farm animals voiced by the likes of Ernest Borgnine and Michael Madsen led by a heroic lamb named Judah. When the animals learn that Judah has been caught to sacrifice at a festival, they go on a journey to save him, learning that "the King" was born in their stable 30 years earlier. We assume they don't mean Elvis.
Next week, the Memorial Day weekend kicks off on Thursday with two hugely-anticipated sequels, Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount), featuring the return of Jack Black as Po the Panda, and The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros.), featuring the return of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zack Galifianakis as The Wolfpack.
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Advent is a great time to start thinking about the word fiat. No, not Fiat, the cute little Italian car (although that might be exciting to think about, too). Rather, fiat is the Latin word meaning, "Let it be done." In the Catholic community, it refers to the young Mary's response when the angel Gabriel announced she would conceive Jesus: "May it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38). Mary's fiat shows her complete willingness to do God's will, even without fully understanding what it would mean for her.
Mary's fiat and the high priority the church places on it can give us pause. Was that "yes" really such a big deal? After all, the angel said, "You will conceive." Wasn't Mary basically saying yes to something that God had already planned? Yes, God had already chosen her and had chosen Jesus. Yes, the angel was announcing that God had found favor with Mary, and the tone the angel takes is not one of asking permission.
So why do we celebrate Mary's "yes"? Because we recognize that whenever God brings something to our lives, we have the free will either to move in rhythm with God or to resist God's movement. Mary's fiat shows how we should respond. Even while God's will is happening in our midst, we can deny it and move away from it. Mary did neither, choosing instead to embrace her new reality.
A fiat to our present situation. It's easy to try to wish away our current phase of parenting. "I'm finding it hard to actually like my son," says Dave, father of a 13-year-old boy who is moody and defiant. "I know that everything we say—about homework, limiting his phone, when he has to be home—is going to turn into an argument. Sometimes I'm tempted to just give up and let him do what he wants."
Despite this temptation, though, Dave and his wife are reading everything they can on parenting teens. They have decided to spend a few minutes as a couple each night, praying for their son. They take turns dealing with their son when he's especially surly so they can share the burden, and they are considering enlisting the help of a family therapist if the situation doesn't improve in the next month with their new techniques.
"We've read some good tips for changes in the way we communicate with him," Dave says. "I'm frustrated, but this is where we are right now and we need to figure it out." Dave's willingness to enter into his son's pain, rather than withdraw, is a fiat. …continued next week
By Annemarie Scobey, from the pages of At Home with Our Faith, Claretian Publications' print newsletter for parents on nurturing spirituality in the home. Winner of the Best in Class award in 2014 from the Associated Church Press, as well as a First Place General Excellence award from the Catholic Press Association for four years running. Here's a sample issue.
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Some of the best places are those that are pulled right from the fantastical imaginations of their creators. However, just because a location isn't real in the traditional sense doesn't mean the avid traveler can't visit. Some fictional places have been brought to life through movies and other media where the sets still stand today, but even the most magical places have some basis in reality. Many fictional places were inspired by real world locations where, with enough vision and imagination, visitors can see the same awe-inspiring wonder that inspired the likes of Hogwarts and Narnia when they were brought to life for the big screen.
Arendelle from Disney's Frozen
Naeroyfjord, Norway
No matter whether you think Frozen fans should just let it go already, there is no arguing that the verdant coastal mountains of Arendelle are positively jealousy-inducing. However, animators didn't just pluck the location from nowhere. While no one has ever shared their inspirations, visitors to Naeroyfjord in Norway have noticed some striking similarities between the two locations. As well as being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naeroyfjord is renowned as the world's longest and deepest fjords. The enchanting landscape that just seems to go on forever is absolutely breath-taking. Naeroyfjord and its similarities to Arendelle have not gone unnoticed by the world, the resulting Adventures by Disney cruise that runs through the area has seen a massive surge in tourism to Norway.
Hogwarts from Harry Potter
Glencoe, Scotland
While travelers can get a pretty stunning Hogwarts recreation experience at Universal Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida, there have been a number of real world locations that helped bring the magical world of Harry Potter to life. While the inspiration for Hogwarts castle (Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England) is far less grand, the resplendent greens that surround the castle are just as grand in real life as they are in the films.
Glencoe, Scotland was famous long before Harry Potter for being beautiful, but its intact set pieces have just made things more attractive. First used in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Glencoe features dramatic green hills and Hagrid's Hut complete with massive pumpkin patch. While there are other less famous set pieces in the area, Hagrid's Hut remains the primary attraction, although the scenic backdrop used for those sweeping views throughout the movies is equally as interesting.
King's Landing from Game of Thrones
Mdina, Malta
From Iceland to Morocco, the Game of Thrones cast has travelled all over the world to appropriately capture the scintillating landscapes of Westeros and Essos beyond the Narrow Sea. Just one of the show's captivating locales lands the crew in Malta where they filmed a number of scenes that would later make up Westerosi capital city King's Landing. While the show was almost kicked off the island for the "lewd" content involving Khal Drogo's wedding, they managed to stick around long enough to get scenes filmed in the ancient city of Mdina. Although greatly enhanced by CGI, Malta's old capital city is featured with aerial views of its imposing star-shaped city walls with landmarks like the Mdina Gate serving as the entrance to King's Landing and Fort Ricasoli with its unique twisting columns serving as the entrance to the Red Keep. Unfortunately, as a mostly inland city, Mdina is not quite complete as the coastal King's Landing. For sweeping scenes over the port, producers instead turned to the seaside beauty at Dubrovnik, Croatia whose aerial views perfectly capture the crowded squalor of lower King's Landing.
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Mordor from Lord of the Rings
Mount Tongariro, New Zealand
New Zealand is famous for its backdrop in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Watching the characters trek across mountainous ridges that kiss the skies inspired a whole generation of hikers to head to New Zealand. However, when it comes to the bleak desolation of Mordor, it is hard to believe something like that could exist among New Zealand's rugged green landscape, but it does. The jagged volcanic rock formations and eerily barren landscape that surrounds Mount Tongariro in Tongariro National Park made for the perfect location of ominous Mt. Doom. While visitors have been known to hike to the summit and throw their rings into Mount Ngauruhoe, there a lot more to the Mount Tongariro area than just fantasy fandom.
Film crews took special care while filming around Mount Tongariro. Not only did they skip filming the summits of the volcanoes in the area out of respect to the Maori people who hold them sacred, the ecosystem around Mount Tongariro is particularly delicate. Due to the precarious nature of the environment and difficulty of access to some locations, guided tours of Mount Tongariro are nearly a must. However, due to New Zealand's sizeable Lord of the Rings tourism industry, they are not hard to find.
Silent Hill
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Originally a survival horror video game developed by Konami in 1999, Silent Hill was later adapted into a movie in 2006 that brought the terrifying nightmare to audiences everywhere that were too terrified to play the game. Although the game developers inspirations have been sparsely discussed, when movie director Christophe Gans began adapting the video game to film, he was inspired by the eerie town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.
While there are probably no monsters that draw on the psyche of their visitors in Centralia, it bears a striking number of similarities to fictional Silent Hill from the movies. Like Silent Hill was set in the coal mining region of West Virginia, Centralia is nestled deep in the heart of Pennsylvania coal country. While ash doesn't rain down on the city, it is known for its thick fog that mixes with the noxious gases and steam venting from the mines underground. Like the movie fate of Silent Hill, Centralia was abandoned 30+ years ago due to an underground mine fires. The mines still burn to this day making the area unlivable and dangerous to visit. However, the ground that will eventually cave into the Earth hasn't stopped many Silent Hill junkies.
Narnia from The Chronicles of Narnia
Oamaru, New Zealand
Like with Lord of the Rings, New Zealand was selected to film a vast variety of scenes in the Chronicles of Narnia movies. Also like Lord of the Rings, New Zealand has embraced the movie fame and market Oamaru and the surrounding area on the South Island for tourism from both movie series. Chosen for its dramatic landscape and temperate climates, Oamaru holds a literal treasure trove of locations in fictional Narnia.
High in the Southern Alps of the South Island, the area with deep valleys and tortured rocks known as Flock Hill serves as the setting for Narnia's Great Battle while the ancient Elephant Rocks just outside of Oamaru were transformed into Aslan's Camp. While the grand castle of Cair Paravel was melted into the scenery with CGI, Purakaunui Bay served as the set for the castle's dramatic coastal scenery.
Pandora from Avatar
Zhangjiajie National Forest, China
While director James Cameron was captivated by the beauty of Kauai, Hawaii enough to pepper it with CGI and transform it into Pandora for his mega-hit Avatar, even he didn't know there was another place on Earth that bore a closer resemblance to his fictional planet. The wilds of Kauai were dotted with floating mountains and otherworldly plants and wildlife. However, while the Zhangjiajie National Forest may want for the fictional wildlife and vegetation, its striking peaks need no help looking like Pandora's floating mountains. With thick fog that settles in the jungles below, the dramatic spires look as though the float in the sky. Perhaps James Cameron could have saved some money on CGI by shooting here.
The Shire from Lord of the Rings
Matamata, New Zealand
After filming, most movie sets are dismantled and the natural area is renewed to its former state. However, in the rural area outside of Matamata on New Zealand's North Island, the small burrows of Hobbiton still stand. Peter Jackson described the land belonging to Alexander Farms as a "slice of ancient England," where the fields and rolling hills made for the perfect setting for the fictional Shire area of Middle Earth. Although it took some work digging, growing and building the 37 hobbit homes in Hobbiton, it was soon transformed into a location straight from the books.
While the set was not built to last, owners of the farm loved it so much, they have seen it maintained. Something that was particularly helpful when Peter Jackson returned to film scenes in The Hobbit trilogy some years later. In between filming, Hobbiton has been a popular location in New Zealand's wide array of Lord of the Rings tours where tourist can take a pleasant walk in the Shire. However, as the interior scenes of the homes were shot elsewhere, none are fit to be entered.
Jurassic Park Island from Jurassic Park
Kauai, Hawaii
Jurassic Park was primarily filmed throughout a number of soundstages where animatronics and CGI helped bring the wonder of dinosaurs to life. However, while the quick and vicious velociraptors and the powerful T-Rex thrilled audiences, everyone remembers the dramatic sweeping views of Jurassic Park island set to memorable score by John Williams. The sweeping vistas of the island is one scene that could never be recreated on a soundstage. The initial shots of Jurassic Park island can be found along Kauai's idyllic Na Pali Coast.
With green covered volcanic cliffs, hidden waterfalls, and a crystal clear coast, the Na Pali Coast is the picture of paradise. However, the difficult access to the area is what has kept it so beautiful all these years. Helicopter rides, sea kayaks and a number of challenging hikes through the Na Pali Coast remain popular ways to get the Jurassic Park experience, even if Hawaii doesn't have any dinosaurs.
Downton Abbey Manor from Downton Abbey
Highclere Castle in England
A Sunday is just not complete without having a sit down to watch the latest trials and tribulations of those on Downton Abbey, but when it's not on, Highclere Castle is as close as one can get to the real deal. Highclere Castle in Berkshire is the Victorian manor home that has belonged to the prestigious Lord Carnarvon family since 1679. As Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes has been a longtime friend of the Carnarvons, he had Highclere in mind when penning the series. Both the exterior and interior of Highclere Castle are used for filming, but visitors can still get the Downton Abbey experience. With tickets sold to the castle, visitors can sip tea, stroll the gardens and relish their time among the sumptuous décor.
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Local termite treatments are sometimes called spot treatments. Local treatments can be effective if your property has a few small areas of Drywood Termite infestations as long as those areas are completely accessible to treatment. It's important to administer local treatments before the infestation spreads throughout the structure and causes significant damage. If you wait too long, fumigation becomes necessary.


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World DNA Vaccine Market Analysed & Forecast in New RNCOS Study Published at MarketPublishers.com
16 Feb 2016 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – To date, most vaccines commercialised in the market are intended for use in animals. Nevertheless, growing amount of research focused on the development of DNA vaccines targeting the human clinical segment and ongoing development in the gene delivery techniques have resulted in a rising interest of the leading pharmacos in the market for human DNA vaccines.
Though the number of vaccines for human use is relatively small, their blockbuster sales made the market reach a value of USD 7 billion as of 2014. This is due to increasing awareness, growing R&D investment, and improved clinical outcomes over conventional vaccines.
Furthermore, the degree of penetration of DNA vaccines is higher across the developing nations like India, Brazil, Japan, and China, amid others, owing to uncertainties faced by regulatory systems and decreased spending on a slew of novel therapies. However, efforts have been given up by pharmaceutical giants to expand their R&D activities in emerging markets followed by ensuing marketing and promotion for the native population. At large, the research covers in and out of the DNA Vaccines market which means prime importance to investors.
Pfizer Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, Novartis, Zoetis, VGX Animal Health, amid others, are the dominant players in the global market for DNA vaccines.
New research study "Global DNA Vaccine Market Outlook 2020" developed by RNCOS E-Services Pvt. Ltd (RNCOS) provides deep insights into the worldwide DNA vaccines marketplace, giving a complete picture of the 3rd generation vaccine technology. The study offers an all-round analysis of the different DNA vaccines launched by now. The report also provides granular market segmentation in accordance with their end-users into animal and human segments. The therapeutic break-down and geographic segmentation can also be found in the study. The report gives estimates of the market size of the industry for 2014 and provides the future forecast for the industry through 2020. It outlines key market drivers & challenges, trends and developments. Furthermore, the research report explores the competitive landscape and the major market players, shedding light on their commercialised products and providing an analysis of their strengths & weaknesses.
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The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, in association with the Livermore Family History Center, is hosting Help! My great-great-great grandfather is missing! - a free American Military Research Seminar and Workshop, Saturday, August 9, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 950 Mocho Street, Livermore, California.
The schedule for the day includes three presentations during the morning session, a noon break for lunch and Genealogy Jeopardy and an afternoon workshop of online interactive case studies.
L-AGS member and genealogy instructor, Susan Goss Johnston, will present a two-part lecture entitled "American Military Research Online: What's There and What's Not!" Johnston will create a timeline of American military history and show all the record types that were created. She will cover what is available online and what isn't, using both non-subscription and subscription sites.
Trevor Hammond, Marketing Manager at Footnote.com will conclude the morning session with "An Introduction to Footnote.com"
To reinforce the information learned in the morning lectures, the afternoon session will be an interactive workshop " Going Beyond the Obvious: Problem-solving with Online Military Records."
Four online military research case studies will be presented. Attendees with wireless laptops will be able to follow along using the Internet. Footnote.com has given us access for all researchers who bring their laptops. The session will be displayed for those without laptops. The Livermore Family History Center, working through Salt Lake, is making wireless internet available for attendees.
Susan Goss Johnston is a graduate of Yale University with a degree in physics. She began working in medical research while studying voice at the Peabody Conservatory, then became interested in genealogy research. Johnston is also a graduate of the National Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research course, "Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis," and the National Archives' course, "Going to the Source." She developed a workshop on source citations for her own advanced genealogy course while in Baltimore, a workshop subsequently presented to several Maryland genealogy societies. She teaches beginning through advanced genealogy classes at Las Positas College in Livermore, and is a co-teacher of the Tri-Valley TMG Users Group.
Trevor Hammond has been a marketing manager for Footnote.com for two years. Prior to joining Footnote.com, he worked four years for Ancestry.com in customer intelligence and customer support. A native of Utah, he has a B.A. from Utah Valley University in Business.
Attendees will be eligible for a $10.00 discount from the Footnote.com membership for first time subscribers. Although the seminar is free, everyone is encouraged to pre-register.Please register early, space is limited. (Registration at the door will be accepted on a space available basis starting at 8:30 a.m.)
The registration deadline is August 7, 2008. Download the seminar flier or go to the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society Web site for further information and for online registration.
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The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, in association with the Livermore Family History Center, is hosting Help! My great-great-great grandfather is missing! - a free American Military Research Seminar and Workshop, Saturday, August 9, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 950 Mocho Street, Livermore, California.
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THE INDIAN Railways runs 50,000 coaches, of which 43,000 are for passengers. Each day, 1,72,000 open toilets dot one the world's most complex rail networks with human excreta. After a 2005 Supreme Court order directed the Ministry of Railways to prepare a time-bound scheme for the total eradication of manual scavenging, the railways tabled a plan that targets the total elimination of direct discharge toilets from passenger coach system by 2021-22. In this "green initiative", they proposed the introduction of bio-toilets to replace the existing direct discharge toilets. Seven years later, bio-toilets have been fitted in only 436 coaches.
On 22 January, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal wrote to general managers of all zonal railways to ensure cleanliness at 100 stations of religious and tourist importance, with more than 10 lakh population. He also said that more coaches would be provided with bio-toilets.
However, on the issue of manual scavenging, the railways denies the practice outright. "All new trains are being fitted with bio-toilets and since installing them in old trains isn't feasible, washable aprons have been installed at most stations," says Anil Saxena, public relations officer with the Ministry of Railways. With the washable apron type of tracks, workers use a hose pipe to rinse the platforms and the waste flows into the drains. "All safai karmacharis are provided with masks, coats, boots, gloves, etc. They don't clean anything with their hands," adds Saxena.
The reality is something else. On visiting several stations in New Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, members of the NGO Safai Karmachari Andolan saw workers cleaning the waste without any protection. "This can be seen at Ajmer and Panipat stations," says Bezwada Wilson, convener of Safai Karmachari Andolan. "In places where the drain to carry the washed away human excreta from the aprons does not cover the complete length of the platform, they have to be cleaned manually." Both the New Delhi and Old Delhi Railway Stations have this problem. Moreover, safai karmacharis are also seen working in hazardous conditions without any protective gear.
"We don't have gloves or masks," says 24-year-old Jabbar (name changed) who works at the Old Delhi Railway Station. "We get them only when an official visits the station. Otherwise we clean with just brooms."
The railways' denial of the practice makes it difficult to get access to actual figures for manual scavenging. However, independent surveys by various organisations reveal that manual scavenging is an existing practice in the railways.
Studies conducted by the Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan and Safai Karmachari Andolan show how the railways have managed the cover-up for over two decades. "The railways have managed to keep manual scavengers working for them closely wrapped under a cloak of invisibility by outsourcing the jobs to contractors," says Ashif Shaikh, convener of the Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan. These employees are hired as sanitation workers but they clean more than just dry garbage.
To make matters worse, in the past two decades, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has not included the railways in any of its surveys on manual scavenging. Even the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012, tabled in Parliament in September 2012, leaves a lot to be desired. A clause states that a person who engages in "hazardous" cleaning with protective gear shall not be deemed a "manual scavenger". This will not only dilute the definition of manual scavenging but will also provide a window for the practice to be perpetuated.


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Why are there only 330,000 electric cars on US roads?
Five years after President Obama called for one million electric vehicles to be on US roads by 2015 the figure is stuck at 330,000, and there are suggestions that it is car dealers who are standing in the way
Five years ago, in his State of the Union address, President Obama called for one million electric vehicles to be on US roads by 2015. However, at the close of the year, there were only 330,000. Environmentalists promote their ability to cut dangerous emissions. Apple and Google are both in the electric race. And last year, Tesla significantly extended its network of charging stations across the US by 200%. So why is electric vehicle take-up proving so slow?
Customer uncertainty
One of the most commonly cited explanations is the limited driving range of electric cars between charges; most models can travel just under 130 kilometres before requiring a charge. Currently, the charging network across the US is incomplete. There are certain charging hubs, such as California, which are very well connected. But country-wide, even with Tesla's huge boost, the network has gaps. And if consumers can't be sure that electric cars will be practical and easy to drive, they will not buy them.
There is also strong competition in the market. As the former chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, Forrest McConnell, comments: "In 2006, automakers produced 69 high-mileage vehicle choices. Today, they produce 492. We have gas-powered Honda Civics on my dealership lot that can get 40 miles to the gallon [5.8 litres per 100 kilometres]. People used to have to buy a hybrid car to get that kind of mileage." The electric models are also more expensive, with initial costs at around $75,000, or twice as much as the average non-electric car in the US. The recent drop in gas prices has only served as a further incentive to continue with traditional fuel cars.
Tax breaks and government subsidies on electric cars are also considered important. They have been crucial in the take-up of electric cars, but as soon as they expire, they are equally crucial in the plummeting number of models sold. For example, in Georgia, at the expiration of a 15-year-old tax incentive sales of electric cars dropped 90% (Watchdog.org).
Car dealers blocking electric car take-up
However, another theory has been put forward: car dealers, and their lack of enthusiasm for selling electric cars. In the US, almost all new cars are sold through dealerships, and so car dealers will inevitably play a crucial role in electric car take-up. But a 2014 secret survey by Consumer Reports claims dealers are in fact having a negative effect on electric car sales.
The study reports that many car dealers are not knowledgeable about electric vehicles, with dealers uncertain how far the cars can go on a charge, charging costs, battery life, and battery warranties, along with being uneducated about tax incentives and subsidies. During the study, 13 of the 85 dealerships talked consumers into buying a gas vehicle instead. And 35 of the dealerships recommended a gas vehicle instead. The report cites stories such as a Toyota salesperson in New York who would not show a Prius plug-in that was in stock to the shopper, and a Ford dealer in Manhattan who incorrectly denied the existence of an electric Focus model.
What's holding car dealers back?
McConnell claims that dealers are in fact putting the consumer first. In a speech delivered to dealers in Michigan last summer he commented: "You have to consider the customer's needs, and some trump fuel economy." Citing a survey that reports only 14% of buyers say fuel efficiency is the most important factor in buying a car, he argues "that is a nice way of saying that 86 per cent of them didn't think so". He continued by saying fuel economy regulations were like "selling broccoli to customers who want low-calorie doughnuts" (with broccoli being electric cars and doughnuts being fuel efficient gas cars). And he may have a valid point. Electric cars are not suitable for every consumer.
The Consumer Report, however, proposes another theory, suggesting that rather than being unwilling to sell electric vehicles, car dealers are being held back from selling them by a lack of knowledge. The report argues dealers push consumers towards cars about which they are better informed and can therefore sell more confidently.
Another plausible argument is that of the bottom line: electric cars do not offer dealers the same profits as gas cars. Electric vehicles take longer to sell as dealers must explain the new technology and the different driving feel. And they require less maintenance once bought, which cuts into after-sale services which are a significant source of income for dealerships. Marc Deutsch, Nissan's business development manager for electric vehicles, comments: "A salesperson can sell two gas burners in less than it takes to sell a Leaf. It's a lot of work for a little pay."
Although this all paints a rather negative picture, it doesn't mean that electric cars won't enjoy mainstream success one day. But a significant amount of education will be required to tackle the poor knowledge of both consumers and car dealers, as will an improved charging network and more cost-effective cars. In March of this year, Tesla hopes to take a step in that direction with the release of its new, smaller, cheaper Model 3, which will cost around $35,000 before any incentives. And hopefully this model can take us closer to meeting President Obama's call for one million electric vehicles on US roads.


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Bananagrams is a Fun 'Hassle-Free' version of Scrabble.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 3:00 am by BGW
Filed Under: Games & Entertainment
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Bananagrams is a fast and fun, award-winning word game that requires no pencil, paper or board. All you need is a table.
One hand can be played in as little as five minutes. It is a great for family fun as well as being educational. Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for travel. Just grab the pouch and go!
This popular game's name came from the belief that this game can sometimes "drive you bananas!â€
- Banana pouch hides a word game with huge appeal
- Features 144 letter tiles
- For 2 or more players
- Great for travel
- Recommended for 7-years and up
How-to-Play Bananagrams:
- Place all 144 tiles face down on center of table. These tiles are referred to as the "BUNCH". For games of 2-4 people, each player takes 21 letters from the bunch, keeping them face down. For 5-6 players, 15 letters are taken. For 7-8 (or more) players, 11 letters are taken.
- Any one player says "SPLIT" whereupon all players turn their own tiles face up and proceed to form their OWN collection of connecting and intersecting words. The words may be horizontal or vertical, reading left to right or top to bottom. Each player may rearrange his/her own words as often as desired. Players DO NOT take turns, but play independently of each other and at the same time.
- When a player has none of his/her original letters left, that player says "PEEL" and takes a tile from the bunch. At this point ALL OF THE OTHER PLAYERS MUST ALSO TAKE A TILE FROM THE BUNCH and add it to their collection of letters.
- At any time, and as often as desired during play, any player may return a difficult-to-use letter back to the center of the BUNCH, face down, but MUST TAKE THREE LETTERS IN RETURN. The player must declare this action to the other players by saying "DUMP". This exchange does not affect the other players.
- Play continues until there are fewer tiles in the BUNCH than there are players. The first player with no remaining letters shouts "BANANAS" and is the winner of that hand. The other players may now inspect the winning hand for misspelled or incorrect words. Proper nouns are not acceptable. Any available dictionary may be used. If all words are acceptable, that player is the WINNER OF THAT HAND. If any word in the "winning" hand is found to be unacceptable, that player becomes the "Rotten Banana†and is OUT OF THAT HAND, and must return his/her letters, face down to the center bunch and the game now resumes for the remaining players.
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Container Chain
News: 4 May 2015
There has been discussion in the Freight Forwarding industry about Empty Container Parks looking to introduce a container booking system the return of empty import containers and uplift of empty export containers.
As of May the 4th 2015 this will be a reality for Metrobox and Specialised Containers at Saville Drive. More depots will follow with this change in due course. The system is called Container Chain and is currently used in the majority of empty container parks within Australia.
The following will apply to the new change:
• Bookings will have to be made for the return of empty import container's and the uplift of empty export container's.
• This could create delays of up to 72 hours while bookings are confirmed by the container parks.
• This is going to create pressure on the Supply Chain as additional time will be needed from you to notify us of when the container will be empty so we can make a booking.
• We all want to avoid detention on containers so the more time you provide us for the empty container notification (min 3 business days) the more chance we have to (hopefully) secure the return booking without incurring detention.
• The cost is still under discussion so we will update you when these are confirmed.
Will the empty container parks improve their service? Hard to quantify until a few months of trading under the system, however the trucking industry is watching this and will be demanding improved service.
When we have more details from the Empty Container Parks on how this is going to work, we will be in touch. In the meantime please think about emptying your import containers and notifying us as soon as possible, so we can dehire them without any detention.
Please contact your Malcolm Total Logistics representative on 0800 786 786 if you have any further queries.
News added by: Morne Ferreira on 4 May 2015


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The following post includes information regarding damage control immediately following Hurricane Sandy. Erik Braunitzer is a writer for Douglas Elliman, brokers for NYC, Long Island and Hamptons Real Estate.
After Hurricane Sandy passed through the eastern coast of the United States, millions of people found themselves facing a terrible and devastating aftermath. From flooding to power outages, the people in these areas are suffering with difficult living situations. Even those who escaped from harm came home to destroyed houses and ruined possessions. Residents who didn't lose their homes are still dealing with power outages and cold temperatures from winter storms. Many workers are unable to get to their jobs so that they can earn a paycheck to help their families. Although these citizens are coming together to help each other, the road ahead is still long and full of obstacles. If you were personally affected by this terrible disaster, you must prepare yourself for the recovery.
Coming Home
If your home survived the storm, and you were one of many east coasts resident who evacuated, you will need to exercise some caution upon your return. The foundation and structure of your home may have taken damage that you can not see easily. If your home feels different, contact help and try to locate a different place to stay until you can ensure your home is safe. However, if you feel your home is fine, you can proceed to deal with the issues that await you. If your power is still out, the food in your refrigerator will no longer be safe to eat, including condiments. Also, you may be unable to clean wet clothes and linens, which could make coming home difficult. Lastly use caution when you step outside. You may be in danger if there are still power lines on the ground.
Contact Loved Ones
Be sure to let your family members know that you are safe. Due to the power outages, you may have had difficulty charging your phone. In addition, you will not be able to use the Internet on your home computer. Aid organizations and your local government agencies can help you contact your loved ones. Also, ask your family members for specific help if you need it.
Getting Your Supplies
Many supplies, including gasoline, are in short supply after the storm. Ensure that your home is still equipped with useful emergency supplies, including batteries, flashlights, water containers and non-perishable foods. Try to replace any missing or old supplies in case of further power outages. You should also check on the status of your medications. If you're short on your medications, get replacements as soon as possible.
Check on Neighbors
If you have neighbors who need extra help, offer your assistance to them. Check on them every day to make sure they're comfortable and getting enough food. If you can't provide the assistance your neighbor needs, get in touch with an aid agency for more help.
Insurance Tips
As soon as you can, contact your insurance company to find out how your current policy can help you recover from this storm. You can also take this time to update your policy with additional items you want to protect in the future. Go around your home with a camera to document your most important items. Make a list of these belongings to store in a safe place.


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One of the divisions of the Gontse Gaden Rabgyel Lling Monastery or the GRL Monastery, Lower Gompa is situated at the end of the main market area in Bomdila. The monastery is famed for its Tibetan architecture and a massive prayer hall. A popular belief says that spinning the prayer wheels of the monastery can fulfill one's wishes.
Getting There
One can walk from the main market area to the Gompa, which is about 2 kms away.
Things to Do & See in and around
One must definitely spin the prayer wheel here. Tibetan architecture is at its best here as well. Apart from this, one can also head out to visit the Upper and middle Gompa along with R.R Hills and Bomdila Viewpoint.
Best Time to Visit
The ideal time to visit Bomdila would be the months of October to April as the weather remains pleasant during this period.


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Each photo has a life story. Who took it, why was it taken, and if it's in this column, who is it. This picture from Maureen Ballantine's collection has an additional issue—how did it get so damaged?
The scan she sent me was so faded that I enhanced it using Adobe Photoshop Elements.
The portrait of this unidentified woman has experienced the passage of time: The cardboard mount is broken and the right edge is missing part of the picture. The area around her face is rippled—that bit of damage suggests that at one point this part of the image was wet and the photographic paper became separated from the cardboard. This image is in fragile condition.
According to Ballantine, the portrait wasn't taken in the United States; this mystery woman posed for her picture on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Over the years, the tropical heat and humidity took its toll on this lovely image.
Maureen's cousin thinks that it is her great-great-grandmother Anne Philibert, and that the picture was taken between 1870 and 1880.
I don't have Anne's life dates, but the photo evidence suggests a date earlier than the 1870s.
The woman wears her hair pulled back in soft curls. Her dress features full sleeves and a hoop skirt. The dress suggests a date in the early 1860s.
While there are slight stylistic differences in clothing worn in different countries, this woman's attire also suggests that she's aware of the current fashion. Dresses in the 1870s have more-elaborate trim, long bodices and different sleeves from this one. In the background of the larger image, you see the standard tasseled drapery used in studios in the 1860s.
It's time for Maureen and her cousin to double-check their genealogy to see if Anne is still a possibility for a woman living in the 1860s.
A damaged photo requires special care. An acid- and lignin-free folder would protect it from further abrasion. Scanning it at 600 dpi as a TIF file provides a backup copy. Maureen might want to consider having a professional photographic conservator provide an estimate to stabilize the image. She can find one through the American Institute for Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works. This image will continue to deteriorate.
There is more preservation advice in my book, Preserving Family Photographs and details on hairstyles in Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles.
Solve your family photo mysteries with these books by Maureen A. Taylor:


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Regulation Database – Council on Environmental Quality
Guidance on Consideration of GHG Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews [withdrawn]
In August 2016, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released final guidance for Federal agencies on how to consider the impacts of their actions on global climate change in their National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. This final guidance provides a framework for agencies to consider both the effects of a proposed action on climate change, as indicated by its estimated greenhouse gas emissions, and the effects of climate change on a proposed action. The final guidance applies to all types of proposed Federal agency actions that are subject to NEPA analysis and guides agencies on how to address the greenhouse gas emissions from Federal actions and the effects of climate change on their proposed actions within the existing NEPA regulatory framework. Below is the guidance and related information, including a list of greenhouse gas accounting tools available to Federal agencies.
- Final Guidance (Aug. 1, 2016)
- Revised Draft Guidance (Dec. 24, 2014)
- Draft Guidance (Feb. 18, 2010)
Related Documents:
- Sabin Center Comments on Revised Draft Guidance on the Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews (submitted March 24, 2015)
Deregulatory Action:
On March 28, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order directing CEQ to rescind the final guidance on climate change and NEPA reviews. On April 5, 2017, CEQ published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the withdrawal of the guidance.
Guidance on Federal GHG Accounting and Reporting
In October 2010, CEQ released Guidance on Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting that establishes Government-wide requirements for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with Federal agency operations. The guidance serves as the Federal Government's official Greenhouse Gas Protocol and was used by Federal agencies to develop their GHG inventories. Federal agencies are required to submit GHG inventories annually beginning in January of 2011, as called for in the Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance (Executive Order 13514) signed by President Obama on October 5, 2009.
In June 2012, CEQ finalized an update to the guidance based on recommendations from an interagency work group co-chaired by the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program, the Department of Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Final Revised Guidance (June 4, 2012)
- Revised Draft Guidance (Mar. 12, 2012)
- Initial Guidance (Oct. 6, 2010)
Guidance for Federal Climate Change Adaptation Planning
On March 4, 2011, CEQ issued formal guidance to Federal agencies on the development of climate change adaptation plans, intended to assist those agencies in fulfilling the requirements of Executive Order 13514. The guidance requires Federal agencies to draft adaptation policy statements by June 3, 2011 and to complete their adaptation plans by June 4, 2012. Under the guidance, adaptation plans will be available for public review and comment. Agency Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans released in 2013 included climate change adaptation plans for the first time.