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You probably had no idea that since May 30, the city's Office of Cultural Affairs has been holding town hall meetings to discuss the Asian American Cultural Center. Then again, you probably didn't know the city was hoping to build an Asian American Cultural Center. You're forgiven: It was but a relatively small slice of the 2006 bond program, which set aside $350,000 for an Asian Cultural Center Master Plan Study and a comprehensive feasibility study, which is currently being conducted by HOK, the renowned architectural firm.
The OCA's got a newly refurbished Web site full of preliminary docs and past town hall presentations (which have thus far been sparsely attended), not to mention a list of the three final town halls scheduled for September. But keep this in mind: The city has no idea where it will build the Asian American Cultural Center, nor does it have any money to pay for it.
"The town halls are to determine the parameters for site selection," Cultural Programs Coordinator Greg MacPherson tells Unfair Park. "We're trying to determine what the programming needs are and how that translates to square footage and acreage required to build that type of facility." He adds that there's no build-by deadline -- because how this'll get funded is determined by future bond schedules. But if you want a say in how such a facility would look, well, now's your chance: "This is all about what the Asian community in Dallas would require in a facility of this nature," says MacPherson.
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Coffee shipments from Southern Sumatra, Indonesia's largest growing region, are down to their lowest levels in three months, as sellers there attempt to hold out for higher prices.
According to a recent Bloomberg report, exports from the region are down 36 percent from the nearly 30,000 metric tons of beans — primarily robusta — shipped in November.
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"Exporters were holding back on shipments waiting for higher prices," said Mochtar Luthfie, head of research and development at the Lampung branch of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters and Industry. There are still about 50,000 tons of beans in warehouses in Lampung, he said.
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People branded 'stupid' for ignoring warning signs after cladding torn from Norwich tower
PUBLISHED: 08:10 15 March 2019 | UPDATED: 15:36 15 March 2019
People have been putting themselves at risk after they ignored warning signs to walk through an area which has been closed off after strong winds tore a chunk of cladding off a city centre tower block.
Reports came in on Thursday that the cladding had come loose from Westlegate Tower, and had crashed into a skylight at a flat below.
Part of Westlegate has been closed and will remain closed until the fire services declare the area safe while businesses in the area have been advised to stay closed.
But despite the warnings and road closed signs which have been displayed at either end of Westlegate people have been putting themselves at risk by ignoring the warning signs and scrambling through.
In the space of just a few minutes on Friday (March 15) morning five people scrambled up and over the barriers that have been put in place to walk through the street and under the tower which has had cladding ripped from it.
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A 55-year-old cleaner, who wanted to remain anonymous, but stood and watched as a couple of people ignored the warning signs said: "Its ridiculous.
"She probably would've done more harm to herself getting through than anything else.
"It's only a couple of minutes to walk round and it's safe.
"I'm just surprised that people are stupid enough to risk an accident just to get through when they can walk around in two minutes."
He added it is not as if there are not signs letting people know it to walk through.
Businesses within the cordon remained shut this morning following yesterday's incident.
Nathan Humphreys, head of residential management at Watsons Property, which manages the building, said: "We attended within 10 minutes and have cordoned off the area with our health and safety officer contacting highways to seek their advice."
The chunk of cladding which blew off was around halfway up the 41m-high tower.
It followed a Met Office weather warning for strong winds across the East of England through Thursday morning, with gusts of up to 65mph hitting the region.
Norfolk police said officers were called at 12.47pm to reports that a piece of plasterboard had come off the building.
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Here's my year in review. There are a bunch of pictures after the cut, cos sometimes you gotta have proof something happened… and you want to remember the good times.
First we start off with January. As I will be doing again this year, the first major event was flying to the Seattle area to hang out with my one and only sister while she brilliantly ran the inclusive analog gaming con known as OrcaCon. As you can see, she's the cool one. During this trip, I began the first of the series of BlizzCon badges I wound up working on intermittently from January to Halloween, as detailed in this blog entitled 'Badges? We Don't Need No Stinking Badges!'. Warning: even more pix there than here.
A couple of weeks later, I went to PAX South once more as press for MMO Central. Sadly, PAX South isn't really a good place for a lot of MMO activity yet, so we can't justify going in 2017. However, I did get to meet these two hooligans when I was there, Geo and Pantera from the Landmark community. Geo is well known for keeping the faith in the community, while Pantera is… well, known for running around with only his shorts on in game. It was hilarious finding out that Pantera and I work for the same company doing the same job (for now) but in different divisions.
In March, I got to fulfill a dream that had been pending since the late 80s, although there was a near-miss in 2007. I got to see David Gilmour in concert. Gilmour is my favorite guitarist, bar none. There may be others more technically competent, faster on the frets, different sounds, but his thoughtful methodology and musical choices means I don't foresee any other musician toppling him from my list of favorites. The trip to see him perform at the Hollywood Bowl was not without its adventures, since I wound up getting stuck overnight in Denver airport due to a blizzard and missed a press interview I was going to conduct at Daybreak Games at their swanky new office.
I saw him twice that weekend. Once in the regular seats, once in the fourth row. I have to say that the Hollywood Bowl is a clusterfuck of a traffic engineer's nightmare, but I've wanted to catch a concert there since I was a kid and saw Bugs Bunny masquerading as Leopold Stokowski. Worth it, including the $450 price tag for the fourth row tickets. Gilmour put on one hell of a show, and it was clear he was having fun. The special lighting and pyro for the Bowl concert was far better than in the United Center arena in Chicago when I saw him a few weeks later, but dude, Bowl. Tho, to be fair, the lightshow and pyro was better appreciated from further away from the stage than the fourth row, but I didn't care that time. I still occasionally watch the video I shot those nights (it was permitted for personal use, not uploading to YouTube) cos the shows were just that good.
I also got to spend time with a crapton of friends that weekend, both at the concert and later on. You see, ever since 2007, I've been occasionally hanging out online with a group of Gilmour fans affectionately called The Irregulars. This group was the majority of our gang who were there at the Hollywood Bowl shows, and it was a delight to see a few of them I hadn't seen since we gathered in lovely Methow Valley in Washington state in August 2007 and meet some I've talked to off and on for the past decade. This group gathered from several corners of the US and even a couple from overseas, banded together by our common love of Gilmour and his music. Even though I don't get to talk to them anywhere near as often as I'd like, and there has been some past drama, I was very touched by the fact that they still welcome me into the group as one of their own. I also got to hang out with some other friends who are current and former Blizzard employees, my favorite book nerd who's married to a Blizzard employee, and my friend Emily who works at Daybreak.
I also got to take a random cool picture of a family flying a kite on the beach at Laguna Beach.
Shortly afterward in April, I got to deal with the fact that my next door neighbor's weeping willow finally gave up the ghost and attacked my yard. Its branches nearly took the gutter off my back porch, but thankfully little damage. My neighbor is a pretty decent guy, and he was good enough to have his tree guy clean up the mess and he also reattached the gutter properly. Later in the year when he had the fence redone, he also simply had his landscape guy repair my side of the fence after a number of people kept walking through my yard and broke the crossbar by hopping the fence over the past couple of years.
It was time for another PAX, this time East in Boston. Did a lot of stuff for MMO Central, but also got to spend time with game dev friends, including meeting the lovely lady behind +Arbor at Turbine. I also got to meet some of my favorite video game composers, including Blizzard's Jason Hayes. Jason's responsible for some of the first music in World of Warcraft that I really liked, the Draenei starting zone themes.
Late in April, I did something immensely crazy and flew to Ireland to attend the iDIG Music Festival. Irish conductor and composer Eímear Noone and her husband Craig Garfinkle are responsible for the event, and Eímear kept begging me to go. She's most famous for being one of the primary conductors for Tommy Tallarico's Video Games Live, the traveling event where professional orchestras play video game music for the delight of fans worldwide. Because of Eímear and Craig's work with Blizzard, iDIG 2016 also featured appearances by my friends Neal Acree, Terran Gregory, and Russell Brower. That was the first time I'd met Neal, and he's a super awesome dude. You can watch all three of them on stage from the event as well as an interview with Russell on my Youtube channel.
This is pretty much when I added Neal and Eímear to my list of BlizzCon badges, but my crafting didn't stop there. The WoW fan community had gone bananas with the discovery of a fat orange bird named Pepe in level 3 garrisons in the previous Warlords of Draenor expansion. A new version of Pepe wearing goggles and a satchel was datamined from the beta of the current expansion, Legion, and he was called Traveler Pepe. If you find him in new Dalaran in the Broken Shores, you get an achievement called Tangerine Traveler. A number of fan crafters started making goggles and satchel sets for the stuffed Pepe plush that Blizzard sells on their gear store and so I made a few myself. I made two sets of the blue starry ones using a basic cotton fabric, a more traditional brown set out of microsuede, a set out of rich red Torino leather I had leftover from an airship pirate coat I made once, and a set made out of some red suede and gold brocade leftover from other projects as well. One of the starry sets and the brown one went to Terran and Deva Gregory as housewarming gifts, while the red leather one with black stitching went to another Blizzard friend, and I kept the other blue and the red/gold set for myself. I made up little stories as to how my Pepe had acquired these sets, such as the red/gold set being a gift from the blood elves in Silvermoon City.
In June, things got weird in Cincinnati as Weird Al came to town again. I splurged on the VIP pass with the front-row ticket and wasn't disappointed in the show. Got a bunch of good photos, one of which later got RT'd a lot of times when it was announced that he'd be the music act closing out BlizzCon 2016 in November. More on that later. However, here's a couple of my favorite photos for that night. The only thing I don't like about the second one is the fact that the lighting was just so terrible. I prefer when decent photographers take these pictures for the fans. They didn't even do multiples in case the first one was bad. Just boom, done, get out. Ah well.
Later in June, I did something stupid. I was raiding with some friends in WoW, and was also cooking some bacon in the oven. During a break in the action, I hurriedly went to rescue the bacon and wound up spilling some of the grease on my hand. After putting the hand under cold water and doing my best to treat it on-site, I rushed back to finish the raid (it was Molten Core). The pain was indescribable and I did indeed spend the rest of the raid with a bag of frozen peas on my hand. I should have bailed, but considering who I was raiding with, and the fact they were already being gracious about letting me tag along to begin with, I didn't want them to be upset with me by bailing. Thankfully, the injury healed, but it hurt like a motherfucker for like a week and I still have a couple of small scars on that hand leftover from the incident.
In August, I went to GenCon again to see some friends such as Mikey Mason perform for nerds, and to try not to buy stuff I'm not going to use on the show floor. Wellllllll, my plan got sidetracked as I walked past the fez booth. I literally spun on my heel and turned back, pointed at that fez, and said, 'I want one of those.' They found one in my size, got me a matching tassel, and off I went. I also wound up buying the elf ears and a writing quill, but that was a lot less damage than GenCon 2015, so I'll take it.
August was also the run-up to the launch of WoW: Legion, so I was spending a LOT of my time power leveling alts during their three-week Legion Invasion event. At the tail end of August was FuMPFest, a comedy music convention run by these two hooligans, Tom 'Devo Spice' Rockwell and his dad Bill 'Old Spice' Rockwell. I was the volunteer wrangler and ran the merch table, mostly supervising my excellent team of minions in their quest to sell all the merch for all the musicians. It was a pretty good con for all, other than one half of our musical guest of honor duo Paul and Storm. Poor Storm fell down the hotel stairs and banged himself up pretty good, but he saved the guitar! Thankfully Bill Rockwell is a doctor, so Storm got good treatment from the start, and Storm was enough of a trooper to perform during their guest of honor concert.
I saw Paul and Storm again the following weekend at DragonCon, where I wound up slinging merch for them and Jonathan Coulton during their big concert there. I also got to hang out with my friend Dino Andrade, a voice actor most famous for being Gelbin Mekkatorque and Professor Putricide in World of Warcraft. He's such a goober. 🙂 If you have a chance to see him perform or do a panel at a con, do it.
DragonCon also saw the end of an era with the final con performance of Emerald Rose. Arthur, Larry, Logan, and Clyde have been long-time DragonCon friends, and I captured their farewell concert on video. The video is up on my Youtube channel.
Most of the rest of the year was spent in some form of crafting. The BlizzCon badge project had grown to a total of 5 badges. I'd originally planned to make one for myself but then got floored with a request to make one for Samwise Didier, so I set mine aside until 2017 and made one for him instead. I also began working on chainmaille lanyards as mentioned in the long blog about the badges, so that was a fun little diversion for awhile.
In November came BlizzCon. Needless to say, I was looking forward to it for several reasons. Only two of them didn't work out the way I wanted them to, but I was happy to meet some folks I'd known from Twitter, including Pepe creator Jordan Powers. I got to spend time with several friends, including being most humbled to be dragged along in the wake of the Reinhardt voice actor Darin De Paul, who kept introducing me as his friend. The four badges I managed to give to their recipients went over well, and I was most gratified to see that the new owners seemed to like them. I didn't get to play many of the games because I can't stand in line for hours and hours, but I managed to squeeze a game of Hearthstone in, with Jordan watching us for a little bit. Pepe and I got demolished, but it was a fun game.
The end of con music act was Weird Al, as I mentioned earlier. For me, I had many many feels. I've been a fan of Al since the mid 80s. Also, the whole parody music scene is part of who I am. To have him close out BlizzCon mattered to me more than many others who were there, because it was the need to do research to write a properly authentic parody song about WoW is why I first bought the box in 2006 (that's late vanilla, kids). To be fair, I stayed after my research was done because they announced Burning Crusade during that month and I kinda like me some blue space goats and elves whose symbol is pretty much my phoenix. I remember some people on social media freaking out (both in good and bad ways) when the announcement went up. However, for all the people who loudly yelled they hated the choice and were gonna be in the Hilton bar instead… Hall D was packed. I didn't feel the need to be up front like I was for the Cincinnati concert (and to be fair, I didn't know in June that I'd be seeing him again in November), so I enjoyed the show from the back. I was also thoroughly amused and happy to see a number of doubters (folks who tweeted they weren't sure about this choice but didn't hate it outright) become instant fans.
The rest of November was work and work and Thanksgiving and work. However, December brought new crafting ideas, when here I thought I was done after the badge project was completed. I chose to make Christmas cards for a small number of people, each with their own unique design, even if some elements were re-used on other cards. I felt bad that I didn't have a chance to make more, but I hadn't planned it out right, and honestly, I was starting to get stumped for ideas. These are the Horde and Alliance designs I used as a base for custom designs for WoW-related friends.
After that came the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One. A lot of my friends either cosplayed, trooped (as members of the 501st and Rebel Legions), or wore a special outfit. I chose to wear a special jacket that I was sure no one else locally would have. My friend Terran gave me an exceptional gift of a Skywalker Ranch jacket he'd got at their shop one time he'd been there for work, and I'd never worn it aside from the day I got it because it was an XL, and I'm bigger than that. However, I discovered to my delight that the jacket actually was stretchable enough to easily be worn, so I've actually been wearing it to work of late too.
Sadly, the world has not been a very nice place this year despite all the good we've had. Many of our favorite celebrities have passed, including the recent unfortunate passing of Carrie Fisher. Everyone chose their own ways to honor her memory, but I did two. Firstly, I wrote a quote I made up myself and taped it to the main monitor at my work desk. It's next to another post-it that says 'Do better tomorrow. You'd do it for Randolph Scott.' (gasp! Randolph Scott!)
Finally, I'd like to share the artistic homage I made to show my feelings for what Carrie Fisher's life both on and off the screen meant to me. Of course, I wrote more about this image in its own separate blog, but I'll leave you with this.


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Dear Editor,
I response to Karl Marx, ok lets try and follow your logic:
1) I understand history well and the plight of what you are referring to.
Please tell me: a) take money and the "white man" out of the equation and what do you have? Let's pretend that it didn't exist and cultures/race were left intact, what do you suppose is the case scenario?
Do you think Christianity brought positive or negative affects? Do you think Samoa was better off before the white man came? Do you know what the true meaning of Sun Tzou's "divide and conquer" strategy is, or Trotsky's coinage of the word "Racism"? Do you understand fully the "symbolic" meaning of Scriptures Matthew 26:11.?
2) What system do you prefer that Samoa should adopt? Explain to me the system that has existed in the world that takes care of the poor and has done well by it. Since I am a registered conservative Republican, I espouse laboring and getting an education to take care of my family and owning what is rightfully mine through hard work and perseverance. I donate a lot of my hard-earned money that I created from the sweat of my brow. I've persevered under the free market "capitalist" system because it has the "freedom" to apply one's self, and not relying on the government.
3) Do you think that the "end-result" of this debate will improve the poor and the homeless situation that you cited? Let's say that you repeal the Act, then what? Is your water situation going to improve? If so, how?
Point Being: There is a concerted effort to overthrow Samoa's independence and her governing body. This is not an accident because they are funded by SOROS, et al. Since we've tracked the minions that are "loud mouths" and agitators, they have a pattern of using the poor and working class people to incite revolution and disrupt order.
This is who Karl Marx and Friederich Engels were. They espoused Socialism, Marxism and Communism. Mark my words now that Revolution is upon Samoa, and she'll lose everything not because of the outside forces, but simply due to being divided from within, and they are certainly being played as "puppets" of the global dominance.
By the way, I did not cite my background just to cite it. Your manner of speech tells me exactly what your level of ignorance is about. What you should have done is cite your "logic" and then we'll tackle it.
What makes you think that I don't know what is going on in Samoa?
I was reflecting on my genealogical royal lines and the historical suffering, pain and poverty that Samoa witnessed during the pre/post "Mau".
I'm talking about overcoming hardships and regardless of what situation you're under, you persevere no matter what.
Blaming the "white man" doesn't do any good.
After all, we are all subject under the "white man's" SYSTEMS.
Discern if the people of Samoa were better off before the white man entered the scene.
The Samoan culture are warriors; therefore, brutality and warring with each other were some of the norms; they were cannibals; they didn't have the "perspective" of developing their own "minds"; hence, the resorting to physical killing and subjecting to cruelty.
The "light" came through Christianity, and rightly so.
Tell me, were they better off before the encountering with the white man? If so, what are the pros and cons ----before and after?
I've seen your numerous posts elsewhere and your gathering of minions to disrupt and destroy.
Bottom line is you are playing the "PITTING" game with SOROS funding the disruption. Hence the article's citation of Karl Marx.
If you think you are going to "USE" the poor and the working class to incite and overthrow Samoa's independence, you have brought WAR on yourself.
Make no mistake about that.
And before you throw out garbage and the usual attacks of a concerted effort to destroy, try to discern what the pre/post "Mau" was about.
Since your genealogy doesn't have an impact back in the day and to date, don't blame the "white" man and his systems that has brought numerous changes amongst the people of Samoa. .
You better cut this Socialism/Marxism/Communism BS out of the dialogue. It doesn't belong in Samoa.
Certainly, you are clueless about that. Who are you again?
Nafanua Salamasina Malia Muagututi'a-Herz


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Barwa awards $29m deal for sports facility expansion
DOHA, July 1, 2018
Qatar-based Barwa Real Estate Group has awarded Al Bader Construction and Steel Works a QR105 million ($28.8 million) contract for the expansion of Al Khor Sports Facilities, a media report said.
The facility, which is expected to be completed within 18 months, will be built on a 69,757-sq-m plot, including an 8,000-sq-m hypermarket and a 300-sq-m multipurpose hall, reported Gulf Times, citing a Barwa statement.
Barwa said the infrastructure work includes the construction of an electricity substation, internal roads, and all services required from water, electricity, sewage, irrigation, communications, surveillance cameras, internal roads, parking lots, and pump rooms with tanks for water, fire, and gas.


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MOSCOW, July 01. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia will not wind down its relations with the United States, though they had been spoiled not by Russia's fault, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"We do not intend to end our relations with the US, though it is true that our bilateral relations are not at the best stage now," he admitted. "However, it is so not because of us, it is not Russia's fault."
The Russian president added that Russia always sought to be a reliable partner and conduct business on a basis of equality. "However, in return, our legitimate interest were often ignored," the president said.
He noted that "ultimatums and mentoring intonations" are often heard towards Russia. "However, we are ready for a constructive dialogue, but, I will stress it again, on a basis of equality," Putin concluded.
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Here are a few things I've done over the years. Just for the fun of it!
A miscellany of HTTP status codes (co-produced with @DeanVipond)
Last updated Sep 2013
A useful little viewport resizing responsive development and testing thing
Last updated Jul 2014
Analysis of the bookmarks I've saved in Delicious since 2005.
Last updated Jun 2012
An iPad web app for my children to practice their times tables (really tailored for touch).
Last updated Jun 2012
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Frank Lampard, his agent and the riddle of this £250k Ferrari bought using the star's name
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- Days later, it was available on dealership website with £78,000 mark-up
Ferrari fan: England footballer Frank Lampard with fiancee Christine Bleakley
It is one of the world's most desirable cars, available only to Ferrari's 'most loyal and passionate' customers.
So millionaire England footballer Frank Lampard must have seemed the perfect choice as a celebrity owner of the new £252,000 F12berlinetta.
But the Italian firm was less than delighted when the car turned up on a second-hand dealership's website within days of its delivery – with a £78,000 mark-up.
Lampard's agent, Steve Kutner, says he bought the car himself at the end of last month, and that the footballer's name appeared on the paperwork in error.
However, he denies trying to make money off a quick turnaround, and claims he sold it on to someone else, who then sold it to a dealer.
The F12, which accelerates to 62mph in 3.1 seconds and has been hailed as the fastest Ferrari ever, was named supercar of the year by the BBC's Top Gear programme.
Just 800 will be sold this year, of which 10 per cent will come to the UK.
Mysteriously, within days of the first right-hand drive model being sold in Britain by London dealer HR Owen.
It was advertised for sale as the star second-hand buy on the website of Tom Hartley, a Derbyshire-based car-dealer with a reputation for helping the super-rich jump waiting lists for the world's most desirable vehicles. The asking price was £330,000.
The F12 in question was ordered in Lampard's name using the footballer's London address in Chelsea, which he shares with his TV host fiancee, Christine Bleakley.
Lampard's name and address were on the original invoice, delivery and registration documents. The Mail has also established that Mr Kutner arranged payment and delivery through his football management company.
Sleek: The Ferrari F12berlinetta pictured on the second-hand dealership's website, was bought by Frank Lampard's agent in the footballers name
However, Mr Kutner, who was formerly married to Sky News presenter Kay Burley, told the Mail he had placed the order for the F12 in his own name, paid for it, and driven it away from the dealership, insisting: 'Frank knew nothing about it and has not driven it.
'We order lots of our cars through HR Owen. They made a mistake. I ordered the car in my name.'
Another fan: Lampard's agent Steve Kutner claims he was the original buyer of the F12berlinetta
He said that after driving the Ferrari for about 100 miles over seven days he decided he did not like it, and sold it on to a third party.
He said they, not he, sold the car to Tom Hartley. HR Owen declined to comment.
A Ferrari spokesman said: 'Our official dealers have identified the most loyal and passionate clients who would normally expect to receive the first cars which arrive in the market.
'Our dealers know their client base on a personal one-on-one basis, as befits a luxury premium brand like Ferrari.'
Ferrari said it could not discuss its relationship with individual customers, but stressed that it was 'impossible that a dealer would make an error attributing ownership of a £250,000 car to a third party by mistake'.
Mr Kutner, however, insisted that a mistake had been made.
The Tom Hartley dealership refused to say who sold the F12, and how much it cost.
But when pressed, boss Tom Hartley Junior admitted: 'The first owner of the car was Frank Lampard.'
Lampard is a long-standing Ferrari fan.
He has been seen driving many models, including the £175,000 458 Italia, the £180,000 599 GTB Fiorano, and the £202,000 Scuderia Spider 16M.
Lampard's solicitors did not respond to requests for comment.
Sneak peak: An interior photograph of the F12berlinetta from the dealership's website
Frank-ly clueless: The engine of the Ferrari which Frank Lampard's agent claims the footballer knows nothing about - despite the fact that it was ordered int he footballer's name
Up for grabs: The car is up for sale by second-hand dealership Tom Hartley, who are selling it for £330,000
Style: 2-door, two-seater coupe
Length: 15ft 2 inches
Width: 6ft 4 inches
Height: 4ft 2 inches
Seats: 2
Top speed: 212 mph
0-62mph:3.1 seconds
0-124mph: 8.5 seconds
Engine: 6.3 litre ( 6262cc) V12 naturally aspirated.
Engine positioned 'mid front' – that is in front of the driver but behind the front axle, for better balance.
Power: 740 horse-power – more than seven Ford Fiestas.
Weight: 1.525 tonnes
CO2 emissions: 350g/km
Fuel consumption: Average 18.8mpg (thanks to stop-start system which cuts engine at idle.)
Gears: 7-speed automatic dual clutch with F1-style paddles on steering wheel for manual override.
Extras fitted to car: carbon-fibre racing seats, special stitching, carbon fibre steering wheel with LEDs, yellow instrument dial, satellite navigation, reversing camera, high power hi-fi system, alcantara headlining trim, 'Scuderia Ferrari' shields.
Lightweight super-strong space-frame chassis and body-shell uses 12 different alloys and new bonding techniques to make it 'stiffer.'
Advanced aerodynamics to reduce drag resistance, including an 'aero bridge' that channels air away from upper part of car to its flanks.
Special 'active brake cooling' which opens air vents when brakes get too hot, but closes them to keep aerodynamic integrity when they are cool.
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Fill the pot with water to cover your entire 1.5 pounds of lobster.
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This article proposes generative art as a framework for creating complex multisensory and multimedia experiences, characteristic of performing arts. Generative art is all art that in whole or part is created by means of an autonomous system, i.e. a non-human system that independently determines features of an artwork that would otherwise require decisions made directly by the artist. The artist will usually take on the role of a framework designer, and the system evolves freely within that framework and its defined aesthetic boundaries. If the historic, non-computer driven predecessors of generative art — especially algorithmic art — much impacted the early visual geometric arts, and more recently even music and literature, it seems that at present this cross-medium potential has been forsaken and most generative art outcomes are visual. It is the goal of this article to propose a model for the creation of generative performances, derived from stochastic evolutionary Lindenmayer systems.
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Artigo disponibilizado na íntegra na edição nº 30 da Interact, Revista Online de Arte, Cultura e Tecnologia "A pós-convergência da arte dos novos média determina que ela pode mimetizar-se em qualquer outra prática artística, podendo Read more…


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Running column: Chasing the dream of a sub 20-minute 5K is keeping Mark Armstrong busy
The autumn race season feels a long way away.
It's too early to seriously think about my training for the Great East Run half marathon in Ipswich in September and I started to grow concerned that, without a target on the immediate horizon, my training could drift.
I've never been as time-poor as I am at the moment, meaning that there is a real danger that getting out for a run was starting to tumble down the priority list.
Then, out of the blue, Neil Featherby messaged me if I had entered the Lord Mayor's 5K race in July.
Bearing in mind part of the criteria for entry into this race is being able to go under 20 minutes I joked 'no chance'.
But it got me thinking. My personal best for 5K is 21:10 but that came within a 10K race earlier this year.
I would hope that I could go a little under that, perhaps break 21 minutes, if I really tried for that distance. But to shave another minute off that would take some doing.
MORE: How does she do it? Dani Nimmock on juggling a full time job and winning marathons
Since taking up running, going under 20 minutes for a 5K has always appealed, but my training focus has mainly been on running marathons and half marathons with the odd 10K thrown in.
Parkruns were always more about getting a nice cup of coffee afterwards being the athlete that I am (okay, there might have been the odd Chelsea bun thrown in as well).
But the training involved in getting my 5K down fits in a lot better with my personal circumstances and Neil said he'd devise a programme with that target in mind.
It's obviously too late for this year's Lord Mayor's 5K – the prospect of being brutally hauled off the course after not making the halfway point before 10 minutes have elapsed is not something I would relish in front of thousands of spectators.
But shorter, more intensive, sessions are something that I can probably just about manage without feeling like the worst parent in the world, leaving my wife, Alison, to look after two children as I swan around Long Stratton.
I have to be honest though – the training is not for the fainthearted. There are plenty of pyramid sessions where during rest periods you are begging the seconds not to tick by so quickly for fear you're not ready to start the next effort.
If you see a runner wheezing on the side of the road, looking at his Garmin, don't worry, I'm just waiting for the next split to start where my lungs and legs will be begging for mercy. It's horrible, but I love it.
MORE: Check out our 2018 race diary
I'm only a couple of weeks into the programme but I'm already noticing changes in how my body reacts trying to run at speed.
The plantar fasciitis issue hasn't properly gone away and when I started my hips felt too tight to really get any speed up.
But with a bit of conditioning work on the side I think my body is slowly adjusting to the new demands…and the length of most of the runs means most mornings I can be back in the house before my daughter Lara has awoken demanding porridge with raspberry jam…
I'm yet to decide what race to target and there are bound to be a few failures and blow-ups along the way but the training should also stand me in good stead for Run Norwich 10K in August.
If I can approach that race with a sub-20 minute 5K on my record then I'll be a happy runner.
It still feels a long way off but it has at least provided a focus for my training, which could have been lacking.
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"This was definitely the best show that we have participated in within the last 5 years (or more). Excellent foot traffic, ample networking opportunities, and good bang for the buck on the sponsorship opportunities we took part in."- Rick Mancinelli, C3/Cloud Computing Concepts
"Another successful year at #ITEXPO #techsupershow! High spirits and great energy all week. We'd like to thank everyone who came by our booth to meet the NTS Direct team, as well as Rich Tehrani and ITEXPO - Presented by TMC for throwing another great conference. Looking forward to Miami next year. "- NTSDirect
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ITEXPO returns to Florida for the 21st time. Large enterprise, mid-market and SMBs, MSPs, service providers and resellers gather at ITEXPO for an in-depth look at the communications and technology solutions and trends that are shaping the future. This is your one-stop event for upgrading your communications and technology tools, meeting your colleagues, and getting the first look at the industry's latest innovations.
ITEXPO attracts companies of all sizes and representing all sectors of Communications and Technology Industries... Learn more >>
Thanks Rich Tehrani, IT Expo is the best networking event to get real-world advice, certifications, and solutions, with an eye to the future as well...Akshay Sharma Futurist | Ex-CTO of one of the first video smartphones | Former Gartner Analyst | 5G/IoT Product Strategy and Management Consultant | Board Member to Cool Startups and Charities | 5m
Overall for the week, we at Fiber Mountain were thrilled with the event. The combination of the IoT conference and IT EXPO with several collocated events provided consistent traffic across all three days, with plenty of influencers and decision makers, and a mix of company types from carriers, ISPs, enterprises and resellers. A special thanks to the TMC team for a job well done and a great all-conference party where all of us got to see and visit with old long-term friends and make new friends.Bill Miller Fiber Mountain
The event is very representative of modern day technology and the new state of the art. It's the people introducing the new things. It reminds me very much of the shows where we introduced the original Apple 2 computer. In those days, the computer shows were a little less professional but we'd go there and you'd see all the products from the different companies. You'd see the all components they're made from, you'd see applications, you'd see software, you'd see the people selling computers. It was a great fun thing and that's what you see here."Steve Wozniak
I just finished an awesome, standing room-only panel on SD-WAN at the ITEXPO that has already been described as the best panel discussion so far on the topic ever at the conference...Now invited by a major service provider in Australia for dinner on the ocean beachAkshay Sharma Beesion


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Yesterday, I shared two Wedding Color Palettes, based on The Perfect Palette's Top 10 Wedding Colors for Fall, and today, I am going to share two more!
Chrissy, of The Perfect Palette, recently named her Top 10 Wedding Colors for Fall 2014…and I LOVE em! Look for Fall to bring richer, deeper, more saturated color… Colors like Cranberry, Bronze, Navy Blue and Pumpkin. In Yesterday's post, I decided to pair seductive Cranberry with warm Camel and soft Light Sage, creating a warm and inviting palette with pops of rich cranberry color…I then journeyed to the Jewel Tones, pairing two regal shades of blue together, Navy Blue and Teal, and the results are simply stunning! Make sure you check out both of those here!
Now on to today's pairings…
Sangria + Mauve
With a fellow Pinky Purple, Radiant Orchid, as this year's Color of the Year, we have been seeing a lot of great purple wedding ideas this year. I love the idea of pairing a bright and bold Sangria with a more muted Mauve to add depth and interest while staying within a monochromatic color scheme.
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Pumpkin + Mustard
You can't have Fall color palettes without including Yellow and Orange! Look for these colors to shift from the bright shades of Summer to the darker, more muted shades of Fall. This is the perfect palette for Rustic or Vintage Fall Weddings!
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"Percocet, Molly, Percocet" These are the defining words of early May 2017. But what do they mean?
For those that don't know, percocet is an opioid that is prescribed for people experiencing severe pain. It's also often abused and considered a gateway to heroin use. Molly is a purer synthesized MDMA, once more commonly known as Ecstasy. Future is bragging about his drug use and calling out some of the most popular options. (DISCLAIMER: People die from this shit. More everyday. Don't do it. Please.)
This song's been blowing up for about a month now…I personally hear it everywhere I go, particularly blasting out of cars & shops in New York City as well as being quoted by strangers passing me by. It was only a matter of time before a video came out…VIOLA!
Y'all have seen The Purge, right? What about Mad Max? I admittedly have seen neither, but I know what they're about and I'm pretty sure one or both are the big influence for this video.
The city's in ruins! Mass hysteria…Cars burning, snakes in the streets and people are looting like mad. Future's better than that, he's riding around in a fresh ass car with none other than Amber Rose. She's got a dangerous looking necklace/mask on that could kill either of them if gets jostled the right way. And, by g*d they're risking it by getting all cozy in the front seat. I worry for them. Future's mask is a fabric print of his face…I'm not sure what the symbolism means, but I'm with it.
Watch this video. Listen to this song. Not just cuz it's good but because you gotta get privy on the big trends in order to be popular. Didn't you know that? You didn't know that? Explains why you're not popular. I'm just messin around I wish I was you.


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Ratho Adventure Centre, Edinburgh
Oberlanders were appointed by the City of Edinburgh Council to carry out works to complete the previously unfinished Ratho Adventure Centre.
This unique building on the west of the city had been acquired by the Council and is one of the largest indoor climbing arenas in the world. With the help of Oberlanders experience and track record in delivering high quality leisure and sports facilities the adventure centre has been transformed into a world class facility and centre of excellence.


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Located behind the Back Porch restaurant in Destin August 19th, 2017 is the annual Stand Up Paddle board race event. Destin, FL is know throughout the world as one of the pioneers in the sport of Paddle boarding . Locally grown company BOTE is the largest SUP company in the world.
Awards will be given for 1-3rd place and the following categories 1 mile beginner Mens and Womens 3-Mile Recreational – Men's Displacement, Women's Displacement, Men's Surfstyle, Women's Surfstyle
6-Mile Elite – 14′ Men's Elite, 12'6″ Men's Elite, 12'6″ Women's Elite
The top boy and girl in the Kids Fun Paddle will be awarded.
Registration is open on PaddleGuru.com
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text: Plum wood wire-weave cabochon pendant with wire rose on a braided 1.5mm bronze leather cord. Both the bezel and bail are braided (5-strand bezel, 3-strand bail) using non-tanish copper wire. A twisted wire rose adorns the base of the bail in front, and a small spiral does the same in the back. The hook-and-eye crimp clasp is copper. The cabochon is just over 1.5 inches diam. and 3/8 inch thick. Necklace length is 20 inches.


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Director J.A. Bayona's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom made its public premiere in Madrid, Spain, last night, and the reactions to the upcoming blockbuster were almost entirely increíble.
The Barcelona-born Bayona took the sequel to 2015's box-office shattering dino reboot to his home country for its world premiere, and fans were very receptive (though it helps to speak Spanish to know exactly how receptive).
However, even the monolingual star Chris Pratt knew the reactions were positive:
Some fans covered the ovation given at the film's credits:
While others explained how the film passed even their high expectations to find its place in the franchise:
Some expected more from Bayona:
While others didn't even need the dialogue to praise his directorial work:
Premieres are always giddy affairs, so it makes sense to take these reactions with a grain of salt, but for first impressions, it's a good sign that those coming in wanting the film to justify its place in the Jurassic canon were satisfied.
Fallen Kingdom comes stateside on June 22.


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The Nov. 19 meeting of the Ellicottville Central School Board of Education began with a presentation by Senior Class President Jordan Curtis and Michaela Pierce, also a senior, on the proposed senior class trip to Chicago.
Curtis outlined plans for the trip, scheduled for May 15-18, 2014. The itinerary includes visits to the Shedd Aquarium, the Magnificent Mile, the Skydeck at Willis Tower and the Navy Pier, along with a bus tour of the city, dinner at the famous Ed Debevics, a Chicago Spirit dinner cruise, tickets to a performance by the Blue Man Group and more. The trip is organized by 1st Choice Educational Tours, Inc. At least four chaperones will travel with the students.
Curtis said that, as of now, nearly 40 students have expressed interest in going on the trip out of a class of 58. Pricing has not yet been determined as it varies depending on the number of students who sign up. The good news, though, is that BOCES will help support the cost of tickets for the Blue Man Group performance and the Shedd Aquarium, which will reduce the cost to students and their families. Pending board approval, she said, final pricing will be worked out.
The board was unanimously supportive of the plan and approved the request. Superintendent Mark Ward said this is the first ECS senior class to plan a trip to the Windy City.
Ward reported on a number of other important topics at the meeting.
First, the list of All-Star and All-State athletes has not yet been announced, but several ECS students are expected to make one or more lists. Volleyball player Courtney Scanlon, who may well make both lists, has signed a letter of intent to play Division I volleyball at Stony Brook University. Scanlon is the first ECS student to sign for a collegiate Division I sport.
Ward also reported that many schools in Section 6 are considering merging sports teams for competitive reasons. Many schools in the area are losing enrollment, which makes it difficult for them to continue fielding JV and Varsity sports teams. In Ellicottville, the football team merged with West Valley last year, but West Valley only added one player to the team. Ward does not expect to merge with West Valley again, but is considering merging with a different school if there is mutual interest.
ECS also faces the challenge of finding locations to practice and play basketball and volleyball in 2014-15 while the school is under construction. Alternate locations to hold performances and concerts also need to be identified. Ward is speaking with superintendents in other districts about how this might work. School Board Member Steve Crowley mentioned that the newly renovated auditorium in Ellicottville's Town Center (the former Extension Service Building) might be an option for smaller performances and events. Ward said he would look into that option.
In other business, Ward said that ECS is fully prepared for snow season, with salt, sand and vehicles at the ready. He also noted that the new fencing around the dumpsters has been installed.
He also said that the board's Building and Grounds Committee had received five bids for appraisal of the 120 acres of vacant land that the school owns behind and above the school adjacent to state land and Holiday Valley. They recommended accepting the $2,900 bid from Rochester appraisal firm Bruckner, Tillett, Rossi, Cahill & Associates. The board agreed.
The board also approved a proposal to hire seven parents, teachers and staff to serve as Odyssey of the Mind coaches this year. Six teams already have formed — three in elementary school, two in middle school and one in high school. Colleen Bower, who served as team coordinator last year, will serve in that role again this year. ECS had budgeted for only five teams this year, but the cost of adding another team is minimal ($356) and, the board agreed, is worth the cost in order to allow all interested students the opportunity to participate in the unique learning experience.
The board also approved appointment of five homework club advisors for the 2013-14 school year and 12 substitute advisors.
Elementary School Principal Connie Poulin said that the first report cards of the year went out last week. Generally, she was pleased with the results, especially among a cohort of sixth grade girls who showed big improvements in their GPAs.
"This group is showing signs of academic competitiveness," she said, which is a very good sign at this age.
Poulin also noted that she has begun APPR-required teacher observations for the year and that they are going smoothly. She said that now that teachers and staff know what to expect, there is more comfort with the process.
Ward reported on behalf of Middle/High School Principal Bob Miller, who was absent, that students had been busy over the past few weeks. Eight students went to a math competition at JCC, 16 students visited Olean's Challenger Center, and numerous students had a tour of BOCES programs.
The next meeting of the ECS School Board will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Library. All are welcome to attend.


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So last night I found I couldn't sleep because my mind kept working on that coding problem. Today, I got a lot of stuff done for work, but as soon as I was done, I stayed in my chair and went back to the coding problem. I've been working on it non-stop since about 6 this evening.
I finally found the bug that was the show stopper. I should have gone to bed before this because I'm so exhausted, but I just couldn't let it go. This is a problem that I've worked on off and on for years and being so close to the solution, I just couldn't let it go.
Now it works. I'm heading to bed for a well-deserved night's sleep. I still have a lot of work ahead of me, but the hard part is done.


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Guille -bisho- wrote: > > >There is a proposal outstanding on the apache-docs list to convert the > >docs to XHTML. The reasons for this are: > [...] > > And why not go directly to XML??? Because writing XML by hand sucks, and the existing XML development tools suck worse. I write in POD, because it allows me to write content without having to stop every 12 seconds to think about formatting. Writing in just about any "markup language" is icky, because it hinders the flow of content. Using WYSIWYG tools is icky, because it invariably produces bad *ML. One needs to pick somethat is a moderate middle ground - something that has a manageable way to write content, so that there is not such a high barrier to entry that you drive off all your authors. It's going to hard enough to get a decent pod2xhtml converter without going to XML. Yes, I can be educated, and I can write HTML (or *ML) if necessary. But I'd rather not. I enjoy writing. I hate formatting and markup languages. It's not a natural part of writing. Since that part is, however, a necessary evil, I'd like to limit how evil it is. XML would push it past my evil tolerance. Of, course, that's just my $0.02, and may not count for much. If XML has any real benefits, I can be persuaded. XML has, for a long time, struck me as something that "everyone" thinks is wonderful, but in actual practice does not have any real benefits. Rich -- Author: Apache Server Unleashed - www.apacheunleashed.com Director of Web Application Development - http://www.cre8tivegroup.com/
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