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19 Oct, 2018
VENGEANCE 2: A New Image Shows Jean-Paul Ly and Mark Griffin Ready to Rumble!
VENGEANCE 2 is in full production mode and the sequel which brings back Stu Bennett's bad ass merc John Gold has been showing off many behind the scenes images as filming commences. A new photo has hit the web which features new cast addition Jean-Paul Ly (JAILBREAK, NIGHTSHOOTERS) ready to rumble with returning cast member Mark Griffin. Check out the full image below! One big takeaway from the new still is that Griffin who plays John Gold's handler Frost is clean shaven with a new hair-do and
19 Oct, 2018
CREED II: The Cast Offer Some Insights on the Story & Director Steven Caple Jr. in a New Featurette
CREED was one of those films that rose above the masses to become something awesome and even though it was another installment on the ROCKY franchise, it felt like its own movie too with Stallone taking on a co-starring role and letting Michael B. Jordan take center stage in the tale of Apollo Creed's son rising above mediocrity to take on the namesake of his legendary father and step out of his shadows. Now the sequel is almost here and the stakes are higher as Ivan Drago and son are here to
19 Oct, 2018
HOME VIDEO: Denzel Comes Home as THE EQUALIZER 2 Invades Blu-Ray in December!
Movie star Denzel Washington doesn't do sequels but for his signayure role as Robert McCall in the reimagining of the classic television series THE EQUALIZER, he made an exception. The first film is essential action viewing and Denzel is in his element as the former CIA field soldier who helps those who need it the most. The sequel didn't miss a step and Washington proved that lightning can indeed strike twice. THE EQUALIZER 2 is ready to come this November on digital and December on Blu-Ray and
18 Oct, 2018
ROBIN HOOD: A Legend is Reborn! Check Out the New Trailer, Poster & Clip for the New Film!
One of the things that I missed while at NYCC a few weeks back is that Lionsgate had released a new trailer and poster for their reimagining of the classic story of ROBIN HOOD. The new take on the legend stars THE KINGSMAN'S Taron EGERTON as the hooded defender of the weak and Jamie Foxx as Little John. A new clip has surfaced today as well so I thought what the hell and I have posted all three in the same place. Check out the new trailer, poster and clip below! Official Synopsis: ROBIN HOOD
18 Oct, 2018
STALLONE Plans to Battle the Beast in the Screen Adaptation of James Byron Huggins' Novel HUNTER
Remember the time when Stallone was planning to make RAMBO V and he was going to turn it into a sci-fi actioner based on the novel HUNTER from novelist James Byron Huggins? Well, as expected, he never went through with that idea and is now making the fifth film based in reality with Rambo facing a drug cartel. That doesn't mean that he has scrapped the HUNTER idea as it is now being reported that he will make the big screen adaptation minus the Vietnam Vet Killing Machine. Deadline is bringing
18 Oct, 2018
John Hannah and Bai Ling Board 14 FISTS Starring Martial Arts Phenom Jean-Paul Ly!
Martial Arts Action Phenom Jean-Paul Ly is currently filming the sequel VENGEANCE 2 with Stu Bennett and Vinnie Jones and his latest action offering NIGHTSHOOTERS is making waves on the festival circuit ahead of its Blu-Ray release this December but Ly isn't slowing down as he is also prepping his next starring vehicle called 14 FISTS. We now have some awesome casting news to report from Screen Daily in that John Hannah (SPARTACUS) and BAI Ling (THE CROW) have officially joined the cast! Check
18 Oct, 2018
Netflix Offers a Statement on the Future of Their Marvel Television Series
MARVEL'S DAREDEVIL: Season 3 is poised and ready to hit Netflix tomorrow starting at 12:01 am ET but even with the excitement surrounding the new season and the great response they got from the New York Comic Con panel, many are still wondering what is the fate of the Marvel shows on the streaming service. IRON FIST has just been axed and the luke warm reception to THE DEFENDERS has left everything up in the air. Many believe that Disney is going to swoop in and grab up the shows and that the
17 Oct, 2018
Home Video: MVD Rewind is Ready to Take On JCVD'S DOUBLE IMPACT!
The home video company MVD Rewind is fast becoming the most awesome source of action goodness in the form of collector edition Blu-Rays of some of the most classic action films of the 80's and 90's. The company has so far released the cult hits BLACK EAGLE, LIONHEART and most recently ANGEL TOWN, Not only do they release high def versions of the films but they also include a bevy of tip tier special features to go along with the releases. Special features have included director's cuts,
17 Oct, 2018
HOME VIDEO: Jennifer Garner's Vengeance Hits Home as PEPPERMINT Debuts this December on Blu-Ray!
Jennifer Garner returned to the realm of action this past September as her new film PEPPERMINT stormed into theaters from STXfilms. The film starred Garner as a wife and mother who turns into a killing machine to avenge the deaths of her husband and daughter at the hands of a ruthless drug cartel. The movie was packed with raw action and tense moments and now you can take those moments home for good as PEPPERMINT hits Blu-Ray/DVD and Digital this December! Check out the cover art and details
17 Oct, 2018
Johnny Strong Teases a Return for Thomas Rourke in a Possible DAYLIGHT'S END SEQUEL
2016's DAYLIGHT'S END from director William Kaufman and writer Chad Law and was probably one of the best post apocalyptic action flicks to come out in recent years. The film starred Johnny Strong from SINNERS AND SAINTS and BLACK HAWK DOWN as Thomas Rourke who was a nomad traveling a barren wasteland infested with infected zombie/vampires and featured non-stop rocking action from beginning to end. The film is a classic example of an independent action film kicking the crap out of bigger budgeted
17 Oct, 2018
The Devil Inside is Unleashed in the New Poster for Netflix's DAREDEVIL: Season 3!
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of attending the Netflix and Marvel DAREDEVIL: Season 3 panel at the New York Comic Con and got to see series stars Charlie Cox and company in person. It was a blast to say the least and we got to see a lot of new footage before anyone else and even got to hear the news that Bullseye will be making his debut this season. Now Netflix has unveiled a new poster for the new season premiere this Friday and it looks as if Matt Murdock is ready to unleash the inner


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what was the last album you bought?
& what was the last album you listened to in full?
bought - Push The Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
listened to - II by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
bought : Serge Gainsbourg / Comic Strip
listened to : Fear of Men / Early Fragments
Bought: Follakzoid and DIIV
Listened to: BMSR - Cobra Juicy
Can't remember the last album I bought.
Listened to: Torres - Torres
I enjoyed it.
Matthew E White - Beg Inner.
Fucking brilliant!!Trev this'd this
Ha, no sorry, i really should read the full question before posting!
Last album i listened to in full was bob dylan's blood on the tracks!
Which remains the greatest album of all time! :)
Last bought - Teenage FanClub - Grand Prix 1p off Amazon Marketplace
Last Listened - Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time
ah, but how much was the postage?
I'm liking that Steve Mason album
£1.26 postage
early days on the Steve Mason album but liking it so far.
1 hour 40 mins to get to 50 posts..good luck!
bought: Local Natives "Hummingbird"
listen to in full: Sigur Ros "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust"
Black Pus - All My Relations
Last full listen was the new Mudhoney LP here ----------> http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/mudhoney-vanishing_point_album_stream
Bought: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
Listened: Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
Tim, Chad and Sherry.
Arrived yesterday. Haven't played it yet but they sounded great on Marc Riley's show last week.
Last album in full was probably Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent.
The last full anything was Mogwai Fear Satan remixes.
Bought: new Gerry Read
Listened: Omar-S - Fabric 45
bought probably mbv
listened to: Errors - It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever
Bought: Hanne Kolsto - Flashblack
Listened: Robyn - Body Talk
Bought: Johns Talabot (Fin) and Grant (Pale Green Ghosts)
Listened: Darkstar – News from Nowhere
bought: hookworms - pearl mystic
vinyl hasnt arrived yet tho. really great album.
listened: mobb deep - the infamous
bought: Scissors & Sellotape - for the tired and ill at ease - Vinyl/Discogs
Listened : Deptford Goth - Life After Defo
Bought: Out Of Plato's Cave - Solipsist
Listened: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
a) Atoms For Peace - Amok
b) Atoms For Peace - Amok
Bought: Low - The Invisible Way (red vinyl)
Listened: Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
I thought about adding a format category to each question
wish I had now
Black Pus - All My Relations
errrrr I listened to all of The World Of Arthur Russell yesterday.
Bought: Black Jazz Radio - Gilles Peterson
Listened: The World Is A Ghetto - War
The Piano Soundtrack - Michael Nyman
Chosen Lords - AFX
Dead Cities - FSOL
Matmos - A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure
Ebay spree £12 for the lot
Alive 2007 - Daft Punk
Suede - Bloodsports
The Smiths - Rank
bought: MBV
listend in full: Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
Do want
yeah, the Quietus ran a piece on it I think
there's LOADS of amazing stuff on it and some dud stuff - the vinyl is the amazing stuff mainly but when you order the vinyl (180g 11 tracks) you get the mp3 d/l immediately (30 tracks) and the vinyl comes with the 2 CDs as well (26 tracks)
the stuff I like best on it is something I never really considered existed but in hindsight obviously did - that being French bands influenced directly by disco and post-punk and making slightly awkward situationist funk in French!
It's so totally charming and wonderful
but also the range of stuff on this label retrospective gives really quite a fascinating snapshot of an alternative Northern European angle on the whole post-punk journey into some kind of now! futurism ...if that makes sense
get it
by which I mean
the communication between French culture and American black music has always been productive - most noticeably in jazz - I had just never considered a direct channel between New York of the early 80s & Paris, but here it is
it's great
after having had it for a day
and now listening to it for the 4th time
I really wish I had pretty much ALL of the tracks on vinyl
Bought: Kaleide by Sky Larkin
Listened to: Black Eyes by Black Eyes
the vaccines - the new one,cant mind its name though
bought it for my wee sis.
for me - egyptian hip hop,also cant mind its name
Bought - Hookworms (Pearl Mystic)
Listened - William Tyler (Behold the Spirit)
Bought - Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
Listened - Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bought - Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
unless digital doesn't count, in which case I finally picked up a copy of Titus' Local Business the other day.
Listened - Spektr - Cypher. Super good.
that spektr one really is off all chains/hooks.brainfeedr this'd this
Bought: Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
Listened in full: Julia Holter - Ekstasis
the answer to both questions is:
david bowie - the next day
New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
is the answer for both.
bought this batch on ebay:
Maserati - Passages
Faith No More - Angel Dust
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
HRSTA - Ghosts Will Come And Kiss Our Eyes
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
Bought Suede "Bloodsprts" and Steve Mason "Monkey Minds In The Devil's Times" and most recently listened to Mogwai "Les Revenants".
Autechre - Exai
I reckon this will be my album of year.
The Big Ship - A Circle Is Forever
Very nice Psychedelic album.
Bought - Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - 12 Reasons to Die (Pre-order)
Listened to in full - Action Bronson - Rare Chandeliers (mixtape)
Actual Album listened to in full - Legowelt - The Rise And Fall Of Manuel Noriega
Bought: MBV - mbv
Listened to: Manitoba (Caribou) - Start Breaking My Heart
Bought: Bonobo - The North Borders
Listened to: Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission
Incredible hangover music.
Whilst out at SxSW
Nightmare Air - High In The Lasers
Elephant Stone - Elephant Stone
Clawfinger - Zeros & Heroes ($1)
Workhouse Movement - Sons Of The Pioneers ($1)
Bought- Swamp Dogg- Total Destruction of the mind
Its excellent.
Listened- Song of Townes Van Zandt- covered by Scott Kelly, Wino and Steve Von Till's
Bought - Kompakt 20 Jahre compliation
Listened to it this afternoon.
Now listening to the John Grant album which was the one I bought before that.
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
Pre-ordered it earlier on today. Signed too!
The last album I listened to was White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground
Eventually caved and bought The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy.
Been on my wish list for years on amazon, and thought "hey, fuck it".
Last album in full was Atoms for Peace AMOK. Apparently it does not make for great dinner time listening with the extended family.
Bought: Nick Drake - Pink Moon collectors edition vinyl
Listened: Daft Punk - Discovery
Bought: Arab Strap - The Last Romance
Listened: Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
Pickwick-Can't Talk Medicine
rEaLLy good stuff!! :)
The new Suede one.
And the new Pissed Jeans one.


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That time of year has arrived for some personal lists and I am not immune from creating them! In fact, I love reviewing the year and measuring our enormous progress as a community.
1. The Supreme Court DOMA Decision
Without question one of the most historical moment in the history of the American LGBT community. Because of this decision, we have seen cases being filed all over America. Even more amazingly the courts are becoming activists in granting LGBT Americans their Constitutional Rights. No were is that more clear then the recent decision legalizing marriage in the state of Utah.
Also this case sealed Edie Windsor as the Rosa Parks in LGBT history and as "Person of the Year'. We could not have asked for a better person to file the DOMA case.
2. The Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Another powerful decision from the United State Supreme Court which granted marriage equality to the largest state in America. Californians flocked to get married. While we wish it could be broader, coupled with the DOMA decision it changed LGBT history.
3. Russian Oppression of Their LGBT Citizens
The persecution of Russian LGBT citizens by both the government and Putin's Punks brought the plight of LGBT citizens around the round to the attention of the media, activists and governments.
4. Severe Penalties Being Passed Against LGBT Africans
The horror facing LGBT Africans is among the worse in the world. While not getting the attention of what is happening in Russia, the passage of severe laws against homosexuality is appalling. Uganda has just passed life imprisonment. Africa's largest country Nigeria also has passed outrageous laws against their LGBT citizens.
5. Marriage Equality Passes in More States
Marriage Equality swept the nation this year and we saw Minnesota, Illinois, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey, California, Hawaii, New Mexico and now Utah all become marriage equality states.
6. Pope Francis Shifts From Social Issues
The impact Pope Francis shifting from social issues to economic issues can't be underestimated. His famous "Who am I to judge" statement was the beginning of the end of the persecution of LGBT citizens by the Catholic Church. We all have to pray for a long life for this Pope so his policies have time to take hold in the church and he is able to appoint lots of new Cardinals.
7. Prime Ministers Picked in Belgium and Luxembourg
Prime Minister Bettei with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri
At one time to have an LGBT mayor was considered historical but now we have two Prime Ministers in Europe who are open. Iceland led the way but now it is simply no big deal.
8. Mayor Races Across The Country
Politically it was the race for Mayors that attracted the LGBT community's attention this year. We were successful in picking up a mayor in Seattle, re-electing one in Houston and being disappointed in New York.
9. President Obama Continued Advocacy and Appointments
The President has been relentless in advocating for freedom and justice for LGBT citizens not just in America but around the world. His appointments continue to amaze although we still are looking for that first LGBT Cabinet member! Nevertheless, appointments of Ambassadors to top tier nations like Australia, Denmark, Spain and the Dominican Republic is a real victory.
10. The Embrace Of The Democratic Party
LGBT Americans have been fully embraced by the Democratic Party especially after the DOMA decision. Only three Democratic United States Senators do not support marriage equality, the entire leadership of the Party is for it and the Democratic ticket in Virginia ran on it and defeated a hard line anti-LGBT ticket! Times have changed!
Runner-Up (Emerging Big Story for 2014): The Emergence Of LGBT Athletics and Allies
All over the sports worlds we have seen athletes come out of the closet. This was the year of Jason Collins and so many others. We still have yet to see an active player in football, basketball and baseball play in a game doing the regular season. Count on 2014 delivering on that milestone!


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That midfield consisted of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets. Just the 61 major trophies between them, with all three of them being World and European champions.
Being star-struck isn't really in their nature.
Yet while Chiles was immediately mocked by Twitter's vituperative judges, his comment simply underlined the fact that no other footballer divides opinion like Beckham.
In France, for example, he is a busted flush, enjoying one last spell in the limelight that his performances do not really merit.
|Horcine Harzoune | Goal.com France
Beckham at PSG is a more complicated matter than it seems. The Paris club wanted a poster boy for its new image, and no player says "Welcome to the big League" better than David Beckham. It is an image matter more than a sporting choice or an economic strategy and PSG was ready to do anything to hire him.
The financial experts of the club were very crafty in getting him to sign. After a bit of ducking and diving, Beckham will earn 2 million pounds without paying the French tax on the rich, if he sells the same amount of shirts that he did in the Galactico era with Real Madrid.
The club presented it as a charity choice from the player but once again, it is all about image. Most French people are not really aware of the corners that were cut, and Paris fans don't care as long as he provides on the pitch.
He recently showed his limits against Barca with a mediocre display (just days after going to China for a business trip) and his image was a little dented by some skeptical members of the media. But not much.
Most people are happy to have him playing in France because that shows that Ligue 1 is "finally" a great league. Beckham is a brand, and in France, like everywhere else, we kind of trust brands. They are supposed to never disappoint us.
Seth Vertelney | Goal.com America
Beckham had some professionalism issues here in the US (i.e. skipping a game to attend Paul Scholes' testimonial), but he mostly put those behind him in the last couple of years and showed he was committed to the Galaxy cause. Right or wrong, with Beckham there will always be some leeway granted because of who he is. Overall, though, he had a very positive impact on MLS and American soccer in general.
On the field, I don't think many here are surprised he's doing well with PSG. He's obviously not as good as he used to be, but he's got the experience, vision, range of passing, intelligence and crossing ability to still be an asset for most teams. He was quite good for the Galaxy here when he was healthy and so there's no reason he wouldn't continue to be good back in Europe, despite the higher level of competition.
And over the Atlantic, Beckham is still recognized as a marketing man's dream, a brand that makes money simply by virtue of existing.
Within those three disparate viewpoints lies the crux with Beckham; how do you separate what he is from what he does?
In a way that perhaps no other player has been since George Best, Beckham is 'a star' in the truest sense of the word.
Not in his lifestyle of course – Beckham is the archetypal model professional – but in the element of glamor he brings to the game, that film-star presence follows him like a shadow.
His career has contained its' fair share of Hollywood moments too – that performance against Greece in qualification for the 2002 World Cup, Camp Nou in 1999 and titles in his last seasons with United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy – but they only serve to confuse the issue.
In many ways, Beckham's career already resembles a highlights reel, a montage demonstrating how he made the best of his talent.
The difficulty is that Beckham is constantly determined to add to it in a noble refusal to accept the dying of the light.
Throughout it all he has maintained his child-like love for the game he plays, and it is not difficult to imagine the pleasure it will give him to run out at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
He will see it as a script already written, waiting for him to put his seal on the occasion. He has won at the Nou Camp twice before; with Manchester United in the 1999 Champions League Final, and with Real Madrid in 2003 when they ended their 20-year wait for victory at the stadium with a 2-1 success.
This gives the opportunity for a personal hat trick, and it is far from inconceivable that he will curl home a last-gasp free kick to steer PSG through to the semifinals.
Yet, while it would be impossible to begrudge him any amount of personal satisfaction from such a moment, the ensuing hype would make it more difficult to bear.
Talk of an England recall would intensify, as would questions of whether Beckham should return for one last crack at the Premier League. We are better off without these debates. The 37-year-old has already achieved all he can in England and there is no need to tarnish his legacy.
It was hardly a surprise that Beckham reiterated he would never turn down an England call, telling CNN World Sport, "one of the reasons why I've never retired from the England team is because if there's ever an opportunity to play for them again, then I'm available.
"If there is any chance of me ever playing for my country again, I would never turn that down. Like I said, I'm almost 38 years old so the chances are very slight, but you never know."
Not for him trips to Qatar to commentate on England rather than playing for the team, nor the blithe acceptance that he will never represent his country again.
Yet it is more of a surprise that the issue arose at all after his performance in that first leg against Barcelona.
A personal view is that Beckham played perfectly well during his 70 minutes on the pitch, without being outstanding. Not well enough to justify the views of those who were calling on Roy Hodgson to bring him back into the international fold, and certainly not poorly enough for L'Equipe to award him a mark of three-out-of-ten and 'Flop of the Match'.
The paper commented: 'Beckham, with the exception of two or three interesting deadballs in the first-half, never existed in this match. At 37 and after five years in the USA, the English midfielder no longer has the engine to play in a match of such intensity.'
That review is unfair, and it is hard to believe that the same comment would have been made about many other players. But headlines about Beckham generate headlines about Beckham.
His life as a footballer is a vicious circle, in that everything he does creates more headlines, articles and television discussions that actually obscure the details of his performances and abilities.
Beckham the brand is now about the bigger picture rather than the finer details.
'One last swansong at PSG' has followed seamlessly on from 'helping to develop football in America'. Now it could be 'one last heroic return for his country'.
The minutiae of daily life – training, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and simply playing matches - has been superseded by grand themes; we see the wood rather than the tress.
Above all, this is unfair on Beckham. Few footballers have shown more dedication and made the very best of themselves as he has. It is incredibly hard not to admire him.
Yet it shows above all that both he and us are trying desperately not to give something up.
For Beckham it is the game that he has devoted his life to.
For us – by which, above all, I mean the media – it is the star culture that he has come to represent. Ashley Cole, Wayne Rooney, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and others have all been part of it, but Beckham has been the leader, the man who blurred the lines between footballer and celebrity. He will be remembered in his pants as much as he will in his football kit.
The next generation, the one which will be spearheaded by Jack Wilshere, Tom Cleverley and Phil Jones, does not seem to contain the same type of characters.
That may change but Beckham's retirement, when it comes, will signal a subtle shift in how we view footballers in England.
It may be that we will welcome that change, but for the present we should appreciate Beckham for what he is - a player who has made the best of himself and is still trying to do so. No matter how others have seen or portrayed him, for Beckham it has always been that simple.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art: ¿Rocky¿
It is the montage to end all montages: Rocky Balboa does one-handed push-ups, punches a frozen side of beef and jogs his way through Philadelphia, finally mounting the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and raising his arms in triumph. It¿s definitely worth downloading the movie¿s iconic theme song and taking your own run up the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, overlooking Benjamin Franklin Boulevard and the city skyline in the distance. Once you¿re there, keep on running into the museum and go see the ¿Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus¿ exhibit that runs through Oct. 30. The show focuses on the Dutch master¿s daring choice to depict a very human and Semitic-looking Jesus, which was revolutionary for its time and changed the course of Christian art. philamuseum.org
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Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Participates In Earth Hour 2014
Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur continue their efforts to conserve energy and save the Earth by once again participating in the World Wildlife Fund for Nature's (WWF) Earth Hour 2014 on 29 March 2014, between 8.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.
In a concerted effort to spread awareness about environmental and energy conservation, all non-essential power and lights throughout the hotel, including garden lighting, signage, water fountains and escalators, were turned off. The hotel laundry operation was also stopped for an hour, and all restaurant lighting was adjusted to a minimum.
In addition to that, all employees were advised to switch off unnecessary equipment such as computers, fax machines, printers, photocopiers and other electrical appliances. In-room guest letters recommending the minimal use of electrical appliances, such as lights and air-conditioning systems in guestrooms were also disseminated by the management.
In light of recent events, a 7.5-foot-high structure spelling out the word 'MH370' and housing 1,200 tea light candles was specially constructed in the hotel garden. At the appointed hour, members of staff and hotel guests joined in lighting up the candles in commemoration of Earth Hour and in prayer and remembrance of the passengers and crew flight MH370.


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Testing Within The Virtual Environment: Repeatability Is Key
There has long been a debate about testing products within a virtual environment. Not just on how, but the why as well as the what to test. There are limits in some EULA's as well on the reporting of such testing. This was the subject of the 7/25 Virtualization Security Podcast (#112 – Virtualization Security Roundtable) held Live from NSS Labs in Austin, TX. Where we delved into the issues of testing within a virtual environment. While the discussion was about security products, it is fairly straight forward to apply the concepts to other products within the virtual environment.
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Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Home canned fruit sometimes has a tendency to float. This is not necessarily an indication of food spoilage or poor canning procedures but it can be visually disturbing. Come see why this happens!


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Use a frame from your video as a poster frame
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Play the video until you see the frame that you want to use as your poster frame, and then click Pause.
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Homes Sold in Moonridge Area of Big Bear
These are the statistics for the 90 homes that have sold in the Moonridge area of Big Bear since June 1, 2010.
One of the more important numbers on this summary is the price differential. At 98.38%, this tells me a couple things that buyers and sellers in Moonridge should note. First, most homes sold in Moonridge during this time period sold within 2% of the list price. Sellers that list their homes with a price cushion that exceeds 10% will not see the showing activity required to produce an offer. Buyers that offer 10 – 15% below list price will often be outbid. Knowing what the market value really is will be the difficult factor for both buyers and sellers. With 142 active listings in the Moonridge area, we are now at a 9.4 month supply. There are 19 home that are in escrow currently. During this same period last year we had 117 closed transactions in Moonridge. While days on the market often is used by buyers to determine what price to offer, the more important number is days at the current price.
As a resident of the Moonridge area since 1990, I can help you select the perfect home for your family. Don't hesitate and miss one of the best buying opportunities in years in this beautiful mountain resort community.
Steve Hirschler
Market Specialist, Inventory Expert,
Big Bear Real Estate Agent
Coldwell Banker
The Tim Wood Group
42153 Big Bear Blvd.
Big Bear Lake, CA 92315
Fax 909 866-3531
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Steve HirschlerMarket Specialist, Inventory Expert, Big Bear Real Estate Agent Coldwell Banker Associate, The Tim Wood Group Coldwell Banker Mountain Gallery 42153 Big Bear Blvd. P.O. BOX 6820 Big Bear Lake, CA 92315 DRE#01703081 firstname.lastname@example.com 909 866-3481 EXT. 217 CELL 909 725-5889 Fax 909 866-3531
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Testimonials"Working with Steve Hirschler was a great experience. I wish all real estate agents were like him. We came to Steve because we were looking for an investment and a vacation property, somewhere we could go to get away from the busy valley life in Los Angeles County and enjoy the mountains of Big Bear where we use to vacation as little kids. His method and personality really came through from the first meeting with him and through the process of finding our great little Gambrel in the Moonridge woods. At our first meeting, he helped take the car seat out of our truck so he could put it in his truck and drive us around the neighborhoods that he had planned to show us. He was very patient, being the father of 4 daughters himself, our one little boy was probably no trouble to have around at all. Steve is very knowledgeable about the area, he showed us many different places and made sure we kept in mind important strengths and desirabilities of particular neighborhoods. He really helped us to make a great decision about the Gambrel property. We knew it was going to be a lot of work, being a fixer REO property but my husband and I needed a project to keep us busy anyway. We had a certain budget, went back and forth on whether or not we needed one bedroom or 2 bedrooms, or a garage and Steve really paid special attention to this where other real estate agents would just keep trying to increase the bottom line and show us properties not always within our strict price range. We finally chose the 2 bedroom Gambrel with one bathroom and a fireplace. We were impressed with the way Steve marketed himself, we really enjoyed the streaming videos and the tone of his voice when describing properties. We were also impressed by his track record and all of the properties that he sold within the community. I enjoyed when he pointed out the properties that had sold. His confidence was contagious. The customer service Steve provided was something that had not been familiar to us in quite some time. He was not aggressive in a way where we felt anxious or rushed. He followed up with us on an almost daily basis and replied at once. That was probably the most pleasant thing about the whole transaction, his communication skills and the high class customer service that he provided. My husband and I are not wealthy, we both work full time, but Steve treated us like we were customers willing to spend a million bucks. Thank You, Steve! "Steve was great in handling every aspect of the purchase. He is very knowledgeable about real estate in Big Bear and his advice regarding the different negotiations (price, contingencies, etc.) resulted in a smooth purchase. " -- Feb 19, 2009 by Roy and Heidi "GREAT TO WK W/,VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE." -- Feb 17, 2009 by Doug and Terri Canaan "Steve's dedication and persistance, in a difficult market,allowed us to avoide a foreclosure buy finding an acceptable offer for a short sale for our czbin. He was very patiant at times when most people would be loosing it! He got us where we needed to be and stayed with us all the way. Thanks Steve!" -- Feb 16, 2009 by David Ruppel "Steve helped me sell an older cabin needing renovation in a difficult market in a short period of time." -- Feb 5, 2009 by Steve Wilson "Steve was a pleasure to work with. He was easy to talk to and very professional in all our dealings. So much so that I have keep in contact with him about our endeavors in Big Bear." -- Sep 22, 2008 by Chris Jones "Steve is professional, detail-oriented, listens to clients, and is very responsive. He has a deep knowledge of the Big Bear Lake market. He has been as helpful after the sale, assisting us in getting settled as he was during the sale process. I highly recommend him to anyone seeking a home or vacation cabin in the Big Bear Lake area." -- Sep 21, 2008 by Gary Chapman "We were very happy with the service provided to us when we purchased our Big Bear home from Steve. We would definitely recommend him and have to folks who've inquired about purchasing a home up in Big Bear." -- Jun 9, 2008 by Irene Briones "Steve was amazing to work with! I told him what I was looking for, price range, location, condition of cabin, etc. and he found exactly what I wanted in less then a month! He walked me through the loan process, helped me get settled in the community and has become a dear friend! I have been happy to refer him to several of my friends who are interested in buying in Big Bear! I am SO THANKFUL that I found Steve!" -- May 12, 2008 by Kathleen Eaton "Mr. Hirschler did exactly what we retained him to do, sold our home for us. His Integrity, and professionalism place him high on the list of Real Estate Professionals, and would come highly recommended from my wife and I." -- May 4, 2008 by David Saderup "Steve brought the right balance of professionalism and personal touch to the process. Great guy....great job!" -- May 4, 2008 by Scott Mac Gregor "Steve gets an A for effort in working the details of a transaction. We enjoyed working with him and appreciate his continued interest and support." -- May 3, 2008 by Gordon Leon "I first met Steve when the Agent that I had gone to see never showed up at the house he was supposed to show me. I called the number on the sign and as luck would have it, it was Steve's listing. He then took me to a home that I made an offer on and bought. I called him again to help me find a home for my son, and again I made an offer upon seeing it for the first time. Yes, I would recommend him in an instant. Mary Simone" -- May 2, 2008 by Mary Simone "Steve Hirschler is a hard working, enthusiastic agent. Whether you are buying or selling, you will be more than satisfied with his knowledge, ability to communicate and follow-up once the paperwork is signed." -- May 2, 2008 by Chris Ricks "Extremely profession in all aspects. A pleasure to deal with. An all around good guy." -- May 2, 2008 by Robert Cutuli
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- Do I really need to do the Home Inspection? October 24, 2009The Home Inspection has always been pivotal point when buying a home in Big Bear Lake, CA. The importance of this fairly inexpensive inspection has become even more important with the influx of the bank owned, REO properties. When you buy a home in the Big Bear valley from a home owner, you normally get a set of disclosures. But, when you buy a bank owned […]Tony Card
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UPDATED: 4:50 p.m. Looking for a little weekend reading? The Food and Drug Administration has just the thing. On Friday, the agency released two proposed rules designed to boost the safety of the nation's food supply, encompassing hundreds of pages.
One rule covers operations at fruit and vegetable farms, focusing on those foods that we eat raw and have been the subject of several recent recalls, like leafy greens, tomatoes, melons, herbs, green onions and berries. They would require worker safety training, handwashing, clean water and monitoring the presence of animals in the field that could spread illness.
Produce accounted for about 42 percent of all foodborne illness in 2010, according to the FDA.
The other proposed rule would require food processors to develop and follow detailed plans for preventing contamination of their products.
"The rules go very directly to preventing the types of outbreaks we have seen," said Michael Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner for foods, at a noon press conference.
The move comes after a series of high-profile recalls, including cantaloupes in 2011 that killed 33 people. A recall involving salmonella in peanut products this past September eventually led to the shutdown of a Sunland Inc. facility for nearly a month. The company makes peanut butter and other related items for several major national brands, including Trader Joe's. And there have been a string of E. coli-related recalls this year involving Canadian beef.
The rules were issued two years after president Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law, giving the Food and Drug Administration broader power to require food facilities to develop food safety plans and new authority to recall tainted food.
The United Fresh Produce Association welcomed the rules. David Gombas, the group's food safety expert, says that many big vegetable growers already are required by food retailers to follow similar safety procedures — but a single national standard would be a big improvement.
Safety advocates, for their part, are applauding the rules in general. Eric Olson, director of Food Programs for the Pew Charitable Trust, called them "the first major overhaul of our food safety controls since the Great Depression." Some, though, are concerned that the FDA is not asking vegetable producers to carry out extensive — and expensive — testing of their products to detect harmful bacteria.
Congress exempted the smallest farms — those that sell less than $500,000 of produce each year and deliver most of it to local consumers — from these regulations. But many small farmers are still worried that they will, in fact, have to follow the new rules, raising their costs.
Back when the bill was signed, consumer groups, many food manufacturers and public health advocates were hopeful that the Obama administration would move swiftly to put new rules in place to prevent foodborne illnesses.
But the regulations reportedly sat at the government's regulatory review office for months. This prompted two nonprofits, the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Environmental Health, to file a lawsuit against the agency, alleging "unreasonably delayed regulations." FDA recently asked a federal court to dismiss the suit.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 48 million Americans are sickened by tainted food, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die each year.
The government took a big step today toward a new system for making sure that fresh fruit and vegetables are safe to eat. The Food and Drug Administration proposed new regulations that will cover many of the country's food processors and farmers who grow fresh produce. NPR's Dan Charles has that story.
DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: The federal government has never before laid out rules for how farmers should keep their fruit or vegetables free of dangerous bacteria. But those healthy foods can and do make people sick. Two years ago, cantaloupes that carried Listeria bacteria killed at least 33 people. Government scientists tracked the fruit to a farm in Colorado. But FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg says public health officials shouldn't just react to disease outbreaks. It should try to prevent them, and they can.
DR. MARGARET HAMBURG: Modern preventive standards will reduce outbreaks, will reduce illness, and will benefit American families and our food industry as well.
CHARLES: Congress asked for these regulations two years ago when it passed a far-reaching food safety law. Writing them took longer than expected because it's a complicated problem. Disease-causing bacteria can get into a field of fresh vegetables in lots of ways: through compost that hasn't been properly treated, irrigation water from contaminated ponds, farm workers who haven't washed their hands or wild animals who leave their droppings in fields.
The FDA's proposed rules deal with all of that and more. They're hundreds of pages long. Now, people on all sides of the safety debate are going through every page. David Gombas, a food safety expert for the United Fresh Produce Association, an industry group, actually welcomed the new regulations.
DR. DAVID GOMBAS: We are glad to see them.
CHARLES: Big vegetable growers and retailers already have come up with their own safety rules. Many of those rules are similar to what the FDA now says it will require. Some industry rules are actually tougher. And Gombas says having one nationwide standard is better than lots of different, private rules.
GOMBAS: What we've been saying all along is we need federally mandated rules that everyone can look at and say, yes, these are the procedures and practices that must be in place to assure that produce is grown safely.
CHARLES: But Gombas does plan to complain about one thing. He'd like the FDA's rules to apply to all farms, large and small. The FDA's proposal does not apply to farms that sell less than half a million dollars worth of food each year and sell to consumers or stores nearby. Congress specifically exempted these farms from the regulations, saying that small farmers cannot afford to comply with them. Food safety advocates, meanwhile, like Erik Olson, director of Food Programs for the Pew Charitable Trusts, were happy that the FDA finally had released something.
ERIK OLSON: This is a big deal. We're talking about the first major overhaul of our food safety controls for FDA, really, since the Great Depression.
CHARLES: But some food safety advocates have argued the rules should require fresh food producers to conduct random tests of their vegetables for harmful bacteria. The FDA's draft rules do not require this. The agency says such tests don't usually catch instances of contamination. Environmentalists, meanwhile, are encouraged by sections of the FDA's document that say you can produce safe food without getting rid of wild animals. Jennifer Biringer from The Nature Conservancy's office in California says some of the strict food safety rules set up by private companies have pushed farmers to get rid of habitat for animals.
JENNIFER BIRINGER: Farmers are, for example, being asked to create almost antiseptic conditions in their farm fields by doing things like removing vegetation along riverbeds.
CHARLES: Everybody has 120 days to comment on the draft regulations and propose changes. Dan Charles, NPR News.
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Guest Blogger: Tommy Fitzgerald
Twas the Wednesday before Christmas!
Not all was quiet in my apartment! I was vigorously attacking the pile of unwrapped Christmas presents armed with rolls of wrapping paper and defiant scotch tape dispensers. The 48 day stint in County Jail, coupled with the 90 day house arrest, had propelled me into a frenzy of internet purchases. There I sat on the living room floor (cursing the defiant dispenser) when there was a loud insistent knock at my door. Much to my surprise, there stood (in all their finest) six members of the local Law Enforcement community. I was graced (?) with the presence of 2 Probation Officers, 1 County Detective, 1 Springettsbury Police Officer, and last but not least, 2 County Sheriffs.
The first emphatic comment (from the Police guy) was, that they couldn't read my apartment number because of the red Christmas Bow on the door. I pointed out that since apartments C2 and C3 were on the same floor, it would be obvious that C1 would be the door with the bow. Well, that started every thing off on a positive note! With badges dangling from around their necks on chains (looked like NYPD Blue on TV), they filed into the doorway like you would imagine Santa's helpers did on their way to work. The lady Probation Officer then questioned if there was any alcohol in the house and that she wanted to look into the refrigerator. I acquiesced politely, and turned my attention to the other men standing in the doorway like Easter Island statues. Unable to contain my derision, I simply stated, "could you close the door, and if you're not going to search the apartment, start wrapping gifts" (that helped a lot). The Probation lady then announced that she must administer a breath test, which I passed, considering I haven't drank alcohol for almost a year. Then, with a flurry of inane comments, they turned and marched out of the building on their merry way. They were off to protect society from the masses on house arrest for DUI.
To put this in perspective - I understand that Probation/Parole "sweeps" have become a common phenomenon in this country. But let's look at this particular incident - it was 8:00 pm on Wednesday night, and someone felt it was my turn to be checked. I have no problem with the check thing, but I do have a problem with the utilizing of 6 individuals (most likely on overtime) to check on an individual on a DUI related house arrest. Did they think that a show of overwhelming force would be necessary? Had they "pumped" themselves up prior to "storming" the apartment building nestled in a quiet York County suburb? Or, was this just another example of perpetrating the mystic of spending tax funds in order to protect the public?
House arrest individuals sign away all their Constitutional Rights pertaining to Probable Cause, Illegal Search and Seizure and any other right the Probation Department wishes to ignore. In a headlong rush to escape incarceration, we agree to pay a fee of $8.00 a day for this "privilege", and then further, find ourselves contributing to the statistics that become the basis for increasing the budgets of the various "criminal related" industries. This, my friends, is a perfect example of your tax dollars at work!
Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Jr. is a private citizen residing in York, Pa. His claim to infamy is that in 1991 he went to State Prison for five to ten years and became a Paralegal. As a byproduct of that incarceration, he metamorphosed into an active Jailhouse Lawyer.
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As I evaluate the performance of Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablet compared to that of its predecessor as well as the more PC-like Surface Pro 2, I'm reminded of a regular refrain from tech enthusiasts. Why does Microsoft continue to invest in the ARM chipsets that don't run traditional Windows desktop applications? Why couldn't it have made a version of Surface 2 that runs on the Intel Atom "Bay Trail" processor instead?
The answer, as it turns out, is straightforward. Microsoft could have done such a thing—goodness knows its PC maker partners are stepping all over each other rushing such products to market as I write this—but is instead backing ARM in hardware for the same reason it's doing so in software with Windows RT: This, not the Windows desktop, is Windows.
More specifically, this new platform—this new Windows, if you will—has characteristics that truly shine (and work) when you don't have a Windows desktop environment that opens your PC up to all kinds of inconsistencies, purposefully or not. This is a version of Windows that will never slow down, that will never succumb to decades of malicious software expertise or poorly-written drivers.
Microsoft of course provides a version of this new platform for x86/x64: That's how it plans to get the 1.5 billion-strong user base from the past (traditional PCs) to the future (devices). That system, Windows 8.x, is a hybrid design, like Surface. It bridges the past and the future, and has the pros and cons of both.
On the con side, a Bay Trail device with 2 GB of RAM will indeed run Photoshop. And iTunes. And all those other desktop applications that people seem to want. But it will do so poorly and, more to the point, will do so especially poorly when multiple applications are run simultaneously.
Today's Surface 2 comes with a desktop version of Office, but it doesn't allow users to install third party desktop applications, which many find limiting. But this is on purpose, and while the firm won't confirm that the advent of a Metro-based version of Office expected next year combined with further advances on the new platform side of the house will finally kick the desktop to the curb, the writing is on the wall. And those changes are happening first with Windows RT.
Today, Surface 2 is Microsoft's physical manifestation of the new Windows platform. It's a glimpse at where it sees Windows devices as positioned against pure tablets like iPad and the various Android designs, and against traditional PCs. It has some of the same issues that dogged Surface RT, obviously. But the performance is so good, and the consistency and syncing capabilities with x86/x64 Windows 8.x systems so strong, that it may just have a place.
It helps that the hardware is so stunning. While testing battery life by streaming HD video from Xbox Video, I've been struck again and again by the sheer quality of the Surface 2 display. (Not to mention the sheer endurance of this thing, which features astonishing battery life.) At 1.5 pounds, it's as light as the current iPad but sports a full-sized USB port and is compatible with the wonderful typing covers.
These kinds of advantages put Surface 2 over the top in ways that didn't happen with Surface RT. On that earlier system, the compromises simply piled up, with the terrible performance accentuating the other issues with the new platform.
I'm very curious to see how Bay Trail-based Windows tablets and hybrid PCs stack up with Surface 2. But this much is clear: While these systems may offer comparable battery life and performance, those strengths will decline over time while Surface 2 remains consistent.
Ultimately, it will be consumers and businesses that decide which compromise makes the most sense. But I would like to frame that decision in a new way: Choosing Surface 2, or Windows RT, is a decision to compromise the past for the future. But doing otherwise is a decision that will compromise the future for the past.
Surface 2 has renewed my faith and my interest in Windows RT. I'll keep using this thing and see what happens.


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London Metropolitan Archives
LMA holds archives about the administrative, social and family history of London. Over 105km of shelving store records of schools, churches, hospitals, businesses, local government and much more.
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Library, Archive
Mon, 09.30 - 16.45
Tues, Weds & Thurs, 09.30 - 19.30
Friday, Closed
Saturday 9.30-16.45 on the following days in 2018 - January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, December 8.
Closed: Fridays. All bank holidays.
From 7.30pm 1 November 2018 - until 9.30am 19 November 2018 (Annual Closure)
Free to visit and use. Free enquiry service about what records are held. Charges made for copying of archive material, and for the Family History Research Service.
Additional info
Travel information:
Tube: Circle / Metropolitan / Hammersmith & City Line to Farringdon, Northern Line to Angel
Rail: King's Cross / St Pancras (20 minute walk), Farringdon (10 minute walk)
Bus: 19, 38, 341 to Rosebery Avenue. 63 to Farringdon Road. 55, 243 to Clerkenwell Green
The History of London collection is a Designated Collection of national importance.
The collection is held at the Guildhall Library and the London Metropolitan Archives, and traces the history of the City of London and Greater London. The History of London collection is a unique, extensive and incredibly rich collection of material on the history of Britain's capital city. The collections reveal the impact of London on social, cultural, economic and political developments in the rest of the country. The collection also reflects the central role of London in the globalisation of the economy and culture since the 18th century.
LMA holds the official records from the former counties of London and Middlesex. These include the Middlesex Sessions of the Peace, dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, and County Councils of London and Middlesex from 1889 to 1965. These organisations affected every part of public life, from health to housing to highways.
LMA has official records covering the much larger area of Greater London from 1965 to 1986. Information on the Greater London area can also be found with the London Borough local archive services.
There is also an extraordinary range of other archives held at LMA. We have records of: Associations (from 1555), Businesses (from 1560), Charities (from 1377), Court records (from 1549), Diocesan records (from 1467), Families and individuals (from 1160), Health authorities and hospitals (from 1220), Jewish organisations (from 1591),
Local authorities (from 1538), National records (from 1653).
Also included are 'London Generations' (from 1538) - this is the section of LMA devoted to bringing family history sources together for you to use. London Generations includes the records of over 800 Anglican parishes, many non-conformist churches and chapels, poor law records, school registers and electoral registers. You can search London Generations as a database on LMA's website.
For visual sources, we have extensive holdings of printed maps of London from the sixteenth century, thematic maps including bomb damage, plans and drawings in the Building Act case file series and other collections, and over 250,000 prints, watercolours, etchings and photographs showing the changing face of London over the last 300 years.
The above is only a brief sample of LMA's vast collections: for detailed information contact our enquiry team or speak to a member of staff in the public rooms.
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Trade and Commerce, Social History, Science and Technology, Religion, Photography, Personalities, Performing Arts, Music, Medicine, Literature, Law and Order, Land Transport, Inland Waterways, Industry, Archives, Architecture
Key artists and exhibits
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Britain and the Wider World
A citizenship based session which explores our relationships with other countries and cultures and the history of those connections. It will also link to issues around business, economy and decision making.
How to obtain
Available on request. Contact LMA for more details.
Expressions of Identity – creative writing events
Exploring personal and community identity through the stories of people from the past and the present.
How to obtain
Available on request. Contact LMA for more details.
SchooLMAte is for children and teachers. Here they can work together as they explore the world of London's communities. You will be able to learn about people's lives, where they lived and how some of them came to London hundreds of years ago.
The Theatreland website provides an overview of a century of theatre and tells the story of some of the playhouses with the most illustrious histories. Find out about the theatres that began as circuses and varied their dramatic fare with trapeze acts; the playhouse that survived two centuries and four fires to become a major draw for audiences today, and the group of theatres destroyed to make way for a major London thoroughfare. In the Image Gallery, you can look at prints and newspaper cuttings as well as the Theatreland plans and blueprints themselves, discovering the changes in theatre buildings and performances over the last few centuries.
London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
Greater London
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The Champions Tour, Dick's Sporting Goods Open August 21 2012
Brad Faxon high fives Willie on sinking the putt that got him into the play-off/Casey Staff / Staff Photo
The field for this event included 57 of the top 60 players on the Champions Tour, notables were, Tom Lehman, Brad Faxon, Joey Sindelar and Tom Watson. Tom was making his first appearance at En-Joie Golf Course since the 1976 B.C. Open, he said of this tournament;" I just enjoyed the tournament and I've enjoyed it again this year. It's a lot of fun; there's a lot of good will, good community support. It's a wonderful experience for me. I enjoy playing in tournaments like this." Dick's Open tournament director John Karedes was all smiles at the conclusion of the exciting event, which included a little rain hiccup on Friday; " Except for Mother Nature's little challenge on Friday afternoon, everything went great. We had Willie Wood and Michael Allen in the playoff, and just behind them on the leaderboard was a who's who of professional golf. And to hear someone like Tom Watson say that about the tournament, we certainly value that observation. He's been all over the world, and he's seen good and bad, and to have him say that is great."


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Manufacturing in the U.S. expanded in April at the slowest pace in four months, indicating the industry will contribute less to U.S. growth this quarter.
The Institute for Supply Management's factory index fell to 50.7 from the prior month's 51.3, the Tempe, Arizona-based group's report showed today. A reading of 50 is the dividing line between expansion and contraction. The median forecast of 84 economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 50.5.
Manufacturing, which makes up about 12% of the economy, is cooling as the need to rebuild inventories wanes and across-the-board federal budget cuts take hold. Companies such as Tenneco Inc. project it may take until the second half of the year for demand to pick up as American consumers grapple with higher payroll taxes and Europe's economy struggles to expand.
"We're in a bit of a lull right now," Bricklin Dwyer, an economist at BNP Paribas in New York, said before the report. "It's consistent with the pullback in the broader economy, in consumer spending, business spending and government. We see this as temporary."
The median forecast was based on projections from 84 economists in the Bloomberg survey. Estimates ranged from 49 to 53.
Other figures today show manufacturing across the globe is struggling to improve. In China, the world's second-largest economy, factories expanded at a weaker pace in April. The Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 50.6 last month from 50.9 in March.
A U.K. factory index showed manufacturing contracted for a third month. The gauge rose to 49.8 last month from 48.6, according to Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Private Payrolls
Another report showed companies in the U.S. added fewer workers than forecast in April, an indication the labor market has cooled along with the rest of the U.S. economy.
The 119,000 increase in employment, the weakest since September, followed a revised 131,000 gain in March that was smaller than initially estimated, according to figures from the Roseland, New Jersey-based ADP Research Institute. The median forecast of 37 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected a 150,000 advance.
The ISM's index of U.S. employment gauge decreased to 50.2, the lowest in five months, from 54.2.
The production increased to 53.5 from 52.2 in March. The new orders measure rose to 52.3 from 51.4, and the gauge of export demand dropped to 54 from 56.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- William Osnato, who works in Stamford, Conn., has become accustomed to train delays on Metro-North.
When he heard there was a delay Monday morning, it didn't come as a surprise to him.
"It happens all the time," Osnato said of the evening trains he catches that come from New Haven and are bound for Grand Central Terminal for his return trip to New York City.
On Monday, he was waiting for the 11:25 a.m. in Stamford to return to Manhattan -- a rare event for him to leave his Stamford job in the middle of the day, he said.
Osnato was grateful that the train was on time Monday. But he may have faced some delays as he headed toward New York City.
A fire Saturday morning that destroyed a remote switching control house near Cos Cob, Conn., was the reason for the five- to 10-minute delay for New Haven Line customers, Metro-North announced Monday. The delays will continue "until further notice," Metro-North said.
The "railroad is only able to use two of four tracks in the peak direction through a 9-mile stretch. The fire has also eliminated the ability of the railroad to operate trains around problems if any arise in this area," Metro-North said in a release Monday.
The Cos Cob control house allows trains to switch among all four tracks, Metro-North said. Due to the loss of the control center, trains are limited to two tracks in the westbound direction and two tracks in the eastbound direction between Port Chester, N.Y., and Stamford, Conn.
During peak periods, trains normally use three of the New Haven Line's four tracks to travel in the peak direction. Limiting peak-direction trains to two tracks in a 9-mile stretch creates a bottleneck that will result in congestion-related delays through that area.
The "highly complex process" to repair the switching capability is ongoing and that a manual control panel is expected to take weeks to implement and that extra employees have been called in to help, Metro-North said.
The fire occurred the day before new train schedules went into effect. Metro-North will have extra customer service personnel at the stations in Stamford, New Haven-Union Station and New Rochelle, N.Y., to help for the first weekday with the new timetable.
Rescue switching locomotives will be on standby to assist should any train does become disabled.
The timeline to complete the work to replace the damaged control house is being developed, Metro-North said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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TORONTO (AP) — Naming the first foreigner to serve as governor of the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 might have been expected to cause a fuss. Yet the appointment of Canadian Mark Carney has won bipartisan praise in Britain.
That's because few people in the world have Carney's qualifications.
The Bank of Canada governor is a highly-educated economist with Wall Street experience who is widely credited with helping Canada dodge the worst of the global economic crisis. He gained a reputation along the way as a tough regulator who stood up to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
Moving to the top job at Canada's central bank just before the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Carney slashed interest rates to historic lows and was the first central banker to commit to keep them at a historic-low level for a definite time, a step the U.S. Federal Reserve would follow.
Canada was spared a mortgage meltdown or subprime lending crisis, and its banks, more regulated and less leveraged than Europe's, are rated among the world's soundest. Britain, however, has endured a decade of economic turbulence, and seemed ready for a foreigner to shake up its central bank.
Besides his job as a central banker, Carney, 47, also heads the G-20's Financial Stability Board, a global supervisor of regulatory changes in the financial system. Carney's championing of stiffer regulation was highlighted in a run-in last year with Dimon. The Bank of Canada chief stood his ground in a closed-door meeting in Washington when Dimon directed a diatribe toward Carney over what the JPMorgan Chase chief called "anti-American" global reforms against banks.
"When there was pushback on the regulatory front he dug in his heels and made his case that, no, we shouldn't slow down, we should be pushing forward," said Craig Alexander, a Toronto-Dominion Bank economist.
"This is the sort of thing that makes him qualified to take on the challenge of the Bank of England because he's going to be materially involved in shaping regulatory reform of the financial system in London," he added. "So the fact that he would stand up for the regulatory regime is exactly the characteristic one would be looking for."
The transnational appointment is a mark of today's globalized world, while also echoing a past in which Canada was a part of the British Empire.
Like other central bankers, Carney is a former Goldman Sachs executive. He worked for 13 years in London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto, before being appointed deputy governor of the Bank of Canada in 2003. He has both financial industry and government regulatory credentials.
"He looks and sounds the part," CIBC World Markets economist Avery Shenfeld said. "He has the academic background, the gravitas and the experience to withstand the fray of central banking in a city like London."
Carney, from the remote northern town of Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories, gained a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University in 1988, and master's and doctoral degrees in economics from Oxford University. Like many Canadians, he played ice hockey, serving as a backup goalie for Harvard.
He lived in London for a decade and his wife and children are dual nationals. British Treasury chief George Osborne, announcing the surprise choice to the House of Commons on Monday, said Carney will apply for British citizenship. He takes up the new position July 1, succeeding Mervyn King, who has headed the bank since 2003.
Before Monday's announcement the frontrunner for the job was widely seen to be Paul Tucker, the bank's deputy governor. But Tucker was likely bypassed because of his embroilment in the Libor-fixing scandal. In July, he was forced to testify to lawmakers after emails emerged showing he had communicated with Bob Diamond, the ex-chief of Barclays, over the setting of the inter-bank interest rate.
Carney's appointment won bipartisan praise in Britain. Ed Balls, the opposition Labour Party's economics spokesman, called it "a good choice," while Osborne said Carney was "quite simply the best, most experienced and most qualified person in the world to do the job."
Although Osborne said it was the first time the Treasury advertised the governor's job, Carney said he hadn't applied. "I didn't apply as part of the formal process to the position. These discussions really only intensified in the last two weeks," Carney said at a news conference in Ottawa.
Carney said he initially turned down the job but British officials kept after him. He said he changed his mind because his term as governor of the Bank of Canada was ending soon, the London job was a big opportunity and the fate of the British economy was critical.
"It's very important for the global economy that the U.K. does well, that it succeeds in this rebalancing of their economy, that the reform of the British financial system is completed, " he said.
Carney said he would take the job for five years instead of the usual eight, and many Canadians are speculating that Carney may return to Canada to run for prime minister. The opposition Liberal Party of Canada had eagerly courted him, but Carney said this month he would remain a central banker for some time.
Associated Press writer Sylvia Hui contributed from London.


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Abstract: We consider shape optimization problems of the form
\min\left\{\int_{\partial A} f(x,\nu(x))\hbox{d}x {\cal{H}^{n-1}} :A\in{\cal A}\right\}
where $f$ is any continuous function and the class ${\cal A}$ of admissible domains is made of convex sets. We prove the existence of an optimal solution provided the domains satisfy some suitable constraints.
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Next: Variables Commands, Up: Def Cmds in Detail [Contents][Index]
This section describes the commands for describing functions and similar entities:
@deffn category name arguments…
@deffn command is the general definition command for
functions, interactive commands, and similar entities that may take
arguments. You must choose a term to describe the category of entity
being defined; for example, "Function" could be used if the entity is
a function. The
@deffn command is written at the beginning of a
line and is followed on the same line by the category of entity being
described, the name of this particular entity, and its arguments, if
any. Terminate the definition with
@end deffn on a line of its
For example, here is a definition:
@deffn Command forward-char nchars Move point forward @var{nchars} characters. @end deffn
This shows a rather terse definition for a "command" named
forward-char with one argument, nchars.
@deffn prints argument names such as nchars in slanted
type in the printed output, because we think of these names as
metasyntactic variables—they stand for the actual argument values.
Within the text of the description, however, write an argument name
explicitly with
@var to refer to the value of the argument.
In the example above, we used '@var{nchars}' in this way.
In the extremely unusual case when an argument name contains
'--', or another character sequence which is treated specially
(see Conventions), use
@code around the special
characters. This avoids the conversion to typographic en-dashes and
The template for
@deffn is:
@deffn category name arguments… body-of-definition @end deffn
@defun name arguments…
@defun command is the definition command for functions.
@defun is equivalent to '@deffn Function …'.
Terminate the definition with
@end defun on a line of its own.
Thus, the template is:
@defun function-name arguments… body-of-definition @end defun
@defmac name arguments…
@defmac command is the definition command for macros.
@defmac is equivalent to '@deffn Macro …' and
works like
@defspec name arguments…
@defspec command is the definition command for special
forms. (In Lisp, a special form is an entity much like a function;
see Special Forms in GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.)
@defspec is equivalent to '@deffn {Special Form}
…' and works like
All these commands create entries in the index of functions.
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For 6 as an entree
Slice 3 pears into thin wedges. Leave the skin on but remove the seeds. Sit these on a baking tray covered in baking paper.
2 Brush the wedges with a mixture of lemon juice, liquid honey and a light oil (a tablespoon of each will coat 3 pears).
3 Slice 3 pieces of fresh mozzarella per serve.
4 Take some fresh basil and mint sprigs and pick off the leaves.
5 Make a dressing of 2 tablespoons of good olive oil and 1 tablespoon of 'honeygar' (vinegar flavoured with honey, or you could mix 2tbsp of white wine vinegar with 1 tsp of runny honey).
6 On your plate build a stack of the ingredients, scattering the herb leaves in between the pear and mozzarella.
7 Moisten with the dressing and just before serving sprinkle with curry salt.
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Combine 2 tablespoons of fine salt flakes with 2 teaspoons of curry powder.


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Michael Vick isn't out of the woods just yet.
While an x-ray of his ribs following Monday night's preseason game against the Patriots came back negative, the Eagles quarterback will undergo an MRI and a CT scan this morning to see if there is damage other than a fracture.
"He got a good shot there," coach Andy Reid said of the hit that New England linebacker Jermaine Cunningham delivered to Vick's mid-section. "The precautionary measure is to see if it's involving cartilage there."
Vick has been down this road before. On Oct. 3, 2010, he left a game against the Redskins when he took a blow to his rib area. He had an x-ray but the team did not release the results after the game. Reid said then that he had a "sore chest." A day later, an MRI revealed that Vick had injured the cartilage that connected his second and third ribs to his sternum, according to the Eagles.
Reid said that Vick had fractured his cartilage. Vick admitted this past spring that he fractured his ribs. Whatever the injury, he did not play again until Nov. 7. He originally said that he would miss probably only two weeks. But he sat out the next three games. A bye week followed so Vick may have returned earlier, but he did not play until the Colts game -- 35 days after the injury against the Redskins.
The Eagles open the regular season in 19 days on Sept. 9 at Cleveland. They have two preseason games remaining -- at the Browns on Friday and at home against the New York Jets on Aug. 30. Reid did not rule out Vick for Friday's game, but it is unlikely he will play in either contest even if his injury isn't serious.
Quarterback Mike Kafka won't play with a fractured hand, so rookie Nick Foles and Trent Edwards will likely split the Browns game. Foles performed well in relief of Vick against the Patriots. He could have the backup quarterback spot locked up.
Vick and the Eagles returned to Philadelphia from Foxboro, Mass. early this morning. A source close to the quarterback said he spoke to the quarterback when he arrived and that he sounded optimistic that his injury wasn't serious, for whatever that is worth.
Still, Vick can't seem to avoid injury. In the preseason opener he bruised him thumb when his hand hit the back of center Jason Kelce's helmet. Last year, he suffered a concussion at Atlanta, bruised his hand the following week against the New York Giants and broke two ribs in November against the Cardinals. He sat out the next three games.
The Eagles have tried to stress to Vick that he needs to do a better job of protecting himself. While the 2010 injury occurred when he was scrambling, Vick's last five injuries have occurred in or around the pocket.
Guard Evan Mathis took the blame for Monday night's injury. He was beat inside and Vick had to spin away from a defender and into the arms of Cunningham.
"Completely my fault," Mathis said. "It's something that can't happen. Something we've got to work out. Fortunately, Michael is not too seriously injured, but it's very concerning. It's our job to keep him safe. To keep him off the turf. When the quarterback takes a hit and is laying on the ground, you feel it."
Could Vick have done a better job of avoiding the hit? Should he have thrown the ball away when he saw that Mathis was beat? Reid said that Vick didn't hold onto the ball too long or make the wrong decision.
Whether it's Vick's fault, the line's fault, Reid or offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg's fault for trying to turn Vick into a pocket passer or all of the above, it is unclear. One thing is clear: Vick has been getting hurt way too often.


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If any mashup video deserves to be in the mashup hall of fame, it's this perfectly executed piece of work. If such a body does not exist, this video is reason enough to create one, since it shows how explosive the combo of creativity and equipment can be. It sounds like one song and looks like one video. That's certainly not easy to do.
There's lot of dancing and lots of shots of the Justins – both The Biebs and Timberlake, who has seemingly left music behind for movies. Still, footage of him singing and dancing reminds us of his boy band glory days. It's a nice walk — er, ride, since these vids have lots of fast cars — down memory lane.
This mashup proves that the song and the video are more similar than you might think. There doesn't appear to be any gaps… at all.
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Obituary published Nov. 13, 2012 in The Mexico Ledger
Kathy Knipp, 73, of Auxvasse, Missouri, passed away at her home on Sunday, November 11, 2012. She was born September 1, 1939, in Stephenson, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Buster McKinney, Sr., and Ollie (Graham) McKinney. On October 19, 1963, she was united in marriage to Roy Lewis Knipp, who preceded her in death on December 3, 2006.
She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by one son, Brian Knipp and his wife, Donna, of Auxvasse, Missouri; two grandchildren, Christopher Knipp of Kansas City, Missouri, and Lauren Knipp of Columbia, Missouri; one great grandson, Christopher Knipp, Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri; one brother, Buster "Buckie" (Jeannie) McKinney, Jr., of Beckley, West Virginia; four sisters, Pat Dye of Auxvasse, Missouri, Barbara (Randy) Hall of Fairdale, West Virginia, Alice Carpenter and companion, Harvey, of Richmond, Virginia, and Polly (Bunch) McKinney of Itmann, West Virginia; her daily caregiver and friend, Marge Hoffman; numerous nieces and nephews; several other relatives and many dear friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Kathy retired from Audrain Medical Center, where she worked as a nurse for several years. She enjoyed collecting antiques and going to flea markets.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 17, 2012, at Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton, Missouri, with Pastor Bruce Williamson officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 16, 2012, at Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton, Missouri. Interment will be held at Auxvasse Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Compassus of Columbia, Missouri, c/o Maupin Funeral Home, 301 Douglas Boulevard, Fulton, Missouri 65251.
Online condolences may be shared at www.MaupinFuneralHome.com.