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"This is much better," Lucien quipped, gazing around the lobby they had toured just the previous day.
"Yes, well enjoy it while you can," Pierre said, adjusting his vest and suit jacket. "At the rate things are going, the press will have us all lynched before dawn. This way, please." He gestured for them to follow and led them up through the main foyer all the way past the pillars, this time to the left. On the previous day, they had taken a right into the main hall, where Mayor La Cour had bored the Barreau boys half to death with his meticulous seating arrangements for the welcome gala. So much had changed since then, and yet it remained the same. But to Max, Morcourt Hall seemed to have taken on a much darker tone in light of recent events. He could feel it permeating the air like the hot desert sun back in the Outlanders' villa that had forced the sweat from his pores and left his clothes clinging to him like static soon afterward. It was a feeling of disgust, of something in the air left unresolved, and the shadow of what was yet to follow.
The young elder did his best to stay one step ahead of Lucien on the way to wherever Pierre was leading them so the boy didn't cross into his peripherals. He hated being reminded of the fact that it was him—not Bernard—who had accompanied him to this meeting. And yet still, perhaps it would afford him the unique opportunity to read his old friend and plot his next move. Lucien had thus far remained one step ahead of Max, and god only knew how far those slender hooks of his extended. The lanky boy sprung up beside him soon enough. Max rolled his eyes but said nothing.
Pierre took a right around the next corner, leading them both up a side stairwell and through another corridor past the Green Room and around the rotunda balcony to a set of double doors on the right lined in gold, art deco-styled trim. He produced a skeleton key from inside his jacket and unlocked one side, gesturing for them both to move through as he opened it. Max and Lucien walked through to find themselves in a rather lavishly decorated office study. Mayor La Cour sat behind a desk at the far end surrounded by six of his cabinet officials. All of them wore grim expressions on their faces, the likes of which belied an even darker tone than the mahogany shades present in their surroundings. None of them acknowledged the two boys, save for La Cour himself, who at least made an effort to feign enthusiasm.
"Ah, gentlemen!" he exclaimed, forcing a smile. "Glad you both could make it. Please, have a seat."
Lucien shoved his way ahead of Max and plopped down in one of the two remaining vacant chairs in the semicircle, but the young elder moved for the large circular window behind the desk to keep watch over the roaring crowds below. The office was positioned above the main entrance of Morcourt, so one could see everything from up here. None of it looked pretty. As it was, much of the glass had already been clouded by a smattering of rotten vegetables hurled from below that slid down, obstructing a good portion of the view. Mayor LaCour squeaked backward in his rickety chair.
"Maxwell, would you like to sit?"
"I'm fine with standing," the elder crossed his arms.
"Please," the man glared at him. A large tomato suddenly splattered against the window in front of Max's face, and that was all the encouragement he needed.
"Pierre, can we close the curtains, please?!" La Cour huffed, running a hand through his silvery hair.
"Of course sir!" The butler rushed over, pulling the large crimson drapes shut. More vegetables came flying as he did. Max felt his heart skip a beat with every thump against the glass, though in surveying the circle of faces he and Lucien now found themselves a part of, no one else seemed particularly on edge. Even the mayor himself seemed more content to pore over a newspaper than to address the crippling silence taking hold of the room. For several moments, the only sounds one could hear were the old grandfather clock ticking in the far left corner and the din of the angry crowd below. La Cour rustled through his newspaper, though he at last broke the silence after throwing it down on his desk in annoyance. Max glanced over at the headline:
"These crowds get their first whiff of blood in the afterlife and suddenly it's anarchy. But of course we all know this is not the afterlife," he sighed. "I want to know who leaked this."
"Probably that hack journalist, what's-his-name," Vice Mayor Beatrice Castile thought aloud.
"Benoit Laurent," grumbled one of the other old councilmen.
"That's the one," La Cour nodded. "I'd love to hang his body upside down from the roof!"
"Does it really matter?" Louis, his aging, timid-voiced accountant sighed. "There's no coming back from this. We're finished. Might as well start swallowing the cyanide pills."
"I prefer arson. Easier to hide," Beatrice added.
"Now stop it, all of you!" the mayor snapped, rising from his chair. "I called you here to help me formulate a plan, not sit around like a bunch of corpses waiting to desiccate! Christ, you all look as if you might croak at any moment, save of course for these two young gentlemen from the Barreau District. What we need right now are answers, because those savages decided to attack the city wall on the week before my welcome gala! You cannot tell me that doesn't reek of suspicion."
"All due respect," Louis shrugged, "but holing yourself up in Morcourt doesn't exactly bode well for your public appearance, either. The crowds are already screaming for blood, and even if you do choose to address them now, you'll face assassination. Also, this is not the most secure location and we all know it. There are no underground tunnels or secret passageways leading in or out. Captain Gerard and his teams can only hold back the mob for so long before they break down the bloody doors, and when that happens-"
"Oh just go and kill yourself now if you're that faithless!" La Cour cut him off. "Don't you think I've already accounted for that? We've got tight security and armored cars waiting out back. I pray we don't have to use them, but there's a clear path for the Serreines province should it become necessary. I plan to address the crowds."
"That's suicide," Beatrice muttered.
"And just what are we to tell the new arrivals as everyone starts to riot here, then? Someone's got to speak to them sooner or later! I'd prefer not to cancel an event with weeks worth of planning. We must encourage ongoing positive morale in the capital city. Besides, General Rodin assured me that investigative reports concerning the attack on the wall are forthcoming."
"In that case, sir," his publicist chimed in, "perhaps it is best we postpone the celebrations until a definitive conclusion is reached. They'll be more apt to trust you."
"I'm not calling it off!"
"Sir, I didn't say-"
"What's the point of postponing? Either our own citizens riot in the streets, or we have a bunch of rats running around causing all manner of mischief because they haven't a clue what to do with themselves! I want this contained, and quickly. God forbid anyone else dies!"
"Sir, if you'll allow me to finish," his publicist sighed. "Might I suggest the possibility of moving the gala to your summer villa at the Verdevale Province Air Field? It's not too far from the city. There is more space and it's an open atmosphere, not as congested. People will feel safer, perhaps more welcome there. The trains will arrive on site as well. We could plan for fireworks."
"What about the market right next door? Security will be more dispersed than I'm comfortable with, especially after the loss of several Dispatcher squads. And that still doesn't solve the problem of what to tell these goddamn reporters!" La Cour grumbled, wiping the sweat from his brow. "Anyone else want to offer some bright ideas? Max?"
"Sorry, what?" The elder had caught himself zoning out as he rested his chin on his knuckles. Now that all eyes were trained on him with the expectation of an answer, everything went blank. The political climate in the Metropolies was of little concern to him compared with the loss of Quentin the previous night and the survival of his boys. He had his suspicions of course regarding Lucien's possible role in the attack, but that's all they were. If he was going to prove his old friend was in fact a traitor, he would need evidence, and that would take time. At least he knew the La Cour family might be on his side, given that the mayor favored him enough to show him adoption papers the previous night—an offer he'd refused, though still struggled with. That's when he came up with a plan. Stand your ground. Don't let Lucien know you were thinking twice. "Why are you asking me for answers? That's what your advisors are for."
"I thought I might use the two of you as field consultants to gauge public opinion," the mayor admitted, pacing around his desk. "Both of you have lived here since before I was elected. You remember what Cavarice used to be, what it stands for, and what it should be. When I started my campaign, I built it on the premise of change. A return to the glory days, if you will-"
"First off, cut the shit!" Max snapped. "I can tell you right now that nobody wants to hear it after last night's attack, least of all me! The people are angry because you've lost control. Any idiot could see that. It's time to stop lamenting the good old days and focus on calming them down before your approval rating sinks any lower. You said reports from General Rodin are coming, yeah?"
"Yes, but-"
The mayor was suddenly cut off by a loud bang from across the room as a squad of Dispatchers in black leather trench coats stormed through the ornate double doors with such force that the top hinge on one of them broke off. Everyone jumped out of their skin while Max and Lucien bolted out of their chairs and stood at the ready, exchanging worried glances. The elder grit his teeth. He hadn't thought to bring a phase unit, and considering his brief encounter with Antoine the previous night, there was no telling what this squad's motives were.
But rather than apprehend anyone, the young men in black quickly stepped aside to make way for a pale blonde woman in a green miniskirt and matching business jacket. A small hat with a fishnet veil sat atop her bob of wavy, golden locks. She was beautiful, and yet exuded a presence much like a destructive force of nature. Her large, blue eyes seethed with hurricane fury, her pouty lips twisted in a bright red lipstick snarl that looked like a rose about to explode. And explode she did.
"Would you mind telling me just what the HELL is going on?!" the woman roared, charging up to the desk.
"Constance!" La Cour choked nervously. "Good of you to join us."
"Not so good for you, I'm afraid!" she spat. "I was gone for a mere two days securing business deals in the Falvarre province and I come home to rioting in the streets! Apparently, I can't leave you alone for five minutes without holding your hand like a bloody child."
"Please, if you'll allow me to-"
"News travels fast, by the way," she snapped her fingers, prompting one of her Dispatchers to step over and toss a newspaper on the man's desk with yet another distressing headline from the Falvarre Daily:
"As I recall, I've told you to have more security stationed at the west gate. This should have been addressed immediately, before you had a crowd of angry people ready to break down your doors!" she huffed. "By the way, what is this riffraff doing here?" She gestured back to Max and Lucien. The young elder's heart was thudding in his chest at the sheer power of her presence. So this is why La Cour backs out of confrontation.
"I invited them as advisors on public opinion, as they have experience-"
"Ha!" Constance chuckled. "Unless you're bloody blind, you already know how the public perceives you. Take a long, lovely gander," she stomped around the back of his desk and flung the crimson curtain wide open again, "at THAT! Ah, the sweet smell of dissension. So many angry citizens, fed up with the stale rhetoric of their tired old leader. As it so happens, the timing could not be more perfect."
La Cour balked. "What are you talking about?"
"My candidacy for mayor, of course," she turned back with a grin. "The people are crying out for justice. They need a proper leader to ensure their protection against terrorists both foreign and domestic. And with election season right around the corner, what better time than now to announce my campaign?"
"You wouldn't dare!" the man bellowed. "Not with your conflicts of interest."
"Oh, I have my ways, darling," Constance assured him. "The beauty of it is that it would hardly matter. You've managed to create one blunder after another, to the point your approval rating has gone down the shitter. Meanwhile, my stocks continue to rise, and you…well, without my help and your current title, you're one step away from bankruptcy, aren't you? Now, if you're quite done sitting in your office sulking with the rest of these crusty old heaps, we've got damage control to address. And not to worry. I'll be speaking ahead of you. And lest you make any more of a mockery of our administration, my Dispatchers are here to keep things tidy. Any questions?"
"You're a real bitch," La Cour muttered.
"Proud of it. Shall we?" Constance hooked her arm around his and gestured to her private squad. "And show our little 'public advisors' to the door, will you? They're stinking up the hall."
"Of course, ma'am," the captain answered. "Let's go, you two."


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"The CASE first convocation held successfully on Monday, June 25th 2007 on CASE premises. The Governor Punjab Lt. Gen. (R) Khalid Maqbool conferred 257 Master degrees to the graduating students. The Chief Guest Dr. S. Sohail H. Naqvi, Executive Director Higher Education Commission, delivered the Keynote address for the convocation. Dr. Tahir Hussain, Vice President Sir Syed Memorial Society, Prof. Dr. Habibullah Jamal Vice Chancellor UET Taxila, Dr. Saeed-ur-Rehman Acting President CASE and Trustees along with the faculty from Department of Computer Engineering and Department of Engineering Management graced the convocation with their presence. Eleven students were awarded with Sir Syed Medals on the basis of their outstanding performance in the year 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006."
Welcome to Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), a project of Engineering Education Trust (EET). CASE is affiliated with University of Engineering and Technology Taxila. CASE offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the disciplines of Computer Engineering and Engineering Management.
CASE, right from its inception, has been working to promote human resource development in the area of behind the scene technology, which is making today's information revolution possible. By providing Masters and Ph.D. level engineering education, CASE aims to redress the imbalance in today's information technology scene, where too much emphasis is placed on only the software side, while engineering aspects of information technology are ignored. CASE has also felt the dire need of training human resource for the critical role of managing engineering projects and organizations. CASE Engineering Management Program is unique in its offering and is contributing to adequately equip our mangers to take a leadership role in ever demanding technology sector in Pakistan.
With the new technologies emerging at a faster pace, the technology gap between the developing and the developed nations of the world continues to widen at an alarming rate. A major reason for this widening gap is the lack of skilled engineers/technologists capable of integrating new technologies into existing systems and networks.
The mandate of the CASE is to bridge this technological gap by educating engineers with the ability to plan, execute, and manage the latest technologies. A strong curriculum, in each of the Computer Engineering and Engineering Management fields of study, is offered by highly qualified engineering faculty including 12 Ph.Ds and 8 M.Scs with reputable accomplishments in research, academic publications and industrial projects.
In 2000-2001 Communication Enabling Technologies was one of the finest high technology companies in Pakistan working on cutting edge technology. The company was established by Dr Shoab Khan, Mr Raheel Khan, and Mr Sherjil Ahmed. They were together at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia. The company had its Headquarter in Irvine, California and branch office in Islamabad, Pakistan. The organization managed to bring on board a highly skilled and vibrant group of engineers and scientists. Dr Shoab Khan, Dr Farrukh Kamran, Dr Sohail Naqvi, Mr Safi Qureshey, Mr Sherjil Ahmed, Dr Saeed Ur Rehman, Dr Ismail Shah, Dr Qasim Sheikh, Dr Mohammed Usman, Dr Amir Iqhal, Dr Amir Qayyum, Dr Imtiaz Taj, Dr Omar Bashir, Mr Mohsin Rahamtullah, Mr Hammad Khan, Mr. Zaheer Ahmad, Mr Saleem Ahmed Khan, Mrs. Durdana Habib and Mr. Sheikh Farhan were all part of this remarkable group. The group shared this vision of disseminating higher technical education in Pakistan. The vision was shared with Dr Habibullah Jamal, Vice Chancellor UET Taxila, who readily gave his approval and promised his support to this national cause. To realize this dream Engineering Education Trust (EET) was established in May 2001 with the aim of promoting higher technical education in Pakistan. CASE is a project of EET. CASE was established on September 11, 2001 at Software Technology Park, 5-A Constitution Avenue, F-5/1, Islamabad, in affiliation with University of Engineering and Technology Taxila. The affiliation makes CASE as a sub-campus of UET, Taxila and permits it to start M.Sc. and Ph.D degree programs in computer engineering. CASE was inaugurated by then Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman. Dr. Kamal Athar was appointed as the Director CASE. CASE was started with an excellent faculty of 9 PhDs and 3 M.Scs.
In the beginning, CASE had a small campus at fourth floor of STP1 and only Computer Engineering discipline was offered. In the first semester, two courses in the Computer Engineering program were offered and more than 60 students were enrolled in these courses. In the spring 2002 semester, more than 100 students were enrolled in computer engineering program. As the number of students increased, the campus acquired the 5th floor of the STP1 in summer 2002. The enrollment for PhD students was also started in this semester. CASE has been enrolling HEC scholars in its PhD program since HEC started its Indigenous PhD Fellowship. Fourteen faculty members of CASE are on HEC approved supervisors list.
Due to overwhelming demand of students and industry professionals, CASE took the initiative of establishing the department of Engineering Management in fall 2002 with Dr. Ali Sajid taking responsibilities as Chairman. In this semester, 192 students got registered in computer engineering and 41 students in engineering management. It was in spring 2003 when the first CASE student completed his M.Sc. computer engineering degree requirements. The year 2003 also marked a significant turn in CASE history when the team started Center for Advanced Research in Engineering (CARE) in January 2003 with the aim of working on projects of dire technical needs of Pakistan. With this focus in mind, CASE was also moved to its current location at Sir Syed Memorial Building, 19-Attaturk Avenue, G-5/1 Islamabad. CASE and CARE now co-exist in this building displaying an ideal model of industry-academia partnership and collaboration. The CASE team has been working round the clock to ensure higher quality of education and technical training. The effects of which are quite evident in different organizations where CASE graduates and students are transforming their education into practice. CASE team keeps managing this growth and keeps improving processes and procedures to maintain highest level of academic quality. In May 2004, Professor Ali Haider joined this team as President CASE. Under his leadership, CASE continues on the path to success. In the same year, CASE-CARE team decided to start its undergraduate program in Electrical Engineering. The program was started in collaboration with SSMS as SS-CARE School of Engineering, which.is now in its 4th year. Over the years, CASE has heavily invested in improving the infrastructure in the building, adding faculty offices, PhD scholars' enclave, renovating library and establishing research labs for its students. CASE has been on the forefront of research activities and managed to acquire research funding from Cisco Systems and PTCL. CASE Architecture and DSP Lab is funded from Cisco System and PTCL research grants. CASE continues to grow and currently more than 550 students are enrolled in CASE programs.
To take CASE to its new heights, in April 2006 EET signed a joint venture with Sir Syed Memorial Society (SSMS) with the common aim of establishing a world class university in Islamabad. Sir Syed Memorial Society pledged the physical infrastructure for the establishment of the university. The joint-venture partners, EET and the SSMS applied to HEC for degree granting status. The institute will be renamed as Sir Syed CASE Institute of Technology. After formal evaluation, HEC has already issued its acceptance. The draft charter document has been submitted to HEC for onward processing by the concerned ministries and government agencies.
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WHEN Whiston Juniors FC won the under-11s Liverpool Champions League Final by beating Mossley Hill 2-1 there was more than just the usual cause for celebration.
For not only were the club crowned the undisputed Champion of Champions, but it was also the 50th trophy the team had won.
Before the game they could claim 33 league, cup and tournament victories, with another 16 trophies supplied courtesy of runners-up honours.
In the final, Whiston took an early two-goal advantage, through player of the tournament Johnny Foy and a Ryan McCall header.
However keeper Callum Styles had to save a penalty to maintain the lead until half-time.
After the break, an own goal put Mossley back into the hunt.
However this spurred Whiston on and Stephen Woods was denied three times by the superb Mossley keeper to keep the game on a knife-edge until the end.
After the final whistle, captains Mackenzie Burke and Callum Cavanagh stepped forward to lift the trophy aloft amidst jubilant celebrations and the traditional champagne shower.
"It certainly was a happy 50th for Whiston Juniors," manager Mark Burke reflected.
"This was a great result and it is a proud and remarkable achievement to hit the half century mark.
"It is a credit to the continuing strength of our squad that has evolved as we have lost so many players over the years to academies and centres of excellence.
"We aren't finished yet, so here's to the next 50!"


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The recording is of the most recent formal debate I had on Paltalk with a Christian. The topic was on the Trinity, did Jesus teach it? Insha'Allah, I will add a commentary on the debate when I can. The time allocated was very restricted, thus many of the points raised by the opponent could not be addressed during the debate. However, I did manage to deal with most of them during the Q & A session. Unfortunately, it was not recorded. So, insha'Allah I shall endeavour to respond to the unaddressed claims in the upcoming commentary. In the meantime I hope you will enjoy the debate.
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I never cease to be amazed by the vast array of creatures that populate our planet. The creativity of nature is evident in every species, and to see them up close and interact with them is a treat that fills me with pure joy.
When I was growing up, my parents sometimes took me to a drive-through wildlife park. The park staff handed us huge buckets of animal food to dole out to the free-range animals as we encountered them on our drive. I remember being wide-eyed with both terror and excitement as a buffalo stuck its entire head through the car window to partake of my food bucket. He was an impressive beast, and he left a lasting impression in my childhood memory.
This past weekend the hubs and I along with the in-laws ventured to a nonprofit wildlife reserve spanning 1800 acres featuring a 9-mile drive-through park. I felt giddy sitting in the back seat of the truck with my hubs holding a bag of food pellets, thinking of the times I had visited similar places as a kid. We drove through the entry gates and started our adventure.
Immediately we could see deer and wildebeests wandering the open range and we watched them in awe. I scrambled into K's lap eager to see the animals on his side of the truck. I leaned over him and out the window to take photos, but as we circled around deeper into the park, we encountered a slight roadblock. K said, "It's a velociraptor." and I leaned back away from the window.
Two emus stood in the middle of the path, their long legs and toes reminding K of a Jurassic Park predator. Their wild amber eyes, feathered scowl, and wide pointy beaks didn't make them appear any less intimidating. They peered in at us through the windows we had rolled up in our nervousness, but they were incredible to watch as they displayed their curiosity towards us as we squeaked past them.
I've seen deer before in the wild, but it's a rare treat to get so close them. Along with young bucks and does were sweet little babies, watching with hopeful eyes as we approached. The variance in their colors and patterns and shapes made each one unique, and I wished the park let us dole out more food treats to these small furry creatures with stick legs and soft faces.
The horns of these creatures were astounding. Some were long and curved, others wavy and thin, some thick and curled, others like tree branches growing out of the tops of the animal's head, like the fallow deer, which is similar to an elk. The bravado of their antlers balanced with their calm temperament as they patiently waited at the edges of the road for us to drive up to them and give them food. We laughed noting this was like a reverse drive-thru, them waiting and us driving through to bring them something to eat. I locked eyes with an elk as I gave him some food and wished we could be forever friends.
As we came around the next corner, the graceful saunter of the giraffes brought us to a stop. They stretched their long necks to reach to tastiest leaves jutting from the treetops and then moved towards us with ease, their heads disappearing over the top of our truck, too tall for us to see. One leaned its head down towards our window and ate the food out of our palms before moving on down the road. We watched them in awe and eventually pulled ourselves away to continue on our adventure.
As we drove towards the end of the park, we came upon a jumble of zebras. They turned out to be the comedians of the place, leaning in through the car windows and opening their mouths wide to say, "Food please! Just toss it in my mouth!" They were incredible with their straightforwardness and their iconic stripes.
We ended the trip as we started it, with a scary bird encounter. An ostrich set us in its sights and headed straight for us. It greeted us by pecking at the front of our truck and then peered in anxiously through our windows, pecking the top of the truck a few times as well. We agreed he was there to make sure no animal food left the park. He was going to make sure he got the last of it! K bravely rolled down the window just enough to toss out the rest of the food. The ostrich gobbled it up and strolled down the road towards the next victim.
No matter how many animal encounters I experience, I always find myself in a state of wonderment at all the different types of creatures that occupy the earth and the uniqueness of each one. It reminds me that we aren't the only animals living out our lives as best we can and renews my respect and love for nature and all the animals it encompasses.


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Technical Report, BRICS-RS-99-50, BRICS, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, 5 pages, December 1999.
Given a dictionary S of n binary strings each of length m, we consider the problem of designing a data structure for S that supports d-queries; given a binary query string q of length m, a d-query reports if there exists a string in S within Hamming distance d of q. We construct a data structure for the case d=1, that requires space O(nlog m) and has query time O(1) in a cell probe model with word size m. This generalizes and improves the previous bounds of Yao and Yao for the problem in the bit probe model.Copyright notice
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Late Summer Concerts at St Michael's Church Lyme Regis
The late Summer concerts season runs through September and October.
Extract from 'View From Lyme', October 2016
Young Organists show their skills.
As part of the Late Summer Concerts in St Michaels Church, organised by the Lyme Regis Organ School, fifteen aspiring young organists gave a combined recital on October 2nd, playing the splendid Skrabl organ. There was an excellent audience, including the parents, families and friends of the young players.
Each student was at a different stage in their organ studies, ranging from beginners to advanced Grade 8 and beyond. There was also a wide age range, from 8 to 17. Many of the young organist are being trained under a scheme called "PipeUp" set up by the Diocese of Salisbury eight years ago, and at present coordinated by Dr Richard Godfrey, musical advisor to the Lyme Regis Organ School.
The concert lasted exactly an hour, and it was quite a feat to make sure that all 15 players followed on smoothly without undue delay while the organ stool height was adjusted, the right stops were pulled out, and the players put on their special organ-playing shoes. During each change, another PipeUp tutor, Peter Parshall, provided interesting facts about the music to be played. The programme progressed from the youngest to the oldest player and followed the gradual increasing demands of the grade exams of the Associated Board. The first and last players were brothers. Orlando Henshaw, aged 8, played a decorated Lutheran chorale by Lübeck, whilst his brother Alexander, aged 17, played a flamboyant piece of Messiaen (Joie et Clarté) to round off the concert with specular virtuosity. In between we heard fine musical playing of a very wide range of attractive pieces, showing off the organ's many colours.
The PipeUp scheme is supported and encouraged by Archdeacon of Sherborne, Paul Taylor, who is himself an organist and aware of the very few organists available in many places to play for services. Several of the young people who played on Sunday are now proficient enough to play regularly for church services. But learning the pipe organ can be a lonely task, especially on a cold winter evening in an empty church, for pupil, teacher, and for the person who brings the pupil. It was therefore very encouraging to hear the wonderful progress these youngsters are making.
Lyme Regis is indeed fortunate to be able to offer the opportunity to learn to play, using the magnificent instrument in the Parish Church
Archive recording of Students 2014 concert:
Recording now available - Sunday September 21st, Students affiliated to the Lyme Regis Organ School
Talented students aged between 12 and 17 played a varied programme including music by JS Bach (Fantasia in G minor), Mendelssohn, Flor Peeters, and much more.
Recordings from this concert can be accessed here: https://soundcloud.com/pipeup-south-west/sets/recital-21-09-14
Talented students aged between 12 and 17 played a varied programme including music by JS Bach (Fantasia in G minor), Mendelssohn, Flor Peeters, and much more.
Recordings from this concert can be accessed here: https://soundcloud.com/pipeup-south-west/sets/recital-21-09-14
Organ concerts as advertised on www.organrecitals.com


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Hey everyone, I'm back! Sorry for the intermittent/lack of posting recently, I have been so busy with work, weekends away, holidays and being ill but I am really glad to be back in front of my screen and typing away again!
I'm very excited for this post as it is the first collaboration I have worked on since I started my blog, and hope it is the start of many good things to come! Recently an email dropped in at Lifestyle for Less HQ (which lets be honest is wherever my laptop is!) from a brand called Luxemme. Now I like to think that I'm pretty hot on brands, especially online and high street retailers who offer quality products at affordable prices, but Luxemme were not a company I had ever heard of before. I'm so happy that they reached out to me though so that I now have one more amazing place to shop in the future 🙂
When I looked at their website I was hooked! Although they didn't have an abundance of different products, all of the products that they did have are ones I would definitely purchase. And actually for me, the fact that there weren't pages and pages of different products was perfect. Some of my favourite online retailers such as Boohoo and Missguided have so many different products that I never have the time or patience to scroll through them all so I settle on the same old styles and often end up returning items because the quality or fit isn't quite right, but this is where Luxemme are different!
Their carefully selected stock means you can rest assured that the products they have are quality! For example, the outfit I ordered is the Olivie Lace Trim Two Piece, which is definitely not something I would normally think to order. I tend to avoid white because it can often be see through and also avoid co-ords because my top and bottom sizes are different and I am self conscious about my midsection, however this outfit looked like it would not be a problem in those areas and I was so right!
I guess before I even start talking about the product I should talk about the service up until that point! First off, the email service is perfect! You get an email to confirm your order has been placed and dispatched and you can track your order on your account with them as well which is perfect if you are as impatient as me!
Even better, when the product arrives it is all personalised, which just adds a really nice touch. You are excited about receiving your outfit anyway, but when it comes completely personalised it is even more exciting!
Anyway, now on to the outfit itself! It is made of a gorgeous material with two linings, the overskirt and the underskirt which contains the lace trim, which combined make the product completely not see through!
Despite the dual layers, the product wasn't too heavy either which was perfect as I took mine to wear on the final night out of my holiday, so too heavy would have been uncomfortable in the high temperatures and humidity. Also considering it was a two piece which I ordered in a size 10, it fit surprisingly well. I think given the option I probably would have been better having a size 12 top and a 10 bottom (for comparison all the bikinis I bought for my holiday were size 8 bottoms and size 16 tops!) as the top was just a tiny bit tight, but not uncomfortably so! Both pieces with the lace trim were a really nice length as well, covering up just enough whilst still being sexy and when I showed my family the completed look I was greeted with a chorus of "oohs and aahs" which is definitely the sign of a beautiful outfit and made me feel really good! I love the lace detail and also the zip detailing on the back, which made what could have been an otherwise plain outfit into a complete showstopper! Teamed with a pair of block heeled sandals and a colourful kimono, I finished the outfit off and it truly was a head turner. I already cannot wait to wear it again and think it could be dressed down with white flats and a sleeveless jacket for a lower key trip out with friends, as well as teaming the separates with other items in my wardrobe to really keep it fresh and exciting 🙂
But how much is it I hear you all asking? Well in true Lifestyle for Less fashion the complete outfit was only £35 and it was probably one of the best outfits I have worn in a long time – so I think it is safe to say that is a complete bargain and would definitely recommend Luxemme to my friends and family (oh wait I already have!) and would urge you to all have a look too!
And hopefully something that will encourage you to take a look right now is this exclusive discount code! To make their products even more affordable, Luxemme have kindly given me a 10% discount code just for you 🙂 Just head here and use code LIFESTYLE4L to get 10% off (and even better if you head over now you are just in time for their new stock!)
So I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed writing it and modelling all the pictures! As always if you did don't forget to let me know what you thought in the comments below, and of course like, share and follow me both here and on Twitter and Instagram 🙂


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Sample Eldritch Beasts
Level: 11th (First Evolution, Dual Spirit)
Base Form: Canine
Spirits: Fire, Dark
Original Creature: Hellhound
Overall Appearance: Houndoom is a dog-like beast with short, black fur, a tall build, and a long snout. It has a red underbelly and snout. There are two white bands at each of Houndoom's ankles, as well as three bands on its back. Houndoom has a long, skinny tail that ends in an arrowhead and visible claws on its feet. It appears to have a collar with a small skull pendant and a pair of curled horns, but no discernible ears.
NE Medium Magical Beast [extraplanar, fire, evil]
- Init: +8
- Speed: 30 ft.
- Senses: Darkvision 60-ft., Low-light Vision, Scent, See in Darkness; Perception +11
- Space: 5 ft.
- Reach: 5 ft.
- Hit Points: 95 (9d10+45)
- AC: 26 (4 Dex, 12 natural)
- Touch: 14
- Flat-footed: 22
- Saves:
- Fort: +11
- Reflex: +10
- Will: +10
- Immunities: Immune to Fire; Immune to Mind-affecting;
- Defenses: Shadow Blend; Evasion; Devotion
- Weaknesses: Cold Vulnerability
- Melee: Bite
- Bite: +13 / +8
- Damage: 1d8+4 plus 1d6 fire (trip, burn)
- Bite: +13 / +8
- Special Attacks: Trip, Burn, Empowered Scorching Ray (7th caster level, 3/day)
- Str: 16
- Dex: 18
- Con: 20
- Int: 2
- Wis: 20
- Cha: 8
Feats: Multiattack [B], Iron Will, Weapon Focus (bite), Improved Initiative, Empower Spell-like Ability, Run
- Perception: +11
- Stealth: +10
- Survival: +11
Languages: Infernal (cannot speak)
Spells Known:
- 0th: Bleed
- 1st: Burning Disarm
- 2nd: Dread Bolt
- 3rd: Ash Storm
- 4th: Fire Shield
Level: 16th (Second Evolution, Dual Spirit)
Base Form: Ruminant
Spirits: Fire, Fighting
Original Creature: Dire Boar
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N Large Magical Beast [extraplanar, fire]
- Init: +2
- Speed: 30 ft.
- Senses: Darkvision 60-ft., Low-light Vision; Perception +8
- Space: 10 ft.
- Reach: 5 ft.
- Hit Points: 186 (12d10+120)
- AC: 30 (2 Dex, 18 natural)
- Touch: 12
- Flat-footed: 28
- Saves:
- Fort: +20
- Reflex: +6
- Will: +6
- Immunities: Immune to Fire
- Defenses: Improved Evasion; Devotion
- Damage Reduction: 5/magic
- Weaknesses: Cold Vulnerability
- Melee: Gore, Slam, 2 Hooves
- Gore: +24
- Damage: 1d8+12 plus 1d6 fire (burn)
- Slam: +24
- Damage: 1d8+12 plus 1d6 fire (burn)
- Hoof: +22 / +22
- Damage: 1d6+6 plus 1d6 fire (burn)
- Gore: +24
- Special Attacks: Burn, Trample, Scorching Ray (10th caster level, 3/day), Breath Weapon (30-ft. cone of fire, 12d6, DC 26, 1/day)
- Special Qualities: Mount
- Str: 34
- Dex: 14
- Con: 30
- Int: 2
- Wis: 14
- Cha: 14
Feats: Multiattack [B], Simple Weapon Proficiency [B}, Martial Weapon Proficiency [B], Great Fortitude, Improved Unarmed Strike, Boar Style, Boar Ferocity, Boar Shred, Intimidating Prowess
- Acrobatics: +6
- Intimidate: +24
- Perception: +6
Languages: none
Spells Known:
- 0th: Virtue
- 1st: Flare Burst
- 2nd: Shield Other
- 3rd: Deadly Juggernaut
- 4th: Force Punch
- 5th: Flame Strike
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Enjoy some of St. Augustine's great artists by visiting these events going on in September and October:
"Walk in Peace" art exhibit ¦ St. Augustine Art Association
The St. Augustine Art Association will launch its 88th season this September with the premier of Don Trousdell's "Walk in Peace" exhibit. A collection of colorful paintings and interactive installations, the exhibit chronicles the history and imagery of peace, as interpreted by the internationally acclaimed artist. A shoe drive will last throughout the month of September, and the "Walk in Peace" exhibit will be on view through October 2.
22 Marine St, St. Augustine
Phone: 904-824-2310
Event Pricing: FREE
Now through Sunday, October 2, 2011


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Drunk on Ink Q & A with Jamie Sumner 'Unbound: Finding Freedom from Unrealistic Expectations of Motherhood.'
Drunk on Ink is a blast interview series conducted by Soniah Kamal, Jaggery Blog Editor and author of the forthcoming novel Unmarriageable: Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice in Pakistan.
Read Jaggery Issue 11 Spring 2018
Jamie Sumner is a writer and mom living in Nashville. She is the author of the book, Unbound: Finding Freedom from Unrealistic Expectations of Motherhood. She has written for The Washington Post, Scary Mommy and Parenting Special Needs Magazine and has an essay forthcoming in The New York Times. She is also an editor at Literary Mama. She can often be found at the park with her three kids, the dog and a large cup of coffee. All the writing happens when everyone else is asleep.
Publishers Weekly says…
Feeling imperfect? There are mom-books for that – offering solace in faith and welcome infusions of humor as well. Jamie Sumner, in Unbound: Finding Freedom from Unrealistic Expectations of Motherhood (FaithWords, April 10) describes her journey through infertility and special needs parenting. Her trip has not been easy, but Sumner found in the Bible stories of women who show her hope, companionship and triumph in releasing herself in God's hands.
UNBOUND gives hope and encouragement to all women whose picture of motherhood is strained by disillusionment, otherness and even despair. Women do not talk enough about the reality of motherhood: the struggle it takes to get there, the loneliness of it, the unmet expectations. We are often too ashamed to share our difficult stories. We quietly absorb the posts of sonograms and happily messy houses on Facebook as we inwardly wonder what's the matter with is. We struggle to meet the everyday needs and special needs of our kids, caught by surprise that this is what motherhood looks like. With honestly and vulnerability, JAMIE SUMNER walks readers through each stage of her own journey to motherhood through infertility and special needs parenting.
Soniah Kamal: First author/book you read/fell in love with?
Jamie Sumner: I have two books that wooed me at two very different times in my life. The first was C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It was the first book to make me believe that magic could be hiding anywhere. The second was Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year. I read it in the NICU after my son was born and felt for the first time that no, it's not just me and this particular situation, all mothers feel this crazy.
To unwind: chai, coffee, water, wine?
Coffee to start. Wine to end.
A novel, short story, poem, essay, anything you believe should be mandatory reading?
As a former English teacher, my list is long. But I will say, Lord of the Flies. It's such a testament to the unraveling chaos of our human nature when all the rules disappear. It's like every single episode of Survivor made real.
Any classic you wished you'd pushed through in your teens?
Ah yes. Grapes of Wrath. I just couldn't get through it. Steinbeck is a genius, but it took East of Eden to lure me in and make me go back for this one.
A favorite quote from your book?
I have two:
"Life is a continual etching and erasing. We form expectations and God forms reality. Sometimes they line up nicely, like tracings at right angles. And sometimes God plays Jackson Pollock and we're all over the place."
"Motherhood is often like this, a continually changing plan that has you kicking the tires and eating fried rice."
Your favorite book to film?
The first Harry Potter. It is magic made perfect.
Favorite Indie Book Store/s?
Parnassus here in Nashville.
The one think you wish you'd known about the writing life?
I wish I had known that creation happens in secret, but promotion is one big loud shout through the megaphone. Being a professional writer in the modern world takes both the quiet and the noise.
Does writing/publishing/marketing get any easier with each story/novel published?
Nope. You build your platform and hope that street cred will get you places. But ultimately, each work must stand on its own. Marketing gets easier with practice, but the writing and publishing reset with each book.
Dog, Cat, Or?
Dog! I have had my Zoe longer than I have had my husband. She might be my soulmate.
Favorite book cover?
I love Rupi Kaur's the sun and her flowers with the hand-drawn sunflowers. It's simple and genius, much like her work.
Favorite song?
"Heavenly Day" by Patty Griffin. It makes me want to take a nap in a field.
Favorite Small Press and Literary Journal?
As an editor for Literary Mama, I have to vote for us on this one. We hit such a unique market—mothers who write, and write well, and writers whose works hit on the mother-child relationship. We celebrate the famous and the up-and-coming and the great small press finds. We love it all.
Last impulse book buy and why?
I bought The Power by Naomi Alderman because I was 39th in the hold list at the library and needed in now. It was worth it.
Soniah Kamal's novel 'UnMarriageable: Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice in Pakistan is forthcoming from Penguin Random House USA. Her debut novel An Isolated Incident was a finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, the KLF French Fiction Prize, and an Amazon Rising Star pick. Soniah's TEDx talk, Redreaming Your Dream, is about regrets, second chances and redemption. Her story Jelly Beans was selected for The Best Asian Stories Series 2017 and her award winning and Pushcart Prize nominated work has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, Literary Hub, Catapult and The Normal School.


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'INCLUSION' is the theme of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Short Film Competition this year.
The competition goes from strength to strength in its quest to unearth exciting and talented new filmmakers from India and Australia. The entrants need to submit their best work (narrative or documentary) of ten minutes or less, on the theme of 'Inclusion'. The short film must cover one of the pillars of inclusion; gender, sexuality, (dis)ability and race.
No easy task then! But with previous winners earning Film Victoria funding and assisting the director of a major Bollywood feature, the rewards can far outlast their films' short running times.
The winning filmmakers will be flown across the globe: the Australian winner to India, and the Indian winner to Australia. The winning films will be shown throughout the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, at cinemas in Australia.
All entries are FREE. Closing date is 30 June 2018.
The winning filmmakers will be flown across the globe: the Australian winner to India, and the Indian winner to Australia.
The winning film/s are screened before each feature film throughout the festival.
• To be eligible for the BMW Indian Film Festival Film Competitions all submission must be no more than 10 minutes in length.
• We prefer films to have been completed within 2 years of our closing date.
• All films should be in English or have English subtitles.
• As this is a competition we do prefer that films that haven't been previously broadcast.
• You can submit the films by uploading the film on YouTube/ Vimeo as a private or public link.
• If you wish to send the DVD copy of your film, please post it to:
BMW Short Film Competition
Mind Blowing Films
14/82 Acland St
St Kilda Road VIC 3182
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Faster than a speeding cupbearer. More powerful than a Babylonian decree. Able to build tall city walls in a single bound. Look up in the Bible! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's….Nehemiah??? No, he may not wear a funny suit or have X-ray vision, but this Bible hero has something better on his side…a real faith in the one true and living God. We read of many exploits throughout God's word, but safely tucked between Ezra and Esther is an incredible tale of prayer, persistence and dedication from a most unlikely of heroes, an exiled cupbearer for a Babylonian king. It's unfortunate that this book often gets overlooked, because it is a model for God's warnings, punishment and eventual restoration for those that seek Him and turn from their sins. And He can use ordinary men like Nehemiah to do extraordinary things.
Jerusalem was lying in ruins, and the gates were burned (Nehemiah 2:17). Meanwhile Nehemiah was living under the rule of a pagan empire, far away from his native homeland. But he never gave up on his hope to return there and help restore the city and its walls. When his opportunity came, he immediately did the superhero thing and went to God in prayer. After expertly convincing the king to help, Nehemiah went home to restore the city, aid the people in reconciliation and cause their enemies to lose confidence by understanding that God was on Israel's side (Nehemiah 6:16). Not only did he accomplish these things, but he did so with leadership and compassion.
What was so important about rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem? What is it about Nehemiah that we can learn from today? As it turns out…plenty! So much so that we have dedicated our 2017 summer series to studying the attributes of this phenomenal man. It didn't take a born superhero, just a man that talked often to God, studied His word, and had compassion and resolve to be a model leader through serving others.
So put down those comic books and come out to South Cobb every Wednesday night this summer as we dive into a fascinating study of a fascinating book. (Michael Walker)
Summer series lineup
June 7 A Leader concerned for his people (Nehemiah 1:3) Shane Tidwell (Hiram)
June 14 A Leader who had compassion (Nehemiah 1:4-11) Patrick Gray (Villa Rica)
June 21 A leader who believed in prayer (Nehemiah 1:4-11) Dave Rogers (Fayetteville)
June 28 BIBLE CAMP
July 5 A leader who studied God's word (Nehemiah1:4-11) Boyd Cribb
July 12 A leader with a vision (Nehemiah 2:6-8) Bruce Stroud
July 19 A leader wise enough to survey the situation (Nehemiah 2:11-16) Caleb Colley (Macland Rd)
July 26 A leader who communicated the need for helpers (Nehemiah 2:17-18) Michael Walker
Aug 2 A leader who did not allow opposition to stop a good work Rick Sharpe (Fayetteville)
(Nehemiah 2:19, 4:1-9)
Aug 9 A leader who kept God in his plans (Nehemiah 2:20) Matt Amos (Woodstock)
Aug 16 A leader who led by example (Nehemiah 4:13-23) Eric Johnson
Aug 23 A leader who refused to compromise (Nehemiah 6:2-4) Dwayne Watson
Aug 30 GOSPEL MEETING WITH GLENN HITCHCOCK
Sept 6 A leader who continued to encourage (Nehemiah 8:9-10) Rob Stroud


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Dirty Harry
3/4 stars
A good Eastwood film. It's not just a cop film, it's a Clint Eastwood film. Kind of like the question when is a musical, not a musical? When Elvis is in it. It's an Elvis film. The plot is pretty straightforward, there's not twists or turns. It's basically just a film to show case how awesome and manly Clint Eastwood is...and he is. He has no problem maiming or killing those that deserve it. This is especially true in the bank robbery scene.
A good entertaining film.
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Meh, I liked this version better.
But nice try King of Hemp.
"May be to the U.S. ecomony what An Inconvenient Truth was to the environment".
So it's a load of bullshit that substitutes facts for correlation faster than a room full of psychiatrists?
Alarmist garbage is alarmist garbage.
ecomony = economy of course.
Ahahahah! The states is going into a depression! SUCK ON THAT BITCHES!
So…besides Magnus being pragmatic as usual…why is Tardex so gleeful? We are a major part of the world's economy AND whoever said that I'd have to stay living in the USA?
A collapse of the U.S. economy would only effect the rest of us for a short time. We'd get over it, and we'd all be glad to have your fingers out of our cookie jar.
Good riddance.
@Magnus: Certainly these movies only show you one side of the coin, but only a douche bag would dismiss their important message based on that fact alone. You spend all your energy arguing the exception while the problem itself persists…
Garbled, you really need to cut back on the ritalin.
I don't think we'd crumble even without the deal. We'd just have a bit of a hard time. Everyone is saying the sky is falling, so I guess that must be right after all.
You see, most countries are not going into a depression right now, sure, it will affect us all, some more than others, but we're not going into a depression so we'll be able to handle it. You know, because we havnt been waste billions on a futile war in a country where you are doing hundreds of times more damage to them then they ever did to you…
Or something like that. In all honesty, I just hate the states.
Not just one side of the coin but as I stated they are alarmist pieces of shit who can't prove anything so they substitute correlation in its place.
Only a supreme douche would take these movies as anything other than 100% fictional BS.
If America is collapsing why are the people who made this movie still living in it?
Think about it long as hard like a penis.
And no need to sign your posts. We all know you're a douche. 🙂
America will get through it, but the current government is piling shit so high for the following generations that it's not even funny. Changes need to happen in a big way though regulations, like all the big wig economic guys are saying. Some major morality regulations would do some good too. You would think that these religious people that have their clutches on the government would understand morality…So much money wasted,gone,zapped and for what? Terrorism isn't even a word anymore…Lost it's meaning years ago.
Puulaahighasakite, I find it funny that you are telling me to cut back on drug usage. Hang loose man.
Plus wouldn't cutting back on Ritalin worsen the aggression problem, not help it? Hmmmm, maybe you're just too high to think that clearly.
@Magnus: You seem to think that using the word "Alarmist" is going to make your point for you, but I have yet to receive any intelligible reasoning from you. These films are expressing important issues, and while they stress only one perspective, all their facts are based on truths.
You write them off as fiction because you don't want to trouble your already tremulous sense of self and morality. Its easier for you to just pretend its all a big lie.
Scary to know people like you exist, but I guess that's why the U.S. is in such Peril.
You also seem to think something as pertinent as "Correlation" is a way of refuting facts without applying your own thought. I'd like to see you "correlate" as many facts in opposition of the ideals portrayed in these films. It isn't a smudge tactic, its a way of building a compelling argument. Now stop copying the big words you hear on the intertube, and start thinking for yourself.
And the people who make these movies stay in America, because they hope the message they promote will be absorbed by some of the less fatuous populace.
garbledxmission just admitted he has a problem, a break through. Wow more pointless stereotyping gibberish, I am comfortable enough with myself to put my own page up. You should try it sometimes. Than again all you do is trash talk…so you must fear the reparations.
How is the weather on your high horse?
Do you know what correlation means little fella?
It means a happens and b happens therefor b must have be caused by a and the obvious conclusion is c.
But they don't say what caused a or if b can be caused by x,y, or z. Understand? No?
That's ok. You have your little movies and causes to chant about rather than put the effort into actually understanding that currency exchange and national debts have a natural flow that has existed and will continue to do so since the formation of the world banks in 1945 following the war.
I'm not American btw. Common mistake so don't worry about it. I'm aware to most Americans the world starts in NYC and ends in LA. np.
These "films" (see: movies) are not expressing important issues at all. Noting in the slightest. They're exploiting the fears and inherent desire to matter in little pricks like you.
I was pretty polite to you the first time but why bother? You're a fucking loser with a grade 3 education and this shit was made just for fags like you so enjoy. I'm sure it'll be great to open your kins eyes to at the next BBQ.
If the US economy collapsed (and hella crazy news yesterday, by the by) Europe would eventually get over it. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan would get over it. India might stand a chance.
But Canada would go right down with the sinking ship.
USA a subsidiary of China.
Watch the trailer and make up your own mind…
Tardex, where do you live? If it's Canada, as your countryman Caio says, you're going down too. It's called globalization. And NAFTA.
I think IOUSA makes some good points. We need to have some sanity in our lending/financial institutions. The bubble's gonna burst, guys.
Hey King Hemp, when did I admit anything? Please, please, PLEASE put the pipe down and re-read the thread. As for the stereotyping. I just calls em as I sees em. Anyone who visits that joke of a site you have will come to the same conclusions. Of course you are comfortable with putting up your own page. When you beg for change so you can eat and buy more board wax how much self respect can you have?
"Interests and Hobbies: Film, Surf, Ocean Conservation, History, Travel" I see you removed "dreaming" from your interests and hobbies since I made a joke about it in a different thread. Are you ashamed of something?
And all I do is trash talk? How much weed do you smoke during the day? Anyone who has been on this site for even a moderate amount of time knows that is a crock of shit. You've just got some sand in your vag ja ja because I've given you some sweet sweet lovin'. By the way, the thing your weed soaked brain was attempting to say I might fear is REPERCUSSIONS, not "reparations". Reparations is what I would pay black people if my ancestors owned them. As my ancestors were some of the people fighting and dying in the battle to end slavery I think I'm in the clear. Thanks for proving my point that you are a colossally ignorant pothead. Way to fail in front of the entire MCS crowd shmuck. Now go make something out of hemp.
@ all the tin foil hat wearers
Ha ha ha ha…I'm confident that there is either a bookstore that sells books on finance in your local area OR you can just simply buy some at amazon.com. And while you're at that watch South Park's episode: The Mystery Of The Urinal Deuce.
More thoughtless pointless gibberish.You argue with me over NOTHING. Keep proving you are an asshole.Go on."King Hemp" hahahahahaahahah You think I am a full on hippy.That is funny.
"When you beg for change so you can eat and buy more board wax how much self respect can you have?"
Talk about IGNORANCE.GROW THE FUCK UP JR.You are the kid that gets beat up daily on break aren't you.lol You are the spokesman for MCS ROFL Don't tell Tiki. You are softer than a pornstar pussy.
Have you ever been right ever in your life about anything?
Last month the US economy was hit hard. VERY hard. While Canada posted a 1.6 billion surplus.
Seriously dude just shut the fuck up. You're really embarrassing yourself now.
US owes more to Japan than China.
But this is nothing new.
US is fine. Champion collapse elsewhere haha
@Magnus: You can sling mud with the best of em cheif, but it isn't proving your point. It just makes you look like an asshole.
Are you seriously trying to refute the fact that America is tremendously in debt and with little to show for it? Or are you just excreting feces from your face hole for fun? Do you even know what side of this arguement you are on?
These types of films are going to great lengths to shed light on issues that need recognition. They aren't making things up, they simply present them in a way that makes them seem more profound. I'm well aware of the techniques. I'm a film maker myself, but i'm perfectly capable of thinking my own way through the facts they provide.
I would never insinuate that one should watch these productions, and take them at face value. You should still do your own research, and see something from every perspective. Watch ,listen and assimilate new knowledge from wherever you can. Try this once in a while, and you won't appear so ignorant in the future.
We aren't all as limited as you are, and most intelligent humans are capable of sifting through information for ourselves, but these days It's difficult enough just to get people to sit the fuck down and shut up long enough to 'watch' a damn movie, let alone take anything useful from the experience.
You fear the responsibility these messages pervey, and you attack them just to absolve yourself. Thats very noble…
At least my high horse was built on reason and accountability, where yours sits atop a pile of shit. How does it smell?
You are a funny, ignorant little boy. Yes, "pointless jibberish". This from the boy that has the grammer skills of a retarded giraffe. Ignorance is when you have no idea what words mean yet use them in an argument. "Soft". From the boy who catches waves and lives off of his trust fund or begged change. I don't think you are a hippy. I think you are a slacker douchebag who's waaaayy too full of himself and too dumb to live. Only in the juvenile little surfer culture could you have a chance to survive. You know what's pathetic? A 60 year old guy hanging out at the beach still trying to be a surfer dude and pick up young girls. Keep that in mind cause it's your future slappy.
Oh, and keep crying to the heavens that I suck and you are the shit. Maybe some of the tards in MCS might believe you if you yell loud and long enough. Meanwhile you'll lose every argument and come off looking like the ignorant monkey fucker you really are.
Hey, could you make me a hemp hat or shirt or something? I could pay you in board wax.
You bore me. You act like you know me, but you don't. I don't waste my time with horrible people like you, life is too short. I only do this to make your sad little day.
You act like you understand the surf world, Are you jealous? Never seen an ocean? Never been to a beach? Never seen a surfboard? Never go outside? I love how you project these horrible images of me without knowing me. All based on my little Youtube page. You have to be jealous because these topics you bring up don't relate to the image or anything ON MCS.
I don't troll your shit, so don't troll mine. You think I am an idiot, retard…etc, good for you. You are a stranger on a cool website, but you happen to be a complete asshole. You get off on talking shit because your life sucks,I get that, I do. But move on, this is not accomplishing anything. I'd explain myself to you but I don't respect you. If you such a sour personality in person, you must thrive to push people away. I almost feel sorry for you. I met people like you in Public School, you are nothing new.
"waaaayy too full of himself and too dumb to live." Who says that? Life has to suck for you to hate anyone that much. I hope life turns around for you.
Do you have a point to make or do you just like typing?
Because you've provided about as much factual basis for your argument as these movies do. Which is expected.
Thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you. Unfortunately none of them are an education.
Bye, Sweety.
oh and PS:
You're not a film maker. You're a sad little twit with a shitty camera.
Who's your agent?
No representation?
I have some. 🙂
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The world of football was saddened by the passing of Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery, whom the nation had taken to their hearts as he battled against his cruel illness.
Footballers often receive bad press but Jermaine Defoe has shown the other side with his unstinting love, support and affection. An absolute credit to his profession and a shining example to all. The famous Bill Shankly quote that football is important than life really sounds stupid when you weigh up what really does matter.
Like most Boro fans, following the club has provided more failure than success but it pails into insignificance when compared to the loss of human life.
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Twenty four hours before the news broke of Bradley's sad passing we heard that Wolves keeper Karl Ikeme had been diagnosed with a form of leukemia. It appears that abnormalities had shown up on a blood test after the players completed their medicals after returning to training.
The discovery highlights the incredible progress that has been made at clubs with the introduction of sports scientists and thorough monitoring of player's health. Long gone are the days when players returned a couple of stone overweight and ran on Saltburn beach and up Eston Hills to shed the unwanted pounds. Treatment was the 'magic sponge' and a few anti inflammatory tablets.
At the end of last season I spoke at the FMA (Football Medical Association) dinner following their annual conference. It was educational and enlightening to learn exactly what these professionals bring to the game and how much detail and planning goes into ensuring nothing is left to chance.
Preparation and planning of individual training requirements prevents problems before they occur and in the case of Ikeme enables early diagnosis that could be a life saver.
It is certain that Boro fans will join in with their Wolverhampton Wanderers counterparts on the opening day of the season to show support to the man who kept six clean sheets in ten appearances for the Boro before a hand injury forced him to return to Molineux in 2011.
A new season will undoubtedly see the return of bad habits in the game. One of the worst aspects of the modern game is the penalty area holding and grappling that along with diving (simulation) is always a major talking point as fans complain about referees and their apparent inability to stamp it out.
The authorities have it within their power to instruct match officials to get much tougher but the question is do the club's players and indeed supporters really want the consequences of a culling of holding offences?
Whenever there is action taken then the card count rises and then clubs complain, fans complain and the refs are branded villains of the peace by making themselves the centre of attention and ruining games. Well you can't have it both ways!
What we all see in the TV isn't always as clear on the pitch in real time, especially when it's happening all over the penalty area. It would be easy to award a penalty or a free kick to the defence at every corner, throw in or attacking free kick. The formal lecture to a couple of players doesn't really work and players persist even after a warning.
The answer is quite simple - caution the players! That puts them on a knife edge for the remainder of the game and will inevitably lead to more dismissals.
Whilst unpopular initially, if it were applied consistently then hopefully the penny might drop.
To be honest a more sensible solution would be the introduction of sin bins where instant sanction is afforded for certain offences. Too radical? Well if it cuts it out then for me it's an innovation well worth pursuing.
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Nothing to see here.
Nothing to be afraid of.
Now scientists are saying that destructive solar blasts NARROWLY missed the planet earth in 2012! Narrow.
Though the public pronouncements said that human beings had no reason to hide behind duct-taped windows in 2012--but we almost didn't even get to the end of the Mayan calender..
REUTERS reported this today,
Massive bursts of solar wind and magnetic fields, shot into space on July 23, 2012, would have been aimed directly at Earth if they had happened nine days earlier, Luhmann said.Narrow miss.
The bursts from the sun, called coronal mass ejections, carried southward magnetic fields and would have clashed with Earth's northward field, causing a shift in electrical currents that could have caused electrical transformers to burst into flames, Luhmann said. The fields also would have interfered with global positioning system satellites.
Though there was 'nothing to see' that year.. If you recall..


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Nvidia NVDA, -1.64% said it posted record revenue and earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2001. Revenue rose to $148.5 million, compared with $71 million in the year-ago period. Net income was $18.3 million, or 47 cents a share, compared with $6.3 million, or 18 cents a share. In addition, Nvidia announced a two-for-one stock split. Shares closed up 8 3/4 to 94 Tuesday.
Agilent Technologies reported second-quarter earnings that matched Wall Street estimates. The company A, -2.50% earned 32 cents a share, minus a 4-cent investment, which was in line with the consensus estimate recorded by First Call. Including the one-time gain, the company earned $166 million, or 36 cents a share. In the year-ago quarter, The company posted a profit of $157 million, or 41 cents a share. Profit from operations in the period were $214 million, down 11 percent from the year-earlier figure of $240 million. Sales in the quarter grew by 24 percent to $2.5 billion, compared with $2 billion in the year ago. The stock closed up 4 5/16 to 92 1/2.
Hewlett-Packard hwp came through with a 15 percent sales increase. In the second quarter, the company reported adjusted net income of $899 million, or 87 cents a diluted share, up 17 percent from $766 million, or 73 cents in the second quarter of last year. Analysts expected the company to earn 82 cents a share, according to First Call. H-P's second-quarter sales of $12 billion rose from $10.5 billion in the year-ago quarter. The company's U.S.-based revenue was $5.3 billion, up 17 percent; Asia Pacific sales spiked 37 percent to $1.7 billion; Europe lagged other regions with sales of $4.2 billion, up 5 percent. The stock rose 2 7/8 to 136 7/8.
J.C. Penney Co. JCP, -5.51% said earnings for the first quarter totaled $132 million, or 28 cents a share, excluding one-time items. That was 5 cents better than the consensus estimate.However, the results fell short of the year-ago total of $167 million, or 61 cents a share. The company is restructuring and closing some stores in addition to retiring $625 million of debt. Shares traded down 7/16 to 18 5/16.
Retail giant Target TGT, +0.73% reported better-than-expected earnings amid a jump in sales. Net income totaled $239 million compared with $194 million in the year-ago period, while earnings per-share hit 52 cents a share, up from 41 cents a year ago. Analysts polled by First Call expected a profit of 49 cents a share. Revenue for the latest quarter increased 8.2 percent to $7.75 billion from $7.16 billion in the year-ago period. Comparable-store sales rose 3 percent. Shares traded up 7/16 to 71 7/16.
Williams-Sonoma WSM, -0.40% reported first-quarter earnings of $4.8 million, or 8 cents a share, up 48 percent over the year-ago total of $3.3 million, or 6 cents a share. Analysts expected a profit of 6 cents a share. The company cited strong sales and improved gross margins in its retail and direct-to-customer divisions. Sales rose to $343 from $258.7 million. Shares rose 1 1/4 to 37 1/4.
Engine manufacturer Navistar International NAV, +1.26% reported second-quarter earnings of $98 million, or $1.58 a share, beating the consensus estimate by 4 cents a share and the year-ago total by 16 cents. The company cited continued strong engine sales, which helped offset pricing pressure in the truck market. Revenue totaled $2.4 billion, up from $2.3 billion in the year-ago period. Shares gained 11/16 to close at 36 1/16.
Deere & Co. DE, +0.47% reported second-quarter net income of $204.3 million, or 87 cents a share, compared with $150.1 million, or 65 cent a share, in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate on Wall Street was for a profit of 71 cents a share. Revenue totaled $3.79 billion, compared with $3.47 billion in the year-ago period, due to higher physical sales volumes. Deere also increased its sales-growth projection for this year to 15 percent from 10 percent previously. Shares traded up 1 3/4 to 46 11/16.
Engle Homes Inc. ENGL, -0.19% reported second-quarter earnings of $9.2 million, or 84 cents a share, outpacing the consensus estimate by 21 cents a share and the year-ago period total by 24 cents a share. Revenue for the quarter reached $212.1 million, an increase of 16 percent over the year-ago total. "We are very pleased to report a 36 percent gain in earnings, which significantly exceeded analyst expectations, for the second quarter of Fiscal 2000," said Chairman Alec Engelstein. Shares closed up 11/16 to 10 5/8.
Credence Systems cmos reported second-quarter earnings of $33.5 million, or $1.26 a share, up from last year's loss of $5.2 million, or 25 cents a share, and well above First Call's average estimate of 90 cents a share. Sales for the semiconductor automatic test equipment manufacturer rose to $153.8 million in the latest three months from $38.1 million in the same period a year earlier. The stock closed down 1 1/4 to 133 3/4.
Too Inc. TOO, +1.27% said first-quarter net income totaled $3.1 million, or 10 cents a share, while analysts expected a profit closer to 6 cents a share. Sales totaled $118.8 million, up 25 percent over the year-ago period. Comparable store sales rose 10 percent. The company cited success in its Too Bucks promotion, introduction of the spring "catazine" in February and an aggressive plan for new store construction and openings. Shares fell 1 1/4 to close at 31 1/8.
Hot Topic hott reported first-quarter net income of $2.4 million, or 23 cents a share, compared with $635,000, or 7 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate on Wall Street was for a profit of 19 cents a share. Sales totaled $44.8 million, up 59 percent over the year-ago total of $28.3 million. Comparable store sales rose 24 percent for the quarter over last year. The company is a is a mall-based specialty retailer of music-licensed and music-influenced apparel, accessories and gift items. Shares traded down 1 1/16 to 29 7/16.
Display Technologies dtek reported third-quarter revenue of $20.7 million, an increase of 48 percent over the year-ago total. Net income for the quarter was $209,000 compared to $33,000 in the year-earlier period, while earnings per share increased to 2 cents a share, from the 1 cent recorded last year. However, analysts expected a profit of 5 cents a share. Shares rose 1/8 to close at 3.
Dr. Koop koop recorded a net loss of $24.8 million, or 80 cents a share, in the first quarter. Analysts surveyed by First Call forecast a loss of 82 cents a share, in line with the company's preliminary estimates, and revised from a loss of 52 cents projected in April. Revenue came in at $4.7 million, within the range that the company warned of when it released preliminary numbers on April 25. The company also revealed it had only $24 million in cash -- enough to operate for about four months. The stock rose 1/16 to 2 1/16.
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Coca-Cola Enterprises CCE, -8.33% warned that full-year earnings for 2000 will be about 50 cents a share, while analysts currently expect a profit of 71 cents a share. According to the company, the majority of the shortfall is related to market conditions in Great Britain where the pound sterling has appreciated significantly versus the euro. "This currency differential has created alternative sourcing options for customers within certain distribution channels, causing significant volume and pricing pressure on our operations in Great Britain," the company said in a statement. The company also warned of a potential volume softness for the remainder of 2000 in North America which could result in profit at the lower end of the company's growth expectations. Shares fell 5 3/8 to 16.


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