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In a series of articles, Beth Bradley and Chris Moxon examine the legal issues arising from the modern drive for environmentally aware shipping, following the entry into force on 1 January 2015 of the requirement for 0.1% sulphur in fuel oil within designated Emission Control Areas (ECAs).
Issue 4: The future
The previous articles in this series looked at how the industry is responding to increased regulation post January 2015. In this article, the future will be considered.
The ECAs in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the English Channel and the waters within 200nm of the coast of the US and Canada presently have a sulphur limit of 0.1% and discussions are underway to significantly reduce sulphur emissions within all EU waters by 2020. It is also possible that new ECAs will be added to the existing ones and that globally there will be a further move towards lowering sulphur emissions with a worldwide cap of 0.5% sulphur by 2020.
To date the emphasis of regulation has been on NOx, SOx and particulate matter, but a new IMO Ballast Water Convention is on the horizon. As more and more regulation will be implemented over the coming decade, balancing the need to comply with regulation and the cost of investing in future proof technology in tough economic conditions is a key challenge facing the industry.
Increased scrutiny on the use of fossil fuel in shipping into 2020 and beyond will, as earlier articles have touched on, require ship owners to consider whether to switch to more environmentally friendly sources of energy (such as LNG) or whether to invest in fuel switching technology or scrubbers. Predicting the focus of future regulation is also a real concern; a cap on particulate emissions would, for example, have serious repercussions for owners who have invested heavily in scrubbers, as such devices typically reduce only sulphur emissions, not particulate matter.
The viability of fuel switching or alternative fuels is heavily dependent on the cost of different fuels, often driven by the price of oil, and how those markets are likely to develop over the short to medium term. The relatively low oil price that has endured from the entry into force of the 0.1% cap on sulphur emissions to date is unlikely to last for years. We are yet to see, therefore, whether a high oil price will have little effect on the current high levels of compliance with the regulations, or whether certain owners, perhaps under financial pressure, choose to take their chances and risk the penalties that come with non-compliance.
Enforcement of the regulations is likely to remain a significant issue. When the global cap on sulphur emissions comes into force, for example, how will enforcement of the regulations take place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
All of the above issues are set against an uncertain economic environment with which the fortune of the shipping industry is inextricably linked. A return to growth on a global scale will increase the demand for sea transport and ease the investment decisions highlighted above. Conversely, continued low growth will not. While it is impossible to predict the future, it is clear that environmental regulation of shipping is here to stay.


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Listen to Woman Lie Men Lie Remix, the latest track from Lil Chuckee. The cut dropped on Sunday, February 21st, 2010. Lil Chuckee's future brightens with every new release, and Woman Lie Men Lie Remix certainly isn't an exception. It's a fitting addition to a solid catalogue that Lil Chuckee has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're excited to hear more.
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text: This Baby Blue Brother typewriter from the 70s received the acclaimed Good Housekeeping seal of approval! Kinda like a Consumer Reports high rating of today, but with a reverent domestic twist. Isn't it interesting that we are seeing a cool trendy revival of the use of old typewriters? They are not just being bought and sold for decor, but are actually being used, their one-off typewritten pages being appreciated for, not only that one-offness, but for the nostalgia, the effort, the visceral clakity-clak of the clakking of the keys as you type. Sure, you can download any number of typewriter fonts, but as the digital communication of tweets and emails overtakes our means and ways, the emergence of an alternative arises from the ashes like a phoenix from the fire. Yay!


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It's time again for one of the oldest events of Colorado Disc Golf. September 15-16, 2012 Fort Morgan, CO. The town of Fort Morgan and Morgan County and welcoming all disc golfers to play at the fun courses at Riverside Park in Fort Morgan, CO. The recently modified Optimist course and the ever improving Pessimist Course will be used for some exciting disc golf competition featuring some new fairway Out of bounds areas.
Registration is open online
There will be an amateur pool (90) players and a pro pool (90) players playing a total of 54 holes. Each pool will play the Pessimist course once on Saturday and the Optimist course on Saturday and Sunday. There is a large car show so rooms are limited but we have blocked out as many as we could so far. The Host hotel is the Clarion Inn where we will do Friday check ins noon til 8pm.
Here is a list of hotels that have rooms blocked out for us until August 30th.
Clarion Inn
14378 US Hwy 34 Fort Morgan, CO
970-867-2453 (exit 75 on I-76) west side of town.
4 min drive to courses
Rodeway Inn
1409 N. Barlow Rd. Fort Morgan
970-867-9481 (exit 82) walking distance to pessimist course
1220 N. Main St. Fort Morgan
970-867-9443 (exit 80) walking distance to course
confirmation # 64139184 Colorado Disc Golf Champ.
Microtel Inn
I-76 (exit 90A) Brush, CO
confirmation # 64494560 Colorado Disc Golf Champ.
There is free camping at Riverside Park but no Shower facilities at the pool after Labor day weekend. Rv hook ups limited on a first come basis.
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Dedicated to any person without a boy/girlfriend. This is for you; don't let the world convince you that you need to lower your standards.
Maybe we'll call this
My fault
And say that I
Mess everything up
Maybe the reason
I am alone
Is dark and sinister,
Deeply disturbed
But I choose to believe
That I am a dove
My white is too bright,
My peace is too much
And up in the sky
Though the view is unreal
It sometimes can feel a bit
But one day another
Dove will come by
And together we'll fly
In the peace of the sky
Together we'll journey
Together we'll cry
And we will find something
So precious, so hushed
It dies if you dawdle
It dies if you rush
And we will hold on
Not too tight, not too much
We'll let it grow slowly
And we'll call it love.


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Bridging Worlds through General Semantics
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Mary Morain, ed. Bridging Worlds Through General Semantics. San Francisco: International Society for General Semantics (now in Concord, California), 1984.
Those interested in learning more about general semantics and its applications to daily living, reliable research, and communication in the larger society would do well to read this book which contains thirty-four excellent articles taken from ETC (spanning the years 1943-1983).
Bridging Worlds Through General Semantics is divided into 5 sections. Section I (Background) may be especially useful to newcomers to general semantics since it sets the stage for Charlotte Read's lead article in Section II which gives the essential aspects of Korzybski's system. Other selections in Section II (The Contribution of General Semantics) may appeal particularly to readers interested in the relationships of general semantics with mathematics, physics, and psychiatry.
Section III (Applications in Daily Living) includes articles that explore the nonverbal worlds of human functioning and articles that examine ways to listen better, have more realistic expectations, and how to make the structure of one's "verbal maps" better fit the structure of the "nonverbal territory. …


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Jeremy Helan is urging his Sheffield Wednesday teammates to show no fear when they take on Premier League big boys Manchester City tomorrow.
It will be the second time the two clubs have played each other this season, with City trouncing the Owls 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium in the Capital One Cup last September.
But Helan, who came through the youth ranks at City, is confident Wednesday will give a good account of themselves as they chase a third straight win.
He told The Star: "I don't think it (the cup) is a distraction. It could be even better than a Championship game because you have to step up. We are going to have to raise our game.
"I'm not saying we should be confident that we are going to win over there [City] but it's not men against kids. It's men against men. It's 11 versus 11. You never know what can happen.
"Manchester City are a great team. They are probably the best in England but we shouldn't go there thinking we have lost the game already. The game has not been played yet so we've got every chance of doing something."
French utility player Helan has played down his return to City, insisting his sole focus is on helping Wednesday cause a cup upset.
"I'm going there as a Sheffield Wednesday player trying to get a good result for the club," said Helan, who made one substitute appearance for City. "There is nothing emotional for me."
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Audi's A5 & S5 Cabriolet For 2009
4th December, 2008
Dynamic and pleasant to look at, the new A5 Cabriolet is a real Audi, and an especially exciting one at that. The four-seater with a fabric top combines sporty character with the fascination of open-top driving, refined comfort, and great everyday utility. Seven powerful engines, an agile suspension and a wide range of high-end options make the new Audi model the most attractive mid-range convertible. The top-of-the-line model of Audi's new family of convertibles is the S5 Cabriolet. The engine of the S5 Cabriolet is the newly developed, supercharged three-litre V6 with petrol direct injection. Delivery of the first A5 Cabriolet models will begin in Europe during the second quarter of 2009.
Like all open-top Audi models, the new A5 Cabriolet too has a classic fabric top – which endows it with a striking silhouette of dynamic elegance. The lightweight soft-top opens in 15 seconds – and closes in 17 seconds. The fully automatic open/close drive comes as standard. An acoustic top is optionally available, which reduces wind noise almost to 'hardtop' levels.
When opened, the Audi A5 Cabriolet top folds down so effectively that very little boot space is used up – leaving 320 litres of unused storage volume, clearly the best value in its field of competitors. The soft-top compartment lowers itself automatically when the top is opened.
Equally useful is the fold-down rear seat backrest with the large pass-through between the luggage space and the interior, which increases the storage volume to a generous 750 litres.
Automatic seat belt extenders round out the comfort in the interior. Neck-level heating is optionally available for the front seats. The optional leather seats are coated with a special layer to reduce solar heating. There is comfortable room for four persons. The refined ambience combines with exemplary ergonomics to convey an atmosphere of sporty elegance. Ultra-high-strength steels and selective reinforcements of the body ensure maximal rigidity and crash safety.
The A5 Cabriolet is being launched with three petrol engines and two diesel engines, with power outputs ranging from 132 kW to 195 kW. All five power plants are fueled via direct injection; four of them use turbo charging. Available powertrains include a six-speed manual transmission, the continuously variable multitronic, and the lightning-fast, seven-speed S tronic.
In addition to front-wheel drive, Audi also offers quattro permanent all-wheel drive for the higher-power engines. The innovative sport differential, which variably distributes the propulsive power between the rear wheels, is optionally available to make quattro even more dynamic and even safer.
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TACOMA, Washington – Meghan Bacher and Hannah Nichols each scored two goals, but the Puget Sound lacrosse team fell to Whitman, 16-5, on Friday afternoon.
Leading the Loggers (5-6, 2-4 NWC) were Bacher and Nichols, who each notched two goals in the game. It was Nichols second multi-goal game of the season. Ella Frazer also scored for Puget Sound, while Ali Walker had an assist.
Whitman (8-6, 5-2 NWC) scored the first three goals of the game before Bacher got the home team on the board. The Blues led, 7-3, at halftime. Coming out of the break, Nichols scored her first goal of the game to narrow the score to three goals, but Whitman extended the lead back out to five. After Nichols scored again, the Blues scored seven unanswered to take control of the game.
Marcella Heineke led the Loggers with five groundballs, while Ali Walker and Elizabeth Ward each had two draw controls. Elena Becker had caused a team-high six turnovers. Ally Benko (4-6) took the loss between the pipes, making seven saves in 60 minutes.
The Loggers will next travel to Pacific on Saturday, April 22. The game is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.
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Evaluating Enhancements
Evaluating Enhancements
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Software architecture is needed for enhancements too
This is a follow-up to Designing enhancements, where I briefly talked about how enhancements to existing software systems can benefit from the principles and practices of good software architecture, particularly where interfaces to other systems are involved.
Given the size of the enhancement project, we could have easily decided to deliver the whole lot in one go and in many ways this does seem the obvious thing to do. After all, it's only ~8 weeks of work for 2-3 people with a small scope and a limited complexity. But I decided against this and split the overall project into two distinct time-boxed phases as follows.
- The modification of one key use case, including integration with the third party end-to-end (happy scenario only, no exceptional scenarios).
- Delivery of everything else.
It wasn't the business logic associated with the interface between us and the third party that concerned me, nor was it the requirements around security or audit. No, for me, it was the actual connectivity between our application server and the Internet. As I said in the previous post, writing the code to send XML over HTTPS is easy but connecting out to the Internet from the architecture isn't something that's been done before. We knew that we'd need to open up firewall rules on the corporate LAN but this isn't something that I've seen done in this particular environment. For this reason, I wanted to deliver enough of the solution (the architecturally significant bits) to evaluate and prove that the connectivity would work as expected.
We delivered that first phase a couple of weeks ago now and initially the connectivity between the application server and the Internet *didn't* work! Everything was installed correctly and firewalls were configured, but we just couldn't find a direct route out of the network. Despite everybody saying that it wouldn't be a problem, it turned out that we'd need to send the traffic via an existing proxy server, which would only accept authenticated requests. A short while later we had a slightly modified version of our release with the appropriate proxy server configuration enabled and this allowed us to successfully see the outside world.
Although the release didn't go as expected, it was a success because we now have a much better understanding of the constraints placed upon our software architecture by the infrastructure and we found the side-effects much earlier than we would have done by going with a single release. We'd successfully identified the risks with the highest probability of happening and planned for them. Managing technical risk is one of the key aspects of the software architecture role, with early evaluation allowing you to prove that your software will work as expected when released. For new systems or enhancements to existing ones, understanding the big picture can and does contribute to the overall success of projects.
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Throughout the more or less great years of gaming there's been a series of games that people have basically adored. Sid Meier is the man behind them, the series called Civilization. The previously games are classics, even though the addons didn't sell quite as much as the main games. Regardless, it's 2001 and the third instalment has been released. A lot of my friends have never really liked turn-based strategy, mainly because it doesn't offer as much instant action, because it requires one to actually use the brain more than just using the main strategy of "build A LOT of the strongest unit and attack". To be honest, before I started playing the game I felt somewhat the same, because turn-based strategy games are not the ones that dominate the market.
In Civilization 3 there is one main game mode. You play on an area where you can specify climate, age and temperature along with landmass and water coverage, against 7 nations such as Rome, Greece, Germany, China, America, and Zululand. They all have two specialities, which are industry, commerce, religion, expansion, military and science. Depending on the nation you choose you are given a certain advantage when the game begins, being two completed sciences.
As you progress in the game you research new sciences and basically do whatever is needed to get ahead of other nations. A nice feature is that there are many ways of winning the game, like domination, diplomatic, cultural, space rest, conquest and civ specific abilities. This way you can work on whatever strategy you are lacking at, or making it easier by choosing whatever you are good at. In my case I lost my first game because I built too few cities but built a great deal of wonders. I lost because domination was one of the ways to win, so by 2050 (which is when the battle ends, but you can continue for fun afterwards) I lost. One of the things that are important to remember when playing the game is that you can begin on a rather small island while the enemy begins on a larger one, so that way it is important to build cities on multiple islands.
I could go on about strategy hints, but since this is a review I will move on to the graphics. I might write a guide sometime in the future, who knows.
This is a rather tough segment of the review to write because of Civilization's nature of using the isometric view with pretty outdated graphics. In fact, the graphics have not changed from the second to the third game. However, instead of calling the graphics "crappy" or whatever you fancy there is a factor that needs to be looked at. Does the graphics give you a good overview of the units? Yes. Does the graphics allow you to quickly manoeuvre around the map and control units quickly? Yes. Has this kind of graphics worked in the previous games? Yes. And does it work as well in 2001? Well, both yes and no. To a strategist who does not care a great deal about "fancy schmancy" graphics, most certainly. But to the fan who likes modern real-time strategy games, probably not.
I bought my Geforce 3 card for nice effects when large things blow up (among other things), but I did not have much of a problem playing Civilization 3. It is just the kind of game where you do not expect big explosions, vertex / pixel shaders and volumetric clouds, which is what you are not getting.
The Music / Sounds
If you have played one of the Civilization games before you should know that a game can last a really really long time. I am sure I am not the only one who can be driven insane if you have to listen to annoying repetitive music in the background. When you are calmly building your nation and minding your own business there is calm and nice music in the background, whereas there is more adrenaline pumping music when you are moving your big ol' tanks to take over London or whatever you would not mind ruling.
The general quality of both the music and the sounds is pretty much as good as you would expect. Orchestra music and realistic sound effects when doing something noteworthy.
The Gameplay
Now this is where Civilization 3 really shines. This is strategy at its very finest. Controlling the entire game is simple once you have learned the basics. In Civilization 3 a tank could be beaten by many of a very weak unit, but that is changed now. Every unit is not as strong as the other though, but there are many factors that need to be remembered when attacking. For instance, if a unit has the ability to move two times you always need to attack on the first move. This way the unit is less tired when arriving to the combat, thus making it more likely that he would win. Secondly, there are grades for each unit, being "regular", "veteran" and "elite". Thirdly you have to consider the terrain you are attacking from and the terrain the victim is standing in. So that way you could win in a mountain ambush against a veteran soldier with a regular soldier. This should demonstrate that there are many variables in each and every feature of the game, making the game quite a challenge.
Speaking of which, the artificial intelligence of the enemies is nothing more than great, and you will experience how you are attacking in the most devious ways when you least expect it.
I feel it is peculiar how there actually was a multiplayer mode in Civilization 2: Test of Time, but not in this game, the sequel. I was actually very much looking forward to playing the game on a LAN with friends, perhaps devoting an entire night to it.
Score: 0 of 10.
Sid Meier once again proves that real strategy can be fun and challenging. Civilization 3 is now one of my all-time favourite strategy games, and should be played by anyone who likes strategy and who can live without fancy graphics and multiplayer.


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My daughter dressed herself for Picture Day this morning. When I went into her room to check on her, she was wearing the dress I'd bought her for my father's funeral. She had worn it throughout the mid-April day of my father's funeral mass, including the fried chicken lunch reception in the church basement. We flew home a couple of days later, I washed the dress and hung it back up in her closet, and she and I hadn't considered it since. But there she was. She requested braids and help zipping up the back.
I said nothing about the dress. It's sleeveless and pale blue, a reasonable choice for a warm late August day. It was perhaps an overdressed option for fourth grade Picture Day, but a part of me was just glad we hadn't forgotten the occasion entirely. We likely would have spaced the whole thing if it weren't for our carpool-kid neighbor arriving at our door with gelled hair and a polo shirt.
I could think of no reasonable objection that would be fair to a nine-year-old. Don't wear that dress because it is imbued with my grief didn't sound like it would do well paired with And find your PE shoes.
My parents died 97 days apart in the first four months of this year. I am often lonely in the wide gap the two of them left, despite being rarely alone. I realize now what a poor steward through grief I was for friends who endured losses before my own. Most of us are not eager to press into others' grief — it feels messy, private, and, at its core, bereft of remedy. I had started a job three months before my father died. My new coworkers were distant around the time of his death, but seemed sympathetic enough. I told them I was glad to have something to focus on. When my mother also died three months after that, the company had no clue. A coworker commented on materials I had submitted twelve hours before my mother's death, wondering why I had missed a requested minor change. It took some self-control to not respond just as coldly, to explain a possible cause to her. Reply to comment: "Maybe it's because my mother was twelve hours from death." My own mother. The woman who gave birth to me and cut my hair and gave me crooked bangs every single time, the one whose lullabies I mimicked with my own children, the one who sent me to writing camp and who researched every cough and rash I ever had. That woman.
That company let me go a month later, in what was likely the universe's most urgent "blessing in disguise" possible. Despite being freed from that situation, there are some realities I am stuck with. I am spending these months as The Daughter Whose Parents Both Just Died. I field occasional calls from the hospice company that tended to my mother in her final three weeks. A counselor asks me how I'm doing with my loss. I feel compelled to remind him. "Oh. Um. You know my father died in January, so…" What I leave unsaid: so I've got a double. And they didn't just drop dead. There were years — for my father, more than a decade — of decline. Of loss. Of loss after loss after loss. I can shake free from an ill-suited workplace, and by now I can whip on some sunglasses to shield tears that I often reject. But I can't ever stop being the daughter whose parents both fell into heartbreaking dementia in their later years. I can't ever remove the fact that despite being ten years apart in age, my parents died only fourteen weeks apart. And it will always be true that they both died frail and already-gone, the goodbyes to them both drawn out and never announced, their needs many in their final years, their eyes searching through their mutual confusion.
My daughter chose to wear the dress from my father's funeral this morning. And there's the thing about grief: we have to continue on in life. We have to remain our flawed selves with teeth to brush and household chores and children growing up. My son had a Boy Scout campout the day after my mother died, and I sent him with no money, no help in packing, no permission slip, and after not so much as opening the door for the family that drove him to the campground. But off he went. And I threw myself right back into life too, driving as planned to my college reunion that weekend, buying dinner for my longtime mentor and crying hardly at all throughout the weekend. And yet. I dropped off my son at an activity the next week, stopped my minivan in the parking lot, and sat there with tears dripping messily from my cheeks.
My brother and I waited two months to scatter our parents' ashes, wanting to be together in our home state when we did so. The moment he began scattering into a creek not far from the house where we were raised, my phone fell down my pant leg. Right then. I picked it up and wondered what to do with it — I had no pocket, which is why it had dropped in the first place, and I didn't feel like I should be crassly holding a phone at that moment, and yet I didn't want to look away just then to put it in my backpack. This is what I was thinking as my brother began distributing all that remained of our parents' physical bodies on earth, letting them fall into a pool and be picked up by the current.
And so it sometimes has to be. This is all part of this. I'm still here and sometimes I should've put my phone away earlier. My parents are gone. And now my daughter's funeral dress has been reassigned. I have never used the word "battle" to describe a person's experience with a fatal disease. My parents did not lose battles. Their dying was part of their living, as it will be for all of us. It's clear that we do not get to choose the circumstances and timing of our births, whether we arrive in health and ease or whether we're a hard-born baby. I think we expect control over our own deaths, but then life ends against script — someone far too young, or by suicide, or in my parents' cases, after becoming so relentlessly humbled — and that control is more slippery. So the bravery might not be so much voiced in a contentious fit with a foe, but in recognizing that dying is part of life. We die. Just as our living is often unsteerable, defiant, different than we once predicted, so too is our dying, and it is all part of us.
I focused on my daughter's braids. I've never been good with hair. Today I was happy with how it turned out. I decided to dart into the bathroom to get some hair spray. She looked cute in her braids and glasses and the blue dress. She brought home an essay last spring, handwritten in her 9-year-old scrawl. The topic was what she had done over Spring Break. She had attended her Papa's funeral, she explained. "The next morning I went to a buatiful church for my papa it felt like you are sad and happy at the same time." Our lives, our deaths, the moving on and the pushing forward, the looking back, the loss, the joy, the pain. It is all as my child understood Papa's funeral. This is, all of this, both happy and sad at the same time.


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Here's another video produced by one of The Midnight Freemasons regular contributors Sir Knight Robert Johnson about the York Rite. If you scroll down to the bottom, you'll find his other video Whence Came You? in case you missed it--it's also excellent. Robert is also the producer and voice of the podcast Whence Came You?
A little Freemasonry, a little history, a lot of humor, and perhaps a few lessons on life by award winning author and Freemason Todd E. Creason.
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The state of Punjab is one of the smallest states of India having large areas which harbor natural biodiversity and provide a home to the endangered and rare species. Visiting the wildlife sanctuaries in Punjab can be a good idea if you are looking for an exciting and unique vacation. Here is a list of the best wildlife sanctuaries in Punjab that can provide you a once in a lifetime experience:
Bir Aishwan
One of the most important first declared Wildlife Sanctuaries in Punjab, The Bir Aishwan sanctuary was declared as a protected area on 28th Feb in the year 1952. One of the most visited sanctuaries, the place is just 56 km away from Patiala. For the individuals who love to enjoy nature and wildlife in its native environs, the Bir Aishwan Wildlife Sanctuary is a great place to visit. Covering an area of 264 hectares, the sanctuary spreads over Government land and supports a wide range of fauna and flora.
Fauna: Hare, Jackal, Peafowl, Rhesus Monkey, Spotted Owlet, Black partridge, Rose- ringed parakeet, Grey partridge, Jungle cat, Blue Bull.
Flora: Jamun, Karonda, Neem, Karir, Kahir, Shisham, Beri, Mesquite, Mulberry, Simbal, Eucalyptus.
Best Time to Visit
The best and favourable time to visit the Bir Aishwan Wildlife Sanctuary is from October to March. This is the time when the weather is encouraging and pleasing to spot the different wildlife varieties and enjoy the beauty of nature.
Bir Gurdialpura
This sanctuary was once the hunting areas of the erstwhile rulers of the state of Patiala because of its good ecological values. The place was declared as protected area initially but later on, it was converted into a sanctuary under the Fauna of Patiala Act. The Bir Gurdialpura Wildlife Sanctuary is located at a distance of 15 km from Samana and is around 45 km from Patiala city. It's not just a home to a large variety of flora and fauna but also an important tourist location. Visitors from all over the world visit this sanctuary. The Bir Gurdialpura Wildlife Sanctuary provides natural biodiversity to numerous species, many of which are on the brink of extinction.
Fauna: Jungle cat, Otter, Python, River Dolphin, Parakeets, Jackal, Blue bull, Hare, Peafowl, Pangolin, Hog deer, Spotted owl, Red jungle fowl, Blackbuck etc.
Flora: Neem, Beri, Dhak, Kikar, Shisham, Jamun, Arjun, Simbal, Eucalyptus.
Best Time to Visit
Winter season is the best time to visit Bir Gurdialpura Wildlife Sanctuary.
Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary
A private natural reserve located in the Fazilka District of Punjab, the Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary spreads over an area of 186.5 sq km. Located 15 km from Abohar, the sanctuary spreads over 13 villages that are home to the Bishnoi community. The community took the responsibility and started protecting black buck. Considered as the state animal of Punjab, the black buck is considered as sacred by the Bishnois. The initiative taken by the community has been successful and the number of black bucks has risen by 3000. The Bishnois protect the animals in the sanctuary from the hunters by not allowing them to hunt. Watching the herds of this amazing antelope in the wild is a feast for the eyes. The Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary is a must visit for visitors who want to see the native black bucks in their natural surroundings.
Fauna: Black Duck, Hare, Blue Bull, Wild Boar, Jackal, Porcupine
Flora: Neem, Kikar, Drek, Weeds, Acacia trees, Jand, Khair, Shisham, Beri, Kala Siris, Khejari.
Best Time to Visit
Winter season from October to March is the best time to visit the sanctuary. The weather is pleasant and tourists can enjoy their outing. Monsoons and summers are not ideal to visit because of heavy rainfall and high temperature.
Harike Wildlife Sanctuary
Harike Wildlife Sanctuary lies at the convergence of Sutlej and Beas rivers and is rated amongst the most significant wildlife sanctuaries in India. Spread in an area of 86 sq. km, the sanctuary is also popular as Hari-ke-Pattan. Ideally located on the border of Amritsar and Ferozepur, the Harike Wildlife Sanctuary spans around the Harike Lake which is triangular in shape. The sanctuary spreads over the wetland and this shallow water body allures variety of birds during winters. The Harike Lake is mainly famous for attracting numerous diving ducks like crusted- pochard, tufted duck sand and common pochard. It's an excellent place for the bird and nature lovers.
Fauna: Eurasian Sparrow- hawk, Indian Skimmer, Black-necked Grebe, Brown Shrike, White-tailed Stonechat, Cotton Pygmy Goose, White-browed Fantail, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Striated Grass- bird, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, White-rumped Vulture, Smooth Indian Otter, Jackal, Mongoose, Jungle cat, Indian wild Boar, White-winged Tern, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Common Wood shrike and much more.
Flora: Kala Siris, Elephant Grass, Drek, Bel, Amaltas, Bahera, Nara, Gandhela, Water Hyacinth etc.
Best Time to Visit
Winter is the best season to visit the Harike Wildlife Sanctuary. It's the time when the area is visited by various migratory birds and the weather is also enjoyable. Monsoon and summers are not recommended for visiting because of the extreme weather conditions.
Jhajjar-Bachauli Wildlife Sanctuary
Located around 15 km away from the city of Anandpur Sahib, The Jhajjar-Bachauli Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve placed in the wooded area under the ownership of Rupnagar district's government. The sanctuary covers an area of 289 acres out of which 218 acres belongs to the Jhajjar Village, 16 acres belong to the Lamlehri Village and 55 acres belongs to the Bachauli Village. This beautiful sanctuary offers scenic views of nature to its visitors. With the Sutlej River flowing nearby the sanctuary, this place is an apt destination for bird lovers. Visitors should carry their camera and binoculars when visiting the sanctuary. The beautiful destination designed to preserve the local fauna and flora of the region, the Jhajjar-Bachauli Wildlife Sanctuary has attracted a large number of tourists from all over the country. For anyone visiting Anandpur Sahib, a visit to the Jhajjar-Bachauli Wildlife Sanctuary is a must.
Fauna: Jackal, Mongoose, Barking Deer, Blue Bull, Leopard, Python, Wild Boar, Rat Snake, Fowl, Sambar, Hare, Pangolin and much more.
Flora: Eucalyptus, Siris, Shisham, Bohr, Amla, Pipal, Dhak, Kikar, Khair, Mesquite, Chibil Papri, Bamboo etc.
Best Time to Visit
The most favourable time to visit Jhajjar-Bachauli Wildlife Sanctuary is from October to March. Because of the mild and cold weather tourists enjoy visiting this area.
Bir Moti Bagh Wildlife Sanctuary
One of the main hunting reserves of the former rulers of Patiala, Bir Moti Bagh Wildlife Sanctuary is a significant destination for the nature and wildlife enthusiasts. Covering an area of 654 hectares, it was declared as a protected forest and a wildlife sanctuary under the Fauna of Patiala Act. The deer can be easily spotted within the surrounding areas thus making it an interesting place for the visitors.
Fauna: Jackal, Hog Deer, Wild Boar, Chital, Blue Bull, Peafowl, Quails, Brahminy Myna, Black Buck, Rhesus Monkeys, Black Partridges etc.
Flora: Jamun, Bamboo, Neem, Mango, Imli, Teak, Karir, Karonda, Eucalyptus, Beri, Lasura, Kikar, Shisham.
Best Time to Visit
October to March is the best time as the weather remains cold and bracing.
An abode to several animal and bird species, Takhni-Rehmapur is located in Hoshiarpur district near Mehngrowal village. Covered with Chir pine forests, shrubs and dry deciduous forests, the sanctuary is one of the most famous destinations in the area. A true representation of the ecosystem at the foothills of Shivaliks, the Takhni-Rehmapur sanctuary covers an area of 956 acres. The area is visited by native birds and several migratory birds thus offering amazing views of nature and wildlife in their natural habitat. Attracting various bird's species, the place is a wonderful destination for bird enthusiasts.
Fauna: Garden Lizard, Rat Snake, Mongoose, Jungle cat, Hare, Hog Deer, Porcupine, Jackal, Python, Barking Deer, Red Jungle Fowl, Sambar, Monitor Lizard etc.
Flora: Kikar, Pipal, Arjun, Bamboo, Shisham, Siris, Khair, Amla, Krembel, Mesquite, Neem.
Best Time to Visit
The summers are pretty uncomfortable and this time is not suggested for visiting the sanctuary. The temperature during the winter season is cold and mild thus making it convenient for visitors to visit the sanctuary.
Besides being a home to several religious places and beautiful pieces of architecture, the state of Punjab is also a hotspot for the wildlife lovers. Be it for those who adores the beautiful birds or those who prefers to observe wilderness amid the jungle beasts, the wildlife sanctuaries in Punjab are the idyllic options!


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In commercial transactions and litigation, there is a difficult tension to maintain – building and preserving business relationships with preserving legal rights in the case of controversy. The Russian proverb popularized by Ronald Reagan during the Cold War thaw — Доверяй, но проверяй (doveryai, no proveryai); Trust, But Verify — has served me well in my commercial transactions and litigation practice. Negotiate terms in good faith and then verify the terms in writing!
Unfortunately, in the heat of business negotiations, I find that many clients enter into many deals by handshake ("Trust") but forget to properly document ("Verify") the oral understanding either in the actual language of the contract they sign or document, in writing, any modifications or amendments to an existing written contract. When a dispute over oral discussions occurs within the jurisdiction of California, the party whose position is consistent with the terms of the written agreement usually prevails at the beginning of a litigation. Defendants were typically able to dismiss "promissory fraud" cases at the pleading stage relying on the parol evidence rule. The balance appears to have shifted earlier this year when the California Supreme Court, in Riverisland, joined the majority rule that allows a plaintiff to introduce evidence of fraud, usually in the form of oral statements, despite the existence of a written agreement. See my colleague Leslie A. Baxter's article on Riverisland.
From a litigation perspective, this case breathes life into legitimate fraud claims for clients who trusted but failed to verify their understanding in writing. From a transactional perspective, where it serves all parties' best interests (except litigators) to avoid litigation, it is even more important for all parties to verify all oral understandings in writing, including explicit acknowledgment that all signers had the opportunity to review with counsel and confirmed the writing is consistent with their understanding.


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Time to Suit Up
Yesterday was the big day! Festival time. The moment of truth the entire Wind Ensemble had been looking forward to this concert season. When it's concert time, you know what that means, it's time to suit up, or tuxedo up for the guys. The festival we played at was at Beckman high school in Irvine. When I arrived I thought that it was a private school because of how clean, proper, and respected the school and students were. The FVHS Wind Ensemble performed two pieces: Shenandoa by Frank Ticheli, and Jubilance by …. So in our Ensemble we have 5 trumpets, including myself. However, two of the players are on the baseball team at my school, and they happen to have a game on the same day at the same time. So instead of having 5 trumpets at festival we had 3. This was a good thing and a bad thing for me. The good part was I now played the solos in the pieces. The bad part was that since we had less trumpets it's easier for anyone to catch when anyone one of us messed up. In the end we all played our pieces very well; I hope the judges give us a high Excellent award for our performance. The piece that I have below in the video is called Donzón No. 2 by Arturo Marquez. This is one of my favorite pieces ever because of the Latin salsa feel it has to it. Trust me, you will like it. It starts off with a love song then it turns into a dance speeding up and slowing down.


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Monday, February 16, 2009
Happy hoots
We're feeling a bit euphoric here Beyond Ester. Last night about ten o'clock, we heard a pair of Great Horned Owls! We are so happy to hear them! The young dog, Borealys, did not know what to make of the hoots that seemed to emanate just from the edge of the yard. Ursa, our elder dog, seemed to know that we were hearing echoes among the trees and the hills, and that's why owls seemed to be everywhere. The pair was down in the valley, to the southwest of our cabin, where the land flattens out to tundra and stubby, sporadic black spruce. They overtalked each other--a much higher and sloppier hoot overlaying a lower, carefully orchestrated one. A younger owl, perhaps, just learning its language? An eager mate, urging let's get it on? Did the thrill of above-zero weather and the inevitable approach of spring shape their hoots? Or the excitement of the hunt, perhaps. There's a vole! And another one! Forget the voles! Look, there's an Arctic Hare! Who hoo HOO hoo hoo! Who hoo hoo hoo hoo! Welcome back, owls!
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While it may have been a cold, wintery day on Monday with snow still sticking to the ground from Friday's storm, that did not stop the Yreka High boys and girls soccer teams from braving the weather outside at Miner Stadium.
The results were quite positive as both squads came away with convincing wins over Central Valley.
Below are recaps from both contests. The Miner soccer squads next play today vs. West Valley in Redding, Calif. Both teams play starting at 4:30 p.m.
Yreka Boys
The Yreka High boys soccer team dominated Central Valley 12-3 in the squad's home opener on Monday afternoon.
While the field at Miner Stadium was covered in snow, that did not stop Yreka from moving down the field and scoring 12 times, which is a lot of goals for a soccer game regardless of the weather.
The Miners scored only a few minutes into the game and led 5-0 at half. before pouring on seven more goals in the second half to come away with the win.
Head coach Miguel Galvan was quite pleased with the effort and teamwork his squad displayed on Monday. He was also quite pleased that the entire team saw game action and contributed.
"I was really happy that we got a great game from everybody," he said. "They played together as a team and their passing really improved."
Cesar Orozco had three goals and three assists for the Miners while Julian Mendoza scored three goals for Yreka.
This was the third game out of four the Miners have played this season that Mendoza has scored three goals. David Neill finished with two goals.
Payson Collins, Casey Hill, Jake Turner, and Aaron Freeze each had a goal.
Yreka is now 1-2-1 for the season.
Yreka Girls
The Yreka Lady Miners soccer team opened the season with a convincing 5-0 victory over Central Valley at home Monday night.
Playing in the snow in temperaturess that began at 20 degrees and gradually dipped to around 12 degrees, Yreka did not let the bone chilling weather conditions slow them down as they took a 3-0 lead into the half and scored two more times in the second half to come away with the victory.
"I thought we played very well for our first game," head coach Brian Cowley said. "It was a great team effort."
He added that he wa pleased that the majority of the team saw playing time.
A total of five different Lady Miners scored goals. They are Taylor Brown, Nichole Cowley, Lacey Jackson, Rebekah Kimball, and Kendall Nielsen.
Brian Cowley said that the snow on the ground did change they way they passed the ball and they relied on more short, controlled passing, which served them well in the snow, he said.
Yreka High boys and girls soccer: A winter soccer wonderland
While it may have been a cold, wintery day on Monday with snow still sticking to the ground from Friday's storm, that did not stop the Yreka High boys and girls soccer teams from braving the weather outside at Miner Stadium.


text: Sage, my old wirehair, has finally gone on to cross the bridge onto the big field in the sky. While I only had her for a year after adopting her, I cherish the memories with her. When I got her, she wasn't house broken, had not hunted in years, and most of all, I fell for her. She is also what made me love the wirehair breed. They are a unique breed of dog for sure. Independent, loving, driven in the field, stubborn at times, and just all-around great dogs. Sage was no exception. That girl loved to hunt. Even though she was deaf and was never collar trained when I got her, we had some fun chukar and mountain quail hunts, although it was mostly me just following her wherever she went, since she couldn't hear the whistle to be called back. In any case, I miss you Sage, and I hope you and Tygh are finding some good honey holes up in the big field in the sky for me and Rowdy.


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First let me say they make some awesome box mods with some really nice custom art on them. The owner was pretty nice and their prices were decent too other than the juice prices. It is a pretty small store and feels a bit cramped with a few people in there. When I went to taste test some juices they had them out in egos like most shops. I tried 3-4 of them but couldn't get more than a tiny hint of vapor out of them.
This part is not about a specific juice, it is about getting way more nic than I asked for so I don't believe it should go in the juice review portion. I got a juice from there and asked for 6mg nic, they even asked me to confirm that. I got home and tried it out and got a major headache from 2 puffs. I've dripped 18mg juices before and only got a minor head buzz. I have no idea what nic level was in that bottle but it was intense, over 18mg for sure. For this reason I would never go back here for juice, but again they do make some awesome box mods and have decent prices on some stuff.


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On November 27, 2012, the United States Department of the Interior announced new final rules concerning leases for wind and solar energy development in Indian Country. For the first time, the rules will specifically address renewable energy projects that require approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), granting more autonomy to Native American tribes to make leasing decisions. The timing could not be better for renewable energy development in Michigan, which has twelve federally recognized Indian tribes. On November 29, 2012, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced his administration's new priorities for a reliable, adaptable, and affordable energy policy that also protects the environment.
The Department of the Interior engaged in a series of consultations with Indian tribes in 2011 and 2012 that identified the serious deficiencies in the existing regulations in 25 CFR 160 and developed a new process. The new rules, which will become final thirty days after publication in the Federal Register, leave in place regulations for agricultural leases, but now separately address the requirements for residential, business, and wind and solar project leases.
Wind energy projects fall under a two-part process. In the first stage, wind energy evaluation leases (WEELs) allow temporary possession of Indian lands to install equipment to determine whether a site is suitable for development. A WEEL involves a less intensive environmental impact evaluation and does not require property valuation. This reduced regulatory burden allows tribal and Indian landowners and wind energy developers to determine whether a site has realistic renewable energy potential before answering long-term questions regarding the project's environmental impacts, fair compensation for the lease, and other business concerns. The BIA has only twenty days to approve or deny a complete WEEL application.
If the site is suitable for wind energy development, a wind and solar resource (WSR) lease addresses the long-term project. A solar energy project does not require a WEEL and uses only a one-stage WSR lease because the assessment to determine whether a site is suitable for solar energy development does not typically require installing equipment on land. A WSR involves more substantive requirements, including property valuation and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 USC 4321 et seq. BIA has only sixty days to act on a complete WSR application.
The new rules provide substantially more oversight and autonomy to tribes to regulate and approve or deny leases and activities that may be conducted by permit. They clarify tax obligations associated with renewable energy development and eliminate many of the burdens under the rules that date back to the 1960s. Tribes, individual Indian landowners, and businesses that invest in renewable energy resources can look forward to new partnerships under these rules.
To read more about the new rules, visit the BIA website. To read Governor Snyder's address on energy, click here.


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"You unlock this door with the key of imagination, beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone."
Rod Serling
My day job requires me to work on the 4th of July, but it's okay since I get paid double-time on holidays. After a long day at work I came home and started my usual unwinding ritual of channel surfing. To my surprise, I found a Twilight Zone marathon on the Sci Fi Channel. I got to see some of my favorite episodes including A Stop At Willoughby, Mr. Bevis, A Hundred Yards Over The Rim, It's A Good Life, The Odyssey Of Flight 33 and Once Upon A Time. I loved tuning into an episode and see a character or characters out in the middle of nowhere be it the desert or a distant planet. A puff of smoke appears behind them, yet the characters do not acknologe the smoke, then the camera pans over to the side to reveal that the smoke came from Rod Serling's cigarette. The Twilight Zone is or was great television that can be boiled down to good stories, good writing and good acting.
I find it funny that many people today see television as pure escapism, not healthy entertainment, but escapism. They want to get lost in the lives of others whether they are real or fictional. These people do not care to use television to be informed enriched or educated. The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Playhouse 90 and other anthology series told great stories yet sadly they are no longer marketable since most of the television viewing public would rather see formulaic programming with reoccurring characters, and don't even get me started on reality TV.
Is it that people are too lazy to escape reality or is it a narrow-minded escapism? You can't unlock the door with the key of imagination when you have misplaced the keys and refuse to go look for them. To quote Rod Serling, "You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead— your next stop, the Twilight Zone!" It's not like this type of travel requires airfare, a passport or a security check. So why are you placing boundaries on it?
Stay Tuned
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my lo is 3 years of age and has started to wake up in the night crying she has sleppt through the night since she was one and I have never had a problem when it comes to sleep before but now she getting up in the night up to 7 or 8 times some nights only once or twice she has a bedtime routine that we stick to religoulsly every night she not scared or wetting the bed she has said her throat hurting her dont now whether to get it checked by the doctor
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I would take her to the Dr to get her throat checked out in case that is the problem. I had terrible tonsilitis as a toddler which only improved when they were eventually taken out! Do you give her Calpo or equivalent when she says it hurts?
Keep up with the bedroom routine too, I think you need to be consistent. If she comes out of her room for no good reason just take her back calmly and put her back into bed, don't start a debate with her about it. My son occasionally wakes at night, and I just show him that it's dark outside to reinforce that it's sleep time, that seems to work with him!
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With the Berlin International Film Festival, and its respective European Film Market, upon us, we're receiving details on various upcoming genre projects. One we're getting the exclusive word on is Debug from writer-director David Hewlett. Since we last reported on this sci-fi/horror film, Hewlett has cast Jeananne Goossen, Adrian Holmes and Jason Momoa and the film is currently in post-production.
Here's the synopsis: Deep space. Six young hackers on a grueling work release program attemptto clearout – debug – the computer systems of a massive derelict space freighter. They quickly fall prey to the ship's vengeful artificial intelligence, a program that would kill to be human. As the fractious team is forced to match wits with this rogue program, they discover that the ship holds a deadly secret, and a fate far worse than death.
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Leilani (1385) 2007-11-13 15:23
lovely comp. I'm a fan of this kind of shot. Would prefer to see it in larger size though.
powoj (1661) 2007-11-13 16:12
Czy nie dało się tego zrobić szerzej? i nie za wąska ramka?
Apex (336) 2007-11-13 16:41
Hello Kent,
interesting shot. The dock looks like it flying in the clouds.
Well done.
eev99 (1264) 2007-11-13 16:58
Kent, Great shot with a lot of feeling and mood.
Tayon (1995) 2007-11-13 17:54
Hi Kent
just awesome...
everything here is great and full of sensibility
goes to my favorites.
batalay (41261) 2007-11-13 20:51
Hello Kent,
You've painted a surrealistic painting with this image. The composition and perspective are exquisite, the colors and resolution flawless.
Warm regards,
skellywag (887) 2007-11-13 21:26
Hi Kent, a great image. The jetty looks as if it is pointing into a mysterious kind of place- the kind stories are made from. Really well done. Jean
grandklaus (423) 2007-11-13 22:49
hello kent
it's some kind of a dream your offer us with this shot
this pier is inviting us to .... imagination
nice colors and very strong atmosphere
au revoir
Dpbours (222) 2007-11-14 1:46
Hi Kent,
Very nice atmosphere captured here! Wonderful how those trees stick out of the mist to the right and how you don't see the end of the lake. Nice!
macondo (20417) 2007-11-14 4:12
Wonderful atmospheric shot, Kent. Beautiful the way the trees loom out of the mist on the right, and the reflection which is the only proof that there is any water out there, so still is the lake! A small but exquisite delight.
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- Genre: 风景
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- Date Taken: 2006-00-00
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My post title might lead you to believe I'm against such techniques, but that is not the case. My meaning will, hopefully, become clear below.
Recently I read Blake Snyder's Save the Cat and was amazed by how much of what he suggests is already out there in the world, in the blogosphere. I knew what his title meant at least 2 years ago. I still learned plenty and I'm so glad I read it. I don't know yet how much it will inform my writing and/or plotting, but I love learning new techniques and new ways to look at books and movies.
However, the downside to reading books on writing craft is that you never read the same way again. Books and movies aren't mere entertainment anymore. They are learning opportunities, offering both positive and negative examples.
Then again, it's fun, in a really dorky way, to recognize techniques in a movie and get all excited about seeing them in action. That's how I felt when I watched Cowboys and Aliens a few years ago and saw the Save the Cat moment for the antagonist who now had to learn to work together with the hero. I think I actually grabbed RocketMan's arm and whispered, eyes wide and bright, "He just saved the cat!"
If you've somehow missed all the stuff Blake Snyder has put out on the web for free, click here. But you can easily find the book at your local library, at your local indie book shop, or online. It's definitely worth the read, even if you start watching movies (or reading books) and yelling out things like, "Pope in the Pool!" or "Laying Pipe!"
You'll never read a book the same way again. But you'll also never plot or write the same way again.
If you've read Save the Cat, what's your favorite Blake-ism? If not, what's your favorite plotting advice?


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In May of last year, during the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a symposium on "Brains, Minds and Machines" took place, where leading computer scientists, psychologists and neuroscientists gathered to discuss the past and future of artificial intelligence and its connection to the neurosciences.
The gathering was meant to inspire multidisciplinary enthusiasm for the revival of the scientific question from which the field of artificial intelligence originated: how does intelligence work? How does our brain give rise to our cognitive abilities, and could this ever be implemented in a machine?
Noam Chomsky, speaking in the symposium, wasn't so enthused. Chomsky critiqued the field of AI for adopting an approach reminiscent of behaviorism, except in more modern, computationally sophisticated form. Chomsky argued that the field's heavy use of statistical techniques to pick regularities in masses of data is unlikely to yield the explanatory insight that science ought to offer. For Chomsky, the "new AI" -- focused on using statistical learning techniques to better mine and predict data -- is unlikely to yield general principles about the nature of intelligent beings or about cognition.
This critique sparked an elaborate reply to Chomsky from Google's director of research and noted AI researcher, Peter Norvig, who defended the use of statistical models and argued that AI's new methods and definition of progress is not far off from what happens in the other sciences.


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As the Target Maui Pro has its fourth lay day in a row, World No. 3 Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) joins the WSL desk. In her two-part interview, she opens up about her engagement, the long walk she once took after a loss (and the hitchhike back), and what happened hours after she won the Fiji Women's Pro. Read the latest Surfline forecast for Honolua Bay, which is expecting swell by the end of the week.
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The world imagined in "Star Trek" has its share of sensational technologies, including warp drives, transporters, universal translators, phasers and holodecks. Perhaps the most improbable technology of them all, however, is the replicator, a device capable of instantly materializing almost any object imaginable with the simple push of a button (or, as is often the case, via voice command).
Imagine being able to generate a perfectly cooked steak and lobster dinner on a whim — without having to first track down an actual lobster or steer. Or imagine if you suddenly desired a new phone, or television, or chair, or anything else you can dream up, and you could produce one instantly, seemingly out of thin air. Needless to say, this technology would be about as close to magic as it gets. It would be a miracle machine.
Well, believe it or not, scientists are currently working on a technology that could eventually lead to real-life replicators, reports The Conversation.
How is such a technology even theoretically possible? It all comes down to Einstein's famous equation, perhaps the most famous equation in the history of physics: E=mc2.
This equation essentially tells us that matter is just another form of energy, and that mass and energy can be converted from one to the other. This makes replicator technology at least conceivable for the following reason: It means that any material object could both be broken down into pure energy or created out of pure energy.
The idea of being able to materialize any object "out of thin air," as the metaphor suggests, is a bit tougher to wrap one's mind around. First, understand that quantum mechanics tells us that there is not really such a thing as empty space. Even in a vacuum, ultra-tiny particles can be found constantly coming into existence for extremely short periods of time. Although these particles are quickly annihilated when they collide with a corresponding anti-particle made from antimatter, they nevertheless exist ... and in the moment when they do exist they seemingly emerge "out of thin air."
Now imagine if you had a super-intense laser (which shot pure electromagnetic energy) that was strong enough to rip these tiny particles away from their anti-particles so that they didn't collide. If they don't collide, then they won't get annihilated. So in other words, such a laser would make it possible to end up with real particles with mass just by shooting your laser (pure energy) into a void region of space.
And it just so happens that such a laser is in the works. A major European project is now building the most powerful laser ever generated, known as the Extreme Light Infrastructure, or ELI. This laser will be able to provide beams with a power of 10 PW (or 10,000,000,000,000,000 watts), which is orders of magnitude (10 times, to be exact) more powerful than any existing laser facilities.
More importantly, ELI should be strong enough to produce particles out of a vacuum. While generating a handful of particles is a long way from generating a convincing steak and lobster dinner, the technology at least makes "Star Trek"-like replicators conceivable as a real-life possibility. They can no longer be dismissed merely as a convenient fiction for sci-fi writers. That's kind of exciting, if not downright mind-bending.
As Arthur C. Clarke once famously said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Should practical replicators ever be invented, there might be no other technology that better justifies such a claim.
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Review: The Hobbit (JimmyO's take)
PLOT: After an unexpected visit from a wizard, a simple hobbit is convinced to go on an adventure far from home. Off to what is called the Lonely Mountain, he joins forces with a band of dwarves looking to reclaim their treasure and home from the monstrous dragon Smaug.
There are very few motion pictures that affected me quite like THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy had. Epic and emotional, I grew more and more ecstatic about experiencing each upcoming installment. Yet for THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, some of the excitement lessened as its release grew closer. Whether it was the news that there would be three films made from one book to the seemingly mixed reaction to it being shown in 48 frames per second, I found myself more than a little worried. How would Peter Jacksonâs return to Middle-Earth possibly live up to the earlier films? Well, perhaps it wasnât meant to be as grand a tale.
For Frodo (Elijah Wood, who makes a brief appearance here), he literally had the weight of the world hanging from his neck â in the form of âone ring to rule them all.â Yet years before that monumental trip to Mordor, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) of Bag End was convinced to join in on an adventure. For THE HOBBIT, as dark and sometimes terrifying as the journey may get, it is a much more personal passage. This is more of a coming of age tale â or perhaps a mid-life crisis - as opposed to the grander scale that Frodo and the Fellowship experienced. Gone are most of the epic battles for the most part, as well as the grandeur presented in the first films.
With all my preconceived notions of what THE HOBBIT would be, there was still the fact that I really enjoy cinematically visiting Jacksonâs recreation of J.R.R. Tolkienâs Middle-Earth. There was a sense of comfort returning to the places where the director took us in LOTR. It was also refreshing to once again hear Howard Shore's remarkable score present itself in a familiar yet fresh way. This is a world that was created with such care and detail that as a fan, it was like visiting an old friend. Especially with so many of the original cast members including Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Ian Holm as the elder Bilbo, Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett as the Elrond and Galadriel among others.
The most satisfying returning cast member however is Andy Serkis as Smeagol (and his darker side Gollum). As great as he was technically in LOTR, he is absolutely flawless here. From the visual effects to Serkis exceptional performance, his short on-screen time very well may be the best part of the film. The exchange between Gollum and Freeman is absolutely perfect.
Speaking of Freeman, it is hard to imagine an actor better suited to play Bilbo â aside from the great Ian Holm of course. Martin brings a dry sense of humor that enlivens his character. He carries the film wonderfully as the little Hobbit with no desire to move from his comfortable surroundings. Freeman is a fantastic actor who fully commits to Bilbo through his mannerisms and his many little quirks. Yet there is an emotional core that is easy to relate to. Much like Elijah Wood as Frodo, he also shares a strong bond with the sensational Ian McKellan, who gives Gandalf as much soul and passion as he did in LOTR.
As much as I enjoyed this more personal journey, sometimes the deliberate pacing feels a bit strained. Considering this is the first film, you have to wonder how Mr. Jackson and company will fill the next two features. And while LOTR told an epic battle of good and evil, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEYâs more personal approach occasionally wears thin. In many ways this first chapter feels like the home video âExtended Editionâ as opposed to the âTheatrical Edition.â Many of the hard core fans will have no problem with this, yet those that are not quite converted to that level of commitment may feel the near three hours pass heavily upon them.
My only other grievance would be the quick introduction of so many characters early on without really getting a real feel for them. Aside from a tremendous Richard Armitage as Thorin, you didnât really get a sense of who the Dwarves were. That was not the case in LOTR where most of the cast was utilized incredibly well. In THE HOBBIT, it is hard to really connect with the dwarves on any emotional level. I did however like the couple of musical moments where they chanted and sang, especially the haunting âMisty Mountains.â
My screening of the film was the much ballyhooed 48 fps (frames per second) in 3D. The experience was unique in that it was more akin to watching a mini-series in HD on BBC AMERICA â of course one that is larger than life with incredible special effects. It was a clear and sharp image which was able to enhance a sequence here and there. This is especially true for Gollum as he looked remarkable and felt very real. It is a bit strange to see a film like this look as clear as it would on live TV, so I did miss the more cinematic approach at times. I donât know if LORD OF THE RINGS would have been as magnificent in this format.
In the end â or shall I say the beginning - THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is a visual feast with whimsy and charm. The performances from Freeman, McKellen, Serkis and Armitage are fantastic. I didnât even mind the length, but I do feel that it might be more of a treat for fans of LOTR âExtended Editionsâ of which I am one. Letâs just hope that throughout the three films, Middle-Earth will still be a pleasant place to visit by July 2014 with THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN.


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My Etsy store
Be Happy Designs is a shop I created on Etsy that offers homemade home decor and gifts. I've always enjoyed creating "things," whether stitching, painting, scrapbooking or writing. A few months ago I had some time on my hands so I decided to make a present for a friend. That led to more ideas, which led to making more presents, which led to too many items in my house, which led to the launch of Be Happy Designs (whew)! Feel free to check out the items here and click on the shop's link to see all available items.
ABC wood letter with polka dot background – click for details
A variety of jars and vases are available.
Multiple decorative letter options are available.
Jewelry holders come in fun colors with cool knobs!
A perfect bag for the beach, zoo, farmer's market or BBQ!
See more items at Be Happy Designs.


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MORELAND HILLS, OH (WOIO) - 19 Action News has learned the woman found dead in her car with 31 dogs was an Executive Director at the Animal Rights Foundation.
Moreland Hills Police were called to a home in the 31000 block of Jackson Road on Monday night after a friend found the body of Sandra Lertzman, 62, inside her car along with 31 dogs, most of them puppies.
Police say Lertzman's car was still running in her garage. Detectives found several prescription vials in the vehicle and a suicide note inside the house.
Police aren't sure how long Lertzman and the pets were dead before they were found, but investigators say she was last seen on Sunday.
Investigators also tell 19 Action News one of the puppies managed to get out of the car and get air from a small opening in the closed garage. The surviving puppy is now recovering with a member of Lertzman's family.
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The Federal Election Commission gave the go-ahead Monday evening to using text messages to donate money to federal candidates and committees, a move advocates hope will boost the participation of small contributors and counterbalance the influx of massive donations.
In a rare instance of bipartisan agreement, the six-member panel unanimously approved a proposal by two political consulting companies – one Republican and one Democratic – to work with a third-party aggregator to collect donations by text. The decision means that campaigns can begin accepting donations via text messages on cellphones, a potentially lucrative new avenue.
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[The program still needs to be approved by wireless carriers, which could happen speedily, said Alan Sege, executive vice president and general counsel for m-Qube, the aggregator company, a subsidiary of the Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger Inc.
[Sege came up with the concept with Democratic consultant Mark Armour, who called the FEC's decision "a real game-changer for campaigns."


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Canberra captain nets last gasp winner
By Arvind Hickman:
Westfield W-League – Season 8 – 2015/2016 – Round 6
4pm, Sunday 22 November, 2015 – Lambert Park
Sydney FC 0
lost to
Canberra United FC 1 (N. Begg 88)
CANBERRA United have beaten Sydney FC for the second time this season after a late Nicole Begg strike wrapped up all three points.
In a game where clear-cut chances were hard to come by, the United captain ghosted into the box to smash home a low Nicky Flannery cross with only minutes to spare.
The strike lifts the defending champions to third on a congested W-League table. Sydney FC are eighth, but only two points adrift of second-placed Adelaide United.
United coach Rae Dower paid tribute to her captain's determination in what could prove a vital goal for Canberra's finals ambitions.
"For your left fullback to get to the back post at the 88th minute to get on the end of the cross, for me that signifies Canberra United, we all play for the full 90 minutes," she told Back of the Net.
"We did create large parts of possession and just that final pass lacked a bit of decision making or was either too square or too hard, we probably just lacked that little bit of finesse in that final third."
Although Sydney rallied strongly in the second half, Canberra controlled the first and created the better chances throughout, with Begg's twin sister Ashleigh Sykes having an inspired game.
The defending champions, led by strong midfield performances from Caitlin Munoz and Veronica Perez, moved the ball around patiently and generally had a better structure to their attack.
Sydney FC, who improved as the game wore on, looked most dangerous with quick counters that exploited the pace and tenacity of Jasmyn Spencer up front.
Both sets of defenders deserve special praise, particularly Sydney FC's centre-back pairing of Alanna Kennedy and Elizabeth Ralston, who did well to contain the threat of United's mobile front three Sykes, Jenna McCormick and Michelle Heyman.
McCormick is a defender by trade but you couldn't tell on this showing. She had a couple of early chances, and rattled the crossbar from an offside position.
Heyman was causing Teigen Allen all sorts of problems down Sydney's left flank. After beating Allen to the byline, she sent a deep cross to the unmarked Sykes who couldn't keep her shot down.
Spencer almost cashed in on a United mistake when a misheaded ball fell into her lap. After doing well to beat a defender she couldn't find the target with just Williams to beat.
Late in the half, a defence-splitting McCormick ball played Heyman through on goal, but the Matildas forward hesitated to pull the trigger and was expertly shackled by the Sky Blues defence.
In the second, a marauding Spencer run beat two players but her shot was well saved by Williams.
As the game opened up, both teams pushed bodies forward to find a goal, but it was United who created the better chances.
A through ball led to a footrace between Sykes and the rushing Michelle Betos, who was forced to leave her territory. The Sydney 'keeper smothered the ball but her clearance ricocheted off the Canberra attacker and back towards goal. Sykes then beat Allen to the ball but could only find side-netting from a tight angle.
In the 79th minute, a tiring McCormick earned a well-deserved breather and was replaced by Flannery, whose impact was almost immediate. The 16-year-old, played down the right by Caitlin Munoz, squared a ball to Sykes but a last-ditch Natalie Tobin tackle momentarily saved the day.
In the 88th minute, an isolated Michelle Heyman did brilliantly to hold up a long ball and bring her teammates into play. She eventually fed Flannery, who beat a defender down the right side of the box and cut the ball back across goal to Begg who netted the winner.
A late Kennedy run almost inspired an equaliser, but the undercooked Princess Ibini-Isei couldn't control the ball with just Williams to beat.
Next week, Sydney FC face a tough journey to Adelaide missing Matildas Kennedy, Amy Harrison and Kyah Simon. Canberra United take on fourth-placed Western Sydney Wanderers without Heyman, Williams and Caitlin Munoz.
As runaway leaders Melbourne City are a sure bet for the minor premiership, there are seven teams now battling it out for three semi-final spots.
Match details
Attendance: 710
Sydney FC
1.Michelle BETOS, 2. Elizabeth RALSTON, 5. Jasmyn SPENCER, 6. Teresa POLIAS (c), 7. Nicola BOLGER (Princess IBINI-ISEI 85'), 8. Amy HARRISON, 11. Natalie TOBIN (Lyndsay KOHLET '81), 14 Alanna KENNEDY, 15. Teigen ALLEN, 17. Kyah SIMON, 19. Leena KHAMIS
Coach: Daniel Barrett
Yellow: Teresa Polias 90′
Canberra United
1.Lydia WILLIAMS, 4. Kendall FLETCHER, 5. Jenna MCCORMICK (Nickoletta FLANNERY 80'), 6. Caitlin MUNOZ, 7. Ellie BRUCH, 11. Michelle HEYMAN, 13. Nicole BEGG (c), 14. Ashleigh SYKES (Tegan RIDING 89'), 15. Emma CHECKER, 17. Veronica PEREZ, 18. Rebecca KITING
Coach: Raeanne Dower
Yellow: nil
Referee: Casey Reibelt; Assistant referees: Delfina Dimoski, Lily David. Fourth official: Katie Patterson
Match ratings
Referee rating: 8/10
Game rating: 6.5/10
Pitch: synthetic
Player ratings
3 – Ashleigh Sykes (CU)
1 – Jasmyn Spencer (SFC)
1 – Jenna McCormick (CU)
1 – Elizabeth Ralston (SFC)


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Unused bags of weed killers. How do you dispose of them?
Pesticide collection sites in Prosser, Toppenish and Yakima will be accepting old and unusable pesticides for disposal, according Rod Baker of the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
Residents, farmers, business owners and public agencies will be able to dispose of old or unusable agricultural and commercial grade pesticides without paying hazardous waste disposal fees, according to Baker.
A disposal site will be open in Yakima April 20, Toppenish April 21 and Prosser April 22. Organizers have not yet determined where the Toppenish drop-off site will be, but those in the Yakima area will be able to drop off pesticides at the Terrace Heights landfill. The WSU extension station in Prosser will be used as a drop-off site for Lower Valley residents.
Those wanting to participate in the free service need to sign up by March 8, according to Baker. Walk-in customers will not be served.
Pesticides that will be accepted by the WSDA include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides and chemicals that kill, repel or prevent unwanted pests. Empty containers and other waste such as fertilizer, motor oil and household hazardous waste will not be accepted.
According to Baker, the WSDA will provide large clear plastic bags for participants who have containers or bags that are leaking.
"We even have plastic bags for drums," he said. "We're getting stuff that's decades old. Metal containers get old and will corrode."
Since the program started in 1988, about 1.5 million pounds of pesticides have been collected across Washington state.
Baker described the pesticide program, which sets up collection sites annually in agricultural communities such as Wenatchee, Puyallup, and Yakima, as a "traveling road show."
Nineteen collection sites will be set up, primarily in Eastern Washington, between March and June.
Baker said when bringing the pesticides to the disposal sites, participants have to submit an inventory form listing the pesticides being left.
"We'll even take small amounts of unknown pesticides," said Baker. He said they will take up to five pound containers of unknown pesticides.
According to Joe Hoffman, WSDA disposal program coordinator, leaky containers or improper pesticide disposal may create serious health problems for humans and animals, contaminate drinking water supplies or cause significant environmental damage. It is also costly and difficult to clean up contaminated soil.
"We hope to reach new property owners who may find barrels, bottles or cans of unknown substances left behind by the previous owner," said Hoffman. "A mystery container with unknown contents may be the most hazardous feature of your new property, especially if you have curious children or the container is leaking. We will help to identify the contents and, if it is a pesticide, we will arrange to have it removed at no cost.
Once pesticides are taken into the WSDA's possession, the state department is responsible for them.
For more information or to participate in the disposal day contact the WSDA, (360) 902-2056 or (877) 301-4555.
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*The grand prize drops from $5 million to $1 million this season on "The X Factor," a sum Simon Cowell says is a more "reasonable" figure.
"We got to a point where I think the idea was to raise attention, but it almost – this is going to sound crazy coming from me – it was almost too much," he told TV critics earlier this month. "You know, we want artists who really want to be artists. The prize will be a million dollars, which is still a lot of money. They still get a recording contract with Sony. They become a number one priority. And we think that's a more reasonable figure now. But, like I said, I don't very often offer out $1 million recording contracts."
Kelly Rowland – a new judge this season with singer Paulina Rubio and returning judges Cowell and Demi Lovato – says $5 million isn't really all that much when you consider the amount of expenses needed to launch an artist from scratch.
"If you start doing the addition in your head as an executive and you think about how much it costs to put together an album, you think about how much the producers cost, you think about studio costs, you think about touring. You think about how much publicity costs, marketing costs, and you are thinking as an executive, it's about $5 million to actually break them to where you feel like they will actually be successful. So between what, 3 and $5 million, you can break an act and feel like you get radio air play, video play. Honey, it costs to play."
"The X Factor" returns for its third season on Sept. 11. Below, Rowland tells EURweb about the competition that already exists on the judging panel.


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This is a great warm up exercise, or combined with push ups, bear crawls and air squats, can make a workout itself (10-15 reps each exercise, 4-5 rounds, no stopping).
- Half run, half jog pumping knees/legs as high as possible, using arm pumps as well.
- Repeat as many times as desired; or, alternate with other exercises to create a "workout"


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Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Thomas Winberry is a macroeconomist who is interested in what micro data can teach us about aggregate issues. His recent work focuses on how firm-level investment behavior shapes the dynamics of aggregate investment over the business cycle and the response of aggregate investment to fiscal and monetary policy. A secondary strand of his research is in computational economics, focusing on how to efficiently compute macro models that feature realistic micro behavior.
Winberry earned his PhD in economics from Princeton University and a BA in economics (with highest honors) and applied mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.


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