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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Review: Ex Machina v1 The Frist Hundred Days
Michael Hundred was once a civil engineer, but a strange accident near the Brooklyn Bridge gifts him with some amazing powers: the ability to talk to machines and mechanical items. Hundred used these powers to become the world's first, and only, real-deal super hero. However, he eventually tires of doing nothing more than maintaining the status quo, so he gave up the crime-fighting gig, and turned to, what else? Politics. Cashing in on his celebrity status, Hundred wins the NYC mayor election in a landslide, kicking off a political career full of drama.
Hundred has his work cut out for him as he must deal with his eccentric staff, assassination attempts, a PR disaster thanks to a controversial exhibit at an art museum, a crippling blizzard, and a crazed serial killer who's topping the city's snow plow drivers.
I know the plot synopsis I just gave doesn't do justice, but let it be said that Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days is a truly special comic. There are multiple layers at work here; the politics, the characters, and the super hero stuff, all work together to make this really special. First off, you have the characters, who are incredibly fleshed out and nuanced. Comic characters can sometimes come off as over the top, but writer Brian K. Vaughn avoids that easily and creates a unique cast that not only stand out, but stand on their own as interesting individuals.
Obviously, politics play a major role in Ex Machina, so if you aren't into that sort of thing, well, go read Spiderman or something. Guess what though? A comic about politics isn't boring as shit! As a nice touch, Vaughn ties in a few real life news items, like the painting of Lincoln with the "N" word written across it, to add some flesh to the political turmoil plaguing Hundred's life. Aside from the major news worthy stuff, Vaughn mixes in lots of the nuts and bolts daily bullshit that a mayor would have to deal with which made me feel like Hundred actually was the mayor.
Maybe I shouldn't have scared off the Spiderman fans so soon, because there's some super hero action in Ex Machina as well. Vaughn layers in a bunch of flashbacks to Hundred's old super hero days which craftily gives you his back story, and sets up the pertinent history for the series. These scenes are all well done, and play an important role in the overall tapestry of the story. I get the feeling that if a regular guy actually ever did gain some super powers, his crime fighting days might look a lot like Hundred's sloppy, trial and error, fly by the seat of your pants crime fighting style.
Not only does The First Hundred Days feature some top-shelf writing, but the art is equally amazing. Tony Harris was more or less an unknown to me before I read this, I knew he had an epic run on Starman, but I'd never read a book with his work. Simply said, he is amazing. Every single aspect of this book looks stunning, but Harris shines when drawing the people that populate this book. I haven't seen any artist nail facial or body expression like Harris. Yeeeeah, there are a few times that the facial expressions look overdone, and the body language is too much, but most of the time it is spot on, and amazing. Harris' skill at capturing facial and body expression/language adds another layer to the already great characters.
Overall this is a fantastic comic. You have a creative team that is on their A game working on a great title. Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days is definitely one of the best graphic novels I've read this year. Without a doubt I am sucked into this series, and it looks like I'll be spending more time with Mitchell Hundred, and his political staff in the future. Definitely worth a read. This one easily gets the Battle Hymns seal of awesomeness.
Grade: A+
Posted by Ryan at 12/23/2010 10:31:00 AM
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WASHINGTON (Aug. 16, 2012)—On Sunday, Aug. 19, the National Geographic Kids programming block will debut on MundoFox, the newly launched U.S. Spanish-language broadcast network that aims to bring to life the Latino experience nationwide and reach 75 percent of Hispanic households in the United States. The National Geographic Kids programming consists of quality educational programs the whole family can enjoy together. It is geared to kids ages 4 to 11 and will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sundays.
"National Geographic Kids programming is just what you'd expect from the brand parents trust, critics admire and kids love," said Melina Bellows, chief creative officer for Books, Kids and Family at National Geographic. "We're all about inspiring the next generation of explorers to get excited about the planet, and these programs do just that. Our shows provide real, smart and fun entertainment for the entire family."
MundoFox offers Latino audiences exciting entertainment, best-in-class programming content and differentiation from the existing Spanish-language options. The growing prominence and sophistication of U.S. Hispanic communities has demonstrated a need for distinct quality programming in Spanish for U.S. Latino families.
"We think a National Geographic Kids block will appeal to this audience because it is high quality, visually appealing and fun for kids of all ages," said Emiliano Saccone, president of MundoFox. "Our mission is to provide the Hispanic families a better option for family entertainment than what is currently available in the marketplace."
The National Geographic Kids programming block will launch with the following programs:
- 9 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Mama Mirabelle — "Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies" is a breakthrough preschool series that introduces little kids to the animal kingdom through gentle storytelling, memorable characters and stunning wildlife footage from the outstanding archives of National Geographic and the BBC.
- 9:30 a.m.–10 a.m. Toot & Puddle — Based on Holly Hobbie's best-selling book series, "Toot & Puddle" is a delightful preschool series that begins to put the world into context for young viewers by following the adventures of two fun-loving, inquisitive but very different best friends. The show encourages exploration and adventure and piques kids' natural curiosity about the world around them.
- 10 a.m.–11 a.m. Are We There Yet? World Adventure — A global adventure series for kids by kids, hosted by real brother and sister duos. Through journal entries, crayon-drawn travel logs, on-location kid chatter and voice narration, the hosts explore a world of playground-inspired adventures as they celebrate familiar childhood themes and experiences in some truly unfamiliar locations.
- 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Iggy Arbuckle — "Iggy Arbuckle" is a fast-paced animated, buddy-comedy series for kids 6-11, filled with off-kilter critters, eccentric wildlife and natural phenomena that are anything but natural. When Iggy sets out to explore the great outdoors, it doesn't take long for a simple nature walk to explode into a full-scale avalanche of chaotic comedy.
The whole block will be wrapped in National Geographic Kids' fun, reality-brand sensibility, including short-form "Weird But True" spots, moments of "Awww," moments of "Ewwww," funny animal shorts and more.
About National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids inspires young adventurers to explore the world through award-winning magazines, books, apps, games, toys, videos, events and a website, and is the only kids brand with a world-class scientific organization at its core. National Geographic Kids magazine (10 issues per year) and Little Kids magazine (six issues per year) are photo-driven publications available on newsstands or by subscription in print and on tablets. The award-winning website kids.nationalgeographic.com excites kids about the planet through games, videos, contests, photos, quizzes and blogs about cultures, animals and destinations. National Geographic Kids Books is the leading nonfiction publisher with 50 titles each year, including the New York Times bestseller "Kids Almanac." National Geographic Kids Games engages kids to learn through play with games like the online virtual animal world of Animal Jam and the interactive TV experience of Nat Geo Kinect TV. National Geographic Kids Apps bring the best of National Geographic Kids to smart phones and tablets.
About MundoFox
MundoFox is a joint venture between Fox International Channels (FIC), News Corporation's international multi-media business, and RCN, the leading Latin American television network and production company belonging to Organización Ardila Lülle (OAL). Together, FIC and RCN currently reach over 1.2 billion households worldwide with primetime comedies, dramas and daytime series, as well as factual, sports and lifestyle programming. Additionally, both operate and program cable networks and 24-hour global news channels. The new network, headquartered in Los Angeles, launched on Aug. 13, 2012. For more information, visit MundoFox at www.us.mundofox.com.


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Proust: The Search
Marcel Proust came into his own as a novelist comparatively late in life, yet only Shakespeare, Balzac, Dickens, Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky were his equals when it came to creating characters as memorably human. As biographer Benjamin Taylor suggests, Proust was a literary lightweight before writing his multivolume masterwork In Search of Lost Time, but following a series of momentous historical and personal events, he became—against all expectations—one of the greatest writers of his, and indeed any, era.This insightful, beautifully written biography examines Proust's artistic struggles—the "search" of the subtitle—and stunning metamorphosis in the context of his times. Taylor provides an in-depth study of the author's life while exploring how Proust's personal correspondence and published works were greatly informed by his mother's Judaism, his homosexuality, and such dramatic events as the Dreyfus Affair and, above all, World War I. As Taylor writes in his prologue, "Proust's Search is the most encyclopedic of novels, encompassing the essentials of human nature…His account, running from the early years of the Third Republic to the aftermath of World War I, becomes the inclusive story of all lives, a colossal mimesis. To read the entire Search is to find oneself transfigured and victorious at journey's end, at home in time and in eternity too."
"Benjamin Taylor's Proust: The Search is a marvel of brief biography, reanimating the hapless, almost Chaplinesque figure who by all logic should never have accomplished what he did. With a kind of worldly tenderness, Taylor shows Proust's work accruing amid personal pratfalls, French anti-Semitism and the catastrophe of World War I."
—Thomas Mallon, New York Times Sunday Book Review
"Deeply researched, and immensely well considered, Benjamin Taylor's own search is an outstanding addition to Proust studies."
—Robert McCrum, The Observer
"Taylor expertly deconstructs where the similarities between Proust's fictional self and real-life self begin and end . . . . A deep analysis of Proust's masterpiece and a biography of Proust the man, Taylor proves, are one and the same."
—Shelf Awareness
"This engaging book…should encourage those who have quailed at the thought of Proust's colossus to have another go."
—John Carey, Sunday Times
"Those who found reading Proust too grand an undertaking over the years because of distractions and deficiencies of their own, might well rush to reconsider after confronting this dazzlingly elegant biography."
—Philip Roth
"Taylor's endeavor is not to explain the life by the novel or the novel by the life but to show how different events, different emotional upheavals, fired Proust's imagination and, albeit sometimes completely transformed, appeared in his work. The result is a very subtle, thought-provoking book."
—Anka Muhlstein, author of Balzac's Omelette and Monsieur Proust's Library
"A sensitive study…Readers of Proust will be fascinated to find clues as to who his characters were in real life, and they should be moved to appreciation by Taylor's assessment of Proust's accomplishment…A densely packed and rewarding book."
—Kirkus Reviews
"In this concise and elegant biography, Benjamin Taylor ably illustrates how Proust absorbed the life around him and transformed it into immortal art."
—Jewish Book Council
"…Taylor quotes liberally and wisely from Proust's massive correspondence, early writings, essays, and interviews. In the process, he traces the complexities of Proust's personality and painstaking artistic development from mere talent to genius…"
—Publisher's Weekly


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Star Trek: Infinite Space Features
Preview: E3 2011: Jonah Falcon got a chance to check out Gameforge's new free-to-play Star Trek MMO.
18 June 2011 | By Import
While there is already an MMO based on the Star Trek license - appropriately named Star Trek Online - many fans have been somewhat disappointed with it. The game tends to be too straightfoward and combat oriented; there aren't enough non-combat missions that rely on, for example, diplomacy or research. Gameforge is promising a Star Trek licensed MMO that not only stresses the...


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There's a new platform for gamers to get in touch: Arandomtable
Aventuras en La Marca del Este announces their next game: La Marca Estelar, to be published by Holocubierta at year's end.
Maqui Edicions puts on sale La meva vida amb l'amo (the Catalan edition of Life with master).
Verkami and Dau Barcelona announce the II Concurso de Protojuegos Verkami contest.
Club Diògenes of Tarragona (Spain) announce their 3es Jornades for coming June 6th.
Associació de Jugadors i Jugadores de Rol de Reus (AJJRR) will do in June 13th a new session of the Reviu la Història: didàctica de la història a través dels jocs de taula activity for the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the ending of Second World War.
If you like role-playing games and manga you will like the patronage of Otakus y Mazmorras.
Pinnacle Entertainment launches the patronage for the adaptation to role-play ofThe Sixth Gun comicbook.
Lowell Francis is recovering the history of role-playing games with his Patreon campaign.
Campeones de Verne, game based in works by Jules Verne begins its patronage campaign.
Journalist Cristopher Helton needs your help to cover the convention circuit.
There's a new project being carried out related to experimental propulsion with solar sails, to follow its progress you may read The Planetary Society website.
British fantasy, science-fiction and terror writer Tanith Lee died last May 24th.
Do you know about early 20th century British suffragists? Then perhaps you also will be interested to know that they parctised personal defense with jiu-jitsu.
The online magazine Desde el Sótano reaches its 131th edition with the following articles (Note: The magazine is writen in Spanish):
- Editorial: a word from the maker.
- Credits: Those who are behind this (and make it possible).
- Index
- Basement Answers: Questions from the fans and the best of our responses.
- The Voice: Conferences, meetings and events for the coming days and months.
- Basement exterior: Section with interesting news from the outside world.
- Galery: Iroiendi Fighter. A new 3D contribution for a fighter of the Exo universe.
- Review: El Destructor de Mundos, a brief review of the Exo novel recently published by Ediciones Epicismo.
- Games: Ranas y sapos. A game credited to Tikki but played by many races by Pangea.
- History: Las edades de Eriloe. Let's know a little more about this fantasy setting.
- Units: Italian Paratroopers. Notes for these unknown Italian units for Comandos de Guerra.
- Systems: Planet Gleus 2. Second part of an article describing a planet for Exo with interesting ideas to develop.
- System: Sistema Superlativo. An easy playing system based in "adjectives" to be used in your favorite setting, like Eriloe.
- Fauna: Fungal Volcano. One of these creatures making Pangea a place you don't want to spent some holydays.
- Species: Half-breeds between Humans and Tyranas. Now you can make hybrid characters between two very similar species.
- Weapons: Eisil grenade. A grenade with bad intentions made by "peaceful" Eisil ofExo.
- Weapons: Sig-Sauer P226 / P228. Two modern weapons for Sistema Sombra arsenal.
- Equipment: Soldier. We continue the equipment articles for creating Exo PCs and speed equipment buying.
- Chronology: The Great War, May 1915
- Runes: News of Pangea.
- The Truth: Cunia news of the day. May 2015.
- A.D.E.G. '70: Salku II '70.
- Chronology: May 1810.
- Comandos: Paracadutisti! Your characters will take part in one of the few paratrooper missions carried out by Italians . Would they be able to survive?
- Exo: Xtlemer, el último boron. Defend a ramshackle spaceship in an orbital station against the misterious asailants willing to have it.
- Sangrienta Siete: 1x11 - El extraño caso del doble asesino. Synopsis of a new chapter of the series of 1808.
- Ojos de Clara: 1x10 - 45º. Synopsis of a new chapter of the series of Rol Negro. .
Authors of the role-playing game Walhalla liberate the book with a simple layout.
Supplement Petty Gods for Old School games is already available for downloading from RPGNoW, for printed at cost options read these posts at Tenkar's Tavern and OSR Today, there's also something standing out about its license: the ORC (Old-school Role-playing Community).
Demonio Sonriente informs that Kontrolle Krise campaign is available under Pay What You Want from Lektu platform.
The Arthurian grotesque role-playing game ... y sus humildes servidores is available com a as a free download (although you can also buy the pdf at Tesoros de la Marca).
Second chapter of the campaign Legado Envenenado for Walküre is available as Pay What You Want from DriveThruRPG.
Do you like classic science-fiction games mixing Planetary Romance, Sword and Sorcery and Savage West you will like Exiled in Eris, available from DriveThruRPG as Pay What You Want.
If you are interested in military themed role-playing games you will be interested in Stalingrado V2.0 by Sagittarius (written in Spanish).
Cinema and television
French director Luc Besson announces the cinema adaptation of teh adventures of Valerian, spacetime agent.
My first tweet ever! Let's share a real news! My next film is a big sci-fi: #Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
— Luc Besson (@lucbesson) Mayo 12, 2015
Starring @danedehaan & @Caradelevingne. Shooting in December. In theaters 2017. 🐬 pic.twitter.com/R3STb1aPsf
— Luc Besson (@lucbesson) Mayo 12, 2015
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Somehow I still managed to keep my schedule and get everything done, but it was certainly hectic.
At least I have something to show for all this stress. Actually, it wasn't that bad, it was just strange because I didn't have my usual dedicated work time slots. But this week we're mostly back to normal and life is good.
I absolutely love this March club. It came out absolutely drool worthy and of course now I am sad that all of this yarn is going to live somewhere else.


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Sometimes dealing with Memphis music can seem like being trapped in a Faulkner novel, with stories of the past continually and obsessively repeated. But what's special about Sounds of Memphis, a one-hour documentary on Memphis music produced by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, isn't the stories but who is telling them.
Those stories, which most of us have probably heard before (and for those who haven't, this is a fine introduction) -- the recording of "Rocket '88" at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service, the "discovery" and first real recording session of Elvis Presley, the unlikely emergence of Otis Redding, the growing partnership of songwriters Isaac Hayes and David Porter -- are told by the likes of Ike Turner, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips, Steve Cropper, and Lewis Steinberg rather than by historians and writers. The personalities on display make the familiar come alive again.
Sounds of Memphis is culled from over 120 hours of videotaped interviews with more than 40 key figures in the Memphis music scene. The interviews, part of the national Grammy Living History program, have been conducted over the last two years, mostly by producer Jeff Scheftel and former Commercial Appeal music columnist Larry Nager.
This mission of historic preservation was one of the first goals that Jon Hornyak, director of the Memphis NARAS chapter and executive producer of the documentary, had when he took the NARAS post a decade ago. Hornyak says he thought it was important to preserve these oral histories before they became lost, a goal whose importance is reinforced by two key voices lost in recent months -- Rufus Thomas and gospel singer James Blackwood -- and by the film's reminder of voices long absent -- Elvis Presley, radio pioneer Dewey Phillips, drummer Al Jackson, and Otis Redding.
Scheftel, an Emmy-winning, Los Angeles-based filmmaker who used to be the national director of production for the academy and who has produced over 200 television documentaries, had worked with the Memphis chapter before, producing some video vignettes for the annual Premier Player Awards. This project was a natural for him.
"Jon has been pushing for a long time to chronicle this history," Scheftel says, "and one of my passions from the beginning has been to tell the stories of the pioneers of the recording industry."
When Scheftel came aboard he worked with NARAS CEO Michael Greene to make a deal between the academy and WKNO to produce and air the film -- and took a crash course in Memphis music. "I thought I was well-versed on the subject," Scheftel says, "then I started digging into it and realized that I knew nothing."
Scheftel took 13 trips to Memphis over the course of a year working on the film, with most interviews conducted in the city (B.B. King and Jerry Wexler are the only exceptions). The film contains (by this reporter's count) interviews with 26 subjects, with Scheftel citing Stax founders Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart as subjects he wishes he could have gotten but didn't.
Scheftel mixes the interview footage with period recordings, photographs, and films from sources such as photographer Ernest Withers and the archives of the Center for Southern Folklore. The film breaks into three parts: the atmosphere on Beale Street during the '40s and early '50s, Sun, and Stax. This time frame is deliberately incomplete, bypassing, according to Scheftel, the early days of Beale because, as an oral-history project, there was no opportunity to tell that story and stopping short of the rise of Hi and the later years of Stax due to the documentary's one-hour limit.
Sounds of Memphis is filled with wonderful moments. The opening credits begin with the voice of Jim Dickinson contending that "Memphis celebrates the sanctity of the individual spirits," then the film gives us some of those individual spirits to appreciate. Rufus Thomas gets the first proper word in, as he should, stating, "Memphis was a haven for the black man. If you were black for one Saturday night on Beale Street, you never would want to be white no more." But some of the most engaging voices are those many in the audience will be unfamiliar with: original Stax bassist Lewis Steinberg and rockabilly artist Paul Burlison in particular.
The film is also filled with deft visual touches. For example, Scheftel introduces new interview subjects by subtly fading from vintage still photographs of each speaker to them speaking on video. And his incorporation of the original television commercial for the Rocket '88 automobile into Ike Turner and Sam Phillips' discussion of the song is a hoot.
Only at the end does Sounds of Memphis falter, when, reaching for a way to sum up the "magic" of Memphis music, it lapses into promotional hyperbole -- Sam Phillips' effusive "There's something in the air in Memphis that brings you to your knees" and Jim Dickinson's dubious "Elvis Presley couldn't have happened anywhere else on earth. He would have been arrested most places."
Sounds of Memphis will be shown on WKNO Channel 10 at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 19th, but Scheftel and Hornyak are both hoping for more exposure for the project. Scheftel originally envisioned a three-to-six-part series and hopes this pilot project will lead to a larger project. Scheftel also says he has been exploring broadcast options elsewhere, mentioning PBS, BBC, and TNT as possible outlets for the film. Hornyak is hoping to incorporate the film into a proposed semester-long course on Memphis music in Memphis city and county schools.


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KEXP has a special love for Operators in the live setting. Sure, synth-heavy brainchild of Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits) would fit on KEXP's airwaves regardless, but we have history together. Three days after the band announced it existed, they played on KEXP and later in the day at Barboza, where they threw a raucous party and invited people up onto the stage for dancing during the single "True". Fast forward a year, and Operators joined us for Iceland Airwaves, throwing down one of the most blistering sets of the week, showing off all unheard material, all in pitch perfect form. And this week, the band returns to Seattle for the first time since their radio debut, playing an extremely good new record Blue Wave at an extremely sold out show upon the Sunset Tavern stage. Together with Bogan Via, Dan and the gang brought the house down in quintessential form.
Bogan Via are a great pairing to be on tour with Operators right now. First off, of the duo's handful of EP releases (latest called Madly) and LP BOGANVIALAND all put songwriting first. The two write thoughtful, melancholic pop miniatures, laced with strong vocal harmonies akin to Dirty Projectors. The electronic texturing of their music feels less like a starting point than it does a natural means to an end – the most conducive mode of transport to bring their melodies to the ears of listeners. In this way, Bogan Via operate and deliver in similar ways as their stage counterpart. The band burned through a good selection of their repertoire including their great single "Kanye". Altogether, Bogan Via got great energy going in the room, warming it with equal parts good songwriting and Arizonan charm.
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When you have enough cable on the ground to make the stage look like something on board the Nostromo, you are bound to have a couple technical hiccups. Operators began their set this way, as if only to build the tension. It pushed the set 15 minutes, and guess what? No one complained. The packed out back room at Sunset Tavern was willing to wait 15 more minutes. Dan Boeckner, along with Divine Fits drummer Sam Brown and synth player (and solo songwriter) Devojka, was going to make the house shake to its knees. Anyone present at the impact point at Barboza two years ago knew it. Anyone that saw them on the remaining tour dates with Future Islands or in the following year or at Iceland Airwaves knew it too. Operators, once a solo vessel for Dan to write some personal songs on synthesizers in Divine Fits downtime, is now and forever will be a live bomb of a band. Sam's impeccable drumming probably has something to do with that, as does Devojka's cool, calculated mastery of the table of wires at the center. So once the final ok went through on the soundboard, the band jumped to the stage for a final role call on the microphones before the final chance to pile forward to dance. Because after that, it was all hearts on fire from here on out.
Operators played new album Blue Wave (out now on Last Gang) in its entirety, all chopped up and thrown out of order, all in thrilling new living sound. Blue Wave is a record that sounds really good – so, so much better than their already good-sounding EP debut was. Where the EP was self-produced and mixed to showcase Dan's fun new bucket of sounds (a much more expansive collection of analog synth magic than the purposefully restrictive collection he used on Handsome Furs), producer Graham Walsh helps Boeckner make Blue Wave sound like it has a singular sonic mission, with different shades and flavors to all fulfill a larger purpose alongside each other. That feeling is exponentiated when you hear Blue Wave live. Hearing Dan rip into the guitar of lead track "Rome" right off the band, the room felt electric like tonight was the night and nothing mattered tomorrow. Hearing the pounding drum and throbbing synth of "Control", the dance floor was the only frontier left to discover. Operators made the world seem new again, cast through the cold light.
Of course, it also helps that you could watch each of the band's individual members do their thing for hours on end. Sam Brown, without question, has to be one of the best drummers we've got right now. Watching that dude rip through "Shape of Things", you see him swat hi-hats like the karate kid and throw rim shots you thought you needed a third arm for – it will make you nauseous. Then there's Devojka, whose occasional vocal responsibilities mark the only times she looks up from a table of knobs and blinking dots in front of her. It looks like rocket science, and yet it sounds like dance music. Devojka's calculated precision gives the band practically as much backbone as Brown's drumming. And then, there's Dan, whose charm and charisma as a frontman is only outweighed by uncanny ability to multitask with style. There was never a time on stage when Dan was doing less than three things, two of which (most of the time) were singing and freaking the hell out doing whatever dancing/shaking/ecstasy by osmosis thing he does on stage. Elsewhere, he'd rip out ridiculous guitar riffs ("Nobody" and "Evil" both taking the cake in this department), add to the pile of synthesizers in dazzling form (the saxophones of the "Blue Wave"
studio version were replaced by bleating blasts of synth horn from Mr Boeckner's setup), or crack awesome jokes ("When I was writing this, I was like, does this sound like mid-period Nine Inch Nails? Because if it does, awesome."). It's easy to get lost in the sheer excellence being presented on the small stage here at the Sunset.
After burning through the whole record, the band returned for an encore, playing non-album track "I Die" and EP lead single "True". Seattle was ecstatic to party with Operators and celebrate a big accomplishment in them releasing their debut album into the world, and getting to go back to the beginning here at the end was a treat. The whole of the Sunset sang along with enthusiasm. "You've got… one, one, one, one… true love!" the crowd screamed. We do have one true love in the synth rock department, and it's Operators.


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We like to concentrate on Africa at this site. Not how Americans or Europeans view Africa, but more how Africa sees itself. Of course, it's very difficult. There's nearly 900 million Africans, yet I largely side with the people with access to the internet – or those in my personal life. Some international issues have certain effects on Africa, and vice-versa. Finally, I am not African. To me, there's enough relevant information regarding the continent that comes from outside of Africa. Maybe it's by Africans living abroad or foreigners with a special take on the continent. Maybe it's a smart-talking dude who makes me laugh. Who knows?
This is all leading somewhere, trust me. It comes in the form of a warning. We at Africa Flak are planning to publish some interviews concerning the upcoming U.S. election(s), investigations into the effects of the U.S. Farm Bill (mainly dealing with agriculture subsidies and food aid resources), and a post analyzing statements made by President George Bush – who is soon to travel to Africa – during his yearly State of the Union Speech.
Anyway, there's going to be a lot of American-centric news emanating from this site for the next little while. Please be patient. Or, hold your nose. Or do whatever it is you do to accustom yourself to the already daily avalanche of "Let-me-tell-you-this" American-style information.
It's not that we hate America. There's just enough noise already coming from their room – and not enough from Africa.


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This is a personal issue for me because Mr. Clippard not only acted inappropriately toward my mother (then his employee), but he stood before the messengers at an annual meeting and flat out lied about it. While they later settled her claims of retaliation, and slander and libel, many Baptists have still believed Mr. Clippard's inaccurate statements about my mother. Although the report does not offer any discussion into the merits of her case, it does make it quite clear that he has a pattern of not telling the whole truth. Here are a few of the statements about Mr. Clippard:
Employee morale at the Baptist Building is low because of David Clippard.The report also points out that Mr. Clippard apparently put Pathway editor Don Hinkle in a headlock and then, when asked about it by the Executive Board, he denied it happened. The report adds:
... The reputation of Missouri Baptists is being portrayed unprofessionally because of David Clippard's conduct and comments.
... David Clippard's answers have not always been sufficiently forthright when confronted on various issues.
... David Clippard demonstrated a spirit toward the Investigative Committee that was divisive.
Although David continues to say he has no memory of the incident, we have come to understand by an independent eye witness that Don's accusation was indeed true.Hopefully, people will accept these findings and quit giving credibility to Mr. Clippard's inaccurate statements about my mother.
By the way, Mr. Clippard was not the only one mentioned in the report. Mr. Hinkle also received some attention. Here are some of the statements made about Mr. Hinkle:
It is the opinion of the MBC IC that the morale of the MBC staff has suffered because of the perception that Don lacks accountability to anyone in the Baptist Building.The Executive Board voted to continue to explore issues related to Mr. Hinkle's performance and report back at the July meeting. The lies about my mother were printed in the Pathway, so it is also good to see its credibility being questioned as well.
We understand there is significant consternation regarding some of the editorials Don has written. Many Missouri Baptists are concerned to the point of passing resolutions to condemn some of his writings. We are fully cognizant that the issue of Don's employment with the Missouri Baptist Convention has become a matter of controversy. Further, there are a number of MBC employees who have expressed to this committee that they have great personal difficulties with Don.
It seems that the truth is finally starting to come out. Hopefully, people are paying attention.


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In the 30th of March 1950 edition of "Der Spiegel" an interesting interview was featured supplementary to a story regarding the ongoing mystery of sightings of flying saucers. The interview was with Rudolph Schriever who claimed to have been part of a team who was developing blueprints for a rotor powered flying saucer during the later stages of the Second World War.
It operated by means of rotors moving around the sides of the cockpit, rather than above like in a helicopter, and was being designed to travel at supersonic speeds.
If you forget it was being designed by an evil empire then it's actually a rather cool concept, but even "Captain" Schriever was clear that it had never gotten beyond the research stage.
Whilst Major Rudolf Lusar devoted little space in his book German Secret Weapons of the Second World War to flying saucers he seems to suggest something more:
Flying saucers have been whirling round the world since 1947, suddenly turning up here and there, soaring in and darting off again at unprecedented speed with flames encircling the rim of the saucer's disc. They have been located by radar, pursued by fighters and yet nobody has so far succeeded in establishing the existence of such a 'flying saucer' or managed to ram or shoot one down. The public, even the experts, are perplexed by an ostensible mystery or a technical miracle. But slowly the truth is coming out that even during the war German research workers and scientists made the first moves in the direction of these ''flying saucers''. They built and tested such near-miraculous contraptions. Experts and collaborators in this work confirm that the first projects, called "flying discs", were undertaken in 1941. The designs for these ''flying discs'' were drawn up by the German experts Schriever, Habermohl and Miethe, and the Italian Bellonzo. Habernohl and Schriever chose a wide-surface ring which rotated round a fixed, cupola-shaped cockpit. The ring consisted of adjustable wing-discs which could be brought into appropriate position for the take-off' or horizontal flight. respectively. Miethe developed a discus-shaped plate of a diameter of 42m in which adjustable jets were inserted. Schriever and Habermohl, who worked in Prague, took off with the first "flying disc'' on February 14, 1945. Within three minutes they climbed to an altitude of I2,400m and reached a speed of 2,000 km/h in horizontal flight (!) It was intended ultimately to achieve speeds of 4,000 km/h.
Unsurprisingly it seems Major Lusar was being somewhat loose with the truth and drew on several different Nazi UFO news stories to get his information. Check out this page for extensive info on the different articles and Major Lusar's full copy on flying saucers. However the influence of his book, and of the articles from the '50s that inspired his writing, on the subject of Nazi UFOs has become so embedded most sites seem to take them at face value. Take a look at this site for some sceptical views and remember there is no physical evidence to support this programme which some have dubbed the "V-7". Which means now I've got to go and find out what the V4, the V5 and the V6 supposedly were. Darn it.
Well the concept of the V-7 is a lot saner than some of the other gumph out there. Some believer that the Nazi's were helped by extraterrestrials. One statistic that kept being mentioned in a recent "UFO Hunters" episode was that the Germans were "25 years ahead in terms of science and technology" as opposed to the rest of the planet. Have you ever heard such painfully idiotic and naive comments? So they were 25 years ahead of us in terms of what exactly? What did they have that without their help we wouldn't have got until 1970? And if they were why the hell didn't they win? I cannot bring myself to go into the details today, I'll save it for another day when I able to put up with historical inaccuracy and lack of even a pretense of being bothered about evidence. Can you tell UFO Hunters rubs me up the wrong way? Do they not understand that their constantly biased approach to evidence gathering is totally off putting to any sane lay person tuning in? Are they in fact a secret Government conspiracy to persuade us that all Ufologists are in fact narcissistic loons? If so, it's working.
My great aunt once saw a V-2 strike the house across the allotments from the house she still lives in. Sort of moment in time that lives with you especially as she knew the people who died very well. If I were to ask her whether the Nazi's would have hesitated to use any new alien tech to conquer their enemies I think I already know her answer. But anyway more of that when we return to this subject some other time.
Further Reading
"German Secret Weapons of the Second World War" - Rudolf Lusar (UK Amazon, US Amazon)
Nazi International: The Nazis' Postwar Plan to Control Finance, Conflict, Physics and Space - Joesph P. Farrell (UK Amazon, US Amazon)
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What's good one and all! Hope where ever you are the waves are pumpin!
Just posting here because I am moving up to Shetland tomorrow to start a new job up there and I was looking to see if there is a decent surf community on the islands? It'd be class to meet up with some folk who are up for showing a new guy the waves up in the islands. I have heard that Boddam and the various wee spots around Sumburgh are meant to be pretty good.
Im pretty new to surfing myself (only started in April) but I've been seshing some of the spots around Thurso when there has been anything in it through the summer!
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One of the most common features of any PBL project is group work. Even if the product is individual, there should always be some form of group work within the project to give students the ability to receive critique and revision, to share resources and think deeper about what they're learning, and to practice and develop the 21st century skill of collaboration. Not only should they be able to work as a group during the project, they should also find time to work as a group but independent and absent any direct instruction by the teacher. This can be a daunting challenge for even experienced classroom practitioners as they may not know how to scaffold a gradual release for their students or may have concerns about specific students in their class being able to work without derailing an entire group.
One of the easiest ways to structure work is to provide roles for students during the project. There are many different ways to construct these roles, so before you launch your project you may want to consider which best describes your project design:
Whichever way you structure roles in the context of your project, they generally fall in one of these two categories, and each has specific advantages/disadvantages:
Static Roles: In this system, students always have the same job or role, so there is very little chance for misunderstanding or confusion even if the student happens to be absent for a day or two or miss the initial phases of the project. Static roles are particularly useful in longer, more investigative projects or for short group discussions where you want these discussions to be carried on in a certain way. For example, a science teacher I work with always displays the same group roles for every lab on the board and then mixes them up by divvying out cards playing cards where each suit corresponds to a specific role. These roles include an explainer, a recorder, the timekeeper, and the materials manager. This approach provides a strongly defined foundation for lab work. This system forms a foundation for the culture of her classroom and after the first few attempts her students are well aware of what the expectations are for lab and group tasks once the playing cards come out. As a result, there is very little wandering or off task behavior during her projects.
The danger with static roles is they must be well thought out and must have some sort of job during the entire part of the project. For example, if you were doing a project that required video recording, and you had a student whose role was to be the camera person, what do they do after the project has been recorded and moved onto the editing phase? In a situation like this, more dynamic, task-based roles may be more appropriate.
Dynamic Roles: With this model, groups start off each work period by filling out a task list and assigning specific jobs to each person. A teacher can ask for this task list at any time in order to learn exactly who is doing what in each group. At the end of each work period, students sign off that their task has either been completed, or they write down the next step that they need to complete in order to finish the assignment the next time they work on it. In this model students will take on multiple roles in each project depending on what has to be done during a given work period. It also gives students a chance to experience different roles and practice different skills throughout the project.
An added bonus to this approach is the paper trail that is left behind. Task lists are very helpful in providing information for the teacher as to the effectiveness of the group over a long period of time or for students when they reflect on the project process at the end.
The danger with dynamic groups is that it is the responsibility of the students to divide the work up evenly, and sometimes they may need more coaching and guidance for this to happen before it becomes automatic. Also, since each group is free to find their own path to the end product, this form of role-creation can result in a chaotic classroom.
Hybrid Approach: If neither of the above seems like the right fit, don't worry, there is also a third option that combines aspects of the other two. Some students will be given static roles that do not change, while others will be given dynamic roles where their job or responsibilities change throughout the course of the project. This helps support learners who excel or need an additional challenge while scaffolding for learners who need the more consistent checks that are provided by dynamic grouping.
For example, I have my students complete a constitution project where they run their own mock campaign for president, where certain students take on a management role. One student actually takes on the role of party chairperson and essentially keeps the rest of the class on task and working by checking in and providing coaching. This student keeps their role the entire time while other students move between roles based on the goals of the project. This system works well in the context of the project, but it is important to think about the best way of introducing this model to the class so that those with static roles aren't seen as superior.
If you're not sure what approach to roles is best for your project, consider these questions before you launch.


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I can't wait to show my students some really neat science experiments this week. I love it when students have to think about what they know and how to explain something that doesn't quite turn out the way they expect by using their science knowledge and writing skills.
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I was at a barbecue hosted by my friend Samantha when I spotted some potato salad on the table. To my surprise, it wasn't whitewashed. It also smelled vinegary and looked delicious. "Is it possible", I thought, "that I'll finally get to enjoy the goodness that potato salad can be?". I cautiously put a small serving on my plate and had a bite. Cue celestial music, followed by fireworks. It was all that I'd dreamed it could be. Curious, I asked Samantha about the salad. She was probably thinking the same thing you are, "First of all, it's just potato salad. Secondly, how the heck have you gone over twenty years without encountering a German-style (or vinegar based) potato salad?". But instead of looking at me like I was insane, Samantha graciously offered to send me the recipe, more of a template really, she used to make it. By the next day I had a few scanned pages of Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything in my inbox.
I've been making potato salad a bunch of different ways ever since. For the most part, I supplement the potatoes with whatever veggies I happen to have on hand. The one thing I always add are onions -- green, white or red-- or shallots, though. I make the dressing a little differently every time too, but one thing is for damn sure, I NEVER EVER add mayo.
No-Mayo Potato Salad
Makes about 4 servings
Inspired by Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything recipe
- 3 lb young red potatoes, scrubbed and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 teaspoon miso
- 1 heaping teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 cup sugar snap peas, sliced widthwise on the bias
- 2 large shallots, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup roughly chopped parsely
- 1/3 cup roughly chopped Kalamata olives
2. In a small mixing bowl, whisk the miso, mustard, salt, pepper, vinegar and oil together until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients to the potatoes, drizzle in the dressing and toss to coat the salad evenly. Allow the salad to chill in the fridge for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Serve cold, or at room temperature if you can't help yourself (I couldn't).


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Now I understand why Beyonce and Ariana Grande love this designer Lequan Smith. After filming his fashion show at the 2nd day of Arab Fashion Week and had a closer look at his creations I myself wished I could wear those titillating leathers and fabrics to show my curves.
For some of the Arab women in the crowd it might have been a bit too sexy with some collections showing their cleavage or boobs, but to a lot of the women watching, I can see their eyes popped and made thunderous claps to some of the wonderful creations.
Plastic leathers were the most used fabrics with fake cashmere and some wool too, but what is really catching are how the collection are formed together as one cohesive team, that is sexy, sultry, and seductive.
Women who have the curves and wants to have their man looking at them the whole night should certainly have one of Lequan Smith collection, these clothes are certainly the answer to you.
No wonder Lequan's favorite designer is Azzedine Alaia because I can see where he is coming from these wonderful pieces of design reminds me of Azzedine, but I can tell you just a couple of years from now Lequan Smith will be another household name in the field of fashion.
I would have love to film him backstage but, unfortunately, my production friends from FASHION CHINA was in a hurry since Lequan was the closing show for the night, I make sure that next season I will talk to him.
What will I ask him? If you will be asked to design a piece for Cinderella how would you do it? Now, that will be interesting.


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Johnston and other nearby counties
Up to this point RTA has not focused on enhanced transit in counties beyond the three core counties of Durham, Orange, and Wake. However, as conversations continue in Wake County, and with Durham and Orange counties having already passed their local option referenda, we will keep in mind opportunities to incorporate Johnston County — already more populous than Orange — and other nearby counties into the dialogue.
RTA supports the development of an enhanced transit system that will serve employees, businesses, and the broader community
The RTA, Member Chambers, and the regional business community has been a longstanding supporter of a robust, effective enhanced transit system, and has has continued to support the advancement of transit over the past decade. Our efforts have focused on transit education, outreach, exploration of options, and empowerment. Some key examples follow, along with a summary list of engagement by the business community on transit.
In spring 2008, the RTA announced its support for the recommendations of the Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC). We highlighted our commitment to a transit future with buses first, then circulators and rail, paid for by a 1/2-cent sales tax, and with a careful examination of governance. We also recognized that detailed studies need to be finalized to identify specific sub-regional options to consider in each county that interface well with each other.
In early 2009, the RTA released its working recommendations for future transit plans which include:
- Support the multimodal transit vision of the Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC), which includes buses first, then circulators and rail
- Support the staged implementation of light rail transit throughout the entire 56-mile Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC)-recommended corridor (Chapel Hill to North Raleigh), pending the approval of a detailed implementation plan
- Compare and evaluate both commuter and light rail operation for the STAC corridor as well as other rail corridors under consideration by the MPOs and prioritize all potential rail investments
- Encourage inclusion in the regional plan of fast-growing nearby counties – especially Johnston, which is already the third most populous county in the Triangle area
- Consider advance investments in trackage, station, and bus connection elements in order to convey a sense of permanence and accelerate transit-oriented development (TOD).
In 2011 and again in 2012 the RTA endorsed local option transit referenda in both Durham and Orange counties. Both of those fall referenda were successful! For more information on implementation, visit www.ourtransitfuture.org.
Since 2010 the RTA has supported the development of a Bus on Shoulder System (BOSS). The pilot began in July 2012 and achieved a successful nine-month milestone in April 2013. For more information, click here: http://www.triangletransit.org/boss
The RTA has consistently supported efforts to make transit simpler for travelers. In spring 2012 the Triangle became the first metropolitan area in the United States where travelers can go online to track the location – and even predict the arrival time – of every public transit bus in the region, all in real-time.
The"GoLive" bus tracking service by TransLoc is now available for every bus across all seven public transit providers in Wake, Durham, and Orange counties. The system addresses one of the most common complaints about transit—uncertainty. Thanks to the great efforts of our region's transit partners, that is no longer a worry here.
- There are apps for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry available for download right now.
- If you see any bus stop around town, you can simply text "GoLive" and the stop number (printed on the circular sign at the majority of stops) to find out the next bus arrival time.
- You can also directly visit: triangle.transloc.com, click* on the bus route you want, and watch the bus move. You can also click on a specific bus stop on that map and get the predicted bus arrival time.
Congratulations to each of the region's transit partners (listed below) for making the GoLive online bus tracking system a reality!
- Capital Area Transit
- Cary Transit
- Chapel Hill Transit
- Duke University Transit
- Durham Area Transit Authority
- NC State University Wolfline
- Triangle Transit
The following summary list is a sample of our support for transit and our engagement on this issue:
- 2005 RTA San Diego visit (light rail/trolley, commuter rail) and report
- 2007-8 Trips to Charlotte by both Cary and Raleigh chambers of commerce
- 2008 RTA creates region's first regional transit overview map (Durham-Orange counties, Wake County)
- 2008-09 RTA engagement in Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC)
- 2009 RTA and Raleigh Chamber visit to Dallas (commuter, light rail, transit-ready)
- 2009 RTA successful support for Toll 147 and Toll 540 Turnpike
- 2009 Raleigh Chamber, RTA successfully advocates for local option legislation (H 148)
- 2009 RTA coordinates study of sales tax projections from NCSU professor Mike Walden
- 2009-12 RTA and area chambers coordinate annual transit poll
- 2010-11 RTA Transportation Breakfast includes remarks from county commissioners
- 2010 RTA Annual Meeting includes interactive exercise on transit
- 2011 RTA Leadership Briefing and Tour focuses on Denver's transit systems and station
- 2011 RTA holds Solutions Forum concerning Regional Transit Improvements
- 2010-12 RTA "Make Transit Simpler" action team offers bus numbering recommendations
- 2010-12 I-40 Regional Partnership, coordinated by RTA, studies Bus on Shoulder System
- 2012 RTA Leadership provides questions about draft Wake County plan to County
- 2012 RTA Leadership Briefing and Tour to Cleveland and Pittsburgh (bus, rail, TOD)
- 2012 RTA participates in Cary Chamber visit to Austin (more bus rail, TOD)
- 2013 RTA Leadership Briefing and Tour to Md., Va., DC


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chips that is just insane
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EU Interest and Royalties Directive: What the Directive says
The Directive states that if the EU is to have the characteristics of a single market, transactions between companies in different Member States should not be subject to less favourable conditions than those applicable to the same transactions carried out between companies of the Member States. It sees the abolition of taxation of interest and royalty payments by the Member State in which they arise ("source state taxation") as being the most appropriate means of achieving this goal. As implemented into UK law, the Directive is applied via a claim and exemption procedure for payments of interest and following a "reasonable belief" scheme for royalties (similar to that described for treaty relief payments in ITA07/S911).
Limit to the exemption - the arm's length amount
The Directive makes it clear that exemption from source state taxation only applies to the amount, if any, of interest or royalty payments which would have been agreed by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of a special relationship.
The special relationship clause
Article 4.2 of the Directive says: "Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner of interest or royalties, or between one of them and some other person, the amount of interest or royalties exceeds the amount which would have been agreed by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such a relationship, the provisions of this Directive shall apply only to the latter amount, if any."
This form of wording is similar to that in the special relationship clause found at Para 6 of Article 11 (the Interest Article) of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, and at Para 4 of Article 12 of the Royalties Article. This form of wording is reflected, with some variations, in most of the UK's double taxation agreements. There is further amplification of the meaning of these paragraphs of the Model Treaty in the OECD's own commentaries on those Articles. The special relationship clause and what it means in the context of the OECD Model Treaty and for the purposes of the Directive is explained in more detail at INTM542130.
The term 'special relationship' is not defined, but some guidance regarding the interpretation is given in the commentaries to the OECD Model Treaty. As well as obvious cases such as where one party has a 51% controlling interest in the other, the term also covers any community of interests as distinct from the legal relationship giving rise to the payment. A small shareholding or inter-dependent trading relationship among other things might constitute a special relationship. In the case of a claimant and payer under the Directive, it is likely to mean a 51% direct or indirect controlling interest. It is quite conceivable that two companies with only the 25% relationship as required by the Directive might be part of a wider group of companies whereby both were under common control. Unlike the 25% associated companies rule of the Directive, establishing the special relationship is not limited to consideration of EU companies. CSTD Business, Assets & International, Transfer Pricing Team should be referred to where the matter is not clear.
Companies that consider they fulfil the conditions have to apply for exemption before interest can be paid without deduction of UK tax. Exemption cannot simply be assumed. The Directive requires that exemption be granted for at least one year. An application for exemption, where required, cannot be granted for a period longer than three years.
Anti-abuse provision
The Directive does not preclude Member States from taking appropriate measures to combat what it terms "fraud or abuse". Article 5 of the Directive says that Member States may, in the case of transactions for which the principal motive or one of the principal motives is tax evasion, tax avoidance or abuse, withdraw the benefits of the Directive or refuse to apply it. This provision is reflected at ITTIOA05/S765. It closely follows the anti treaty-shopping provisions contained in many of the interest and royalty articles of double taxation agreements. The measure will be applied in a fashion consistent with those provisions. See INTM575025 for more about treaty shopping.


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Apple has awarded optical communications components manufacturer Finisar $390 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to increase spending on research, development and production on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
SHERMAN, Texas — Apple has awarded optical communications components manufacturer Finisar $390 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to increase spending on research, development and production on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
Apple's award to Finisar is the second it has given from the $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund announced by Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook in May. VCSELs are small semiconductor devices that emit light vertically and measure the depth at which that light is reflected. VCSEL technology helps power Apple product features such as Face ID, Animoji, portrait mode selfies and proximity-sensing capabilities.
"VSCELs power some of our most advanced and popular new features," Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams said in an interview with the Herald Democrat on Tuesday. "Just to give you a sense of the importance and scale, Apple alone this quarter will consume 10 times more VCSELs than were produced for the entire world prior to the introduction of iPhone X."
Finisar expects to create 500 high-skill jobs — including engineers, technicians and maintenance teams — at the nearly 700,000-square-foot facility it recently purchased in Sherman. In the news release announcing Finisar's award, Williams said Apple's partnership with Finisar will "push the boundaries of VCSEL technology and the applications they enable."
"Finisar has excellent technology in VCSELs, and they have been a fantastic supplier to Apple," Williams said to the Herald Democrat. "And we are thrilled they are receiving $390 million as part of Apple's commitment to support innovation and job creation by American manufacturers."
One hundred percent of the VCSELs made for Apple by Finisar will be produced in Texas.
"We're excited to continue our innovation with Apple of a technology that has tremendous potential," Finisar Chief Executive Officer Jerry S. Rawls said in a news release announcing the Apple award. "When you combine our proven ability to consistently manufacture exceptional products with our new state-of-the-art Sherman facility, we're confident we can achieve our shared goal of providing consumers with incredibly exciting features. Finisar has always been keenly aware it takes great people to power our work, and that's why we're thrilled to be adding Sherman to our family."
Finisar currently produces VCSEL arrays in its Allen facility and believes the addition of the Sherman facility will give it the ability to ship millions of VCSEL arrays. Rawls said the company expects its new Sherman location to be producing VCSEL arrays by the second half of 2018 and told the Herald Democrat on Tuesday that infrastructure upgrades have already begun at the facility.
"They project volumes that are enormous, so we may need all the capacity we can get from anywhere, so I don't know exactly how that's going to work out," Rawls said of whether the Allen facility's operations could be moved to the larger Sherman facility. "It's clear it's possible that somewhere down the road we would consolidate Allen into Sherman, but we're not committed to doing that. Let's take it one step at a time, and let's get the Sherman plant up and running and efficient. And if the demand comes from Apple the way they say it is, we may just have to keep expanding Apple VCSEL arrays in Sherman while we produce all our data communication and telecommunication VCSELs in Allen."
Apple's first award from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund — $200 million for Corning Inc. to support research and development, capital equipment needs and state-of-the-art glass processing — was announced in May. Apple's news release on the Advanced Manufacturing Fund award said the fund is designed to assist with the creation of innovative production and highly skilled jobs "that will help lay the foundation for a new era of technology-driven manufacturing in the U.S."
"It's important to Apple that we continue to have advanced technology and support production all over the world," Williams said. "But we're especially excited about this opportunity to bring high-tech manufacturing jobs that are a great fit for the American workforce."
Apple also announced, as is consistent with its commitment to the environment, it plans to procure enough renewable energy to cover all of its Apple manufacturing in the U.S.
William C. Wadsack is a reporter for the Sherman (Texas) Herald Democrat.


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TTCLM: Orenburg and Olimpia Unia close to the semisPhoto: Courtesy Olimpia Unia
Russian and Polish champion starts with a 3:1 advantage in the returning quarter-final matches (January 22nd)
All four returning matches of the 2015/15 TTCLM quarter-finals will be held this Friday (January 22nd), after three victories of visitors in the first leg: Fakel Gazproma Orenburg – UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma (13:20, 1st match 3:1), AS Pontoise Cergy – Borussia Dusseldorf (20:00, 1st match 3:2), Chartres ASTT – Eslovs Al Bordtennis (19:00, 1st match 1:3), Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – Saarbrucken (18:00, 1st match 3:1).
Seems like reigning TTCLM winner Orenburg and Polish champion Olimpia Unia have a best positions after the first match, as both secured 3:1 away win. The 2014 TTCLM champion Pontoise managed to beat Borussia in Dusseldorf 3:2, but Timo BOLL & Company will not travel with a white flag to France, no matter how many problems they had in the last several months.
"I am proud of my team and what we did in the first match. It`s a good result with which we must be satisfied. Last season we also won the first leg but lost in the returning match, hence we are aware now that we passed just first half and that is still everything open", said Pontoise`s Coach Christian ADAM, speaking for Borussia`s website.
Borussia announced after the first clash that Kamal ACHANTA extended his contract by one year to the 2017. Coach Danny HEISTER was satisfied how Indian played against French team, but crucial problem for his side is the fact that Timo BOLL needs more matches to find his best level after four months break forced by knee surgery.
After 3:1 defeat at home UMMC has small chances in the all-Russian quarter-finals, especially knowing that they will not appear in their best line-up even in the returning clash. Japanese Jun MIZUTANI missed first game due to participation on the National Championships of Japan.
In the rest two encounters, Eslovs and Olimpia Unia will fight for their best ever accomplishments in the TTCLM, against Chartres and Saarbrucken respectively. XU Hui (Eslovs) provided two points each against Par GERELL and GAO Ning, while Polish champion showed good team work against the 2012 semi-finalists UMMC.
The 2015/16 TTCLM quarter-finals, 2nd leg (January 22nd)
Orenburg – UMMC 13:20 (1st match 3:1)
Pontoise – Borussia 20:00 (1st match 3:2)
Chartres – Eslovs 19:00 (1st match 1:3)
Olimpia Unia – Saarbrucken 18:00 (1st match 3:1)


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Possible tornadoes in the forecast for Midwest
A large swath of the Midwest is bracing for possible tornadoes as an intense storm system moves through the region on Wednesday and Thursday.
A large swath of the U.S. Midwest is bracing for potentially dangerous weather including possible tornadoes as an intense storm system moves through the region on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
The area of greatest risk includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Missouri and Illinois and western Kentucky and Tennessee, where significant tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds could strike Thursday afternoon and evening, said John Hart, a meteorologist in the service's storm prediction center.
"The parameters look pretty good for tornadic storms tomorrow, but the models are varying quite a bit on where the corridor of greatest risk will be," Hart said.
The potential threat is caused by a strong weather system coming out of southwest along with moist, unstable air rising from the Gulf of Mexico, Hart said.
Thunderstorms expected to roll through the region on Wednesday and early Thursday, ahead of the more severe weather, could give forecasters a better sense of where the biggest potential will be for tornadoes, according to Hart.
"At this point, we just can't quite tell" where the threat of twisters is greatest, he said.
The upper Midwest also faces severe weather from Wednesday night through Friday as the forecast there includes freezing rain, sleet and snow, according to the weather service.
Last year's tornado season was historic for the region. On May 20, a top-of-scale EF5 twister with winds up to 200 mph, killed 24 people in Moore, Oklahoma. Two weeks later, another EF5 tornado measuring 2.6 miles wide, the widest ever measured in the United States, touched down near El Reno, Okla.


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And then still quite unsure,
I send the mail,
Did I do this right,
Well, its already too late.
I go off to sleep,
But a few hours of restless sleep,
And I want to check my mail,
Will she write back, I ask,
Well, its still a bit early.
So I go back to sleep,
Early morning,I look out the window,
Everything seems to be just fine,
So I start up the net,
Well, its taking too much time.
It was just another day,
We had exchanged a lot of emails,
I think I was already in love,
So with great courage, I finally asked her out,
Well, I hope she says a yes.
So I stare at the comp,
It says "You've Got Mail",
I wonder what she will reply,
What if she isn't interested at all,
Well, that would be devastating.
They say, love is crazy,
And I never felt like this before,
So I open the mail, and on the very last line,
Is the answer to our destiny,
Well, She said, "I thought you would never ask"
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Emily on 07/18/2011
We woke up at 5am to find a dozen bed bugs in the sheets with us. They were underneath our pillows! The hotel reimbursed us but acted like it was not a big deal and said it was very common. It took 4 hours for us to get our money back. Terrible experience!
30 bedbug reports near this address:
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The driver of a KIA minivan was traveling northbound on Middle Ave when she ran a red light, causing a Honda minivan that was traveling eastbound on Third Street to strike her.
Witnesses who were out for lunch said the KIA minivan spun around a couple times before coming to rest in front of the county Administration building.
The passenger of the Honda was transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the KIA and her child passenger were uninjured in the crash.
Along with witnesses the driver of the KIA admitted to running the red light saying that she just wasn't paying attention to the lights.
To see more photos from the scene: CLICK HERE


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This is quite possibly the easiest and quickest thing I have ever made. It's the perfect 'craft fix' on those days you can't be bothered to get the sewing machine out but need to do something that feels productive (I have a lot of these kind of evenings).
I've seen knitted bows like this in lots of shops and am sure I'll have made many before long, one in every colour perhaps.
To make a pretty bow hairclip, cast on 6 stitches and knit 17 rows, (I'm not sure why I did 17 exactly, it just looked a good length) then cast off. Take a length of wool and wrap around the centre to make a bow shape, secure with a double knot at the back. Then find a hair slide and thread the wrapped wool through the centre of the slide.... easy peasy AND super cute.
It's a great way to use up spare bits of wool and as they're really light once made I think I'll be posting them in female friends birthday cards for the foreseeable future, and making more for myself. Obviously.


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One of the most common questions we are asked is "what software should I use to set up my internet Business?" There are so many shopping carts, auto-responder programs, web site builders, merchant accounts etc etc etc that the choice can be overwhelming. In fact, this can be enough to stop many people in their tracks.
Over the years we have researched and used heaps of different software. Some have been brilliant and we still use them today. Others cost us literally tens of thousands of dollars in lost sales, over-paid affiliate payments and staff time in trouble shooting problems. That doesn't include the emotional strain of dealing with dodgy technology and uncooperative suppliers. How do you put a price on tears?
We now use a very powerful but simple combination of software tools to run our business. Each part of the software puzzle is used because it is the best at that part of the system, is simple to use and is great value. In fact, some of them are free and the rest are low cost.
In the video below, I walk you through the software we use. I show you how it is used, what we like about it and also, what are the limitations of them. This video is 1 of 6 videos in this month's Wonderful Web Women gold member module. This month's module takes you behind the scenes of a successful list building funnel, shows you why each section works so well and how to implement the same in your business simply and quickly. You can get life-time access to this training module by joining as a member today. This no-fuss training has been getting excellent reviews.
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Optimize Press Theme ($97). Puts your free wordpress software on steroids.


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Based on the pre-interview notes for my appearance on "Hardball with Chris Matthews" last night, I quickly created a cheat sheet on my tablet of my thoughts on "Bridgegate" and the travails of Gov. Chris Christie.
The one thought that piqued my interest was the producer's view that there are two levels to the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal. Those who conspired to make it happen and those who tried to cover it up. But as my op-note shows, the two levels ought to be thought of as two circles with high-level overlap. If you've been paying attention to the scandal-on-Hudson you'll be able to follow along. If not, read here, here and here.
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SNKPlaymore has updated their official blog for KOFXIII again with some information about the Mission Mode part of the game as well as the most recent location tests held in Fukuoka and Hiroshima.
The Professor from MMCafe has done a translation of the Mission Mode portion of the blog entry, which you can see here.
Also he notes that there will be an additional preorder bonus in Japan, which may be retailer exclusive, of picture/phone cards.
I'm liking that Mai and Yuri swimsuit card :O


text: 2017/18 student fees will function a bit differently this year. The District will not charge fees unil the end of the first quarter. This will allow for us to wait until student enrollments are finalized as well as all free/reduced lunch applications are processed. Families are still able to put funds on their student's lunch accounts using EZpay. Currently fees from previous years can still be paid both online and in person. New fees will not show up until the end of the first quarter.