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Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2014 Submitted by Microsoft and FreemanXP For the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft and FreemanXP created a campus-like environment through a number of experiences for the partners, exhibitors, and speakers who attended the 2014 event in Washington, D.C. To convey brand and partner objectives in an offline environment, the conference debuted areas such as Microsoft Central and the Social Hub to better connect attendees and provide hands-on opportunities. Also for the first time, the conference closed off K Street for a festive blowout featuring performances by Neon Trees and Paramore, plus local food trucks.
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WeWork Summer Camp 2014 Submitted by Eventique In August 2014, more than 1,500 WeWork employees and members converged on a children's camp in the Adirondacks for education, networking, and old-fashioned fun. Producer Eventique devised three days of activities that would invigorate attendees, offerings that included outdoor film screenings, concerts, Bollywood-inspired dance workouts, ziplining through the forest, ropes courses, workshops on how Ayurveda can help in business and life, and various other teambuilding options. For accommodations there were glamping tents and dormitory-style cabins.
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2014 Cinemax Latin America Upfront Submitted by Experience Willow L.L.C. To make a bold splash to celebrate its first upfront held in the United States, Cinemax Latin America launched an immersive weeklong experience in Miami to entice media buyers. The 2014 event, dubbed "One Throne One Choice," was inspired by Game of Thrones, the network's headlining show in the Latin American market, and comprised five "chapters" that took attendees through elaborately produced, interactive experiences. The success of the upfront led to a revenue gain of 250 percent over the previous year, as well as a 110 percent increase in new clients.
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LG Art of the Pixel Gala Submitted by Barkley Kalpak Agency To launch its new 4K OLED televisions, LG hosted a competition among nine art schools to create digital work using the new technology. Dubbed the "Art of the Pixel," the competition culminated with a black-tie gala at Gotham Hall in New York that served as a product reveal, award show, and press and influencer event. The student winners' work was shown at the event via LG TVs and projection mapping that fully immersed guests inside the walls of the elliptical venue.
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Luminato Festival's Big Bang Bash 2014 Submitted by Luminato Festival The Luminato Festival's Big Bang Bash 2014, held in June at the Hearn Generating Station, was inspired by the vibrant underground culture of Berlin throughout the decades. Dance routines took place throughout the cocktail hour, then dinner saw guests seated at a long communal table. Throughout the meal, guests were invited to interact with the tabletop decor, which included miniature foam-core versions of the Berlin Wall covered in graffiti. Large hammers were placed beside place settings, and guests were encouraged to break down the prop walls.
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Smithsonian Gem Collectors Dinner Submitted by National Museum of Natural History Last year's Smithsonian Gem Collectors semiannual meeting, held at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., had an "All Things James Smithson" theme in honor of Smithsonian namesake James Smithson. The centerpiece dinner of the two-day event included authentic period-appropriate details such as a 19th-century-style tavern, which was created on the museum's balcony, as well as a menu inspired by Smithson's favorite recipes.
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Freightliner Inspiration Truck Unveiling Submitted by OSK Marketing & Communications In Las Vegas in May, Freightliner pulled off a dramatic product launch for its Inspiration Truck—the first self-driving semitruck licensed to drive on public roads—that earned it a Guinness World Record for the highest light output projection. Using the historic Hoover Dam as a massive projection screen, the truck producer displayed a presentation of video and imagery that told the story of the brand and its milestones. Guests—media, investors, and customers—later got to experience workshops and test rides.
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Pre-Wedding Roast Submitted by Eventsful Inc. Grasmere Farm's barn in Rhinebeck, New York, provided the scenic backdrop for the outdoor fall barbecue where friends and family paid tribute to the bride and groom. The food stations highlighted the "roast" theme, including barbecue racks of lamb, fresh-baked bread in fire ovens, spit-roasted ducklings, and harvest vegetables. Following dinner, the guests were escorted into the barn's interior for a late-night comedy "roast" of the couple.
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IBM InterConnect Expo 2015 Submitted by George P. Johnson Experience Marketing To encourage engagement among the 20,000 attendees at the IBM InterConnect Expo 2015, the trade show floor was built with an "inside out" layout in mind. The floor plan of the expo in Las Vegas consisted of different "neighborhoods" that radiated out from a central IBM Cloud Experience, where attendees were able to get hands-on with products and technology in a unique way. The resulting feedback showed that many attendees considered the experiential environment of the trade show a highlight of the conference.
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Target's "The Daring Truth of Design" Dinner at TED2015 Submitted by Deutsch As part of its TED2015 sponsorship, Target invited V.I.P. conference guests to an intimate dinner, bringing together creative leaders and innovators in the fields of technology, entertainment, and design. Late celebrity chef Homaro Cantu of Moto Restaurant in Chicago designed the menu of molecular gastronomy, along with the Four Seasons Vancouver. Each course included a "daring twist," such as edible packing peanuts, "cigar" sandwiches, and carbonated fruit, all designed to match the conference's truth-and-dare theme.
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2015 Philadelphia Flower Show's Entrance Garden Submitted by GMR Design To replicate the glitz and glam of a movie premiere, a red carpet lead flower show guests through an Art Deco-inspired theater façade. The entrance garden featured towering juniper columns, 25-foot palm trees, and chandeliers decorated with blossoms, moss, jewels, and fabric; a 29-foot-high marquee of 10,000 dried flowers and more than 200 lights was the main attraction. Along with a giant movie screen, a moving sculpture of a deconstructed film projector whirled in the garden.
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San Francisco Symphony's Opening Night Gala Submitted by Blueprint Studios The opening night gala featured several distinct settings—a welcome reception, two sit-down dinner areas, and an outdoor after-party space. Inside, shades of violet, fuchsia, plum, and rose complemented the inherent beauty of Symphony Hall, while hothouse orchids, ruddy roses, and mums brightened up the tabletops. Outside, strings of crimson bulbs matched the bright pink stools and other seating; boxy topiaries helped define the space.
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2014 Cinemax Latin America Upfront Submitted by Experience Willow L.L.C. In 2014-2015, Cinemax officially launched throughout Latin America. To celebrate and create buzz for the new network—headlined by Game of Thrones—Cinemax created a live weeklong immersive experience at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami. For the entertainment, executive producer Experience Willow used a cast of more than 60 actors to help set the scene. The on-theme medieval characters included soldiers as greeters, a pipe and drum troupe, royal servants, jugglers, sword swallowers, and a court jester.
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New York Festival of Light 2014 Submitted by New York Festival of Light The first-ever New York Festival of Light, which took place in Dumbo, Brooklyn, in November 2014, brought together artists from around the globe who use light as a medium, allowing them to showcase their works and the power of light. Organized by Ira Levy of Levy Lighting and Liam O'Braoin, the nighttime spectacle featured small- and large-scale installations and projections, along with various DJs spinning tunes under the Manhattan Bridge.
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Amusement Park-Theme Bar Mitzvah Submitted by Penncora Productions Inc. Inspired by a teen's love of amusement parks, the ceiling in the main dining room of the bar mitzvah featured trussing designed to resemble roller coaster tracks. Petah Bashano Floral Design adorned the tracks with elaborate all-white floral cascades. Orbs with glowing tea light candles accented the dangling arrangements, offering an elegant interpretation of an amusement park theme.
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'Alice in Wonderland'-Theme Summer Party Submitted by RedBliss Design For an annual summer party at a private residence in New Hampshire, guests received an oversize key, which was made of a material called Chroma and featured laser-cut characters from Alice in Wonderland. The invitation was mailed in a grass-lined box to mimic the woodland scenes in the movie and offered attendees a hint as to the theme of the party.
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Target's 2015 Grammys Live Commercial Submitted by Deutsch At this year's Grammy awards, Target staged a four-minute live commercial that featured a performance by Imagine Dragons and ran uninterrupted during the broadcast. The band performed surrounded by 250 real fans in its hometown of Las Vegas on a circular stage that mimicked the retailer's bull's-eye logo. Surrounding the 360-degree platform was a 2,500-square-foot LED wall that projected 3-D graphics of the band choreographed to the music.
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Time Warner Cable's EncuentroSTEM Submitted by Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable teamed up with Ovation TV for a multimedia campaign focused on bringing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education to low-income, heavily Latino areas of Los Angeles. The result was a live workshop where students could learn what goes on behind the scenes of the theater, through lighting, set, and sound design demonstrations. The program was also available as a webcast and as an after-school theater program.
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Square Enix at E3 2014 Submitted by Kenwood Experiences For E3 2014 in Los Angeles, video game developer Square Enix tapped Kenwood Experiences to help present its multiple franchises in one 11,000-square-foot exhibit. The result was several theaters, one with a 32-foot LED screen; 40 game-play kiosks; an ongoing role-playing game tournament; 12 meeting rooms; and, of course, company branding throughout. More than 48,000 attendees visited the booth over the course of the convention.
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Merrell's "TrailScape" at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Submitted by MKG Guests at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival took a virtual hike through the Italian Dolomites mountain range as part of Merrell's "TrailScape" activation to promote a new hiking boot. The company created an Oculus Rift experience that gave guests the impression of being transported to a mountain base camp, walking across a rope bridge, escaping a landslide, and then climbing to the summit. Unlike most Oculus Rift experiences that require participants to be in a fixed position, this one allowed them to walk around.
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Evian Bottle Service Campaign Submitted by Team Epiphany In New York in late August, Evian and Team Epiphany created a "bottle service" personal water delivery system—powered by Twitter. People in the delivery zones could tweet @EvianWater using the hashtag #EvianBottleService to request a free cold bottle of water, which was delivered by brand ambassadors on branded bicycles within minutes. To tie the program to the brand's U.S. Open sponsorship, Evian ambassador and tennis star Maria Sharapova delivered bottle service and tickets to the tennis championship to one lucky fan. The social campaign helped drive a 5.2 percent increase in the brand's New York sales and generated substantial social buzz.
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Freightliner Inspiration Truck Unveiling Submitted by OSK Marketing & Communications At Freightliner's Inspiration Truck launch in Las Vegas, the company turned the Hoover Dam into a massive projection screen, using 60 projectors and 1.17 lumens—the highest light output projection ever recorded. The dam became a screen the size of nine football fields, displaying a presentation of video and imagery that told the story of the brand and its milestones.
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AltaSea Preview Submitted by Megavision Arts AltaSea—a project that will transform the Port of Los Angeles's public waterfront into a marine research campus—created an immersive multimedia display to introduce the concept to the local community. A multiscreen 360-degree video showed viewers the history of the port, while additional imagery was played in synchronization on 31 screens made of tension fabric. Images of sea life were also projected onto the floor and ceiling.
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Target's 2015 Grammys Live Commercial Submitted by Deutsch At this year's Grammy awards, Target staged a four-minute live commercial that featured a performance by Imagine Dragons and ran uninterrupted during the broadcast. The band performed in its hometown of Las Vegas surrounded by 250 real fans and 21 cameras were used to capture the live performance, which resulted in more than 1.37 billion impressions.
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Catchbox Pro Submitted by Catchbox Catchbox is a wireless microphone to pass—or even throw—among speakers or audience members. The device consists of a microphone capsule secured with a magnet inside a soft cube. Catchbox communicates with an included receiver that can be connected to any sound system. To avoid unwanted noises, internal sensors turn the audio off when the cube is in motion. The outer cover of the microphone can be customized with specific colors or prints.
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Thompson Miami Beach The luxury beachfront hotel Thompson Miami Beach opened in November 2014. The 380-room hotel has 47,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space. A unique space is the 1930s House, a 2,700-square-foot cottage in the property's backyard that serves light bites and cocktails inside and in a garden. Another highlight is chef Michelle Bernstein's Seagrape restaurant.
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Social at the W San Francisco In September 2014, W San Francisco unveiled a new 2,467-square-foot event space called Social. The 200-seat venue, designed by Skylab Architecture, has skylights, contemporary radial lighting fixtures, and a color scheme inspired by the Bay Area's distinctive fog. A terrace overlooks SoMa fixtures like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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Flight Deck at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York is home to the space shuttle Enterprise, the world's fastest jet, a Cold War-era submarine, and the Intrepid aircraft carrier. The flight deck houses the majority of the aircraft collection and offers sweeping views of the Hudson River and the New York City and New Jersey skylines. Events on the flight deck can gain access to the museum's collections.
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Vibiana Originally built in 1876 as a Catholic cathedral, Vibiana reopened in 2005 as a wedding, event, and performing arts venue in downtown Los Angeles. The space consists of a main hall and a garden courtyard and holds as many as 800 guests. In-house catering is provided by chef Neal Fraser, and custom rental equipment as well as a lighting and sound system are available.
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"The church at the time of Galileo was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and social consequences of Galileo's doctrine. Its verdict against Gaileo was rational and just, and revisionism can be legitimized solely for motives of political opportunism."
Benedict's habit of quoting people in scholarly lectures seems to cause all sorts of problems. Last year some Muslims took offense when Benedict quoted a 14th Century Byzantine emperor who claimed that Islam was violent. Some then went and showed their offense by being violent themselves. This time around the defenders of free inquiry wanted Benedict to be silenced. Irony is a funny thing.
Anyway, I have looked everywhere for Ratzinger's 1990 speech. Sadly, I can only find excerpts. Still, I don't think that Ratzinger is contradicting the current position of the Roman Catholic Church. After a thirteen year investigation, Pope John Paul II in 1992 actually declared that Galileo was wrongly accused (a little late). According to the pontiff, those who condemned Galileo did not make a distinction between the Scriptures and their interpretations. Pope John Paul stated, "This led them unduly to transpose into the realm of the doctrine of the faith, a question which in fact pertained to scientific investigation."
What was Benedict trying to say back in 1990? Although more of the speech would be helpful, I believe that he was speaking to our post-modern skepticism of reason and science. The Enlightenment worked hard to displace the authority of faith and tradition with the authority of reason. During the Enlightenment, Galileo's condemnation became the quintessential narrative about the evils of superstition against the goodness of science.
According to Benedict, "Today things have changed." The world is not as confident in reason as we once were. Nuclear annihilation, genetic manipulation, and environmental degradation indicate that there may be a downside to technological advancement. Our faith in science is not what it was. Benedict basically suggests that when the skeptic and agnostic Feyerabend defends the Inquisition, something strange is going on, and we should take note.
Frankly, we should not reject science, but we should be willing to be critical of it. Science is a tool which could be used for good or ill. Our moral decisions sit outside of science and offer direction. Our faith and our traditions can help us here. They can guide us. Benedict is looking for a restoration of both faith and reason. The two must work in concert. For Benedict, this is the crisis of Western Civilization.


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Dog Fight at the Top
The marquee matchup on the CFL Week 8 schedule takes place in Vancouver as the BC Lions, underwhelming 27-20 winners against the lowly Winnipeg Blue Bombers before their bye take on the surging Calgary Stampeders. The Stampeders roll into town hot – four straight wins including an impressive 42-27 win last time out against first place Saskatchewan – a victory that tied them at the top of the crowded Western Division standings.
BC has won four of the last six meetings between the clubs but Calgary has won the last two including in the season opening in Calgary.
Calgary Stampeders (5-1) vs. BC Lions (4-2)
Date/Time: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 9:00 PM ET
Venue: BC Place Stadium
Broadcast: TSN, ESPN 3.com
Stamps vs. Lions Betting Lines from Bodog
Calgary Stampeders +3 -115 Ov 54 -110
B.C. Lions -3 -105 Un 54 -110
The Calgary Stampeders enter Saturday night's game on a four game win streak. All aspects of their game seen to be clicking. The Stamps are currently the second-highest scoring team in the CFL with an impressive average of 34 points per game. They will be a tremendous test for a BC Lions offense that continues to separate themselves from everyone else in the CFL.
Jon Cornish continues to be a true difference maker for Calgary – by far their biggest weapon on offense. He has 175 yards rushing and four TDs last week on the way to being named the top Canadian of the week and the CFL Offensive Player of the Week. He is second in the league in rushing and yards from scrimmage and he leads the CFL in rushing TDs with seven and yards per carry – 7.3. He carved up BC in the first meeting of the season with 172 yards rushing and two TDs on 24 carries.
Leading the passing attack will be Kevin Glenn. He obviously has the trust of his team and has proven once again to be the best "backup" in the CFL today. Glenn went 21 for 28 last week for 218 yards and a TD to Nik Lewis who is also proving effective week in and week out.
Stopping the pass likely won't be an issue for the Lions Saturday – they have been terrific in that regard all season long allowing just 192.8 yards per game and just seven TDs total all season long. This unit has been money and has allowed its opposition an average of 282 total yards per game. At home where the Lions have a perfect record the Lions surrender just 227 yards of total offense – incredible.
The Lions have to find a way to get the offense rolling a bit more that in the first meeting of the season.
Travis Lulay was good last week in converting 28 of 39 passes for 268 yards and three scores. He went for 293 yards and three TDs in the first meeting of the season between the two clubs. He is second in the CFL in passer rating and completes a very good 66.1 % of his passes. Andrew Harris continues to be a workhorse as well – he is third in the CFL in rushing right behind Jon Cornish. Balance will be the key Saturday. Keeping the Stamps' offense off the field is essential and a tad more consistency is critical in this most-important matchup.
Dave B's Free Won't Cost You Anything Week 8 Prediction
Betting Prediction: A few trends to consider:
- The total has gone OVER in 12 of Calgary's last 13 games
- Calgary is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games
- Calgary is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
- The total has gone OVER in 6 of Calgary's last 7 games on the road
- British Columbia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
- British Columbia is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
- British Columbia is 5-15 ATS in its last 20 games when playing Calgary
The Lions are 10-1 in their last 11 on home turf – hard to bet against them when they are playing at home. But the Stamps have the look of the best team in the CFL right now and BC has looked average at times their last two games.
Calgary is scorching – look for them to get it done on the road to continue their impressive run.
BC had no answer for Jon Cornish in their first meeting – the same rings true in their second!
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* Marsh Ridge Resort has announced the retirement of Dick Emaus as general manager, who has left the Gaylord area to enjoy the Florida climate.
Ted Bott has been named the new general manager, and comes to Marsh Ridge from the Silicon Valley world of advanced automotive technologies where he was vice president of sales for navigation technologies. Bott also was an adjunct faculty member of Walsh College in Troy, teaching classes in sales and marketing.
Bott and his wife Mary Ann moved to the Gaylord area in November. He plans to provide increased "surprise and delight" to the guests of Marsh Ridge.
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Talks and publications
(March 2014 note: This is woefully out of date now after 3 years of graduate school and nonstop writing/teaching/publishing. If you'd like an updated copy, cialis 40mg contact me and it'll nudge me to update my CV and send it to you, cialis sale and enough nudges of that sort should prompt me to update this page. Go go gadget policy of painful honesty.)
scholarly talks
- Gregory W. Hislop, Heidi J.C. Ellis, Matthew C. Jadud, and Mel Chua, "Open Source Software Education: Opportunities and Challenges." Panel session at SIGCSE, March 10, 2011, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Mel Chua and Sebastian Dziallas, "Engineering Education + Open Source = Great Justice." invited IGNITE talk, Engineer of the Future 3.0, November 14, 2010, Champaign, IL, USA.
- Heidi J.C. Ellis, Gregory W. Hislop, Mel Chua, Clif Kussmaul, and Matthew M. Burke, "Teaching Students to Participate in Open Source Projects." Frontiers in Education, October 2010, Arlington, VA, USA. [IEEE Xplore]
open source talks
- Sebastian Dziallas and Mel Chua, "Open Source Textbooks & Collaboration Workflows," EduComm, June 2011, Orlando, FL, USA.
- Mel Chua and Sebastian Dziallas, "Curious artifacts: making FOSS materials make sense to learners," POSSCON, March 2011, Columbia, SC, USA.
- Mel Chua, "Glorious Failures in FOSS and Education," talk given at Ohio LinuxFest, October 2010, Columbus, OH, USA.
- Karsten Wade and Mel Chua, "5 FOSS in Edu Projects that Changed the World," talk given at OSCON, July 2010, Portland, OR, USA.
- Mel Chua and Asheesh Laroia, "Junior Jobs and Bite-sized Bugs: Entry Points for New Contributors to Open Source," talk given at OSCON, July 2010, Portlan, OR, USA. Covered by Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier in this LWN article.
- Mel Chua, "Invisible Tracebacks," talk given at Ontario LinuxFest, October 2009, Toronto, Canada. Rikki Endsley did an interview of me immediately after my talk.
I'm a regular author on opensource.com, usually in the education channel. You can see all my articles here, but a few of my favorites are:
- I can't bake croissants: a fable on project documentation (March 4, 2011)
- Three unspoken blockers that prevent professors from teaching open source community participation (November 17, 2010)
The Professors' Open Source Summer Experience, a faculty education program I run for Red Hat, deserves its own section; see the Red Hat press release.


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Point Break release date December 25, 2015 (USA)
Date: 2015-08-31
Have you watched the epic Point Break in far away 1991 with Keanu Reeves? Did you enjoy the thriller with the same title and would like it come back to screens? Point Break of 2015 is going to be brought on screens by Ericson Core and this will happen already this winter. The premiere date for the upcoming action thriller with an epic title is arranged for December 25, 2015.
The original name: Point Break
Director: Ericson Core
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Cast: Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone
Genge: Action, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Release date USA: 2015-12-25
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Warner Bros together with Alcon Entertainment announced that they start the production of Point Break remake yet in 2011.
The filming of first episodes began in Berlin in 2014, among other locations for the filming are numerous other countries, including the USA, Switzerland, Italy and Mexico. Thus, we can expect a really rich in scenery movie with amazing views.
The personage of Keanu Reeves this time will be presented by Luke Bracey.
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The Chatfield CSA serves 250 families on 5.5 acres of sustainably grown vegetables. Located within a 350-acre preserve along the banks of Deer Creek, the site includes historic ranch buildings, 2.5 miles of nature trails and numerous wildflower gardens.
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Boat building
The building and repair of wooden boats. See the separate entry for coracle making.
|Currently viable (see 'Local forms' for further details)
|Craft category
|Historic area of significance
|Area currently practised
|UK (but very much reduced and shipbuilding has vanished from some of its historic locations)
|Origin in the UK
|Bronze Age
|Minimum no. of craftspeople required
|Current no. of trainees
|Current no. of skilled craftspeople
|Current total no. of craftspeople
The earliest known boats are log-boats or dugouts with examples from Holland and Denmark dating from about 7000 BC, and the earliest plank-built boats were found in Egypt and date from about 2600 BC. Early plank-built boats were made by stitching or sewing the planks, but the Egyptians developed edge-fastening by mortises and tenons. The frame eventually developed into the rigid frame-skeleton, covered in planking, of the familiar carvel-build ('skeleton first' construction). In the north, hulls were built up of thin planking overlapping at the edges which were 'clenched' by dowels or iron rivets ('clinker-construction') with ribs inserted afterwards to keep the hull in shape ('shell first' construction).
Historically, there were many regional forms of boat building in the UK.
Techniques have evolved over time – think wooden coracles to super-tankers.
Local forms
- There are numerous regional styles of boats. There are many traditional types of craft, such as the Whitby cobble, which have not been built for many years and there is a danger that the knowledge to build them will be lost. However, in theory, a good boatbuilder can make any type of boat.
Issues affecting the viability of the craft
Cost of training: There are three private colleges teaching boatbuilding – the International Boatbuilding Training College (IBTC) in Lowestoft and in Portsmouth, and the Boatbuilding Training Academy in Lyme Regis. The Lowestoft course costs £16,000 for a full-time 47-week training course – this is a cost that many people can't afford. For example, it is difficult to get young people into the industry not because they are not interested but because they cannot afford to get properly trained. Many people who do the course are mid-life career changers or retirees. There are some grants available from City and Guilds and the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, but these do not cover the cost of the whole course. The IBTC has four entries a year and currently has 19 students, but would like to run at 8-10 students per entry with 36-40 students per year – there is plenty of demand from students, and more than enough work.
Lack of investment in training by the government: While the IBTC was established by the government in the 1970s, it is now a private college with no funding from the government, which is too reliant on trusts and charities to fund craft training.
Lack of investment in training by the sector: The industry doesn't invest in itself – it wants qualified boatbuilders but does not invest in their training, and boatyards do not subsidise the training of boatbuilders. It is this lack of investment that will cause the craft to die.
Issues with apprenticeships: Modern apprenticeships do not go anywhere near far enough in training a boatbuilder in the practical skills of the craft. Neither modern apprenticeships nor craft 'trailblazers' meet the standards required by the sector. As a result, the IBTC at Lowestoft has stopped running apprenticeships.
Certification of courses: City & Guilds offers a Level 3 qualification in Marine Construction, Systems Engineering and Maintenance (2463) – this is the highest vocational qualification in boatbuilding. This is awarded as part of the course at the IBTC, in addition to an IBTC certificate which is industry-recognised, but not government-recognised. The IBTC course also includes three months of intense boat joinery, but City and Guilds have said that this is too niche a course to run and so there is no qualification available in it.
There is more than enough work within the industry, and everyone who has done a boatbuilding course is able to find work if they want to. However, there are people who do the course who go on to work in other industries such as furniture-making or design, and also retirees who do the course because they want to spend a year making boats with no intention of going into the industry.
Raw materials: Some timber has increased in cost.
People assume that if there is a demand for the craft, it will be met. However, there is the danger that if there are not enough people learning the craft and thus not enough people making wooden boats, the market gradually dries up as prices go up, until the market perceives that it is no longer worth investing in building or repairing wooden boats as they are too costly and the craft disappears as a result.
Talent gap (older craftspeople retiring with no replacements)
Support organisations
Craftspeople currently known
Other information
Shipwrights per se have decreased in number with the UK's shipping industry but continue to exist. Boat-building skills continue to be used and there are some boat-building schools and academies which keep those skills alive. However, boat-building in the leisure industry continues apace and the UK has some of the top leisure craft manufacturers.


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- Date
- 21 Dec 2011
- Tags
- Olympic Studies Centre
OSC Newsletter Number 15 - December 2011
The Olympic Movement, the IOC and the OSC look back on a very intensive year, filled with events, activities and new initiatives. Close to the end of 2011, we are looking forward to the celebration of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck next January and the Summer Olympic Games in London in July. At the OSC level, the renovation work on its new site has started, and the Library and Historical Archives are starting to prepare the move for the transfer between the Olympic Museum building and the Villa du Centenaire. We are experiencing exciting times with no risk of getting bored! The Olympic Studies Centre team sends you our best wishes for 2012 and looks forward to welcoming you soon to our new premises.
As of April 2012, all the OSC services will be united in the Villa du Centenaire, a building on the north-west side of The Olympic Museum, Quai d'Ouchy 1, CH -1001 Lausanne. Because of this move, the OSC will be closed to visitors from 1 February until the end of March 2012. On-site consultation of the Historical Archives or loans at the Library will not be possible during these two months. Nevertheless, the OSC will be able to receive your requests and will inform you accordingly. The OSC reopens to visitors in April 2012, in its new location.
- For the benefit of all researchers trying to trace the history of marketing elements of the Olympic Movement, the OSC has produced an "Olympic Movement Marketing History" bibliography. It highlights Olympic marketing history in terms of content coverage in existing public documents (themes and years covered) and provides a qualitative selection and assessment per theme. This document is available via the OSC section of the IOC website in English only.
- Did you know that judo entered the Olympic programme in Tokyo in 1964; women's football appeared at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996; tennis was absent from the Games programme for 13 editions, from 1928 to 1984; and women's boxing events will be seen for the first time at the London Games in 2012? Check out the OSC's pages to find out more about the evolution of sports on the Summer Olympic Games programme.
- The library has digitised its patrimonial collections from the Olympic Games in London in 1908, 1948 and 2012. See all the programmes, rules and other official publications in our digital library.
- For the 2012 edition of the Postgraduate Research Grant programme, 34 candidates from the five continents participating in both individual and collective projects submitted their project to the OSC. Among the very diverse range of research subjects, most projects concern the athletes, the legacy of the OG (especially Rio 2016), the history and international relations of the Olympic Movement, sport as a tool for human development and Olympic education and young people. The scholarship winners for 2012 will be announced at the start of next year and the 2013 edition of the Grant programme will be launched in April 2012.
Following our previous communication sent in October, we are pleased to inform you that the programme of the 4th International Sport Business Symposium on Olympic-related research, which will be held in Innsbruck on 12 January 2012, can be downloaded here. Registrations can be made at email@example.com.
- Registrations for the International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) 2012 Open Modules are now open. The two upcoming modules are Sport Event Management & Organisation (SEMOS) and Sustainable Sport & Event (SSE), both taking place next February in Lausanne.
+ More info
Innsbruck 2012 coming soon! A New Year, a new Youth Olympic Games! Between 13 and 22 January, over 1,000 elite young athletes from more than 65 countries will come together to compete at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games, held in Innsbruck, Austria. Building on the success of the first summer edition, Singapore 2010, this event will feature high-level sporting competition in each of the seven sports on the Olympic programme, combined with an interactive Culture and Education Programme to enable the young athletes to learn new skills, experience different cultures and build friendships. To find out more about the Youth Olympic Games and for the latest news visit www.olympic.org/yog.
- In keeping with a tradition from ancient Greece, last October, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly called upon every country in the world to observe the Olympic Truce for the 2012 Games in London. You are invited to read the full text of the resolution and find out more about the Olympic Truce.
- The report of the 2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development, which was held with the UN last May, is now available on our website.
- We are pleased to make available to universities copies of two recent IOC publications entitled XII Olympic Congress. Copenhagen 2009 - Follow-up and The Olympic Games – Staging the Games. If you would like to receive a copy, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com


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"Les Caprices de Lolita" will be available in March 2007.
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Good pick last week girl. Belichick and the Patriots smoked the Jets. I guess the Jets coach Ryan is going to have to kiss Belichick's Super Bowl rings after all.
Hey, John, that reminds me of a song. Sing with me, it goes to the tune of "Oh Susanna"
are you ready?
Oh Rex Ryan, Oh dont you cry to me. You can kiss Bill Belichick's rings now, so get down on your knee.
Ha Ha Ha!!! That was fun John. Well, lets just hope the Jets can re-group and get over this. What game we got this week?
Girl, weve got the Giants going to Minnesota to play the Vikings
so lets get to it.
Princess making her pick.
Princess picks the GIANTS to win!!!
Girl you see that?
you picked the Giants. Talk about the Jets getting smoked. The Giants got smoked by the Vikings last year 40 something to 7. Are you sure about this?
As sure as I am that you have more graham crackers in your hand. I heard all that stuff about last year John. And I heard all about Favre. Whats he got a broken shoulder this week? And, yet hes still going to play. But if he does, hes not going to last a whole game not with that Giants defense. I think its about time for him to hang up his cleats.
Now how about we finish up those graham crackers John.
UPDATE: Princess is correct again!Giants beat the Vikings 21-3!
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Translator: WuWang
Editor: bollockz
Chapter 136: The Scent of Milk
Yun Xi smelt a very pleasant scent. It was sweet, soft, and smelt like milk. Unlike Ye Li's milky odor, it was more mature and richer.
He tried to open his eyes, but failed to do this simple action.
Oh, right. Yun Xi remembered. He overdrew his strength, finally releasing the God's Sword Skill, Sky Flying Sword, which he had always failed to learn in the past. With Sky Flying Sword and the Crane Wings Twin Swords' attack power, he finally tore through the dark shadow spider's steel shell, giving it a deadly blow.
What happened after that? Had the dark shadow spider died? Had the girls been saved? Where was it now?
"Master, are you awake?" Mei'er's voice echoed in Yun Xi's mind, finally making him recover a bit from his condition.
"Mei'er, what happened to my body?" Yun Xi asked his star elf in confusion.
"Nothing. You are just too weak after overtaxing your strength. You will recover after about 24 hours. Master, you had depleted all of your energy! Unfortunately, the dark shadow spider abandoned its old body. It split itself into a new body and escaped away with its core. Otherwise, you could use its seed to recover yourself." Mei'er told Yun Xi the result in an apologetic tone.
"However, its old body has been destroyed. It should have already downgraded from the hero rank and ran to the deep side of the island. It won't be a threat temporarily. After all, there is nothing that it can use to recover itself."
Sigh. As he had expected, it wasn't that easy to defeat a hero-ranked being.
However, this was still a good result that Yun Xi could accept. After that, Yun Xi felt his body being lifted up. He could feel a reassuring, soft and resilient cushion on his back.
"Ah…" He heard a familiar voice. It was Hua Yue.
"No, she doesn't open her mouth. In that case, I can't feed her anything." Yun Xi could feel Hua Yue's anxiety from her voice.
"No problem, my fair lady. I know how to solve this problem. You can feed her with your mouth." Yun Xi heard Ling Ling's voice from his back. It seemed that they were looking after him.
"Hum… Well… I… It seems that I have to do that…"
Was it an illusion? Yun Xi felt that Hua Yue's voice sounded very happy.
"Cheer up! You can do that!"
Yun Xi felt that the milky smell was getting closer and closer. After a while, he felt the girl's warm lips touched his mouth with the warm milk.
Despite Yun Xi not being able to open his eyes, he still knew what Hua Yue was doing. With the warm milk, her small tongue stirred in Yun Xi's mouth, sending the milk down Yun Xi's throat.
"Bang!" Yun Xi's body was still fatigued. Only his heart was pounding faster and faster.
The thread between their seeds was rapidly becoming tighter. Yun Xi could also feel Hua Yue's pounding heart.
Excitement, agitation, tenderness, expectation, and addiction. Various emotions flowed into Yun Xi's heart through the thread. The thread was giving a sweet, curative, instrumental performance.
"Cough…" Yun Xi felt that the his drained seed was being activated by Hua Yue's emotions.
He slowly opened his eyes, looking at Hua Yue's pink-white face. She was so nervous that she closed her eyes tighter, so she didn't see that Yun Xi had been awakened.
Hua Yue let out a sigh of relief after pouring all the milk into Yun Xi's mouth. Although Yun Xi just fainted, but his pale face and feeble breathing really scared her.
"Sorry, if we were stronger at that time…" Hua Yue muttered. She swallowed another sip of milk, trying to feed Yun Xi again.
Then, she saw Yun Xi's wide-opened black eyes and his shy look.
Hua Yue instantly blushed. Her face turned from a red apple into a red sun, emitting an attractive temperament. For the first time, Yun Xi saw her shy look. She behaved as if she was a kitten who was found secretly eating. It was too cute. Especially when the white milk was still dripping from her mouth. That gave him an indescribable allure.
"What's the matter?" Ling Ling was behind Yun Xi, so she didn't see that Yun Xi had opened his eyes. She still instigated Hua Yue, "Don't be shy. This is just a necessary feeding behavior."
"Hum…" Due to the milk in her mouth, Hua Yue couldn't say anything, but looking at Yun Xi's feeble appearance, she showed a determined look on her face.
Ling Ling's suggestion was effective! Therefore, she needed to continue, even though she had never done this before. Hua Yue got up her nerve and kissed Yun Xi again. She sent the warm milk and her tongue into his mouth at the same time again.
"Gu… Gu…" Yun Xi was forced to swallow the milk. He felt that his exhausted body did obtain a bit of new strength from that.
"Oh… Oh! The female element is effective! Master, let her feed you! In that case, your recovery time can be greatly reduced!" Mei'er looked at this scene with a contented look.
Compared to the milk, Hua Yue's female element was better medicine for Yun Xi's recovery!
Why do I feel that I'm an abnormal negative character… I'm an upright gentleman! Yun Xi retorted his star elf in his mind.
"Ok, is that enough? Mei?" After feeding Yun Xi the milk for ten times, Hua Yue's face was hotter.
"If you feel it is enough, blink your eyes once; if you don't feel it is enough, blink your eyes twice."
Yun Xi strenuously blinked one of his eyes once, signalling her that he didn't need her to feed him again.
Even if she did nothing, his body could recover itself after a dozen of hours. However, Yun Xi forgot that his body was still uncontrollable now. After the first blink, he uncontrollably blinked again…
One, two… two blinks. Hua Yue felt nervous.
Was the sequela of the battle too serious?
"Not enough? Well, let me feed you some more…"
The next an hour, Yun Xi's body and Hua Yue's body were full of the scent of milk.


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Firefall, the new Free to Play Massively Multiplayer Online Action Game, from Red 5 Studios, has recently increased their staff from 60 to over a hundred employees.
In an interview with PC Gamer, Red 5 Studios Designer Dave Williams had this to say about the new addition of employees: "About 80 percent or 90 percent of the people we've added in the past few months have been from 38 and Bioware. Two months ago we had a staff of 60, and now we're at just over 100. We've found some incredibly talented people who are really happy. It's allowed us to build up the team quickly."
The move in employees comes shortly after Bioware Co-Founder Greg Zeschuk, stepped down from the Bioware Austin studio. Bioware Austin is the team behind the largely hyped and now failing MMO Star Wars The Old Republic. While The Old Republic struggles into the Free to Play market, Firefall is poised to make a big impact on the market. Time will tell as the title is still in closed beta.


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noun, plural in·dus·tries for 1, 2, 7.
the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
any general business activity; commercial enterprise: the Italian tourist industry.
trade or manufacture in general: the rise of industry in Africa.
the ownership and management of companies, factories, etc.: friction between labor and industry.
systematic work or labor.
energetic, devoted activity at any work or task; diligence: Her teacher praised her industry.
the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject: the Mozart industry.
Archaeology. an assemblage of artifacts regarded as unmistakably the work of a single prehistoric group.
Origin of industry
1475–85; earlier industrie < Latin industria, noun use of feminine of industrius industrious
Synonyms for industry
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for sub-industry
Historical Examples of sub-industry
A small finely finished lanceolate implement is typical of the sub-industry or local development at La Micoque (Dordogne).Man, Past and Present
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noun plural -tries
organized economic activity concerned with manufacture, extraction and processing of raw materials, or construction
a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the output of a specified product or servicethe steel industry
- industrial ownership and management interests collectively, as contrasted with labour interests
- manufacturing enterprise collectively, as opposed to agriculture
diligence; assiduity
Word Origin for industry
C15: from Latin industria diligence, from industrius active, of uncertain origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
late 15c., "cleverness, skill," from Old French industrie "activity; aptitude" (14c.) or directly from Latin industria "diligence, activity, zeal," fem. of industrius "industrious, diligent," used as a noun, from early Latin indostruus "diligent," from indu "in, within" + stem of struere "to build" (see structure (n.)). Sense of "diligence, effort" is from 1530s; meaning "trade or manufacture" first recorded 1560s; that of "systematic work" is 1610s.
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How to Remove Outfox.TV from Chrome/IE/Firefox
Are your home page and search provider changed to Outfox.TV without approval? Do you receive tons of sponsored search results? Are you driving crazy about numerous and various pop-up windows? If you accidentally install Outfox.TV into your system, no worries, this post will do you a favor to completely solve the problem.
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A week that saw two longtime county deputies indicted for felony crimes was capped off Saturday afternoon by a protest calling for a citizen review of why police fatally shot Fouad Kaady last September.
The protest started a new wave of e-mails into my in-box from people questioning why no one was held accountable when police shot and killed the unarmed, naked man.
When you study the police report on the shooting, you probably see whatever you want to see in it. It's not likely to change many minds on either side of the issue about whether police should have shot Kaady.
But in the report, you'll also see the portrait of a hardworking, highly trained Clackamas County deputy who was faced with an incredibly tough decision.
David Willard worked his normal day shift on Sept. 7. Then, when asked to work a few more hours, he agreed to four hours overtime.
He got home a little before 10 p.m., chatted for a bit with family members and had a small bowl of Raisin Bran before hitting the sack.
As always, he was up at 5 the next morning. After showering, he had some oatmeal and orange juice, took his vitamins then read from his Bible for about 20 minutes.
In a few hours, he would be staring across his handgun at Kaady, an enraged, bloody man who was threatening to kill him.
Kaady refused to lie down and charged Willard. After he jumped on top of a police car, Willard and a Sandy police officer feared he might tackle one of them and gain control of one of their weapons. When it appeared Kaady was jumping off the police car, they opened fire.
In October, a grand jury cleared the officers of wrongdoing. Last month, a sheriff's shooting review board found that Willard acted appropriately when he pulled the trigger.
It's easy to lump all last week's news into a pile and question the professionalism of the cops sworn to protect us.
And you'd have to be someone who simply doesn't care if you aren't asking questions about a sheriff's office whose deputies were involved in the shooting deaths of three people last year.
The answers don't come easy. Even when talking with current and former Clackamas County deputies, I got mixed opinions about the Kaady shooting. Some weren't sure it was necessary. But everyone admitted you can't be sure until you're the one standing there deciding whether to pull the trigger.
Sheriff Craig Roberts says he doesn't want to draw up a policy that's too restrictive because every potentially deadly situation is different.
His focus, he says, will be to continue to try to make sure deputies get the best possible training.
That makes sense. And yet, the concern of people questioning the shootings also makes sense. When you're trying to understand why some people feel like cops can get away with murder in the United States, you have to understand the big picture.
Just two months ago a jury in San Jose found a California narcotics agent not guilty of voluntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a man --in the back --who was running away.
It turns out the agent had mistaken the man for a wanted parolee.
In my opinion, the circumstances of that shooting have almost nothing in common with the Kaady shooting.
And as horrible as the verdict might sound in the California case, it has one important thing going for it: the fact that there was a very public process.
I'm not suggesting anyone should have been put on trial for the Kaady shooting. But the sheriff's office only hurts itself when the only investigations of the matter --a grand jury hearing and police review board hearing --are private.
When high-profile matters such as this are handled largely behind closed doors, the sheriff's office only encourages people to believe it has something to hide.
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
Visual Merchandising Display
I updated it yesterday with some gorgeous Autumn stock from the Biba range instore. Biba is focussing on gorgeous retro patterns in soft knitwear, pussy bow blouses, ruffled shirt fronts and 70's style flared sleeves on silk dresses.
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Hey, I found your blog about a week ago and I love it. I'm a retail student and was wondering how you got into working in VM?ReplyDelete
Hi thanks for the comment! I got into visual merchandising firstly by working in retail since the age of sixteen. Then when i was studying for my a levels I seeked work experience with a local department store who took me on for free for six months. After this period they offered me a permanent position and Im still there today! If you have a retail job I would recommend taking as many photos as possible of any merchandising, mannequin styling or any other displays you do and start building a portfolio. Work experience is key as visual merchandising is a very 'hands-on' role so many companies prefer you to have this experience when you apply. Good luck and I hope I helped you in some way! XxReplyDelete
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Today's thoughts on the subject:
- Balanced in family, work, and creativity.
- Still head over heals in love with all three above.
- Calm. (Or as calm as it is possible for me to be!)
- Striving to keep myself healthy and fit. I wouldn't say no to a line-in-the-sand on the wrinkles.
- Resisting, at least a bit, the label Grown Up.


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German researchers have described metabolic processes in two types of bacteria that might be used in the future to clean up oil spills.
The report, written by a team of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig, has been published in the recent issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
The research involved bacteria Alcanivorax boskumensis and Oleispira antarctica. Alcanivorax converts hydrocarbons effectively into fatty acids and locks them subsequently directly into its cell-membranes. Oleispira seems especially promising to tackle oil disaster at higher latitudes, due to its ability to perform in extremely low temperatures.
So far, chemicals have been widely used in clean-up operations to make oil more soluble to enable removing it from the water surface. The currently most common substance of this kind is Corexir, developed after the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska in 1989.
However, the scientific community has long been critical of this substance due to its detrimental effects on the environment and human health.
The team responsible for the recent discovery has been working in the framework of the BACSIN project, funded by the European Union, which looks for innovative, more environmentally friendly, alternatives to Corexir.
"One approach for example could be to stimulate oil-degrading bacteria in their growth or for example by making them easier to use by freeze-drying so that they can be sprayed more easily than powders over the oil slick", explained Hermann J. Heipieper, a Helmholtz Centre researcher.
"However, there are still lots of details that require fine-tuning before the day arrives when they can be used to combat damage from oil spills," he said, stressing the precautionary principle should always be given priority.
The researchers have thus focused on hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria that live naturally in marine ecosystems. These micro-organism digest hydrocarbons present in their environment to obtain energy. However, the amount of these hydrocarbons the bacteria have naturally had to consume has always been far lower than in the case of man-made oil spills.
While present in balanced ecosystems only in limited quantities, the bacteria have the ability to proliferate quickly when they come in contact with crude oil.
The Helmholtz researchers are now not only trying to understand these bacteria better but also propose changes into their genetic information that could make them even more efficient.


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V.20 No.38 | 9/22/2011
Mina Yamashita
Mina's Dish
Side Dishing
New restaurants in a neighborhood near you
Downtown: Pasión Latin Fusion
Elvis is in the house—Chef Elvis Bencomo, that is. With co-owners Monica (Elvis' wife) and Orlando (his brother), Pasión Latin Fusion serves up dishes found throughout Latin America with Elvis' own creative flair. The chef has followed his love of cooking through culinary school at CNM, where an assignment turned his life around—fast. In April, his class was told to create a restaurant complete with a menu. Shortly thereafter, the building at Lomas became available. Pasión opened its doors just one month ago. Keep reading for more on this and P'tit Louis' new Nob Hill location, as well as a gourmet beef sandwich shop in Los Ranchos.


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A lot of people who do not work with software wonder why software has defects in it. To the end-user, something like Microsoft Word looks simple enough, why is it that in a certain scenario it locks up or crashes?
It would be easy to say that people who write software understand why and are able to avoid these situations with the correct processes but sadly this is not usually true at all. Even very able and competent engineers make mistakes and, of course, we expect the less competent engineers to make mistakes.
I came across the following example in a computer magazine once and apparently it is a classic testing question:
q) You need to write a function that takes 3 inputs and determines wether they form an equilateral, an isoceles or a scalene triangle or displays an error if the inputs cannot form a triangle.
Spend a few moments and see how many tests you could think of to determine the type of triangle.
Ideally, the functionality for this would be specified in a very robust way by somebody who is both a good spec writer and has done the necessary research to ensure all bases are covered! Back in the real world, you would be very lucky to get a spec for this level of functionality and even if you did, you would still have to interpret it.
When I first heard the problem I immediately thought that all values would form a triangle thinking of the phrase "any three points make a triangle" (which of course they don't if they are on a straight line).
After some hints from a colleague I started thinking about inputs that are negative or zero and but still forgot about what happens if 1 side is much longer than the others and therefore the triangle can't close. I didn't think about what happens if the 3 inputs are not specified correctly, such as 23E04 or what happens if the input is mistyped like 23..56 or if the inputs are specified to too much precision or whether the inputs are guaranteed to be within the limits of the specification. I think I managed about 6 tests out of a potential of 15 and I thought I was pretty clued up!
|Being the engineer, I then got really concerned that this was the real-life experience of many software engineers. When you write code you are assumed to be able to guess what error checking etc is required in your code and implement it. Of course, most of the error combinations would probably never surface but what if they do in a way that is hiddden from the end-user. Something gets corrupted and crashes?
The real question is, what can I do about it? Well you can have a committee to discuss what tests you need to perform but this is unlikely to reveal much more than you would by yourself (big quiz teams don't always win first prize!) so what else can you do?
You can write Unit Tests as you go along. You can test functions using test cases that give you very good overall coverage of the code. You can spend more time on functions that use logic rather than functions that simply call a string of other functions sequentially. You can keep the test cases as a reminder for when you are testing newer code. You can share tests with other developers so that over time, you gradually increase the types of error conditions that you test for. It is an underused mechanism for reliable code.
You can develop shared controls. For instance, you could design a web control that only allows valid numbers to be typed in so that your functions are never passed malformed data and don't fall over. You can even create simple classes like strings etc that can perform earlier testing on data before it has a chance to upset the belly of your code.
At the end of the day, the issues need to be analyzed and something needs to be put in place to keep the closed-loop quality control doing its job properly. You need to learn if your counter-measures are working and either modify them or drop them if they are not. You need to listen to other people and what they use. You need to take your craft seriously.


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On Wed, Dec 08 2010 12:37:06 +0000, email@example.com wrote: > 6.4.21 fo:title > has a content model > > Contents: > > (#PCDATA|%inline;)* > > from 6.2, it seems I can add any element from the first neutral group, > any from the first out of line group No. > and and from the second out of line group. No. The text after the contents in Section 6.4.21 [1] is: An fo:title is not permitted to have an fo:float, fo:footnote or fo:marker as a descendant. So from Section 6.2 [2], neither the first out-of-line ("float") nor the second ("footnote") is allowed. > Where should these elements fit in the 'content model' please? > naming them 'group' > is it > > (#PCDATA|%inline;| group)* That would be the general principle. It doesn't express prohibitions such as: Additionally, an fo:title is not permitted to have as a descendant an fo:block-container that generates an absolutely positioned area. or, for other FOs, the possible addition of fo:marker. > Is that correct? > > It seems a very brittle method, relying on the WG 'memory' of how this works? Yes, we gather around the campfire after a hard day's spec wrangling, and as we practice the secret handshake, we also pass down the Lore of XSL from member to member. I think I answer your questions with references to the spec, not with anecdotes from conversations that I had in 2001. The spec is there for anyone to read, and I can answer your questions because I've read it, used it, and implemented it, not because I wrote it, since I didn't. My name is on the XSL 1.0 spec because I contributed to the Candidate Recommendation testing phase that was necessary to get XSL to becoming a Recommendation. I also didn't write XSL 1.1, since I was taken off XSL work by my then employer and I didn't rejoin the XSL FO SG until the XSL 2.0 effort started, by which time I was an independent consultant again. I am having rather more input into XSL FO 2.0, but when XSL FO 2.0 is more cooked and you start to ask questions about it, I would again expect that I or anyone would answer by reference to the spec, not by reference to some hive-mind SG collective memory. (Not speaking for the XSL FO SG: if the SG has a secret handshake or a hive-mind, I don't know about it.) Regards, Tony Graham email@example.com Director W3C XSL FO SG Invited Expert Menteith Consulting Ltd XML Guild member XML, XSL and XSLT consulting, programming and training Registered Office: 13 Kelly's Bay Beach, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland Registered in Ireland - No. 428599 http://www.menteithconsulting.com -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xmlroff XSL Formatter http://xmlroff.org xslide Emacs mode http://www.menteith.com/wiki/xslide Unicode: A Primer urn:isbn:0-7645-4625-2 [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#fo_title [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#d0e6532Received on Monday, 13 December 2010 17:07:24 UTC
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Gamasutra has reported that a remastered version of the PC game, Crysis, will be coming to consoles through digital download. Crysis was originally released in November 2007 and has earned a score of 91% on Metacritic. In March 2011, console gamers got a taste of the Crysis universe with Crysis 2.
According to Gamasutra, the consoles will be playing this game with CryEngine 3, the same engine that drove Crysis 2, and not the CryEngine 2 engine that drove the original Crysis on the PC in 2007.
Crytek's CEO had this to say about Crysis and why he believes it is the right move to bring this long-loved PC game to consoles:
"We are extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish with Crysis. We set out to create a next-generation FPS and delivered a PC experience that became a benchmark for quality – and still is for many gamers even four years later. By bringing the single-player campaign to console, we believe we are again setting a new standard for quality in downloadable gaming."
The game will be available for download in the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PSN some time in October 2011 at 1600 Microsoft Points and $19.99, respectively. There has been no mention if this remastered title will be released again on the PC.
Analysis: This makes a lot of sense from a one standpoint, but what I'm wondering is, what will need to be cut? Crysis was open and you had your choice on how you wanted to run, drive, or sneak your way to a given nav point. The game also had some very demanding system requirements. Will that freedom now be cut down to compensate for the low video memory in consoles? I think it will. We saw Crysis 2 using many shortcuts to adapt that engine to run efficiently on consoles, and many of those same cuts will have to be made for the remastered original. If it were possible to give you the same freedom Crysis offered, don't you think they would have at least try it out with one or two levels in Crysis 2?
In my opinion, they screwed up Crysis 2 to fit in on consoles. They also burned PC gamers even though the CEO said they "wouldn't forget where they came from," but then they gave us an obviously shitty port. Now, since we know it was (almost) technologically impossible to do anything like this for Crysis 2, I don't think consoles will be able to offer the original Crysis in all of its glory, not without cutting out a ton of free-roam features that made them great fun to begin with.
This unfortunately feels like a cash grab to make more money on a name, from console owners who have dreamed to play Crysis on their console. All I can say to those who wish to purchase this is, don't keep your expectations high with Crytek to deliver Crysis in all its glory. The PC gaming community had their dreams crushed with Crysis 2 and gave up on it soon after release because it was so linear compared to the original, and I worry you will get burned the same way now.


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Hong Kong producers are putting pressure on the Hong Kong Film Awards Association after it gave the best picture award to the politically sensitive movie Ten Years.
The Hong Kong Chamber of Films, which represents the owners of local film production outfits, is set to hold a meeting before asking the Hong Kong Film Awards Association to review the mechanism it uses to pick award winners, Apple Daily reports.
Confirming the planned move, Daneil Lam Shiu-ming, chairman and managing director of film producer Universe International Holdings Ltd., told the newspaper the award body's evaluation mechanism really needs to be revised as it could be easily manipulated.
It is hoped that the association could make some changes based on the suggestions of other players in the film industry, otherwise there is no point for film investors to participate in the event in the future, Lam said.
The rare action taken by the film tycoons, many of whom have investments in the mainland, is aimed at putting pressure on the association after it gave the best film award to independently produced Ten Years at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night.
The choice of the award recipient surprised many people, especially those in the film industry, as the movie didn't receive any nominations in other categories, and sparked intense criticism that the judges wanted to project their political views at the expense of professionalism.
The controversial film, which portrays Hong Kong's bleak future under China's rule, has been banned in the mainland. Chinese censors also blocked all news about the awards ceremony.
The movie was produced for only HK$500,000.
Ta Kung Pao, a pro-Beijing newspaper in Hong Kong, said in an editorial on Tuesday that Ten Years deserves no award since it insults the "one country, two systems" principle, tarnishes Hong Kong's image and has no artistic merit at all.
Crucindo Hung, chairman of the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association, said Ten Years won because of compassion from the judges, adding that he thought it was a big joke.
But Wong Fei-pang, one of the directors of Ten Years, said critics of the film showed their disrespect for the judges' professionalism.
Lawmaker Ma Fung-kwok, who represents the sports, performing arts and culture constituency, said he doesn't think politics was involved in the choice of the best picture, adding that there is no justification for anyone to assail judges for attempting to show their political stance through their votes.
Why Ten Years is perfect timing no thanks to China (April 5, 2016)
Mainland won't show 35th HK Film Awards because of Ten Years (Feb. 22, 2016)
Dark vision of Hong Kong's future proves surprise box office hit (Jan. 22, 2016)
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As of Mar 14, 2017 dmoz.org will no longer be available.
The Open Directory Project that uses human editors to organize websites is closing. The announcement came via a notice that's now showing on the Homepage of the site. Saying it will close as of March 14, 2017.
DMOZ – (The Open Directory Project) was born in June 1998 as GnuHoo, then quickly changed to NewHoo. A rival to the Yahoo Directory at the time.
It was soon acquired by Netscape in November 1998 and renamed the Netscape Open Directory. Later that month, AOL acquired Netscape, giving AOL control of The Open Directory.
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StayLinked Corporation, the leader in modern wireless terminal emulation, continues to innovate and deliver high value solutions to its customers and channel partners. The launch of their latest SmartTE and StayLinked iQ products are set to transform Terminal Emulation environments.
Terminal Emulation (TE) is widely used in warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics environments as customers are increasingly looking to modernise their green-screen apps and provide a more intuitive, touchscreenfriendly user experience.
Padraig Regan, General Manager, Europe, for StayLinked explains, "Many have tried replacing their TE solutions with thick client or browser solutions. This is an expensive and risky approach, requiring long implementation cycles. Due to the underlying technology, it is unlikely to improve on the performance of the TE application being replaced. This creates a quandary for many of these real-time, high volume scanning environments because there is no viable alternative to TE."
StayLinked's new SmartTE (www.staylinked.com/Smart TE) solves this dilemma. It delivers the easy-to-use, touchscreen-friendly screens of modern applications while maintaining the speed and reliability of Terminal Emulation. It automatically generates touch-friendly application screens and includes a designer which enables total screen customisation. SmartTE requires no changes to existing mainframe applications and requires no programming skills in the creation of new screens.
SmartTE modifies application screens so they work on touch-only devices without a keyboard. It supports Android and iOS devices from all manufacturers with Windows 10 IoT support coming very soon.
Padraig continues, "In addition, many data collection customers are under pressure to optimise worker productivity.
Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions can help with this but they are very expensive to implement and integrate into an existing environment. They can also be difficult to use and require dedicated and expensive resources to drive their benefits."
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Integrated into StayLinked's Terminal Emulation, iQ presents a wealth of information and intelligence including metrics related to workers, devices, network performance, servers and applications. It measures real worker productivity (e.g. pick rate) and lets you understand all the factors which affect it.
"SmartTE and StayLinked iQ are two examples of our ongoing investment and commitment to the terminal emulation market." says Padraig. "Whether you are a large or small company, you can realise much more productivity and value from your existing TE solutions with StayLinked SmartTE and iQ"
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Chess Cake w/ Strawberry Topping
Chess Cake with Strawberry Topping (from Art Moss of OPC)
1 box yellow cake mix
1 egg
1 stick of butter
Mix and press in 9×13 greased glass dish.
2- 8oz cream cheese softened
2 eggs
1 box confection sugar
Blend and pour over cake mix
Bake for 45 min at 350 degrees
1 pt strawberries, cleaned and hulled (set aside)
1 cup strawberries
2 tablespoons of strawberry jam
1 small pack strawberry jello
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Hip hop icon Snoop Dogg says he is moving to Canada.
Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., better known by his rap moniker Snoop Dogg, took to Instagram to announce that he will be moving to Toronto, BuzzFeed News reported. He even reached out to Toronto native Drake for help finding a new home.
Alongside a photo of the CN Tower, Snoop Dogg wrote:
"My new home. @champagnepapi I need the hookup on some property. Nefew f*ck this sh*t I'm going to the. 6ix"
Snoop Dogg has also expressed his disappointment with the presidential election results with the use of Bitmojis, an app that allows users to make cartoon avatars of themselves.
Several instagram users commented on Snoop Dogg's post.
"Snoopdogg you can't leave people like you helped make America what it is today," wrote one user, Djdarienzo.
"TRUMP did his part good or bad and you need to do your part and help to shape the country."
"I know you could get a meeting with TRUMP if you wanted to," Djdarienzo continued. "Don't runaway stay and help to shape our country. America is the greatest country in the history of the world because people like you were willing to work hard."
Others were less friendly.
"bye !!! take all of the other rybabies with you !" wrote user lularoemikeandebbie. "if republicians didn't leave when obama was elected, because we are tough and had hope for the future. don't comeback when you need the US."
Other social media users took a more comical approach.
"With so much drama in Washington D.C. It's kinda hard being Snoop D-O-Double-G," wrote kaleighpostWith, a clever nod to famous Snoop Dogg lyrics.
The West Coast rapper is just one of many celebrities who have talked about moving to Canada if Trump won the election. Unlike most of these celebrities, Snoop does have business in Canada.
Snoop Dogg has a line of exclusive marijuana strains in Canada and a dispensary in Smith Falls, Ontario. Among the strains are sunset, ocean view and palm tree CBD, CBC News reported.
"Like hip hop, cannabis is as much a lifestyle as it is a culture," Snoop Dogg is quoted saying in a media release issued by Tweed, a Canadian cannabis company. "Leafs by Snoop is an expression of my experience with that culture over decades on the scene.
"What started for me in the '90s in Cali now has a home in places like Colorado, where real progress is being made.
Now that Leafs by Snoop is coming to Tweed, I'll be able to share my passion for the best cannabis on the planet with Canada."
Sources: Buzzfeed