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Wolves, sharks and deep fried lawsuits are just some of the veiled metaphors you can hang on to the stories in this week's selection of legal news from home and abroad, many of which have a religious or moral angle.
Other recent posts:
- ICLR Criminal Law Updater (June 2014), launching a new monthly roundup of recent criminal cases
- The Future of Law Reporting, in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, by Paul Magrath, ICLR's Head of Product Development and Online Content.
Banking 1: Shark pool
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a securities fraud lawsuit against Barclays bank, alleging that it duped investors into using its "dark pool" – a form of private stock exchange – on the basis that their orders would be kept secret, while allegedly permitting "predatory" high speed traders (or, as one might think of them, sharks) into the pool to take advantage of them. It is also alleged that Barclays invested its own clients' money via the dark pool when they could have got better deals elsewhere. This follows earlier blottings of the Barclays copybook in relation to the LIBOR and gold price manipulation scandals. Full story: Reuters
For more about dark pools and high speed trading, see our review of the book that laid it all bare: Flash Boys by Michael Lewis.
Banking 2: Veiled threats from bogus firms
Last week's disclosures about payday lender Wonga wringing the conscience of defaulting customers with fake lawyer letters (see Weekly Notes – 27 June 2014) seems to have spawned an investigation into the tactics of other debt pursuers, including first the Student Loans Company (SLC), a government-owned body, which used the fake name of what looked like a third party debt collecting agency; and, now, rather more significantly, some of the top high street banks. It seems Nat West, Lloyds and HSBC are gracing their chasing-up letters, which come from in-house lawyers, with letterheadings using names that look like (but are not) independently regulated third-party firms, according to the Guardian.
As you'd expect, the banks defend their actions, Lloyds putting out a statement clarifying the position:
'Letters to our customers identify the qualified solicitor of record and make clear that SCM solicitors forms part of Lloyds Banking Group's in-house litigation department.'
But the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) is looking into the matter, according to the Law Society Gazette.
Comment: Richard Moorhead, on Lawyer Watch: All the gone Pseuds: the dangers of fiction when threatening with the law
Hacking Trial: sentencing
Following the guilty pleas of some of the defendants in the eight month long phone hacking trial, and the guilty verdict against Andy Coulson (as reported in Weekly Notes – 27 June) sentencing was postponed till Friday 4 July, when Saunders J imposed the following sentences:
- Coulson, former editor of the News of the World: 18-months imprisonment
- Greg Miskiw, former news editor of the NOTW, six months imprisonment
- Neville Thurlbeck, former chief reporter, NOTW, six months imprisonment
- James Weatherup, former newsdesk executive, four months suspended sentence, plus 200 hours unpaid work
- Glenn Mulcaire, private detective for NOTW, six months suspended (he was previously jailed for phone hacking), plus 200 hours community service.
Full sentencing remarks, via Press Gazette.
Commentary from UK Criminal Law Blog.
And from Joshua Rozenberg in The Guardian: Phone-hacking case shows openness is best policy in criminal justice
Useful roundup of links from Obiter J: Law & Lawyers blog.
Rolf in sheep's clothing
The well known TV entertainer and artist, Rolf Harris, was found guilty on Monday 30 June of 12 charges of indecently assaulting girls between 1968 and 1986. In one case he had groomed the daughter of a friend from the age of 13. Other cases involved interference with girls as young as 7 or 8. And yet it seems he also, at the height of his offending, presented an educational film (Kids Can Say No!) warning children of the dangers of sexual abuse. Full story: The Daily Telegraph.
Commentary: UK Criminal Law Blog.
Since the trial, more alleged victims have come forward and it is likely Harris will face further proceedings in this country, if not also in his native Australia. He may also face civil claims for damages to be paid to his victims.
Two aspects of the case are of legal interest.
(1) When he was first arrested his lawyers apparently relied on the then recently published Leveson report and recommendations to persuade newspapers not to report the fact and threatened libel actions if they did. But when the fact of his arrest was made known, it led to more alleged victims coming forward. This tends to support the case for not suppressing the identity of arrested suspects in sexual offences cases, whatever the rule about complainants. For more on this, see The Drum, where Chris Boffey explains how this happened (with a nice repetition of the word "bottle"):
In his report into the culture, practices and ethics of the press, Leveson had said: "I think that it should be made clear that save in exceptional and clearly identified circumstances (for example where there may be immediate risk to the public) the names or identifying details of those who are arrested or suspected of a crime should not be released to the press or the public."
Harris's legal team, Harbottle and Lewis, put the fear of God into the media immediately post-Leveson [relying, inter alia, on this proposal] and that continued for five months until the Sun had the bottle to break the story on its front page.
(2) During his trial, evidence was adduced from witnesses who claimed to have been abused by Harris outside the jurisdiction – in Australia, New Zealand and Malta – for which he could not be tried in the UK, but which was led as "an added illustration of his behaviour", ie to support propensity and dispel the notion of coincidence. For more on this, see comment by Felicity Gerry QC (co-author of the Sexual Offences Handbook) on The Justice Gap: Rolf Harris, jurors and heavy prejudice.
Sentencing was adjourned till Friday 4 July, when Sweeney J imposed a total prison sentence of five years and nine months for the 12 offences. Full sentencing remarks, via Crime and Justice.
Commentary on UK Criminal Law Blog.
UPDATE: Rolf Harris jail sentence to be reviewed by attorney general, via the Guardian.
Woolf in sheep's clothing
In a debate in the House of Lords for the second reading of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill (which among other things is aimed constricting the pipeline of judicial review), Lord Woolf added his dismay to that of other legal peers (including Lord Pannick and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood) with this beastly rumination:
My Lords, when I was a relatively young judge, a long time ago, and I had to travel on judicial business, it was suggested by the then Lord Chancellor's Department that I should travel under a nom de plume for my safety. It was suggested that Mr Sheep would be an appropriate name. I am afraid that I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that, as regards the rule of law, the Lord Chancellor, Mr Grayling, is showing signs of becoming a wolf, so far as clothing is concerned, rather than a Lord Chancellor. The judiciary, I fear, may be the sheep. I hope that he is not doing this deliberately. I believe that he is sincere in his many protestations that he is seeking to fulfil his oath and his special statutory responsibilities, but he has to be judged by his actions, to some of which I am about to refer, as well as his words.
The actions in question included proposals which His Lordship regarded as "contrary to the rule of law", citing, as a declaration both of interest and of expertise, De Smith, Woolf, & Jowell's Principles of Judicial Review and Zamir & Woolf, The Declaratory Judgment.
Full speech, via They Work For You.
Hat tip to UK Human Rights blog, You cannot be serious! Peers call 'out' on Government's judicial review reforms – Angela Patrick.
And, it hardly bears mentioning, apart from the pun in the title, there is no connection whatever between this story and the previous.
LC/SSJ: a legal and political BOGOFF?
Still in the House of Lords, and on the subject of the Lord Chancellor, the Select Committee on the Constitution has put out a Call for Evidence on the office. The committee invited interested organisations and individuals to submit written evidence to the inquiry. Please form an orderly queue.
A key issue raised by the committee is question 8: "What are the advantages and disadvantages of the office of Lord Chancellor being held by a lawyer?" This has already been answered to a large extent by David Allen Green in his blog for the FT, Does a lord chancellor really need to be a lawyer?
The committee also asks (Q4): "Are the offices of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice best performed by the same person?"
This raises the prospect of the roles being occupied by two separate persons, one of whom might even be a lawyer, which might relieve the slightly contradictory nature of the combined role at present. Though, to look on the bright side, we are at least getting two roles for the price (and expenses claims) of one – much like a supermarket BOGOFF (buy one, get one for free) deal.
PS. Thought for the day. What if the Chief Medical Officer (a member of the board of the NHS, currently occupied by Dame Sally Davies, a consultant haemotologist and professor of haemoglobinopathies) were to have no medical qualifications. Would that matter?
Law (and religion) around the world
Students and civil servants in Xinjiang, a mainly Muslim area of north west China, have been ordered not to take part in Ramadan fasting. Beijing is cracking down on security in the area in the wake of recent violent unrest, which the Beijing government blames on the influence of external terrorist links. Full story: India Today.
Burqa ban upheld by Strasbourg court.
In SAS v France the European Court of Human Rights decided that the so-called French burqa ban did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. Technically, the law in question (Loi no 2010–1192 interdisant la dissimulation du visage dans l'espace public) should be termed a niqab ban, not a burqa ban, since it is the facial covering, not the veiling of the rest of the body, which the law prohibits. The applicant, who was represented by UK lawyers, had argued that the law breached, inter alia, the right to family life under article 8 and the right to manifest religious belief under article 9, and discrimination under article 14 of the Convention. The court upheld the French law on a fairly narrow point: without presuming to find that the religious obligation to veil up was oppressive or gender-unequal, and rejecting the notion that it was necessary on grounds of public safety, it concentrated instead on the concept of 'respect for the minimum requirements of life in society' or 'living together' (paras 116, 121, 122), and concluded (giving France a wide margin of appreciation) that it was proportionate to the aim pursued (paras 155, 157-159).
The judgment seems to be in line with the recent trend to give states parties a wide margin of appreciation on matters relating to religious observance. For more detailed summary and commentary, read:
Frank Cranmer, posting on Law & Religion UK: Ban on covering face in public not a breach of ECHR: SAS v France
Stephanie Berry, lecturer in public law at Sussex University, on the Blog of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL: Talk!): SAS v France: Does Anything Remain of the Right to Manifest Religion?
Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog, took part in a discussion on BBC Radio Wales (starting at 2:10:10) in which the possibility was mooted that a parallel ban on miniskirts might also be upheld.
Though not strictly a matter of religion versus law, the ruling by an Indian court that a husband who forbad his wife wearing kurta and jeans, and insisted upon her donning a saree, amounted to cruelty and constituted grounds for a divorce.
Full story: India Today
South Africa
Trial of Oscar Pistorius resumes. A psychology report ordered by Judge Thokozile Masipa disclosed that the athlete, accused of murder, did not have a mental disorder when he killed his girlfriend. The report result was announced when his trial resumed on 30 June after being adjourned for the report. Both prosecution and defence have accepted the results of the psychological report but it has not been published. Full story: BBC.
This week's slightly silly story
A right carry-on with the Carron
The chip shop where the infamous deepfried Mars Bar delicacy (one of your Scottish five a day) was invented, has been told by the confectioner that it must display a disclaimer to the effect that the company does not recommend or endorse this particular treatment of its product.
The letter came after the shop applied for European protected name status for the name of the delicacy, which is The Carron.
Full story: Daily Record.
Parish notices
The new chair of the Board of the Judicial College is to be Lady Justice Rafferty DBE, commencing on 1 August. She will continue to sit in the Court of Appeal. She replaces Lady Justice Hallett DBE, Cice President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). Announcement via Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
On 21 June Lord Justice Moses resigned as Lord Justice of Appeal. He will become chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).
And finally…
A comical approach to intellectual property law
Julia Powles is a PhD student in Cambridge (Laws) but is also the creator of Law Comics (with assistance from illustrator Ilias Kyriazis). The first instalment focuses on patent law and is titled: Alice in Patent Land. The comic strip is reproduced in full on Patently-O, but this taster gives some idea of its energetic flair. Reproduced with Julia's kind permission.


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This idea would be stopped well short of animal cruelty concerns. This equipment is meant to be used to teach children about neuroscience. However, most children (and adults) are repulsed by cockroaches. I don't think any teacher would want them in classrooms.


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Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, Texas by dropping 56 inches of rain on the city, and many companies just sat around watching helplessly as people died and as others lost their homes and pets. Instead of doing nothing, Stream Energy decided to step and offer help to people who were experiencing their darkest hour. Stream is an independent energy company that used a portion of its sales to help fund its efforts. The truth is this company has been engaging in philanthropy for many years and decided to formalize its efforts by starting up its philanthropy arm, which it calls Stream Cares.
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Historic Preservation and the Role of the Civil Engineerby Ernest Allen Conally, Assoc. Dir.; Professional Services, National Park Service, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.,
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The general neglect of historic industrial and engineering sites and artifacts has made modern man feel that technology has taken control of his life. The divisions of the National Park Service responsible for historic preservation programs have begun to devote more attention to our engineering and industrial heritage. The Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) conducts both extensive and intensive programs to document such sites. The National Register of Historic Places, the Preservation Grants Program, and the National Historic Landmarks Program all include engineering sites. Engineering professionals must take an active role in the preservation of the artifacts of their discipline both by initiating specific preservation projects and through technical assistance to other preservationists. There is no substitute for the well-informed engineer with a sense of the history of his profession and of his town or region.
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FRIDAY'S SESSION of the 51st Clinical Congress was held at the new "Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation – (CAMLS). The Center covers an entire city block in downtown Tampa and is a 90,000 square foot, three story facility designed to lead health care transformation through inter-professional education, training and innovation. By inspiring world-class education, training and research, it will elevate quality and safety for patients at the bedside, while improving efficiency and outcomes across the health care delivery system.
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SATURDAY'S SESSION took place at Tampa's Embassy Suites Downtown Convention Center and was comprised of operative videos and presentation lectures including: Everything A Surgeon Should Know About Pancreatic Cancer & More; Gastric Benign & Malignant Disease by Dr. Alexander Rosemurgy; Esophageal Cancer & Treatment of Perforation and Gallbladder Malignant Disease – Diagnosis & Treatment by Dr. Kimmerle Cohen; Dr. Michel Murr discussed Bile Duct Injuries along with Small Bowel Benign & Malignant Disease; and Dr. Larry R. Glazerman lead into Energy Sources in Surgery with an energetic refresher in physics, as well as, a discussion of Simulation in Surgical Training. Our Saturday conference at this beautiful hotel was followed by a full dinner and drink gala event enjoyed by our attendees and their guests.
SUNDAY'S SESSION continued to excite the audience with lively, interactive discussions by Drs. Charles and John Cox on Benign Disease of the Breast and Breast Cancer – Surgical Aspects. Dr. Charles Cox established the breast surgery program at the Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa in 1986. While at Moffitt he founded and implemented "breast cancer lymphatic mapping." Dr. John Cox is the Medical Director of the Breast Surgery Center and COC Commission at the University Community Hospital.
The American Board of Abdominal Surgery would like to congratulate Dr. Tarun Kumar, a pediatric surgeon in Iowa on completing the final portion of his examination. He is now Board Certified by ABAS in abdominal surgery. Dr. Kent E. Skogerson, a general surgeon in Washington State has been a long time member of both ASAS and ABAS. He was initially certified in abdominal surgery by the American Board of Abdominal Surgery in 1997. At the 51st Clinical Congress Dr. Skogerson sat for and received his re-certification from the Board. Congratulations goes out to Dr. Skogerson. We were thrilled to have two Residents and two Physician Assistants attend this conference and would like to see our veteran surgeons invite not only new colleagues but younger medical staff who have begun their journey in the field of medicine. They are our future!
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THE death of a man found hanging in the garage of his Fairlight home remains a mystery.
An inquest at Hastings heard this week how the body of retired printer Francis Ball, 68, was found hanging from a ceiling joist in the garage of the property at Channel Way on the morning of April 10.
Police who investigated said there was no evidence of third party involvement and no suspicious circumstances.
Mr Ball, who had suffered from depression, had visited his GP Dr Chopra the morning before and his doctor had said he appeared to be "jovial and happy with no signs of depression.
His body was discovered by his Thai born wife Sathiya, who told the inquest: "He tried to be a happy man.
"He seemed happy when he came back from the doctors. We went shopping in Hastings and then he went out to see some friends in the afternoon."
Mrs Ball reported her husband missing later that night when he failed to return home.
She said she checked the garage between 8.30pm and 9pm but could not see anything.
She discovered his body at 7.30am the next morning and called the police and ambulance.
The inquest heard that Mr Ball was undergoing financial difficulties last year and was unable to pay rent money he owed.
He had health problems in recent years including a stomach ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome, meningitis and memory loss.
He had been offered counselling for depression but had refused.
A toxicologist report found that Mr Ball had a blood alcohol level one and a half times over the drink drive limit but Coroner Alan Craze said this would not have been sufficient to impair his judgment.
He believed that Mr Ball had made the decision sometime between going out and returning home.
Mr Craze recorded a conclusion that Mr Ball took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed.
He said: "This is a great tragedy. No-one can know what was going through his mind that day. There may be other factors that we don't know about but they are in no way suspicious."


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Right or wrong, there's a lot of thinking going on over at HED. The company, who are know for their carbon and carbon-skinned aero wheels, have recently introduced a line of thought that they're calling C2. Their theory is that on a wider (23 vs. 19mm) rim, a standard (23c) road tire takes a different, wider profile. This profile does two things. First, it eases the aerodynamic transition between the tire and rim, changing the overall cross section from that of a lightbulb to a half circle/half ellipse sort of thing, providing smoother airflow and better aerodynamics. The second thing is a bit harder to grasp. Because a given tire is wider when mounted on a wider rim, the contact patch shape changes from longer and skinnier to shorter and wider. Ergo, less of the tire's casing is being deformed at any given time, the thought is that rolling resistance decreases- the company actually claims a not-insignificant 18% reduction over comparable wheelsets.
As I mentioned in my first look at HED's Bastognes, I've been in the market for a new set of wheels. Durability, light(ish) weight and accessible nipples were all criteria. So, too was a price of $800 or so. Of course, the folks at HED convinced me to stretch that or so by a bit and see what the $1,000 Ardennes wheels and their C2 concept were all about, essentially splitting the difference price-wise. Always a sucker for a deal (and weird gear), I bit. A couple of Fridays ago, the postman came by bikefix HQ with a large (but light) cardboard box.
Opening the box, the first thing one sees is the top of the rims. You wouldn't think that 4mm would be all that visible, but the Ardennes' Scandium rims sure look like they belong on a 29er (in fact, I'm running 19mm road rims on mine). The hubs are visibly different and feel smoother than the OEM Bastognes', though they're clearly variations on the same theme. On the scales of injustice, they came in 25g each heavier than advertised, at 615g and 800g (F & R). Not a big deal to me, but worth mentioning. The spokes are bladed Sapim CX-rays on the front and DTs on the rear- all radially laced save those laced 2 cross on the rear drive side. While I'm not a big logo fan, the HEDs' will stay in place thanks to their reflectivity- very nice considering that I'll be using these for commuting as well as road riding. One of the decals' top layer was all scrunched up, but given that the wheels were smooth and perfectly true out of the box, that's a minor complaint and hardly worth mentioning (I'm sure that worse will happen before a year has passed). More annoying was the fact that I had to run to the bike shop for a $4.00 set of rim strips before I could ride the wheels- if ordering online, be sure to add rim strips to your tab. It should be noted that, when mounting the Ardennes, a brake adjustment will be necessary. While anyone entrusted with an Allen wrench should be able to manage this, it means that neutral support wheels in a race will require brake adjustment as well- make sure you've got plenty of room in your barrel adjusters or the first descent on neutral wheels could be a scary one.
Because the tires' (effectively shorter) sidewalls are doing more of the work on a C2 rim, HED recommending decreasing tire pressure by 10% front and rear. For me, this meant I would be riding 80psi in the front, 85 in the rear. Beat after yesterday's technical mountain ride, I decided to try to get in a couple of hours on the road bike. While not dramatically different than the Bastognes, the Ardennes feel a bit more stable, particularly at speed. Coming down a local canyon with a healthy tailwind, I felt more comfortable at 45 than usual. Cornering also felt a bit better, but I was looking for and expecting this. After 2 flats in 2 weeks with Continental's GP4000 tires, I've gone back to my standard (heavier) road tires, so I have a feeling that my overall system weight hasn't changed much (if at all). Still, climbing felt good and my reedy legs weren't able to wring any noticeable flex out of the rear wheel. For such a light wheelset, the Ardennes felt surprisingly solid.
While I'm a light rider, commuting tends to take a toll on equipment. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Ardennes fare over the coming months and years. The first 150 miles or so have been good, but we're just getting started and will let you know how they go...


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The most complete picture of the Ghanaian mental health system
The Kintampo Project has completed the first ever comprehensive, country-wide survey of mental health systems and services in Ghana. Based on methodology recommended by the World Health Organisation, the survey provides the most detailed insight into the current situation, and provides recommendations for future improvements.
One Country - 10 Regions - 216 Districts. The full report includes results on the following:
- How much does medication cost in Ghana ?
- How available is it ?
- Do patients have to pay for their treatment ?
- How many staff are there and where do they work ?
- Are staff being trained in human rights ?
The report also contains useful comparisons between Ghana and other countries of similar income levels, which have carried out equivalent surveys of their mental health services. Comparisons include:
- How much do countries spend on mental health?
- How many people are being treated?
- How many psychiatric beds are there ?
- How many nurses sre needed ?
- How many psychiatrists are needed ?
These comparisons give a useful yardstick for policy makers in the Ghanaian government, and the report recommends steps Ghana must take to provide adequate mental health support for its population and for its income level.
The report was produced from a survey conducted in 2012 using the World Health Organisation's Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS). The survey was led by:
- Professor. JB Asare, WHO-AIMS in-country Focal Point
- Caroline Mogan, WHO-AIMS Project Manager and Lead Researcher
- Abena Anokyewaa Sarfo, WHO-AIMS Research Assistant
- Dr Mark Roberts, UK Lead, The Kintampo Project
- Dr ET Adjase, Director, Kintampo College of Health
- Dr Akwasi Osei , Chief Psychiatrist of Ghana Health Service
You can also read the official WHO version here


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The Parkwind-Valeco consortium, pre-selected for developing an offshore wind farm in the Dunkirk area in France, is calling for contributions which could help in the future realization of the project.
According to Parkwind, the aim of the dk4wind call for tenders is to enable local companies to participate in the realization of the project by offering concrete, feasible and sustainable solutions that can be implemented in the design, installation or operation of the wind farm.
Companies based in the Dunkirk and Hauts-de-France areas are qualified to apply with ideas for logistics solutions, fishing and maritime activity, tourism and culture, R&D and innovation, initial and in-service training, among others.
The consortium also welcomes ideas related to the products or services that have an economic and societal value for the project, as well as projects bringing changes in the installation, operation and maintenance practices of offshore wind farms.
The deadline for submitting applications is 11 June, while the seven winners will be announced at the award ceremony on 20 June.
The first three will receive an EUR 6,500 support in total and the remaining four will sign a partnership agreement for implementing their ideas at the offshore wind farm should the Parkwind-Valeco consortium win the contract. In case the consortium is not chosen for the development of the project, the idea will be implemented at one of Parkwind's operational offshore wind farms in Belgium.
The Dunkirk area is part of France's third round of tenders for the development of offshore wind chosen for its favorable conditions and supported by the region's elected officials.
Besides the Parkwind-Valeco consortium, the Commission de régulation de l'énergie (CRE) has pre-selected Vattenfall, Statoil, Iberdrola in consortium with RES, Elicio, a consortium of Engie and EDPR, Deme Concessions Wind, a consortium of EDF EN with Innogy and Enbridge, and the Canadian Boralex with CMI5i Pastor as potential developers of the project with a capacity of between 250MW and 750MW.


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Governor Joey Salceda introduces Albay, Philippines and its Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation Initiative and Partnerships.
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In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It's too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption.
Through visually stunning footage from over fifty countries, all shot from an aerial perspective, Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows us a view most of us have never seen. He shares with us his sense of awe about our planet and his concern for its health. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to further the call to action to take care of our HOME.
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Whoa, Joe
Here's a terrific little meditation on the classic G.I. Joe cartoon series from our youth by none other than my brother, Dan. Be sure to give us your comments by clicking on the link after this entry. Please do note that much of this message's formatting stems from the demands of email, where this originated. Beware of capital letters in here, for your own safety, please.
I've reviewed the original two G.I.JOE animated mini-series, "A Real American Hero" and "Revenge of Cobra," just out on DVD. Despite the absence of characters, or story logic, there's a lot still to like. It's not just nostalgia… both stories play out in giddy, STAR WARS-esque mayhem. And God help me, I've got a few of these episodes committed to memory, even to this day…
I have the following reportage and observations:
1. The plots for both series are identical. Duke gets captured, Cobra's world-destroying gizmo breaks into three pieces, and the Joes and Cobra must undertake a daring-do world-wrapping series of missions to build competing versions of the same gizmo before the other one.
2.Only 22 minutes of music exists for G.I. Joe. The fact that it's pretty snazzy music goes a long way to making the repetition of these cues over two five-episode stories tolerable.
3.Destro has the very best diction on the planet.
4.Every Joe can fly an F-16. Even the magic, three-seater, F-16s. Some Joes will wear helmets when taking off. Generally, they will abandon these helmets by the time they're in combat. Who wouldn't?
5.Cobra's Arenas of Sport. Forgot all about 'em. They appear in both mini-series, in completely different configurations. The original is a coliseum for gladiator-style combat. Hundreds of Cobra operatives watch; that all of these members of Cobra have time in their busy schedules to watch is distressing. The second arena is TRON redux, providing room only for Destro, Cobra Commander, Zartan, and Scrap-Iron (?!?) to watch. What they watch is Duke & Snake-Eyes escaping twice.
But wait! There's more!
Scarlet is the only prisoner in the history of Cobra not to be sent to the Arena of Sport immediately after capture. Instead, she gets thrown down three lights of stairs into a holding cell where the only other occupant is the one person who happens to know how to defeat Cobra's mind-control headbands.
The standard Cobra method for subduing prisoners is to gang up and bludgeon said prisoner. And not just a little bit. This happens to Duke numerous times, this happens to Snake-Eyes, this happens to Roadblock. This does not happen to Scarlet. 'Cause she's a girl. Scarlet only gets beaten up by other girls. Still, that's lotsa bludgeoning for a cartoon.
Baroness is the angriest Transylvanian women to ever appear in American animation.
Cobra has no compunction about beaming a dozen Cobra space troopers into deep space and leaving them there.
Cobra can build giant robots to put Optimus Prime to shame. These robots, however, are not used in combat. No, no. Only sport. The robots used in combat have no elbow articulation and are confused by targets running in circles.
Major Bludd employs no military strategy aside from "Attack!" It works, though; he's the only Cobra operative with a perfect operational record over both series.
No Joe but Torpedo knows jack about deep-sea diving. Nobody. Stalker says so. Torpedo gets his very own submarine.
Following his spectacular escape from Cobra Headquarters, Duke forgets where Cobra Headquarters is. To regain his lost
memories, Doc places Duke in the EMPIRE STRIKES BACK bacta tank. Retracing his childhood up until college, then completely skipping his military training, Duke still cannot remember where Cobra Headquarters is. Duke will later remember he gave his slave-wife his college ring, which has a G.I.Joe homing beacon in it. Lucky, that.
Scarlett's throwing stars, attached to her gloves, are for illustrative purposes only, as they are not confiscated when she's captured. (Duke and Scarlett aren't captured at the same time. Nevermind. Long story.)
Tripwire is shocked his mine-detector does not detect life-signs. It does, however, detect earthquakes!
Cobra's hard-on for destroying New York City is, today, extra creepy. Their primary target is the Empire State Building, identified by name. Imagine if history has only unfolded a little differently… would we ever see this miniseries again? Methinks not.
His plan thwarted, Destro aims the MASS Device at the earth's core — his explicit intention, to destroy the planet in seconds; his only apparent means of escape, however, is a Cobra F.A.N.G., a short-range one-person helicopter. Good luck with that, Destro.
Baroness, Major Bludd, and Cobra Commander — indeed, the entire Cobra organization, is arrested at the end of the first mini-series. (By the beginning of the second miniseries, they have all freed and rearmed. Cobra Commander's capture all over again in the first act of "Revenge" begs the question why they didn't just open with Cobra Commander already imprisoned…)
"Revenge" establishes the pattern used throughout G.I. JOE and THE TRANSFORMERS, where a story begins with established, first generation characters, only to have those characters replaced as protagonists by second generation characters before the end of the story.
The first episode of "Revenge" is not an embarrassment of animation. The final episode seems to have been animated on an Etch-a-Sketch.
At the beginning of "The Revenge of Cobra," Cobra attacks a Joe convoy carrying a gigantic motherfucking G.I.Joe laser cannon. Cobra steals a tiny piece of this cannon. This giant motherfucking cannon is never mentioned again. Wasn't it Chekov who said, never bring a gun onstage unless you intend to use it?
Stalker, the Joes' commando, is seen operating a VAMP machine gun turret at the beginning of "Revenge." Later, when legitimate commando skills are required, Stalker is nowhere to be seen. Breaker fills in.
Destro objects to Zartan's involvement because Zartan "has no commitment to our cause!" What that cause is, and why Zartan is a mercenary while Destro is not, is left a mystery.
Seen in retrospect from G.I.JOE THE MOVIE, it seems odd Cobra Commander would be afraid of poison ivy…
Scrap Iron issues the disconcerting order, "Take them from behind!"
The only way down to the floor of the second Arena of Sport is via rope, Errol Flynn-style.
Snake-Eyes' concealed communication device can only be used by banging it on a very long piece of metal.
Duke learns! By his second capture, he's got a dictionary-sized homing device on him, the easier to remember. Where on his body he's been keeping it, and that he only thinks to activate it in the final episode of "Revenge," after being taken prisoner in the first, is troubling. When the Joes receive this transmission, the signal appears to be coming from South Africa; this also is troubling.
Wherever it is, Cobra Headquarters must have been near Joe Headquarters, because the Joes drive there. In both series. Assuming G.I. Joe Headquarters doesn't pick up and move, maybe the Joes could spend a little more time securing their own perimeter.
Flint and Mutt meet Shipwreck in a cafe in the middle of the desert, not at all far from Cobra Headquarters. It's unclear what, if any, military organization Shipwreck belongs to, but he is accepted with open arms into the G.I.Joe team.
When in the desert, bring Shipwreck. The jungle? Shipwreck, oh yeah. The Arctic? Shipwreck's your man. The sea-bound campaign? Shipwreck's not available because he's in the jungle and the arctic.
Lady Jaye can drive with one foot while throwing explosive-tipped javelins. Lady Jaye is cool. Duke, meanwhile, can not conduct operations in daylight without getting captured by the enemy. Why exactly is Duke in charge?
Doc, in addition to being a skilled surgeon and psychiatrist, is also a genius engineer and theoretical physicist. He builds three demonstration models of energy mirrors that absorb and retransmit kinetic energy without any apparent help, in a matter of hours. Yo Joe!
Exactly what demographic was Zartan's defunct "Bayou World Park" aimed at? At this park, it's just as easy to raise an entire rollercoaster as it is to just raise the antenna on said rollercoaster.
When Flint is told Zartan's transmission has been traced to "the swamps," that's enough. Flint knows where to go.
Storm Shadow is such a good ninja, he escapes detection merely by moving out of frame. Before that, he throws a single throwing star packed with enough sleeping gas to knock out two Joes and a dog.
You know what's missing in action movies today? A fifty-story enemy temple that can rise and fall out of the desert. Let's see Michael Bay put that in his inevitable Hitler biography.
Adrenaline pumping in the heat of battle, Rock 'n Roll, Spirit, and Clutch keep up with the Joe mechanized forces on foot. That Clutch is on foot, rather than driving his designated VAMP, is, also, troubling.
Destro and Zartan make their final escape from Cobra Headquarters on a hang-glider. In the desert. The middle of the day. Luckily, no member of the Joe team was near a window, jeep, tank, or rival hang-glider. Destro and Zartan get away.


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Well, not for the first time this season, it is so far so good after 45 minutes. We have been the better team and have created the better chances, and with a goal scorer in the team would be ahead by now. Amazingly, we have been the better passing team and Swansea and it is Laudrup's team that have played more long balls. If this goes on for the next 45, Sam will be calling himself Allardrup!
In fact, Demel should have scored twice, clearing the crossbar on both occasions from inside the six yard box. Nolan has also put a chance wide after an excellent run and cross by Jarvis, and Downing has forced two saves from Vonn. At the other end, Jussi stopped a header with his shoulder and Tomkins put in a brilliant blocked interception to prevent a cross finding Michu deep into our area.
Defensively Tomkins, Reid, Rat and Demel have been excellent thus far, whilst the midfield have again harried and closed. The stand out man in the middle of the park has again been Noble, whilst Diame has been the doziest to date.
Jarvis is on for the all too brittle Vaz Te. Let's hope we can keep this up and pinch a winner, especially after Sunderland's victory!


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NEW business registrations rose 16 percent during April 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to month-on-month data issued by the Ministry of Commerce on Monday.
Statistics show 444 businesses were registered in April this year, up from 384 in 2009. Of those registered, 250 were local companies and industries – a slight increase of 3.3 percent over last year – while foreign company registrations surged 35 percent to 193, up from 143 last year.
Total representing revenue generated from registrations rose 22 percent to US$25,000 from $20, 435.
Ministry Director General of Statistics Kong Putheara said the surge in foreign interest was mainly from Vietnam, which surpassed Thailand in registrations.
"We've recently seen a lot of companies from Vietnam coming to do business and invest in our country. It is fighting for market share now, as we are facing political standoff with Thailand," he said. "Mostly, [the Vietnamese companies] are investing in the agricultural sector and daily consumer products.
"We've also noticed our local people starting to do more business in cooperation with Vietnamese businesses as they start accessing the money they kept in the bank during the crisis last year," Kong Putheara added.
However, he said new company registrations from Thailand, China, Korea and European countries still remain sluggish, despite the recovering global financial situation.
Economic Institute of Cambodia senior researcher Neou Seiha said the increase was linked to the improving prospects for sectors such as tourism, construction and agriculture.
"Now people are beginning to spend their money to start a business and enlarge their business," he said.
Kong Putheara said he now believes that new company registrations will continue to grow.
Previously, new company registrations fell 27 percent in 2009, compared to 2008.


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The Future Is Now! Range Rover Sport Reveals Their First Plug-In Hybrid Car
The world is changing, and the way we move from point a to point b is completely changing. Recently we were all privy to the news that Land Rover and other car brands are looking to make the change from gas to e-power over the next few years. Well, today the good folks over at Range Rover are back, pushing things forward sooner than expected. Today Range Rover Sport Reveals Their First Plug-In Hybrid Car.
The Range Rover Sport P400e is the first of its kind for the company, boasting a 296hp, 2.0L four-cylinder Ingenium gas engine as well as an 85kW, 102-hp electric motor, which will give the car a 0-60 time of 6.3 seconds and a 137 mph top speed. The design will be able to travel up to 31 miles on a full charge and has an EV mode designed to make the car's top speed more efficient. The Range Rover Sport P400e will start at $78,300 USD, and further details are available from Land Rover's website. Check out the ride in the image up top and speak your thoughts on it after the jump. Stay tuned for more from Land Rover coming soon.
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I had planned out my whole cookie "menu" and thought I was done until I saw a facebook post from an aunt of mine that said she was making these ginger snaps and that the recipe is my great grandmothers. Why had I never received this recipe? Or tired one of these cookies? No hard feelings but I HAD to obtain this recipe! I'm so glad I did because these are wonderful!
They are full of flavor, have a nice crunch to the outside and then are so soft and dense in the middle. Heaven. They are beautifully old-fashioned too, don't you think?
These are also one of the simpler cookies that I made this year, which is a plus. A simple drop cookie, dipped in a bit of sugar and baked until crackly on the top. The original recipe doesn't call for orange zest and/or extract but I added it for a bit of brightness. You can't really taste orange but it's that something in the background that really gives this cookie a nice complex and full-rounded flavor. Sometimes I find that spice-type-cookies can be a bit heavy but these are not and I attribute that, in part, to the added orange. I'm sure they are wonderful without this as well so if you prefer, just omit these ingredients.
Another thing that I changed about the original recipe is I used half brown sugar and half granulated, while the original called for all brown sugar. I did this because I ran out of brown sugar. I had my ingredients all figured out for my cookie menu, and bought accordingly, so this unexpected addition used more than I had planned for. After some research, I found that many ginger snap recipes use granulated sugar instead of brown all together so I didn't see the harm. I also used half shortening and half butter instead of all shortening, just because I like butter I think. I suppose I should make this recipe as originally intended at some point but I wonder if I even will because these came out so wonderfully.
Molasses Ginger Snaps
*Prepare dough at least 1 hour before baking
- ¾ cup vegetable shortening
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup unsulfured molasses
- 4 ½ cups unbleached flour
- 3 ½ tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- ½ tsp. cloves (optional)
- 1 tsp. orange extract (optional)
- ½ tbsp. orange zest (optional)
- Cream together the shortening, butter, brown and white sugar until thoroughly blended
- Stir in the eggs, one at a time, scarping the bowl down after each addition
- Mix in the molasses, orange zest and extract
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves
- Mix flour mixture into the egg mixture 1/3 at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition until just mixed
- Chill the dough for at least 1 hour
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Prepare baking sheets with nonstick mats or parchment
- Roll dough into the size of large walnuts and dip the tops in sugar
- Place sugar side up, 1 ½ inches apart on prepared baking sheet
- Bake until just done, not hard, about 9-10 minutes. The tops will crack a bit, they are supposed to
- Allow to cool on the baking sheet for a chewier cookie or to a drying rack for a less chewy cookie


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text: I am a lifelong resident of Bloomington, Indiana. My parents met while attending Indiana University and after a short time away moved back when I was less than a year old. I've stayed here the balance of my 60+ years. I graduated from Bloomington High School (class of 1972) and graduated from Indiana University in 1975. God has blessed me with my artistic abilities and has provided inspiration and support for my artistic endeavors through the staff at these schools, from my family and various other people in the community.My Grandmother, Mary Maish, was a local artist that worked mostly in oils. My Uncle David Maish dabbled in cartooning. During my visits to my Grandmother's house I admired her and my Uncle's work and inspired me at an early age to draw. When my brothers and I would spend the night at my Grandmother's house, I would get my crayons out and work on my creations while she worked on her paintings. Grandmother's house on North Dunn Street was a block away from Dunn Meadow. We would take walks to look at the Indiana University campus and take in the works of art at the Memorial Union or the I.U. Art Museum.My parents, Jack and Leanna Riggins assisted likewise by offering continuing encouragement and keeping me stocked with supplies for my early artistic works. My wife, Diane, inspired me to move from abstract work to the realistic pen and ink renderings for which I am now best known. One weekend in 1980 (after much prompting from her to do something that she could relate to) I sat down and drew the I.U. Student Building. Since then most of my illustrations have been of subjects that bring back fond memories to friends or persons in the Bloomington community. In addition to those listed above and those who have commissioned my work, I would like to also thank those local artists, instructors and business owners that have given me encouragement and assistance. Among those are James B. Campbell, Mary Rose Wampler, Dorothy Baird, Bess Bohon, Earl Graves, Pastor Lawrence W. Mitchell, Steve Sexton (at the Waffle House), Jaime Sweany (at the Wandering Turtle), Bob & Paula Patton (at the Walnut Street Sampler), Gabe Coleman (at The Venue Arts and Crafts), Tova Lesko (at By Hand Gallery), Keith Klein, and Ned Shaw.Finally the beauty of Bloomington and the surrounding area also gives me much of my inspiration. I am so blessed by this environment and would like to thank all those individuals responsible for creating the structures that make this community unique and also those who maintain the environment that makes this such a creative place to live. Mark Riggins


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Here are a few conditions in which you must go for iOS mobile app development in the first place.
• If you want to launch the application in the US marketplace or you want to target your customers based in USA. This is so because it is extremely popular in USA. In cities like Los Angeles and New York City, it is one of the most widely used phones.
• If the pp depends on in-app purchase for market success. We all know that an iphone app generates four times more revenue than an android app.
• If you are looking for a more stable platform then again iOS is the right choice to make. All these factors bring more clarity that which platform must be explored first. It is quite a subjective decision and after taking all the above mentioned points in consideration, you must go with what suits your requirements the best.


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Have you ever felt the change in mood and temperament after listening to a song or the beats of the song makes you currently forget the problems you were over-analyzing about and make you groove to the lyrics of the song? There is a reason why music is one of the only things in the world that everyone enjoys and understands, even if it's not in their own native language (Gangnam Style). So here are some of the psychological and mental differences that tunes do to your mind.
1. Mood Altering:
Being a music lover and having a habit of listening to music while you get along with your work has been proven to lighten up your mood and make you work for efficiently and easily. Usually, Upbeat music having a pumped-up chorus and a nice drop has said to make your work more enjoyable. Sad music also has its positives as it helps you feel your emotions even deeper and in a more meaningful way.
2. My Chemical Romance:
Music affects your brains chemistry and juggles a lot of chemicals around to make you feel what the song is intended to be. The spike in neurotransmitters like dopamine helps activate the pleasure and reward centers of the brain making it you feel all happy-happy about your day. Oxytocin (also knows as the "trust molecule") levels have been observed to be increased. This, in turn, makes music lovers more kind and trustworthy.
3. Learning Curve:
Music has been scientifically approved and medically observed of having a positive impact on the learning curve of a normal human being. It has also shown improvements in IQ levels of fellow students and has been approved by better test scores, scored by students who listen to music as compared to the ones who don't. The boost in grasping power and ability to learn a language is one of the vital positives of music. So if you guys are learning while listening to music, It makes a difference.
4. Perspective, perspective:
Happy music makes us create an image of a happier world and people whereas sad music has a reverse imprint on the same. Music is such a powerful tool that it can alter perspectives and mindsets of people around you and helps in making a positive or negative impact respectively. This is the reason why you tend to listen to sad music when feeling dull and down and crave for a pop song whenever you feel like shakin a leg with your friends.
5. Genre Predict Personality:
A study was conducted on a large group of couples who were given the top 10 songs of their partner and made to decipher their personalities on the basis of genre and beat of the song. They were basically tested on some parameters like emotional stability, openness to experience, extraversion and much more. This test surprisingly tested positive for some traits of the partner and proved how music taste can predict behavior and temperament for a person. Rock music enthusiasts tend to acquire more a creative outlook on life whereas Pop music is more outgoing fun people you meet on the dance floor.


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- Creative
- Animation
- Film Production
- Fine Art
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Music Production
- Photography
- UI/UX Design
- Writing
Me first attempt to finish a doodle. :/
I have a bad habit of never completing my drawings. This project inspired me to finish what I have doodled. I have become a smoochie doodle fan. I am clearly not the best at it but it certainly helped unlock many conceptions ideas and creativity for my other design work. I am trapped in a corporate, boring job so Its super cool to discover my creative side again.
Thank you Jon burgeman. You are such an awesome artist. You definately inspired me to find my mark!


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Last time, the Derpingtons derped, Kevin hid indoors, and Squidward had an epic fall.
Lots of stuff in store this time, for a relatively short chapter. Stay tuned!
When we last left off, Squidward had promised that if Squilvia helped him pwn Squilliam (wow that is a lot of squids), he'd help her build an army of snowmen. Looks like he's keeping his end of the-
OMG. What is going on? Is that… Kevin?! Out of doors?! HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?!
Kevin: I feel the need to do something, as much as I hate being outside.
You sure you won't burst into flames?
Kevin: I have agoraphobia. I'm not a vampire.
I think I see where this is going.
Kevin: There shall be no world domination in the cards for you, evil snowman of death!
Kevin: *flails dramatically*
Kevin: Huzzah!
Kevin: Another successful thwarting of evil.
Kevin: I'm awesome.
Your aunt Patty is more awesome for getting herself so high up in the medical field, but I guess destroying your sister's innocent snowman is pretty cool too.
Squidward: Uhhh, sis?
Squilvia: Not now, Squidward.
Squidward: But Kevin, he-
Squilvia: Shhhh!
Squilvia: There we go.
Squidward: …
Shall I tell Kevin?
Squidward: That's okay. I'm sure he'll figure it out on his own.
Look at the happy heir and spouse pictures. We finally finished Tina's.
This little twerp is enjoying a pansy-ass bubble bath indoors.
Also, here's to fanservice, amirite?
I'm sick of aliens right about now.
Dutchman: So, there's a lot of talk going on recently about you taking over as heir?
Kevin: Yeah, but apparently, I'm going to be going to boarding school or something first?
Dutchman: Yes, I heard that rumor as well.
Dutchman: Anyway, you and your siblings be safe. It'll be lonely here without you kids.
Kevin: Oh, don't worry too much about that, Gramma… heheh.
I don't like that laugh.
Speaking of boarding school…
Tina: My babies are off to boarding school today. *ugly sobbing*
Tina: *sniffles*
They'll be back before you know it!
Bye Squidward!
Squidward: I'm only doing this to avoid being abducted by aliens again.
Fancy pants limos… wait. Why are there three? More importantly, why are there only three?
Kevin: Name's Derpington. Kevin Derpington.
Kevin. Whatareyoudoinghereyouweresupposedtogotoboardingschoolwithyoursiblingswealreadypaidthetuition.
Kevin: Boarding school… not my style. Too much going outdoors. So I… opted out.
Seriously though. He just… didn't go. He's still listed as enrolled. He just didn't ever leave.
I laughed pretty hard actually.
You deserved that, Kevin. I feel that now we're even for you skipping out on boarding school.
OH HEY. Look at that! That's when I installed Uni.
And another way to make up for skipping out on boarding school… Kevin, you're going to skill until you can't skill no more!
Kevin: I didn't sign on for this.
Doesn't matter. I want a plantsim in the future and this is the easiest way.
Kevin: *random button pushing*
Kevin: Huh. Well would you look at that?
Something interesting?
Kevin: If you think that little specks are interesting. /snark
Hey! Mascot!
I loll'd.
Kevin: Does this mean what I think it means?
Llama: If by that, you mean that University Life came out and twallan updated all of his mods so that this lot can function with the new pack? If so, then yes.
Kevin: I was gonna say that you had the ability to do Gangnam Style.
Llama: That too.
New goal: Get a Derpington to do Gangnam Style
Spiffy university gift is spiffy.
And doesn't happen irl. Of course, if my school's mascot showed up at my doorstep with free gifts, that would be creepy AS HELL.
See what I mean? I mean, he typically wears less tie dye than that but it would still be creepy.
Out of her mascot suit, she's pretty adorable. Potential marriage candidate?
That glow can only mean one thing…
I was gonna say vampire but I guess that works as well.
Still at it.
Still at it… still.
Okay, now I'm just spamming. But his faces! I luff them.
No wonder he was making so many faces. Kevin you fail at life. XD
Dutchman also takes the aptitude test. Because she's highly skilled in a lot of areas and I wanted to see how well she would do.
She did damn well in a lot of areas. Her low areas don't matter anyway.
Also not how scholarships work irl. But whatever.
Doing this? Triggered this.
Loling forever. That social group is perfect for this family.
Kevin: Success!
This is as excited as I've seen you get about… well, anything, Mr. Grumpy.
Of course, that reaction was triggered by this, which is a pretty cool accomplishment, so how can I complain? His first try, too.
Ahhhh, Derpington bonding. Nice to see the flame is still there.
Dutchman: Sheldon… when you have a moment, we need to talk.
Sheldon: Alright Mom, I'm here.
Dutchman: You may want to sit down for this one.
Dutchman: Of course, Kevin needs to have some input as well, given the circumstances.
Sheldon: …
Dutchman: Kevin! Can you come here for a second?
Kevin: I'm being summoned.
I wouldn't look so happy just yet.
Dutchman: Kevin, your father and I have been talking… we're moving. Uprooting, moving across SimNation. Reggie's been discussing this with me-
Kevin: Wait, who? And what do you mean, moving?
Dutchman: EVP. Apparently, she'd rather go by Reggie. And maybe you should sit down and just listen to me for a while.
Dutchman: We aren't being given a choice here. We either move or we risk not being able to continue the Prettacy. You're here because you've been chosen as heir by Reggie. She says you're her favorite anyway, but because of your staying home from boarding school, that kind of solidified her choice. For us three, we don't have a choice. We'll be moving, or it's possible that something called "glitches" will be an issue with our surviving.
Dutchman: As for the rest of the family… it'll be hard to get your siblings out of boarding school, and quite frankly, they may want to stay here or travel elsewhere upon graduating. I've been talking to Patty, who has told me that she wants to stay here and get married to her boyfriend Joe. She's planning on moving in with him soon. As for your mother…
Kevin: Have you asked her about all of this? Dad?
Sheldon: …
Dutchman: I don't think it's going to be an issue. She'll have to leave her work here, sure, but there's no reason she shouldn't want to come with us.
Sheldon: I'm not optimistic.
Dutchman: Why?
Sheldon: Tina's stubborn. And she loves that job. She may not just want to up and leave it. I'll go talk to her, see what I can do.
Dutchman: While he does that, we'll discuss the matter of heirship, Kevin.
Kevin: I know, I'm awesome. The people love me.
Dutchman: There are responsibilities too, you know…
Sheldon: (I don't know how to do this…)
Tina: Sheldon?
Tina: You coming to bed? A little early for you, huh, ghosthunter? Want to have a little fun first?
Sheldon: Actually, Tina, there's something we need to talk about. We're moving. I don't have a choice. We leave today, actually. There's not a lot of time, but I wanted to tell you beforehand. Me, Dutchman, and Kevin… we have to leave, for sure.
Tina: What… what are you talking about? How could you not tell me before this?
Sheldon: This was all pretty recent, love. I didn't know until a few hours ago, when my mom told me all of this.
Tina: How am I supposed to leave my job? Everything I've worked so hard for?
Sheldon: I'm sure it'll be okay, hun. Just-
Tina: No, you can't SAY that, Sheldon! Do you know how many HOURS I've worked, sucking up to my dick of a boss?! And now that I'm FINALLY thrown a bone, you want me to give this up?!
Tina: Do you really THINK for a minute that wherever you're trying to uproot us to, that they would accept our family the way Moonlight Falls does?! The fact that your wife came from a lamp! Or that your mother is a ghost! How about your kids? Half of them are BLUE! Let's not forget you, you have a TOY FORM. Do you really think we can go ANYWHERE without facing discrimination?!
Sheldon: Tina, you don't understand, I don't have a choice…
Tina: But I do.
Sheldon: Would you really? Has our life together meant nothing to you?
Tina: That's not fair, Sheldon. Especially when I was only your backup plan.
Sheldon: What are you-
Tina: SOPHIE, SHELDON. SOPHIE.
Sheldon: I was a kid, Tina!
Tina: You're still a kid, Sheldon! You haven't grown up! You don't think about anybody else's needs, it's all you!
Sheldon: That's not true! That's not fair!
Tina: You're lucky I don't BANISH you! I ought to, but I think you ought to hear this, first! We've been growing apart. We're two very different people. We were compatible, once, but now…
Tina: I don't think we should be married anymore.
Sheldon: Tina, I…
Tina: Just go, Sheldon. Take my son away from me. But you don't get the other three. They'll stay with me here, when they get back. I'll call them back. I never wanted them in boarding school. As for us? This marriage is over. I'm sorry.
Sheldon: I can't believe you can say that with such a straight face… Tina…
Tina: Just… get out of this house before I banish you. Get your things and go.
She walked away, leaving him alone.
Tina: …
Dutchman: Tina? I'm sorry things had to be this way.
Tina: …
Kevin: Mom? Are you… okay? We could hear you from down here. Your genie voice… it's kind of loud.
Tina: Kevin…
Tina: Just… do me proud, okay?
Kevin: I will, Mom. I promise.
Tina: That's my boy. If I never see you again… just remember, I love you.
Kevin: I will Mom. I will.
They left in a hurry that night, and made it to their destination – Aurora Skies – quickly.
A new day and life was dawning.
Kevin: …
Kevin was deep in thought, contemplating-
Kevin: Actually, I was just thinking about how long it was going to be before I can get inside the house. I hate it out here.
The family doesn't take long to adjust to their new home. Sheldon busies himself, trying to take his mind off of his recent divorce. And Kevin bitches about being outside.
Ooh, a little shaky on that entrance.
But just look at that form!
Sheldon: You're trivializing my heartbreak with your Spongebob quotes.
Sorry man. Gotta ease the tension.
Here's a llama
There's a llama
and another little llama
Fuzzy Llama
Funny Llama
Llama Llama duck.
Llama: (Is this… a ghost?!)
Dutchman: I promise what I'm about to do will only sting for a moment.
Llama: ?!
Llama: Wait! What are you doing?!
Llama: Having ghosts throw things at you isn't part of the job!!!
Llama: For some reason, I feel as though we've been friends forever and you throwing that potion at me really doesn't bother me anymore.
Dutchman: Awesome! Now, there's a really important question I've been meaning to ask you…
Kevin: Hey look! Science!
Yeah, he got a new thingy-mabob so he could do his experimentys.
And there's this.
Dutchman: Mascot style.
Dutchman: Op, op op op, oppa mascot style!
Dutchman: Heeeeeeey, sexy gnomy!
Dutchman: Oppa Mascot style!
Get Derpington to do Gangnam Style. Check.
And that's all for this chapter! Next time, we'll be starting the Generation 4 chapters – Kevin is officially taking over the legacy as active heir. Things may get more plotty in his generation, especially when university starts up… I've got some stuff planned out for that.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this. I was hoping that the breakup of Sheldon and Tina would be emotional… which is why it ended with Sheldon staring at the freezer bunny that he won for Tina when they went out to the beach. I guess what it came down to is that Tina always thought of herself as the second choice, and hearing that Sheldon was going to take her away from her job (recall the workaholic trait) made her feel incredibly inferior.


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Street Men Drum Support For Gov Emmanuel
A sociopolitical organization, Akwa Ibom Street-Men Empowerment, has applauded the industrialization effort of the State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, in the entire 31 Local Government Areas of the state as well as his quest for the massive empowerment of the youths, describing it as well deserved.
The group made the commendation through the Street Governor, Otuekong Engr. Charlie Eka a.k.a (Chalie Benz) recently during his birthday anniversary in Uyo, the state Capital where particularly commended Governor Udom Emmanuel on his various ground breaking projects targeted at empowering the teeming unemployed youths of the state as well as fulfilling his electoral promises.
Otuekong Eka who expressed his happiness on his short stay in office the remarkable achievements so far recorded and expressed optimism that Gov. Udom Emmanuel has performed well and will double his effort in his human capital developmental projects in the state.
He charged his people and indeed people of the state to support the government to actualize his vision such as Ibom Seaport, even in the appointment of youths and street men into his government. However, he pledged his unalloyed support to the present government of Udom Emmanuel Administration. In the same vein, Otuekong Eka particularly reiterated the assurance that when the Automobile Assembly Plant whose ground breaking has already been done is completed it will great job opportunities and absorb unemployed youths and the entire street men of Akwa Ibom State.


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April 9, 2014
2014 Ohio State Scholar-Athletes
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At the 47th Annual Scholar-Athlete Dinner in the Ohio Union Monday, 511 Buckeyes will be honored as Ohio State Scholar-Athletes for the 2013-14 school year. In addition, the winners of the Big Ten Medal of Honor, as well as a number of other scholarship recipients, will be announced that night.
Aleksandra Dobranic (women's basketball), Michael Newburger (men's gymnastics), Chelsea Knapp (women's hockey), Kasie Kelly (softball), Peter Kobelt (men's tennis) and Ian Paddock (wrestling) all will receive their fifth Ohio State Scholar-Athlete award.
The honored student-athletes hail from 32 states, five Canadian provinces and 23 other countries. Of the honorees, 238 call Ohio home. New York ranks second with 24, followed by California with 21.
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Cesare Pavese wrote about it in "The Moon and the Bonfires," a nostalgic novel about a Piedmontese expatriate's return home: "These are the best days of the year. Picking grapes, stripping vines, squeezing the fruit, are no kind of work; the heat has gone and it's not cold yet; under a few light clouds you eat rabbit with your polenta and go after mushrooms."
We do things differently in Southern California. In the first place, fall can be even hotter than summer. Here polenta belongs to these damp chilly days of winter.
Probably more important, we don't really go in for that whole "laboring over cooking pots thing."
Nor do we need to. You can make a really good polenta with no more effort than it would take to bake a boxed cake.


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Luckily I do seem to be adapting alright to a mostly gluten-free lifestyle, however, the one thing that I haven't found yet is a decent gluten free bread. I am quite the bread snob and have a love affair with delicious grainy breads, but the gluten free ones that I have tried so far are just white and just a bit..... meh. I had a go at making a coconut flour bread which is nice, but no way near proper bread texture! It's more like a savoury loaf. I have another bread recipe that I am eyeing up and supposedly you get a nice, light texture if you make it in the slow cooker. I will give it a go and keep you updated.
In the mean time, here are some gluten free goodies from the blogosphere that are helping to inspire my change. As you will see here, it is baking recipes that I am most interested in as that is where I tend to find going gluten free the hardest.
I love soda bread, so I was quite excited to see this gluten free version. I have had a quick look over Gluten Free Goddess' posts and they look so helpful, particularly this post on baking with gluten free flours.
I have got hold of some coconut flour (delicious!!) and this blueberry breakfast bread looks like a fantastic way to use it.
pizza base meets my standards.
Not that sushi is a problem for me, but when I was looking around at recipes I saw this idea to mix in some quinoa with sushi rice. This will definitely make some awesome rice balls for my lunches!
If you have any fantastic gluten free recipes up your sleeve please share them with me!! Particularly I am looking for some great gluten free bread recipes.


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Last week, Roxane wrote about the liberating effect of cleaning out her closet.
I am proud to say that my closet is quite edited, and quite minimalist. However, her blog post, and my friend Erin's commitment to look as fabulous as ever during her radiation treatments, made me think. I do have some work do to in terms of my clothes and accessories. I have a few things to purchase, and I own a few things I never wear that I should wear.Read More


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Excerpt from last Sunday's sermon on Isaiah 9. Click here for the whole thing.
I've been trying to analyse why I get that slight feeling of anti-climax and disappointment despite all the good stuff and come to the conclusion that it is because I and Christians have turned Christmas into much much less than it actually is.
A baby in a manger, children's activities and nativities, meals and festivities, cards and presents, carols and choirs are all nice, but they are a million miles away from the Christmas story in, for example, Isaiah 9. They are a sentimentalised version that is emotionally appealing but hardly life-changing.
If the birth of Jesus Christ as the Bible presents him is anything it ought to be life-changing. It ought to be world-changing. I want Christmas to change my life. I want it to shape my worldview. I want it to affect my deepest longings. I want it to speak to my heart aches and hurts. I want it to tell me about a God who loves me enough to come for me. And British Christmas basically fails.


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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Alabama's Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Kay Ivey is asking Alabamians to play a role in an upcoming special election in Massachusetts.
Voters there will fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of the late Senator Ted Kennedy (D) on Tuesday, and Ivey is asking her supporters to get behind Republican Scott Brown.
Ivey says a victory for Brown would give Republicans the critical 41st vote needed to break the Democrats' two-thirds majority and would likely defeat the Obama Administration's healthcare bill.
Ivey updated her campaign website (www.kayivey.org) Thursday with a link directing readers to Brown's website where she called on Alabamians to volunteer to donate to Brown's campaign.
During the Alabama legislative session Alabama gubernatorial candidates can not accept fundraising.
Ivey is looking to supporters to donate time and resources to Brown during that time.
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