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en | N/A | N/A | May Day events are set to take place in more than 200 cities today. The rally in New Haven kicks off on the green at noon and lasts until 7 p.m. |
en | N/A | N/A | Japan does not have the capability to counter the “unprecedented threat” posed by North Korea, given the difficulties in building up an independent military the Japanese government should expand its diplomatic efforts. Yoichi Funabashi writes at the New York Times.
A convoy of Islamic State fighters that was stranded in the Syrian desert has reached the eastern Deir al-Zour province, accs..
The Israeli government’s main concern about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is the “sunset clause,” an anonymous Israeli official , the clause allowing Iran to increase the nuclear capability after 10 yearsf the nuclear deal today, a spokesperson for May said, Reuters reporting.
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The U.S. must maintain the “triad” of nuclear weapons to act as an effective deterrent, Mattis said yesterday, acknowledging that he had previously questioned its purpose but was now persuaded that it is “the right way to go.” Rebecca Kheel reports at the Hill.
The U.N. Secretary General António Guterres seeks to build a “constructive relationship” with President Trump, Guterres said at a news conference yesterday, making the comments ahead of Trump’s address to the U.N. General Assembly scheduled for Monday. Edith M. Lederer reports at the AP. |
en | N/A | N/A | How and when did you start playing volleyball?
After high school, what made you choose to play for Davis?
How was it adjusting from high school and club volleyball to college volleyball? |
en | N/A | N/A | Nandwan - Jodhpur
Nandwan Population - Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Nandwan26 families residing. The Nandwan village has population of 5648 of which 2893 are males while 27wan dwan Nandwdwan village was 67.39 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Nandwandwan village.
Nandwan Data
Schedule Caste 1,340 676 664
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.73ndwan village.
In Nandwan village out of total population, 2420 0. |
en | N/A | N/A | Build a custom web form with Google Drive integration
We need a developer to code a webpage which will contain a form where our clients can upload files.
The form should automatically save the files to our Google Drive folders.
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en | N/A | N/A | Mike "Dop" Dopheide: Okay, so we get root access, we're playing around and everything'n'nds' basement hanging out, and I said: "?
Mike "Dop"'m like "Oh yeah, I got to go to the bathroom," w'm like putting floppies in in the dark; I'm doing that and everything's great. And then my floppy won'"Oh, we're just hanging out, right?
idn't"Netscape", an"netscape""What the …!"
Oh, this guy was so weird!
Mike "Dop" Dopheide: This was largely propagated by maniac. This was 1997; a lot of us had gone off to college. 'mrx' was working at the ISP and he did nothing all day long except play Quake. He was way better than us, and we couldn't possibly beat him. So, what do you do when you can't win an unfair fight?
Kevin Nassery: …
Mike "Dop" dn'"Oh!"
Mike "Dop" Dopheen't 'd tell them: "Stop disabling his account! |
en | N/A | N/A | Across the board, the new line-up of 2012-model Mitsubishi Fuso cabovers evidence enhancements and upgrades. Five models, covering weight ratings from class 3 through class 5, address virtually every vocational need from dry freight, refrigerated delivery, landscaping and delicate cargo transport to auto recovery, municipal roadwork and snow plowing.
The line includes standard chassis designs for class 3 through class 5 — the Canter FE125, Canter FE160 and Canter FE180, but also extends to a 7-passenger crew cab model, the Canter FE160CC, and the only 4-wheel-drive medium duty cabover in the industry, the FG4X4.
The company’s new 4P10 dual-overhead-cam, dual-balance-shaft, turbocharged, intercooled 4-cylinder diesel engine is coupled to an advanced Mitsubishi Fuso DUONIC 6-speed, dual-clutch automated manual transmission — the only dual-clutch transmission available in a commercial truck. The combination helps contribute to the Canter’s higher fuel economy as well as its easy operation.
Adoption of Daimler Commercial Truck's proven BlueTec SCR (selective catalytic reduction) emissions technology has brought the new drivetrain into EPA 2010 compliance. Yet, because the BlueTec system treats emissions in the downstream exhaust rather than in the engine, the engine can be tuned exclusively for optimum performance and fuel economy.
Work trucks are all about the combination of durable, economical drivetrains installed into workhorse chassis that allow exceptional outfitting flexibility and ease of body fit. For 2012, the standard-width 85 cm straight ladder frame has been designed with patterned holes at regular intervals along its length and height to make body mounting easier and to save weight without loss of strength. Made with 56,565 psi-yield-strength steel, this new frame provides comparable chassis stiffness and body-fitting ease as the previous FE models, at a substantially lighter weight. The frame’s high strength-to-weight ratio helps give the new FE series the highest payload capability among class 3-5 cabovers. |
en | N/A | N/A | Designhemselves and collaborate with cool people and products. Elie Tahari introduced a new scooter collection and teamed up with Vespa Brooklyn. Signature cocktails and 20% off Spring 2015 collection, this event celebrated this summer collaboration the right way. Loved this Fifth Ave decor of his store and I actually want a scooter now! |
en | N/A | N/A | Amazon announced Thursday, with a strange lack of ceremony, that it’s making an attempt to break into the cloud-based gaming business. The new service is called Luna and is, meant to compete with similar offering.
It’s a low-key debut for a potentially major event. Amazon doesn’t seem to have done much in the way of pre-release marketing for Luna, and its debut was scheduled opposite the annual Tokyo Game Show, so much of the American video game media is currently distracted. Most companies would’ve chosen their reveal window more carefully than this, but Amazon has thrown Luna out onto the main stage without preamble.
On paper, this is a big deal. Onwhich, has officially unveiled a new video game publishing platform. Luna is powered via Amazon Web Services, attractively priced at the moment ($5.99/month during an early access period), and has a current library of more than 100 games, which range from mainstream hits like Resident Evil 7 and Control to indies like A Plague Tale. Future plans involve opening up developer-focused “channels” that subscribers can pay more to opt into, much like premium cable channels.
The Luna Controller.
Like other cloud-based streaming services on the market, the idea behind Luna is that any subscriber with a high-speed Int controller can play Luna’s library of video games at 1080p and 60 FPS without additional purchases or expensive hardware. Because you’re effectively setting up a two-way video call with Amazon’s server, it’s doing all the heavy lifting for you, which cuts out a lot of cruft like long installation times.
Luna is currently set up to run via applications on PC, Mac, and the various FireTV devices, as well as through Chrome or Safari web browsers on iOS and later Android. Its control options include PS4 and Xbox One controllers, as well as mouse and keyboard; Luna early access members can also pay $49.99 for an Alexa-enabled Luna Controller, which looks suspiciously like they’ve filed the serial numbers off of the AmazonBasics Xbox One pad.
Luna’s biggest edge right now is arguably its direct integration with Amazon’s Twitch service. If a supported game is currently being played on Twitch, viewers of the stream can push a button to start playing the same game immediately.
Amazon’s mockup of how Luna works with Twitch, featuring Remedy’s hit 2018 game Control. (Amazon Image)
This is a bigger deal than one might think at first glance. Twitch is currently the biggest streaming platform by an order of magnitude, and as such, is a major sales driver in the modern games industry. Many hit games in recent years, such as Fortnite, Call of Duty, and this year’s Fall Guys and Among Us, owe some of their success to Twitch “influencers” playing the games for an audience.
However, that in turn has caused an ongoing, potentially massive issue in the games industry, and it’s one that many players don’t even realize is there. Right now, there’s a small but thriving cadre of professional content creators who make videos, livestreams, and other media based off of documenting their experiences with various video games. Some of those creators can make a decent living, or even rise to international stardom, off of this content.
The people who actually make those video games, however, don’t get anything out of that. To be a video game developer in 2020 is to accept the very real possibility that your new game, which you’ve potentially put years of your life into, is going to make a handful of random YouTubers and Twitch streamers a lot more money than it will ever make for you.
The current industry solution to this issue is to make influencers into what amounts to a spoke in a game’s marketing program, via press events and early content access. If they’re going to be there anyway, the argument goes, at least we can get them to work for us.
Luna’s Twitch integration changes that math. It offers the chance that at least some of a streamer’s audience might be effectively converted into players of that streamer’s current game, particularly since that audience won’t need any additional hardware to play it.
While there’s no guarantee that will actually happen, particularly since Luna is a paid subscription service, even the possibility thereof is a strong argument on behalf of Luna for any publisher. If Luna ends up as a bundled option with Amazon Prime, or at least gets free or reduced-cost trial periods as frequently as Prime does, the Twitch integration could end up as the single biggest point in its favor.
Google Stadia does have a vaguely similar feature via its Click to Play integration, where Stadia members can click on links in a YouTube video description to be instantly taken to a game’s Stadia page. That feature is a distinct downgrade from how the integration was initially presented, however, and wasn’t available at all until last July, eight months after Stadia’s launch. Luna’s Twitch integration as planned skews closer to the ideal form of the feature, where one click seamlessly gets you from watching a stream to booting up a game.
Naturally, Luna also features the upsides of gaming in the cloud. It’s designed to work with devices you likely already have, which dramatically lowers the cost of entry for a modern gaming experience; in theory, a $40 Fire Stick could get you playing top-end games in seconds. Luna’s also easy to fit into your living space, which is attractive to players in dorms or small apartments.
Luna’s library-based setup dodges much of the issue of customer ownership that’s plagued services like Google Stadia since their launch. You aren’t paying for individual access to particular titles on Luna, but rather, for overall access to Luna’s libraries. If a game gets pulled from those libraries for whatever reason, it may be annoying, but you aren’t stuck with the Stadia issue where you paid actual money for what’s now an inaccessible product.
Luna also shares the downsides of any cloud-based gaming service. Simply put, it assumes the presence of strong residential Internet providers supported by robust local infrastructure, which just isn’t the case in much of the U.S. It’s not hard to imagine Luna being a popular service in someplace like South Korea, where the Internet is fast and apartments are tiny, but a lot would have to change before cloud-based gaming is useful to more than a relative handful of Americans.
A “lifestyle” mock-up of the Luna experience. (Amazon Image)
Luna also has the same exclusivity issue as Stadia, where it’s asking you to pay for old games. Most of the advertised titles on the Luna+ channel are third-party non-exclusives that have been out for at least a year, and none are exclusive to Luna as a platform. The one big exception, the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, is coming to every system and storefront on the market that didn’t run away fast enough. There’s probably a smart refrigerator somewhere that’s running a working build of Valhalla. Having it on your gaming service is not an accomplishmentks after game’s release
While Luna is doing a good job of putting indie games front and center, which I personally like to see, there’s no denying that most of Luna’s library is old wine in new bottles. If Amazon wants to bring the enthusiast market aboard, it desperately needs to have a few big new games that can only be played via Luna; otherwise, it’s asking its audience to pay a second time for old content, and that never goes well. Just ask Google.
The biggest potential issue here, however, is Amazon itself. Luna is Amazon’s second serious attempt to break into the mainstream video game industry this year, after the launch in May of its “hero shooter” Crucible. The game stumbled badly on its debut, suffering from inaccessible servers and mixed reviews, and as of June, was back in closed beta status.
Some of the problems with Crucible, to be absolutely fair, can be chalked up to the COVID-19 pandemic. A major product launch is always a hectic process, especially for online games. Crucible‘sd to run that launch while simultaneously figuring out how to adapt its office to work-from-home conditions.
Even so, this seems to be roughly par for the course with Amazon’s video game efforts, which have been plagued with canceled projects, layoffs, and an overall lack of actual shipped games since Amazon Game Studios was founded eight years ago. Despite having three different development houses under its umbrella and an explicit connection to Amazon’s theoretically infinite money hose, Amazon Game Studios only has a relative handful of finished projects under its belt, most of which are exclusive to the Amazon Appstore. Crucible was supposed to be Amazon’s big coming-out party as a major player in the mainstream games industry, and while it didn’t exactly blow up on the runway, it was at least smoking dangerously before they rushed it back into the hangar.
That’s enough of a reason by itself to be cynical about Luna’s overall chances. While it does seem to have made at least a couple of smart initial moves, it’s also the product of a company that has a decidedly mixed track record in this area. Even Luna’s debut is an unforced error; they simply announced its existence without hype or buildup, as part of a larger presentation, which was scheduled opposite an annual trade show that’s always a highlight of the games-industry calendar. It’s like Amazon thinks it can simply show up and be Amazon and that’s good enough to be getting on with.
The war for the gaming cloud
It’s not hard to see why Amazon, and Google, would want to break into cloud gaming right now. The video game industry is a massive business, and is only getting bigger, but its major players are all heavily entrenched. While both Amazon and Google have the resources to break into the console wars if they wanted, starting a cloud service is a more natural point of attack. It’s cheap, leverages their existing capabilities, and is an attractive proposition for third-party game publishers and developers.
Amazon does show signs that it’s learned from Google’s missteps here. The biggest reason not to buy into Stadia is still its overall pricing scheme, where most of the games on the service are purchased separately at or near full retail prices; actually subscribing to Stadia Pro only gets you discounts and the occasional freebie. Luna, by comparison, is inexpensive and involves a single monthly fee, with add-ons if you decide to buy into the extra channels. Amazon actually sat down and made a Netflix analogue for gaming, while Stadia remains an overpriced video-on-demand service.
As such, Luna looks more like it was built as a “Stadia killer” than anything else. The Twitch integration may be the single largest point in its favor, with its low cost of entry not far behind, but it does share Stadia’s lack of exclusives. What neither Luna nor Stadia seem able to answer is the challenges posed by the other major players in this space.
Sony has had a cloud-based gaming service, PlayStation Now, since 2014; one monthly fee for Now gets a user access to hundreds of games, many of which are exclusive to PlayStation platforms. Sony’s also started allowing certain games to be downloaded out of the cloud for local access and offline play. Since Sony has been working with cloud gaming for longer than anyone else, that’s probably significant.
Microsoft’s recently-launched Project xCloud is a bundled option with the Xbox Game Pass, which incurs no additional fee and is mostly a method of providing its customers with some extra options. It also has a vast library that includes a number of Microsoft-published exclusives. Primarily, it gets people who don’t have high-powered gaming PCs, or Xboxes, to potentially buy into some of Microsoft’s services. Similar to a lot of what Microsoft’s doing lately, it’s not really a directly competitive move.
There are a handful of other cloud services in gaming, such as Blacknut, Shadow, GeForce Now, and Vortex, but most are scrappy underdogs by comparison. (One could also list Seattle-based Rainway here, but it’s not really a cloud publisher so much as an option for remote access.)
The big question is what would make an interested cloud gamer pay for Luna over the other available offerings, and right now, there isn’t a particularly good answer.
With Google still gamely plugging along with Stadia, and Amazon’s new entry with Luna, the gaming cloud is likely to heat up a few more degrees, and it was already hotter than a lot of people knew. Given Amazon’s track record, it’s hard not to wonder if it actually knew what it was getting into. |
en | N/A | N/A | ys Software)", "Galaxian",
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DrivfrcbInit, GalExit, GalFrame, NULL, GalScan,
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"Rack + Roll\0", NULL, "Status (Shinkai License)", "Galaxian",
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"Hex Pool (Shinkai)\0", NULL, "ShinkaiHexpoolRomInfo, Hexpostruct BurnDriver BurnDrvHexpoola = {
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"Hex Pool (Senko)\0", NULL, "Senko", "Galaxian",
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</s> <reponame>indigoabstract/techno-globe<filename>src/app/ext/com/ux/ux-font.cpp
#include "appplex-conf.hpp"
#if defined MOD_FONTS
#include "ux-font.hpp"
#include "font-db.hpp"
#include "gfx-color.hpp"
#include "gfx-tex.hpp"
class ux_font_impl
ux_font_impl(shared_ptr<ux_font> ifont, const std::string& ifont_path)
ux_font_ref = ifont;
color = shared_ptr<gfx_color>(new gfx_color(gfx_color::colors::blue_violet));
ppath = pfm_path::get_inst(ifont_path);
font_name = font_db::inst()->get_db_font_name(ppath->get_file_name());
font_path = ppath->get_full_path();
weak_ptr<ux_font> ux_font_ref;
shared_ptr<pfm_path> ppath;
shared_ptr<std::string> font_name;
shared_ptr<gfx_color> color;
shared_ptr<ux_font> ux_font::new_inst(std::shared_ptr<ux_font> i_fnt)
return new_inst(i_fnt->p->size, i_fnt->get_full_path());
shared_ptr<ux_font> ux_font::new_inst(float isize, const std::string& ifont_path)
shared_ptr<ux_font> font(new ux_font());
std::string font_path = ifont_path.empty() ? "vera.ttf" : ifont_path;
font->p = shared_ptr<ux_font_impl>(new ux_font_impl(font, font_path));
font->p->size = isize;
shared_ptr<ux_font> ux_font::get_inst()
return shared_from_this();
const std::string& ux_font::get_file_name()const
return *p->font_name;
const std::string& ux_font::get_full_path()const
return p->font_path; |
en | N/A | N/A | way, but we rationalize with our minds to do the opposite.
We indeed live in a world where we are conditioned to separate emotion from rationality are what makes us unique. We cannot ignore the fact that we are created with emotions and that all humans are emotional.
What is one of the most common phrases used when a relationship breaks down? He/She doesn’t care or I don’t care. This statement signifies that there is no longer an emotional attachment or bond, and when this void enters into the equation it hurtsTowever, the journey does not necessarily flow one-way. Instead, the journey is determining how to align the head with the heart. Hence, consciously being aware of the central longing of our hearts. Therefore, if we are able to introspect (practice) and accurately align our hearts with our heads, this may allow us to truly experience joy, happiness, and a sense of fulfillment, despite whatever struggles we may encounter in life. </s> Wednesday, March 26th 2014”
Who doesn’t enjoy The Cars?..
That’s more than enough links! To check out if you like? Baseball season begins on Monday for me Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays for 4 games in Tampa Bay. This blog might slow down next week? We’llw! </s> WordPress’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge this week is about Growth: [such as] an empty journal waiting to be filled. Growth is very personal, and I encourage you to interpret this as literally or as broadly as you like.
Jen H., who is hosting the WPC this week, also includes this quote in her post about growth:
“” — Ralph W. Sockman
Our daughter gave it to me in anticipation of our upcoming trip to Tanzania at the beginning of February. She knows I always keep a journal when I travel (and use as the basis for my travel blog posts), but this one has a different focus entirely. I usually do my journal chronologically, but this journal encourages an entirely new set of parameters. There are pages for me to write, or draw, or tape something, on every conceivable topic. Here’s a sample page:
I’d love to know where you daughter found that journal. Would love to have one…or at least to see all of the prompts.
Probably on Amazon.
I was just in Tanzania in December, enjoy your trip!
Thanks! I immediately went to your blog to see what you have posted. I will be interested in seeing more of your posts about your trip! </s> Costs of Doing Business in India
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en | N/A | N/A | Welcome Prof./Dr. Gong Zhang, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China to be the TPC!
Gong Zhang received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics(NUAA), Nanjing,China, in 2002.
From 1990 to 1998, he was a Member of Technical Staff at No724 Institute China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation ( CSIC ), Nanjing,China.
Since 1998, he has been with the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at NUAA, where he is currently a Professor. His research interests include radar signal processing and classification recognition. Dr. Zhang is a member of Committee of Electromagnetic Information, Chinese Society of Astronautics(CEI-CSA), a member of editorial board for Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, First and second Editorial Committee of Journal of Radar, China and a Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics.
His research interests include signal processing for radar, and sensor processing. statistical and array signal processing, applications of linear algebra and optimization methods in signal processing, estimation and detection theory, sampling theory, and cooperative and cognitive systems. |
en | N/A | N/A | "I think the biggest thing he's taught me is that no one else is going to get you where you want to be," Jobe said. "He's helped me mentally. He also tells me I need put in, and that is something I've taken very seriously over the last few months. I think that's a big reason why I'm where I'm at right now."
"It is awesome," said Jobe on the draft attention. "I know so much about baseball and the business than I did a few months ago. I never thought I would be sitting in this position where there is a possibility that I don't go to college. My parents are super pro college, so it's going to be fun to see how this spring plays out. I am just super grateful for everything. It has been an awesome experience."
"My slider is by far my best pitch," Jobe said. "I think the main thing is my arm speed. When everyone asks how I throw it, it is hard to explain because it moves so fast. The No. 1 thing is just throwing it as hard as you can and the same speed as your fastball that way, it looks the same coming out, and that's what gives it more spin."
McCullers commented on a video of Jobe's slider on Instagram last year, asking Jobe to tell him how he threw it. McCullers also retweeted a video of Jobe throwing his slider on Twitter recently, commenting, "Pass the grip kiiiiiiid. Shii nasty."
"It's unreal and awesome to have someone like that reaching out to me," Jobe said. "I can't even explain it. My eyes shot up when I was looking at my phone and saw him commenting on my slider. It's super cool to have someone at that level wanting to know tips on what you are doing. Hopefully, one day I can meet up with him, and we can talk."
"I am going to keep hammering the changeup," Jobe said. "I want to be as consistent with the changeup as I am with my fastball and slider. I also want to get stronger. I was never a starter because I was a position player, so I will continue to work on maintaining my velocity throughout the game, which I don't think will be a super big problem. I am just not used to starting." |
en | N/A | N/A | In the ancient city of Baghdad, magically protected by three Golden Balls, a timid shoemaker named Tack falls for the lovely, adventure-loving Princess Yumyum. When a bumbling thief manages to steal the enchanted orbs, they fall into the hands of the wicked wizard Zigzig. Tack and the Princess must recover the magic balls, defeat the evil Zigzag, and save their beloved city from destruction! |
en | N/A | N/A | Allow the sulfuric acid to set for 30 minutes. The acid should start to eat away at the clog, helping to dislodge it from the walls of the drain.
Ang with a harsh chemical substance to avoid chemical burns or other injury. |
en | N/A | N/A | Our Client has been supplying independent food businesses with quality products from large cash and carry warehouse stores since 1990. By eliminating the overhead of a traditional distributor, focusing on the needs of independent food service operators and offering free membership, our client has become the leading low-cost alternative to other food service suppliers throughout the United States.
Develops strong business relationships with customers by maintaining open communication with customers, and by quickly and effectively resolving problems
Ensures compliance with established policies and procedures including but not limited to safety (HACCP, OSHA) personnel, security, pest control and shrink control.
Ensure timely and accurate management of all store operations including safety, sanitation, shelf labels, inventory, merchandising, receiving, stocking, stacking position, order pulling, shipping and in store customer service.
Defines the service standards and the operational mission of the company, communicates it to the employees and monitors activities in order to meet company goals.
Maximizes all sales opportunities by ensuring high levels of customer service by ensuring proper scheduling of the workforce while meeting budgetary guidelines.
Manages selection, annual performance appraisals and professional development of all Management level personnel.
Directly supervises and manages, assistant managers & department managers.
Coaches managers on employee relation issues such as new hires, transfers, promotions.
Maintains communication with the Corporate Offices to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures as well as state and federal laws and regulations.
Bachelor’s degree (preferred but not required),
Minimum 4 years management experience in food service or grocery, supermarket, club warehouse, big box or mass merchandising environment.
Background in P&L, Inventory control, merchandising, hiring / training staff, front end, merchandising, cash control, payroll, security / loss prevention mandatory.
Strong leadership skills, capable of running a high volume operation.
Must have excellent communication, organizational and people management / training skills and be extremely customer service oriented.
Do Job Boards Work? EOE - Equal Opportunity Employer |
en | N/A | N/A | When we were younger my dad had a pop-up camping trailer. It lived in our backyard for a number of years, until my mom decided it wasn't a very classy look (whaa?). Now one of his friends has it and, although we're technically still the proud owners, I think it may have rusted shut.
Sweet dreams in the pop-up, combined with wonderful adventures of tent camping in my neighbor's backyard (where her mom would lay down featherbeds and haul out a TV - more like glamping), have left me with a soft spot for camping. There's something to be said for a cool summer night, a bonfire, a cocktail (or s'more, depending on the crowd), and a tent.
The weather we've been having lately has me itching to enjoy the outdoors. Although it's not really roughing it, ever since last summer I've been dying to try the Watershed Cabins in North Carolina. I've discussed the possibility of a long weekend there with so many people, but as I approach the summer, I decided it's time to make it happen. It's affordable and looks pretty fabulous. Won't you join me? I'll make you blueberry pancakes in the morning. |
en | N/A | N/A | removal are reversed where petitioner successfully demonstrated that his membership in the Salvadoran MS-13 gang established a nexus between a proposed social group and persecution under 8 U.S.C. Section 1231(b)(3)(A).petitioner's proposed social group is cognizable under the Immigration and Naturalization Act. |
en | N/A | N/A | This Day in Jewish History / The Theodosian Code Is Published, Spelling Bad News for Jews
Emperor Theodosius II’s legal code governing the Byzantium Empirand circumscribed the rights of Jews.
This day in Jewish history / Recha Freier founds Youth Aliya
This day in Jewish history / A U.S. Army chaplain makes the ultimate sacrifice
This day in Jewish history / World Jewry responds to French-instigated blood libel in Damascus
January 31, 438 C.E. is the date that the legal Code of Emperor Theodosius II was published. Theodosius (401-450) ruled overbased in Constantinople. In 429, he appointed a committee to compile and codify all the laws that the eastern empire had adopted since its establishment under Constantine in 312.
One of Theodosius’ goals in publishing the codex was to establish Eastern Orthodox Christianity as his empire’s official religion and to clarify church doctrine. This had an impact on the Jews of the reign, whose status was somewhere between that of Christians and pagans. Their continued presence was necessary to prove the theological superiority of Christianity, but they were not supposed to thrive.
Before the code came into effect, Jews had held equal citizenship to Christians and were even exempted from certain laws, such as the prohibition on circumcision; their right to observe the Sabbath was also protected. The Theodosian Code, however, introduced a number of anti-Jewish measures. It barred Jews from holding positions in the military and civil service. The only exception to that restriction was the office of decurion, tax collector, whose holder, by Byzantine law, was required to make up any shortfall in tax revenues out of his own pocket.
Jews were also prohibited from buying slaves, although not from holding them (slaves could be inherited) a restriction apparently designed to give Christians the opportunity to convert their pagan slaves and to deprive Jews of the same opportunity. The code stated: “He whr by pe sec” Similarly ambivalent was a law that banned construction of new synagogues – although not repair of existing ones.
The Theodosian Code was later adopted by the western empire, based in Rome. In Byzantium, it was superseded in 529 by the Justinian Code, which tightened restrictions on Jews in a number of realms.
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en | N/A | N/A | CSN&Y Announce Release Date For 1974 Live Album
By Dave Lifton April 16, 2013 1:01 PM | Ultimate Classic Rock
As of now, the album doesn’t have a title. However, given the volatility of its members, even that could lead to one of the band’s legendary blowouts. “I want to call it ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?'” Crosby added. “I’’t hear that without laughing your head off. It’t’s a great title. If I don’t get it, I’ll threaten to quit the band – at which point I’ll be reminded that there’s no band to quit!”
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en | N/A | N/A | Day 312. November 8, 2017. Lagos...
The problem with the giraffes, it's that they are bigger than the crocodile!
I'm holding the Animal Upon Animal: Balancing Bridge we got from a generosity Chain in the closet. Still too young and too many games already in Alice's mind. But I couldn't resist and took two giraffes from that humongous box and added them to the original Animal Upon Animal. Needless to say, as soon as she saw them, they became part of the animal pack we carry whenever we go on a "longer" morning expeditions. But we never did play the game with the giraffes... until now.
Yellow intruder in the garden.
Waiting for the bus back home, we setup the game right there on a solid stone bench, in a garden near the bus stop, and started to roll the red die... Guess what animal Alice picked when it was her time to stack an animal? It didn't work, obviously... There was a way that it could have balance, but she's still too young for that type of awareness.
The giraffe kept falling and she kept trying. After a while she took another, more standard sized, animal and the game proceeded. Luckily there were some rolls were she could put the yellow giant next to the alligator and all was well then...
Photo & Image credits: ZombieBoard
Animal Upon Animal: Balancing Bridge
Day 311. November 7, 2017. Lagos...
The daily morning walk trough the city center. Sometimes we hit the playground, other's we just run some errands, today, we went to the library. But instead of just writing a little about it, why not show you a little instead?
A stop for a coffee stack.
Invisible library on the left.
A jet sky for a short swim Robinson?
Shame on you, you hungry tired castaway.
And as we were about to enter the house, we ran into the postman, just about to leave the building with a delivery for us under his arm. Just in the nick of time, fresh from Essen Tybor der Baumeister, the prequel to Royal Goods! Hopefully I'll get to break it next weekend, in InvictaCon! ...and Blueprints. For some reason I traded it away our old copy... But a good son, always returns home. This one's a keeper.
...the sunny kingdom of circus lottery...
Day 310. November 6, 2017. Lagos...
We do take the two player pieces of Animal Upon Animal in the backpack and planned to pay a visit to the thrift store in the nearby village. But with the beaches deserted again and the sun still shinning brightly, the animals stayed in the shade and the thrift store visit was postponed to next week...
The beaches are ours again.
Ana's home early and Alice is still snoring while her age turns to three?!? Quick! Let's play a game! Off the shelve comes the King of Builders.
With our totally random setup mode of play every time we do play the game, there was still a Nomads board that we had never used... until today. Finally, the Quarry with all the aggressive blocks(ing) of stone, showed up. There was also the Harbor and the Oracle in play, so both Capitols showed up, along with a general grumpiness from Ana. "It's too many things, already!" ...and maybe she's right.
Unfortunately, the builders in play were the Discovers, Fishermen and Farmers. These later guys, make you to either, at least for me, go all in to the center, and try to distribute all your settlements evenly along the board or instead spread out all over, and try to do the same. I went all in to the center and never even equate the hypothesis to create a tentacle to reach the Quarry... it was too far and Ana wasn't interfering, so why block? The Quarry fell flat this time. I can see it shine more with four players.
Ana's cut me off!
After my most successful score with the Farmers (I had the maximum 10 settlements in each board!) Ana lost this one.... and that sparked her for a rematch! I quickly removed the boards and builders and drew another set of both. The Discovers were here again, but also the Citizens. So off we went to create a massive block of wooden houses!
This one took longer, since neither of us were placing much more than 3 required settlements every turn. Some games of Kingdom Builder seem like a race to prevent as many as you can of your opponent's settlements hit board. So it was relax mode... Alice eventually woke and joined for the end of the game, with her blocks of quarry stone!
Tonight was a long work night... InvictaCon is in a few days and that means 3 days off screen and off work, that I have somehow to make up for it this week and the next one. Long enough to hear a episode of Shut Up and Sit Down, the latest from BPPP with their massive Essen report and the first hour or so, of Jon's Vlog for October, also with a Essen recap!
Many games were mentioned in all the audio venues and specially the ones regarding Essen... Like for instance Rob's mention of the poor quality of components in the Gaia Project and the extra rules for the sake of extra rules. Or the increased level that puzzle games now need to have in order to stand out, like the heavy 3D components of Hexus Plus.
And even scratch lotteries tickets have their foot in the board game design with the... hummm, scratch mechanism?!?! Scratch Wars brings the heroes in boosters and as you progress and level up, you get to physically scratch the card to reveal the new stats and abilities. Sounded cool... but even more cooler is the fact that every single booster comes with a unique hero card. Like, unique in the whole world!!!! Crazy!
Mentioned, the Spiel des Jahres old timer title, winner of Most beautiful game, back in 1996. Venice Connection only has 16 tiles for a two player duel. Super portable old style beauty in your backpack! Or open sandboxy nature of Western Legends, supposedly in development for 11 years!! and about to hit the Kickstarter early January 2018.
And last, but not least... does Topito sounds like a Meeple Circus knock-off!?! It's the same theme, the stacking dexterous element is also there... But it looks waaaay more simple (not that Meeple Circus is heavy!), and Topito could very well be more of a filler than the quasi-main dish event that Meeple Circus promises to be.
Photo & Image credits: ZombieBoard, zobinho, WoodenShoe
Mon Nov 13, 2017 6:00 am
...manor of asymmetry legends...
Day 309. November 5, 2017. Lagos...
The Ludology has jump straight to the top of the queue. This show is great for a behind the scenes look in board game design! And today’s episode just reaffirms my belief about the recent marketing campaign of Root. How to hook the audience from day one of the campaing! With the designer's diary popping up online every other day, and now this behind the scenes episode about asymmetry in board games, with the interview of Cole and Patrick, Root is a game that's got me so hyped, that right now, I'm exited to learn more about it, than to play the game itself!
War of the furry creatures!
There was also this mention about some upcoming stand-alone (but also fully compatible!) games in the Vast series. Vast: The Mysterious Manor and a Vast 3 game. All of which in a state of readiness that could be sent to a Kick campaign next week if needed be! Vast didn't grab me when I first saw it in the hype train. But listening to these guys talk about the asymmetry mambo jambo... Excellent!
The next asymmetric players.
Digging for interesting PnP titles to add to the PnP Secret Santa wishlist, I came upon a rarity... According to the designer, Sam Smith, Worlds of Legend is the 15th legacy game ever created. And the first in the PnP niche! A 1-4 player game were each player controls a faction (the usual orcs, elves, etc...) that's trying to control the land of Kanan after a mysterious apocalypse... Only the introductory prequel to Season 1: Resurrection, is available for now. PnP and Legacy... match made in heaven?
A new continent in the pnp world.
Photo & Image credits: ZombieBoard, GreenM, chansen2794
...Rosenberg, the good farmer...
Day 308. November 4, 2017. Lagos...
I've lost count in the past two months or so, the amount of times me and Ana tried to play a "bigger" game after Alice is asleep and for some reason (usually tiredness of one of us) we fail to do so. But not tonight! C'mon to the table Agricola!
Now.... maybe I'm a poor shuffler. But as far as I remember, it seems I keep getting in my starting hand, the Baker card. When I was at the university, I daydreamed of becoming a baker, and once a few years ago, had a tiny taste of what's it like to be a baker, in a small mountain village in Northern Greece.... another story. Agricola, as it seems, keeps throwing this card at me, taunting me: "Hey Alex! Go and be a baker!"
And I did. But not as a first priority this time. The first revealed car was the Sheep, and that would be a huge deal for this session. Sheep would be plentiful and an easy source of food and points if you knew how to tame them. Ana grabbed them first. I built a Drinking Trough, with still no fences or wood assigned for that labor! And got myself a millstone without a stone oven. I was planning and scheming inside the grey hut... in this game, I felt like I was planning 2 and 3 rounds in advance effortlessly. When time came, I built two extra rooms with the help of the carpenter and quickly filled them with two children! Only then, did I put one of them as the village baker and the other as the renovator for a late game stone room fest in mind.
When the fifth child joined the family, it was time to fill the pastures that were built during the game. The pigs and cows were first, and later the sheep, that kept getting snatched by Ana's small family of two farmers. Three, near the end... This game rocks!
Maybe I should also put Agricola in the To Craft list, for a much needed origami inserts, now that the Farmers of the Moor stuff have to share the same room as the rest of the base components.
Earlier in the morning, 45 minutes of alone and "free" time magically and unexpectedly appeared. With Loyang's rules still fresh from last night solo session, I spread the fields on the bed (advantage of playing a card game!) and began the arduous path to prosperity.
Return to Loyang market.
I found the early game quite easy, when two or three common fields appeared in the market and were swiftly added to the private ones. So those first regular and casual customers were well served. But by mid game, and all of the sudden, five fields stopped producing! It was a plentiful harvest that year, and it would have to last until the end of the game...
After 9 years of progress, I reached 16 again, with 1 miserable coins shy to the minimal 17... again! Great solo game for 45 minutes! Uwe rocks!
Sat Nov 11, 2017 6:05 am
...vegetables, baseball and zeds...
Day 307. November 3, 2017. Lagos...
Browsing the back catalog of the Ludology podcast, I came across a recent episode in which Morten was invited to talk about the development of solo board games. Either creating a solo game from scratch or developing a multiplayer variant in a multiplayer game. Very good episode, with many insights behind what goes on behind the solitaire curtain.
A bunch of games were mentioned, off course. Either as examples or as preferences. Dawn of the Zeds was there, as one of the most cinematic solo experiences money can buy, if you're into the Zombie genre. And another Victory Point Games title mentioned, this time in the tower defense genre, was Mound Builders. In which you're not only defending the tower, but you actually have to build one first, thus creating a emotional attachment when the enemies comes your way.
There was the mention of an official, but not included in the rulebook, 5th level of difficulty in Friday. I had now idea about that one. Or the solo variant in Baseball 2045, from Mike Fitzgerald. I've never even heard about this game, but yesterday I read the chapter about the development of said game, by the designer's own words, in Ignacy's Boardgames That Tell Stories. And today I learn that the game also has a very good one man show variant. I'll have to keep an eye on the game...
The Networks was also mentioned (of course), with Gil Hova being one of the main hosts. I'll have to take another look on the how to play in this one too!
Overall, it was a awesome episode. I've really enjoyed these last Ludology episodes that came my way. And after hearing Morten speaking about his binge listening to the show, I went waaaay back to the archives, downloaded the first 2 episodes, and a the first Gametek and gave them a chance.... Man! It couldn't be more thematic! These guys rock! First episode's theme: "What is a game? Second episode: "Why do we play?" Loved it. Binge approved!
There was also another mention in the solo themed episode. At The Gates of Loyang. I've read it before, I'm hearing it again, and it was a major reason why I decided to pull the trigger at the game. Supposedly, it's one of the best (if not the best!) solo game from Uwe Rosenberg.
So after work, I headed to the print shop, finished the final steps in this game's To Craft list, and just before bed, I sat at the table. Vegetable shop ready, solo "card market" setup and rulebook in the lap for the normal first session doubts.
I was a little confused at the start, since I kept thinking that the cards I bought from the market, went to my hand, and then couldn't see a mention in the rulebook for how to play them. Well... they go to your hand in the multiplayer version. In the solo, they go straight to their respective location in the player board... right? And I'm guessing that the helpers stay in their place on the table, until I decide to use them... I took that insight from the "Two-Pack" action. And this action also confused me at first. And since I wanted to play and don't waste too much time with ALL the rules I plowed ahead.
...there was this double-edged sword of getting lots of regular customers to make sure you get a steady paycheck vs the stress and brain burning, trying to figure it out, how to produce from what at first seems, thin air, the vegetables every round so that the customers don't start flipping the shop's tables! Very cool! Uwe really is the master in creating stressful fun games!
For this first session, the path of progress led me to 16... 8 coins shy to reach the minimal requirement of 17 that awards you a Very Good goal. Not sure when I'll get to score multiplayer on this one, but for solo fix, it more than suffices! Also, the amount of components and the small nature of the cards (with their weirdish and unsleevable properties) are just asking for a custom box and inserts, to speed up the setup process even more. Maybe this will be my next To Craft focus...
Photo & Image credits: ZombieBoard, petermccue, nad24
Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:05 am
...rainy archipelagos of gulos and rabbits...
Day 306. November 2, 2017. Lagos...
Yet another rainy day. Is Autumn finally arriving, or is this a mere interlude in the endless Summer? There was a moment this morning when it started to rain with more intensity, and I considered returning home ASAP to seek refugee and stay warm and dry for the rest of what would be a very gray day. Alice whoever, needs a little rain on her face from time to time.
So we did our usual morning stroll trough the city, with Alice walking with her mouth open trying to catch as many rain drops as she could! The library was about to open, so we headed that way. Once there and out of our rainy coats, we immersed ourselves in the world of children books for a while.
And when Alice went exploring the rest of the hidden library corners of the children section, I went back to the jungle with Mr. Robinson Crusoe himself! After last night's awesome result, I wanted to see if it was a mere fluke in my personal scores for the game, or if after playing so long at Level 4, regressing to Level 3 gave me some sort of an advantage...
It didn't! Robinson seemed to have some sort of aging health problem, since he was doing it way faster than usual. And carrying his pains with it. At one time, sometime during the yellow phase, I came across all two of the three age cards in the deck while further exploring the island! I managed to overcome the obstacles, but it left my life points at zero!
The next one however, Robinson decided he had enough. He stopped, closed his eyes, went to sleep with the jaguar and never awoke again. Score? ...-49!
Later in the day, with rain still beating hard on the windows, Alice requested "Gulo Gulo! Gulo Gulo!" We played correctly this time. You would fail only if the alarm touched the floor (not the edge of the nest, like in our previous sessions!), and you had to move the wolverine back, if that happened. Alice didn't get that part. She also doesn't get that she has options. She will always prefer to flip the next tile, no matter how far behind she his.
I'm OK with that mode of play, since I'm the one playing with a disadvantage here! Alice's tiny fingers, snatch eggs in what seems like impossible gravity defying moves! I lost big time. As soon as she reached the nest, it was game over for me, as she quickly took four regular eggs in quick succession, just before stealing the purple prize!
During the day, Animal Upon Animal came to the floor several times. But mostly by the hand of Alice. She would take the box out and play pretend with the animals or game-pretend solo play! Sometimes she would call me to play with her. And sometimes we did.
The farm animals challenge.
At one point we tried the 3rd variant of the game. The cooperative one, were players try to pile the animals in the meadows before the rabbit reaches the flower meadow. It was cool. Alice however, wanted to see the rabbit move, so whenever the die rolled leafs or flowers, she would flip it shamelessly to the sunny side! At least she understood the cause-effect part!
The rabbit never had a chance, since we never left a tower fall.
Came upon a game while reading Marlon's Essen recap, part 2. Ilôs... it was the big hexagon tiles with water and islands pieces depicted in them that sounded familiar. Hand upon further inspection, there was more familiarity snippets. There were boats and explorers meeples. Player screen to hide the resources. A fluctuating market. Cards that perform actions... Archipelago 2.0?
No. Ilôs is a much more family friendly game than Archipelago, despite dressing the same thematic clothes. Player's actions are driven by the cards they play, and there's a all hand management in there, since most of the actions on the cards require you to discard more cards. The market only fluctuates due to some of the market cards actions and only in a fixed number of times. The ships and explorers also come to the table due to card action and the game end is triggered when the last explorer in a player's supply is placed. It all sounded good to me. A mild-exploration board game, with awesome art and ease of play, from the publisher of recent hit, Outlive, La Boite de Jeu.
Card driven island exploration with beautiful art.
Maybe one day I'll get to explore a archipelago made of cardboard with Alice, during rainy gray days.
Photo & Image credits: ZombieBoard, Laboitedejeu
My Very First Games: Animal upon Animal
Thu Nov 9, 2017 6:00 am
...marooned in xx72 rolls...
Day 305. November 1, 2017. Lagos...
Stuart wrote about a game the other day that rang a bell. It was a solo PnP game, in a single sheet, with a roll and write mechanic that lasted about 60 minutes to play! And it was cruel... in a good way, that only good solo challenges can provide.
1572: The Lost Expedition was among the nominees for the 2016 Golden Geek Best Print & Play Board Game Nominee. I remember taking a quick glance at it at the time, and quickly dismissed it on the account of a so-so B&A art style and because at the time, I wasn't so into solo games as a whole. But Stu's copy was in full color and looked sharp. So I visited once more the game's page...
It seems the designer, Mike Heim, is on a creative streak for publishing single pages of lost adventures. 1572: The Lost Expedition is the first of three games, part of a xx72 series. The second installment, 1672: The Lost Crew, makes you steer three shipwrecked sailors towards the Indies, after spending three weeks marooned on a deserted island. This one even incorporates worker placement alongside the roll and write.
And his latest installment in the xx72 series, 1972: The Lost Phantom, is all about navigating your way out of the Vietnamise jungle, after your F-4 got shot down behind enemy lines. This also won a bunch of 2nd places in the 2016-2017 Wargame PnP Contest.
So... three micro, single sheet solo PnP games that at first glance, totally deserve the the ink of a printing run... Mini PnP Secret Santa, here's part of my wishlist!
Marty's Thematic Monthly Solo Challenges show up every now and then during my geek travels. But so far, I've been unable to participate in any of them due to the lack of the games proposed every month. But not "No Shave November" with Friday!
The deal for this month is, play at level 3 of difficult and fight two pre-determined pirate ships, The draw 10 cards and get 40 fighting points and then battle against leftover asterisk, in which you'll add all the free draws from the remaining hazards and all the red level points on those, as your final target.
I was uber tired by the time Alice went to bed and was more than ready to hit the sack, when I remembered that the solo challenge started... today. That gave me a little bit more of needed mental motivation and ammunition against sleep, so I grabbed the small green box and made the setup on the bed itself!
I win a Friday game about 1/10 of the times. At least that's what I feel... And usually, when I lose, the game lasts less than 15 minutes. When I win, however, and the deck building is coming my way, the game can drag to almost 30 minutes. Tonight, it was a long night...
During green phase, I only won a handful of "0" hazards cards. I intentionally lost most of the harder fights so that I could trim the deck from the starting garbage. I was happy with the result. No aging cad and still 8 life points. But if the green phase went well, the yellow went super!
I grabbed a couple of 1's and 2's hazard cards and took my chances against cannibals and wild animals! I figured that if I made it to the last pirate, it would be better that the leftovers were of the cruising in the beach kind. The fights were bitter and grueling and more than once I came close to my last breath. But "Living on the Edge" is Robinson's middle name, and come red phase, I still had 7 life points!
Like most red phases I've played, once I get there, I seldom lose in that part of the game. The deck is by now built and all you have to do, is pick and choose the winning fights to make it to the pirates. My first "boss", gave me 10 free shoots. With those and using their abilities, I managed 18 fighting points... 22 shy to reach the 40!
But every life point I spent afterwards gave me cards that would gave me more cards or more life points and pretty soon, I was there. 40... Come the second pirate ship, I added the remaining hazards points and I would need to reach 24 fighting points with 8 cards and one remaining life point. Doable? Well, more than doable, I actually think that by the time it was over, I should have continued to draw more cards to try and get more life points and clean the deck from the only aging card there!
As it was, I made a very respectable official 70 points! (86 with the bonus scoring for the challenge)
Awesome game and great session.... if only it didn't took that long when you win.
Photo & Image credits: ZombieBoard, otscotty, kzinti
Wed Nov 8, 2017 6:00 am
Day 304. October 31, 2017. Lagos...
Lot of work time, equals a lot of podcasting. From HC Essen diaries to new standards and goodbyes in the audio queue, with Punching Cardboard and Blue Peg, Pink Peg.
The Heavy Cardboard dynamic duo, continued their travel audio log about their Messe of experiences and two titles made the cut to the radar. UBOOT: The Board Game, a cooperative app driven game where each player controls a team of four sailors that are dispatched in the various part of the sub, in order to complete the mission and deal with real-time problems that will occur as the game progresses.
The HC team aren't the biggest fans of cooperative games. But if this game is enough to spark their interest, then maybe there's something in this Space Alertness game to keep and eye on. Also, this is the second 3D board (and ship!) on the verge of it's inaugural travel (check MS Batory). And then there was the Bauza's Titan game that was also played in a 3D board... Pretty soon, if you want to make a splash in the pond of upcoming euro's, 3D cardboard will be the way to go!
I'm very curious to see how they will fit a submarine in a box!
They also had a chance to play the prototype for Coffee Traders (no BGG entry yet), from the creators of Wildcatters, Rolf Sagel and André Spil, with a distinct Arkwright vibe while playing. This one promises to be another heavy euro to follow
The Punching Cardboard hosts, have, unfortunately returned to their whiskey parlor... But the show was still bellow the 120 minute mark so it wasn't that bad. What was bad, was the first impression that Clans of Caledonia left on one of them! Not good! Too similar to what's already out there and the market aspect wasn't that a big a deal. I'm seeing a lot of copies of the game showing up on the geek market these last few days. A sign? Don't know, but I can hardly wait to get my hands of the KS copy that's already en route to southern Portugal.
Near miss or instant hit?
And then, from the other end of the weight spectrum, the Blue Peg troop said goodbye to one of their host, Jeremy. While I'll miss his contribution to the show, I'm also all in for fresh blood in traditional and established content creators. It didn't hurt one bit the Punching Cardboard, it didn't hurt when Jeremy got on the BPPP train the first time, so I'm all ears for who or what's coming to the fourth seat in one of the best gaming podcasts out there!
Just two humble sessions of gaming today. Alice was playing solo with the Animal Upon Animal pieces. When I saw her, she asked of I wanted to play to, so we stacked some of the chunky animals.
Let's pile up and play some games!
And later in the playground there was this Aquaducts session that bordered on the horrible! Playing in the normal setting should have gave me more freedom and time to find the right pieces to win. But no... I made bad moves with the die, placed cards were I shouldn't and pretty soon, all the leverage was gone! No win under the bright sun.
Photo & Image credits: ZombieBoard, flobob, henk.rolleman
Tue Nov 7, 2017 6:00 am
Day 303. October 30, 2017. Lagos...
My name is Alex and this is the first time I'm writing a letter to you, in my life! (you can thank BGG for that!)
This year I've been a good player of board games.
I've played a bazillion games and feel that my explorations in the geekland have increased ten-fold! I though I was a geek before, but 2017, proved me that I was a mere rookie board game lover. I've become more active in the BGG community and that certainly helped with the increase of gaming exposure. For instance...
I used to print a game or two from the PnP niche forums. Now I'm all over the new releases and WIPs, trying to find that one perfect hidden-game that will be worth 1000 printings and sessions! I've found a few that have blow my mind. Haze Islands is on the top, of worth pf all the ink in the world. Aquaducts was for a long time a permanent dweller in the backpack and Maquis showed me that even the tried and trued worker placement genre still had tricks up it's sleeve!
I've created The 1st 000's Awards to share and celebrate every thousand logged play. The first iteration was very well received, and I'm looking forward for The 2nd 000's Awards, early next year most likely!
My daughter is turning 3 by the time you're reading this (today actually, Nov. 6). And since Story Cubes and My Very First Games: Animal upon Animal, the two of us have started to explore a few more titles. Jenga, La Chasse aux Monstres, Gulo Gulo, Bata-Waf or the original Animal Upon Animal! She loves all of these and has had her eyes on the Spinderella and Zooloretto boxes ever since she's became aware of what those colorful pictures really mean! I don't want to over-expose her to what's already a more than average amount of new board games, rules and geek stuff for a kid. So the next one, waaaay further down the line, might be the magnetic Spooky Stairs (already in the closet of future gifts) or a dexterous PitchCar Minir.
Solo gaming was in the past, something I would consider with mixed feelings. Not anymore! From Friday, to Limes to Haze Islands to Terraforming Mars to The Gallerist or The Colonist, solo gaming made a huge entry in my gaming life and I don't see it diminishing in any way soon. Victory Point Games like Nemo's War, Dawn of the Zeds or the recent Mage Knight inspired Renegade, have gone way up on my whislist!
Trading, via Math Trades and Generosity Chains, have also become somewhat of an obsession. They've worked wonders in keeping the collection fresh with "new titles". From old classics like Sun Tzu (hit with the brother!), K2 (hit with the gamenight group!) or Agricola (hit with everyone!) to the cult of the newish, like 13 Minutes, Arcane Academy or Tiny Epic Quest, I've loved all my trading experiences so far.
Gamenight's and Conventions are now big gaming moments during the year. My first ever gaming con, LeiriaCon17, opened my eyes to a even bigger gaming world out there. Not only was the beginning of many gaming friendships but also a great way to learn and play new games. Heck, I had a chance to play Lisboa with Vital himself teaching the thing!
The relatively new game shop in town, Até à Lua, hosts at least a gamenight per week were I can bring and test the new additions with more players. And although the gamer's there prefer, like me, a solid meaty euro to work their brains out, I've also come to realize about the good things of playing a party game (Dixit), a no-fuss filler (For Sale) or a shouting social deduction game (Avalon). All games are good!
My wife unfortunately has seen a major decrease in her available gaming time, due to her work schedule. If before she would be the person I would play games more often, now we'll be really lucky to play some of our couple's favorites, like 7 Wonders: Duel, Patchwork, Kingdom Builder or Alchemists. But I'm hopeful that this will be a phase and that somewhere along the road we can return to one of our favorite past-times.
However, this next year, I've decided to try an experiment o myself. I like self-imposed restrictions and constrains, since they force me too change the routine (that killer of spirits and harbinger of major projects!) and to look elsewhere for other ways to do things. And since 2017 was the year of traveling in the boardgaming world, discovering new and old titles and steadily increasing the collection with them, I want 2018 to be the year of traveling deeper in said discovered titles and stop adding more cardboard boxes to the already taxed shelves!
So next year, dear Santa, I won't be buying any new shrink wrap boardgames. Save the rare small crafting of a new PnP or participating in a Math Trade/Generosity chains to keep the collection free of dust. What I will do instead, is try and keep an healthy geeklist, with the titles that show the most promise of being a hit in my gaming environment and acquire some of them early in the following year (2019!)
...so, dear Santa, when it's time to pack the sledge towards Lagos, Portugal, remember that your gift will probably one of the last board games to enter our house for a long time...
I wish you good travels in the geekland for 2018 and a happy holidays playing games with your little elves and reindeer!
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Pretreating- Pretreating the fabrics is an essential part of the reactive process. It is the process of coating fabrics in a mild chemical mixture that opens the fiber cells to receive the reactive dyes. The fabric goes through a bath and then excess pretreatment is removed with a vacuum. The fabric is dried and rerolled and is then ready for printing.
Printing- Enter Suzy! Our top of the line wide format digital printer! She's amazing. With a total of 36 print heads and 5 vibrant ink colors, Suzy is the real deal in digital printing. She's from the Netherlands and has settled down well in our Montreal studio. The precision and detail we can achieve with our prints is impressive. Even small text prints clearly. I could go on and on about the mind blowing technology that goes into her printheads, but we'll save that for another blog! Suzy is being joined this year with her little sister...name still to be decided!
Steaming- Steaming is the part of the reactive process that allows for the pretreatment and dyes to combine together. The fabrics pass through a steam chamber set to a consistent 103 degrees for 15-20mins depending on the fabric. During this time, the heat and moisture allows the ink and pretreat to react together and sets the print in the fibers. Steaming basically means the fabric gets the full spa treatment and comes dd a softner to restore any loss of moisture duringYou can print anything on fabrics! Our reactive prints are permanent and long lasting and suit a huge variety of projects.
Limitations to Reactive Printing- The nitty gritty!
Before we go in-depth about limitations to printing on natural fabrics with reactive inks, I want to emphasize how much we have standardized our processes to make sure production is as consistent as possible. Whenever you have a multistep process just like we do with reactive, it's essential to put systems in place that minimize possible variations. In terms of regulating our environment, our inventory, and our production consumables, we are particular to a fault!
That being said, we cannot promise every day everything will be exactly the same and with so many factors to consider, we cannot control everything! This is what we mean by limitations because we want you to have ALL the information when it comes to printing on fabric.
Limitations: Reactive printed fabrics are under high tension during the full pretreat print, steaming, and washing processes. This means that the grain of the fabric can change sometimes or we can see a small degree of skewing. This is more prevalent on lighter fabrics since they are less stable. We have systems in place to minimize skewing but there's always a small chance of it happening.
High heat is used during the pretreating and washing processes in reactive printing so it's normal to see some shrinking on fabricsshrinking may not be the same in both width and length. Refer to our fabric pages to understand to what extent your natural fabrics prints may shrink during printing and if your project is highly specialized, make sure to do some tests before printing larger runs.
Limitations: Our printer has an extensive infeed that guides the fabric on to the printing belt. Even with this infeed, fabric rolls are not always perfectly rolled, so the fabric can shift around on the printing belt as it enters production. We allow for around a 2" margin on either selvedge (edge) of the fabric width to account for this shifting. Depending on how the fabric is fed into the machine, your print may not be perfectly centered on the fabric.
Reactive inks are capable of producing a huge range of colors on a variety of different fiber types. With any process, by understanding the limitations of digital printing on natural fibers, you can design confidently.
We process a large amount of fabric per day. When you place an order, we may not be using the same lot of fabric as your previous order. It is normal that variations in the base color of the fabric will occur. Also, during our wash process, the fabric may absorb a trace amount of ink from the water causing small variations in the base color. If you artwork has a large amount of white in it, these base color variations will be more noticeable than on full color artwork. If you would like your fabric to be as consistent as possible in the base color, it is better to order more at once instead of less over multiple orders.
Just like we noted above where the base color of fabrics between orders may vary, there may also be variations in color outcomes on reorders. Though we have carefully calibrated out profiles, some factors that are hard to control like ambient conditions that can affect color outcomes to small but noticeable degrees. We cannot promise that your colors will print exactly the same between orders. If you need a large amount of fabric and consistency is important, it is better to order more in 1 order instead of less in multiple orders.
lt. If you would like to have highly accurate print results, we recommend working with a color chart. We have one available (currently $20 including shipping and available on all fabrics) and with over 700 color swatches, it will help you adjust your files to the real color results.
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When it comes to fabrics, what you need to order will vary significantly based on your project. Since many things can happen during production, we cannot guarantee that an order over 3m will be printed continuously. If you order more than 3m of fabric, it may be delivered in multiple pieces. For example, if you order 6m of 1 print, it may be delivered as 2- 3m pieces. If you order 20m of fabric, it may be delivered as 1- 14m piece and 2- 3m pieces.
Some of the reasons why we need to interrupt continuous prints includes a change of fabric roll (the fabric roll ends), a head strike on the printer, a necessary cleaning of the print heads, or a major flaw on the fabric roll. It's not realistic to expect us to predict in advance the outcome of your print run, and if we were to guarantee to deliver continuous runs only, our pricing would be significantly higher to account for the huge amount of waste that would go with that! We do guarantee to treat every order with the utmost care and we will always strive to deliver your fabrics in the longest runs we can achieve.
If you project has a very specific need, get in touch with us before ordering so we can talk it through.
The way our printer system works is we are continuously washing our print belt as we are printing. It's very important that each time the print belt carries new fabrics though that it is perfectly dry or it will leave a watermark on the fabric. Most water marks are very small. For runs of fabrics over 3m, we cannot guarantee that they will be free of watermarks. Watermarks are considered a minor flaw and can in most causes be worked around when creating your pieces. However, too many watermarks on the fabric will mean a reprint.
Since we only guarantee up to 3m of printed fabric, orders of 4m or more that have a flaw will most likely have extra meters included to compensate for the flaws. For example, of you order 5m of 1 print and there's a major flaw towards to the middle of the 5m, we will include and extra 1m of printed fabric. For an order of 20m of fabric with a major flaw say 4m in from the end, we will include around 2m of extra fabric. The amount of extra fabric is generally determined by the size of the order and the impact of the flaw.
How to wash reactive fabrics: Wash fabrics separately from other items on a regular wash cycle using warm water. You must use a full water cycle (not reduced) as any excess ink that washes off must be diluted so as not to transfer back onto the fabric. Add 1 cup of vinegar and 2 teaspoons of salt to the washer. Transfer fabrics immediately to the dryer. Do not allow to sit wet in the washing machine. If fabrics do sit, you may see bluish stains where ink heavy services transfer to lighter areas. If this happens, wash again using the same full water settings and detergent.
After the first couple of washes any excess dye has been removed and further transfering should not happen.
In conclusion, reactive printed fabric looks and feels wonderful but there are some limitations to be aware of. Please keep in mind that we are a print-on-demand company and while 95% of submitted files work on our systems, there are 5% that are not ideal and perhaps better suited to another type of process.
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Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, known as Gunna, is a $4 million American rapper and composer.
He is one of the top-growing rappers in the United States and is becoming a fashion star. After releasing his first mixtape, Hard Body, he became prominent as Yung Gunna.
The rappprominent rappers such as Lil Baby and Young Thug. He subsequently inked deals with companies such as 300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records.
Gunna and Young Thug became firm friends over time, and he signed with Young Thug’s record company, YSL Records. Despite this, the rapperdistinct rap style, and he 1.55 million YouTube subscribers.
Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, often known as Gunna, was born in College Park, Georgia, on June 14, 1993. He was raised by his mother and had four elder brothers.
Throughout his formative years, fans of Outkast, Cameron, and Chingy encouraged Kitchens to start writing his songs at 15.
Hed Ronald E. McNair Middle School in Atlanta for his schooling.
On October 14, 2016, his first YSL Records mixtape, “Drip Season,” was made available. There was no questioning the young rapper’s harsh lyrics and rhyming technique, even though it did not top the charts.
The second season of “Drip” debuted on May 11, 2017.
Compared to thes almost nothing.
As a lead-in to the album, the EP “Drip or Drown” was first published on November 30, 2017.
Helluva Price, Drippin, Almighty, Car Sick (feat. Metro Boomin & NAV), Drip or Drown Ft. Lil Yachty are some of Gunna’s greatest tracks on the mixtape. His fourth mixtape, “Drip Harder,” imitated the popularity.
On February 22, 2019, Gunna released his first studio album, “Drip or Drown 2,” continuing his rising trend. The album received favorable reviews. On the list of the top R&B/Hip-Hop albums, it likewise debuted at number 1.
Gunna is making waves in the fashion sector in addition to his success in the music scene. He has become a favorite in the fashion industry because of his distinctive street style and collaborations withhers.
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Gunna is a well-known and successful figure in America. He is one of the most famous rappers in the country.
Gunna is a youthful person with plenty of enthusiasm. His songs have achieved widespread success and captured the hearts of millions.
He has recorded three albums since making his professional music debut, with the most recent one peaking at number one on the Billboard 200.
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en | N/A | N/A | Music Scene on the Rise: Palm Springs, CA Kicks Off Summer with Splash House Music Festival By Emelina Minero
Palm Springs is already the gay music festival capital of the world, home to the annual Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend and Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party Palm Springs, the largest queer female and male parties and music festivals in the world. Palm Springs also hosts queer-centered newcomer Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival, which will be returning for its third year next year, and during the two-weekend Coachella Music Festival, there were several “mini-Coachella” events that rocked Palm Springs hotels.
Palm Springs is known for its festivals, but now several Palm Springs music venues and institutions are paving the way for the city’s musical future year-round, including the upcoming Hacienda Cantina & Beach Club and the future Knitting Factory at Arrive Hotel. Also, throughout the summer, many of Palm Springs’ hotels host pool parties and live music, including Riviera Palm Springs, Hard Rock Hotel, Saguaro Palm Springs, Skylark Palm Springs, Ace Hotel & Swim Club and The Curve Hotel.
Infusing two of Palm Springs’ favorite pastimes, pool parties and music festivals, Splash House, a music festival built around the stages of Palm Springs’ pools, is returning for its second year, June 13-15, 2014.
This year is promised to outdo last year with Splash House’s partnership with Goldenvoice, the producer of the annual. Splash House is expanding into a three-day event, adding two new venues, more music, and you can expect many newcomers on top of last year’s 3,000 plus young adults.
Splash House spans three Palm Springs properties, The Saguaro, the new Hard Rock Hotel and the new Hacienda Cantina & Beach Club. Together with Goldenvoice’s Midas touch, the world’s top DJS will be paired at each venue. You can check out the music lineup here.
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On top of the music festival experience, Splash House is also hosting after parties at downtown bars and hotel lobbies, a Saturday bottomless mimosa brunch party, entertainment games and competitions and pockets of R&R throughout the weekend, from shaded pool-side lounges to yoga by the pool to help you kick off your daysummer hot deals, anwww.visitgaypalmsprings.com or call 760-778-8418. |
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Teachers Room (Grades 3 7)
Overview of Grades 3-7 Curriculum
This page offers guidance for engaging students with the Grades 3-7 Online Exhibit, “Struggle for Freedom,” part of the larger exhibit, “Radical Equality: 1842-1846″ about the utopian abolitionist community, the Northampton Association of Education and Industry (NAEI).
1) Using Primary Sources in Grades 3-7
Have groups of two or three students first examine the primary sources, either online or by printing copies. Start with the image of Sojourner Truth. Then read the letter from Mary Stetson. Good questions are key to guide students’ investigation. The main point is for students to realize that such evidence is the ultimate source of most of what we know about history, and that primary sources require careful study and interpretation.
After students report back on their efforts to read the handwritten originals, give groups transcripts. Break long documents into manageable chunks. (We chose a short passage for you.) Ask students to look up unfamiliar words. (See the site’s glossary of historical terms.)
WHAT DO THESE SOURCES TELL US ABOUT SOJOURNER TRUTH?
Students can learn to “read” pictures and artifacts the same way we read words. There are all sorts of clues. The picture of Sojourner Truth shows us her age, race, and gender and something about how she dressed. The seriousness and dignity of this image are important given her background. Remind students that there were very few places in the United States in the 1840s – even in the non-slave North – where an African-America would be treated as an equal.
All items in this activity are primary sources: documents, artifacts, and pictures from the time of the Association. They help us learn a bit about the daily life of a much-loved figure in American history. Sojourner Truth’s sense of humor comes through in the letter about the “Sam Patch” jump in a way that it does not in her wholly serious autobiography. (You may find another perspective by looking on the “Primary Sources” page at the letter from Dolly Stetson – Mary’s mother – dated Oct. 6, 1844 where Dolly comments about Sojourner Truth’s opposition to dancing and playing cards. Look for other references to famous Americans in these letters.)
2) Background on the NAEI
Historians bring extensive background knowledge to every investigation. Students too must learn to look at primary sources in context. The page labeled “The Story,” at bottom left on the entry page to this exhibit gives students essential background at an upper-elementary reading level. Locate a picture book biography on Sojourner Truth.
Older students and adults can learn about the context through the full explanatory narrative (under “Background”). They can also browse the biographies (under “Cast of Characters”), timelines, and maps (under “Multimedia”).
3) Grades 3-7 Lesson Plans Based on the Exhibit
All of the materials needed for these lessons are available for download as Word documents on the "Downloads" page.
The “Lessons Gallery” leads to grade 3-7 lesson outlines:
Through the Eyes of Sojourner Truth: Exploring Primary Sources
Setting the Rules: Comparing Founding Documents in American History
Lessons on Writing a Class Constitution
An engaging related lesson would be to have your class write its own constitution or rules. Pairs of students could each draft an article for the class constitution to define a right or a responsibility. Discuss how to ratify and amend the agreement. Hold a constitutional convention to integrate the proposals. Students could write essays arguing for or against adoption of the class constitution, including examples of how it would affect the class. Discuss similarities and differences between the classroom process and the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Two lessons on writing a class constitution are at these external links:
Utah Education Network – “Writing a Classroom Constitution.” Online lesson. Includes study of U.S. Constitution.
4) Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Frameworks
In addition to strengthening reading and investigations skills, this site provides in-depth content to address specific Massachusetts standards for grades 5 and high school. Each lesson lists standards specific to that lesson. Or find a complete list of standards addressed by this online exhibit by clicking the “Teachers” tab above. |
en | N/A | N/A | Despite the disparate nature of mHealth ART adherence interventions so far, the majority of studies report that text-messaging interventions were well-received by patients. Similar to patients in the WelTel trial, many participants found messages “highly useful” and that messaging helped remind them to take their medication. , Exceptions to this include a recent study by Sidney et al, in which participants found weekly interactive voice response messages preferable to pictorial SMS messages. In contrast, a qualitative study from Peru found that participants preferred the idea of text-messages versus recorded voice messages. Interestingly, despite the fact that the outgoing WelTel message, ‘Mambo?’ |
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It was brought to my attention that John and Joanne Scalla filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus to free the children in this case.
I'm sorry, but I am the mother of 2 and I have six older siblings who have families of their own. I really feel that if you put as much effort into doing what is best for your children as you put into this blog site, you would not be missing a son right now.
The Bible says to judge not lest yet be judge.
Nobody can understand what Louise, and others like myself are going through when children are legally kidnapped under the color of law.
Until you have been there anonymous; how do you know? How does having two kids and siblings equate what you are saying. Have those kids been taken away from you? Have you been denied seeing them? I hope that hasn't happened to you anonymous but until it does; how can you judge Louise?
I mean it like this. You judge her stating she could better use her time to just let go of her children.
On the other hand, if she just let go and did nothing; you would judge her too. Especially when they grow up and tell the world how bad their dad was to them. AND its guaranteed if a spouse will treat their spouse badly, they will the children too. |
en | N/A | N/A | Hello, Here is the presentation and supplemental materials regarding today's presentation. For the resume templates, please view the Admissions 101 section under the post "Resume 101." Junior Advisements 2019 FAQ For End of 11th Grade Rank
Hi Juniors, On September 12th & 13th, I visited your classrooms to help you get an idea on what to look out for during your junior year! Download the power point and of course if you have any questions, please send me an email or a message via remind! Mr. Lopez, Junior Class Advisement
Hi IB Juniors! Check out this nifty checklist on what to do during your junior year! Keep tabs as the year goes on with this document! If you have any questions about this list, send me a remind and we can set up a meeting to discuss your game plan! Mr. Lopez junior checklist
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en | N/A | N/A | The Parramatta legal community plans to mount a campaign promoting the role of Parramatta as the major judicial and legal services centre for Greater Western Sydney.
The essence of the campaign is to seek greater use of the existing legal facilities in Parramatta.
The Parramatta Access Justice Campaign seeks
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The Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Jorhat is the only protected area in the country to be named after a primate species. The sanctuary is home to seven species of primates, including the hoolock gibbon (hoolock hoolock), and is one of the main primate-diverse areas in the country.
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KLEIN, Ivandro; MATSUOKA, Marcelo Tomio and SOUZA, Sergio Florêncio De. Theory of reliability generalised to multiple outliers: presentation, discussion and comparison with the conventional theory of reliability. Bol. Ciênc. Geod. [online]. 2011, vol.17, n.4, pp. 519-548. ISSN 1982-2170..
After the adjustment of observations by the Least Squares Method (LSM), using statistical tests, it is possible to detect and identify non-random errors in the observations. The reliability theory makes use of appropriate measures to quantify the minimal detectable bias (error) in an observation, and its influence on the adjusted parameters, if not detected. The conventional reliability theory has been developed aiming at conventional testing procedures such as data snooping, which assumes that only one observation is contaminated by errors at a time. Recently, generalized measures of reliability were developed, relating to statistical tests that assumes the existence, simultaneous by, of multiple observations with errors (outliers) theory of reliability generalized for multiple outliers. Besides the theoretical formulation, this paper also presents experiments performed on a GPS network (Global Positioning System), where proposital errors were inserted in some observations and measures of reliability and statistical tests were calculated using the approach for multiple outliers. Comparisons with the conventional theory of reliability were also made. Finally, results were presented and discussed.
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Alexei Navalny recently made headlines in the Western media after being poisoned with the Soviet chemical weapon Novichok. His controversial reputation in Russia provoked a vivid discussion on the nature of the event. Internet users were concerned about the famous opposition leader's condition, but also began asking questions like 'why didn't it happen earlier?’, ‘why didn’t they let him die?’, and ‘what else do you expect after publishing the anti-governmental investigations?’
This article will focus on the way Navalny hasollowers during his post-poisoning recovery period. It will investigate the strategic use of social media in the hybrid media system and the way the crisis was used in online communication to increase Navalny’s media visibility.
Alexei Navalny: most wanted
Alexei Navalny is a controversial figure in the Russian media space. He is best known a Navalny gained attention after exposing the corrupt activities of national companies and prominent front-line Russian politicians. He faced multiple arrests and was barred from trying to run in the 2018 presidential elections. As a result, Navalny called for an election boycott, which was widely discussed in the online space.
© Алексей Навальный YouTube Channel
Figure 1: Navalny's YouTube channel uncovers numerous corruption schemes.
His YouTube channel has over 4 Million subscribers (23.10.2020) and is used to give political updates and post anti-corruption investigation videos. On Instagram, the activist has 2,3 Million followers (23.10.2020) (Figure 2). Navalny is clearly an influential media figure. He uses this online visibility to propagate his political stances and generate action among his followers.
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Figure 2: Navalny's Instagram account.
Because his provocative ideas are not accepted by the Kremlin, Navalny gained a reputation as a rebel in the Russian media space. Vladimir Putin refuses to publicly pronounce Navalny’s name, referring to him solely as “this gentleman” or “the character you mentioned” (Walker, 2020). Over the years, internet users have voiced their concerns about the wellbeing of Navalny: how is he still safe and sound while uncovering billion-dollar corruption schemes involving Russia’s top leaders?
August 2020 changed all that. Navalny started feeling ill on a flight. The plane had to land in the Siberian city of Omsk so that he could receive medical attention. After being hospitalized there for two days, Navalny was urgently transferred to Berlin while in a medically-induced coma (AFP, 2020) (Figure 3). After running multiple tests, the German army laboratory concluded on September 2nd that Navalny was poisoned by a Soviet-era chemical weapon called Novichok (AFP, 2020).
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Figure 3: Navalny gets transported to Berlin's Charité hospital.
NATO, the EU, and political leaders such as Angela Merkel began demanding an investigation. On September 3rd, the Kremlin rejected the claim that it was behind Navalny’s poisoning (AFP, 2020). Russia started receiving threats of new sanctions. Laboratories in other countries confirmed the Novichok finding. In the meantime, the official position of Moscow remained impartial, blaming Navalny’s condition on a poor diet, fatigue, and stress (AFP, 2020). Emmanuel Macron, via a phone call to Putin, asked him to shed light on the situation, but Russia’s president “condemns ‘unsubstantiated’ accusations” (AFP, 2020).
Crisis posting in a hybrid media system
Navalny's poisoning, especially in light being a main public competitor for Putin's presidential seat, made headlines internationally. Many Russian citizens have been waiting for updates on the opposition leader’s health condition as a symbol of hope for Russia’s political future. This media attention and increased activity on his Instagram account were strategically used to motivate the uptake and gain visibility in the hybrid media system.
After having slightly recovered, Navalny strategically chose Instagram as the platform for releasing his first message. As of June 2020, the platform has over 51 million users in Russia, mostly between the ages of 25 and 34 (Melkadze, 2020). Instagram’s popularity and the relatively young audience are beneficial for a politician seeking to influence. Navalny, his wife, and his daughter are all active users of the platform, sharing updates in their personal blogs and creating parasocial relationships with their followers. The high online media involvement of the family creates a warm and authentic ‘truthful’ feeling that resonates with their audience.
All of Navalny's posts are written in Russian and therefore aimed primarily at a Russian-speaking audience. The activist usually shares updates on his activism, political shows, and personal life. Navalny often addresses his audience directly, sharing the most recent information concerning his persona. The activist's network knows where to find him online and where to look for updates.
Navalny’s Instagram contributes to constructing his public appearance as an opposition leader, family man, activist, and, among other things, it rebrands the fact that Putin prefers not to mention Alexei Navalny’s name. The politician’s bio says “Founder of Anti-Corruption Fund, Mentioned Citizen, Other Politician, Another Politician, Various Activist, This Mr., Characters you’ve just mentioned” referring to the ways Putin has referred to Navalny. In this way, the activist rebrands the confrontation with Putin to his advantage. With his Instagram bio Navalny is making a political point: “Yes, I am the man Putin prefers to avoid talking about'.'
For people not in the know, it may seem like Navalny is just documenting his recovery in his public diary. However, together with the posts on his condition, the politician often accuses Putin, criticizes the Russian government, calls for action, and combats fake news about himself.
Navalny's comeback and his mediated online interaction
Navalny's after-poisoning Instagram features a few key types of posts. The first one shares details of his life and makes him appear more 'human'. For instance, Alexei Navalny was back online on September 15th, posting a picture on Instagram with his family from Berlin’s Charité hospital. The activist has shared that he missed his followers and that he could still barely do anything by himself. However, at least he started breathing on his own the day before, without the help of the medical ventilators. The post received over 1,5 million likes and over 90,000 responses (24.10.2020) (Figure 4). The comment section is full of replies from ordinary users and public figures alike, sharing words of support for the ‘long-awaited’ post.
Figure 4: Navalny's first post-poisoning photo.
In another media interaction, the politician shares his recovery routine and thanks all the people who helped him in the first hours of the poisoning. His version of events is as follows: Navalny felt ill 20 minutes into the flight and lost consciousness 15 minutes later, with no access to medical help. In the comments section, some users voice their concern about the wellbeing of the pilots who landed the plane in emergency mode (12.029 comment likes).
In addition, Navalny shares content about his romantic relationship with his wife. One of these posts immediately went viral with nearly 1,5 million likes, and boosts from Instagram's algorithms made Navalny one of the most visible people in the Russian hybrid media space.
Navalny’s communication via Instagram can be viewed as an example of politically mediated online interaction. Thompson (2020) explains the term as the stretching of social relations across space and time with a dialogical nature, oriented towards a multiplicity of potential recipients. Navalny’s choice to communicate through social network sites (SNSs) is the perfect setting for this type of interaction.
By sharing his personal life and political updates on his Instagram account, the politician uses the platform's affordances. Navalny’s followers often enter heated debates and supportive discussions in the comment sections of his posts, expanding their networks “of social relationships characterized by varying degrees of familiarity” (Thompson, 2020).
Reacting to his updates, Navalny’s followers “make visible not only their profiles” but also, increasingly, their social networks (Thompson, 2020). This is a rich data source for the politician. Looking at Navalny’s Instagram account, we witness a specific “form of interaction” (Thompson, 2020) that uncovers the personal lives of the activist’s followers and functions like a time-bomb with a political statement waiting to be discovered by media consumers.
Political campaigning and networking in the hybrid media system
A second type of Navalny's posts places blame on the government and Putin, making a political statement. The comment section of such posts contains various responses such as ‘We all know where [...the poison] came from’ (1,157 likes), ‘As has already been accepted in our country, the investigation on the poisoning of Navalny is going to be done by Navalny himself’ (15,384 likes), ‘You’re alive and that’s the most important! The main thing is, you shouldn’t come back to Russia, they will kill you, as they killed Tesak [key neo-nazi leader] last night…’ (3,780 likes). Navalny uses this attention to promote his YouTube channel as an alternative and truthful source of information.
One of these posts was published on the 22nd of September (Figure 5). Navalny wrote about Putin, judging his response to ‘his French colleague’ (implying Macron) that “Navalny could have swallowed this poison himself.” The activist ironically criticizes this version of what happened. Navalny states that the situation should be studied with precision. He sarcastically states that his hospitalization probably arose from cooking Novichok in his kitchen so he can experience a coma and die in a hospital in Siberia, but Putin has outplayed him: “You can’t fool him [Putin] that easily”. Instagram users picked up the post’s irony and wrote comments (20,581) mostly criticizing Putin and supporting Navalny for Russia’s next president.
Figure 5: The ironic response to the self-poisoning accusations.
On October 6th, Navalny made a post informing his followers that the internationala combat poisoning substance of the class ‘Novichok’ had been detected in his biomaterials. Two posts later, he shares a pre-recorded video where he voices his opinion on the attempt on his life and his eventual return to Russia. In addition, he openly suggests that Putin ordered the poisoning. As proof, Navalny insists that there is no criminal case and no investigation yet and that he cannot even get access to his medical documents. The activist then poses a question: “Who controls everything fhospitals and courts?”
The following post features the protests in the Russian city of Khabarovsk (Figure 6). Navalny uses the event as a case to criticize the government and calls Putin one of those in charge of violence against the people. At the end of the post, he hints at the upcoming protest in the city saying “I hope the protest in Khabarovsk next Saturday will be the biggest one”. In the comment section (12,986 comments), users support people in Khabarovsk, draw parallels between protests in neighboring Belarus, and share how they are getting ready to go out on the streets.
Figure 6: Navalny's post on the protests in Khabarovsk, Russia. The post starts with the words "cowards, thieves, and scoundrels" addressing the elites.
Digital platforms provide the space to target different demographic groups online (Chadwick et al, 2016), and old and new media are very mutually integrated into the contemporary world (Chadwick et al, 2016). Simply put, what is talked about on one gets picked up by the other. The hybrid media sphere provides a highly competitive environment for politicians. The possibilities to gain visibility require new creative ways to trigger algorithms and gain even more visibility - that’s why contemporary election campaigns never stop.
In Navalny's case, the active use of social media accounts allows his political campaign to interact with his audience, “g role” (Chadwick et al, 2016). The contemporary election campaigns are characterized by the growing systematic integration of traditional media outlets and the internet (Chadwick et al, 2016). Even now, although the election phase is not active, Navalny still generates attention on his Instagram account and prepares his followers for the offline uptake by constantly criticizing the current government.
Online tools give a lot of power to political campaign teams (Chadwick et al, 2016). The strategically built communication plan gives “direct access to the public, through campaign website and social media, and this fosters reciprocity and virality” (Chadwick et al, 2016). In times of misinformation and speculation around his poisoning, Navalny has managed to maintain a strong network of online supporters.
Figure 7: Navalny addresses the issue of Putin not pronouncing his name.
Alexei Navalny's online network makes him an influential agent in the hybrid media system. He is one of the few people in society who has a chance to express his opinion and broadcast it to the masses, compared to the general community of individuals “who receive impressions from the mass media” (Wright Mills, 1956). Navalny brings a personal touch to his Instagram account by sharing his recovery stories and emotional family moments. This builds trust with his followers, who stay active and boost the algorithms promoting his posts. In the meantime, Navalny pragmatically links his audiences, who are worried about his health, to more information on his YouTube channel, in his interviews, and ‘verified’ sources. These external media links provide updates on Navalny’s condition but also give more information on his ideology of resistance to the current Russian political system.
The investment in a close connection with his audience during his poisoning and recovery is a strategic move towards a potential offline uptake. The activist encourages online activity that leads to increased offline activity (Chadwik et al, 2016). The “action taken online inspires supporters” (Chadwik et al, 2016) to participate in the offline uprising.
The digital and non-digital uptake
Figure 8: "Alexei, we would like to take a picture of you for the 'Spiegel' magazine, make the happiest face you can".
A third type of content featured on Navalny's Instagram deals with external media links. Several posts are dedicated to Navalny’s first interview for the German ‘Spiegel’ magazine and another interview in Russian for a local YouTube journalist, followed by a link in his bio (Figures 8, 9). At that point, Alexei Navalny was able to give interviews and shared his point of view about the poisoning. By giving his followers links to different mediums and sources in two languages, he contributed to spreading his perspective on what happened.
Figure 9: Navalny posing with his son 'I don't understand the interests of contemporary youth'.
The systematic hybridity of contemporary media can be seen in politics, as it has an influence on the production of news, dissemination of information, election campaigns, activism, parties, and governmental communication (Chadwick et al, 2016). With regard to this new media system, the goal of the politicians is to adapt to its structure and benefit from the opportunities it provides.
Figure 10: Navalny posting the fragment from the federal channel report. He states: "There is good news too! They allowed to show me on TV again".
The contemporary system is nudging away “from “either/or” patterns of thought and toward “not only, but also” patterns of thought” (Chadwick et al, 2016). By referencing older media in the context of Instagram, their logics are intertwined. Traditional elite newspaper organizations still play a very important role in hybrid media election campaigns (Chadwick et al, 2016). For Navalny, referencing the German 'Spiegel' magazine on his Instagram account increases the credibility of his story in the eyes of his audience. Criticizing the Russian federal channel report, on the other hand, provides the media system with an alternative version of the events.
In his Instagram communication, Navalny references different kinds of media sources. The activist interacts with newspaper and television reports produced on his poisoning and in this way rejects simple dichotomies and fosters a hybrid media approach (Chadwick et al, 2016). Navalny uses his post-poisoning visibility online to interact with the media and to gain influence in the hybrid system.
Combatting junk news
A final type of post mocks the propaganda and speculation connected to his poisoning (Figure 11). He makes fun of rumors as well as official reports on the Russian federal channel that spreads misinformation about his poisoning, political persona, and ties with Germany.
Figure 11: Navalny's response to media accusing his wife of being a Western spy: "I knew it. I suspected that something was wrong when Yulia came home in the CIA baseball cap, with a parachute behind her back, a walkie, and two blocks of Donald Duck gum..
The rapid development of digital media has opened new horizons for the political fight for hegemony and power. The fields of politics and media are being intertwined, reshaped, and re-organized under the influence of social media platforms (Maly, 2020). Politicians have to find ways to combat and address junk news. In the case of Navalny, the activist addresses the issues on his Instagram account.
The nature of junk news is addictive (Venturini, 2019). With his Instagram posts, Navalny does not debunk misinformation because such a response does not usually contribute to its diffusion (Venturini, 2019). Instead, the activist mocks the federal channels and the official media narrative about his poisoning. At the same time, Navalny warns internet users to be cautious with what they believe in a playful way. The politician provides his followers with a credible alternative to his Instagram by streaming his life and political views while the events unfold which in itself cancels a part of the circulated misinformation.
Mediated Persona
Undoubtedly, Navalny's team has mastered his online media presence. However, one should bear in mind that the politician's name has long been associated with controversy. For instance, Navalny has supported Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, often stating "ambiguous statements regarding Ukrainian sovereignty" (Umland, 2021). In addition, he was accused of voicing anti-migrant statements in the 2000s, regarded by Amnesty International as hate speech (Roth, 2021). To get an actual idea about any political actor we must look outside of Instagram's ideally-constructed filtered image trying to look beyond the perfected online persona.
From serious crisis to political momentum
Navalny has gone through a dangerous poisoning that left him between life and death and left millions of Russians questioning the future of opposition politics in the country. However, the activist has found a way to use his Instagram account as a strategic medium of political uptake in the hybrid media system.
Navalny is not usually talked about on Russian TV or in federal news reports. Internet visibility is the only tool Navalny has to spread his anti-governmental views and organize his political campaign. In the times when his life was under threat, millions of Russians all over the world have constantly refreshed Navalny's Instagram page for updates on his condition.
During the increased attention to his social media following the crisis, Navalny managed to use the platform strategically. Social media communication, in the case of the activist's recovery, has allowed him to broaden his networks, trigger algorithms, combat junk news, and gain visibility in the hybrid media system. Using the aftermath of the poisoning to his advantage, Navalny has managed to strengthen his political influence which increases the chances of offline uptake and public mobilization.
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en | N/A | N/A | Since 23 March travel has been paused, not only across Britain, but the world over. Now, from 4 July, England’s hotels, pubs and restaurants will be allowed to open with a ‘one metre-plus’ social-distancing policy. This means a distance of less than two metres between people is permissible if other mitigating factors (for example masks and/or perspex screens) are in place.
Meanwhile in Scotland, Wales and Northern Island, the two metre distance is still in place, but likewise beer gardens (6 July) and then hotels and indoor spaces at pubs and restaurants (14 July) in Scotland will reopen soon, wherey. In Northern Ireland 3 July. The Welsh government have not yet announced a proposed timeline.
Of course all of these dates are conditional on the coronavirus infection rate remaining stable, as well as the sector’s ability to adapt to the new socially-distanced way of living and working. While some Dorchester Collection hotels, such as Coworth Park in Ascot, are able to reopen on 4 July, London’s The Dorchester itself will reopen on 1 September – properties are being evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Indeed Coworth Park’s spa deems to safe to welcome guests once more. Social-distancing demands sufficient space but also minimal contact between staff and customers. Bars, for example, won’t operate as they did before, with table service only allowed.
And so the ‘Hand Picked Host’ was born; a dedicated member of staff assigned to each individual, couple or family whose job will be to look after them throughout their stay, adhering to the highest standards of service, safety, cleanliness and comfort possible. The Hand Picked Host will also be best-placed to ensure guests have a tailor-made and unique experience.
At the same time, Hand Picked is introducing ‘In Safe Hands’ – an enhanced set of stringent health, safety and security measures designed in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, yet without compromising the service quality guests have come to expect. These includecontactless check in and check out, dedicated dining areas (with dining in bedrooms also available), certification from experts in health and safety plus a fully-flexible full refund booking policy should customers need to cancel due to Covid-19 concerns or issues.
This summer bespoke travel company Fish&Pips announced that they are expanding their collection of properties to include locations in the UK. This friendly team of experts now offer a selection of hand–picked, owner-led hotels and self-catering hideaways that showcase the very best of Britain, from the wilderness of the Highlands to the quintessential Suffolk countryside.
A magical thatched cottage hidden by woodland and surrounded by meadows – it doesn’t get more romantic than this. If you want to stay secluded in this hideaway for the entirety of your stay, hampers can be provided or private chefs can be organised.
Nine iconic addresses make up the Dorchester Collection and two of our favourites are returning on 4 July. These are 45 Park Lane and Coworth Park (below) in Ascot, about one hour’s drive out of London.
Dorchester Collection’s new Ultimate Staycation offer aims to give you the chance to enjoy England and its treasures and traditions, with the excitement of an international holiday, but without the logistics, language barrier or lengthy travel. To ensure your stay is as easy and stress-free as possible, early check-in and late check-out, as well as breakfast for two, are now included in the price of your room. Plus at Coworth, with its 240-acre playground of woodlands and fields, you’re more likely to run into a duck or horse than another hotel guest.
While the spa, pool and gym at Coworth wilwellness offering has had an overhaul. Pilates, yoga, Qi-Gong, mindfulness & meditation, wellness walks and family fit camp will all be available to guests. This is on top of the usual onsite activities, such as croquet, tennis, and horse riding (for non-beginners). |
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The murals will share and celebrate the Latino community’s substantial contributions to the fabric of the Tri-Cities, including the agricultural and wine industries. The artwork will span 672-square-feet on two canvases, one 48-feet and the other 36-feet in length. They will be installed on the port’s planned Columbia Garden Wine & Artisan Village buildings, and will become an essential element in helping revitalize Kennewick’s historic waterfront. Reid will travel to the Tri-Cities for several days in early 2017 to meet with residents, gain a feel for the local Latino story, and gather feedback to incorporate into the final mural. |
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Easily the most popular beach in Taormina (and one of the most popular in all of Sicily) is the Lido Mazzaro just below Taormina. When Taormina was the vacation destination of choice for the rich and famous, Lido Mazzaro was one of the places where you’d get celebrity sightings on a regular basis. It’s still an excellent beach today, and it’s connected to Taormina by a cable car and buses.
Not far from Lido Mazzaro or Taormina Center Apartments is the beach resort of Giardini-Naxos. This is another one of Sicily’s best beaches, and there’s also an excavated Greek settlement nearby that you can visit if you need a break from lying in the sun or playing in the water.
In a bay just below Taormina Center Apartments sits what’s called Isola Bella – beautiful island – although it’s technically connected to the mainland by a thin strip of sand. The bay itself has pretty beaches, and the island is a small nature reserve that you can hike on. There’s also a very small and rocky beach on the island itself.
Just south of Taormina Apartments there is Isola Bella, a nature reserve; and further south, situated beside a bay, is the popular seaside resort of Giardini Naxos. Tours of the Capo Sant’ Andrea grottos are also available.
The village of Taormina is perched on a cliff overlooking the Ionian sea. Besides the ancient Greek theatre, it has many old churches, lively bars, fine restaurants, and antique shops. Taormina is approximately a forty-five minute drive away from Europe’s largest active volcano, Mount Etna.
Otto Geleng – Taormina Apartments
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Center Taormina Apartments is situated in a street named to a red-haired Prussian painter named Otto Geleng, whose dramatic landscapes brought Sicily’s beauty to prominence throughout Europe and so established Taormina as a tourist destination. Geleng arrived in Sicily from Berlin at the age of 20 in keeping with a long tradition of young artists training in Italy. What distinguishes Geleng, however, is that he was the first artist to depict Sicily where he captured the spectacular views and the landscapes.
Beginning with low hills in the south and west, the island of Sicily becomes more mountainous to the north and east, ultimately culminating in the island’s most prominent feature, the 10,000 foot-high volcano Mount Etna. Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of eruption. The fertile volcanic soils supports an abundance of wildflowers flowers, and extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain. The combination of scenic views, abundant vegetation and the azure hues of the Mediterranean sea offered Geleng an almost fantastical setting – none of which was familiar to the rest of Europe. In fact, when his paintings were exhibited in Berlin and Paris, none of the critics could believe that the young Prussian’s landscapes depicted real places. His representations of plum orchards in bloom on the slopes of snow covered Mount Etna were labeled the works of Geleng’s ‘unbridled imagination’.
Recognizing that life did not get much better than in Taormina (certainly when compared to Berlin), Geleng challenged his critics to visit the island offering to pay their costs if he was wrong. He then returned to Taormina and opened the first hotel – which still stands today. |
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Chicago Public Schools leadership announced the expansion of the IB Programme for students in pre-K through 5th grade, an extension of existing programming at Agassiz Elementary School. The extended curriculum —which focuses on science, mathematics, language acquisition, language and literature, individuals and societies, physical and health education, art and design — will be applied during the next three years to allow teachers to be trained to teach the material. “The expansion at Agassiz is another important step in giving our families confidence today that their child will receive the high-quality education that will help them to excel in high school and college tomorrow,” said Mayor Emanuel.
CPS will begin implementation of the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) next school year. Agassiz students in grades pre-kindergarten through eighth grade will now be offered IB programming. Implementation will occur over a three-year period, during which primary teachers will be trained to offer IB courses, new coursework will be integrated and the school will go through a full IB authorization process. The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) at Agassiz recently received authorization. “CPS students are making tremendous gains across the system, and one of the key reasons for their success has been investments in proven academic programming that prepares them earlier and earlier with a rigorous foundation,” said CPS Chief Executive Officer Forrest Claypool. In January 2017, CPS announced the addition of IB programming at Byrne, Kinzie and Lavizzo Elementary Schools. “IB at the elementary level has helped us better prepare students for a successful transition to high school and a bright academic future,” said CPS Chief Education Officer Dr. Janice K. Jackson. ”I am proud of the commitment CPS and the City of Chicago have made to expanding access to rigorous IB programming that allows our students to realize their potential.” Feeder schools like Agassiz will prepare students for IB coursework in high school, helping move the District closer to Mayor Emanuel’s goal of having 50 percent of graduating seniors earning college and career credit by 2019. Last year, more than 40 percent of CPS graduates earned one or more college or career credentials through IB or another rigorous program in CPS, up from 30 percent of students earning credits just two years ago. |
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For more information, go to odualumni.org or call 757-683-3097.
Berthieu was a three-time All-CAA honoree, two-time CAA Player of the Year and third-team Women’s Basketball Journal All-American. As a freshman, Berthiue was the 1999 CAA Rookie of the Year. She was drafted by the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and also played for the Cleveland Rockers and played professionally in France. Berthiue is the 22nd all-time leading scorer in ODU history, playing the second fewest games of anyone to score 1,000 career points in ODU history 2002.
Decker was a three-time NFHCA All-American goalkeeper and earned first-team All-CAA and all-region honors as a senior. As a freshman in 1992, she did not allow a goal in the NCAA Tournament en route to an ODU National Championship. She still holds the NCAA single-season Division I record for goals against average with a 0.13 GAA in 1992, and shutouts, with 21. She is the Division I all-time career leader in minutes with 6,803, second in shutouts with 56 and tied for ninth with a 0.79 GAA. She was a two-time NFHCA National Academic Team member and graduated with a degree in teacher prep in 1996.
Williams has ODU’s best finish of any Division I wrestler in school history with his runner-up finish in 2009 to earn All-America honors. A three-time NCAA qualifier and two-time CAA Champion, Williams was the 2009 Wrestler of the Year in Virginia and was also named the ODU Alumni Association Male Athlete of the Year, and the Tom Scott Award Winner given to ODU’s most outstanding senior. A three-time NCWA All-Academic Team member,rketing.
A three-time NFHCA All-American and two-time first-team All-American, Yoder helped ODU to a pair of NCAA Division I Field Hockey National Championships. She was a three-time first-team All-CAA honoree and was named the CAA Player and Defender of the Year as a senior. She was a finalist for the Honda Award in 2001 given to the nation’s top player. As a senior she also earned the ODU Alumni Association Female Athlete of the Year Award. Yoder was a four-time NFHCA All-Academic squad member, earning a degree in biology.
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en | N/A | N/A | Then, she won a gift card from them this week, so we went back; and, I got a few more cars. Here is a quick shot of all the uncarded cars. If I don't know what the car is, or I got it wrong please tag it with the correct name.
Its rear engine time a Washington DC Metro bus and a Corvair. Well the Corvair was a rear engined flat 6. I seems someone converted it to a mid engined V8 with velocity stacks. The Corvair is for my dad since it is his favorite car. He once told me he loved velocity stacks as a little kid. So, at age 8 this probably would have been his dream car.
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda and [I am seriously drawing a blank on this one]...
A Hot Wheels Ford Anglia a Tonka branded Maisto Ford Thunderbird. I think it is really cool this car is branded Tonka.
Grover is heading west to check out the carded cars. He came in a baggy with the F40 and 850i.
The Military Truck is a Mercedes. |
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en | N/A | N/A | Well i was really bored and my friend gave me a link to some blender page i know how lame...
Aren't most driver staffs hollow ?
im sorry i anoyed you, could you excuse me im gona cut my veins with a watermelon now...
They didn't do the crowbar...
So it would kill the blender. Big deal. My point was that they did a video where they claimed they were gonna do a crowbar and then they didn't. I thought that was lame. If they won't even attempt it why make a teaser vid like that ?
Like I said, depends on the type of golf club. I've seen some extremely light aluminum golf clubs with hollow shafts. You could cut them with a pair of utility scissors. I'll give anyone props (be it a company trying to sell a product or an individual just wasting time) who would do something solely for the sake of seeing what would happen. These videos are under that guise but they're deceptive. I have no doubt that it's an excellent blender... |
en | N/A | N/A | A Comparison of the Mysticism
With That of St. Seraphim of Sarov
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During my prayer two great lights appeared before me (deux grandes lumibres m'ont ete montrees) � one in which I recognized the Creator, and another in which I recognized myself.
� Francis' own words about his prayer
The truly righteous always consider themselves unworthy of God.
� Dictum of St. Isaac the Syrian
The stigmatisation of Francis is not an exceptional phenomenon among ascetics of the Roman Catholic world. S Peter Damian, as an example, tells of a monk who bore the representation of the Cross on his body. Caesar of Geisterbach mentions a novice whose forehead bore the impress of a Cross. [1] Also, a great deal of data exists testifying to the fact that after Francis' death a series of stigmatisations occurred which, subsequently,, particularly in recent times. These phenomena, as V. Guerier says, illuminate their primary source. Many of them were subjected to careful observation and recorded in detail, e.g., the case of Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727) who was under a doctor's observation; Luisa Lato (1850-1883) described by Dr Varleman, [2] and Madelaine N. (1910) described by Janat. [3]
In Francis of Assisi's casereacted to his stigmatisation with the greatest reverence. It accepted the phenomenon as a great miracle. Two years after his death, the Pope canonized Francis as a saint. The chief motive for his canonization was the fact of the miraculous stigmata on his person, which were accepted as indications of sanctity. This fact is nothing similar is encountered in the lives of the Orthodox Church's Saints � an outstanding exponent of which is the Russian Saint, Seraphim of Sarov.
It should be mentioned here that the historical accounts of Francis' stigmatisation do not now give rise to any doubts in the scholarly world. In this regard, reference is made to Sabbatier who studied Francis' life, and especially his stigmatisation, in detail. Sabbatier came to the conclusion that the stigmata were definitely real. Sabbatier sought to find an explanation of the stigmatisation in the unexplored area of mental pathology, somewhere between psychology and physiology. [4]
Before proceeding with an explanation of Francis' stigmatisation from an Orthodox mystical standpoint � the primary purpose of this paper � an investigation of stigmata as physiological phenomena will be undertaken, since such an investigation will contribute valuable information for a subsequent Orthodox evaluation of the "mysticism" of the Roman Catholic saint.
The stigmata appear not only as a result of one's passive imaging of a wound on the body, but, according to the testimony of stigmatics, when the imaging is accompanied by the active action of the image itself � specifically that of a fiery ray or lance, seen as proceeding from a contemplated wound, which wounds the stigmatic's body. Often, this happens gradually, and not with the first vision, until the degree eventually is reached where the image contemplated during ecstasy finally gains control over the contemplating subject.
Dumas established the following general criteria for stigmatisation: all stigmatics experience unbearable pain in the affected parts of the body, no matter what form the stigmata take � imprint of Cross on the shoulder; traces of the thorns of a crown of thorns on the head; or, as with Francis of Assisi, as wounds on the hands, feet and on the side. Together with the pain, they experience great delight in the thought that they are worthy to suffer with Jesus, to atone, as He did, for the sins of which they are innocent. [6] (This, of course, is commensurate with the Roman Catholic "satisfaction theory," which is unknown to the Orthodox Church). [7]
Dumas' generalizations are extremely interesting since they imply that in the process of stigmatisation, apart from the impassioned emotional state (an emotional ecstasy of the heart) a great role is also played by: a) a mental element; b) a mental imaging presenting acute suffering; c) auto-suggestion, i.e., a series of mental and volitional impulses directed toward translating the sufferings of the imagined image into; d) physical feelings � pain; and, finally, e) the production on the self of marks (wounds) of suffering � stigmata.
Dumas' observations recognize factors more than the emotional (which William James considers the source of mysticism) [8] which play an equal, if not greater role in the process of stigmatisation. These may be summarized as:
An intense labor of mental imagination,
Sensual feelings, and,
Physiological manifestations.
The stigmatisation of Francis of Assisi, due to the results of his vision, are ascribed to a singular prayer. The prayer is an intense pleading on his part that he may experience the sufferings of Christ in his body and soul. In the prayer, Francis desires Divine instigation of the experience and thirsts to experience this not just with his soul, but with his body. Thus, surrendering himself to ecstatic prayer, he did not renounce his body, but was inviting earthly, or bodily sensations, i.e., physical suffering.
The amazing complexity of Francis' vision is startling. Over the initial vision of the Seraph, who had, apparently, descended from heaven for Francis, was superimposed another image � the one Francis thirsted to have above all, that of the Crucified Christ. The developing process of these visions leaves one with the impression that the first vision (that of the Seraph), so unexpected and sudden, was outside the realm of Francis' imagination, who longed to see the Crucified Christ, and to experience His sufferings. In this manner, it can be explained how such a complex conception, in which both visions, both images � that of the Seraph and of Christ � found room in Francis' consciousness.. Is. � t. [12]
Francis' physical sensations can be explained as the work of his own mental imagination moving parallel to his spiritual ecstasy. It is hard to say, in this given instance, which was dominant in Francis' beguilement (plani): his spiritual pride, or his mentalism (mental imaging); but, in any case, the mentalism was rather strong. This is confirmed by the substantive circumstances of the unusually complex vision which was presented to Francis after he felt himself completely transformed into Jesus which is clearly a very severe state of plani, having its roots, as St. Nilos says, in vainglory.
The exaggeratedness of Francis' exaltation, which was noted in the description of his vision, is revealed very boldly when compared with the majestic vision of Christ which St. Seraphim of Sarov experienced while serving as a deacon on Great Thursday of Passion Week. [13]
In contrast to Francis, St. Se, "...the soul, having freed itself from everything external, is united with prayer, and that prayer, like a sort of flame surrounding the soul as fire does iron, makes it all fiery." [14] St. Seraphim unexpectedly was stunned with the appearance of the Mysterious Divine Power. St. Seraphim neither imagined, nor dreamt, nor expected such a vision. When it occurred, he was so stunned that it took two hours for him to "come to his senses." Later, he himself described what had happened. At first he was struck by an unusual light as if from the sun. Then he saw the Son of Man in glory, shining brighter than the sun with an ineffable light and surrounded "as by a swarm of bees" by the heavenly powers. Coming out of the North Gate (of the sanctuary) Christ stopped before the amvon and, lifting up His hands, blessed those who were serving and those who were praying. The vision then vanished.
Several items in the account of St. Seraphim's vision are of interest in this study. Firstly, in direct contrast to prayer, St. Seraphim's prayer is devoid of any element that would remotely suggest that he desired any visible (sensory) signs of the Divine Presence. Least of all did he think in his life that he was ever worthy of being "transformed into Jesus," as Francis had prayed. The key characteristic of the Saint's prayer is a profound humility, evidenced by his articulated confession of sinfulness which prompted him toward prayerful repentance. The significance of this, as the Church Fathers repeatedly point out, is that true humility effectively prevents one from falling into vainglory.
A second profound aspect of St. Seraphim's prayer is the fact that no favor of Divine Manifestation is asked of God. Neither, of course, as mentioned previously, was anything extraneous to his repentance, thought or imaged while he prayed. This, of course, would be commensurate with St. Seraphim's repentance, since his articulation of it indicates quite clearly that he himself was never |
en | N/A | N/A | bornJune 5, 1819Laneast, EnglanddiedJanuary 21, 1892 (aged 72)Cambridge, Englandawards and honorsCopley Medal
John Couch Adams, (born June 5, 1819, Laneast, Cornwall, Eng.—died Jan. 21, 1892, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire), British mathematician and astronomer, one of two people who independently discovered the planet Neptune. On July 3, 1841, Adams had entered in his journal: “Formed a design in the beginning of this week of investigating, as soon as possible after taking my degree, the irregularities in the motion of Uranus . . . in order to find out whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered planet beyond it. . . .” In September 1845 he gave James Challis, director of the Cambridge Observatory, accurate information on where the new planet, as yet unobserved, could be found; but unfortunately the planet was not recognized at Cambridge until much later, after its discovery at the Berlin Observatory on Sept. 23, 1846.Adams also showed (1866) that the Leonid meteor shower had an orbit closely matching that of a comet (1866 I). He described the Moon’s motion more exactly than had Pierre-Simon Laplace and studied terrestrial magnetism.After being made professor of mathematics at the University of St. Andrews (Fife) in 1858 and Lowndean professor of astronomy and geometry at Cambridge in 1859, he became director of Cambridge Observatory in 1861.
Neptune (planet) third most massive planet of the solar system and the eighth and outermost planet from the Sun. Because of its great distance from Earth, it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. With a small telescope, it appears as a tiny, faint blue-green disk. It is designated by the symbol ♆. Read Moreastronomy: Precise calculations and observationsBy about 1820 it was clear that Uranus was not keeping to the schedule of motion predicted for it. In the 1840s John Couch Adams in England and Urbain-Jean-Joseph Leverrier in France independently sought to explain the anomaly through the gravitational attraction of an undiscovered planet outside the orbit of Uranus. Both Adams and Leverrier assumed the rough validity of the Titius-Bode law to...Read Morephysical science: Impact of Newtonian theory...In the next 20 years the gravitational attraction of an unobserved planet was suspected to be the cause of Uranus’s persisting deviations. In 1845 Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier of France and John Couch Adams of England independently calculated the position of this unseen body; the visual discovery (at the Berlin Observatory in 1846) of Neptune in just the position predicted constituted...Read More
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Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.John Couch Adams - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)(1819-92). British mathematician and astronomer John Couch Adams was one of two people who independently discovered the planet Neptune. French astronomer Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier, unaware of Adams’s efforts in Britain, began a similar study of his own. |
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en | N/A | N/A | I believe every impartial reader, upon a bare view of these fragments, will be soon persuaded to conclude this some late Mahometan forgery, and therefore could not be the Gospel under Barnabas's name which is rejected by Pope Gelasius ; nor need I make any farther remarks upon it, or Mr.Toland's unfair conclusions from it. This is very well done by Dr. Mangey; one thing only falls in my way, because it relates to the passage which is above produced out of the Baroccian manuscript. Mr. Toland affirms, he found it almost in terms in this Mahometan Gospel of Prince Eugene; and the sense there in more places than one, which, as he says, made him believe this to be the same with the Gospel anciently attributed to Barnabas, though interpolated. , A strange inference indeed! |
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Combat of the Giants and Rabbids...
Only getting Super Monkey Ball and SSFIV out of them methinks. May wait till Asphalt is a bit cheaper (and require revw for that). Suprised if Pilotwings doesn't make it.
Asda Entertainment are offering SSFIV or Nintencats and Dogs bundles with 3DS. This strongly suggests those two games will be available at launch
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Lego star wars 3 and Rayman 3D are also confirmed. source
Wait, no Nintendogs + Cats: Toy Poodle?!
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1) Know your carriers and their appetites. Establishing a relationship with and understanding a carrier's appetite for surety is essential. In some instances, relationships with a carrier will extend over 20 years, so it is essential to "know your customer, know what their needs are and know your sureties—and make sure you're aligning yourself with sureties that are going to be around for a long time," says Brian Beggs, executive vice president, surety, U.S Insurance at Sompo International.
Do the groundwork, understand your clients' needs and requirements, and "try to make the best match between market and client so that it could be a long-term thing," agrees Gary Stumper, national surety leader, Westfield. Once the relationship is established you "don't have to keep moving the client around because when you move them around, all you're doing is spending time, energy and money—and not generating new income."
2) Know your niche. Surety has been described as a profitable line of business for carriers and agencies alike. However, "many agents will attempt to do surety on a part-time basis, which could jeopardize the insurance premiums the agency enjoys in the long run," says Brenda Risa, vice president, Goldleaf Surety Services LLC. "The key is to have experienced staff that are extremely familiar with the surety product and what each surety has to offer."
Bond wording is a key element of surety products and this is an area where agents play a central role. In reviewing and understanding the insurance requirements in the contract wording, agents should "get the surety carrier involved if they are not sure of the requirements," Beggs says.
3) Be consistent. Agents working within the surety market know their carriers, "they have markets that they're already doing business with, or that they're maybe looking to do business with," Stumper says.
Yet, they need to be continually evaluating the market. "They need to have conversations with their surety companies—review their financial performance," Stumper says. "What are they doing to invest in people? What are they doing today that was different from last year? Are they being impacted by any external or internal forces like management or reinsurance companies?"
Any changes could potentially influence the terms and conditions offered and "that's not always good for an agent or their client," Stumper adds.
There's a lot of consolidation within the insurance and brokerage world on an ongoing basis, even as the mega merger between Aon Plc and Willis Towers Watson hit a roadbloce. While mergers create a certain amount of opportunity, it can also create turmoil for agents who need to "ask pointed questions and find out what a newly merged company's strategy is in terms of surety," Beggs says. |
en | N/A | N/A | “Concordia is a school that goes beyond educating its students. It truly cares for them and puts so many fantastic services at their disposal,” says Sarran Hamilton.
The undergraduate student is pursuing a major in child studies, with a specialization in psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science. She is also Concordia’s Instagram curator for the month of November.
Launched in 2016, #CUseenby invites a Concordian to capture their vision of Montreal’s next-generation university and share it with followers of the Concordia University Instagram account.
Follow her journey via the #CUseenby hashtag.
@natgeo: Most of their posts are very informative, but all their pictures are taken by amazingly talented photographers. What else would you expect from National Geographic? A must follow!
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1. It’s your Instagram. This might seem obvious, but only you can have a vision for it and know what direction you want it to go. Don’t try to copy others or trap yourself into a certain aesthetic for likes or follows. Do it for you and you’ll find the experience much more satisfyingor? Have a photo on your Instagram feed that represents you and your Concordia? Tag it with #CUinstagram,to your photobe in touch! |
en | N/A | N/A | But I think that I "get it". Using "wait with messages" provides a means to suspend the processing of an event and check to see if any other events have occurred. I suspect that the next lesson will be "use this superpower wisely or you can get yourself in a heck of a mess"
Hello,This is a pre-purchase question, so I'm new to Caseta, but not to residential wiring. I have a few locations that have 3-way dimmers with mechanical switches at the opposite end, and I'd like to replace the dimmer with a smart dimmer, but leave the original mechanical switch at the other end. My reasons, besides cost and device count, is that I have multi-gang switches installed at those locations, and I'd prefer to leave them intact.In the Advanced Installation Guide, all the references for use with mechanical switches reference the PRO dimmer, not the PD-6 dimmer. Is it required that I use only the PRO with a mechanical switch?As a related second question, is it possible to use a Caseta dimmer (PRO or not) in a 4-way circuit, as long as the Caseta is located at one end of the run? |
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en | N/A | N/A | This blog post is the second half of an article about how I made a strip built canoe. If you want to catch up on the how I got to this point you can read about it in the first post. That article took us to the point where all the woodwork on the hull had been done, it was sanded and ready for fiberglass and epoxy.
In strip built construction the wood hull is nothing more than a matrix to hold the fiberglass, which is the real structure of the boat. Well, the wood makes it look pretty hot, too.
Fiberglass fabric is pretty amazing stuff. It comes in different weights, but generally has the coarse weave of burlap. I used a 6 ounce fabric for the outside of the hull. You would never guess that it is, in actuality, woven glass. It's very soft and supple.
To strengthen the bow and stern of the boat I put a double layer of fabric on those spots. To make the fabric lay smoothly over these shapes you need to cut it on the bias, or diagonally out of the roll. If you didn't, you would get wrinkles.
After the reinforcing strips were laid down I pulled enough fabric off the roll to cover the entire hull....
...and stretched and smoothed it until it laid out nicely without any wrinkles.
The fiberglass is what makes the boat strong, but it doesn't do you any good if it isn't held firmly to the substrate. In the early days of strip building people used polyester resin for this, but because it is so toxic (and smelly) we generally use epoxy these days. The epoxy is a little heavier than the polyester, but it's totally waterproof and easy to work with.
There are lots of brands of epoxy to choose from, but I decided to use West System for a variety of reasons. West System was developed by the Gougeon brothers in the early '60's, along with chemists at Dow Chemical, specifically for use in boat building. They created several different formulas for a variety of tasks and conditions and with different curing times. The formula that I used was their 105 resin combined with the 207 hardener. The 207 hardener is the most clear hardener that they make and I picked it because I wanted the basswood hull to stay as white as possible. Other hardeners have more of a yellow hue.
At the heart of the West System are their dispenser pumps. Since these formulations aren't mixed in a 1 to 1 ratio, the pumps make it easy to mix up your batches with the right ratio of resin to hardener. You simply count out equal pumps of each right out of the can. The other nice thing about the West epoxies is that they sand out really nicely. Some epoxies get soft and gummy when the friction from sanding heats them up, making them really pesky to work with.
The procedure I used for applying the epoxy was to mix up smallish batches (you don't want it to start hardening up on you mid batch), pour it onto the hull and spread it with a Bondo squeegee. I started in the middle of the boat and worked my way to the ends to keep any stretching of the fabric from creating wrinkles. When you wet out the fiberglass fabric with the epoxy it makes it completely disappear and lets the wood show through.
You want to wet out the glass, then go back and squeegee it again to remove any excess epoxy from under the glass. The epoxy weighs about 22 pounds per gallon, so you don't want any more on the boat than you absolutely need. This leaves you with the glass pressed close to the hull and the weave of the fabric showing. When your first layer of epoxy starts to cure up it's time to put on another coat to fill in the weave of the fabric so that your hull can be sanded smooth. In places I needed to put on a third coat. You want to get all of your coats of epoxy on the boat in one sitting since it gives you a good chemical bond between coats if the previous coat hasn't fully cured. If you wait until you have a full cure, you have to sand between coats to get a good bond. I glassed and epoxied the outside of the hull over the course of a lazy day, waiting for one coat to start to cure before putting on the next.
When the epoxy started getting firm, I cut the excess glass off with a utility knife.
By the next day the epoxy had completely cured and I was able to sand it smooth.
Once I had the boat sanded, I taped off the area where the gunnels were going to be glued on and I varnished the outside of the hull. The epoxy is totally waterproof but it doesn't do well with UV exposure, so you need to varnish it with an exterior varnish that has UV inhibitors. I used a water borne varnish because the water borne varnishes are very clear and colorless. Oil varnishes tend to yellow over time and, again, I wanted to keep the white of the basswood from yellowing.
With the outside of the hull completed, I unscrewed the stations from the strongback, took them out of the hull, lifted the boat off and put it into the cradles.
Then it was time to sand the interior.
To keep the weight of the boat down I wanted to use a lighter weight (3 ounce) fiberglass fabric for the inside of the hull. Heavier fabric is thicker and that means more heavy epoxy to wet it out. Using the lighter (weaker) fabric is a little dicy because if the hull isn't strong enough you risk having it 'oilcan'. Oilcanning is when the bottom of your boat flexes up and becomes concave. To be sure that that wouldn't happen I did a double layer of fabric in the 'football' section but only a single layer on the sides.
Here you can see the glass in the football section. You can also see that I lapped 2 pieces in the middle to give me a triple layer in the area I'll be paddling from.
After epoxying the football I put the continuous layer of 3 ounce fabric over the entire inside of the boat, epoxied it in and varnished it. While you want the outside of your canoe to be silky smooth, you want the inside to have some traction so you aren't slipping as you move around. To get that grippy surface, you epoxy in the glass but don't fill in the weave of the fabric. Not only does this give you a perfect texture, it also uses less epoxy and helps to keep the weight of the boat down.
Being the wood dork that I am I couldn't resist putting a little detail into the decks. I had some maple burl laying around and I thought it would look sexy in a border of walnut with a little basswood string inlay. I was right! To keep the weight down the deck is only 1/4" thick. To make it strong I wrapped 3 ounce glass over it and lapped the glass onto the sides of the hull to make it into an integral part of the structure.
The usual gunnel detail on strip canoes is to make 2 bullnosed pieces of ash that are 3/4" thick and screw one to the inside and another to the outside leaving the top edge of the hull exposed. On my first boat I've noticed that this is a spot where the epoxy can get damaged from where the boat sits on my rack. Instead of making a 2 piece gunnel, I worked up a design for a one piece gunnel that was a little bit of a smaller (lighter) profile. This detail is a single piece of shaped walnut with a groove down the middle that slots over the top edge of the hull and miters to the opposite gunnel at the ends of the boat.
Fitting the gunnels to the decks.
Mitering the end of the gunnels. The blue tape is marking the center line of the deck for the gunnel miter layout.
To get a perfect joint where the gunnels meet I ran a handsaw between the two pieces.
The last detail on the boat was to make and install the seat. A tandem boat has 2 seats and some sort of yoke or thwart in the middle. With this being a solo boat, the seat needed to be near or in the middle. Right where the yoke wants to be. In another fit of compromise I decided to make a yoke/seat that allowed me to paddle facing one way and carry facing the other way. It meant that either my yoke or my seat was going to be off center, making one end want to ride high when carrying or one end ride low when paddling. I chose the former and it's been working out fine.
For comfort when paddling from a kneeling position, I decided to tilt the seat down a little on the front side. This made the geometry of the seat a little complicated. To make the install easy, I made a quick template jig from some MDF scrap. It consisted of 2 pieces that bumped to the inside of the hull and a cross piece that they would both screw to to hold them at the right angles. I used that jig to mark out the angled length cuts on the seat.
On lots of canoes the gunnels are held at the right distance from each other by installing thwarts (pieces of wood that run from side to side on the boat). These are usually ash wood. Then the seats are suspended from the gunnels with bolts. I chose to go a different route. I wanted the boat to be as open and as light as possible so I decided to use the seat as a replacement for the thwarts and attach it directly to the hull. This adds a lot of rigidity to the hull while saving the weight of adding extra thwarts. To do this, I made triangular strips out of basswood, scribed them to the hull and then glued them on to act as a ledger that the seat could set on and screw to. I taped them in place while the epoxy cured.
Before the seat frame got installed in the boat I needed to put the 1 1/2" flat webbing on the actual seat. Since this is a yoke/seat combination there was a question of how to wrap the webbing on the yoke side. I decided to just cut a saw kerf for the webbing to run in and reinforce it with some bronze screws.
Before you stretch the webbing and staple it to the seat you want to wet it so that it expands. Then it shrinks super tight in the frame when it dries. The webbing is held to the seat frame with 1/4" crown staples. Shoot on one end, pull it as tight as you can and then shoot on the other end.
To cut the webbing and keep it from fraying, I heat a putty knife with a butane torch and slice the webbing with the hot knife.
When all the webbing is on in one direction, weave more in the other direction and staple it on.
I'm sure that the suspense isn't killing you, but it was killing me. After all the planning, time and money that went into the boat I couldn't wait to see how it was to paddle. I mean, they are really fun to make, but you're going to spend a lot more time paddling them over the years than you did building them and it would be a bummer to find that you had built yourself a real dog.
As a narrow, solo boat, I figured that the Northwest Passage Solo was going to be "lively" to paddle and it is. Another way to put that is that it's a little twitchy or tippy feeling. That's good because it means that you can control it with your hips and a hull that feels like that is a fast hull. How a canoe "tracks" is really important. You want it to be easy to make it go straight. On the lake, the Passage tracks nicely and is barely effected by a breeze due to it's low profile. When I took it out on the Rio Grande on a flat water stretch of moving water, it really excelled. The boat has enough rocker to allow it to turn really well and good acceleration for putting it just where you want it. It paddles well sitting or kneeling. So far I haven't tried to paddle it with a load. I don't think it's going to be the choice for long camping trips with a lot of gear, but that's not what I built it for. I already have a boat for that. This is the sports car that you take out for a zippy ride with the top down on a nice day. It's perfect for that.
Now, back to the woodshop..... |
en | N/A | N/A | 4) “Co-operative Planning” Content Will dominate Best Selling Marketing Publications: Currently, most marketing textbooks serve as roadmaps for how to build brand strategies and supporting marketing plans for the largely inexperienced. The classic “Kotler” marketing instructions still apply and are sound for learning marketing in a pure environment. However, if your brand is a good or service sold via today’s world of retail where your brand is more like a building block that supports a retailer’s umbrella brand, then the classic approach will need a little tweaking. In 2010, the new “best seller” will be dedicated to providing strategic marketers with the tools, best practices, and measurement systems that allow for retail leverage strategies to become institutionalized within the standard marketing planning process.
5) The New “All-in-One” Brand Will Dominate the Retail Landscape: Historically, consumer brand managers had the ability to choose how to best position their brands within a given category – price, value, or premium were the traditional options available to brand marketers. In many cases today, retailers are looking to consolidate vendors while expanding their own brands across all of the traditional positioning lanes (not just opening price-point), thus driving national brands to become a niche player if its focus is only on one positioning segment. As a result, the new power brand will have to be able to generate volume across all three positioning segments in order to remain viable on-shelf. “Price-leading” national brands will be forced to become viable in higher-end segments, while historically premium national brands will be forced to make offerings within the lower-priced segments of most categories.
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en | N/A | N/A | The Independent reports that Morgan was soon arrested and told officers,; if not, it's poor preparation." |
en | N/A | N/A | “I entered parenthood confident in my ability to play with my child. Earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater from a contemporary arts school, I spent many hours as a young adult following impulses, living in imaginary worlds and rolling around on the floor. While studying for my Master’s Degree in clinical and community psychology, I learned that play was a child’s most important way of making sense of the world until the age of seven. I wasn’t going to make the mistake of getting too serious too soon. I even planned to home school (unschool actually) to keep her childhood playful as long as possible.
I’m thrilled to be today’s guest on the wonderful 28 Days of Play series over at You Plus 2 Parenting. Hosted by parenting expert and mama Rachel Cedar, the series asks 28 parent/writers to talk about the ups and downs of playing with their kids from a very personal point of view. No advice. No how-to’s. Just the rawness of how it really is, even when it’s not pretty.
There’s also a link on the site to sign up for the 28 Days of Play mailing list if you want to make sure you don’t miss a post! |
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