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MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Five family members of a Taliban commander were killed in an airstrike in Nijrab district of central Kapisa province last night, an official said on Friday.
The airstrike was called in after the Taliban commander, Maulvi... read more
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Daesh militants have killed two brothers over having links with government and gunmen have killed a couple in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Wednesday.
Police Chief Maj. Gen. Jummah Gul Hemat told Pajhwok Afghan... read more
MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Police have detained six suspects in connection with the killing of the Ulema Council chief for central Kapisa province, officials said on Sunday.
Qais Qaderi, the governor's spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the... read more
MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): The Taliban have warned residents of Tagab district of central Kapisa province against allowing their women to visit the district bazaar, it is learnt.
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Calling to Collect
The City of Denver wants voters to put an end to what it calls an unfair tax break for telecommunications companies. But to the city's surprise, at least two consumer groups are telling residents to hold the phone when they go to the polls November 4.
That's because the consumer advocates say a "yes" vote could mean higher phone bills. "Basically, people will be voting for what could be a huge tax increase, and they have no idea they are doing it," says Chuck Malick of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, which is opposing the measure along with the American Association of Retired Persons.
Voters have no idea, Malick says, because the city has been playing down Charter Amendment 1B as a "housekeeping" measure. "That's a very clever tactic," he says, "but this is no small change. This is an attempt by the city to collect a new tax and be able to raise it at whim without having a vote of the people."
"Oh, fiddle!" responds Cathy Reynolds, the Denver city councilwoman who has spearheaded the proposal. "We are not trying to rip anybody off."
Instead, Reynolds insists that Denver is simply trying to make phone companies pay their own bills as the firms scramble for territory in the wake of government deregulation. While other utilities in the state are paying to use city rights-of-way, says Denver telecommunications director Dean Smits, phone companies are getting special treatment under a state law passed last year. "Basically, what [the law] does is provide the industry our rights-of-way rent-free," complains Smits.
On September 22 the city council passed an ordinance that openly defies that law. The ordinance allows the city to enter into agreements with telecommunications companies that want to lay lines along city rights-of-way--in direct contradiction of the state law, which exempts phone companies from negotiating with individual municipalities. That means the case will end up in court no matter what voters decide--and could set a national precedent in the brave new world of telecommunications.
Here's what Denver residents will vote on:
Charter Amendment 1B would give the city the power to charge rent to phone companies who want to dig up city streets to lay phone lines. Those companies include AT&T, MCI and, presumably, any company that wants to challenge US West's lock on local phone service by laying its own cable.
The state and federal government's deregulation of local phone service in recent years was supposed to save ratepayers millions of dollars. Instead, few companies have stepped in to challenge the stranglehold maintained by Baby Bells like US West--and according to Denver officials, the ones that have aren't paying their way.
The problem, as the city sees it, is that when new companies jump into the market for local phone service, they begin by tearing up city streets to lay new fiber-optic lines. The companies are legally obligated to patch up the streets when they're done and, under existing agreements, pay an "occupation tax" based on how many customer accounts they have. Denver collected $3.8 million in occupation taxes from phone companies last year.
But city officials say that's not enough. They want to start charging a separate fee they say will compensate taxpayers for the long-term damage to public thoroughfares, which they estimate at up to $6.9 million annually. "Every time there's a street cut, that lessens the life expectancy of that street anywhere from five to eight years," says the city's Smits. And Assistant City Attorney Andy Weber says the difference can't be made up by raising the occupation tax. That, he says, would violate Amendment 1, which limits the ability of cities to raise taxes without voter permission.
Also at issue in the charter amendment is the city's power to award franchise agreements to all utilities, including cable television and power companies. Currently, voters must approve all new franchises. But if 1B passes, that power would shift to the city council--a prospect that has city councilman Dennis Gallagher hot to defeat the measure. "The people should be able to vote on these franchise agreements," Gallagher says. "It affects peoples' lives, it affects their pocketbooks, and it affects all of this new cable-television stuff. The people should have a say."
The city has been girding for a fight over utilities since 1993, when the city council first considered charging additional fees to phone companies. But the legal landscape changed dramatically last year when the state legislature passed Senate Bill 10, which bans municipalities from charging phone firms rental fees for using rights-of-way. The bill was drafted by the Democratic leader in the Senate, Mike Feeley, who's now a candidate for governor. "We just couldn't have phone companies who are trying to create statewide phone networks held hostage by municipalities," explains Feeley.
He gives the example of a company that might want to wire Jefferson County to compete with US West for local phone service. To do so, the company would have to negotiate contracts with several different cities. "Any one of them could hold the entire deal hostage," adds Feeley, who says his law gave municipalities the right to recover from phone companies any costs associated with street work. "We were pretty liberal in what we allowed the cities to claim as expenses," he says.
But Reynolds isn't convinced. She says the city has the right to collect rent, not just recover costs, from companies who are making money off public rights-of-way. "When people use your property, you should be able to get a fee for that," Reynolds says.
That's the crux of the larger legal issue. And the Colorado court battle will likely serve as a national test case. "This is the big stone dropped in the middle of the lake," predicts Don Eberle, a Denver-based attorney for MCI. "The ripples will be felt far and wide."
MCI and its competitors argue that if cities are allowed to impose additional fees, phone companies will simply pass the costs onto customers, levying what would amount to a new tax. But Geoff Wilson, an attorney for the Colorado Municipal League, says the companies are "wrapping themselves in the mantle of consumer protection" when what they really want is to get something for nothing. He compares the phone lobby's rhetoric to past efforts by railroads to get public lands for rail lines without paying for them. "This is just the railroads, take two," Wilson says. "These are not indigent plaintiffs."
Indeed, a coalition that's been organized to defeat the charter amendment includes such phone giants as US West, MCI, AT&T and Sprint, with US West and AT&T each ponying up $25,000 for the cause. The companies have hired politically connected lobbyist Mary Buckley of Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Strickland, the big kahuna of power politics in Colorado, to coordinate the campaign.
One of the coalition's principal arguments is that if the city prevails, smaller phone companies will think twice about competing with US West. "If a smaller company is thinking about getting into Denver and Denver passes this, Denver moves down the list," says Eberle. He says MCI wants to get into every market in the state for local service, but as the largest market in Colorado, Denver makes sense as a place to start, and city officials know it. Eberle says the city is taking advantage of that position. "If you want to be the troll at the bridge," Eberle says, "Denver's a good place to be."
Meanwhile, city officials express dismay that CoPIRG, which rarely agrees with the state's phone companies on anything, has adopted the industry's party line on the issue. "I don't feel that CoPIRG, with all due respect, fully understands our position," says Smits.
But Malick says his group understands just fine. Competition, he says, is the only way phone rates will ever start to come down. And the fee at the center of the November 4 vote is just another obstacle to getting more companies in the game. Denver can manage with its current tax structure, says Malick. "Competition is never going to get started if we keep putting up these roadblocks." | {
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Papermate Inkjoys: Pens that are worth your penny
Reviewed by Sophia Christensen on
January 25, 2019.
1 voteAs a student of Gull Lake, I frequently take notes for my classes, and although I consider myself a proponent of the paperless classroom movement, I have to admit that nothing beats the sensation of good old fashioned handwritten notes. However, despite my penchant for writing out notes, I was just recently initiated into […]
1 voteAs a student of Gull Lake, I frequently take notes for my classes, and although I consider myself a proponent of the paperless classroom movement, I have to admit that nothing beats the sensation of good old fashioned handwritten notes. However, despite my penchant for writing out notes, I was just recently initiated into […]
As a student of Gull Lake, I frequently take notes for my classes, and although I consider myself a proponent of the paperless classroom movement, I have to admit that nothing beats the sensation of good old fashioned handwritten notes. However, despite my penchant for writing out notes, I was just recently initiated into the pen collection scene when I received a package of 16 Papermate Inkjoy gel pens as a gift.
When I extracted my gel pens from their tissue paper and gift wrap cocoon, what initially struck me was how wide the color range was, and how vibrant. The package I received contains all of the colors of the rainbow, and then some, each with its own bright hue.
Having an expansive color range is essential for me because I often take notes and being able to use a different colored pen for each header, subheader, etc. can greatly improve readability.
Aside from the great variety of colors, I also noticed that the pens were packaged in clear plastic with a cardboard backing. Something that I really appreciated was that there is a hole in the clear plastic that allows prospective buyers to feel the texture of the pens.
Straight out of the packaging, each pen has a small ball of plastic on the nib to keep the ink inside fresh. The plastic is easy to remove, and it’s a nice touch that ensures that your pens haven’t dried out before you use them.
On the barrel is a clear plastic window that allows you to see the amount of ink remaining in the pen. Photo by Caidyn Hutchinson
The barrels of the pens are covered in a soft but firm plastic material that provides a comfortable grip for the user and small indents in the plastic help prevent any slippage. Also on the barrel is a clear plastic window that allows you to see the amount of ink remaining in the pen.
Overall, the build of the pen feels very sturdy, durable and comfortable to use. The clicking mechanism is nice and firm, and I feel like these pens will last a long time. My main gripe with the build is that the pen clip is made of plastic, which feels like it’s just waiting to be broken. Although I would have preferred a metal clip, the Inkjoy more than makes up for this small flaw with its comfortable and attractive design.
In terms of performance, I am very pleased with these pens. In general, they write fluidly, and the ink flows from the pen smoothly and in a continuous, saturated stream. Although, and this may just be me, it does seem like the darker colored pens write more smoothly than the lighter colors (looking at you, yellow). Inkjoys also boast a quick drying time and thus less smudging. The smudging, if it does happen, is pretty minor compared to other pens I’ve used (cough, BIC Cristal).
The surface of the barrels of the pens is lined with small indentations to increase friction and grip. Photo by Caidyn Hutchinson
If you’re interested in picking up some Papermate Inkjoys of your very own, you’re in luck as they are well stocked at most office, department, big box and basically every other kind of store you can think of. And, if you’re not one for leaving the house (me neither), you can also find them for order on Amazon. The Inkjoys come in both 0.5mm and 0.7mm sizes if you’re concerned about line width, of which mine the latter.
Inkjoy gel pens are a good option for students who like taking multicolored notes, for writing in general, and for any sort of doodling or coloring. The pens write smoothly, they feel comfortable in the hand, they feature an eye-catching design, and they won’t break the bank. My only grievances are the plastic clip and the fact that they bleed a little bit. As such, the Papermate Inkjoy gel pens get a mark of approval from me.
In general, the pens write fluidly and the ink flows from the pen smoothly and in a continuous, saturated stream, though the darker colors do seem to perform better. Photo by Caidyn Hutchinson
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1. Each share of Class A Common Stock was issued upon conversion of one share of Class B Common Stock at the election of the Reporting Person.
2. This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person.
3. Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time at the option of the Reporting Person into one share of Class A Common Stock and has no expiration date. Upon the closing of the issuer's sale of its Class A Common Stock in its firm commitment underwritten initial public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-206312) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Class B Common Stock will convert automatically into Class A Common Stock on the same basis upon the earlier of: (i) any transfer, whether or not for value, except for certain "Permitted Transfers" as defined in the Issuer's restated certificate of incorporation in effect as of the date hereof, (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock representing not less than a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, or (iii) October 6, 2025.
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On 8/13/12 5:42 PM, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
> One difficulty which must impede many who study this stuff is
> that just getting off the ground seems to require a large number
> of definitions of objects of logically different kinds. (By
> "logic" I mean real logic, not any particular formalized system.)
> We must have "expressions", values, type expressions, rules of
> transformation at the various levels, the workings of the
> type/kind/context inference system, etc., to get started.
> Seemingly Basic and Scheme require less, though I certainly
> mention expressions and values and types and
> objects-in-the-Lisp-world in my Standard Rant on^W^WIntroduction
> to Scheme.
Indeed, starting with Haskell's type system is jumping in at the deep
end. And there isn't a very good tutorial on how to get started learning
type theory. Everyone I know seems to have done the "stumble around
until it clicks" routine--- including the folks whose stumbling was
guided by formal study in programming language theory.
However, a good place to start ---especially viz a vis Scheme/Lisp--- is
to go back to the beginning: the simply-typed lambda-calculus[1]. STLC
has far fewer moving parts. You have type expressions, term expressions,
term reduction, and that's it.
Other lambda calculi add all manner of bells and whistles, but STLC is
the core of what lambda calculus and type systems are all about. So you
should be familiar with it as a touchstone. After getting a handle on
STLC, then it's good to see the Barendregt cube. Don't worry too much
about understanding it yet, just think of it as a helpful map of a few
of the major landmarks in type theory. It's an incomplete map to be
sure. One major landmark that's suspiciously missing lays about halfway
between STLC and System F: that's Hindley--Milner--Damas, or ML-style,
lambda calculus.[2]
After seeing the Barendregt cube, then you can start exploring in those
various directions. Notably, you don't need to think about the kind
level until you start heading towards LF, MLTT, System Fw, or CC, since
those are were you get functions/reduction at the type level and/or
multiple sorts at the type level.
Haskell98 (and the official Haskell2010) take Hindley--Milner--Damas as
the starting point and then add some nice things like algebraic data
types and type classes (neither of which are represented on the
Barendregt cube). This theory is still relatively simple and easy to
understand, albeit in a somewhat ad-hoc manner.
Modern "Haskell" lives somewhere beyond the top plane of the cube. We
have all of polymorphism (aka System F, aka second-order quantification;
via -XRankNTypes), most of type operators (i.e., extending System F to
System Fw; via type families etc), some dependent types (aka first-order
quantification; via GADTs), plus things not represented on the cube
(e.g., (co)inductive data types, type classes, etc). Trying to grok all
of that at once without prior understanding of the pieces is daunting to
be sure.
[1] Via Curry--Howard, the pure STLC corresponds to natural deduction
for the implicational fragment of intuitionistic propositional logic. Of
course, you can add products (tuples), coproducts (Either), and
absurdity to get natural deduction for the full intuitionistic
propositional logic.
[2] That is: STLC extended with rank-1 second-order quantification,
which is a sweet spot in the tapestry of expressivity, decidability, et
al. I don't think anyone knows exactly _why_ it's so sweet, but it truly is.
--
Live well,
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The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, Korea, and to a limited extent in Vietnam; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919. It was used at the battalion level, and often mounted on vehicles (such as a jeep). There were two main iterations of it: the M1917, which was used in World War I; and the M1917A1; which was used thereafter. The M1917, which was used on some aircraft as well as in a ground role, had a firing rate of 450 rounds per minute; the M1917A1 had a firing rate of 450 to 600 rounds per minute.
US Army 2nd Lieutenant Valmore A. Browning firing a Browning machine gun. This gun was used in the Argonne Sector and is being tested by 2nd Lt. Browning at Thillombois, Meuse, France, October 5, 1918.
In 1900, John Moses Browning filed a patent for a recoil-powered automatic gun.[2] Browning did not work on the gun again until 1910, when he built a water-cooled prototype of the 1900 design.[3] Although the gun worked well, Browning improved the design slightly. Browning replaced side ejection with bottom ejection, added a buffer for smoother operation, replaced the hammer with a two piece firing pin, and some other minor improvements.[4] The basic design of the gun was still the 1900 design.
The Browning is a water-cooled heavy machine gun, though some experimental versions were made that did not use a water jacket; the air-cooled M1919 was later developed as a medium machine gun. Unlike many other early machine guns, the M1917 had nothing to do with Maxim's toggle lock design. At 47 pounds (21 kg),[clarification needed] it was much lighter than contemporary Maxim type guns such as the first 137-pound (62 kg) German Maschinengewehr 08 (08/15 model: 43 lb (20 kg)) and the British Vickers machine gun, while still being highly reliable. The only similarities with the Maxim or Vickers are the principle of recoil operation, T-slot breechblock, "pull-out" belt feed, water cooling, and forward ejection. Its sliding-block locking mechanism saved weight and complexity, and was used in many previous Browning designs. The belt fed left-to-right, and the cartridges were stacked closer together than Maxim/Vickers (patterns copied by most guns later).
The Army Ordnance Department showed little interest in machine guns until war was declared in April 1917. At that time, the U.S. arsenal included only 1,100 machine guns, and most of those were outmoded.[5] The government asked several designers to submit weapons. Browning arranged a test at the Springfield Armory in May 1917.[6] In the first test, the weapon fired 20,000 rounds without incident. The reliability was exceptional, so Browning fired another 20,000 rounds through the weapon without any parts failing. The Ordnance Board was impressed, but was unconvinced that the same level of performance could be achieved in a production model. Consequently, Browning used a second gun that not only duplicated the original trial, but it also fired continuously for 48 minutes and 12 seconds (over 21,000 rounds).[7]
The Army adopted the weapon as its principal heavy machine gun, utilizing the M1906 .30-06 cartridge with a 150-grain, flat-base bullet. Unfortunately, production was a problem. Several manufacturers started producing the gun, but they had to set up the assembly lines and tooling. By June 30, 1918, Westinghouse had made only 2,500 and Remington had made only 1,600. By the time of the Armistice, Westinghouse had made 30,150, Remington 12,000, and Colt 600.[8]
In 1926, the Browning's rear sight was revised to incorporate scales for both the new M1 Ball (172-grain boat-tail bullet) and the M1906 (150-grain flat-base bullet) ammunition.[9] With M1 ball, the M1917 had a maximum range of about 5,500 yd (5,000 m); with M2 ammunition, about 3,500 yd (3,200 m).[9] The rear sight had a battle sight as well as a raised leaf-type sight suitable for employment against either ground or air targets.[9]
The M1917 saw limited service in the later days of World War I. Because of production delays, only about 1,200 Model 1917s saw combat in the conflict, and then only in the last 2½ months of the war. Some arrived too late for combat service. For example, the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, fighting as part of the Second Division did not exchange their Hotchkiss M1914 machine guns for Browning M1917 machine guns until November 14, three days after the armistice.[10] The U.S. equipped about a third of the divisions sent to France; the others were equipped equally with machine guns bought from the French or the British Vickers machine guns built by Colt in the US. Where the Model 1917 did see action, its rate of fire and reliability were highly effective.[citation needed] The M1917 weapon system was inferior to the Vickers and Hotchkiss guns because the British and French cartridges had about 50 percent longer range than the .30-06 service cartridge used in World War I.[11]
A U.S. Marine firing his Browning M1917 machine gun at the Japanese at Battle of Iwo Jima
The Model 1917A1 was again used in the Second World War, and was primarily used with the M2 ball, tracer, and armor-piercing ammunition introduced just prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Some were supplied to the UK for use by the Home Guard since all production of the .303 Vickers were needed to resupply the equipment abandoned during the Fall of France. The M1917's weight and bulk meant that it was generally employed as a fixed defense or as a battalion or regimental support weapon. At the fierce battle of Momote Airstrip in the Admiralties, the US Army's 5th Cavalry machinegunners killed several hundred Japanese in one night using their M1917 Brownings; one gun was left in position after the battle as a memorial to the desperate struggle.[12]
The Model 1917 was called to service again in the Korean War. On at least one occasion, U.S. soldiers in the Korean War urinated on the gun when water-cooling had failed in the frigid temperatures of the Korean winter.[13] The Model 1917 was slowly phased out of military service in the late 1960s in favor of the much lighter M60 machine gun chambered in the new 7.62mm NATO cartridge.
The attributes of the Model 1917 (and similar weapons, such as the Vickers machine guns)—continuous fire from a static position—had been rendered useless by the transition to highly mobile warfare. Many of the 1917s were given to South Vietnam. The last ones in regular US service were on the machine gun infiltration course at Fort Benning, Georgia, where their sustained-fire capability was an advantage in long nights of shooting over the heads of low-crawling trainees. The gun did continue to see service in some Third World armies well into the later half of the 20th century. Some are still in use today by irregular military forces because the water cooled barrel allows for long periods of sustained fire.
The machine gun used a wooden ammunition chest that carried 250 rounds. The early M1917 model had an angled corner and a leather strap handle on top. The later M1917A1 model had a square corner and a cloth strap handle on top.
The wooden ammunition belt chest was replaced during WWII by the expendable metal Box Ammunition M1 adopted May 6, 1942. On June 20, 1945, a modified version known as the M1A1 was adopted. The M1A1 had a spring-loaded catch to fasten it to the M1917A1 tripod more securely and provide a better watertight seal. In the late 1940s the M19 box replaced the earlier metal M1 and M1A1 boxes, and a modified version known as the M19A1 appeared in the early 1950s and continues in use today.[14]
The original gun suffered from a weakness related to the design of the receiver—under field conditions, the bottom plates, which were dovetailed into the gun's two side plates, tore out. An early fix was to attach a roughly horseshoe-shaped steel bracket around the rearmost part of the receiver. A later fix was to rivet "stirrups" (right-angled steel pieces) to the bottom and side plates. The stirrup fix became the standard reinforcement until a more permanent fix for the problem was developed. (Another reported problem was bulging in the side plates, which was probably caused by stresses put into the side plates when hammering the dovetails closed.)
In the 1930s, the Ordnance Bureau developed a new bottom plate, which had side flanges that came up on both side of the bottom of the receiver, that was attached to the side plates by rivets. This fixed the problem of the original bottom plates and became standard for all M1917 and M1919 series machine guns. While the US Arsenal at Rock Island was the leader in converting the existing stocks of M1917 series guns over to 1917A1 configuration, other arsenals took part. In addition, the rear sights were updated for the new ammunition and the new sights did away with the World War I multiple aperture disk on the rear sight. The top covers also had a stronger feed pawl pivot arm installed, so the gun could handle the stress of pulling an ammunition belt the distance from the ground. Rock Island Arsenal also developed an all-steel water jacket that went into production around 1943; this was stronger than the earlier brass capped jackets. These steel components were interchangeable with the earlier brass ones to allow for repair of worn or damaged water jacket components.
Other changes were implemented, some during the war, but not all M1917s received these updates. Beginning in 1938, the pivot in the top cover was replaced with a new one that would become standard on all M1919 series guns. While the World War I pattern top cover hinge pin appears to have been retained on most converted M1917s, the later production M1917A1s had a positive locking top cover hinge pin that allowed the top cover to remain open lessening the chance of it dropping closed on one's hands while working on the gun—this became the standard on all M1919 series guns.
Air-cooled aircraft version of the M1917. Developed during the First World War, the M1918 arrived too late, but became the dominant weapon of its type in US service until the development of the M1919. It features a heavier barrel, but lighter barrel jacket as compared to the M1917. A sub-variant, the M1918M1, was developed as a flexible version of the fixed M1918.
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Kulspruta m/14-29 was the Swedish designation for the licensed M1917A1, produced by Carl Gustafs Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna, for infantry support. The main differences was that it was chambered in the standard caliber 6.5×55mm, had spade-grips and used the cooling jacket and tripod of the m/14 (Schwarzlose) tripod, the machine gun the Ksp m/14-29 replaced. Reason for replacement was simply manufacturing costs: 50 machine guns using the Browning mechanism could be made to the same cost as 30 Schwarzlose, which was discovered during the manufacture of Kulspruta m/22.[15]
The 6.5mm bullet was found to be too light for long-range fire support and anti-aircraft use, so in 1932 the heavier 8×63mm patron m/32 cartridge was developed. As this resulted in a heavier recoil, a spring-loaded cradle replaced the backplate with a heavily spring-loaded buffer that acted as an extension of the standard Browning recoil buffer. This also replaced the regular spade-grips with the ones integrated in the cradle. The cradle, now part of the weapon, would then be hooked onto a tripod m/36. This tripod featured, beside a 5×25 power optical sight, advanced elevation- and traverse controls. The unprecedented recoil control and steadiness of the tripod made Dolf Goldsmith remark that this arrangement “was undoubtedly the most accurate long-range rifle-caliber machine gun ever made”.[15][16] For anti-air purposes, a double cradle was made to hold a matching pair of m/36. The right gun, lacking sights altogether, was fed from the right, while the left gun, with iron sights complemented with an AA sight ring, was fed from left. The cocking handles were located between the guns, while safety and triggers were individual for left and right. The special AA tripod had elongated legs and chains to either secure the tripod or hang weights on it for extra stability.[15] These double cradles were also used as standard defense, mounted on a ring on the cab roof, on terrain vehicles and armored troop carriers like Terrängbil m/42 KP. The latter was used with good effect in the Congo crisis in the early 1960s. Until 1966, the m/14-29 and m/36 machine guns could use both the 6.5mm and the 8mm ammunition. Converting between the two was a matter of exchanging barrel, cartridge stop and bolt.[15]
In 1966, most were converted to 7.62×51mm NATO.[16] Some old models were retained in training use to use up the stores of obsolete ammunition.[16] After the stocks were expended in the 1970s, all guns were re-barreled to 7.62mm NATO.[16][17][18] The weapons were finally taken out of service in the 1990s.[16]
The Ckm wz.30 was an unlicensed Polish-built clone of the M1917 chambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser.[19] The modifications included new iron sights (V-notch rather than loophole), lengthened butt handle, lengthened barrel, simplified rifle lock for easier exchange of used-up barrels and better handling, mounting adapted for both anti-personnel and AA fire and sights and grips adapted to suit both purposes. Roughly 8,000 were built by Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów.
Norwegian M/29 in anti-aircraft configuration on the Narvik front in 1940
Norwegian designation for the Colt M1917 (mentioned in the following section) in 7.92 mm, used as the standard HMG and anti-aircraft weapon for the Norwegian Army from 1929 to 1940.[20][21] The M/29 replaced the Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun in Norwegian service.[21] In all, 1,800 M/29s were in Norwegian service by the time of the 9 April 1940 German invasion.[22] The M/29 saw sterling service in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, often deployed as the only heavy weapon of Norwegian front line units.
^Morgan, Martin (6 June 2014), "The Forgotten Guns of D-Day", American Rifleman, The Wehrmacht also made good use of a captured water-cooled heavy machine gun in Normandy: the Ckm wz.30. Manufactured in Poland by Ciezki Karabin Maszynowy and chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge, the wz.30 was capable of laying down sustained fire in a way that air-cooled machine guns simply could not. ... The bitter irony is that Franz Gockel killed an unknown number of Americans on D-Day using an obscure Polish machine gun that was based on John M. Browning’s M1917 design. | {
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Organizing and Sharing Data Online to Advance Conservation
Information Power
Grant Ballard
More than ever before, we at PRBO perform our work in a changing world. Instead of thinking of conservation science in the context of preserving a place or restoring it to some previous, less disturbed state, we are compelled to consider where ecosystems are headed in the context of global warming and staggering human population expansion. As baselines and expectations of normalcy shift on an annual basis, we need a way to monitor the natural world's responses to adaptive management strategies--in real time.
One silver lining to all the rapid change is that new technologies have significantly enhanced our ability to process and share information, connecting the observer to a global network of concerned stewards and researchers determined to make a difference. Thanks to huge improvements in our computing infrastructure, provided by our new San Francisco Bay Research Center, and bolstered by timely support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), PRBO is emerging as a leader in employing new information technologies to further conservation.
For as long as I've worked at PRBO, we've been busily organizing millions of bird observation records, collected since 1965. When I arrived, in 1991, we were limited by how few computers were available to process all the data collected before personal computers came of age. Even if we'd been able to enter all those data1, computers then lacked the capacity even to store that much information.
An ongoing question has been whether technologies that allow ever better organization, storage, query, and communication of information--"informatics" technologies--would ever catch up with technologies that allow us to gather more and more information.
Some of our information-gathering techniques need not be very high-tech to produce a lot of data in a hurry. For example, PRBO has had great success at working with hundreds of volunteer "citizen scientists" to survey thousands of miles of habitat, resulting in millions of bird observations (see page 6 of this Observer). All that was required was paper, pencils, binoculars, the US Postal Service, and a lot of dedicated, passionate people. A relatively simple increase in our ability to communicate with volunteers--say, via email or a website--has the potential to exponentially increase participation and efficiency in citizen- science projects.
As new informatics technologies have become available, we've necessarily taken a piecemeal approach to upgrades in our database. This has left us with a bit of a patchwork, with each piece (representing years of work) resulting in a PhD thesis, a few publications, a report to a habitat manager, or perhaps just a data set still waiting for analysis. We reached a critical juncture in the late 1990s, when storage capacities finally began to match and exceed our data collection capabilities, and the question of whether we'd be able to store all our data became simply a question of when. Since then, most of our historic data have been stored digitally but in loosely associated tables with various designs, limiting their utility to the conservation and scientific communities. /p/We've now reached another critical point in this race: PRBO has entered the era of powerful new large-scale data management and data sharing across high-speed networks.
Big Steps
Thanks to our recent move into the new Center, it is now possible for PRBO to transfer all of our data into a unified database, which will greatly increase our ability to assure data integrity, backup, and ease of access for future use. With two years (so far!) of full-time volunteer contributions from a professional database administrator, and hundreds of volunteer hours from staff data managers (especially Christine Abraham, Chris Rintoul, Lynne Stenzel, and Mark Herzog), we've begun making this critical transition within PRBO. For the first time in PRBO's existence, all of our data will exist in a common framework. The new database is sensitive to the multitude of standards under which data have been collected, and it integrates protocol descriptions, data documentation, and other project information to preserve the meaning and purpose of the collected data, as well as the data itself. It is the key to securely storing these millions of records for perpetuity and to providing access to them for the largest possible audience.
Why is this significant? Because environmental change on a large scale is accelerating. Even as scientists amass more and more data, the world's ecosystems face increasingly urgent challenges. It's no longer acceptable for ecological monitoring data to take years to see the light of day: we need to put the data to work right now. Only by sharing our information with a global community of researchers, policy-makers, and habitat stewards can we maximize its potential value. People with different perspectives will see patterns in the data that we can't imagine, and we will bring our expertise to bear on others' data sets, as well.
A second major step in this crucial process is also currently under way, thanks to a technology that many people use daily without knowing its name--the distributed database. When you query Amazon.com for a book, for example, that company's computers search inventories from participating booksellers across the country in order to offer the largest possible range of used and new copies, paper and hardbound, and shipping options. The "global marketplace" rests on the premise of networking distributed data.
At PRBO, we are participating in an effort to build an analogous system for avian and associated ecological information, enabling all the world's ecological data providers to share information within a common framework, the Avian Knowledge Network (see Steve Kelling's article on page 8).
Expanding Opportunities
In August 2006, PRBO, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CLO), and Cornell University's Computer Science department were awarded $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation's Biological Databases and Informatics program. The grant will involve close collaboration with the USDA Forest Service's Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Klamath Bird Observatory, UC Davis' Information Center for the Environment, and others. This new funding will greatly broaden the amount and types of bird monitoring data that can be archived, accessed, and analyzed across the Internet, aggregating data from hundreds of field stations. We will also develop new analytical methods that combine emerging "data-mining" techniques with more traditional statistical approaches. As a result, we will be able to search the networked database for meaningful patterns--across space and time, and at scales ranging from local to hemispheric.
For PRBO, the grant will support several staff positions, including an Avian Knowledge Network coordinator, web programmer, database administrator, and other statistical and programming staff. PRBO's initial task will be to create what we're tentatively calling the "California Avian Data Center," an access portal to the Avian Knowledge Network and a model for other regional data centers across North America in the future.
The NSF funding for PRBO's role in the Avian Knowledge Network will enable us to help lead an international effort to make ecological observation data readily available across the Internet. Think of the implications for conservation as we begin to unravel the complexities of our impacts on the planet and search for ways to mitigate these impacts. While many answers are available in the vast data banks we have already built, we'll need sophisticated methods to retrieve useful information in a timely fashion.
True to the spirit of the race I described above, between data storage capacity and speed of data acquisition, the new systems will also immensely increase our ability to gather new information--especially useful for large-scale, citizen science projects.
Imagine all the information contained in birders' checklists and the number of birders who frequently collect such data in California. CLO's "eBird" (www.ebird.org) is designed to harness those data and put them to work. In the next year, PRBO will help develop a refined version of eBird that will target tens of thousands of California birdwatchers and encourage them to submit baseline bird monitoring data. eBird currently receives several thousand checklists per month from California birders, but the data are not standardized in a way that could maximize their potential utility to managers and to bird conservation in general.
In partnership with CLO and Audubon California, we will add breeding status and basic demographic information to eBird for California, and then promote the tool as a baseline monitoring method for Audubon California's Important Bird Area program (www.audubon.org/bird/iba/). As a model, this system has potential to reach millions of birdwatchers internationally, and we have already begun discussions with partners in other countries, such as Canada, Mexico, Panama, and Colombia.
We have entered a time when the perceptions and realities of the conservation challenges facing the earth evolve on a monthly basis. The flood of scientific results and media focused on global warming has touched off an international groundswell. The first hurdle is cleared, we now believe. But in order to provide stewardship in the context of global change, we need to maintain a living network of information: quickly reporting when action is required in specific areas; elucidating the underlying processes that ecosystems need to function; and supporting adaptive approaches, in real time, to conservation in this changing world. | {
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CEO John Chambers walked through the disappointment from last quarter’s earnings announcement, where emerging markets, service provider, and product transitions cost about $1 billion in revenues. We have done more work on the emerging markets weakness, and our Global Infrastructure Model tells us that Q3 was weak across the board, falling by 9% Y/Y for all telecom infrastructure products.
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Rep. Morrie Lanning of Moorhead says a proposed House public works bill contains too little flood-prevention money. It would fund $12.7 million in flood prevention, compared to $26 million in a Senate-passed measure.
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The fight spilled over into other areas, too, as House leaders Monday introduced a much smaller public works bill than senators passed...
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ST. PAUL - Minnesotans are fighting flood waters along the Red River and elsewhere while their lawmakers are fighting about the cost of preventing prevent future floods.
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The fight spilled over into other areas, too, as House leaders Monday introduced a much smaller public works bill than senators passed earlier this month.
Rep. Alice Hausman, chairwoman of the House public works funding committee, said the proposal "is a taking-care-of-basics bill."
The St. Paul Democrat encouraged members of her committee to find ways to spend more money once the House and Senate begin talks designed to work out a final bill.
With most minds on the Red River, flood prevention was a prime topic once the bill was unveiled.
Senators early this month folded $26 million in anti-flood programs into a public works funding bills. The House Democrats' plan includes $12.7 million.
Hausman said since she was given a much lower amount to spend than in the Senate bill, she needed to cut everywhere. "It has to be fair."
The $12.7 million is what the state needs to make sure federal flood-prevention money is spent, she said. Hausman said some flood prevention money also could come in an expected flood recovery bill this spring.
"We need to gather some information," she said.
In a Monday afternoon committee meeting, Lanning told Hausman that she is confusing two types of funding. Money from her committee is destined to prevent future floods, such as building permanent dikes. The other money would be used to help Red River and other communities rebuild after this year's flooding.
A recovery bill probably would not contain money for flood prevention, Lanning said.
Northwestern Minnesota lawmakers want the money included in the original public works bill - and want more money than Hausman included.
"If we are going to do a bonding bill, let's do it right," Lanning said.
Sen. Keith Langseth, DFL-Glyndon, and Lanning said the state has about $37 million of flood-prevention measures ready to be constructed almost immediately, funded by the state selling bonds.
Langseth, chairman of the Senate version of Hausman's committee, said state officials have increased the number of anti-flood projects ready to be built in the weeks since senators passed his bill. "My bottom line is $26 million."
Hausman said that after the bonding bill debate, she is confident the House, Senate and Gov. Tim Pawlenty will agree on a flood-prevention effort.
Langseth said he plans to request a meeting with Pawlenty on the subject this week. And, Lanning said, "we have the governor's attention" after Pawlenty on Monday made his third trip to Moorhead in recent days.
Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth, said Red River Valley communities will need the state's help with flood prevention projects.
"The state has to be ready to help with this recovery and the state also has to be ready to continue its commitment for flood mitigation for these communities in the area," Marquart said, "so that in the future as these rivers rise, residents do not have to worry about loss of property and they can have peace of mind."
Overall, the House's full bonding bill would spend $247 million, compared to $367 million in the Senate version.
Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown, told Hausman that she wants to make sure the bonding bill emphasizes projects that need state participation before federal money flows to Minnesota.
Murphy said that she expects "projects that aren't in here, but do have federal money attached to them ... will be at the top of your priority list."
No local projects such as community centers are in the House bill. Much of the money goes to fixing up state college and university buildings, following the Senate bill in that respect.
While much of the emphasis on passing bonding bill has been on creating jobs, Hausman could not estimate how many jobs her measure would create.
Pawlenty has said he could sign a modest bonding bill, but wants it to emphasize state spending on projects mostly funded by federal funds. | {
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I've been modelling, painting miniatures and wargaming since I was a wee lad in Swansea, this blog details some of my interests - I hope that you like it.
In 2010 I started a new modelling venture - building 40mm AWI/ACW terrain pieces and designing 28mm masters, which are then cast and available for sale from Grand Manner. - All original images and text are copyright of A. S. Harwood (Dampfpanzerwagon)
Monday, 26 December 2011
Miniature Figure Painting Guides
This Christmas I was lucky enough to receive two miniature painting guides, the first How to Paint Fantasy Miniatures by Andreas Press was a gift from my Mother-in-Law and bought via e-bay while the second Eavy Metal Masterclass by Games Workshop was a gift from my Wife and bought from the local GW store in Worcester.
I thought it would be fun to compare and contrast the two in this quick review. Firstly How to Paint Fantasy Miniatures by Andreas Press.
The 64 page guide was new to me, even though it was first published in 2006! My immediate reaction was that it was a little 'lightweight' but beautifully produced, as you would expect from Andreas Press. On closer examination I found the contents and tutorials to be a bit disappointing. I could go into great detail about why I felt this way, but rather than being too negative on what was a Christmas present, I would prefer to concentrate on more positive points.
The tutorials are well illustrated with numbered points relating to coloured images. The content is broken into Introduction, Basic Techniques, Advanced Techniques and Master Pieces with each of these chapters being stylishly illustrated. The problem seems to be that the translated text has not been proof read and there are many terms and comments that are both confusing and difficult to follow. In addition the text is a little to sparse and could easily have been expanded - after all, this is a painting guide and I prefer too much information and description rather than too little. I also found the predominantly black pages and white text a little difficult to follow. This point was further exasperated when looking through the Gallery pages - again black background and very small images.
Overall a painting guide that I wanted to like was let down by simple mistakes and 'corner cutting'. Could do better and I am finding it difficult to award the guide any better than 5 out of 10. The guide is available in various languages and from Andreas Miniatures or retailers with prices ranging from £11 - £16.
The second Christmas Painting Guide was the new Eavy Metal Masterclass from Games Workshop. Most modellers and figure painters will be very familiar with both Eavy Metal and the 'glossy style' of this 98 page guide as it follows the tried and proved Eavy Metal painting articles featured in every White Dwarf.
I found the book a lot easier to follow. This maybe because of the familiarity of the in-house White Dwarf/Games Workshop style. I also found the greater amount of text made the techniques easier to follow and also bring the painting 'to life'.
The contents were set out in 13 in-depth painting articles each featuring a different core figure and covering Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40K and Lord of the Rings. The techniques discussed were very similar to the Andreas Press guide but in every example the tutorial and comments in the GW guide was better illustrated and better explained. In addition there were many more colour images to illustrate these techniques.
As far as I am aware the tutorials are all new - in other words not just a re-hash of painting guides from White Dwarf (although - not being a religious follower of White Dwarf, I maybe mistaken). However once again I found the tutorials a little light weight. Therefore I would award the guide no better than 8 out of 10.
For some years I have been thinking of getting rid of my White Dwarf magazines. One of the main reasons that I have not, is that I enjoy these figure painting articles. I have even thought about cutting up my White Dwarf magazines and producing my own Painting Guide by re-binding the Eavy Metal tutorials. This book goes some way to doing exactly this and I have no hesitation in recommending this Guide to regular followers of White Dwarf as well as modellers and figure painters wishing to improve their painting skills.
The Masterclass Guide is available via Games Workshop for £18.00.
In the case of both painting guides I was ultimately disappoint with the content and as both were much appreciated gifts I feel a little uneasy in criticising either - I am never-the-less very concious that others will be wanting honest and detailed reviews. I feel that the Kevin Dallimore's Painting Guide and Masterclass books are a much better read and directory of painting styles and techniques than either of these. Even so both are set to become regular reads and much-thumbed study books in my attempt to improve my painting skills.
Both images have been taken from the internet (without permission) and are only included in this Blog post to illustrate this review.
2 comments:
I belive that the 'eavy Metal book is mostly a reprint of the last three years of White Dwarf articles, with a few extras that did not make it to the magazine thrown in. That does not diminish its utility, but if you already have the magazines in question, it might reduce its value.
I no longer subscribe or buy White Dwarf, preferring to browse it in Games Workshop stores (now that it is no longer available via WHSmiths) or pick them up second-hand and have missed all of these featured Eavy Metal tutorials.
Never-the-less I agree with you that they are worthwhile and worth checking out.
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Born and brought up in Swansea, South Wales, I now live in Droitwich with my wife Sue. My daughter Holly is now working as a teacher in Stourport. My son, Gary lives in Leamington Spa with his Wife Beckie and our two Grandsons Finley and Charlie, but I still think of myself as a 'Jack' (an in-joke known to those of a certain age who count Swansea as their home town). Like my Grandfather, my Father and Uncle, I have made models, painted toy soldiers and wargamed since I was a very young boy and now feel privileged that I have the time to dedicate to my hobby. This Blog is a great way recording how I have developed as a modeller, but it's not ALL about model making. I hope you enjoy it. Tony | {
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When we heard about rumors of Samsung releasing a 10.1-inch version of the popular Galaxy Note smartphone, we were understandably a bit skeptical. I mean, the idea makes sense - a larger Note would mean more area to use that advanced pressure-sensitive stylus. But given that Samsung has yet to announce a Galaxy Tab 10.1 successor, it seemed a bit odd. But now, the Note 10.1 is obviously for-real, and we spent a little time with it today.
Sprintgirl, a user in the Android Central forums, has put together a tutorial for people who want to start theming their rooted Android phones. While the process is a bit, well, ugly, to put it nicely, this tutorial should help to clear some of the fog from the process. | {
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On Independence Day, Uber announced a roll out of a lower cost service that we call UberX. A less expensive Uber option on an all-hybrid fleet. We’re pretty excited about it and think it’s a great idea for cities across the country. What some of you probably noticed is that there was no roll out of this service in the District. That is because, only days earlier, the DC City Council informed us that they intended to pass an amendment to the taxi modernization bill that wouldmake it illegal for Uber to lower its prices or to offer a low cost service in any form.
The Council’s intention is to prevent Uber from being a viable alternative to taxis by enacting a price floor to set Uber’s minimum fare at today’s rates and no less than 5 times a taxi’s minimum fare. Consequently they are handicapping a reliable, high quality transportation alternative so that Uber cannot offer a high quality service at the best possible price. It was hard for us to believe that an elected body would choose to keep prices of a transportation service artificially high – but the goal is essentially to protect a taxi industry that has significantexperience in influencing local politicians. They want to make sure there is no viable alternative to a taxi in Washington DC, and so on Tuesday (tomorrow!), the DC City Council is going to formalize that principle into law.
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The organizers of the FIA Formula E Championship announced two new developments on Friday. One relates to next year's calendar, and the other two a returning race winner.
The electric racing series confirmed earlier reports that the series will indeed race next season through the streets of Hong Kong. The new ePrix will be held exactly one year to the day from the announcement, on October 9, 2016. As with most of the other races on the calendar, the new round in Hong Kong will race through the city's streets. A street circuit has already been designed to run two kilometers through the city's Central district, near the Victoria Harbour between Lung Wo Road and the Star Ferry.
What isn't clear at this point is whether the race will be held in addition to, or instead of the round in Beijing that kicked off the first season and is set to do the same for the second later this month. Additional races are also reportedly being considered for locations including New York, Montreal, Tokyo, and Australia. Only the Montreal and Hong Kong rounds have thus far been confirmed, however.
In addition to the Hong Kong announcement, it was also confirmed that Antonio Felix da Costa will be driving once again for Team Aguri. The Portuguese driver won the Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2009, has raced in Formula 3, GP3, GP2, and DTM, and served as an F1 test driver for both Force India and Red Bull. Last year in Formula E he didn't compete in every race, but won the Buenos Aires ePrix and finished the championship in 8th place.
The confirmation ostensibly fills the last seat left vacant on the grid for this season, with fewer driver swaps to be allowed this year after the game of musical chairs that took place in the previous inaugural season. This year's grid will be filled with European drivers, three Brazilians, a Mexican (Salvador Durán), and a Canadian (Jacques Villeneuve). But while last season saw Marco Andretti and Scott Speed drive for the Andretti team, so far the roster for 2015-16 does not include a single American driver. | {
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The Google Phone rumours which we were hearing for quite some time now, has turned out to be true. The lucky lot who have already got their hands on this phone are none other than Google’s own employees. Tweets from several persons like Google’s Open Source Program Manager, Leslie Hawthorn, has confirmed that Google had indeed handed over the new phone to its employees. Interestingly enough, the phone has been crafted by none other than HTC and it bears a striking resemblance with its recently leaked model, Passion.
It sports high resolution OLED display, a Snapdragon processor, 5 MP camera, trackball, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G etc etc. It is thinner than the iPhone and runs Android 2.1. However, it is a touch screen only device with no sliding out keyboard. Connectivity for the phone that was handed over to Google employees is said to be provided by T-Mobile while the unlocked phones which were given to the developers is known to run on AT&T . And according to Wall Street Journal, this phone will be sold online directly by Google as an unlocked model.
Also, the picture property details of image taken using the phone camera confirms that the phone has been named Nexus One. The phone is expected to be launched by next month. | {
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Online Tool for Reporting Symptoms Extends Survival
Dr. Ethan M. Basch presents LBA2.
The use of a web-based system that allowed patients to report symptoms to their clinicians remotely was associated with benefits including improved quality of life (QOL) and longer overall survival (OS), a randomized single-center trial found.
Ethan M. Basch, MD, MSc, FASCO, of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presented the findings of the study (Abstract LBA2) at the Plenary Session on June 4. “This approach should be considered for inclusion as a part of standard symptom management,” Dr. Basch said. The results of the study were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association simultaneously with the presentation.
Symptoms are common in advanced cancer, and symptom management is a cornerstone of oncology practice to alleviate suffering and avoid downstream complications. However, numerous hurdles inhibit patient reporting of symptoms, and previous research has shown that up to half of symptoms are not reported to clinicians, Dr. Basch said. Research has also shown that systemic symptom monitoring can help close this gap, and that patients are willing and able to self-report, even when they are ill or close to death.
The standard model for reporting symptoms is a reactive approach in which patients must take the initiative to remember and report their symptoms to health professionals, who can then take action to alleviate the symptoms, Dr. Basch noted. In a proactive model, e-reminders can be sent periodically to patients prompting them to report symptoms, which are then conveyed to health professionals through e-alerts.
Investigators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where Dr. Basch was practicing when the study was conducted, hypothesized that allowing patients to self-report their symptoms through an online portal would prompt physicians to intervene earlier, improving symptom management, and thus improving outcomes. They recruited patients receiving chemotherapy for metastatic breast, lung, genitourinary, or gynecologic cancers.
Patients were randomly assigned to receive either standard symptom monitoring or the intervention in which they could self-report 12 common symptoms before and between visits. Patients received weekly email reminders, and when they reported symptoms, email alerts were sent to nurses. Oncologists received printed reports at visits.
Dr. Monika Krzyzanowska discusses LBA2.
Symptoms were reported through a web-based interface that could be accessed on tablets or computers. The primary outcome was QOL, measured with the EQ-5D questionnaire. OS was a secondary outcome. Dr. Basch said the trial was powered to assess QOL.
The study enrolled 766 patients between June 2007 and January 2011. OS analysis was conducted in June 2016, after two-thirds of the patients had died, at which time median follow-up was 7 years. Characteristics were well balanced between arms at baseline. Patient age ranged from 26 to 91, and the median age was 62 and 61 in the standard-care and self-reporting arms, respectively.
Patients self-reported symptoms 73% of the time when prompted to do so, even among elderly patients. Nurses took action in response to alerts 77% of the time with interventions including counseling, referrals to emergency services, and chemotherapy dose modifications.
In the primary outcome of QOL at 6 months compared with baseline, 31% more patients in the self-reporting arm experienced benefits compared with the standard-care arm (34% vs. 18%, respectively; p < 0.001).
Dr. Basch proposed three possible mechanisms of action for the survival benefit: Proactive monitoring prompts clinicians to intervene early, before symptoms worsen and cause downstream complications; symptom control helps patients stay more functional, which is associated with better survival; and symptom monitoring enhances control of chemotherapy side effects, enabling more intensive and longer duration therapy. In the trial, self-reporting patients received chemotherapy 2 months longer on average than standard-care patients (8.2 vs. 6.3 months; p = 0.002).
Discussant Monika K. Krzyzanowska, MD, MPH, FRCPC, of the Princess Margaret Cancer Center, in Canada, called this a “practice-changing study.”
“Proactive symptom monitoring should be considered the new standard of care,” she said, “and oncology practices should consider the implementation recommendations as we take up this challenge.”
Dr. Krzyzanowska noted that, for the seven drugs approved for treatment of metastatic solid tumors in 2016 that reported OS data, the median survival advantage ranged from approximately 2 months to more than 11 months. Only one of these drugs outperformed the median survival difference reported by Dr. Basch in this study of remote patient monitoring.
“Managing symptoms during treatment is a fundamental aspect of our role as oncology clinicians, and hence this trial is relevant to all of us in the oncology community regardless of what cancers we treat and where we practice,” she said. | {
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Budgeting for Inbound Marketing
Business owners and executives considering adding inbound marketing to their marketing plan wonder how much to spend each month. What is a reasonable budget that will yield results justifying your program and meeting marketing objectives? As always, it depends on the goals of your marketing strategy. For businesses seeking to increase sales through online marketing, we are starting to understand the costs and benefits of inbound and social media marketing. Here is a framework for creating a solid budget for your company.
One of the common urban legends about inbound and social media marketing is that they are inexpensive. While fixed costs may be lower than traditional advertising and marketing, labor costs are higher. Our estimated budget is for labor costs, which is by far the largest component of any inbound marketing/social media program. Other fixed costs, such as software, hardware and subscriptions will need to be added. Let's break it down by the disciplines required for increasing sales leads through inbound marketing:
Inbound Marketing Strategy and Analysis
You will want to spend at least 2 hours per month on strategy, analysis of results and planning with an experienced strategist in inbound and social media marketing. One of the key principles of inbound marketing is review, analysis and adapting your strategy to improve results. While top level consultants often charge more than $300 per hour, you could probably negotiate this as part of a larger package deal for around $500 per month.
Blogging
A recent study by HubSpot of over 760 companies engaged in inbound marketing found that "leads started to grow once blogs offered a critical mass of articles, on the order of 20 to 50 articles" per month. Although it's certainly possible to write a blog post in a few minutes, most bloggers will tell you that if you account for idea creation, research, copywriting, SEO on-page optimization, and social media promotion, we're looking at 1-2 hours per post, perhaps more, depending on the blogger's experience level and familiarity with SEO and social media. According to HotGigs.com, average hourly rates for bloggers are about $30 per hour. This gives us a range of $600 - $3,000 to budget for blogging each month. According to ReadWriteWeb, a reasonable budget for most companies would be about $1,500 per month.
SEO
You will need someone to oversee and execute your search marketing strategy. This includes keyword research, on-page and off-page search engine optimization for your website, social media optimization for your social networks and pay-per-click campaigns. I'm not including on-page SEO for your blog, since you paid for that in the previous section. The amount of time required depends on the amount of content your site contains and the amount you add per week. If your company is somewhat active (and you should be to improve online lead generation), let's assume 1-2 hours per day is reasonable. According to SEOmoz, mid-level SEO consultants charge $100-200 per hour. At a minimum you're looking at $2,000 per month. Again, you could probably negotiate that down to $1500 per month as part of a package.
Social Media
This is a more difficult area to quantify, because the nature of social media interaction involves a variety of activities, including listening (monitoring), engaging (commenting and conversing), and creating (new comments, tweets, etc). According to Chris Brogan, "two hours a day is a minimum for MOST efforts". Many business people would find it hard to invest that much time each day, but the activities could be divided up among several employees or outsourced. Assuming that a good social media strategy and plan is in place and we're budgeting for daily activities, if we take 2 hours as our minimum for social media activities, that's an average of 40 hours per month. If you hired an agency to do your social media marketing for you, for example a HubSpot Partner, you would pay at least $75 per hour for these services. At 40 hours per month, that translates into a budget of $3,000 a month. You could probably negotiate a lower rate or package deal, so let's put our stake in the ground at $1,500 per month.
Advanced Content/Social Media Campaigns
Regular blogging, seo and social media activities will get you well down the road to improving brand awareness, web traffic and leads, but there is no substitute for high impact content, like webinars, videos and whitepapers and the social media campaigns to promote them. Your content team can produce some of these special projects as part of their regular activities with personal video cameras and publication software, but more sophisticated content with professionally produced video, music and graphics will cost extra. Costs for these types of content and campaigns vary considerably, but count on $2,000-$10,000 per campaign.
Bottom Line
Routine Inbound Marketing: $5,000 per month
Special Projects: $2,000 - $10,000 per month
Budget Range: $84,000 - $180,000 per year
Return on Investment
If you can generate enough sales from your inbound marketing program to exceed the budget (and you don't overspend the budget), you have achieved a positive ROI. On a monthly basis, can you generate $7,000 to $15,000 in sales? If not, should you consider a scaled-back program? Remember that your lead volume and conversion will most likely drop accordingly.
In-house or Outsource?
Consider the costs of hiring experienced people who can perform the above tasks. Here's our summary of costs involved with building your own inbound marketing team. You may find that it's less expensive to at least start with an inbound marketing agency, build up your current team's experience with time, and avoid new hires.
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One Year Since Mumbai
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It's been nearly one year since the assault that killed 163 people in Mumbai last November, but the militant network that executed the terrorist attack is as strong and determined as ever. Vanity Fair's Marie Brenner
captures the drama of the day in a must-read narrative piece describing India's 9/11. However, little has addressed the root cause of the bombing. According to Indian and Pakistan dossiers on the Mumbai investigations, The New York Times
reports, the Lashkar network, which trained the 10 militants involved in the Mumbai bombing, is as strong as ever. Ties between the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, Pakistan's spy agency, and the Lashkar are still strong. The ISI created Lakshar about 20 years ago as part of its bid to take back Kashmir in the proxy war between Pakisan and India. | {
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A machine is only as good as its controller and its motion control system, since it is directly responsible for the movement of the axes. The Linear-motor drive system is superior to a rotary motor with ball screw drive system. The linear motor drive system relies on direct feedback from a linear scale for positioning, reporting an exact position and not a theoretical position.
Sodick has accumulated a rich portfolio of knowledge and expertise in linear motors including the know-how for the design and production of linear motors, best suited for various types of machines.
Sodick's linear motors have achieved quantum improvement in machining speed and energy saving over those of conventional ones. The Sodick company also has focused efforts on keeping the temperature of a linear motor at a low level to maintain high thrust, and with respect to this aspect, Sodick's linear motors are far ahead of similar products.
Comparison of ball screw drive with linear motor drive
Where linear motors used on Sodick machines?
The following is the outline to show where the Linear Motors are used on Sodick machines. In die-sinker EDM and machining center all three X,Y,Z *axes are with Linear motor drive system and in wire-cut EDM machines X,Y,U,V axes are with Linear motor drive system.
The pitch of a ball screw is never perfect. When a machine is calibrated, values to correct the pitch error in the ball screws are entered into parameters that the motion controller checks. The motion controller must check these values in its calculations to assure positioning accuracy. Therefore, when a ball screw system is moved at a high feed rate overshoot and or undershoot will occur and result in positioning error and also feel vibration on the axes. The followings are the other few reasons to note which result in reduced positioning accuracy.
ball screw expansion
twisting in the ball screw due to servo torque
slop or thermal expansion in ball nut or coupler
backlash in the ball screw
Ballscrews will wear out, but it will not happen overnight; it is a gradual and continuous phenomenon and which may take approximately even 2~3 years, until it comes to notice and replace the ball screw one should suffer from the problems.
Advantages of linear motor drive System
High speed and high acceleration control system
Fast response due to no delay of motion control
High accuracy and repeatability when coupled with linear glass scales
Direct drive - No couplings or belts, no back lash or lost motion
No vibration on axes, no sticks-slips.
Homogeneous surface finish with reduced skim passes
Reduced harmonic vibration on wire and fewer wire breaks
Steady and incresed cutting speed
Generate power efficiently due to little energy loss
Simple mechanism, easy to assemble
Absolutely no maintenance
Life expectancy can be indefinite
Linear motors = No ball screws
worn ball screws can create scrapped parts & downtime
ball screw replacement parts can cost as much as Rs.4 Lakhs
with linear motor drives you will never worry about this
Solution for thermal problem
Sodick has overcame thermal problems caused by linear motor by providing a cooling systems in the linear motor's coils, Sodick holds the patents for many solutions when it found the solution for thermal effect, attractive and outerforce problems. | {
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With Aydin Kudu, a young guide from Istanbul, I visited the
remains of a house on a small hill in the center of Haran, where, according to
local legend, Abraham lived. Judging from its configuration, this spacious
construction had belonged to a large and prosperous family. Sitting on a low
wall, Aydin and I speculated that Abraham's family must have been quite
affluent during the years they lived in Haran. After Terah, his father, died,
Abraham, as paterfamilias, would have supervised the family's flocks, traded
wool for wheat with farmers, and recruited local people for his growing clan.
Seeing the multitude of sheep around Haran, it struck me that the scene today
was probably not very different from that in Abraham's time.
Later, I tried to extract at least one new Abrahamic legend
out of Suleyman Sanäar, a village elder. Sanäar, a dignified 63-year-old Muslim
with an impressive white beard, had invited me to his house for ceremonial tea
and pita bread with a few friends. But all I got was the suggestion that a king
of the region early in the second millennium b.c. was Abraham's uncle. Such
stories exist to please visitors, small groups of whom—mainly
Christians—come by bus every week to search for Abraham's heritage.
If archaeology denies us any direct evidence of Abraham,
Terah's name appears tantalizingly in cuneiform tablets. Ömer Faruk Harman of
Marmara University in Istanbul cautions that "Terah" almost certainly is not a
personal name. It is probably a clan name or the name of a town in extreme
northern Syria or, more likely, southeastern Turkey, not far from Haran. Still,
Abraham was a son of Terah, which may establish the connection between Abraham
and Haran.
While in Haran I made a side trip to a place that claims its
own intimate connection with the patriarch. Şanliurfa (known as Urfa
until World War I) is a pleasant, relaxed city of nearly half a million an
hour's drive away. Some scholars believe that because Şanliurfa is so
much closer to Haran than Ur, it is the more logical candidate for Abraham's
birthplace. Either way, paternity of Abraham is a boon to tourism, and the city
has instituted annual Abraham festivals that swell city coffers.
Not surprisingly, Şanliurfa is rife with legends
about Abraham. One says he was born in a cave at the foot of a rock outcrop in
the southern part of the city. According to this tale Abraham aged a month on
the first day after his birth and turned 12 on his first birthday. His faith in
a single God led him to smash figures of deities and idols. Furious, King
Nimrod ordered Abraham burned, but a huge pool of water materialized, dousing
the fire, and flaming logs turned into fierce fish that saved Abraham. A few
steps from the cave two large pools—Halil üÖr Rahman and
Aynzeliha—symbolize the miracle. They are stocked with a plethora of fat
carp that are believed to be sacred: He who eats Abraham's carp will be struck
blind.
Many of Şanliurfa's pilgrims come from Iran, and
buses arrive a few times a week with Muslim worshipers, chiefly women, their
heads covered with scarves. Worshipers enter the cave through a small mosque
with a minaret, spend a few minutes inside praying, then leave. Some pray
outside at the low stone wall around the mosque, bowing over it or prostrating
themselves on the ground. The afternoon of my visit, a lone elderly woman in a
black head scarf was praying at the wall as lightning flashed overhead.
Wherever Abraham was born—Şanliurfa or Ur or
somewhere else—it was in Haran, Genesis says, that he received the words
that established his obedient relationship with God. Once again, he would have
to leave his home. And the Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land and
your birthplace and your father's house to the land I will show you. And I will
make you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great, and you
shall be a blessing."
As Robert Alter of the University of California, Berkeley,
writes, "Abram, a mere figure in a notation of genealogy and migration...
becomes an individual character...when he is here addressed by God."
The only time I came close to glimpsing the patriarch as an
individual was in Jerusalem, when Abraham Malamat showed me a book containing
reproductions of a fresco painted in an ancient palace in Mari, Syria, about
200 miles (322 kilometers) southeast of Haran. Dating from the early second
millennium b.c., which Malamat believes is the right period for Abraham, the
palace—along with tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets—was
excavated by a French expedition starting in 1933.
What I saw was a rather unheroic-looking man with brownish
skin and a small black beard. He is wearing a black cap with a white headband,
and the two-horned head of a sacrificial bull reposes by his lap. "His face is
characteristic of the western Semitic type," Malamat said. "So are the cap and
the bull. I think it most likely that Abraham descended from western Semitic
nomadic tribes, probably from Syria or southern Mesopotamia.
"This picture in my opinion comes close to Abraham," Malamat
continued. "Maybe he's a concept, but his figure makes sense. There are
pictures on the Mari walls, figures that may be close to Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob."
It was the old conundrum: Without clear proof, the only
thing you can ever say about Abraham is: "In my opinion."
Abram being seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew and all the goods they had
gotten . . . and they set out on the way to the land of Canaan, and they came
to the land of Canaan.
As best as can be reconstructed from imprecise maps of the
ancient Fertile Crescent, Abraham traveled southwest from Haran across Syria,
past Damascus. A large body of retainers would have accompanied him. Abraham's
crossing into Canaan gave me the sensation that I was emerging from a fog and
beginning to see the historical landscape. Not only is Genesis a more detailed
road map from this point on—it names Canaan and specific locations
there—but history itself is reasonably explicit about the region and the
people Abraham would have encountered in the Promised Land.
Flowing with milk and honey, as the Bible describes it, Canaan stretched roughly from Syria in the
north to Egypt in the south. Canaanites produced an unusual purple dye made
from shellfish, so much so that the region came to be called "the land of
purple." They were active traders—one meaning of "Canaanite" was
"merchant"—and as such were subject to the influences of their flanking
civilizations, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Around the time Abraham may have arrived,
Mesopotamia was an especially important source of goods, people, and ideas.
And Abram crossed through the land to the site of Shechem,
to the Terebinth of the Oracle, proclaims
Genesis. Shechem is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East, dating from
the beginning of the second millennium b.c. Situated west of the Jordan River,
it is today's Nablus, a bustling city of 130,000 under the control of the
Palestinian Authority. In Shechem, God appeared to Abraham, saying, "To your
seed I will give this land." Genesis gives no response from Abraham but notes
that he built an altar to the Lord.
As to Canaanite religion, Abraham would have encountered a
fertility-centered religion with seasonal festivals and animal sacrifices. In
Leviticus and Deuteronomy, the Bible portrays the Canaanites as idol worshipers
who held human sacrifices and engaged in deviant sex, practices seen as a
threat to an emerging monotheism, but neither archaeology nor Canaanite texts
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its not ready yet - it's up and running well but i still want to add some features.
i'll post the code when it's finished.
till then - go to
:arrow: http://www.phparadise.tkand have a look.
go through the 'submit-code' process to get an idea.
(you can always delete postings later on)
i'd appreciate feedback or bug-reports...
see you there
lixlpixel
Well,
I think it's a good idea to give users a quick and direct page (because it's actually fast), but maybe you'd have to add some colors on it, just because colors help a lot when browsing: you target thing faster.
In black & white it's ok, but looks a bit messy.
Then why are you using that format?
If you could enlarge it a little bit more (keeping the idea of a small and fast page) then you'd have more space to distribute contents. Imagine if you've got more scripts to show... the menu would be just too small.
I think it's a nice idea, but you have to work it out a little bit more.
bye!
someone wrote me a message - but messaging is disabled here.
i never saw the message - i'd like to know whats in there...
probably you can post it here?
to Joan...
of - course - colors would do much better - but important to me was the functionality - it's my first try with PHP & mySQL - the design will follow (if there is any use for a site like that)
it seems that there are some visitors - but no-one posts code there - i don't want to steal code and put it on my site just to fill it up...
well - we'll see...
the funny thing is, that if one site is stable and finished, it gets un-interesting.
thats why i made a code-exchange.
even me goes there to quickly look up something.
(my HD is much less organized)
and its a growing thing - so it doesn't get boring.
lixlpixel wrote:the funny thing is, that if one site is stable and finished, it gets un-interesting.thats why i made a code-exchange.even me goes there to quickly look up something.(my HD is much less organized)and its a growing thing - so it doesn't get boring.
That's true, if you keep it updated all the time with new enrties people will visit you often.The best thing is having a good stable and updated page and then some projects to keep you up to date
you're from barcelona - right ?
you're lucky - you got the sonar-festival each year...
i have a friend here, who does 'electronic sound destruction'
if you want to listen -
:arrow: http://www.kliklak.net/mp3stream(i made the stream/jukebox-script [*proud*])
his name is jayrope ...
i personally don't do music (as a child i had to play piano), but i have great respect for people who know how to do it ...
-you got any hint for me how to animate people to submit code ? since i have installed a tracker, i can see hat there are quite a few people visiting http://www.phparadise.tk ...
but no-one seems to have a script to share : ...
of course you were right with the " if it grows, you can't continue like that... ".
i changed the code now,
you see the five newest submissions and get the link to a list of all scripts...
we'll see if it helps ...
It looks much better ;)
The menu is very important, and now everything is very easy to find.
I still miss some colors.....
I would recommend a preview of the applications made with FlashMX, it helps a lot.
P.S Sonar rules maybe my project elektronicabcn will have a space in the festival this year.
By now we are going to the OFFF festival http://www.offf.org to show the whole thing.
actually a premiere ...
the FIRST submission by someone i didn't force to ...
and it helped to find a bug...
the code-titles can have blank spaces, the name not - crazy ...
you wrote your name Joan Garnet, and the script gives me a syntax-error, when searching for your name(it does this when you click on the name to view all submissions of one author)
but writing the code title with spaces DO WORK ...
i have to look into this - till then your name is Joan-Garnet
O.K.?
thanks again ...
with small i hope you mean the size of the font - right ?
i'll find something for that ...
i guess it's because i use this 14" iMac screen and everything always seems to be too big ( http://www.rfwilmut.clara.net/about/fonts.html ) .... | {
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Snow
A girl who Joseph saved in the past and goes to bring about Joseph to his senses while sustaining heavy injuries in the battle with him. She seems to show some affection for Joseph as seen in episode 19. | {
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Can Vitamin B12 Be Used to Treat Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders?
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders is the title applied to a family of similar, yet slightly different, sleep disorders. Among other things, these disorders affect the timing of sleep.
What are Circadian Rhythms?
All humans have biological rhythms – called circadian rhythms – that affect our daily schedules. Controlled by our biological clock, these rhythms control things like body temperature, alertness, appetite, and hormone secretion. Perhaps the most noticeable effect on our lives is the effect circadian rhythms have on the timing of our sleep.
How Circadian Rhythms Affect Sleep
If a person’s circadian rhythms are out of sync, he or she won’t be able to sleep or wake at traditional times. If left to abide by their natural sleep/wake patterns dictated by their body clocks, CRSD patients can get enough sleep.
However, by adhering to the body’s natural clock, these individuals have a difficult time functioning in society. They are unable to wake at the times necessary to work, attend school or socialize during daytime hours.
Many CRSD patients experience psychological and functional difficulties. This is cause by – or can lead to – a misdiagnosis or incorrect treatment method.
Most Common CRSD Treatments
While there is no cure for circadian rhythm sleep disorders, there are some treatment methods that are more effective than others.
Behavior Therapy
First, doctors will recommend patients take a look at their sleep behaviors. Sometimes referred to as sleep hygiene, doctors suggest patients refrain from napping, caffeine, and other stimulants.
Blue Blocking Glasses
Melatonin is a hormone produced by the body that helps control the body’s internal temperature. In turn, this hormone helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle.
When melatonin levels are high, the body temperature decreases. When the temperature decreases, the individual feels drowsy.
Some patients don blue blocking glasses in the evening. By blocking the blue wavelength light from reaching the eye during the evening hours, the individual can help the body produce more melatonin.
Bright Light Therapy
Some sleep experts say bright lights can help promote or discourage sleep when used at a high intensity. By exposing the body to these bright lights for 30-60 minute increments, the patient can increase or decrease the likelihood of sleep.
Medications
While there is no prescription medication that can completely control sleep patterns, some CRSD patients rely on short-term sleep aids or wake-promoting agents. These medications can help CRSD patients try to establish a normal sleep-wake pattern.
Vitamin B12: An Alternative CRSD Treatment
As is the case with nearly all medical conditions, some treatments help certain people while other individuals fail to see benefits. Using vitamin B12 to treat circadian rhythm sleep disorders is one of those cases.
Over the years, there has been mixed response to using vitamin B12 to treat CRSD. Some of the earliest research comes from a unique source. A single individual was diagnosed as having a slightly overactive thyroid gland. He embarked on his own self-medicating treatment plan with daily doses of vitamin B12. Along the way, he noticed his N24 was supposedly cured with these vitamin B12 injections. Side effects were minimized with the injections but returned if supplementation was stopped.
This caught the attention of some researchers in Japan. They were interested in learning if the results were medically significant or a placebo effect. Of the ten study participants in Japan, two reported vitamin B12 as a successful treatment option. The doctors in Japan did find the B12 had an effect on the melatonin levels and could possibly be used to help CRSD patients.
Other cases reported similar results. In a 1998 study, 65.1% of patients with primary CRSD showed a positive response to vitamin B12 when combined with bright light therapy. However, it wasn’t as effective with secondary CRSD patients.
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The Godzilla theme of this year's DallasObserver Music Awards can be interpreted in many ways. Godzilla could represent the growing presence of corporate venues, their monstrous feet crushing everything in sight. Or it could represent the ubiquitous destruction/construction cycle we've seen in Big D over the past, oh, gazillion years, as developers stomp all over perfectly fine buildings to make room for cardboard apartments and cheap retail. Or maybe it reflects the misguided fear that DFW/Denton music is degenerating.
All possibilities, but we prefer to think of it this way: Sure, it's all those things, but more important, our music scene is as storied, powerful and fierce as a giant T. rex.
Nothing proved that more than the DOMA Nominees Showcase, which featured 35 performers at six different stages around Lower Greenville (see page 61 for more on that). Many of the venues were shoulder-to-shoulder packed, everyone from SMU sorority girls to pierced Tigger's denizens smooshed together to enjoy everything from funk to jazz to acoustic to Britpop to metal-punk. It was, quite frankly, a blast, but more than that it was proof that people are still interested in live music and that the available music is as varied and powerful as it's ever been.
Noah W. Bailey
THe BAcksliders
Equally inspiring: More than 4,000 of you voted in this year's contest, about 1,000 more than last year, not to mention the countless number of you who shaped the ballot by communally selecting nominees. Some of this year's winners will come as no surprise, but you will see a number of new faces in the following pages. There were some upsets too, as well as some dang close calls in the rap/hip-hop category, blog/Web site category and live venue category.
Whether you won by a landslide or just missed the cut, whether you participated as a nominee, a voter, a showcase attendee or just an interested fan, you should be proud of yourself, Dallas. Your involvement is what makes the DOMAs happen; your votes are what matter; and your enthusiasm is unmatched. Your contributions, in fact, are what make local music such a vigorous, vibrant scene of gigantic proportions. Congratulations to all—that shit is a monster, y'all. —Jonanna Widner
Chris HoltMusician of the Year
"The last couple of years have been a matter of picking and choosing," Chris Holt says, citing his 14-month-old son as the most recent reason for paring down his musical obligations. "I had to cut it down to projects I really believe in," he says. Those projects amount to playing with Salim Nourallah and the Noise, Sorta, Johnny Lloyd Rollins, and his latest band the Slack. "Luckily, I'm able to work with a lot of guys that are really good. Salim, Trey and Johnny, they're great songwriters," Holt says, humbly excluding himself from the list.
The city's busiest musician finds that over the years—as he's obviously amassed a crazy amount of talent, musical knowledge and mastery of multiple instruments (not to mention a day-planner)—he's also come to grips with reality and the rock star dream. "As I've gotten older I've realized I want to make music ultimately to please myself." He quickly adds, "I mean, I want people to dig it and have fans but...if we're able to make a living and be happy, any kind of extra success that comes with it we're thankful for." Holt clearly has an incredibly loyal fan base and band after band requesting his services, so fingers crossed, that happiness part of the equation is working out.
As for working...on the Slack's upcoming release of Wishful Sinking, Holt offers that it's an evolution from 2005's solo effort Summer Reverb, just more accessible, but not in a "bad" way. "I don't think there's anything good on the radio. I'm not aiming for anything commercial because I don't think that's a good thing to aim for." More hours in the day, more days in the week and three functioning Chris Holt clones for restringing and tuning in between gigs? That's an entirely different story. —Merritt Martin
Sarah JaffeBest New Act, Best Female Vocalist, Best Folk/Acoustic
In less than a year, 21-year-old Sarah Jaffe's music has matured quickly and beautifully. Her haunting voice, though always affecting and poignant, once crackled with touches of insecurity; now it has blossomed into a mournful instrument, breaking when it's supposed to break, soaring when it's supposed to fly. Likewise, Jaffe's songwriting has proved precocious: Unlike so many unaccompanied singer-songwriters, she doesn't feel the need to fill up songs with over-strummed chords and sing-songy folk. Rather, the quiet parts of her already quiet songs are not voids but places to breathe, spaces to allow emotions and finely plucked strings to linger just a bit longer, like a lover leaving for the last time.
Jaffe attributes her recent good times—musically speaking—to some rough times, personally speaking. "I think that in the past few years I was into different relationships that took a toll," she says. "I was able to express through songwriting differently than when I was 18...I feel a lot better about my writing at 21."
Jaffe's such a talent, she needs two managers (of course, the soft-spoken artist would never put it that way) in the form of Kris Youmans and Amanda Newman, both of whom have been around the musical block in their years.
Jaffe credits her escalating success in part to these two, more mentors than show-biz handlers. "It's been awesome," Jaffe says, "especially in the last year and a half; with Amanda and Kris as my managers, I started meeting really cool people. I'm really grateful."
Maybe the Dallas music community should be grateful, as Jaffe's intense songs have brought a touch of Jolie Holland and Joanna Newsom to a testosterone-y, plugged-in scene. As Newman said of a sound guy who once insisted on drowning Jaffe's vocals in reverb, "Uh, Sarah Jaffe doesn't need atmosphere."
It's true—she brings her own damn atmosphere, and that's why she swept every category in which she was nominated, this quiet young lady in glasses and T-shirts and corduroys. As she continues to hone her craft, we have no doubt: Sarah Jaffe is going to be famous. Not, like, Beyoncé famous, but more like Cat Power famous. Which is exactly how it should be. —Jonanna Widner
There's no other way to say it: Black Tie Dynasty kicked loads of ass this year. They also kicked the ass of these awards, topping the DOMA charts with more wins than anyone else. Between their fans' slavish devotion to BTD's new wave, '80s-throwback sound and the inevitable backlash—the haters dubbed them a Killers rip-off that wrote only radio-friendly songs—they had enough buzz that even the local-music ignorant were aware of who they are.
It probably didn't hurt that all their MySpace friends were bombarded with a blitzkrieg of campaign bulletins asking for votes. (Thanks, guys. Now I can finally see what other people are posting.) That, along with radio play on the Edge and shows all around the metroplex, garnered them the Best Act in Town as voted by fans and readers. "This year has been amazing. We toured a lot, and that's helped us and given us lots of momentum," vocalist Cory Watson says. Said momentum landed them a spot on the Edge Christmas show at Nokia, allowed them to tour the West Coast and will soon take them to Vegas, Kansas City and back to California. "We want to be out on the road all the time," he stresses. "Touring is a big priority for us this year. We just got back from our West Coast tour and started booking the next one. There was a lot of good feedback out there, so we're going to keep hitting it and gaining some industry buzz."
All that touring helped promote their first full-length release (for Idol Records in 2006), Movements, which boasted two local hits ("Tender" and "I Like U") that played well in KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge rotation and placed in the top 10 on local singles charts. "We didn't expect to get any radio support, so anything we got was shocking and exciting," Watson says. "We don't classify ourselves as a radio band. Radio is not the goal for us. We just want to write good music." All around, Movements is an upbeat gem of '80s-infused indie rock with a danceable abandon that distinguishes the band from all the other alternative jock rockers who bask in the expired shadow of Seattle grunge. And thank goodness. A break from the emo seemed to be the reprieve fans were looking for. And probably much to BTD's chagrin, Movements could very well have a few more—ahem—radio-ready singles. We're not really sure how the title came about, but we here at the Observer must admit that we snicker each time we mention it. Movements. Tee-hee.
Dallas found two of BTD's members outstanding in individual categories. As the driving rhythmic force behind the group, drummer Eddie Thomas is a powerhouse foundation who tricks the listener into following his heavy beat, only to disrupt it with an extra fill effective to the song and Watson's vocals. Get comfortable with him on "Once Around," follow him on "Lakes" and try keeping up with him on "Antarctica" (a song I keep thinking is about mating penguins but I may be wrong). He moonlights as the drummer for local pseudo-supergroup The Crash That Took Me, where his muscular drumming is evident (not to mention rockin') to great extent on "Star-Shaped Octagons."
Against Thomas' backdrop, along with bassist Blake McWhorter and keyboardist Brian McCorquodale, Watson was voted Best Male Vocalist. He eerily re-creates the almost monotone yet cogent vocal range of Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Psychedelic Furs, never straying too high or low but never needing to either. "I never really wanted to be a singer. It was only till recently that I really gained a confidence in singing," he admits. Really? Because those long vocal runs on the CD and the oozing sex appeal he shows off while singing live could have fooled me, not to mention the haunting understated vox-work on "Devotion." "There's a passion that I exude when I'm singing. Passion is really the main statement that comes from my vocal styling. I know that every word I sing I'm believing it and not just singing to fill a chorus. The emotion comes first and everything kind of follows. That's what adds to making the song really powerful," he admits, lending to his star quality as the Freddie Mercury/Prince of the Dallas scene.
So after a banner year for the Dynasty, what's on the horizon? Well, the usual next album, though Watson says BTD wants to take a different avenue this time around. "We are already working on the next album and have half of the material for it already. We're changing direction with the sound," he says, "and we want to constantly evolve. This album will be a lot darker and more dynamic."
Now that's a bold statement to the dancing fans they accumulated with the energetic Movements. Tee-hee. —Rich Lopez
Granada TheaterBest Live Music Venue
A tight loose ship is the best way to describe the Granada. Tight, as in owner Mike Schoder runs things well. Bands start on time for the most part, the staff is friendly and briskly efficient, the beer cold and, with four bar areas, plentiful. Loose, because Schoder and his partner, Julie Garton, are friendly laid-back folks who truly care about music—be it local or national, jam band or experimental freak-out jazz—and their cool vibe can be felt throughout the venue's charmingly fading walls, ornate ceiling and chill-out balcony. The pair made perhaps the best move of any venue in town this year by hiring local music man Kris Youmans to book and promote shows there. Youmans' touch has raised the quality level of the acts that agree to play the venerable old theater on Lower Greenville, despite the constant struggle of battling big-name promoters of the Charles Attal variety. This year alone we've seen shows ranging from storied '60s legends to hipster faves to local heroes, all run through a top-notch sound system and stellar light effects. And, since Schoder scraped up enough dough to buy the joint, we don't have to worry: No one's gonna tear this sucker down and turn it into a bunch of condos. Not on his watch. —J.W.
Chris Cantalini's competitors in this category are as local as a 214 prefix—no daily Sarah Jaffe, Doug Burr, Faux Fox, Nouns Group and J.D. Whittenburg updates here, alas. Which doesn't mean Cantalini lacks a sizable local presence: He was the first to champion homegrown heroine Annie Clark (St. Vincent, natch) more than a year before she turned into an Entertainment Weekly/Spin/New York Times pick-to-click; he pimps Ghosthustler like he's got money invested in the band; and his regularly scheduled shows at the Cavern and the Loft at Palladium are must-attend shindigs amongst hipsters with indie-tuned eardrums. And he wasn't above dismissing the Dallas Observer Music Awards as "pretty much a huge joke," which ain't stopping us now.
It's a testament to Cantalini's taste and influence that we refuse to take offense at such comments. (He was, after all, the only person with whom we consulted before launching our own blog, Unfair Park.) Cantalini wisely recognizes that provincialism's a dead end for the adventurous music fan, for whom local music can serve as the gateway drug to faraway pleasures. He's a Sirius man, part of the satellite radio network's MP3 blog show, and he's given us far too much for us to bemoan the occasional beat-down: When we need to hear (and download to our iPods!) the latest from The Go! Team, M.I.A., White Denim, Madlib, Devendra Banhart or any other Pitchfork faves earlier than anyone else on the block, we dial up GvB. But most important, he's as much fan as tastemaker, seldom prone to the snark attacks that make the music blogosphere a dangerous place for the accidental tourist who wants to hear something new, like, now. —Robert Wilonsky
Idol RecordsBest Record Label
"It's not financially viable running an independent label," says Erv Karwelis, founder of Idol Records. "I get by, but not very well."
For more than 14 years, Karwelis has managed Idol Records, putting out seminal releases from local semi-legends Old 97's, Hagfish, Funland and Brutal Juice as well as CDs by bands from as far off as Birmingham, England. Somehow, he has managed to keep things in the black while staying in the good graces of bands and fans alike.
"No one understands how difficult it is," Karwelis says. "They think the reason I've been remotely successful is that I don't promise anything that I can't deliver."
Karwelis has delivered more than 80 releases, pressing as few as 2,000 to as many as 10,000 discs per album. The next Idol release will be Orchestrated Kaleidoscope by The Crash That Took Me, a local conglomeration of folks from [DARYL], the Earlies and Black Tie Dynasty.
Karwelis seems content just making ends meet, steadfastly navigating through 200-plus emails a day along with an additional 250 solicitations from bands with MySpace pages.
"Too many people put out music now," Karwelis says. "Perhaps that has diminished the quality of music."
"But I've been lucky in Dallas," he adds. "I think I can stay afloat." —Darryl Smyers
Adventure ClubBest Radio Show
Josh Venable has hosted the Adventure Club radio program on KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge for nearly 15 years, and the follicularly challenged, golden-throated DJ is not shy about asserting the show's significance.
"The Adventure Club is very important to a lot of people, me included," says Venable. "There's always going to be folks who want to hear something different."
Whether it is his own musical heroes such as the Cure and the Smiths or more indie fare such as Austin's Voxtrot, Venable continues to be a staunch champion of music of distinction.
Every Sunday night for three hours, the verbose Venable digs deep into his personal collection and even finds time to feature a few local bands, if he finds them worthy.
"I don't try to look at bands as special simply because they are from here," Venable says. "I play local music when it's good." And whether it's a track from the hayseed heyday of the Old 97's or an obscure Shibboleth outtake, Venable knows he's doing a service to the independent-minded citizens across North Texas, those who crave the uncommon.
"I am glad to bring a small degree of happiness to listeners," says Venable, displaying a rare, but welcomed, humility. —D.S.
Lizard LoungeBest Dance Club
What's left to be said about perennial best dance club the Lizard Lounge? Other than renaming it the Lizard King, as it continues its reign over Dallas' dancing denizens? Last year we mentioned the local and national DJs who hit the turntables, the risqué cabaret shows featuring schoolgirls and bikinis, and the established tradition of twice-a-week goth night The Church. In 2005, we wrote about pretty much the same thing. And take a guess what we wrote before that? Which goes to show, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and Lizard Lounge has firmly planted itself as a Dallas clubbing icon. In this past year, the LL's roster has included the DJ collective Planet of the Drums, "America's favorite female DJ" DJ Irene, Telly's Trashy Lingerie Party and the fetish-fab Black and Blue Ball with U.K.'s Torture Garden. An upcoming concert by the techno dance pioneers Utah Saints lurks on the horizon. You won't find this stuff down the street at Purgatory or Blue, try as they might to be the premier dance club in the city. What other clubs in town wouldn't dare touch, Lizard grabs hold tight and doesn't let go. And after 16 years, we hope they keep holding on. —R.L.
DJ MerrittBest DJ
For more than 13 years, DJ Merritt has been at the helm of the longest-running mix show in the country...and the highest-rated. Edge Club, airing from midnight to 3 a.m. Saturdays on The Edge, showcases Merritt's ability to play to just about any audience and spin any subgenre in the electronic music sphere. "I really don't like to claim that I have a total specialty," Merritt says.
Though he's often physically hidden behind an expansive system when he's playing out, Merritt's exuberant personality is ever-present. His humor and energy come across through his live mixes and recorded remixes and make him an obvious favorite on the electronic circuit. Recently, he's finished a round of remixes for locals Shock of Pleasure and reached out to the satellite world with mixes for Liquid Todd on Sirius.
Merritt plays the occasional one-off party or showcase but chooses not to go the resident DJ route in favor of breaking new music via Edge Club. "Dallas has always been extremely receptive to new stuff," he says. "And being on the forefront, that's what Edge Club is all about." The irony of his radio show's success isn't lost on him. "I'm an electronic music DJ. That's what I got into DJing for," he says, adding with a chuckle, "I play what they don't play on the radio." —M.M.
WoodbellyBest Funk/R&B
Man, you readers sure do like Sublime—er, Woodbelly. For the second year in a row, they easily carried the Funk/R&B category, likely aided in their conquest by lead singer/guitarist Cas Haley's recent appearances on the NBC hit America's Got Talent (and by the way, if you've arrived at this article by Googlin' Cas, please stay awhile and sample everything else Dallas has to offer). The band even beat out the legendary Bobby Patterson, who coasted to a nomination despite the fact he hasn't released an album of new material since 1998 (paging Shibboleth). And so it is that the funkiest dudes in Big D are apparently three chubby white boys—Cas, bassist Ben Drake and drummer Brandon Morris—with a jones for P-Funk and a penchant for wearing khaki shorts onstage. But we can't fault voters too much—these Woodbelly fellas are genuinely nice guys, with musical chops to boot. One might even say they're the type of musicians you could take home to Mom, whereas the late James Brown would have just taken your mom home. Big difference.—Noah W. Bailey
Boys Named SueBest Country/Roots, Best Song ("Honky-Tonk If Yer Horny")
Once again, you readers have proven that while you may know little about country music, you certainly know a thing or two about having a good time—and if you've been drunk at a bar in Dallas in the last five years, you've probably had a good time or two with the Boys Named Sue. A BR5-49 for the Jackass set, the Sues drink hard and play harder, mixing classic covers, zany originals and goofy medleys into maybe the most entertaining train wreck in town. "With the Sues, we all say, 'What is the stupidest thing we can do?'" says frontman John Pedigo. "Then someone will say, "Hey everybody! Watch this!!!" And then we all jump off the bridge."
Take for instance DOMA Best Song "Honky-Tonk If Yer Horny," which recalls the spirit of comic country classics like "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother," "Convoy" and "Up in Smoke" as it tells the tale of a truck-stop hooker named Clementine, "a guaranteed good time." Leading off The Hits—the Sues' proper debut—with a bang, the song proves once and for all that the Sues are the local kings of the beer-drinkin' anthem. "The Hits was intentionally conceptual," says Pedigo. "And by conceptual I mean we got together in one night with two cases of beer and a bottle of Tuaca and wrote the entire album and recorded it soon after. I don't think we recorded a song without giggling."
But it's not all goofin' off for the Sues, as The Hits also features some fine straight country tunes, from the easy shuffle of "Travelin' Down" to "Amber Friends," a tear-in-your-beer salute to the Sues' favorite liquid therapists, all spiked with the lovely, lilting fiddle lines of the band's secret weapon, instrumentalist Bobby Sue.
As for what's next for the three-time DOMA kings of country, it's anyone's guess, but it will certainly involve alcohol. "The Sues will continue to reign supreme and out-drink everyone under the sun," says Pedigo. "It's funny to watch people attempt to keep up with us. Sorry, but it's impossible. [Bassist Ward Richmond] and I alone 'beat' Australia and New Zealand and that ain't easy." And with drinkin' songs as good as these, it's hard not to believe him. —N.W.B.
Mad MexicansBest Latin/Tejano
There shouldn't be much for the Mad Mexicans to be angry about after this past year, according to founding member and vocalist Nelo Moa, aka El Mero Rockstar. "Winning the award last year gave us inspiration to step up the game," Moa said about the band's win for Best Latin Band. And step up they did. Since then they've played the American Airlines Center for the Diesel Fighting Championships, signed onto Headliner Artists and are planning to release The Revolution Has Begun, the follow-up to their 2005 release, later this year. And now they are two for two with fans naming them the best in town for Latin music, again. The 4-year-old rock-hip-hop-bilingual outfit proclaims itself the people's band with a party vibe and live up to that by making the fans the priority in their shows, whether it's bringing them onstage to sing or handing them an instrument for an impromptu play-along. They invite everyone to "Come get Mexicanized!"
"We make sure fans have a good time," Moa says. "We're from the old school. The fans are always first before we come first so this is really important to us." With upcoming shows at Firewater and an opening slot for Powerman 5000 at the Palladium, along with gigs in Austin, Laredo and College Station, they aren't slowing down anytime soon. Interestingly enough, no gigs lined up in Farmers Branch. Go figure. —R.L.
Hard Night's DayBest Cover Band
As long as this talented quintet decides to remain together, they will probably keep winning this award. For one thing, they have some pretty damn good source material. I mean, it's one thing to pummel a well-lubricated crowd with AC/DC or Led Zeppelin riffs and quite another to skillfully re-create some of the most cherished songs in music history. Second, these guys get special kudos for helping Club Dada get back in business; just how vacant would an already echo-filled Deep Ellum be without the glimmer of Dada? And finally, by expanding the set list to go beyond the standard British Invasion Fab Four fare (even throwing in some great McCartney and Lennon solo numbers), these cheerful lads avoid the annoying tendency of cover bands to champion authenticity over enjoyment. Sure, Hard Night's Day still dress the part in those fey suits and skinny ties, but when it comes to keeping 40-year-old memories alive, there are few groups better than Bob Cummins and crew. Check the Internet and you will find more than a dozen Beatles cover bands using the name Hard Day's Night, but you will find only one Hard Night's Day. —D.S.
PPTBest Rap/Hip-Hop
"It's a blessing to be a hip-hop group in Dallas," says Pikahsso, one-third of PPT, a trio of talented artists and producers who have quickly gained critical acclaim and a rabid, multi-ethnic fan base from all around the metroplex. Along with writing the official Dallas Mavericks playoff theme song and performing at a rally for Kinky Friedman, the trio found time to complete Tres Monos in Love, their impressive debut released early this year on Idol Records. "People want to like hip-hop, but they fear it," says the hyperkinetic and humorous 31-year-old Pikahsso, who insists his real name is a closely guarded secret. "PPT relates to the Dallas audience, and we can help them overcome their fear." Pikahsso is a graduate of Lincoln High School, and he met his cohorts, Picnic and Tahiti, at local nightspots. "We are a triple vortex," says Pikahsso, who claims he got his moniker because his rapping skills were so abstract. "PPT is like three tornadoes coming together as a funnel cloud, tearing up trailer parks." Already recording their next effort, Denglish, Pikahsso and crew have a leg up on the competition in that they mercifully never take themselves too seriously. —D.S.
THe BAckslidersBest Blues
Forget records and CDs and MySpace—THe BAcksliders are a band best experienced live, preferably on a cramped stage in a sweaty club in a dubious part of town. And if you think it's unusual for a rock band to be named the Best Blues act in town, then you haven't heard Kim Pendleton sing. Imagine a much sexier Janis Joplin, all Tina Turner fishnets and Mick Jagger swagger, milking each song for all it's worth as husband/guitarist Chris Bonner, bassist Nolan Thies and drummer Taylor Young make a righteous garage-soul racket behind her. (Now imagine her doing the same thing in her third trimester, as she did earlier this year before having her first baby.) Relentless self-promoters, the band has recorded two albums and played 130 shows in their brief two-year existence—and it's doubtful even parenthood will slow them down too much. "I have little advice on rock momdom," Pendleton says. "Just be clean and find a good sitter." We'd gladly volunteer for the job, but we heard THe BAcksliders were playing. –N.W.B.
Shanghai 5Best Jazz
Ironically, Shanghai 5 is in the process of finishing up their latest record with Earl Harvin in the producer's seat...Earl Harvin, the winner of a bajillion Best Jazz DOMAs, including last year's (at which point he was officially retired from the ballot). Reid Robinson, the angular and tree-tall Shanghai-ster, is hesitant to describe the sound of the new recorded effort for a lack of satisfactory words, but mention of the collaboration with Harvin plays to the band's "all together" style enough.
Robinson asserts that Shanghai 5's forte is really putting on and performing in variety shows. "We do better when we collaborate with people," he says. "It makes our energy better, and it's really more about the whole show than about an individual act. Those are the shows we love to have." The band has worked often with hip-hop outfit PPT, played with the odd-duck Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players and was featured on PBS' Roadtrip Nation. They dig activist events for the sheer challenge of turning what could be an uncomfortable situation into an entertaining but meaningful occasion. Hell, they even collaborated with designer Lori Fox on a DIFFA jacket.
And all this variety only celebrates Shanghai 5's diverse grooves. The group produces a mélange of sound, with elements of cabaret (much of that coming from Amy Curnow's torchy pipes), blues, tiki/luau, lounge, rock and outright improv. By that very definition, Shanghai 5 is all forms of jazz rolled into one incredibly hardworking band. —M.M.
Burden BrothersBest Hard Rock
When former Toadies frontman Todd Lewis and former Reverend Horton Heat drummer Taz Bentley decided to merge their angst, neither could have imagined how quickly their new band would entrench itself in the musical consciousness of Dallas. Or maybe they did. By tapping into the recognizable, male-centered passion of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Guns N' Roses, Lewis knew that Dallas bands are not often known for subtlety or arty pretension. Buried in Your Black Heart, Burden Brothers' 2003 debut, was meat-and-potatoes rock with riffs hammered into your skull by sweat, volume and veteran dexterity. Mercy, the sophomore follow-up, showed the band expanding its range, however slightly, mixing in some somber reflection ("Life Between") to go along with the expected snarl of "Shine" and "She's Not Home."
Live, Burden Brothers have created a buzz not heard around these parts since, well, the Toadies' halcyon days. When they play the Granada, the line stretches seemingly to Fair Park and the shows become cathartic celebrations, linking fans of disparate ages in a communal sauna of familiarity and fury. The day after a Burden Brothers performance, once the hangover subsides, fans are never too far off claiming they've seen the best band in Dallas. —D.S.
The Paper ChaseBest Experimental/Electronic
In the last year, The Paper Chase have seen a new album released (Now You Are One of Us), along with seeing Alaska (and many other parts of America), Europe and a lineup change (new drummer Jason Garner). Hell, they've even celebrated the birth of the first TPC offspring. It's been a busy year for John Congleton and the rest of the band, but they've taken it in stride, continually knocking audiences on their asses show after show.
Much of what makes The Paper Chase successful both live and recorded is a flawless combination of the beautiful and the cataclysmic. Lyrically, the band ventures heavily into the horrific and political (which, to be fair, is often horrific), and while the instrumentation supporting such lyrics ventures into minor keys and throbbing, low tones, it does so with near luxurious symphonic aplomb. The experimentation with mood via melody leaves one both frightened and feeling romantic and, at the same time, incredibly challenged and energized.
All this comes from some of the most passionate but approachable folk in the industry. Every member of The Paper Chase has his iron in more than one musical fire, but the chemistry is unparalleled when they play together and, for this, they are grateful. "Every aspect of the band, as far as how we work together, has been so healthy," Congleton says. "A lot of what's fun about being in a band is having a shared experience with these other guys. And I can feel fairly safe in saying everyone's giving everything they've got when we're playing live. It's nice to share that with other people. If other people think it's awesome, that's fucking great." —M.M.
The ValentinesBest Indie
Sigh...when is the music world gonna retire the term "indie"? Its meaning has been through so many incarnations, who the hell knows what it signifies?
For the sake of argument, let's set down a general definition. If indie means independent in spirit; if indie means celebrating the legends of the past who cared not a whit about smashing drum kits or slurring sexily into a mic or wearing tight pants; if indie means rocking roller-coaster Britpop melodies, drifting up and down over guitars that sound like the Beatles through the Smiths through the Stone Roses through the streets of Deep Ellum, then the Valentines are certainly the Best Indie band in the 'plex. With their revved-up garage dance pop and bangs-in-the-face aesthetic, this is a crew that brings a touch of Manchester, Soho (both London and New York) and the Lower East Side to our fair part of the world. Had they been born in another place at another time, there's no doubt Factory Records' Tony Wilson and 4AD's Ivo Watts Russell would have had a fistfight over their collective soul. And no matter who won, the Valentines would have told them to piss off. —J.W.
Fair to MidlandBest Metal
Hailing from Sulphur Springs, Fair to Midland have taken their share of ridicule over everything from their name to their rabid, quickly expanding fan base. Although the members can be legitimately chastised for the former, the "haven't paid their dues" critique doesn't carry much weight in these days of the digital download, where MySpace has created an audience for bands yet to form.
Working in the oddly profitable progressive metal genre, Fair to Midland are currently in Europe, touring in support of the recently released and ponderously titled Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True. Cultivating an international following, singer Darroh Sudderth, guitarist Cliff Campbell and the rest of this instrumentally nimble-fingered quintet just keep getting better, heavier and more popular. "Dance of the Manatee," the album's single, reached No. 19 on the Mainstream Rock chart as the band continues to draw an unlikely mix of geeks, jocks, and disaffected, pasty-faced youths to their lengthy performances.
For better or worse, Fair to Midland will always be linked to the Mars Volta, but that association, despite the snickering of critics, has increased the likelihood that these local boys will be confounding audiences all over the world for many years to come. And, as Sudderth notes, they are still Texans at heart: "We put some shit in our kick," he notes. And they certainly are kicking ass to boot. —D.S.
Best ProducerSalim Nourallah
"The thing that blows my mind day in and day out is how many ridiculously talented musicians play in this city," Salim Nourallah says. "This city has a huge, untapped potential that would explode somewhere else." A family man, Nourallah has a nurturing nature that seems perfectly suited for enhancing the sounds of the city's so-called untapped. "I feel really blessed that a few of these guys seem to be finding me." That's probably because you won't find Salim Nourallah's Pleasantry Lane under "recording studio" in the phone book. He doesn't advertise, and he doesn't need to. A prolific musician in his own right, Nourallah has had a hand in some of Dallas' recorded successes by way of knobs and dials. Among his recent client roster are Sorta, I Love Math, Carter Albrecht, J.D. Whittenburg, the Cut-Off and, soon, the Old 97's.
He remains as humble and enlightening a father to his projects as he is to his own son—reminiscent of the relationship of two of his pop favorites, father and son Neil and Liam Finn. Hopefully, unlike the elder Finn, Nourallah will be lauded by more than cult followings or those in his own city haunts, but it seems that wouldn't matter to him either way. "Being nominated and winning this is better than a Grammy to me," says Nourallah. "This is my home. These are my peers! That's what means the world to me. It isn't this ridiculous rock-star-famous trip. Leave that to the rest of the world. It's a wonderful thing." —M.M. | {
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I am a contemporary artist based in Dubai. My roots are from India. I have been painting for last 16 years. Even though I started painting early in my life, when I really started searching my soul in painting, it took me to travel around the world to find my inspirations. I have visited hundreds of museums and works from old masters to identify myself in painting. In this journey and after my each journey I came back with some new style every time.
My audience always use to wonder when I switch into a new style. I have experimented prodigiously and developed different patterns and forms in my painting. But it was strange to me that always my viewers made some identification on my paintings whatever form and style it use to be. One way I made my distinction because I try to capture the emotions of my subjects and translate it successfully. These subjects are not the one just in front of me and sitting for me, it is my everyday and everywhere subjects and their emotions that will enter my work. A viewer can clearly identify the emotion that attracts them first when they see my paintings and force them to make a correlation. Beyond that, even my emotions and moods are also often enter into the portrays.
As an artist this intrusion is giving me more freedom and I feel this is just. My imagination plays a significant part in all of my works. I cannot identify myself attached to a subject; even with portraits, most times I am only taking the silhouette from my subject. The emotions are coming from elsewhere. I strongly believe in the Buddhist principle of detachment. Keep floating between ideas, styles, and mediums and then ultimately make oneself free from attaching to anything particular. Sometimes I will paint around the complex patterns of the nature. Other time I am obsessed with the most modern and contemporary forms of art. I always kept on floating from landscapes to portraits to still life and so on. But my viewers can always make a connection to my paintings. Because I believe I am influenced by the humans and their emotions surrounding me all the time. It is never easier than said, and you may think this conflicting. It has some deeper influence. A subject can stop me from painting for several days due to this deeper influence. But when it realized that gives birth to a masterwork. You can find me using oil almost in every portrait that I paint because I find it the best medium to reflect emotions. At the same time I am fervently following acrylic medium in my abstract works. This conflict is an ongoing thing, but it never stops my creations. End of every day. I try to give life to my paintings by travelling myself in these conflicts. This always ends with viewer, not to myself. | {
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Everything always arrives with dry ice. Nothing was melted and it was 100 degrees outside, but it was in the lanai and never melted. My husband loves white chocolate, and he said this was the best. I would order again for him. | {
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50 Cent just can't seem to resist a good ol' Twitter beef, especially when he's goaded into it. Back in August, former Aftermath artist Slim the Mobster had some foul words to say about 50 Cent on Twitter after 50 spoke somewhat negatively about him in an interview. Slim went on an epic rant in which he threatened 50 and challenged him to make a move. 50 responded cool and collected, telling his followers he was "smiling" instead of sending shots back.
Now, it looks like 50 has changed his mind about the whole "smile gang" thing. The Queens rapper took to Twitter on Sunday and attacked Slim, making fun of his now meaningless "Aftermath" tattoo, and even poking fun at his apparently chapped lips. However, the attack was not unprovoked. Slim has been absolutely wildin' on his Twitter account, as he's gone on a Twitter rant that could only rival his one back in August. In it, among many other things, Slim claims 50 used ThisIs50 to snitch on him for drugs and guns. Check out the tweets above. | {
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Joint Venture
Could a new joint with a funny name be the answer to a wide variety of design problems, leading to im-provements in everything from flat-pack furniture to large-scale infrastructure? Yes, says Dror Benshetrit, the New York City–based product designer, who is dabbling in engineering with his latest creation, called QuaDror. The multipurpose joint relies on precisely cut interlocking squares that fold open to create a self-supporting triangular base. “You can intersect two squares and lock them with a geometrical locking, without any hinge,” says Benshetrit, who came up with the initial concept four years ago and has been refining it ever since. “We very quickly realized that there was a lot we could do with this geometry.”
QuaDror first appeared as the frame for a prototype lamp for Swarovski in 2007; since then, however, Benshetrit has been focused on a range of much larger applications, including a pop-up building, disaster-relief shelters, and interlocking concrete panels for highway retaining walls. But is this one-size-fits-all approach practical? Despite his engineering inexperience, Benshetrit is confident that QuaDror is indeed a genre-busting innovation. “Structural support mixed with the ability to collapse and pack flat is tremendous for all different kinds of applications,” he says.
Benshetrit did not reach this conclusion without some outside help. To fine-tune the design and study its utility in different applications, he has been work-ing with Arup and Inneall Technology, a mechanical-engineering consultancy. Brian Markham, a structural engineer at Arup who consulted on the design, says Benshetrit is on to something important. “What Dror has introduced is a way to get small structures up very quickly,” he says. “He’s not doing anything geometrically new, or really structurally new, but he’s allowing erection to happen immediately. It erects itself and is stable immediately when you put it down—that’s the huge breakthrough. It has both the vertical strength and lateral strength tied together.”
Craig Schwitter, a principal of the engineering firm Buro Happold, offers a similar assessment. “It looks interesting as a concept,” he says, pointing out that he hasn’t studied the joint in detail. Schwitter notes that QuaDror makes good sense for disaster-relief shel-ters, where the ability to flat-pack components is key. Markham agrees that it will be most valuable at
a medium scale, for things like single-family homes and highway retaining walls that fit together like Lego blocks. “Imagine if you could just drive by and drop off a retaining wall or sound barrier,” he says.
Larger projects may prove more problematic. According to Markham, as you increase the size of the joints—say, for massive trestles underpinning bridges (which Benshetrit has proposed)—they start to lose their advantages, and ordinary columns will likely be more efficient. “There are obvious limitations, but there are a few applications that are really good,” he says. “That’s why we’re sticking with him.” | {
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Photonic matter in a strong gauge field
Advances in the control of light propagation and photon-photon interactions have lead to a new notion of photonic materials—states of light that resemble material systems. The greater tendency for light to leave a system, combined with the ability to coherently inject light with a precise frequency and spatial mode, leads photonic materials to operate as driven, open systems. Driven photonic systems can reach steady states that resemble the equilibrium states of thermal systems, providing a route to prepare strongly-correlated many-body states of light. Such correlated photonic states will enable new insights into non-equilibrium many-body physics as well as potential applications to metrology and quantum computation. I will describe our experimental approach to photonic materials, in which we use a degenerate non-planar optical resonator to realize a two-dimensional photon gas with an effective magnetic field, and induce photon-photon interactions by hybridizing the photons with atomic Rydberg excitations. We observe photonic Landau levels indicating a strong effective magnetic field, in addition to a singularity of spatial curvature arising from the effectively conical geometry of our photon gas. Spatial curvature provides a novel probe of quantum Hall states, which we hope to employ in future work on fraction quantum Hall states of light in this system. | {
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Nigel Calder takes the pulse of science, as the author of Magic Universe and Einstein's Universe. He checks predictions of the past half-century, to see how they worked out. And his hand is on the brow of frenzied climatology, as a co-author of The Chilling Stars: A Cosmic View of Climate Change.
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CERN chief forbids “interpretation” of CLOUD results
Although still very busy with other work, I keep looking out for results from the CLOUD experiment at CERN in Geneva, which is testing Henrik Svensmark’s hypothesis that cosmic rays help to make clouds. They are due for publication this summer. All I have just now is a startling remark by Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN, in an interview by Welt Online a few days ago.
Here is a tidied-up Google Translate version of the relevant exchange.
Welt Online: The results of the so-called CLOUD experiment, exploring the formation of clouds, are awaited with great excitement. Could these results still be important for understanding global climate change?Heuer:This is indeed a matter of understanding better the formation of clouds. In nature there are many parameters at work – including temperature, humidity, impurities and also cosmic radiation. In the experiment, CLOUD investigates the influence of cosmic rays on cloud formation, using radiation [meaning particles] coming from the accelerator. And in an experimental chamber one can study, under controlled conditions, how the formation of droplets depends on the radiation and particulate matter. The results will be published shortly. I have asked the colleagues to present the results clearly, but not to interpret them. That would go immediately into the highly political arena of the climate change debate. One has to make clear that cosmic radiation is only one of many parameters.
Four quick inferences:
1) The results must be favourable for Svensmark or there would be no such anxiety about them.
2) CERN has joined a long line of lesser institutions obliged to remain politically correct about the man-made global warming hypothesis. It’s OK to enter “the highly political arena of the climate change debate” provided your results endorse man-made warming, but not if they support Svensmark’s heresy that the Sun alters the climate by influencing the cosmic ray influx and cloud formation.
3) The once illustrious CERN laboratory ceases to be a truly scientific institute when its Director General forbids its physicists and visiting experimenters to draw the obvious scientific conclusions from their results.
Yes, as we always knew, everyone is free to say what particle physics results at CERN seem to mean, even when they’re far from conclusive. If the Director General’s edict about CLOUD results were followed in this case, they’d have to say, “We must make clear that the Higgs boson is only one of many possible particles in the Universe so please don’t take these indications seriously.”
What makes Svensmark’s work so very important is that he is the only scientist who offers physical hypotheses that can be used to explain and predict a natural process, cloud formation in this case, that could have a very large effect on climate change. His rather complicated physical hypotheses connect the sun’s behavior to cosmic rays reaching Earth and, in turn, connect the cosmic rays to the natural process of cloud formation. No other climate scientist has anything similar. The CAGW people are locked in their Gaia Models. People such as Michael Mann offer correlations between tree rings and temperature but no physical hypotheses at all.
Perhaps more important is the fact that Svensmark is a virtuoso practitioner of Scientific Method. His hypotheses explain and predict the phenomena that they organize and the phenomena provide observational evidence to support his hypotheses. His work is perfectly transparent, repeatable, and quite understandable to the layman who is willing to take for granted the thornier parts of cosmic ray theory.
Even if his work does not reveal all the secrets of climate change, it will be an important contribution to science. The same cannot be said for other climate scientists. I cannot wait to see his next publication.
As an experimentalist working at CERN I can tell you that it is standard practice to publish results with the minimum of interpretation. The CERN DG has done nothing more than make a restatement of good scientific practice i.e. experimentalists should publish results and not conjecture.
So many of you complain that the climate scientists draw conclusions on the basis of scant data and yet you do just this with the DG’s comments.
You really ought not to complain that climate scientists slur the sceptic movement when you’re quick with the slurs yourself.
For all I know from your comment: “It is standard practice to publish results with the minimum of interpretation.”
So in essence: No conclusion about the existence of the ‘Higgs’-particle can be given by any of CERN’s publications.
Conclusions on the existence of the ‘Higgs’-particle should also not be part of CERN’s practice. They should be “just” publishing the results of the experiments. Not their interpretations.
Steady on, Dave. If you think you’ve found evidence for the existence of e.g. the W particle, you’re allowed to “interpret” the data to say so. If you didn’t, someone else might beat you to the Nobel Prize.
And if you’ve set up an experiment (CLOUD) to see whether cosmic rays can play a climatically significant role in cloud formation, you’d be allowed to announce the answer plainly if it were No. That would be simply a result, not an interpretation.
But if (as now seems likely) the answer is Yes, then it won’t do. It becomes by the DG’s say-so a forbidden interpretation.
If you want to publish evidence of a new particle, the standard of evidence required is very high. Moreover, the theory is usually blazing a trail so that the design of the experiment provides an appropriate context in which any observations can lead to such a claim being made.
In contrast, an experiment which “uses a cloud chamber to study the possible link between galactic cosmic rays and cloud formation” neither has the same level of theoretical prediction nor the applicability to the kind of conjecture that some people would like to see in this case.
In short, people want these scientists to say “it was the cosmic rays that did it” when the answer is going to be the more mundane “they play a role”. But let us not get bogged down in the realities of research when a scandal or even a conspiracy is so much more exciting.
It seems to me Dave, that you might have missed that there appears to be a pretty serious divide in the skills which define warmists and sceptics.
The warmist cause appears to be overwhelmingly populated by statisticians and “soft” academics; while the sceptic side appears to be the domain of real physical scientists with a real parallel commitment to the rigorous application of scientific process.
For example: how else is it possible to persist with the fiction the world continues to “warm” (and seas to rise etc etc) due to a tiny increase in an already miniscule level of a trace gas which is as essential as is oxygen for life to exist; when the warmist camp’s data is derived from 19th century technology scattered randomly (and inappropriately) in locations notably marked not just by being clustered in the lower latitudes and lower altitudes, but simultaneously subject to the corruption of the urban heat island affect (among others)?
Yet the 21st century’s data (which provides an entirely different dataset and outcome) is sourced in real time over 99%+ of the world’s surface and in contiguous tiny chunks of a mere 4 square kilometres?
Get real; get a life and accept the fact, (a fact being testable); that you and several billion other citizens and tax payers have been systematically and egregiously scammed, ripped off and duped.
Life really will go on, just as it continued when the earth got busted back to the humble rotater it had always been after a few dozen decades when it was universally honoured as the rotated and centre of everything.
Another scary thought for you to perhaps consider is the Roman Church of the early Renaissance survived too, much as the Ice Agers of the 1960’s and 70’s have (albeit disguised as warmists) in their current iteration
Actually the skeptic side is a tiny minority, most of whom are not scientists, not working with climate science, or who have never published any work on climate science. The “warmists” as you call them are over 95% of climate scientists, along with every national science academy in the world. Advice: stop seeing all of science as a giant conspiracy and actually learn some science.
Please excuse the placement of this response to your request that I learn some science Herr Erschoedinger, but there doesn’t seem to be a reply button beneath your response/request which I’m hoping/assuming wasn’t rhetorical.
Anyway, real science, even at this late stage sounds not just pretty good to me but quite refreshing as well, so for your particular pleasure and enjoyment, please find attached a link which confirms the “greenhouse” effect is as much an illusion now as when Dr Wood systematically debunked it way back in 1909: ~
Tiresome it may be, but entropy (just like physics generally) won’t be denied, particularly when there’s no container to contain the heat, which sort of renders/finishes off the whole ridiculous AGW scam as ridiculous too
Where was the CERN DG’s outcry when this scientific results by press release was “leaked”. When billions of taxpayer’s money is at stake to finance a theoretical fantasy he was nowhere to be found.
At least Svensmark’s hypothesis deals with THE REAL WORLD.
Is this an “outcry”? Seems more like an off-hand comment to me. Those of us working on the ATLAS experiment were reminded in no uncertain terms after that rumour got started that “breaching the confidentiality of internal ATLAS work is a serious violation of the our policy.”
Well, OK, I can agree with you. But let us warn Professor Heuer that an American audience will infer that he prohibited speech when he says that he warned his fellows about interpretations. We enjoy a robust freedom of speech that is unknown in any other country and we insist on it.
Davie boy may have a point – but not in the way he thinks. I’ve always thought the strange thing about climatastrology is the fact that one set of people collect the data, analyse and manipulate the data, theorise(using the word losely of course) such that it fits in with their new age mantra of global warming meaning colder european winters, but wait that might change next year…in physics there is (or was when I did physics as an undergraduate) a clear distinction between the theorists and applied physicists, the one formulated the theory, the other falisifed it by experiment. Now would that be a fine model to take on board in Climatastrology. Who knows we might learn something about what really drives climate change
Hi Dave, what you say fits in with what another CERN scientist has just said in an E-mail ” .. CERN is a particle physics lab and not a center for climate studies. Of course, any individual is free to voice his/her opinion on the results…but in his/her own name! .. “.
I’m inclined to go along with that and Svensmark would seem to be the appropriate scientist to analyse those results.
Best regards, Pete Ridley
Dave, I understand your position (and my response was much like yours), but are there other examples “in the wild” where the CERN DG has felt obliged to caution against interpretation *ahead* of the release of results in this way?
It doesn’t have to be related to experiments with a bearing on this particular controversy.
I genuinely don’t know if this is the case or not; I’d expect you might have a more informed view of it.
A different Dave here, but I agree with the one above: interpretation can be left to others. If you present your results clearly and the connotations are obvious, then you don’t need to make them explicit, and if they’re not, then showing what logically devolves from your experimental work is a further step which should be separate.
Try and avoid pre-judging – simply take each case on its merits. In this case, it’s easily explainable, and we have a statement from the other Dave that this is normal practice for CERN, as it should be.
Surely one of the things we object to in clisci is people who do ‘research’ with a predetermined objective in terms of the conclusion they want to draw? Good research is not done on this basis.
On the one hand, wouldn’t it have been good if NASA had imposed this stricture on Jim Hansen (and a few others) over the past 15 years?
And on the other, the issue is not the request to not interpret, but the specific reason why not that is the ‘smoking gun’ here. It is not the “what” here that is at issue, but the “why” – that a Director should state this so explicitly makes me think that he is covering his rear-end.
To Dave (from CERN) – could you let us know if specific instructions like this mention other reasons?
It may have been good in this particular case, or ideologically, but otherwise it’s just fundamentally wrong to prevent scientists from trying to find the broader implications of their work.
Climate alarmism and the distortion of science didn’t arise because of the lack of constraints. It was born out of the constraints themselves that allowed some very bad science – such as the science represented by James Hansen – to employ additional people, get additional money, and grow out of proportion, increasingly eliminating anyone who is inconvenient.
If this Hansen-like tumor within the scientific community had never grown, you would still see that scientists are what they have been for centuries – largely impartial seekers for the truth. It’s been known to be a good idea to allow them to think about any observation or any idea and its links with any other idea at least for 500 years.
The real problem in the current climate science isn’t that this was made possible – it was made possible centuries ago when the Church got a bit more moderate; the real problem in the current climate science is that the free expression of legitimate research has become de facto impossible. If it were possible and if the climate science were thriving and lively communicating, James Hansen would be universally known to be what he is, namely a fringe pseudoscientific crank.
The quote in the article sounds rather benign. If I were a leader in his position, I also would encourage those under me to refrain from trying to interpret the results in a broader context. In fact, the act of applying results to a presumed problem that it likely has only a minor relationship with is why CAGW became the nonsense that it has become. Encouraging your scientists to stick to results/methods and not broader interpretations of meaning is exactly what all pillars of the scientific community SHOULD be doing. Climate science is a highly politicized science at the moment, asking the people under you to keep their mouths shut about the politicized science is only being prudent, not sneaky or underhanded.
In short, you are likely alienating the scientists working on CLOUD and CERN with the accusations here. You’re accusing them of something they simply are not doing.
It’s just rubbish, Jeremy. Science must always study whatever interconnections between the phenomena, insights, and theories may exist, interpret experiments in all conceivable ways, critically look at all these interpretations, back and forth, and so on. It must always try to get as far as possible, to find the most far-reaching yet valid and possible implications that follow from the newest insights. That’s what scientific progress is all about.
It’s complete nonsense to say that climate alarmism was born because this (proper scientific activity) was happening. It was born exactly because it wasn’t happening. It was born because papers about 99% of the hundreds of genuine mechanisms that are relevant for the climate weren’t allowed to be interpreted as being relevant for the big picture in the discipline – and only 1% of the “politically correct” mechanisms – determined outside the community of genuine technical researchers – became “kosher”. Papers proving that some other hypotheses are wrong (like CO2 greenhouse effect with strong feedbacks) etc. were being hidden in the drawers and trash bins. So increasingly the people who are interested in the politics were becoming the key drivers of the discipline of climatology and they were deciding about the big things, funding, whom to hire, and whom to fire, while the people doing real technical research (who would normally collect most of the citations in a health scientific environment) were being pushed into small rooms, losing any power, and they were silenced. This bad policy is just being exported into the traditionally most distinguished discipline of all natural sciences.
The right approach should have been for the people with the greatest actual achievements in the science to decide about the big questions of the science as well. The researchers who do technical work like that should have been in charge. In that way, the climate science could have never been overwhelmed by intruders who were named and ordered to do predetermined things by politicians and ideologues – because the politicians and ideologues were suddenly deciding about the big questions while the technical workers became just irrelevant janitors.
It was this dull atmosphere where climate experts doing real research – like Lindzen, Svensmark, or whoever – were ordered not talk about the big questions of the field which were suddenly reserved for the politicians and politicians in the skirts of scientists (like Hansen).
Those 10 million euros were logically paid for the experiment because the experiment *may* be relevant for something that has some broader impact on the human knowledge, not because it is not relevant. I don’t say that cosmoclimatology is the holy grail of the atmospheric sciences – I tend to believe it surely plays some role but I am not sure about the size of this role myself. But this ignorance is exactly why there should exist impartial research about these things. It’s totally obvious that if science were working properly, people in the cosmoclimatological research would be trying to establish the most possible far-reaching interpretations of the phenomena they study, and these constructions would only be being falsified by the actual counter-evidence, not by taboos.
The money was paid for CLOUD because the global climate change began to be viewed as an important thing in the society, not because it wasn’t important. There is no other justification than the importance of the climate change in the society that would justify why a particle physics lab pays 10 million dollars to study a question in atmospheric sciences.
It is not my favorite thing at all to disagree with you, particularly when you make such good points. However I think you are conflating true scientific work with the media-political-science-by-press-release that we have today.
I was not speaking to scientists, nor telling them to keep their creativity shut off or their imagination closed, in supporting what this boss has directed those under him to do. I was speaking to how the reality we have investigated is communicated to the rest of the world. Right now we have “peer-reviewed” “results” by “experts” and “scientists” in the media on a daily basis, 99% of which is completely vacuous at best or abject garbage at worst. Nearly all of it is contradictory.
True scientists as you speak of have chosen a path of pursuing creative problem solving to the riddles that no one has an answer to. They have chosen that path and so long as they stick to it, there is no issue. However that simple message has been perverted into a stinky pile of worthless human fear by an political industry and a media that seek nothing but new fears to ride for their next election.
In such an environment, Yes, I think true scientists should shun all public interpretation of results. Let the rest of humanity draw their own conclusions from those results and learn something in the process. However, *DO NOT*, in any false pretense of knowledge presume to be the final word on human understanding as so many rent-seeking “experts” today do.
Let me say that I do not disagree with what you have said, but I think you are focusing on what science should be on the inside. I’m talking more about the unfortunate scenario we have now where scientific understanding has been usurped by the political industry.
thanks for your thoughtful reply. Still, I think that you have described the causes upside down. The debate ceased to be scientific exactly because the decisions have been left to the (mostly unscientific) public – and the politicians who represent them.
Whether you find it a flattering picture or not, the public determines the opinions mostly by copying someone else’s opinions, so when the creators are just citizens in the public, the spreading of opinions and conclusions is all about controlling other people, propaganda, intimidation, groupthink, fads, and that’s why it becomes all about politics. The politicians are nothing else than representatives of the public. You might think that they’re worse or qualitatively different but they’re not. They key point is that neither politicians nor other laymen use proper scientific techniques to determine the scientific answers and this defect is *especially* bad it if is applied to the most important, e.g. big-picture scientific questions.
The only way how the climate science may stop being political and how it may return to be a science is that those who do detailed technical research will actually regain their influence on the “overall” question and “summary” of what has been found (there are not too many left). Most of the answers to the genuine climate questions – or any scientific questions – can’t be predicted by a citizen in the public in advance. That’s how it differs from the current climate “science” where everyone (or 98% of everyone haha, as they calculated) can predict the “right” answer – it’s always the most catastrophic one. 😉 But science doesn’t allow any such simple algorithms – or Al Gore Rhythms. If it did, it wouldn’t allow any special expertise and it wouldn’t be science.
This “oversimplification” only happened exactly because the decision making about the final and most important conclusions was left to non-scientists. Those non-scientists then adjusted the composition in the scientific community and ordered the scientists to fill in the details in any way so that the scientific picture fits into the big picture template predetermined by the non-scientists – mostly ideologues and politicians.
The CLOUD experiment is or should be one of dozens or hundreds of similarly expensive experiments that say something about the climate science and the climate science is composed out of them. There are lots of details about how the cosmic rays work if they work – and there are also one-number summaries what percentage of what changes it is responsible for. All these things have to be freely discussed. They’re not discussed because Svensmark’s theory and 99% of other relevant effects have become taboos. It’s a complex discipline so there’s no immediate relationship among different pairs of insights. That’s how it differs from the current would-be climate “science” as well – the current would-be science has a “unifying theme”, the doom. But the actual climate doesn’t have any unifying theme. It is a “boring” technical discipline with lots of seemingly unrelated or really unrelated insights that a layman – or a bad scientists such as a vast majority of the alarmists – has no chance to master.
Even if you left it to the public and the public were found to be mostly skeptical – and it probably is in the U.S. and elsewhere (surely here in the Czech Republic!), it still doesn’t make the scientific picture work. You just need experts for that. Real experts who do impartial work and who are allowed to investigate any possible consequences of their work and the work by anyone else.
I think I see what you are saying. You are (correctly) afraid that what this man has done is tell those working on the experiment not to discuss interpretations of the results with anyone. I read his restriction as something different. I read it as him telling those in his charge not to go blabbing to the press about how these results might overturn dogma.
There is a fantastic show we have in the U.S. It’s made by two Canadians. It’s called South Park. All of the episodes are online. I recommend going and finding the episode where the main characters discover that Earth is just one big reality show for aliens to watch, and tell all the worlds top scientists. The reaction from that announcement is priceless. Suddenly all the worlds top scientists go crazy in their seats, jumping all around saying, “We’re on TV!!!” The point I am making is that scientists have a window that others do not. That window is firsthand knowledge of our investigations into the universe around us. These experimenters often toil in total obscurity, working long nights to try and make experiments work, having no social lives. When any one of them sees a chance at fame, they naturally feel like recognition is finally there and they should speak about what they know. This is not a slight on them, scientists are human just like anyone else. I’ve been there myself (Masters Physics), so I know what it’s like to work your butt off just to make something that 40 people in the world might ever read.
In these conditions, then try to throw in essentially poverty without government funding. Imagine those same scientists/grad students working long nights with no grant money to pay them. It takes on a different kind of surreality when you do this for free. Of course Government funding does exist so that these people can be rewarded for their creativity. This is generally accepted as a good thing. I’m somewhat mixed on it. On the one hand, true creativity is sometimes rewarded. On the other, true creativity has a carrot hung in front of it, making you wonder if it’s really creative or just a deal made. In the case of climate science, some less-than-honest scientists went forward with their interpretations of results to politicians who were funding them. This interpretation was that there was something to fear that required massive government intervention (TAXES). This was perfect for the politician, and perfect for the rent-seeking, fame-seeking publicly funded scientist. It created this perfect storm.
You say that this storm could have been avoided if the whole of our scientific creativity had been allowed to express itself. I agree. However, the cause of this nonsense is scientists convincing politicians and media that they are unquestionable experts and they say the world is ending and man is the cause. They are rent-seekers and ultimately charlatans who abused their (wrongly) society-given authority to tell everyone to change their lives.
I say scientists need to stop saying anything is certain. They need to stop providing grand interpretations of the consequences of the results of their small line of expertise. All that humanity knows is cast into doubt at some point, as all that we thought we knew in the past was wrong in some way.
What you’re saying – let me call it the accusations – just don’t apply to people like Kirkby who are as conservative and fame-not-seeking scientists as you can get.
If someone gets crazy when he first realizes that he loves to be on TV, it’s bad. But the right “solution” to this “trap” isn’t to prevent scientists from sharing their results. Quite on the contrary, the right solutions is to saturate the “TV market” with scientists who actually have to compete and who have the ability to shoot down a colleague who started to say indefensible things.
So your solution is upside down.
You also want to ban Kirkby et al. from saying that this research is important because it can qualitatively change the climate science. That’s very bad. He has an unquestionable right to say such things and he actually has a pretty detailed quantitative, empirical evidence that this is the case. In essence, my understanding is that you agree that scientists should be gagged when it comes to the important questions and conclusions related to their disciplines. I beg to differ.
Any ban on expression is always “imperfect” because there is someone who doesn’t have to satisfy the restrictions. In the past, these people were called eugenicists, today they’re called climate alarmists, but the logic is still the same. Their scientifically unjustifiable hegemony always ultimately boils down to rules that “gagged” everyone else which is why a fringe group, lacking any “foes”, could expand and get out of control.
It’s very strange that we don’t agree about such things. I am totally on Nigel’s side. Those findings and any genuine scientific findings *should* influence the highly political arena of the climate change debate because it’s being said that the climate change debate builds on science. I can’t imagine how you could possibly morally justify that the climate change debate, if it is scientific, were hiding the results of a 10-million-dollar experiment performed in the largest scientific facility in the world as irrelevant ones. Whatever they are, they’re relevant for anyone who actually looks at the climate in the scientific way.
(They could also be redundant, in comparison with Svensmark’s own experiments, but that’s another story.)
The reason why the climate science is in this mess is that a vast majority of the actually relevant phenomena – which contain lots of technical results that make sense – is being hidden into the drawers, silenced, and presented as irrelevant details that are not allowed to influence the big picture. When all real science is silenced in this way, it’s not shocking that politics supported by virtually no real science – the idea that CO2 has a big impact on the overall warming of the whole Earth and maybe all catastrophes and so on and so on – fills the vacuum and becomes the dominant meme of the whole discipline. The discipline ceased to be scientific exactly because 99% of the “technical details” – actual scientific results – have been downgraded to details that have no right to influence anything.
“Perhaps Heuer is trying to remain true to science whilst “playing the game” of his paymasters.”
You say it like “It’s OK” and maybe even “It’s great”. But it is totally unacceptable for a particle physicist – and Heuer is a particle physicist – to “play the game of his paymasters” (I suppose some politicians or someone with money and/or power). This just violates the basic rules of the scientific integrity in the most striking way and if this were really confirmed, and we’re not far from it, I would surely insist that he would have to be removed from his chair because he is corrupt.
While I agree with the sentiment of Nigel Calder’s (and your) position; that scientists should never choose or to be put in a position of self-censorship, nor to call for it from their colleagues, I choose to take the optimistic outlook based on my interpretation of the comments made.
Heuer declares/warns that any interpretation will immediately place them into the high-political discussions of climate change.
Pragmatically, you know that when scientists become involved in politics that their scientific output goes through the floor. Especially if they let themselves get dragged into trying to explain the science and its value to nincompoops who tend to aggregate disproportionately in political, media and bureaucratic circles. Scientists, by and large, do not have the people skills to deal with it. They certainly can’t afford rock-star media managers.
While we can never know Heuer’s true motivations, I think that it’s unfair to attribute the worst motivation.
The comments certainly got a great deal of media coverage. Much more than the interim results. Which no doubt left more of the wider population asking why scientists seem to have ignored (or dismissed out of ignorance) clouds as a factor in climate.
because the political questions related to the climate science are – or should be – based on science, it follows that the scientists who actually do some research have or should have impact on the politics.
It’s up to everyone to choose whether he wants to make an interview or do anything else than is not a part of the scientific research. But it is unacceptable for someone else to gag them from deducing the consequences.
Of course that the interest in broader issues that some people view as controversial takes energy from other things, like some often boring research of details that no one cares about (sometimes for good reasons, sometimes without any good reasons). But it’s also often more important.
Someone in the society will ultimately *always* fill the vacuum and determine the “big picture” – and move everyone else to the periphery. And it’s just important that this place should be occupied by people who actually did research directly relevant for those issues, with weights roughly proportional to the scientific merit of the research.
It’s just completely wrong and kind of unethical for someone (and maybe even you, according to your wording) to downgrade people like Kirkby to machines whose only task is to keep their scientific output high. Science is not about scientific output producing things that no one cares about. Science is primarily about things that do matter – for our knowledge of the world and for the practical applications of science as well. Kirkby has been doing serious research of these things with a serious background at a serious place for a decade and he surely has the right – and should be encouraged – to express his opinions about the broader questions at the level of all the climate science in which he became an expert. Other people who are much less experts are not being blocked, in fact, they’re being encouraged.
It is, of course, the very same mechanism. The basic mechanism is surely much more important a part of the standard physicist’s cannon than e.g. the greenhouse effect. There’s still a long path from this basic cloud chamber to the question how much it matters for the climate on the whole Earth but there’s indisputably a scientifically established core of this idea.
As a scientist who speaks out without representing anybody but myself, I find CERN’s position on this completely indefensible. Period. Do these people pay for their experiments out of their own pockets, and since they do not, whose money paid for it? The taxpayer, of which I am one. And so they are not only making stupid pronouncements, but they are essentially stealing the money that supports them in getting the results and making such pronouncements. The subject at hand isn’t proprietary and it isn’t intellectually protected–but it is a very hot topic that needs full disclosure so we can quit spending $billions to curtail $trillions in wealth. That’s the real reason for this prohibition on truth–those that want to control us don’t like free ideas and free decisions based on those ideas.
As a scientist you should know that ‘interpretation’ is a nebulous beast involving many caveats. Look at the recent leak wrt the Higgs boson, which turned out to be merely a less than rigorous experimental method and a biased statistical evaluation. It’s much better to publish your initial results without skewing the interpretation too much, so that others can take your raw data and draw their own conclusions. Surely those who are genuinely interested in these results from a non-politicised point of view have the resources and knowledge to do this?
If the role of CGRs in cloud formation can be responsible for even 20% of the past climate change, that would mean all 21+ global climate computer models need their coefficients revised visa-vi the amount of change attributable to CO2.
But don’t hold you breath. The climate model coeficients have not been revised since the debunking of the Hockey Stick graph which is the basis of current coefficients (or at least their validation, sic). If they had been, the projections for 2100 would have been revised downward over the last 10 years and that has not happened.
Hey stupids! China is burning coal like crazy to generate enough electicity for manufacturing all the goods that the west consumes, ejecting Co2 and sulphur in astronomical quantities.
Yet, nobody has the moral right to ask the chicoms to stop or throttle back, unless the “free world” sets an example first, an example of voluntarily and significantly reducing carbon-burning activity.
You may argue infinitely long about causes of the Global Climate Change, but it is a matter of fact that Miss Venus shines brigth in the sky. As long as planet has a surface temperature of 490 deg C and a surface air pressure of 88 Atm, enough to pour lead, the outcome of a same fate for Planet Earth remains a clear and present danger.
It doesn’t matter what causes GCC. Yet, the only known action we can do now to stop or slow it is to reduce the carbon-burning economy which we run. Mankind must become humble in its material desires, because nuclear energy is not safe and without reducing carbon burn there is nothing we can do to protect Earth from GCC. Maybe it’s little help, but it has a proven remedial effect, whatever small.
Maybe we will have fusion energy in 50 years and then the consumer economy mania can ramp up again, but the bellowed arrogance of the anglo-saxon style capitalism must cease in the interim. It is not manifest destiny to devour the whole planet in 3 generations or less!
If something to be said is restrained it is always because there is something to hide. If not; let them talk. Money and pride are the chief reasons to restrain someone from speaking. In this case CERN has folks on both sides of the AGW debate. To speak out with the truth will harm someone’s money source and harm someone’s pride for being on the wrong side of the results. While trying to prevent disunity within CERN may be a management goal, the better choice is to let everyone speak. Now you know!
Actually, to understand the debate about global warming and things like this “Don’t interpret the results because it’ll be against our desired policies!” all one has to do is look back over the past 30 years or so of antismoking research as it concerns the effects of secondhand smoke. The main difference is that the Antismokers have been far more successful in thier control of the science.
E.G. Instead of simply saying “Don’t Interpret” the results when the results turn out “bad,” they’ll simply blatantly MISinterpret those results. In 1998 the World Health Organization released the results of the largest international case-control study on ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) exposure and the development of lung cancer. It was forecast to be the definitive study that would prove a link and justify smoking bans.
The only problem is that in virtually every category examined the WHO study completely failed to find a link that would pass even the basic statistical significance association.
With one exception.
The subset of the study that examined exposure in children *DID* come up with the one highly significant result found in their research. Children of smokers got later-life lung cancers 22% **LESS** often than matched children of nonsmokers. This was the **ONLY** significant result found.
So how did they deal with this embarrassment? Simple: In the study abstract, although the simple numbers were right there to read, the authors declared they showed “no association.” This wasn’t simply a NON-interpretation … It was a complete and total MIS-interpretation.
See the bottom of http://www.nycclash.com/Philly.html#ETSTable for a reproduction of the actual abstract and reference to the journal citation where it can be found if you wish to check. This sort of distortion of science in the name of advancing a political or idealistic goal is nothing new in the global warming sphere: It’s been going on for decades in the “War On Smokers” and largely accepted and ignored. The pathway has been well-laid and tended — GW is just the spread of the same policy.
On the latest posting on his website, Piers Corbyn states in a video that he saw cloud formation on a unusual high altitude of 10 – 15 km which was solar activity related. In public, Svensmark and Corbyn seem to have different opinions toward the reason the climate is what it is, but can it be that both their theorys match to a certain extent? | {
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Tell us what your business does:
IncuBus Ventures is a start-up incubator on a bus designed specifically for 18 to 25-year-olds developing high growth start-ups. The first bus launching in London is IncuBusLDN.
Where did the idea for your business come from?
After working with start-ups for a number of years, both my co-founder and I saw a lack of support specifically for younger entrepreneurs between 18 and 25. We wanted to support this group, which was also a demographic we were a part of.
When developing the programme, we established a need for personal development training in addition to offering knowledge and skills building in business and product/service. Considering much of a business’ ultimate success is down to the people running it, we felt it is important to have a focus on developing leaders that can manage and grow their start-ups beyond 10, 20, 50, 100+ employees. So that’s what we do too.
How did you know there was a market for it?
Through years of research and just by being a part of the start-up scene across the UK. I ran a media site for young entrepreneurs prior to IncuBusLDN so I was in contact with many young entrepreneurs looking for the same support.
What were you doing before starting up?
I worked at Huddle, one of UK’s fastest growing tech start-ups; so much so that they can’t really be called a start-up anymore. I looked after the online marketing and customer acquisition side of things, whilst my co-founder George Johnston also worked at Huddle as a sales engineer.
Have you always wanted to run your own business?
Yes pretty much. It was something I was interested in doing at some point in my future. Then after I graduated and started a job, I realised more and more that no job would satisfy me like the challenge and lifestyle that comes with starting my own business.
How did you raise the money?
Seedrs, equity crowdfunding. This was after initially trying and failing with a reward based crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. Both great platforms, one just suited our business better.
Describe your business model and how you make money:
We charge £300 a month per individual on the incubator programme. This includes desk space, mentorship, workshops, resources, introductions and personal development.
What challenges have you faced and how have you overcome them?
Raising finance has been a long and arduous process, especially since we’re not a super-sexy, scalable software start-up.
Many investors we spoke too were looking for quick wins, we’re here to build a solid business that is around for the long term – generating returns for us, our investors, and developing talent and helping create future big companies.
We worked hard, looking at different funding solutions and eventually found that Seedrs was right for us and proved that by quickly raising the capital we needed.
What was your first big breakthrough?
Getting some big partners on board like KPMG, Natwest, Rackspace and EE. This gave us some credibility, support and added confidence in what we were doing and ourselves.
What advice would you give to budding entrepreneurs?
Go seek out opportunities, don’t rely on others to follow up, make sure you’re in control and know your stuff (keep looking to learn and understand your industry in depth. Live it, breath it).
Where do you want to be in five years’ time?
Brazil! Nah just kidding; kinda. I’d like to see IncuBus Ventures expand to have buses in hubs across the UK and internationally.
Perhaps only a few in the first five years but the more we have the faster we can scale and the more young entrepreneurs we can help. Plus I’d be able to integrate my personal passion for travel and exploring of places I haven’t been before. | {
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The Jungle Book 2016
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The Jungle Book 2016
The Jungle Book is an upcoming hollywood fantasy adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, written by Justin Marks, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is a live-action/CGI reimagining of Walt Disney’s 1967 animated film of the same name. The film stars and introduces Neel Sethi as Mowgli and features the voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. The film is scheduled to be released in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats on April 15, 2016.
The Jungle Book 2016
Mowgli (Neel Sethi) is a human boy raised by the Indian wolves Raksha (Lupita Nyong’o) and Akela (Giancarlo Esposito) ever since his baby form was brought to them by Bagheera the black panther (Ben Kingsley). When the fearsome Bengal tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) threatens his life since man isn’t allowed in the jungle, Mowgli leaves his jungle home. Guided by Bagheera and Baloo the bear (Bill Murray), he sets out on a journey of self-discovery while evading the man-hunting Shere Khan. Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures who do not exactly have his best interests at heart including Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) the python and the smooth-talking Bornean orangutan-resembling Gigantopithecus King Louie (Christopher Walken), who tries to coerce Mowgli into giving up the secret to the elusive and deadly “red flower”.
jungle book 2016
Walt Disney Pictures announced that a live-action remake of The Jungle Book was in development on July 9, 2013, with Justin Marks set to write the script. Jon Favreau was later confirmed as director on November 5, 2013. Favreau was encouraged by Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn to take advantage of the film’s setting and story as an opportunity to utilize the latest advancements in photorealistic rendering, computer-generated imagery and motion capture technologies.
The musical score for The Jungle Book was composed by frequent Favreau collaborator John Debney. Richard M. Sherman, who wrote songs for the 1967 film alongside his late brother Robert B. Sherman, also returned to write new songs for the film. “The Bare Necessities”, originally written by Terry Gilkyson, will be included and sung by Murray. “Trust in Me” is sung by Johansson’s character in the film’s teaser trailer.
A soundtrack album is scheduled to be released on April 15, 2016 by Walt Disney Records.
On January 13, 2015, the film’s release date was postponed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures from October 9, 2015 to April 15, 2016. The film is scheduled to be released in the Dolby Vision format in Dolby Cinema in the United States. It is scheduled to be released in India on April 8, a week ahead of its U.S. debut. With the Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi dubbed versions releasing as well.Cast
Neel Sethi as Mowgli
Ritesh Rajan as Mowgli’s fatherVoice cast
Bill Murray as Baloo
Ben Kingsley as Bagheera
Idris Elba as Shere Khan
Lupita Nyong’o as Raksha
Scarlett Johansson as Kaa
Christopher Walken as King Louie
Giancarlo Esposito as Akela
Emjay Anthony as Grey Brother | {
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40K: All of the Poxwalkers ever!
A scheduling conflict today meant i couldnt pick up additional space wolves so i settled for doing another ten Poxwalkers hehe
I have six of the easy build ones coming with a copy of the first strike box to use as extras if my guys kill enough enemy to replenish the ranks, but im not getting more until we see what the Deathguard releases are as i expect some multipart ones to be released! | {
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After 43 years, father's gift returned to man
Man says sword given by his father lost for decades
A Deering, N.H., man was reunited Tuesday with a gift his father gave him in 1969 when he became an officer in the Marines.
It was a sword, and Jim Cowan last saw it 43 years ago when he packed up his belongings before he was shipped to Vietnam.
Before heading to Vietnam, Cowan moved his family from North Carolina into his parents' house in Massachusetts. His belongings, including a sword he received from his father, were put into storage.
"That was the last time I saw the sword," Cowan said.
Cowan said he assumed the sword had been stolen, and over the past 43 years, he came to the conclusion that he would never see it again.
But Joseph Gordon said he came upon the sword eight years ago. He said a man approached him in a VFW parking lot in Billerica and said he was seeking a loan. The man offered the sword as collateral, Gordon said.
"I gave him all my information, told him I'd put it in my gun safe, and when you want it back, just give me a call," Gordon said.
But Gordon never saw the man again, and the sword stayed in his safe. Eventually, he reached out to his friend, Marine Rob McGann, to help him return the sword to the man whose name was inscribed on it -- Jim Cowan.
After a number of failed attempts, McGann finally found Cowan's phone number. | {
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Robin and I are also writers and have published two volumes of our trip reports called "the Disney Diaries" These are available on Amazon Kindle, links below. Share with us our 14 years of fun packed trips. Written with a great combination of Texas and British humor/humour!!
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Art lovers can be forgiven for mixing up some names. Consider the confusion between Steve McQueen, the British artist, and Steve McQueen, the 1960s Hollywood legend. Or between the American steel sculptors Tony Smith and David Smith. Or how about Judy Chicago, Gary Indiana and Marfa Texas? (Trick question: two are places, and two are people.)
But these are child’s play compared to the perplexity of the moment, in which it seems that every other male artist is named Ryan.A casual count reveals no fewer than eight: There is Ryan Trecartin, with a one-man show at MoMA PS1, and Ryan McNamara, the performance artist who entertained Hamptons galagoers at the Watermill Center benefit last month. There are up-and-comers like Ryan Johnson, Ryan Sullivan, Ryan Gander and Ryan Humphrey. And the best-known of the Ryans — the photographer Ryan McGinley, whose 2003 solo show at the Whitney Museum propelled him to art fame at the age of 25 — is often confused with his sound-alike peer, the painter Ryan McGinness.
It’s as bad as 17th-century Holland, when everyone was named Jan.
The profusion has provoked some awkward moments. Last fall, Mr. Sullivan got a phone call from a well-known charitable arts organization, informing him that he had won a $25,000 grant for his performance work. Who wouldn’t like a phone call like that? The problem was, Mr. Sullivan is an abstract painter, not a performance artist.
“They went on for two or three minutes,” Mr. Sullivan said. Then the coin dropped. “I realized they were talking about Ryan McNamara.”
Ouch.
“It was a gaffe on their part,” said Mr. Sullivan, who added that he took no offense. “But I was happy for Ryan. I knew who had nominated him, which was kind of why I knew who they were talking about. It’s always so hard for performance artists to make money for what they do that I think they should get grants.”
For his part, Mr. McNamara was mortified to hear about the blunder, having been on the other end of such mistakes. At an art-world gala last year, he met one of the art hive’s buzziest queen bees, who generously proceeded to escort him around the party and introduce him to everyone.
As Ryan McGinley.“I didn’t know what to say,” Mr. McNamara said. “It was so awkward, and she was being so nice, I didn’t know how to correct her. Plus, I thought it was kind of funny. Later I told Ryan McGinley about it, and he said it was cool. He said, ‘I still get mixed up with Ryan McGinness.’ ”
Ryan McGinness, who was working on a project in Amsterdam, confirmed that this was the case, but that it had long ceased to bother him. “Luckily I know Ryan, and he’s a good guy, and we like each other,” he said. “If he weren’t, it would be a different story.”
Mr. McGinley was traveling and declined to comment. Mr. Trecartin plays such a mean game of phone tag that he could take it to London for next summer’s Olympics. But he briefly acknowledged this quirky art phenomenon — call it Ryan-ism — and added, “And we’re all gay!”
Though it seems statistically improbable, Ryan-ism isn’t limited to the art world. Hollywood has four heartthrobs named Ryan in current circulation: Reynolds, Gosling, Phillippe and Kwanten.
There may be a simple explanation. According to the Social Security Administration, which keeps track of the most popular baby names, “Ryan” first cracked the top 100 in 1971 — coming in at No. 51 — and rose steadily to No. 11 in the 1980s, resting there, give or take a notch, for a good 10 years.
The reason? The prime suspect appears to be “Love Story,” the 1970 movie that featured a dreamboat to end all dreamboats: a rich Harvard student named Oliver Barrett IV, who loses his head and heart for a saucy Italian Radcliffe student, who in the end loses her life to cancer. He was played by a fresh-faced Ryan O’Neal, and it’s safe to surmise that, for a while at least, the “Ryan” vogue owed an enormous debt to him.
Not having even been born when the movie came out, the real-life Ryans were of two minds on the theory. “It was my grandmother’s maiden name,” Mr. McNamara said. But he added, “The other day I met a Ryan whose mother told him point-blank that he was named that because of ‘Love Story.’ ”
These days, though, with a drug arrest, a stint in rehab and a lawsuit over a missing Warhol painting, Mr. O’Neal is not exactly a name-inspiring role model. “The idea that a generation of people would name their kids after him seems crazy,” Mr. McNamara said.
It might be a coincidence that “Ryan” dropped out of the top 20 baby names in 2010. Then again, it might not. | {
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The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust will work to conserve the plants, wildlife and clean water of Haliburton County to ensure a legacy of forests, fields and wetlands, and the species they nurture. The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust will do this by:
Identifying significant lands and waters of natural or cultural value;
Working cooperatively with individuals, groups and governments to identify, manage and/or research areas of interest;
Encouraging private and government sectors to set aside significant natural areas.
History
Land trusts are non-profit, charitable organizations which have as their core activities the acquisition of land for the purpose of conservation. There are over 30 land trusts in Ontario.
After an open forum for interest in 2003, the first board of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust formed with 7 individuals in 2004. The Land Trust was incorporated on March 23, 2005, registered as a charitable organization on May 26, 2005, and on October 13, 2005, was approved as a potential recipient of gifts under the Ecological Gifts Program of Environment Canada.
The Land Trust is primarily interested in acquiring lands of ecological and cultural significance for conservation purposes. It works to select only those properties which clearly have long-term benefit to the public and can be maintained by the Land Trust in perpetuity.
On March 23, 2007, under the Ecological Gifts Program, the Land Trust acquired its first land donation, a 22-acre island on Kennisis Lake. This island is now officially named Norah’s Island to honour the memory of donor Bruce Carruthers’ wife Norah. Norah’s Island is jointly managed by the Land Trust and the Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners Association.
On December 23, 2009, the Land Trust acquired its second land donation, the Dahl Forest. The Dahl Family transferred ownership of the Dahl Forest property to the Land Trust under the Ecological Gifts Program. The Dahl Forest is approximately 500-acres and straddles the Burnt River for 2.7 kilometres.
In May of 2010, the Land Trust announced its successful application to the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Funding in the amount of $91, 500.00 would fund two part-time staff positions, an administrative assistant and program coordinator, over a period of 3-years.
On February 14, 2011, papers were signed to transfer title for two properties owned by Dr. Donald A. Smith, a long-time resident of Haliburton County, to the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust. The 72-acre forested property bordering a wetland complex on the Burnt River was donated under Environment Canada’s Ecological Gifts program. This ecologically significant property will now be protected and managed by the Land Trust.
In order to ensure funding for the protection and management of this ecologically significant property, Dr. Donald A. Smith also donated a 2-acre waterfront lot on Black Lake, north of Haliburton village. Dr. Smith’s wish was to have the Land Trust sell the lot in order to establish an endowment fund to pay for the expenses of protecting and managing the 72-acre property and to support the Land Trust with its mission to protect the natural heritage of Haliburton County for future generations. The property was sold on October 28, 2011.
In November 2012, the Land Trust acquired its fourth nature reserve – a wetland complex near South Lake. The Fred & Pearl Barry Wetland Reserve is a 100-acre property, which is home to many important species and habitats, strengthens a block of nearby protected areas, which include the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park, Snowdon Park and adjoining Crown land. The property was donated to the Land Trust by Dennis Barry through Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program.
Since 2007, the Land Trust has routinely and successfully received funding from the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Canada for research studies on Species at Risk to develop a Natural Heritage Strategy for Haliburton County. The Land Trust’s Board of Directors began this process because they were interested in identifying focal areas for conservation. The presence of species at risk (SAR) and potentially suitable habitat for these species are two of the Land Trust’s criteria for land acquisition for conservation purposes.
From 2008 to 2010, many members of the community reported sightings of SAR to the Land Trust and, combined with research projects, the Land Trust has increased the number of documented observations of SAR in the County by 465%. The Land Trust also published a Species at Risk Journal, now in its 3rd edition, to raise funds and provide the public with a helpful species and habitat identification tool.
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Gallery: Road Trip–Grand Tetons
Much ink has been spilled in praise of Jackson Hole, but if these photos are any indication, this place ain’t even close to being over-hyped. Photographer Craig Grant and the rest of the Yeti Cycles crew took a road trip to the Grand Tetons and came back with these outstanding images. | {
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What to eat. Where to go.
>3 Monkeys
Suzanne and I got a last-minute cheap deal to eat at this relatively new south London Indian restaurant, so we were looking forward to a posh Indian dinner on the cheap when we visited Three Monkeys.
This is one of a breed of modern Indian restaurants which are rapidly replacing every Mughal-arched, flock-wallpapered old place in the city (much to my relief). The place is split-level with a modern bar downstairs. Upstairs everything is light and bright, with some beautiful Indian art on the walls.
Being mid-week we were one of about four tables occupied so it did feel a bit quiet, added to which we were very chilly for the whole evening. The waitress was pleasant enough but on occasion a little slow to respond – no problem for us as we were gossiping madly but another time this would have wound me up.
As for the food, there are lots on the menu which were new to me. One of their specialities is Handi cuisine from the central plateau of India, slow cooked in an earthen pot. We stuck to fairly standard dishes, our man courses being one chicken and one lamb. Our first impression was that the quantity of meat in each dish was woefully small. This was partly made up by the quality of the meat and the delicate taste of the sauce. Added to which, the side dishes and rice we were served were beautiful.
Having said all that, we could not manage a dessert, settling for a coffee and a masala tea instead. However when the bill came it was almost £50 for two, and that was only included two glasses of wine. All in all, we felt that it was not good value for money – and this was on a special deal! I would not be tempted back here if I had to pay full price, and I could think of many more places service equally good food for less elsewhere in London. | {
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Hurray for a child
That makes it through
If there's any way
Because the answer lies in you
They're laid to rest
Before they know just what to do
Their souls are lost
Because they could never find
What's this life for
I see your soul, it's kind of gray
You see my heart, you look away
You see my wrist, I know your pain
I know your purpose on your plane
Don't say a last prayer
Because you could never find
What's this life for
But they ain't here anymore
Don't have to settle the score
Cause we all live
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Shady Playgrounds in the Des Moines, Iowa Area
When summer temperatures hit and your kids still need to get outside and play, check out these shady playgrounds around the Des Moines, Iowa area! This list is partially generated off of other folks’ suggestions; if you disagree or have more to add, please just leave a comment and I’ll happily include it in the notes. Shade can also vary due to the time of day, if I know when the pictures were taken I’ve included that note as well! As I add pictures and update with new pictures, you can subscribe to my newsletter to stay in the loop.
I know it isn’t always an option to make it to a shady park, so I’ll share some of the things that keep us from getting sunburned (knock on wood) when we are at sunny playgrounds. | {
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I have contributed a preface to the book “L’Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme” by Prof. Dr. Luca Scotto Tella de’ Douglas di Castel di Ripa in collaboration with Maurizio Cancelli, published by Aracne Editrice in Rome.
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (in Latin: Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, OESSH), also called the Order of the Holy Sepulchre or of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Roman Catholic Knightly Order placed under the protection of the Holy See. Its main mission is to “support the Christian presence in the Holy Land”. According to ancient tradition, the Knights had the power to create other Knights, thus obtaining even the privilege of making even those Knights who were not nobles from birth become nobles. In addition, the acquisition of nobility also came from belonging to the Order. Among the privileges of the Order, registered by its Guardian in 1553 and approved by subsequent Popes, were included some of the greatest granted to any Order. Among these we should remember the ancient papal tradition, never repealed, which gives the Knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem the title, granted by the Holy Father as Head of the Vatican State, of Count Palatine “Comes Palatii” (ad personam) of the Sacred Lateran Palace. The Order takes precedence in ceremonies and Apostolic Palaces over any other Religious-Chivalric Order and, according to experts and historians, in the hierarchy of the Pontifical Orders it would come immediately after the Order of the Golden Spur (currently quiescent), according to the ancient custom, although this rule is currently under discussion.
This study of the Order is undertaken from a perspective independent of the Vatican, and considers the Order in its historic, religious and nobiliary context.
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ICC's decision unfavourable and unfortunate: Dalmiya
CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya on Sunday termed ICC's rejection of BCCI's appeal to reconsider its decision to take away India-England cricket World Cup match from Eden Gardens as "unfavourable and disappointing".
CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya on Sunday termed ICC's rejection of BCCI's appeal to reconsider its decision to take away India-England cricket World Cup match from Eden Gardens as "unfavourable and disappointing".
The experienced cricket administrator, however, said that the stadium will be cent per cent ready before the February 7 deadline, when an ICC inspection team travels to Kolkata.
"It was not a favourable decision. It is unfortunate. I still strongly feel that it should have come back to Eden. I don't know why they have taken this decision. I am still hopeful that we should get the match," Dalmiya told reporters.
The ICC today formally conveyed to the BCCI about its inability to hold the India vs England World Cup match at the Eden Gardens on February 27 and the BCCI recommended Bangalore as the alternate venue for the match.
The historic 100,000 capacity stadium lost the right to host the crucial tie after failing to meet the completion deadline for renovation work.
Asked about the delayed construction work, Dalmiya said, "Overnight we can't do magic. We had asked for February 7 deadline and if you come on that day, you will see the venue will be ready."
"On February 7, the venue will be 100 per cent ready. There will be an ICC inspection team visiting on February 7. We will show them that the venue is absolutely ready," he said.
The BCCI, at the behest of the Cricket Association of Bengal, had appealed to the ICC to extend the completion deadline for the tie to February 7.
Even West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee threw his weight behind the cause. The lobbying for the Edens also saw Dalmiya calling on Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. But all efforts went in vain with the ICC today rejecting BCCI's appeal.
Asked if there is any political vendetta behind the decision, Dalmiya said, "Please don't ask me this question at this point of time because I have three more matches to host. I don't want to say something which will affect hosting the remaining matches.
"That is your individual opinion. I will get back to you on this after the World Cup is over. I am still hopeful that we should get the match," he added.
Asked why even after such rigorous political lobbying, it didn't help the cause, Dalmiya said, "No comments. I am not a political persons."
Asked if he had spoken to ICC president Sharad Pawar after the decision, the Cricket Association of Bengal president didn't make any comment.
The India-England clash was to be the only match featuring the co-hosts at the venue and the other scheduled clashes mostly feature minnows.
South Africa-Ireland (March 15), Netherlands-Ireland (March 18) and Zimbabwe-Kenya (March 20) are the other games scheduled at the venue. | {
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From parenting to relationships and everything in between.
Sophia’s new room.
Well actually it isn’t a ‘new’ room but its having a makeover. We have bought her a new bed and thought that we would redecorate her room while it was half empty. Soo my DIY skills are put to the test. We decided to wallpaper over the strange brick wallpaper that was there when we moved in. We got 1 roll of glittery grey paper and i got to work.
Back wall during the makeover.
The one roll of paper wasn’t quite enough as you can see in the picture below but the bed will be going there so i didn’t want to spend £19 on another roll for that small area which won’t be seen.
Back wall complete minus the bottom right corner.
It wasn’t too grueling getting the paper up there and i rather enjoyed it.
Next we had a new bed delivered. It’s a bed with a little play house underneath. Here is a video from the first time Sophia saw it. She loves it and it doesn’t have a mattress or any paint yet. (Feel free to subscribe to my youtube channel)
The thing she likes most about it is that she can go up and down the stairs. Each step is also storage where the step lifts up and has a compartment inside. Great for storing toy, clothes, nappies ect.
1am finally finished painting.
We sent Sophia away for a night so we could get it painted (see above) and i also managed to get some carpet on the steps. That wasn’t all we had to get done in one night but we were tired so had to sleep. However we did get all the painting done so her room could air out for a day before she needed to sleep in it.
Painted with some detail added.
The following morning we were able to add the little details like a flower pot on the wall by the door, a pink and blue picket fence and some pink lights. We just about managed to get it done before we had to pick Sophia up but there are some little details to add such as flowers for the pot, a number for the door and some bunting.
All lit up.
When we got home Sophia loved it and the lights do a great job too. I think she will have loads of fun in this bed!!
The only problem is that i think i want one now.
I have now been painting on these very small canvas things so she can have some artwork up in her little under bed house. I do get that my art isn’t that great but she loves volcanos and she is still young so i think my painting will pass as one. I have also painted a little flower on a canvas too but i am too ashamed of that one to post a picture up 😔
Last night we had some free time after our anniversary dinner so we had a look around the local shopping center (Gloucester Quays) as we were at Bella Italia which is now a tradition for us on our anniversary and we then ended up at the peel center in Gloucester looking in Home Bargains which in hindsight was a mistake! Any shop like that is detrimental to our bank balance because we always go in to “Just have a look” but end up buying a load of random things that we don’t really need. However when we went in we found a cute chair and foot stool for children so we had to get one for Sophia! I think the final selling point of this chair was that it was pink! I know my wife had wanted a chair for Sophia’s room since we knew we were getting a new bed for her and now we finally have one.
I am sorry that this post is soo long but i wanted to write this one as we were doing up the room so i could update it with the progress pictures. | {
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Independent labor leader, Vladimir Morera Bacallao, is in critical condition pursuant to over 90 days on a hunger strike protesting his unjust imprisonment.
In November 2013, Morera Bacallao was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Castro regime for his independent organizing activities.
He's been recently transferred to the Orlando Milan Castro Hospital in Santa Clara.
"All of us, his family, are opposed to the hunger strike. But he asks us not to insist, to respect his decision. He wants to prove his innocence with his life," his wife, Vilma Morera Bacallo, told Diario de Cuba. | {
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Painting by Pierre Coupey becomes part of Vancouver's urban landscape
When I think of public art, I usually think of a sculpture outdoors. I don’t think of a painting on canvas. But because of the design of the ground floor of a new office building downtown, a painting in the lobby has become a kind of public art.
The painting is in the brightly lit lobby of the new office tower at the northwest corner of Alberni and Thurlow. The building doesn’t have a name other than 745 Thurlow. Designed by Musson Cattell Mackey, it’s the building with the corporate sign SNC-Lavalin at the top on the outside. Although the office tower and its green glass isn’t one of my favorite new buildings in downtown Vancouver, I really like the building’s open and transparent relationship to the sidewalk and street. Due to the shallow depth of the lobby, the painting is easily visible to anyone walking or driving by. Plus, there’s a generously covered outdoor area – it’s too small to call a plaza – where you can stand and be sheltered from rain and look at the painting without going into the lobby
Inside, the vertical forms of the colourful oil painting contrast with the horizontal lines in the grey marble of the lobby wall.
Already, people are popularizing the painting by taking selfies in front of it. The security guards have also given it the thumbs up. One I talked to now uses the painting as a geographic marker and tells people: “We’re in the building with the bright yellow painting in the lobby.”
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I say it’s almost an example of public art but I know it’s not in any part of the public domain. It’s clearly in the private space of a corporate tower. The windows on two sides of the lobby on Alberni and Thurlow make the big abstract painting seem accessible and inviting from the street.
On overcast days, the painting’s colours and shapes pop against the grey wall. Seeing such a big abstract painting in a corporate lobby is a rarity in Vancouver where figurative landscapes tend to dominate.
I talked to him by phone about the steps involved in making the painting and how it came to be located in the lobby of a corporate office building downtown.
Coupey said what was “scary” for him was that he was required to make a maquette – a small scale model of his proposed painting.
“That’s not the way I work,” he said. “I don’t do a little study and then work from it. I make a painting directly on the canvas.”
But he went ahead and made two maquettes, both at a quarter scale. He did one in cool colours and another in hot colours in different finishes. The property management company liked the cooler colours of the shinier finish.
“At a certain point, I put the maquettes away and didn’t work from them at all,” he said.
“I realized that (the property management company) was quite sophisticated and understood that I wasn’t going to reproduce the maquette they chose. They understood the artistic process. I make a painting completely from scratch and it follows its own logic in terms of its unfolding.”
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Because of the size of the painting, Coupey had to teach himself to paint in a new way.
“In the past, every time I hit the canvas, I would paint the whole surface,” he said.
“Sometimes I would paint the whole painting several times in a day. But with a painting that big, you can’t do that.”
Because of the painting’s size, he had to use a ladder to get up to paint the top. That meant climbing up and down and getting on his arthritic knees to paint the bottom.
Instead of painting the whole surface in one go, he would paint the blues, for example, and leave everything else alone. Or he focused on smaller areas.
“That was the only way you could paint a big painting like that,” he said.
“You had to in effect paint it piecemeal.”
Initially, when I looked at the painting I saw mostly the vertical orientation of the bright yellows, oranges and darker colours. It made me think of coloured rain. Someone else told Coupey it looked like an autumnal waterfall.The gestures begin in specific and defined marks that appear to decay as gravity pulled them downwards. They all looked very drip-like. But they’re not quite like that. As I looked closer, I could see gestures made from drips. But many if not most of the vertical lines aren’t drips. They’re strips of paint made from different layers of paint that create long, thin vertical lines.
As Coupey pointed out, the colours also cross the painting horizontally and diagonally to give the work a liveliness so the eye constantly travels over and around the surface.
Coupey, who was born in Quebec, said the painting’s colours are a mix of summer and autumn that recall his family’s country place in the Laurentians.
A great photo series showing the stages in the making of, and the installation of, Coupey’s Untitled XV triptych is on his website. | {
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Ingrid Steeger
Sexy Ingrid Steeger (1947) is a German actress and comedian. She started her career in the soft sex films that were all the rage in Europe during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1973, she became famous as a Marilyn Monroe-like funny and delicious blonde in the TV comedy show Klimbim.
German autograph card by Bravo.
The girl with the most cover shots
Ingrid Steeger was born as Ingrid Anita Stengert in 1947 in Berlin. She was the third child of Kurt and Käthe Stengert. After school she worked as a secretary when she was discovered by photographer Frank Quade. Soon pinup photos of her appeared in numerous men's magazines, especially SEXY, where even today she is the girl with the most cover shots.
She was elected Miss Filmfestival (Berlin 1968) and soon was into films herself. She appeared in the Edgar Wallace crime films Der Gorilla von Soho/Gorilla Gang (Alfred Vohrer, 1968) and Die Tote aus der Themse/Angels of Terror (Harald Philipp, 1971). The popularity of the Wallace series was waning and Steeger found more employ in a new, highly popular genre, sexploitation.
Her first erotic comedy was Rat' mal, wer heut bei uns schläft...?/Guess Who's Sleeping with Us Tonight? (Alexis Neve, 1969) with Andrea Rau. Not wanting to use her real name, because her father objected, and not yet having decided on a stage name, her first film billed her as Ingrid Stengel.
Next followed Ich - Ein Groupie/Me, a Groupie (Erwin C. Dietrich, 1970) in which she played the lead as a groupie travelling across Europe with rock bands and hippies. Christopher Underwood at IMDb: “Splendidly lurid sexploitation featuring a lovely Ingrid Steeger who wears sexy clothes now and again but not too often. A surprisingly large amount of time is spent over the preparation and administration of various drugs and the music and musicians authentic enough.”
A huge box office hit in the European cinemas was the sex report film Schulmädchen-Report: Was Eltern nicht für möglich halten/Schoolgirl Report Part 1: What Parents Don't Think Is Possible (Ernst Hofbauer, 1970). The film is a pseudo-documentary loosely based on the non-fictional book Schulmädchen-Report by sexologist Günther Hunold, published the same year. The book presented interviews with twelve teenage girls on their sexual lives. Schulmädchen-Report topped the German cinema charts for weeks in 1970 and became the first in a series that would last thirteen titles until 1980.
German postcard by Krüger, no. 900/399. Sent by mail from France to Germany in 1971.
German postcard by Krüger, no. 900/400.
Klimbim
In between all these soft sex films, Ingrid Steeger also played parts in TV-films and series like in an episode of the popular Krimi series Der Kommissar/The Police Inspector (1973) with Erik Ode and Fritz Wepper.
She had her breakthrough when she starred as Gabi Klimbim in the TV comedy show Klimbim (1973-1979), a German version of the American show Rowan and Martin's Laugh In. She proved to be an excellent comedienne. Steeger was a huge success as the Marilyn Monroe-like funny and sexy blonde, who often went topless. The series, created by Michael Pfleghar, was a huge hit, and the sex was one of the reasons. It was rather unusual and daring for a prime time terrestrial TV programme.
Stefan Kahrs at IMDb: “Another invention was to use a sitcom element in the show, the Klimbim family. This sitcom within the show could perhaps be described as a cross between the Bundy family in Married... with Children and the students in The Young Ones (1982). In other words, you watched in a mixture of amusement and horror, certainly relieved that nobody like that would live anywhere near you. Although the characters in that sitcom were all outrageous caricatures, it still gave the show's regulars plenty of opportunity to show off their comedic skills.”
Steeger won several TV awards, including the Goldene Kamera by TV magazine Hörzu in 1977, the Bravo Otto in gold in 1978 (voted by the readers of Germany's biggest teen magazine Bravo) and the Bambi award in 1990. With Iris Berben, she also co-starred in the TV miniseries Zwei himmlische Töchter/Two heavenly daughters (Michael Pfleghar, 1978) as two nightclub dancers who inherit a 1930s airplane. Then she flopped badly with a third series directed by Pfleghar, Susi (Michael Pfleghar, 1980-1981).
She went to France to live with her French actor-friend Jean-Paul Zehnacker, who had co-starred with her in Susi. But they soon separated. Ingrid returned to Germany to become a mature, serious actress, in the vein of her idols Shirley MacLaine or Goldie Hawn, but the public wouldn't let her. Guest appearances in many German TV series followed.
She also played in a few films, such as André schafft sie alle/Andre Handles Them All (Peter Fratzscher, 1985) with Franco Nero, and Paul is dead (Hendrik Handloegten, 2000) about the urban legend that Paul McCartney died early and the public had not been informed at all. Her most recent film is Goldene Zeiten/Golden Times (Peter Tworwarth, 2006) starring Dirk Benedict.
In recent years she has concentrated on theatre and played mostly in boulevard comedies. She also wrote her memoirs, Und find es wunderbar: Mein Leben (And find it wonderful – my life). Steeger was married twice, first to cameraman Lothar E. Stickelbrucks (1973–1975) and later to Red Indian Dakota Tom LaBlanc (1992–1995). Today Ingrid Steeger lives in Munich with her dachshund Eliza Doolittle.
There is more than Hollywood...
European Film Star Postcards is a blog, dedicated to the stars of the European cinema. And to their photographers, the publishers of their postcards, and to the fans who collected them.
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I made them over the weekend and they were an instant hit in our impromptu get-together. Since the holiday season in full swing and with Christmas soon approaching, we are either hosting a random get together at our place or attending the same at friends-family and I’m always trying to create something new to either serve at our place or take to friends.
These stuffed sweet potato rolls are simply divine and a crowd pleaser appetizer and not to mention effortless to make too : ) Before we proceed ahead, I hope you’ve checked some of these other popular appetizers from my blog:
To make these Extremely Easy Stuffed Sweet Potato Rolls, all you need is some biscuit dough (flakey or non-flakey) and a quick stuffing that’s a mix of sweet potatoes along with celery, cabbage, and peas.
The stuffing is sauteed lightly in an Italian seasoning with your favorite cheese.
Now, I’m not just stopping there, to make it extra festive, I’m slathering the buns with a generous coating of butter, sweet potato puree and some Italian seasoning on top and then the rolls are baked to a golden perfection !!!
The result is this GORGEOUS looking rolls that smell heavenly and your entire kitchen smells of this festive aroma!! If you want, you can slather some more butter on top and make it look like shiny golden pearls.
I usually serve them with a spicy chili relish but you can serve it with any chutney/sauce of choice.
They make an excellent appetizer or you can pair them with your choice of the entree as a side. Just make few extra as they go really fast.
Hope you give them a try soon 🙂
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I do think Spiderman could have been done better in general, but I if that link is correct and they're going back to the part of the story where Parker is in high school, they'll have to get creative to not reprise too much of what the 2001 movie did.
I may be in the minority on this, but as a HUGE Spider-Man fan, I felt that 1 & 2 were great. The 3rd was a ******* abomination.
The first 2 Spiderman movies were phenomenal. They were fantastic movies that were rather faithful to the source material and had groundbreaking effects and solid acting and story. It was the atrocious third one that skewed everyone's opinion of the franchise. To reboot the franchise at this point is just stupid. Its like Hollywood ran out of ideas, so they make a trilogy, and when they cant make a 4th one, they just remake the original 3 movies again. Its pointless and I despise the process.
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Tears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.
venom is a ******* awesome character, but that movie just plain sucked.
I would kill for ******* movie with Carnage in it.
I wouldnt, not if its a PG-13 movie. How the hell is one of the more badass villains in comics supposed to be chopping people in half in a movie that shows no blood? A Spidey movie with Carnage would of had to be rated R.
I felt that the 4th Spiderman movie, the one that just got cancelled, should of finally turned Curt Connors into The Lizard. They built on the concept for 3 movies, why not actually do it?
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Tears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.
I may be in the minority on this, but as a HUGE Spider-Man fan, I felt that 1 & 2 were great. The 3rd was a ******* abomination.
The first one was okay (Dafoe was one of the very best villian performances in modern hero movies), but I felt the second one was pretty stupid saving a few bright spots. Alfred Molina as Doc Ock was pretty good, but the writing and general story felt a bit flat for me. It's pretty hard for me to take a movie serious when it climaxes with a miniature sun being created in some pier building in New York City.
I liked the 1 & 2 quite a bit. The 3rd one was just so bad on many levels. To many bad guys. Should have just used 1 bad guy. If they wanted to use Venom, then fine. But for the love of god, why Topher Grace!? In the comics Vemon was a hulked out version of black suit spider man, not some skinny geek.
Im not against a revamped version. They do need to give it some time. Reboots have worked well for Batman and the Hulk(Superman not so much.). We need a badass to be spider man this time around.
I liked the 1 & 2 quite a bit. The 3rd one was just so bad on many levels. To many bad guys. Should have just used 1 bad guy. If they wanted to use Venom, then fine. But for the love of god, why Topher Grace!? In the comics Vemon was a hulked out version of black suit spider man, not some skinny geek.
Im not against a revamped version. They do need to give it some time. Reboots have worked well for Batman and the Hulk(Superman not so much.). We need a badass to be spider man this time around.
I just saw Avatar and, surprisingly, I really liked it. The action scenes were insane (especially the last 30 minutes of the film) and the filmmaking is truly remarkable. The story isn't very original, but I didn't really care. I watched the previews and trailers and thought it looked awful, then my friend was dying to see it and he couldn't see it alone, so I said, "What the ****. Why not?" Half way through the movie I'm just completely immersed into the movie and its stunning visuals. I didn't watch it in 3D and I never will, but this is one of the best sci-fi movies I've ever seen. Cameron throws in his usual corny ass dialogue that got close to ten head shakes or rolling eyes.
Still, it's easily one of the better movies of the year and I think it could be Cameron's best film. Loved Stephen Lang's caricature and performance.
Also watched The Cooler. Great movie, great acting that just gets better and better as the film evolves. Very entertaining movie. William H. Macy gives the best performance of his career and Baldwin might have done the same.
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I just saw Avatar and, surprisingly, I really liked it. The action scenes were insane (especially the last 30 minutes of the film) and the filmmaking is truly remarkable. The story isn't very original, but I didn't really care. I watched the previews and trailers and thought it looked awful, then my friend was dying to see it and he couldn't see it alone, so I said, "What the ****. Why not?" Half way through the movie I'm just completely immersed into the movie and its stunning visuals. I didn't watch it in 3D and I never will, but this is one of the best sci-fi movies I've ever seen. Cameron throws in his usual corny ass dialogue that got close to ten head shakes or rolling eyes.
Still, it's easily one of the better movies of the year and I think it could be Cameron's best film. Loved Stephen Lang's caricature and performance.
Also watched The Cooler. Great movie, great acting that just gets better and better as the film evolves. Very entertaining movie. William H. Macy gives the best performance of his career and Baldwin might have done the same.
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On the topic os the spiderman movies. I waited years for a movie to see Spidey and Venom face off, and they went and ****** it all up. I wanted carnage as well but Venom was what I was waiting for. Maybe Raimi hates that story line so much because he didnt get it, I mean Peter with the symboite was supposed to be more aggressive and he turned him into an emo dancing ****.
If any superhero movie deserves a remake in my mind its the X-men comics. Their was so much potential and great story lines to explore and again, the third one sunk any hopes of that. I'm glad Nolan seems to be taking his time with the Batman one, if he does it at all.
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I don't know how old you are, but if you can get to 24/25 without getting arrested or killed, you've done well for yourself lol.
Again though, the first 2 Xmen movies were great when Singer was in charge, and apparently hes returning for the 4th, which is great news for comic fans. There is absolutely no reason to reboot the Xmen franchise, and the Wolverine: Origins movie damn near killed me with the way they murdered the backstories of so many important characters. The less Fox has to do with Marvel characters, the better.
If ANY comic movie made so far deserves a reboot, its Daredevil. And it needs to be R-Rated and as much as I love Ben Affleck, it needs to be someone totally badass playing Daredevil...I actually think Michael C Hall would make a FANTASTIC Daredevil, for anyone who has read the comics.
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Research In Motion pushing for sale to Samsung [updated]
Research In Motion is currently weighing every single option it can think of in an effort to reverse a negative trend that is approaching a boiling point for investors. Reports that RIM is currently in talks to license its software to other vendors are accurate according to our trusted sources, though we have been told that RIM is most likely leaning toward an outright sale of one or more divisions, or even the whole company. The front runner, we have been told by a trusted source with knowledge of the situation, is Samsung, which might be interested in RIM for a number of reasons.
One of the biggest assets RIM has is BlackBerry Messenger, and it would be a smart way for Samsung to differentiate itself inside the Android ecosystem. HTC has its Sense suite and it recently bought into Beats by Dr. Dre. Samsung could buy RIM, or a part of the company, and integrate not only BBM but also several other enterprise features into Android to make its devices an even bigger threat to competitors. This could also help Samsung better differentiate itself on the software and OS level, pulling more control into its hands and away from Google.
We have heard that Jim Balsillie is actively meeting with almost every company that might be interested in either a part or all of RIM, in addition to having talks about licensing. “Jim is going hard after Samsung,” said a source with knowledge of the negotiations. One of the reasons no deal has been struck, however, is that RIM’s co-CEOs are asking for way too much.
We have heard the company is looking for more than $10 billion for a full sale, likely somewhere in the $12 billion to $15 billion range, or between approximately $22.90 and $28.60 per share. RIM’s market capitalization currently sits at about $8.5 billion, though several analysts think that even $8.5 billion is more than an interested party would consider bidding at the moment.
Samsung declined to comment and a spokesperson for RIM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It’s certainly an interesting time at Research In Motion, and we’ll have much more on RIM in the coming days.
UPDATE: In a statement provided to Reuters Wednesday evening, a Samsung spokesman said the company is not interested in an outright purchase of Research In Motion. The spokesman did not address reports that Samsung is considering licensing RIM’s software, however, or purchasing a portion of RIM’s assets. | {
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Facebook ups the ante with the introduction of “Graph Search”
Facebook announced “Graph Search”, a new exciting service which is all about people-powered results and enables users to discover content that has been shared with you on Facebook.
“Graph Social”, which, for the time being, is available globally to a small subset of users who use Facebook in US English, is a very interesting development for businesses. For, as Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, argued, there is great potential for the social graph to benefit businesses and advertisers.
Therefore, we decided to gather some must-read material in order to help you understand everything you need to know about Facebook’s latest innovation. So, take a breath and let’s start!
What it is
Graph Search is a new and improved search experience that allows users to discover people, places, and things on Facebook. Whether you are a Page, place group, app or game, you and the content you share can appear in search results based on the information you have shared and the connections you have. No immediate action is required other than making sure your Page, place, or app is complete and up-to-date.
How it works
Now people can search the social graph, not just by name but also by categories or simple phrases. They can also find content, such as photos and videos that they may have missed. For example, people can find you based on phrases such as “hotels near the Eiffel Tower”, “sushi restaurants my friends have been to in London” or “videos of TV shows that my friends like”.
Relevant results are unique and different for everyone, based on their relationships and the information and content that has been shared with them.
Improved Results
Suggestions will still appear in the search bar when people are looking for specific people, places, or things. Searches, which do not match a particular result, display a search results page with the results that are most relevant to the user. Depending on the search and type of result, results on the search results page may include social context, category, address, likes, ratings, active users, similar Pages, or a description about the business. Results display a higher photo resolution and more information than our previous search bar and results page. We recommend a minimum 620x620 pixel resolution.
What you can do
1. Make sure your Page, Place of App information is complete and up to date
The name, category, vanity URL, and information you share in the About section all help a user find your business and should be shared on Facebook
If you have a location or local place Page, update your address to make sure you can appear as a result when a user is searching for a specific location
Upload a 620x620 pixel resolution profile photo
Share content directly on Facebook; only photos and videos shared on your Page can appear as a result for photo and video-related searches
2. Strengthen your connections
People who engage with your Page or app do matter. Results are ordered based on a user’s relationships with his or her friends, so it’s not just the number of fans or users but also the strength of those connections that are important. For example, if a user searches for restaurants in a particular city, those that are most popular with his/her closest friends will be displayed first. Additionally, results that are similar to a searcher’s existing likes and interests may be ranked higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where and when is this available?
Starting January 15th, Graph Search will become available globally to a small subset of users who use Facebook in US English. The limited beta period allows us to continue to improve the product as we launch this more broadly.
How is this different from other search engines?
Graph Search is all about people-powered results. Users discover content that has been shared with them on Facebook, including public content. Results are based on the strength of their connections and are different for every user.
Can I advertise in the search results?
As in the existing search bar, Sponsored Results are still available in Graph Search. Sponsored Results allow you to promote results in the search bar and will appear whether or not users have Graph Search. We are not launching any new ad capabilities at this time, and there are no ads in the search results page.
Can offsite links be found in Graph Search?
Only objects shared on Facebook can appear as a result in the search bar. We may also make query suggestions in the search bar that trigger web searches. Web searches are powered by Bing and are similar to results on Bing.com.
Why don’t I appear in search results?
Search results are personalized and different for every user: each person may see different results based on what they are intended to see. Search results also adhere to privacy controls around content – so not all users have permission to view the same content. Additionally, search results are ranked by the connections each person has, so the people, places, and things that are most popular among that user’s connections are ranked higher. | {
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The 45th Annual Chancellor's Council Meeting and Symposium
On May 4, I had the great honor of hosting The 45th Annual Chancellor’s Council Meeting and Symposium. The theme of this year’s meeting was ROI – return on investment. More than 700 Chancellor’s Council members gathered in Austin for a Symposium featuring five extraordinary UT alumni who personified the immeasurable ROI at UT institutions.
We met the CEO of Hanson Robotics and UT Dallas alumnus, David Hanson, who builds robots that mimic human expression and emotion.
Legendary ABC anchor and Texas Western College (now UT El Paso) graduate Sam Donaldson shared riveting accounts of growing up in El Paso and his journey to becoming a news anchor on Capitol Hill.
Chief of the Center for Cardiac Support at Texas Heart Institute and UT Austin alumnus, Bud Frazier, M.D. revealed his research that led to the creation of the beatless heart and other assist devices that have saved countless lives.
Astronaut and flight surgeon Serena Auñón, M.D., took us through her days as a medical student at UT Health Science Center at Houston and resident at UT Medical Branch at Galveston and recounted her ascendancy to NASA.
UT Austin alumnus and military hero, Admiral William H. McRaven, captivated the crowd as he responded to moderator Evan Smith’s questions about missions of the Joint Special Operations Command, including the one that led to the destruction of Osama bin Laden.
And to end the outstanding program, the UT Austin Trombone Choir played a song dear to many of our Chancellor’s Council members – “The Eyes of Texas.”
The continued dedication from our friends and supporters generate outstanding alumni like these at our UT institutions. They truly exemplify a strong return on investment. And you, as our greatest supporters, have created similar opportunities for countless other students. We are profoundly grateful to you. | {
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Born To Follow…
One of the main hurdles I face while teaching music is, how to teach kids and adults to be more creative.
I feel, we don’t give much importance to being original. We need marks to show. That’s all.
Getting knowledge is the last thing on our mind.
We need degrees and marks to get a job.
Recently, I got really upset with myself… Students are having this music grade exam from different UK Universities.
Most of the students want to skip musical knowledge questions which are of lesser marks compared to the marks of pieces (Songs) they have to play.
I mean, that’s what the teach in schools and entrance exam coaching centers’ I guess.
Sometimes, I hate my job. Music is my passion but these kinds of students really kills my passion and dedication towards my craft.
What they do right now is just trying to copy a song or something which is already been created by someone, and few around them would say, they are talented…
When I talk to parents, they don’t have a clue about what is creativity or what talent is.
It’s like, dumping everything on teachers. Their attitude is, “Then why are we paying you? You have to make our kid successful. Period!”
Anyone one can learn to play a popular classic rock song if they are can sit there and practice the same song for six months with some sheet music that is available. Where is talent in that? Where is creativity in that?
How can I explain creativity? It is really hard for me to explain. According to me, it is a freedom to do what you feel inside. One has to feel it. To feel it, one has to sit there and meditate on that subject for the day, months or sometimes, years.
It takes the time to create something new. Parents and society should give them space and time for others to be creative.
One of the most important thing or ingredient in creativity is space. Plenty of space.
Another thing is boredom. When one is bored with the existing things, he or she might think about creating something new.
If there is no enough space to dream and if one is so busy with a long “to-do” list every day, who will think about creating something new?
So, the society advises them to follow the current trend and not to waste time thinking about creating anything new.
At times, I feel, we are waiting to see something successful, so that we can follow it and make a living out of it by copying what they did to become successful.
One of my students told me that his son is interested only in Soccer. And my student is advising him to play Cricket because… “You know Mr.Francis, there are more opportunities in Cricket… and with this IPL and the number of matched been played, it would be good for his future if he plays Cricket”.
PS: 40% of my students are working or married and with kids. No, I am not talking behind their back. They know me very well; the way I talk or write 🙂 | {
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Monograms always give any invitation or project a personalized touch but it’s frustrating how limited monograms can be used in projects to cutting, stenciling, stamping, and printing simply because there aren’t embossing folders for individual letters out there, more so monograms (If you have seen one, please please post a link below!). But , lo Read More
Halloween is right around the corner so today I’m sharing Halloween themed cutting files for your Silhouettes. Enjoy! I’m entering this project for the DT Call on OPEN-MINDED CRAFTING FUN CHALLENGES Download studio file for the PUMPKIN here! Download studio file for the SPIDERS here! I’m entering this project for the DT Call on Read More
You’d know I’ve been house cleaning when I post a makeover project. Perfect example is the Faux Marble Box I posted a while back. This time, I found this old mirror from seven years ago which I rarely used after I accidentally poured melted wax over it— *sigh* the price of taking the bush out of the Read More
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“Men, Women & Children” opens on a couple starting to cheat on each other, a mother invading her daughter’s life and a father/son trying to find a way to connect. Adults don’t know why kids use tech, but they will abuse the tools to get what they want. Nothing is more pathetic to see Adam Sandler steal his kid’s laptop, since he destroyed his laptop with malware from porn sites. As Emma Thompson’s calm narration assures us that nothing here matters, we’re constantly bombarded with images of parents and kids betraying each other’s trust. Parents are turning kids into cam models, kids are losing their favorite things due to parental confusion and the same parents are watching commercials for Ashley Madison with plans to escape.
This film has pinpointed tech obsession in a way that I’d imagine only Todd Solondz would be willing to show. While there’s always been a dedicated base that wants to decry losing touch with humanity, the material goes beyond that. This isn’t about people losing touch, it’s about people finally getting the means to break away. Technology makes it easier to cheat, escape your life and find a way to ditch bothersome adults. The constant clash of personalities is a swirl that is intoxicating to those that want to try and penetrate the confusion.
At their heart, the characters in this film mean well. But, there’s nothing but constant reminders that they are specks living on a tiny blue dot in a giant cosmos. No matter what they do, who they hurt and who they inspire; their lives are nothing but sequences that have been done before. Emma Thompson’s narration is brief, but it emphasizes the point that Carl Sagan made all those many years ago. Humanity is an arrogant creation that wants to believe their actions matter. All we’re doing is kicking up dust on a planet full of people that we’re hurting. | {
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Bushes struggle to save Jeb’s campaign
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Jeb Bush appeared destined to waltz to the 2016 Republican nomination, but his presidential bid has been upended to the point that even his cherished family pedigree might not be enough to salvage his flagging campaign.
Trailing badly in the polls, reportedly slashing campaign payroll by 40 percent and scaling back on travel costs, Bush is now one of many middle-of-the-pack candidates in a wide GOP field, rather than the man Republicans would naturally gravitate to as they seek to win back the White House.
The former Florida governor drew big money early in the race. But Bush has been dunked by a dramatic populist wave that brought bombastic billionaire Donald Trump to the fore.
“He’s been Trumped, as they all have,” Tim Malloy of Quinnipiac University, whose recent poll in early voting Iowa showed Bush with just five percent support, told AFP.
In an effort to lift Bush’s campaign off life support, three generations of his famous family rallied around Jeb, gathering in Houston, Texas for a two-day closed-door reunion aimed at reassuring donors that a third Bush presidency was more than a fleeting possibility.
Former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, Jeb’s father and brother, were on hand to press the flesh and snap photos with deep-pocketed backers, as the 2016 candidate sought to strike a motivational tone for the contest ahead.
Over breakfast with donors Monday, the 62-year-old Bush laid out his “broad, big and bold optimistic message,” said Florida lobbyist and consultant Slater Bayliss of Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners.
Bayliss was one of many donation bundlers — whose role is to organize and collect campaign contributions — in attendance.
Charles Foster, a prominent immigration lawyer who raises money for Bush, said the meeting was mischaracterized by some as an emergency session where the clan swooped in to reverse the slide.
“It’s a long race and Jeb’s campaign is set up to go the distance,” he told AFP.
“Objectively, Jeb has the best record, most experience. And there is a faith that we have the right candidate.”
The faith, at least out on the campaign trail, is being tested. Back in mid-July Bush was leading the pack, with nearly double Trump’s support.
Today, the fortunes are flipped, with Trump more than tripling Bush’s poll numbers, which stand at barely seven percent, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
He trails well behind retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who like Trump has never held public office, and also lags Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.
“Here was, to the minds of most, the most serious frontrunner the Republicans have, and he’s been knocked down to reducing staff and fighting for his life,” said Malloy.
Even supporters concede that the contours of this presidential primary are “much different than anything anyone could have forecasted,” Bayliss said.
Republican campaigns, including Bush’s, are recalibrating as a result. | {
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
ALBUM REVIEW PEPPER SPRAY
Let’s face it. We live in a fast paced society. The kids want quick, short bursts of communication. If you’re not tweeting their language then you’re out…ya blew it. It’s called the “fragmentation of media” people. There’s an engagement factor that must…(mid-sentence pause)
OK...here’s the deal. I’ve been incredibly busy (which is good given the hell-hole that our economy is in…freaking consumers out will bolster confidence right?). I’ve listened to numerous albums in the past few weeks but I don’t have time to review them to you in the long (winded) format so here is the “short-short” version of a few…
Trail of Dead – Century of Self
The full length album definitely did NOT live up to the excitement generated around the Festival Thyme EP (see my review on 11/11/08). Bells of Creation and Inland Sea remain the top songs on the full length. Century of Self is not bad by any means. Its a lot more rockin that the previous concept-esque albums. The faster guitars mixed with some mellow piano tracks and vocal pair-offs between Conrad and Jason (seen on Far Pavilions) is reminiscent of their masterpiece Source Tags & Codes. However, this album is so “polished” it’s a little concerning. Some songs I couldn’t tell if I was listening to TOD or Fall Out Boy (ok…maybe that’s a little extreme…but you’ll get my point). Century of Self is good but falls a little short…oh but the album art is UNREAL…serious. Take a look. Download this: Bells of Creation, Inland Sea, Far Pavilions, Ascending
Neko Case – Middle CycloneI’m gonna be honest. The “feeling” behind the cover of Neko Case’s latest album Middle Cyclone didn’t really match the sound in my mind. All I hear is “Barracuda” when I see that cover. Anyway, I listened to Neko’s solo work for the first time with this album. She is truly an amazing vocalist. I only knew her previous work with the New Pornographers with songs like Bones of an Idol on Twin Cinema and the title track off Challengers just to name a few. As for Middle Cyclone goes, it is a pleasant listen but lacks anything unique in my opinion. It’s a true Singer/Songwriter recording. The lyrics and harmonies in songs such as the opener This Tornado Loves You,Vengeance is Sleeping and The Pharaohs are sublime. I could have done without Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth (I hope that track was meant as a joke) and the 30minutes of “nature sounds” at the end. All in all I feel like this album is parallel to Jenny Lewis’s solo work. It’s nice and pretty and folksy and could be more easily played on your local adult contemporary (light hits) radio station than on some indie stream/satellite channel. I know many will disagree but I’m just being honest here. Download This: This Tornado Loves You, I’m an Animal, The Pharaohs
Von Bondies – Love, Hate & Then There’s You
I was wondering what these cats were up to. Everyone loved ‘04s Pawn Shoppe Heart (including the FX network as C’mon C’mon remains the theme from Rescue Me) but since then all I really can remember is that a few members left the band and Jason Stollsteimer got punched in the grill by Jack White. So I heard the new single off of LHTTY called Pale Bride and was like…”alright, I’m picking this one up”. I was pleasantly surprised. The album is pretty rockin. Some of the tracks are a little too poppy (aka title track) and forced but the bulk of the album is good. I miss the rawness of the prior album (see also Been Swank) but the new album has some meat to it. Tracks like The Chancer and 21st Birthday deserve heavier rotation. That said. Download this: Pale Bride, 21st Birthday, The Chancer, Modern Saints
Thursday – Common Existence
This might turn into a long winded one. Thursday’s album Full Collapse is in my top 10 records of all time/thus far. When it came out during the early millennium it sounded nothing like anything I had ever heard before. It blended hardcore with emo like those old Reeses commercials. To this day when a track from this album pops up on my iPod in shuffle-mode I think to myself "oh hell-yeah”. The genre “Scremo-core” began with this record. Now a billion bands mimic their sound. Once Geoff Rickly was featured on a Spin Magazine cover back in 2000(?) with Karen-O of the YYYs, Justin Hawkins of the now defunct Darkness (see also: drugs) and some other “it” music personality…I guess it freaked him out a bit. I feel like the band stepped out of the dim alt-rock spotlight after that right when War All the Time was released (Full Collapse follow-up). For me War All The Time was a let-down at first cause it wasn’t as powerful and didn’t have enough…umm…screaming…to be honest. However the more and more I got over that initial feeling and actually listened to the music and vocal arrangements, I grew to like the album…a lot. Most of the time I’m a brat when it comes to bands “maturing” their sound. The album after that was A City by the Light Divided which was even better than WATT. A great deal of the tracks were arranged differently than any of the other albums and most were pretty strong and pounding. That said when I picked up Common Existence I had high hopes. Looks like I set the bar too high. The album has no differentiating factor. It’s just bland, over produced hard rock songs. Its not awful, just strange as I’ve heard their sound evolve from Waiting (1st LP) till now and thought either (A) the sound would take a new turn or (B) they would return to form given their earlier work. I should have known there was trouble when I saw they were playing on the “Taste of Chaos Tour: Sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drink”. They seemed to go through the motions on this one. Major disappointment. Download this: Subway Funeral, Resuscitation of a Dead Man | {
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A team of 10 real estate lawyers from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang are defecting to City outfit Fladgate in one of the biggest team moves out of the firm since its merger. It was revealed last month that ex-Olswang partners Simon Kanter and Alan Karsberg were to join Fladgate, though it has now emerged […]
Shoosmiths has guided salon chain Regis through its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in the eighth retail restructuring deal that the firm has done in a year. Regis, which owns the hairdresser Supercuts brand, lined up the CVA in October in order to cut its rents after being hit by lower footfall, the apprenticeship levy and higher pension […]
Pennon Group, the water utility and waste management company, is seeking a new general counsel following the departure of its current GC and company secretary. Helen Barrett-Hague leaves Pennon after just two years. Before starting at the FTSE 250 company, she was GC at chemicals group Alent, and prior to this she served as group legal counsel […] | {
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I forgot flirty and a little absurd-y!
Advice On Grieving…
A good friend shared this with me via Facebook and I want to publicize the fuck out of it! Yes, this is it. Thank you, sir, for sharing your wisdom and may you have peace and comfort between the waves.
This post originally appeared on littlethings.com.
A grieving Reddit user needed some advice. She said: “My friend died. I don’t know what to do.” However, when one self-proclaimed “old man” responded with this beautiful advice, everyone was blown away.
“Alright, here goes. I’m old. What that means is that I’ve survived (so far) and a lot of people I’ve known and loved did not. I’ve lost friends, best friends, acquaintances, co-workers, grandparents, mom, relatives, teachers, mentors, students, neighbors, and a host of other folks. I have no children, and I can’t imagine the pain it must be to lose a child. But here’s my two cents.”
“I wish I could say you get used to people dying. I never did. I don’t want to. It tears a hole through me whenever somebody I love dies, no matter the circumstances. But I don’t want it to ‘not matter.’ I don’t want it to be something that just passes. My scars are a testament to the love and the relationship that I had for and with that person. And if the scar is deep, so was the love. So be it.
Scars are a testament to life. Scars are a testament that I can love deeply and live deeply and be cut, or even gouged, and that I can heal and continue to live and continue to love. And the scar tissue is stronger than the original flesh ever was. Scars are a testament to life. Scars are only ugly to people who can’t see.”
“As for grief, you’ll find it comes in waves. When the ship is first wrecked, you’re drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was, and is no more. And all you can do is float. You find some piece of the wreckage and you hang on for a while. Maybe it’s some physical thing. Maybe it’s a happy memory or a photograph.
Maybe it’s a person who is also floating. For a while, all you can do is float. Stay alive.”
“In the beginning, the waves are 100 feet tall and crash over you without mercy. They come 10 seconds apart and don’t even give you time to catch your breath. All you can do is hang on and float. After a while, maybe weeks, maybe months, you’ll find the waves are still 100 feet tall, but they come further apart. When they come, they still crash all over you and wipe you out.
But in between, you can breathe, you can function. You never know what’s going to trigger the grief. It might be a song, a picture, a street intersection, the smell of a cup of coffee. It can be just about anything…and the wave comes crashing. But in between waves, there is life.”
“Somewhere down the line, and it’s different for everybody, you find that the waves are only 80 feet tall. Or 50 feet tall. And while they still come, they come further apart. You can see them coming. An anniversary, a birthday, or Christmas, or landing at O’Hare. You can see it coming, for the most part, and prepare yourself.
And when it washes over you, you know that somehow you will, again, come out the other side. Soaking wet, sputtering, still hanging on to some tiny piece of the wreckage, but you’ll come out.”
“Take it from an old guy. The waves never stop coming, and somehow you don’t really want them to. But you learn that you’ll survive them. And other waves will come. And you’ll survive them too. If you’re lucky, you’ll have lots of scars from lots of loves. And lots of shipwrecks.” | {
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The Kansas City Council gave final approval Thursday to new rules that restrict discretionary spending by the city manager.
The ordinance grew out of a controversy that arose when City Manager Troy Schulte authorized $15,000 for a youth mentoring event last fall that never happened. The city is still trying to recover the money from the event organizer.
From now on, Schulte will have to get council permission for spending $10,000 or more. Anything under $10,000 would be up to his discretion, but he’s required to report those disbursements to the council. Council members could object, forcing a review by the full body before the money is sent out.
Schulte has said he welcomes the restrictions because he gets many requests for funding.
Last November, he cut a $15,000 check to anti-gang activist Ossco Bolton.
Bolton wanted to bring boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to Kansas City for a youth event, but critics objected, saying Mayweather was a poor role model because he was jailed for domestic violence. Bolton promised a replacement event, but that hasn’t happened yet. | {
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Mind games
An American author tells the tale of the storied friendship of Israel’s two most famous psychologists. He botches it
Tibor Krausz
The Jerusalem Report, April 3, 2017
In his 2012 bestseller “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” a tour de force of popular science, world-renowned Israeli psychologist Daniel Kahneman laid bare our cognitive foibles. Our minds, he explained, frequently play weird tricks on us, but we believe ourselves to be firmly in control.
Amos Tversky, left, and Daniel Kahneman lark around during the height of their friendship and academic collaboration (photo: Barbara Tversky)
The book, too, played a trick of sorts by having had a dead man partly in control of its creation. Kahneman, 82, dedicated his magnum opus to his late friend and long-time academic collaborator, Amos Tversky, with whom he claimed to have possessed “a shared mind that was superior to our individual minds.” Absent his friend, Kahneman could never have done most of his groundbreaking research for “Thinking, Fast and Slow.”
Tversky, who coauthored numerous influential academic papers and scientific articles with Kahneman over almost two decades before his death in 1996, duly looms large in the book. There he is, page after page, usually in the recurring phrase “Amos and I,” thinking, brainstorming, opining, theorizing and analyzing with Kahneman. In the dog-eat-dog world of academe, riven by jealousies and dominated by self-serving ambitions, the two Israeli scientists were a remarkable pair: kindred spirits and fine minds devoted as much to their science as to each other.
Their storied friendship and their celebrated collaborative scholarship deserve fleshing out, and the American writer Michael Lewis does just that in “The Undoing Project.”
Lewis is the author of the 2003 bestseller “Moneyball,” in which he chronicled a middling US baseball team’s quest to make itself more competitive by relying not on traditional expert opinions but on cold-headed statistical analysis. “The Undoing Project,” the author notes, was inspired by a psychologist’s critique of “Moneyball,” which first brought the Israel duo’s insights into human judgements and decision-making to his attention.
The result is an informative, occasionally arresting but vexingly discursive book, which can give you severe whiplash as it frequently bounds from topic to topic with nary a dollop of narrative or thematic glue. The first chapter kicks off with a lengthy exposition on the vagaries of recruiting new talents for NBA teams. Neither Kahneman nor Tversky makes even a cameo.
Then, in the second chapter, we suddenly encounter Kahneman doing his best, as a precocious Jewish teenager, to elude capture in Nazi-occupied France. After the war, Kahneman immigrates to Israel, where he studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which is partly and temporarily housed inside a monastery owing to the Jordanian occupation of the city’s eastern half. He cuts his teeth under charismatic teachers like the temperamental intellectual Yeshayahu Leibowitz.
There’s not one more word about basketball, or any other sport, for the rest of the book. Presumably, Lewis, or his publisher, felt that his American readers wouldn’t care much about two Israeli psychologists unless they could be seen to have something to contribute to a better understanding of an all-American pursuit like basketball.
Be that as it may, in the third chapter, we leave Kahneman and meet a young Tversky, a whip-smart, charismatic maverick from Haifa who rises to command units of paratroopers and infantrymen, fights in the wars of 1956 and 1967, and receives an award for bravery from Moshe Dayan. Like Kahneman, Tversky, too, is something of a prodigy and is naturally drawn to the field of psychology, which is still a nascent discipline in Israeli academia.
Daniel Kahneman has become one of the world's most celebrated and influential psychologists (photo: agency)
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Separately, Kahneman and Tversky are both creative and original thinkers; together, they will become a formidable team. Clearly enamored of his subjects, whom he familiarly calls Danny and Amos throughout, Lewis often winds up tottering precariously on the verge of hagiography. At times he topples headlong into it. Tversky, he reports breathlessly, was “the last to go to bed, the life of every party, the light to which all butterflies flew, and the freest, happiest, and most interesting person anyone know.” Good to know.
Just by wearing a suit and tie to work at Hebrew University, where he becomes an assistant professor, Tversky causes a sensation in the Spartan, no-nonsense and caustically irreverent social milieu of the 1960s. Good to know that, too. But we’re a third way into the book and Amos and Danny have yet to meet, or so much as be mentioned in the same breath.
Meet they finally do, in 1969 and Chapter 5. In short order, Tversky becomes yin to Kahneman's yang, the ebullient, gung-ho extrovert complementing the reserved, brooding introvert, as the two set about tackling a series of daunting problems in psychology. “Both wanted to search for simple, powerful truths,” Lewis writes.
In those days, most of psychology wasn’t (as it still largely isn’t) a proper science with empirically sound, quantifiable properties underlying the various grand hypotheses about the animating forces of human behavior. Instead, it was like a form of art, a field of creative intuition where the ideas of prominent psychologists became received wisdom among their followers. Yet both Kahneman and Tversky, each a polymath of sorts in his own way, were fascinated by it – not so much by the academic discipline itself as the quest that it purported to embody: the search for key insights into why we think and behave the way we do.
Kahneman was influenced by experimental Gestalt psychology, a field originated and dominated by German Jews in the 1920s and which holds that our perceptions of the world are mediated by our pattern-seeking tendencies, which we often employ to impose meanings arbitrarily even when there are none. As one of Israel’s first army psychologists, Kahneman learned at firsthand that what may seem like sound judgements of people’s potentials based on their apparent temperaments and abilities can be fraught with errors and misconceptions. Our first impressions and initial expectations of others can badly skew our judgements of them. To reduce such mistakes, he devised new personality assessment techniques for the IDF, which are still in use.
Kahneman, whom Lewis aptly dubs “a spectacularly original connoisseur of human error,” set out to find a method for ameliorating the impact of flawed personal opinions on decisions – be it in the military, politics, business or medicine. The key, he thought, was to eliminate our innate biases by reining in our “gut feelings.” Independently, Tversky arrived at similar conclusions about the flaws in human decision-making. People, he realized, choose between two or more options based not only on the various features of each but also on which of those features they regard as more relevant whenever they happen to make their choice. In other words, context can greatly influence the outcome of their choice. Tversky was also expert at math and statistics, which would soon help anchor the two’s formative insights in quantifiable foundations.
As one of their first tasks, the dynamic duo proved that people, experts included, are ready to draw sweeping, and frequently wrong, conclusions from a few random or select facts or observations. This may not seem like a revolutionary insight but it went against the prevailing idea at the time that credited people with being intuitive, natural-born statisticians who could somehow divine hard truths from a few bits of data. Innate probabilistic reasoning, the two Israeli experts showed, is not one of our strengths as a species. That’s why computerized algorithms, not being prone to the human mind’s frequent erroneous judgements, can do the job of analyzing, diagnosing and predicting far better than flesh-and-blood experts.
Through a series of similar experiments, Kahneman and Tversky documented that we understand the world by help of instinctive habits of mind that serve us well in some situations but let us badly down in others. As a result, we often err in our judgements but rarely realize it. We use mental shortcuts, or “heuristics” in academic parlance, to evaluate probabilities and make judgements accordingly, but we aren’t very good at it. We’re slaves to a whole host of built-in cognitive biases – confirmation bias, hindsight bias, illusory correlation bias.
They carried on for years and years, tackling problems, slaying sacred cows of utility theory and decision analysis, and prying ever further into the whims of human folly. All the while they remained fast friends. “They’d become a single mind, creating ideas about why people did what they did,” Lewis writes, echoing Kahneman’s own assessment of their relationship.
Some of the two Israelis’ findings about human psychology proved seminal, such as their insight that people approach risks differently when they’re faced with the prospect of a certain gain or a certain loss. They act more circumspectly in the former case but are more willing to gamble in the latter so as to avoid incurring a loss. The reason: “our greater sensitivity to negative rather than positive changes,” as they put it. “For most people,” they elucidated, “the happiness involved in receiving a desirable object is smaller than the unhappiness involved in losing the same object.”
Likewise, we evaluate gains and losses according to our “reference point,” our subjective and transient baseline for what we see as gains and losses. If, for example, we expect a year-end bonus of $100,000 but receive only $50,000, we will likely feel cheated, even though we still have made a gain. If, on the other hand, we receive the full $100,000 but learn that everyone else at work has received $150,000, we will likely feel cheated again because our reference point will suddenly have shifted to what everyone else has got. This quirk of human nature means we can easily be coaxed into taking or avoiding risks, depending on whether we’re made to believe, through a simple reframing of context, that we’re facing a net gain or a net loss.
The Israeli pair presented their new “prospect theory,” a form of value theory, to a select group of leading experts during an international conference held at a kibbutz near Jerusalem in 1975. “And so it was on a farm that a theory that would become among the most influential in the history of economics made its public debut,” Lewis observes. It would help Kahneman win the Nobel Prize in economics in 2002. Tversky was equally deserving of the honor, but by then he had died of cancer, at age 59.
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Other findings of theirs that Lewis relays appear less momentous. Take this one: Kahneman and Tversky prove, through a series of experiments, that people are essentially risk averse. Given a choice, say, between the certainty of receiving $400 and a 50% chance of receiving $1,000, most people, loathe to gamble as they are, will forfeit the prospect of the larger sum and settle for $400. This will come as a surprise only to someone unfamiliar with the age-old proverb “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,” which has long testified to just such pecuniary prudence.
Human affairs are animated by what the American psychologist Paul Meehl called “the ubiquity and recalcitrance of irrationality,” but you need not be a trained psychologist to see that. Lewis has done us a favor by documenting the long and intellectually fruitful friendship of Kahneman and Tversky while simultaneously helping popularize their insights. Ultimately, however, “The Undoing Project” is an uneven book, in turns riveting and prosaic, astute and humdrum.
Regretfully, it also leaves some issues it raises unexplored. “[T]he question of whether God exists left me cold,” Kahneman, the grandson of Lithuanian rabbis, explains at one point apropos his burgeoning atheism in his youth. “But the question of why people believe God exists I found really fascinating.” We never learn what answers to that question he’s found. Too bad because it’d be worth finding out. | {
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The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.
The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.
The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.
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The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.
The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.
The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.
Tommy Bohanon: Mature Kid on the Block
Tommy Bohanon came to the Jets as their seventh-round selection in April out of Wake Forest, not exactly one of the biggest programs in college football. ("Hey, we're in the ACC," he reminds with a smile.) Yet he's been attacking our fullback position with a quiet confidence and professionalism that belie that background.
"Definitely, I didn't have any doubts, because of all the work I put in," T-Bo said about making it as an NFL fullback. "I try to be the hardest worker I can be and do everything I can to put myself in the best position to come in and do all they ask me to do."
Late leavers from today's open training camp practice at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, during which the heat index reached 90°, might have noticed some of that hard work being put in by No. 40. He took his three-point stance in front of a four-foot-high contraption called "the Chute" that looks like Paul Bunyan's boxspring, then ran bent over beneath the springs to deliver a forearm shiver to the Rogers 1-Man Mod Sled stationed under the far end.
Why was he one of the last Jets on the field, putting himself through these two gridiron torture devices combined into one?
"It's just to work on my technique, to keep my pad level low and go low through the blocking, and to be able to come in and do that in any situation in a game ... especially when I'm tired," he said.
Revisiting with Tommy Bohanon is entirely appropriate this week because head coach Rex Ryan said today that we've lost fullback Lex Hilliard for the season due to the shoulder injury he suffered during Tuesday's practice. Ryan didn't specify what the injury was, although he said yesterday it reminded him of his own shoulder dislocation back in the day. Hilliard has been placed on Injured Reserve and will need a medical procedure to fix his damaged wing.
The prospect of starting a 22-year-old rookie at fullback might seem daunting for many NFL coaches — except that Ryan and coordinator Marty Mornhinweg have already started Bohanon in the first two preseason games with Hilliard sidelined by rib issues, and he's been up to the task.
"We'll look at every opportunity out there, but certainly Tommy's been impressive in these camps and in practice, so I feel good about him," Ryan said at this afternoon's news conference. "We also have Konrad [Reuland], who can play fullback as well. Tommy's kind of the garbage man. Whatever it is, he's going to do it — tight end, U, fullback, whatever."
"T-Bone? He's a monster," QB Mark Sanchez said this afternoon. "He's physical. He picked up the system fast and has no problem with contact. That's a good quality in a fullback."
Bohanon, who has his degree in communications from Wake, took his time to craft the right message about his situation now that Hilliard has been taken out of the equation.
"It's definitely unfortunate that it happened and that Lex got injured," he said. "I guess it just makes me focus in more and know all the ins and outs of everything I have to be able to do and just make sure I can do everything that's expected of me."
If the ins and outs of the Chute are any indication, he's on his way.
Rex Cetera
Stephen Hill bounced back from his collision with CB Antonio Cromartie earlier in practice (see Charlie Frankel's Hill feature later this afternoon) with a beautiful leaping TD grab on a slightly wobbly Matt Simms downfield throw late in practice. ... RB Bilal Powell continues to maneuver sharply and freely behind the first O-line's blocks. ... Ryan said he'd like to see RB Chris Ivory get in a lot of work, not only to run the ball but to protect the QBs, which he said Ivory's improved on. "Today he attacked a linebacker like he was a guard," Rex said, "so that was encouraging to me."
Ryan still isn't tipping his hand on Geno Smith's condition and availability heading toward the Giants, but he was happy to see the rookie QB's showing today. "It wasn't brutal, that's for sure," he said with a chuckle. "I don't know if that was his best day because he's had a lot of good ones, but he had a great day today." ... The attendance for today's last open practice of the training camp period was 1,401.
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Hearn has sent through a figure of 566,000 (via Kantar Media) with BARB expected to unveil a peak of around 530,000, which are remarkable numbers for a bill that did not feature a world title and a sign, perhaps, that Sky’s decision to go for fewer shows yet pack them with more title action is going to reap dividends despite some reservations over the network’s new boxing strategy. [Click Here To Read More]
These appear to be healthy figures, but the concern with Sky putting all its eggs in the Eddie Hearn basket is what about when neither Froch or Brook are fighting? Ok there's also Prizefighter which typically does well, but beyond that the roster of name fighters/fights looks to be a little thin. | {
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After her husband’s death, Nieves begs to keep his job as her apartment building’s superintendent so she won’t lose her apartment, but she’s unaware she may be making a deal with the devil. A film by Carmen Jimenez.
Against all odds, Sophia Baker just scored her dream interview at the world-famous Semaphore Animation Studios - who’d have thought a fan edit of one of their hit films could land her a shot at a job? A film by Cameo Wood.
Welcome to our dream state. A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. A suicidal Grim Reaper hosts a children's TV show. The formerly incarcerated remember and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a dormant volcano. | {
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36′ HD Production Truck
Packing powerful technology into a small footprint, our NLT-36 truck offers the flexibility and versatility to tackle virtually any production challenge. Complex audio and video routing, multiple transmission formats and paths, and multi-screen outputs are all easily accomplished.
With complete camera, switching, graphics, replay, and audio capabilities, NLT-36 is ideally suited for full production of live sports broadcasts, concerts, and corporate events. In addition, we can provide camera, engineering, and communications support to outside remote productions. | {
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Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Surabaya, Surabaya, IndonesiaCenter for Environmental Studies, The University of Surabaya, Jl.Raya Kalirungkut, Surabaya 60293, IndonesiaCorresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] | {
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4 dead, 70K without power after upstate NY storms
Published July 09. 2014 6:34AM | Updated July 09. 2014 6:35AM
Associated Press
Smithfield, N.Y. (AP) — Officials in central New York say four people are dead, numerous homes are destroyed or damaged and more than 70,000 utility customers are without power after severe thunderstorms rolled through the region.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office says the deaths occurred in the rural town of Smithfield, between Syracuse and Utica, after the storms hit at about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Officials say Wednesday that at least four homes are completely destroyed and numerous others are damaged. More information is expected to be released at a morning news conference.
About 72,000 homes and businesses are without power, most in central and northern New York.
The National Weather Service says investigators will be in Smithfield to determine if a tornado touched down. | {
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New Music: MeRCY “Swamp Tramp” [Prod. by Solidified]
MeRCY makes all the “swamp tramps” assume every position in his raunchy bedroom banger.
MeRCY returns with his latest single dedicated to all the “Swamp Tramps” all over the world. Earlier this month, MeRC survived a brutal “Tropical Storm” and rapped about the real “Swamp Things” while rocking “Alligator Slippers.” Keeping the Everglades theme alive, MeRC describes just how smutty his dream girls can be.
For Week 5 of The Everglades Sessions, the Miami native drops off his hilariously sexual bedroom banger “Swamp Tramps.” After he drops the raunchiest bars of the session over Solidified’s instrumental, MeRC moves on to tell his own story of a random hook-up that everyone can relate to. | {
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Don't rub the fur the wrong way: You can now give your pet a 'chauf-fur' driven ride
Bangalore-based PetCab makes sure your pet gets a cool ride to and from the vet hospital, salon, or airport without having to worry about an altercation with the taxi driver
A few months ago, The Daily Mail ran a story of a cab driver in Leicestershire who refused a fare because the passenger was a disabled person accompanied by his guide-dog. Days before this incident, Nottingham Post wrote about a person whose ride request was turned down by three cab companies, as the drivers feared his pet could leave a mess in their cars.
Pets have always been at the receiving end of criticism when it comes to riding for-hire vehicles. No taxis entertain passengers with pet dogs — with the exception of guide-dogs in some cases. Drivers often reason that pets leave a mess and bad smell in their cars, and it may affect their future ride requests.
It’s the same case almost everywhere, around the globe.
But why keep a dog and bark yourself?
A Bangalore-based entrepreneur couple has found a way around this mess. The duo runs an online taxi-hailing service exclusively for pet animals. This means you can now take your pets to the vet hospital, salon, or airport, without having to worry about an altercation with the taxi driver.
“Pets are a neglected lot when it comes to getting a taxi ride,” said Santosh Shekhar, Founder of PetCab.in. “It is a basic need for pets to get timely treatment at vet clinics, hospitals, and salons. But none of the existing cab companies entertain passengers with pets. Their concern is justified — that these domestic animals could urinate or defecate in the car, spoiling the whole journey. Some pets even exhale foul smells, which could leave the entire cab stinking forever.”
Santosh and his wife, Ashwini Santosh, founded the startup in 2013. His eureka moment happened when he visited a pet-boarding service run by one of his friends in Bangalore. “Most of the pet owners found it hard to hire a taxi to pick up and drop off their pets at the centre. So they take them along in their own expensive cars. But they lose their temper when they find the seats ripped off or the upholstery spoiled by the pet. At times they hit the animal out of anger. That’s when I sensed an opportunity in pet taxi service,” explains Santosh.
The PetCab taxis are equipped with basic facilities, such as water, biscuits, mouth cap, first-aid kits, carpets, and nylon sheet to wash pets. All the drivers are pet-friendly as they have been provided with appropriate training before onboarding.
Currently, PetCab operates six cabs — two of which are owned by the company itself. It also offers customised cabs. Bookings can be made through its web app, mobile app, or via phone.
The company claims that, to date, it has bagged over 2,500 clients and completed more than 6,000 trips. It now plans to expand operations into other major cities.
Springforth Capital Advisors Founder Director Maheen Kannu is an investor in PetCab. “We are now in the market for a large round of funding,” Santosh mentioned.
Pet-focused verticals are a niche market, although pet ownership and pet-related startups have been on the rise in the recent years. Thus, is PetCab a ‘fur-ivolous’ startup idea, or is it something that is worth exploring not only in Bangalore, but in cities beyond? | {
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IRC Log for #main.2014-10-01
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[0:00]<bajanistheman> AH SPIDERS[0:00]<ejano> watch out for spooderman[0:00]<ejano> ?ffus[0:01]<bajanistheman> ?f./fus ro dah[0:01]<dreamyeuropa> another one?[0:02]<EllaA2013> i just want nether brick![0:02]<bajanistheman> Smelt Netherrack[0:02]<ejano> ^[0:02]<ejano> :P[0:02]<bajanistheman> :o[0:02]<ejano> it works[0:03]<EllaA2013> where are u?[0:03]<dreamyeuropa> climbe up lava[0:03]<EllaA2013> why?[0:03]<dreamyeuropa> trying ot find entrence[0:03]<EllaA2013> ok[0:03]<ejano> psh finding entrance?[0:03]<ejano> just mission impossible in through the roof[0:03]<EllaA2013> PS we have already been in that one![0:03]<dreamyeuropa> oh yeah...[0:03]<dreamyeuropa> tahts embarssing[0:03]<ejano> home thing[0:04]<ejano> ooops[0:04]<EllaA2013> lol yeah[0:04]<ejano> such creative home names I have[0:04]<EllaA2013> can u come down[0:04]<dreamyeuropa> jsu a sec[0:05]<EllaA2013> lets get those magmas![0:05]<dreamyeuropa> actually they're uselss to me sicne they only produce magma cream[0:05]<dreamyeuropa> and they only make fire resitance[0:05]<EllaA2013> i need it![0:06]<EllaA2013> get any?[0:06]<dreamyeuropa> no[0:06]<EllaA2013> :/[0:07]<EllaA2013> i cant come![0:08]<dreamyeuropa> nope we'vebeen here bfore[0:08]<dreamyeuropa> frack[0:08]<EllaA2013> lol well done[0:08]<dreamyeuropa> and into sahllwmlacva[0:08]<bajanistheman> Ejano What faction are u apart of?[0:08]<EllaA2013> and into what?[0:08]<ejano> Terran[0:08]<dreamyeuropa> shallo lava[0:09]<EllaA2013> oh poo[0:09]<EllaA2013> tpa?[0:09]<bajanistheman> DO u know many people in Morira[0:09]<dreamyeuropa> well, my stuff is gone...[0:09]<ejano> hmm, there is Kagey, jrr, Johnkima[0:09]<bajanistheman> Jrr[0:09]<bajanistheman> :D[0:09]<ejano> hmmm that's all I can think of right now..[0:09]<EllaA2013> ok well u go home ill go home and this is the end of our mining trip[0:09]<dreamyeuropa> sure[0:10]<EllaA2013> YES 31 exp levels[0:10]<dreamyeuropa> o levels...[0:10]<EllaA2013> lol sorry[0:10]<dreamyeuropa> tahts wht you get for jumping offf tall palces.[0:10]<EllaA2013> yes dreamy yes[0:11]<Dengar708> gg[0:11]<EllaA2013> LOLOLO:P:P:P[0:11]<ejano> lol this will be fun, going to enchant a bow, everything in spanish[0:11]<ejano> going to have to guess the enchant xD[0:11]<dreamyeuropa> did that on purpose that time[0:11]<EllaA2013> lol why?[0:11]<dreamyeuropa> depression?[0:11]<EllaA2013> ok then[0:11]<Dengar708> i'll do that in japanese for my next enchant ejano :P[0:12]<ejano> xD[0:12]<ejano> :O! I got flame![0:12]<ejano> Yiiis[0:12]<EllaA2013> stop dieing dreamy[0:12]<dreamyeuropa> but its fun![0:13]<Dengar708> les do this[0:13]<EllaA2013> HAHA LOL[0:13]<bajanistheman> Im taking cobble or Stone[0:14]<Dengar708> okay maybe not japanese as they don't have phoentics >_<[0:14]<ejano> :/[0:14]<EllaA2013> :/[0:14]<bajanistheman> gtg[0:14]<ejano> bye[0:14]* bajanistheman (bajanistheman@bajanistheman?r) Quit (?ebajanistheman left the game.)[0:14]<dreamyeuropa> cya[0:14]<Dengar708> french is fine i guess[0:14]<dreamyeuropa> i chose german[0:14]<dreamyeuropa> maybe i shoudl choose russian[0:15]<ejano> lel[0:15]<Dengar708> ejano what should i enchant?[0:15]<ejano> a bow[0:15]<Dengar708> how about a book?[0:15]<ejano> er ok[0:15]<Dengar708> could be anything xD[0:15]<EllaA2013> what should i enchant? my diamond armour? sword? pick? ????[0:16]<ejano> hmm[0:16]<Dengar708> okay[0:16]<ejano> armour[0:16]<ejano> idk[0:16]<Dengar708> so here is what it says[0:16]<Dengar708> lets guess what there is[0:16]<Dengar708> Protection[0:16]<Dengar708> infinite[0:16]<Dengar708> Frappe[0:16]<ejano> what does it say in japaneese[0:16]<Dengar708> Appat[0:16]<ejano> what o.O[0:16]<Dengar708> japanese I can't even guess[0:16]<ejano> ooh french[0:16]<Dengar708> the second a has a ) facing down on it[0:17]<Dengar708> so guesses on what the last 2 are?[0:17]<ejano> frappe and appat[0:17]<Dengar708> because I can guess the first 2[0:17]<ejano> are some sort of protection Im guessing[0:17]<ejano> hmm wait..[0:17]<Dengar708> I am thinking flame as frappe[0:17]<Dengar708> maybe[0:17]<ejano> ooh hang on I'll look at the spanish ones[0:17]<EllaA2013> who has enchantment table?[0:17]<Dengar708> appat lure or something[0:17]<ejano> to compare[0:17]<ejano> w[0:18]<ejano> aw[0:18]<EllaA2013> who has enchantment table??????????????????[0:18]<ejano> I do[0:18]<Dengar708> so ejano what do you think the last 2 are?[0:19]<ejano> hmm[0:19]<Dengar708> the levels on them are 1 and 2 respectively[0:19]<ejano> I don't really know much of the enchants but[0:19]<EllaA2013> can i use urs ejano?[0:19]<ejano> oh[0:19]<ejano> ye sure[0:19]<Dengar708> so fire sword thing and lure or something is my guess[0:19]<Dengar708> now lets seeeee[0:19]<ejano> Im going to say fireprotect[0:19]<ejano> and blast protect[0:20]<ejano> wait no[0:20]<EllaA2013> oh nice thx[0:20]<EllaA2013> HI SMILEY[0:20]<dreamyeuropa> hi[0:20]<Smiley864> ELLLAAAAAA![0:20]<Dengar708> damn[0:20]<Dengar708> got 50% correct[0:20]<Dengar708> punch and lure[0:20]<EllaA2013> SMILEY!!!![0:20]<ejano> ah lol[0:20]<Dengar708> and the first 2 correct as well[0:20]<ejano> Ella I'll sell you some enchant tables if you want[0:20]<EllaA2013> everyone guess what my enchantment will be on my chest plate now![0:20]<ejano> no[0:20]<ejano> wait[0:20]<dreamyeuropa> protectioin?[0:20]<ejano> bookshelves*[0:20]<ejano> wow I can't even type today[0:21]<Dengar708> enchant it and read what is says in another language[0:21]<EllaA2013> i got Blast Protection IV DAMM i wanted something good![0:21]<ejano> that's pretty good[0:21]<ejano> kinda[0:21]<EllaA2013> ooohhh[0:22]<EllaA2013> smiley can u tpa me to u?[0:22]<ejano> you sure you didn't want to buy some bookshelves?[0:22]<EllaA2013> can i have a tour of ur home ejano?[0:22]<EllaA2013> and nah im fine![0:22]<ejano> sure, this is Terran city Misten Peak[0:22]<ejano> uh, there's an Inn over there[0:22]<EllaA2013> Ships![0:22]<ejano> that I made most of[0:22]<Smiley864> ella a added a farm :D[0:23]<EllaA2013> i know smiley[0:23]<ejano> bakery[0:23]<EllaA2013> can we go to the ships its the only thing i havent seen?[0:23]<ejano> magix[0:23]<ejano> ok[0:23]<EllaA2013> and that?[0:23]<ejano> my house is all the way down there[0:23]<ejano> that is an unfinished lighthouse[0:23]<Dengar708> lighthouse[0:23]* cozzer619 (cozzer619@cozzer619) has joined #main[0:24]<ejano> Hey![0:24]<Dengar708> apparently[0:24]<dreamyeuropa> hello[0:24]<Dengar708> hey cozzer[0:24]<cozzer619> hey[0:24]<Smiley864> Hey[0:24]<Dengar708> psst cozzer[0:24]<Dengar708> catch[0:24]<cozzer619> wat[0:24]<EllaA2013> hi cozzer[0:24]<cozzer619> -_-[0:24]<ejano> no thx[0:24]<ejano> these ships do infact move[0:24]<Dengar708> you will not catch me cozzer![0:24]<dreamyeuropa> really?[0:24]<ejano> but no atm[0:25]<EllaA2013> NO WAY they move? how?[0:25]<cozzer619> wait wot[0:25]<ejano> move craft[0:25]<cozzer619> i was changing settings[0:25]<dreamyeuropa> psst ella pass any information to me afterwards[0:25]<cozzer619> soz[0:25]<ejano> want to see Marinaqua?[0:25]<EllaA2013> ppsst kk[0:25]<cozzer619> bye bye[0:25]<EllaA2013> tthese are awesome[0:26]<ejano> bye?[0:26]<dreamyeuropa> bye?[0:26]<Dengar708> cya?[0:26]<Dengar708> ejano[0:26]<ejano> want a tour to marinaqua?[0:26]<Dengar708> what do I do[0:26]<ejano> I saw cozzer say bye[0:26]<Dengar708> if I fall on 2 potatoes and break them?[0:27]<ejano> ella come over here[0:27]<ejano> dammit deng[0:27]<Dengar708> fine D;[0:27]<Dengar708> i will swim there[0:27]<ejano> there's another[0:27]<cozzer619> wait no i was like bye bye to dengar[0:27]<cozzer619> :D[0:27]<ejano> around the edge[0:27]<Smiley864> .[0:27]<cozzer619> cos i tp' away[0:28]<Dengar708> I was going to give you picture of you cozzer[0:28]<Dengar708> ella[0:28]<Dengar708> boat[0:28]<cozzer619> :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO[0:28]<Smiley864> I want a pictureeeeeeeeeeeeeeee[0:28]<Dengar708> just there[0:28]<cozzer619> of mee!??!?[0:28]<ejano> jump in[0:28]<ejano> boat[0:28]<ejano> :P[0:28]<Dengar708> les go ejano[0:28]<ejano> this way![0:28]<Smiley864> ejanooo[0:28]<ejano> just keep going west if you lose me[0:28]<EllaA2013> where we going[0:28]<Smiley864> a zambie with full gold armourr[0:28]<ejano> D:[0:28]<dreamyeuropa> smiley, wher do you live now?[0:28]<Smiley864> 3 zambies[0:29]<Smiley864> i live in the middle of nowhere[0:29]<ejano> deng the dolphin[0:29]<Smiley864> with ella (ish) im not sure if she lives with me[0:29]<EllaA2013> lol[0:29]<EllaA2013> kinda not really[0:29]<cozzer619> wait.. so like[0:29]<Smiley864> yeah..[0:29]<cozzer619> what am i even ment to do!??![0:29]<cozzer619> :D[0:29]<dreamyeuropa> i still have a vanct house if you need it?[0:29]<Smiley864> ejano come looks at the adorably cute zambiess[0:29]<ejano> aaah no thx xD[0:29]<EllaA2013> oh nice[0:30]<ejano> this is lovely marinaqya[0:30]<ejano> aqua*[0:30]<Dengar708> doongar the dolphin[0:30]<Dengar708> swam across the ocea[0:30]<Dengar708> n[0:30]<ejano> this is kinda like a trading town[0:30]<Dengar708> and flipped over ejano[0:30]<ejano> lol[0:31]<ejano> there's not much here[0:31]* Smiley864 (Smiley864@?4#?7|?cSmiley864?r) Quit (?eSmiley864 left the game.)[0:31]* cozzer619 (cozzer619@cozzer619?r) Quit (?ecozzer619 left the game.)[0:31]<ejano> geeze[0:32]<ejano> yep that's about it[0:32]<ejano> I've just been working on these two things really[0:32]<dreamyeuropa> really?[0:32]<dreamyeuropa> what are you talking abotu?[0:32]<dreamyeuropa> i've honestly no idea[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> wait shut up the dreamy[0:33]<ejano> lol dreamy[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> no you shut up[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> no you shuit up[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> on who's authority?[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> my authority!!1[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> thats me....[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> oh yeah[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> but that deosn't change may arguemnt[0:33]<dreamyeuropa> so you shut up[0:34]<dreamyeuropa> is this goign to be one of those loops?[0:34]<EllaA2013> cool![0:34]<ejano> I wonder if the boats are still alive[0:34]<ejano> hey deng[0:34]<dreamyeuropa> yes it is so shut up[0:34]<ejano> can I use that to take a photo of you?[0:35]<ejano> :C[0:35]<ejano> :D[0:35]<ejano> I will put them on my wall[0:35]<ejano> this is the random map[0:35]<ejano> for tradeyness[0:36]<Dengar708> area map[0:36]<Dengar708> should I put my house one it?[0:36]<Dengar708> on*[0:36]<ejano> can't see that far[0:36]<Dengar708> coal dust?[0:36]<ejano> ooh deng stay here[0:37]<Dengar708> basically the papz[0:37]<ejano> incoming[0:37]<ejano> noo open it[0:37]<ejano> :D[0:41]<ejano> did you want a minecart?[0:41]<EllaA2013> who me or dengar[0:41]<ejano> u lol[0:41]<EllaA2013> oh lol[0:42]<Dengar708> Ella you can't catch me c:[0:43]<ejano> why is this chest filled with my face[0:43]<Dengar708> why not[0:43]<ejano> russion rulet[0:43]<ejano> dont touch that![0:43]<ejano> that's regox' donkey[0:44]<ejano> sooo ye..[0:44]<Dengar708> woosj[0:44]<ejano> this is the standard travellers Inn when he was carravaning[0:46]* Baivo (Baivo@Baivo) has joined #main[0:46]<ejano> hey[0:46]<dreamyeuropa> hey![0:46]<EllaA2013> HI braivo[0:46]<ejano> Oh![0:46]<ejano> dammit bajan[0:47]<ejano> I forgot baivo was in that faction[0:47]<ejano> xD[0:47]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013?r) Quit (?eEllaA2013 left the game.)[0:47]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013) has joined #main[0:48]<EllaA2013> ejano where are u?[0:48]<ejano> wb[0:48]<ejano> oh just[0:48]<ejano> picking flowers[0:48]<Dengar708> oi D;[0:48]<EllaA2013> it[0:48]<EllaA2013> chase remember?[0:49]<EllaA2013> AAAAHHH[0:49]<EllaA2013> arrow wars i got u[0:49]<Dengar708> my arrows have really bad range[0:49]<Dengar708> like really bad[0:50]<EllaA2013> dam[0:51]<EllaA2013> BOM[0:51]<Dengar708> my magic arrows miss 90% of the time[0:51]<EllaA2013> lol yeah[0:51]<Dengar708> and have 1/3 the range of your bow xD[0:51]<EllaA2013> ill stand still[0:51]<ejano> ?fLaas[0:51]<ejano> ?flaas yah nir![0:52]<ejano> hmm[0:52]<EllaA2013> so close[0:52]<EllaA2013> im waiting[0:52]<Dengar708> I am aiming directly above[0:52]<Dengar708> that is how bad the accuracy is[0:52]<EllaA2013> lol[0:52]<Dengar708> I have above your head[0:52]<Dengar708> and it is curving 3 blocks to the side[0:53]<EllaA2013> im it[0:53]<ejano> ?fLAAS[0:53]<EllaA2013> im awesome at this[0:53]<Dengar708> it literally[0:53]<Baivo> LAAS! [0:53]<Dengar708> missed you completely[0:53]<Dengar708> and hit the spider[0:53]<EllaA2013> LOL[0:54]<Dengar708> I need arrow storm[0:54]<Dengar708> or a bigger pool[0:54]<EllaA2013> im it[0:57]<EllaA2013> oooh yeah[0:58]<EllaA2013> tooowwwee[0:58]<EllaA2013> i ran out of arrows![0:58]<dreamyeuropa> anyone want slime balls?[0:58]<ejano> na im fine thx[0:58]<ejano> don't really need much[1:00]<EllaA2013> where did u go?[1:00]<Dengar708> doesn't even have cloak<[1:00]<Dengar708> look for flares[1:01]<EllaA2013> there u are[1:03]<EllaA2013> this is unfair :/[1:03]<Dengar708> I literalyl can't hit you[1:03]<EllaA2013> MMWWHAHHAA[1:03]<Dengar708> without being within like 10 blocks[1:03]<EllaA2013> tricked ya[1:03]* Regox (Regox@Regox) has joined #main[1:03]<ejano> hey![1:03]<Regox> Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavi[1:03]<Dengar708> hey[1:03]<Regox> Baiiiiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvvvvvoooooooooo[1:04]<Baivo> Yes reg[1:04]<dreamyeuropa> hey![1:04]<Regox> I heard what you said about Horleggor[1:04]<Baivo> Was a misunderstanding at first[1:04]<Baivo> But after seeing your actions[1:04]<Baivo> I don't regret it[1:04]<Regox> Good[1:04]<Baivo> Thanks for doing this btw reg[1:05]<Baivo> Haven't had this much fun in MC for ages[1:05]* ejano (ejano@?4@?7|?9ejano?r) Quit (?eejano left the game.)[1:06]<Regox> How did you expect me to take it when you raided and insulted an entire faction?[1:06]<Baivo> Scuse me?[1:06]<dreamyeuropa> should i ask?[1:06]<Baivo> Raided? No Insulted? hardly[1:07]<EllaA2013> NEVER!!!![1:07]<Regox> Raiding pad was a contract[1:07]<Regox> Den was not[1:07]<Baivo> I didn't know how to spell the name[1:07]<Regox> AFAIK[1:07]<Baivo> And i heard a few players call it what i called it[1:07]<Baivo> I thought it was a thing[1:07]<Dengar708> We have a forums for a reason[1:07]<Baivo> Den? I raided him?[1:07]<Baivo> What?[1:07]<Dengar708> I think he more means griefing my house kind of thing[1:08]<EllaA2013> lol[1:08]<dreamyeuropa> wekll[1:08]<EllaA2013> i am it right?[1:08]<Dengar708> yes[1:08]<Regox> Well[1:08]<Regox> Your death will do[1:08]<EllaA2013> HAHHAHA[1:08]<Regox> I have no future intent to kill you[1:08]<Baivo> Kill me then[1:08]<Baivo> Come, let it be done[1:09]<Regox> Just please don't be insulting other factions[1:09]<Regox> Killing under contract? Sure[1:09]<Baivo> Very well[1:09]* Baivo (Baivo@Baivo?r) Quit (?eBaivo left the game.)[1:09]<EllaA2013> is that knock back[1:09]<Dengar708> nope[1:09]* ejano (ejano@ejano) has joined #main[1:09]<dreamyeuropa> hey![1:09]<Regox> Hey[1:10]<Dengar708> wb[1:10]<ejano> hello[1:10]<EllaA2013> why did Baivo leave[1:10]<dreamyeuropa> hounour bound?[1:10]<Dengar708> ???[1:10]<EllaA2013> what did he say about horleggor[1:10]<dreamyeuropa> er...[1:11]<dreamyeuropa> i'm guessing someyhing along the lines of cowards[1:11]<ejano> a person in horleggor*[1:11]<Dengar708> you haven't seen any of the like 50 signs[1:11]<EllaA2013> um no eer where are they?[1:11]<Dengar708> ./spawn[1:11]<Dengar708> and should be infront of castle[1:11]<Regox> I removed it[1:11]<EllaA2013> no i havent[1:11]<Dengar708> ah okay[1:11]<Regox> He called us "Whoreleggers"[1:12]<EllaA2013> NO WHAY[1:12]<dreamyeuropa> umm[1:12]<EllaA2013> HE GONNA GET IT BAAAAD[1:12]<Regox> He died[1:12]<ejano> He already has ^[1:12]<Regox> He lost rather a lot of gear too[1:12]<EllaA2013> oh good[1:12]<dreamyeuropa> first of all... i dount taht many holgor are women...[1:12]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu) has joined #main[1:12]<Regox> He was wearing full diamond when I saw him[1:12]<ejano> Hey![1:12]<Regox> Hey[1:12]<Dengar708> hey Morizu[1:12]<Morizu> Good morning![1:12]<ejano> Morizuuu[1:12]<EllaA2013> hi![1:12]<dreamyeuropa> hey[1:12]<dreamyeuropa> acnd its night here[1:12]<Dengar708> I believe horleggor has the most female members[1:12]<ejano> Hey, we got trouble on our hands[1:12]<Dengar708> or tied with terran[1:12]<dreamyeuropa> really?[1:13]<Dengar708> at around 2[1:13]<EllaA2013> Dengar where are u?[1:13]<ejano> Keep your eye on those abadons[1:13]<ejano> they're planning something[1:13]<Dengar708> at Solitude[1:13]<EllaA2013> ?wheres that?[1:13]<EllaA2013> whats that?[1:13]<Dengar708> the Horleggor spawn[1:13]<ejano> lol[1:13]<EllaA2013> oh[1:13]<Dengar708> it is the city from skyrim Solitude[1:13]<ejano> lol[1:14]<EllaA2013> dengar u are in horlegger right?[1:14]<ejano> Green is horleggor[1:14]<ejano> Blue is terran <[1:14]<ejano> Red is abadon[1:14]<dreamyeuropa> if you support the greens, you're holegor[1:14]<Dengar708> Dreamy it is name colour[1:14]<EllaA2013> oh ok[1:14]<Dengar708> geez[1:14]<ejano> also horleggor are nuetral same as moraris[1:14]<ejano> somehow..[1:14]<Dengar708> political choices aren't part of this[1:14]<ejano> but something changed regox?[1:14]<dreamyeuropa> well, can i claim abbadon is communist?[1:15]<Dengar708> nope[1:15]<dreamyeuropa> aw[1:15]<EllaA2013> zWhere are u dengar can we like stop now[1:16]<ejano> are you at the thingo?[1:16]<EllaA2013> any one wanna do something with me im bored![1:16]<dreamyeuropa> er...[1:16]<Dengar708> I am checking stuff[1:17]<EllaA2013> i can help build or.....[1:17]<ejano> the place we were at the other day C:[1:17]<ejano> we really need a name for that..[1:17]<ejano> k[1:18]<ejano> also uh, do you have a home in a terran town?[1:18]<ejano> well[1:18]<ejano> they're about to attack a town[1:19]<ejano> infact I think they are here now[1:19]<dreamyeuropa> you won't be impliacte if i do the stealing[1:19]<ejano> LOL[1:19]<dreamyeuropa> ummmm[1:19]<ejano> ahahahaha[1:19]<dreamyeuropa> what are youb talking about?????[1:19]<dreamyeuropa> WHAT!!![1:19]<ejano> NOT THE FISH[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> oh its one of those daytime fanatses???[1:20]<ejano> DON'T STEAL THE FISH[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> ummm[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> you're insane[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> well you're talking to yourself, so you're insane[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> ...[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> well[1:20]<Dengar708> bbl maybe[1:20]* Dengar708 (Dengar708@Dengar708?r) Quit (?eDengar708 left the game.)[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> wher the sucide button when you need it[1:20]<dreamyeuropa> no idea[1:21]<ejano> right here[1:21]<dreamyeuropa> welll[1:21]<dreamyeuropa> that was intresting[1:22]<dreamyeuropa> WHERS MY MUSHRROMS!?!??![1:23]<ejano> were they there?[1:23]<ejano> yes they were about to jump right init xD but I know ella's got a home around marinaqua[1:24]<ejano> Soooo[1:24]<ejano> What's everyone upto?[1:24]<dreamyeuropa> nothing[1:24]<ejano> oh :C[1:24]<EllaA2013> im building a light home thing[1:24]<ejano> Im kinda bored[1:24]<Morizu> closing the decorative trapdoors that someone else keeps opening! :P[1:25]<ejano> lol[1:25]<dreamyeuropa> them openers[1:25]<ejano> *sets off trap door*[1:25]<Morizu> yeah![1:25]<dreamyeuropa> always yup to no good[1:25]<ejano> DON'T TOUCH THAT IT'S VINTAGE[1:25]<Morizu> XD[1:26]<Morizu> argh.. damn obsessive-compulsive disorder[1:26]<ejano> whatcha making atm anywho?[1:26]<dreamyeuropa> actually...[1:26]<ejano> anyhow*[1:27]<dreamyeuropa> i thnink i left the muchroom at aeoth...[1:27]<dreamyeuropa> damit[1:28]<ejano> .[1:29]<EllaA2013> brb[1:29]<ejano> mmm what is everyone's favourite chocolate?[1:29]<dreamyeuropa> crunchies[1:29]<ejano> :OOO[1:29]<ejano> no way[1:29]<ejano> I'm having chocolate with crunchie bits in it[1:29]<Morizu> mmm.. anything with nuts[1:29]<dreamyeuropa> yep[1:30]<Regox> It changed because we got raided, so we needed a loophole through which to retailiate[1:30]<Regox> *retaliate[1:30]<Morizu> I didnt know raids affect the taste in chocolate[1:30]<dreamyeuropa> if i steal your cokies..[1:30]<Morizu> well..[1:30]<Regox> Referring to ejano's earlier enquiry[1:30]<EllaA2013> ohhhh[1:30]<EllaA2013> sad face[1:30]<Morizu> yes Regox, I gets it :P[1:30]<ejano> lol[1:32]<dreamyeuropa> damit[1:32]<Regox> ?[1:32]<dreamyeuropa> mushrooma ren;t ther[1:32]<Regox> Ah[1:33]<dreamyeuropa> i was making fermeted spider eyes[1:33]<Morizu> ooh[1:33]<Morizu> a cake... Smiley's special cake![1:34]<Morizu> She wouldnt mind if I ate a slice would she...[1:34]<ejano> maybe..[1:34]<Morizu> or two...[1:34]<ejano> ?fLaas[1:35]<ejano> anyone know that whole shout?[1:35]<Regox> And then morizu was killed by smiley[1:35]<Morizu> well.. her cake is in the Terran territory[1:35]<Morizu> it may have a spying device in it[1:35]<Morizu> must investigate properly[1:36]<ejano> pow[1:36]<dreamyeuropa> damit[1:36]<Regox> WELLTHEN[1:37]<ejano> I'll give you your stuff back[1:37]<Regox> Isitwar?[1:37]<ejano> caught him raiding[1:37]<dreamyeuropa> how did you catch me?[1:37]<ejano> heard your pitta patta[1:37]<dreamyeuropa> damit[1:37]<ejano> and saw doors opening[1:37]<ejano> here is your stuff back[1:38]<ejano> if you want it[1:38]<dreamyeuropa> where?[1:39]<ejano> your stuff is here[1:39]<dreamyeuropa> whre?[1:39]<ejano> ?ffus[1:39]<ejano> ?ffus[1:39]<ejano> don't know what you took, but we probably don't need it[1:40]<dreamyeuropa> is it technically legal?[1:40]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013?r) Quit (?eEllaA2013 left the game.)[1:40]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013) has joined #main[1:40]<ejano> raiding yes, as long as chests are unlocked... trespassing...[1:40]<ejano> well that's why i killed u[1:41]<EllaA2013> im back sorry bout that[1:41]<ejano> mee?[1:42]<ejano> aw[1:42]<EllaA2013> oh cooldown 17 secs[1:42]<EllaA2013> oh cooldown 17 secs[1:42]<EllaA2013> hi[1:42]<ejano> helo[1:43]<ejano> omg >.<[1:43]<dreamyeuropa> ?[1:43]<ejano> was wondering what that noise was[1:43]<EllaA2013> where u go?[1:43]<ejano> its just rain on the roof xD[1:43]<dreamyeuropa> you're parnoid now, righr?[1:43]<ejano> well first I heard a moving noise in the room nextdoor[1:44]<ejano> but that's just my cat[1:44]<ejano> and then the extra wooosh on the roof[1:44]<EllaA2013> where u go? again?[1:44]<ejano> jumped off cliff[1:45]<EllaA2013> which cliff[1:45]<ejano> near the bridge[1:45]<ejano> toward teh boats[1:45]<ejano> kinda.[1:45]<ejano> head to unfinished lighthouse[1:46]<ejano> and jump off that bridge/walk down stairs[1:46]<ejano> jumping is more fun[1:46]<EllaA2013> so to other place on a boat[1:46]<ejano> er no[1:46]<ejano> Im down under the[1:47]<ejano> uh tree area[1:47]<EllaA2013> oh the light home[1:47]<ejano> whats it called[1:47]<Morizu> forest :P[1:47]<EllaA2013> tadar im here[1:48]<EllaA2013> is this ur home[1:48]<ejano> ok there actually is something in the next room[1:48]<ejano> yes[1:48]<EllaA2013> ? afk[1:48]<ejano> ok[1:49]<ejano> so I must be going crazy cause[1:49]<ejano> the door is making noises on its own[1:49]<Morizu> IRL?[1:49]<EllaA2013> look[1:49]<ejano> yes[1:49]<Morizu> it's Abaddon coming for you[1:49]<ejano> I can't see it[1:49]<ejano> D:[1:49]<ejano> oh and[1:49]<EllaA2013> ?[1:49]<dreamyeuropa> welll[1:49]<ejano> so its either 1[1:49]<EllaA2013> wjy cant u see it?[1:49]<ejano> the wind blowing realling fast against the door[1:50]<ejano> or 2, something in the attick causing pressure in that area[1:50]<ejano> I see the words but not the picture[1:50]* ejano (ejano@?4@?7|?9ejano?r) Quit (?eejano left the game.)[1:50]<EllaA2013> oh[1:50]* ejano (ejano@ejano) has joined #main[1:50]<EllaA2013> how about now?[1:50]<ejano> still nothing D:[1:50]<EllaA2013> Arg[1:51]<ejano> now I see it[1:51]<ejano> :P[1:51]<EllaA2013> YAY[1:51]<EllaA2013> can it stay there?[1:51]<ejano> uh sure[1:51]<EllaA2013> YAY[1:51]<EllaA2013> i have one of u in my home[1:51]<ejano> lol xD[1:51]<EllaA2013> and dengar and cozzer and me![1:52]<EllaA2013> DIAMOND BLOCK!!!![1:52]<dreamyeuropa> wHERE!?!?[1:52]<ejano> my precious[1:52]<EllaA2013> i dance on it[1:53]<ejano> yes this is the[1:53]<ejano> failed fireplace[1:53]<ejano> I didn't realise firespread was on[1:53]<EllaA2013> lol why failed[1:53]<ejano> luckily I didn't leave it too late[1:53]<EllaA2013> lol yeah[1:53]<ejano> would have burned down my whole house[1:53]<ejano> lel[1:54]<Regox> Haha[1:54]<Regox> More coal mining[1:55]<EllaA2013> ejano where are u?[1:55]<ejano> no idea[1:55]<ejano> well I do[1:55]<ejano> have an idea just[1:55]<ejano> can't remember which way to go[1:58]<dreamyeuropa> well gtg[1:59]<ejano> byee[1:59]<EllaA2013> bye[1:59]<Morizu> byebye[1:59]<Regox> Toodles[1:59]<dreamyeuropa> cya guys[1:59]* dreamyeuropa (dreamyeuropa@dreamyeuropa?r) Quit (?edreamyeuropa left the game.)[1:59]<Regox> Also, mining skill just hit 399[1:59]<ejano> ooh nice![1:59]<EllaA2013> oh im only on 200[1:59]<Morizu> ha I'm ahead of you Regox![1:59]<Morizu> very little ahead though...[1:59]<ejano> like true horleggors, with crazy lvls of mining[2:00]<Regox> YOu fiend Morizu[2:00]<Morizu> 3 points :P[2:00]<Morizu> You'll pass me in 10 minutes[2:00]<Regox> I've not even SEEN retikus this map[2:01]<Morizu> havent seen him online for a long time..[2:01]<Regox> How did he get top?[2:01]<EllaA2013> gtg[2:01]<Morizu> No idea[2:01]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013?r) Quit (?eEllaA2013 left the game.)[2:01]<Regox> "Offline since 13 days"[2:01]<Regox> Yet he has highest mining[2:01]<Regox> I don't even know what faction he's in[2:01]<ejano> neither[2:01]<Morizu> Horleggor I believe[2:02]<Regox> Huh[2:02]<Regox> Well there y'go[2:02]<Morizu> Not sure, just remember him green for some reason[2:03]<Regox> So much coal[2:04]<Regox> In this Mine of Infinity[2:04]<Morizu> oh my mine[2:05]<Regox> I'm so deep[2:05]<Regox> That the abandoned mineshaft I'm in has adminium flooring[2:06]<ejano> wow[2:06]<ejano> I've only been in one of those once, it gets super dark S:[2:06]<Regox> ohyes[2:07]<Regox> But I must obtain coal[2:11]<ejano> what faction is cozzer in?[2:11]<Regox> No idea[2:11]<Morizu> never heard of anyone named that[2:17]<Regox> Oh what I'd do for an auto block-maker[2:17]<Regox> Just a button that said "Convert minerals to blocks?"[2:18]<Morizu> Trader problems..[2:18]<Regox> WUT[2:18]<ejano> well,[2:18]<Morizu> I.. must've missed that part[2:18]<ejano> they didn't do any raiding[2:18]<Regox> Preeeetty sure I did too[2:19]<ejano> Ella was helping an abadon get to a terran town to raid[2:19]<Regox> Ahshite[2:19]<Regox> I hope she got paid[2:19]<ejano> mm :/[2:20]<ejano> I'm not sure she realised the role of horleggors as nuetral and that[2:20]<Regox> Hmm[2:20]<Regox> Technically[2:20]<Regox> We contract out for building projects[2:20]<ejano> She set a home in marinaqua, I was tempted to block it up with sand[2:21]<ejano> dreamy just wanted to raid it seemed[2:21]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd) has joined #main[2:21]<Regox> Hey[2:21]<ejano> and there's nothing really useful lying around town..[2:21]<ejano> hey[2:21]<nogardd> hello[2:22]<nogardd> ive heard there's a big confusion going on[2:22]<Regox> Da[2:22]<ejano> confusion confusion everywhere[2:22]<nogardd> confucius is confus[2:22]<Morizu> so lets have a confusion[2:23]<Regox> Will it interrupt my coaling?[2:23]<Regox> ?[2:23]<Regox> Impressive[2:24]<ejano> night![2:24]<Regox> 'night[2:24]<Morizu> Sleep well server[2:24]<nogardd> nighty night almighty[2:24]<Regox> Happy to report being on chest 12/16 of coal[2:24]<nogardd> server[2:25]<nogardd> haha[2:25]<ejano> wow[2:28]<Regox> Now introducing: Helicon Smelting[2:28]<nogardd> XD[2:28]<ejano> nooice[2:28]<Regox> Got an absurd amount of things to smelt?[2:28]<Regox> Want to go offline but keep smelting?[2:29]<Regox> Contact Helicon Smelting today[2:29]<nogardd> "a corporation that never sleeps"[2:29]<Regox> Sleep is overrated[2:29]<nogardd> or industries[2:29]<nogardd> haha[2:30]<ejano> *sigh*[2:30]<ejano> was meant to read a book over the holidays for school[2:30]<Regox> What's the book?[2:30]<ejano> left it at school though :/[2:31]<ejano> it's actually a play: the Crucible[2:31]<Regox> Nope, haven't read it[2:31]<ejano> well we're watching the movie in class so maybe I'll just watch that a couple times[2:31]<ejano> gonna have to read it all in one night when we go back lol[2:31]<Regox> http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/avhsweb/hartman/IntermediateDrama/TheCrucible.htm[2:31]<Morizu> ugh[2:32]<Morizu> maybe library would have a copy? Or net?[2:32]<Regox> Beat ye to it morizu[2:32]<ejano> holy[2:32]<Morizu> oh well :P[2:32]<ejano> Omg I love you regox[2:32]<ejano> OMG :DDDDDD[2:32]<nogardd> XD[2:33]<Morizu> and look at this[2:33]<ejano> ohno I can't see[2:33]<Morizu> that's peppy :P[2:33]<ejano> ahaha[2:33]<Morizu> me neither[2:33]<ejano> I see the name tags[2:33]<Morizu> that's because he's evil[2:33]<ejano> hmm[2:34]<ejano> where'd the peppy go[2:34]<Regox> Neat[2:34]<Regox> I can do better I think[2:34]<Regox> Wait, nevermidn[2:34]<ejano> dangit regox[2:34]<Regox> I forgot that when you put playerheads in frames they don't work properly[2:34]<Morizu> this has always been black, no idea why[2:35]<ejano> Peppy's is... black lol[2:35]<Morizu> it's probably a nudie pic anyways[2:35]<Morizu> we're lucky to not see it[2:35]<ejano> can u see them now?[2:35]<Morizu> I dont have a fancy title :/[2:35]<Morizu> Nope, still cant[2:35]<ejano> D:[2:35]<Morizu> I see mine, but not pepper's[2:36]<ejano> oh do you see black[2:36]<Morizu> yeah[2:36]<ejano> ye that's what i see[2:36]<ejano> cabeza[2:36]<ejano> lool[2:37]<ejano> hmm[2:37]<Morizu> XD[2:37]<Regox> Hmmmmmmm[2:37]<Regox> That gives me idea[2:37]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013) has joined #main[2:38]<ejano> allo[2:38]<EllaA2013> hi[2:38]<nogardd> hey[2:38]<Regox> TO THE REDSTONE REPOSITORY[2:38]<Morizu> that looks a bit cruel :P[2:38]<EllaA2013> ?[2:38]<ejano> ye its not supposed to be D:[2:39]<Morizu> Peppy's head on the wall :P[2:39]<EllaA2013> ?how is peeppys had on um..[2:39]<Morizu> ...I dont even...[2:39]<Regox> Aw[2:39]<Regox> V.sad[2:39]<Regox> Had such high hopes[2:40]<Morizu> "remains of federation leader"[2:40]<ejano> xD wat[2:40]<Morizu> that's what it looks like XD[2:40]<EllaA2013> wanna go on a bout trip with me[2:40]<ejano> maybe in a min[2:40]<ejano> gotta decorate some stuff[2:41]<EllaA2013> ill help![2:41]<Regox> So[2:41]<Regox> Discovery[2:41]<Regox> Pistons destroy heads[2:41]<ejano> :o[2:41]<Regox> Not destroy, break[2:41]<ejano> sry can't tp you atm ella[2:41]<Regox> Pity[2:42]<Regox> Hmmmmmm...[2:42]<EllaA2013> oooohhh[2:43]<Morizu> yay I have a title[2:44]<Morizu> poof![2:48]<Regox> Haha[2:48]<Regox> If this works[2:49]<ejano> ah brb in a couple of mins[2:49]<Regox> Oh[2:49]* ejano (ejano@?4@?7|?9ejano?r) Quit (?eejano left the game.)[2:49]<Regox> No more /area[2:50]<nogardd> 0.,o[2:50]<Regox> Darn[3:02]<EllaA2013> does anyone have plain mushrooms[3:03]<Morizu> probably a couple[3:03]<EllaA2013> does anyone have plain mushrooms????????[3:03]<EllaA2013> can i have them or trade them?[3:03]<Morizu> lemme check first[3:03]<EllaA2013> kk[3:04]* ejano (ejano@ejano) has joined #main[3:04]<Morizu> got 2 :P[3:04]<EllaA2013> can i have?[3:04]<ejano> hey![3:04]<Morizu> sure[3:04]<Morizu> come get[3:04]<Morizu> wb Eja[3:04]<ejano> You guys should totally change your language settings on this to Australian english[3:04]<ejano> C:[3:05]<Morizu> there ya go[3:05]<EllaA2013> im stuck in floor[3:05]<nogardd> im good with mine. id adjust to japanese instead[3:05]<nogardd> XD[3:05]<EllaA2013> help break under me[3:05]<ejano> aw[3:05]<EllaA2013> thx[3:05]<ejano> don't you want to ever ride in a holden?[3:05]<ejano> in mc?[3:05]<EllaA2013> CCAATTS!!!![3:05]<ejano> C:?[3:05]<Morizu> haha[3:05]<EllaA2013> are u in jungle?[3:06]<Morizu> yeah[3:06]<ejano> CATS!?[3:06]<ejano> whaar[3:06]<Morizu> here XD[3:06]<ejano> I hear them[3:06]<ejano> they call to me[3:06]<Morizu> no! my mittens![3:06]<ejano> can I feed them[3:06]<Morizu> please :P[3:07]<Morizu> you can feed my RL cats too![3:07]<ejano> xD[3:07]<EllaA2013> omg i want a cat[3:07]<ejano> mew[3:07]<Morizu> Tame one :)[3:07]<Morizu> Warning though, they tend to die very easily[3:07]<Morizu> mine keep drowning when I turn my back[3:07]<ejano> :/[3:08]<ejano> I shall grab my fishing rod[3:09]<EllaA2013> can u guys tpa me to u?[3:10]<nogardd> for?[3:10]<ejano> for cats?[3:10]<EllaA2013> not u and yes for cats but i want one but i couldnt get it to my home!![3:10]<ejano> did you tame it?[3:10]<Morizu> make sure it's not sitting after tamed, then it should follow[3:10]<EllaA2013> no i cant find an ocelot and i dont have fish![3:11]<Morizu> oh :P[3:11]<ejano> here I fished up some fish[3:11]<ejano> here I was following u[3:11]<ejano> xD[3:11]<EllaA2013> oh hi[3:11]<ejano> its not much so ima go keep fishing[3:12]<EllaA2013> if u catch them i can cook them wait do u have to cook them?[3:12]<ejano> nope[3:12]<ejano> needs to be raw[3:12]<EllaA2013> oh[3:12]<ejano> some cats take like 2 to tame, some take 9[3:12]<EllaA2013> i would help but i dont have string to make a fishing rod[3:12]<Morizu> stupid cat is trying to drown himself again[3:13]<ejano> its a tiga[3:13]<ejano> tiger*[3:13]<EllaA2013> yes i do[3:13]<ejano> nooo lag[3:14]<EllaA2013> can u make a rod for me[3:14]<EllaA2013> i dont know how[3:14]<ejano> ye[3:14]<ejano> I'll go get some string[3:14]<ejano> oh[3:14]<EllaA2013> i gave u some[3:14]<ejano> dahell puffer fish[3:15]<ejano> btw you can always use /recipe (item)[3:15]<EllaA2013> oh[3:15]<ejano> like /recipe rod or /recipe cake[3:15]<ejano> :P[3:16]<ejano> lol[3:16]<ejano> I SEE ONE[3:16]<EllaA2013> ?[3:16]<ejano> fOLLOW[3:17]<ejano> ssh[3:17]<EllaA2013> OMG me too[3:17]* Regox (Regox@?4@?7|?2Regox?r) Quit (?eRegox left the game.)[3:17]<ejano> ok[3:17]<ejano> go to the stairs[3:17]<ejano> and crouch to it[3:18]<EllaA2013> where did it go?[3:18]<ejano> that way[3:18]<EllaA2013> its gone[3:19]<ejano> it'll be around[3:19]<ejano> hmm just need a high view point[3:21]<ejano> THERE[3:21]<ejano> back near the pumpkins[3:21]<EllaA2013> ?[3:21]<ejano> ow[3:21]<ejano> head that way[3:21]<EllaA2013> LOL[3:21]<EllaA2013> tpa to me[3:22]<ejano> I se[3:22]<ejano> SHSHH[3:22]<ejano> yeye[3:22]<ejano> gogo[3:22]<ejano> stand close and wait there[3:22]<ejano> it should come to u[3:22]<ejano> unless it gets too far away[3:23]<ejano> see it?[3:23]<ejano> slipery fella..[3:24]<EllaA2013> i gave it 1 fish and it made heart then ran away[3:24]<ejano> dang[3:24]<ejano> :O[3:24]<ejano> there it is[3:24]<ejano> ok gogo[3:24]<ejano> right[3:24]<ejano> go right[3:24]<ejano> round here[3:24]<EllaA2013> where?[3:24]<ejano> SSH a zombie[3:24]<ejano> with chain armour[3:24]<ejano> craabs[3:25]<EllaA2013> come here[3:26]<ejano> make sure you dont move[3:26]<ejano> when you get its attention[3:27]<EllaA2013> tthis is hard[3:27]<ejano> ye can be[3:27]<EllaA2013> where it go?[3:27]<ejano> no idea[3:29]<EllaA2013> its gone[3:29]<ejano> darn pumpkins mocking me[3:29]<ejano> no wai tmelons*[3:29]<ejano> they look like ocelot skin[3:30]<ejano> ?flaas[3:30]<ejano> ?fLaas yah[3:31]<EllaA2013> ?[3:31]<ejano> random shouts[3:31]<ejano> morizu, see any ocelots over there?[3:32]<EllaA2013> is this man made this bridge thing?[3:32]<Morizu> yeah[3:32]<Morizu> no wait, that's my cat[3:32]<Morizu> :P[3:32]<EllaA2013> is this man made this bridge thing?[3:32]<ejano> lol darnit[3:32]<ejano> ye I'd say so[3:32]<ejano> guessing this is morizu's temple thingy[3:33]<Morizu> everything around here is mine :P[3:33]<EllaA2013> I SEE 2 OCELOTS[3:33]<ejano> :O[3:33]<ejano> gogo[3:33]<ejano> with stealth[3:33]<Morizu> I see a chicken..[3:33]<EllaA2013> I SEE 2 OCELOTS[3:33]<ejano> k wait[3:33]<ejano> dont move[3:34]<ejano> hopefully it turns[3:35]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013?r) Quit (?eEllaA2013 left the game.)[3:35]<ejano> D:[3:35]<Morizu> hmmm[3:36]<ejano> ?fLaas[3:36]<ejano> ?fLaas yah[3:40]<ejano> what I really need is the ol' box with a stick with a fish lying in it[3:41]<nogardd> 0.,o[3:41]<Morizu> <.<[3:41]<ejano> that's how you did it morizu isn't it[3:41]<ejano> used that hightech[3:41]<ejano> trap system[3:41]<ejano> xD[3:41]<Morizu> I fished with dynamite :P[3:41]<ejano> lol[3:42]<Morizu> no, I'm just super patient :P[3:42]<Morizu> I stand around and let them come to me[3:42]<ejano> ye that's the trick[3:42]<ejano> but as soon as ella left I lost those other 2[3:42]<Morizu> aww[3:42]<ejano> they dispersed[3:43]<Morizu> yeah they do that[3:43]<Morizu> plus they seem to be more rare lately than what I remembered[3:43]<ejano> cause you caught them all![3:43]<ejano> ;P[3:43]<Morizu> XD[3:43]<nogardd> you catch 2 and breed[3:43]<ejano> ahwelp I gtg[3:43]<ejano> have to ahve dinner[3:43]<Morizu> byee[3:43]<ejano> have*[3:43]<nogardd> oke eja, see ya[3:43]<ejano> byyes[3:43]* ejano (ejano@?4@?7|?9ejano?r) Quit (?eejano left the game.)[3:57]<Morizu> g[3:58]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk) has joined #main[3:58]<nogardd> hey[4:00]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk?r) Quit (?eroberestarkk left the game.)[4:06]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk) has joined #main[4:08]<roberestarkk> ping[4:12]<Morizu> pong[4:12]<roberestarkk> :P[4:17]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk?r) Quit (?eroberestarkk left the game.)[4:17]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk) has joined #main[4:17]<Morizu> wb[4:18]<roberestarkk> ty[4:19]* nogardd was kicked from #main by Server[4:19]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd?r) Quit (?enogardd left the game.)[4:31]<roberestarkk> wow[4:32]<roberestarkk> this pit is quite dangerous![4:32]<Morizu> be careful <.<[4:32]<roberestarkk> lol[4:32]<Morizu> what pit?[4:33]<roberestarkk> deathwarp2[4:33]<Morizu> oh dear[4:33]<roberestarkk> it's fun though![4:33]<roberestarkk> the item-drop disabling hasn't worked...[4:33]<Morizu> I'm sure :P[4:33]<roberestarkk> but it's fun![4:33]<Morizu> XD[4:39]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd) has joined #main[4:41]<nogardd> hey rob?[4:53]<roberestarkk> hi[4:53]<nogardd> hey[4:53]<nogardd> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdDabsIcxPk[4:53]<nogardd> ever seen that?[4:54]<roberestarkk> archimedes' ships mod?[4:54]<roberestarkk> yeah, why?[4:54]<nogardd> just wondering[4:54]<nogardd> looks awesome[4:55]<roberestarkk> mmm[5:02]<roberestarkk> http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/wip-mods/1442761-wip-small-b[5:02]<roberestarkk> oats[5:02]<roberestarkk> dammit[5:02]<nogardd> 0.,o[5:02]<roberestarkk> http://goo.gl/ZA5fpF[5:03]<nogardd> oh my[5:04]<nogardd> that little ship looks kinda meh. but the rope idea would be perfect[5:27]* Morizu was kicked from #main by Server[5:27]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu?r) Quit (?eMorizu left the game.)[5:29]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu) has joined #main[5:30]<roberestarkk> rope idea?[5:31]<nogardd> ugh.. that took you long enough[5:31]<Morizu> XD[5:31]<Morizu> Robs is a bit slow today[5:35]<nogardd> rob? you there?[5:40]<roberestarkk> I am[5:41]<roberestarkk> slow and here[5:41]<nogardd> can you copyu and paste something real fast?[5:41]<roberestarkk> Of course, I am excellent at copy paste![5:41]<nogardd> let's see, ill be judge to that[5:42]<nogardd> unless that was sarcasm[5:42]<roberestarkk> No I am, I'm just rarely motivated enough to do so![5:43]<nogardd> come here[5:44]<roberestarkk> I smell a dirty Abaddonian trap![5:44]<roberestarkk> You shall not take me alive you knave![5:44]<nogardd> -.-[5:44]<Morizu> what's a knave? XD[5:44]<nogardd> you should sometimes read forums, thats also good for your health[5:45]<roberestarkk> Yeah Mori, geez... Not knowing what Knaves are![5:45]<roberestarkk> Wait, forums tell you that?[5:45]<nogardd> idk that either[5:45]<Morizu> HEHE[5:45]<nogardd> rofl.. i announced in forums that i want to be neutral character and not wanting to be part of wars[5:46]<nogardd> at least as of yet[5:46]<Morizu> At least until you have Rob captured and tortured :D[5:46]<roberestarkk> lol[5:46]<nogardd> rofl[5:46]<roberestarkk> Oh I see[5:46]<roberestarkk> I haven't read the forums for like 4 hours[5:47]<nogardd> my welcoming msg[5:47]<nogardd> v.,v[5:47]<Morizu> I havent read forums, like, ever![5:48]<Morizu> No.[5:48]<nogardd> rob? i need it pasted today. so i can continue my stuff, please?[5:48]<nogardd> will take you 1 minute.[5:48]<nogardd> IF youre as greate copy-paste as you say[5:49]<Morizu> with this speed he'll be done thinking about it next week[5:49]<nogardd> great*[5:49]<roberestarkk> Yeah I'm seeing no forum post...[5:49]<roberestarkk> and I'm also probably not supposed to use Admin powers for things which do not really require them[5:50]<nogardd> v.,v[5:50]<nogardd> oke.. fine[5:50]<nogardd> thanx anyway[5:50]<nogardd> ill ask pepp tomorrow[5:51]<nogardd> http://forum.lawsofminecraft.com/Thread-NEw-to-forums[5:51]<roberestarkk> If he doesn't say "This isn't an Admin's problem, why don't you just do it yourself" lemme know[5:51]<Morizu> I cant imagine Peppy saying something like that... XD[5:51]<nogardd> actually everytime i asked he helped me out. he didnt say "fuck off" like you do[5:52]<roberestarkk> Yeah... He'd prbably be more coarse[5:52]<nogardd> not literally. but thats what it looks like[5:52]<roberestarkk> Oh dear[5:52]<nogardd> he'd be like " sure, what do you need?"[5:52]<Morizu> I guess you guys simply know each other a bit better :P Nogard and Peps I mean[5:53]<roberestarkk> Peppy has always been better with people than me[5:53]<nogardd> well, thats why i asked you[5:53]<nogardd> should have said No in 1st place[5:54]<roberestarkk> I'm happy to use it for administrative tasks like moving someone's house further away from you[5:54]<roberestarkk> if it's causing problems[5:54]<roberestarkk> but if it's something you can do yourself, I feel like it's not as appropriate[5:55]<nogardd> im simply askinmg to copy, rotate 180? and paste it on the other side. thats all[5:55]<nogardd> i have whole town in mind plus underground project. which will take me forever. 1 little thing for[5:56]<nogardd> for you to paste would take no time at all almost, compared to what im gonna build[5:57]<roberestarkk> That is quite probably true, but I'm more concerned with the difference between asking[5:57]<roberestarkk> me as an admin to use admin powers for an admin purpose, as opposed to asking me as[5:58]<roberestarkk> another player to use admin powers for a favour...[5:58]<roberestarkk> I used to be nice and just say yes all the time, but it kept getting me in trouble :/[5:59]<nogardd> as if you ever did anything for me exept complaining when i asked creative for building purposes[6:00]<roberestarkk> Why would you expect me to do things for you? I'm a random stranger on the internet...[6:00]<nogardd> nvm. thanx for help[6:00]<roberestarkk> np[6:00]<nogardd> ktnxbye[6:00]<nogardd> ill manage myself[6:00]<roberestarkk> That's the spirit![6:16]<Morizu> Does sticky piston hold a stair?[6:16]<Morizu> it does![6:36]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu?r) Quit (?eMorizu left the game.)[6:36]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd?r) Quit (?enogardd left the game.)[6:37]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu) has joined #main[6:38]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu?r) Quit (?eMorizu left the game.)[6:38]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd) has joined #main[6:38]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu) has joined #main[6:48]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd?r) Quit (?enogardd left the game.)[6:49]<roberestarkk> save-all[6:49]<roberestarkk> CLENCH![6:53]<Morizu> yay?![6:53]<roberestarkk> ./quests list[6:55]<Morizu> hmmm[6:56]<Morizu> tring to accept the Getting Your Apprentice Level Combat Spells[6:56]<Morizu> but[6:56]<Morizu> after accepting, it's not active[6:56]<Morizu> says I need to complete getting my first wands first, which I've already done[6:57]<roberestarkk> type /quests stats[6:57]<Morizu> none[6:57]<roberestarkk> yeah that happened to me too :/[6:57]<Morizu> completed qusts none XD[7:01]<roberestarkk> dammit[7:01]<roberestarkk> questadmin[7:07]<Morizu> g[7:09]<roberestarkk> Okay, a single arrow should not cost 25 mana[7:09]<Morizu> yeah, that was bad :P[7:10]<roberestarkk> CLENCH![7:10]<roberestarkk> hmnkay[7:10]<roberestarkk> now it should cost 5[7:11]<roberestarkk> or it's unlimited[7:11]<Morizu> hmmn[7:11]<roberestarkk> pretty sure it's 5 now[7:12]<roberestarkk> yep[7:13]<Morizu> stupid redstone stuff.. I dont get it[7:13]<roberestarkk> lol, but it's so fun![7:13]<Morizu> it doesnt work![7:13]<Morizu> and when it doesnt work, it doesnt make any sense :P[7:13]<roberestarkk> I see[7:14]<roberestarkk> well I would offer to come help but I am cow-hunting[7:14]<Morizu> it's okay XD[7:15]<roberestarkk> my life would be so much easier if Kyle had said "Make Mages vastly overpowered and we'll govern[7:15]<roberestarkk> who gets to be one based entirely on who we like more"[7:16]<Morizu> that'd be a pretty crappy solution though XD[7:16]<roberestarkk> oh cool a gate![7:16]<roberestarkk> yeah it would :P[7:16]<Morizu> if only it worked![7:16]<roberestarkk> oh hi![7:17]<Morizu> look at this[7:17]<Morizu> only the left one works[7:17]<Morizu> and I dont know why[7:17]<roberestarkk> that's because redstone only powers to 1 adjacent block at the most[7:18]<Morizu> OH![7:18]<roberestarkk> so the pressureplates power the block under them[7:18]<roberestarkk> and the block to the side[7:18]<Morizu> HMMMM[7:19]<Morizu> I...[7:19]<roberestarkk> what are you trying to do?[7:20]<Morizu> To get every pressure plate to active both upper and lower jaws[7:20]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd) has joined #main[7:20]<roberestarkk> to open them or close them?[7:20]<Morizu> close[7:20]<roberestarkk> oh okay[7:20]<roberestarkk> must the pressureplates be where they are?[7:20]<Morizu> well... they could be one block further or behind, but[7:21]<roberestarkk> if they were where you're standing now[7:21]<roberestarkk> it would work[7:21]<Morizu> then the prson will either get through or the bite wont last long enough[7:21]<Morizu> lets try[7:21]<Morizu> here?[7:21]<roberestarkk> oh you move it[7:21]<roberestarkk> yeah but there's gotta be redstone under them all[7:21]<roberestarkk> I didn't notice you'd changed it[7:22]<Morizu> now they're acting weird xD[7:22]<roberestarkk> that is to do with the maximum distance the signal can travel before running out[7:22]<Morizu> argh![7:23]<roberestarkk> if you put a repeater instead of the redstone on which I stand it should fix that[7:23]<roberestarkk> facing the stone[7:23]<Morizu> here?[7:23]<roberestarkk> aye[7:23]<Morizu> hw do you know that?![7:23]<Morizu> tf[7:23]<Morizu> this doesnt make any sense x_x[7:24]<roberestarkk> it's just how it works[7:24]<Morizu> god[7:24]<roberestarkk> think of all blocks as being capable of being on or off[7:24]<Morizu> works perfectly, thanks![7:24]<roberestarkk> np :P[7:24]<Morizu> I cant![7:24]<Morizu> I'm a girl![7:24]<roberestarkk> Dammit woman[7:24]<roberestarkk> Okay I'll try to make the analogy shoe related[7:24]<Morizu> is there any way to prolong the effect?[7:25]<Morizu> like, keep the jaws shut longer?[7:25]<roberestarkk> short answer: no[7:25]<roberestarkk> long answer: yes but it'll irritate you to no end[7:25]<Morizu> I'll settle with the short answer for now![7:25]<roberestarkk> I should start up my redstone academy again[7:25]<Morizu> please do[7:26]<Morizu> this is the only part of minecraft I've never used[7:26]<Morizu> cos I just dont get it[7:26]<roberestarkk> you know how stairs have a value for the direction they're facing?[7:26]<roberestarkk> that is specific to each stair?[7:26]<Morizu> no![7:26]<roberestarkk> -.-[7:27]<roberestarkk> okay you know how a random square in the world can either have a block in it or have air?[7:27]<Morizu> no![7:27]<roberestarkk> really? that's a pretty basic premise of Minecraft[7:28]<Morizu> I never thought about it[7:28]<roberestarkk> Okay...[7:28]<roberestarkk> Well with blocks right...[7:28]<roberestarkk> they have these little gremlins inside them[7:28]<Morizu> silverfish?![7:28]<roberestarkk> every single place-able thing has a gremlin inside it[7:29]<roberestarkk> nah, little goblin-like creatures too small to see[7:29]<roberestarkk> anyways, these gremlins sometimes get overheated...[7:29]<Morizu> monster spawners![7:29]<roberestarkk> nono, they don't actually exist, I'm just making them up to explain a concept[7:29]<Morizu> I refuse to understand![7:30]<roberestarkk> Then I refuse to teach you![7:30]<Morizu> okay fine :P[7:30]<Morizu> I'll be good[7:30]<roberestarkk> :P[7:30]<Morizu> but I wont understand anyways[7:32]<roberestarkk> well that's annoying :P[7:32]<Morizu> what is?[7:32]<roberestarkk> having them close on you :P[7:32]<Morizu> think I'll remove it from inside[7:32]<Morizu> what's the point of blocking people and mobs from exiting :P[7:33]<roberestarkk> :P[7:33]<roberestarkk> woops[7:33]<roberestarkk> better :)[7:42]<nogardd> rob can you keep it daytime?[7:43]<nogardd> if its not a problem[7:45]<roberestarkk> DAMMIT[7:45]<Morizu> afking in the water is bad, mmkay?[7:46]<roberestarkk> heh[7:46]<roberestarkk> I was testing my new Gasp spell and then got distracted[7:47]<roberestarkk> aww now I gotta go get my wand :/[7:47]<Morizu> doh[7:47]<roberestarkk> and jesus it doesn't half spam chat...[7:48]<Morizu> Are we still making that maze?[7:48]<roberestarkk> yes but probably not tonight[7:49]<Morizu> I have nothing against that[7:56]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk?r) Quit (?eroberestarkk left the game.)[7:57]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk) has joined #main[7:58]<Morizu> wb[8:09]<roberestarkk> ty ^^[8:09]<Morizu> sooo slow[8:09]<roberestarkk> That's me! Easily distracted[8:10]<Morizu> adhd? :P[8:11]<roberestarkk> Nah, just easily bored[8:12]<nogardd> rob? come here and tell me what you think of this ferry[8:12]<Morizu> could also mean adhd![8:12]<nogardd> cause idk if i should take it down and build bridge instead[8:13]<Morizu> I vote for metro[8:17]<roberestarkk> hmmn?[8:17]<roberestarkk> Yeah Metro's are supah![8:18]<nogardd> i thought of it[8:18]<nogardd> but this is too deep for me to build.[8:18]<nogardd> besides. this is supposed to be medieval thing XD[8:18]<roberestarkk> Which is why they are minecarts and not locomotives :P[8:19]<nogardd> noone drove minecarts back then. used for mining, thats why they're called, mine carts[8:19]<roberestarkk> I'm sure people hopped in them on occasion when they weren't full of coal[8:19]<nogardd> yes. probably[8:20]<nogardd> but im connecting my tavern to an island where will be my town[8:20]<nogardd> with blacksmith and shops etc etc[8:20]<nogardd> so ferry is kinda lame.[8:21]<nogardd> "eh lets go to Forgotten Tavern" "naaah, ferry is too long"[8:21]<nogardd> and minecart "metro" is too dirty[8:21]<nogardd> XD[8:21]<roberestarkk> I suppose...[8:22]<nogardd> bridge!!! fresh air!! view to the sea![8:22]<nogardd> but also kinda lame because of "ship movement"[8:22]<nogardd> so im screwed[8:22]<nogardd> noone travels anywhere XD[8:22]<Morizu> I'll trael, but you never ask and we probably cant afford anyways :P[8:23]<nogardd> im still gonna build a bridge. might take me longer than minecart travvaling system[8:23]<nogardd> travelling*[8:23]<nogardd> but would be worth it[8:36]* nogardd (nogardd@nogardd?r) Quit (?enogardd left the game.)[8:45]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk?r) Quit (?eroberestarkk left the game.)[8:46]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu?r) Quit (?eMorizu left the game.)[9:36]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk) has joined #main[12:04]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu) has joined #main[12:04]<Morizu> boo[12:05]<roberestarkk> allo guv[12:05]<Morizu> what did you just call me? :P[12:06]<roberestarkk> guv[12:06]<Morizu> is that a bad thing?[12:06]<roberestarkk> It's short for Governor[12:06]<Morizu> Do I have to if I dont want to? :/[12:07]<roberestarkk> lol, it's a generic term of respect from the old days[12:07]<Morizu> Good then :P[12:12]<Morizu> Could you by any chance set it to midnight for a bit?[12:16]<Morizu> nvm, it's evening :D[14:07]* Morizu (Morizu@Morizu?r) Quit (?eMorizu left the game.)[16:16]* roberestarkk (roberestarkk@roberestarkk?r) Quit (?eroberestarkk left the game.)[16:49]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013) has joined #main[16:55]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013?r) Quit (?eEllaA2013 left the game.)[17:06]* Regox (Regox@Regox) has joined #main[17:07]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013) has joined #main[17:07]<EllaA2013> hi[17:08]<Regox> Hey[17:08]<EllaA2013> what u doin[17:08]<Regox> Mining, always[17:09]<EllaA2013> can i tag along?[17:09]<Regox> Sure[17:09]<EllaA2013> let me prapare[17:11]<EllaA2013> im ready[17:14]<EllaA2013> can u mine those for me[17:15]<EllaA2013> plz[17:15]<EllaA2013> plz[17:15]<EllaA2013> plz[17:15]<Regox> Nope, but they're yours[17:15]<EllaA2013> can u mine those for me? u get heaps of them!!![17:21]<EllaA2013> how do u fly?[17:21]<Regox> Magic[17:28]<EllaA2013> can i ask u a question?[17:28]<Regox> Sure[17:28]<EllaA2013> What does XRay vishin do[17:29]<Regox> Makes dirt and cobblestone more or less invisible[17:29]<EllaA2013> can u see like diamonds better[17:29]<Regox> They flash as the brightest thing[17:30]<EllaA2013> cause thats one of the reasons TurtletanX got banned[17:30]<Regox> That's why most servers have them on a banned list[17:37]<EllaA2013> ?u left?[17:37]<Regox> Full inventories[17:37]<EllaA2013> im guessing u can go /back or something[17:38]<Regox> Nope, I use a roaming /home that I set to where I was last[17:38]<EllaA2013> kk[17:39]<EllaA2013> Regox, are u the person that if we hit u we die?[17:39]<Regox> Yes[17:39]<EllaA2013> because that happened to me in th nether 3 TIMES[17:39]<EllaA2013> :/[17:39]<Regox> Good enchants on chestplate[17:40]<EllaA2013> oh yeah that one where u and ooohhhh.....[17:40]<EllaA2013> hurry plz[17:52]* Kagey180 (Kagey180@Kagey180) has joined #main[17:52]<EllaA2013> HI'[17:52]<Kagey180> HI"[17:53]* bajanistheman (bajanistheman@bajanistheman) has joined #main[17:53]<Regox> Hey[17:54]<bajanistheman> Hey[17:54]<EllaA2013> hi[17:54]<EllaA2013> im stuck[17:55]<EllaA2013> i need my stuff help[17:56]<EllaA2013> i moved[18:02]<EllaA2013> ?[18:06]<bajanistheman> Does anybody have Cobble or Stone i can have?[18:06]<EllaA2013> nope[18:06]<EllaA2013> i have 1 stack and 16 peices of stone and 2 pecies of cobble[18:07]<EllaA2013> tpa me to u[18:08]<EllaA2013> bajan there we are![18:08]<EllaA2013> can i look around?[18:08]<bajanistheman> Thanks[18:08]<bajanistheman> Sure[18:09]<EllaA2013> can i let this horsey out?[18:09]<bajanistheman> Sure[18:12]<EllaA2013> YAY baby pigs are so cute![18:12]<bajanistheman> ikr[18:12]<EllaA2013> can i help[18:17]<EllaA2013> guys ill be on later today kk bye GTG[18:17]<EllaA2013> bbbyyyeee DONT WORRIE JUST IGNORE ME THATS FINE[18:17]<bajanistheman> Bye[18:18]* EllaA2013 (EllaA2013@EllaA2013?r) Quit (?eEllaA2013 left the game.)[18:20]<bajanistheman> Devil[18:20]<bajanistheman> Stole my carrots[18:20]<bajanistheman> :I[18:20]* bajanistheman (bajanistheman@bajanistheman?r) Quit (?ebajanistheman left the game.)[18:29]* Kagey180 was kicked from #main by Server[18:29]* Kagey180 (Kagey180@Kagey180?r) Quit (?eKagey180 left the game.)[18:41]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@Peppy2006) has joined #main[18:42]<Peppy2006> Howdy Reg![18:44]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@?4@?7|?9Peppy2006?r) Quit (?ePeppy2006 left the game.)[19:43]* Trisemigistus (Trisemigistus@Trisemigistus) has joined #main[19:43]* Trisemigistus (Trisemigistus@?4@?7|?cTrisemigistus?r) Quit (?eTrisemigistus left the game.)[20:02]* Trisemigistus (Trisemigistus@Trisemigistus) has joined #main[20:03]* Trisemigistus (Trisemigistus@?4@?7|?cTrisemigistus?r) Quit (?eTrisemigistus left the game.)[20:14]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@Peppy2006) has joined #main[20:22]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@?4@?7|?9Peppy2006?r) Quit (?ePeppy2006 left the game.)[20:36]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@Peppy2006) has joined #main[21:10]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@?4@?7|?9Peppy2006?r) Quit (?ePeppy2006 left the game.)[21:10]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@Peppy2006) has joined #main[21:20]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@?4@?7|?9Peppy2006?r) Quit (?ePeppy2006 left the game.)[22:40]* Regox (Regox@?4@?7|?2Regox?r) Quit (?eRegox left the game.)[22:41]* Regox (Regox@Regox) has joined #main[22:47]* Regox (Regox@?4@?7|?2Regox?r) Quit (?eRegox left the game.)[23:05]* okayden (okayden@okayden) has joined #main[23:12]<okayden> hiya[23:12]<okayden> on another server, sorry :/[23:12]<okayden> has much happened?[23:13]<okayden> who is this btw? :P[23:14]<okayden> danke :)[23:14]<okayden> Oh mighty messenger[23:14]<okayden> :o[23:15]<okayden> oh, didn't even know it existed XD[23:16]<okayden> D:[23:16]<okayden> :'([23:17]<okayden> :P[23:18]<okayden> who would've guessed that :P[23:18]<okayden> oh damn[23:18]<okayden> so that sparked the discussion about Horleggor being able to retaliate i suppose[23:19]<okayden> 0_0[23:19]<okayden> :D[23:19]<okayden> what do you mean by unilaterally?[23:21]<okayden> oh :P[23:21]<okayden> well, thank you dear messenger :)[23:22]<okayden> will i ever know your true identity, or shall i forever know you as the Oh Mighty Messenger?[23:24]<okayden> ...messenger?[23:24]<okayden> XP[23:25]<okayden> :O[23:25]<okayden> hmm[23:25]<okayden> Peppy?[23:25]* Peppy2006 (Peppy2006@Peppy2006) has joined #main[23:25]<okayden> :D[23:25]<Peppy2006> Yes, my uncanny showmanship does show through there.[23:25]<Peppy2006> :P[23:25]<okayden> XP[23:26]<Peppy2006> Yeah, that's the abridged version of all events[23:26]<okayden> so is Turtle really gone?[23:26]<Peppy2006> For now[23:26]<okayden> oh, is he temporarily banned?[23:26]<Peppy2006> Maximum time he can serve is 2 1/2 months[23:26]<okayden> ah, phew[23:27]<Peppy2006> He can appeal after 10 days[23:27]<Peppy2006> So it could be a 10 day ban[23:27]<okayden> okei doke[23:27]<okayden> hopefully he appeals sooner than later then[23:27]<okayden> btw sorry if i screw up anyone's gender :/[23:27]<Peppy2006> lol[23:28]<Peppy2006> That's fine :P[23:28]<okayden> i should probably just stick to 'they' actually :P[23:28]<Peppy2006> Well, he is a he :P[23:28]<okayden> well, how lucky of me :P[23:29]<Peppy2006> If there's ever any question[23:29]<Peppy2006> I can answer :P[23:29]<Peppy2006> Just ask me[23:29]<Peppy2006> lol[23:29]<okayden> well actually, i do have one i suppose[23:29]<Peppy2006> Go for it![23:29]<okayden> have there been any plans to update to 1.8?[23:29]<okayden> not to rush you :[23:29]<okayden> *:P[23:29]<Peppy2006> Oh yes[23:30]<Peppy2006> The question of 1.8[23:30]<okayden> i imagine you've been asked quite a few times[23:30]<Peppy2006> Well, I am in a rather unique (but widespread throughout all servers) position right now[23:30]<Peppy2006> With Bukkit having seemingly kicked the bucket (pun intended)[23:30]<okayden> oh?[23:30]<okayden> wait what[23:31]<Peppy2006> Yeah dude, one of the old CraftBukkit devs had some little shitfit and issued a DMCA takedown[23:31]<okayden> god damnit[23:31]<Peppy2006> He was within his legal rights to do so[23:31]<Peppy2006> However, I question the motives of it.[23:31]<okayden> i thought everything was okay with bukkit being under mojang tho :/[23:31]<Peppy2006> No, that was the issue[23:31]<Peppy2006> Only four people were employed, from Bukkit[23:31]<okayden> oh?[23:31]<Peppy2006> One quit[23:32]<okayden> oh[23:32]<okayden> well[23:32]<Peppy2006> Then spilled to all the other devs who WEREN'T employed, or paid, that they were working for Mojang[23:32]<Peppy2006> ... For free.[23:32]<Peppy2006> :P[23:32]<Peppy2006> I can understand the frustration there[23:32]<okayden> hm, i suppose that bit makes sense[23:33]<okayden> is there any chance of bukkit coming back[23:33]<Peppy2006> However, I don't think I could justify destroying something so many people across the globe enjoy[23:33]<Peppy2006> He made the API, while it was still an indie project[23:34]<Peppy2006> But under that pretense, he made it for free[23:34]* Regox (Regox@Regox) has joined #main[23:34]<Peppy2006> With the intentions of it always being free[23:34]<okayden> hiya[23:34]<okayden> hm[23:34]<Peppy2006> And there is a slim chance[23:34]<Peppy2006> But... I doubt it[23:34]<Peppy2006> SO[23:35]<Peppy2006> I am left with the question of what to do next. :P[23:35]<Regox> Hey[23:35]<okayden> well, i guess the real question is[23:35]<Peppy2006> Until then, it's 1.7.9[23:35]<okayden> do we prefer 1.8, or bukkit plugins[23:35]<Peppy2006> Bukkit plugins :P[23:35]<okayden> :P[23:35]<Peppy2006> Hell[23:35]<Regox> We use an insane amount of plugins[23:36]<okayden> so i've noticed XD[23:36]<Peppy2006> About 34[23:36]<okayden> 0_0[23:36]<Regox> So we're either hoping it does update, or someone comes up with a successor[23:36]<Peppy2006> Actually, there already is one...[23:36]<okayden> the problem with the latter solution is microsoft now owns mojang tho[23:37]<Peppy2006> But it's not a successor, more... a parallel fork[23:37]<okayden> oh?[23:37]<Peppy2006> Spigot[23:37]<Peppy2006> Derived from Bukkit a couple years back[23:37]<okayden> i'm assuming they're the lesser-used one[23:37]<Peppy2006> SUPPOSEDLY fully backwards and forwards compatible with Bukkit[23:37]<Peppy2006> So in theory, all our current plugins would work[23:38]<Peppy2006> All I'd need to do is drop in the Spigot .jar and go[23:38]<okayden> "in theory"[23:38]<Regox> "In theory"[23:38]<Regox> I sense an issue[23:38]<okayden> hm[23:38]<Peppy2006> In theory, as in[23:38]<Peppy2006> I don't know what would break, or if anything would at all[23:38]<okayden> is spigot reliable?[23:38]<Peppy2006> From what I've seen, yes.[23:38]<Peppy2006> It seems to have it's own plugin community though[23:39]<okayden> hm[23:39]<Peppy2006> But is built from the CraftBukkit API[23:39]<Regox> Stress-of-server enquiry[23:39]<Peppy2006> And claims to be fully compatible with Bukkit plugins[23:39]<Regox> Could you set up a server seperate from this one with all the same plugin files to see[23:39]<Regox> If it works?[23:39]<Peppy2006> If it was a temporary thing, yes[23:39]<Peppy2006> The only part of this server that would be strained by that, would be the network[23:39]<Peppy2006> And even then, it'd only be bad on a busy day[23:40]<Regox> You could shut this one down for a few hours for testing probably[23:40]<okayden> well, i think the LoM community would understand[23:40]<Regox> Question: Is spigot 1.8?[23:40]<Peppy2006> Answer inbound...[23:42]<okayden> well, apparently their 1.7 versions support 1.8[23:42]<Peppy2006> Yeah[23:42]<Peppy2006> "1.8 clients supported"[23:42]<Peppy2006> Server itself is still 1.7.10[23:43]<okayden> oh[23:43]<Regox> Ah[23:43]<Regox> So point is moot for now anyway[23:43]<okayden> so the server wouldn't have 1.8 features, such as rabbits and such, but you could connect with 1.8?[23:43]<Regox> Yes[23:44]<okayden> ah[23:44]<okayden> yeah, not much point stressing over it until spigot 1.8 comes out i suppose[23:46]<Peppy2006> Spigot was also affected by the DMCA shit[23:46]<okayden> damn[23:46]<Regox> Not as bad thought it would seem[23:46]<Peppy2006> However, they seem to be more in-line with fighting it[23:46]<Peppy2006> Their devs are staying :P[23:46]<Peppy2006> Bukkit lost an assload of people[23:47]<okayden> i suppose, if they're 'supposedly compatible', anyone else left from bukkit could work with spigot?[23:47]<Regox> Bukkit has lost fullstop I think[23:47]<Peppy2006> Quite honestly, too, the entire fiasco, whatever was driving it[23:47]<Peppy2006> Looking at it from the outside in[23:47]<Peppy2006> I just don't see what anyone is trying to accomplish[23:47]<okayden> mm[23:48]<Peppy2006> Bukkit could've been vaporised easily enough[23:48]<Peppy2006> All the devs leave to go to independent projects[23:48]<Peppy2006> And then issue a DMCA takedown against Bukkit, and only Bukkit[23:48]<Peppy2006> But leave the independent forks alone[23:48]<Regox> It's because people can be petty for no good reason[23:48]<Peppy2006> If the issue is with Mojang, let it lie there[23:49]<Peppy2006> Don't let the backlash affect an entire world of people[23:49]<Regox> Let me tell you a similar story[23:49]<Regox> There's a man near here, name of Jones[23:49]<Regox> Runs the Dorrigo rail museum[23:50]<Regox> Everyone in the rail heritage community is currently waiting for him to die[23:50]<Regox> Not joking[23:50]<Peppy2006> :|[23:50]<okayden> :/[23:50]<Regox> His "society" has the largest collection of steam locomotives in Australia[23:50]<Regox> Been "opening soon" for a couple decades[23:51]<Regox> Most of the original members left after they realised it wasn't happening,[23:51]<Regox> And all the locomotives happened to be in his name, not the societies[23:51]<Regox> They're still there, sitting and decaying[23:52]<Regox> http://www.australiansteam.com/nsw/3813-tender-tank.jpg[23:52]<Regox> That gives you an idea[23:52]<Regox> It's exactly the same as what happened to the bukkit team[23:52]<okayden> oh god[23:52]<Regox> You've got something going on that everyone loves[23:52]<Regox> But someone gets a mentality of "my toys, bugger off"[23:52]<Regox> And it ruins it for everyone[23:52]<okayden> that sucks :/[23:53]<Peppy2006> Pretty much[23:53]<Peppy2006> Circumstantially, I can see why people from Bukkit would be pissed[23:53]<Peppy2006> They've been working for free for Mojang for a long time now, and didn't even know it[23:54]<Peppy2006> And only four out of the dozens of devs were getting paid[23:54]<okayden> how did they not know they were getting paid?[23:54]<Peppy2006> Kept their mouths shut[23:55]<Peppy2006> They knew they were now employed by Mojang[23:55]<Peppy2006> However, they didn't know why.[23:55]<okayden> *how did they not know they weren't getting paid?[23:55]<Regox> They thought they were just working on a community fun project[23:55]<Peppy2006> Yeah[23:55]<okayden> ah[23:55]<Peppy2006> When in reality, Mojang hired the "core team"/founders, took over the project, and shafted the rest[23:56]<Regox> Ah well, spigot seems to be the way forward then[23:56]<Peppy2006> Yep![23:56]<Regox> Just wait for it to update[23:56]<okayden> yup[23:56]<Peppy2006> If they can get over the DMCA...[23:56]<okayden> hopefully they do :/[23:56]<Regox> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF[23:56]<Regox> THIS MINE[23:56]<Regox> HOW[23:56]<okayden> ?[23:56]<Regox> It's evil den[23:56]<Regox> Evil I say[23:56]<Regox> I have been mining in this mine since the map started[23:57]<Regox> Haven't used any others[23:57]<okayden> damn[23:57]<Peppy2006> And he still hasn't found the end[23:57]<Regox> Yeh[23:57]<Regox> Just found another ravine[23:57]<Peppy2006> Oh god[23:57]<okayden> oh, you're looking for the stronghold?[23:57]<Regox> Oh, no[23:57]<Peppy2006> I'm seeing at least[23:57]<Regox> I know where they all are[23:57]<Peppy2006> Five branching caves[23:57]<okayden> oh?[23:57]<Peppy2006> And two adjoining ravines[23:57]<Regox> 2 already got claimed[23:58]<Regox> Don't know about the 3rd[23:58]<okayden> wow wat[23:58]<okayden> claimed?[23:58]<Regox> Yes[23:58]<okayden> is the ender dragon dead?[23:58]<Peppy2006> The Federation owns one[23:58]<Regox> Horleggor owns another[23:58]<Peppy2006> So... Abaddon should try and find the last :P[23:58]<okayden> yeah :P[23:58]<Regox> I think they may have already[23:59]<Regox> I remember seeing someone with a house made out of mossy stonebrick[23:59]<okayden> :D[23:59]<Peppy2006> Or maybe they just found yours[23:59]<Regox> Nope, mine's intact[23:59]<okayden> maybe they found the Federation's?[23:59]<Peppy2006> Who had the mossy stonebrick house?[23:59]<Regox> Can't remember[23:59]<Peppy2006> Nah, ours was completely unmolested too[23:59]<okayden> hm[23:59]<okayden> could've been a spawner[23:59]<Regox> Ours leads to excellent mines | {
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Champions League: Dempo provisionally placed in Group B
Dubai, Jan 7 (IANS) India’s I-League champions Dempo have been provisionally placed with Al Sharjah football club of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Group B of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.The group stage draw took place here Wednesday in a newly-revamped format announced by the AFC in December. The tournament will feature 32 teams split into West Asia and East Asia/Asean groupings.
Groups A-D are made up by West and Central Asian sides while East and Asean teams are drawn together in groups E-H.
In the West Asia draw, Group A features Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, who were two-time winners, UAE President Cup’s holders Al Ahly, Uzbekistan League runners-up Pakhtakor and Iran’s Saba Battery.
Saudi Arabia’s Al Shabab will face Iran Pro League champs Persepolis, Qatar’s Al Gharafa and the winners of the West Asia qualifying play-off, UAE’s Al Sharjah or India’s Dempo in Group B.
The play-off match will take place Feb 25 at the Al Sharjah Stadium. Dempo, earlier made history by being the first Indian club to reach the semi-finals of the AFC Cup before they went down to Safa of Lebanon. The Goan side was denied an entry into the main tournament directly as the criteria set by the AFC wasn’t met by a couple of clubs in India.
Group C appears to be the ‘group of death’ as two-time Asian Champions Al Ittihad have been drawn with Qatar’s Umm Salal, UAE’s Al Jazira and Iran’s Hazfi Cup winners Esteghal. | {
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GenoPro is a software for drawing family trees. Among all the family tree softwares, GenoPro is the easiest to learn and to use. If you are a beginner to genealogy, you can learn to use GenoPro in a few minutes without needing to consult the online help.GenoPro uses the genogram to represent your family tree. A genogram is a graphical representation of a family with a set of simple rules and images. | {
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Amazon UK lists Nexus 9 release date as December 15
Up for pre-orders on Google Play, as well as a number of regional Amazon websites, Google and HTC’s brand new Nexus 9 was widely believed to ship to early buyers next week.
Only Amazon US never mentioned a launch date, merely vowing to deliver the tablet “when it arrives”. Meanwhile, the online retailer’s UK branch is less vague, more ominous. “This item will be released on 15 December 2014” reads Amazon.co.uk.
That’s a new message, for the record, and no delay explanation has been offered. According to one persistent Reddit user, a representative for the seller babbled a response in an online chat, saying “we are unable to confirm the reason for the delay in release date”. | {
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Inside the exquisite Jaipur hotel-apartment of Marie-Anne Oudejans
The fashion star-turned interior designer has done up her Hotel Narain Niwas Palace apartment as a colourful fantasia
(Left) Marie-Anne Oudejans relaxes on the veranda in a tented daybed that she designed. The Gitto-fabric tablecloth is from Bar Palladio Jaipur’s homeware line; (Right) Potted plants shield the entrance to the designer's veranda
Dutch fashion designer Marie-Anne Oudejans never intended to live in India, or to become a decorator. But, she says, “Sometimes, you need an adventure.” So for the last seven years, Oudejans has resided in Jaipur, in a one-bedroom space at the romantic Hotel Narain Niwas Palace. She decorated her own rooms, as well as the apartment of French jewellery designer Marie-Hélène de Taillac, her long-time friend; the hotel’s quirky Bar Palladio Jaipur; and two outposts—in Mumbai (2015) and Jaipur (2017)—for Gem Palace.
Lucky draw
Canopied daybeds soar at decorator Marie-Anne Oudejans’s suite in Jaipur’s Hotel Narain Niwas Palace. The lanterns and Anglo-Indian-style sofas are custom-made; the paintings are by French designer Thierry Journo, who runs Idli, a fashion and art boutique in the city
Serendipity played a central role in Oudejans’s life change. Seven years ago, on a flight from Tokyo to Madrid, where she then lived, a fellow passenger asked, “Why don’t you go to India?” She thought, ‘Why not?’ Within months, she and her Border collie, Aedo, had moved to New Delhi. It was a bad fit: “Too large and too loud”. So Oudejans gave provincial Jaipur a try.
The sultan portraits in the bedroom are by artist Vikas Soni, who also painted the walls and ceiling
Oudejans, the genius behind the award-winning mid-1990s fashion line Tocca, which featured dresses made of saris, felt right at home. She moved into Narain Niwas, a former country villa built in 1928 by the Thakur of Kanota, a local nobleman, and settled into a ground-floor apartment that opens on to the pool and a lush tropical garden populated by peacocks, parrots and monkeys. “It’s a magical place,” she says.
One day, Marie-Hélène de Taillac—who splits her time between Jaipur and an apartment in Paris—was driving by Narain Niwas when she spied a chic woman “wearing a pencil skirt and a little fur jacket. She looked amazing,” she recalls. “Then I realized it was Marie-Anne.” Old pals who had worked for the fashion designer Kenzo in the 1980s, the women hadn’t seen each other in more than a decade. “We had re-found each other,” Taillac says. “Here, in Jaipur!”
All in tents
A few years ago, another European transplant, hotelier Barbara Miolini, asked Oudejans to design Bar Palladio Jaipur, Narain Niwas’s Italian-cuisine restaurant and bar. Inspired by the opulent lifestyles of the maharajas of the early 20th century, Oudejans came up with a colourful fantasia of mirrored salons framed by murals of exotic fowl and crowned by tented ceilings. Soon, she was creating chaises longues for the pool area and installing wrought-iron daybeds there, too, tented for respite from the sun. “I hadn’t thought about doing interiors, but Barbara gave me this opportunity,” Oudejans says. “And it was so much fun. I wanted to keep doing it.”
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The kitchen walls and ceiling were painted by Soni; Oudejans reupholstered the existing seats with fabric from Surabhi Exports, a local studio.
Oudejans designed the console below the 18th-century mirror
Then Oudejans learned that hotel management wanted to repaint her suite. “I thought, ‘Let’s change the colours and make it look more like me,’” she says. She called on artisans who had worked on Bar Palladio to build a clutch of consoles, had painters create Mughal-style flower murals, and added a few gold mirrors and block-printed linens, which she had made locally. As she did for Bar Palladio, she had the apartment’s ceilings painted to look like tents and topped her beds with canopies. “My grandmother had tents in her garden in the Netherlands,” Oudejans explains. “She had them made for all her grandchildren, and we played in them.” Because of that, she says, “everything I do has tents.”
Oudejans’s bedroom—she dressed the bed in custom-made fabrics
Oudejans found so much satisfaction in her decorating projects that she took on a few more, including homes in India and a bar-restaurant in New York. All are imbued with the same dreamy decadence associated with Indian royalty. Not surprisingly, Oudejans quickly developed a reputation as the Jaipur equivalent of Bill Willis, the Tennessee native who moved to Marrakech in the 1960s, became buddies with everyone from the Rothschilds to the Rolling Stones to Yves Saint Laurent, and established himself as that city’s most important aesthete, conjuring up mansions and restaurants in an extravagant hyper-Moorish vein.
Aedo, Oudejans’s Border collie, rests in the stencilled dressing room
Between September and March, Oudejans’s social calendar in Jaipur thrives. “We meet people from all over the world who pass through the hotel. The property is like a little jewel, and everybody gathers in the garden in the evening. I have made some great friends—a lot of expats from Italy and France, who are here because of the jewellery and fabric businesses,” the decorator says.
“It’s been quite a change from living in Paris and New York. Jaipur offers me a very different life—very inspiring, so many things to see every single day.” But when the sweltering heat and torrential monsoons arrive, Oudejans retreats to Europe. “We complain a lot here—about the weather, the craziness in the streets,” she confesses. “But when you leave, you miss it. India gets to you. If I lived anywhere else, I would not be so happy.” | {
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US Officials Express Concern Over Instability in West Africa's Oil-rich Region - 2004-07-16
A U.S. Senate panel is examining ways to secure West Africa's oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, amid growing concern about instability in a region that holds up to 10 percent of the world's reserves.
The United States imports about 15 percent of its oil from West and Central Africa, and that figure is expected to grow. Some estimates say that by 2020, the United States is expected to import 25 percent of its crude oil needs from the region.
Although having significant oil and natural gas reserves, West African nations continue to struggle with poverty, corruption, and ethnic strife. Some of the conflict in the region is related to disputes over the distribution of oil revenues.
U.S. officials told a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing Thursday the United States is working with countries in the region to help them address corruption, rule of law and good governance to ensure long-term political and economic stability.
Assistant Secretary of Energy John Brodman warned that if the situation does not improve, these countries could become havens for terrorists. "The fact that they are politically unstable places and the fact that they already are existing other types of conflict makes these countries a potential breeding ground for future terrorist activity. "
Assistant Secretary of State Paul Simons echoed the comments, "I do think that to the extent that you have a weak law enforcement base in a number of these countries, that you are vulnerable as a soft target for terrorists to come in."
Among the top U.S. concerns is the so-called "bunkering", or stealing, of crude oil from pipelines in the Niger Delta.
Mr. Simons says while it is difficult to accurately determine the extent of the problem, estimates are that between 75,000 and 150,000 barrels per day of crude oil are stolen each day.
He says the oil makes its way through illicit activities in the Delta, including the introduction by local militias of increasingly sophisticated weapons in the region.
Mr. Simons says the Nigerian government is working to reduce the problem. He praises the government's decision last year to deploy four-thousand military personnel in the region and upgrade security around some oil facilities, but he says more needs to be done.
David Goldwyn, founder of the Washington-based Goldwyn International Strategies, which offers political risk assessment and risk management advice to investors, agrees that the Nigerian government must do more.
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Mr. Goldwyn says in the short term, the United States should enhance its own presence in the Gulf of Guinea and begin direct consultations with the regions' governments and start an equip and train effort to establish a regional maritime security force.
The U.S. European Command has already begun the process.
General Charles Wald, deputy commander of the European Command, has visited the region recently and proposed U.S. help in monitoring the Gulf of Guinea.
Stephen Morrison, director of Africa programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies here in Washington agrees, says that is a good start.
"I think those conversations and that diplomacy should be intensified. We need a partner, the spirit is there today, the environment is receptive to doing that," he said.
Mr. Morrison says it would not cost the United States much to make a difference in the region. He estimates that stepped up U.S. efforts in the region to fight piracy of oil, improve the oil production environment and deter terror and sabotage would cost between 10 and 20 million dollars each year. | {
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HISTORY OF CASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, INC.
CASA of Shawnee County, Inc. was incorporated on November 25, 1986. This was the culmination of many months of intense activity by a small group of individuals who believed a need existed for volunteers to advocate for children involved in the court system.
In May, 1985, Kansas Action for Children requested that the Junior League of Topeka conduct a survey of the community to determine whether the need did in fact exist. The Junior League agreed and appointed a committee of three to conduct the survey. The committee determined that a CASA organization was needed and submitted several grant applications for funding, including a request to the Junior League of Topeka. The request to the Junior League was for $25,750 and volunteers over a three year period. The funding was to be available on a declining basis and matching funds were required. An expanded group of 12 individuals, which called itself the Steering Committee, was charged with the task of establishing a CASA organization.
In 1986, in addition to writing the Articles of Incorporation, the Steering Committee also wrote bylaws; hired the Executive Director, Sue Lockett; secured an office in the Jayhawk Tower Building at 700 Jackson; established an advisory board, worked through a speakers bureau to inform the community of its existence and purpose; and were granted 501(c)3 status by the IRS. At the time the organization was incorporated, members of the Steering Committee became the founding board and began to recruit other members of the community. The first Annual Meeting was held. The required matching funds were provided through a start-up grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Juvenile Judge, Executive Director and Board President attended a nationally funded conference in Washington, D.C. for training of grant recipients.
By January, 1987, the new organization was ready to train its first volunteers. The class consisted of 15 hours of training and at its completion 16 CASA volunteers were sworn in by Juvenile Judge Dan Mitchell. Those early CASAs were soon joined by others as a second training class was held three months later. By May, 29 CINC (Children in Need of Care) cases had been assigned to trained volunteers. | {
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BRM - Raymond Mays; A quantity of personal correspondence from Raymond Mays, relating in part the trials and tribulations of running the V-16 cars and giving a fascinating insight to the early post-war Grand Prix situation regarding his fledgling team; letters are typescript on BRM, or Mays own personal headed paper, and signed by himself; dating from c1950-1954 and of particular poignance is the announcement of the change of Grand Prix formula which effectively sidelined his 11/2 litre supercharged cars to Formula Libre only, just as they were beginning to show form; and similarly condemned, Alfa Romeo withdrew from Grand Prix events. His correspondent wrote to Autosport?? magazine to campaign on behalf of Mays, who did not wish to complain in person, but his plea fell upon deaf ears; copy of this correspondence is herewith sold in this collation.
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BRM - Raymond Mays; A quantity of personal correspondence from Raymond Mays, relating in part the trials and tribulations of running the V-16 cars and giving a fascinating insight to the early post-war Grand Prix situation regarding his fledgling team; letters are typescript on BRM, or Mays own personal headed paper, and signed by himself; dating from c1950-1954 and of particular poignance is the announcement of the change of Grand Prix formula which effectively sidelined his 11/2 litre supercharged cars to Formula Libre only, just as they were beginning to show form; and similarly condemned, Alfa Romeo withdrew from Grand Prix events. His correspondent wrote to Autosport?? magazine to campaign on behalf of Mays, who did not wish to complain in person, but his plea fell upon deaf ears; copy of this correspondence is herewith sold in this collation. | {
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