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"And Kindly Remove Your Pelvis..." Comics! Sometimes They Are A Lot Like Last Time But Newer (John Carter pt.2)!/
My name is John Kane and if my instructions have been honoured then what now assails your minds will be a continuation of the unfeasible events that occurred when I persisted in following the course of John Carter comics into the current Century. It is not for such as I to grant such an endeavour any merit for such a task can only fall to those who suffer the results. My chore has ended and yours has only begun...
WARLORD OF MARS #1 - #14 (of an ongoing series) Art by Stephen Sadowski, Lui Antonio, Edgar Salazar Written by Arvid Nelson Coloured by Adriano Lucas, Shane Rooks, Maxflan Araujo, Marcello Pinto Lettered by Troy Peteri, Marshall Dillon Based on the stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99ea (except #1 which was $1.00))
Previously on 'An Old Man Talks Uninformed Shite About Comics No one Cares About' I discussed comics from 1952-3 and 1972-79 and went on about changes in comic storytelling between the '50s and the '70s. But only in a general way; not in a way that's going to suggest the presence of any original thought or anything. I was pretty happy to report that comics had come on a bit in terms of technique but what about by 2010 when this Dynamite series began? That'd be roughly 60 years since the Jesse Marsh Stuff and, say, around 30 years since the DC/Marvel stuff ended. Those numbers making up in roundness what they lack in precision, somewhat akin to a large boned gentleman's reflection in a fun-house mirror.
It takes this series 9 issues to adapt A Princess of Mars. That's a fact. Another fact is the same ERB book was adapted by Dell and Marvel in one issue. Okay those adaptations are hardly the most elegant of things but they are certainly entertaining and have momentum. So, no, they probably aren't as rich an experience as reading the novel but they are quite a good experience as far as reading a comic goes. To pack all that stuff into one issue some pretty brutal choices have to be made about what to include and where the narrative emphasis should lie. Even though the Dynamite series has room to sprawl about the place like a boneless teenager choices have also been made. I haven't read the original ERB novels but thanks to this pointless task I have set myself I have now read no less than 5 (FIVE!!!) comic book adaptations of A Princess of Mars. None of these are exactly the same in either events or tone. In every case decisions have been made.
The Incomparable Dejah Thoris circa 2010
Tellingly the Dynamite series is touted as an "expansion of the sci-fi classic". So the fact it takes a whole heck of a lot longer to cover the same ground as previous adaptations is unsurprising. What is surprising is the time taken to get John Carter onto Mars. In the Dell series JC is on Mars by p.2, in the DC series he's there on p.5 while the Marvel series starts with him already there up to his cute tuchus in trouble! In 2010 (now sit down and have someone nearby ready to call the emergency services before you read this next bit) John Carter manifests on Mars on the 1st page of the...THIRD issue.
The only real reason to stick with a series clearly sold as being about a man having robust frolics on Mars for three issues in which his frolics are neither robust nor Mars-based is if you are a fan of ERB (or pulp) already. So, yeah, pretty much two of my least favourite modern tendencies (as in suicidal) in comics: no attempt to appeal to new readers and decompression. Stylistically this latter would be the biggest difference to have occurred in the 60 some years separating the Dell and Dynamite material. The boon of having plenty of room to spread any artistic wings is pissed away due to a lack of inclination to do so in a way which is constructive and a maddening tendency to prevaricate. But it's okay for modern comics to do that because the audience isn't going anywhere is it? Well, I guess I'm looking at different sales figures because that audience certainly seems to be going somewhere.
(About decompression. Now, I'm aware that decompression can be a valid literary device but I am also aware that the term is often invoked in order to lend legitimacy to what is clearly better described as taking the piss. Language is quite a powerful thing and I think it is time we reclaimed "decompression" from those who abuse it to the furtherance of fluffing up both their own and their audience's egos. Next time you see the word 'decompression' try mentally replacing it with 'taking the piss'. I think the results will delight you! (Note: unless you are a diver in which case I suggest you stick to 'decompression'.))
Now those are harmful inclinations but they are hardly unique to this comic (which is why they are so especially infuriating) and to judge this series on those grounds alone would be unfair. It's not a bad little series. There's evidence that some thought has gone into the presentation of the material. The narration is presented in a typeface akin to that in a words-alone book, there's some attempt at supplementary material intended to evoke the "true story" aspect of the original novels and the choice to up the ante on the tits'n'gizzards has clearly been made at an early stage. And, like a Calot returning to its own vomit, it's this I'd like to look at again.
You could be forgiven for believing that I am some kind of sweaty one-handed reader who won't be satisfied until all comics resemble nothing so much as a fiesta of fur and quivering meat but this isn't the case. I just think you should show commitment to things. Commitment is a big thing in my household. I know my Incomparable partner is always trying to get me committed. Particularly after reading one of these things. But although there is more gore and more nekkidery than in any previous iteration of this here ERB IP, it's all a bit half-assed. People like the nudey-roo aspect to this stuff so: John Carter does at least have the (in)decency to be swinging in the wind initially, the incomparable Dejah Thoris is unlikely to suffer from rashes due to her detergent, and then there are those "risque" covers. But... John Carter has to contort himself comically to avoid a glimpse of his carrot and taters, the incomparable one is too often shown quailing or threatened and those covers are censored. There just doesn't seem to be much point to it really. If you're going to get down there then get down and roll around, I say. After all, it isn't as if Dynamite are in thrall to the demands of the ERB estate is it? Which reminds me:
There are three different artists throughout the course of the book so far. Initially it's Stephen Sadowski and I'll just say that if you're having cowboys in your book it's probably best get people who can draw hats on people's heads. I know it's not the easiest thing in the world and even Lovely Lou Fine wasn't very good at it, but still. Sadowski crops up later on and hilariously depicts the incomparable Dejah Thoris wearing more to bed than at any other point in the series. Sadowski's photo derived work bookends the contributions of Lui Antonio who has a nicely blocky approach that's kind of sub-Art Adams. It's clean, nice art but, unlike Art Adams, a little light on the details and Antonio has a tendency to give JC a big vein on each arm suggesting nothing so much as sword wielding phalli. Which could be entirely intentional but is surely unnerving. Salazar crops up in the later issues and I really don't like his brittle line, lacking as it does any confidence in itself and lending the book a hesitant and scratchy look. (Pulp should never be hesitant.) On words Nelson does a decent job. It all bustles along, things happen and it's entertaining enough with even a glimpse of humour here and there ("Kiss me, you Calot!"). He really earns his money with the second arc which is a kind of murder mystery without JC but starring his son and is, thus, about as satisfying as tuning into Scooby-Doo only to find it's an episode all about Scrappy. Still Nelson manfully manages to keep it rolling along and through into the latest issues where unfortunately, for this reader, his solid work is unable to distract from the eye-prickling art. Overall, since most of my quibbles and carps were aimed at modern comics generally rather than this one in particular, the series is OKAY!
WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #1 - #9 (of an ongoing series) Art by Carlos Rafael Written By Arvid Nelson Coloured by Carlos Lopez Lettered by Marshall Dillon Based on the stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99ea)
Ah. Yes. Another tendency in the modern genre comic scene is to milk that IP teat until it is sore. So here we have a solo title for The Incomparable One. These tales are set before John Carter turns up so The incomparable one is only a mere slip of a girl at this stage, probably barely in her 5th Century. Oh yes, from reading all these books I have learned that Martians are born from eggs, mature quickly and age slowly, live to be about 1,000 years old (unless someone stabs them or they are eaten by some of the more agile fauna) at which point they go off and commit unassisted suicide by the River Iss (a kind of more brutal Dignitas). Unsettlingly this means John Carter has shacked up with some old crone who lays eggs. This makes John Carter possibly the only fictional character who engages in procreation with a geriatric, suicidal monotreme.
"...(s)he's an egg-laying mammal of action!.."
Unfortunately the reality of this series is entirely more conventional than the preceding would have you believe. (Pulp should never be conventional). Illustrated in a sub-Frank Cho style the art is clean and cartoony. Although both male and female Martians are both dressed quite minimally it's clear that The Incomparable Dejah Thoris is dressed more minimally than most. Since these stories are solid little genre adventures in which the main novelty is the fact that the lead character is a capable and independent lady equally comfortable politicking or shellacking they sound quite progressive. Progressive for mainstream genre comics anyway. Sadly this is somewhat undermined by the fact that The Incomparable Dejah Thoris is continually contorting herself to display her assets to their best advantage. This can be overlooked in action scenes due to their physical nature but the talking scenes are somewhat undermined by her tendency to present herself like a horny ape to some invisible suitor. The series is, however, in no way the kind of sordid disgrace that mainstream genre comics featuring partially robed ladies are inclined towards and is entertaining in a lurid and daft way. And in Pulp that is OKAY!
WARLORD OF MARS: FALL OF BARSOOM #1 - #2 ( of Four) Art by Roberto Castro Written by Robert Place Napton Coloured by Alex Guimaraes Lettered by Simon Bowland Inspired by the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99ea)
Or Palping The Teat Part Two. This comic is is set "100,000 years before John Carter arrived on Mars." That's ludicrous. Which is a shame as the thrice-named Napton delivers a decent three stranded pulp narrative that is only slightly undermined by decompression and generic dialogue. Roberto Castro is a bit too cross-hatchy for my tastes even going so far as to edge into Liefeldian which, since I am not one of those youngsters with their elder-baiting Liefeld-revisionism, is not a good thing for me. It's EH! which is not something that a spin-off title needs to be. What with WoM:DT and this we can see the third fatal tendency of the modern marketplace in full effect: dilution of the IP, over-saturation of the market, cutting off your nose to spite your face, call it what you will it's not good. Now Dynamite are publishing Not-Tarzan comics I am waiting with bated breath for Cheetah: Year One! filled with all the shit slinging, nit picking, teeth baring and frenzied humping fans of chimps all over the world have come to know and love. Seriously, "100,000 years before John Carter arrived on Mars." Christ.
JOHN CARTER OF MARS: A PRINCESS OF MARS #1 - #5 (of Five) Art by Filipe Andrade Written by Roger Langridge Coloured by Sonny Gho Lettered by VC's Cory Petit Based on the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Marvel Comics, $2.99ea)
This was by far the best of the JC comics I read during this expensive and time consuming exercise in senseless self-flagellation. Roger Langridge's script is fast paced (JC's already on Mars when it starts), packed with well paced incident, brief suspensions of action to allow for the smaller, quieter scenes to occur and it's also a little bit tongue-in-cheek. It's good stuff but the humour doesn't quite sit right. In the merit column it does allow John Carter to actually appear to possess some form of personality. Such a thing hasn't really been in evidence in the comics prior to this. Pulp heroes not being noted for their rich (or indeed any) characterisation I can't say I'd really noticed until Langridge offered up an alternative. Usually John Carter is in love with Dejah Thoris, good at killing stuff and, er, generally upbeat. Here John Carter has a sense of humour as well. However, he appears to have Roger Langridge's sense of humour; which is okay as Roger Langridge is a funny man but isn't okay because, unless I missed something, Roger Langridge isn't a Virginian gentleman of the 1860's. So when John Carter makes jokes about mints on pillows, giving only his name rank and serial number or uses a particularly legendarily bad chat-up line it does tend to ruffle the reader's immersion in the doings.
Mind you, the flashback sequence is brief and none too clear. It could very well be that the intention was to leave Carter's earthly origins vague to allow just such humour to be possible. It may be that I brought an ungodly amount of prior John Carter comics to bear on this series and got the wrong end of the stick. If I did, I apologise and I do at least concede that Langridge's humour is actually funny, which is probably the most important thing really.
The Incomparable Dejah Thoris circa 2011
The series also dodges the problems with gore'n'genitals by opting to go the clean-cut route. This turns out to be a wise decision. The incomparable Dejah Thoris is well covered and so it is easier to believe John Carter is in actual fact in love with her as a person rather just in love with having her fine caboose ride his cock horse. That's nice. I can do romantic too. I can. Stop laughing.
The violence is good and violent but not overdone. Thanks to Filipe Andrade's fine work the fight scenes are more suggestive than ham-handedly bloody. In fact Filipe Andrade's work on this is pretty great. It's like the designs on an Ancient Greek vase have come to life and started running around and having smashing adventures. It is visually stylish and arresting work that nicely embodies the archaic nature of both the setting and the source material itself while being visually inventive enough to appear startlingly fresh, particularly in comparison with the somewhat familiar styles of art present in the other modern day John Carter books. Filipe Andrade - I like him!
I was expecting the least from this one given it's origins but it just goes to show that you should always go on the talent rather than the publisher. (I have no idea why people have a loyalty to particular comics publishers. It baffles me.) Langridge rarely disappoints and continues not to here and Andrade is a lovely discovery for me. It isn't my ideal JC comic (That would be: cover by Corben, words by Lansdale, art by Veitch. Thanks for asking. Took you long enough.) but it ain't half bad. In fact I'll go up to VERY GOOD!
JOHN CARTER: THE WORLD OF MARS #1 - #4 (of Four) Art by Luke Ross Written By Peter David Coloured by Ulises Arreola Lettered by VC's Cory Petit Based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the screenplay JOHN CARTER by Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon. (Marvel Comics, $3.99ea)
This one I regret to inform all is a blatant cash-grab that takes up four issues with what can generously be described as one issues worth of content. That's not to insult the creative team who I am sure enhance the lives of everyone they come into contact with. They've clearly been given the thankless task of providing a prequel to a film which by the very nature of the premise it is prequelling cannot actually feature the main character of said film or even allow the supporting characters to meet even though their adventures must have some connection. The real interest thus becomes seeing how Peter David will negotiate this thankless task. He has a good stab but the unavoidably inessential nature of the material is never in doubt, which really spoils the reading experience. Luke Ross' art is odd because he's really good at the bits that don't involve humans. He's got a nice thick line with a lovely crayon like effect that lends life and vigour to creatures that are clearly only of the imagination. Alas, his humans are stiff and overact and his landscapes are just photographs with minimal effects. Look, I'm tired of John Carter now so let's just say it was AWFUL!
So, 60 some years of John Carter comics there. I guess I should draw some conclusions? Up to 1979 there's one defining characteristic of the JC comics. The people involved seem to be having fun. Whether it's Jesse Marsh amusing himself by drawing works of art on the walls of his backgrounds, Sal Amendola outstripping his talent with his ambition or just the prurient purple prose of the Marvel stuff fun is clearly being had. It's an inclusive kind of fun, too.
There's less of this in the 21st Century stuff. Less enjoyment in both the form and the content. A lot of the time it just reads like it was work, a job. Which it was, of course. But equally so was the earlier stuff. That's why the Langridge/Felipe series seems so much brighter than all those series surrounding it. Heck, I'm sure everyone involved in all these comics had fun. There are probably interviews where they stress how much fun it was, how it engendered an almost obscene thrill to be involved in the expansion of his venerable ERB IP. There are always interviews alike that, about everything. What there aren't a lot of are comics that actually feel like they are interested in reaching out and including the audience in that fun. Look, I don't really know what pulp should be but I think it should be fun. Thankfully Roger Langridge and Felipe Andrade at least seem to agree.
Now that I have fulfilled the instructions of my delusional relative and allowed the clearly addled fruit of his stunted tree of a mind to fall before your eyes but one task remains to me. For I shall tell you now that he directed that I remove his body to Yorkshire without embalming and that he be laid in a Mylar bag of unfeasible dimensions upon an acid free board of card of similar size, therein to be sealed with tape. Clearly the man was a fool of the first order but I did as bade and can testify with a true tongue that, to this day, although his body has yellowed around the edges somewhat he remains, these many years hence, still Mint to Near Mint. Remarkable indeed.
Yours very sincerely
Have a good weekend, all, and remember to read some COMICS!!!


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This installment on the United States, presented in two parts, is the 16th in a series of Stratfor monographs on the geopolitics of countries influential in world affairs. Click here for part one.
We have already discussed in the first part of this analysis how the American geography dooms whoever controls the territory to being a global power, but there are a number of other outcomes that shape what that power will be like. The first and most critical is the impact of that geography on the American mindset.
Land, Labor and Capital
- Germany sits on the middle of the North European Plain and has no meaningful barriers separating it from the major powers to its east and west. It also has a split coastline that exposes it to different naval powers. So Germany developed a corporatist economic model that directly injects government planning into the boardroom, particularly where infrastructure is concerned.
- France has three coasts to defend in addition to its exposure to Germany. So France has a mixed economic system in which the state has primacy over private enterprise, ensuring that the central government has sufficient resources to deal with the multitude of threats. An additional outcome of what has traditionally been a threat-heavy environment is that France has been forced to develop a diversely talented intelligence apparatus. As such, France's intelligence network regularly steals technology — even from allies — to bolster its state-affiliated companies.
- China's heartland on the Yellow River is exposed to both the Eurasian steppe and the rugged subtropical zones of southern China, making the economic unification of the region dubious and exposing it to any power that can exercise naval domination of its shores. China captures all of its citizens' savings to grant all its firms access to subsidized capital, in essence bribing its southern regions to be part of China.
Current Context: Threats to the Imperatives
- Russia's lack of a merchant or maritime culture makes any Bretton Woods-related offers fall flat (even today Russia remains outside of the WTO).
- Russia is the biggest state in its region, making it rather nonsensical (at least in the current context) for the United States to offer Russia any kind of military alliance, since there would be no one for Russia to ally against.
- Russia's maritime exposure is extremely truncated, with its populated regions adjacent only to the geographically pinched Baltic and Black seas. This insulates it from American naval power projection.
- Even the traditional American strategy of using third parties to hem in foes does not work as well against Russia as it does against many others, since Russia's intelligence network is more than up to the task of crippling or overthrowing hostile governments in its region (vividly demonstrated in Russia's overturning of the Kremlin-opposed governments in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan in recent years).
- Russian power will consolidate and deepen its penetration into the borderlands of the Caucasus and Central Europe. While the Americans have been busy in the Islamic world, it has become readily apparent what the Russians can achieve when they are left alone for a few years. A U.S. isolationist impulse would allow the Russians to continue reworking their neighborhood and re-anchor themselves near the old Soviet empire's external borders, places like the Carpathians, the Tian Shan Mountains and the Caucasus, and perhaps even excise NATO influence from the Baltic states. While the chances of a hot war are relatively low, Stratfor still lists Russia's regeneration as the most problematic to the long-term American position because of the combination of Russia's sheer size and the fact that it is — and will remain — fully nuclear armed.
- Iranian power will seek to weaken the American position in the Persian Gulf. A full U.S. pullout would leave Iran the undisputed major power of the region, forcing other regional players to refigure their political calculus in dealing with Iran. Should that result in Iran achieving de facto control over the Gulf states — either by force or diplomacy — the United States would have little choice but to go back in and fight a much larger war than the one it just extracted itself from. Here the American impulse to shut out the world would have imminent, obvious and potentially profound consequences.
- Stratfor does not see Chinese power continuing to expand in the economic sphere on a global scale. China suffers under an unstable financial and economic system that will collapse under its own weight regardless of what the United States does, so the United States turning introverted is not going to save China. But America's desire to retreat behind the oceans will allow the Chinese drama to play itself out without any American nudging. China will collapse on its own — not America's — schedule.
- German power will creep back into the world as Berlin attempts to grow its economic domination of Europe into a political structure that will last for decades. The European debt crisis is a catastrophe by all definitions save one: It is enabling the Germans to use their superior financial position to force the various euro nations to surrender sovereignty to a centralized authority that Germany controls. Unlike the Russian regeneration, the German return is not nearly as robust, multi-vectored or certain. Nonetheless, the Germans are manipulating the debt crisis to achieve the European supremacy by diplomacy and the checkbook that they failed to secure during three centuries of military competition.

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Kevin Aanyu (PhD) is a lecturer at the Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies (College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University). Her PhD study, done at the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz-Germany, involves investigating the role of fault distribution and kinematics in the uplift of rift flanks around the Rwenzori mountains, which are located within the western branch of the East African Rift System.
Dr Aanyu's research interests have mainly been in Structural geology & Tectonics, however, in the past few years they have expanded into petroleum geoscience fields such as tectonostratigraphy and general basin analysis. Kevin trains students on geology & petroleum geoscience field courses and in field geological mapping.


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Merger Will Increase Destinations And Services For Midwest Airlines Travelers
Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines are smack dab in the exact middle of a merger that perhaps not already been kept a secret. The 2 air companies started negotiations during the early 2010 and agreed upon the merger in April of 2010 with a goal of finishing the merger by 2011. But Midwest brings a tremendous quantity of experience including important resources to this recently created alliance. Midwest had over fifty destinations in the first place as well as little regional airline agreements in market share.
Midwest has been carrying consumers off Milwaukee WI. for quite some time. As well as providing locations in the US, they have been traveling south associated with the edge to Mexico also places, also.
Because Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines are in the process of merging, there might be a time period of feasible confusion regarding numerous programs. If you have a Midwest Miles account, all of the gathered kilometers and benefits which you have actually obtained will soon be totally used in a Frontier account. Your brand-new account is the Frontier Early Returns account but it may be assigned the exact same number that your particular Midwest Miles account had in old system. Midwest Airlines has actually ensured the general public that no kilometers will be lost during procedure for merging. For clients who possess questions, Midwest/Frontier has actually arranged some devoted outlines of customer support simply for responses.
As you've most likely noticed numerous little carriers eliminate having the seating designation of high grade just. Which includes Midwest/Frontier, however they have actually a unique system for many who merely should have more area ? at the least a little more. They call the program STRETCH and just put it on on very first four rows of airplane. So in certain abstract way it is different, while not rather first class.
Both of these air companies offer business people special programs made for the company experts. Obviously, just what will happen is perhaps all Midwest corporate programs will be soaked up into Frontier's existing programs without losing any accrued benefits. If for example the company travels above thirty roundtrips monthly you'll benefit from this personalized rebate. There are more criteria, in general you might be eligible for a corporate rebate.
It might amaze one to realize you as a company enjoy the program your employee additionally benefits from this program. In terms of small carriers are concerned, Midwest has actually a strong reputation. This makes the merger with Frontier pretty clear. Mergers are performed to bolster the assets and improve profitability for both businesses. Therefore, fundamentally, the merger is perfect for both Frontier Airlines and Midwest.
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Ocean's Depth Earrings - london blue topaz gemstone drop earrings
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"Did you enjoy the sea?"
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* Length: 1.125 inches (2,8 cm)
* Stones: 7mm
Ah, la mer. She beckons for your return.
London Blue Topaz is a birthstone of December and would make a perfect birthday or holiday gift.
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text: UPDATE. TUESDAY 17th OCT School closed.Oct 16, 2017 | News, Parents |Scoil Réalt na Mara will be closed on Tuesday 17th October.The school will be closed as per the direction from the Department of Education and Skills and the National Emergency Coordination Group.We expect that the school will open on Wednesday as normal. Parents should check the website for any further updates.Máire Ní Odhráin, Príomhoide.


text: Dental veneers can help you achieve a picture-perfect smile in as few as 2 visits with our dentists! Dr. Caesar Ciaglia and Dr. Jean Murphy may recommend using these tooth-colored shells to correct a variety of cosmetic issues, including stains, chipping, and slight misalignment. Contact New Lenox Dental Group today at 815-485-2345 to schedule your consultation and learn more about dental veneers in New Lenox, Illinois.


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In my non-masonic life I am a peace activist trying to help bring Jews and Palestinians together. While carefully reading through Hamas' charter, I came across this:
Therefore you discover that they devote a great deal of continuous effort to their attempts [to achieve that] using the media, movies and curricula [which they wield] through their proxies within the Zionist
organizations, the latter assuming all sorts of names and forms, such as The
Organization of Freemasons, Rotary clubs [i.e., Rotary International],
espionage groups and others, all of which are nothing more than dens of sabotage and saboteurs.
These Zionist organizations have enormous material
resources which enable them to play roles inside the [i.e., in this context, Islamic]
societies [keeping them functioning] without any Islamic participation in them,
thus alienating [Muslims] from it. Therefore, the followers of the global Islamic
movement [i.e., Muslim fundamentalists] must [all] take part in countering the
plans [or plots] of those saboteurs. On the day Islam [will be in a position to] direct
life, it will eradicate the organizations [deemed] hostile to humanity and to Islam.
OK, Freemasons I get, what with us all uppity with the free speech and free religions stuff...but the Rotary? Really?


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Jamie Cullum Expands Musical Horizons on 'The Pursuit'
Britain's fastest-rising jazz star, Jamie Cullum, is known for expanding his musical horizons. Cullum's latest album, "The Pursuit", is a mix of old-fashioned jazz and swing with modern rock, pop and electronica.
From the opening track, a rendition of Cole Porter's "Just One Of Those Things," it's clear Jamie Cullum is more than just a jazz singer. His inventive delivery, coupled with his mastery on a variety of instruments, has fans flocking to his sold-out shows worldwide. Cullum's previous album sold more than two million copies, and led one reviewer to rank him as one of today's top jazz "crossover" (appealing to both jazz and pop fans) artists.
Testing musical boundaries is nothing new for Jamie Cullum. In fact, he's been expanding his limits since learning to play piano and guitar at age eight. When he added drums to his repertoire, Cullum found work in a various rock bands and a hip-hop group. His interest in jazz came from his older brother Ben, as well as the music of Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock and Oscar Peterson. Jamie honed his jazz skills during a brief stint in Paris, before releasing his first album while still in his teens.
Now 30, Cullum charts a new course with "The Pursuit."
He says, "It was the right time for me to take myself out of my comfort zone, and to push myself to be bolder."
Jamie Cullum kept up his hectic pace even though he was on a four-year break between solo albums. During that time, he performed in various European jazz and rock bands, sang on several Hollywood soundtracks, and composed nine original songs for his new album, including "I Love This."
The ever-busy Cullum kicked off his 2010 world tour on March 2 at the Oak Room in New York City. In April, he will travel to Europe, Japan, South Korea and Australia, before returning to his native England for a 10-city tour in May.


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How to Set Song Information in iTunes on Your MacBook
Each song that you add to the iTunes Music Library might have song information included with it. If you add music from a commercial audio CD, iTunes connects to a server on the Internet and attempts to find the information for each song on the CD.
If you download a song from the Internet, it often comes with some information embedded in the file already; the amount of included information depends on what the creator supplied. (It's often misspelled as well —think Leenard Skeenard.) If you don't have an Internet connection, iTunes can't access the information and displays generic titles instead.
If iTunes can't find your CD in the online database or someone gives you an MP3 with incomplete or inaccurate information, you can change the information yourself — you want at least the artist and song name! To view and change the information for a song, perform the following steps:
Select the song in either the Music Library list or a Playlist.
Press Command+I or choose File→Get Info.
Edit the song's information on the Info tab.
Keep in mind that the more work you put into setting the information of the songs in your Music Library, the easier it is to browse and use iTunes. Incomplete song information can make it more difficult to find your songs in a hurry.
If you prefer, you don't have to change all information about a song (it just makes life easier later if you do). Normally, you can get away with setting only a song's title, artist, and genre. The more information you put in, however, the faster you can locate songs and the easier they are to arrange.
iTunes tries to help by automatically retrieving known song information, but sometimes you have to roll up your sleeves and do a little work. (Sorry, but the DataElves are out to lunch.)
iTunes can try to locate artwork automatically for the tracks you select. (Note that embedding large images can significantly increase the size of the song file.) Follow these steps:
Select the desired songs from the track list.
Click Advanced→Get Album Artwork.
You can set iTunes to automatically attempt the addition of album artwork every time you rip tracks from an audio CD, or when you add songs without artwork to your Music Library. Click iTunes and choose Preferences; then click the Store button and click the Automatically Download Missing Album Artwork check box to enable it.
Want to manually add album covers to your song info? Select one (or all) of the songs from a single album in the track list, display the Info dialog, and click the Artwork tab. Now launch Safari, visit Amazon.com, and do a search on the same album (or search an online artwork library such as AllCDCovers.com).
Drag the cover image from the web page right into the Info dialog, and drop it on top of the "sunken square" image well. When you click OK, the image appears in the Summary pane, and you can display it while your music is playing by pressing Command+G, or by pressing the Show or Hide Song Artwork button at the lower left of the iTunes window!
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ABOUT - Michael-John Harper
Dancer Michael-John was born on the island of Jamaica in 1987, and moved to Florida, USA at the age of eight.
He began his training at Michael's Academy for the Performing Arts. After graduating high school in 2005, he attended New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida, as a scholarship student and graduated in 2009 with a BFA in dance. He then joined the Alvin Ailey II Junior Dance Company in New York and in 2010 became a member of Wayne Mcgregor|Random Dance (now Company Wayne McGrgegor) where he remained until 2015. Michael-john has toured the world extensively with performances in respected venues such as MOMA and the Guggenheim.
His dance experience also includes creative residency at the Palucca Schule in Dresden, Germany with focus on William Forsythe improvisation techniques; Scholarship student at the Alonzo King Lines Ballet in San Francisco, California; and performances at the 2009 Contemporary Dance Festival in New York with the ang Dao Dance company.
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In our last post we have seen how to use EB CLI for managing elastic beanstalk through command line. But, you can also manage elastic beanstalk using traditional AWS CLI. In this post you will find AWS CLI cheat sheet for the same.
If you are new to Elastic Beanstalk, it's recommended that you go through this free AWS Elastic Beanstalk crash course.
Below are the major commands used frequently while managing the elastic beanstalk environment.


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So what do I have in common with Annie Dillard, Ron Hansen, Kathleen Norris, and Valerie Sayers? We're all in Image Journal's 20th-anniversary anthology, Bearing the Mystery. You should buy a copy.
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Impressive company: even I have heard of one of them (Annie Dillard). I had to read "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" for a class in college.


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Artist Chaz Hutton is a genius. He's created a series of hilarious graphs and a successfulInstagram account all with just a pen and some post-it notes. Have a first world problem? He's probably tackled it in one of his graphs. Here's just a sampling of what he's done so far.
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December 22 8:00 pm
Join fictitious 1960s girl group The Coverlettes for a Christmas cabaret concert like no other! Bella, Ella, and Stella Duvet, three sisters from "the wrong side of Vermont," regale the Freight with versions of their favorite Christmas songs, mixed in with lots of '60s era girl group hits by the likes of The Shangri-Las, The Ronettes, The Shirelles, and The Crystals, served up with a dollop of their own history, angst, and joy. With the able backing of the Fellas—pianist Rusty McTurk, bassist Rudy Tuesday, and drummer Ray Wray—the sisters set our stage aglow with holiday spirits and nostalgic good cheer for not one, but two big nights.
Darby Gould (Stella Duvet) has been performing for over 30 years, including as lead singer of Jefferson Starship the Next Generation. Among her many accomplishments, Katie Guthorn (Bella Duvet) sang in Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra (later Big Bang Beat) for 25 years. Carol Bozzio Littleton (Ella Duvet) is currently a member of the 12 piece rock and soul review band, Big Bang Beat. Coverlettes musical director Randy Craig (Rusty McTurk) was a founding member of The Pickle Family Circus, and has written too many scores for theater and film to remember. Maurice Tani (Rudy Tuesday) is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist usually found with his Americana band 77 El Deora. Currently a member of Super Diamond, Vince Littleton (Raymond "Ray" Wray) toured and recorded with Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band and The Mermen, plus many more.
Many of their tunes can also be found on The Coverlettes Cover Christmas (and More!) CD...but you don't want to miss seeing the "sisters" live!
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- Bag - Still thinking of borrowing or buying (a really cheap one that is!)
- Hairstyle - BIG dilema
- Make-up - Another BIG dilema
It's already this Sunday - and I haven't booked anyone to do my make-up and hair! Darn it! Actually, I can't decide! Yikes! It's really a tough choice!
But to make things somewhat okay - Sophie was willing to teach me how to do my own make-up. I'm not what you call a make-up maven - I actually suck at this. I don't know how to differentiate my look. I'm super scared to experiment. Such frustration!!
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Wildlife Challenge
by Paul Orselli Published July 19 2008
My three sons (ages 13, 10, and 8) gave Liberty Science Center's outdoor exhibition called "Wildlife Challenge" a whirl recently, and they had a great time. There are many high-minded arguments that science centers make about their exhibits being...
BioQuest Woods
Case Study
by Roy Griffiths Published September 05 2008
BioQuest is a 10-acre track within the Museum of Life and Sciences 84-acre site, where lush wetland, woodland and field habitats have been transformed into an exquisite outdoor learning environment by two exhibitions. Explore the Wild is located...
by Justine Roberts Published February 20 2010
I return to Riveropolis again and again as a point of reference and inspiration. Strictly speaking, Riveropolis is a temporary water feature by artist Gregory Gavin. What makes it charming and special is that the sculpture is actually co-created by...
Destination Argentina
by Joanna Fisher Published April 19 2010
Visits by Joanna Fisher, Lisa Thompson, Dawn Farkas, Tim Lee, Blake Wigdahl, Mark Ellis, David Stroud, Wendy Aston, Sandy Inman, Tammy Spicer and Carolyn Crowley. Between Feb 9- Apr 13 This is a group of Exhibit people from about 5 different museums...
Heaven and Earth II
by Beth Kelley Published July 03 2010
The Heaven and Earth II Exhibit is a outdoor sculpture exhibition being put on at Carkeek Park in Seattle, WA. It is sponsored by the COCA (Center on Contemporary Art), the Associated Recreational Council, and Seattle Parks and Recreation. It is the...
Lookout Cove Outdoor Exhibit
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by Justine Roberts Published September 30 2010
Lookout Cove, a 2-acre outdoor exhibit and the largest exhibit at BADM, was part of a larger redesign of the Museum to realize a new conceptual framework: My Place By The Bay. There was huge potential with this exhibit for a number of reasons. (1)...
by Justine Roberts Published February 15 2011
The outdoor exhibit space in Providence strikes me as a real challenge. It is long and narrow, wrapping around the corner of the building in an L. It is sandwiched between the building and the parking lot without much buffer - no break of trees for...
Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail
by Megan Keller Published July 04 2011
Although not really a museum, I recently was able to experience the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail just outside of Moab, Utah on public lands operated by the Bureau of Land Management. This interpretive trail of about a half-mile round trip features...


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The ACA and Legal Practices (#4) / The Affordable Care Act is still trying to launch
May 28, 2014
This is installment #4 in a series of blog postings on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and legal practices.
The ACA has survived the initial enrollment period in a limited way, but is far from launched as an operating program.
The ACA Exchanges are in a state of turmoil.
The federal Exchange is still subject to intense fix-up efforts to improve consumer experiences, confirm that subsidies are correct, improve reporting to insurance companies, complete other language versions, and implement the Small-Business Health Options Program (SHOP).
These efforts do not meet the minimum standards for transparency required to obtain general acceptance. The public does not understand what is going on behind closed doors.
The state Exchanges are struggling. Some are planning to go out of business, and shift to the federal Exchange. Some want to redesign themselves, while others prefer to simply improve operations that do not yet work well.
Some are just trying to decide how to pay for existing operations, and how to decide what comes next.
Survival of the state Exchanges as intended by the ACA is still up in the air.
On another front, some states have implemented expanded Medicaid programs, but with a variety of problems. Enrollment has often been delayed and data bases filled with various types of errors.
Many new enrollees have not received guidance about how to use the new coverage, while problems with access to care are being experienced in some situations.
Those states that have chosen not to implement expanded Medicaid are often looking for a way to tap into funds without buying into the ACA. Various types of redesigns and waivers are being debated—while a "coverage gap" exists in these states.
There are new efforts to basically turn the Medicaid expansion into state "block grants".
The moment of truth for the individual mandate is not yet here, but signs are that a significant backlash may take place in early 2015 as uncovered individuals are informed that they have to "pay up" unless they can figure out how to fit into one of the numerous waiver categories.
There will be intense political pressure to postpone these penalties. Individuals may be given so many options that, in effect, there is no individual mandate left.
The large-employer mandate has been put off until 2015 (for employers with 100 or more employees) and until 2016 (for employers with 50 to 99 employees), but this has only served to postpone a day of reckoning.
This mandate may have to slip again, both because of political pressure and because of continuing information-handling problems.
Providers continue to "bulk up" and strengthen their ability to force changes in the ACA. It is yet to be seen how the program will respond to a full-court press from these providers.
Insurance companies are trying to look ahead and figure out how to maximize income and profits based on how the ACA has worked to date, and how it is likely to work over the next few years.
These companies are pushing hard on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to underwrite any bad experiences, and enable good financial returns. Unless they get what they want, they may pull back from offering Qualified Health Plans (QHPs).
The result is a program that is still trying to take shape and launch, and is far from having resolved the organizational pressures from the groups being affected by the ACA.
As attorneys give advice to clients, they may need to deal with a range of "scenarios" for "what may happen", rather than projections of "what seems to be intended" (based on the rules in place for the moment).
As confusion grows, there may be growing pressure for a major statutory intervention to redesign the ACA. Or, decisions made "on the fly" may continue to produce the same result.
Approaches to assisting clients in this environment have been illustrated in two recent books–on the ACA and on the health care system. Related discussions may also be found on an ACA Blog.


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Ancient Battle: Rome 2.3.0 Apk + Mod (Unlocked) + Data for android
Ancient Battle: Rome is a Strategy Game for android
download last version of Ancient Battle: Rome Apk + Mod (Unlocked) + Data for android from revdl with direct link
Designed from the ground up Ancient Battle: Rome gives a unique wargaming experience. Use Roman legionaries, elephants, catapults, heavy and light cavalry, archers, slingers, fanatics and many other unit types to engage in classic battles.
The new Android edition includes purchasable campaigns such as the invasion of Brittania with the highlight of Queen Boudicca's demise at the battle of Verulamum, and Germania with the Roman massacre at Teutoburger Wald.
Key Features:
● High Definition Ancient Era Graphics.
● 7 Mission Tutorial Campaign.
● 8 Mission Gallia Campaign playable as the Romans and Gaul.
● 32 Unique Ancient Units.
● Detailed Combat Analysis
● Flank Attacks
● Hours of Gameplay.
● Additional Purchasable Campaigns.
Purchasable Extra Content:
● 8 Mission Italia Campaign playable as Caesar and Pompey.
● 8 Mission Britannia Campaign playable as the Romans and Britons.
● 8 Mission Germania Campaign playable as the Romans and Germans.
● 8 Mission Pontic Campaign playable as the Romans and Pontic
● 8 Mission Parthia Campaign playable as the Romans and Parthians
● 8 Mission Terra Incognita Campaign playable as the Romans
Install :
1. Install Apk
2. Extract and copy folder "com.hexwar.ancientbattlerome" to "Android/Obb/"
3. Play and enjoy it


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In late July of 2015, I was called into an office and commissioned with the task of traveling with a team of 13 people to capture the lives and stories of the people of Bungoma, Kenya. The team was sent out to provide a free medical clinic and secure a property to eventually build and develop a children's home for rescuing and rehabilitating the many abandoned street children roaming the city. These are kids who have been orphaned due to unfortunate circumstances and have no food, shelter, education or any hope in life.
I am proud to say that team with the help of the local church and government are doing something to change this for good.
These pictures don't just capture a moment in the journey but they tell a powerful story of incredible people that choose to give their lives for the benefit of another.
I hope you enjoy viewing these pictures as much as i enjoyed capturing them.
Captured using: Sony A7s. Developed in Adobe Lightroom.
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Integrated solution and approach.
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BETA AIR JSC offers analogue and digital equipment development
Hardware design and development.
Development of sensors, acquisition units of flight data and values of airborne system parameters, test systems and complexes from simple to complicated ones.
Development of beacon simulator for aviation (ILS, DME, VOR, RSBN, UVD, UVD-C, secondary radars).


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Known for its flagship feature, the Private Send, Dash (DASH) has been gaining a lot of attention which has attracted the current adoption pushing the DASH price from the green zone areas where most coins have been struggling to overcome safe for Dogecoin and Holochain.
The September 5 market crack has seen many coins and tokens remain in the red. Dash is among the coins that have pulled a surprise and has been trading on the green since then. In fact, the DASH coin shot by over 12% earlier today before heading south to stabilize around the 5% threshold.
Dash (DASH) Boost from Venezuela
Dash has been making huge strides towards penetrating the Venezuelan market. With the current crisis in the market, the citizenry has turned to cryptocurrencies as the most viable method of trading. The skyrocketing inflation has hit hard on the local fiat currency and digital currency is taking over the market and DASH is among the most popular mode of payment.
The increased DASH coin uptake comes after the Dash Force News announced a few days ago that DASH is being accepted by more than 3,000 businesses across the world as a payment method of choice and 45% of these are based in Venezuela. The surprise announcement saw the coin appreciate in a span of 24 hours from $174 to $197.
Why the Dash (DASH) Business Adoption Craze
Prior to the market crash early September, DASH coin was trading above $221 and the market crack has been a big blow assuming the surge of 12% came before the slump; the Dash community would be celebrating now as the platform welcomes additional adopters. However, the rebound has given the coin additional impetus in a bearish market.
Dash increased adoption has set it apart from other coins; its appeal is inclined towards businesses that are looking for long term investments and ready to adopt the additional liquidity push that DASH offers. The Venezuelan user case has far reaching implications and as a day to day user coin, the future is already cut out.
Additional Visibility for Dash (DASH)
By taking a close look at the DASH markets, you will realize that most volumes are coming through the Hong Kong based ZB.COM and interestingly the popular pairs are DASH/BTC and DASH/USDT. These are two sets of trader influencers in the coin route to market. DASH/BTC trades are for long term investors who are pushing the coin to the next level and DASH/USDT are short term traders who was a fast exit to fiat and purchase goods and services on demand.
The acceptance of DASH in Venezuela has increased its visibility which is backed by recent Spork 10 activation on the Dash ecosystem. The system upgrade has seen the platform focus more on businesses since Dash has no issues with scalability and transaction costs are near zero.
Dash (DASH) Day's Market Trend
Despite the bearish market, DASH has gained 7.51% to the dollar in h last 24-hour trading zone to trade at $201.25. The quick recovery could be associated with the Venezuela market as well as increased global adoption given that transactional preference for Bitcoin and Ethereum appears to be declining due to high fees and low transaction speeds.
As the market struggles to recover, DASH has an upper hand and its stability and global appeal is poised to spur the coin to the top 10 before the end of the year. This will give the digital asset a cutting edge over other privacy coins as well as those battling with speed and scalability issues.


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Washington, DC Of Counsel Janet Fries was the moderator of a panel discussion at the American Bar Association's 30th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference on Thursday, March 26, in Maryland.
Janet's program, titled "Update from the US Copyright Office – Updating the Office for the 21st Century," addressed upgrading the Office and issues in registration practice covered by the new Compendium; pending new regulations relating to registration; and technological changes to the registration system needed and/or planned.
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During Blizzcon 2018, Hearthcasual's Kevin Ellis had the opportunity to talk to Hearthstone Game Designer Peter Whalen and Software Engineer Cat Morgan about Rastakhan's Rumble, the last expansion in the Year of the Raven!
In addition to this interview you'll hear the entirety of the Hearthstone panel recorded before Blizzcon at World of Podcasts 2018, which Kevin also participated in!
Follow us on Twitter @Hearthcasual. Find Brian @RhoWoW and Kevin @Multizord.
Follow Peter Whalen @LegendaryFerret and Cat Morgan @cyaaato
Special thanks to Con Before the Storm and World of Podcasts for use of their panel. You can find more about Con Before the Storm at conbeforestorm.com.
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Gary R. Jacobs - M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Jacobs brings the highest level of experience in East Texas to his practice of Plastic and Cosmetic surgery, having obtained his MD degree in 1975. He has served Longview and East Texas in the capacity of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon since 1983. His professional practice has evolved over the years but Dr. Jacobs has developed an emphasis on Breast and Cosmetic Surgery.
Dr. Gary Jacobs received his Plastic Surgery training at Southwestern in Dallas and has performed Breast and Cosmetic surgery for more years than any other Plastic Surgeon in East Texas. He is a Diplomat of The American College of Surgeons since 1986. He has professional memberships in the American Society of Plastic Surgery, The Lipoplasty Society and the Texas Medical Association. He has been the Chairman of Surgery and the Chief of Medical Staff at Good Shepherd Medical Center.
Since entering his practice in 1984, Dr. Jacobs has continued his education in Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery, exceeding the 1500 hours of continuing education required by the Society of Plastic Surgery over the past thirty years.
Dr. Jacobs is a native of Longview, having graduated in 1968 from Longview High School with National Honors. His undergraduate work included four years at The University of Texas at Austin where he was on the Dean's List. He completed ten years of training in Medicine and Surgery including Medical School, an lntership, General Surgery Residency and his Plastic Surgery Fellowship. He returned to Longview in 1983 where he has continued to practice his specialty and provide individualized care for thousands of patients from all over East Texas.
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Todd & Karintha live in the quiet, secluded paradise that is Lagunitas, California. I've known them for almost seven years now, and they have become two of my strongest and most supportive friends. They've cheered me on through countless changes and have opened their home to me more times than I'll ever be able to count. They helped me discover my love for Northern California and Fairfax Scoop, and for both things I am eternally grateful.
Their baby girl is due in just under a month. I can't wait to meet this lucky little chick.


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ABC Chief White House Correspondent Sam Donaldson will join members of the South Florida media and legal community at the 12th annual Media Law Conference beginning today at 1 p.m. at the Royce Hotel.
A legal symposium, on such topics as the Sunshine Law, damages in defamation law and reporters' subpoenas, will be held Friday afternoon.
On Saturday there will be a full day of events including roundtable discussions and more than a dozen workshops and seminars. Among the participants will be Gene Cryer, editor of The Fort Lauderdale News and Sun- Sentinel; Heath Merriweather, editor of The Miami Herald; and Tom Kelly, editor of The Palm Beach Post.
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Bexley Community to Introduce Expansive Community Trail Network with Connection to Suncoast Trail
Bexley Community to Introduce Expansive Community Trail Network with Connection to Suncoast Trail
The 10+ miles of Avid Trails to be first of its kind in Florida
Bexley, the fourth master planned community in Tampa being developed by Newland Communities, will include an authentic, multi-purpose community trail network, designed by Avid Trails, a national leader in trail planning and design.
Bexley will be the first venture for Avid Trails in Florida, and will include single track, scenic walking, hiking and jogging paths and bicycle pump parks. Located in Land O'Lakes, the Bexley community is scheduled to open in Fall 2016.
Bexley is owned in a joint venture partnership between NORTH AMERICA SEKISUI HOUSE, LLC (NASH), the U.S. business unit and full subsidiary of SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., Japan's largest homebuilder and leading diversified developer, and Newland Real Estate Group, LLC, whose development business, Newland Communities, is the master developer of the community. Bexley is one of more than 30 communities the NASH-Newland partnership owns together in 11 states across the United States.
Avid Trails at Bexley, accessible to residents and the public, will feature a variety of trail types built along and highlighting nearly 1,000 acres of conservation land with both paved and natural pathways for walking, hiking and biking, along with unique outdoor fitness stations, family-friendly mountain bike trails, and two bike parks featuring pump tracks for adults and children of all ages, skills and fitness levels.
The first phase of Avid Trails at Bexley will feature four main components:
- Ten miles of trails that connect to the existing 21.6 miles of the Suncoast Trail in Pasco County.
• Trails will have various widths ranging from 18 to 24-inch single track to 6-foot wide walking, hiking, jogging and multi-use paths with both soft and hard surfaces, which are friendlier on the knees and joints of runners and walkers.
• The trails will be for walking, hiking, running and biking, and will weave around Bexley's picturesque, preserved wetlands and other open spaces.
- Two bike parks with advanced and beginner pump tracks, skills loops and practice areas for mountain bikers, BMXers and bicyclists of all ages and skill levels.
- A 14-foot wide multi-use trail featuring both hard and soft surfaces will run East/West along Tower Road as part of the Tri-County Trail.
- Eleven Avid Exercise Stations will be located along the ten-mile trail network, offering an array of outdoor fitness opportunities for adults and children of all fitness levels. Users may participate in planned outdoor fitness boot camps along with finding workout suggestions and exercise options on the Avid Trails website.
"We're thrilled to partner with Avid Trails and to offer these incredibly unique trails, biking, and outdoor fitness experiences in the Bexley community. There's truly nothing like this in the area," said Pam Parisi, Vice President of Marketing for Newland Communities. "Our relationship with Avid Trails exemplifies both Newland and NASH's commitment to building communities that honor the environment, and encouraging residents to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful Florida weather."
Future homeowners will be able to access the Avid Trails from nearly anywhere within the community. Exclusive resident fitness classes, running and bike clubs will be offered, plus public bike festivals and adventure races. Bexley also plans to seek certification as a Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists.
"Avid Trails at Bexley offers a great mix of real trails, not just glorified sidewalks as are sometimes seen in residential communities," added Justin Lax, President of Avid Trails. "The trail has been thoughtfully designed to offer users a diverse and engaging experience, regardless of one's age, skill or fitness level. Our goal is not only to increase connectivity, but to promote health and well-being among community members. We want people to get outside and have some fun."
The first phase of Avid Trails at Bexley, including the fitness stations, will start construction this monthwith completion expected in Fall 2016. Additional phases will be planned as the community grows.
About Bexley:
Bexley, a 1,200 acres master-planned community located in Land O'Lakes on the southern hub among several notable wilderness preserves, is scheduled to open in Fall 2016. Nestled among the cypress domes, oak hammock and pine flatwoods will be single-family homes, townhouse and apartments designed with an old Florida feel; 10 miles of multi-use, soft surface trails that will connect to the 42-mile Suncoast Trail; and a Welcome Center featuring a café and bicycle shop offering rentals and repairs. www.bexleyflorida.com
About NEWLAND:
Newland is a diversified real estate company leveraging a national platform and over 45 years of experience to perform challenging and diverse development, investment, management, and advisory services across a wide range of real estate. The company's mixed-use development business, Newland Communities, actively owns, operates and develops premier residential master-planned, commercial, retail, and urban mixed-use real estate across the U.S. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Newland and its affiliated companies have completed, or have underway, more than 140 diverse real estate developments, more than 20 million square feet of commercial and retail space, and 175,000 residential units in 14 states. www.newlandcommunities.com.
About NORTH AMERICA SEKISUI HOUSE, LLC (NASH):
NASH was established in 2010 as the U.S. business operations unit and a full subsidiary of SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., Japan's largest homebuilder and a leading diversified developer since 1960. SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD. has built more than two million houses to date and expanded its operations to Australia, China, Singapore, and the U.S. NASH establishes joint ventures to build innovative and sustainability conscious master planned communities across the US. NASH is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. www.nashcommunities.com www.sekisuihouse.co
About Avid Trails LLC:
Avid Trails is the first nationally branded trail system available for residential communities, corporate, college and medical campuses, parks and municipalities. Established in 2014 and based in Park City, Utah, the company was founded in partnership with leading national trails experts. Comprised of ultra-marathoners, active mountain and road cyclists, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts, the Avid Trails team leverages decades of trail planning and construction experience to design comprehensive, fully integrated and diverse trail systems that provide engaging experiences for users of all types and ability levels. Whatever your activity of choice, from casual walkers to competitive runners or hardcore mountain bikers, Avid Trails systems are designed to get you moving by providing convenient access to high quality, safe and sustainable trails, bike parks and related outdoor amenities. www.avidtrails.com
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President, Avid Trails
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On assignment for Crown Group Realty this morning to photograph a very nice house in the Kenwood neighborhood that had recently been renovated by the owners themselves. I am always impressed by people's real world skills like home improvement. They say kitchens sell homes and this kitchen opened up to the dining room and backyard. I made a 9-exposore HDR image in order to pull out the details in the kitchen (no window) and in the dining room (windows on either side).
Often when looking at homes, both old and new, it is hard to set them up assuming you want a good viewing angle of your television. Therefore, I chose to photograph this living room highlighting the great opportunity to setup a home theater due to its layout. The sofa also faces the front door, which is something else I like in a home.
The backyard was also updated, which I thought made for a nice flow from kitchen, to dining room to backyard. Even though it is very hot in Florida in the summer, it is still nice to have your own outside space to enjoy.
I like a picket fence in a front yard. I feel it adds a nice framing to a home and if you have a dog it creates another safe outdoor area. If you wish to buy this home or know someone who might be interested in it, please contact Amy at Crown Group Realty.


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The 3rd Annual North Anthony Corridor Block Party is September 11th from 1-6pm! We have always had such a blast participating in this event! This year we will be featuring some boxed lunches and drinks specials. There will be lots of fun and exciting things to do on the Corridor that day so be sure […]


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The only time a man ever ran after me to give me flowers. Or why I love Bonnie Banks nursery.


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Is Glamis Castle Haunted
Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis, in Angus, Scotland. It's the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present building dates largely from the 17th century. Glamis was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.


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even though we've lived in southern california our whole lives, we never really check out the popular sites that often, so we thought it'd be fun if we played tourist for a little bit around hollywood & highland before heading to the concert.
mann's chinese theatreme and natalie wood's signature & impressions
then we ate at mel's diner. SO GOOD. i've been filling up on hamburgers & fries since i've been home, hehe. my sister tritia had a cheeseburger and curly fries and i had the sliders.
after a deliciously filling lunch, we walked over to the hollywood bowl for the concert.
i've been obsessed with flight of the conchords (self-described as a "new zealand comedy duo") since their show premiered on hbo a few years ago. it has since become one of my favorite tv series of all time! i was curious to see how their live performance would go.
anyway, i wasn't disappointed! it was hilarious, and it turns out they are super talented (and just as quirky) in real life. bonus: kristen schaal, arj barker, and eugene mirman--mel, dave, and eugene the landlord in the tv series--opened up with stand-up acts. i enjoyed them all, but couldn't wait for bret & jemaine to start playing.
they did some of my favorites, including business time, jenny, and the humans are dead, and even played a few new songs. i wish they had done "foux du fafa" and "fashion" though. overall, me and my sister had an amazing time and the night ended too soon! thaaaank you, tritia! ♥
any of you guys bret & jemaine fans or go to a concert lately? i want to hear about it. :)
*oh, also: i have a sponsored giveaway coming up soon, so stay tuned!*


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Lebanon, New Hampshire – August 6, 2015 – Avitide, Inc., a biotech company dedicated to the rapid discovery and development of on-demand affinity purification solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced the closing of its Series C financing. NeoMed Management led the financing, with participation from existing investors Polaris Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, SV Life Sciences and Borealis Ventures. Claudio Nessi (NeoMed) joined Avitide's Board of Directors. The proceeds will accelerate commercialization of Avitide's on-demand affinity purification platform, with a focus on biopharmaceutical drug products that include an array of molecules such as proteins, enzymes, antibody-based therapeutics, recombinant vaccines, gene therapies and biosimilars. The financing is expected to take the company to profitability within the next two years.
Avitide's technology enables the company's partners to rapidly discover and develop robust, scalable affinity purification solutions for the most challenging biopharmaceutical products. The Avitide approach reduces program risks and radically improves the existing clinical timeframes and economics of commercial bioprocess development and manufacturing.
"The industry is slowly coming to view the Avitide technology as a critical component in the rapid development and manufacturing of protein-based therapeutics," commented Terry McGuire, of Polaris Partners.
"At first, we were skeptical that a highly conservative industry would adopt a new purification technology so quickly, but once we saw the data on partnered programs, we were convinced that Avitide had something transformative. We are very excited to become a part of the Avitide story at such an interesting time," added Claudio Nessi, of NeoMed Management.
"The era of unpredictable development times, low yields, high costs and low product purity is over – there now is a technical solution to the bio-separation problem, and Avitide is the leader in that space," said Professor Tillman Gerngross, Avitide's co-founder and chairman of the board, who oversaw the Series C financing.
"Avitide has made considerable advances with its platform and is now able to consistently deliver highly selective affinity resins to our partners in a three-month timeframe. We acknowledge the large impact Avitide's technology will have in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry, particularly for companies with diverse program portfolios. We now look forward to building upon our existing partnerships and establishing new relationships to deliver a higher technical standard in biopharmaceutical manufacturing," added Kevin Isett, Avitide's CEO and co-founder.
Avitide develops and delivers on-demand, molecule-specific biopharmaceutical affinity purification technologies with an industry-leading three-month service. The Avitide service and technology delivers an exclusive and proprietary affinity resin that enables our partners to achieve faster bioprocess development timelines, reduced program risk, and decreased cost of manufacture by providing cost-effective, highly specific affinity purification solutions. Avitide delivers high-resolution affinity resins that can select and enrich for critical drug product profile attributes important for safety, potency and efficacy, while providing improved line-of-sight, platform operations and predictable commercial scalability. For more information, visit www.avitide.com.
NeoMed Management is an investment firm exclusively focused on investments in the healthcare industry. Founded in 1997, NeoMed has established five funds to date. NeoMed invests in emerging companies with outstanding growth prospects. These companies are developing innovative and proprietary medical products that address substantial market opportunities in the pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics industries. NeoMed has a multi-stage investment approach and invests at all stages of development from start-up to later stage growth financings. NeoMed's experienced investment team works closely with entrepreneurs and a broader industry network to support the growth of its portfolio companies.
Polaris Partners invests in exceptional technology and healthcare companies across all stages of their life cycles. With offices in Boston, San Francisco, and Dublin, we partner globally with an unparalleled network of repeat entrepreneurs, top scientists and emerging innovators who are making significant contributions in their fields and vastly improving the way in which we live and work. www.polarispartners.com
OrbiMed is the world's largest life sciences and healthcare-dedicated investment firm, with approximately $14 billion in assets under management. OrbiMed has successfully invested in over 140 companies across a wide range of therapeutic categories and stages of development. OrbiMed's investment team includes approximately 60 experienced professionals with backgrounds in science, medicine, industry, finance and law. OrbiMed's professionals work together using a collaborative, team-oriented approach to support our portfolio companies, which has earned OrbiMed a reputation as a capital provider of choice for life sciences companies of all stages.
SV Life Sciences is a leading international life sciences venture capital firm. The SVLS team manages five private venture capital funds with approximately $2 billion of capital under management. The firm employs a diversified strategy within life sciences in order to selectively capitalize on an expanding opportunity in biotech, medical devices and health-care services.
Borealis Ventures partners closely with exceptional entrepreneurs from the earliest stages to build market-defining companies in the life sciences and information technology sectors. Borealis has been the most active venture investor in New Hampshire over the past decade, and its latest fund, the Borealis Granite Fund, is the first venture capital fund dedicated to NH-based opportunities.


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It Is Time to Kick Maxine Waters Out of Office
Article By Joshua Speer
Omar Navarro, the Republican candidate for California's 43rd congressional district, is making the bold move of trying to unseat Maxine Waters. The campaign's official theme is "Proactive Leadership for the 21st Century" and focuses on key issues that many people in his district care about, but all Americans can benefit from.
Born in Inglewood, CA, Navarro has lived in Hawthorn and currently resides in Torrance. Which, unlike the residency of his incumbent Democratic opponent, are all actually inside of the district. Despite this fact, she still received 76% of the vote when he last ran against her in 2016, so this is an uphill battle to begin with. Navarro earned a B.A. in Criminal Justice at ITT-Technical Institute before going on to found a small business serving the tech industry. He also serves as a traffic commissioner for the City of Torrance, coordinator for Unified Small Business Alliance, and has volunteered a lot of his time assisting crime victims at the Los Angeles District Attorney's office.
Unlike Maxine Waters, who wrote a letter to Fidel Castro in 1998 asking him to not extradite cop-killing domestic terrorist, Joanne Chesimard, and "all other individuals who have fled the United States from political persecution" (emphasis added), the Omar Navarro campaign takes a strong stance against terrorism and is pro-law enforcement. It is worth noting that he is also pro-second amendment, pro-life, anti-abortion, in favor of stricter immigration policies, advocates reducing taxes and the regulatory state, and wants to return the power to states and localities for education. This is likely why has earned the endorsements of many prominent conservatives such as Larry Elder, Roger Stone, Herman Cain, and Barry Goldwater, Jr.
For more information about Omar Navarro, visit his campaign website or follow him on social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook.


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Dec 20, 2010 5:27 am |Summary:
Chris takes a stab at the Quick Review format and turns us onto a small 2.5" form factor USB 3.0 Drive Enclosure. Read the review.
Dec 13, 2010 5:26 pm |Summary:
Featuring eSATA, USB 2.0 and two HDD docking ports, the Duet offers everything a desktop HDD dock should, but in pairs. Read the review.
Dec 8, 2010 3:24 am |Summary:
We're back with another HDD Docking Station, this time from the company that started it all. The latest BlacX is both USB 3.0 and SATA 6G compatible! Read the review.
Dec 1, 2010 11:50 am |Summary:
Kingston prepares to take portable storage to the next level by mixing SSD speed with USB 3.0 connectivity. Read the article.
Nov 17, 2010 2:04 pm |Summary:
Backing up; we know we should do it, but sometimes we simply forget or just can't be bothered. Let's check out a device from Clickfree which should make the process a little easier. Read the review.
Nov 10, 2010 2:23 pm |Summary:
USB 3.0 is gaining market acceptance and becoming a mainstream accepted standard. Now that you have it, it's time to do something with it. Read the review.
Nov 4, 2010 9:22 am |Summary:
Desktop docks are very useful if you have a few spare drives sitting around. Today we look at the new kid on the block. Read the review.
Oct 14, 2010 3:14 am |Summary:
External USB 3.0 Module - What the heck is that? It's cheap, useful and elegant! Read the review.
Oct 8, 2010 10:28 am |Summary:
Looking for a fast way to access data from your SATA II drive and have a USB 3.0 port unused? ineo Tech has a solution. Read the review.
Sep 17, 2010 4:25 pm |Summary:
USB 3.0 and SSDs are driving the storage market right now and OCZ has found a way to combine the two. Read the review.
Aug 24, 2010 10:24 am |Summary:
It's the pricing game! How much would you expect to pay for a 1TB USB 3.0 HDD? 199? 149? How about 109 USD and it comes with bells and whistles, too? Read the review.
Jul 16, 2010 1:50 pm |Summary:
LaCie has a strong USB 3.0 enclosure that is fast, reliable and cheap. Chris takes a look and shows us that USB 3.0 storage doesn't have to break the bank. Read the review.
Jul 5, 2010 1:51 pm |Summary:
Enterprise ODM Advanced Computer International comes up with portable professional storage that has style and performance. Read the review.
Apr 2, 2010 5:31 am |Summary:
SSDs were standardized for notebooks, but many power users have plans for desktop use. 2.5 to 3.5 done easy right here! Read the review.
Feb 26, 2010 10:59 am |Summary:
RaidSonic is next up with its Icy Box USB 3.0 HDD enclosures. We test both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA models on video and see how they perform. Read the review.
Feb 12, 2010 4:46 am |Summary:
The race is on for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 devices. Today we look at a prototype enclosure from Vantec paired with their PCIe Host Card. Read the review.
Feb 11, 2010 4:31 am |Summary:
Personal desktop storage with redundancy is becoming a must in our digital world. HornetTek has what you need to get started with the X2-RAID DAS. Read the review.
Jan 13, 2010 6:12 am |Summary:
An ultra small 5-drive storage solution for everything; the miniEPICa is really cool. Come check it out. Read the review.


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DMYC Overview
Set in the heart of 'new Dubai', Dubai Marina Yacht Club (DMYC) has rapidly gained a reputation as one of the renowned private yacht clubs of the region, with a purpose built clubhouse forming the centre-piece of four distinctive marinas. Arrayed along the length of a remarkable 3.5km canal, the marinas provide sheltered berthing for over five hundred yachts, in a setting that is simply unrivalled.
More than simply a club for those with yachts or a love of the sea, DMYC was founded to satisfy the finer things in life, with the clubhouse and state-of-the-art marina facilities ensuring a five-star experience.
With a choice of casual or fine dining restaurants, a lively Sports Lounge, or the tranquillity of the club lounges, all ensure that the clubhouse is a place of refuge throughout the week and not just simply a weekend get-away. For the keen yachting enthusiast, the club organises the increasingly renowned 'Cruising Club', which offers exclusively to DMYC members the opportunity to explore regional yachting destinations, and to join the regular series of workshops and seminars with fellow yachtsmen.
This regular series of networking opportunities, delectable culinary promotions from the club's award winning chefs, and the friendly greetings of experienced staff ensure that Dubai Marina Yacht Club is your preferred home port for your yacht, your family, and guests.
The team look forward to welcoming you to the club.
Dubai Marina Yacht Club has kindly agreed to provide free berthing for the project boat and awareness support through its public.


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Buenos Dias Vom Schloss Hellenstein
Another import from Germany and the kennels of Monika Bollinger and another partnership this time with Lanore Matter, Topsails English Cocker in Arizona.
This time an orange boy and an orange girl littermates.
We feel like we need to write a book called the "Adventures or Misadventures of Poppy".
While waiting for her to mature Poppy has kept us on our toes and our roses pruned. Yes, she likes to eat roses. Loves the water and is truly beautiful English Cocker both inside and out.
Poppy has now gone to live with Chuck and Shirley Ann M. of Las Vegas. We look forward to hearing her many adventures with her new family


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Land near Rugby which once played host to legendary cricketer WG Grace is to go under the hammer.
The farmland at Stretton Under Fosse was once a cricket ground where the former England captain played alongside other celebrated sportsmen.
Known now by locals as the Pavilion Field, the former cricket pitch is part of 182 acres of land at Home Farm in the village near Rugby being offered for sale by auctioneers Howkins and Harrison.
Farmer Peter Wallace and his wife Betty are going into semi-retirement and decided to sell the land at their farm.
A spokesman for Howkins and Harrison said: "In the late 1800s Newbold Revel was bought by Mr AHE Wood, a man with a passion for cricket. He built an immaculate cricket pitch and invited many of the top cricketers of the day, to play there."
The auction will be held in the Bell Inn, Monks Kirby, near Rugby, on April 17.


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Thursday, March 27th, 2014 at 3:45pm PST – by TJ Dietsch
NBC will unleash a whole nation of ruthless scalawags this summer, when Crossbones debuts at 10:00 PM on May 30. The pirate series not only stars John Malkovich, but also boasts a first episode directed by David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hannibal).
Crossbones was first announced back in 2012 when NBC revealed they had signed off on an adaptation Colin Woodar's book The Republic of Pirates. Luther creator Neil Cross developed the series and has signed on as an executive producer. In addition to Malkovich, the cast also includes Richard Coyle, Tracy Ifeachor, David Hoflin, Yasmine Al Massri, Chris Perfetti and Claire Foy.
Here's the official logline:
It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence where the diabolical pirate Blackbeard (John Malkovich) reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown and part marauder's paradise, New Providence is a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, assassin Tom Lowe is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds, and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many rivals and one great weakness – a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.


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Hinton Ampner | My National Trust
After Christmas, the 4 of us headed back to Cornwall from Kent. On the way home we stopped at Hinton Ampner which is not far from Winchester. Since a close friend of mine lives that way we decided to meet her and her husband! The house itself was shut but we had a good look … More Hinton Ampner | My National Trust