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Wines of the New South Africa: Tradition and Revolution was published in mid -2013 by University of California Press.
I have privately brought in some copies of the book which I am able to sell at a decent discount to the prevailing rate. Click here for details.
I decided that an overview book was needed, and that's what I delivered.
The second half of the book (which is 324 pages) give profiles and assessments of something approaching 150 of the Cape's leading wineries (how I chose them is discussed in the preface). This is done in 12 chapters by region, from "Constantia and the Cape Peninsula" to "Klein Karoo and Adjacent Wards", with some historical, general and vitcultural description of the different areas preceding the winery descriptions. Various significant wineries not accorded full descriptions in the chapter are also mentioned. There are also maps for each of the areas – but they are pretty simple things, and showing only those wineries mentioned in the book.
The first half (approximately) of the book consists of the following chapters, following an introduction suggesting the great variety of landscape and winemaking and the complexities of South African history:
- Wine and the New South Africa gives an idea of the state of wine here today after the great breakthrough of 1994, with subheadings: The wine producers, The changing vineyard, The social landscape.
- A brief history of South African Wine to 1994 is just that. I boastfully think it's better and more complete than any other equivalent-length history.
- Grape Varieties and Wine Styles, again taking an historical approach, looks at the dominant kinds of wine in the Cape, under the main headings; Varieties and varietalism; Re wine varieties; White wine varieties; Sparkling, sweet and fortified wines.
- Wine of Origin: Legislation, Label and Terroir, basically looks briefly at the WO system and some legalities and suchlike stuff.
Some notes from reviews of the book:
Tim Atkin in World of Fine Wine: "His introduction to each region are among the book's many strengths. He has clearly walked the vineyards and examined the landscapes, as well as tasted the wines…. This is an important book, penned with knowledge and insight."
Tom Cannavan in Decanter: "This is the sort of intelligent, keenly observed and intrinsically academic textbook rarely seen since the much missed Faber and Faber The Wines of … series…. It is written with an appealing blend of cool precision and passion for the subject."
A substantial, positive review by Gerald Boyd on Wine Review Online says that "James writes passionately and intelligently about the wines of his homeland".
Local winewriter Myrna Robins says in a full review in the Cape Argus that the book is "timely, impeccably researched and lucidly written – with a light touch that one seldom finds in books of this nature – James's hardback is a welcome addition to the vinous literature of South Africa."
Jon Bonne of the San Francisco Chronicle says that "it is a vital contribution to a topic with scant reference. Anyone with interest in the diversity and history of South Africa's wine industry will be enlightened."
Mike Veseth (who opened the Nederburg Auction) wrote a review on The Wine Economist. He concludes by saying "This is a fine book – well-written, detailed and interesting — that deserves your attention."
The puffs on the back of the book, obtained from people who were given the text in advance say:
"Tim James combines the necessary cool eye and warm heart as successfully as any wine writer, making him the ideal guide to the new South Africa. Critical, knowledgable, and passionate, erudite, eloquent, and lucid, he finds the gold at both ends of the rainbow, explaining the past and illuminating the present with a light but very sure touch. This is the book on South Africa for which wine lovers have been waiting."–Neil Beckett, editor of The World of Fine Wine
"Tim James knows the Cape wine scene as well as anyone and far better than most local journalists. He brings an academic's rigour to his research, but he's a hedonist, too, reveling in the best wines. South Africa is lucky to have such a well informed advocate."–Tim Atkin MW


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Immunogenicity and Safety of Inactivated Vero Cell Derived Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine in Thai Children (JE0153)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01408537
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First Posted : August 3, 2011
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Last Update Posted : November 18, 2014
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Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the main cause of viral encephalitis in many countries of Asia including Thailand. Estimated annual mortality ranges from10,000-15,000 deaths, while the total number of clinical cases is about 50,000. Of these cases, about 50% result in permanent neuropsychiatric sequelae. The disease occurs mostly among children aged <10 years. There is no specific antiviral treatment for JE. Vaccination is the single most important control measure. This study aims to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of inactivated Vero cell derived JE vaccine (Beijing P-3 strain) produced by Liaoning Cheng Da Biotechnology Co., Ltd, China "JEVAC" in Thai children.
152 healthy Thai children aged between 1-3 years will be vaccinated with "JEVAC" in a dose of 0.5 mL. subcutaneously on Day 0, 1-4 weeks later and a booster vaccination at one year (totally 3 doses). Two mL. of blood will be drawn on Day 0, 4 weeks after second dose, at one year on booster vaccination day and 4 weeks after the booster (totally 8 mL. of 13 months study period) for determination of JE neutralizing antibodies (PRNT50) using Beijing P3 strain. Adverse events will be observed for 28 days after each vaccination. Serious adverse events will be observed throughout the study period.
|Condition or disease
|Encephalitis, Japanese B
|Biological: JEVAC
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|152 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Immunogenicity and Safety of Inactivated Vero Cell Derived Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine in Thai Children
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|May 2010
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|October 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2012
Experimental: JEVAC
JEVAC 0.5 mL/ dose subcutaneously injected on upper thigh at D0, 1-4wk, and 1 year
Biological: JEVAC
Each subject will receive 3 doses of JEVAC subcutaneously on Day 0, 1-4 weeks and a booster vaccination at one year. Each dose of JEVAC contains 0.5 mL. of inactivated Vero cell derived JE vaccine (Beijing P-3 strain).
- Seroconversion Rate After Primary Vaccination [ Time Frame: 28 days after second dose of JEVAC ]To determine the seroconversion rate by using neutralizing antibody (NT) against JE virus (Beijing P3 strain) JE virus from <10 on before first vaccination To >= 10 at 28 days after second vaccination (primary vaccination). Those who have NT titer >=10 before first vaccination, will not be included in immunogenicity evaluation.
- Geometric Mean Titer of NT After Primary and Booster Vaccination [ Time Frame: 28 days after second vaccination, before and 28 days after booster vaccination with JEVAC ]To determine the geometric mean titers (GMT) of neutralizing antibody of JEVAC 1 month after primary and then before and after booster vaccinations.
- Adverse Events of Vaccine [ Time Frame: 7, 14, 28 days after each vaccination and throughout the study period for local, solicited systemic, unsolicited systemic and serious adverse events, respectively ]To determine the adverse events of JEVAC
- Neutralizing Antibody Persistence One Year After the Primary Vaccination [ Time Frame: 1 year after primary vaccination ]To determine the neutralizing antibody persistence one year after the primary JEVAC vaccination.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|1 Year to 3 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy Thai children aged 1- 3 years
- No previous history of JE vaccination
- Available for all visited schedule in the study period.
- Written inform consent signed by a parent or guardian
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known serious underlying diseases such as nervous system, heart, kidney and liver diseases.
- Known hypersensitivity to JE vaccine composition such as human albumin, dextran 40, etc.
- Previous history of JE disease.
- Receive the blood component within the past 3 months,
- Known history of immunocompromised conditions such as HIV/AIDS, malignancy.
- Under treatment of immunosuppressive drugs such as systemic corticosteroid and anti-neoplastic drug.
- Febrile illness (temperature ≥37.5°C) or acute illness/infection on the day of vaccination
- Plan to leave the study area before the end of study period.
- Participating in other clinical trials.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01408537
|Department Tropical Pediatrics
|Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand, 10400
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|Pornthep Chanthavanich, MD
|Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
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|November 18, 2014
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|November 18, 2014
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Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Canadian women, accounting for one in four cancer diagnoses. It is also the second leading cause of cancer deaths, after lung cancer. Determining a breast cancer patient's response to chemotherapy at an early stage of treatment could allow doctors to more quickly determine whether patients would do better with another therapy. Laurentian University's Dr. Amadeo Parissenti, along with Health Science North Dr. Baoqing Guo, have come up with a test that can do exactly that. It is called a RNA Disruption Assay.
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Hooray Summer is coming but we don't have to stop knitting or crocheting.
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how to buy isotretinoin in malaysia The top is created by two "granny squares" of triple crochet (uk terminology here!) then adding the neck, armhole and bottom binding using double crochet. I was mildly concerned I'd look like I'm wearing part of a traditional crochet blanket instead of a top, but I think I'm safe. I recommend giving this pattern a try for a child or an adult. If you want to create an adult version, just make the squares larger than the original pattern taking into consideration your bust size and the length of your torso, remember to include some ease so it's not tight across your chest.
If you aren't into crochet, I have a couple of knitted summer tops to show you. This pink t-shirt style top I knitted about 4 years ago and it is still going strong. It was the first time I knitted with cotton, and the first time I knitted anything pink! Jo Sharp 8ply cotton yarn and her pattern Sideways Ribbed Top Version 3.
The top is knitted in one piece with the ribbing running horizontally instead of the usual vertical rib. Just be careful you don't do what I did: knit one of the sleeves longer than the other. The top stretches a little after wearing, but springs up again when you wash it, a bit like cotton denim jeans.
Now for my favourite summer knit! The pattern is Sizzle from the pattern book Whisper by Kim Hargreaves. The pattern book is one of my all time favourites; I have knitted three garments from the book and I am still going back for more. I have a knitting crush on Kim Hargreaves.
I used 8ply cotton again, I think it was Jo Sharp cotton but I can't remember now! The top is knitted traditionally; front, back and two sleeves. What makes the top interesting is the wrap stitch pattern. The stitch looks tricky to knit, but it's not as difficult as you might expect. The wave appearance is created by wrapping the yarn around the needle before or after the stitch; that's all it is.
Are you knitting or crocheting for this summer too?
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In the summer of 2001, I'd been the editor of the Ventura County Reporter for two years, and Kelly Davis came to me, looking for a job—any kind of job. It didn't matter to her what she did; she just wanted to work for a publication. I didn't have a job for her, so I urged her to do some freelance reporting for us. Few writers who've sought staff jobs with me have followed through with freelancing. Kelly did.
Among the first assignments I suggested was a story about the shooting death, by a police officer, of a young man named Robert Jones. Kelly attacked the story with passion for the truth and compassion for Jones' family, setting a clear tone for her career. As soon as a job came available later that year, I hired her—first part-time, then full-time. It didn't take her long to distinguish herself. Within months, she was a national award winner—beating me to that achievement by a decade—on the strength of a feature story about a man named Atze Akkerman, who lost his memory after doctors gave him electroshock therapy to treat his depression. I knew then that I had a special young journalist under my wing.
In the spring of 2002, my publisher offered me the chance to move to San Diego to become the founding editor of a new weekly that our company, Southland Publishing, was going to launch later that year. I said yes immediately, and my next thought was that I wanted to bring Kelly—and her husband Brian— with me. I'm not sure my publisher knew at that time what a talent we had in Kelly, but I'm forever grateful that he let me bring her to San Diego.
As I announced two weeks ago, Kelly and I are both leaving CityBeat; Kelly's last day was Tuesday. This is my tribute to her—my longtime partner in journalism, my closest friend and the little sister I never had.
In San Diego, I grew increasingly reliant on Kelly to help me make decisions both big and small at our fledgling, spunky little paper, and so I eventually gave her the fitting title of associate editor. (I had no idea that title would become such a source of frustration for her: People then and now mistakenly refer to her as a less-lofty "assistant editor." We joke that she's the "assistant to the regional editor," a reference to the character Gareth Keenan in the British version of the TV show The Office—because we'll always be loyal to the British version.)
I haven't always agreed with Kelly's counsel, but I often have, and even when I didn't, she was gradually moving the needle. When Dave Maass was our investigative reporter from late 2009 to early 2013, the three of us would sometimes get into journalism-ethics debates, with Maass representing the principles of transparent journalism, Kelly representing the human subjects involved and me in the middle. She argued forcefully to reduce the potential negative impacts on vulnerable people. Again, I didn't always side with her, but I've become far less of a journalism purist because of her.
This might not be the best word for it, but Kelly was somewhat timid in certain situations at the start of her career—but never with the protagonists in her stories, who were often underdogs. They weren't just subjects; she genuinely cared for and empathized deeply with them. Kelly has brains to spare, but she's always led with her heart.
Early in our time at CityBeat, Kelly dabbled in topics such as education (y'all remember San Diego schools Supt. Alan Bersin and his "Blueprint for Student Success"?), and she eventually settled on issues like mental health and affordable housing as minor passions. But two topics—homelessness and criminal justice—have become borderline obsessions for her as a journalist. And I mean that in the best way possible.
In my admittedly biased opinion, Kelly became San Diego's best and most prolific journalistic authority on homelessness, bringing her trademark compassion to the topic and, I believe, helping persuade politicians and influential business and philanthropic groups to move homelessness from an unpleasant political problem that got swept under the rug to almost a chic issue that became an important plank in political platforms (see Kevin Faulconer's own trajectory on the issue).
Nowadays, Kelly is focused largely on criminal justice and incarceration, particularly as it dovetails with mental illness and poverty. The apex of that focus, obviously to loyal readers, is her groundbreaking, award-winning collaborative, investigative series with Maass on the alarmingly high number of deaths that occur in San Diego County jails.
It was inevitable that Kelly would outgrow CityBeat. I think that happened awhile back, but she cares so deeply about the paper and wants so badly for it to flourish that, until now, she'd been unable to walk away. For some time, I've been gently trying to nudge her out of the nest, at the same time fearing the day when she'd finally fly. I worried because it's been 13 years and five months since I've had to put out a weekly paper without her. I'm not sure I'd remember how to do it. For that reason, I've had this crazy idea that we'd go out together. Wouldn't you know it, that's what's happening. Soon after Kelly gave me her notice, I landed a new job, in a new career, in Sacramento.
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The pride I feel in Kelly's accomplishments is boundless. I can't wait to see where her career goes from here. I'm not sure I'll miss parts of our sibling-like bickering, but I'll certainly miss the totality of our professional partnership, and though our working relationship is done, if I have anything to say about it, she'll always be my best pal.
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Hunter was in attendance at this year's festival with her new film Strange Weather, by Catherine Dieckmann. The film focuses on a mother whose son killed himself seven years earlier. Hunter was excited to play the difficult, grief-stricken role because "Grief is an unusual thing for people to grapple with. It's a tough conversation for people to have with yourself or others. They don't want to deal with the awkwardness and discomfort. But this movie was talking about it. And I loved the seven years later aspect of it, because she's a character having a very difficult time confronting herself about what happened to her son. And I think it's an imperative conversation that we need to have as a society." Hunter described the challenges of taking on such a role as "driving through a mountain range" of emotions because of the many ups and downs she had to take along the way journey. To prepare, she listed to 32 hours of audio stories by people discussion the loss of their children.
Hunter was, as she so often is on-screen, a hilarious and warm presence to observe on stage, telling several wonderful stories about her career in film. One of the highlights was hearing her describe how she became associated with the Coen brothers on films such as Raising Arizona and O Brother Where Art Thou?. She first met future roommate and friend, actress Francis McDormand (Joel Coen's wife and Oscar winner for Fargo) through an ex-boyfriend who was friends with McDormand's then boyfriend. Despite breaking up with their perspective boyfriends, they remained friends while first pursuing their careers. Hunter was originally offered the female lead in Blood Simple, a role she had to turn down but suggest McDormand for the role. After that, the foursome, along with director Sam Rami, moved into a house together in Silver Lake…which was when she first read the script for Raising Arizona. On the famous brothers cinematic genius, Hunter claims to still be wonder of their medusa touch saying, "Sometimes there's a real window for directors, a very narrow window, where they hit a personal stride. But then they pass through it and can't retrieve that magic again. But the Coens just keep going."
Now a beloved classic, the Raising Arizona's lack of box-office success (she said it barely "registered" when released as it "wasn't particularly well-received or well-attended"), which made her casting in James L. Brook's sophomore effort, Broadcast News, an unexpected opportunity. The role would be her first box-office hit, and she would also receive multiple awards for her performance of producer Jane (and an Oscar nomination). "James was casting the film and is an obsessive perfectionist" said Hunter, "I heard about that movie, and six months later, heard it still hadn't been cast. And he said, I want to see the masses flood in, so my agent said, let's get Holly in there. And I flooded in."
Broadcast News earned Hunter an Academy Award nomination, but she would go onto to win hers for the mute performance she gave in Jane Campion's The Piano. Reflecting on that definition of Academy Award Winner now attached to her name, she explain "there's no downside to winning an academy award, but at the same time, it doesn't make a career. A career is a giant, high maintenance engine. It's not mass-produced. And the Academy award doesn't sooth all things. There's this saying that an academy award will buy you three years, but that's not true at all. The gift of it is forever, your kids get the legacy. I was handed my award my Al Pacino, which was incredible because I have such reverence and respect for him. And your career goes on, but you have to take responsibility for the choices. Some jobs I've taken because I needed the money, sometimes I just really wanted to work and felt like, I just want to act. Or it's some inspired project. But those are further and further between."
Hunter also relished her experiences working on TV (on TNT's Saving Grace and IFC's Top of the Lake). On playing the title role of Grace, Hunter called it one of the turning points in her career because "it was a learning experience. I'd never worked that hard before, and I never want to work that hard again. But that was a particular kind of work that I wanted to do once. But that was turning point because it gave me a tremendous opportunity as an actress. To do stuff I've never done before." However, Hunter noted that around the time of working in TV was also a change in her status in Hollywood, moving away from leading roles and into supporting roles, admitting "it was really hard for me to understand that this lead role (Grace) that I had played for years had ended. And I was back to playing the roles of moms and wives in supporting roles."
Unfortunately, Hunter's talk felt short-changed by poor moderation of the event. One of the benefits of these talks is to witness intimate, intellegent conversations focused on the art of acting from a veteran (almost like a masters class). Hunter's career has been long and varied, but the moderator frequently circled her comments back to questions (and her own personal thoughts) singularly focused on Hunter's perspective on women in Hollywood. Her thoughts were of course interesting, but to box Hunter's conversation about her career into the topic of feminism (and a very narrow definition defined by the moderator) was frustrating as a member of the audience. It was a disappointment, but also reminder that too often women are asked to speak almost exclusively on representing their gender within the industry, while men are permitted to speak on a variety of topics and representing only their personal opinion.
Ironically, when Norton addressed his thoughts on gender in Hollywood, his comments were also profound but emerged in a far more organic manner, when asked by critic David Edelstein (that morning's moderator) to explain similarities found among the characters he's played. Norton shared a story of going to China with a movie and having his films presented in a repertory style under the banner of "the search for the spiritual center in the new youth generation," a definition of his work Norton embraced saying ""I think that's actually pretty good. Sometimes when I read things, I think, that's something at the core of what my generation's feeling. And a lot of times I've wanted to do something because it has in it that tension of what does it mean to be a man in a postmodern world. Do we need violence to access some sense of yourself in a world that's just turning you into a carbon copy of things? Taxi Driver and The Graduate are the same movie, for their generations. I don't think there's any big difference between The Graduate and Fight Club. They're unintended carbon copies of each other. Because they're basically about a young person coming into the world and thinking, I don't like the way what I'm expected to do makes me feel. So I'm going to go a little bit crazy, do some stuff that's a little nihilistic, to break myself out of this rut."
Norton spent a considerable amount of his time discussing the work of Marlon Brando, another actor often asked to represent masculinity for his generation, a fact Norton found curious about Brando's legacy because "Brando gets reduced to this version of the Stanley Kowalski male. And I know for a certain generation he came and landed like a bomb. But I never watch him and think he's so in touch with that agro-male side. In fact, I see that vulnerable side. He brought this almost feminine approach, an infantile quality, to his work. I'm never struck by that tough guy stuff. It's much more about his little sensitivities."
Norton worked with Brando on the film The Score, alongside DeNiro, a film better known for the controversies Brando faced regarding his behavior on set than his performance. By that point Brando had taken to using an earpiece (so he wouldn't have to memorize lines), something in retrospect Norton found an interesting learning experience as a young actor who took the film just to work with those two. "I thought that was fascinating because there are a lot of people who take a long time to get to that sweet spot with a piece of text, either because they're having trouble memorizing or constantly working it out in their head. He had a tiny receiver in his ears and had someone off camera, and he would start saying the line while you were saying your line. And there would be an odd little pause, that wasn't quite natural, of him taking in the line before saying it. But there's a kind of veteran wisdom in that, because that pause doesn't matter in a film. They can come out in an edit. And the lines would come out of him extemporaneously. And then after three or four takes, he would tell the person in his ear, I've got it. And then just do it. I know a lot of actors who don't know the lines after three or four takes, so it didn't really matter."
Norton also spoke of Brando's experience later in his life on the film Last Tango in Paris, when he felt exposed by Bernardo Bertolucci who used personal information about Brando's life to manipulate his performance, something Norton felt changed Brando's career and his approach towards acting for the rest of his life "If you read some of those interviews with Brando, its fascinating to hear what he said late in his life, to hear his relation to the very iconic roles. The only time he felt someone pulled out of him a naked performance was Last Tango in Paris, in which almost everything he says is pulled from his own life. The stuff in that movie about his father and milking the cows. There's no difference between Marlon's biography and that character. And he ultimately felt, at times, like Bertolucci used him. And I don't think he ever wanted to take another role seriously. And I say that just to say, self exposure isn't the only way, it's about finding deep empathy, studied empathy, for the imagined character's emotional experience. that's the reason I find really great actors are often better when they're listen and not saying anything. When you see, sense, their thinking. It's the reason I love watching Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins. Actors with this incredible capacity to convey a thought and emotion without saying a thing."
Norton himself is not a method actor, nor does he see it as the giant step forward others feel the acting style ushered in. Describing why he doesn't believe it to be an effective way to work, he said "This gets a little academic, but I think the phrase the method got badly misused. It came to get prescribed to just Lee Strasberg, and his notion of the value of sense memory. He had a very specific idea that your own emotional memories were really valuable, because if you could get down into those memories of emotions and sensations, you could open up the conduits to access a whole array of emotions. And what was very valuable about that was the idea that an actor should have open access to a wide range of emotions. That's a completely fascinating and useful thing, in the context of a classroom, developing as an actor. My personal feeling, from working with actors who I think got way too hung up on the cult of Lee Strasberg, is when you're doing the actual work, working with someone whose not using the circumstances of the text but their own shit, its like acting opposite someone looking in a mirror. dredging stuff up as a proxy to reacting to their fellow actor. And I think the cult that came up believing in that became crippling."
It also affects the way an actor works with their directors, some of whom require specific acting styles from actors. The Coens, Wes Anderson, and Woody Allen all have styles of acting needed to deliver their very specific dialogue in the proper rhythm for their movies. Norton claims to have known several actors who were unable to work with such directors because ""If you can't dial yourself into the frequencies of an artist whose got a very definitive sense of style, you can get lost. The people I've always really admired have an enormous facility to move between the different demands of the text." Norton, who has worked with Allen on Everyone Says I Love You and become one of Anderson's best ensemble members relishes those chances to give himself over to such directors.
The value of working with confident, visionary directors seems to have been an experience Norton relishes an actor, mentioning the pleasure of working with his Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu and Milos Foreman. With experienced directors he respects he finds giving himself over completely to their vision to be invaluable, a lesson he learned from the late Mike Nichols, who told Norton ""even if I have the worst idea in the world, Jeremy Irons will give it a try. And then I know it's a bad idea if even Jeremy Irons can't make it work. Now I can get off of that idea and make something else work." With directors of such vision and experience as Inruetu or Anderson, Norton wants to be such a muse and says when he works with them he respond to directions with, "whatever you want to do, what ever you need to do to get to these terrific films you make, lets just do it. If you say paint it blue, we'll paint it blue, If you tell me to paint it red, we'll paint it red. They could tell me to do the exact opposite, I'll give them what they need. And that's what's really fun."
His work on Birdman earned him his third Oscar nomination, as an actor with massive narcisistic tendencies but truly brilliant at his craft. Norton found the character one of the easier ones to get in the proper wavelength with, saying ""there are more of these in the profession than you might think. I can't give enough credit to Iñárritu and his writing partners, because so much of a what is in that film was fully realized in the script. It's hard to explain how extraordinary it is to read a script which is so close to the vision of the filmmaker. And that character was so fully realized and well-defined, it's a rare gift…There were people, not even in my own crowd, that were around when I was coming up in New York theater. Of an earlier generation, who were legend for their combination of brilliance and bad behavior. Philip Hoffman was a friend of mine and we would ask ourselves, are we more square than they were? because they all seemed so colorful compared to us. I felt like I hardly knew anyone with that kind of reputation. And there was one in particular who, if you are looking really closely to certain inflections in the film they'll figure it out. One of my partners got it really quickly."
But what may surpise casual viewers is Norton's clear appreciation for the old-fashioned movie stars, and subtle brilliance such actors can bring to their roles. Norton, perhaps not even aware of his understanding of "star theory" said "I always thought there were some actors who were just ironically larger than life, and there are other actors who seem to be hiding and not even using their own essence. And I've always been compelled by the ones who seemed naturally iconic. And that's not to say they're not a good actor, this is a qualitative statement. But those actors can seem like Greek gods, people we just go to again and again to portray a certain human characteristic. You take a person like Harrison Ford, who I think is a great actor but also happens to be one of the great iconic actors. There aren't many people the that can do that. It's not easy to have that quality people want to return to again and again…You take an actor like Cary Grant, who was a great actor. But it's very hard to watch an actor like Cary Grant and try to imitate what he's doing on-screen. It's impossible to imitate Cary grant, what he's doing is specific. And who's more iconic than Cary Grant, but he was also a great, great actor. It's just that he's always recognizable on screen. He isn't an actor that has to transform himself in every movie. I don't think he ever had a different haircut."
While Norton rarely spoke of his own work on stage (nor does he rewatch his films), preferring to note what he admired and respected about fellow actors, he did share a story about why he loves movies (and the magic of making movies) from the set of one of his less iconic films, The Illusionist. As a magician, he wanted to perform a trick without the use of CG and work with magicians like Ricky Jay to perform it with stage effects. On stage, for the audience, he could perform the trick with the trick apparatus hidden behind backstage. But on camera the apparatus needed to be moved closer. Yet due to his performance and commitment to the trick, he found even with it in full view seduced the audiences. Norton laughed while saying "I literally thought, that's impossible. It's impossible that people are that focused on what's happening with me, that they wouldn't see the apparatus in full view. There's something really truthful about that in film. We've made many films, and thought while making them, while cutting them, there's no way we're going to get away with this. This is going to hitch people or just won't work. And you sprinkle a little music on it, like fairy dust on a film, and watch people and think, I'll be damned, nobody's seeing any of that stuff. When you start realizing the degree that people will invest, you know movies are very much a case of innocent until proven guilty. We went in, took the lights away, and people will be with you until you really screw it up. You have to really mess up to get people to punch out of a movie. Everything is working in your favor to get people to go with you, it's amazing to see that collaboration between the audience and the people who make a film work. That blows my mind."


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Named after Prime Minister Winston Churchill's visit to the island of Cuba in 1946, this is a Julieta No. 2 that is imbued with prestige befitting the famous English leader. Before lighting, aficionados are encouraged to take a whiff of this slim and long format cigar to whet the appetite for the pleasures to come. This charismatic and refined Churchill is smooth, subtle and discrete, made for a connoisseur's palate or for a curious beginner looking to explore larger format cigars. A "salty-sweet" taste is present throughout the smoke and the cigar's inherent complexity is further embellished by a blend of caramel, moist wood and worn leather. Simply put, this is a delicious smoke. Seasoned smokers should enjoy this cigar in summer after lunch, accompanied by a fine white wine for a truly delightful experience.
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This is the closest account I am able to give of a very complex dream from which I have just awaken. I know that many details are wrong, but I hope to catch the essence of it.
As soon as I was "in" the dream this morning, I realized that it was a repetition or continuation of the same dream I had had once before. I don't know how we know that in our dreams, but I knew it. The rules of the thing were at once familiar to me.
I am sad that I cannot remember the exact two words or phrases used in the dream, so "Jagged" and "Smooth" are only approximate substitutes. The dream revolved around an anonymous fiction-writing site. The site was a collection of stories, each published under a pseudonym, and each purporting to illustrate either the principle of Jaggedness or the principle of Smoothness. I was one of the authors. I believe that I had authored about three stories (say, Jagged 13, Jagged 37, and Smooth 40).
To try to get your story added to the Jagged and Smooth website, you had to electronically submit your manuscript (from 400 to 10,000 words) and the webmaster decided whether you made the cut or not. The stories were posted chronologically from oldest to newest.
I couldn't be sure, but I think that at the end of some period of years, there was supposed to be some kind of party at which all the authors could meet each other. But one of the author's works were so compelling to me that I wanted to meet him without having to wait that long. It was some of the most amazing writing I had ever seen.
I don't know how I found the author, who turned out to be a woman in her late twenties. I met her out at her farm in the country, and we spoke outside. She had a few small creatures (like large insects, but I don't think they were insects) that I had never seen before. She seemed a little distressed to be talking to me before the date on which the authors were supposed to be revealed. But she also seemed flattered by the things I said about her writing, and she somewhat excitedly answered my questions about her stories.
So, now I wonder: Could or should such a site be created? It wouldn't have to be Jagged/Smooth. It could be Bitter/Sweet or something similar. I think the problem would be getting good authors to contribute to it. And then, even if good authors were to find the site, they'd have to be willing to work on the writing with no immediate accolades.
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Start Marketing Your ICO With These 3 Simple Tips
The big talk these days is all about blockchain technology. People have said that blockchain technology will be the next big thing. Similar to the internet boom. And as word continues to spread, more and more startups will emerge utilizing the blockchain.
So, if you're one of those startups looking to catch a ride on the blockchain wave, you'll need a solid marketing plan to help fund your big idea. And the way to do that is through an initial coin offering (ICO).
An ICO is basically a crowdfunding tool that leverages crypto-tokens as a means for distribution of money. ICOs can be used to rapidly raise funding for blockchain projects. The only thing you need to do is prove to a community that you're legitimate and that your business idea is large enough for people to actually want to fund it.
It's an exciting time to get involved in this space. The doors have been opened to new ways of fundraising and technology. And sure there might be a few who abuse the system but there will also be some promising project that will likely make a huge impact in the time to come.
Now, you got your idea and it's time to market it. Here's where to start when it comes to creating a marketing plan to ensure a successful ICO.
Create An Effective White Paper
The first thing people will most likely see when they hear about your project is your whitepaper. Your job is to create a white paper that clearly outlines the details of the new coin offering. Things like: commercial, technological, and financial.
One of the most important parts of the white paper is dumbing it down so that everyone who reads it will understand it. Remember, you're trying to build a following of people who will invest. There is no point in adding technical jargon that no one is going to understand. You want people to fund you right? So make sure they understand what you're talking about.
The key takeaway here is finding a good balance between being too detailed and complicated, and too generic and leaving out vital information. It's important that you're detailed and thorough, but remember, no one likes reading hundreds of pages of documents. Even if it is helpful information.
It's All About Community
There are several ways to building a strong community, but it's up to you to find what resonates best with your audience. Through testing different marketing techniques, you can find where you can get the most bang for your buck. However, there is one technique that we have found to work pretty well with most audiences. And that is creating a forum, slack, or telegram group. Here you and your team can interact with community members by answering their questions about the project and share relevant articles that relate to the topics at hand.
You can also use the forum to your advantage by asking members for feedback on the project. Ask them what they would like to see, what they would change, and so on. Your idea might be great but it could be better if you just ask the members of your community. Remember they're just as passionate if not more passionate then you are about the new technologies and projects that are happening.
Since the objective is growing your community, your team will want to make a point of publicizing information about your ICO everywhere you can. ICOgoals is a great starting point.
Use Email To Your Advantage
One thing you'll need to make sure happens within the earlier stages of your project is setting up a way to capture an email. The best way to do this is simply providing a form fill out on your website where people can subscribe to your email list. They may not be ready to invest and commit at that second, but as you follow up with them with highly educational content, they might just convert to an investor later down the road.
Make sure to send out a weekly newsletter that highlights the industry insights and information about the ICO. You'll also want to send out your roadmap. Sending updated reports about the roadmap will help prime your email list for the actual ICO launch date. Getting you more conversions and funding.
And that is it! You're now off to a great start in putting together the basics of a marketing plan. We hope these tips will help in your ICO marketing efforts.


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Hello. I'm Margot Politis. Welcome to Study
English, IELTS preparation. Today on Study English, you'll have the chance
to practice your reading comprehension skills. These are important skills, not just for the
IELTS reading test, but for general academic studies as well. Today, we'll focus on the skills you need
to answer the range of question types in the IELTS reading test. Let's begin by taking a look at the text. So there's our comprehension piece. It seems quite long. But let's start at the
beginning. Read the title. We know that the passage is about naturopathic
medicine. Do you know anything about the subject? You know the word medicine, but maybe not
naturopathic. It's OK if you don't. You don't need to understand
every word. We can probably figure out the meaning by paying attention to the context
the word is used in, or by looking closely at the parts of the word. We know that naturopathic is an adjective,
because it qualifies medicine. Now, let's break naturopathic down. The first part naturo- sounds like nature. The ending is the suffix -ic. Do you know
other words that end in -ic? How about photographic or historic? The suffix -ic means relating to or of. So we could guess that naturopathic means
something like relating to nature. Then we can guess that the meaning of naturopathic
medicine is something like medicine that heals in a natural way. Can you think of any words you know that might
belong to this subject? How about: herbs plants health healing or disease Let's look at the text again. After you've
looked at the heading, look for some other clues as to what it is about. Are there any illustrations or diagrams? What's
the layout like? All these things will help your understanding of the subject. What kind of text do you think this is? It doesn't look like a newspaper article or
an instruction manual. It's not an advertisement or a timetable.
It's probably an article from a journal. We can tell by the style, the subject and the
way it looks. Did you notice the asterisk near the end of
the text? When an asterisk is used like this, extra
information or explanation is given at the bottom of the page. What we've just done is to use the skills
of previewing and predicting. We put together all the information we could
about the text we are reading. We looked for a title, a diagram or any other
information set apart – like the asterisk at the end of the text. We also made some educated guesses about what
is in the article, by predicting some common words we might expect to see. Previewing and predicting before you start
reading can help you process information quickly, because you know what to expect. It can also
help you to follow the author's ideas better, because you've prepared yourself for the text
before reading it. Let's get back to the text. How is it organised? It's divided into paragraphs. Here, we have
2 paragraphs: paragraph A and paragraph B. Usually, a reading passage would have an introductory
paragraph, several body paragraphs and a conclusion. Each paragraph should have a topic sentence. The topic sentence will give the main idea
or subject of a paragraph. The skill of skimming involves reading over
a paragraph very quickly to get a general sense of what it is about. When you skim a
text, you just want to get a general idea of the content. You're not trying to read
every word. If you just read the first and last sentences,
you can often get a good idea of the main subject of the paragraph. Let's try with paragraph A. Naturopathic Medicine Since the earliest beginnings, every known
culture has been treating disease with natural therapies. So what is the main subject of paragraph A? Well we read about: the early beginnings of cultures types of natural therapies and cultures and natural therapies Can you choose which one of these things tells
us what the text is about most accurately? Number one talks about beginnings of cultures.
The text is probably not about that. It's a bit too broad to be the topic sentence. So you might think it's number 2 – types of
natural therapies. This choice is too narrow. The text is about more than just natural therapies. It's number 3 that covers the idea of the
whole paragraph. It is about cultures and natural therapies. This is what the topic
sentence is expressing. You will be tested on your understanding of
main ideas, so it's a good idea to practice matching headings to paragraphs. When you need to look for specific information,
like a name, date or place, you can scan a text. When you scan, your eyes move across the page
very quickly looking for specific information. You can then skip over less important words. Let's try to scan over the text to find answers
to some short answer questions. Here's our question: The early books of which countries mention
natural healing methods? We're going to scan the text, looking for
the key words. The first known medical books of China, India
and Greece all mention formulas used in healing. So we can answer by writing: China, India and Greece Let's try another short answer question. Who was the father of Western Medicine? Here are the key words. Let's scan the text. Hippocrates is the father of Western Medicine. You can also use these skills when you need
to answer multiple-choice questions, label a diagram or complete a table. Let's take a quick look back over the skills
we've used today: We looked at using previewing skills to predict
what the text was going to be about. We talked about looking at the title, diagrams
and style of the layout for clues to what the text might be about. We practised predicting the topic and guessing
vocabulary that might be in the text. Next, we practiced skimming to find the topic
sentence of the paragraph. Finally, we talked about scanning for keywords. And that's all for today, but you can try
out these skills and more on the Study English website. I'll see you next time. Bye bye.


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New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!Arthur C. Clarke
"Sir Arthur Charles Clarke", Commander of the Order of the British Empire/CBE, Royal Astronomical Society/FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
He is perhaps most famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (film)/2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. His other science fiction writings earned him a number of Hugo award/Hugo and Nebula award/Nebula awards, along with a large readership, making him into one of the towering figures of the field. For many years he, Robert A. Heinlein/Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.
Clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system—an idea that, in 1963, won him the Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal and other honors. Later he was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946–47 and again in 1951–53.If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous writers! More Arthur C. Clarke on Wikipedia.


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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Here's a ray of hope for college football fans bummed by the recent rejection of the plus-one model to determine a national champion.
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Here's a ray of hope for college football fans bummed by the recent rejection of the plus-one model to determine a national champion.
The president of Florida State not only believes a playoff is coming, he thinks it'll start with four teams, then grow to eight and eventually 16.
"The bottom line is the money, unfortunately, is going to drive the train," FSU's T.K. Wetherell said. "The 12th game, right now, is solving the problem. The reason there is a 12th game in football is the money. People may not want to admit that, but that's the facts of the matter."
Wetherell's comments came Friday at the National Football Forum, during a panel discussion of the future of college football. He spoke after the playoff concept was pretty much rejected by Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, Washington coach Ty Willingham, Kansas coach Mark Mangino, TCU coach Gary Patterson, Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White and Army athletic director Kevin Anderson.
"Who is it for?" Willingham asked.
Tressel emphasized scheduling problems that would be taxing for players physically and for their studies. Mangino talked about changes spoiling the fun of bowls.
"If you go to a championship, there's first and second and that's it," Anderson said, a theme Patterson touched on, too, by noting the current system produced 32 bowl winners.
"We have a tournament -- it starts the first week in September," White said.
Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, spoke up, too, crediting the Bowl Championship Series for record levels of attendance and television ratings.
Getting his say at the very end, Wetherell turned the discussion upside down.
"In my judgment, if you take every argument that's been made today and apply it to any other sport on a college campus, then you'd have to cancel the (College) World Series, the Final Four, the soccer tournament," he said. "If you want to do it, it can be done. ...
"Everybody's going to be sitting here -- I don't know, probably not in my lifetime at Florida State -- saying, 'You know, we really could move this back. And, by the way, we do play 63 baseball games and we play baseball through two final-exam periods, not one. Somehow, they all seem to graduate and do pretty good. Oh, those basketball players, we have a real problem with academics in basketball, but we seem to play right on through the tournament.' "
Once the problems are solved and the "ungodly amount of money that it will produce" starts rolling in, Wetherell expects everyone will decide it's a good thing and want more of it.
"It'll start off with plus-one, then it'll go to four or eight or 16 at some point in time -- just like the NCAA Tournament (in basketball)," he said.
Commissioners from the BCS conferences, plus White, met in Florida two weeks ago and opted to keep their national championship format the same at least until the 2014 season. In doing so, they rejected the plus-one model, which essentially is a four-team playoff. The No. 1 team would face No. 4 and Nos. 2 and 3 would meet, then both winners would play in a championship game.
Only the Southeastern Conference -- whose commissioner, Mike Slive, presented the plus-one plan -- and the Atlantic Coast Conference, which includes Florida State, even wanted to keep talking about the new format.
Wetherell said schools are happy to stick with the status quo because budgets are padded with money from the 12th game, which was added for the 2006 season.
"We'll spend all that money. We're not going to bank it," Wetherell said. "Then the question will be, 'Where do I get more money?' "
A playoff will be the logical alternative, Wetherell said.
"And the fight won't be over whether we do it or not anymore," he said during a break after the session. "The fight's going to be on the split. It's going to be a totally different discussion."
Wetherell, who played receiver at Florida State in the 1960s with Bobby Bowden as his position coach, closed his remarks with this prediction: "Now, I don't think it's going to happen this year or next year or whenever. But it is going to happen. No doubt about it."
"It'll start off with plus-one, then it'll go to four or eight or 16 at some point in time -- just like the NCAA Tournament (in basketball)."T.K. Wetherell
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I am cleaning up some scripts and ended up pulling an entire script with its subroutines into another script - as a subroutine. Something like:
Like in the example, I have to keep these subroutines in scope so that some variables that are defined in the outer subroutine are available.
I don't want to make these variables global. I have a lot going into this script and I'm trying to keep things organized. I want all of my globals to be things that are used by more than one subroutine.
Some more background:
Essentially, I am writing a module that contains a collection of 'tasks'. A superscript to this one will be importing and calling these tasks individually and for different times, triggers, etc. This is one module of many. Each module will contain the same 'tasks' (same named subroutines) such that my superscript can iterate through them all easily.
Anyway, I checked out Defining a sub within a sub: OK?, but I'm not sure if it exactly answers my question. Why are anonymous subs more acceptable? I just want to get some feedback/suggestions since this seems like something that might be considered... poor Perl form.
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T-Mobile is getting a lot of attention following the introduction of Mobile Money, which aims to help consumers who don't have bank accounts manage their money. The service, which will launch next month, will allow consumers to create accounts that will be manageable through a smartphone app and accessible with a Visa debit card at the carrier's retail locations as well as outlets of Safeway and other chains. T-Mobile is positioning the offering as an alternative to traditional check-cashing businesses that typically charge hefty fees. And while it will be available to all consumers in the U.S., the operator will waive monthly fees for its mobile customers.
Even if T-Mobile doesn't generate any profits from its banking business — which is a very plausible scenario — I think this is a brilliant move on a few levels. It gives the carrier a chance to position itself as a consumer-friendly alternative to the check-cashing industry, which has garnered criticism for practices that are often viewed as predatory. It will make it easier for T-Mobile customers pay their bills over their phones, and should ramp up traffic in the carrier's retail locations. And it's a good fit for the young, budget-conscious users that have provided much of T-Mobile's momentum over the last year. Mobile Money may not affect the bottom line with a new revenue stream, but it should help grow the carrier's customer base.


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We may be learning more and more about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with each passing day, but the fact is the details can't come fast enough. It's safe to say that fans have wanted to know all there is to know about Skyrim since the game's announcement trailer, but aside from a few bits and pieces, the game is still mostly a mystery. Luckily, a new set of videos from Game Informer fill in the blanks and paint a picture of how the developers at Bethesda are going about designing the game, and how the music and voice acting are playing a major role in creating the world of Skyrim.
Fans of The Elder Scrolls know that it takes more than compelling writing and set pieces to craft a satisfying game. The devil is in the details, and from team meetings to audio tuning, the future of the game rests in the hands of a hundred designers with the weight of a franchise on their shoulders.
The first video introduces us to Todd Howard, the game's director. Howard appeared at the Spike VGAs to unveil Skyrim, and now takes fans into the Bethesda offices to show the intricacies of the team's approach to game design. From whiteboards to memorabilia, the video pulls back the curtain on the men and women who will be spending their days hunched over computers until the game is released in November.
The game holds a special place in a long line of Elder Scrolls titles, and according to Howard, that fact isn't lost on the development team.
It may be instinct to picture the designers as hooded and cloaked mages, but as it turns out, they really are normal people:
Now that you're all eager to search the internet for a wall-sized map of Tamriel for yourself, we can move on to the truly unsung heroes. You may not know their names or faces, but you hear the hard work they've put into the game with every swing of a sword and musical swell.
We now know that what we had initially thought of as simply background music in the game's teaser trailer turned out to be a recitation of the game's story in the dragon language. Skyrim's soundtrack will tell a story all by itself, taking the familiar themes of Oblivion and Morrowind, and injecting music as hardy and stoic as the people who populate the dragon's lands.
Bethesda has already emphasized how Skyrim is more than just a stand-alone entry, but a culmination of all the Elder Scrolls that came before it. Mark Lampert is making sure that message is delivered with every musical influence, and transporting players into a brand new environment is his top priority:
When developing a triple-A game, it helps to have some serious voice talent to back you up. Since the first voice the developers gave us was that of legendary Max von Sydow, they're definitely kicking things off on the right foot. In case you have yet to hear, the famous voice will be that of Esbern, the main character's guide and mentor.
It hasn't been clear whether the character tasked with protecting the last of the Dragonborn would be merely a wise sage or seasoned warrior, but the next video gives us some hints.
Lampert also gives some insight on his time working with von Sydow, and while it's nice to hear such a prolific actor recognizing the quality of modern video games, fans will likely be more interested in Lampert's hints about the wealth of player choice and repercussion in Skyrim:
Giving players the option of forming alliances or betraying allies is not extremely new to RPGs, but the fact that von Sydow had to record such dialogue options is telling. If a character that seems so pivotal to the plot and main character's journey can be turned against or killed, who knows what other events the developers have in store?
The videos may not answer the prayers of Skyrim fans with glimpses of the game's new engine, but at this point we'll take anything we can get. There are assumptions and inferences to be made from the videos, but until Bethesda decides to really open up, it's all specualtion.
We'll keep you posted on any and all Skyrim news as it is released, and will continue to let our imaginations run wild alongside your own.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has yet to have its consoles named, but we know that it will be arriving on November 11, 2011.


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SOM's master plan for the Knowledge and Innovation Community in Shanghai has been selected to receive an award for Best Mixed Use Development at MIPIM Asia 2016. The annual conference and awards program recognizes innovation and excellence in real estate development. A voting period open to the MIPIM Asia community will determine each award finalist's ranking—bronze, silver, or gold—which will be presented at the MIPIM Asia Awards Gala Dinner on November 30th, 2016 in Hong Kong.
Knowledge and Innovation Community is a development designed to catalyze the transformation of Shanghai's Yang Pu district from a dilapidated industrial zone into the center of a thriving, knowledge-based economy. The master plan leverages the district's unique assets—10 universities and a historic stadium—and weaves together the isolated campuses into a walkable, connected community designed to attract top talent.


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1 Car Bumper Overview
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Car Bumper
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You need Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or higher, otherwise the trainer will crash.
You can download it here: www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21
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Using this Trainer
Launch the trainer first, then launch the Game and then Press F1 at the Main Menu.
Listen for "Trainer Activated".
Press desired hotkey (trainer) and/or select a value and press INSERT key (editor) to change it.
Options (Trainer)
Numpad 1: Infinite Health
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Numpad 7: Unlimited Cash
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I have a shopping addiction!I never used to be a shopper. I would hate going to the shops and trying on clothes because I found it tedious and I never liked anything there but then I discovered online shopping and for the last 4 years I have been addicted.
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This tall, airy storefront in Palermo Viejo is presided over by the colorful Cecilia Hermann, who could have stepped out of a magical-realist novel. Guardian of Argentina's culinary traditions—with a penchant for angel figurines—she presents a nearly anthropological display of sweets. She also makes sure that the humitas (corn tamales) and guisos (stews) on the small savory menu deliver the flavors of home. Don't Miss Empanadota de acelga, an extra-thin sugar-dusted pastry collapsing into a mass of delicious chard and hard-boiled eggs. Follow with a dense, orange-glazed chocolate cheesecake.


text: Do More Web & Search Largest Electronic Parts Distributors Share Pin Email Print Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Web & Search Best of the Web Search Engines Safety & Privacy Running a Website by Matthew Burris Former Lifewire writer Matthew Burris is an engineer, writer, inventor, small business founder, and startup enthusiast with knowledge of electrical components. Updated June 11, 2018 24 24 people found this article helpful With millions of electronic parts available from around the world, finding the right part, in stock, and for the right price can be difficult. Luckily there are several worldwide electronic parts distributors that provide services for hobbyists to OEMs. Many of the global electronics distributors also provide a number of tools to manage projects as well as design services to help build that next product. Global Electronics Parts Distributors 1. Avnet Avnet is the largest electronic parts distributor in the world, based in Phoenix, AZ, with a global customer base of more than 100,000 OEMs, service providers and resellers. Avnet also provides engineering design, material management and logistics services, and configuration management services. Avnet Express is an online portal that provides access to much of Avnet's electronic component selection around the world. 2. Arrow Avnet might be the largest electronics distributor in terms of sales, but Arrow has a larger customer base with 130,000 customers. Arrow also offers one of the largest selections of electronic components in the industry and is based out of Melville, New York. Arrow has a worldwide logistics distribution network with facilities in over 50 countries. Arrow also supports online ordering as well as BOM uploading and tracking for all users. 3. WPG Holdings WPG Holdings is the largest electronics distributor in Asia and recently purchased Taiwanese distributor Yosun Industrial Corporation.WPG Holdings is less then 10 years old, being founded in 2005, and has begun expansion in to other markets outside Asia. WPG Holding does business under many different names and divisions that have been acquired over the years. 4. Future Electronics Future Electronics is a Montreal, Canada based electronics distributor with exceptional expertise in engineering and integration. Future Electronics has a real-time global inventory system that is tied to their website supplying real-time up to date information about inventory and shipping times across their worldwide network. Future Electronics provides online ordering, kitting, materials acquisition and handling, programming of ICs, inventory replenishment and supply chain management. 5. TTI/Mouser TTI is one of the largest electronics distributors with facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. TTI is best known for their Mouser catalog and online division which is one of the fastest growing catalog distributors in the world. Mouser's online sales also accounts for a very significant portion of the division's sales. Mouser's focus is on providing small to medium quantities of some of the latest products to design engineers, buyers, and hobbyists. 6. Premier Farnell Premier Farnell is based out of London and offers electronic component distribution and design services. The Premier Group of companies span the industry and include Akron Brass, CPC, Farnell, Farnell-Newark, MCM, Newark, Premier Electronics and TPC Wire and Cable. Through these companies Premier Farnell offers online sales, direct mail, catalog sales, contact centers, field sales, trade counters, and a branch network. Premier provides support in more than 100 countries and has operations in more than 20. 7. Electrocomponents Electrocomponents is based in Oxford, U.K. and is focused on the distribution of electronic components. Electrocomponents also offers electrical and industrial supplies through its catalogs, e-commerce portals, and trade counters. Electrocomponents operates in over 25 countries under a few different names including RS, Radiospares, Radionics, and Allied Electronics. 8. Digi-Key Digi-Key is an online and catalog electronic components distributor based in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Digi-Key has grown at an astonishing 20% annually for more than 20 years. Their focus is on their online sales, which generates nearly 75% of their revenue with the rest being generated from catalog and phone sales. 9. Nu Horizons Electronics Nu Horizons Electronics is an electronics distributor based in Melville, New York, has partnered with component suppliers to provide product development, custom logistics and lifecycle support to customers. Nu Horizons primarily focuses on supporting OEMs and EMS providers rather than online sales and small orders which only account for 2% of their revenue. 10. Richardson Electronics Richardson Electronics provides engineering solutions and components for the RF, wireless and power conversion, electron device, and display markets. Included in their product offerings are custom products or modified products under Richardson private labels. Richardson offers prototyping services, component modification and lower cost alternative identification, and other design services. Continue Reading


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The world is abuzz with talk of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural sustainability, and carbon footprints. At the same time, there is concern about long-term petroleum reserves. Our food system is an important user of fossil fuels and producer of greenhouse gases. Buyers are asking their food suppliers for their carbon footprint along with information about how sustainable their farming practices are. New legislation has been proposed, and in California a new law (AB32) requires a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors by 2020 and 80% by 2050.
Recent studies indicate that our food system consumes close to 16% of the total energy use in the U.S., yet only 2% of the total energy is used to grow the food we eat. Since fossil fuels are the predominant energy source, this results in significant greenhouse gas emissions and a large carbon footprint for the food industry. However, the carbon footprint is not the same for all types of food. It varies depending on how they are produced, processed, packaged, and transported.
For example, organic production uses less energy in the form of nitrogen fertilizer than conventional production, but hauling organic chicken manure more than 20 miles can eliminate the advantage. Tomato sauce requires energy to process but it weighs less and requires less energy to ship than the equivalent amount of tomatoes required to make the same amount of spaghetti sauce.
A detailed and systematic analysis of the differences in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of individual foods is required to allow producers, buyers, and consumers to make informed choices. A life cycle analysis approach is needed to develop a complete understanding of the greenhouse gas emissions of various foods.
Is it more or less sustainable to ship freshly harvested produce items across the globe rather than producing them locally and storing for off-season supply? This depends on the produce item and how it is handled after harvest, and the answer is not always obvious. Products shipped by sea may have a much smaller carbon footprint on a per pound-mile basis than products transported by truck or passenger car in much shorter distances. To enjoy apples produced locally for nearly 12 months of the year, the apples must be kept in refrigerated storage in an atmosphere of low oxygen and elevated carbon dioxide. Marketing these fruit throughout the U.S. involves truck transit to markets that may be thousands of miles away.
Is it more sustainable to buy only produce items produced within 100 miles of home? The distance you must travel by car to purchase these products is critical in the analysis because of the small amount of product transported by automobiles. Compare a refrigerated truck hauling 40,000 pounds of apples with a 6 mile-per-gallon (mpg) efficiency with a car hauling 2 pounds of apples with 20 mpg efficiency. Food miles and carbon footprint must be calculated on a per unit of food basis.
Less Waste, Post Haste
Postharvest technology can make a significant contribution to reducing the carbon footprint of food systems. Energy for cooling can be reduced by using efficient cooling operations and managing them well. In addition, harvesting products during the cooler parts of the day and avoiding exposure to the sun after harvest through the use of shade materials will reduce the heat load that must be removed from the product. Maintaining the cold chain once the product has been thoroughly cooled will prevent the need for re-cooling and reduce energy use.
Reducing wasted food is something everybody can do to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in our food system. Depending on the commodity, postharvest losses range from 5% to 25% in developed countries and 20% to 50% in developing countries. A recent survey carried out in the UK claims that an estimated 4.4 million apples are tossed every day along with 5.5 million potatoes, 2.8 million tomatoes, 1.6 million bananas, and 1.2 million oranges due to deterioration problems. Based on these estimates, these five items alone add up to 525,000 tons of food waste a year (according to www.lovefoodhatewaste.com).
The USDA Economic Research Service estimates that in 2005, 57% of fresh fruits and 51% of fresh vegetables, by weight, were not consumed. According to a recent article in the Hindustan Times, up to 30% of food produced in India is wasted because of poor postharvest handling.
Given the electricity, fuel, fertilizer, and water invested in producing a crop, to have 57% of it never consumed is a tremendous waste of resources that greatly increases the carbon footprint of the food industry. The industry has invested in harvest aids, packing equipment, packaging, cooling facilities, storage technologies, and air-ride suspended truck trailers that help maintain the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables, allowing them to make it to market in good condition for purchase and consumption. However, there is still room for considerable improvement, and we should invest at least as much energy and resources into improving postharvest handling as in improving our production practices.


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Cat and dog rescued by firefighters in separate incidents
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A cat and a dog were rescued in separate incidents involving vehicles in west Norfolk.
A Norfolk Fire and Rescue crew from Heacham helped the RSPCA rescue a cat in Titchwell at around 3.45pm yesterday (Thursday, December 6). The feline was trapped in a car bonnet.
Later on, at around 5.14pm, a crew from Downham Market was called to a vehicle leaking on the A134 at West Dereham.
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AMD's New Message: We're In It to Win It
Most of the discussion remains embargoed and under wraps for the time being. But we're cautiously positive about the overall message emerging from the company which is, simply: the ATI merger is working, and we have a coherent strategy.
The worry, of course, is whether or not the combined company can survive long enough for the intriguing ideas we heard to reach fruition. Much is riding on the upcoming Barcelona quad-core release, and the graphics division imminent release of the R600 series will also have an impact, for good or ill. If one or both products is hugely successful, then AMD will be able to move forward. If not, decreasing ASPs may squeeze margins to the point where ambitious development efforts may fall by the wayside.
AMD showed off quad-core systems running, and our subjective impression of performance is pretty favorable.
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Today I decided to make my blog friendly for mobile browsers, so I started exploring options. After all, today was a day off from work for me. Being that my theme, K2, is a relatively generic theme, I thought it would have come with a generic mobile theme too, but it did does not.
I didn't know if the answer was a plug-in or a new theme that supported multiple style sheets. Fortunately, there is a plug-in—dozens of plug-ins actually. Two big ones that surfaced in my searches were WordPress Mobile Pack and WordPress Mobile Edition. I wish I had the time, desire, and a test blog to compare the two against one another along with a complement of mobile OS testing environments, but I decided to just Google someone else's work. I landed on WP Fangirl's entry WPtouch, WordPress MobilePack, and WordPress Mobile Edition. It's not a full test, but it was enough for me to go with WordPress Mobile Pack.