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A few months ago I was contacted by one David L Craddock, who informed me that he had written a roguelike history called Dungeon H@cks, soon to be published, and asked if I'd be interested in reviewing it for the blog. I said yes (appropriate disclosure: no financial incentives or anything of the sort), and since it seem reasonable to assume that a lot of people reading this blog would find a book about roguelikes to be the kind of thing they're interested in, it seemed sensible to say yes! So, without further ado:
The book consists of three sections: firstly a number of chapters looking at the majority of major classic roguelikes – Rogue, Sword of Fargoal, Hack, NetHack, Moria, Angband and ADOM, and their progenitor Beneath Apple Manor. It also contains a number of "Side Quests", akin to a "Notes" section at the end of an academic book chapter where one expands on points tangential to the main discussion, but nevertheless relevant or interesting; and interviews with John Harris (of the @Play column) and Brian Harvey (of Hack). Now, I don't think I've written a book review in over four years, so this is mainly going to be a list of observations, some particular interesting quotes and similarities between the stories of development, and some reflections on this slice of roguelike history (and gaming history more generally) contrasted against my own experiences of working in the genre.
Firstly, two themes seem to run through-out the book: the importance and specificity of programming languages, computer models and distribution methods and operating systems, and secondly the inspirations of the different developers and the extent to which earlier games (quite naturally) inspired those who came later. For the former, I was struck by the similarity of University background for many of the developers, particularly in Computer Science, Engineering and Physics departments in very high-ranking universities: UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, MIT, Stanford, etc. While a scholarly background certainly seems to demographically persist in contemporary roguelike developers – and it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to us when thinking about classic roguelikes which were created in an era where it was rare for any location other than a campus computer lab to actually have, y'know, computers – I thought it was striking the extent to which the classics of the genre emerged from this environment. Ideas repeated in many of the chapters – distributing a game on a single university network, or having a computer lab with a single computer, or having campus computers where an Angband borg plays as the screensaver, etc – seem completely alien today and speak to forms of game development, distribution, and user-base creation, which were deeply historically specific. The book also discussed the links between the pre-open-source movement and roguelikes…
Stephenson believes that NetHack played a part in the open-source movement. "We predated open-source [as a formalized movement], but I do think that the fact that we made a huge amount of source code available, without charge and under a public license—an early variant of the LGPL [Lesser General Public License]—helped to promote the idea of making software available for public use without cost."
…noting in many of the chapters the importance of making the code (or parts of the code) open to the public in order to encourage engagement from the player-base, new people being added to the development team, etc. It was also interesting to note the odd attempt here and there to make these into commercial games, and the various reasons why these didn't come together, situated within the broader discourse of creating free software for the enjoyment of development, and the enjoyment of seeing players attempt the games, and encouraging a collaborative development process which (in most cases) is obviously anathema to the model of a commercial game.
Equally, the book discusses the inspirations of the respective developers in a lot of depth, and as someone who has only become involved in Computer Science in the last four years, it was this which appealed to me a little more than discussion of operating systems and distribution methods (which tended to dominate the earlier chapters more than the later chapters, although maybe this is a reflection of stricter computing requirements (especially with Rogue) eventually giving way to (slightly) stronger computers?). Many developers spoke of their experiences with Dungeons & Dragons and in the cases of later developers, the earlier roguelike games obviously served as inspirations. One quote from Michael Toy of Rogue fame – that "Moria is probably the closest to what I wanted to do when I made Rogue" – seems particularly illustrative in this regard. Others, meanwhile, speak of the desire for particular player experience – exploration, a sense of danger, a sense of something at stake, etc (all things I'm sure we can recognize from the roguelikes we play these days). When the book discussed the reasons behind procedural generation for the earliest games, it of course noted the value of PCG for dealing with computational constraints where you can only store a certain amount of fixed data, but it was interesting to also note the reverse of this:
Unable to ascribe more interesting characteristics to the majority of monsters [due to technical constraints], Toy and Wichman simply gave more health and stronger attacks to monsters higher up on the food chain.
PCG has obviously often been used in the past to overcome memory constraints – Elite being a perfect example, whilst I assume that far more recently No Man's Sky does something of the sort – but memory constraints nevertheless meant that monsters in some of the earlier games had to be simpler than the developers wanted due to these same technical constraints. Indeed, we can readily see this "just give them more health" logic in so many modern games where upping the difficult simply means your foes have more health and do more damage, and this made me wonder slightly if this was borne out of an era where adding to a health/damage number was trivial, but adding to something like AI intelligence was extremely challenging? (And, indeed – is this not still the case today?)
Moving on, the chapter on NetHack had this interesting comment to make both about the famous saying about the DevTeam, but more importantly, the subsequent comment about what we would now call "simulationism" in roguelike design:
The DevTeam's seemingly telepathic ability to predict every possible action gave rise to the acronym TDTTOE, The DevTeam Thinks of Everything. "The more options you have to manipulate the game environment, the more immersive and interesting the game is," asserted Raymond.
Simulationism is a common topic of discussion in roguelikes (as one can see from my recent entries about the crowd mechanics in URR, both here and on the various other sites I post URRpdates) and people are often split on this – some players enjoy the complexity that a simulationist game offers and the many ways (as the above quote suggests) one can manipulate the game environment, whilst others see simulationism as an undesirable move away from "tighter" game design and towards something less focused, more expansive, and in some cases perhaps more easily exploitable. The choices of the words "immersive" and "interesting" lead me back to my own reflections with NetHack – this was definitely how I felt when I played it as my first ever roguelike. The depth of systems like polymorphing, wishing, genociding, demon summoning, etc, made NetHack feel like this complex immersive world which wasn't just a bunch of dungeon levels laid out for the player (Dark Souls does this amazingly well – and I can't have a blog entry without praising Dark Souls!), and in turn, it made it into an interesting experience to learn these systems and figure out how to use them well. With that said, though, there's always a fine line between simulationism and making optimal play require a lot of grinding or farming – I think NetHack does it well in this regard, but that's the other side of that same coin. Similarly…
There was a natural tendency for the devs to see the game from the point of view of someone who played it constantly and obsessively; thus, over time, their notion of not making it 'too easy' gradually ratcheted up the difficulty level to the point where you couldn't really enjoy it casually anymore
…is the other danger of simulationism: that the inexperienced player will have a far harder time making sense of the game when it has all these complex systems doing things under the hood (see, for example, my recent piece about the demon system in NetHack). I don't want to draw any conclusions about it here, but the book explores some of the systems in roguelikes which aren't connected to their core gameplay loop, and offers (as above) some interesting rationales as to the inclusion of these types of system.
Another comment which stuck with me given my own game design and academic research interests was this one, about Moria:
While browsing the computer's directory of files late one night, he stumbled upon proof that his attempts to imbue denizens with personalities was working better than intended. Manuals had been written by students describing the vindictiveness of this or that monster, and how the monster seemed to remember that players had attacked it earlier. When he approached the authors of the manuals to explain that probabilities and random numbers were pulling the strings, the students politely but firmly silenced him, insisting that they knew the monsters were truly sentient.
This, to me, seems strongly reminiscent of both Tommy Thompson's recent work into seeing whether players can identify procedural and hand-made levels, and my own experiences with comments here, by email, and elsewhere: that players of PCG games sometimes mistake complex PCG for simple, or PCG for hand-made, or vice versa. It's very interesting to see an older but still comparable observation that player experience assigns meaning where there perhaps is none (and can also fail to assign meaning where there is some) and the human tendency towards apophenia.
Another comment I thought was interesting was this one in the discussion of Angband:
"We want [randomized experiences] within parameters. Either there should be no chance of an encounter with, say, a great wyrm [dragon] on level 1 at all, or [the odds] should be so low that they're basically zero. Most players will never see it. And those [odds] basically end up being the same thing. If a person dies to a super-powerful enemy once, they might complain, but as long as it doesn't happen a lot, it's not really a big deal."
This, again, seems to speak to a fundamental roguelike debate, and yet seems to stop short of saying what (I think) most developers would say is the obvious solution. Should we be able to have a goblin spawn with a wand of death on the first floor? The quote above obviously argues strongly in favour of the answer being yes, arguing that this yields interesting gameplay experience within set parameters and that "basically zero" is, in essence, akin to "zero". Now, this is something I'll be discussing more fully I hope in the future if the secret project I've hinted about once or twice here comes to fruition, but I have to take the other stance: if the two are truly indistinguishable, then why not prevent those early deadly goblins, as they surely only have a negative effect on gameplay experience, the possibility for even the most skilled players to have a high win-rate, etc? I personally think that is a surprisingly big deal, and something I hope to talk more about in the future, and the book does a good job of exploring some of the rationales behind different spawn systems, out of depth monsters, etc.
I was also struck by the number of stories which involved being taught by a relative – generally a parent or older sibling – the very basics of (often BASIC) programming. Although I also had an Electron, Spectrum ZX, C64 and Amiga as a child (I don't recall the model, but possibly an Amiga 500?) and a family friend who knew his programming pretty well, this was an experience I never had. Both of my parents are university graduates, but neither in computer science nor natural science, and I don't have any siblings. When I was around six I attempted to get this family friend to teach me programming, but after an afternoon where I attempted (without success) to clone the excellent Exolon, I quickly abandoned the thing and felt playing games was infinitely more rewarding than creating the damned things. In hindsight, I realize I had the mistaken assumption that Phil Fish mentions in Indie Game: The Movie: that when one is young, one thinks that a game is made by just sitting down and making the game, and it is hard to appreciate what that process actually entails in a technical sense until one has actually done it. Although some of these tales were very similar, it (like the ubiquity of the University computer labs described earlier) spoke strongly to a particular era and a particular background common to most of the earliest roguelike developers, making a set of useful and important historical observations about the particular circumstances which gave rise to the genre.
The later sections of the book move away from discussing specific games and speak instead on other topics: the 7DRL Challenge (edit: since moved into its own book) and a number of interviews. These read as quite distinct to the main historical narrative of the book, and although they make a useful addition for the dedicated reader, they felt very much like a highly extended set of appendices than a separate section of the book proper. The "side quests", however – the parts which resemble a "notes" section and offer a little bit of additional/tangential/interesting information on some other topic in the book – are very interesting, and yield a lot of amusing anecdotes and useful details on the actual experience of developing these games, some of the problems and concerns and questions, the earlier media interest in roguelikes, personal experiences with fans, etc, which I highly recommend reading.
However, a few negative points must also be noted here. Firstly, in the version I had (eBook version, a month ago), there were a few typos here and there – no more than I normally produce in a lengthy piece of work, but quite a few had clearly been missed in the editing process. That didn't bother me in the slightest (since I'm always more generous in this regard to books that don't come from major presses, especially since – having worked with major presses – I've seen the level of assiduousness and care major press editors put into every piece of writing and how much time it must take up), but I think it should be mentioned, even though it didn't detract from my interest in the slightest. Additionally, the interviews were worth reading, but felt a little bit apart from the rest of the book, and might perhaps have made a more interesting blog post or magazine piece, or something of the sort, than a book addendum? However, these are both small nitpicks (and I am told David has sent a newly typo-free version to all publications of the book, so I assume the first point is now dealt with) which did not reduce the quality of what the work had to say.
So, in summary: an interesting read which will appeal to use intrigued by the technical specifics of early roguelikes, the design rationales, the social context of their games, their legacies, the earliest development of what we would now call the "roguelike community", the impact of roguelikes upon games and gaming more generally, and a lot of interesting and amusing observations and anecdotes throughout. The book also spoke to a lot of debates which take place on this blog and in the roguelike (and procedural generation) community about a range of topics (many of which I've mentioned above), and (speaking as a sociologist) it shed interesting light on the social and cultural conditions within which the earliest games in the genre arose, and the broad levels of comparability between the demographic situations of many of the developers of that era (and the playerbase which became interested in these same games). Since this is the first book review to date on this blog and I certainly haven't implemented any kind of formal rating system (and nor do I intend to), let's just say: if you're a classic roguelike fan, I recommend it. Tells us a lot about where we came from, a lot about where we are, a little about where we're going (that only gets a small chapter at the end!), and how and why roguelikes came to take the shapes we recognize today.


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We finished the week today with an ascent of Ben Stack. It forms an iconic image looming up at the eastern end of Loch Laxford, the archetypal mountain shape, and a backdrop to most of the places the kids have spent their time at during the week.
The weather could hardly have been better, sunny with a good breeze to keep us cool. The four teams set off separately for the summit, arriving there at about midday to be rewarded with stunning views out over the west coast. Tinker (dog) and I took the Blue Fin Tuna team (pictured above) to the summit with some great chat along the way.
Most of our seasonal staff team finish their season tomorrow as the Twyford team depart and we couldn't have asked for a better group to finish their season with. Really enthusiastic, polite and brilliantly behaved in the absence of both teachers and parents. They have lapped up everything that we have thrown at them and apart for midges in the calm of early morning and late evening, they have had great conditions.
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text: Babasaheb Ambedkar,the architect of India`s Constitution may no longer be with us yet his great legacy continues on.For centuries Indians had been divided into the varna system.The people at the lower rung of this social stratification had been exploited and mistreated for centuries.They had been denied basic rights like using water from wells designated for higher castes.They had been denied the right to education and were instead forced to do menial jobs.Often Dalit women were exploited by upper caste men.The plight of the Dalits was in a way no different from the black people in the cotton plantations of pre Civil War era America. When it seemed that there could be no hope for these people a revolutionary man took up the cause of the Dalits.With sturdy determination and unending zeal he launched his crusade against the social ills that were prevalent against the Dalit community.It seemed his task was so difficult that very few people would dare to stand in his shoes.Yet Babasaheb took it all in his stride and went on preaching the Dalits the mantra to their upliftment-educate,organize,agitate.His vision for a better India included the upliftment of not only the backward classes like Dalits,Shudras etc but also the empowerment of women.His finest hour came when he was made the chairman of the Drafting Commission of the constituition.The Indian Constitution is his magnum opus. As proud Indians it is our duty that we do not forget this great individual and honour him.Sometimes the outcome of history is determined by the strength of arms,other times by happenstance.Yet the fate of one sixty million Dalits was determined by the great vision and will of one man,Babasaheb,the only Dalit in Indian history who provided true leadership to the Dalits and wanted their upliftment.It was his hope that India becomes the land of dreams and let us ensure that his dream becomes a reality. A big salute to Babasaheb from me. JAI BHIM!!!


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Neil M. Barofsky, formerly the special inspector general in charge of oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, has written a just -released book about the Great Bailout, "Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street." He asserts:
"Americans should lose faith in their government. They should deplore the captured politicians and regulators who distributed tax dollars to the banks without insisting that they be accountable... Only with this appropriate and justified rage can we hope for the type of reform that will one day break our system free from the corrupting grasp of the megabanks."
Mr. Barofsky's observations arrive nearly four years after the Great Bailout. We continue to subsidize banks through low-cost funding, and through meaningless slaps on the wrist for ongoing malfeasance such as HAMP abuses and foreclosure fraud.
Ongoing scandals make a mockery of existing laws, including the Sarbane's Oxley legislation. In recent hearings, Congress gave Jamie Dimon a celebrity roast instead of holding him accountable for his utter lack of corporate governance of an out-of-control unit that reported directly to him and that so far this year has lost $5.8 billion (and still mounting) in speculative bets.
On September 23, 2008, Bloomberg's Betty Liu interviewed me about the bailout plans I called the TARP Bill the most dangerous Bill [Paulson's original proposal and the House Finance Committee's 42 Page Draft] to come before Congress in my lifetime. "We are selling democracy on the cheap." The following is the Bloomberg Video and transcript.
Betty Liu: Okay, let's get to our next guest, Janet Tavakoli, president of Tavakoli Structured Finance in Chicago. She's had some very strong opinions on this bailout plan from the Treasury. Janet, great to have you back on the program.
Janet Tavakoli: Hello Betty, how are you.
Liu: Good, good. So you're pretty much incensed by this bailout package, tell us exactly why.
Tavakoli: Well Betty, I looked at this package, and it isn't good for the American taxpayer, it isn't helping the average American Citizen. It isn't helping you, and it isn't helping me. This is a massive bailout of Wall Street. I had a chance to review a 42 page draft that was going around, and if the House Finance Committee thinks this in any way protects the American taxpayer, they're lying to us or they're just not competent in drafting this Bill. I looked at P. 14 lines 9-12, and there it says that all the other oversights, all the other price controls go by the boards, when you need to buy pieces of a securitization for loan resolution.
Liu: What does that mean? What does that mean?
Tavakoli: Basically that means that every securitization done with mortgage loans or other loans, because the Secretary has the assets...the authority to buy in those assets...all of them would be exempt from any kind of price review or oversight. And furthermore if you look at P. 34...
Liu: Uh, wait eh, uh, Janet, let me just interrupt you, and that means what, that means what exactly then?
Tavakoli: As I just said, it means the Secretary can decide the price where he buys in all those assets...contrary to what it tells you right before they're saying, oh no, there would be some oversight, and we'd have to have some sort of reasonable pricing mechanism...but you can throw that all out for securitizations based on the language of that Bill.
Liu: So, so, so, are you, so are you concerned that...
Tavakoli: Let me get to the more important point, Betty. That the Secretary doesn't really have any effective oversight built into this Bill. Basically, his word stands as the final authority on what's going on with buying in these assets. Furthermore, it really doesn't help in mitigating foreclosures in any specific way. Once you buy in the securitizations, finding the owner of the specific mortgage is extremely difficult to do. Furthermore, my grandparents came to this country to get away from people who would draft Bills like this.
The American taxpayer and the American citizen should realize this is the most dangerous Bill to ever come before Congress in our lifetime. We are selling Democracy on the cheap. For what? For getting our money market funds guaranteed? My grandparents were happy to endure economic hardship so they would get away from governments that would do something like this. We are basically subverting Democracy.
This is a terrible thing, and our Congress has not spoken out against it. My state senator, Senator Obama, has shown no courage at all in speaking out against this. McCain has said very little.
Liu: But Janet, Janet, okay, Janet, Janet uh...then what is it, what is it that that you think needs to happen, because there are obviously a lot of people who have lost money in the market who want something done.
Tavakoli: Betty, I'll tell you...I'll tell you what should happen. This money could be much better employed in creating jobs for Americans. If you want to use taxpayer dollars to protect the economy, that's a far better way to do it than this cobbled up plan that protects the interests of Wall Street and investment banks.
It provides no regulation at all for them, and it gives our Secretary of the Treasury [Henry "Hank" Paulson] basically the rights of a monarch. Queen Elizabeth should be having giggle fits right now, because we fought a War of Independence for nothing, and now we're giving it away. We're giving away our Democracy in a Bill like this.
This is the most dangerous Bill that I've ever seen come before Congress, and we're using finance as the political boogey man so that this can get passed. That's ridiculous.
Liu: Uh uh, okay. We don't have a whole lot of time, Janet. In like 10 seconds, you know what, I can't even ask that question, 'cause we're not even gonna have enough time. Janet, thank you so much for joining us, and of course, you have your very strong opinions, and I'm playing devil's advocate, and we'll have you back on the program to talk more about this, and there's going to be further developments, obviously when we have the Senate Banking hearing coming up in just about 45 minutes from now.
Among many other issues shortly thereafter, the U.S. taxpayer bailed out the counterparties of AIG, including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, French banks: Societe General and Calyon, and many more, when we paid 100 cents on the dollar for securities that others settled for 40 cents on the dollar or less. It costs the American taxpayer tens of billions of dollars, and AIG and its counterparties were not held accountable.
Yet there was widespread massive fraud in the mortgage lending and "securitization" process, and the banks and investment banks that engaged in this activity should be prosecuted for securities fraud. Without them supplying the money to fuel this activity, and without the leverage of fraudulent products provided by rigged derivatives, our financial crisis would have been much more contained.
The Great Recession grinds on while culprits skate.
Janet Tavakoli is the president of Tavakoli Structured Finance, a Chicago-based firm that provides consulting to financial institutions and institutional investors. Ms. Tavakoli has more than 20 years of experience in senior investment banking positions, trading, structuring and marketing structured financial products. She is a former adjunct associate professor of derivatives at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. Author of: Credit Derivatives & Synthetic Structures (1998, 2001), Structured Finance & Collateralized Debt Obligations (Wiley, 2003, 2008), and Dear Mr. Buffett: What an Investor Learns 1,269 Miles from Wall Street (Wiley, 2009), a book about early warnings and the causes of the global financial meltdown. Her new e-book is The New Robber Barons(2012).
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Domeniul Coroanei Segarcea spreads over a blessed terroir with mild sun and harsh soil, like a precious mixture of basic nature and high-altitude human character.
Segarcea estate lies on the 44° parallel, known as "the quality parallel", in the Southern region of Romania called Oltenia, 25 km away from Craiova city and 70 km away from the Danube. In Segarcea, vinegrowing is favoured by the terroir. The vines spread over the last hills that lead to the Danube. In the past, these hills were at the bottom of a sea which rose like a limestone pedestal covered nowadays by a chernozem bedding.
At least 1440 hours of sunshine annually, from the 1st of April to the 31th of October, favor especially the red varieties, without discouraging the whites. The annual rainfall raises up to 565 mm and the average annual temperatures reach 11 degrees Celsius. Ideal conditions to create strong character wines.


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We are happy to announce that......HE"S HERE!!!!!
He is here!!! Finally! So here is a quick summary of his journey. My pregnancy was not the easiest out there but definitely could have been harder. But as we all know, it can always be worse so I hate to even complain. I was not sick the whole time but probably 80% of it I was nauseous but mostly it was all of the contractions. For me they start at about 16 weeks as braxton hicks and continue the whole time. So the bigger he got the more painful they were. So of course we thought he would come a little early with all of the contractions and his size. But NO! My brother said he is a mama's boy and didn't want to leave me! So I went in to be induced at 39 weeks. We were supposed to go in at midnight but they called me at about 7 and said that we could go in early. Of course I was not ready. I had saved a list of things to do so that I would be busy those last few hours and not just sitting around watching the clock. So I hopped in the shower and quickly did a few last things and we were on our way. They started the gels at 10:00 and I got my epidural at 2. I was going to try and wait but the nurse said no need, so I figured after 20 weeks of contractions, I was done and please put me out of my misery! And can I say that I am soooooo grateful for epidurals. What a blessed thing they are! I was praising the man that invented them all through my labor!
After the epidural I went from a 3 to a 9 in 4 1/2 hours and then the doctor came in and broke my water and and hour and a half later we started to push to see if it would help him rotate and move the rest of the way down. Well 3 contractions and pushing later I could feel his head coming out and they told me to stop pushing so that the doctor could get there. He walked in took one look and told me not to move, breathe, or push! He quickly got his gown on and my contractions pushed him the rest of the way out. I have to say I didn't even break a sweat! Oh blessed epidurals! The doctor was shocked when they weighed him in at 9 lbs 4oz and said, oooh sorry! Anderson came out crying and and scored a 9-10 on his apgar! He was just perfect and I was so happy that everything went well and there was no trauma on either of us! My recovery has been fantastic in comparison to Isabella and he is a super good baby!
The hospital and nurses were not a fan of letting me sleep so I got the heck out of there as soon as we could, which was the next day. We got home and I finally got a nap that lasted longer than 45 minutes and that made pretty happy!
Isabella has taken to him as we expected. She is always super excited to see him and after holding him for about 3 seconds she is all done with him. There have been some outburst and temper tantrums but nothing too bad so I'll take it. Family and friends have been so awesome at taking her out of the house for most of the week so that I could recover and we could get to know our little guy! Meals have been coming daily and are so yummy! We are so very blessed with so much love and support of everyone around us!
Here are the pictures in no particular order!
Ryan and Kylee kissing their new nephew in the hospital.
Amber and Aaron were nice enough to come and stay with Isabella while we had Anderson! Thanks guys!!!!
RIGHT after we had him.
Just before we started to push. I am holding my Ipad and can I say how much I loved it during labor and now when I nurse. It is quite the luxury and my favorite christmas gift!!!
He rarely opens his eyes, but he gave us a quick peek
Cousin Alex holding Anderson.
Isabella pretending to be a baby. She does find his bouncer a great recliner for watching tv!
After his first bath at home. He hated it and looked at me after like, "how could you?!"
Isabella seeing anderson for the first time. Of course I didn't capture her holding him on film! But she was pretty excited!
Our nurse Andrea
The big weigh in
Just before they started the induction
Friday, February 25, 2011
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this pie is one of the most satisfying and crowd-pleasing dishes i've made in a while: healthy, flavorful, and filling.
the key is knowing how to work with phyllo dough. i've always been intimidated by the thin, fragile sheets that seem to predictably crumble in my fingertips - that is, until i learned that all you need to do is let them thaw at room temperature for about 2 hours before cooking. defrosted phyllo sheets are way more workable and unlikely to fall apart in your hands. it also helps to have a sous chef at your side when layering the sheets atop each other.
this is the kind of pie to serve a non-vegan crowd. the mix of cumin, oregano, toasted pine nuts, and kalamata olives give it a nice kick, and the tofu nutritional yeast combo sufficiently bulks it up. i used swiss chard and arugula for this recipe, but any greens would work well. these ingredients bake inside a warm flaky crust that steams when you remove it from the oven. served it with a simple salad of little gems and tomatoes, it makes for a lovely late summer meal.
greens, tofu and artichoke pie
adapted from fat free vegan kitchen
1/2 red onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch swiss chard, chopped finely, stems and leaves separated
2 handfuls arugula or other green
1/2 pound extra-firm tofu
1 tbsp. nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp. salt, or to taste
2 tsp. fresh oregano, chopped
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. minced Kalamata olives
1/8 tsp. ground cumin
black pepper, to taste
1/2 can quartered artichokes, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
12 sheets phyllo dough, cut in half and thawed
oil in spray bottle
heat a teaspoon of olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium high heat. once the oil is hot, sauté the onion, garlic, and chard stems for 3 minutes. add the chard greens and cook until they are completely wilted. set aside.
while the chard cooks, mash or finely chop the tofu. dump the tofu into a big mixing bowl, and add in the nutritional yeast, oregano, lemon juice, olives, cumin, artichokes, pine nuts, and the spinach mixture. mix well. salt and pepper to taste.
preheat the oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit. lay a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet that is at least 8x8.
once the phyllo dough has been thawing at room temperature for at least an hour, unwrap the dough and cut it in half lengthwise. put half in the fridge, and set the other half beside the baking sheet.
lay a sheet of phyllo atop the parchment paper, spray it lightly with oil, and repeat the process until you have 6 sheets in the bottom of the pan. pour the spinach-tofu filling into the pan, spreading it to completely cover the phyllo. repeat the phyllo process, covering the filling with six more sheets, spraying each one lightly. spray the top sheet of phyllo.
put it in the oven and bake for about a half hour, until the top is lightly browned. cut into squares and enjoy!


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RCPCH responds to A&E waiting times
14 November 2019
We respond to the publication of A&E waiting times by the NHS. Less than three-quarters of patients attending A&E departments in England during October were seen within the four hour target period.
RCPCH responds to latest MMR data
30 August 2019
New data from Public Health England reveals 301 new measles cases between April and June 2019. RCPCH's immunisation expert responds.
RCPCH responds to Prime Minister's announcement on immunisation uptake
19 August 2019
The Prime Minister has today called for urgent action to boost the number of children and young people receiving life-saving vaccinations. This comes as it is revealed that the UK has lost its "measles-free" status with the WHO, three years after it had eliminated the virus.
Year 8 boys to be offered free HPV vaccine
9 July 2019
The move by Public Health England could prevent over 100,000 cancers. The RCPCH's Immunisation Expert responds.
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RCPCH responds to latest MMR vaccine data
24 May 2019
Professor Helen Bedford says "England has not escaped the recent increase in cases", and urges parents to vaccinate their children to protect them from "a nasty disease which could result in life changing complications or even death".
Government responds to Science and Tech Committee report on social media impact
23 May 2019
The RCPCH welcomes the Government's commitment to protect children online but, to inform future policy and public advice, says it must go further to ensure researchers have access to high quality data.
Response to research on compulsory vaccinations
17 May 2019
RCPCH's immunisation expert Dr David Elliman says "compulsion may work in some countries, but it is not for us".
New screen time research published - RCPCH responds
5 April 2019
RCPCH responds to latest study, which casts doubt on whether spending time on screens before bed is harmful to people's mental health, and says "we would still suggest that families follow our guidance published earlier this year".
Vaccinations important and highly effective, says child health expert
27 March 2019
The RCPCH highly recommends vaccination and that anyone who has concerns or questions talk to their health visitor, practice nurse or general practitioner (GP).


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The blurbage: "Zenn Scarlett is a bright and occasionally a-little-too-smart-for-her-own-good 17-year-old girl training hard to become an exoveterinarian. She specializes in the treatment of exotic alien life forms, mostly large and generally dangerous. Her novice year of training at the Ciscan Cloister Exovet Clinic on Mars was going well - until there are a series of inexplicable animal escapes from the school that Zenn finds herself blamed for. As if this isn't enough to be dealing with, her father vanishes under strange circumstances, and Zenn is worried that she has started hearing the thoughts of the creatures around her...
With the help of Liam, a towner boy, and Hamish, an alien bug also training at the clinic, Zenn must try to find her father, rescue the animals and unravel the mystery of who is behind the attacks on the school. And all without failing her first year."
My take: When I first heard the premise, my first thought was "Alien veterinarian? Yes please!" I adore space photos. [When I win the lottery (or the kids are all grown and I have money again) I am getting a kickass telescope.] I have no idea what Zenn is sitting on, but I am sure we will be treated to all kinds of interesting creatures. I am really looking forward to reading this. Zenn Scarlett is out May 7, 2013.
About the author: Christian Schoon grew up in Minnesota, and worked his way through college in a succession of rock bands before earning his degree from the U of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Journalism. Following a stint as an in-house copywriter/scriptwriter at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, he supplied freelance copy for the entertainment industry and scriptwriting for live-action and animated TV. Currently, he writes from his 150-year-old farmstead in Iowa which he shares with a fluctuating number of horses (generally less than a dozen, but not always), 30 or so cats, a dog, three ferrets and a surprisingly tolerant wife.
The Zenn Scarlett books are his first novels, however he admits to being an unrepentant fan of science fiction and fantasy ever since discovering the tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs in the fifth grade. He can be found at his blog: christianschoon.com and on Twitter.


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A very British wedding, and a very British protest. In fact, had you dropped the whole of London's Red Lion Square and its mild, kind, Not the Royal Wedding Party – a chugging van with speakers actually bannered "the Middle-Class Sound System" and bi-focalled gents under dappled trees re-reading JK Galbraith – into a Richard Curtis film designed to poke gentle fun at middle-class protest, you'd be laughed at for lazy stereotyping.
Angry it wasn't, not more than a little anyway. Sophia Deboick, of organisers Republic, the five-year-old and already rather wise organisation behind this faintly ironic and generally sunny, protest, summed it up for me: "Look, later on, I'll want to see the dress. I want her to be very, very happy, and, also, I don't want her to be Queen. An ICM poll shows there are 12 million republicans in Britain, one in four. They're not nasty, they're not saying 'don't have fun', they're just fairly keen on true democracy. Our trouble, our battle at the moment, is with the media, particularly the BBC, which has just gone mad, spoon-feeding people with deference… of course it has a kind of effect, over months."
Everyone else around this grand old very lefty square and its Conway Hall, which is to the Fabians what the Carlton Club is to Tories, had the same sentiment. "Absolutely no ill will towards the two people involved," enthuses Niels Erik Ramhøj, across from Denmark for an internationalist republican meeting scheduled for yesterday.
"It is always good to see two people wholly in love. Who would dare take that from them? We would just like to be allowed to argue, as in Denmark, to take an unelected monarchy from them!" Behind him flutters, in mild warm wind, a newspaper headlined "Widespread disinterest in royal wedding". These are good guys but, honestly, even I could do you better headlines.
"If there's any fault with us," grins Sophia, "it's that we're a bit too boring. We make arguments, not anger."
Yet Graham Smith, campaigns manager for Republic, is a little angry, when I finally tear him from Japanese TV crews. Nearby, Peter Tatchell is being tag-interviewed, being sharp and a little angry, rehearsing the (correct) arguments, which we won't hit you with again after our decades of fine correct editorials, and Peter Snow is cycling around being very dapper (where's Richard Curtis?), and Graham is quick to condemn those who wanted to stage a "guillotining" of royal effigies. ("Tacky. Tasteless.") But his quietest anger, again, is against the media hagiostorm, and its "quiet brainwashing".
Republic has been rather smart, by refusing to get involved with/allow the usual anarcho-syndicalists; and the smellies have also diverted the anger. There was a minor stramash earlier to which I raced in Soho Square; one of two in the centre which merited arrests, although it's still unclear quite why – I think a few stenchy people dressed as Death tried to get into Starbucks, possibly for a coffee, possibly for osmotic bonding; and there were fast arrests, as there had been in Dalston and Hove the preceding mornings. "The cops went in too heavy like," answered someone dressed in red and black and a mouthkerchief, left adrift in Soho Square, "and were undercover so had no ID, so they were probably EDL."
Probably not, actually, Mr… he told me his name was "Panda". "Is that Mr Panda?" I asked, "or Panda Someone?" But he actually scowled – that's the first time anyone has done that outside an Enid Blyton book – and said: "'Smy nickname right?" And, well, sorry for my cheek, but these people – honestly – they seem as similarly unacquaintanced with humour as they obviously are with soap.
Back at Red Lion Square, the sun is out and all is rather happy. There's a time-capsule, into which the democratically inclined write messages to be read 50 years on, in the event of a republic. "What a great day. The end of feudalism and birth-given privilege. I wish you great luck and wish I was still alive." This from an 80-year-old who had earlier told me he thought the two were "a lucky young match, best of love to 'em".
Other messages. There's a stall pointing out that new citizens have to swear allegiance to the sovereign, and inviting visitors to write what else about Britain they would prefer to swear allegiance to, the answers then stuck to the square's old railings. "Blackadder and punk," reads one .
Republic had a good, wise day, and long may they survive. But, awkwardly, their main aim must be battling the drooling media rather than the royals, who, as people, they often seem to rather like. And censoring the media might be a touch… illiberal.
• This article was amended on 4 May 2011 to source the figure of 12 million republicans to an ICM poll published in the Guardian on 24 April 2011.


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There was a time where I was feeling depressed and frustrated with my situation back in December of 2007 (4 year ago, yowza!). I decided to take a week off of work and drive the 8 hours from Seattle to Missoula by myself to spend time with my grandma Betty (on my Mom's side). She told me the whole story of how her and her soul mate met, which I've only heard referenced but never got to hear the whole thing.
My grandma went to college in Whittier, California and this was during the war. Only one friend had a car where her family got gas coupons sparingly to regulate gas use. The day that they received the gas coupons, her and her friends piled into the car and went out on the town. One of those nights, through some friends, she met Lloyd, the man she would love and marry.
They dated a while then he asked her to marry him. Of course she said yes and they were engaged. Fast forward to the end of WWII, Lloyd was driving her home after a evening of celebration when their car was hit but another car full of drunken sailors. Lloyd was okay with a few bumps and bruises but my grandma was in terrible condition. She was in the hospital for quite a long time. She missed too much of that quarter of school, so her mother asked her to come home and gain her health back. So she went home to Montana, and she never went back to college, or to California. After several months, my great grandmother demanded to send the ring back. And she did.
She finally recovered and life went on. She met and married my grandpa Herb and had 3 girls. Many years later they divorced and she was by herself for a while. Around 1972, she ran in to Lloyd in Montana. Like her, he married and had children as well. Also like my grandma, he was divorced. They rekindled their love and finally got married. They lived happily ever after until he died at an early age in 1983.
She has his love notes on her nightstand and wears her wedding ring to this day. She loved him very much and she said they were lucky to have that time together.
This story convinced me that I deserved better and I decided to get out of the relationship I was in. I knew I could find someone to be with where love transcended time. And I am so glad I did because I truly believe I have that now.


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The Xbox One's set-top box pass-through function is a mixed bag already in the UK, seeing as it doesn't have any of the TV guide features offered in the US. But the fact we had to put up with juddering images rendering TV viewing unwatchable added insult to injury.
Thankfully, it now seems that the oversight, a by-product of the Xbox One's development being so US-centric, will soon be fixed. Speaking to Total Xbox, Harvey Eagle, Xbox marketing director, said that the dodgy staccato images would be mended "in a matter of weeks".
The problem arises from differing TV standards around the globe. In the US, TV sets and set top boxes output in 60Hz, whereas in the UK the standard is set at 50Hz. As a result, the Xbox One is compensating by creating a duplicate frame for every sixth frame outputted, causing judder that's particularly noticeable in fast-moving scenes. Sky, Freeview and Virgin Media boxes have been severely affected (though YouView users interestingly have had no cause for complaint despite the company having no plans to support the Xbox One's future EPG features).
While no precise roll-out date for the fix is given, here's hoping it'll land as part of the March 11th update. [Total Xbox]


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In June 2014, Premier Baird established the Panel to consider and report on long term reform of election funding laws in New South Wales. The Panel members are Dr Kerry Schott (Chair), The Hon. John Watkins, and Mr Andrew Tink AM. The Panel members have been appointed under Letters Patent issued by the Governor.
Following its terms of reference, the Panel is required to investigate options for long term reform of NSW political donations laws. This includes consideration of whether it is feasible and in the public interest to provide full public funding of State election campaigns. The Panel is required to report by 31 December 2014.The panel's terms of reference are
to consider and report to the Premier by 31 December 2014 on options for long term reform of political donations, including:
1. Whether or not it is feasible and in the public interest given all considerations (including legal, constitutional and others), to provide full public funding of State election campaigns.
2. What is the appropriate level to cap the expenditure on State election campaigns and what methodology should be utilised to determine that cap?
3. If full public funding of State election campaigns is to be provided: (a) what measures can be put in place to ensure the integrity of public funding; (b) what is the appropriate regulation of third party campaigners (such as peak bodies, companies or industrial organisations) to run political campaigns and the impact of full public funding on them; (c) what is the impact on minor parties and independent candidates; and (d) what is the level of public funding that would be required?
4. If full public funding of State election campaigns is not to be provided, what models are recommended, taking into account issues including: (a) what is the appropriate level of caps on political donations; (b) what measures can be put in place to ensure that any caps are effective; (c) what is the appropriate regulation of third party campaigners (such as peak bodies, companies or industrial organisations) to run political campaigns and the impact of any proposed models on them; (d) what is the impact on minor parties and independent candidates; and (e) what is the level of public funding that would be required?
5. In considering all reform options, the Panel should consider: (a) what controls should apply to the making of donations, such as (i) whether or not particular entities or groups of donors should be excluded; (ii) whether prior approval of a majority of members of a corporate entity or other organisation is required; (iii) Any limitations or restrictions on such political donations; and (b) the appropriate frequency and timing of disclosure obligations under election funding laws.
The report comments6. Whether the penalties for contravening provisions in the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 (NSW) are commensurate with the nature of the offence. This should include advice on penalties that could apply to donors, intermediaries or recipients of unlawful donations.
The Panel advertised widely to invite written submissions by 17 September 2014, and published an Issues Paper and a series of Working Papers on its website to guide and inform the debate. The Panel has so far received over 70 submissions from a broad range of interested people and organisations including members of the public, political parties, Members of Parliament (past and present), academics, peak bodies and other third-party interest groups. The issues that the Panel is considering have been covered by the media and this has led to some lively social media debate. The common theme has been disgust with corruption with different views about how to address it.
Different opinions are held about limits on political donations and electoral expenditure, the level of public funding that should be provided, and the extent to which the State should regulate the internal governance of political parties. The Panel hosted roundtable discussions with leading academics on 24, 25 and 29 September 2014 to further inquire into these issues. Members of the public were invited to attend and transcripts have been published on the Panel's website (see http://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/announcements/panel_of_experts_-_political_donations).
The submissions received by the Panel do reveal some areas of consensus. Most agree that more frequent and meaningful disclosure of political donations would help electors cast an informed vote, perhaps improving public confidence in the electoral system. Many submissions describe the current offences and penalties as inadequate and call for increased penalties to match the seriousness of deliberate breaches of election funding laws. A longer timeframe to bring prosecutions of potential breaches of election funding law was also commonly advocated. There have also been calls to better educate candidates and Members of Parliament about both ethical conduct and compliance with the Act.
Although the Panel has not yet formed a view on all of the matters set out in its terms of reference, it has prepared a short Interim Report on those areas where it has formed a clear view or identified a broad direction for action.
The Panel favours a number of measures to improve transparency, accountability and integrity of the election funding regime, including:
- more frequent and timely disclosure of reportable political donations so that voters are aware of fundraising activity before an election;
- increased penalties for serious breaches of election funding laws, a longer time period for commencing prosecutions and a new general anti-circumvention measure; and
- mandatory education programs for candidates and Members of Parliament on ethical conduct and compliance with the Act.
In the Panel's view, these measures would not require significant legislative amendment or lead to further complications in an already complicated Act. The Panel believes that they could have a practical impact in terms of transparency, accountability and integrity.The report notes
In New South Wales, annual disclosure obligations apply to political parties, elected members, candidates and groups. Third-party campaigners and major political donors are also required to lodge annual declarations with the EFA.
For donations of $1,000 or more, details including the name and address of the donor must be disclosed and are published in the EFA's searchable online database. For donations under $1,000, the total amount of small donations and the total number of persons who made those donations must be disclosed. Donations of less than $1,000 from the same source in the same financial year must be aggregated for the purposes of the disclosure threshold. Given the broad definition of 'political donation' under the Act, the disclosure rules capture membership and affiliation fees, the proceeds of fundraising ventures and functions, and transfers of money to the NSW branch of a political party from the federal or other State or Territory branches of the party.
Annual disclosures must be lodged within 12 weeks of 30 June each year (or within 16 weeks of 30 June each year in the case of major donors). This means there is a delay between the making of a donation, the disclosure of that donation to the EFA and the release of information about the donation to the public. For example, disclosures (other than disclosure by major donors) covering the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 were not due to be lodged until 22 September 2013 and were not available to the public until 25 November 2013. This means that NSW voters had to wait up to seventeen months to find out the sources and amounts of political donations made during the 2012-13 financial year.
A number of jurisdictions require either continuous or real-time disclosure in the lead up to an election. For example:
- The New York City Campaign Finance Board requires candidates to report political donations within 24 hours of receipt using a software package called C-SMART. Disclosure statements are then published on the Board's website in near real time.
- In New York State elections, candidates must lodge three campaign disclosure reports in addition to their annual disclosure reports: 32 days and 11 days pre-election and 10 days post-election. Donations of $1,000 or more received in the 11-day period before the election must be disclosed within 24 hours of receipt. Electronically filed disclosures are generally available through the New York State Board of Elections' searchable database on the day they are received.
- Ontario, Canada requires donations of $100 or more to be reported within 10 days of being deposited. Information about such donations is then published on the Elections Ontario website within 10 days of being reported.
- In the ACT, donations over $1,000 must be disclosed within seven days if received after 1 January in an election year. Disclosures are generally made available for public inspection within a week.
- From 2015, South Australia will require immediate reporting of donations over $25,000 and weekly disclosure of donations of $5,000 or more in the lead-up to elections.


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As with our other business, supplying Outdoor Toys to both domestic and commercial clients, we believe that you should be able to see the products before your buy. Pictures on an internet site can be high quality and very clear, but sometimes you just want to see it to make sure it's what you expected!
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I have a CD of my favorite Christmas carols that I've put together from other CDs. Obviously, it's an eclectic group, like anyone else's collection, ranging from Snoopy vs the Red Baron to the Harry Simone Choral to the Transiberian Orchestra to reggae songs, Paul McCartney & John Lennon. For years, I've been trying to get this one particular song, Joy!, but the CD was out of print and people re-selling it took advantage of that by charging $40 – $50 for theirs. As much as I wanted it, I'm not that nuts.
So I couldn't believe it when I saw someone selling theirs on amazon.com for $18. I even sent the link to someone else to make sure I read it right; that it was for the CD, not the album or VHS. Then I snatched it up!
So even though it's March, I'm playing it!
It comes from an 80s TV special (you can tell by the opening electric organ, can't you? LOL!); here's the animation that went with it. I wish I could forward it to 1:11 for you so it would skip past the other stuff and go right to the song, but oh well.
Talking 'bout Joy! Talking 'bout Joy!


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An experienced agent in the entertainment industry, Ryan Ly has proven capable of driving profit and identifying high-potential business opportunities. He most recently led as a partner and the head of the Television Literary Department of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where he oversaw 18 agents working in scripted television in the London, New York, and Los Angeles markets. Effective in employing more than 500 clients on scripted series staff across multiple network types, Ryan Ly also facilitated the successful sale of such programs as Amazon's Good Girls' Revolt and Netflix's Making a Murderer.
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Donna Wade
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2019 Fall Season Opens September 14th!
Welcome to The Miracle League of Franklin County's Website!
The Miracle League of Franklin County is a baseball league for children with physical, cognitive and/or emotional disabilities. Our field will be located at Long Mill Elementary School in Youngsville. Not only does our facility have a t-ball sized baseball field with a rubberized turf surface to accommodate children with special needs, it will have an all inclusive, wheel chair accessible playground, 1600 square feet field house, and a 0.8 mile walking trail.


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I have been terribly remiss in posting regular updates on this project, in large part because I am traveling my own personal journey through cancer with my sister, Paula, who was recently diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer. The other day I was ruminating on the irony that when I decided to dedicate a year to raising money and awareness for childhood cancer, I had no idea that cancer would be impacting my own family in 2010. This twist of fate has made me even more passionate in bringing awareness about pediatric cancer to all of you.
September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness month…and I urge you to learn more about the devastating impact of cancer on children and the incredible need for research and funding to find a cure for this disease. I am pleased to be giving away five, signed copies of Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey Through Cancer and Recovery, by Melinda Marchiano – check out this post to learn more about how you can enter to win a copy of Melinda's touching memoir.
So, how are we doing with Reading for a Cure?
- Number of Participants (including one time donors and sponsors): 20
- Money Raised so far for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation: $602.70
- Number of books donated to support the project: 18
I know of at least one participant who donated to an organization other than The Pediatric Cancer Foundation, but I don't have the amount donated to add to the total above. IF you have made a donation (in relation to THIS project) to ANY organization which supports finding a cure for pediatric cancer, I would love it if you would email me privately with the amount you donated so that I can add it to our totals.
One of the things I cannot measure is how much awareness is being raised about this very important subject…but I want to take a minute to thank each and every person who has posted about this project or about the subject of pediatric cancer on their blog – raising awareness is extremely important in finding a cure for this disease.


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RISING house prices have eroded Winnipeg's international standing as an affordable place to buy a home, a new study has found.
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy's Fifth Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, released on Tuesday, ranks Winnipeg as the 80th most affordable city among 265 international housing markets surveyed, and tenth most affordable among 34 Canadian cities.
While its new Canadian ranking is only one notch below last year's ninth-place finish, its international ranking is 51 notches below last year's 29th-place standing.
David Seymour, a Regina-based analyst with the FCPP, blamed the drops on a combination of things.
They include the growing local demand for housing, which puts upward pressure on prices; plunging house prices in the United States and in some Canadian cities; and the addition of 36 more markets to this year's survey. Some of those additions were smaller cities where housing is usually less expensive.
But the biggest contributing factor was rising house prices in Winnipeg. Seymour said a severe shortage of homes for sale sparked numerous bidding wars among prospective buyers, which drove up selling prices and eroded affordability. And while a market correction drove down house prices in many overheated markets in 2008, they continued climbing at a double-digit pace in Winnipeg.
"But this is not a bad news story for Winnipeg," Seymour said. "People can still afford to buy houses and pay their mortgages."
He also noted Winnipeg is still the most affordable market among Canada's 10 largest cities.
The FCPP study examined the cost of housing in the third quarter of 2008 in 265 cities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Winnipeg was one of 87 markets ranked as affordable. Another 74 were ranked as moderately unaffordable, 49 as seriously unaffordable and 64 as severely unaffordable, with the Sunshine Coast of Australia being the worst.


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You've likely seen a website report that showed you traffic metrics like users, sessions, and bounce rate, among other things. But how does this translate into actionable next steps? At Higher Metric, we work with you to understand what your goals are, and then help you develop a strategy that turns reporting activities into opportunities for insight.
The Total Measurement Review is a small consulting engagement designed to help schools improve measurement of digital marketing activities, and thereby improve the activities themselves. The engagement includes:
The price for a Total Measurement Review is $5,000 (on-site) / $4,000 (remote) and an engagement typically takes 4-8 weeks to complete
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Over the next few days, Inspired in Style will have many different Valentine's Day activities for your classroom. Check back often as we share more! Starting us off is 'Cupid Counting'.
Using both 6″ and 10″ heart cut-outs, program them with the number word written on one style (shown in green), and the number model on another (shown in pink). You can use the Valentine Hearts Stickers for the number model. Have students play lotto and match the numbers up correctly.
For additional fun, once students have mastered the concept have them turn the cards over and play memory.
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A bone scan is a nuclear imaging test that helps diagnose and track several types of bone disease. Your doctor may order a bone scan if you have unexplained skeletal pain suggesting bone loss, bone infection or a bone injury undetectable on a standard X-ray.
A bone scan is also an important tool for detecting cancer that has spread (metastasized) to the bone from a tumor that started in a different organ, such as the breast or prostate. Similarly, a bone scan can detect some abnormalities related to leukemia and lymphoma.
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Welcome comedy fan! I'm Greg Aidala, an award-winning comedian / actor based in New York. I began my career in 2001 and since, I've performed from New York City to Los Angeles with such comedians as Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Nick DiPaolo, Kathleen Madigan, Charlie Murphy, Bo Burnham, Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling, Pete Holmes and Owen Benjamin. In 2005, I formed my own entertainment company, radial gage entertainment. In 2014, I was inducted into the esteemed Friars Club in New York City.
I produce and host The Brew Ha-Ha Comedy Showcase - an award-winning professional touring showcase that has been featured all throughout the Northeast and New York City. Launched in 2006, the showcase consists of performers who have been seen on national television anywhere from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Conan, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC's Last Comic Standing, America's Got Talent, Comedy Central, HBO, MTV and VH1. LAUGHSPIN magazine has recognized The Brew Ha-Ha Comedy Showcase as one of the longest continually run showcases in the United States.
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The 9th Annual IIG Awards
The Independent Investigations Group (IIG) will be holding their annual awards ceremony recognizing the promotion of science in popular media on Sunday June 28th at the Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles at 4773 Hollywood Blvd, starting with a reception starting at 7 PM. Admission is free although donations to support the event are welcome.
The awardees include TV mini-series Houdini from Lionsgate Television, and the feature film Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief from HBO.
Presenters of the awards for 2015 include comedians Hannah Gansen, Jim Coughlin, Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Adventure Time), and Academy Award nominated actor Robert Forster (Breaking Bad, Jackie Brown). Also in attendance will be representatives of the winning shows including Gerald W. Abrams and Nicholas Meyer, executive producer and writer of Houdini, and others.
A special honor bestowed by the IIG for exceptional achievement is induction into the Houdini Hall of Honor. This year's inductee is Richard Wiseman — psychologist and charismatic science advocate — who will be appearing via video. His name joins Harry Houdini, Carl Sagan and others.
Also being recognized this year is the series The Dr. Oz Show. This show will receive the "Truly Terrible Television Award," given each year to programs that promote pseudoscience or belief in the supernatural.
For more information on the IIG Awards, previous winners and this year's ceremony, see: http://iighq.org/index.php/awards
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Huayhuash Mini Trek
Hike one of the most beautiful trekking circuits in the world. This mini circuit takes us through the finest views and most beautiful campsites of the Cordillera Huayhuash circuit.
Trip Information
Grade: Moderate
Length: 7 Days Walk
Distance: 65 Km
Maximum Altitude: 4750m
Average: 4100m
Season: April – October
Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: Huaraz – Huallanca – La Union – Baños – Queropalca District
You are picked up at your accommodation and begin the journey with a spectacular scenic drive along the Callejon de Huaylas Valley and then through the Cordillera Huallanca Mountain Range passing some mining camps and towns to our camp at Queropalca District 3830m. There are opportunities for photo stops along the way. 7 to 8 hours drive.
Day 2: Queropalca – Laguna Carhuacocha Lake
From Queropalca we start ascending gently to our camp at the beautiful Laguna Carhuacocha 4150m with magnificent views of Nevados Jirishanca, Yerupaja and Siula Mountains. 4 to 5 hours walk.
Day 3: Extra Day at Laguna Carhuacocha Lake
We stay another night at Carhuacocha to enjoy the mountain views. We take a day hike up to the base of Yerupaja and Siula Grande where there are 3 mountain lakes. Sometimes we see avalanches coming off the glaciers into the lakes. 6 to 7 hours walk.
Day 4: Carhuacocha – Carhuac Pass – Janca Valley
A steady ascent on a good trail to cross our first pass Paso Carhuac 4630m and then descend to our next camp at Janca Valley 4150m. 5 hours walk. From our camp we have close views of the big peaks Ronday, Jirishanca, Ninashanca. In the afternoon we have the option to hike up to Laguna Mitucocha Lake located at 4250m (1½ hours return walk).
Day 5: Janca – Cacananpunta Pass – Matacancha
In the morning we cross Cacananpunta 4690m and descend to Quebrada Cuncush valley with wide expanses of rolling grassy hills and camp at Matacancha 4100m. 6 to 7 hours.
Day 6: Matacancha – Rondoy Punta Pass – Laguna Jahuacocha Lake
We ascend towards Paso Rondoy Punta 4750m pass from here there are awesome panoramas of the big mountains of the Cordillera Huayhuash with Yerupaja dominating the skyline. We then descend to our camp at the beautiful Laguna Jahuacocha 4050m lake passing Laguna Solterococha. 7 – 8 hours walk.
Day 7: Jahuacocha – Pampa Llamac – Llamac – Huaraz
Today is our final day of trekking, with one last climb up to Paso Pampa Llamac 4300m. We can enjoy our final views over the range before descending steadily down to Llamac. Here we meet our transport and drive back to Huaraz. 5 hours walk and 4 hours drive.
We highly recommend that you arrive in Huaraz at least 2 days before the trek departs and spend time doing day hikes to higher altitude, this will help with acclimatization to the new altitude. We can help organise day hikes for you.
Grading & Fitness
In order to get the most out of this trek you should be in good physical condition. It is not easy to grade the fitness level required for the treks, since it is a subjective matter. However, we have classified this trek as moderate. We trek approximately six to eight hours per day with several long ascents and descents.
We encourage everyone to walk at their own pace, it is not a race and we want you to enjoy it. There is no pressure to keep up with the fastest walkers and there is always a guide at the rear of the group. On the trek all personal belongings other than a day-pack are carried for you.
Three of us undertook the Huayhuash Mountains mini trek in August 2013, what an experience and what a place – truly awesome! The trip came together with thanks to Rodolfo; he assisted with pre-trip arrangements and upon us arriving in Huaraz, that assistance continued. His extensive local knowledge helped us with acclimatisation walks and public transport. Rodolfo's guidance and pace during the trek was excellent, as was his back up team (donkey driver & cook) who provided a great service!. Perminder, England.
We also offer the Cordillera Huayhuash Mini Trek in 6 and 5 days. For more information and prices contact us.


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Welcome to Westport Events. This website is
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Westport us a caring small town community where neighbors and businesses work together
Westport is a small town community full of small town pride, but with eyes toward growth and keeping the precious quality of life intact which is so hard to accomplish in this day and age.
Working together with all of the Community Organizations, Religious Community, Cultural Committees, and The Independent Westport Area Business Association the community of Westport proudly invites you to join us at one or more of our 2006 events.
You will find that Westport is not only a great place to live, but also a great place to visit!
We hope you see you at one of our events!
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Gremolata, a mixture of herbs, garlic and lemon zest, is stuffed under the skin, contributing its extraordinary fragrance to the chicken. To ensure moist and succulent meat, the skin is left on for roasting, but removed before carving. This is an excellent treatment for all kinds of poultry; for a turkey, make a double or triple batch of gremolata. Serve with plenty of Garlic Mashed Potatoes to soak up the sauce.
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