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Historic Preservation InternshipAmigos Library Services, in
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DirectorDunn County Historical Society in Menominee WI seeks full time
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EducatorNational Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids IA seeks
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Historic Sink Hole DedicationHarmony Area Historical Society
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Exhibit opening in Hastings"Modern Interpretations of Historic
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Book talkObserve the 50th anniversary of Nine Mile Creek
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Minnesota Historic Preservation AwardsPreservation Alliance of Minnesota is now accepting nominations
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Why Study Japanese?
Some students may be interested in Japanese popular culture or majoring in Asian Studies, Engineering, Art or International Business.
Through the OU System, students may apply for study abroad in Japan at Waseda and Aoyama U in Tokyo, Kansai Gaikokugo U in Osaka and Hokkaido U in their junior year.
Some students may wish to study Japanese language and culture as their heritage.
"Japanese is the fourth largest language used in the web." Internet World Stats
"Every year, more than 2,000 undergraduates from North American colleges and universities spend a year, a semester, or a summer studying in Japan." Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
Japanese Culture courses are counted at OSU as their diversity requirement.
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The Japanese program at PCC boasts the second largest enrollment in the state for first and second year courses only after University of Oregon. All PCC Japanese courses are taught using an immersion method. The objective of all Japanese courses at PCC is to help students develop communicative competence and proficiency in comprehension, speaking, reading, writing Japanese and cultural awareness.
Students can take courses focused on Asia and earn the Asian Studies Focus Award, which shows prospective employers and transfer colleges a foundational focus on Asia. The skills acquired through learning Japanese language and culture will help acquire higher thinking skills, especially through comparative studies of language and culture between those of North America and Japan or Asia.
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- Cost effective textbooks — which enable you to use for 4 terms (volume 1) & 2 terms (volume 2)
- Free Japanese tutors, active Japan-related student clubs (Anime, board game Go, and Japan are the three most popular clubs on campus.)
- Classrooms with computer podium, large screen and stereo system for viewing videos, as well as a new language computer lab for student and class use.
- Course web pages and also online activities for extra practice at the free publisher website.
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Volkswagen has been producing Beetles since 1938. Of which, more than 22.5-million have been sold around the world. The first Ferdinand Porsche-designed generation had its run until 2003, when the New Beetle was introduced. The New Beetle was predicated on the design of the Concept One concept car designed in VW's California studio by J Mays and Freeman Thomas, now both of Ford.
And now there is a new Beetle, the third generation, one with design cues that are clearly related to the 2005 concept, VW Beetle Ragster. After all this time, there is one thing that can be said about the Beetle: There is no other car that has had as consistent a design. There is no mistaking it for what it is.
About the 2012 Beetle, Klaus Bischoff, head of Volkswagen Design, said, "The Beetle is now characterized by a clean, self-confident and dominant sportiness. The car not only has a lower profile"—it is 58.5-in. tall, which is 0.5 in. lower than the New Beetle—"it is also substantially wider"—it is 71.2-in. wide, 3.3 in. wider than the New Beetle—"the front hood is longer"—as is the entire car, being 168.4-in. long, 6 in. wider than the New Beetle—"the front windshield is shifted further back and has a much steeper incline. All of this creates a new dynamism."
While the interior of the New Beetle had cues that can be considered "cute," the 2012 Beetle is more business-like (e.g., the tach, speedo, and fuel gauge are all placed centrally in a semicircular cluster). There is a use of metallic-like trim accents. And a somewhat retro touch is the use of high-gloss painted plastic on the instrument panel by the glove box (which may bring to mind interior treatments used in vehicles like the Chrysler PT Cruiser), although there is also a carbon fauxber surface, as well. The steering wheel is designed with a flat bottom, which is more racing-like than driving-to-the-amusement-park-like.
The interior is roomier than had been the case with the New Beetle, with the interior volume going from 81-ft3 to 85-ft3. The front legroom is up 1.9 in., and the front shoulder room increases by 2.5 in. In the back, thanks to the roof line extension, the headroom has been increased by 0.4 in.
Under the hood (yes, unlike the original, the engine is in the front) there is a choice of two engines at the start and a third in 2012. The two available engines are a 170-hp 2.5-liter inline five cylinder (yes, five) and a 200-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four. The 2.5-liter is mated to a six-speed automatic; the 2.0-liter gets a six-speed dual-clutch automatic (the DSG). Coming are a five-speed manual for the 2.5-liter and a six-speed manual for the 2.0-liter.
And the engine that is coming is a 140-hp, 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder TDI diesel that will be mated to either a six-speed manual or a DSG dual-clutch automatic. It is estimated to get 29 mpg city and 40 mpg highway (33 combined), the most-ever for a Beetle—even after 73 years.
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Ford: Putting on the Top Hat
Now automakers can reuse the basic architecture and structure of a vehicle but then put with vastly different body styles, or top hats, over them. Ford is the latest automaker to join the top hat revolution and it is moving aggressively forward with plans to use fewer global architectures over multiple vehicle segments to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
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Adaptation made the human species what it is today, and it's adaptation that I believe offers a successful path through the most significant financial upheaval of our time.
Success, in all aspects of life, hinges upon the ability to adapt to changes in our surroundings.
As an anthropologist, I sought to preserve ancient life ways and knowledge precisely to sustain people's capacity to adapt. In the world of investing, changes are far easier to make, but they require thorough and careful analysis.
The great paradigm shift
Before housing turned horrific and the Bear Stearns cave collapsed, investors thrived for decades with a formula that spread bets across multiple investment goals, equity sectors, and market capitalizations … often wrapped in convenient formulaic bundles alongside bonds and cash. The conventional wisdom worked so well over the long term that employer-sponsored retirement accounts frequently limit fund options to variations of this basic approach.
Now that financial de-regulation, excessive leverage, unsavory lending practices, and an unscalable mountain of toxic derivatives have collided with equity growth in a manner reminiscent of the Great Depression, however, we are faced with a critical strategic question. In the wake of that gut-wrenching 54% decline in the Dow from peak to recent trough, do we stick with the investment strategies that worked so well during boom times, or adjust our approach to account for a different economic reality?
I am not advocating a particular course of action here, since investment strategies and allocations are highly personal considerations that must be tailored to each investor's goals, risk appetite, time horizon, etc. What I am suggesting is that the events of the past 15 months have fundamentally altered the investing landscape in a way that requires a fresh examination of strategies.
This is a process I advocated more than a year ago, and one which I feel remains timely today. One might even take a fresh look and decide that nothing needs tweaking. What matters, in my opinion, is the act of thinking it through.
At some point, it all boils down to your fundamental outlook on the state of the economy. If you believe that everything is under control as the Fed and Treasury juggle the largest fiscal interventions ever attempted by our species, that green shoots are preparing to blossom, and that the U.S. economy will be dialed back into growth before you can say re-allocation, then you may decide to change nothing. Those who share my expectation for significant devaluation of the U.S. dollar, and an unfortunately prolonged period of contraction for the U.S. economy, may crave an alternate approach.
Embracing diversity
Alongside adaptation, diversity is another key component of successful life on Earth. Biological diversity is important to the planet, cultural diversity keeps human life interesting, and diverse approaches to investing ensure that we'll always have people trying to prove why their way is best.
Within a given investment portfolio, diversification provides an important element of protection against being wrong with a particular investment thesis. While I advocate a critical re-examination of conventional approaches, I fully recognize the importance of diversification … whatever that word means for you. Interpretations of the word vary greatly; since diversification can refer to asset types, equity sectors or types, or even one's overall number of holdings.
Fellow Fool contributor Nick Kapur recently took aim at legendary investor Jim Rogers for cautioning against over-diversification. I believe that Jim merely intended to question cookie-cutter approaches to broad diversification during a period of economic distress.
Personally, I have opted to eschew conventional allocations in favor of more concentrated exposure to investments that offer protection from U.S. dollar devaluation … something Jim Rogers and I both consider inevitable.
While I hardly expect Fools to condone my degree of exposure to volatile precious metal miners like Agnico-Eagle Mines
Offering some diversification among dollar-defensive plays, the Jim Rogers-inspired Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers
The bottom line
As an anthropologist, I know that various strategies can yield successful adaptations to the challenges of human life on Earth. Likewise, diverse paths can lead to investment success under any market conditions.
Conventional wisdom is dynamic, and I submit that this financial crisis is one of those events that can bring accelerated shifts. For example, the conventional wisdom (touted by Alan Greenspan) once held that housing prices would remain in a state of perpetual rise, seeing only variable growth rates but never experiencing a sustained decline. We now know that was pure fantasy. The wisdom within conventional wisdom can change over time, and so can successful investment strategies.
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- The surreal life of the U.S. dollar
- The top 10 reasons to hold gold
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As I reflected on this pastor's statement, a couple of thoughts came to my mind. One is that his statement was a very personal one that indicated a preference that was important to him and was a value I needed to honor. An additional thought though was about what actually makes a chair a "church chair". Here is an expansion on those thoughts with three observations as to what really is needed for a chair to be labeled a "church chair".
Next you will need to figure out the seat height range necessary for you to be able to keep your feet flat on the floor while working(or on a foot rest) and work with your height. You will also need to take into consideration the height of your desk to ensure your chair will fit underneath your desk if needed, especially if you would like a chair with armrests. Most standard desks are 29" measured from the floor to the top of the desk, however some have higher workstations or adjustable desks that can be lowered and raised if needed. If you are a shorter individual a standard cylinder that comes with most office chairs may be too tall for you causing your legs to be bent at an awkward angle. The same can be said for taller individuals who need a longer cylinder and higher seat height adjustment range. Certain specialty ergonomic office chairs offer different cylinder size options to accommodate individuals of any height from children 4' tall to adults that are 6'8".
The materials the chair is made up is another important factor. Leather is the most common option for high-end executive chairs. Leather is both comfortable and elegant. The comfort comes from the temperature which leather maintains. It stays cool and does not get too hot to sit in for long periods of time. But, in cooler climates, leather does warm up to one's body temperature and does not stay too cool. While there are plenty of good models of cloth executive office chairs, they will all be considered second best to the leather models. In addition, one of the considerations of having a really nice office chair is to give off an impression of power. Leather often does this, because of the inherent cost.


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Second 'Fantastic Beasts' film titled 'The Crimes of Grindelwald', cast photo revealed
17 November 2017 at 00:39 GMT
The second film in the Fantastic Beasts franchise will be called Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
The title was revealed today alongside a cast photo featuring Jude Law (Albus Dumbledore), Ezra Miller (Credence), Claudia Kim (Maledictus, a witch that carries a magic "blood curse"), Zoë Kravitz (Leta Lestrange), Callum Turner (Theseus Scamander, Newt's brother), Katherine Waterston (Tina), Eddie Redmayne (Newt), Dan Fogler (Jacob), Alison Sudol (Queenie) and Johnny Depp (Gellert Grindelwald).
The film will begin in 1927 — picking up months after Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — and will be released on 16 November 2018.
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Did Stuart Hameroff just explain what is vibrating when spiritualists have spoken of spirits existing on different vibrations? At 18 minutes he discusses the different resonance frequencies of the microtubules of the brain. I've watched this four times now and I don't fully understand it, but the the different frequencies of the microtubules corresponds to something that has to do with quantum gravity, and that makes it possible to have different worlds (physical, etheric, astral, etc.) all superimposed in the same physical space. A mind vibrating at 80 hz would be aware of one world (ours), while a mind vibrating at 8000 hz would be aware of a different world, and a mind at 80,000 hz would be aware of a different world, but they would all be in the same place, just at different frequencies, and an observer in one would not be aware of any others. The smaller the scale, from our scale to the Planck scale, the lower the energy but the greater the information processing capacity. That means the higher planes described in channeled messages are actually microscopic in size!
Also in this dialogue is a discussion of zombies, near death experiences, reincarnation, and quantum holography. Runs 33 minutes.
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This blog is totally independent, unpaid and has only three major objectives.
The first is to inform readers of news and happenings in the e-Health domain, both here in Australia and world-wide.
The second is to provide commentary on e-Health in Australia and to foster improvement where I can.
The third is to encourage discussion of the matters raised in the blog so hopefully readers can get a balanced view of what is really happening and what successes are being achieved.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
A Challenge: What Are the Five Things Australia Needs To Do To Develop A Transformative, Cost-Effective e-Health System?
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- Bernard Robertson-Dunn said...
re: "2. Commit to eHealth: The revolutionary changes (and cost savings) possible in health care through the introduction of a robust, consumer-centred eHealth system cannot be underestimated. Funding commitments must be made beyond 2014-15 to realise the potential of this system."
Note the qualifiers in this and other claims for eHealth. Words like "possible" and "potential" are frequently used, however the reality has never been demonstrated. It should also be noted that most of the claims for eKHealth come from people who want to see money spent in their direction - a classic case of vested interest.
And to be clear, I draw a distinction between Health IT (sensors, monitors, prosthesis, etc) and health record systems which are used for health decision making (eHealth).
IMHO, so far eHealth is a worthwhile goal, but, it's like Gandhi's reply, when asked what he thought of Western Civilisation - "I think it would be a good idea."
eHealth hasn't happened yet and nobody knows how to do it. Any approach needs to recognise this and proceed in a manner that takes small steps and learns and relearns from the mistakes inevitably made. Unfortunately, the PCEHR was a big step, a big mistake and it is very difficult to learn lessons, because so many big mistakes were made.
I suggest that the only really useful lesson to be learned is that the way it has been done so far is the wrong way. What it hasn't shown is a better way.
- December 23, 2014 2:56 PM
Can we have change for the future while those responsible for current are still holding the design authority strings, I doubt they would want the lessons to be learned to be exposed. All the while the debt increases and the hole gets deeper, consultantion get shallower. I am sure the CHF will be warmly embraced, they are filling a void. Lets see if this health minister has what it takes. Cut the crap Minister
- December 23, 2014 11:39 PM
- Terry Hannan said...
Bernard, I cannot fully agree with your statements re non-established effectiveness. Here are some readings you may be interested in.
(1-3) For Reference 1. The COMPLETE issue of the IJMI covering 25 years of effective clinical computing.
OpenMRS: www.openmrs.org and (4, 5)
1. Safran C. Editorial. Int J Med Inform. 1999;54:155-6.
2. Safran C, Porter D, Lightfoot J, Rury CD, Underhill LH, Bleich HL, et al. ClinQuery: a system for online searching of data in a teaching hospital. Ann Intern Med. 1989;111(9):751-6. Epub 1989/11/01.
3. Safran C, Sands DZ, Rind DM. Online medical records: a decade of experience. Methods Inf Med. 1999;38(4-5):308-12. Epub 2000/05/11.
4. Braitstein P, Einterz RM, Sidle JE, Kimaiyo S, Tierney W. "Talkin' about a revolution": How electronic health records can facilitate the scale-up of HIV care and treatment and catalyze primary care in resource-constrained settings. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009;52 Suppl 1:S54-7. Epub 2009/11/05.
5. Tierney WM, Achieng M, Baker E, Bell A, Biondich P, Braitstein P, et al. Experience implementing electronic health records in three East African countries. Stud Health Technol Inform.160(Pt 1):371-5. Epub 2010/09/16.
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- December 24, 2014 8:55 AM
Well said, David. I like your five steps.
- December 26, 2014 10:40 AM
Anon Dec 23 11:39. I cannot see any real change happening under the current umbrella. My guess is there will be a push for revised specifications, at a minimum NeHTA will need to refresh those that have gone through standards. I Think we may start seeing just how badly NEHTA has undertaken product management. I hope I am wrong and the proof will be in the fullness and richness of the revised specifications. 2-4 years is Quite a long time and we can't live on clinically validated data alone
- December 26, 2014 6:46 PM
- Bernard Robertson-Dunn said...
Thanks for the references, but three of them are last century, one is very specific (HIV in resource constrained setting) and the last is in the context of African countries.
Can you point to any studies a) in the Australia/America/UK context and/or b) a bit more recent?
I have read many studies on large scale (read national) eHealth record systems not working and very few (approaching zero) on where they have been a major success.
What would be really interesting is a review of the use and benefits of the Singapore system (on which ours is based), although their social context is very different from ours.
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Chapter 331: Indestructible In Foundation Establishment
The fighting spirit among the River-Defying Sect and the Sky River Court raged over the Heavenspan River. Rumbling sounds filled the air, and vicious gleams could be seen in the eyes of all cultivators!
Miserable shrieks echoed out, and magical techniques lit up the sky. Although the River-Defying Sect's patriarchs and the Gold Core cultivators held the advantage in the fighting, the assassination techniques used by the Sky River Court were a big source of frustration. When facing such techniques, even the slightest misstep could lead to death.
After all, when the Sky River Court had initially been punished by the Starry Sky Dao Polarity Sect, their top-level forces, and even middle level forces, had all suffered severe losses. However, the low-level cultivators hadn't been affected as much.
The fighting going on over the Heavenspan River was incredibly fierce. The four divisions of the River-Defying Sect had already experienced such fighting in the Lower Reaches, and were familiar with large-scale battles. Although they were initially surprised by the Sky River Court's unique battle tactics, it didn't take long before the fighting reached a deadlock.
As far as the River-Defying Sect was concerned, that was a good position to be in. All they needed to do was wait for the patriarchs and Gold Core cultivators to seize victory, and then the rest of the enemy forces could be easily crushed!
Massive rumbling sounds echoed out. As for the clans and sects which had already sworn allegiance to the River-Defying Sect, although they weren't making a huge showing on the battlefield, they were providing significant assistance, and were fighting just as fiercely as everyone else.
As the deadlock continued, numerous Chosen rose to prominence in the fighting. Shangguan Tianyou controlled one of the spell formation incarnations, and the sword qi he unleashed caused a web of swords to appear, a dazzling sight as it swept across the battlefield.
Ghostfang didn't say much, but his attacks were extremely intimidating. The spell formation he was part of became just like him, abounding with ghost qi. Numerous pitch-black ghost hands appeared, which unleashed deadly violence onto the Sky River Court enemies.
Then there was Hou Yunfei, Gongsun Yun, as well as cultivators from the Blood Stream Division such as Song Que, Xuemei, Master God-Diviner, Jia Lie, Song Junwan, the three blood masters and the grand elders. Everyone was attacking with full power, making a spectacular showing on the battlefield.
Others were also present, such as Nine-Isles from the Profound Stream Division. He had long since recovered, and usually spent his time avoiding Bai Xiaochun. Now, he took advantage of the opportunity this battle presented him to vent his frustration.
There were few Chosen among the Pill Stream Division disciples. The spectacular beauty Chen Manyao was actually the only one, but she was extremely skilled in commanding the army on the field of battle. Pill Stream Division squads of three to five cultivators roved about, unleashing toxic gases, or using healing powers to aid their comrades.
In fact, it was mostly because of the Pill Stream Division that the River-Defying Sect was able to benefit from the deadlock.
Chen Manyao's orders kept the Pill Stream Division cultivators completely in order, moving about the battlefield with particular skill and finesse.
As Chen Manyao sent out one order after another, strange light gleamed in her eyes. She was like a star shining over the aquatic battlefield, and became the second most important target for the Sky River Court.
The person who people were paying attention to the most, however, had just emerged from the Blood Ancestor and then formed a giant incarnation. It was Bai Xiaochun, who wielded an enormous greatsword formed from blood qi!
Considering that the look in Bai Xiaochun's eyes was the same as the look in the eyes of the Blood Ancestor, everyone could tell that he had been the person in control of the blood giant!
Of course, even though the Sky River Court had been prohibited from interfering with the affairs of the Lower Reaches cultivation world, they were able to gather intelligence. As such, they knew that he was also the person responsible for unifying all of the Lower Reaches sects.
Therefore, almost as soon as he appeared, the Sky River Court forces glared over at him and sent a wave of assassins in his direction. At the same time, numerous smaller skybanyans began to race toward him, expressions those of madness and ferocity.
Bai Xiaochun's eyes glowed with red light. As of this moment, he felt like he was back fighting the Luochen Clan, or in the Fallen Sword Abyss. Even the fighting outside the Profound Stream Sect city had been similar. Throwing his head back, he roared, causing blood qi to surge around him, increasing the battle prowess of the Blood Stream Division cultivators in the area.
Bruiser could sense Bai Xiaochun's energy, and also let out a howl, causing waves of battle beasts to leap toward the Sky River Court forces.
Then there were the refined corpses, gargoyles, and puppets. A dazzling display could be seen on the battlefield as endless booms and crashes rang out.
Bai Xiaochun swung his blood sword at an incoming skybanyan treant. Even as he did, an explosive voice roared, "Die!!"
The voice came seemingly out of nowhere. Simultaneously, eight Foundation Establishment cultivators materialized out of thin air. Every one of them was clearly a cold-blooded assassin, and none of them paused for even a moment before unleashing their most powerful attacks onto Bai Xiaochun.
Bai Xiaochun's eyes glittered as he followed through with his blood sword strike. Even as he slashed the skybanyan treant into two pieces, his energy erupted, and an enormous figure formed behind him. In the blink of an eye, it became crystal clear; shockingly, it was the manifestation of his Undying Asura Body!
The undying asura and the spell formation incarnation merged together, and when the combined attacks of the eight Foundation Establishment cultivators landed on it, the only thing that happened was that the Foundation Establishment cultivators coughed up mouthfuls of blood. Looks of disbelief and terror appeared on their faces.
"What type of fleshly body is that? I can't believe something like this exists!!"
"Dammit! He's almost at the point where he's indestructible within the Foundation Establishment stage!!"
The eight cultivators were so shocked that their qi and blood was in chaos. Looking at Bai Xiaochun like he was a ghost, they didn't hesitate for even a moment to begin to flee at top speed.
"Indestructible in Foundation Establishment?" Bai Xiaochun wasn't hurt in the least. He let go of the blood sword, allowing it to dissipate as he performed an incantation gesture and pointed out, causing all of the resulting blood qi to form into a cloud of smaller blood swords, which shot out like a tempest wind.
The eight Foundation Establishment cultivators didn't have the time to flee very far. The blood sword formation swept over them, slashing away their flesh and blood and chopping their bones into dust. By the time the wind passed, not a single trace remained of the eight cultivators.
When the other Sky River Court cultivators saw this, they gasped in shock. As for Bai Xiaochun, his eyes flickered with cold light as he looked around the battlefield. He saw River-Defying Sect cultivators dying here and there, killed at the hands of the assassins. Hatred began to gleam in his eyes, and instead of continuing his fight with the skybanyan treants, he began to flit across the battlefield looking for the elusive assassins.
Everywhere he went, thunderous booms could be heard. The assassin's murderous methods didn't hurt Bai Xiaochun at all, not with the explosive power of his Asura Body.
Instantly, the assassins began to tremble and hide. None of them dared to get anywhere near Bai Xiaochun. Just as Bai Xiaochun was about to start hunting them down, a roar of rage echoed out behind him, and it came from one of the skybanyan treants that was twice as tall as any of the others.
A bizarre gleam could be seen in the eyes of the huge treant, whose body was festooned with freshly severed heads. Some of those heads belonged to Spirit Stream Division disciples, and when Bai Xiaochun saw that, his murderous aura erupted.
Suddenly, a face appeared on the trunk of the treant. It was a young man, whose venomous eyes were filled with madness. Looking at Bai Xiaochun, he said, "Indestructible in Foundation Establishment? Invincible within your stage? Trifling Lower Reaches punk. I'll show you what it means to be invincible. I'll show you what an indestructible Foundation Establishment fleshly body is!"
Looking nervously at the treant speeding toward him, Bai Xiaochun murmured. "A Sky River Court Chosen? Every time I see people looking crazy like this, I feel like I need to bring them to their senses…."
Without any hesitation, he shot forward with the Mountain Shaking Bash!
Every time the Mountain Shaking Bash appeared, his energy rose even higher than before!
As the Mountain Shaking Bash was unleashed, a second asura appeared behind him, which merged with the first asura, causing his power to skyrocket!
He moved with such speed that the treant had no time to react. He was nothing more than a blur of afterimages, like an entire mountain smashing through the air toward the treant.
A huge boom echoed out, and everyone in the area gasped. As for the treant, it let out a bloodcurdling scream as it was sent flying backward, tumbling through the air like a kite with its string cut, all the way until it slammed into the ground on the bank of the river.
At that point, it went silent.
"Can't take a hit, can we?" Bai Xiaochun said proudly. The other eight cultivators in the formation with him all smiled wryly, and knew that the situation had been under control the entire time. There were few people in the Foundation Establishment stage who could withstand the Mountain Shaking Bash.
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this yellow pine under all conditions. Without doubt it is here due to homogeneous climatic conditions in a uniform topography and a tree sensitive to varying moisture-supply.
In a good many cases where the number of trees in a group has decreased in earlier years, it has been found (by carrying overlapping curves through a considerable period) that a few trees give essentially the same curves as a large number. From the entire experience I have been led to assign a minimum preferably of 5 trees in any one group, while in some groups (notably the yellow pine of Arizona and the sequoias of California, together with the Scotch pine in central Sweden and in north Germany), 2 trees would give a very excellent record. In only one group have 5 failed to give a satisfactory record, and that was the set of Scotch pines from the outskirts of Christiania. The cross-identification of this group was not felt to be satisfactory, and a double number of trees from that locality would have been an advantage. This failure was thought to be due in part to the rugged character of the region.
Direction of maximum growth.—The maximum trunk-growth was observed to occur a little east of north. The average difference between the radii was 12 per cent. An explanation of this increased growth to the north is to be found in the increased amount of moisture on that side, due to the slower melting of snow and decreased evaporation in the shade. For nearly all these trees the ground had a gentle slope toward the south, so that moisture working down hill reaches the north side of the root system first.
Rate of growth and age.—The relation of average ring-width to radius was found to be intermediate between an inverse proportion to the radius and an inverse proportion to the square of the radius. If the tree merely increased in diameter without growing upward, the width should be roughly inversely proportional to the radius. If the tree is increasing in height at the same time, we should expect an inverse proportion to the square of the radius. We find the relation to be between these.
Growth and soil.—In early studies of 25 yellow pines at Flagstaff it was noticed that a certain subgroup of 6 trees dropped to its strong minima in 1780 and 1880 more promptly than the others. This appears to be connected with the soil upon which the trees grew. This subgroup stood on a limestone formation where the soil is porous and the rock below full of cracks. The other two subgroups grew on recent lavas, very compact and unbroken, covered with a rather thin layer of clayey soil. With the former, therefore, the rain passed quickly through the soil and away, and we do not find so much conservation of moisture as in the latter, where the water could find no convenient outlet. On the whole, the growth seems to be more rapidly influenced by changes of moisture on limestone than on volcanic rocks.


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When I was @ 11-13 years old, I lived in a house on the corner right across the street from my elementary school (Southgate). This was the house of plum jam, beef burgundy and candles.
This house has bittersweet memories associated with it. For one, it was the house my father rented after my parents split. Dad always made sure we lived in a house, never an apartment. He always made sure to be involved in the PTA and our softball teams. He was always involved in our lives when we were young, which I didn't appreciate at the time. I always thought my Dad could be a bit of a butt when it came to discipline. I couldn't stand being told what to do all the time. Looking back, I see that I'd probably be much the same way as Dad was.
Some memories include losing my cat Pearl by a passing vehicle, playing catch with Dad in the field behind our house, camping in the backyard and making, from scratch:
1) "Beef Burgundy". Dad made this stew dish with beef that included a healthy dose of red wine. Years later, we asked Dad why he never made it again. He reminded us pesky kids that we complained to no end about not liking it!
2) Plum jam. Dad was mean. He made us pick up all the softening and rotting plums from the ground in the back yard before he mowed the lawn. We made plum jam from the fruit and gave it away to neighbors and folks at church.
3) Candles colored by melted crayons. Dad probably needed cheap stuff for us to do, so his creativity included yet another project to be done right at home. We used blocks of wax and melted them into little cups with a string in the middle and made our own candles. I never lit mine and it ended up getting lost in one of the many moves I continued to make in my life leading in to adulthood…
One funny thing I remember was Dad talking about how he could see out the bathroom window from the stall shower. He said he'd see the pastor of our church jogging past the house. Pastor Vern was his name. I remember in one of his sermons he spoke of how the best time he had to think was while he was on the pot. He sure knew how to get his congregation to pay attention!
Other vivid memories of this house include dodging the crossing guard because it wasn't cool to be "babysat" and escorted across the street with someone carrying a portable "STOP" sign. Since we lived on the corner, I remember practicing my flute when the window was open and a passerby said "you suck!" which made me not want to practice anymore…


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The 12th International Congress on Transport in the Developing World was held in Vietnam on November 12-14, 2008. Glen Weisbrod was selected to serve as a member of the CODATU International Scientific Committee and present the keynote speech on Financing.
The focus of Mr. Weisbrod's keynote address was that public agencies face a disparity between what is financially expedient for raising funds, and what may be sustainable in the long term for providing transport facilities and services, and ultimately supporting economic development.
Through a research paper and Power Point presentation, he showed how transportation users, private contractors, government agencies and the general public can all benefit from transportation investments through a "value chain." However, each party has a different set of costs and benefits associated with alternative public-private financing. To ensure viable and sustainable projects, there is a critical need to achieve alignment of benefits and costs so that no one group profits at the expense of another. There is also a need to ensure that long-term economic growth - a fundamental foundation for public investment in transportation infrastructure - is supported.
This value chain approach can help lead to a more systematic approach to program design, performance tracking and regulatory oversight of public-private financing arrangements.
· See the Power Point Presentation
· Web Site for CODATU conference proceedings
Topic of the conference : Sustainable Development Challenges of Transport in Cities of the Developing World
Read the paper by Glen Weisbrod and Cameron Gordon, Proceedings of the CODATU International Congress on Transport in the Developing World, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 2008.


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As a director I re-imagine the relationship between artist and audience exploring unexpected and often intimate encounters with opera, evolving new associations between character, music, text, movement and space where the relationship between singing actors and instrumentalists is central to the presentation of an integrated music drama. I work towards productions that reflect a poetic reality. I facilitate the creation of mentally and emotionally engaged characters in situations from which conflicts arise that in turn engage the audience. I am less concerned with finding contemporary parallels for these situations (though this may be a resonance for the audience) and more concerned in my artistic practice with extensions of dream and myth that engage the audience at another and quite instinctive level of reality.
I am currently particularly interested in the interpretative possibilities that may be offered by staging operas in unconventional spaces (for example, warehouse, asylum, place of worship, train station, port).
To this end in 2012 I founded Lost & Found Opera and served as its inaugural Artistic Director until 2018 when I took up a new position as General Director at New Zealand Opera.
Lost & Found was launched in 2012 by the Minister for Culture and the Arts WA, with a mission to present unusual operas in found spaces that speak to the resonance of the work. The Company produces and tours work on a scale that integrates the audience, performance and environment.
In a short period, Lost & Found produced bold and imaginative work to find its audience and help energise the creative sector in Perth with an array of successful sold out seasons garnering critical acclaim from local, state and national press. It has been hailed as "the nation's most innovative opera company" (Opera Magazine) and "one of the few genuinely disruptive arts organisations in Australia" (The West Australian).
Critically acclaimed productions included:
- The Human Voice Poulenc/Cocteau (an opera charting the suicide of a woman as she talks on the phone to her lover, presented to 15 people at a time in a downtown Perth hotel room; production reprised at the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, Victoria and set for performances in Paris 2018);
"sustained power, searing interiority and superlative musicianship and stage craft". The West Australian 2014
- The Emperor of Atlantis Ullmann/Kien (an opera written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp and performed on the elevated platform (bimah) used for the reading of the Torah at Perth Hebrew Congregation Synagogue);
"a terrific production of an underperformed work…Thomas de Mallet Burgess is doing great things in Perth at the moment, and Lost and Found Opera are truly offering something different for audiences…The Emperor of Atlantis is one of the most inventive productions you are likely to see this year." Limelight 2014
- In the Shadow of Venus Heggie/Menotti/Hoiby (three short American operas performed at various locations in and around Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) including one opera projected live onto the large cultural centre piazza screen; Winner of the West Australian Arts Editor Award 2015);
"Perth's innovative opera company Lost & Found again breaks new ground with a hilarious triple bill performed in as many sites." The West Australian 2015
- Médée Milhaud (the classic Greek myth reflecting the last stand of the matriarchy staged at Fremantle Arts Centre in a reclaimed storeroom containing an original cell from the building's former use as an asylum for women that also housed alcoholics, prostitutes and the infirm);
"Darius Milhaud's 1938 opera Médée was given a gripping Australian premiere by Lost and Found Opera…This production shouldn't be missed." The West Australian 2015
"Innovation, intimacy and insight: this is what opera should be about…The production is a triumph of design and direction." Limelight 2015
- Don Procopio Bizet (a comic opera in a new English translation by Thomas de Mallet Burgess and new orchestration by Chris van Tuinen about age and ageing performed in a suburban Italian club and wedding venue in partnership with an aged care facility).
"Inevitably the question is whether the opera really works, stripped of all the advantages of the opera house itself, its pit and orchestra, the glamour and prestige of its architecture and, not least, its acoustics. The answer in this case is, emphatically, yes…Credit must go to director and translator Thomas de Mallet Burgess, whose script and direction is consistently funny and contemporary…The soloists were each quite remarkable. It was astounding to see them perform with such comic timing, verve and swagger in what, I imagine, must be quite a confronting proximity with the audience, and to hear them sing with such commitment and skill in so bare an acoustic and with such meagre orchestral support…Unknown opera in a bingo hall? Don't miss it." The Australian 2016
"Lost and Found Opera's wildly imaginative production dissolves the boundaries between performer and audience, reality and make-believe…Lost and Found Opera is one of the few genuinely disruptive — dare I say agile — arts organisations in Australia…This opening night performance was an absolute delight, the mix of garish costumes, physical comedy, engaging arias, duets, ensembles and choruses, audience interaction and Burgess's witty English translation combining to make this Big Fat Italian Wedding a night to remember. In short, Lost and Found Opera have done it again." The West Australian 2016
- Trouble in Tahiti Bernstein (a site specific re-imagining of Leonard Bernstein's opera staged in a private house in the affluent suburb of City Beach).
"5 stars…a production with which, from the originality of its conception to the excellence of its execution, it is difficult to find fault." The West Australian 2017
"This is the magic of Perth opera company Lost and Found: they present opera so physically and emotionally close to the audience that the work takes on an (often uncomfortable) personal resonance. ★★★★★" Limelight 2017
"Outstanding casting and a mix of naturalistic and psychologically probing direction from Burgess has so far resulted in opera with an uncomfortably personal impact, and on May 10 Trouble in Tahiti did not disappoint…Lost & Found produces a thrilling operatic package (and) the secret is getting out." Opera Magazine 2017
In my new position with New Zealand Opera I shall be continuing with my interest in re-defining the experience of opera for its audience.
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Happy Friday the thirteenth to you all! Here are my favorites for the week. I have been living in comfy house slippers lately, but mine are getting pretty worn. These Ugg slippers have been on my radar. They look so comfortable! This Kendra Scott necklace was originally $90 but is currently on sale for less than $45. If you sign up for their email list, it will get you an extra 15% off making it less than $40. I am all about the email sign ups. Ha ha. This necklace is gorgeous in person! Next up is this Vineyard Vines pullover. I have a similar one and I love it. I love simple hoodless pullovers for this time of the year. Next, this scarf is very pretty for fall and is $26. Last of all, this chenille sweater looks so comfy and it comes in three colors. I hope you liked my picks for this week. Thanks for reading today and have a great day!
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MALAYSIAN PRODUCT EXPOSITION FOR MALAYSIAN CONSUMER AT TESCO MALACCABy RMR • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: ! Product News, Daily Products
Tesco Malaysia had organized an even introducing more local malaysian products to Malaysian consumer at Tesco Malacca recently. Read further news from thesun below.
Tesco Malaysia is heeding the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs' call to highlight Malaysian goods
HYPERMARKET Tesco Stores (M) Sdn Bhd, together with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, organised a Buy Malaysian Product exposition at Tesco Malacca during the recent school holidays. It was launched by Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad.
The exposition is one way in which the ministry hopes to introduce consumers to the many varieties of quality local products and help increase demand for locally-made goods.
Through such initiatives, the ministry intends to urge Malaysian consumers to give preference to local goods to help further stimulate the domestic economy.
Some 100 local producers took part in the nine-day exposition, offering an interesting variety of made-in-Malaysia products. They included local food items, electrical goods, local handicraft and batik products as well as local travel packages.
Among the exhibitors were Pensonic, Cuti-Cuti Malaysia, Proton, Perodua, Modenas, and Julie's, among others.
The ministry hopes that producers of Malaysian products will lower their prices to make their goods more affordable.
Tesco Malaysia chief executive officer Chris Bush expressed Tesco's support for the government's efforts in making this exposition a success.
"I am very proud that Tesco was given a chance to play a part by partnering with the ministry to bring this exposition to the public in Malacca," said Bush.
"I also believe that holding the exposition at Tesco Malacca is the right decision because it certainly complements the main message the exposition is aiming to get across, as about 70% of the products sold at our stores are Malaysian-made products."
Bush highlighted the fact that Tesco is a strong supporter of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and has over 1,000 local suppliers to date, which is almost 70% of Tesco's commercial suppliers.
He added that Tesco has invested more than RM3 billion in opening new stores in the last eight years and that more than 90% of the contracts were awarded to local companies, contractors and suppliers.
He said he is proud to be hosting the event, which he believes to be truly Malaysian in spirit, with the combined efforts of the ministry officers and the participation of so many vendors.
Bush added that more such expositions would be carried out until the end of this year and the venue would be at different Tesco hypermarkets around peninsular Malaysia, as well as Sabah and Sarawak.
A mega exposition is in the works for either June or July this year with even more interesting products for the Malaysian consumer.
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10 Characters Who Could Turn the AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Tide
10 Characters Who Could Turn the AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Tide1 of 12By Albert Ching, Newsarama Staff Writer and Lucas Siegel, Newsarama Editor
Marvel's 2012 event is titled Avengers vs. X-Men, but that doesn't mean things are quite that simple.
The lines between the two teams were somewhat blurry to begin with Wolverine, Beast and Storm are each members of both and even the X-Men are fractured in two camps right now, as a result of 2011's X-Men: Schism.
Also, with as many pieces in play both teams are pretty huge right now, with various subdivisions there are a lot of superheroes who might change sides during the course of the 12-part series, and with that could very well shift the dynamic of the entire conflict.
With Avengers vs. X-Men #2 out this week, we've compiled a list of 10 characters to keep an eye on throughout AvX, as their actions could have a game-changing impact on the battlefield.
Got a comment? There's lots of conversation on Newsarama's FACEBOOK and TWITTER!
THE RUNAWAYS2 of 12They've dealt with the Avengers, and crossed paths with the X-Men. They've openly defied Iron Man and straight-up laid out Wolverine. This misfit band of sons and daughters of supervillains are a true family-team. So if their youngest member Molly says they need to go team up with the X-Men and help her fellow mutants, you can bet they'll answer the call quickly.
But having had some bad experiences with mutants of late (hi, Daken), and getting to know the folks at Avengers Academy, these kids, powerhouses in theory if not always in practice, could make a big change for the Avengers side as well. After all, a kid isn't going to grow up in the Marvel Universe wanting to be an X-Man, but you can bet at least a couple of them have always wanted to be Avengers.
IRON MAN3 of 12Now, it's hard to think any of the "big three" would switch sides, especially during the Avengers' movie summer, but hear us out. If one of those three Captain America, Thor and Iron Man are going to go to the other side and help the X-Men save Hope their way, it's Iron Man.
The biggest reason? Tony Stark just isn't the type to repeat mistakes. When he followed the company line before, he started a superhero war that included the desecration of one of those two best friends and the death of the other (erm... he got better). Tony is a reasonable man with strong ties to many mutants, including Namor, Xavier (where is he in all this anyway?) and Emma Frost; not to mention Wolverine. If the right group got through to Tony Stark, and Iron Man started fighting for the mutant army, things could become very different indeed.
X-234 of 12Much of the pre-Avengers vs. X-Men speculation centered on which side of the spectrum Wolverine, Beast and Storm would end up on, as all three are currently members of both teams.
While that's already been a factor in the few AvX comics released thus far, it's simplifying things a bit: Those three aren't the only Marvel characters in such position, and one very notable, very volatile one is X-23.
X-23 is the young, female clone of Wolverine, who has been a member of the X-Men, X-Force and had a number of her own solo adventures. Yet rather than siding with Cyclops or Wolverine post-Schism, she enrolled in Avengers Academy, where she's learning the ropes with a group of similarly troubled teen heroes.
Avengers Academy writer Christos Gage told Newsarama in March that X-23 will have a big part to play in the ongoing conflict: "X-23 will definitely have a major role in the AvX issues of Academy. She has one foot in each camp. She joined the Academy in part because she didn't like the Schism going on in the X-Men's world, but now she's caught up in a whole new conflict, and this time she's going to have to take a side."
CABLE5 of 12Cable is back in a big way. His surrogate daughter, Hope, cured him of the techno-organic virus that has plagued him since infancy using her connection to the Phoenix Force. Now, he may not seem the type to switch sides and he certainly isn't ever going to kill Hope but just his very entry into the war could tip the battle in favor of the X-Men.
Right now, as far as the Avengers know, Cable is laid up in Utopia, completely consumed by the T-O Virus. Who better to show up at the eleventh hour, turning the tide and saving his daughter with a huge blast of telekinesis. We've seen what he can do at full strength (remember when he ran an ENTIRE ISLAND WITH HIS MIND?), and don't forget for all intents and purposes, Cable is the son of Jean freaking Grey. If there's someone else living on Earth with as strong, if not a stronger connection to the Phoenix Force than Hope, it's Nathan Christopher Charles Summers Dayspring Askani'Son. Nate as Phoenix... now that's a battle-tipper.
SPIDER-MAN6 of 12Let's face it: Spider-Man has a well-documented history of changing his mind.
At the start of 2006's Civil War event, Spidey was one of Iron Man's top soldiers in the battle against Captain America's anti-registration forces. The two of them grew closer than ever, with Tony Stark becoming something of a father figure to Peter Parker.
For a lot of very legitimate reasons (including the ill-advised decision to unmask publicly), Spider-Man switched over to Cap's side in the middle of the series, and became one of Cap's number one guys on the eventual losing team.
So who's to say he won't do that again? Spider-Man has a long history with the X-Men and close ties to several of the members (including Wolverine that guy's got a lot of friends). Maybe most importantly, he clearly can identify with their perpetual underdog and outsider status presumably much more than the bright and shiny Avengers, despite his presence in their ranks in the past few years.
QUICKSILVER7 of 12Quicksilver has been an Avenger for the bulk of his superheroic career, but that's ignoring a few very important aspects of the character.
1) He's a mutant, 2) he's Magneto's son, 3) he's been a member of X-teams before, notably as part of Peter David's '90s X-Factor team.
So though Pietro Maxinoff might be part of the Avengers Academy faculty right now, there's no reason to trust he'll stay on the "A" side of AvX forever or even much longer, given the way his sister, the Scarlet Witch, was unceremoniously kicked out of Avengers Mansion by the Vision in Avengers vs. X-Men #0.
A partial reunion of the original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Magneto, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver would be a significant acquisition for Team X-Men, not to mention thematic implications of the "is Cyclops acting like a villain?" undercurrent that's been running through the X-books lately. (Heck, Toad is the Jean Grey School janitor, throw him in there, too.)
WOLVERINE8 of 12As the headmaster of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and a card-carrying member of the Avengers, Wolverine isn't just a top candidate for potentially switching sides it looks like it's definitely going to happen.
In the climax of Avengers vs. X-Men #1, he's among the ranks of Earth's Mightiest Heroes descending from a Quinjet, ready to bring the pain to Cyclops (someone Wolverine has had quite a few issues with as of late). Yet at C2E2 this past weekend in Chicago, Marvel was excitedly promoting a full-scale Wolverine/Captain America fight in Avengers vs. X-Men #3 exactly how they get to that point remains to be seen, but it's clear that Wolverine is as unpredictable as ever. (Whether or not his fellow mutants with dual A/X membership, Storm and Beast, turn out to be as mercurial remains to be seen.)
Also, if Wolverine is switching sides this early into AvX, who knows how many times he might go back and forth before Marvel hits issue #12?
CAPTAIN MARVEL (OR ROGUE?)9 of 12Marvel's July solicitations made it pretty clear: X-Men Legacy #270 will feature a long-awaited Rogue vs. Ms. Marvel fight characters with history dating back more than 30 years and by the end, one of them will change sides in the Avengers vs. X-Men war.
So, which one could it be? As previously announced, Ms. Marvel is soon becoming Captain Marvel in a new ongoing series, and shunning her Avengers teammates would certainly be an auspicious way to kick that book off and further her new direction.
But if you were going to lay down some cash (not really recommended, but we don't want to tell you what to do), Rogue is definitely the safer bet. She has had legitimate beefs with both Cyclops and Wolverine recently, and well, let's be honest even her codename makes it pretty clear that she's not too keen on doing what's expected of her.
HOPE SUMMERS10 of 12Hope sure seems like she will be the full-on Phoenix soon. The X-Men think they can harness this phenomenal cosmic power into an itty-bitty living space and use it to essentially reboot the mutants who have lost their powers thanks to Scarlet Witch: a mutant and an Avenger, for the record. The Avengers think she needs to be imprisoned and maybe even killed if that's what it takes to keep the Phoenix at bay.
But what does Hope think? That's likely going to be a central theme throughout the whole series. Jean Grey did manage to sacrifice herself to stop the Phoenix, so what if Hope simply decides it's time to lock down the Phoenix once more? Hope not necessarily going against the X-Men but rather deciding to turn against the Phoenix itself is always a possibility. Of course, she could just go bats*#t insane and start killing people. That could be it, too.
JEAN GREY11 of 12"Is Jean Grey coming back?"
That question gets asked over and over again at conventions, during interviews, heck, we asked Marvel editors Nick Lowe and Tom Brevoort ourselves recently (but no, they didn't dish).
Jean Grey is the ultimate X-Factor (sorry) in this story. If Jean does come back, like most fans seem to think she will, the way she handles the return, the Phoenix, the fact that mutants are divided, mutants are nearly gone... oh man, a lot of stuff has just plain gone to hell since Jean's been dead, hasn't it?
That statement right there, the fact that this is not the world she left it, could make Jean decide that the X-Men aren't the right group to side with. Or she could flat out say that both teams are wrong and do whatever she darn well pleases, she's Jean freaking Grey after all! If/when Jean Grey returns, her word will very likely be bond.


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Tuesday, October 07, 2014
31 Days of Halloween - Day 7 - Movie 1
An exterminator and a security guard team up to try and stop an ever growing spider before it can lay its eggs in downtown Los Angeles in Big Ass Spider! (2013). It sounds like one of those crap movies made for the SyFy channel, but Big Ass Spider! has a number of things going for it that the SyFy channel movies don't. First of all it's intelligently written. Second of all it's funny -- on purpose, and in a smart way that elevates it beyond camp. Greg Grunberg as the exterminator and Lombardo Boyar as the security guard are a very funny team. It's played straight, but there is a lot of good comedy happening in this movie. Most of the cast, including Ray Wise, do a really good job here, but Grunberg and Boyar would be great playing these two characters against any monster, or even with no monster. Overall, the production values here are also far better than the SyFy fair. Yes, there are some shots where the spider looks more cgi than at other times, and the movie has the bland daytime outdoor lighting that you'd expect from a low budget movie, but it doesn't matter. This movie is a lot of fun. This is my third viewing of this movie and I can still say that.
Posted by John Rozum at 6:30 PM
Labels: Halloween, movie review
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- Dex said...
Totally agree! I don't know that there's a specific title for this sub-genre that features things way bigger (or smaller) than normal size but I absolutely love it. I always check them out even if I know they might be horrible.
Big Ass Spider was a nice surprise because they actually knew what they were doing and let the viewer know it.
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What you need to know about the Yankees and Red Sox games in London in 2019
One of baseball's biggest rivalries is going international in 2019. Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will play a series of games against each other in London in 2019.
When is it happening?
The series will take place on June 29 and 30, 2019, and will be played at London Stadium, the 55,000 seat venue that served as the home for the 2012 Olympic Games. MLB, the MLB Players Association, and the Mayor of London have also agreed to play another series in London in 2020, with dates and teams to be set in the future.
Why is it happening?
Since becoming commissioner, Rob Manfred has discussed making the game more appealing to international audiences. He's worked to make that a reality by scheduling games and events in other countries. The Toronto Blue Jays have continued playing some exhibition games in Montreal each season, the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians played a series of games in Puerto Rico in 2018 and MLB sent former All-Stars to London last season to participate in a Home Run Derby.
This isn't even the first time MLB will go international in 2019. The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will kick off the 2019 regular season in Japan in March. However, this marks the very first time an MLB game will be played in Europe.
Does it have to be the Yankees and the Red Sox?
Hey, why not? Love them or hate them, both teams are among the most popular in MLB. If the league wants to make the game more appealing to an international audience, they can help themselves by taking two of the most recognizable brands to London.
And hey, if you don't like it, then you can hope both teams suffer from horrible jet lag that throws them off for a few games after they return.
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