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text: I've tried downloading a few apps from the market and they seem to download fine but when they start to install it fails every single time. I've tried clearing the cache of the market then force closeing and rebooting phone and I read that launching google talk could help that hasnt either. The apps in particular are "Angry Birds" and "Baseball Superstarts 2010" both are the full versions. I want to get Angry Birds before it isnt free anymore. Also I am rooted on Clockwork Rom with KingxKernal BFS. And all other apps and updates download and install fine which is really odd. Thanks in advance

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Since When Is Cotton a Vegetable?/
I'm reading Dr. Mercola's new book, Fat for Fuel, and am really excited by the insights it provides about fat... One thing that was eye-opening to me was the history of cottonseed oil. Here's a short excerpt:
The History
In the late 1800's, the majority of Americans were farmers or lived in rural communities that depended on farmers for their food. The majority of foods on American tables were whole, unprocessed, and locally grown. Interestingly, that made them organic as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides had not yet been introduced.
Cottonseed oil, before appearing in American kitchens in the familiar Wesson bottle, was a waste product of the cotton industry that was used primarily in soap and as fuel for lamps. But as electricity became more available and affordable during the early 1900's, manufacturers had a glut of cottonseed oil on their hands—an ample supply in search of demand.
Cottonseed oil in its natural state is cloudy and has a red tint due to the presence of gossypol, a naturally occurring phytochemical that is toxic to animals. (See, God knew what he was doing in creating plants with defense mechanisms.)
This required that manufacturers develop a deodorizing and bleaching process to make cottonseed oil palatable as a food product.
Cottonseed oil wasn't only unpalatable in its natural state. It came with serious health issues due to the fact that it, like nearly all vegetable oils, is a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA). Without boring you with the chemistry details, let me assure you that eating too many PUFAs poses a health hazard! They become incorporated into your cell membranes and because these fats are unstable, your cells become fragile and prone to oxidation, which leads to all sorts of problems, such as chronic inflammation and atherosclerosis.
These unstable oils also are prone to going rancid with no shelf life. This made them less appealing to food manufacturers.
Back to the history....
In 1907, the Cincinnati-based SOAP company Procter & Gamble was approached by Edwin Kayser, a German chemist who claimed he had developed a process for making liquid fats solid and shelf stable. The company purchased the U.S. rights to the process and began experimenting, at first in search of a way to make cheaper and more appealing-looking soap.
Once hydrogenated cottonseed oil was developed, P&G realized it had the same luminous white look as lard, which was the most popular cooking fat at the time.
Why not sell it as a cooking fat? In 1910, P&G applied for a patent for CRISCO-hydrogenated cottonseed oil, what we know today as a transfat—and the shift away from animal fats to industrially processed vegetable fats began in earnest.
When Procter & Gamble debuted Crisco in 1911, they introduced it to the public as "the ideal fat," notable for its "purity" and for being "absolutely all-vegetable." As a result of these marketing efforts, sales jumped from 2.6 million pounds in 1912 to 60 million pounds four years later.
You see, today we struggle with marketing words like "organic" and "natural"—words that are not regulated by the FDA. But "ideal," "pure," and "absolutely all-vegetable" are not regulated either.
(Remember when Doctors endorsed cigarettes?)
Did you grow up in a household with a can of Crisco? Did you even know what it was?
My point is this: Have you ever eaten a cotton ball? Why was the American public sold this idea of cotton as a vegetable?
Canola Oil
The same story of overabundance of a waste product being turned into a food product has been repeated with Canola Oil—or as it is formally called "rapeseed oil." The American government continues to subsidize Canadian farmers for production of rapeseed. And that story goes back to WWII, when we needed rapeseed oil as a lubricant for our naval and air force machinery.
These oils are Omega-6 fatty acids and at the root of all our chronic inflammation. What and where is inflammation found? Well, it could be joint inflammation, one that most of us are aware of and experience. But it also includes gut (small intestine and large intestine) inflammation. Our skin is also damaged by excessive Omega-6 fatty acids. How about arterial inflammation? Brain/neural inflammation?
The unfortunate truth, is that cottonseed oil and other so called vegetable oils are cheap to produce, and are found in everything packaged today. From cookies, crackers, breads, to popcorn, and frozen foods. As a result, the American public now eats Omega-6 to Omega-3s in a ratio of 30:1. And that is where trouble begins.
You must get diligent about reading labels.
Now is the time to reduce your risk of chronic disease and inflammation by significantly reducing your intake of Omega-6s, and increase your intake of Omega-3 fatty acids. We want a ratio of Omega-6s to Omega-3s of about 2:1.
Examples of Omega-3s:
Marine algae and phytoplankton are primary sources of omega-3 fatty acids.
Common sources of plant oils containing the omega-3 ALA fatty acid include:
- walnut
- edible seeds
- clary sage seed oil
- algal oil
- flaxseed oil
- Sacha Inchi oil
- Echium oil
- hemp oil
Sources of animal omega-3 EPA and DHA fatty acids include:
Our body is a symphony and all the players in the orchestra must be in place for beautiful music to be played and heard. Omega-3 and Omega-6 or better known as essential fatty acids, work in harmony with Vitamin D3, K2 to prevent inflammation and osteoporosis.
Are you taking a supplemental fish oil? If so, which one? Many are already rancid before they hit the store shelves. And just as in an orchestra, the other players must be there. Vitamins D3 and K2.
If you would like some suggestions, email me for a complimentary consultation: email@example.com


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PAUL ANDREW INTERDONATO - "3 1/2 years ago I suffered a tramatic brain injury, I've been experimenting with CBD, THC and other holistic resources that are safe and healthy for my body. Since I started vaporizing, and using topicals my prescription medication usage has been cut in half. My goal is by the end of next month to try and limit myself to only three prescriptions which have more to do with my TBI, and less to do with my general well-being physically and mentally. I suffer from the daily tremors, muscle spasms, The cortex of the brain that was most affected in my injury was unfortunately the orbital cortex. Therefore I suffer from horrible migraines, my eyes have become extremely sensitive to light. If you are willing to help me that would be wonderful. The more and more I learn about cannabinoids I am amazed at how responsive my body is to them. Especially the topicals, which is delivered transdermal y. I feel that's the safest method for me to get the medicine in my body that I need. We use Hell, I am a kind loving compassionate human being. I've truly been through the ringer and back. My TBI have been 3 1/2 years ago, but there are days where the repercussions are pretty harsh."


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Understanding and appreciating your cup of coffee.
For me the main focus of this year's Primal Challenge is understanding where our produce comes from; whether it's meat from a local butcher, fruit and veg from the grocer round the corner, or coffee from Kenya (well it's not that local but coffee is a tropical plant so it's as about as close as you're getting).
Everyone these days likes to drink their coffee differently and I understand that taste is subjective. We all prefer something slightly different right? This may be the case when it comes to flavour, but the quality of the coffee definitely isn't subjective. This little piece should hopefully give you a bit of a better understanding of why you should buy freshly roasted coffee from a roastery near you over instant coffee.
The majority of us are doing this challenge to improve our health in the long run, but both instant and freshly brewed coffee have pros and cons regarding health benefits so don't, get too hung up on that. However quality wise there is a huge difference, so that is why i want to give you a better understanding of how to buy your coffee.
It saddens me to say this, but over 70% of brits still drink instant coffee and there really isn't a great deal to say about it. I understand that it's quick, easy and mess free, but the traceability and ethics surrounding it are non-existent and this is something that is hugely important to us. Take a jar of instant coffee for example. Turn it round and look at what farm it comes from? How was it processed? When was it roasted? You can't because this kind of information just isn't accessible with instant coffee. Automatically I personally wouldn't want to drink this even if someone told me it was the best coffee they had ever tasted, there is just no understanding of the product and its origins.
This leads me on nicely to start explaining a little bit about what we do at North Star and how we operate, which is very similar to the way the vast majority of speciality coffee roasters work. We work with a company a few doors down from HG3 called Falcon Speciality and they are a speciality green coffee importers. They place great importance on ethics and sustainable trading and this is something that is also very important to us here at North Star.
Coffee is a commodity and is actually the second largest traded commodity after oil, would you believe. As a commodity, coffee is usually traded on the New York stock market which just doesn't give farmers the guarantee of receiving the money that they should do for the quality of the crop they have produced. Falcon however, trade outside of the commodities market directly with each farm to set a price that is far higher than what they would achieve on the market and is above and beyond the price of the Fairtrade premium. Every farmer is treated differently because every farmer incurs different costs throughout the production period. Most smallholder farmers might only own one hectare of land to grow coffee and will also grow other crops and sometimes keep animals such as cows. In other countries they could have hundreds of hectares of land just for growing coffee, with electronically operated machines which reduce the costs of labour significantly.
We work very closely with Falcon Speciality which allows us to understand the supply chain in more detail and this allows us to be transparent with our customers. This information can then be passed onto the final consumer by coffee shop owners and baristas. We want people to understand the origin the coffee comes from, the exact farm or cooperative it's grown on, the owner of the farms name, the way the coffee was processed, the varietal and the altitude it's been grown at. All these factors give people a chance to brew and experience better quality coffees and make them understand that they are making a difference to people's lives on a daily basis, even if they don't see it directly. We are currently the only speciality coffee roastery in Leeds and in comparison there are over 70 in London. It's been quite difficult to reach out to everyone about the benefits of buying speciality coffee, but as more roasters spring up in the North I'm sure this will become easier. It is a long process and over time it will slowly happen, but in the meantime try and avoid instant coffee and get asking questions at your local coffee shop!
I don't want to ramble on too much so if you have any more questions then feel free to email us at hello@ northstarroast.com. We do plan on having a coffee day down at the rosary soon so that you can get a better insight in what we do and also give you the chance to brew much better coffee at home. Please keep an eye out on Twitter and Facebook for this.
Ellis Hall


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Global Jazz Forum: David Liebman and Joe Lovano
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This Berklee Global Jazz Institute forum features prolific NEA Jazz Master David Liebman and leading jazz luminary Joe Lovano '72 '98H.
Over the course of the past four decades, David Liebman has worked with incomparable artists such as Miles Davis '97H, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea '97H, John McLaughlin '17H, and Lovano. He has participated in more than 600 recordings, including hundreds of releases as a bandleader or coleader. Liebman, a renowned educator, is also the founder of the International Association of Schools of Jazz, a worldwide network of jazz students, teachers, and representatives from 40 countries. He is the author of several books, including Self Portrait of a Jazz Artist, A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody, and Developing a Personal Saxophone Sound, which has been translated into multiple languages. Scarecrow Press has released a Liebman biography called What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist.
A leading jazz luminary, Joe Lovano is a Grammy-winning tenor saxophonist and Blue Note recording artist who serves as Gary Burton chair in performance with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Lovano has collaborated with a near-endless list of legendary musicians, including McCoy Tyner '05H, Hank Jones '05H, John Scofield '73 '97H, Branford Marsalis '80 '06H, and Jim Hall '95H. He has been nominated for 14 Grammys, and won last year's DownBeat Critics Poll Award for tenor saxophone.
Watch Lovano and students perform "Topsy Turvy":
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute is an honors performance program designed to foster creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines, with pianist and composer Danilo Pérez as its artistic director. The BGJI provides a comprehensive contemporary music environment in which students are given opportunities to explore their creativity to the highest level possible, advance the power of music as a tool for the betterment of society, and connect musical/creative thinking with the natural environment.


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Titan Books has released The Art And Making Of Hotel Transylvania which celebrates the glorious design of Sony Pictures Animation hit movie. With a foreward by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by the author of another popular book, The Art Of How To Train Your Dragon's Tracey Miller-Zarneke, The Art And Making Of Hotel Transylvania is an over-sized, full-color book featuring over 400 pieces of concept art, character designs and digital art, along with insightful interviews with key filmmakers and crew.
Hotel Transylvania is Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. One one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of his best friends – Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family, and more-to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday.
For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem- but everything could change for the overprotective dad when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.
This book will make a perfect holiday gift for fans of the movie as well as fans of animation. It does a great job of showing the process from start to finish and allows movie-goers to see just how much goes into making a movie of this caliber. Click HERE to order yours today.


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The Middle-East and Africa Organic Soy Protein market has been estimated at USD 30 Million in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 50 Million by 2023, at a CAGR of 15.89% during the forecast period from 2018 to 2023. Soy protein isolate is the dry protein powder ingredient that is extracted, or isolated, from the remaining hull and oil of the soybean. They are low in fat content, cholesterol free and contains a minimum of 90% protein and is completely gluten free.
The market in Middle-East and Africa is slowly growing with increasing awareness about soy products and its benefits. Also, in the countries with lower per-capita income, people are starting to prefer soy products over other alternatives, due to its cheaper price. But, market growth can be hindered due to high costs involved in raw material production.
The Middle-East and Africa market for Organic Soy Protein is segmented by Type and by Application. By Type, the market is further segmented as Concentrates, Isolates, and Flour. By Application, the market is further segmented as functional foods, infant formula, dairy alternatives, meat alternatives, bakery & confectionery, and other applications. Soy protein concentrates accounted for the largest market share, by type, due to their wide usage as functional or nutritional ingredients in a wide variety of food products. Functional foods segment accounts a maximum share in the market by application, by application. Increase in functional food consumption by people is driving the demand, which is leading the soy functional foods to contribute maximum to the market. The dairy alternatives application of organic soy protein is expected to grow due to increasing demand for soymilk from lactose-intolerant consumers.
Geographically, Middle-East and Africa market for Organic Soy Protein is segmented into regions of Middle-East and Africa. The companies are slowly venturing into the untapped markets of Middle-East and African regions, with increasing consumption and awareness of soy products.
The major players in the Middle-East and Africa Organic Soy Protein Market include Harvest Innovations, Agrawal Oil & Biochem, Frank Food Products, The Scoular Company, Devansoy Inc., Biopress S.A.S., Natural Products Inc., Hodgson Mill, SunOpta, Inc., and World Food Processing.
1. Introduction
1.1 Market Definition
1.2 Study Deliverables
1.3 Base Currency, Base Year and Forecast Periods
1.4 General Study Assumptions
2. Research Methodology
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Research Phases
2.2.1 Secondary Research
2.2.2 Primary Research
2.2.3 Econometric Modelling
2.2.4 Expert Validation
2.3 Analysis Design
2.4 Study Timeline
3. Overview
3.1 Executive Summary
3.2 Key Inferences
3.3 New Developments
4. Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities, and Challenges Analysis (DROC)
4.1 Market Drivers
4.2 Market Restraints
4.3 Key Challenges
4.4 Current Opportunities in the Market
5. Market Segmentation
5.1 By Type
5.1.1 Concentrates
5.1.2 Isolates
5.1.3 Flours
5.2 By Application
5.2.1 Functional foods
5.2.2 Infant formula
5.2.3 Dairy alternatives
5.2.4 Meat alternatives
5.2.5 Bakery & Confectionary
5.2.6 Other applications
6. Geographical Analysis
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Middle-East
6.3 Africa
7.Strategic Analysis
7.1 PESTLE analysis
7.1.1 Political
7.1.2 Economic
7.1.3 Social
7.1.4 Technological
7.1.5 Legal
7.1.6 Environmental
7.2 Porter's Five analysis
7.2.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
7.2.2 Bargaining Power of Consumers
7.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
7.2.4 Threat of Substitute Products and Services
7.2.5 Competitive Rivalry within the Industry
8. Market Leaders' Analysis
8.1 Harvest Innovations
8.1.1 Overview
8.1.2 Product Analysis
8.1.3 Strategic Evaluation and Operations
8.1.4 Financial analysis
8.1.5 Legal issues
8.1.6 Recent Developments
8.1.7 SWOT analysis
8.1.8 Analyst View
8.2 Agrawal Oil & Biochem
8.3 Frank Food Products
8.4 The Scoular Company
8.5 Devansoy Inc.
8.6 Biopress S.A.S.
8.7 Natural Products Inc.
8.8 Hodgson Mill
8.9 SunOpta, Inc.
8.10 World Food Processing
9. Competitive Landscape
9.1 Market share analysis
9.2 Merger and Acquisition Analysis
9.3 Agreements, collaborations and Joint Ventures
9.4 New Product Launches
10. Expert Opinions
10.1 Market Outlook
10.2 Investment Opportunities
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Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior
Paul Sabatier passed away in 2013, but we still consider his legacy as a important founding element of CEPB. Paul is most famous for his development of the "Advocacy Coalition Framework", along with an unrelenting devotion to high quality scientific research and standards. His research addressed the following topics: Analysis of factors affecting change in public policy over a period of several decades; the role of scientific information in that process; policy implementation; belief systems of policy elites; land use and air pollution policy in the U.S. and western Europe; water quality at San Francisco Bay and Lake Tahoe; factors affecting the success of multi-stakeholder watershed partnerships; and the application of multiple theories (particularly the Advocacy Coalition Framework) to this question.


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Meet at Cobbett's Road entrance in -between Winthrop Rd. & Manhanset Road. "Old Lima Bean Field"All Volunteers please bring eye protection & leather gloves for safety. Feel free to bring pruning shears,loppers, hedge clippers or whatever type of non-powered equipment you feel comfortable using. Protection from ticks is recommended. If you haven't already, please print and fill out the waivers for the Town & Sylvester Manor then bring it to the meeting.
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"It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity."
– B.K.S. Iyengar
* On August 20th, 2014, B.K.S. Iyengar died at the age of 95. Iyengar was considered one of the central pioneers in bringing yoga to the Western world. Deep pranams to an amazing teacher!
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Attorneys rest case in Andrade trial
To many who saw her, Angie Zapata was a woman.
The way she walked, talked, dressed. The way her apartment was decorated, and the way it smelled, all said woman.
She was so much a woman that the mere hint of male genitalia was a shock to many who met her, attorneys asserted Tuesday in Weld District Court.
For JJ Alejandro, Zapata's roommate three months before her death last summer, it almost got him in trouble with his girlfriend.
"She thought he was a female," Alejandro said from the witness stand Tuesday.
Alejandro and a handful of other witnesses testified for the defense team representing Allen Andrade, 32, who is on trial for the first-degree murder of Zapata, 18.
Zapata, a transgender woman, was found dead in her apartment July 17 after being beaten.
Public defenders have said Andrade reacted to a deception, while prosecutors stated he knew of Angie's gender
36 hours prior to killing her. The pair met on a social networking Web site last summer and had more than 600 communications, mostly text messages and about 15 phone calls, prior to her death.
Both sets of attorneys rested their cases Tuesday and will present their closing arguments to the jury today.
Attorneys started the morning with two jailhouse phone calls between Andrade, and his girlfriend, Felicia Mendoza.
In one portion of one of the calls, however, Andrade spontaneously says, "Gay things need to die."
Defense attorneys on Tuesday mentioned that that statement was made in jest.
Mendoza said she could offer no reason why he'd say that, noting that he had never said anything before that was derogatory toward homosexuals.
Audio recordings aired Monday revealed Andrade had been visiting the bisexual chartroom of the networking site. A Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent also reported that Andrade's DNA was found on a vibrator that was found in Zapata's apartment.
On the stand Tuesday, Mendoza said she had no reason to believe Andrade was bisexual.
Defense attorneys on Tuesday called two Greeley police detectives who testified that family and friends of Zapata said straight men often mistook Zapata for a woman.
A friend of Zapata's sister, David Hedstrom, called by the defense Tuesday, said Zapata looked like a woman but sounded more like a man trying to sound like a woman.
"I would say it strongly sounded like a male trying to project a female image," Hedstrom said.


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There's kind of a flip side — both stark and dramatic — to every stated upside concerning Bayer's longtime industry-leading birth control implant Essure.
The device garnered formal FDA endorsement back in 2002. Despite approval, though, regulators expressed explicit concerns regarding their lack of basic knowledge about the device. A recent Consumer Affairs article stresses that "they knew little about the long-term side effects" relevant to implant-linked procedures.
And there is this, too: Although Essure continues to receive kudos from a select audience of commentators and enthusiasts, growing evidence points to material problems occurring in high numbers for product users. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists steadfastly continues to endorse the implant, while injury-focused data simultaneously piles up to an alarming degree.
To wit: Reportedly, close to 27,000 complaints citing Essure-tied health problems have been filed online with the FDA. And many thousands of Essure product liability lawsuits have been filed across the United States. One research estimate posits more than 300 fetal fatalities linked with Essure implants (a startling and tragic result clearly at odds with Essure's purpose of preventing pregnancies).
Such adverse information has noticeably put Bayer on edge, with the company likely being additionally rattled by a disparaging documentary on the implant entitled The Bleeding Edge that is imminently scheduled for major release. Bayer executives recently announced that 2018 will be the last year during which Essure will be sold in the United States.
Although advocates' pressure has resulted in so-called "black box" warnings being affixed on Essure labeling, product opponents want far greater safeguards in place applicable to the implant.
Their bottom-line goal is this: Essure's flat disappearance globally.


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GeekOut Bristol Meet – October 12th: Spectre-Waltz
18+ Event
It's that time of year once more, where the horrifying, the dead and the damned become a part of our every day. Here at GeekOut Bristol, we like to celebrate Halloween a little bit early, so come and join us for our Spectre-Waltz!
GeekOut Bristol Meet – November 11th: FANTASTIC FANTASY
18+ Event
Mordor, Ankh-Morpork, Hogsmede, Eternia and Hyrule. What do all of these places have in common?
If you said "They all have vowels", well you'd be right, but that's not the answer, silly! No of course, all of these amazing places are Fantasy worlds; places where swords, spells and strange fashion sense are commonplace.
So whether you're into fashionable tunics, wisened robes, or if you're more of a platemail wearing warrior, come along to this months fantasy-themed GeekOut Bristol Meet!
NOTE: If you're fortunate enough to have youthful looks, then please bring your ID. If you're asked by bar staff to provide ID, you must show it.
We will not say you're with us if you've been caught without your ID.
FOODIE PRE-MEET 12:00-13:45 (Poll ACTIVE):
That's right, we at GeekOut South-West believe in having a good nomming session before we start the night with fun, games, drinks and great company!
Vote either on Facebook, or in the comments below, only if you're coming to the pre-meetup.
MAIN EVENT: 14:00-Midnight (Old Market Tavern)
"We are warriors, born from the light!"
Or, you know, we could also be chaotic-evil. Whatever your alignment, this fantasy themed event will leave you enchanted with lots to do and see. So come along, buy a drink and have a chat with your fellow GeekOut Bristol Meet geeks!
Food & drink can NOT be brought in with you to the Old Market Tavern. If you are caught with food and drink on the premises, you will be asked to leave until you've disposed of your food or drink.
There will be a food menu at Old Market Tavern in the evening! The food is very cheap and it's absolutely delicious! Trust me, I've eaten there enough times… But regulars of the event are also fans of the food there! The food is home made as well, so it's simply scrummy! Food is usually available from 5pm.
BOARD GAMES (& a dash of video games)
As always, we'll have a large selection of board games available, so please do check out what we have:
– Bears vs Babies
– Bucket of Doom
– Cards Against Humanity (UK Edition + Expansions 1, 2 and 3)
– Cash n Guns
– Chess
– Code of Nine
– Fluxx
– Goat Lords
– Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit
– Jungle Speed
– Love Letter
– Pokemon Monopoly
– Rogues to Riches
– Scrabble
– Star Trek Settlers of Catan
– Star Wars Guess Who
– Three Wishes
– Unusual Suspects
– Zombie Munchkin
– Zombies!
We won't be bringing every game listed above with us: If there's a specific game you want to see, please let me know in the comments below, before I finish making a real system for this game request feature.
Also, bring along your devices – Quiplash, Quiplash 2 and Drawful 2 are played throughout the day. These are games where you connect with your smartphones or tablets (Or anything that can connect to a browser really). We also sometimes play other games, such as Worms and people with 3DSes can pick up StreetPasses and of course play games with other 3DS players.
As ever, we will bring along a new game for this meetup as well.
One of our most unique features is our Book & Comic Swap, a collection of books and comics are strewn across our table in the conservatory available for people to take a book, or to leave a book for others. These are books that have been donated, or are from my old repository. Pick up or borrow a book and get reading!
PLEASE NOTE: Books you saw last month might not be present this month, unless you have a specific request for books. A new request system will be put in place, in case you want a book to be present to take home or just to browse whilst at the GeekOut Bristol Meetup.
COSPLAYERS (Group Cosplay Picture: 9pm)
Princess Zelda?
Rincewind the 'Wizzard'?
Whoever your fantasy fancy is, you should totally come and sport your favourite outfit to have a night of fun and games in cosplay. Whether it's your first time, or if you're a seasoned veteran of cosplay, come join your fellow Bristol geeks and come show off your amazing outfits!
*CHANGING FACILITIES* If you want to change into a costume when here, please note there are no changing facilities. There are just standard toilet cubicles – Which are fine to change in, but you might want to consider this first.
We're one of the geekiest events in the South-West. We get people together to play board games and video games, share a pint and discuss what they enjoy in geekdom. Books, comics, music – Anything that you're passionate about, you'll be sure to meet fellow geeks who are into the same thing as you!
We do not discriminate – But if you ever find you have a problem with anything at the event, just let the host (Timlah) know and he'll sort it out!
COMPETITION: Fantastic Fantasy Fanfic (2PM-8PM, Results 9PM)
Everyone loves a good free-to-enter competition and this month will be no different.
Hoo boy, I might be setting us up for something a bit terrible here. This month marks NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. With that in mind, we figured we'd let our audience loose on their creativity.
With a hard limit of 350 words, a fanfic scenario must be presented and written. Any existing character can be used in any context – be it a normal day for the character, a raunchy outting or otherwise. We obviously will not allow people to mock one another in real life through their prose; nor will we accept racist, sexist, homophobic, disablist, or otherwise derogatory entries – It's all for a good laugh!
But as ever, we'll have some great prizes, including:
1st Prize: TBC, £25 cash, 3 Steam games from our list and a GeekOut Poster of your choice.
2nd Prize: TBC, £15 cash, 2 Steam games from our list and a GeekOut Poster of your choice.
3rd Prize: TBC, £10 cash, 1 Steam game from our list and a GeekOut Poster of your choice.
Note: Occasionally, there may be even more on the day!
There is so much to do and see at this months GeekOut Bristol Meet, so please do come along, bring a friend or a member of your family and come for a geeky night out.
As part of our commitment to being a great night out, we do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender, race, religion or sexuality. If at any point you feel you need to speak to someone about another's actions, please grab the host (Timlah) and we'll sort it out!
Please note, if you require extra support to attend, please leave a message in the comments below and I'll get back to you.
GeekOut Bristol Meet – March 10th: SUPERHEROES ASSEMBLE Gallery
The law was led down – The evildoers of the world have been vanquished. We went through a super night of fun, games, drinks and geekdom, as well as another of our more creative competitions to date. Yes, it's that time for us to look back at the competition, as well as the events that unfolded at the GeekOut Bristol Meet that happened this past Friday night. It was a great time for all involved, that's for sure!
GeekOut Bristol Meet – January 13th: ROBOT REVENGE
2016 has come to an end now and we're hopeful for a bright future in 2017. Ah, so let's look out of the window… Dear God, it's all gone to hell out there.
Top 10 – Goats
I can't believe by the hair of my chinny chin, chin that you'd actually bleating vote for this one. I don't know if you, our readers, are just a little bit gruff, or if you think we might have bitten off more than we can chew, but I can assure you now that you've only motivated us to tackle this problem head on. A Top 10 wouldn't be complete without absurd choices, so this week, you've given us a bit of a conundrum.
We understand the (ram)ifications, of if we don't get this right. For one, a ram cannot count as that's actually a sheep. We can't include things such as Fauns for instance, for they're not goats, even if people sometimes confuse them. So if you're feeling a little bit woolly as to what this week's vote is, it's our Top 10 Goats. So it's time to milk these puns for all they're worth, because they're so cheesy. Ah enough of this, let's charge on!
Top 10
10) Escape Goat
Escape Goat is a really sweet little puzzler where you get to go around as a goat, saving other goats from danger. It's a simple little tale of a goat going on his goatly missions to go and save others from a massive tower. It's nothing that'll blow your mind in terms of story, neither is the gameplay all that impressive, but it is a nice little game.
It makes it into our Top 10 list just by the hairs of it's chinny chin, chin (how many more times can we use that pun?). Escape Goat is one of those adorable things that happens from time to time: You see something that you can't help but like, but when you finally get it, it's nothing special. That's not to say it's not a decent game (which it thoroughly is), but don't expect this game to be the one that gets your goat! Fun little puzzle game, worth checking it out.
9) Missy – How I Met Your Mother
Here's a daft little joke that was a full year in the making.
Grown up Ted tells the story of his 30th birthday, during which Lily introduces her kindergarten class to a goat, and resolves to rescue it when the farmer tells the children in no uncertain detail what will happen to said goat, hiding it in Ted's place until she can find somewhere more appropriate. Ted's battle of wills with the goat is epic, but pales in comparison to the fight… oh but wait, that doesn't actually happen 'til next year!
It's a reminder that we're listening to an anecdote that's being told wrong, reveals a few details about the season that would follow, and raises some very interesting questions in the process. How does everyone know that they're goat droppings? And what did Missy see in that washcloth? The story of Missy the goat is testament to the planning behind the show, and how clever it could get about being stupid.
And seriously, How I Met Your Mother is an oddly nerdy gem.
8) Satan – The Binding of Isaac
Technically Satan isn't really a goat, but he's basically a goat as that's the typical representation of Satan! Goat-like and with large wings in appearance, but also partially that of a man, Satan is a dangerous opponent in The Binding of Isaac. Able to take on the form of a massive demonic goat, Satan is there to try to squash you and claw at you. If you take the path to fight Satan, you generally get the "bad" endings, though in theory there's no good ending in this game.
Satan's power doesn't just stop at being a big goat man who wants to squash you. He's able to summon minions to do his bidding, as well as being a constant threat throughout the game. There are secret rooms dedicated to his likeness and there's even an end-game secret fight with him where he's called Mega Satan – and that's not an easy fight for most people to handle!
Hey, unlike his Pokemon equivalent later in this Top 10, at least this goat can Mega Evolve!
7) Khazra – Diablo
The Khazra are one of the most dangerous recurring enemies in the Diablo franchise. These huge demonic men are half man half goat, but not quite a Satyr. Instead, with their impressive size advantage over most of their enemies, the Khazra are a bunch of demons who are hellbent on swinging huge polearms and axes to take out the opponents of the Lord of Terror himself. Usually travelling in herds, you can be sure for a tough fight.
You will fight wave upon wave of these gits, who seemingly come out of nowhere. There are various clans of them, so you know just how hard the group you're battling through will be. The clans names range from Blood, Death, Fire, Flesh and even Hell! What could be better than a hellish group of goatmen?!
6) #673: Gogoat – Pokemon
Go-Go-Gogoat Rangers!
Don't worry, that's not really the theme song of Gogoat and no, that isn't a typo. It's name really is Gogoat and it really is a goat that just goes. Evolving from the adorable Skiddo, Gogoat is a rather big goat that likes to transport humans on its back. Especially made prominent in Pokemon X and Y where you are able to ride Gogoats around the place in specific parts of the game. It's rather fun too!
It's nice having a grass type that I genuinely cared about. It's not that I don't like grass types, but often I felt a little bit… Underwhelmed by them. Victreebell is cool… I mean so is Oddish, y'know..? But ultimately, the grass types needed something that makes you squeal out. Sorry Chikorita, you're nothing but a light snack for Gogoat, the toughest goat Pokemon of all. Heck, it's not like any other Pokemon have specific companies that require them… What's that? A building company full of Machops, Machokes and Machamps? Hah, don't be so absurd!
5) The Scene With The Goat – Jurassic Park
T-Rex doesn't want to be fed. He wants to hunt! Can't just suppress 65 million years of gut instinct.
We don't see the tyrannosaurus until it's too late, and neither does the goat. The sight of that dangling chain is something quite haunting in the terrified silence of the tour-jeep along with the legendary rippling water. It wasn't too long ago that goat was merrily munching some grass, and blissfully unaware that it was being offered up as gruesome sacrifice to a lizard-god resurrected from millennia of death. Our last glimpse of the morsel is when a leftover hits the roof of the jeep, because with tiny little arms, T-Rex doesn't have much by way of table manners.
I suppose some kudos must go to Jurrasic World for reenacting the scene, and while I haven't seen it personally I kind of doubt it'll carry the same weight of tension and the shocking reveal of the first film. And I also doubt any film we beat the toilet scene that followed.
4) The Goat of Lochmarne – Broken Sword
This one's as stubborn as a… well you know.
Amongst the list of ridiculous puzzles that have the kind of solution that only leaves you more confused is the infamous goat of Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars. The ferocious beast is warden to an ancient dig-site in Lochmarne, Ireland, and headbutts you if you dare step too close to the trapdoor. The castle had been rumoured to be guarded by a malicious ghost, but the truth is far more terrifying.
Spoilers: the solution was to drag a piece of farm equipment into the goats path, but only immediately after it had rammed you, before it can walk back to its post, moving it before or after would accomplish nothing. Still at least it would come to spawn one of the series major running jokes, including the talking goat of Quaramonte.
3) Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr – Thor's Chariot
Everyone knows about the hammer, but did you also know that Thor has a chariot drawn by a pair of divinely imbued goats? At their charge it was said that the ground quaked and burned, and Thor regularly channeled Mjolnir's power to resurrect them after he'd eaten them, until one incident when he shared them with a peasant family, and one of them split a leg bone to eat the marrow, and the goat was raised to life with the leg crippled.
Fun fact, Thor then accepted the peasant's children as an apology and left Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr behind. They're also the origin of the Yule goat, old depictions of Father Christmas show him riding on a goat, and the reindeer-led sleigh can trace its origins back to Thor's goats. It's one of the lesser known facets of Thor that has only occasionally popped up in his pop-culture interpretations. Marvel's Ragnarok is coming soon though… super-goats maybe?
2) Kojirou – Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Let's get something straight here: Goats are destructive little beasts who know nothing but chaos, anger and carnage. They come charging at you whilst making ungodly noises which makes you think "good grief, that's a goat!" So when I found Nichijou, a slice of life comedy anime, I screamed at the top of my lungs when I saw this goat… It was nothing like I described above. It was actually a rather tame little goat… Oh!
Okay, so I'm being a little bit melodramatic, but how can you hold that against me? This goat is adorable to the nth degree. From the simple and very goat-y design right down to its temperament, this goat is lovely. It takes its owner for a ride and seems to enjoy eating yaoi artwork… Just be aware, Mia doesn't like it when goats eat her art.
1) The Goat – Goat Simulator
There really should have been no doubt on this one. The most bizarre parody of the oddly specific simulator genre puts players in control of a goat cast into a world of normality and boredom, with two very simple purposes: break everything, and lick things to claim them as your own, and in many ways that makes this the most accurate sim of all.
Your mission to do goat stuff unlocks new goatly powers, devil goat, angel goat, long goat, goat bird, technogoat, and dubstep (no really). Hitch a ride through the sky by lashing your tongue to a passing helicopter, play dead to go hurtling down a water flume, or trip on shrooms to blow your head up to ridiculous sizes and bob around like a mad thing. Play the poorly-built MMO, escape to the server and break the world! It's the pinnacle of goatlihood!
And it's kinda dumb.
Honourable Mentions
Ah, you didn't think we could end our homage to goats there now, did you? Nevertheless, these gruff creatures are now going to make you bleat out in joy, as these are two more mentions of goats that you absolutely must know about.
Gordon the GeekOut Goat
If you have seen our Posters here on GeekOut, you would be aware that we seem to have a weird shape that we often use. The shape seems to have two large horns of sorts, as well as some weirdly hairy chin. What on Earth could this shape be and what significance does it have to GeekOut? Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm about to blow your minds a little bit: That's our mascot – Gordon the GeekOut Goat.
When Joel and Timlah were up chatting one night, they decided they needed a mascot to put on merchandise. Timlah got designing and he was working for hours on end to try and make a little mascot… But it never quite took off. Cartoony, cutesy, it didn't matter – It never quite worked. Until Timlah looked at that goat shape once more. Thus, Gordon was born. GeekOut has settled on the mighty Goat as its symbol, because they truly are the Greatest Of All Time.
Goat legs, goat horns, kinda goaty face, but they're not all the way there, not even goatfolk completely, and also known as fauns in Roman myth (although they are more commonly dear-like), and ancient British folklore has Puck and glaistigs.
Add to the list of animal hybrids from mythology alongside centaurs, harpies and the like. Originally companions of the gods Dionysus and Pan, led by the semi-divine Silenus, satyrs are creatures of revelry – literal party animals, delighting in music, alcohol and faun-ication (get it?). Sometimes they were guides to lonely travellers, They appear a lot in media in various forms, villains, allies, or assorted troublemakers, only very rarely are they anything to be taken seriously.
You can't stop this kid, we've "baa"ed our way through this list. So if you're feeling like we've been sufficiently challenged, then let us know how we did. Of course we leave these votes to you as we can't always decide between the two of us what Top 10 should take place. You wanted it, you've got it: Hit that vote button below for what our list should be next week!
Did you think this week's list was "Baa"d, or good? What do you think of our Top 10 picks for Goats and let us know if you know of any better goats that deserve at least an honourable mention. How did you like our description of our mascot Gordon the GeekOut Goat? As always, thanks so much for voting – Please remember to comment below, or over on Facebook, Twitter or Reddit.
GeekOut Bristol Meet – January 8th Gallery
GeekOut Bristol has come and gone once again, with more geeks than you can shake a stick at coming to enjoy the event. But now that we're all done, it's time to look back at what went well and information for the next meetup. As always, thanks to everyone who came along!


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Leaders of the tea party movement reacted angrily to the NAACP's call for the movement to purge "racist elements" from its ranks. Then, a few days later, one of the movement's biggest organizations did precisely what the NAACP had advised.
Leaders of the tea party movement reacted angrily to the NAACP's call for the movement to purge "racist elements" from its ranks. Then, a few days later, one of the movement's biggest organizations did precisely what the NAACP had advised.
Lesson: It's easier to appreciate an idea after you've decided that it was your idea in the first place.
The National Tea Party Federation, an alliance of 85 member and affiliated organizations, according to their website, expelled its most prominent faction, the Tea Party Express. That move came after the Express' spokesman Mark Williams offered the world a breathtaking example of the sort of racism that tea party leaders had long denied was much of a problem — except maybe in liberal groups like the NAACP.
Williams' offense came in a satirical jab he posted on his blog, aimed at Ben Jealous, president of the organization formally known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The satire was in the form of a letter from what Williams called "Colored People" to President Abraham Lincoln. Williams' humor only went further downhill from there.
"Dear Mr. Lincoln," he began. "We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop...!"
Lesson: If you care about your public image, do not fill your spokesman position with a nutty political talk show host.
This internal tea party schism should be interesting. Tea Party Express has some muscle behind it. Its well-attended national bus tours feature big names like Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter and "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher — and raise big money for conservative candidates.
The Wilson schism illustrates what Matthew Continetti, associate editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, characterized in a recent cover story as "The Two Faces of the Tea Party" as represented by two cable TV stars, CNBC's Rick Santelli and Fox News' Glenn Beck.
Santelli probably ignited the tea party movement from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in February 2009. He famously called for protests against what he saw as the moral hazards in President Obama's Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.
Despite striking differences between Santelli and Beck, who embodies the insane TV anchor Howard "Mad as Hell" Beale in the movie "Network," the two men easily represent what Continetti calls "the dual nature of conservative populism."
Unlike Beck's crowd, Santelli did not call Obama a "socialist" or challenge the president's legitimacy or patriotism. He even wrote a month after his on-air rant that "I hope that the president and the final stimulus plan succeed" because "I love my country." He may not get his own radio talk show with sensible talk like that, but he captures the best of this country's optimistic, even-handed spirit.
It's not hard to imagine Santelli's conservatism as "easily integrated into a conservative Republican party" as Ronald Reagan's in the 1980s, Continetti writes, "with an affirmative agenda of spending cuts, low taxes, entitlement reform and free trade." Maybe not. But in the meantime, the Grand Old Party has to wrestle with the Beck style — as paranoid, pugnacious and polarizing as that which cost Barry Goldwater a landslide loss in the 1964 presidential race.
Warning the right of "the twin temptations of intellectualism and exuberance" in the scholarly National Affairs magazine, Henry Olsen, vice president at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, also describes a critical divide within the tea party and other populist movements from America's past. "The challenge for conservatives," Olson concludes, "is to propose alternatives that offer a real change of direction without seeming too radical." So true.
Thinking conservatives understand. With so much at stake, then, the tea party movement should quietly thank the NAACP for doing them a favor. The tea party needs to purge embarrassments like Williams from their ranks, not just to please the NAACP (fat chance of that) but for the sake of their movement's future. They need to reassure fellow conservatives, as well as the moderate voters the movement's favored candidates will need if they are going to win elections.
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These notes are a result of a short cruise that we did in Cuba in April 2013 on "Alba" our Hallberg Rassy 42. Our draft is 2.0 metres (6' 8").
A copy of this document can be downloaded from http://www.thehowarths.net/albacronicles/cruising-notes. There is another document that covers the Northwest coast of Cuba.
We cleared in at Cayo Largo from Belize and then went east heading for Jamaica.
We used Calder's cruising guide which we found to be accurate, especially on approaches. Our electronic Navionics charts were mostly accurate, but sometimes were up to ½ mile out.
We cleared in at Cayo Largo hoping to be able to cruise east through the off-lying cays to Cabo Cruz and then sail directly south to Montego Bay in Jamaica. Our plan was to clear out in Manzanillo, but the Guarda Fronteras in both Cayo Largo and Cienfuegos told us that we couldn't get an international exit clearance in Manzanillo. The only options were Cienfuegos or Santiago de Cuba, which is 200 miles up-wind and up-current of Cabo Cruz - not a trip for the faint-hearted.
We elected to clear out in Cienfuegos and to slowly sail towards Cabo Cruz hoping that, by staying away from any towns, we wouldn't encounter any Guarda Fronteras or other officials. Several other yachts that were in Cienfuegos had arrived from Jamaica and had spent time in the same outlying cays and had not seen any officials at all.
Marina Cayo Largo
PORT OF ENTRY. Nice marina, with very clear water and palm trees everywhere. The docks are floating pontoons in very good condition. There is excellent security. The clearance procedures were very straight forward, with everyone arriving very quickly. Some of the marina staff speak very good English and all are friendly.
The western entrance through the fringing reef is well marked with a green and red buoy. The Navionics charts are accurate and we used a way-point of 21°35.0N 081°36.5W. From there, we headed north for 3/4 mile and then turned east heading for the entrance into the marina.
The dredged channel into the marina is clearly marked, but is completely different from the information in Calder's guide. There are red and green posts marking the channel with the outer markers at approximately 21°36.1N 081°34.9W. The channel passes an island to starboard and then turns sharp right into the marina. This is marked on Calder's sketched chart as "Dredged Channel Reptd (1999)". Depths are in the region of 4 metres all the way into the marina, but shoal rapidly either side of the channel.
The marina is a base for a fleet of charter boats and there are many tourist boats taking people snorkelling, diving and visiting off-lying beaches. There are several tourist shops and a small supermarket that, even by Cuban standards, has a very poor selection of goods. We were told by one of the marina staff that obtaining provisions is a major problem even for the large tourist hotels on the island. We were able to buy beer, rum, coke and eggs, but nothing fresh at all. There is a small hotel in the marina where internet access is available for $10 CUC per hour.
There is nothing to do at all in Cayo Largo apart from visiting the small turtle sanctuary, unless you want to pay to go scuba diving. Even going for a walk is boring - a long straight road leading past the airport to large tourist hotels.
The eastern channel through the fringing reef is marked with a red buoy and the Navionics charts seem to be accurate. We used a waypoint of 21°35.4N 081°34.4W
Cayo Largo to Cienfuegos
PASSAGE NOTES. This passage is 80 miles, being directly east for 45 miles then north-east for 35 miles. The route is complicated by the presence of the shallow Banco de Jagua. We took a course to the west of Banco de Jagua, but avoided the shallows off Cayo Guano del Este. Another irritation is the 40 mile wide navigation "no-go" zone around the Bay of Pigs. The rhumb line passes just to the eastern edge of the zone. We had to beat upwind for this part of the passage and occasionally went a few miles into the zone, but wouldn't recommend going very much further inside because we saw a very fast coast guard cutter patrolling the boundary on our night passage.
I can agree with Calder's comment that "the deep waters of the Golfo de Cazones can get quite rough and unpleasant". As night fell, the wind picked up to 25-30 knots from the north east wind and the seas quickly built up to steep, twelve foot waves, making it a very unpleasant beat to windward.
PORT OF ENTRY. Pleasant marina, with concrete docks in reasonable condition. There is excellent security. The clearance procedures were very straight forward, with everyone arriving very quickly - all of the officials have offices in the marina and are available 24/7. Some of the marina staff speak very good English and all are friendly.
The entrance into Cienfuegos Harbour is well marked with a lighthouse and the buoyed channel is wide and suitable for big ships. The Navionics charts are accurate.
There is a large anchorage outside the marina with good holding in 5-8 metre depth. You will have to pay $0.20 per foot to anchor, for which you get access to the marina facilities.
There is a small supermarket in the marina where you can get drinks and tinned products, but little else. A state run dollar shop and a petrol station are located 1/2 mile down the Malecon towards the main town where you can buy some provisions, but not much fresh food.
It's a 2 kilometre walk into town, where there is a pedestrian shopping area on Avenue 54 with many shops. The Municipal Market is on Avenue 58 near the junction with Calle 29 - meat and fresh vegetables are available and there's a bakery across from the market. Strangely, potatoes are not sold in the market stalls, but we were approached by a guy selling potatoes around the corner. There is internet access in the telecoms office across the road from the Union Hotel on Calle 31.
You can get a bicycle taxi back to the marina for $2CUC.
Marina Cienfuegos is a good place to travel inland, but the marina is small and space is limited - you may have to wait a few days for a place to become available.
Heading East from Cienfuegos
PASSAGE NOTES. The whole coastline east of Cienfuegos is affected by local wind conditions. An offshore breeze in the morning. Then just before midday, the wind starts to veer more southerly, and becomes a sea breeze. This will enhance or counteract the prevailing winds. Typically the wind is lighter in the afternoon.
There are no major hazards offshore, so we followed the coastline about a mile offshore. On our passage, the prevailing winds were from the north-east, so we had 20-25 knot winds from the north-east in the morning, a calm just before noon and then south winds at 15 knots in the afternoon.
Canal de las Mulatas
REEF ENTRANCE. The Navionics charts are showing the red entrance buoy in the correct place - the approximate position of the buoy in April 2013 was 21° 41.9N 079° 58.6W. The inner green marker is also in the correct position. Once over the fringing reef, the water is murky but deep. We didn't go to Casilda, but instead headed east, passing to the south of Cayo Guayo and towards Pasa Jobabo.
Pasa Jobabo
REEF PASSAGE. The position of this pass is correctly shown on the Navionics charts, but in April 2013 there were no buoys marking the channel. We had good light and were able to eyeball our way through the narrow pass. Our track passed through 21° 42.15N 079° 54.19W and the water was never shallower than 8 metres.
Ensenada Jobabo
ANCHORAGE. There are no buoys marking the entrance, but the Navionics and Calder's charts are accurate. With good light it is easy to see the very shallow water even though the water is murky. The shallowest point was 2.8 metres on the approach and we anchored in 3 metres in mud. The anchorage is completely surrounded by mangroves and is protected from all directions. Very peaceful.
Ensenada Jobabo to Cayo Blanco De Casilda
REEF PASSAGE. This looks considerably worse in Calder's guide than it is in reality. We sailed in a direct line from outside Ensenada Jobabo to 21° 39.6N 079° 53.1W and the water was never shallower than 8 metres. From this waypoint, we headed south towards the island to a waypoint at approximately 21° 39.12N 079° 53.08W in water no less than 3-4 metres deep. We then headed south-west following the edge of the shoal.
Cayo Blanco De Casilda
ANCHORAGE. We anchored near 21° 38.7N 079° 53.6W in a 5 metre deep sand patch. This is a day stop only because you are a long way from the cay and it's not protected at all. The sea bed is sand and weed and uninteresting, but we saw lots of Lionfish and snared a lobster hiding under the edge of a weed bank.
Cayo Magua
ANCHORAGE. This is not mentioned as an anchorage in Calder's guide, but is very pleasant giving protection from all directions apart from south west to north west. The approach is as though going east though the Pasa De Los Machos, but go to the north of the shallow spit called Restinga de Cayo Magua. Keep heading north east and anchor in 5 metres to the west of a small white sand beach. The holding is very good in thick mud.
Pasa De Los Machos
REEF PASSAGE. This is a very straight forward deep passage. The Navionics charts show a 1.8 metre unmarked shoal in the channel, but there is a green marker buoy on this as shown in Calder's guide.
Cayo Blanco de Zaza
ANCHORAGE. This has a straight forward approach and the charts are accurate. We dropped the anchor level with the lighthouse, but found poor holding. The water was murky and there is only protection from east winds, so we didn't bother looking for another place to anchor.
Cayo Zaza de Fuera
ANCHORAGE. This has a straight forward approach and the charts are accurate. We anchored in 3 metres to the south of the inlet opposite a stake. The sea bed is sand with thin weed and is good holding. The anchorage is protected from the north through to the south east, but is another mangrove cay with murky water. We couldn't find any coral to snorkel and the sea bed is devoid of sealife, having been over-fished by the locals.
Cayo Zaza de Fuera to Cayo Breton
PASSAGE NOTES. We took the long way around the north of Cayo Zaza de Fuera and worked our way through the deep channel through the reefs to the east of the cay. We were unsure about the depths over the reef to the south of the cay and the sun would have been directly in our eyes. Another sailing yacht, "Songerie" roughly followed the route shown in Calder's guide and saw at least 4 metres over the reef.
Cayo Breton
ANCHORAGE. This has a straight forward approach and the charts are accurate. We anchored in 3 metres to the south-east of the lagoon entrance. The sea bed is sand and thin weed and is good holding. The anchorage is protected from the north through to the east, but would be okay in anything through to south west because of the fringing reef. Cayo Breton is another mangrove cay with murky water. We took the dinghy 2 miles out to the reef by the remains of a navigation light. The sea was calm, so we anchored on the outside of the reef, where we found good spear fishing on the rocky reef in 6-10 metres of water.
Cayo Breton to Cayo Cuervos
PASSAGE NOTES. We took the long way around the north of Cayo Cuevos and then headed directly east into the prevailing 20 knot ESE winds. We left at ten o'clock and encountered nasty steep waves as we rounded the reef to the north west of the cay. By noon the wind had abated and dropped to less than 10 knots by the time we arrived in the anchorage at four o'clock. In retrospect, we should have waited until noon before leaving, to make the most of the lighter winds in the afternoon. This is a very predictable pattern in this area.
Cayo Cuervos
ANCHORAGE. This has a straight forward approach and the charts are accurate. We anchored in 5 metres off a small beach on a cay directly to east of the entrance marker. It's a pretty and well protected anchorage, but the mosquitos were voracious. The snorkeling on the east side of the island is good with clear water and plenty of sealife - we took the dinghy through a shallow passage between two islands at approximately 21° 04N 78° 57W.
Cayo Manuel Gomez
ANCHORAGE. This has a straight forward approach and the charts are accurate. We anchored in 3 metres at the southern end of the anchorage. It's another well-protected anchorage surrounded by mangroves. The snorkeling on the east side of the island is good with clear water and plenty of sealife - we took the dinghy through a passage between two islands and dropped the dinghy anchor at approximately 21° 02N 78° 50W.
Cayo Chocolate
ANCHORAGE. The approach is easier than suggested in Calder's guide because the reefs are very spread out - we didn't see any coral. We anchored in 3 metres at the western side of the island about 150 metres from shore. We found that the holding further inshore was very bad. This is a very poor anchorage being only protected from the east - the outlying reefs are so far away that they would have little effect on a westerly wind. The water was murky and I don't see any reason to stop here.
Cayo Granada
ANCHORAGE. This has quite a narrow entrance. We passed about 25-50 metres to the south of a low drying reef with a small stake on it. The passage is at approximately 20° 37.38N 78° 15.26W. You will pass close to an underwater reef in the channel, which can be avoided easily in good light. (We snorkelled on this pinnacle and would estimate that the minimum depth is about 4 metres.)
We anchored in 8 metres just to the west of the wrecked fishing boat at the southern end of the anchorage. It's another well-protected anchorage surrounded by mangroves, but it's prettier than most - we stayed four days. We snorkelled every day on the west side of the island and managed to catch lobster and fish. The water was very murky when we were there. The wreck is interesting to snorkel with lots of fish, but the water is very, very murky.
Cayo Media Luna
ANCHORAGE. This has a straight forward approach and the charts are accurate. We anchored in 9 metres in the middle of the anchorage. It's a well-protected anchorage for winds from the north through east to south, but is very wide open to the west. We had thunderstorms building up, forcing the wind to the west in the afternoon and building up 2 foot waves in the anchorage. The holding is excellent in thick mud.
Canal de Cuatro
REEF PASSAGE. This is a very straight forward channel through the fringing reef and all buoyed correctly shown on the Navionics charts.


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Omnia Contemporary Exhibit: 25
Opened earlier this year by Joseph Gonzales and his nephews, Regan Jericho and Christian Uriah, Omnia Contemporary is a contemporary art gallery and studio located next to the Avalon Theatre. On September 2, they unveiled 25- an exhibit featuring 25 artists from all over the community. Each artist was given a wooden panel and complete creative freedom to produce a piece of work that represents their own art. The result was a show full of variety and excitement. The crowd spilled onto the sidewalk as artists mixed with fans. "We want to bring the community together, to speak and interact, through art" said Gonzales. Mission accomplished. Check out Omnia's Facebook page for information on upcoming shows. 639 Main Street, Grand Junction.


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Read about the Women Owned initiative and some frequently asked questions for more information about how you can get involved. For all other questions, please submit the form below or email firstname.lastname@example.com
PLEASE NOTE: While we love promoting all women-owned businesses, listings on the Women Owned website is a voluntary benefit currently reserved for WBENC and WEConnect Certified WBEs with consumer-facing products.
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Ching Yeung Russell is a writer. Her breakthrough book is called "First Apple." It tells the story of a young girl in China who's never tasted an apple, and sets her mind to do just that. It's pretty close to a true story about her own upbringing.
Ching grew up in mainland China with her grandparents. In seventh grade while working in the rice fields she decided she wanted to become a writer. But there was one problem: her family needed her to be a factory worker. Ching tells Dick how winning a writing contest changed her family's expectation of her and about the joy of publishing her first book in English. Ching's latest book is entitled "Tofu Quilt."
- Find out more about Ching's first novel "First Apple"
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"Thatcher had to see off the fury of miners fighting pit closures, a dispute that dragged on for a year but which failed to mobilise other industries or the public at large. Macron is confronted by a nationwide rebellion that unites people of different regions, classes, occupations and political allegiances. While protestors rampaged through Paris last Saturday there was also violent unrest in Toulouse, Bordeaux, Calais, Marseille, Narbonne, Nantes and many towns. This week, more than 100 high schools have been blockaded by pupils who, emboldened by the gilets jaunes, have relaunched their springtime protest movement against educational reform. Farmers, lorry drivers, construction workers and ambulance staff are also threatening to go yellow."
"It has been said that the gilets jaunes movement is to Emmanuel Macron what the miners' strike was to Margaret Thatcher in the mid-1980s. Not in the slightest. While the comparison might please Macron — who, from the moment he was elected, has staked his reputation on his determination not only to reform his country's economic model but also to stand firm when the inevitable backlash erupted — it hides the fact that what the French President faces is far more serious."
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We did it all.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of our business, we rented a batch of cabins in Itasca State Park for our staff for three nights. We fished for crappies and northerns in the early morning. We biked the Wilderness Trail with it's tall pines in the afternoon, ate supper during a narrated cruise on the Chester Charles and listened to the stories of an old logger around the campfire. We canoed to the Headwaters of the Mississippi and walked the infant waterway.
In the midst of all this fun, I couldn't help but remember the fight it took to make it all possible. In the 1890s, this area was prime logging country, and the very idea of preserving any of it was considered foolish.
Parks and trails don't come easy. It usually takes a good fight to make them happen.
Jacob Brower led a gigantic fight in the Minnesota Legislature to form Itasca State Park out of prime forestland surrounding the headwaters of the Mississippi River to become the second state park in the nation. Once passed, opponents marshaled an attempt to repeal the park.
Mary Gibbs was the first woman park superintendent in the nation, yet she was dismissed for standing up to the lumber interests that wanted to log off most of the young park. Her defiance drew national attention to the need to preserve this and other natural places.
Could you imagine if someone tried to turn the park back to the loggers today? It wouldn't happen.
Ever notice all the beautiful log and stone buildings in our state parks? They were built during the depths of the Great Depression when unemployment hit 33 percent. While most people would have said there isn't enough money to build buildings and conserve our forests, President Franklin Roosevelt started the Civilian Conservation Corp to put people back to work building a park system for the future. We're still benefiting from that investment.
Building paved bike trails is like planting black walnut trees. You keep saying if only I would have planted this thing ten years ago; and once you do plant, it takes years to fully grow. I've seen people fight bike trails with all their heart and soul and come back to be big supporters.
Minnesotans have always been willing to fight that good fight to preserve our natural heritage. In 2008, Minnesota voters passed the Legacy Amendment, imposing a 3/8th of one percent sales tax, which will raise $1.3 billion over 25 years-millions for parks and trails-with a greater vote majority than any statewide candidate.
We still have projects to fight for.
This winter, the state announced the $18 million purchase of 3,000 acres of land next to the Soudan Underground Mine State Park on Lake Vermillion. Lake Vermillion State Park will be a new-age, state-of-the-art park, a crown jewel of the 72-park system preserving a classic lake experience.
Ironically; at the same time the state is about to approve the creation of several toxic metallic sulfide mines that could release dangerous sulfuric acid into several watersheds throughout the Arrowhead region. Over 80 percent of the sulfide mines in wetlands have created water pollution, making this process the number one polluter in the nation. Wisconsin has said no sulfide mines and so should we.
The proposed mining sites are surrounded by many precious places, such as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Superior National Forest, Bear Head State Park, the St. Louis River, Lake Superior and the proposed Lake Vermillion State Park. The Friends of the BWCA and other organizations are putting up a good fight to slow down this process and to preserve one of the most beautiful regions of the nation. The risks are too great to justify these short-term gains.
Just as Jacob Brower and Mary Gibbs fought the lumber interests to save the pines of Itasca State Park, we need to lobby our legislators to protect this valuable resource.
Just as many citizens formed friends groups to bring about state parks and trails, we need to assist the Friends of the BWCA in their efforts.
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Parsons Undergraduate Accepted Students Day this past Saturday was a real hoot! It was great to see how excited you guys are and meeting y'all even if it was ever so briefly.
But for those that did not attend, it was absolutely jammed packed with Parsons information. There was an introduction by the Dean of Parsons, Joel Towers, current faculty like Jim Osman spoke, and Carolina Wheat, the Director of Parsons Admission, was wearing some kick-butt teal high heels. The student panel was also super fun and included a real cross section of Parsons, an MFA student, alumni, and current students – like me! It also included a ton of prospective students coming from near and far- I met a lot of people from Turkey, very cool. And in the afternoon there were tours of the campus, tours of the dorms, and department booths. All in all, it was a long but great day and I hope y'all had a fun time.
Oh, and look, I even got a new Parsons bag. Can't wait to go to the Union Square farmers market with this guy!


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Thursday, June 24, 2010
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Mandarin Comic Society 1st year Anniversary cum Conference
Date: 17 July 2010
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30pm
Venue: The One Academy Audio Visual Hall
10:30 am
MMCS 2009 Annual Report
11 - 11:50 am
Comic Conference PART1
The Future of Malaysia Comic Industry
Eddie See (Gemeilia)
James Lu (The Magical Princess)
Chai Tian Fatt (Journey to The West)
12 - 12:50 pm
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How to enter into comic industry?
Redcode (Crazy High School)
Tan Kheng Seng (Peter and Johnny)
Nerv (E-Contact)
2 - 2:50 pm
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Submission guidelines and censorship
Chin Sau Lim (Comic Editor of Comic King)
Lefty (Founder of Gilamon)
Ivan Gun (Chief Editor of Man Tou)
3 - 4 pm
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Acquired skills of a professional comic artist
Michael Chuah (Gengkey)
Aliow and Totoro (Oka!)
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE tempting to enforce the law; therefore, the rich are all hoarding, thus causing great unrest among the poor. As already indicated, they have rather more grain than a year ago, more potatoes, less milk, and, as they have killed off some of their cattle, they have rather more meat than a year ago. GERMANY COUNTERFEITS RUBLES Supplies from Russia will not be avail able for months, on account of the com plete breakdown in transportation. Gold has practically disappeared from the country; and Germany, when the Rus sians were willing to sell, began printing counterfeit Russian money (rubles), using counterfeit dies and the identical paper that Russia had always used (which they secured from Sweden). This paper money was good for a time, but now even the Russian peasants de cline to accept a paper ruble. This spring Germany, while negotiat ing for peace, has adopted desperate measures for carrying on a successful of fensive against England. The only im portant unknown factor in this strug gle-assuming that there will be no ;serious disaffection in Germany on the part of the working people-is the Eng lish and American workingman. If he will hold and work loyally, the war can be won and the Prussian system elim inated from the world. It behooves America to wake up and act quickly. PROBLEMS OF FOOD CONTROLLERS The United States must export ninety million bushels of wheat from our present supply. We already have between twenty and thirty million bushels less in this country than we had last year. What is our duty in this matter? We must send to our Allies about one-quarter of all the wheat we have left, and this must be saved by substitution; but substitution is not going to save enough. We must teach the people of the United States actually to reduce consumption to eat less. The well-to-do of this country must eat less bread and cereals of all kinds; we should eat practically no wheat for the next fo-ur months. Self-denial and sac rifice must be our duty; they will con- tribute largely to the upbuilding of Amer ican life. Food control in Europe has been tried many times, never effectively, except by Germany. Increased wages, due to the war, invariably result in increased food consumption. It is the same in this country as abroad, and is particularly marked in Italy. Since August 10 of last year we have had nine months of food administration. Germany begins to regulate prices at the point of consumption, where the con sumer takes the food from the retailers at certain fair retail prices arbitrarily set up by the authorities, who, by deduction, work back to the point of production. This invariably results in a price to the producer that is unsatisfactory and could not be forced upon him without causing a falling off in production, except in Ger many, where government control is ab solute. OUR METHOD OF FIXING PRICES In the United States we have built up the retail price in the reverse way, by starting at the point of production-that is, paying the farmer the market price and building up the price to the retailer by adding arbitrary differentials. This gives a price to the producer that will increase production because it is profita ble, and at the same time eliminates speculation, hoarding, and profiteering by the middlemen, thus reaching a fair re tail price, which protects the consumer. The elimination of speculation and hoarding and the control of profiteering by government regulation are absolutely necessary in time of war, and probably would prove beneficial in normal or peace times; but arbitrarily to control prices by government authority, either at the source or at the point of consumption, invaria bly results in decreased production. The most effective way to stabilize prices is to centralize buying and stimu late production without attempting to in terrupt the natural economic law of sup ply and demand by price-fixing. Price fixing has never been effective, except possibly in Germany, and the penalties for the pursuance of such a policy may be cumulative; but it is to be hoped that out of these experiments to stabilize 342
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Last week we were getting pearlies in about 15m of water, but they have all now decided to go deep, around 30m. It's the same with the snapper; for around a week and a half anglers were picking them up in 10m, and now the fish are in 30m+.
There are some kings with them and some samsons being taken out of the wash around the islands.
Coming in closer towards the beaches, there are still plenty of tailor taken on strip baits and flesh baits as well as metals. Dart have been among them, along with some good sea run bream.
Around the rocks been a few groper and drummer around.
Coming back in to the river, soapy jew are starting to come on pretty thick. There must be some bigger girls laying outside somewhere, but at the moment we're just getting a lot of little fellas around that 4kg mark.
Flathead are being getting caught in the shallows, in around 0.5m of water on a rising tide.
Some big bream are getting around in the rivers in their spawning run.
Blackfish are getting caught in most places.
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The Central Coast Pop Culture Expo event is local for us. Last year was a little rough, but if they run it again in 2019, we'll be there. No dates yet, and no table number.
We will be at Comikaze, or Stan Lee's LA Comic Con, or LA Comic Con, or whatever it's being called now. We don't have a table assignment yet, but we'll be in Artist Alley.


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Asian Smoker Blowing Black Knob
When western tourist visit Asia they always look to expand their sexual experience and this ebony boy gets exactly what he wants with this narrow-eyed honey riding her mouth up and down his huge sausage while smoking a cigarette. The bitter tobacco flavor and the skillful sucking make him moan of pleasure as this tattooed Asian wench keeps pleasing him in a variety of ways. Hot and smoky ? just like he loves it!
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