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Great! Came and picked the car up, changed the fan belt as well
The work the garage did on the car was OK. Very unreliable service though. They picked the car up and said I'd have it back by 3pm, I eventually got the car back at 6:30pm. When the car was dropped off they didn't bring me receipts or my service book back, which they said had been stamped but they had forgotten it (when I got into the car I found the service book down the side of the seat, not stamped or filled out at all. So can add dishonest as well). The owner of the garage dropped the car off, and said to come into the garage on Monday and he'd give me all my paperwork. When I went into the garage on Monday, the owner had gone on holiday and not bothered leaving any paperwork or passing on my details to other staff. So it took me half an hour to explain why I was there. I then got a half written receipt for the work done to the car, £450 worth of work I might add, so not exactly a small job. Very unreliable and a bit dishonest. I wouldn't recommend.
good service, i recommend this garage
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Great lad collected my car in and delivered and great price too A++++
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No problems initially - great communication to arrange a diagnostic, turned up on time and spent an hour checking electrics and locks. However, he then didn't call the following day to provide a quotation to do the work as arranged, and no response to my text. If you don't want to do the job, just say so - it prevents a delay in getting the job done and wasted money for a diagnostic that I'll have to pay again to someone who will actually finish the work! Maybe useful if you just want the diagnostic to then do the job yourself but for the vast majority of us, don't bother.
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Just had timing belt changed (plus water pump), full service, and MOT. Car delivered back a little later than stated by Amanda, but suspect that was due to rush-hour traffic so not A&G's fault. Garage were in contact at all times for collection and additional work that was required (bulb out, headlamp alignment, pollen filter), and were just about the cheapest quote I could get (there was one place cheaper but I couldn't find any information about collection/delivery). Certainly cheaper and more friendly than "Hell-frauds" (quoted £600+), and "main stealer" (quoted £650+)! Would definitely use A&G again. Thanks guys!


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Well it has been a couple weeks since the last hunt and I finally have found time to post!
"Beebs", Ch. Sun devil Nil Volentigus Arduum, MHowned by Dawn Nielsenand Ellen Manes#jollycurl and bred by Jennifer Kofron#Sundevil became the 12th CH/MH in breed history. Additionally Brio Retrievers became the home to the most MH curlies in breed history. We have owned, trained and handled all of them exclusively. From left to right are CH/MH Olive, CH/MH Beebs and CH/MH Chant."
Thank you to everyone who has supported all of the "girls" on the road to this exciting accomplishment!

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Have 10 Euro Handy? Catch It's Showtime on Sunday
- Written by Dave Walsh
If you've been reading LiverKick.com, you know that we fully support It's Showtime the "number two" kickboxing promotion, right up there with K-1. Everything K-1 right now is uncertain, so for It's Showtime to put on such a huge event like this, it makes us all aflutter. Now, I've been seeing a lot of questions about how to view the event, if it will be streamed and if so, how much it will cost. We've heard from It's Showtime for a while now that it will be streamed on showtimefights.nl and will cost 10 euro (about $14), and now it has officially been announced.
As someone who has purchased numerous It's Showtime events, I can assure you that it is worth the 14 bucks to purchase the event and that their streams are top notch. Sure, it isn't free, but supporting a promotion like It's Showtime is important to do as a kickboxing fan. If you've never seen an It's Showtime event before, it is well worth the price of admission for this event, as it'll feature a few big names in the kickboxing world. The headline fight is Hesdy Gerges vs. Daniel Ghita, both men who were involved in the K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix in 2010, as well as two-time K-1 MAX Champion, Andy Souwer and one of last year's standouts, Chahid.


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After last week's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, we had no choice but to conclude that Teresa Giudice lives on another planet. How else could anyone be so out of touch with reality? Although, honestly, it's easy to see how having Joe Giudice for a husband could drive you insane. Surprise honey, we're going bankrupt! Surprise again, I'm going to jail! Surprise, I'm probably cheating on you but you can't really be sure!
Luckily for Teresa and Joe Giudice, their family has one major redeeming factor – their kids. Every time the cameras roll at the Giudice McMansion, we patiently sit through Joe's rants about how every other man is a "little bitch" in order to see the antics of the four Giudice girls. They throw the best temper tantrums and have pretty epic fights. And they're also kind of sweet. Have you noticed that Gia is much better at parenting her younger sisters than her father is?
Much as we love Gia's no-nonsense attitude, it's Milania that often steals the show. And because we saw entirely too much of Teresa and Joe's crazy in the last episode, and not enough of their awesome kids, we thought you could use some Milania moments. Click through the gallery to see the best of Milania Giudice.


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This location is obviously another spot where several of the homeless population dwell-- the floor is remarkably clean (it appears to be recently swept, even) for such an abandoned area. You can also get a good feeling as to how whoever lives here spends much of their time; the makeshift bed, hanging clothes, and jugs of water are all telltale signs that this place is not quite abandoned after all.
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Washington County 4-Hers are reminded that June 1 is the sign-up deadline for the clothing event. All 4-Hers are eligible to participate. Kati Peiffer, 4-H/Youth Coordinator says youth may participate in the fashion revue, the clothing selection, $15 challenge or all three. She says the clothing event judging will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 3:30 p.m. at the Washington County Extension Office on the fairgrounds. Please contact the Washington County Extension Office by June 1, if you are interested in participating at 319-653-4811.
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Tug of War
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Believe it or not, but tug of war used to be an Olympic sport. This old photo shows a tug-of-war competition from the 1904 summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Back Story
- Tug of war is no longer part of the Olympics, but like many other sports, tug of war is a battle of opposing forces.
- Watch this video in which Bill Nye the Science Guy explains balanced and unbalanced force and shows an unusual tug-of-war competition:
- Then explore the tug-of-war simulation at the following link to see for yourself the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces.
Can You Apply It?
Learn more about balanced and unbalanced forces and how they affect motion at the links below. Then answer the questions that follow.
- http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber99/8th/forces/sciber/forces.htm
- http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/law1.html
- What is a force?
- Compare and contrast balanced and unbalanced forces.
- How do you compute the net force acting on the rope in a game of tug of war?
- State Newton's first law of motion.
- What is inertia? What does Newton's first law have to do with inertia?
- Relate Newton's first law of motion to a game of tug of war.
- Draw vectors to represent the forces in a game of tug and war, and explain what motion results. Represent and explain each of the following situations:
- Both teams apply the same amount of force.
- The team on the right applies twice as much force as the team on the left.


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'A common place: portraits of Moree Murries'
In 1993 Riley travelled overseas to see the selection from A common place: portraits of Moree Murries included in the major survey exhibition Aratjara: art of the First Australians. As Dreamings was to North America, Aratjara was to Europe.
Anthony 'Ace' Bourke
Riley's work was always fully resolved, distilled, refined. He had an extraordinary aesthetic of elegance and simplicity. It was subtly political rather than overt, and probably more successful for it. It broke the stereotypes, or re-represented Aboriginal people, but in a non-confrontational way.
The meek Michael Riley
The opening was packed but in the lower section of the gallery there was a series of photographs that maintained their equanimity. The space had been lit with care, enough to see each work with appreciation but not so as to disturb the quietness that had settled between each work. The photographs were portraits. Most of them were of individuals. Some were of families and friends. Every face was calm. Everyone looked directly at the camera with a warm sense of delight. The photographs had simple names: 'Nana Riley', 'Nana with grandkids', 'Two mates'. It was obvious that Michael was at home. But more importantly the gaze and posture of everyone in the photographs was homely. The two mates stood shoulder-to-shoulder, one slightly leaning into the other. The dog at Nana's feet was alert, his tail and ears up and ready – he cares that there might be something around the corner. All the photographs were taken with the same backdrop, a long white canvas sheet that also draped down to cover the floor. The background and foreground merged. It was a simple place of intimacy.
Riley took out all the jagged edges of the world in which these people lived but brought in the dignity with which they face that world on a daily basis. The scene is soft, but this does nothing to soften the reality. There is no sense that these people are posing in a fantasy world. They are in a state of repose and respite, but are not oblivious to and apart from their own lives. Their world is held in their bodies. This can be seen in their small gestures. It is evident in the way the knuckles and fingers in the hands are crossed together. It can also be seen in the fall of the arms from the slightly puffed torso of a younger man. Even the act of tugging of one kid's arm to hold her in the frame is a kind of act of loving co-operation. In this image the gentle wonder and nervous compliance of the kids is counter-posed by the proud smile and firm stance of the mother.
Riley had created the most relaxed and real photographs of a community. He had not gone into their homes and asked them to be themselves. He had not followed them in the course of their working life or sought to place them in the landscape in a way that might reflect back their struggle and entitlement. On the contrary, he invited them into a space that was abstract. In this neutral setting he created their aura of their belonging through the small gestures of recognition. This effect was startling in its simplicity but it was also a turning point in the history of photography. It was in direct opposition to the history of colonial and ethnographic photography that sought to capture the noble savage in their primitive setting. It was also a radical departure from the more recent photorealism that sought to sink the subject into a landscape of grim exploitation and alienation. Riley did not set out to challenge these traditions by any overt act. At that time, the critiques of colonial and ethnographic photography were being forcefully argued in the pages of Third Text. Many artists were also determined to deconstruct the strategies of the past, appropriate and recontextualise images that had been taken of Indigenous people.
It seemed to me that Riley's aim was more subtle and in a simple way more humble. He knew the people that he wanted to photograph. I also felt that he knew the way these people wanted to be photographed. I have seen numerous exhibitions where photographers have spent extended periods 'in the field'. Where they have clearly worked hard to learn the habits, speak the language and even gain the trust of the people that they wanted to photograph. Many of these photographs have the power to reveal the details of people's everyday lives. At times they hint at articulating a deep secret or creating an iconic moment that evokes a genuine sympathy for the subject.
It's a record of a certain time and place and a certain people. I set up a backdrop and invited the people from the community to come and be photographed … It was all done in natural light, in the shade, it took about a week to do. It was a cross-section of … that community. They just walked in front of the camera, stood or sat in their everyday clothes, however they wanted to sit, in a very dignified manner, no snotty noses, no flies around the eyes. People were just the way they were.
I didn't grow up in Moree; my mother comes from Moree and my father comes from Dubbo but that association with Moree, my grandmother's in Moree, was very helpful in getting the exhibition together. Everybody knew who I was, knew what I was doing, so there was no problem in getting those images, in getting the exhibition together.
[A Common Place] got a good response in London, a positive, critical half page with about five images in The Independent newspaper. It was the first time that Rebecca Hossack Gallery had shown an Aboriginal photographer. She said it was the best response she'd ever got from showing an Australian artist at this gallery.
The response was interesting because I'd actually had A common place in Sydney a few months earlier at the Hogarth Galelry, and we didn't seem to get as much attention as we did overseas.
Michael Riley, 'Liking what I do', interview with Andrew Dewdney (1989), in Racism, representation and photography, Chippendale: Inner City Education Centre, 1993, pp. 148.
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Watch Masato's Return to the Ring
- Written by Dave Walsh
Stand Up Japan was an event a few days ago held in Japan that was featuring some of the biggest names in Japan's combat sports in exhibition bouts. The two big names at the event were KID Yamamoto and Masato. Masato retired at the ripe age of 30, during the peak of his career and did it on his own terms. Masato retired as a legend, while Yamamoto continues to fight past what many consider his prime and has had no success in the United States fighting for the UFC.
Daniel Herbertson of AOL's MMAFighting.com was live at the event and captured it on video, so sit back and watch clips from this great event. [source]


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'Identity and Stereotype Threat' is topic, April 6
Posted March 30, 2006; 10:46 p.m.
"Identity and Stereotype Threat: Powerful Influences for Student
Development, Achievement and Performance" is the title of a talk set
for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in McCosh 50.
Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, professor of psychology at Yale University, will present the lecture, which is part of the Princeton Varsity Club Jake McCandless Speaker Series.
Purdie-Vaughns' primary area of research is stigma and intergroup processes with a focus on social identity threat. She gives particular emphasis to how organizations such as businesses and schools can inadvertently undermine the institutional trust and intellectual performance of underrepresented minorities.
Prior to joining the Yale faculty, Purdie-Vaughns served as director of the "I Have a Dream" Foundation of the Southfield Village Public Housing Project in Stamford, Conn.
The McCandless Speaker Series strives to bring speakers to campus who will engage the Princeton community in topics that reflect the educational values inherent in the intercollegiate athletics experience. Co-sponsors of this event are the Pace Center and its Class Matters initiative.


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Porkins? Now why would I need to find a Porkins?
This won't help you out, DC, but I stopped at four Targets today (Hemet, Redlands, San Bernardino, and Fontana). All except Redlands had a crapload of Geonosis figures. No Scorchies or Clones, unfortunately. The Redlands store had about twice as many False-Unleashed Crapplepacks as they did a week ago, and also had the Maul and Boba Transformers. They both look like dookiefarts. Hemet had the Titanium figures as well. Removable helmet Boba or not, these don't look worth $15 by a long shot.


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The Language and Culture House, largely administered by its residents with the help of the Modern Languages Department, organizes activities involving all modern languages that are taught at Denison.
A residential opportunity for students to live in a special environment where they can hone their language skills and participate in special cultural events.
Comparing translations of Freud may lead Kurt Grahnke '15 to a new career path.
When Gabriele Dillmann reached across the world to link her German students with other college classrooms, she found they all learned much more than a new language.
When Sammy Seibel '17 completed her assignment in her First Year Seminar an WWII, she didn't realize she would be connecting with a piece of her own family history.


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The CIA's drone program, while successful, has been largely unpopular in Pakistan. But drone strikes are decreasing since they peaked in 2010. Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland of CNN ask: Is it because of politics or because we're running out of real targets?
The past year has seen the number of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan plummet. In the first three months of 2012, there were 11, compared with 21 in the first three months of 2011 and a record 28 in the first quarter of 2010.
On Monday, Pakistan's parliament started to debate whether the United States should be made to stop CIA drone strikes altogether in the Pakistani border regions with Afghanistan and also whether the U.S. should apologize for NATO airstrikes that killed some two dozen Pakistani soldiers late last year.
Given the high level of hostility to the United States in Pakistan, the results of the parliamentary debate are pretty much a foregone conclusion. The parliament will almost certainly vote against the allowing the continuation of the drone strikes and will also demand an American apology for the deaths of its soldiers.


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I'm wanting some learning resources for C++11 oriented toward advanced programmers. I already know C and C++ quite fluently. But since I haven't used either in a couple years for any serious/commercial work, I'm a bit rusty in certain areas. Some of the things I need to brush up on:
- "const correctness"
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- all of the stuff available in the 11 standard libraries and how to use them (I'm prone to reinvent wheels)
- proper C++ software design practices and conventions
- general best practices and pitfalls
- proper template class design
I'm not really doing this for any important project or commercial work... we're using C# for our projects. But I invested a lot of time (and money) in the past into my programming skills, which included C and C++. It's not an art I want to lose. And since I now have Visual Studio 2012 and C++11 is out and taking the programming world by storm I don't want to end up behind the times; I've got to keep up with the rest of the world.
I'm looking for any online references/materials, articles, tutorials, books, videos and anything and everything that can be helpful to me in re-mastering C++ and learning about the new C++11 standard.


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How does smokeless tobacco affect your health?
There are many reasons to stick it out through withdrawal and quit using smokeless tobacco for good. Health reasons are the most obvious ones. Harmful health effects include:
- Mouth, cheek, and gum cancer
- Cancer in the esophagus (the swallowing tube that goes from your mouth to your stomach)
- Pancreatic cancer
- Possible increase in risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke
- Addiction to nicotine (which can lead to smoking and using other forms of tobacco)
- Leukoplakia (white sores in the mouth that can become cancer)
- Receding gums, gum disease (gums shrink from around the teeth)
- Bone loss around the roots of the teeth
- Abrasion (scratching and wearing down) of teeth
- Cavities and tooth decay
- Tooth loss
- Stained and discolored teeth
- Bad breath
Mouth lesions
Leukoplakia is a white patch in the mouth that can become cancer. These are sometimes called sores but they are usually painless. Many studies have shown high rates of leukoplakia in the mouth where users place their chew or dip. One study found that nearly 3 out of 4 daily users of moist snuff and chewing tobacco had non-cancerous or pre-cancerous lesions (sores) in the mouth. The longer you use oral tobacco, the more likely you are to have leukoplakia.
Tobacco can irritate or destroy gum tissue. Many regular smokeless tobacco users have receding gums, gum disease, tooth decay (from the high sugar content in the tobacco), and bone loss around the teeth. The surface of the tooth root may be exposed where gums have shrunken. All this can cause teeth to loosen and fall out.
Heart disease
Smokeless tobacco may also play a role in heart disease and high blood pressure. Results from a large American Cancer Society study showed that men who switched from cigarettes to snuff or chewing tobacco had higher death rates from heart disease, stroke, cancer of the mouth and lung, and all causes of death combined than former smokers who stopped using all tobacco products. It's unclear if the heart disease was caused by the smokeless tobacco products in this study.
Later studies have found mixed results. Some show a slight increase in heart disease among users of smokeless tobacco. One Indian study that looked at countries where smokeless tobacco use is high found that the risks of heart attack and sudden death were higher in those who used smokeless tobacco, and even higher in those who both chewed and smoked. They also found more high blood pressure and clotting problems in those who used smokeless tobacco. Studies in Sweden found no increase in heart attacks, but snuff (snus) users were more likely to die from their heart attacks than non-users. Other Swedish studies have found that high blood pressure and heart failure are seen at higher rates in snus users compared to peers who do not use tobacco.
More US studies are needed to identify heart disease related to use of smokeless tobacco.
The snuff and chewing tobacco products most widely used in the United States have very high levels of cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) called tobacco-specific nitrosamines. These carcinogens cause lung cancer in animals, even when injected into their blood. There are other cancer-causing agents in smokeless tobacco, too, such as benzo[a]pyrene and other polycyclic aromatic carcinogens. These carcinogens may be why several types of cancer are linked to use of smokeless tobacco (see above list).
How do the risks of using smokeless tobacco compare with cigarette smoking?
Looking at large numbers of people, smokeless tobacco products are less lethal than cigarettes: They kill fewer people on average than cigarettes. But smokeless tobacco hurts and kills people all the same. Even though smokeless products are marketed as a less harmful alternative to smoking, they can be deadly. Mouth and throat cancer kill far fewer people than lung cancer – a little more than 8,000 per year out of the 42,000 or so that get it. But imagine losing part of your mouth, jaw, face, or neck to cancer. Some people lose their ability to eat or speak. For more on the treatment of mouth and throat cancer, see our document Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer.
Smokeless tobacco has not been proven to help smokers quit. And smokers who delay quitting by using smokeless products between cigarettes greatly increase their risk of lung cancer. They also set themselves up for new health problems caused by smokeless tobacco.
Last Medical Review: February 20, 2014 Last Revised: June 23, 2016
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Guide to Quitting Smokeless Tobacco
- What do I need to know about quitting?
- Why is it so hard to quit smokeless tobacco?
- How does smokeless tobacco affect your health?
- Other reasons to quit smokeless tobacco
- What are the immediate rewards of quitting smokeless tobacco?
- Getting help with the physical part of addiction to smokeless tobacco
- Getting help with the mental part of addiction to smokeless tobacco
- Other ways to quit smokeless tobacco
- A word about success rates for quitting smokeless tobacco
- Steps for long term success
- Making the decision to quit smokeless tobacco
- Setting a date and making a plan to quit smokeless tobacco
- Dealing with smokeless tobacco withdrawal
- Staying tobacco-free
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A little bit about me and why I choose RIT
So this is my first blog ,
my name is Danielle this is my first year at RIT. I am majoring in Chemical
engineering. So far I am enjoying RIT a lot. I love the campus and as it gets nicer and nicer out, I am enjoying it even more. Right now I am living in the
dorms. I really don't mind them that much; I think it's a good way to get to
know people. I also have been lucky enough to live in special interest housing.
What that really means is that I live on a floor with people that share the
same interests that I do, which is really helpful.
Last year as I senior I was applying to many different colleges. And one of the things I did, was go visit many of them and participate in there women in engineering programs. Many colleges that offer engineering have these programs, and also if you're not interested in engineering some colleges offer different programs that help you get to know their school. RIT's program called, WE@RIT, was one of the first programs I participated in durring my 5 month search. So my parents and I drove out to Rochester. I spent the night at RIT and participated in some activities to get to know the campus. We were paired up with a leader and got to spend the night in their dorm and experience what it was like to live on campus. My leaders name was Danny, she was nice, friendly and easy to talk to. She lived on Engineering House, which is one of the special interest houses. I had a great time, we walked around the school, went to Ben and Jerry's, and I had the chance to ask a lot of questions about college life. I think that trip was my deciding factor in choosing RIT, and on where I wanted to live.
I know that this is around the time that a lot of people are looking into colleges. I think that applying to colleges and picking out the right one was very stressful for me and there were some things that I might have done differently. So I am going to dedicate my next few blogs to topics about how I got threw it all and maybe some tips that might make it easier.
Here are some links for Engineering House, and WE@RIT:http://ehouse.rit.edu/
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JimGood luck to you! Looking forward to more of your posts, looks like youre off to a great start
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I am from Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, I have a goal to go to R.I.T! I research lots about R.I.T on this site, it really cool school! I am sure this is [b]THE ONE[/b] best college for me. :) But I used want to go to Gallaudet but I think it not for me.
PatrickI'm still to search more about this institution, but from a first look of things, it's not bad. As funny as it sounds, what may make or break my decision to go forward with an application at RIT are some little things. First, I don't know in what part of New York the school is. Second, I'm a bit scared of the dangerousness of New York and if the school happens not to be in a safe area, I may... abandon. Finally, HOW IS LIFE outside school in the RIT neighbourhood?
Danielle NutterWell RIT is located in Henrietta NY, which is a suburb of of Rochester. Its a lot quieter than Rochester which I like a lot, but it also has shopping and restaurants. When I was looking at RIT I was a lot scared about the danger factor, but now that Im here I'm finding that this school is really safe. We have 24 hour campus security and blue lights. I have never felt unsafe. I came from a really small town where everyone knew everyone else and nothing bad ever happened, and really I found that the transition was easy.
Cheryl NutterLove you ,
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The event will feature a discussion of the structure of New Jersey government by Ingrid Reed, director of the Eagleton New Jersey Project at Rutgers University. Reed's lecture will be followed by a panel discussion on New Jersey issues featuring state assembly members Bonnie Watson Coleman, Reed Gusciora, Bill Baroni, Loretta Weinberg and Eric Munoz as well as representatives of the Jon Corzine and Douglas Forrester gubernatorial campaigns.
The event is sponsored by Princeton Votes 2005, a nonpartisan student group that promotes civic engagement. It is co-sponsored by the College Democrats, College Republicans, Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Projects Board, Office of Community and State Affairs, Pace Center, American Whig-Cliosophic Society and Policy Research Institute for the Region.


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Ezekiel Ansah BYU
Dion Jordan Oregon
I would like Dion Jordan, but we need a WR much more, and Dion will not be there in the second. In fact I don't think he will be there when we pick in the 1st. I think Chip Kelly may try to take him when they pick in the 1st.
I like Mingo as well, and I'm gonna tell u right now, don't be surprised if Margus Hunt starts getting buzz as a top 20 pick. The kid's athleticism is off the charts.
"I'm no longer concerned with the things I don't have, I'm just living for love and laughs."
We know have a franchise quarterback. With such a quarterback, we shouldnt be picking high in the draft anytime soon. We need to take the chance we are given to shore up a critical position for years to come. Wideout can be filled in free agency or in the second round. Our pass rush cant.
Terrorist attack count against the Anything Goes Thread: 6
No Bjorn Werner? He's probably the best DE in the draft. Sure he isn't "special" but he's solid and he's a day one starter opposite Cam Wake. He'll see a Pro Bowl or 2 in his career . . . and who knows, with Wake opposite of him he may add a little more to his pass rushing arsenal. You jump on him if he slides to 12 if you ask me . . . although I have been a big Dion Jordan fan for a long time now.
If Jordan is there at 12, i would take him over any wr. I'm not a fan of Ansah. He doesn't have good stamina, he's inconsistent and he gives up on plays...ALOT. he's only so high because of his size and athleticism but this guy has bust written all over him. Who's that guy the jets drafted a few years back? Thats him all over again.
I agree! I like Moore but he had a pretty rough combine! I like Margus hunt in the 2nd but he had a really good combine so I wont be surprised if he moves up into the lat first.
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What constantly amazes me on this BB, is the ludicrous belief that normal historical global warming is made into "Man Made Global Warming". How can so many of you Algorists continue to survive in life, being as ignorant as you are...as easily hoodwinked as you allow...as such a crowd of sheeple that buy into one of the most overwhelming hoaxs since the great Tulip fiasco?
The following article isn't meant to change any of the leftists minds on RTF. I recognize that form of lack of intelligence has nothing to do with logic, so I've quit cutting bait long ago. This is meant for bolstering the beliefs of the conservatives that are always in need of material to offset the damage the left is doing to our society, and to our young.
If that cap-and-spend bill goes through, we will have nailed the coffin door down farther than sane thinking patriots will be able to reverse. It will be more proof that the something-for-nothing-crowd has succeeded.
Garys Note: Its the lull period here in the Whiskey Bar. Things slow down a bit as the world rolls over into a new year. About this time we like to visit some of the bigger themes. So what could be more appropriate than a conversation with Whiskey Bar Panel regular Doug Casey? Below in an interview with Louis James, editor of International Spectator, Doug discusses climate, politics and the ultimate destiny of mankind and life itself.
Whiskey & Gunpowder
By Doug Casey and Louis James
December 28, 2009
Interviews with CaseyCasey on Climate and the Fate of Mankind
L: [Phone rings. Its Doug Casey, whose gravelly, Lobo, lets talk! always makes me smile.] Hi Doug! Whats on your mind?
Doug: Global warming. People like my fanatical neighbors here in Aspen seem perfectly willing to undo centuries of progress because they are completely delusional about global warming. The Peoples Republic of Aspen is an epicenter of political correctness.
L: Dont hold back, Doug, tell me what you really think.
Doug: [Chuckles] Global warming is the most prominent form of mass hysteria raging across the world today. Kids in school these days are almost afraid to breathe, because it will increase their carbon footprint. Its quite amazing, the way carbon, the element all life is based on, has replaced plutonium as the enemy-element. Its as if the chattering classes are making war on the periodic table of the elements.
Meanwhile, theyve been changing the cry from global warming to climate change because theres so little evidence theres actually any warming going on. I believe that as little as a decade from now, global warming will be recognized as one of the greatest swindles in world history. It has so little scientific basis, it can only rationally be considered a political scam.
L: If thats true, will the scam ever be revealed? There was a silly movie I believe it was called The Day After Tomorrow in which global warming caused the world to suddenly freeze over. If people are willing to think thats possible, and the only thing certain is that things will change, and any change can be blamed on people, perhaps the con job can be maintained indefinitely. It could become a perpetual guilt trip aimed at the population, just as useful as the one certain churches used for centuries to control people.
Doug: Yes. I think Roseanne Rosannadanna of Saturday Night Live said it best: If its not one thing, its another. Its always something.
Theres a professional class of hysterics in the world. They are the same type of people who were walking around in the Middle Ages in sack-cloth, throwing ashes on themselves, saying that the world was going to come to an end.
The world will come to an end, of course, maybe even before the sun dies in about five billion years. But these people have no perspective at all. They dont realize that the earth is just an insignificant ball of dirt, in a nothing/nowhere star system, in a nothing/nowhere galaxy of which there are billions, each containing billions and billions of stars. And thats just in this universe. Theres reason to believe that theres an almost infinite number of universes like ours, with new ones being created virtually every second.
And these people are worried about changes in the biosphere of this one, tiny little planet. To me, it makes no sense. But dropping from the sublime, cosmic scale down to the local level, its still completely ridiculous.
L: Okay, lets talk about that. What are the facts? How ridiculous is fear of climate change?
Doug: Contrary to the blatantly untrue statements these people make about the science being settled, if the science indicates anything at all, it indicates that anthropogenic global warming is not significant. Remember, the question is not so much whether there is any warming which is another question but whether human activity is a major, or even significant, contributing factor to global warming.
Of course men can have an effect on the planet. We have wiped out numerous species that we know about, just in historic times, like the dodo, the passenger pigeon. And we almost did in the North American bison. Of course we have an impact, and people do make mistakes. Its unfortunate. And because of the butterfly effect (because of quantum effects, tiny changes can have huge consequences, such as a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the world resulting in a hurricane on the other side), humans could have a big effect on climate change but so could everything else. The point is that there are other factors that have orders of magnitude greater impacts on the earths climate, things that are tens, hundreds, and thousands of times more important to the climate than anything mankind can do perhaps even including a major nuclear war.
Fear is being used by the political class as an excuse to accumulate more power and self-importance and collect a lot more taxes to support their agenda. Instead of being stampeded into the dark fantasy, we should focus on increasing our wealth and our knowledge. Eventually, mankinds fate will depend on our technological advancement. Nature teaches us not that many environmentalists listen that we need to colonize the rest of the solar system, and beyond. Mankind must diversify, so all our eggs arent in one planetary basket.
But as an aside, I have to say Im not sure I care if mankind is going to survive Im not sure why anyone should care, since most of us arent going to live more than three score and ten years anyway. Perhaps the world ends when we end Mankinds future seems beyond any individuals concern, at least beyond the lifespan of your immediate friends and family. Too much worrying about things beyond your control can turn you into a busybody.
L: Youre speaking as one with no children. Having children, I have a different view on that.
Doug: How about your great-great-grandchildren, whom youll probably never meet?
L: Im not so sure about that. Life is already longer than it has ever been in history, and medical technology keeps advancing. And thats not even getting into nanotechnology. I believe my generation may live for centuries, aside from violent death and acute, fatal illnesses.
Doug: Well, Im sympathetic to that view. But the morality of caring for ones posterity is a philosophical issue we can perhaps discuss another day. For now, Ill say that I dont like to think of myself as a survival machine for my genes so I dont give a damn what happens to my genes. I have my own plans. The consideration I would have for my children, if I did have any, would be reserved for those who earned it as individuals, not just because theyre my children.


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The fight that had everyone talking from Yokkao 9 in China was Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee vs. Yi Long, a match labeled as Muay Thai vs. Shaolin Gung Fu. Sudsakorn ultimately walked away with the victory, but there are still those who have doubted it. So Yokkao has gone ahead and released the footage from the fight and you can decide for yourself. I don't know, it seems pretty cut and dry to me that Sudsakorn won, what do you think?


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Family: Iguanidae, Iguanas view all from this family
Description Blunt, medium-sized, pale gray-tan to cream with a light brown reticulated pattern on backs and sides. Down centre back is a row of slightly-enlarged, keeled dorsal scales that become slightly larger as you move down the back. Brown spots on backs of legs, stripes on tail. Tail 1O times longer than body from snout to vent. Belly pale. During breeding season, the sides become pinkish in both sexes.
Dimensions 25.4-40.6cm. (10-16")
Subspecies Northern. (D.d. dorsalis)
Breeding April-May. 3-8 eggs in a clutch laid June-August. Hatch August-September.
Habitat Semi-arid to arid areas. Creosote bushes and rocks.
Range California, Nevada through w. Arizona to Mexico.
Discussion Dirunal. When threatened they flee to nearest rodent burrow for safety. Often seen active in temperatures up to 115F (46C). Climb into bushes if they get too hot. Diet is mainly of vegetation. Also insects and carrion.


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This Saturday perhaps the very best game of the year will be televised.
As you all know I am a huge Football fan. And I love to use analogies using sports to relate back to Scouting.
So this weekend is the absolute perfect example of everything that is GOOD about Sports and Athletes.
We spend too much time on the negative, drugs, shootings, dog fighting etc. Well we get one year that we do not have to worry about the headlines reading something negative or full of controversy.
This weekend is the 108th match up between Army and Navy.
These young men will meet on the gridiron with no hopes of NFL careers, no dreams of a Nike contract, no idea of mansion and a posse.
No these student athletes are playing for honor, pride, tradition, and each other. For the seniors this will be the last time they every play in a football game. For the seniors their mansion will be a sun shade in Iraq next year, their contract will be 8 years in the Army or Navy, their branding will be Kevlar, Beretta, and sucking water from a Camel Back.
This is the last true sporting event in America. It is not about anything other than the love of the game and playing your heart out for one day.
For 108 years these to Academies have slugged it out for pride and the honor of bragging it up for a year. Army has won 49 times, Navy has won 52 times and they have called it a draw in 7 games.
The men that meet on the playing field are men of Character, you wont see brawls or smack talk, you won't see a high flying offensive attack, you will see the wish bone and the option.
You will see two lines collide and move the ball yards at a time, fighting for each step.
This is a game of Character, where all that matters is that they gave it 100% and played with honor. Consistent with the lives that these men have chosen to live every day.
Watch this game this weekend and celebrate Character… you won't get it on any other channel this weekend. You won't see it on any other playing field. And you will not see on Sunday.
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Dr. Katherine Bassard of Virginia Commonwealth University will present the address "The Mind of Christ and the Life of the Mind: One Scholar's Journey" as the eighth annual Pew Faith and Learning Lecture at Hope College on Thursday, March 2, at 11 a.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
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Done 2/3s of my exams, the last one will be on June 1st. Gote is now available from CVS. Warning : it's rather a mess, I plan to fix this ASAP.
Done 2/3s of my exams, the last one will be on June 1st. Gote is now available from CVS. Warning : it's rather a mess, I plan to fix this ASAP.
Viva went ok. Release of initial version soon, after exams (two tomorrow, one on the 1st June).
Gote has a mailing list now. It'll be released very soon now (Friday if all goes well), so subscribe to the ml to stop me from feeling lonely. :) info here
6036 words and counting. (excluding appendix)
In tomorrow.
If you want to proofread the gote manual, please mail me. I have not much to offer in exchange other than a promise to implement stuff for you when it is released. And be in lifelong gratitude. And similar stuff.
Not much going on, just trying to finish the manual, the program and the report. Plenty of time (well, 6 days.) Going back to university tomorrow. And I'm learning DocBook rather quickly. :)
It would be neet to be able to create 'groups', that aren't projects, and have people be members of them. These could represent LUGs, Unis, companies, anything anyone wanted to associate with.
Have new glasses now. They let me actually read stuff better! I can focus now! Yay!
I've found out the writing documentation is an excellent way of finding missing features. The documentation is part of my project report, which has to be handed in, with my project, in Thursday 4th May (which, coincidentally, is a parliamentary by-election for the Romsey constituency in which I live). Up to about 1400 words. (The word limit in the report (excluding appendices) is 10000 words, so that's a fair amount. Of course, the bit I'm writing is an appendix. Ooops.
I am going to be hacking on gote very late today, now I have identified some definite things to do, and the deadline is flashing in big red letters in my mind. Or at least it should be by now.
I've noticed some people have removed diary entries. Is is of course their right to do this, but removal of stuff usually indicates it should not have been put up in the first place. Remember, everything you say is on-the-record. I remember a situation when a friend of mine was very upset about what was said about them in an online diary of someone we met up with. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say here, just, be careful, don't say anything you will regret.
At conferences and gatherings with many hackers, we should all attempt to exchange gpg fingerprints, so we can sign each others keys and create a decent web of trust. Right now, at Southampton I'm part of a rather pathetic web of trust containing myself, zoot, and 4 others. If I get the chance to go to something like guadec again, I will get business cards with my fingerprint on them.
Have spent too long writing this diary entry and reading news and dealing with mail. But nevermind.
Need more caffeine...
Today, I had an eyetest. (I suffer from fairly severe myopia). My eyes have changed significantly since I last had one (my left eye needs a slightly less strong lens, but my right eye needs a stronger one). Wierd.
New glasses therefore ordered, at a price of GBP 133. (About $200). It doesn't seem fair to me that, through no fault of my own, I have to pay opticians money in order to read. I'm sure universtal coverage of lenses on the NHS would be a vote-winning thing to put on a manifesto, and not too expensive either.
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I'm still working on the base frame of the Roubo workbench. I wish I had more time to devote to it, but the truth is that I've got 1001 things going on so I squeeze in a moment here and a moment there to get some progress made!
|From 2009.10.24 Roubo Workbench
|From 2009.10.24 Roubo Workbench
I've got a side of tenons all made and dry-fitted the pieces together. Everything is falling into place according to my plans! (Insert evil crackle here.) Not many surprises yet, except for the number of times I've smashed my hand and had to get a bandaid to prevent bleeding on my work. I should be more careful -- take, for instance, the time when I was trimming down the tenon on the leg stretcher. My Stanley 93 Rabbet Plane was working fine, the only problem was that I wasn't accustomed to such a large tenon and needed to be careful as my knuckles we positioned perfectly for grazing the top edge of the wood and skimming off my skin like the blade was doing with the wood lower on the wood.
|From 2009.10.24 Roubo Workbench
For the leg vise, I was happy to run the end of the leg through my bandsaw (I got the riser kit which has been handy) and then just use my chisel to knock out the half inch by four inch piece of waste wood. It was enjoyable to quickly work through the wood and clean up a nice little spacer for the spacer board for the leg vise to slide through.
Now if I could only find my 1 1/8" drill bit to make room for the leg vice screw! I thought I had put it in this drawer, no wait, the one over here...


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By David Brandt/The Associated Press
JACKSON — Bo Wallace was the backup quarterback at Arkansas State two years ago. Now he's been honored as the best college football player in Mississippi.
Wallace won the 2012 C Spire Conerly Trophy on Tuesday night at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, beating out four other finalists, including Mississippi State cornerback Johnthan Banks, Southern Mississippi defensive end Jamie Collins, Delta State offensive lineman Kendall Hunter and Jackson State receiver Rico Richardson.
Wallace's win was considered an upset considering Mississippi State's Banks was a preseason All-American and Thorpe Award finalist, and is expected to be an early selection in this year's NFL Draft.
But Wallace was fantastic in the head-to-head matchup against Banks and the rest of Mississippi State's secondary last week in the Egg Bowl, throwing for 294 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-24 victory over the Bulldogs.
Even Wallace was surprised he won, but said it underscores just how important the Egg Bowl rivalry can be. The Conerly Trophy is voted on by 50 news media members throughout Mississippi.
"I hope my body of work was something that was taken into consideration," Wallace said. "But I was fortunate enough to have a pretty good Egg Bowl, so I think it left an impression on the voters."
The 6-foot-4, 204-pound sophomore helped lead the Rebels to a 6-6 record this season, which was a huge improvement after a 2-10 year in 2011. He has thrown for 2,843 yards, 19 touchdowns and 15 interceptions this season. He's also rushed for 363 yards and a team-leading eight touchdowns.
Ole Miss is bowl-eligible for the first time since 2009.
"It's something special," Wallace said. "Some people look at it as an individual award, but I think it's more of a team award. I know my teammates are really proud about this and I couldn't be prouder of them and I was very fortunate to play with them this season."
Wallace was not a bona fide SEC prospect when he was in high school at Giles County in Pulaski, Tenn. He wasn't heavily recruited and ended up at Arkansas State, where he played under coach Hugh Freeze and was the backup to emerging star Ryan Aplin.
With no playing time in sight, Wallace transferred to East Mississippi Community College, where he led the team to a national title in 2011.
Then Freeze took the head coaching job at Ole Miss and recruited Wallace again. This time, he won the starting job and has flourished.
Ole Miss co-offensive coordinator Dan Werner said Wallace has improved as the season progressed and learned how to minimize mistakes.
"Because he takes chances, he's going to get big plays," Werner said. "My thing has always been, just be smart with it. If it's a situation where it's time to take a shot, that's fine. But if it's 3rd and 3 or a goal line situation, you don't do that. He's learning. He knows."
With two years of eligibility remaining, Wallace could become just the second two-time Conerly Award winner. The other is another Ole Miss quarterback: Eli Manning.
"I think next year we have an opportunity to have a special season," Wallace said. "I'm just glad to be a part of this and hopefully we have a good enough season (in 2013) that I'm invited back."
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Mary Fern Garey, age 90 of Janesville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Edgerton Rehab Center. She was born on February 26, 1922 in Latham, IL to the late Hershel & Catherine (Mark) Harding. Mary graduated in 1940 from St. Patrick's in Decatur IL. As a young women Mary worked as an aide at Wabash Hospital where friends introduced her to Glen Russell Garey. On January 1, 1942 Mary wed the love of her life Glen Russell Garey in St. Jo, MO. Mary & Glen resided between Janesville, Beloit and Sheboygan, WI and raised seven beautiful children. Glen and Mary travelled to every destination that their hearts desired in the 70 years they were married. They especially enjoyed spending time in Pharr, TX where they spent over 30 Wisconsin Winters together. Mary had a special love for roller-skating, bowling, playing Bridge, sewing, golfing and square dancing.
Mary is survived by her loving husband Glen Russell: 4 children: Glen Michael of Menominee, Elizabeth Jane (Randy) Fehr of Janesville, Charles Robert (Renee) of Liberty MO, John Patrick of Janesville; a son-in-law, Richard (Bonnie) Carroll of Milton. Glen and Mary were blessed to have 24 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends to share their lives with. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, children: Mark and Darlene Garey, Alice and LaVerne Hoium, and Kathleen Carroll; a Grandson, Conan John Fehr. Four Brothers: Leo, Robert, Harold and Paul; a sister: Helen McGroaty.
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Amazing! Don't lose steam on this! Great job!
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We are all patiently waiting for more pictures
Would love to see:
Reverse side (a few pics of the whole thing and then some closer shots of the different areas that might be kit-bashable into other rooms)
Details of how the cannon and flag plug in.
A Want List of Sorts: at this point... I just hope there is a 2017...
Hey! We're still alive. Bcrduke, get back to you soon. Big stuff happening this weekend. We've been up until 3 or 4 am every night for the past 11 days gearing up to show the fortress in public at the coast city comiccon in Portland Maine this weekend. The photos are going to be awesome.
Awesome - Very excited to see more!
A Want List of Sorts: at this point... I just hope there is a 2017...
Again, excellent work... I`ll be waiting for the pics.
gah, so the stars didnt align for this past weekends comiccon, we didnt end up showing the fortress. BUT stay tuned, as usual. more photos and upddates, AND reveals are on the horizon.
I have faith Ben!
the ignore list is my new best friend
Don't know why I am just seeing this now. This is incredible. THANK YOU! Will be pming you soon.
It looks incredible! Love that weapons room!
I love an all inclusive canon!
So it is save to say the final fortress will be done after Xmass, right?
It (still) looks great by the way
BB GUYS ben and ben hehehehehe
Please don`t let it end !
More more
Sent a PM to bishart over 2-3 weeks ago with no response... Hope the Bens are alive and well...
"From here to Eterni...a"
So, that's a lotta technical crap, but it's a real exciting development. It will make casting much faster and easier on us.
Also finished my first character for Mattel's Design-A-Figure contest. Gonna try to get one more done before the deadline!
More to come.
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hey man. were ALIVE! i didnt see your PM, ill look again. and ill be sure to get back to you!
this is freakin awesome... !! ... outstanding job !!!!!
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Fright Fortress
the 3 Fortress Tower's
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I love the work done on this Castle. After reading through all of this I'm just amazed at how much work goes into something like this, and yet here it is. But the largest toy company in the world can't deliver, lol.
I look forward to seeing more of this castle. Thanks for sharing so many photos and info.
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EUROPE BETWEEN THE OCEANS: 9000 B.C.–A.D. 1000. Barry Cunliffe. x + 518 pp. Yale University Press, 2008. $39.95.
There are numerous contenders for the title of "the last man to know everything," among them Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), a political economist from Minnesota. Barry Cunliffe, the author of numerous synthetic works on prehistoric Europe, is a top candidate for a similar distinction on the subject of what he refers to in the preface of his latest book as "the westerly excrescence of the continent of Asia." Although his main area of specialization is the European Iron Age before, during and after the appearance of the Romans, Cunliffe has published extensively on all aspects of European archaeology, including its social and political history. Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 B.C.–A.D. 1000, which covers some of the same ground as his previous publications (particularly Facing the Ocean and The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek, both published in 2001), reflects his interests in maritime adaptations and the role of geography in prehistoric social evolution, two themes that have marked the latest phase of a distinguished career. (Cunliffe was knighted in 2006.)
In a sense this is the kind of book that can only be written at a point in a scholar's career when he or she has acquired an encyclopedic knowledge both of the literature and of the processes of technological, social and political change. The volume provides a very personal but also very compelling recounting of the creation of a group of peoples united as well as divided by geography and surrounded by water on all sides except to the east. Cunliffe draws on his considerable expertise in archaeology and history to weave a narrative tapestry with a weft of water and a warp of mountains and fertile soil; the patterns and motifs are presented in an engaging style that is accessible to the general public.
His major point is that the peoples who filled up the European peninsula from the end of the Pleistocene (about 10,000 years ago) until A.D. 1000 were shaped by their environment in a distinctive way, influenced particularly by the area's extensive coastal zones and their effect on mobility and innovation. Some might say that a similar argument could be made for other culture areas surrounded by the sea that have developed very differently, and that environmental determinism has its limits as an explanation for social evolution. However, as a narrative device the maritime focus works quite well—better possibly for some areas of Europe than for others, but it's effective in reminding us that environment actually can be destiny in more ways than one.
A major problem for anyone faced with the task of generating a synthetic overview of European cultural evolution is how to define the study area. In some ways Cunliffe sidesteps this issue by never precisely specifying boundaries other than seacoasts. It is perhaps not a coincidence that he becomes vague about boundaries precisely where the maps of the Roman empire did, suggesting that some of the areas considered part of Europe today (including much of the Low Countries, northern Germany, Scandinavia and the various gateways to Asia in eastern Europe and the Balkans) actually developed according to a slightly different rhythm than areas in the south and west. He refers to "peninsular Europe" but leaves open where the precise locations of the northern and eastern borders might be, even though these regions are frequently discussed as sources of various goods, peoples and cultural impulses.
In many ways the volume is a direct descendant of earlier work on prehistoric Europe published by another polymath, the Australian-born archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe (1892–1957), appropriately known as the Great Synthesizer. Several of his books—The Dawn of European Civilization (1925), The Danube in Prehistory (1929) and The Prehistory of European Society (1958)—cover much the same ground as the current Cunliffe volume, albeit on the basis of far less archaeological data. The reconstructions of both authors are rooted in traditional European culture history (the largely descriptive and narrative approach to archaeological interpretation before the 1960s), and their expressed goals are strikingly similar: Childe sought to discover "how and why the prehistoric barbarian societies of Europe behaved in a distinctively European way" (the subtitle of his 1958 book), whereas Cunliffe asks, "Why was it, then, that Europe above all other regions managed to achieve such dominance?" Cunliffe, however, approaches this question from an environmental perspective specifically focused on the proximity and ubiquity of the oceans surrounding the European peninsula, whereas in Childe's view, cultural evolution is generated as much by internal conflict as by external influences.
Comparing Childe to Cunliffe is an interesting exercise. In spite of the far more sophisticated technologies at our disposal today, from radiocarbon dating to DNA and isotope analysis, and even though thousands of archaeological sites have been excavated since Childe's death in 1957, the metanarrative of how Europe became Europe has changed only in the details, not in its essentials. For example, Cunliffe's emphasis on prehistoric and early historic European mobility, which he attributes to an innate restlessness influenced by proximity to the sea, reflects a recent resuscitation of migration as a mechanism for social change, another culture-history trope that appears frequently in Childe's work. Migration theory fell out of favor in archaeology for a time following the Second World War, but it has recently made a comeback, largely due to technological advances in the study of human mobility, including genetic and isotope analyses. Disappointingly, however, Cunliffe only briefly mentions the existence of such studies and largely ignores them in his reconstruction of European mobility patterns, which follow the standard culture-history template. In addition, his discussion of mobility focuses almost exclusively on large-scale population movements or smaller-scale movements of male mercenaries, whereas one of the more interesting aspects of recent mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome studies has been the recognition of gender-specific movement patterns: Women, it appears, may have moved shorter distances than men in prehistoric Europe, but they apparently moved in much larger numbers, presumably marrying out of their natal communities over many generations.
Another way in which Europe Between the Oceans is very much in the traditional culture-history mold is in its subjugation to the tyranny of the Greek and Roman texts, which have always constrained interpretations of European cultural developments "before history." Most of the peoples living in the European peninsula were not part of the revolutionary adoption of writing that was part of the transition to a state-level society in the Mediterranean, culminating in Classical Greek civilization. The peninsula's inhabitants retained their oral traditions in many cases even after contact with the worlds of the Greeks and later the Romans. Thus the archaeological record is especially important for understanding developments in most of Europe until the introduction of Christianity.
Cunliffe in the present volume succumbs to the siren song of the texts, just as many others before him have done, including Childe. Apart from a brief nod to the fact that the interactions between the Mediterranean "civilizations" of Greece and Rome and the rest of Europe were not a one-way exchange, the "ex Oriente lux" concept has nothing to fear from this publication. There are times that I wish, as an archaeologist specializing in the early Iron Age in southwest Germany, that Herodotus had never written a word about the Iron Age Celts or their putative homeland near the source of the Danube! We would then perhaps be more willing to let the archaeological record serve as the definitive source of information about prehistoric European societies rather than privileging the written word of Mediterranean colonizers over the material remains of past lifeways.
The organizing principle of Cunliffe's book, although it works well as a narrative device, is problematic in that he must engage in a certain amount of special pleading to make the case that the oceans were the driving force behind Europe's supposedly unique developmental trajectory. It might conceivably be possible to argue that movement along bodies of water, including but not limited to maritime contexts, played a defining role in Europe's cultural evolution. In fact, Cunliffe spends at least as much time discussing river routes, especially the east-west Danube corridor and the north-south river systems such as the Rhône, the Rhine, the Saône and others, as he does presenting his maritime hypothesis. Land routes, by contrast, tend to get short shrift, particularly mountain passes, and some regions are not discussed at all (notably Switzerland, which is not even mentioned in the index, in spite of its geopolitically important position, especially in the Neolithic). In addition, there is an inordinate amount of time spent on cultural developments in the Aegean, largely because Cunliffe's maritime hypothesis of cultural development is of obvious relevance there. The broad-brush approach also tends to flatten out regional differences within Europe, which can be significant during certain periods of prehistory.
One of the most valuable aspects of the book, particularly from the perspective of those interested in ships, shipping, shipbuilding and the history of various watercraft, is its detailed description of the discovery and excavation of prehistoric and early historic vessels. Cunliffe presents some of the more recent discoveries that are less commonly described, not just the better-known examples along the coasts of Greece and Turkey. The cross-Channel trade between Britain and continental Europe is documented by several well-preserved wrecks, together with their cargoes, and these have led to a reassessment of the level of technical skill in shipbuilding and seafaring achieved by European populations in this region as early as the Bronze Age.
Trade and exchange networks, another major focus of the book, resemble a shifting dendritic system that is transformed as each technological advance requires a reorientation of exchange routes depending on the raw material being transported: The unequal distribution of sources of lithic material, amber, copper and tin have all contributed as much to the creation of Europe as have the trade routes along which they were transported. This is where the broad-brush approach redeems itself; patterns are identified that might otherwise not be visible, and Cunliffe presents these skillfully and with a great deal of creative insight. By the time readers come to the last page of this book, they will have acquired a panoramic view of Europe's gradual coalescence and cultural development that would otherwise require a lifetime of study; the author has done the work for them.
The many full-color illustrations, especially the satellite and aerial images of sites and landscapes, are a bonus, given the reasonable price of the book. Unfortunately, the effort to make the volume affordable (it was printed in China) may be one of the reasons that it contains many, many typos, especially in the full-color maps and map captions. It would be tedious to list all the instances here, but there are some howlers: There are references to the "Pliestocene," the Hallstatt C "elete," the Greek sphere of "influencence," the "Pheonician" world and the "Cetiberian" culture. In several cases the map keys lack color designations, so that interpretation becomes a bit tricky. This is unfortunate, since in general the maps are beautifully designed and extremely helpful as illustrations of the complex interactions between regions that are the main focus of the volume. In addition, the decision not to include in-text references to the maps and other images (presumably an editorial rather than an authorial choice) occasionally results in confusion, because in some cases a graphic does not appear even within several pages of the place in the text where it is mentioned. The most egregious example of this is the map on page 48 showing Europe tipped on its side with the Iberian Peninsula to the north, representing a perspective that is actually discussed in the text on page 31.
However, these production problems detract very little from the value of the book. It will become a permanent fixture in the libraries of all those for whom the origins of Europe remain a subject of fascination.
Bettina Arnold is an associate professor and archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Her research interests include the archaeology of pre-Roman Iron Age Europe, with a focus on southwest Germany, where she codirects a field project with Matthew L. Murray (http://www.uwm.edu/~barnold/arch/index.html). She is coeditor (with D. Blair Gibson) of Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and coeditor (with Manuel Alberro) of The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula, Volume 6 of e-Keltoi, a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal of Celtic studies of which she is general editor (http://www.ekeltoi.uwm.edu/).
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