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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1693?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12732407#action_12732407 ] Michael Busch commented on LUCENE-1693: --------------------------------------- {quote} As CachingTokenFilter has no API to access the cached attributes/tokens directly, {quote} Oh true :) well, scratch it from the TODO list... We knew it'd work conceptually the same for AttributeSource.State; unlike Tee/Sink, which wouldn't even be save to use with the new API if it hadn't the getTokens() method for the reasons I explained above. {quote] Another idea would be to clone all attribute impls and then add them to the sink - the factory would then not be used? {quote} Yes, I thought about this for a while. It would be nice to have this (i. e. cloning an AttributeSource) in general: you could reduce the costs for initializing the TokenStreams with onlyUseNewAPI=false. We just need to keep a static AttributeSource around, that contains the wrapper and the mappings from the 6 default interfaces. Then instead of constructing it every time we just clone that AttributeSource for new TokenStreams. The query parser could do the same to keep initialization costs of the TokenStreams minimal, because it always needs the same attributes. I think it should be easy? We just need to implement clone() for AttributeSource. > AttributeSource/TokenStream API improvements > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-1693 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1693 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Analysis > Reporter: Michael Busch > Assignee: Michael Busch > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.9 > > Attachments: LUCENE-1693.patch, lucene-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, LUCENE-1693.patch, lucene-1693.patch, TestAPIBackwardsCompatibility.java, TestCompatibility.java, TestCompatibility.java, TestCompatibility.java, TestCompatibility.java > > > This patch makes the following improvements to AttributeSource and > TokenStream/Filter: > - removes the set/getUseNewAPI() methods (including the standard > ones). Instead by default incrementToken() throws a subclass of > UnsupportedOperationException. The indexer tries to call > incrementToken() initially once to see if the exception is thrown; > if so, it falls back to the old API. > - introduces interfaces for all Attributes. The corresponding > implementations have the postfix 'Impl', e.g. TermAttribute and > TermAttributeImpl. AttributeSource now has a factory for creating > the Attribute instances; the default implementation looks for > implementing classes with the postfix 'Impl'. Token now implements > all 6 TokenAttribute interfaces. > - new method added to AttributeSource: > addAttributeImpl(AttributeImpl). Using reflection it walks up in the > class hierarchy of the passed in object and finds all interfaces > that the class or superclasses implement and that extend the > Attribute interface. It then adds the interface->instance mappings > to the attribute map for each of the found interfaces. > - AttributeImpl now has a default implementation of toString that uses > reflection to print out the values of the attributes in a default > formatting. This makes it a bit easier to implement AttributeImpl, > because toString() was declared abstract before. > - Cloning is now done much more efficiently in > captureState. The method figures out which unique AttributeImpl > instances are contained as values in the attributes map, because > those are the ones that need to be cloned. It creates a single > linked list that supports deep cloning (in the inner class > AttributeSource.State). AttributeSource keeps track of when this > state changes, i.e. whenever new attributes are added to the > AttributeSource. Only in that case will captureState recompute the > state, otherwise it will simply clone the precomputed state and > return the clone. restoreState(AttributeSource.State) walks the > linked list and uses the copyTo() method of AttributeImpl to copy > all values over into the attribute that the source stream > (e.g. SinkTokenizer) uses. > The cloning performance can be greatly improved if not multiple > AttributeImpl instances are used in one TokenStream. A user can > e.g. simply add a Token instance to the stream instead of the individual > attributes. Or the user could implement a subclass of AttributeImpl that > implements exactly the Attribute interfaces needed. I think this > should be considered an expert API (addAttributeImpl), as this manual > optimization is only needed if cloning performance is crucial. I ran > some quick performance tests using Tee/Sink tokenizers (which do > cloning) and the performance was roughly 20% faster with the new > API. I'll run some more performance tests and post more numbers then. > Note also that when we add serialization to the Attributes, e.g. for > supporting storing serialized TokenStreams in the index, then the > serialization should benefit even significantly more from the new API > than cloning. > Also, the TokenStream API does not change, except for the removal > of the set/getUseNewAPI methods. So the patches in LUCENE-1460 > should still work. > All core tests pass, however, I need to update all the documentation > and also add some unit tests for the new AttributeSource > functionality. So this patch is not ready to commit yet, but I wanted > to post it already for some feedback. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Visitors from the across the country and the world have converged on Pasadena for the Rose Bowl and Parade. People who live near the stadium love the marching bands and intricate parade floats and at least tolerate the traffic tie-ups and tailgaters.
But not everyone is as warm and fuzzy about a National Football League team adding more big games to the Rose Bowl's schedule.
That became a real possibility last month when the Pasadena City Council passed an ordinance that doubles the number of large events allowed each year at the Rose Bowl in order to possibly accomodate an NFL team.
The ordinance passed by a vote of 7 -1 at a meeting attended by more than a hundred people, most of whom were there in opposition to an NFL team renting the Rose Bowl while a permanent home is built elsewhere in the L.A. region.
The councilman who represents neighborhoods near the stadium, Steve Madison, voted along with the majority, acknowledging that he too endures the game-day hassles of living near the Rose Bowl. Six years ago, Madison cast the swing vote against a plan to bring an NFL team to the Rose Bowl permanently. But that was before the great recession, and before major renovations at the 90-year-old Rose Bowl faced a funding gap of $30 million.
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Vogler, an attorney and accountant by training, lives about a mile from the stadium. He lives with his three young daughters in a beautiful old home on what he likes to call "the loveliest street in America."
The Rose Bowl is already home to UCLA football games. Vogler, a UCLA grad, is OK with those games. But he says NFL games would be too much.
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Vogler dismisses suggestions that he and his affluent West Pasadena neighbors are crying "not-in-my-backyard."
"The NFL is an oligarchy of billionaires. We are the 99 percenters here who live in this community. The NFL isn't," Vogler insists. "People from all walks of life come down to the Arroyo Seco and utilize it. They hike around it, they bike around it. Kids play soccer and fly kites."
Indeed, near the stadium in the Arroyo Seco is the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, Kidspace Museum, and the Brookside Golf Course. On UCLA game days, and during the Rose Bowl, those facilities are closed. The golf course serves as a parking lot. Two days after this year's UCLA-USC game on a rainy Saturday, tire tracks marked the fairways.
"It's all muddy, everything's messed up," said George Andre, who'd taken off early from his marketing job to play a round. "Kinda sucks being out here."
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Andre doesn't live near the Rose Bowl. He lives miles away in Hacienda Heights — not a neighborhood that could be affected should the NFL temporarily use the Rose Bowl. A future NFL team would be based permanently in downtown L.A. or the City of Industry. When reminded of that, Andre changed his tune.
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Fans of NBC's Community await the upcoming fourth season with mixed emotions, as we'll be seeing a version of the show not spearheaded by showrunner/creative wizard Dan Harmon. As you probably know by now, Harmon was not-so-quietly ousted from his showrunner position by Sony and NBC and replaced by new producers that have no history with the oddball series.
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Hat tip to reader Vivek for bringing this AMA to our attention. Harmon was asked about his future vision for the show that we'll never see, and while the scribe noted that he tried not to think too far ahead specifically, he revealed that we saw at least one season four idea towards the end of the third season:
"You can actually see one [of] my 'fourth season' ideas getting bumped up into the end of season three, because Jeff Winger has to decide, at the end of season three, that even though he's endured Greendale for the express purpose of getting his old life back, in the end, he has to choose Greendale over his old life, because Greendale has made him a better person. The fact that it happened at the end of season three is because at the time of writing the script, I had a sneaking suspicion that either the show or its creator would not be back for season four."
Harmon did say that he knows of one plot point he cooked up that will definitely appear in the upcoming Harmon-less season:
"I'm sure there's lots of things we talked about over three years that will be useable by the new guys. And yes, it's their property to use if that's the case. One thing I'm sure will happen in season 4 is Jeff will meet his Dad, because we were going to do it in season 3 but then one of the NBC execs started saying 'just make sure Jeff meeting his Dad isn't a dark story,' and I didn't want to write one of the series' most important stories under that hex, so I said, 'let's just punt that story to season 4.' And we ended season 3 with Jeff googling his Dad, so…!"
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1. Did you write the finale of S3 as if it could have been a series finale? The last 5minutes, the wrap-up, is perfect.
2. At the end of the S3 finale, Abed goes into his mini-Dreamatorium. To me this symbolises that everything we see from now on isn't the real timeline, but that S4 and onward is all happening within that Dreamatorium. Was this intentional?
1. yes
2. it symbolizes me leaving the show. I didn't know for sure I was going to but I had a feeling I might have to.
Of course the tension between Harmon and castmember Chevy Chase was brought up, and Harmon was forthcoming with exactly what went down:
The rumour mill says that Chevy Chase walked off set at the end of filming for Season 3 because he refused to do something. What did he refuse to do?
He refused to do the "tag" for the Digital Estate Planning episode (the 8 bit video game episode). In the scripted tag, Abed comes to Pierce with the thumb drive he took, and says "Pierce, I've been able to adjust some of the code for your Dad's video game and I've made a version I think you might like better." He puts the thumb drive into a laptop in front of Pierce. We cut to the laptop screen, where we see Pierce's avatar on a front lawn with the giant floating head of Cornelius. Every time Pierce presses the space bar, his avatar throws a baseball to his father's head, which gives him a thousand points and a "great job, son!" Pierce presses the space bar a few times, pauses, then leans over and embraces Abed and we fade to black. When Adam Countee pitched that tag, tears instantly rolled down my cheeks, and in point of fact, my eyes are getting watery describing it to you. It was the most important part of the episode and possibly one of the most important moments of the season. I was very upset to hear that it wasn't shot because someone didn't feel like shooting it, especially since it was literally the last day of shooting, which meant we'd never be able to pick it up. I regret nothing about how upset I got. My job was to care about my show.
Why did he refuse to do it?
The answer I heard from the people on set was that he didn't think it was funny. After he realized how upset I was about it, he said things in voicemails like "there was no script" (untrue) and "I have a weird relationship with the name Cornelius" (dumb, he had no dialogue in the tag). The real answer, I believe, is that he wanted to go home because he was tired. He probably didn't realize he was permanently damaging the episode by doing so because he often walked off set and then we would just pick up his shots later in the week. But this was the final shot of the season. The sets came down after he walked away. So this was the one time in three years that his personality caused unfixable damage to something I really held valuable.
Harmon was also asked whether he'd plan on tuning in for the new season, to which he replied:
"I'm going to wait a few episodes, maybe the whole season, and see how other people react. If people love it, then I'll be able to safely watch it with an open, friendly heart, because the whole point is whatever makes the audience happy. If they say it's good, it's good, and I can watch it and even say it's good. But I'm not going to be part of any campaign to convince anyone – me or others – of anything, good or bad. I've received a lot of advice from a lot of creatives that in a situation like this, it's best for everyone on all sides that I make a clean break and not look back. I'll be one of the very last people you hear weighing in on New Community. It's the most practical, healthy decision I can make for its audience. Here's an important related question: DO I HOPE IT'S GOOD? The honest answer is yes."
On a non Community-related note, Harmon was asked why he chose network television for his two new shows that he's developing:
"Is there such a thing as a network with a heart of gold that only treats creatives with respect? You have to go down to basic cable to find that, and basic cable will keep. Not to be presumptuous, but, a year from now, I can still talk to a basic cable network about doing my 'breaking bad.' A year from now, nobody in network TV is going to be interested in working with me. And my goal has always been and always will be to make the most people happy that I can. So I want to try network, one more time (two more times simultaneously). I want to see if it's possible to make something Good AND Successful. There's a lot of people out there worshipping at the altar of 'those are mutually exclusive.' I don't want to live in that world until it's finally beaten me to a pulp and forced that truth on me. I want to be the guy that proves that religion untrue. I have to try. My heroes are the ones that try to disprove that religion.
Harmon also provided some insight into how he became involved with a stop-motion animated feature film with Charlie Kaufman:
"Charlie has been friends with my partner at Starburns Industries, Dino Stamatopolous, for years. TRIVIA: they were on the writing staff for the Dana Carvey Show together. Through Dino's friendship with Charlie, I got an opportunity to meet Charlie, one of my absolute top heroes – beyond hero, he's one of my gods – and it was at a live performance of a radio play he wrote called Anomalisa, this tragic, ingenious expression of our craving for abnormality (I hope Charlie doesn't read me describing his work, it'll be wrong). Ever since we started our own studio, Dino's been on Charlie to sign the rights to Anomalisa over so we could try to do something with it. Charlie has finally done us the favor and so, there ya go."
The project is currently up on Kickstarter, and Harmon said that they can't start working on it until they know what the budget will look like:
"Work on Anomalisa can't really start until we see what kind of real money we're looking at. The first decisions about making stop motion are the most financially dependent – what kind of dolls are we going to design, are they going to have fancy ball-and-socket armatures like the Community Christmas dolls, or faster, cheaper wireframe armatures like the Frankenhole dolls, etc. Eyes, lips, hair, set design, storyboards, everything is affected on a fundamental level by whether we have 300K or 350K at the outset of pre-production. Also, until we get started with that stuff, Charlie's not weighing in on how he WANTS it done, and however Charlie wants it done is how it's going to get done…so, while all of that should amount to a great piece of stop motion storytelling, it doesn't amount to me being able to say much right now, other than: KEEP PLEDGING TO ANOMALISA, there's a MILLION DOLLAR VERSION OF IT, pledge pledge pledge and every penny will end up on screen."
Harmon spent a long time answering questions at Reddit, so I highly suggest you head on over and check out the full AMA for his thoughts on favorite episodes, regrets, insight into the production and writing of certain episodes, etc. Community certainly won't be the same without him, but we definitely haven't seen the last of Dan Harmon.


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When its 33rd annual edition bows Thursday, the Mill Valley Film Festival will offer a mix heavy on indie pics, documentaries and local product as well as features cherrypicked from festivals and around the world.
But the event also reliably brings laidback Marin County a big dose of film-biz glamour.
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Well, that's one show-stopping pair of "Pretty Girls."
Pop royalty Britney Spears officially crossed paths with a queen of politics, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on the campaign trail.
The "Toxic" singer had nothing but kind remarks after meeting with the former Secretary of State in Las Vegas where Clinton is currently campaigning for an upcoming caucus and Spears headlines her residency show at Planet Hollywood.
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Spears doned a white turtleneck and dark jeans to meet the former first lady.
While Spears clearly adores the public figure, it seems she may be a bit undecided about where her support will fall in the voting booth. The singer initially tweeted the photos with the standard hashtag, #ImWithHer, often used by Clinton's staunchest supporters. [[309039611, C]]
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import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.ButtonGroup; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JRadioButton; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder; public class ImageViewerFrame2 extends JFrame { private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 500; private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 400; private JRadioButton[] radio = new JRadioButton[6]; private ActionListener listener; private JLabel GeneralLocation; private JTextArea PreciseInfo; private JLabel pictureLabel; private String Description; public ImageViewerFrame2() { GeneralLocation = new JLabel("Wonders of the world "); add(GeneralLocation, BorderLayout.NORTH); PreciseInfo = new JTextArea ("" + Description); PreciseInfo.setRows(5); PreciseInfo.setEditable(false); add(PreciseInfo, BorderLayout.SOUTH); pictureLabel = new JLabel(""); add(pictureLabel,BorderLayout.CENTER); class ChoiceListener implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { setText(); } } listener = new ChoiceListener(); createControlPanel(); setText(); setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT); } public void createControlPanel() { JPanel AreaGroupPanel = createRadioButtons(); JPanel controlPanel = new JPanel(); controlPanel.add(AreaGroupPanel); add(controlPanel, BorderLayout.WEST); } public JPanel createRadioButtons() { ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup(); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); for(int i = 0; i < radio.length; ++i) { radio[i] = new JRadioButton("Area " + (i+1)); radio[i].addActionListener(listener); group.add(radio[i]); panel.add(radio[i]); } panel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("SELECT A BUTTON BELOW")); return panel; } public void setText() { String[] imageStr = {"GreatWall.JPG","Taj_Mahal.JPG","MachuPicchu.JPG","ChristRedeemer.JPG","Colosseum.JPG","Petra.JPG"}; for(int i = 0; i < radio.length; ++i) { if(radio[0].isSelected()) { String Description = "You have selected Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications\n made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along \n an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to \n protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various \n nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces"; pictureLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/images/imageStr[0]")); PreciseInfo.setText(Description);} else if(radio[1].isSelected()) { String Description = "You have selected Taj Mahal. is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. \n It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. \n The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the \n universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage"; pictureLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/images/imageStr[1]")); PreciseInfo.setText(Description); } else if (radio[2].isSelected()) { String Description = "You have selected Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America.\n It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 \n kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. \n Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor\n Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as the City of the Incas, it is perhaps the most \n familiar icon of Inca civilization"; pictureLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/images/imageStr[2]")); PreciseInfo.setText(Description); } else if (radio[3].isSelected()) { String Description = "You have selected Christ the Redeemer. Chirst the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; \n considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus \n in the world"; pictureLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/images/imageStr[3]")); PreciseInfo.setText(Description); } else if (radio[4].isSelected()) { String Description = "You have selected the Colosseum. The Colosseum is considered one of the greatest \n works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering."; pictureLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/images/imageStr[4]")); PreciseInfo.setText(Description); } else if (radio[5].isSelected()) { String Description = "You have selected Petra. is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian \n governorate of Ma'an, that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system."; pictureLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/images/imageStr[5]")); PreciseInfo.setText(Description); } } } }
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Following the Money in an International Climate Agreementby -
Athena Ballesteros explains how international climate finance could make or break a deal in Copenhagen.
WRI has released a new paper on climate finance. What is climate finance and why is it important in climate negotiations?
In order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the world will have to act quickly and at scale. Developing countries have indicated their readiness to act, alongside the industrialized nations. But to do so, they will need significant financial support. Such assistance is necessary to help developing countries deal with climate change by: adapting to its destructive impacts, such as stronger storms, droughts, and sea level rises; reducing greenhouse gases by switching to cleaner fuels and energy sources; and building capacity so that they have the expertise and institutions to make the necessary changes.
This support will come in a range of forms – private investment and carbon markets, but also public finance. Though there is increasing agreement about the amount of finance required to satisfactorily tackle climate change, there is still no consensus on how this money will be actually be delivered.
Traditionally, aid has been managed by existing institutions like the World Bank, which in turn have been controlled by the developed, donor countries. The climate issue is different. It is not only about giving aid but also about jointly solving a common problem. Therefore, a new global agreement on climate finance is likely to significantly redistribute power, responsibility, and accountability between traditional donor and recipient countries. This is both long overdue and necessary.
Why is climate finance being described as a deal breaker in Copenhagen?
Climate finance is one of the most contentious issues in the ongoing negotiations among the 192 member countries of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Whichever finance mechanism they choose will mobilize and then allocate funds, prepare and approve projects, provide technical advice, set standards for performance, and then monitor projects to ensure that they are held accountable. It is a huge task, so it is no wonder that its design and governance has been a sticking point in the negotiations between developed and developing countries.
The key point of contention is whether this job should be done by existing institutions, which are traditionally dominated by developed countries, or by creating reformed or new institutions that would provide a greater voice for developing countries. There is also heated debate over whether money should be administered and distributed by one large, centralized institution, or through a decentralized approach, one that would incorporate international, regional, and national institutions.
How does a new publication from WRI inform the negotiations?
Power, Responsibility, and Accountability: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Institutions of Climate Finance is meant to draw lessons for negotiators. We reviewed the governance structures, operational procedures, and records of 11 international and national climate funds to see what has been most effective to date. This is the first publication to move beyond the issue of "which institution will we use?" and explore an equally important issue: "what will it take for these institutions to have legitimacy?"
What do you mean by "legitimacy?"
No matter what institutions are eventually charged with managing these new flows of climate finance, they will only be successful if both donor and recipient countries see them as legitimate. The key elements we identified as required for legitimacy are power, responsibility, and accountability.
Power: To be legitimate, the distribution of power within the governing body of the financial institution has to be balanced. We examined whether developed and developing countries have an equal say in how existing funds are managed and operated. Looking ahead, if existing institutions are to meet evolving standards of legitimacy, then their fundamental governance structures, operational procedures, and institutional capacities will need to be reformed.
Responsibility: Efforts to address climate change must be "country-driven" and reflect national priorities and circumstances in order to be successful, rather than being mandated by donor countries. Direct access to climate funds is important in enabling developing countries to take direct responsibility at the country level without having to rely on implementing agencies such as the World Bank or the UN Development Program (UNDP), or having to navigate layers of donor conditionality.
Accountability: Strong provisions for accountability are needed to ensure that money is managed well, to promote good governance, and to manage potential environmental and social impacts. If done well, the institutional re-designs that shift power and responsibility towards developing countries will also entail more accountability for how the money is spent.
Can existing institutions follow this framework for legitimacy?
Our research finds that relying on existing institutions could work if significant reforms are put in place. For example, if the World Bank wants to continue to play a role, it needs to demonstrate to both member countries and civil society that it is willing to embrace fundamental changes in its governance structures and operational procedures in order to give greater voice to developing countries. This would include (through the guidance and authority of the Parties to the UNFCCC) taking advice from civil society, technical experts, and the private sector.
To be viewed as legitimate, the Bank's "business as usual" practices – including its support for fossil fuel projects in developing countries, and its minimal attention to climate change and low-carbon development strategies – will need to change.
What are some of the critical elements of a climate finance agreement in Copenhagen?
First, we need an agreement on a fund that can put money towards a range of urgent purposes, such as adaptation to the impacts of climate change, technology transfer, and greenhouse gas reduction measures, including reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). In addition, a climate fund must be able to trigger new, additional and predictable climate funding from many other sources, including the private sector, carbon markets, and national public and private finance sources.
The fund must have a governing body that will oversee its operations under the guidance and authority of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, with equitable and balanced representation from both developed and developing countries, and with input from civil society and technical experts.
The international community must also de-link the source of finance from the power and influence traditionally exerted by donor countries, for example by adopting new levies such as those on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. Also essential is agreement to scale up existing climate financing. Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC chief, recently estimated that funding needed "both to curb emissions and help people adapt to changes such as droughts or floods could total $250 billion per year in 2020." Whatever financing is agreed in Copenhagen should include immediate mobilization of at least 10 billion dollars. This 'start-up' fund is urgently needed to help the poorest countries to build capacity to design and implement adaptation and low carbon development plans.


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Languages of Latin America
Faculty associated with Latin American and Caribbean Studies at KU provide elementary, intermediate, advanced intermediate and advanced courses each year in Spanish, Portuguese, Quichua, Haitian Creole and Miskitu. Classes in all of the Latin American languages are open to both graduate and undergraduate students.
Andean Quichua
Quichua (a.k.a. Kechwa, Quechua, Kechua, Ketchua, Kichwa, Khetchua, or Runa Ximi) is an indigenous language spoken widely in Ecuador and is closely related to the Quichua spoken in Peru and Bolivia. There are as many as 20 million speakers of Quichua, making it the most widely spoken indigenous language of the Americas. Because of its many dialects, a national effort in Ecuador to establish a commonly accepted form of the language has resulted in the recognition of Unified Quichua. Quichua is offered at KU through the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Opportunities to study Quichua abroad are available through KU Student Initiated Programs. The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs maintains a comprehensive list of indigenous language programs abroad, including 4-6 week summer opportunities in Ecuador and Peru.
Pictured: Andean Quichua instructor Nina Kinti-Moss.
Nina Kinti-Moss
Nina Kinti-Moss (M.S.S.W., 1988, University of Wisconsin, Madison), a lecturer in the KU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, is fluent in reading, writing and speaking Kechwa. Her research includes mastering all the Kechwa varieties of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, then integrating the variations into the Kechwa textbook which she has written, Learning the Kechwa Language. A native speaker of Salasaca Quichua (Ecuador), Nina has expertise in unified Quichua and is conversant in Peruvian and Bolivian dialects of Quechua.
Haitian Creole
With French-based vocabulary and a distinctive grammar, Haitian Creole is the first language of roughly 5.7 million people Haiti, the Caribbean nation that occupies the western half of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Related creoles are spoken on Guadeloupe and Martinique, and approximately 300,000 Haitians living in the Dominican Republic, the US, and Canada speak the language. The Department of African and African American Studies houses KU's Haitian Creole program. The University of Kansas offers free, open online resources for the study of Creole.
Pictured: Haitian Creole instructor Cécile Accilien.
Cécile Accilien
Cécile Accilien is Associate Professor of Haitian Studies and Director of the Haitian Institute in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Kansas University. Her primary areas of interest include Haitian Studies (primarily language and culture),Gender Studies and Film Studies. She is the author of Rethinking Marriage In Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures (Lexington Books, 2008). She has also co-edited and contributed to two collections of essays, Revolutionary Freedoms: A History of Survival, Strength and Imagination in Haiti (Caribbean Studies Press, 2006) and Just Below South: Intercultural Performance in the Caribbean and the U.S. South (University of Virginia Press, 2007). She has published book chapters and articles including "Congratulations! You Don't Look Haitian: How and When Does One Look Haitian?" in Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora in the Wider Caribbean Jowel Laguerre), and "Soleil, sexe et sable Vers le sud" in Ecrits d'Haïti: Perspectives sur la littérature haïtienne contemporaine (1986-2006).She is the co-author (with Jowel Laguerre) of English-Haitian Creole Phrasebook (McGraw Hill, 2010) and Francophone Cultures Through Film (with Nabil Boudraa, (Focus Publishing). She is currently working on a textbook to teach Haitian Creole (with Jowel Laguerre) and on a manuscript on Haitian film culture.
Miskitu (summer only)
The Miskitu language (a Misumalpan, Macro-Chibchan language of South American origins) is spoken by 200,000 indigenous Miskitu people along the Honduran and Nicaraguan Caribbean coast. KU offers Miskitu through the summer Language and Culture in Nicaragua program run by the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies and KU Study Abroad.
Laura H. Herlihy
Laura H. Herlihy (Ph.D., 2002, University of Kansas, Anthropology), a lecturer in the KU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, has conducted long-term ethnographic research among the indigenous Miskitu people of Honduras and Nicaragua. Her 2012 book, The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver; Gender, Sexuality and Money on the Miskito Coast (University of New Mexico Press), was chosen by ProQuest as one of the Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates.
Herlihy speaks the Miskitu language fluently and directs KU CLACS's Language and Culture in Nicaragua summer program. The program is FLAS-eligible, although the University of Kansas does not currently offer FLAS support for Miskitu language study.
Once called "the sweet and gracious language" by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, Portuguese is the third most-spoken European language in the Americas with around 220 million native speakers. Portuguese language skills are rare and increasingly in demand, making it useful for many careers. KU offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs in the Portuguese language and Brazilian literature and cultural studies. Study abroad programs offer the opportunity to study language and culture in Brazil, Portugal and Spain. KU provides free open educational resources for the study of Portuguese. The following Latin Americanist faculty members teach Portuguese at KU:
- Mara Aubel, Lecturer, Spanish & Portuguese
- Dovis Pollock, Lecturer, Spanish & Portuguese
- Antônio Simões, Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
- Luciano Tosta, Assistant Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Spanish, the most widely-spoken language in the Americas and the second language of the United States, is an excellent choice for students pursuing a career in any field. A variety of courses are offered at every level in grammar, composition, conversation and literature. In fact, over a dozen study abroad options exist to further your education. Finally, many opportunities for involvement and practice of the Spanish language abound on campus: a Latino Student Association, the Spanish Table, a Spanish Club, and activities offered through the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
KU offers a wide variety of courses in Spanish at all levels. The open-access University of Kansas Collaborative Digital Spanish Project (Acceso) is used for intermediate levels. The University of Kansas department of Spanish and Portuguese has a large and distinguished faculty, including many Latin Americanists who teach Spanish langauge and Latin American cultural studies.


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JFK had it wrong when he proclaimed, "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
JFK had it wrong when he proclaimed, "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
Why shouldn't we ask what our country — or, more specifically, its leaders — can do for us?
Aren't we the country?
Don't our leaders work for us?
We hire them by voting them into office. We pay their salaries with our taxes. And if enough of us don't like the job they're doing, we vote them out.
So shouldn't the government — our government — do what we want it to do, rather than telling us what to do?
And why shouldn't we ask our leaders, who run this country, to work hard for us?
That's why, on the eve of President Obama's inauguration, we asked folks in Ulster, Orange and Sullivan counties what they wanted Obama to do for them over the next four years.
And despite the fact that many of you — and some of my colleagues — said it was a selfish question, especially compared to JFK's eloquent phrase, there is nothing selfish about their requests.
Think about it.
When Middletown's Kevin Barry, who pays $60,000 per year to send two daughters to college, asked that something be done to lower the cost of higher education, he could have been speaking for all of us. After all, costs like that mean fewer kids can afford top colleges. And that means we all suffer. As Barry so eloquently put it: "If we want to be the country that's No. 1 one in math, in science, in education, then we've got to be able to let our children get the best education possible."
When Ellenville's Maria Salas, who owns two restaurants in Ellenville and Rhinebeck, said she wants Obama to make it easier for small business owners like her to get loans to expand, she specifically mentioned that would create more jobs. Wouldn't those jobs benefit all of us? Instead of receiving unemployment benefits from our taxes, men and women could be earning money and spending it — in the stores we own, on the services we provide.
Then there was Lynn Manto of Wurtsboro, who wanted to reduce the cost of health care and prescription medicines, particularly for seniors and working families. Do I even have to say that accomplishing that would help us all?
And who can possibly quibble with what Walden barber Jesse Almodovar said most of his customers want — end the gridlock in Washington, so we can do the things that folks like Barry, Solas and Manto want — create jobs, lower health care costs and expand opportunities for education?
Folks like these aren't selfish when they're asking what the country can do for them. They are the country — just like you or me. That's something we seem to forget these days, when so many issues divide our nation into us vs. them.
We forget that when we ask what our country can do for us, we're really asking what we can do for each other.


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The European Shag is a species of Cormorant which breeds round the rocky coasts of western and southern Europe and is a familiar sight on the Pembrokeshire coast.
A goose-sized, dark, long-necked seabird, it is generally similar to the larger and more numerous cormorant, although in the breeding season it develops a glossy almost irridescent green plumage which gives it its alternative name of Green Cormorant. A prominent forward-facing crest also distinguishes it from the cormorant as also does the fact that it does not stray far from its nesting site and, unlike the cormorant, seldom ventures inland, although some appear to have been bucking the trend in the last few years, having been spotted on reservoirs and in estuaries. While the cormorant has a white chin and white underside, the shag is dark all over. Cormorants, of course, can be seen on rivers and estuaries far inland and even in town and city centres, diving and fishing in the freshwater streams and rivers. Shags, on the other hand, prefer the turbulent waters around the rocks and caves, often seeming to risk their lives in rough weather.
Visitors to the Pembrokeshire bird sanctuary islands of Skomer and Skokholm are certain to see shags on their cliff nesting sites. Some 27,000 pairs breed in the UK and an estimated 110,000 winter in this country, with large colonies on the Scottish coasts of Shetland, Orkney, the Inner Hebrides and the Firth of Forth. They are also common around the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, which have great similarities with Pembrokeshire.
Like the cormorant the shag nests on wide cliff ledges or in caves, with just a crude, untidy heap of grass, sticks and seaweed, often cemented down with its own guano, on which to lay its three or four eggs, producing only one brood, usually in May. Shags normally find their prey of fish, sand-eels and molluscs and crustaceans on the seabed, where they remain submerged for between 30 and 45 seconds, increasing their angle of dive with a characteristic little leap into the air before submerging. The chicks are hatched without any down, so they rely totally on the parent bird for their warmth, often staying in the nest for over a month before they can fly. Shags are found on Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm as well as on the smaller rocks and islets scattered round the coast. They particularly like caves. and the naturalist and author Ronald Lockley recorded three or four pairs nesting high up on ledges in the darkness in a deep cave called The Lantern at the east end of Skomer, through which the tides flow from south to north at high water. Visitors like to see the shags and cormorants drying their wings in the sun after a session of fishing. They stand erect, their wings spread like dark crucifixes, looking very dramatic and ornamental and doing a very good impression of the Cristo Redentor presiding over Rio de Janeiro.


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BOSTON, Mass., USA - Today at the American Institute of Architects' 2008 National Convention and Design Exposition, Z Corporation will make the first public demonstration of the STL Exporter for the Revit platform for building information modeling (BIM). Developed by Autodesk with support from Z Corporation, this new software utility lets architects, engineers and designers easily and affordably "3D print" physical models of buildings and projects created in the Revit platform for BIM.
3D printing is the production from 3D data of physical models which are more accurate, affordable, durable and quickly produced than traditional handcrafted models. STL Exporter for the Revit Platform generates a high quality STL file from models created in Revit Architecture 2009, Revit Structure 2009 and Revit MEP 2009 software for easy 3D printing and is available now at Autodesk Labs (http://labs.autodesk.com/).
"3D printed models increasingly serve as a critical part of the design process to study design options and improve communication between project members and owners," said Emile Kfouri, Senior Platform Line Manager, Autodesk AEC Solutions. "Our customers are demanding seamless production of 3D models throughout their project life cycle especially during the initial formative design stage. STL Exporter for the Revit Platform will take full advantage of devices like those from Z Corporation, which are spearheading speed, quality and affordability in the 3D printing industry. We are also looking at other interesting ways to leverage Z Corporation's unique abilities to print even higher quality physical models."
"With this news, Autodesk is helping Revit platform users secure the business value of 3D printing, much as millions of mechanical engineers have done in the manufacturing community," said Scott Harmon, Z Corporation vice president of business development. "In this way, the Revit platform for building information modeling and 3D printing are focused on the same goals: gaining better insight earlier in the design process and rapidly iterating through different design options to improve collaboration and communication among all stakeholders."
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"I think you reveal yourself by what you choose to photograph, but I prefer photographs that tell more about the subject. There's nothing much interesting to tell about me; what's interesting is the person I'm photographing, and that's what I try to show." --Mary Ellen Mark
Produced in cooperation with IC LAB, under the supervision of the artist, this archival pigment ink print by renowned photographer Mary Ellen Mark is from the artist's Twins series, published in book form by Aperture in 2003.
Mark, voted by readers of American Photo as the most influential female photographer of all time, has made some of America's most iconic images during a career that spans more than three decades to date. In Twins, Mark turned both her eye and her heart to the extraordinary bond that exists between these very special siblings. For two consecutive years, she set up a studio at the site of America's premier twins festival, Twins Day, in Twinsburg, Ohio, and invited participants to be photographed.
Says Mark, "I've always been fascinated by twins. In my forty years of photographing, whenever there was an opportunity, I would take a picture of twins. I found the notion that two people could appear to look exactly alike very compelling." Mark proceeded to create a compelling body of work, of which this photograph is a part. The astonishing detail afforded by the format used to make this image, the Polaroid 20 x 24, catches the very essence of Heather and Kelsey Dietrick. The Director of IC LAB worked directly with Mark and her studio to produce a print that is a faithful and accurate rendering of the unique Polaroid. This image is available as an archival pigment ink print in a series of 5 signed and numbered prints, offered exclusively through Aperture.
Mary Ellen Mark (born in Philadelphia, 1940) has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions, and editorial magazine work. Among her many publications, most recently Seen Behind the Scene (Phaidon, 2008), are Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey (Aperture, 1999), Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years (Bulfinch, 1991), and Falkland Road (Steidl, 2007; Knopf, 1981). Her photographs have appeared in such publications as the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Life. Her works are held in public and private collections throughout the world.
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Titanus, 1969). Italian Locandina (13" X 27"). Crime.. ...Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
DescriptionThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Titanus, 1969). Italian Locandina (13" X 27"). Crime.
Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, Raf Valenti, and Giuseppe Castellano. Directed by Dario Argento. Country of origin poster. An unrestored poster that displays signs of use. May include light edge or fold wear, slight fold separations, or unobtrusive stains. Poster has censor and theater stamps in image area. Artwork by P. Franco. Folded, Fine/Very Fine.
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At the heart of Cyclades, with a culture and a civilization going back thousand of years, Mykonos invites you to discover all the fun in life. Mykonos is the most famous of the Cyclades islands. It is the island, where tradition and enjoyment go hand in hand. Apanema Resort welcomes you to have the most luxurious & indulging experience you can have on an island like this!
Apanema Resort is perhaps the most stylish and at the same time warm welcoming boutique hotel in Mykonos. It is located above the old port and has an amazing view of the Aegean sea. For those who are looking for a private and refined location, Apanema Resort is a set away from the island's vibrant lifestyle, being the ideal refuge for a romantic atmosphere with a unique panorama.
The hotel has only 17 rooms (and suites), offering intimate, elegant and relaxed surroundings. It is located in the Tagoo area of Mykonos, directly on the waterfront with its unforgettable sunsets and views of the nearby Delos Island; but it is also extremely close to the animated town of Mykonos which can be reached on foot in less than 15 minutes.
All the rooms are extremely roomy and spacious and have at least 3 windows in addition to the balcony doors making the rooms still lighter and sunnier, a feature that gives the Apanema a touch of class above all other accommodation on the island. The rooms all come with king size beds, except for those few with single beds. All rooms have showers except one with a bath for those who prefer it. All bathrooms are fitted with a hairdryer and luxury Pascal Morabito Paris toiletries and guests will find bathrobes and slippers for use during their stay in their room. There are three types of room: standard, superior and suites, which are categorized according to their size and to the partial or full sea view. The hotel is structured so that no room remains without a sea view and none give onto the back of the hotel. All the rooms have their own character and seem to be totally separate from one another; the guest can never feel as if he is in an anonymous room of a large hotel. Each room has individually controlled regulated air conditioning, heating, colour TV, DVD player, direct dial phone, free high speed WIFI, safety deposit box, mini-bar, writing desk. On request, it is possible to have a non smoking room (subject to availability), an additional bed or cot, iron with ironing board, all at no extra charge.
The Apanema Resort restaurant is centrally situated in the hotel complex with a splendid sea view and gives directly on to the infinity swimming pool. Some tables are located inside and others outside, where the alternating of white and wood create a perfect harmony with the sky and sea. It is here that you can begin your day, following the previous night's entertainment, with a splendid a la carte, full continental breakfast, prepared according to your preferences, until lunchtime! Guests have the choice to enjoy their breakfast in their room or in the swimming pool area. The restaurant is a true delight for your senses. It offers an instinctive and refined cuisine inspired by the best products and flavors of Greece. Using products of excellent quality, the chef creates original and colorful dishes with an incomparable taste. The bar is located next to the restaurant near the infinity swimming pool, making it the perfect spot to enjoy a refreshing cocktail, a glass of champagne or your preferred drink.
The open air swimming pool of the Apanema Resort, with a children's pool located directly alongside, gives you the opportunity to have refreshing dip or to keep fit. From there, thanks to the infinity effect it seems that you are swimming directly in the Aegean Sea. Comfortable sun loungers with shady umbrellas are located directly next to the pool and towels for the guests are provided in this area.
The multilingual staff at the reception is always ready to help guests until late in the evening and should you need assistance at night there is a night porter available. You can get any tourist information you might need, consult tourist guides and maps of the island, and book excursions. Secretarial services are also available, a fax machine, luggage storage, and currency exchange.
Myconos, as an island almost totally lacking in vegetation, is famous for its beautiful beaches, its natural beauty, buzzing nightlife and the extremely interesting archaeological site of the island of Delos.
The beaches all being of a different style, from white sand to golden sand, to pebble beaches, make you feel like you are in heaven. The most fashionable are extremely well organised and equipped but the more secluded and simple beaches can easily be reached, where their natural beauty is totally in tact.
All of them are easily accessible by public bus services or by boat.
The colours on Mykonos remain impressed in one's memory, not only for the sunlight that tinges each tonality of the sky and sea but also for the stark white of the houses with their coloured window frames, the small church domes and the pink pelican that waddles around the town centre.
The area known as Little Venice gives directly on to the sea, its houses with balconies and verandas once allowed the ships' captains who lived in them to have direct access to their boats. To crown all of this is the island's distinguishing feature: the characteristic windmills lined up above the town centre.
Today the centre of Mykonos is exclusively pedestrianised and one discovers one shop after the other, bars, restaurants, clubs and discos, where all tourists can assuredly find something for his taste. It is for this reason that Mykonos is frequented by the internationally famous, from TV and film stars to politicians, from those in the fashion world to jet setters. But students and families have also made it their ideal location. At sunset, the excited buzz begins in the labyrinth of narrow streets, all remaining open until the early hours of the morning and even until the first light of dawn. From the local artisan shops to the well known fashion boutiques, from the characteristic Greek tavernas to the more refined international cuisine, from the small typical bars to the larger and more elegant ones: Mykonos has a vast range on offer for all tastes. The is all without forgetting that nature also plays an important role on Mykonos, offering you more that 300 days a year of sunshine.
Delos, the holy island of the ancient Greeks and said to be the birthplace of Apollo, is easily reached from Mykonos. It was the most important religious centre of the Aegean and an important commercial port. Today, its ruins constitute one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece, a vast open-air museum. The visit to Deleos is unforgettable, particularly in the spring when wildflowers are in bloom.
The excellent service of Apanema Resort completes the picture of a perfect holiday.
The professional staff are at your disposal until the early hours of the morning, offering a high standard of service and the reception staff are always happy to help you make your every wish come true and are more than pleased to offer you any assistance concerning your travel arrangements or sightseeing on Mykonos.
The hotel organizes a shuttle service to and from the airport/port. Bike, motorbike and car rental on site, where you can have free private parking. Last but certainly not least, baby-sitters are available upon request.
This is Mykonos …..relaxation….entertainment…..culture…. sun and sea ….. and most importantly, open to everyone ... and here is the Apanema Resort!
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Viva Arms M1919
+Stunning Looks
+Large Ammo Capacity
+Large Battery Space
+Big & Heavy
-Big & Heavy
-Recommend 2 operators for maximum effectiveness
-Auto winding requires off-hand
An irreplaceable American squad support weapon for WWII re-enactment.
The VIVA Arms M1919, as with many such weapons of its type, was a somewhat tricky weapon to review for the simple fact of its uniqueness. Even if somehow we could compare its performance with the next nearest weapon, ultimately the M1919 proves to be 80% about the menace of its presence, the cool factor of its design. The almost all metal construction is very faithful to the original design and although it forgoes rivets for hex screws, we think its alright to forgive that oversight for the sake of simplifying construction, take down and maintenance. We even point out that some of the oldest examples of these weapons, stored in humidity, betray is true steel composition by starting to show light rusting. If you want to keep you weapons spick and span then take care of it but then again you could just let it wear like the real thing and make it look that much more used with the intention of pulling of that ?veteran? feel. After all, shiny clean machine guns just aren?t right.
World War Two was a vicious period of multiple fronts of all-out warfare between technological contemporary nations with full-stock militaries; WWII is a popular period choice for milsimmers looking to go era specific. There are already a number of WWII weapons available but the balance between Allied and Axis has been somewhat spotty to date as the both sides suffer from a lack of balance in terms of quality and availability of their respective weapons. Though uncommon, there are airsoft MG42s and of course the prevalence of MP40s supplies the Axis side with a lot of full auto fire but in keeping with the period, the Allied sides lack of Thompsons en masse stop short of the full auto and until recently the only option for a support weapon was the lightweight BAR. With the introduction of VIVA Arm?s brand spanking new MG, with the boldness of a heavy metal monster and a price that a lot of us can manage quite reasonably, the balance of warfare has shifted.
Weighing in at 11kgs (24lbs), this is hardly a palm pistol; its overall mass and weight distribution really does make this piece a static defense weapon. Just like its real steal historical legacy played out, the best way to deploy this beast of course is in a two-man team with weapon and tripod separated for re-positioning. The weapon connects to the tripod by a simple pintle mount which is itself little more then an industrial sized vertical bar (pintle) that inserts into a column (gudgeon) on the tripod and locks in place by a single spring-tension latch. It mounts dead solid and stable, traversing is smooth and easy and yet the whole weapon it lifted up and clear by the simple lifting of the catch. Of course the magazine must be separated before moving as well, a fiddly task but not impossible and it has the added bonus of forcing the machine gunner team unable to fire the weapon unless it is deployed and setup.
Besides the simple pintle, the rear of the M1919 also features a vertical bar strait down which engages with a small locking bracket sitting on the horizontal bar on the tripod between the rear two legs. The rod is threaded such that turns on the screw on the bracket can incrementally adjust the elevation; if the rod is used, thusly, the weapon can be dialed onto target and then ?locked? into place making it easier to rain down suppressive fire at long range without having to hold the awkward angle of the beastly weight by hand the whole time. Just as easily of course, the bracket can be loosened or bypassed making the weapon free to swing.
In terms of existing performance, the rate of fire is exactly as you might expect for such a gearbox (about XX rps). At range its groupings are not incredible but nothing to scoff at either, pretty much a standard fare of AEG performance making this weapons accuracy a matter of correcting your fire based on spotting shots as such dialing in your accuracy throughout your firing solution; reeling in the line, so to speak. With its out-of-the-box firing cone, its hard to compare ultimate terms as that would depend on what scenarios you?re employing but we?d say its effective range is en-par with the middle-band AEGs so it will out range pistols and some SMGs, give a lot of rifles a run for their money but will be out ranged by the longer ranged bolt actions and such; about right for a crew-served MG.
As a support weapon, the only flaw we can really find is the electric winding button on the magazine that needs to be pressed thus requiring a hand on the magazine during firing but again this serves to force the gunner to use both hands (or the spotter to do the job) thus servicing the weapon requires the occupation of at least two hands. This weapon utilizes an M14 type gearbox and this version 2 model clocks in at 400 FPS; feeding from an electric winding box magazine which holds in excess of 2500 rounds, its combining factors make this a very decent support weapon out of the box with a great opportunity for those who may want to modify but good enough for those who want out-of-the-box skirmishability as is.
For those of us who dare to try, modding possibilities are pretty open ended with this rig as unlike many MGs which suffer from proprietary systems, this model uses standard internals and its enormous interior housing has more then enough space for large batteries, multiple batteries and for the nuttier crowd still space left over for mad-science-esque timer mosfet circuitry, assemblies of capacitor banks or whatever home made monstrosities you care to experiment with.
All in all, we can be honest and say that the firepower of this weapon is not revolutionary but in the mundane of its internals it is that much more stable and easier to maintain and that disgustingly large ammunition crate it call a box magazine you won? be running out of ammo anytime soon.
So for all you Axis WWII wargamers out there, watch out! Allied forces have a new toy and its not subtle; that said, this production run is limited to 300 pieces so if want to get your hands on one you best act now!


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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn Announce Half the Sky Movement: The Game to Help Empower Women and Girls Around the World
Support from Zynga.org, Ford Foundation, Intel Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, The Rockefeller Foundation, Pearson Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the United Nations Foundation;
Game will benefit The Fistula Foundation, GEMS, Heifer International, United Nations Foundation, ONE, Room to Read and World Vision
New York, NY – (February 18, 2013) – Pulitzer-Prize winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn announced this morning the March 4th launch of the latest installment of the Half the Sky Movement: a web-based game. Half the Sky Movement: The Game is a game-based adventure that aims to reach mainstream audiences to raise awareness and donations to empower women and girls around the world. The groundbreaking Facebook game introduces direct virtual-to-real-life translation, achieved by inviting players to move through a series of quests and stories related to real-world challenges that women and girls face, with issue-specific solutions provided by seven non-profit organizations: The Fistula Foundation, GEMS, Heifer International, ONE, Room to Read, United Nations Foundation, and World Vision. The game is executive produced by Games for Change, a non-profit that catalyzes social impact through digital games, and all its revenue is directed to charitable causes.
Half the Sky Movement: The Game is the latest addition to the cross-media platform of the Half the Sky Movement, which includes the #1 New York Times best-selling book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide and a critically acclaimed primetime PBS television series, produced by Show of Force, featuring A-list celebrity advocates America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, Olivia Wilde and George Clooney. Inspired by the book and TV series, the game invites players to become part of the solution and make real-world impact through play.
"We want to reach a broader audience for these issues we care deeply about," said Kristof and WuDunn. "We hope that a Facebook game that is fun and viral can be a way to do that, reaching people who aren't now interested in women's empowerment. This is an experiment, because we're not sure that there has ever been a social purpose game with as much collective effort, and we're hoping it is going to make a difference for the players – and for women and girls around the world."
The idea for the Facebook game was discussed when Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn participated in the 2009 Games for Change Festival, an annual event uniting game designers and those seeking to harness their impact for social good. They had seen how games can raise awareness of important issues that otherwise tend to get neglected.
"Around 300 million people play games on Facebook across the globe on a monthly basis. If we're able to inspire a portion of this group of players to spend 15 or 30 minutes of their time with this game, the ripple effect of players' actions will result in significant and much-needed funding for this critical cause," say Games for Change Co-Presidents Asi Burak and Michelle Byrd.
Players will embark on a global journey which begins in India, and moves on to Kenya, Vietnam, and Afghanistan, ending in the U.S. Along the way, players will meet different characters and take simple actions which then unlock funds from the game's sponsors to make direct impact. For example, players can collect books for young girls in the virtual world which activates a real-life donation to Room to Read supported by the Pearson Foundation (total of $250,000). Collectively, players also trigger funding from Johnson & Johnson for life-transforming surgeries through The Fistula Foundation (total of $250,000). When Half the Sky Movement: The Game launches to the public on March 4th, $500,000 from sponsors will already be available for players to unlock by completing challenges and quests in the game. Players can also choose to make personal donations to any of the game's non-profit partners at any point throughout the game.
Major support for Half the Sky Movement: The Game is provided by the Ford Foundation and Zynga.org, with additional support provided by the Intel Corporation, National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation and the United Nations Foundation. The game's developer is the award-winning Quebec City-based Frima Studio and Show of Force, the production company behind the Half the Sky television series, serves alongside Games for Change as an Executive Producer of the game. Show of Force previously worked with Games for Change to co-executive produce three mobile games, funded by USAID, for local communities in India and Kenya as part of the Half the Sky Movement. Launch activities for Half the Sky Movement: The Game are supported by FastCompany, Tides and Zynga.org.
On March 4th, kicking off the week of International Women's Day (March 8th), Games for Change and Half the Sky Movement invite you to: play; explore; and share (@halfthegame / #halfthegame) to help make a real impact in the lives of women and girls around the world.
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Games for Change catalyzes social impact through digital games. Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. The organization aims to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects. Its upcoming 10th Anniversary Games for Change Festival will be held in New York City June 17 – 19. www.gamesforchange.org
The Half the Sky Movement is cutting across platforms to ignite the change needed to put an end to the oppression of women and girls worldwide, the defining issue of our time. Inspired by journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book of the same name, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide brings together video, websites, games, blogs and other educational tools to not only raise awareness of women's issues, but to also provide concrete steps to fight these problems and empower women. Change is possible, and you can be part of the solution. www.halftheskymovement.org
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