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|Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on November 29, 2018
Q: We have noted that the Foreign Ministry today announced that German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit China. Could you give us more information on this visit? How does China comment on the current China-Germany relations? What is China's expectation for this visit?
A: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany will pay a state visit to China from December 5 to 10.
This is Mr. Steinmeier's first state visit to China after he assumed the presidency. During the visit, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang will hold talks and meet with him on separate occasions, during which the two sides will have an in-depth exchange of views on China-Germany relations, China-Europe relations and major international and regional issues of mutual interest. Besides Beijing, President Steinmeier will also travel to Guangdong and Sichuan.
Since this year, China-Germany relations have been developing at a high standard with a sound momentum. The Chinese Premier and German Prime Minister visited each other within this year and the fifth China-Germany intergovernmental consultation was held successfully. Vice Premier Liu He has just paid a visit to Germany and attended the 8th "Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe". The upcoming visit of President Steinmeier to China once again testifies to the closeness of bilateral ties, especially in terms of the high-level exchanges. Our practical cooperation in economy, trade and investment has been making new outcomes and the bilateral trade volume is expected to hit historic high again this year. Meanwhile, China and Germany, as comprehensive strategic partners, have conducted good coordination and cooperation on jointly upholding multilateralism and free trade system, building an open world economy and promoting the peace, stability and development of the world.
President Steinmeier visited China many times in the capacity of German Foreign Minister and made positive contributions to the growth of China-Germany ties. China hopes that this visit can further enhance the political and strategic mutual trust between our two countries, marking a perfect ending to our high-level exchanges in this year and inject new impetus into the all-round cooperation between our two sides at the bilateral, China-Europe and global levels.
Q: China's General Administration of Customs today issued a notice, allowing the imports of rice from Niigata, Japan. After the Fukushima accident, China has been restricting importing products from relevant regions. What are China's considerations behind making such kind of decision? Will China lift restrictions on importing food from other places of Japan?
A: Just like you said, this morning China's General Administration of Customs issued a notice and I believe that you have seen it.
In principle, China always attaches importance to the safety of imported food. We will continue to follow the scientific principle to deal with the issue of food imports from Japan. The competent authorities of the two countries will continue to maintain communication.
Q: The US Navy has sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. What is China's response?
A: The Chinese side has been closely monitoring from start to end the passage by the US warships through the Taiwan Strait. We have expressed our concern to the US side.
The Taiwan issue concerns the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China. It is the most important and sensitive issue in the China-US relations. We urge the US to observe the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiqués and prudently and properly handle Taiwan-related issues so as to avoid undermining China-US relations and the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Q: Yesterday the US Trade Representative threatened tariffs on Chinese automobiles and said that China's aggressive and state-directed industrial policies were harming US workers and manufacturers, and China taxes US cars more than double the rate it charges other countries. What is your comment?
A: At this moment a press conference is also being held in the Ministry of Commerce. Your colleague may ask this question there, since they would give you more professional answers. (the journalist laughed)
As far as I know, since July 1, China has cut its vehicle import tariffs from 25% to 15%. But due to the trade disputes provoked by the US, starting from July 6, China imposed additional 25% on top of the 15% rate for most of the automobiles imported from the US on China's list for tariff increases, thus pushing the total rate to 40%. That is to say, were it not for the trade disputes and the tariff impositions initiated by the US, the tariff rate for automobiles imported from the US would have been 15%.
In addition, due to differences in resource endowment and industrial competitiveness, it's very difficult for two economies to realize absolute reciprocity and openness and tariffs also vary from industry to industry. I believe you all understand that. A case in point is China's tariff on unshelled peanuts, which stands at 15%. But according to WTO statistics, the US tariff rate for unshelled peanuts is 163.8%, around 11 times of that of China. So when it comes to a specific industry, there is no such a thing as absolute reciprocity.
The most pressing issue is that the two sides need to resolve trade disputes and existing issues through dialogue and negotiation. Issuing constant threats through media and wielding the big stick of sanctions will never help.
Q: The US Embassy voiced concern over the disappearance of the US-based photographer Lu Guang and in a comment condemned China's "worsening human rights abuse". What is your comment on that?
A: Yesterday I already gave my reply when a journalist raised this question. I am not aware of the specific case.
As to the comment on China's human rights situation by the US side, I believe the Chinese people, rather than the US government, have the best say about China's human rights. Besides, we also hope the US side will follow the principle of not interfering in others' internal affairs just as they once said. Just as they don't want others to meddle in their internal affairs, we don't want them to meddle in ours, too.
Q: I noted the TV footage showing that at the welcoming banquet for President Xi Jinping in Spain, all Chinese officials were dressed in Zhongshan suits (Note: Chinese-style formal dress), including State Councilor Wang Yi. Is this the first time for such a case or not?
A: I believe it is not the first time that Chinese leaders wore Chinese-style formal dress on such formal occasions as this grand welcoming banquet held by the Spanish King.
Follow-up: I have seen Chinese officials attend events in Zhongshan suits before, but I suppose it's the first time that all of them were dressed in such suits?
A: Like I just said, that was a very formal occasion, and wearing Chinese formal dress conforms to the dress code of such an occasion. Besides, thank you for your interest in our diplomatic events.


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Any "Mainer" will tell you that place certainly plays a part in our every day lives. No matter what season, the weather and landscape of our area effects our activities and our moods. This sense of place is also tremendously apparent in Penobscot Theatre Company's current production of The Sugar Bean Sisters. Occurring in the swampy bayou of Florida, this Gothic fairytale hinges on the heat, eerie lighting, and magical special effects the script requires. The first several pages of Nathan Sanders' carefully crafted script include a detailed description of the world the folks of Sugar Bean inhabit. Sanders describes a "….house [that] settles deep within the ancient, mystical world…….one might observe that the left side of the house is actually lower than the right. Over time, the impenetrable old swamp shack has begun to sink into the boggy mire." In the hands of Set Designer Sean McClelland, it does just that. Far from just being a representation of the playwright's vision, the incredible attention to detail and unique construction of the Sugar Bean set brings the action right into the laps of the audience. Said reviewer for the Maine Edge Alan Adams, "The home of the Sugar Bean Sisters is both huge and intimate – no mean feat."
Click HERE to watch The Sugar Bean set come to life!
Sean McClelland (Set Designer) has designed 90+ shows in the top theatres and producing companies South Florida has to offer, some of which are: Actors' Playhouse, GableStage, Mosaic, Palm Beach Dramaworks, City Theatre, StageDoor, MadCat and so on.
It was a pleasure to work on a "swamp themed show" in the dead of winter in Bangor. It certainly made for quite a few good laughs as we went through the technical processes of the show with our jackets on during the cold spell that week.
Originally from Linthicum, MD, Tonry is a 1991 graduate of The Shuford School of Performing Arts at Catawba College in Salisbury NC. His lighting credits span over 20 years and more than 350 productions to date. Some of his favorite designs have included residencies with: Florida Stage, The West Virginia Dance Company, The Crane School of Opera at S.U.N.Y. Potsdam, The Barter Theatre,The Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Arts In Motion, Cumberland County Playhouse, The Off Square Theatre Company, The West Virginia Department of Culture and History Dance Festival, The Kitchen Sink Dance Company, West Virginia University School of Theatre and Dance, The Miss WV Scholarship Pageant, The Memphis Black Repertory Theatre, Momentum Dance Center, Morgantown Dance Company, The South Carolina Govenor's School for the Arts, Lighting Designer/Technical Director/Instructor at West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1994 to 1998 Nominee for Teacher of the Year 1998.West Virginia State Musical The-atre, Robert C. Byrd High School and the Act II Theatre Company, Beckley Dance Theatre, Theatre West Virginia's Outdoor Dramas and many various video, commercials and training films thoughout the mountain state. Tonry is the 2010 winner of the Broadway Lighting Design Award (professional) for Cumberland County Playhouse's production of Duck Hunter Shoots Angel.Tonry's concert credits as In-House event lighting designer in-clude such names as: Survivor, Trick Pony, The Clarks, Sugarland, Blake Shelton and many others. Tonry is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.

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On Thursday, an estimated $40 million worth of inaugural pomp and circumstance will only temporarily triumph over an incalculable record of deceit and error.
Of course, some might say it's tacky to rain on the President's parade, but two crucial news stories compel it.
First came the report, confirmed by the White House, that the fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq had officially but secretly ended shortly before Christmas without, of course, any sign of the much discussed weapons that were such a critical justification for the war in the first place. This was followed by the astounding claim by the President that his narrow election victory in November absolved him of accountability for both the false rationales and outright lies used to justify the invasion, and the disastrous occupation that followed.
"Well, we had an accountability moment, and that's called the 2004 elections," Bush told the Washington Post in an interview published Friday. "And the American people listened to different assessments made about what was taking place in Iraq, and they looked at the two candidates, and chose me."
Actually, the election provided no such moment of accountability because both major-party candidates had supported the war. John Kerry had voted to authorize the use of force against Iraq–and then inexplicably said on the campaign trail that he would have voted the same way even after learning that Congress and the American public had been deceived on the war's justification. The Democratic Party nominee even endorsed larger troop commitments to occupy a country where every Western soldier on the ground fuels nationalist and religious rage.
And although it is true that Bush secured a (very slim) majority of the popular vote, it is a portent of how history will judge him that the days ahead of his inauguration have been soured by a string of critical statements about his Iraq policy from some of the biggest Iraq hands in the Republican ranks.
Brent Scowcroft, the retired lieutenant general who was national security advisor to the President's father during the first Iraq war, warned ominously that the upcoming Iraqi national elections "won't be a promising transformation, and it has great potential for deepening the conflict. We may be seeing incipient civil war at this time."
Even the Bush family's consigliore is concerned enough to speak out publicly. James A. Baker III, the former secretary of State who has been working at Bush's behest to win international debt relief for conquered Iraq, is talking publicly about the need for a phased withdrawal: "Any appearance of a permanent occupation will both undermine domestic support here in the United States and play directly into the hands of those in the Middle East who–however wrongly–suspect us of imperial design."
Undaunted by such pragmatism, President "Mission Accomplished" Bush twice demurred in his interview with the Post from Colin Powell's prediction that US troops would begin leaving Iraq in the next year.
Despite what Bush may think, elections grant leaders temporary power, but it is history that determines the rightness and wrongness of their actions. As Abraham Lincoln noted, you can even fool all of the people some of the time. That is why the nation's founders designed the Constitution to check the unbridled rule of the majority lest, driven by the passions of the moment, it embrace devastating error or even tyranny.
Consider that even without the debacle of Watergate, the reputation of the man who soundly defeated war hero and antiwar candidate George McGovern was ultimately doomed by his immoral and irrational decision to carpet-bomb most of Southeast Asia for years in a vain attempt to secure victory against a seemingly outmatched Third World country.
As we honor Medal of Freedom winner Martin Luther King Jr., a prophet of peace, it is depressing to consider that our President has just bestowed that same medal–the highest civilian honor in the land–on ex-CIA Director George Tenet and ex-Iraqi administrator L. Paul Bremer III.
After all, it was Tenet who kept Congress in the dark about the agency's considerable intelligence that contradicted the White House lies about Iraq's alleged nuclear weapons program and ties to Al Qaeda. And it was the bumbling Bremer who assured us throughout his stay in Iraq that everything over there was just going swimmingly–instead of admitting that it was actually going to hell in a handbasket.
No matter his electoral victory, Bush will never be absolved of sending young people to kill and be killed in a war without moral justification.
One does not have to be a Catholic to agree with the pope that the invasion of Iraq fails to meet the Christian standard of a "just war."


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch at home while you stay at home and get ready for the new "Harry Potter" movie. I myself am already 'faced on butterbeer. LET'S GO!
THE TONIGHT SHOW – 11:30PM (NBC) Former President George W. Bush stops by Leno's studio to plug his new book, "Decision Points." This, I believe, is W's first late-night appearance in a very long time, if ever. And he couldn't have chosen a better foil in Leno, who will likely avoid any hard-boiled questioning of the former commander-in-chief. I can't imagine Bush ever accepting similar invitations from Dave or Jon Stewart. That just wouldn't ever happen. It would certainly make for more compelling TV, but I doubt Bush would ever want to deal with the hassle.
When Larry King was forced to retire a while back, a lot of people speculated on his replacement before CNN went and hired that British guy. But now, it's clear to me that King's spiritual successor won't be that guy, but rather Leno. They're virtually identical, minus eight wives or so. ANTICIPATION: BUSHHHHHHH!
CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING – 8:00PM (ABC) The Peanuts gang celebrates the holiday in this annual special -- the one that doesn't have a Great Pumpkin or an extended recital of Bible verses. The hour-long special includes a bonus cartoon, "This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers," in which the characters are all passengers aboard the legendary Pilgrim ship. ANTICIPATION: HOLIDAY MAGIC!
PAWN QUEENS – 10:00PM (TLC) If you own a pawn shop or an auction house, cable TV wants you! This latest addition to the bargaining genre is a show about Minda and Nikki, two gals who run a pawn shop for ladies. Oooh, a sunb-nose pistol AND old Frederick's of Hollywood pasties? That's a bargain! ANTICIPATION: HARDCORE PAWN!
UNDERCOVER: DOUBLE LIFE – 10:00PM (Discovery) This new docu-series profiles an ATF agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a violent motorcycle gang. And check me if I'm wrong, but it's gotta be kinda hard to keep your cover when there's a freakin' camera crew trailing behind you. Oh, these guys? They're my… uh… security detail. Yes! Yes, that's it! Nothing to fear at all! Now, let us engage in some underhanded criminal activity! ANTICIPATION: HE DEAD!
THE OFFICE – 9:00PM (NBC) It's another Jack Coleman sighting! First he was on "House," now he switches over to Dunder Mifflin. This man has range, I tell you! ANTICIPATION: COLEMAN!
Thursday Watch List: Jay Leno Is Your New Larry King
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch at home while you stay at home and get ready for the new "Harry Potter" movie. I myself am already 'faced on butterbeer. LET'S GO!


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Investors pushed WellPoint shares closer to their all-time high price on Wednesday after the company raised its 2014 forecast again and became the latest health insurer to ease some worry about a key health care overhaul coverage expansion.
Investors pushed WellPoint shares closer to their all-time high price on Wednesday after the company raised its 2014 forecast again and became the latest health insurer to ease some worry about a key health care overhaul coverage expansion.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer estimates that it will add more than 600,000 customers through state-based public insurance exchanges that started accepting enrollment last fall, and it said it still expects to make money from that business.
The federal overhaul set up these exchanges to help millions of people buy coverage, many with help from income-based tax credits. But their debut last fall was marred by problems with a main conduit � the HealthCare.gov website � that stunted enrollment at first and left many exchange customers frustrated.
Investors are worried that those problems would hurt insurers because only older and sick people, or those who planned to use their coverage, would persist through all the trouble to sign up. Insurers need to balance those customers with younger and healthier people who don't use their coverage as much to keep premiums in check.
WellPoint officials said Wednesday they saw a "substantial" surge in applications toward the end of the open enrollment period for these exchanges that lowered the average age of the applicants.
"Applications especially near the end of the quarter were robust," WellPoint CEO Joseph Swedish told analysts during a Wednesday morning conference call.
Indianapolis-based WellPoint, the nation's second largest health insurer, is selling coverage in 14 states where it already markets Blue Cross Blue Shield products and is relying on that well-known brand to help its business.
These exchanges represent a small slice of business for WellPoint and other major health insurers. Analysts and investors never expected them to be a big source of earnings growth. But they worried that this coverage would hurt overall results.
"The early signs are clearly very positive," BMO Capital Markets analyst Jennifer Lynch said, adding that it is still too early to get a good feel for how this exchange business ultimately pans out.
Insurers generally need at least a full quarter of claims data before investors can tell whether they've priced their coverage correctly to cover their claims.
Swedish also told analysts that about 90 percent of the people who signed up for coverage through the exchanges paid their first month's premium. That provides another bit of reassurance to investors, who are wondering whether overhaul enrollment totals were inflated by people who never wound up paying.
Last week, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna Inc., the nation's third-largest insurer, said about 80 percent of its exchange customers followed through with a premium payment. It expects to add about 450,000 paying customers through the exchanges, and company officials said the risk of that business appeared manageable so far.
In WellPoint's case, the insurer started to ease investor worries about exchanges last month when it raised its 2014 earnings forecast, said Thomas Carroll, a managing director for the investment bank Stifel who follows the industry.
The insurer's stock set an all-time high price of $102.56 the day it announced that higher forecast. The shares then retreated, but they rallied Wednesday after WellPoint raised its 2014 forecast again and also reported first-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations.
Wellpoint stock was up nearly 5 percent, or $4.74, to $100.13 in afternoon trading Wednesday while the Standard & Poor's 500 index was flat.


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Richie Havens will forever be frozen in time, thanks to his performances at the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y. on an unforgettable weekend in 1969.
Richie Havens will forever be frozen in time, thanks to his performances at the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y. on an unforgettable weekend in 1969.
"I flew over the people at Woodstock," Havens recalled, speaking by phone from New Jersey. "Looking out I said, 'Holy smoke,' if this gets into the papers tomorrow, we've made it; we're not going to be underground any more.'"
Sure enough, the images of traffic backed onto the New York Thruway and hundreds of thousands dancing in various stages of dress signified the music, and culture, had gone mainstream.
And 39 years later, Havens' performance of "Freedom," built around the foundation of the spiritual "Motherless Child," still connects audiences to the energy of that time.
"It really was a spontaneous thing," Havens said of how he came to write the song in front of a few hundred thousand friends. "What it comes down to is the song itself is the atmosphere of living in the moment. We all have songs that change our minds and move us forward in our lives. I said to myself, 'The freedom my generation and I'm looking for is happening right now.' And that's what came out in the song."
He's returned to the site of Max Yasgur's farm for numerous anniversary concerts. "When ever I'm there, all the people you see in the movie are still there in the field," Havens said. "I can still see them."
While many of Woodstock's performers have become caricatures of themselves, or less fortunately, passed away, Havens remains the same optimistic life force, performing non-stop. "I've been out on the road every weekend for 29 years," he said. "Before then, it was seven days a week."New work, timeless themes
When Havens appears at the Nashua River Valley Folk Festival Sunday, Aug. 10, he'll be playing tracks off his just released CD "Nobody Left to Crown" (Verve Records). It's strikingly powerful and timelier than ever. "A lot of emotions were brought out during its recording," Havens said. "I tried to capture what I was feeling today from A to Z. I realized, in fact, it's a compendium of firsts. Everything in the universe is a first that reflects what I call, 'The Great Becoming.'"
Having previously gifted the world with his interpretation of George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun," Havens applies his unique presentation of other songwriter's words – in this instance, Pete Townshend - to The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again." It's a song he's wanted to sing for 20 years and one of many highlights on the disc.
The album's cover photo was taken in Manhattan's Lower East Side. "It's a phenomena," Havens said of the captured location. "It's a 6 by 7 block of street that now resembles the village I first came to in 1958."
Havens talked about starting his career in the Greenwich Village poet rooms made famous by the Beats, where four or five musicians would be up on stage imparting their knowledge on those lucky enough to be in the room.
"The music I found there was written by the people sitting on the stage in front of me," he recalled, his voice filled with the passion of a teenager discovering his first true musical love. "Then Brooklyn Doo-Wop educated me. Those were the songs when I started to sing.
"I tell people I attended the University of Greenwich Village," Havens said. "Today, because of those two or three rooms in New York, Chicago, Miami and San Francisco, where people could caravan that circle of musicians and stay alive, you now have 200 or 300 open mic nights in each state."
Music and songs with a fresh chord still grab Havens' attention just as vividly as ever. "It resonates in me today as it did in the beginning," he said. "I can still go into a record shop and stop in my tracks to something I hear in the background."
On a recent visit to Europe, Havens found himself crying as he watched a TV movie in France, overtaken by hearing "One More Day" by Sinead O'Connor for the first time. "It was breathtaking," he said. "A lot of us have that in us."The spirit in the music
The desire to find similar spirited music is why Havens requests having local performers as his opening act. He'll be accompanied in Lancaster by guitarist Walter Parks and cellist Stephanie Winter, who opened for him numerous times as The Nudes before joining him on the endless road.
"The next wave is coming," Havens said. "What we did is going to be fortified by the most talented people to hit the scene. I know the day is coming where they'll be another Woodstock and the lineup won't be including me. I just hope they invite me."
Havens is glad to see more people getting involved with politics these days, he said, because they finally feel they have a voice, in part through the ability to communicate through the Internet. "Global youth are getting together to work for a better world," he said with much satisfaction.
And yes, Havens has thoughts about the upcoming U.S. presidential election. "If we're truly one and want true change, we should have two presidents: Miss Hillary Clinton and Mr. Barack Obama, and their vice presidents should be Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich," he said. "It would change the world for the better for the next 100 years."
If you go
Nashua River Valley Folk Festival takes place The Pierce Homestead, 153 Packard St., Lancaster, Sunday, Aug. 10, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. With featured performers Richie Havens and Lori McKenna; also scheduled are Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Mustard's Retreat, Northern Lights and Susan Werner. Tickets prices are as follows: $30 early bird (through April 1) $35 from April 1 to Aug. 1, and $40 after Aug. 1 and at the gate; children ages 6 to 12, $10; children under age 6 are free. VIP admission is $125 adults and $55 children. Tickets are now available via credit card at www.lancastercoffeehouse.com or by cash or check at the Sunrise Boutique, 62 High St., Clinton, or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to The Lancaster Coffeehouse, PO Box 245, Lancaster, MA 01523.


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Well, this week I'm moving to Knoxville, Tennessee, so City of Dust is going to go on a little hiatus. I'll try to post again once things have settled down a bit, but I can't say for sure when that will be. The good news is that Knoxville, besides being the hometown of my favorite author, Cormac McCarthy, and the setting for one of the most famous murder ballads of the 20th Century, is nestled along the Tennessee River, at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, not far from Smoky Mountain National Park, and just across the border from Asheville, North Carolina. In short, my camera is giddy with anticipation and, hopefully, posts will return to the original City of Dust format. That is, photographs and forgotten tales from the crumbling, kudzu-shrouded backroads of the American South; I'm just moving one state higher up. If you want to whet your appetite for the South, check out Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, the trailer for which can be seen here.
In the meantime, hell, there's an entire novel on this site, and it begins here. Further, over 300 years of history from the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia/South Carolina commences here. There's also a bunch of fictional oddities and lots of desert. I could use a break--and I bet you could too.
During my absence, City of Dust will be presided over by the bloodthirsty tabby pictured above. His name is McCarthy and, while he didn't write Blood Meridian, I'm sure he's capable of equally impressive feats of violence. Just because he's declawed and neutered doesn't mean he's not dangerous. He will forward any comments left here directly to me. And, if anybody has anything to say about Knoxville (or lives in Knoxville), please drop me a line--I'd love to hear whatever you have to say.
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The Multispectral Digitization of Mona Lisa at 240 M Pixels. To watch this 12 mn video, click on this image
Lumiere Technology's digital mastery leads the way for museums, galleries and private collectors to present their world's master-works in astonishing detail, complementing the originals knowlegde in the visible and invisible as never before
Imagine on a huge 165 cm (65 inch) plasma screen, a master-work from your collection revealed at 240 Mega Pixels definition from UV to Infrareds and compared side by side with the original thanks to the astonishing results of its multispectral digitization !
Examples of Lumiere Technology's digitization from public and private collections could be presented on this website from the works of Chagall, Fragonard, Audubon, Latour, Renoir, including Picasso's "La Vie", Van Gogh's "The Roadmenders" digitized at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the 2 masterpieces "les Vieilles" and "Les Jeunes" by Goya from the Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, "The Escape in Egypt" by Poussin, the 2 versions of the Bedroom of Arles by Van Gogh, one at the Art Institute of Chicago the other at the Van Gogh Musem of Amsterdam, etc. Today Lumiere Technology invites you to watch a facinating demonstration of its advanced technology, based on the world most renowned masterpiece, DaVinci's Mona Lisa, at the Louvre in Paris., and The Lady with an Ermine, at the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Profile di Bella Principessa , Circa 1492
Part 2 of the Pascal Cotte's lecture at the Courtault Institute, in London last May 7th .
Watch TV Reports:
Oct. 18:
According to Experts and Art historians thanks to researches made by French and Canadian team, a non-descript drawing from the 19th century
can be attributed to the Renaissance painter thanks to a 500-year-old
fingerprint. NBCs Tom Aspell reports
Scientists crak another da Vinci code
NBC Sunday Nightly Report with exclusive Interview of Pr. Kemp and Pascal Cotte.
Lumiere Technology precises that the fingerprint found thanks to the Multispectral analysis on this artwork has been studied and identified as a Leonardo'da Vinci fingerprint thanks to the researches of Peter Paul Biro, from the first ever database of artists fingerprints he built.
abcNEWS - Oct 17th 2009 Report on EVENING NEWS 8:00 PM
abcNEWS - Oct 17th 2009 Report on GOOD MORNING AMERICA 7:00 AM
AFP Moderne science uncovered DaVinci
La Bella Principessa , virtualy restored, simulation of its position in the Sforziade
of the National Library of Poland in Varsaw.
Prof. D.R. Edward Wright, emeritus Professor of art history at the University of South Florida,Tampa, USA, worldwide specialist of Incunabuli, discovered first, and then suggested to Pr Kemp because of its dimensions, the portrait could have come from a late 15th century incunabulum, the Sforziada, housed one in the Polish National Library, and the others in London, Paris and Italy libraries. Martin Kemp and Pascal Cotte, on Pr Wright suggestion, travelled to Warsaw to examine his hypothesis, and published their findings in a book: the dimensions of the vellum sheet used for La Bella Principessa, as Pr Wright thought at the origin, are identical with the sheets of the Sforziada, while the irregular spacing of the holes on the left of La Bella Principessa exactly matches the spacing of the Sforziadas binding threads. Other scientific parameters successfully verified include the matching thickness of the vellum, and the vellums absorption of the light spectrum.
Excerpt from BBC's Fake or Fortune, where Philip Mould, leading the
investigation to gather more information on an alleged Monet discusses the multispectral scanning system with Pascal Cotte. It is a
succinct summary of the technology, and includes a demonstration of how it was
applied to a more famous da Vinci piece..
A Worldwide Media coverage : Press Release More than 1,500 articles in major media in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Greek, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, dozens of spots for TV and Radio News, hundreds of thousands Hits on Yahoo, Google, MCN, CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, TSR, TF1, M6, AFPportals, many blogs and reviews, TV reports
finally on cut before broadcast on NHK Japan, Discovery Chanel, Sciences TV, National Geographic show a worldwide interest for this discovery thanks to Lumiere Technology 's multispectral study.
"On a dévouvert l'ADN de la Joconde."par Veronique Prat21 Oct 2006
Lumiere Technology Nominé à l'EUROPEAN ICT PRIZE"29 Jan.2007
"The Camera who changes Art for ever"by Alasdair Palmer2008,March 16th
Pr. Martin Kemp introduces a rediscovered major work by Leonardo da Vinci
17th Sept 2009
Oxfordshire Museum
"A World of Art no longer Invisble"By Kelly Kompton
March-Apr 2008
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Is this the greatest art market discovery of the century ? By Simon Hewitt
New evidence strengthens Leonardo claim for portrait
Lumiere Technology is emerging as a vital player for expertise and study of
art history. Our process has just modified traditional methods of investigation
used from years by experts and museums labs:: macro photography, infrared reflectography,
spectro-colorimetry at a level of synthesis ever obtained, through such multispectral
high definition Digitization in one operation. It is our know how.
We do not get no other pride than to remain ourselves, innovative, listening to
art historians, experts, collectors and players of museum life whom we seek
only to enrich knowledge by providing them new evidence, scientifically proven
for more certification.
We are not expert and Art Historians.
We are expert in scientific imagery for
Fine Arts.
Like it or not, these scientific measurements of multispectral paintings open a
new area of investigation as well as medical imaging has enabled practitioners
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shared. Deny to Lumiere Technology inventor of such process the right to exist and to comment on the
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Exhibitions & Conferences
Journées du Patrimoine 2014 au Musée Girodet de Montargis
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21 major artworks by Girodet, opening the Multispectral Corpus base of this painter
At the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels
July 2014 - Jan 25th 2015
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An interesting study from Dr Robert D.Elliot (NCSU) wich Lumiere Technology would like to verify by digitizing the famous da Vinci's painting
The Salvator Mundi ,
after its next acquisition, Nov 12th 2017.
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March 21st 2016
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by Pascal Cotte
some of the Many Inconsistencies & Dubious Assertions in Greenhalghs A Forgers Tale, as revealed by a Scientific & Historic Examination of
La Bella Principessa
March 9th 2016
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a focus on The Bella Principessa
by Pr Martin Kemp,
Dec 8th 2015
Pascal Cotte publishes a study
Lumiere on the Mona Lisa
a 205 pages book in English
with 150 unpublished Discoveries
available on Amazon
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Sept 9th 2014
Pascal Cotte publishes a study
Lumiere on The Lady with an Ermine
a 288 pages book in English and French
with 28 unpublished Discoveries
available on Amazon.fr
or Amazon.uk
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Eric Bietry Rivière
in le Figaro , Sept 9th. 2014
Francesca Pini
in the Corriere della Sera - Sette
Hiroaki Miyagawa in the Mainichi
the biggest daily newspaper in Japan
>10 millions printed,
on cover edition Sept 13th and in a second paper Mainichi Sept 21th
Roya Nikkhah a 2' report
for BBC News on the 10 o'clock
BBC One Sept 29th 2014, and then
on BBC World channel , which has a global audience of 200 millions .
with follow-ups Sept.30th in various websites including the Gardian
The Time , the Daily Mail the Telegraph ant more than 400 media : links
Lumiere Technology has digitized
a Leonardo da Vinci Discovery in 2008
"Profile of the Bella Principessa"
The origin of the Profile of the Bella Principessa,
Leonardo Da Vincis three chalks drawing, has been formally identified in its provenance, thus
confirming its authenticity
Sept 28th 2011
Published in 2009 in a monograph
"Leonardo Infinito"
written by Pr.Alessandro Vezzozi.
then in different statements
by Dr.Nicholas Turner
by Dott. Mina Gegori
by Pr.Carlo Pedretti
by Dott..Cristina Geddo
by Pr.Alessandro Vezzozi
and in 2010 by Pr.Martin Kemp
in a book written with Pascal Cotte,
CTO & cofounder of Lumiere Technology
thanks to further researches
with Dr Edward Wright, Pr Kemp and Pascal Cotte,
Sensational new evidence proves conclusively that La Bella Principessa, is by Leonardo da Vinci.
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"New Knowledge Is Born
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International Preservation News n°50 page 21/27
FR3 TV News - April 22th 2008
Lumiere Technology was exhibitor at TEFAF Maastricht 2007 & 2008,
not in 2010 & 2009.
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the 4' France2 TV report March 24th 2008
"Complement d'enquete" about us.
Press release from the ArtTribune.com in english
6mn Abstract from "Enquête d'Art - FRANCE 5 TV Magazine, Dec 11th 2008,
au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille: Report on Lumiere Technology researches
on 2 famous paintings by F.GOYA, "Les Vieilles " and "Les Jeunes".
How the multispectral digitization can help Art Historians, Curators
and Conservationists in their researches in Museums and Universities .
TSR.ch TV - NOUVO - Sept 5th 2008 About the "Profile of the Bella Principessa" a report of the TSR TV
Special report in french
about Lumiere Technology by Jean Michel Billaut
Abstract from
the famous French Publication
Nuances n°40/41 .
published by l'ARIPA
Association pour le respect
de l'intégrité du patrimoine artistique
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Why multispectral views must become systematic for Paintings
"For several years, a shooting revolution
- simple and ultra efficient - way to achieve a mass of data on color, allowing a major variety of uses . This process is under-used in our museums, so that its use should be compelling and become usual for Paintings " The multispectral revolution is nothing less than the advent of color in the scientific literature for museums and historians until now in black and white ... The color key dimension of the painting, finally recorded scientifically for the picture as a
whole, stored, analyzed, measured and compared with already many applications and other upcoming
in Nuances, n°40-41.
Historiquement Show "La Belle Princesse" ABSTRACT
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It's not easy being green – or homeless.
That's part of the takeaway from a new video on YouTube depicting a homeless man who uses two Kermit the Frog puppets to re-enact the classic David Bowie-Freddy Mercury duet in "Under Pressure."
The fan-made video, by turns poignant and hilarious, is showing signs of going viral – marking the latest indication that a lot of us, thankfully, haven't traveled very far from Sesame Street.
Muppets and imitators are popping up all over the media these days in the cause of parody – sometimes for cheap laughs (see the amusingly dark "Sad Kermit" site), other times to make serious points with humor.
We've seen Muppet imagery in politically charged Web videos promoting health care reform and lifting the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. "The Daily Show" gave us Gitmo, the detainee Muppet, and portrays Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele as a bumbling political puppet.
The folks at Muppets Studio, meanwhile, have posted popular videos in recent months of the characters singing everything from "American Woman" (Sam the Eagle in a typically bluster-filled performance) to an epic, all-star version of Queens' "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Part of the power and charm of the low-budget "Under Pressure" video is that it employs the most human of Muppets, Kermit, as a kind of an Everyfrog – a green, felt stand in for the rest of us.
The short also taps into another of Queens' signature hits, whose lyrics take on an unexpected resonance in the dire setting: "Under pressure that burns a building down/Splits a family in two/Puts people on streets."
The video was performed by actor Sky Soleil, who dispelled initial Internet chatter that he's homeless and that the sign next to him – "Family in Need, with 2 Kids. Homeless & Out of Work" – is for real.
He told New York magazine's Vulture site that the video is intended to "entertain and inspire," and he encouraged viewers to go to a Web page that offers tips on how to help the homeless. "This is for the men, women, and children on our streets who don't have bright green puppets on their hands. The people who aren't always as easy to see," he told Vulture.
Sounds to us like Soleil is a true son of "Sesame Street" – mixing Muppet humor with a message of human kindness. The enduring genius of the four-decade-old PBS show is that it plays to kids and adults on different levels. It's heartening to see grownups raised on "Sesame Street" using Muppets as avatars of expression – and comedy.
But maybe that's getting a bit too serious for a discussion about a funny Kermit video, even one with a sobering point.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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A swimmer stops short of a red algae bloom at Sydney's Clovelly Beach on Tuesday. Clovelly and Bondi beaches were closed to swimmers.
Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach and Clovelly Beach were closed to swimmers on Tuesday as a red algae bloom drifted close to shore, Agence France-Presse reports.
While the red algae, known as Noctiluca scintillans or sea sparkle, has no toxic effects, people are still advised to avoid swimming in areas with discolored water because the algae, which can be high in ammonia, can cause skin irritation.
"It has got quite a fishy smell to it," lifeguard Bruce Hopkins told the Australian Associated Press. "It can irritate some people's skin but generally not much more than that."
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Justin Bieber Hangs on a Yacht With Australian Model Shanina Shaik [PHOTOS]
While the internet is busy watching the dramatic details unfold on the Justin Bieber vs. Orlando Bloom debacle, the 20-year-old pop star is off living his life — with a bit of female company, of course.
The Biebs was spotted hanging out on a yacht off the coast of Ibiza, Spain with Australian model Shanina Shaik (via TMZ). The brunette bombshell featured in several pap photos (click here to see) with the 'Believe' star, and even shared a few selfies from the boat's deck.
In the first snapshot of Shanina, she's in a low-cut bathing suit and backlit by the setting sun. She captioned the photo: "Clouds come floating in my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky. #ibiza."
The quote is attributed to Nobel prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore. Did she pick the quote at random, or is she hinting at a flourishing amour between her and Justin?
Her second photo, showing off her beach-ready bod, simply says, "SWIM GOOD."
With all of the drama going on in Justin's life right now, maybe it's best he stick to enjoying single-and-available models' company away from the public!
UPDATE: According to the pop star, there's no dating happening here. He shared his own selfie of the two with the caption, "Me and the beautiful @shaninashaik and don't even start with dating rumors."
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TV reality-star Big Ang died in the early hours of Thursday at a hospital in Brooklyn after a yearlong battle with stage 4 brain and lung cancer.
"Mob Wives" producer Jennifer Fraziano said the 55-year-old, whose real name is Angela Raiola, died surrounded by family and friends.
Raiola's friend Vinne Medugno posted a message to fans on her official Twitter account, informing them of her death.
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"It is with sad regret that we inform you that at 3:01 a.m. Angela Raiola peacefully ended her battle with cancer, and was called home," the message reads. "She was surrounded by nothing but love from her immediate family, and closest friends. YOU, (Her fans) were some of the most special people in the world, and she loved you immensely."
This is @vinniemedugno on behalf of the family of Angela Raiola, please see below: pic.twitter.com/wiuPApr9Lw— Angela Raiola (@biggangVH1) February 18, 2016
Late Wednesday evening reports that Raiola had died circulated on social media, prompting Medugno to clarify in a Twitter post that Big Ange was still alive, fighting and "in the hospital surrounded by her loved ones."
The mother of two and grandmother of six had undergone several surgeries since she was diagnosed last March with throat and lung cancer.
In a teaful interview on "The Dr. Oz Show" last month, Raiola said her family was her reason to keep fighting.
"I look at my kids and my grandchildren and I know how much they need me," Raiola told Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the syndicated TV series. [[238430011, C]]
The native New Yorker's hair, once long and dark, was pale and cut close-shaven in anticipation to losing it to chemo.
Raiola was the niece of the late Salvatore "Sally Dogs" Lombardi, who was a reputed captain of the Genovese crime family.
After gaining celebrity on "Mob Wives," Raiola got her own spinoff series, "Big Ang" and "Miami Monkey."


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If you are like me and get freckles merely by walking outside into the heat, you have probably thought about getting some sort of laser for hyperpigmentation at least once before. I have the type of skin that becomes discolored even while wearing SPF 50, so regular maintenance is key in keeping my spots at bay. I've done some lasers in the past and I was looking for something to really help the spots that I've accumulated over the summer.
A Beautiful You Medspa offers a double dose package of the AFT laser (similar to IPL) and the Venus Viva. You go in and get the AFT laser first which really just feels like a hot rubberband lightly snapping on your face. It's really not bad at all, I promise. AFT (Advanced Fluorescence Technology) is the next generation of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) laser treatment technology that improves the texture, tone, and appearance of skin with minimal downtime.
After your AFT treatment which takes about 10 minutes, you move over to the Venus Viva room and immediately start this treatment. The Venus Viva is harder for me to explain as it kind of feels like a little metal bug crawling on your face while giving electric pulses. Venus Viva is a non-surgical solution for skin resurfacing that corrects signs of skin damage and improves the appearance of acne scars and other scars, stretch marks, rosacea, enlarged pores, deep wrinkles, and uneven skin texture and pigmentation.
So, in summary, you go in and get these two treatments as a duo, back to back. You will need to do these treatments at least 4 times to see results, spaced out 4 weeks apart. Of course, I will keep you all updated and will share my before and after pictures when I finish my round of treatments.


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Sunday, September 18, 2005
Sunday Ramblings
I didn't sleep at all last Saturday night after the race. After a long, hard effort my body can't turn off. It stays awake all night long. Actually, I last looked at the clock at 5 AM and woke up at 630 AM so I guess I did sleep..a bit.
This past week was a whirlwind of working, football and meetings. I couldn't catch up. This morning I thought I'd catch up, but, alas, Topaz was in my face at 5 AM and Steve was in my face at 6 AM. Ugh. Yeah, the hubby is as bad as the dog.
Anyway, I and Topaz hit the trail for 10 slow easy miles. I probably walked 1-2 of them and that is ok.
It's another beautiful MN day. 75 and sunny.
This morning as I was getting ready to go I told Steve to leave the housework. He was beginning to get the broom and dustpan. This is what he said "well, it will be my exercise for today". How sad is that? Housework should not be exercise. My jaw dropped, he was serious. I came home from my self-indulgent run and my carpets were vacuumed, my tile swept and the wood swept and mopped. He was waiting for Tyler to wake before cleaning the upstairs.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate this but it does make me feel a bit guilty. He doesn't mean for it to make me feel that way. He's being kind.
But exercise it is not...he's out mowing the lawn now. That's exercise. During the summer, when I'm off work, that's my job. I'm glad to give it up this month! We have a lot to mow. I think over an acre of our lot is lawn. That push mower takes a beating.
More ramblings..
I went for a bike ride with Susan, a triathlete. She won this awesome Cannondale tri bike at a triathlon she participated in this past summer. It was a $2000 gift card, she added another $2000 to it. It's a pretty spectacular bike, (stating the obvious). So we are riding along, I'm following her, there is NO way..NO WAY that I can catch her.
After our ride I'm explaining to her that I could not catch her no way no how. She very matter of factly states that it's all the bike. If she wants to compete in her age group, she needs a multi million dollar bike. I have a Fuji something or other road racing bike that's good enough for me..but she explained that all the age group winners have these $4000+ bikes. I think that's sad. Just a sad fact I guess.
I'm looking forward to trying my first triathlon in June. It's an Olympic distance and the water will probably be freezing. God, I'm such a tri-newbie, aren't I! Those are the only two facts I can come up with. Oh, and I won't have a million dollar bike.
Wil, Flatman, Chris and Jessie; does the bike really have that much to do with placing in the tri?
With ultra running you don't need expensive gadgets to be competitive. . A pair of shoes, some gaitors (which I don't even have but will get..some year...), a water pack and boom..your ready.
And maybe I'm wrong, maybe Susan is incorrect, maybe you don't need a the big $$ to be competitive. I certainly don't know. I hope not. I haven't even participated yet. I've only read and read and read. And listened.
More rambling...
You can't fake ultra running. I have found out this past year, if someone says they are getting in 50-60 or 70 miles a week, you will know it. It will show on the trail and at the race. There is no way to fake the training.
I've been running an average of 62 miles per week this year. Late winter/early spring I was hitting 80 in preparation for McNaugton. Now I've backed off to 50-55.
I've definately showed an improvement in my race times because of the weight I've lost and the miles I've been able to put in. Because I'm running faster, I can put in more miles in the same amount of training time. It's been pretty sweet.
After Twin Cities Marathon in two weeks and Ed Fitz 100K, two weeks later, I'll be trying out the big mileage again. I'm going to try and run 70 miles a week, and hold that, consistantly, until I get close to Western States 100 Mile. Then I'll crank her up to 80 + again.
I need to apply for Western prior to November. The lottery is December. I guess I better and the entry to my to do list.
Oh and check this out. Steve P. ran Wasatch last weekend. Here are some awesome cool pictures. They scare me. I'll be there summer after next.
Another ramble..Leanness Lifestyle Bootcamp Intensive III begins next Wednesday. I'll be focusing on losing another 5-8 pounds. You'll probably get tired of my obsessive talk over macro nutrients.
Have a great Sunday.
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Sundays are meant for rambling :)
What Oly are you planning in June?
From my newbie tri perspective, I think the bike is the key leg of a triathlon. It's where you spend the most time & distance, so small increases in average speed can gain you a lot more time than comparative increases in the other legs.
That being said, there is a definite psychological advantage to being a strong runner in a triathlon. Read: you get to pass people ;)
And I totally agree. As a runner first, I still can not wrap my head around the complexities and exorbitant costs of cycling.
Now I'm rambling...
- Born To Endure said...
Hey there, good luck in your triathlon adventure!! You sure must be a great runner, you won't have any problems riding a bike or swimming i'm sure!!!
- Julie B said...
Jessie, I enjoy your rambling. My first triathlon will be the Buffalo Triathlon. www.tribuf.com I guess I'll do the Olympic distance; the sprint just seems too short. I guess that's because I'm used to the ultra stuff. It's on June 5. I usually do FANS 12/24 hour run instead but I am ready to give that one up. I didn't enjoy it at all this past June. Will you be doing Buffalo?
- Julie B said...
Oops. it is www.tribuff.com
- Chris said...
I think Lance would beg to differ - It's Not About The Bike. :) I do think there is a point where you're probably getting a good value for you dollar when you're out there buying a bike. I think that sweet spot for a bike is probably around $1500. Beyond that, you're spending money just to spend money, IMO. I don't think I go any faster on my bike than I would a bike priced significantly lower than mine. In fact, I frequently get passed by riders with less bike than mine.
The bike is an important tool, but really, it's all about the engine.
Hope you get some good sleep tonight!
- :) said...
Chris is exactly right. Once you have a "decent" bike, it is all about the motor. Most age group winners that I have talked laugh about the fact that most of the time, they blow by the guys on the $6000 bikes and get dropped by the guys on the $600 road bikes. They are just joking, but it is true to some extent. Bike strength and endurance is the key... A sleek racer wil only get you so far if you are to pooped to peddle!


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Fr. Anastasio (Padre Tatyong) Nuñez del Corro
(25-Dec-1860 – 11-Dec-1948)
Son of Juan-Climaco del Corro of a mestizo Español family and Juana Nuñez, a mestiza Sangley from Cebu City;
Orphaned while still a child of his father, his mother remarried (a younger half-brother, Filomeno Silva, also became a priest); ordained priest 1884; coadjutor of San Nicolas, Barili, Baybay (Leyte); parish priest of Naga 1899; as parish priest of Carcar from 1901 until his death, the longest serving; Diocesan examinador sinodal and vicario foraneo; prime supporter of cultural movements in the town; and mover, as he established the St. Catherine's School in 1923.
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My ideas to a Golden Arches-like T and "the parking energy generating car"
My ideas to a Golden Arches-like T and "the parking energy generating car"
Non-solution to a non-problem.
Just made me thing of this song by Dire Straits: Money for nothing. But then again I am starving and all this McDonalds talk made me think of how good their fries were when they used tallow and how they suffer so cooked in health oil. However, the oil could be used to power generators to recharge Teslas.
Simply put the chargers out back and run a pipe from the cooker to the generator. In fact, your meal would in part recharge your car. Talk about symbiotic circular recycling. That's copyrighted. And delicious.
The leds could be cool though...
I'm thinking that the amount of wind energy you could capture while the car is parked in typical scenarios would be pretty minimal, or nothing in the case of when you park inside some kind of garage, which is probably the vast majority of parking people do,


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THE TOUGH CUSTOMER- Payday lenders: Beating back rate caps in Richmond
Halfway through the 2008 General Assembly session, it looks like allegedly predatory interest rates on payday and car-title loans will continue to hound Virginians for the foreseeable future, notwithstanding a high-profile battle being waged by both sides.
Proposed legislation to cap interest rates at 36 percent is unlikely to even get out committee, much less pass, according to one of the legislation's supporters, State Senator Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville).
In addition to supporting a rate cap, Reynolds has proposed one bill to revoke the authority of payday lenders to operate in the state.
Payday lending interest rates in the state averaged 378 percent in 2006, and have been known to reach as high as 782 percent, according to published reports.
State Senator Creigh Deeds (D-Bath), who hopes to be the Democratic Party's nominee for governor in 2009, has called these rates "unconscionable."
Reynolds explains that the General Assembly first regulated payday lenders in 2002 because the lenders were already operating, and some oversight seemed better than none. The legislative recognition, however, triggered a proliferation of the industry. As of late last year, there were 88 licensed payday lenders in the state with 800 offices, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Reynolds says he got involved in the issue several years ago when he started hearing from consumer assistance groups in his district about the unending spiral of debt high-interest payday loans impose on their clients.
Reynolds, whose Southwest Virginia district is rural, says people who think payday lending is mainly a urban problem need to think again. On a per capita basis, there are more payday lenders in Southside and Southwest Virginia than anywhere else in their state, he says, sucking money out of those already economically hurting areas.
The payday lending industry maintains it serves as a lender of last resort for many borrowers who cannot access cheaper credit, although critics and consumer advocates question that assertion. Some 434,000 Virginians took nearly $1.3 billion in payday loans last year. The average customer takes out 8.3 loans per year, often using one loan to repay another.
The industry maintains that capping rates at 36 percent would effectively drive it out of business, and having donated some $470,000 to Virginia political coffers last year, it's not going gentle into that good night. The industry has proposed an alternative bill that would include several reforms, such as establishing a state-wide database of borrowers and limiting the number of times consumers could borrow.
Reynolds says it's "interesting" that the industry itself believes it needs reform, but he ruefully adds that one needs look no further than last year's session– when an effort to cap rates gathered only eight votes in Senate– to see that the prospects for a rate cap– what he sees as the most effective solution– are dim.
Still, both groups have stepped up efforts this session, with industry opponents bringing 300 supporters in to lobby lawmakers earlier this month, and payday lenders busing hundreds of their employees to Richmond to do the same.
Governor Tim Kaine, who has said he supports a cap, has been making an effort to broker a deal among the competing sides. The Newport News Daily Press reported on a meeting two weeks ago organized by the Governor's office, but not on its results.
Reynolds confirms that he has heard about the meeting, but he says he wasn't there. Kaine's office did not return a telephone call.
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April 05, 2008, 03:18:59 AM »
Hello Forge,
In the Sorcerer manual there are a vast amount of abilities to add to your demon. However, being the guy who loves to add his own flair to a game, I was thinking about making demon abilities of my own. Maybe because it suits the setting better, or because a player might want to summon a demon with some distinct feature. In any case, I was trying to come up with a template for this and this is the result:
[Name]: Fairly obvious, a name for the ability.
[Type]: Damage, Concealing, Command, Special, Protective, Physical (Simply a general statement of what it might affect or do)
[Description]: A description of what the power does.
An example:
[Name]: Spider-Climb
[Type]: Physical
[Description]: Allows the user to scale walls and ceilings, making a roll using the demon's power against half the users stamina to see whether the user is able to.
As you can see this is a bit flawed as there is probably a better method for checking success of climbing a wall, but this is really just to show how the template works. In fact, the type is not really necessary to include in your notes, but is more importantly used as a guideline in your mind about how to check for success of the power and what the power will affect/do.
What I would like to discuss and know from you fellow Sorcerers is how do you go about doing this? How do you balance them against each other? My main concern is having abilities which almost all players would take, such as special damage lethal. I'd rather see unique and versatile demons.
Give me your input,
Sander K.
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Re: [Sorcerer] Making Your Own Demon Abilities
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April 05, 2008, 04:39:07 AM »
Hello Sander!
The demon abilities are already highly versatile. The descriptions are vague enough to allow for much leeway in settling on how the effect of the ability comes to pass. Your Spider Climb, for example, is nothing but straightforward Travel. The description of this ability says that �Travel may be defined as flight, teleportation, or any other mode of travel permitted by the GM� and that among the modes of travel it encompasses is also �unnatural movement: running on water or air, for example, or flying�. So if you want a sorcerer to be able to climb like a spider, equip him with a demon with the ability of Travel designed in that way and with the sorcerer as user.
You will find that it is already possible to create almost any effect with the existing demon abilities, save things like mind control, which are exempt on purpose.
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Re: [Sorcerer] Making Your Own Demon Abilities
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April 05, 2008, 05:15:29 AM »
Whay Michael said.
What you are doing Sander, is colouring the demonic abilities, and that's perfectly fine and actually a requirement for playing Sorcerer. I think it's a great way to do it the way you do, by saying f.x. Spider Climb, then describing what the ability does, and then find out which one of the demonic abilities fits the bill.
The thing about balance...it's not really an issue in Sorcerer. Every demonic ability will mechanically fit into the game's currency no matter how you have coloured what the power actually does in the fiction. Plus the mechanics only click into action when you have a conflict situation - maybe the spider climb will be used to escape from something, or approach something unseen, whatever, point is that the ability will then grant bonuses/penalties according to the normal Sorcerer rules. You can (and should) ahve all sorts of weird looking demonic powers in your game, the sky is the limit, but the super neat thing is they will all be understandable within the game's currency.
Some new players IME go for what they think is the most powerful or most deadly power - it's normal and probably leftovers from their previous gaming experiences. Let have have what they want, I say, and see how the game will hit them back like a sledgehammer (in a good way!).
I'd love to hear more of your ideas for describing demonic powers.
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April 05, 2008, 09:25:04 AM »
Jesse always starts by asking the players, "What do you want the demon to do?" He doesn't have anyone look at the lists at all.
he goes and finds the right ability for the effect the Player wants.
I watched Jesse work a kind of elegant magic as GM last weekend for a Sorcery & Sword game doing just this. Note that occasion you'll combine two or three Abilities to get the specific effect -- but it all can be done right there.
This does two things:
1) It makes everyone at the table focus on the pictorial element of what the demon
-- rather than on an abstract effect. These pictorial elements and focus on specific effect and action are very, very important to a game of
-- as various threads of late will attest.
2) It prevents Players from limiting their imagination. The first time I cracked open the
book I read the list and went, "Oh, okay. So this is that the Demons could do." And it was very dry, limited point of view of what the Demons could do. Travel? Okay, they travel. Blink, gone and back and now in a different place. But, of course, scuttling up the wall like a spider is a hell of a lot more interesting!
I think it's a kind of cool "mini-game" to say, "Okay, I want this effect," and then to go down the list and sort it out.
I'm having the first meet up for a new
game tonight, and I'm really looking forward to this part of the Process: The Players describing what effects they want the Demons to produce, and then figuring out the Abilities to make that happen.
(The PCs are all prisoners in a state penitentiary, where they all learned the Lore of prison. Demons are razor blades and cocain and money and tattoos and pinups and fantasies and women who fell for them after they went to jail. Things like that. Some of the guys may be innocent, some of them might be guilty. But all of them have summoned their demons to survive in the pen and to get what they want. Lore is acts of domination over
submission to others. Humanity is getting out of the game and building your own system of morality. I think it's going to rock. Hey, Ron? Thanks for the game!)
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Re: [Sorcerer] Making Your Own Demon Abilities
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April 05, 2008, 04:57:29 PM »
Jeez. You guys are great.
Sander, is all of this working for you? I really don't want to step on your own creativity. I hope that the real point is coming clear: that you
bring your own creativity to Sorcerer without having to invent anything in terms of new rules.
Best, Ron
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