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After spending a good amount of time on the 2014 line here is my personal thoughts on all of the kites. You don't have to point it out, I sell and I ride North so this post is going to be Super Northcentric.
Dice- All I can say is, "it's about time". I have read all of the hype here on the forum. You have the die hard North guys all saying this kite is magic and it does everything and the naysayers that think it's over hyped. The truth is you're both right. This is the first kite that North has made that literally covers everything. If I had to own only one North kite the Dice would be it. The 2014 Dice really does everything, and it does it all on 4 lines.
The good: You can jump the Dice very high and it hangs similar to the Fuse (really long hangtime) The kite unhooks really well and slacks well for all of you wakestyle guys. The kite drifts down the line so if you have a surfing background and want to go down the line without thinking about the kite then this is the one you should try. The low end is really nice, a little better than the Rebel but not quite as much as the 2013 Evo. The top end is really good similar to the Vegas. It handles gusts better than any North kite that I have ever flown and really does do everything well. If you are trying the Dice make sure you are riding it on 4 lines, because even though it is a "non-loaded" kite it works better on the 4 line bar.
The bad: This is going to be very specific for me but probably not most others out there. I don't like bridled kites. I feel like it takes away from the crisp response of the kite. With North's non-bridled kites there is no input delay. You pull right the kite goes right immediately. With the Dice, it takes a second to initiate a turn. Once the Dice is turing it is extremely fast it just has a slight lag that you should expect from a bridled kite. From my personal experience the Dice relaunches fine although I have heard that in light wind it's not as good as the rest of the North line.
Rebel - Lucky me I don't have to be limited to one kite and for that reason the Rebel is still one of my favorite kites. I love the direct feel and unlike the majority of forum goers I freaking love 5 line kites. I have had many sketchy sessions where the 5th line had saved me trips to the hospital. I also like the ease of self landing and relief of bridle twists and safety on self launching I hope North never gets rid of the 5th line. Yes I understand all of the problems that the 5th lines can cause especially in the surf, however I'll still trade the inconveniences of a 5th wrap for the benefits listed above. As far as a wave kite the Rebel is still my choice. I am not a true surfer. I learned to surf because I kite so for me it is more important to always have power while I ride. When I am on a wave I am rarely drifting with the kite. I make a top turn then send the kite down the wave and when I make a bottom turn I have the kite facing the other way pulling me back up the wave and repeat. Pretty much I am following my kite up and down the wave as I am going down the line. If this is your style I would continue to suggest the rebel. If you are more of a classic surfer and like to forget about the kite I would recommend giving the dice a try.
The changes: If you are new to the sport I would suggest finding a closeout 2013 Rebel. Save some cash, it's a great kite. If you have been riding for awhile the 2014 is by FAR a better kite. Out of the bag the valve has been redesigned. It's way more efficient and makes pumping a pleasure. One of the major problems that I had with the 2013 is when you loop the kite the kite absolutely will not climb the window to catch you. This made for extremely tough landings and is ultimately the reason I sold my 2013's and switched to The Vegas. For 2014 this problem is completely solved. Another complaint that a lot of people had with the 2013 was the reduced low end. The 2014 is way better and back to the older style windrange that people loved about the Rebel. The 2014 also doesn't fly as far forward in the window as it's predecessor. With the 13 you really had to back the kite into the window before you loaded and popped, now the kite is always there ready for launch. The 2014 is similar to the 2012 with a far more refined feeling.
Vegas - I believe that the 2013 Vegas is also one of my favorite kites. From 2012 and previous I never really liked it. The kite was always way too aggressive and was truly built for the wake style park rider. For 2013 they really made it way more user friendly. They improved the relaunch, made the turning speed faster especially on the freestyle setting, and drastically improved the low end which was always the largest Vegas complaint.
There are only positive things that I have to say about the 2014. It turns even faster, and has even better bottom end the the 2013. It also slacks better (more like the older style vegas) and relaunches extremely well. One thing that I wished the 2014 Vegas had was the new inflation system but I guess North just missed the cutoff date. In and out of the park the 2014 is Vegas is sick. It still has the more user friendly edge to it while maintaing the bad-ass appearance and feel to the kite. If you haven't tried a Vegas since the 2012 and had been considering it, please give it another shot. "The 2014 Vegas is so choice"
Evo - North has always marketed the Evo as a wave / all around kite. I always disagreed with this because in order to be a wave kite it should be responsive, fast through the window and depower well. This is the opposite of almost all delta kites that I have ever flown. The Evo always had the best low end worst top end. It was a great jumper and the hangtime was phenomenal, and the relaunch was the best in the industry. However it didn't loop well, it didn't slack well, it had way too much power for unhooking and it was always pulling me off of the wave. If you can't tell I wasn't a fan of the Evo, but it definitely had it's place in the North lineup as this was by far the easiest kite to fly and as a beginner this was the kite that you were going to want because it was easy to fly and was very simple through and through.
This year at Surf Expo I looked up at the North line and they had the Dice (which again is all the talk), the Rebel (which looks great) and the Evo which many people were passing over. I starred at the Evo longer than most and wondered what the hell I was looking at. It isn't a delta shape at all, it looked completely different. North is marketing it as there "all around" kite this year. I am freaking dying to try it and will post a review as soon as I do. If you like the older delta style kite out there (and I know there are many who do) you better buy up the 2013's while you still can. The biggest change for North's lineup is the Evo which is a whole new animal.
Fuse - Say goodbye that kite is a goner. I have heard some people who are sad about the Fuse leaving the line, but I say good riddance. If you liked the Fuse try the Dice and The new Evo (from what I hear from North) because you are going to like either of those kites more than you liked the Fuse. The Fuse had it's place but the new North's are all many steps beyond that of the old Fuse.
Neo - This kite started as the inexpensive kite in the North line that was originally created for beginners and schools. Some of the bigger name riders started using it as a wave / park kite and they couldn't be happier. This kite drifts extremely well and hangs down the line since it's super light. I think this should be marketed even heavier towards big surf and wake style guys, but I haven't tried the 2014. If I get a chance I'll post a review here.
Dyno - The Dyno continues to be North's race kite. There are no changes as the 2013 kite is the 2014. Participate as I will, I am still by far the worst racer at Crissy so my 2 cents here aren't worth a penny. Talk to Sky, Ken, or some of the other North racers on why the dyno is the best kite out there.
If you have any questions or want to demo any of the 2014 kites send me an email or phone call and we'll go ride them.


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Ian Berke reviews movies in San Francisco, California.
A few theaters are screening the Oscar nominated short live action and animated films. A total of five in each category. Short films are defined as those less than 30 minutes, some much shorter. In the past few years, the live action films have been the strongest, but this year the documentaries are phenomenal. Still, the live action films are strong, but the animateds, while good, fall short of last years.
The first live action film, Helium (Denmark), tells the story of a janitor at a children's hospital who befriends a dying young boy. The boy is lonely, and the janitor, noticing the toy dirigibles hanging from his hospital room ceiling, tells him stories about a place called Helium. There people live in houses that are floating in the air and where sick kids go to get their strength back. The boy knows that he will die and is understandably frightened. But he is fascinated by dirigibles, which become an important symbol in this very sweet but not maudlin story. There is a quiet power to this film, and it was my favorite. Not sure it will win, but it will certainly earn a place in your heart.
The Voorman Problem (UK) is a wonderfully quirky story of a new prison psychiatrist who has been called in to deal with a prisoner who believes he is God, and is causing serious problems in the prison. The doctor arrives, talks to the warden, who is worried, and meets the prisoner. And begins a life changing conversation and a very strange story. Just Before Losing Everything (France) is a dark thriller with a mother of two young children, working in a large super store, trying to secretly leave her abusive husband. I have rarely seen a film with such tension, high to begin with, and continues. No one will forget this film.
That Was Not Me (Spain) is a very dark story of two doctors attempting to help in a dangerous area in Africa and the unexpected consequences, then and years later. The doctors are going to help treat people in an area caught in tribal and militia warfare, when events spin out of control. There are some violent scenes here but this is a very accomplished film with nearly unbearable tension and frightening images. Almost as an antidote to the two previous films, Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? (Finland) is a humorous vignette of a family sleeping late and rushing to avoid missing a wedding. Very short but very funny, and impossible to imagine in an American setting.
The five animated shorts are imaginative but with very different techniques. Get a Horse (USA) is a Disney entry that mixes an early Mickey Mouse cartoon with the latest technique. Mr Hublot (France) is set in some future city that resembles fin de siecle Paris yet with steam punk trappings. It is populated by robots, one of which is Mr Hublot, who one day sees an abandoned robot puppy. This is very wry, cute take on loneliness and humanity. Feral (USA) is a much darker tale of an abandoned child who is rescued from wolves by a hunter. The hunter brings the boy home and begins to civilize him. The film really focuses on the conflict between "civilization" and the wild with an ghostly-animated technique that is stunning. Possessions (Japan) uses a very Japanesque animated technique and palette to show the story of an 18th Century traveler through a forest who takes shelter from a storm in a tiny inn. It has a distinctly psychedelic quality as he encounters old objects that have a life of their own. Room on the Broom (UK) is an immensely charming tale of a witch and her cat, who have a series of adventures, and begins to pick up hitchhikers. Beautifully adapted from a children's book. And finally two very short films, including the tale of an errant blue umbrella, both very imaginative.
Fortunately the live action and animated shorts are playing widely (unlike the documentaries), including at the Embarcadero, the Rafael, the Shattuck, and other screens. Running times: live action, 98 minutes; animated, 73 minutes. Note that Opera Plaza (San Francisco) will begin screening the documentary shorts tomorrow, for at least a week. Good alternative for those who don't want to drive to Marin or Berkeley. But all three of these series are worth a drive. You will see just how much greatness can be delivered in small, short packages. Ciao, Ian

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Pistachio cupcakes
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen un-iced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal326
- fat16g
- saturates7g
- carbs45g
- sugars36g
- fibre0g
- protein4g
- salt0.34g
- 100g pistachios
- 140g golden caster sugar
- 140g butter, very soft
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 2 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 140g self-raising flour
- 5 tbsp milk
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
- edible glitter, to decorate
For the icing
- 250g icing sugar, sifted
- mint green food colouring
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases. Put 85g pistachios into a food processor with about half the sugar, then whizz until very finely chopped. Tip into a large mixing bowl with the remaining sugar, butter, eggs, flour and milk and beat until smooth. Divide between cases, then bake on a low shelf for 22-25 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
For the icing, mix just enough water into the icing sugar to get a very thick but still runny icing – just add 1 tbsp of water at a time. Stir in enough food colouring to give a pretty, pale green colour. If any cakes poke above the top of the cases, trim with a small knife, or scoop out with a teaspoon – being very careful not to release any of the case from the sides of the cake. Put a generous spoonful of icing on each cake and let it gently spread to cover. Chop the remaining pistachios and scatter these over with a pinch of edible glitter. Set, then serve.


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Seth Rogen vehicle Neighbors, while vile, was at least a passably funny film for fans of the star's repugnant antics. This sequel, sad to say, retains and amplifies the grossness of its predecessor while disposing of any of the franchise's previous charms. This time Rogen and wife Rose Byrne are subjected to the obnoxiousness of an upstart sorority headed by new neighbor Chloe Grace Moretz. Moretz, for several years one of Jewish Hollywood's favorite shiksa voodoo dolls, is as usual degraded under the guise of women's empowerment as she and her cohorts smoke dope ("College is about new experiences"), throw noisy parties celebrating the loss of virginity, wage war against "super-sexist" fraternities, and demonstrate themselves to be "strong adult women" by flinging their saturated tampons at Seth Rogen's windows. Zac Efron, Rogen's original nemesis from Neighbors, switches sides and joins forces with his old foe in Neighbors 2, while some of his old fraternity brothers also appear as part of a subplot that serves no purpose apart from the promotion of homosexual "marriage". NBC sitcom old-timers Kelsey Grammer of Frasier and Lisa Kudrow of Friends are similarly wasted (no pun intended) in brief supporting roles. One also wishes character actor Billy Eichner's supporting turn as eccentric real estate agent Oliver Studebaker had been expanded.
2.5 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Neighbors 2 is:
6. Anti-marriage. The opening scene in the film shows a wife vomiting in her husband's face during intercourse. This is how the filmmakers choose to establish the horror of conventional domesticity in audiences' minds.
5. Pro-miscegenation. The obligatory interracial couple expresses interest in buying Rogen's house.
4. Pedo-friendly. A small child is regularly present during inappropriate discussions and is repeatedly seen playing with a dildo. The last time this reviewer saw such a thing was in an Israeli film, so maybe kids and dildos is a Jewish tradition? There is also a joking reference to child pornography.
3. Pro-drug. Weed humor abounds, with illegal marijuana dealing highlighted as a quick way for college kids to pick up some extra cash. "I think this is my thing now," one of the girls enthuses.
2. Pro-gay. A gay marriage proposal elicits a rowdy chant of "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" The lucky couple also makes known that they intend to adopt. In addition, the film appears to encourage sexual experimentation even among heterosexuals, as "sometimes you gotta suck a dick to realize you don't like suckin' dick."
1. Feminist. "Don't call 'em hoes. It's not cool anymore."


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In order to have a little more consistency, I've renamed some of the elements in dock screens.
The <OnInit> element for a screen has been renamed to <OnScreenInit>.
The <Initialize> element for a pane has been renamed to <OnPaneInit>.
The <Initialize> element for a display panel has been renamed to <OnDisplayInit>.
In all cases, the old names still work, so there is full compatibility with old mods. But new mods should start using the new names.
I've also deprecated the scrExitDock function and replaced it with a scrExitScreen function (for reasons described below).
Imagine this example: You are creating a dock screen and you want one of your actions to show the looting screen. When looting is done, you want to return to your screen.
The current way of doing this is to create an action like this:
There is code inside of dsLoot that expects gPrevScreen to be set and returns back to it when looting is done. This works perfectly well, but it's a little cumbersome.
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<Action name="Loot" ...>
(block Nil
(setq gPrevScreen "MyDockScreen")
(scrShowScreen gScreen &dsLoot;)
In 1.04 I've implemented a new attribute on <DockScreen>:
The nestedScreen attribute on the destination screen tells the engine that this screen will be called from another screen and that we should remember where we came from.
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<DockScreen UNID="&dsLoot;" nestedScreen="true">
Inside of dsLoot (the nested screen) an action can call:
(scrExitScreen gScreen)
The above will return to the original screen and pane that invoked the nested screen.
If the nested screen wants to force an undock (and not return to the original screen) it can call:
(scrExitScreen gScreen 'forceUndock)
Note that with this implementation, callers don't have to do anything special. They can still invoke a nested screen with scrShowScreen.
Today, a station can define its first screen using the dockScreen= attribute. But sometimes you want the first screen to change depending on circumstances. For example, if the ship is contaminated you might want to show the decontamination screen instead of the default one.
The old way to do that is to add an <OnScreenInit> (previously <OnInit>) on a dock screen and call scrShowScreen if you want to redirect to a different screen.
Again, this works well, but it is somewhat limiting.
1.04 adds a new event to stations (and ships with dock ports):
The GetDockScreen event is called when the player docks with that station. It can return Nil to indicate that we should use the station's default screen. Or it can return a list where the first element is a dock screen and the second element is a positive number representing a priority (higher numbers are higher priorities).
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{ship is radioactive}
(list &dsDecontaminate; 10)
{mission success}
(list "MissionSuccess" 4)
[I'll describe how priorities work a little further down.]
As always, you can specify a dock screen as either an UNID (in which case we look for a global dock screen) or as a string, which makes the engine look for any dock screens contained by the station.
[Note that GetDockScreen (and all events that start with Get...) must NOT have any side-effects. That is, you can't make any assumptions about how many times it will get called or what will be done with the result. In particular, you cannot assume that the screen that you return will actually be shown, because it could be overridden later (see below).]
But GetDockScreen alone is not very interesting. The real power comes from having a global version of that event:
As you might imagine, GetGlobalDockScreen is an event that can be added to any type. It is called whenever the player docks with anything, and it is allowed to return a dock screen to show instead of the station's default screen.
For example, instead of having every commonwealth station check for a contaminated ship, we can now do this globally:
The above code will be called whenever the player docks with something. gSource will be set to the object that we docked with. The code checks to see if we docked with a Commonwealth station and if the ship is radioactive. If so, we ask to show the dsDecontaminate screen (with priority 10).
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<Sovereign UNID="&svCommonwealth;">
(if (and {we docked with a commonwealth station}
{ship is radioactive})
(list &dsDecontaminate; 10)
[Remember: As with all global events, the type that the event is attached to does NOT alter how the event is called. Although the event above is attached to the svCommonwealth sovereign, the event will be called regardless of what station we dock with--that's why we have to explicitly check to see if we've docked with a Commonwealth station.]
Perhaps you are starting to see why the priority field is necessary. There are now potentially multiple pieces of code telling us what screen to show:
1. Multiple types with a <GetGlobalDockScreen> could tell us to show different screens.
2. The station's <GetDockScreen> could tell us to show a particular screen.
To resolve this conflict we simply pick the screen with the highest priority. For example, if a station's <GetDockScreen> tells us to show the "MissionComplete" screen with priority 4, but a <GetGlobalDockScreen> tells us to show dsDecontaminate with priority 10, then we will show the dsDecontaminate screen.
Note: If the screen returned by <GetDockScreen> or <GetGlobalDockScreen> is a nestedScreen, then we will ask for a screen again when the nested screen exits. In the example above, if dsDecontaminate is a nested screen, then after it decontaminates the ship and exits, we call <GetDockScreen> and <GetGlobalDockScreen> again. This time, the "MissionComplete" screen wins, so we show that screen.
1.04 adds a new function:
This function is designed to be called from inside <OnPaneInit> (previously <Initialize>) to dynamically add actions to a pane.
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(scrAddAction gScreen actionID pos label [key] [special] code)
actionID is a string to identify the action (use it in calls like scrEnableAction).
pos is the position of the action. 0 inserts the action before all other actions; 1 inserts it after the first action, etc.
label is the label for the action.
key is the short-cut key for the action.
special can be either 'cancel, 'default, 'nextKey, or 'prevKey to set those short-cuts to the action.
code is the code to execute when the action is selected by the user.
Of course, the real use for this function is to add new actions to existing screen. The OnGlobalPaneInit event allows you to do that:
The above event is called whenever a pane on any screen is initialized. In this case, it checks to see if this is the default pane for the ship's status screen. If so, it inserts a new action.
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; aScreenUNID is the UNID of the screen being shown
; aScreen is the screen name (if this is a local screen)
; aPane is the pane being shown
(if (and (eq aScreenUNID &dsShipInterior;) (eq aPane "Default"))
"Do something cool"
{some code}
This technique will allow multiple mods to add entries to the ship's status screen without having to override the whole screen.
Of course, the usual limits for the number of actions per pane still applies.
In 1.04 I've converted many stations to use the new techniques above. I'm using attributes on a station to determine which screens to invoke. If you are creating (e.g.,) new Commonwealth stations, you should use the following attributes instead of the intCommonwealthOnInit function. Search the XMLs for <GetGlobalDockScreen> to see how these are used.
Any station with the "blackMarket" attribute will refuse docking unless you have a Black Market ID and will check for debts to the Black Market.
Any station with the "commonwealthCustoms" attribute will check for contamination, slaves, contraband, etc.
Any station with the "corporateCustoms" attribute will check for contamination and crimes against the Corporate Hierarchy. If a station has the "corporateDecon" attribute, then the player will be decontaminated (otherwise, docking will be refused).
Any station with the "commonwealthFleet" attribute will check for Fleet crimes, etc.
Any station with the "ringers" attribute will check for crimes against the Ringers.
Any station with the "sistersOfDomina" attribute will check for contamination.
The new mechanics introduce in 1.04 should not break any mods, but some other changes to Transcendence.xml might cause some problems.
In particular, I've migrated many of the special screens (such as decontamination) that used to be called in <OnScreenInit> to use <GetGlobalDockScreen>.
In many cases, functions like intCommonwealtOnInit have been removed, because they were no longer needed. If your mod relied on those functions, then you should either make your own copy or migrate to the new techniques.
Of course, none of the new techniques will work on version 1.0. Starting in 1.04 the engine will accept extensions marked as version "1.1". If you have an extension that requires 1.04 or higher, then you should mark it as "1.1" (because this is part of the 1.1 stream).


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1984年,Guy Laliberte 等人在这里演出剧目太阳马戏,一炮打响,在全国巡演之后,干脆以太阳为旗,革新了世界杂技艺术。三十年后,太阳马戏团以4000名演职员成为全球最大演出团体,光头Laliberte本人也荣登加拿大富豪榜单前列。
不过,在Baie St Paul的居民眼里,Guy Laliberte还是那个在街头踩高跷的小子,他们跟我回忆起他当年一口气踩行一百公里来回魁北克城的情景,还乐不可支。
以世界为舞台的Guy Laliberte ,名利双收后回到这座山城巡演,回馈乡亲,他的太阳马戏团没有忘记自己升起的地方。
It all started in Baie-Saint-Paul, a small town near Quebec City, in Canada. There, in the early eighties, a band of colourful characters roamed the streets, striding on stilts, juggling, dancing, breathing fire, and playing music. They were Les Échassiers de Baie- Saint-Paul (the Baie-Saint-Paul Stiltwalkers), a street theatre group founded by Gilles Ste-Croix. Already, the townsfolk were impressed and intrigued by the young performers – who included one Guy Laliberté who became founder of Cirque du Soleil.
The troupe went on to found Le Club des talons hauts (the High Heels Club), and then, in 1982, organized La Fête foraine de Baie-Saint-Paul, a cultural event in which street performers from all over met to exchange ideas and enliven the streets of the town for a few days. La Fête foraine was repeated in 1983 and 1984. Le Club des talons hauts attracted notice, and Guy Laliberté, Gilles Ste-Croix and their cronies began to cherish a crazy dream: to create a Quebec circus and take the troupe travelling around the world.
In 1984, Quebec City was celebrating the 450th anniversary of Canada's discovery by Jacques Cartier, and they needed a show that would carry the festivities out across the province. Guy Laliberté presented a proposal for a show called Cirque du Soleil (Circus of the Sun), and succeeded in convincing the organizers. And Cirque du Soleil hasn't stopped since!
Cirque du Soleil is born with the assistance of the Quebec government, as part of the celebrations surrounding the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's arrival in Canada. The first production, Le Grand Tour debuts in the small Quebec town of Gaspé, and is then performed in 10 other cities throughout the province. The first blue-and-yellow big top seats 800.
After performing in Montreal, Sherbrooke and Quebec City, with Le Grand Tour, Cirque du Soleilleaves its home province for the first time to take its show to neighbouring Ontario. It performs in Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls and the show is simply named Cirque du Soleil.
Cirque du Soleil takes La Magie Continue across Canada, including Vancouver, where it puts on several performances at the Children's Festival and Expo 86 and in seven other Canadian cities. The big top now has room for 1,500 spectators.
Having triumphed in five cities in Quebec, We Reinvent the Circus is performed at the Los Angeles Festival and then moves on to San Diego and Santa Monica. Exhilarated by the Californian public's response, Cirque du Soleil is an overnight success. The participation of Cirque du Soleil at the L.A Festival is not only an important milestone in its history but also its first visit to its American neighbours.
We Reinvent the Circus continues its North American tour, after a brief appearance at the Calgary Winter Olympics. Wherever it goes, the result is the same: the performances sell out, and the critics rave.
Montreal is the setting for the world premiere of a brand-new production, Nouvelle Expérience, in a new, 2,500-seat big top. With this new production, Cirque du Soleil shatters all previous records for ticket sales. Meanwhile, Cirque makes its first foray into Europe, staging We Reinvent the Circus in London and Paris. The overseas excursions have just begun.
Fascination, a collage of the best acts from past shows, enables Cirque to make a name for itself in Japan. The show opens in Tokyo and then moves on to seven other cities. Meanwhile, in Europe,Cirque du Soleil joins forces with Switzerland's Circus Knie and stages a show in over 60 towns throughout the country. In North America, 1992 sees Cirque du Soleil make its Las Vegas debut whenNouvelle Expérience kicks off a year-long engagement under a big top at the Mirage Hotel.Cirque du Soleil adds a monument to its repertoire of shows: Saltimbanco. Premiering in Montreal, this latest production begins a lengthy tour of North America.
Following the successful Las Vegas run of Nouvelle Expérience, Cirque du Soleil moves into a theatre built to its specifications at the new Treasure Island Hotel. A 10-year contract is signed with Mirage Resorts to stage Mystère, a gigantic production befitting this show business capital.
Cirque du Soleil celebrates its 10th anniversary with another production, Alegría. True to tradition, the world premiere is held in Montreal. Saltimbanco embarks on a six- month run in Tokyo in 1994 that attracts a great deal of attention.
Cirque du Soleil responds to a request from the Canadian government and creates a show for the heads of state gathered at the G7 Summit in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Also in
1995, Saltimbanco sets out to open officially the European market. Cirque's spectacular white big top with seating for 2,500 spectators makes its first stop in Amsterdam, followed by Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Vienna.
In April, Cirque launches Quidam in Montreal. After finishing its hometown run, Quidam heads off on a North American tour. Meanwhile, Alegría sets out to tour Japan for a few months.
In Montreal, the inauguration of the brand new International Headquarters is held; the
Studio is now where all of Cirque's shows will be created and produced.
Studio is now where all of Cirque's shows will be created and produced.
In October, the second resident show for Cirque du Soleil, "O", takes to the stage of a new theatre at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. This production is Cirque's first aquatic show and an important milestone in the company history. With this show, Cirque is now known internationally. In December of the same year, Cirque inaugurates yet another permanent show, La Nouba, at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida.
A brand-new Cirque du Soleil production, Dralion, launches its North American tour in
Montreal. With Saltimbanco, Cirque sets up shop in Asia and the Pacific.
Montreal. With Saltimbanco, Cirque sets up shop in Asia and the Pacific.
Movie fans come out in droves to see Cirque du Soleil on the IMAX screen for the first time ever, as its large-format film production Journey of Man (Passages in French), distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, premieres worldwide.
Cirque du Soleil keeps on growing with the inauguration of a 15, 000-square-metre addition to its International Headquarters in Montreal.
In April, a fifth touring show is added to the seven Cirque du Soleil shows already performing simultaneously in 2002. Varekai premieres in Montreal, and from there begins a tour of North America.Cirque du Soleil made its first stop in Mexico this year with Alegría. Cirque's Multimedia Division,Cirque du Soleil Images, produces its first television series, Cirque du Soleil Fire Within, for the Canadian and American television market.
The newest addition to the Cirque family, Zumanity is born in August. It is an adults- only resident show at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The filming of a new television series—the first to be produced entirely by Cirque du Soleil Images—is wrapped up in the late summer. This unique family TV series brings together acrobatic acts within a dramatic comedy framework. The series is aimed at international television markets, including Canada and the United States.
Cirque du Soleil celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2004. A number of events mark the occasion: among other things, a book is launched, entitled 20 Years Under the Sun, which recounts the unusual history of Cirque du Soleil step by step, and Cirque sets the first Guinness World Record for the largest number of stilt-walkers (544) at the same time and place. Cirque du Soleil launches a new resident show, KÀ, in the fall at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The year 2005 is marked by the Montreal launch and world premiere of Corteo, Cirque's latest touring show. In July, Montreal hosts the XI FINA World Aquatic Championships, for which Cirque du Soleilcreates the opening ceremony show.
Cirque du Soleil first-ever musical show in arena, DELIRIUM, premiered in Montreal in January and has begun its US tour. Cirque du Soleil is also preparing a fifth permanent show in Las Vegas: LOVE, which celebrates the musical legacy of the Beatles and premieres in June at The Mirage. After touring in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, Cirque du Soleil has set out to make a name for itself in South America by presenting its show Saltimbanco in Chile, Argentina and Brazil in 2006.
Cirque du Soleil has entered into an exclusive agreement with CKX Inc.—through its subsidiary Elvis Presley Enterprises—for the creation, development, production and promotion of Elvis Presley projects, featuring touring and resident shows, as well as multimedia interactive "Elvis experiences," throughout the world. The first Elvis Presley projects are expected to debut in 2009.
KOOZA, a new touring show, is launched in Montreal in April 2007. In February, Cirque du Soleil puts on a pre-game show performance for Super Bowl XLI in Miami. In November, Cirque presents Wintuk, a show designed exclusively for the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Starting in 2007, this seasonal show will be performed for 10 weeks for at least four years. Cirque du Soleil has also launched a fiction/non-fiction book entitled The Spark, which invites readers to discover the power of creativity and imagination and apply it in their own lives. Written by John Bacon and based on an original idea by Lyn Heward, the book is distributed in several countries. After having toured for 14 years and being performed before more than 9.5 million spectators, Saltimbanco is reborn in July as it takes off on an arena tour of more than
40 cities in Canada and the U.S.
40 cities in Canada and the U.S.
This was an historical year for Cirque du Soleil as the company launched three new permanent shows this year: ZAIA at The Venetian Hotel in Macau (China), ZED at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Tokyo (Japan) and CRISS ANGEL Believe at The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas (United States). Cirque du Soleilalso created a show-event presented at Colisée
Pepsi in Quebec City in the scope of the 400th anniversary of the city. Istithmar World,
the investment arm of Dubai World, and Nakheel have together acquired a 20 per cent stake inCirque du Soleil.
Pepsi in Quebec City in the scope of the 400th anniversary of the city. Istithmar World,
the investment arm of Dubai World, and Nakheel have together acquired a 20 per cent stake inCirque du Soleil.
Cirque du Soleil celebrates its 25th anniversary and launches the 25th production of its history. This new creation, OVO premieres in Montreal in April. The publication of a book on Cirque costumes and the launch of a double CD containing a music compilation, are among the commemorative activities of this anniversary.
In September 2009, Guy Laliberté became the first Canadian private space explorer. His mission was dedicated to raising awareness on water issues facing humankind on planet earth. Under the themeMoving Stars and Earth for Water, this first Poetic Social Mission in space aimed at touching people through an artistic approach: a special 120- minute webcast program featuring various artistic performances unfolding in 14 cities on five continents, including the International Space Station.
In September 2009, Guy Laliberté became the first Canadian private space explorer. His mission was dedicated to raising awareness on water issues facing humankind on planet earth. Under the themeMoving Stars and Earth for Water, this first Poetic Social Mission in space aimed at touching people through an artistic approach: a special 120- minute webcast program featuring various artistic performances unfolding in 14 cities on five continents, including the International Space Station.
Cirque du Soleil launches three new productions in 2010. Viva ELVIS, Cirque's seventh resident show in Las Vegas begins in February at ARIA Resort & Casino. Banana Shpeel is presented from November 2009 to June 27, 2010 in Chicago and New York. In April, TOTEM, first show designed to adapt to various performance spaces such as Big Top and arenas, celebrates its world premiere in Montreal. Cirque du Soleil, James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar), and Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Chronicles of Narnia), joined their creative forces to develop and produce immersive theatrical 3D projects. In November, Cirque du Soleil's founder, Guy Laliberté gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cirque du Soleil will launch three new shows: Zarkana, written and directed by acclaimed film and theatre director François Girard will begin at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 9. Written and directed by director- choreographer Philippe Decouflé, IRIS created exclusively for the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center will begin on July 21. The show Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour™ written and directed by Jamie King will begin in Montreal on
October 2nd.
October 2nd.
Cirque du Soleil launched a new touring show in Montreal called Amaluna. The company has developed a new creative and production service dedicated to businesses and artists wanting to call on Cirque du Soleil's creative know-how for their projects. Within that context, Cirque du Soleilcollaborated with pop star Madonna providing artistic direction services for her performance at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show. In December, Cirque
du Soleil and Bell Media created a new joint venture to develop media content for television, film, digital, and gaming platforms. Cirque du Soleil Media's mandate is to develop original entertainment projects, leveraging Cirque du Soleil's creative inventiveness and resources, consumer insight, and infrastructure, with Bell Media's production experience, media platforms, and diverse distribution capabilities.
du Soleil and Bell Media created a new joint venture to develop media content for television, film, digital, and gaming platforms. Cirque du Soleil Media's mandate is to develop original entertainment projects, leveraging Cirque du Soleil's creative inventiveness and resources, consumer insight, and infrastructure, with Bell Media's production experience, media platforms, and diverse distribution capabilities.


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NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his crew have been freed after being held for five days inside Syria, NBC News said.
The team is now safe in Turkey, and Engel — as well as producer Ghazi Balkiz and camera man John Kooistra — described the ordeal on "Today" on Tuesday morning. Engel said the group were traveling with Syrian rebels in what they believed was a rebel-controlled area Thursday morning when they were stopped and taken captive by kidnappers.
"A group of gunman just literally jumped out of the trees and bushes on the side of the road," Engel said. "There were probaby 15 gunmen. They were wearing ski masks, they were heavily armed. They dragged us out of the car. They had a container truck positioned, waiting by the side of the road. They put us into that container truck.
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"We were with some gunmen, some rebels who were escorting us. They executed one of them on the spot. Then they took us to a series of safehouses and interrogation places, and they kept us blindfolded, bound. We weren't physically beaten or tortured — it was a lot of psychological torture. Threats of being killed. They made us choose which one of us would be shot first, and when we refused, there were mock shootings."
The kidnappers repeatedly pretended to shoot Balkiz, Engel said.
Last night, they were being moved when their vehicle came to a rebel checkpoint that caught the kidnappers by surprise, Engel said. A firefight ensued, two kidnappers were killed, and the rest escaped. The brigade took them to safety and led them from Syria.
"It was a traumatic experience," Engel said. "We're very happy to be here. We're in good health. We're okay."
Engel said he believed the group that captured his crew was a pro-government militia.
"They were talking openly about their loyalty to the government, openly expressing the Shia faith. They are trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They are allied with Hezbollah."
Engel said his group was told that their captors wanted to exhange them for four Iranian and two Lebanese allies who are now being held.
NBC said it had no contact with the team or the kidnappers, and that there were no claims of responsibility or ransom demands.
Though Turkish media and some American outlets reported Engel was missing, NBC News asked news outlets not to report on the situation out of concern for the team's safety.


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Mauve, Anton (1838-1888)
Anton (Anthony) Mauve, born on 18 September 1838 at Zaandam, Dutch province of North Holland, baptized at Haarlem in November 1858, died on 5 February 1888 at Arnhem, was one of the best (if not the best) landscape painters in the Hague School, in which the finest traditions of the Old Dutch painting were brought to a new and fuller fruition under the influence of the impressionistic views of nature that had already produced in French art in the Barbizon School an era of rich and worthy revival. Mauve, as well as his equally gifted contemporary, P. J. C. Gabriel, kept himself rather aloof from the Romanticism characteristic of the Naturalism of the Hague School. His work is distinguished by its disciplined yet delicate portrayal, in the cool, luminous, yet tender and clear tone of his oils and water colors. The beauty of "het Gooi" and particularly that of the Laren landscape was in a sense discovered by Mauve.
It is probable that Mauve influenced Vincent van Gogh, who was a cousin of his wife (Colmjon, 45).
Many of Mauve's paintings are found in the Mesdag Museum; the reason for this is probably the fact that Mauve and H. W. Mesdag were close friends. The Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam also has a large collection. Mauve paintings are numerous in many European and even some American museums. Anton Mauve was the son of a Mennonite pastor, Willem Carel Mauve (1803-1869), who served the congregations at Enschede 1830-1836, Zaandam-Oost 1836-1839, and Haarlem 1839-1863; he was the author of a small catechism on Biblical history (Haarlem, 1846). He came into the Mennonite brotherhood from the Reformed Church.
Archives of the Zaandam-Oost Mennonite Church.
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Greenshields, E. B. Landscape Painting and Modem Dutch Artists. New York, 1906: 155.
Heeringa, G. Uit het verleden der Doopsgezinden in Twenthe. 1934.
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Rutter, Frank. "A Consideration of the Work of Anton Mauve." Studio XLII (1908): 3-16.
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What kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren? Can we even imagine a world after climate change? Some of the world's greatest authors, including David Mitchell and Kim Stanley Robinson, grapple with climate change and our future in a new story collection. Here's a review by Pauline Masurel from Green Prophet.
Bill McKibben was arrested in August this year while protesting against TransCanada's proposed plans to build a pipeline that would carry oil from the Alberta tar sands to Texas. McKibben has written: "This is really really important. Jim Hansen, the world's most important climatologist, has said that if we burn these tar sands in a big way it will be 'essentially game over for the climate.' That's worth reading again. The oil companies and the Koch Bros are willing to take a few years of big profits in return for cratering the planet's climate system."
You might think that the facts would speak loudly enough for themselves, but McKibben has also written an introduction to this collection of short stories which aims to show that fiction can speak as persuasively as fact in making the point about the wounds we are inflicting upon our own planet. The book's title is taken from a quote attributed to the environmentalist John Muir, "When it comes to a war between the races, I'm with the bears."
There are ten stories from an impressive array of internationally acclaimed authors who write, for the most part, either literary or science fiction. When I picked it up to read I was truly hoping it wouldn't be too 'preachy' and offputting in its approach to telling tales from a 'damaged planet'. Of course, since these stories are essentially intended to be environmental parables for our age, it would be surprising if there weren't a certain amount of implicit preaching involved. But luckily, I also found a lot of variety in tone and subject matter and the authors' approach to the topic
The collection begins with T.C. Boyle's story of eco-activists fighting against deforestation. Kim Stanley Robinson's Sacred Space looks at the environmental changes facing the Sierra Nevada region. As expected, these stories are clearly directly connected to the effects of human environmental destruction.
Oblique twists
But my favourite stories in the book take a more oblique angle on the theme. In Lydia Millet's Zoogoing there is no immediate, overt environmental angle. Initially this seems to be the story of someone who likes getting too close for most people's comfort to animals in zoos. But the story goes on to consider a very human angle on what it means to be endangered and waiting for extinction.
Similarly, Nathaniel Rich's Hermie uses humour, featuring a talking hermit crab. Like so many of these stories it has a tinge of sadness despite the humorous style. But there are plenty of smiles to be found too, with creations like Toby Litt's 'Tescocommunists' and 'Walmarxists' in a story which kookily conflates the blitz of the second world war with the blitz club of the 1980s London dance scene, aping the postmodern way that most nostalgic reruns of historic trends manage to make a mash up of time. Even the title of the story, Newromancer, is a pun on the classic William Gibson cyberpunk novel Neuromancer.
Future planet earth
There are two stories set in 2040. Helen Simpson's contribution is a diary account and possibly the most terrifying vision of societal breakdown to go with climate destruction. David Mitchell's, The Siphoners is also a scarey vision of the future, featuring a story within a story, reminiscent of the complexity of his novel Cloud Atlas. But it also involves a sobering reflection upon the possibilities and implications of population control.
One of the impressive features of this collection is the variety of different approaches to the topic, including reflections upon the numerous different ways in which we have trashed our planet, or at least exploited it, and may one day be called to account. For example The Tamarisk Hunter considers the importance of water supply as a vital resource and extrapolates upon the lengths that people will go to to obtain supplies.
Even the stories that have speculative or predictive elements to them are firmly rooted within the past and the present. Margaret Atwood's short-short story ends the book with a creation myth that turns into a destruction myth. She writes, In the fourth age we created deserts. Our deserts were of several kinds, but they had one thing in common: nothing grew there. Some were made of cement, some were made of various poisons, some of baked earth. We made these deserts from the desire for more money and from despair at the lack of it.
This collection may not persuade everyone to side with the bears, and that's fair enough, but it does present some of the possible reasons to do so in interesting and entertaining short-fictional ways. Royalties from the sale of this book go to 350.org, an international grassroots movement to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
This book review by Pauline Masurel originally appeared at Green Prophet and The Short Review. More Book Reviews on Green Prophet: Plastiki: Across the Pacific on Plastic, The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change, and A No Nonsense Guide to Climate Change


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Whatever happened to bin Laden?
Osama bin Laden – remember him? Where is he, and is the U.S. getting closer to killing or capturing him?
Those are the questions hovering over several recent developments in the Afghanistan war: the capture of Afghan Taliban military leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the killing of two key Taliban commanders and an increase in drone attacks.
But several authorities on the eight-year Afghanistan war say no one should expect to see bin Laden in handcuffs anytime soon.
"No, I don't think we're getting any closer," says Stephen Tanner, author of "Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban."
Tanner says the ISI, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency, knows where bin Laden is hiding, but is not ready to say.
"We got to make a deal with Pakistan because I'm convinced that he's [bin Laden] protected by the ISI," Tanner says.
Tanner says that rogue elements within the ISI – if not the Pakistani government – may be using bin Laden as a "trump card" to exert leverage over the United States. Tanner says that Pakistani leaders are concerned that the U.S. will draw closer to India, Pakistan's chief rival.
Flashing the bin Laden trump card will insure that the U.S. will continue to send aid to Pakistan because it considers it a bulwark against radical Islam, Tanner says. Without the bin Laden trump card, though, Pakistan would be in danger of being abandoned by the U.S., Tanner says.
"I just think it's impossible after all this time to not know where he is. The ISI knows what's going on in its own country," Tanner says. "We're talking about a 6-foot-4-inch Arab with a coterie of bodyguards."
Even if the U.S. draws a bead on bin Laden, he won't be captured alive, says Thomas Mockatis, author of, "Osama bin Laden: A Biography."
Mockatis says bin Laden has bodyguards who are tasked with shooting him if his capture seems imminent.
"Killing bin Laden would not be a good thing," Mockatis says. "He's already a hero. Killing bin Laden would just create one more martyr."


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Form S-18(redirected from Forms S-18)
Form S-18
A form the SEC formerly used to register issues of securities with less value, that is, with a value of $7.5 million or less. This form required less information than other security registration forms, but after complaints from some start-ups that it was still too complex, the SEC abolished Form S-18 and replaced it with Form SB-2.
Form S-18
An SEC registration form for use by issuers of securities having a market value of $7.5 million or less.


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The key is this excerpt from her autobiography provided by Levy, in which Ephron describes the aftershocks of her insane father's death:
"And when that happened, I don't know how to say this except...it was a moment of almost comic relief. It seemed entirely possible, in character, understandable, and I think we all filed it under Will I Ever Be Able to Use This in Anything?"The list of writers who've drawn from the well of family tragedy is longer than those solely reliant on the fictive muse; but in Ephron's movies pain has a clammy aftertaste. Grief is mined for sitcom punchlines. Lubitsch's movies exist in a tinker-toy world of his own making, but The Shop Around the Corner (the inspiration for You've Got Mail) draws finely shaded regret beneath the verbal foreplay (Frank Morgan's offstage suicide attempt hints at the consequences of drawing too often on decorum). The new Julia and Julia sounds promising, although the presence of RoboStreep makes me wonder whether we'll get this instead.
This is a family coping mechanism that was explicitly instilled. "Everything is copy," their mother used to say, which was related to her expectation that all suffering be reconfigured into a funny story be ore it was brought to her attention. "Take notes," she directed Nora, from her deathbed.


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DAYTON, Ohio - The national Air Force museum in southwest Ohio is closing some galleries starting next month due to federal budget cuts.
The director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton says the presidential and research and development galleries will be closed until further notice beginning May 1.
Museum Director Jack Hudson said Tuesday popular exhibits in the affected galleries include President John F. Kennedy's Air Force One and the high-altitude 1950s bomber the XB-70 Valkyrie. He says museum officials hope to reopen those galleries as soon as possible.
The budget cuts also will end weekly tours of the museum's restoration area after April 26 and cancel some lectures and all of the summer aerospace camps.
The museum has canceled staff training and travel and is deferring non-emergency maintenance.


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The L.A. Times article read like a blurb for a dystopian novel, or a story from a third-world country:
A death-row inmate is denied an appeal because his attorneys had switched law firms. A letter the court sent to the inmate's lawyers' old firm is returned, and the deadline to file an appeal expires before they can respond. The state and an appeals court ignore the clerical miscommunication by saying it's the state's prerogative to bar such appeals if the deadline has passed. The man may be executed before all his appeals are heard.
This is no Orwellian nightmare. It's a real case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving an Alabama man named Cory Maples who's in jail for murder. Maples is an admitted murderer whose appeal aims to avoid the death penalty, not prison. Even so, all prisoners in the U.S. criminal justice system should get hearings as far as their rights allow – especially when it comes to capital punishment. U.S Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia apparently disagrees.
There are at least three reasons this case should make you shudder. One is that Antonin Scalia, one of the nine U.S. citizens (presumably) hired to ensure some semblance of fairness in our legal system, responded to the draconian earlier rulings by saying (to Maples):
"You have a lawyer. It's up to the lawyer to follow what goes on it court."
So, Justice, a man's life now rides on his lawyer's diligence in monitoring his former employer's clerical staff to ensure they forward mail in a timely fashion? I wonder how many people in the United States make regular contact with their former employers to insist they get their mail.
Hell, Alabama will still probably lethally inject the guy even if he does get a proper hearing. Alabama, although ranked only the 23rd most populous state, is ranked 6th in executions since 1976 with 54. (This is many times higher than all of Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Japan combined.) One must wonder why Alabama has such a high proclivity toward the highest punishment.
The third reason this case is problematic is the death penalty itself. It is sentenced unevenly throughout the U.S. – state by state, and racially, at least, and I'd bet by the economic status of the accused. (Are there many wealthy accused murderers executed?)
There are many reasons the death penalty has been outlawed in most of the civilized world. The callousness by which it is enforced is only one of them. Antonin Scalia, in opposition to other conservative Justices Roberts and Alito, is the embodiment of such callousness. Shame on him.
And shame on the 34 states who still hold the power of life and death over their inhabitants. This ancient, fatally flawed system must go.
p.s. A ray of hope appeared in another L.A. Times story across the page from the above. After serving 25 years for allegedly murdering his wife, a Texas man was freed after DNA evidence showed that another man was responsible. He's lucky Antonin Scalia didn't sentence him.


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Well, after a year of it sitting on my hard drive, doing absolutely nothing, I think it's time I got rid of Halathon. Everything I worked on is in there, physics models, shape files, hi res textures, the lot! And the maps, of course.
So everybody- take it! Use it, whatever. Make your own stuff. Maybe one day this could be released, but I neither have the time or the will to do so myself, so it's up to you guys.
And without further ado, here's what's left of Halathon.


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- 1 medium onion, quartered through core
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup achiote paste
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (preferably Mexican)
- 1 4 1/2-to-5-pound bone-in pork shoulder roast (Boston Butt)
- 1 13x9x2-inch disposable aluminum pan
- Corn tortillas
- Yucantecan Pickled Onions (click for recipe)
- Habanero-Tomato Salsa (click for recipe)
Recipe Preparation
Heat medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic to dry skillet and cook until browned in spots on all sides, turning occasionally, about 8 minutes for onion and 4 minutes for garlic. Core and coarsely chop onion. Transfer onion and garlic to blender. Add orange juice and next 7 ingredients to blender; puree until smooth. Transfer to large resealable plastic bag; add pork. Seal bag, releasing excess air; turn to coat. Chill at least 4 hours and up to 1 day, turning occasionally.
For charcoal grill, light 30 briquettes in chimney starter; heat until ash-gray. Remove top rack from grill and place 1 disposable aluminum pan on 1 side of grill. Pour briquettes onto opposite side of grill. Return rack to grill.
For 2-burner gas grill, remove rack and place 1 disposable aluminum pan on 1 side of grill. Return rack; light grill (medium heat) on side opposite pan.
For 3-burner gas grill, remove rack and place 1 disposable aluminum pan in center of barbecue. Return rack and light grill on both sides of pan (not under pan).
For all grills, brush rack with oil. Place pork with some marinade still clinging on rack above pan. Close lid; insert thermometer into hole in lid. Cook pork until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of roast registers 195°F, about 3 1/2 hours, maintaining grills internal temperature at around 350°F by opening and closing vents, adjusting gas grill's burners, or adding more hot briquettes from chimney starter to charcoal grill.
Transfer pork to cutting board and let rest 10 minutes. Pull out and discard bone and any large lumps of fat. Using 2 forks or large knife, shred the pork; transfer to platter. Drizzle with a few spoonfuls of drippings from aluminum pan in barbecue, if desired.
Grill tortillas until slightly charred, about 10 seconds per side. Serve pork with tortillas, Yucatecan Pickled Onions, and Habanero-Tomato Salsa.


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Applied Strategic Planning: How to Develop a Plan That Really Works
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Plan future organizational success!
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My extra questions are...Do they exist in the reserves? And are the snipers coming from the Regs, or are the reservists trained as Snipers?I'm trying to join the reserves out here in BC, and would be interested in this field.
Theres a 99.9% chance these sniper quailified soldiers got their course while they were in the regular force.
Nice to finaly get some real answers besides the typical peanut gallery banter...of old timers barfing on newbies.
An eager recruit, upon being barfed on, will pick out the best chunks and wolf them down all the while asking for more. Catch my drift?
Before being called a nintendoninjasupersnipercommando used to be a insult, but you guys just embrace it an love it and made a club.


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DailyDirt: Interstellar Travel -- 'To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before'
from the urls-we-dig-up deptIf only interstellar travel were as easy as it is depicted in movies and TV shows like Star Trek... While we won't be traveling beyond our solar system anytime soon, there are already plenty of efforts underway to develop the technologies needed to make interstellar travel a reality. Here are a few examples.
- DARPA is funding the "100 Year Starship Initiative" which aims to make long-distance space travel possible within the next century. The initiative will focus on identifying and driving advancements in the technologies needed for interstellar flight, as well as using them to improve the quality of life on Earth. [url]
- According to an estimate of how much energy would be needed to make interstellar travel possible, it will be at least another 200 years before humans will have enough to trek to the stars. For example, a mission to send 500 people on a one-way trip into space would require 1018 Joules of energy for rocket propulsion. In comparison, a shuttle launch requires 1013 Joules of energy. [url]
- NASA's Glenn Research Center has compiled a list of some ideas for interstellar travel that are based on scientific knowledge that exists today. To make interstellar travel practical, we'll need to be able to control gravitational/inertial forces, travel faster than light, find ways to harness the energy in the vacuum of space, etc. [url]
- Icarus Interstellar Inc. is working on the concept of using powerful lasers to generate antimatter from the vacuum of space. The large amount of energy produced through matter-antimatter annihilation could then be used for interstellar propulsion. [url]
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The fiance and I didn't have classes today and I decided to get a little dressed up and do my make up nice because we were heading to the local movie theatre. When I say little, I mean little I think the theatre literally had two movies playing, Devil and The Last Exorcism. We seen the Devil, ehhh not that great. So I just thought I'd show my outfit... :)
Dress from Strawberry, earrings from JCPenney, shoes from Wet Seal, and purse, of course, by Bebe. :)
The other day at Wal-Mart I decided to hit up the make up section since it's been too long since my last makeup purchase. I wanted to check out the Hard Candy line. They had a ton in stock, I swear the people that live around here don't wear makeup. The isles were literally over stocked with stuff, crickets were chipping, that's how dead the isles were. But hey, I guess that's too my advantage. :) Here's some stuff I picked up. I haven't tried any of it yet because I was holding off to take pictures. Does anyone else do that? Let there stuff pile up just so you can take pictures and blog about it? lol Maybe it's just me haha.
Ohhhh guess what else?? I purchased the Juicy Couture purse today! :)


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Inspired by the rhythms i wanted to create some beat downtempo beats starting from faster loops. So, remix consist in additional processing that give at least that oldschool triphop feel: each beat was pitched down, filtered hp-lp, reverberated or delayed, distorted/phattened/crushed, normalized to -0.1
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The Read to Me Mommy swap was already set up to put me into nerdy heaven, what with the pleasure I took in sending off a copy of the girls' favorite pop-up encyclopedia, , and in making a variety of felt dinosaurs and a travel felt board (AND in finding an excuse to buy ), and in stencilling a parasaurolophus onto a child's T-shirt. But it turned out to be even better to receive my own swap package from my partner:
She sent an autographed copy of Seashells by the Seashore, a counting and shell identification book:
She sent shells, and stuff to decorate them with, if we ever get tired of just looking at them and playing with them as-is:She made a sewn matching game with hand-drawn illustrations:She made a beach bag out of beautiful fabric:And she made the most amazing, most elaborate, themed roll-up felt playset that I've ever seen:
The next Craftster swap that I'm currently signed up for is...wait for it...a DINOSAURS swap. My swap partner would like matchy stuff for herself and her sister, so it will be like crafting for my girls in the future! I bet they'll STILL like stuffed dinosaurs and stencilled shirts!


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 27, 2012) – Two U.S. women's beach volleyball teams will play for medals on Sunday at the Bangsaen Thailand Open, the final event on the women's 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour.
Jennifer Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.), seeded No. 2, won two consolation matches on Saturday to advance to the semifinals, where they defeated their U.S. compatriots Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.), seeded No. 7, to advance to Sunday's championship match.
Kessy and Ross will play Russia's No. 3 Evgenia Ukolova and Ekaterina Khomyakova for the gold medal on Sunday while Branagh and Fendrick, who had beaten both the Russians and their U.S. teammates on Friday, will face Brazil's No. 5 Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas de Freitas for bronze.
Kessy and Ross started Saturday with a three-set victory over against Greece's No. 6 Maria Tsiartsiani and Vasiliki Arvaniti (19-21 21-18 15-13) in 1 hour, 3 minutes. After that, Kessy and Ross beat Kazakhstan's No. 8 Irina Tsimbalova and Tatyana Mashkova in two sets (21-18 21-15) in 54 minutes on a hot and humid center court.
Kessy and Ross lost the first set against Branagh and Fendrick, 21-15. They turned things around in the second set, while Fendrick and Branagh started making more and more mistakes. Kessy and Ross took a big leap from 3-3 to 10-5 and again on Ross' serve from 17-11 to 21-11.
"I think our legs were starting to get warm in the second set," Kessy told the FIVB. "And our side-out was getting a lot better."
In the tie-breaker, Kessy and Ross put in some more effort to finish with an easy 15-8 in a total time of 51 minutes.
"We just knew we would not have to save energy for anything now. In the first two matches today, we knew we had to play at least another game," Ross said.
Kessy added, "But it was tough in this heat. During warm-up we were so delirious, we were laughing and giggling. But we said, just go and do it."
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Renovate to Retain: Updating Your Club
When was the last time you renovated? If you just opened or recently renovated your facility (and you did it right), you shouldn't need to renovate for several years. If you didn't renovate or build right, it's going to cost you, because you'll be doing it much sooner than you expected.
You shouldn't just update and renovate as a reaction to physical conditions. You should also update and renovate based on member needs and what your competition offers. Both play a role in determining when to update because they affect your membership and, of course, your bottom line.
This is a service-oriented business, and people want the best. Your club's appearance and maintenance are crucial for membership — both new and renewals.
Physical Conditions (Visible and Invisible)
The obvious dilapidation of your facility is a good indication that it's time to renovate, but don't wait until the roof falls in before you give your club a facelift. By having an effective maintenance plan, you can avoid unnecessary major repairs, and keep members satisfied.
This plan will keep you focused on the club's physical appearance and well-being. Sometimes the simplest of things, like a fresh coat of paint, will make your club look new — and make your members happy. In addition to the physical building, your maintenance plan should include routine inspections of furniture, equipment and technology (e.g., sound system, computers, televisions, etc.). Keep on top of the details.
The invisible systems of your facility should also be included in your maintenance plan. The main areas to address are plumbing, lighting and ventilation. Here are some issues to consider.
The biggest maintenance culprit is usually the wet areas. Showers and steam rooms are responsible for most major damage of locker rooms. Once water gets behind the tile, it's too late. Here are some tips for avoiding that:
Regularly inspect grout in all tiled areas. Once grout starts to go, you must re-grout or you will risk losing tiles.
If you're already missing tiles, you may not know the source of the problem. Water travels in unpredictable ways. Get a good architect or contractor to help you with the necessary repairs and waterproofing both outside and inside the walls.
The materials you don't see, and may forget about, are just as important. Use materials that retard water.
Inspect your facility for signs of water damage on a regular basis — bubbly paint, mildew and condensation on walls in non-wet areas.
Lighting may be the most important part of your plan. The best lighting designs show off the club, make it sparkle and create mood. Whether you rely on natural or artificial lighting, plan on how to keep up with its care. Burnt-out light bulbs are like missing teeth — it's the first thing people notice. (The same goes for dirty windows.)
Ventilation is very important. Air conditioning is crucial for cardio, and even more so for wet areas. You must remove moisture from the air or it will destroy your club from the inside out.
A general rule of thumb is to have a 15 percent humidity maximum and a 20 percent fresh air minimum. To achieve this, your ventilation system must be working properly. To make sure it is, have it serviced on an annual or semi-annual basis.
While members appreciate a clean, well-maintained facility, you could still lose them if your equipment is somewhat outdated or you don't have an entertainment system.
The fitness industry is a competitive field. People go to a health club to be inspired and motivated to exercise. Your club needs to be ever-evolving in order to maintain your members' interest. Find out what your members want in their club. Most people have very short attention spans, and when they get bored, they move on. Provide variety and modernize. Show members that you care.
Of course not all clubs are the same nor do they cater to the same clientele, but each club owner/manager should keep in mind what factors play an important role in attracting and maintaining members. Step back and look at your club as a potential new member would. First impressions attract members, and upkeep maintains them.
Alex Harrow, AIA, and Jennifer Wehr are both with the New York City-based firm Freyer Collaborative Architects. Harrow has extensive knowledge of health club renovation and maintenance. Wehr's background is in marketing and interior design. They can be reached at (212) 598-0900 or www.freyerarchitects.com.
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