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What makes a better pet-cats or dogs
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Dogs vs. cats: Which are better?
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Facebook Digg Del.icio.us Google Stumble Upon Newsvine Reddit Technorati Feed Me Yahoo Simpy Squidoo Spurl Blogmarks Netvouz Scuttle Sitejot + What are these? Decembers New Scientist magazine has answered one of the great questions of our time: Which pet is better, a dog or a cat?
While the science involved in determining which animal is superior is slightly suspect (surely, it is a case of personal preference, no?), writer Kate Douglas went at the question from a scientific angle, formulating 11 categories and rated dogs and cats accordingly.
1. Brains
Dogs have larger brains, but cats have larger brains as compared to their body size. But whats really important is the number of neurons found in the cortex which indicates information processing capacity. Cats have almost double the number of neurons than dogs at 300 million versus 160 million.
The winner: Cats
2. Shared History
Human life has been intricately bound with the dogs and cats for thousands of years, but which animal was first in our hearts? The latest research seems to show that dogs may have been domesticated as late as 16,000 years ago notably as food, not companionship. Scientists believe cats only became domesticated by about 9,600 B.C.
The winner: Dogs
3. Bonding
To test how close the emotional bonds are between dogs and humans, dogs were given a strange situation test. A dog gets distressed when the owner is absent and the environment is unknown, and happy when the owner returns. Naturally the bond between the dog and the owner is very close.
Cats refused to participate in the test in the first place and were upset when taken out of their own environment, which may say more about their character than their bonding qualities.
The winner: Dogs
4. Popularity
Without digressing and pointing out its easier to keep a cat in an urban environment than an Irish Wolfhound, the magazine compares number of animals in the top-10 cat- and dog-owning countries in the world. In pure numbers, the cats win with 204 million felines in those countries versus 173 million dogs.
The winner: Cats
5. Understanding
Dogs can learn to obey verbal commands, hand gestures and discern information from the look on the pet owners face. Scientists believe cats are capable of these feats as well but, once again, the cats independent nature and lack of motivation prevents scientific data from being compiled. Dogs win this one though we suspect cats could care less.
The winner: Dogs
6. Problem solving
Cats typically refused to participate in this round as well. However, dogs have not done as well in problem-solving tests as compared with their cousins, wolves, whose brains are one-third larger. Yet, when it comes to working dogs that help the blind, sniff out drugs of find trapped humans, there is no comparison. Who ever heard of a Police Feline Unit?
The winner: Dogs
7. Vocalization
Dogs bark and cats purr and its obvious which sound is more attractive to the human ear. Scientists believe that cats are using their solicitation purrs to bring out the nurturing side of humans. Barking is something that alerts us to danger but doesnt make us feel as warm and fuzzy.
The winner: Cats
8. Tractability
Tractability, or the ability to be trained, is a quality that dogs excel at. Dogs respond to stimulus and reinforcement and are really interested in making their owners happy. Cats? Meh.
The winner: Dogs
9. Super senses
In the smelling skill area, a bloodhound will top a cat but in fact the average cat has more smell receptors than the average dog. Cats also have better eyes and ears.
The winner: cats
10. Eco-friendliness
A medium-size dog's green eco-print is 0.84 hectares, the area it takes to feed it annually. For cats, its just 0.15 hectares. The magazine notes that both pets are menaces to local wildlife such as birds.
The winner: cats
11. Utility
New Scientist has delved into health benefits of owning these pets. Cats can relieve stress when you sit and pet them but walking a dog can add years to your life by lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
The winner: dogs
The conclusion: Dogs are better than cats, but just by a hair.
Dog owners can rejoice and cat-owners, like their pets, can simply take no notice at all.
Cat maid to:
Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.-English Proverb
While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. Stephen R. Covey
What a hoot!
Thanks for sharing that!
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
that was good.
Too funny.
LOL to the post! thanks for sharing... pro-dogs!!!
Well that was defiantely good for a giggle
Women are angels, and when someone breaks our wings . . .
We simply continue to fly . . .On a broomstick.
We are flexible like that.
This was my favorite one:
There are only two rules at my house: House rule #1. Cats rule. House rule #2. See rule #1.
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|Conspiracy Theories
Title text: There are a lot of graduate-educated young-earth creationists.
A conspiracy theory purports to explain a social, political, or economic event as being caused or covered up by a covert group or organization. A typical example is the moon landing conspiracy, which asserts that no human has ever reached the Moon.
Once a conspiracy theory starts, it often grows stronger. Facts agreeing with the theory are, of course, evidence for the theory. Facts disagreeing with the theory are considered part of the cover-up, and thus prove there is in fact a cover-up, so they're also evidence for the theory. In the Moon landing case, videos of men walking on the Moon are assumed to be faked by Hollywood studios, so the existence of fake videos proves the cover-up. Also, the absence of filming crew or anything else needed for faking a video is considered further proof of how carefully the cover-up was planned. No matter what happens next, it will be evidence for the conspiracy theory. Because of this, people who present facts against a conspiracy theory tend to get quickly frustrated.
It could seem like smart or educated people should reject conspiracy theories for lack of proof, however this is not the case. In the comic, Hairy (who is considered "smart" by Cueball) starts pointing out errors in the "official" 9/11 story, obviously starting to describe the 9/11 conspiracy theory. Cueball cuts his speech sharply, and his heart is broken because he's seeing his smart friend wasting his great intelligence in a foolish conspiracy theory, instead of doing something useful.
In the second panel, Cueball rants about conspiracy theories in general. He mentions Young Earth creationism, the Moon landing and Perpetual motion machines. In the third panel, Hairy mentions that of course we never landed on the Moon. This frustrates Cueball so much that he just walks away with no further comment.
In the last panel, Cueball asks God to fix the bug he committed when creating smart beings capable of believing such foolish things as conspiracy theories. This is a not-so-subtle joke as, to atheists, God himself is quite similar to a conspiracy theory. Indeed, any evidence against God's existence put forward by an atheist is met with a "whatever happens, it's God's will" by believers' side. This is much like any other conspiracy theory, so in this last panel Cueball is pictured as contradicting himself by complaining that other people believe in foolish conspiracy theories when he himself is very plainly believing his own foolish conspiracy theory.
Of course, from believers' perspective, atheism also has many characteristics of a conspiracy theory. In particular, atheism and agnosticism are a small subculture--actually smaller in the U.S. than the 9/11 Truth movement--that thinks a large majority of people (about 95% of Americans believe in God [citation needed]) have been deluded into believing something ridiculous by conspiracies (i.e. churches and conservative politicians) that benefit from spreading misinformation on the subject. Some atheists are rational in that they take evidence against this position seriously and adjust their beliefs to fit all the facts, but some are quite willing to make claims that have been decisively refuted.
A "bug report" is a description of some error that occurred when using a computer program, to inform the developer of a problem that needs to be fixed. Filing a "bug report" to God should be unnecessary, as God is generally understood by believers to be omniscient, and thus already aware of the problem (and allows it to exist for inexplicable "God's will" reasons).
The title text references the number of educated people who believe in Young Earth creationism.
- Hairy: The official story of 9-11 is full of holes. Take the--
- Cueball: Please, stop, because seeing this happen to you breaks my heart.
- Cueball: Conspiracy theories represent a known glitch in human reasoning. The theories are of course occasionally true, but their truth is completely uncorrelated with the believer's certainty For some reason, sometimes when people think they've uncovered a lie, they raise confirmation bias to an art form. They cut context away from facts and arguments and assemble them into reassuring litanies. And over and over I've argued helplessly with smart people consumed by theories they were sure were irrefutable, theories that in the end proved complete fictions.
- Cueball: Young-Earth Creationists, the Moon Landing people, the Perpetual Motion subculture -- can't you see you're falling into the same pattern?
- Hairy: You don't seriously believe we landed on the moon. Do you?
- [Cueball flees.]
- [Cueball praying:]
- Cueball: Dear God.
- [Booming from the sky:]
- God: YES, MY CHILD?
- Cueball: I would like to file a bug report.
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I have an alternate interpretation of the last panel: instead of Randall using the concept of religion as a conspiracy theory, Cueball clearly believes in a god that exists and this god answers when directly addressed. The existing paragraph's explanation seems to bypass most of the humor in favor of the irony in the religion-conspiracy link. Each time I see this comic, I view the last panel as Cueball (who I would expect to participate in user-driven software quality assurance) legitimately contacting the author/creator (of the universe/Earth/Humanity) to submit a bug report in the same way he would contact the Firefox developers about a bug in their browser. However, it does stand to reason that Randall could have intended both the in-place joke and the external irony.Tryc (talk) 14:44, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
- I agree that there is nothing in the comic to suggest a 'religion' or 'atheist' conspiracy theory. I personally would just trash it, but people are sensitive to religious crap, I find. I also have a personal belief that the majority of the 95% (or whatever the true figure is) of Americans who believe in God do so only to the extent that they will answer 'Yes' to a survey question asking if they believe in God. Such a belief does not otherwise inform or alter their lives in any perceptible way. 184.108.40.206 19:25, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Religion is not a conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theorists have proof. 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
For me, the most interesting tension comes from ("self-reflective") bug report which doesn't (only) refer to conspiracy theorists but, maybe even more, to Cueball himself who beleives in God but still thinks that his own belief in God is a bug to be reported. Reporting could be seen as reporting to God in which he beleives. And that's the simple one. But also reporting that bug could be a report to the consciousness existing beyond the constraints of very comic Cueball is part of. That consciousness is then xkcd audience. Existence of such a consciousness beyond comic's universe would be the equivalent of God in some other universe. Self-reflective awareness of that "alien" existence, and not having a proof for its own comic universe, would make Cueball a religious guy. Randall Munroe decides about the proving possibilities in this particular case. Marcell (talk) 00:39, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
There's a bug in paragraph three... As of the time of this comment, the second sentence reads "The people are more involved in this questioned issues are just getting frustrated about this human behavior." As written, this is nonsense, and clearly exhibits several grammar errors. Unfortunately the explanation lacks clear clues as to what this sentence is intended to convey, so I have no point of reference from which to fix it without occluding the intended meaning. Help, please. 184.108.40.206 02:18, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
- I've done my best to fix it to what I think was the intended meaning, and to make it flow with the surrounding explain.18.104.22.168 02:34, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
I interpreted the last panel as a jab at the subset of atheists who claim intellectual superiority while still believing in random conspiracy theories. -- Flewk (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
before: The title text refers the large number of educated people who believe in Young Earth creationism, stating that the earth is only thousands of years old, instead of the billions of years evolutionary scientists suggest. after: The title text refers the large number of educated people who believe in Young Earth creationism, stating that the earth is only thousands of years old, instead of the billions of years evolutionary scientists and geologists(isotope dating) and physicists(big bang theory) suggest.

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NVIDIA GTX 690 Review
Just over a month ago NVIDIA proved it was on the right track when it released the GTX 680 that featured an all new GPU micro architecture called Kepler. The GTX 680 proved to be the fastest single GPU card on the block and addressed issues that seemed to dog the Fermi-based offerings including power consumption and heat. With the drop to 28nm, the GK104-based GTX 680 delivered excellent power consumption and thermal performance to match its impressive gaming performance. It soundly beat AMD's HD 7970 in just about every test it was run through including in Surround (Eyefinity) resolutions of 5760x1080. Again, impressive to say the least. Now here we are a month later and NVIDIA just announced the successor to the GTX 680 with the introduction of the GTX 690. This balls out card features not one but two full powered 28nm GK104 GPU cores with 3072 CUDA cores and 4GB of 6Gbps GDDR5 memory. I have to think NVIDIA learned some valuable lessons from the GTX 590 that was down clocked to meet a power envelope to put a card such as this out as its flagship offering. If it is as good as GTX 680 SLI it will prove to be a success.
NVIDIA brought new technologies to the party when it released the GTX 680 including Adaptive VSync, FXAA, and dynamic clock control called GPU Boost. To go with those we get Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TXAA) for improved visual quality with a lower hardware overhead performance hit. Built like a tank, the GTX 690 should prove to be the ultimate gaming card for those that have to have the best multiple screen or high resolution gaming experience. Lets see what makes it tick!
Closer Look:
About a week ago I received a package from NVIDIA with a strange item in it; A pry bar with the inscription "For use in case of Zombies or....." with the NVIDIA logo to the side. A pretty cryptic thing to be sure. The obvious implication is that the card would arrive in some kind of special packaging and indeed it did. A crate with the words "Caution Weapons Grade Gaming Power" burned into the wood that needed the pry bar sent last week or a least a big screwdriver to open. Having seen the industrial design of the GTX 690 during NVIDIA's announcement this past Saturday an industrial strength package was needed to drive the point home. That it does. Inside the crate under several layers of foam was the object many (including myself) have been anxious to see.
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The architecture has been discussed endlessly online so let's see what went into making the GTX 690 arguably the highest performing video card on the planet.


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A new west-side dining concept hopes to take local customers on a nostalgic journey that promises delicious food and family fun.
A new west-side dining concept hopes to take local customers on a nostalgic journey that promises delicious food and family fun.
On Monday, a franchise location for the Connecticut-based gourmet burger chain Jake's Wayback Burgers will open in 2,000-square-feet of the former Blockbuster Video space at the Reidville Circle shopping center at 1735 John B. White Sr. Boulevard.
The store is owned and operated by a group of Spartanburg restaurateurs led by veteran Paul Melotte, proprietor of the local Bella Latte coffee company and a 15-restaurant franchise for national pizza chain Little Caesar's.
"We're extremely excited to bring this concept here to Spartanburg," Melotte said. "We spent a lot of time reviewing potential ideas for this market. The leadership at Jake's is incredible. They're easy to work with, supportive and thorough. We felt this was a perfect fit for this market."
Melotte is joined in the venture under the Jake's Southeast LLC banner by his longtime business partners Andy Hall and Heath Henderson, as well as his friend Terry Stathakis, owner of Sugar-n-Spice near downtown.
The ownership has brought in young gun Andrew Lyda to serve as store manager and hired 24 employees to operate the 54-seat restaurant.
It will be the first Jake's location in South Carolina. Founded in 1991 in Newark, Del., the company has 61 stores in 14 states, with the closest in Morganton, N.C., according to its website.
"We are very excited to have this team on board," said John Eucalitto, president of Jake's Wayback Burgers. "We think they will do extremely well for us. You couldn't ask for a better franchisee: someone that has the experience that they have and the exemplary way they operate their existing businesses."
The d�cor of the restaurant is in keeping with the Jake's simple, rustic style, modeling the great American roadside burger joint. It includes butcher-block countertops, barn red paneling, subway tiles, and stainless steel, as well as sepia-toned vintage Americana photographs in black frames.
Jake's menu includes a selection of hand-made burgers cooked to order and a variety of toppings. It also has hot dogs, grilled chicken, chicken fingers, a garden and turkey burger, a B.L.T., grilled cheese and a garden or Caesar salad. Sides include house made chips, onion rings French fries.
Entr�e prices range from about $3 to $7. A kid's meal is available with fries and a drink for $4.99. The restaurant will serve 12 flavors of hand-dipped milkshakes and malts from about $3 to $4.50.
Melotte has been given the go-ahead from Jake's officials to season his restaurant's burgers—something that the company previously didn't do.
"I guess we'll be the proving ground," he said.
In the kitchen, a full range of new equipment from Vulcan sits sparkling.
The back room contains one feature that Melotte is particularly proud of. Rather than using a traditional grease trap, he has selected a unique, space-saving indoor storage system from the B.O.S.S. line that allows grease to be pumped out from a large via a valve in the back wall.
Melotte credited Brian Lancaster Construction Co. with renovating the space and helping the ownership accomplish what they wanted for the store.
"The way we all work together is remarkable," Hall said. "But it's Paul's vision. We all have different hats we wear. It's very rewarding to see this come to fruition."
Melotte, 53, said it has always been his dream to return to the burger business, where he started 37 years ago at an A&W restaurant in his hometown of Lindstrom, Minn.
After college, the father of four went to work for McDonald's corporate team. Eventually, he got into the pizza business with Little Caesar's. He said he has plans to open at least one more pizza restaurant in Spartanburg.
Last summer, Melotte opened the doors to his new caf�-style Bella Latte shop at 1595 E. Main St. adjacent to the Spartanburg Regional Federal Credit location in Duncan. He also has one other Bella Latte stand on the west side at 1637 John B. White Sr. Boulevard.
But for now, he's focused on Jake's. He said more there is a possibility that he will open more locations across the Upstate and beyond.
"This is the most exciting because I've wanted to get back into burgers," Melotte said. "And now we're doing it with what I think is the best product in the country."
Jake's will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
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It is believed that Michel Ancel, the creator of Rayman, could leave Ubisoft after the release of Rayman Legends.
It'd be sad if this had an impact on BGE2... I think it will :(
The article didn't mention that Gamekult contacted Ubisoft. The company "denied categorically", and so did Ancel appearently. However, according to the source , an anonymous developer "Michel Ancel wishes to step away peacefully from Ubisoft, taking some other persons with him. If it does happen, it won't happen in tears and blood. Ubisoft is aware of his decision and nothing says the company won't be involved in Ancel's projects, one way or another."
From the Article it sounds like Michel Ancel is very pro-Nintendo?
Does that mean more WiiU titles from him, if this is true?
Just a scenario:
Could he be a replacement for Miyamoto who keeps talking about retiring?
Could he take over a Mario franchise?
Is he going to (c)Ancel his employment contract?
Hate me if you will, I know I deserve it for that.
All of these comments, but few of them comment on why he would be doing such a thing.


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Supervalu Inc., the nation's No. 3 traditional supermarket operator, said Thursday it will sell 877 stores in five grocery chains to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management.
The chains are Albertson's, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Shaw's and Star Market.
The 19 Albertson's in Louisiana are not part of the sale; they already are owned by the investor group. The Albertson's here were acquired in a 2006 deal that got the investor group 200 Albertson's stores in the South and Southwest.
Bob Miller, who heads the Albertson's already owned by the Cerberus-led investment group, said the performance at the newly acquired Albertson's could be improved.
"In 2006, we acquired a set of stores that lacked investment and were in tough shape," he said, noting that those stores have grown into a "solid regional supermarket chain with growing sales."
Of the Louisiana stores in that transaction, seven were in Baton Rouge, three were in Lafayette, two in Lake Charles and one each in Alexandria, Bossier City, Broussard, Denham Springs, Hammond, Mandeville and Shreveport.
Following the latest sale, Supervalu will focus on its Save-A-Lot discount stores, as well as its smaller regional chains Cub, Farm Fresh, Shoppers, Shop 'n Save and Hornbacher's. It will also keep its wholesale business that distributes groceries to stores.
The investor group will pay $100 million in cash for the Supervalu stores, and the new company will assume $3.2 billion in existing debt.
Supervalu has struggled for years to turn around its business. The broader supermarket industry has been facing growing competition from big-box retailers such as Target, drugstore chains and dollar stores. While bigger chains such as Kroger Co. have adapted by tweaking store formats and improving discount programs and product offerings, Supervalu has scrambled to keep pace.


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ST. LOUIS – Even before playing extensively in tonight's preseason finale against the St. Louis Rams, Ravens' third-year linebacker Sergio Kindle hoped that he had already done enough to survive the final roster cuts.
However, Kindle, who has been active for just two regular season games since he was selected in the second round of the 2010 draft, admitted that he'll still feel some anxiety Friday when the Ravens have to trim their roster from 75 to 53 by 9 p.m.
Though coaches have lauded Kindle for the progress that he's made during training camp, they've stopped well short of saying that he is a lock to make the team, and Kindle knows that his performance tonight will certainly factor in that decision.
"I feel pretty good, but I don't want to be overconfident," Kindle said. "Who knows what goes on upstairs? I haven't done anything to feel like I'm on the [roster] bubble, but of course I haven't done anything not to be on the bubble either."
Kindle, 24, had a strong start to training camp and was even working with the first team at some points early on. However, he become less and less noticeable at practice and a shoulder stinger also forced him to miss some time. Kindle was hurt while making a tackle in the Ravens' second preseason game against the Detroit Lions and he didn't play against the Jacksonville Jaguars last week.
"It's unfortunate to get injured at this point in training camp because it's crunch time right now," he said. "But I feel that what I've done as of yet is enough not necessarily to solidify a spot but to give them a good look at what I'm capable of. It can only get better from there."
While admitting that he is focused on making the team, Kindle acknowledged that he has thought plenty about the Sept. 10 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. After sustaining a serious head injury that forced him to miss his entire rookie season and after barely playing last year, the thought of contributing to a Ravens' regular-season win consumes him.
"Nothing is given to you. You have to work for it. I feel that I've put in enough work and I feel that I've progressed enough to make the roster, but I just can't stop there. I have to keep climbing, keep getting better every day, every practice," he said. "Hopefully, this is going to be another step in my comeback."


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Israel's pipe dream: getting oil from Iraq
Times Senior Correspondent
Published August 15, 2004
There's an old joke Israelis like to tell on themselves: Their ancestors followed Moses around for 40 years and he led them to the only place in the Middle East without any oil.
More than three millennia later, Israel's energy outlook has barely improved. Although it is in a region awash with oil, the Jewish state must import most of its supplies from Russia because Arab oil producers refuse to deal with it.
Assuring Israel of an adequate oil supply has long been a goal not just of Israel itself, but also of pro-Israel factions in the United States. Thus emerged a controversial plan that is still kicking around even though its chief booster, Ahmad Chalabi, could soon be behind bars.
Once the Pentagon's choice to lead the "new" Iraq, Chalabi promised to reopen an old British-built pipeline from Kirkuk in northern Iraq to the Israeli port of Haifa. The plan impressed Richard Perle, Douglas Feith and other conservatives influencing Bush administration policy toward Iraq in the lead-up to last year's war.
The idea also drew enthusiastic response from Israel.
"The pipeline would be a dream," Yosef Paritzky, Israel's minister of infrastructures, said as reported by Salon.com. "We'd have an additional source of supply, and could even export some of the crude through Haifa. But we'd need a treaty with Iraq . . . to build the pipeline."
Once Chalabi assumed a position of influence in the new Iraqi government, Israel would get its treaty, the neoconservatives were assured. The pipeline was by no means the only reason for going to war, but it could well have been one reason.
After the invasion, though, Chalabi began to slide from U.S. favor when it became apparent his Iraqi National Congress provided faulty intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. A rival, Iyad Allawi, became Iraq's new interim prime minister, and an arrest warrant issued last week accuses Chalabi of counterfeiting Iraqi currency.
As Chalabi's bubble deflates, so has the idea of the Kirkuk-Haifa pipeline. But does a pipeline even make sense? Yes and no, experts say.
A direct pipeline from Iraq might reduce Israel's energy costs, now inflated by the cost of shipping oil from Russia. Because the pipeline might cross Jordan, that struggling country could reap lucrative transit fees. And the United States, a close ally of both Israel and Jordan, would benefit from better access to the rich Iraqi oil fields, thereby reducing U.S. dependence on Saudi Arabia.
All reasons why the pipeline is such a political hot potato.
"Even the suggestion is going to create trouble because it fuels all Iraqis' suspicion that their country was invaded for Israel's benefit," says Jeremy Binnie, Middle East editor of Jane's Sentinel.
He and other experts note Iraq already has several outlets for its oil, including terminals on the Persian Gulf and a major pipeline through Turkey. The big problem is not a shortage of outlets but protecting the ones it has.
The pipeline through Turkey is frequently sabotaged, and Iraq temporarily stopped pumping oil from its southern fields because of violence in the region.
"Until you can secure an existing pipeline it may not make sense to build another one," says Jim Burkhard, director of oil market analysis for Cambridge Energy Research Associates in Massachusetts.
Another expert questions Israel's claim it could save 20 percent on energy costs by getting oil from Iraq instead of Russia.
"Given the near-perfect price arbitrage in oil markets, this is quite implausible," economist Thomas R. Stauffer writes in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. "Only two interpretations suggest themselves.
"First, the Russian oil mafia has succeeded in bilking the Israelis - a formidable task. Or, second, the Israelis and their allies in the Bush administration presume that they can force Iraq to sell oil into the line at a steep discount."
Even if the pipeline never materializes, Israel has an ace in the hole. Under a 1975 memorandum of understanding, the United States guarantees virtually all Israel's oil needs in the event of a crisis - even if it means reducing the amount of oil available to Americans.
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CRESTVIEW � Crestview High School athletic director and head football coach Tim Hatten, a month in his job, is still in the initiation phase. Though he hasn�t been here long enough to develop a clear vision for the Crestview football team and athletic program, he has broad ideas for the program.
CRESTVIEW � Crestview High School athletic director and head football coach Tim Hatten, a month in his job, is still in the initiation phase.
Though he hasn�t been here long enough to develop a clear vision for the Crestview football team and athletic program, he has broad ideas for the program.
WATCH Coach Hatten describing his broad vision for Crestview High's football program>>
Establishing identity
"When I came in here and I interviewed, I talked about a program having an identity," he said. "We haven't established an identity yet, but we want to be able to do something that we are known for.
"We have one of the best bands in the state here. When you talk about bands, you talk about Crestview High School and you have to talk about the Big Red Machine. We need to have something that mirrors that in football."
Crestview High�s football program should be renowned for its discipline and polish, Hatten said.
WATCH Tim Hatten talk about the importance of a polished team>>
"They need to understand what I expect � and what I want as a head football coach � out of them as football players," he said. "It is going to take some time for us to figure that out between each other.�
In the meantime, �we will sure go out there and do things the right way, whether it's winning or losing,� he said.
Continuity vs. complacency
Fostering continuity is another factor in Hatten�s formula for success � with some considerations.
"I think you have to establish continuity without developing complacency," he said. "Complacency (in coaching) is what you've got to fight on the back end. You've got to be just as energetic in year 14 as you were in year one.That's part of staying with the program, keeping your nose to the ground, and letting the kids know what you expect. And doing that year in and year out.�
WATCH Tim Hatten talk about the Bulldogs' coaches>>
While some of the Bulldog programs, such as track and baseball, have remained stable through the years, the softball program has its fourth coach in as many years.
The team would never be successful until a coach stays for the long haul, Hatten said.
"I think we have a strong nucleus of coaches, but obviously, you don't want to have that kind of turnover in one position," he said. "Continuity is always good because it helps the kids know what to expect.
"Having had a chance to watch our softball team play several games over the past two weeks, they are a very competitive group with some very, very good talent � both seniors and underclassmen as well. That's a very promising group, athletic-wise, and we need to make sure we give them a good atmosphere for being successful.�
That strategy should work across the board, Hatten said.
�(If) you develop some tradition and some good habits, you end up molding these kids ... into great young men and women and great players. And when they graduate, they go off to college somewhere and � whether they participate (in athletics) or not � they go on and carry the values that you teach them."
More responsibilities
Hatten, as athletic director, oversees more than 20 sports, which he said dwarfs the six or seven sports his high school offered just more than 30 years ago.
"I think it makes it a little more difficult," he said. "You want to make sure you give attention to all of your sports. And the role I play, or I want to play, is to be an AD that helps programs.
"I don't want to be a regulator so much as I want to be someone that says, 'Hey, what do you need? What I can I do for you?' And provide that ... the time, need, work or whatever. That's the main thing you want to do when you try to manage all of these sports."
Time budgeting is the key to handling a large program, Hatten said.
"I think it's as much of a struggle for an administrator as it is for the AD because you have to cover all these sports, and there is something going on basically every night � certainly every other night at the local high school � and those are the events that we cover administratively," he said. "Certainly, when you try to manage 22 sports, as opposed to six, there are different challenges you have to overcome. You have to manage your time.�
Supporting coaches� value
Having skilled assistant football coaches, and head coaches in other sports, makes Hatten�s job easier, he said.
"You have to surround yourself with 10 or 11 guys helping you out as assistant coaches on the football side of it, and we have some great coaches in our other sports ... that do a great job in running their program," he said. "They are very, very low maintenance and they take care of their own fundraising and they run their complete program ...
WATCH Tim Hatten talk about the benefits of on-campus coaches>>
"That helps when you've got guys like (track coach) Ernie (Martin) that has been here a long time, (baseball) coach (Tim) Gillis has been here a long time, and coach Combest has been through so many things. Those kind of folks can help you out a great deal so you can provide attention to some (other) areas you need to so you can try to get a couple of wins out there to keep us around a couple of years."
Catching up
With spring football starting May 1, Hatten said the team is trying to catch up with other Bulldog sports.
"I think the other sports are handling their images and their identities," he said, adding, "I want to make sure we are all on the same page.
"From what I've seen, we need to get our program up to snuff with some of the other programs, in terms of baseball, volleyball the band, softball, and that kind of thing."
WATCH Tim Hatten discuss "losing the right way">>
Though the football program needs work, the players are doing their part, Hatten said.
"We are impressed with the way the kids are working, and the effort they are giving us,� he said.
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.


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A new variant of the ACCDFISA Protection Center ransomware has been released called Malware Protection. The malware developers target Windows servers and appear to hack them in order to install the software. Once the Malware Protection ransomware is installed, it will lock you out of computer and create password-protected RAR archives out of your data that you can no longer access unless you pay a $300 ransom. When installed, the Malware Protection ransomware will scan your computer for all files using certain file extensions and will use the command line RAR program to turn them into a password protected RAR archive. These files will be renamed with the .aes extension and are supposed encrypted with the AES encryption. You will then be prompted to pay a ransom in order to get the decryption key to restore your files. The decryption key starts with aes987156 and then the password for the RAR files is appended to it. The decrypt.exe program will read through the list of encrypted files and extract them to the proper location using the RAR password. In the past version of this malware, there have been some cases reported that the decrypt process actually deleted the files, so once you have the RAR password it is suggested that you use a manual method restore the files. A manual method using a batch file can be found in the How to remove and decrypt the ACCDFISA Protection Program guide. The files that this infection installs can be found in the following locations:
C:\decrypt lock\decrypt.exe C:\how to decrypt aes files.lnk %System%\csrss32.exe %System%\csrss64.exe %System%\svschost.exe C:\security lock\svchost.exe C:\decrypt lock\decrypt.exe C:\ProgramData\system files\ntbavtnjs.bat C:\ProgramData\system files\vpkswnhisp.dll C:\ProgramData\mssupport\aes256crypter.exe
As these are 32-bit programs, if you are using an x64 version of Windows, they will be installed in the C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder instead. This infection will also create a service with the Display Name User Profile Services and a Service Name of ProfSvcs. Some people have reported that they have found the aes256crypter.exe process running. This is a command line RAR program and if you see it running you may be able to launch Sysinternals Procmon and look for Process Start operation for one of the above files. Double-click that line and you can see the command line used to start it. If the process was for aes256crypter.exe, there is a good chance the password will be shown on that line. I hope this helps those of you struggling with this. If you have any other information to share, please let us know here.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Malcolm Armstead hit an 18-foot jumper from the top off the key with 3.8 seconds to play Tuesday night, lifting Wichita State to a 53-51 victory over Virginia Commonwealth.
Cleanthony Early added 13 points and Carl Hall 12 for the Shockers (2-0), who beat VCU for the first time in three tries. The Rams (1-1) knocked them out in the second round of the NCAA tournament last season, and beat them on last-second free throws two years ago during the regular season.
Juvonte Reddic scored 22 points to lead the Rams (1-1). He had two free throw attempts with five-tenths of a second left that would have tied it, but the first spun out. He missed the second intentionally but was called for a lane violation.
Darius Theus added 15 for the Rams, including a 3-pointer that tied it at 51 with 26.6 seconds to play.


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When the flooding along rivers in eastern Arkansas subsides, row crop farmers will likely have something else to worry about in addition to lost planting time and debris cleanup: new weeds, especially herbicide-resistant ones.
"When the water goes down, farmers are going to have some unpleasant visitors in their fields — the kind of visitors that don't go home and cost farmers money," said Ken Smith, Extension weed scientist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
"We're moving mixed populations of weed seeds around in flood water, including seeds from weeds resistant to glyphosate herbicide, and farmers downstream along rivers, such as the White River, are going to end up with someone else's weed problem.
"Several counties along the White River in northeast Arkansas have high levels of resistance."
Farmers have a lot of worries — including the high price of fuel and fertilizer — and weed problems won't immediately be high on their list of concerns. Farmers have lost winter wheat and valuable planting time for other crops. They've booked wheat and other unplanted crops to take advantage of high futures prices, and they'll have to scramble to make good on their contracts, Smith said.
"But at some point, the weed issue will become a problem that farmers will be forced to address."
Smith said many seeds readily float, including grass seed and resistant pigweed seed, and floodwaters will spread resistant species to areas that don't currently have a problem. Farmers may find weed species they've never had a problem with before.
"I'm afraid that once the water is off, farmers will plant Roundup Ready soybeans, spray them and forget about it," he said. "Don't be caught by surprise. Monitor your fields. If your field is underwater, scout it closely."
The good thing about pigweed seed is that it doesn't persist long in soil. If farmers do a good job controlling weeds this year, they'll probably have few problems next year. If farmers miss the opportunity to control it this year, their fields will become infested for the long term.
For resistant pigweed, there's no over-the-top herbicide control in cotton and few in soybeans, Smith noted. If farmers in flooded areas aren't expecting resistance by the time they realize there's a problem, it's too late.
"Flowing water is capable of moving almost anything — including seed," Smith said. "But many seeds are specially adapted for movement in water. Some have a waxy coating, others may have air bladders or corky structures that help them float."
Various studies have shown that as many as 200 million seeds per acre could be deposited by water. Some studies have found as many as 77 different weed species moving in river water.
"It's interesting to note that the most common seeds found in many of the studies were barnyardgrass and pigweed. Farmers have known for years that land that is prone to flooding is likely to have the worst weed infestation. Herbicide resistant biotypes make this a more severe threat."
Smith said the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture offers two publications with the best available resistant management techniques for different crops. The publications are: "Prevention and Control of Glyophosate Resistant Pigweed in Roundup Ready Soybeans and Cotton" (Fact Sheet FSA2152 — available at www.uaex.edu) and "Herbicide Resistance a Growing Issue in Arkansas" (Fact Sheet A2152 — www.aragriculture.org/weeds/herbicide_resistance.pdf.).
(Editor's note: For more on Smith's recent weed resistance work, see http://deltafarmpress.com/mag/farming_high_incidence_arkansas/index.html)


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Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair (UK - DVD R2)
The Wilson Bros confess that they like their 70s British sex comedies smutty
Though David Sullivan's rampantly successful 1977 magnum opus Come Play With Me was considered to be the beginning of the end of this particular subgenre, there were still a few features that came after it, squeezing out the final drops from the soggy used tissue that was the seventies British sex comedy.
This film was handled by Tigon Productions, who were once the played third banana to Hammer and Amicus in the British horror film stakes, but by this point were now reduced to distributing dubious films from other companies. Tigon insisted on saddling The David Galaxy Affair with the awkward ' Confessions From...' prefix, as a tenuous way of trying to tie it into the riotously popular series of films that starred Robin Askwith—worse still, it was eventually re-released with the blunt (not to mention entirely misleading title of Sex Slave. Talking of Tigon, the man behind it was Tony Tenser—a guy who was more interested in the financial side of things than the artistic side—and they should have had a caricature of him as Tony Tigon on the poster of each Tigon release, along with a speech bubble that exclaims 'They're crrrrrrrrrap!'
The story concerns professional astrologer and lothario David Galaxy (Alan Lake, aka Mr Diana Dors), who finds himself entangled with the Law and must be able to provide an alibi to clear himself from an incident that involved robbery and murder five years previously.
There is a secondary storyline that has Galaxy being lured into an attractive proposition—to earn a lot of money if he can give a wealthy socialite (Mary Millington) the first orgasm of her life. This sub-plot is merely an excuse for Millington to get her kit off and have simulated sex with Alan Lake—if it wasn't simulated, then one could easily imagine Diana Dors standing on the side of the set, rolling pin in hand and tapping her foot with a scowl on her face.
We both had a serious problem with main storyline, in that is doesn't make it clear that Galaxy played any part in the robbery that is mentioned throughout the film; if the audience was actually informed either way, then the audience would be able to decide how to approach the protagonist and adjust their feelings in preparation for the climax of the film. Without this, the audience spends much of the time hoping that they are going to be told, but this is not the case and a sense of deep frustration hangs over the things.
Alan Lake's performance is deeply frustrating; Lake was a talented actor, but the good work he does here is undermined by some of the most shameless mugging ever seen on the silver screen, so bad in fact that Jim Carrey would have thought that a modicum of self-restraint would have been called for. One instance shows where the self-indulgences of Lake were curtailed in the editing room occurs during the sequence where the gorgeous Sally Faulkner berates him for failing to get it up the night before. She sings a spiteful ditty about not 'having it', before throwing him a sausage and walking off. Lake brings the sausage to towards his mouth, as though to mimic a cigar, but the editor unleashes a pre-emptive strike by cutting away before Lake is able to do some sort of Jimmy Saville impression and mug at the camera once again.
When called upon to occasionally provide a bit of pathos or drama, he certainly delivers the goods, but these are very few and far between. Lake loved the camera and if we're being honestly, it was probably a mutual appreciation, as has a suave nature that is captured perfectly on film, dominating every scene he's in.
Lake's effervescent personality belies the fact that within a few short years, his life would be beset by tragedy; his wife, Diana Dors, would be diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1982 and would eventually succumb to it two years later; Lake also discovered that he was terminally ill with a brain tumour and committed suicide by shooting himself in the head a few months after his wife died.
Mary Millington is better than usual—the acting coaching that she had been taking from John M East seemed to be paying off—and she delivers a performance that is noticeably better than the 'deer-caught-in-the-headlights' one she gave in Come Play With Me. Had she not died, Millington would never have been a 'good' actress, but should she have continued, certainly might have been a competent one, as her dialogue delivery in this film is far more natural than had been seen previously.
Diana Dors had been popping up in numerous exploitation films during the seventies, just appearing in one or two scenes, taking the money and running. Around two decades before this film, Dors was being promoted as a 'Blonde Bombshell' and the 'British Marilyn Monroe', and after starring in Yield to the Night, Dors looked as though she was going to be a heavyweight actress, but sadly this did not happen, so she was reduced to glorified cameos in films that would have been beneath her just a few shorts years earlier. Dors does the usual three scene appearance, but she doesn't quite take-the-money-and-run, as she provides the vocals for the irritatingly catchy theme song. It's a more respectable turn than her one in Adventures of a Taxi Driver, anyway.
Appearing alongside Dors is Bernie Winters, who was still in his wondering-what-to-do-now-that-Mike-has-pissed-off phase and before he decided to get a St Bernard and reinvent himself to be more popular than his sibling and former partner. Winters plays Dors' chauffeur, who has a penchant for necking generous amounts of alcohol whilst his employer isn't looking. It's not exactly a deep, soul-searching thespian role, and whilst Winters hams it up more than a little, he's not bad.
Special mention must go to Glynn Edwards, who plays Chief Inspector Evans, the copper who is determined to see David Galaxy go down; Edwards always was a great actor, and he is given material to sink his teeth into and plays the character with nicely-judged levels of characterisation, playing both good cop and bad cop in one scene. Though Edwards' eventual epitaph will include the words 'Dave the Barman from Minder', he was much more than that as the performance in this film clearly demonstrates. He still seems a little uncomfortable without That's Life's Gavin Campbell by his side, as he was in The Playbirds.
There are a number of other recognisable faces filling out the supporting cast, including Anthony Booth (who was one of the mainstays of the Confessions series) and future golfing Mafia member Kenny Lynch in the role of a barman. There is always something a little uncomfortable about the sexual side of Lynch being brought out, as we first discovered when he winked at a couple of coupling 'kids' in Carry on Loving. 'Going all the way?' Get a room and some porno, Kenny!
If Mary Millington somewhat unfairly got top billing on the posters for what was little more than an extended cameo, then David Sullivan's insistence on having his new squeeze Rosemary England (who only appears in one or two scenes) getting second billing on the posters was downright insulting to Alan Lake, who doesn't even get his name on the posters, despite being the star and playing the title character.
With the Miss Beauty Bust contest that opens the film, director Roe certainly didn't believe in close-ups, with the talent good money had paid for all shot from a long way off. Surely if you wanted to get as much flesh as possible in the movie, then getting all the unclothed crumpet in tight (or even medium) shot would be seen as a priority. Much of the rest of the film is shot using medium-shots, which is the hallmark of low-budget filmmaking, as close-ups are expensive and time-consuming. Clearly a case of these girls suffering from a lack of exposure.
It being the 1970s and in the wake of the legalisation of homosexuality, there are the expected number casual put-downs for that particular lifestyle. Most come in the form of Lake's stock effeminate tones, obviously drawn from his time on the stage, with the scene when he uses a spot of 'poofy' acting to get out of being beaten up by former Bond villain Milton Reid for having sex with his wife.
Not content with merely offending the gay community, Lake also delivers some lines with accents that would offend Indians, Pakistanis and the various black communities, in a manner that wouldn't look out of place in an episode of Mind Your Language, or even the infamous Curry and Chips. Norman Chappell made a mini career of this stuff a few decades ago, so just take a look at his 'Indian Bus Conductor' in the movie Love Thy Neighbour to see how far society has come.
One of the few instances which point towards his involvement in the crime he's being fitted up for is told during the sepia flashback, which indicates that he might have been collecting protection money. It's a short step from that to out-and-out theft, but if you want to try and connect the dots, it's the best place to start.
There is a certain tradition in British adult films which is proudly maintained here, and that is the defilation of authority figures. The Confessions series managed to taint the image of the police, driving-instructors, the aristocracy and others, whilst The David Galaxy Affair has its wicked way with traffic wardens. They are clearly the source of anger to many, and having Mr Galaxy trick her into his bed just makes the collective revenge even sweeter. It's almost as though such humiliation is written into the script as surely as it is into a Bill Murray contract.
One of the 'money-shot' sequences comes when our man with the medallion brings a couple of birds over to his pad, where their preoccupied host shuns their advances, opting for a lesbian rumba instead. They strip off and get frisky, but what caught our collective eye was the peculiar variance in suntan between the girl, almost looking like positive and negative versions of each other—one very white with thick pubic hair for panties, the other with a healthy tan but with a blinding-white tan-line on her entire bikini area. Not that it detracted from the onscreen action, but what could ruin such a scene for us—eh, readers??
Our guess is that the services of Mr Lake were an expensive proposition, and he was able to negotiate his way out of doing second unit work. This is evidenced by a sequence where our loyal coppers are tailing him on the way to the races. All of their stuff is with Glynn Edwards actually driving the van he's sitting in, but when we get close-ups of Lake cruising the streets of London in his Mercedes, it uses some of the most awful poor-mans' process we've ever seen. The camera rocks a little whilst some kind of torch is flicked at the car to simulate light of some description, which is rather puzzling, given that it's supposed to be broad daylight.
The best performance in the film comes from Queenie Watts, who only has a single scene, but delivers the goods in a manner that comes as quite surprising compared the rest of the turns; Watts plays Galaxy's mother and he telephones her as the noose is tightening around his neck, only to find that he has broken her heart one time too many. Watts is great in this small role, and the emotional level she demonstrates is head and shoulders above most of the cast.
Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair has been remastered from the original materials and it really does look a treat; the colours are pretty fresh and vibrant and there is precious little in the way of damage and debris onscreen; if Odeon had been so inclined, this is one remastering job in their Slap and Tickle series that would have certainly been able to survive the leap on to Blu-ray. If there one issue we have with it, it is that the 1.33:1 aspect ratio was probably not the one used for theatrical exhibition, as it was clearly shot and framed with the 1.85:1 ratio in mind, because there are copious areas of dead space at the top and bottom of the screen. It could have survived being cropped to 1.78:1, but that might have been at the expense of image quality. It's fabulous work nonetheless.
The Dolby Digital mono soundtrack is fine; obviously mixing it into 5.1 would not really have been that productive, but what is here is clean and clear, as clear as the original materials will allow, with Diana Dors' vocals on the annoyingly catchy theme song being perfectly discernable.
As with other more recent titles in Odeon's Slap and Tickle series, Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair comes with another film, that is just a few minutes short of being officially classified as feature-length, but essentially gives the viewer a double-feature.
Queen of the Blues
Welcome to the hottest strip joint this side of Soho, where the women are hot and their dance routines so red hot that the seats come with an asbestos lining! Mary Millington and Rosemary England top the bill and a high old time is guaranteed for all.
We welcome back the familiar face (and teeth) of David M East, who became close to the late Ms Millington during the final, troubled years of her life and had a hand in a number of adult productions during this golden age. He plays Mike Carter, co-owner and resident comic at the new burlesque club, who along with his little brother Tony (Allan Warren) run into a whole heap of trouble when the mafia try to force a protection racket on them. Undeterred, they keep the strippers stripping as the mob keep on screwing. Turning the screws. But you got that. Hopefully.
With the local mafia turning the screws still tighter, the club decides to use passive resistance and satire in amusing acts of defiance. As the hoods sit watching, one of the girls walks out dressed as a gangster during a routine and forces another stripper to disrobe, bullying them into lesbian manoeuvres. We're not sure if our boys with the switchblades are either too dumb or too aroused to spot they are being satirised, but you can hear it whizzing over their heads. There's many a truth spoken in jest, and Mike Carter decides to fire off swipes at his oppressors during his turn as MC.
It's a happy coincidence that John East was a family friend of the late Max Miller, and channels all of his energies into imitating him for the club comic. The delivery is the same, the gags are the same, Hell, even the suit belonged to the Cheeky Chappie. He does an OK impersonation, but in the end, it is only imitation. There are times when East is so desperate to rattle off the material that he forgets to breath, leaving viewers to exclaim 'exhale for Chrissake!' when nearing the end of a particularly long sequence. The suit becomes akin to Excalibur, and though East is able to get a decent grip on it, the sword remains firmly in the stone.
While Rosemary England was getting more coverage in the pages of David Sullivan's publications at the time, it's the late Ms Millington who stands out from the rest of the birds here. In one sequence involving backroom banter, you can practically see one of the girls being poked with a stick to queue them for their next piece of dialogue. It's been said that Millington helped with the dialogue on these scenes, giving the benefit of her time soaking up bitchy repartee from other 'performers', and although some of them don't carry it off that well, the words themselves seem very authentic. Millington was still making a better go of things when Queen of the Blues was lensed, and he puts most of her younger rivals to shame, which isn't bad for a woman who knew that—in one way or another—her time was short.
As the chief heavy, we have dear old Felix Bowness. We always wanted to grab the little bastard by his shirt-collars for that annoying way he would mouth off at the camera during the end credits of every episode of Hi-De-Hi[i]. Maybe we saw too many 80s sitcoms, but Bowness really rubbed us up the wrong way in this one, coming off as both irritating and wooden, which is some sort of triumph. His performance is so lifeless that it's almost as though his fee was a blowjob from one of the girls, but the producers made the mistake of filming his scenes immediately afterwards, and the result is as awkward as the aftermath of a marriage proposal during sex.
There are few instances where you can get away with a line of dialogue as sexist as: [i]'Cor, look at that!' in a movie, and it's tried here by Bowness. He and Milton Reid are ogling the strippers during their routines, lustfully planning out which one they are going to make an offer they can't refuse—not matter how much they kick and punch. Bowness proves that you need a great deal of suave to make that line work, and he doesn't have it. It's a tricky one to pull off, and from memory, the only instance it being delivered successfully was by Windsor Davies in Carry on Behind.
An element of danger has always set the world of stripping aflame, igniting primal desires within mankind as a woman imperils herself for the gratification of the audience, and the 1970s nature of Queen of the Blues presents an opportunity to do so unique to its' decade. One of the dancers combines the spectacle of fire-eating in her routine, and whilst this might be thrilling enough, the intensity is double-dipped by the prospect of her bushy pubic hair going up in a moments' carelessness. Ever wondered why Brazilians are so popular among strippers these days?
Even Mary Millington has a little trouble with her zipper when performing a routine, and whilst this might not seem like much, it's pretty disastrous for a stripper. Her fastening gets her into more trouble than Peter Wyngarde and George Michael combined. Given that this was to be Millington's final film released before her untimely death, it almost seems disrespectful to intersperse her routine with dialogue sequences as she pumps her heart out on the stage.
Whilst we are pointing out flaws in the movie, one which is only subtle managed to stick in our collective craw. The film opens with the club in full swing, with a poster on the wall proclaiming 'Mary, Queen of the Blues'. A couple of scenes later, the Carter Bros proudly proclaim the new name of their establishment: The Blues Club. It's a golden rule to always check your timeline whilst writing.
On the same subject, Queen of the Blues furnishes the viewer with a continuity error which Ed Wood might have blushed at. A car arrives at the club during the evening, shrouded in moonlight, and two guys get out of the car. We then cut to a reverse, and the action has miraculously switched to broad daylight. As if to proudly confirm suspicions, it cuts back to the previous angle during the evening once again. From looking at it, they didn't get the coverage they needed first time around, and set up a reverse to get better shots of the cast, but forgot to put have it day-for-night, leaving the disparity glaringly obvious.
A grand tradition of vaudeville is kept alive by the movie, that of stealing jokes from other performers. Kenny Everett had a really funny one about how a woman takes on the qualities certain countries as she ages—e.g: when in her 40's she's like Africa—dark and mysterious, etc. It ends with her 60s being akin to Australia: everyone knows where it is, but nobody wants to go there. East pilfers this routine, although changing the punch line to lesser effect. Bob Hope earned the nickname of 'the thief of bad-gags' for his wholesale looting of others' acts, but whilst East isn't in the same league, it's nice to see the spirit kept alive. Still, there's no guarantee where Everett got the joke from in the first place.
The low-budget, shoot-and-run nature of the project is revealed in a number of instances, with one piece in particular standing out. A couple frequenting the club have some back-and-forth banter, setting up for a punch line at the end of the sequence. This is all well and good, but the haphazard staging sees the final line left almost inaudible as one of the onstage acts ends and the patrons applaud over his efforts.
When it comes to the aforementioned patrons, we're all for audience participation when it comes to live entertainment, but we're baffled at the sight of naked women in the audience of the club. Fans of The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show will dress as their favourite characters whilst watching from the stalls, but we're at a loss to explain just why women would feel the urge to do the same thing at a strip-show. We're certainly not against it, just confused!!
The Blues Club is haunted by a ghost during the final ten minutes, making way for a gag about the ghost being the source of phantom pregnancies. While the haunting is too phoney to be anything other than a prank, we still can't believe they missed the opportunity for a joke about the girls involving putting having the willies up them!
With the repetitive nature of some of the acts—the wee lassie who risks life-and-groin with her fire-eating routine appears twice—you'd be forgiven for expecting to see The Muppet Show's Statler and Waldorf sitting in a booth slugging back overpriced, watered-down drinks...
'She's better watch out with that fire she's breathing—those pubes could set the whole place alight!'
'As long as it stops the rest of the acts coming on…!'
'Haw, haw haw haw!'
And cue Zoot with a blast on the saxophone.
Existentialist viewers will doubtless delve into the darkest recesses of their mind to make sense of the goings-on in the club, and we have pondered this very thing ourselves. Being aficionados of most things Ed Wood, we were reminded of the Wood-penned movie Orgy of the Dead, where a couple of hapless lovers are forced to endure the tortures of the damned, via the medium of a middling striptease acts. OK, maybe it's more like the vision of Hell in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, where we see the writhing bodies of nubile women flaunting themselves, only to vanish when the tormented soul tries to make a movie on them. No? What about the end of Amicus' The Vault of Horror, where the events you have witnessed is played out night after night as penance for wicked crimes committed during life? Your choice on this one…
Queen of the Blues is almost a love letter to burlesque, that adult form of variety, where the acts are interspersed with comedy and other forms of entertainment, and sometimes in this case, when the striptease acts aren't going down so well. With hard-core taking over the rest of the world, there must have been a concerted effort to get some cinematic mileage from it before it disappeared forever. If it wasn't saddled with a plot, Queen of the Blues could almost have been the British equivalent of Teaserama, or Varietease.
Odeon have seen fit to include Queen of the Blues as merely an extra to Confessions From The David Galaxy Affair, but they could have easily released it on its own as the final movie of Mary Millington. The image quality is not exactly wonderful and couldn't possibly compete with the main feature, but it is on a par with Emmanuelle in Soho, and the audio is OK, too. It really is a gift to fans of 70s British 'porn' to be given this as bonus material.
We'll finish up on Queen of the Blues with some words from John M East (via the routine of Max Millar): 'When roses are red, they're ready for plucking. When a girl is sixteen, she's ready for…'.
Trying getting away with that these days. The joke, too.
Arabian Knights: Photographer, filmmaker and pornographer George Harrison-Marks directed this short and sweet hard-core skin-flick, which sadly has had the second-half removed due to content. Originally running at around fifteen minutes, Arabian Knights was filmed at a hotel and featured actor Milton Reid in the role that destroyed his acting career—thankfully, he didn't take part in the hard-core stuff). Rosemary England also appeared in this one, along with a nice, rotund BBW who gets her kit off with the rest of the bevy of beauties. Aside from the talent on-screen, it's amazingly poor stuff. It's a pity that Odeon didn't try their luck with the BBFC on this one—only the first seven minutes are here—but it's unlikely that it would have been passed uncut; it would have been more acceptable to have fogged (Japanese style) certain parts of the screen during the hard-core scenes. To just feature the first half of something is pretty disappointing.
Image Gallery: From the personal collection of author and spokesperson for the Dirty Mac Brigade, Simon Sheridan, a barrage of posters, photographs and other promotional material for Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair are presented for your viewing pleasure. It's nice to see the original UK Hokushin video cover—that takes us back. Some of the more scuzzy images that were used to sell the film in Paul Raymond's jizz mags are also featured here, along with numerous pictures of Rosemary England, whom Raymond was trying to market as the successor to Mary Millington. It's also fascinating to look at the kind of misleading bollocks that was used to market Queen of the Blues—a couple of posters scream 'The sex secrets of Hamburg come alive on film!' That one has us scratching our heads and leads us to believe that the Trades Descriptions Act wasn't quite as watertight then as it is now.
Trailers: Previews for the usual suspects on the Slap and Tickle label are presented for your viewing and potential purchasing pleasure. They're all great fun and we don't tire of seeing them.
Booklet: As with Come Play With Me and Emmanuelle in Soho, a booklet with notes by Simon Sheridan is included to enhance and enrich the experience by giving you a huge amount of background information on the production. We strongly urge fans of this particular sub-genre to check out his weighty tome, Keeping the British End Up—Four Decades of Saucy Cinema.
Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair is wildly uneven (and that includes the lead actor's performance), but there is much to enjoy, with enough nudity to keep those into that sort of thing amusing and some entertaining performances from the cast. The main plot is muddied and not sufficiently resolved in a satisfying manner, but that really is secondary to the main reason why people would want to watch this particular film and the sterling work that the folks at Odeon have put into the film's restoration makes it all the more appealing to watch it and soak up all those late seventies vibes.
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I give up, who is the censor face?
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It's Mary Whitehouse, Gabe - she was the Tipper Gore of Britain in the 60s-80s. We thought it appropriate to use her face...
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Ps: We cracked open a bottle of champagne when she finally popped her cloggs.
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Ps: We cracked open a bottle of champagne when she finally popped her cloggs.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 12th July 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: None
Extras: Queen of the Blues, Arabian Knights, Image Gallery, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Willy Roe
Cast: Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards, Anthony Booth, Mary Millington, Diana Dors
Genre: Comedy
Length: 90 minutes
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Has anyone had any experience with permitting software. Mainly for inspections, septic and building. I need it to integrate with our GIS. I know about CityView, but I don't know anyone who has used this. Comments, suggestions.
Has anyone had any experience with permitting software. Mainly for inspections, septic and building. I need it to integrate with our GIS. I know about CityView, but I don't know anyone who has used this. Comments, suggestions.
When I worked with Greensboro NC we had Keane build us our own plan tracking and permit program to the tune of 800,000 it has been written up by the APA and a few others a few times so there should be info out there on it. Fantastic but Id caution you not to work with Keane what a cluster they were to deal with.
If you have more detailed questions or want more info on the program let me know, I was on of the team leaders for the design.
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I happened to see a demonstration of GIS and permitting software when I was at the ESRI conference in San Diego last summer. Some folks out of the Atlanta area. The conference was quite hectic and I was a student in the early part of my GIS certificate program, so I really can't tell you anything about the software in any kind of meaningful technical terms. But I did a search and came up with this article: http://www.accela.com/usa/corporate/...nCO_081203.htm
I hope that helps.
The place I just left uses Acella. It has a basic built - in GIS component, but it is not what I would call an integrated GIS. We got dupped into buying it and then couldnt implement the GIS component without running on two platforms (Acella and ESRI). Check it out before you make the plunge!
The two companies with largest market share in Australia are:
GEAC The relevant product is 'Pathway'. I understand the parent is a US company. Pathway is, I believe an Australian product that GEAC bought when they took over an Australian company, Stowe. We use their old system (TCS) and will migrate to Pathway in March 2004.
Civica Their product is, I understand, more suited to smaller organisations. I have no experience with their software.
We use something called Permit Works, which is great for tracking building permits, planning/zoning permits, and code enforcement. There's a component that is the master behind each parcel (ownership and other data) that we use for GIS.
I don't do it on a regular basis, but the conversion of tables to our system (we use ArcMap 8.2) works well. I would sugguest that you make sure whatever software you use is not only compatable with your current GIS software, but that the interface is easy/seamless as possible.
*cough* Canadian company *cough*Originally posted by Rem
I understand the parent is a US company.
Same difference .Originally posted by Tranplanner
*cough* Canadian company *cough*
Sorry about that Chief.
Recently I asked about this on an Oregon planners list. The responses I got were favorable regarding Accela and Blackbear. I was told to stay away from Avaner.
One thing to consider (two, actually) is ensuring that whatever system you go to is easily compatible with your GIS (we use MapInfo) and with whatever software your finance department uses.
Holy old threads, Batman!
OK - can we get an update to this list? What permitting programs do you use in your land use/zoning/building permits office(s)? Are they helpful?
Would you rather sometimes just use an Xcel spreadsheet, or a running list on paper?
Is anyone familiar with the program 'CDP'? Community Development Partner? It's by Gov Partner?
The City of Edmonton built a system called POSSE - which they sold to Computronix. Here at the City of Calgary - we use it; and it seems to be pretty good. It's got a few things which are a little whacky; but with time you get used to it.
When I worked for HRM (Halifax Regional Municipality) on the east coast; they used Hansen 7. I know Hansen has a web-based version now - but it worked really well (I found) since you couldn't progress in the process until everything was done.
I'm doing research to find out who is using what type of Permit Tracking Software and is it working the way you thought it might? How much did it cost to implement etc... Any information that you can provide would be helpful. I work in a community of 25,000 and we see approx. 1000 permits being reviewed and issued each year.
Did you use the 'Search' function? IIRC last summer there was a fairly extensive thread on this. Maybe spring.
Athens-Clarke County just implemented EnerGov - GIS based / Silverlight - multiple departments (Building Inspection, Planning, Public Works mainly - also Public Utilities, Fire, Health, Solid Waste, Health, Transportation, etc..
I'm looking for a new product. Does anyone have a system that you like? We are a town of around 3,000 with some growth.
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We use BluePrince here which works pretty well.
I've used MyGov with some success. I know one thing for sure: stay the hell away from the InCode family of products. Words cannot describe my disdain for that program.
I've also heard good things about a program called MyPermitNow, which was developed by a Council of Government in Louisiana. Several cities in Central Texas are converting to it, and we are likely to join them.
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We just switched, why I don't know but it suxs.
We use Trakit by CRW. Everybody seems to like it. (I forgot my password. )
I am with Navigar and we provide a customized Permit and Compliance solution that automates and streamlines your Permit Tracking system. Our solution is focused on small and mid size municipalities. If you are interested and provide me contact information I will be happy to talk with you for a few minutes and see if it is a good fit.
We use HTE available through Sungard, with mixed reviews.
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Historic Pres converted to it several years ago. Since then, the talking heads discovered that the way the system is configured means every year we have to pay the POSSE people to update the system to pull current Appraisal District info, update the user list, update tracking and update file linkage. So, as a result of that finding, we haven't updated since 2006.
As a user of it, I find the must-update-every-other-entry a waste of time, and the list of operations required to get to the staff report is seriously crazy. I found some short cuts and shaved about 10 minutes off the time for a routine maintenance request entry, but otherwise it's a known bad program that I would otherwise like to replace with something a) more user-friendly b) more adaptable so other divisions and departments can use it c) more intigrative with other software (not including GIS - it does fine there so far) and d) less counter-intuitive.
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Through all of their struggles, D.C. United could at least take solace in the fact that they hadn't allowed more than two goals in any of their last nine matches.
The Chicago Fire put an end to that in a 4-1 win on Saturday, bouncing back from two straight losses with a dominant defeat of the league's last-place team.
Chicago broke down the D.C. defense with ease as they opened up a 3-0 first-half lead via two assists and a goal from Joel Lindpere, who returned to the lineup after starting on the bench for the Fire's last three games.
Chris Rolfe was the first to strike when Lindpere played him a well-placed early cross, tapping a first-time finish past out-of-position goalkeeper Joe Willis just two minutes after the opening kickoff.
Nine minutes later, Lindpere benefitted from pinpoint service when Jeff Larentowicz charged down the right side of the field, playing the ball around defender Daniel Woolard before turning the corner and playing a cross to Lindpere, who slammed it home.
As time was set to expire in the half, a savvy passing sequence led to Lindpere playing a one-touch chip through to Chris Rolfe, who raced clear and placed his shot into the lower right corner, registering his first multi-goal game of the season.
United's hopes of a second-half rally took a major hit when halftime substitute Quincy Amarikwa quickly made an impact, charging into the D.C. box and earning a penalty kick some 10 minutes after the break. Mike Magee converted the spot kick for his 12th goal of the season, tied with Camilo Sanvezzo for the MLS lead.
D.C.'s chances came few and far between, but Luis Silva offered some consolation when he curled in a gorgeous shot from 25 yards out in the upper corner in the 59th minute of his United league debut.
But Chicago's surge made Silva's debut goal an afterthought as the Fire coasted to an easy win.
The Fire now sit in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, five points behind the fifth-place Dynamo. The Men in Red will try to gain ground on that final playoff spot when they head to Houston next Saturday.
Ben Olsen's retooled United team registered four points in their last four games, their best run of play since early in the season, but they looked lost on Saturday. They'll try to regain some confidence when they host the New England Revolution next weekend.
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|What We Saw
|Chris Rolfe
|The Ohioan had his shooting boots on tonight, plus his movement pulled the D.C. defense apart over and over.
|Joel Lindpere
|The Estonian has been hungry for PT. His work rate and passing along the left flank showed why he deserves it.
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Wed, May 15: Traders Shopping for Macy's Stock
Paul Vigna looks at Macy's better-than-projected earnings report, which gave its stock a pop in early trading on Wednesday. Traders are also watching Deere & Co. as well as Cisco. Photo: AP
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Release date: October 28
Thirty-two to vie for title of Miss Wayland 2003
Thirty-two students at Wayland Baptist University will compete for the title of Miss Wayland 2003 during two days of pageant events slated Nov. 1 and 2.
Themed "Motown: A Little Bit of Soul," the event begins Friday with the talent competition featuring presentations from all 32 contestants in Harral Auditorium at 7 p.m. Interviews by judges will take place on Saturday, with the final pageant event scheduled for 7 p.m. that evening in Harral.
Saturday's pageant will feature an opening number and the evening gown competition. After the judges announce their Top 10, those candidates will perform their talent presentations, followed by the announcement of the Top 5, the final interview question and the crowning of the new Miss Wayland.
Brian McClenagan, director of counseling services at Wayland, will emcee the event with help from Carla Douglas Hardy, Miss Wayland 2000. The current Miss Wayland, Ashley Wood, will crown the new winner.
Tickets for the event are $2 for Friday's talent competition and $3 for Saturday's pageant. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Contestants for Miss Wayland 2003, in order by their contestant number, include the following (click on name to see photo):


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Antonio Villaraigosa, who served eight years as L.A.'s 41st mayor, has bought a contemporary house in Hollywood Hills for $2.5 million.
The 1970s home takes in views of such landmarks as the Hollywood sign and the Griffith Observatory as well as downtown Los Angeles and the ocean.
The renovated multi-story space has skylights, a two-sided fireplace that defines the dining room, expansive windows, blond wood floors and pocket doors that open to decks and balconies.
The family room leads to an art studio. There are three bedrooms, a breakfast area, an office and four bathrooms.
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