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Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces the addition of Cry It Out, written by Molly Smith Metzler, to close its 43rd season, May 10 – June 17, 2018. The previously announced The Legend of Georgia McBride, directed by Lauren Shouse, has been re-scheduled to open the season, playing September 14 - October 22, 2017, replacing Bruce Graham's Sanctions.
Cry It Out was commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville and premiered at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in spring 2017. Northlight's production, directed by Jessica Fisch, will be the first outside of the Festival.
Cooped up on maternity leave and eager for conversation, Jessie invites the funny and forthright Lina for coffee in their neighboring backyards. They become fast friends, quickly bonding over their shared "new mom" experience—and arousing the interest of a wealthy neighbor hoping for a similar connection. This insightful comedy takes an honest look at the absurdities of new motherhood, the dilemma of returning to work versus staying at home, and how class impacts parenthood and friendship.
Molly Smith Metzler's plays include Elemeno Pea, The May Queen, Carve, Training Wisteria and Close Up Space (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist). Regional Theatre: South Coast Repertory, the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Chautauqua Theater Company, Geva Theatre Center, and City Theatre Company, among others. Off-Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club. Awards include the Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center National Student Playwriting Award, the Association for Theatre in Higher Education's David Mark Cohen Award, and the Mark Twain Comedy Prize. Metzler is an alum of Ars Nova's Play Group and the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages. She is currently under commission at Manhattan Theatre Club and South Coast Repertory. Television: Codes of Conduct (HBO); Casual (Hulu); Orange Is the New Black (Netflix). Metzler was educated at State University of New York Geneseo, Boston University, New York University's Tisch School for the Arts, and The Juilliard School.
The 2017-18 Season is now as follows:
By Matthew Lopez
Directed by Lauren Shouse
September 14 - October 22, 2017
A down-on-his-luck Elvis impersonator has an overdrawn checking account and a baby on the way. When a drag show takes over the entertainment at the Florida Panhandle bar where he performs, he'll also be out of a job…unless he's willing to step into some high heels. This heartwarming, music-filled comedy celebrates the unexpected path to finding your true voice.
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Jessica Thebus
November 9 – December 17, 2017
William Shakespeare wrote some of the world's most beloved plays – but without his friends, they may have been lost to history! Follow the members of Shakespeare's own company as they cunningly navigate the production of the First Folio in 1623. They may not have any money or clear-cut rights to his work, but they're armed with wit, humor, a deep camaraderie and a passion to preserve the plays that shaped their lives. With the help of their wives and colleagues, two actors set out not only to print a collection, but to uphold a legacy for the world.
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Ron OJ Parson
January 25 – March 4, 2018
At the start of the Great Recession, rumors of impending closure surround one of the last auto plants in Detroit. The nation's financial crisis gets personal as each of the workers confronts the life-altering choices they must make if their plant goes under, while the supervisor is torn between allegiances to his makeshift family of co-workers and management's "cost-saving" demands. When pushed to the limits of survival, how far over the lines are people willing to cross?
The third play in Dominique Morisseau's Detroit trilogy, Skeleton Crew was named one of Time Magazine's 10 Best Shows of the Year.
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by BJ Jones
Featuring Kate Fry
March 15 – April 22, 2018
This Tony Award-winning dark comedy is set in the provincial Irish town of Leenane. Forty-year-old spinster Maureen Folan lives with her manipulative aging mother Mag, stuck in a caretaking relationship that has them both seething with resentment. When a romantic encounter finally sparks Maureen's hopes for an escape from her dreary existence, Mag's interference sets in motion a chain of events that is as tragically funny as it is terrifying.
By Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Jessica Fisch
May 10 – June 17, 2018
Cooped up on maternity leave and eager for conversation, Jessie invites the funny and forthright Lina for coffee on their neighboring patios. They become fast friends, quickly bonding over their shared "new mom" experience—and arousing the interest of a wealthy neighbor hoping for a similar connection. This insightful comedy takes an honest look at the absurdities of new motherhood, the dilemma of returning to work versus staying at home, and how class impacts parenthood and friendship.
Curtain times are: Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8:00 p.m.; Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Subscriptions to the 2017-18 Northlight Season are available through the box office, 9501 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie, by phone at 847.673.6300 or online at northlight.org. With its wide range of ticket prices, discounted subscription packages and complimentary parking, Northlight remains of one of the best theatrical values in Chicagoland.
Subscriptions range in price from $99-$250. A limited number of season subscriptions for the Opening Night performances (also includes a reception with the cast) are available for $325, subject to availability. Northlight subscribers will have the first chance to purchase additional tickets before they go on sale to the general public. For more information, visit northlight.org.
Northlight Theatre aspires to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion by exploring the depth of our humanity across a bold spectrum of theatrical experiences, reflecting our community to the world and the world to our community.
Now in its 42nd season, the organization has mounted over 200 productions, including nearly 40 world premieres. Northlight has earned 198 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations and 34 Awards. As one of the area's premier theatre companies, Northlight is a regional magnet for critical and professional acclaim, as well as talent of the highest quality.
Northlight is supported in part by generous contributions from Allstate Insurance; the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation; BMO Harris Bank; Henrietta Lange Burk Fund; The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation; The Chicago Community Trust; ComEd, An Exelon Company; The Davee Foundation; Edgerton Foundation for New American Plays Award; Evanston Community Foundation; Full Circle Foundation; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; Kirkland & Ellis Foundation; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Melvoin Award for Playwriting; Modestus Bauer Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; Niles Township; The Offield Family Foundation; The Pauls Foundation; Room & Board; Sanborn Family Foundation; Dr. Scholl Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; The Sullivan Family Foundation; and Tom Stringer Design Partners.
As soon as I saw the warm, rich lighting of a luxurious futuristic bedroom on the Space Ship Destiny lit and decorated by designers Heather Gilbert and Christopher Kriz and the set design by Arnel Sancianco, where the entire action of the play takes place, I thought this is going to be an interesting show. To the right of the set was a spaceship departure board with the names and photos of the passengers, along with their assigned room number, as they were headed to a planet three months away from Earth. The other ships had names like Fortune, Kismet, Prospect and Horizon suggesting that the people leaving earth are doing so willingly and must have enough money to do so. Smooch Medina's spaceship flight calendar and wall projection also counts down the number of days the passengers have spent locked on this room together, which is a great tension builder as well.
There are just three characters in the play. One a soldier who is suffering from PTSD from a previous mission in which he witnessed the killing of civilians that haunts him still in a variety of deep emotional ways. He has requested a private room because he cannot sleep well while struggling with his inner demons but somehow an attractive young woman passenger has been placed in the room with him, much to his disapproval. Ed Flynn portrays this sensitive, journal-writing soldier (previously referred to as "Grant") who is also prone to violent mood changes and outbursts with great feeling and a sweaty intensity that is frightening at times.
When you consider that he is locked into this "hotel room" for three full months due to a quarantine placed on certain sick members aboard the ship with a petite young female to whom he objects, it's not difficult to imagine the strain that gradually surmounts. Janelle Villas does a wonderful job of showing the audience her fresh-faced bubbly enthusiasm while hiding a dark past that includes at least one rape, which has also left her in a state of PTSD.
Co-directed by artistic director Michael Patrick Thornton and guest artist Jessica Thebus, the "Pilgrims" moves along quickly yet with subtle changes in the characters that seem very satisfying and real with a lot of emotional suspense and tension. We the audience wonder if these two characters will ever bond, or even reach their destination safely. We also ponder what will become of their edgy, ever-changing relationship once they are finally released from this artificial and close-quartered isolation into the general population of the new planet.
The third character is a robot named Jasmine played with a great sense of humor and also an eerie, smiling menace by Brittany Burch. Jasmine has been programmed not only to answer all their questions and provide all their meals and cleaning services. She is also one of the older forms of "human-like robots" known for their ability to satisfy without any compunction - either member, male or female, with oral sex or intercourse if the human need arises.
The universality of two people meeting for the first time, learning about each other's baggage and foibles and being forced to overcome them in order to at least be friends if not lovers cannot be denied. This is a love story set in outer space plain and simple, even though it is suggested in the play that couples may have been placed together purposely to repopulate the new planet.
I highly recommend this production for its unique retelling of a tale as old as time, when Fate meets Destiny and two very "human" human beings struggle to please each other while being true to their own individual dreams of the future but must in the end reveal the dark, undesirable places of their souls in order to overcome them and move into a deeper union free of mistakes or tragedies of the past.
Excellent performances and an imaginative script make Pilgrims a compelling and often humorous sci-fi love story that resonates. Pilgrims is being performed at Gift Theatre through July 30th. For more show information or to purchase tickets visit www.thegifttheatre.org.
Shattered Globe Theatre welcomes back one of Chicago's own, Sarah Ruhl. "For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday" is a new play making its Midwestern debut at Theater Wit. Ms. Ruhl is one of the country's foremost playwrights right now. She has another new play, "How to Transcend a Happy Marriage," currently running at the Lincoln Center in New York. Her work is often produced in Chicago usually directed by her friend Jessica Thebus. This is an especially personal production for Ruhl as it stars her own mother (Kathleen Ruhl) in the title role.
No, this is not another warmed over incantation of the JM Barrie fairy tale. While somewhat influenced by the source material, "For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday" is a very realistic story of five siblings grappling with the death of their father. What begins in a depressing hospital room, moves to a whiskey-soaked conversation between siblings that eventually turns into a make-believe version of Peter Pan.
At its core, this is a play about love. There are plenty of plays about dysfunctional families, and this isn't one of them. What it boils down to are five adult children trying to pinpoint a time when they felt their father's love. These siblings have differing political beliefs and Ruhl's apt commentary about our current climate is especially sharp, without being polarizing. There's a great deal of truth in the courtesy her characters show for one another's opinions. She also spends a great deal of the play dissecting the role of Catholicism and whether or not there is an afterlife. Despite the volley of bittersweet and at times painful memories of their childhood, these characters love each other and that is felt in the dialogue and performances.
Kathleen Ruhl is adorable as the oldest sister and former Peter Pan star, Ann. Perhaps it's her relation to the playwright, or her commitment to character, but Kathleen Ruhl makes the audience question how much of this work is fiction and how much is fact? Eileen Niccolai, a Shattered Globe ensemble member, provides a lot of the humor, but also some of the more heartfelt moments as youngest sister Wendy. All the siblings are named for Peter Pan characters, which underscores Sarah Ruhl's point that with their parents gone, they are orphans now and need to grow up.
Like any Sarah Ruhl work, there is a great deal of whimsy. With each new work, Ruhl continues to keep one foot on the ground and one in the clouds. "For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday" is both prolific in its subject matter and also aesthetically striking it its presentation. The reality of the situation and the poignancy of the lines allows the audience to trust their narrator and fly when the time comes.
Shattered Globe's "For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday is being performed at Theater Wit at 1229 W Belmont (773.975.8150) and has been extended through May 27th.


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Managing for Development Results in ADB: A Preliminary Assessment
This evaluation which focused on ADB's results orientation, evaluates ADB's progress in 2007, before going on to assess ADB's operational implementation of Managing for Development Results (MfDR) and related outcomes.
In 2004, ADB adopted a reform agenda to raise its performance as a partner of its developing member countries and as a multilateral development bank. The move was influenced by the enhanced Poverty Reduction Strategy of ADB, finalized that year; ADB's Long-Term Strategic Framework, 2001-2015 and the agreement reached in 2002 at the International Roundtable on Better Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing for Development Results that multilateral development banks must progressively introduce results-orientated initiatives to improve their development effectiveness.
In line with the approach taken by many other development organizations, ADB has set the foundations of managing for development results (MfDR) on three pillars:
- country capacity
- ADB's results orientation, and
- effective partnerships.
In 2007, the Operations Evaluation Department of ADB conducted a Special Evaluation Study on Managing for Development Results in the Asian Development Bank: A Preliminary Assessment. The study, which focused on ADB's results orientation, aimed to evaluate ADB's general progress in 2007, before going on to assess ADB's operational implementation of MfDR and related outcomes in 2009.
It aimed also to complement the progress reports prepared by the Results Management Unit in the Strategy and Policy Department by taking a "big picture" view of the initiative and by providing timely guidance to ADB's Management and the Development Effectiveness Committee of the Board of Directors. The study's methodology included survey responses from 958 staff (41% response rate), 11 focus groups with about 150 participants, one-on-one interviews with some 50 staff including vice-presidents and directors general, consultations with six development organizations, and a review of various documents.
Summary of findings
ADB's Compliance with the Known Requirements for MfDR
Investigations focused on:
- senior leadership support
- staff skills and training
- organizational culture
- management practices and incentives
- capacity and resources
- managing the change, and
- business systems and processes
A salient finding was that staff view the role of senior management as a key enabler. At the same time, they believed that senior management's support has not always been translated into practice, visibly sustained, or may have become diluted during the implementation process. Elsewhere, staff opined that ADB's culture still emphasizes achieving loan approvals, disbursements, and lending targets as opposed to focusing more actively on development results. Also, staff identified management practices and incentives as an area in which improvements continue to be needed.
In addition, they stressed the need to continue refining ADB's business systems and processes and ensure that outdated or outmoded processes are removed as they are superseded. The study revealed that many staff are uncertain about the nature of ADB's wider results agenda and how MfDR interfaces with their work at the operational level: they sought greater guidance as to what MfDR is, and how it relates to their duties. On the positive side, the study suggested that most staff believe they have a clear understanding of the results they need to achieve, and that they have the knowledge and skills to be results oriented.
Assessment of ADB's progress in adopting MfDR
Investigations researched:
- staff perceptions of progress
- self-assessments by ADB
- the independent assessment by Universalia in 2005
- the quality-at-entry of projects
- the five stages of managing for results, and
- the experience of six other development organizations.
The study judged that ADB's progress and challenges have been generally comparable to those of other multilateral development banks: this is confirmed by the performance data presented in the 2005 and 2006 COMPAS reports, documents on MfDR obtained from multilateral development banks, and consultations with the six development organizations. (The study also assessed the experiences of these in MfDR.)
ADB is in the early stages of transition along the continuum of awareness, exploration, transition, full implementation, and continuous learning, and has not yet reached that of full implementation. ADB has modified policies and introduced tools to support MfDR, developed new training courses, and undertaken preliminary work to support the development of a new corporate management information system. However, given that managerial decisions within ADB are not routinely informed by relevant outcome data, it has not yet achieved the full implementation of MfDR.
ADB's progress reports to the Development Effectiveness Committee show that ADB is undertaking a number of actions to strengthen its capacity to manage for development results through
- results-based country partnership strategies
- results-based approaches at the project level
- improvement of results monitoring and reporting in operations; and
- learning and development programs, practice notes, guidelines, as well as other publications on MfDR.
Since 2000, there has been much improvement in the quality of design and monitoring frameworks prepared for project and program loans and for advisory and regional technical assistance (even if the quality of the frameworks for the former is considerably better than those prepared for the latter). But staff are divided in their assessment of ADB's progress and the state of affairs has not improved since the survey by Universalia: this raises questions about the level of staff awareness and ownership of the agenda, and therefore how staff can engage more effectively.
The study offered to ADB's Management and the Development Effectiveness Committee three scenarios and a recommendation for advancing MfDR.
The first scenario, "Maintain Current Level of Effort," would be appropriate if it were considered that ADB's implementation of MfDR is progressing satisfactorily and that it can move from the transition stage to the full implementation stage without incremental effort.
The second, "Modest Increase in Effort," would be an appropriate choice if ADB's Management was of the view that ADB's Revised Action Plan for MfDR, dated 2006, is basically sound but that additional effort is required to facilitate the full implementation of MfDR.
The third, "Significant Increase in Effort," would be an appropriate response if ADB's Management considered that ADB's implementation of MfDR required considerably more emphasis on changing established practice in order to achieve full implementation in a shorter time.
The study recommended that ADB should pursue a course of action similar to that described under Scenario 3, "Significantly Increased Effort."
- Executive Summary
- I. Introduction
- II. The Organizational Context
- III. ADB's Compliance with the Known Requirements for MFDR
- IV. Assessment of ADB's Progress in Adopting MFDR
- V. Conclusions
- VI. Options for Action
- Appendixes


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|(Debra Samuels for The Boston Globe)
Serves 4
Light vinegared salads, known in Japan as sunomono, can be made with most any vegetable. In Shizuo Tsuji's "Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art,'' the author pairs carrot and daikon radish in a light and refreshing dish with a sweet and sour dressing called amazu (the word looks like shorthand for amazing - and it is). Salt shreds of deep orange carrot and white daikon radish to release their liquid, then knead the vegetables to create icicle-like shards of daikon. The dressing is made from mild rice vinegar, sugar, and water heated and then cooled. Toss it with the crunchy vegetables and refrigerate the dish for at least 30 minutes (it's even more flavorful if left overnight). Traditionally, the salad is served in small plates but add this mixture to a bowl of salad greens and you have an appealing variation.
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|medium (1 pound) daikon radish, cut into 2-inch-by- 1/2-inch matchsticks
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|cup unseasoned rice vinegar
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|tablespoons sugar
|cup water
2. In a glass bowl, mix the vinegar, sugar, and water. Heat in a microwave for 1 minute or until the sugar dissolves. Alternatively, heat the mixture in a small saucepan. Cool to room temperature.
3. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the vinegar mixture onto the vegetables. Mix with your hand and then squeeze the liquid from the vegetables. Discard the liquid.
4. Add the remaining dressing to the vegetables. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or for up to two days. Debra Samuels


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Republican busts onto Bridgeport's Dem council
Updated 10:06 am, Wednesday, November 6, 2013
BRIDGEPORT -- Wishing outgoing city council members well, Mayor Bill Finch this week said they've occasionally disagreed -- and that's OK.
"Disagreements are part of democracy," he told the 20-member legislative body.
Finch may get a little more democracy than he'd wanted over the next two years.
Twenty-four hours after the all-Democrat council adjourned that final meeting, voters Tuesday elected a handful of independent-minded new faces, including one very critical Republican who is likely to challenge the administration.
"There's a watchdog on the council ... Business as usual is over," Republican Rick Torres said after declaring victory in a tight, four-way race in the 130th Council District.
The outgoing council generally worked with Finch, who is preparing for a 2015 re-election bid and can't afford a contentious public political battles slowing his agenda.
The 130th District race in the highly taxed Black Rock neighborhood was the contest both parties agreed would be closest. Torres, who owns a local market/eatery and has run for mayor, was the top vote-getter with 855.
It was some consolation for Democrats that incumbent Susan Brannelly held onto her seat, coming in second with 812 votes. Her running mate, Steven Stafstrom, got 801 votes, and Republican Philip Blagys, 753 votes.
The remaining 18 council races concluded as expected, with Democratic incumbents and the petition candidates who defeated the town committee's nominees in the September primaries defeating their Republican opponents.
Among the petition Democrats, Robert Halstead and Patricia Swain of the 132nd Council District; the Rev. Mary McBride-Lee and Richard Salter of the 135th District; and the 139th District's Eneida Martinez-Walker are the newer members Finch's critics hope will provide more checks and balances.
"(They) are not votes you can count on or people you can tell what to do, so the dynamic of the council is going to change," said Mary-Jane Foster, of Black Rock, who challenged Finch in a 2011 mayoral primary. "It's been very placid. `Let's get this done for the mayor' -- that's over."
Stafstrom, a lawyer appointed to the council this year to fill a vacancy, argued both he and Brannelly have displayed independence while also working with Finch to move Bridgeport forward. He said in particular he had the skills to sift through complicated legal contracts.
"What we can't afford as a city is to end up like Congress -- a legislative body that is polarized, that says `no' to prove a political point. We're a struggling Northeast city," Stafstrom said, adding he will remain active.
Finch on Tuesday gained allies in four other winning petition council candidates -- Alfredo Castillo and Richard Dejesus, of the 136th District; and in the 137th District, Milta Feliciano and incumbent Councilwoman Lydia Martinez.
"I look forward to working with the entire council on the many challenges and opportunities we face in our quest to continuing moving the city forward," the mayor said.
Torres said he can work with Finch, "If he reaches out to me in an honest, Bridgeport-first way."
As the lone Republican, Torres could be excluded while the 19 Democrats meet in private caucuses with Finch. But he pledged Tuesday to reach out to some of the petition candidates to create a "fusion" caucus.
"I refuse to sit alone and caucus by myself," Torres said. "The mayor may take them, but I'm going to fight the mayor for those guys."
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With a few hours and a little money, you can easily and attractively fill some wall space. This plate rack-turned-bookshelf creates a focal point and provides storage space in a nursery. Consisting of 1 x 6s and window molding from a local home-improvement store, the entire project took less than two hours and $25 to build. All you need are a hammer, handsaw, drill, and screwdriver to construct and hang it.
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Things I Like: Apple's Newton eMate
It had been so long since I booted up my Newton eMate that, before taking a photo of it, I had to recharge its meager battery.
But like clockwork (and like all of Apple's Newton PDAs), it started up like no time had passed – it's familiar grid of app icons hinting at future Apple products.
It used to be that I ran a decently popular blog, Newton Poetry, writing about the eMate and its MessagePad cousins. There used to be not a day that passed that I wouldn't scribble on one of these green screens, hacking my Macs to get them to install new software, or discovering some long-abandoned app that still, after all these years, seemed useful.
But now my eMate sits on a shelf in my office, along with my Newton MessagePad 110, a few non-working iPods, and other miscellaneous Apple products. It's joined the assorted classic Macintoshes that I just haven't found room for in my life.
Not after buying a house, and not after taking up photography as a full-time hobby.
The truth, though, is that booting this little green guy up made me happy. It made me happy to still see it working. It made me happy to see all the apps I installed to monkey around with. And it made me happy thinking about all those fun blog projects, from 2007 to 2011, that I tackled.
I keep thinking I'll kick-start the blog again, instead of leaving it languishing with a few random photo posts here and there. There's a collection of articles just waiting for commentary. The project stuff, though – there just doesn't seem much room for that stuff. Not any more.
Still, my eMate and I? We had a lot of fun together. And now that I brought it back to life, maybe we'll have some more fun.


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The school finance lawsuit Malakoff ISD is participating in was filed last Friday in state district court in Austin. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionally of the Texas school finance system, claiming that it fails to provide schools with sufficient funding to meet state educational standards and that the system has become a statewide property tax.
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North Korea was a final frontier for Google Maps.
It took years and the help of amateur map-makers who once lived there or knew people who did to add gulags, streets and other details to what was long a patch of gray on the online atlas.
"North Korea was the last place that we had no mapping data," said Google Asia-Pacific head of product public relations David Marx.
"Our mapping team is not happy until they have a true mirror of the world in digital space, so the challenge is still there and we will keep working."
North Korea was essentially a blank canvas to users of Google's "Map Maker," which gives people tools to enhance online maps with knowledge of local venues, roads, businesses, landmarks and more.
"Citizen cartographers" have been uploading suggested edits to Google's online map of North Korea since 2009 and a time-lapse video of details emerging about the capital Pyongyang was uploaded to YouTube in October of 2011.
The snippet at the Google-owned video sharing service had logged 1,402 views as of Tuesday.
The collaboratively created map of North Korea now on display on Google offers a detailed layout of Pyongyang, showing hospitals, subway stops and schools.
Outside the capital, the detail is sketchier, but noticeable on an overview of the country are a series of city-sized, gray-colored areas which, when zoomed in on, are identified as sprawling re-education camps.
"For any of our Map Maker countries - whether India or North Korea - we rely on users' knowledge of a place, and Moderators use a variety of sources to verify user edits," Marx said.
"All changes are moderated and most of them are reviewed by fellow mapping volunteers in the Map Maker community," he continued.
Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the Washington-based Committee on Human Rights in North Korea, said that much of the data on the maps was already available on Google Earth.
The information generally came from defectors or human rights groups that tried to expose developments in the opaque state, he maintained.
"This is overall a positive development, but it is not a major breakthrough," said Scarlatoiu.
"Any additional information is welcome," he continued. "The problem we have is that, unlike in Sudan for example, we do not have visual images from North Korea."
The people least able to benefit from the improved online map of the country will be the North Koreans themselves, who live in one of the most isolated and highly censored societies on the planet.
North Korea has a domestic Intranet, but it is cut off from the rest of the world, allowing its very limited number of users to exchange state-approved information and little more.
Access to the full-blown Internet is for the super-elite only, meaning a few hundred people or maybe 1,000 at most, experts estimate.
Internet Age mapping technologies have proven to create jobs and stimulate business, and North Korea stands to benefit from embracing such digital tools, according to Google Maps policy analyst Charlie Hale.
"Embracing mapping in North Korea would lead to economic benefits," Hale said. "It lays a crucial foundation and infrastructure that you can build on."
There was no indication from Google that it had heard any reaction to the updated North Korea map from government officials there.
Google downplayed the timing of the North Korea map update, which came shortly after a secretive visit to the country by the California Internet titan's chairman, Eric Schmidt.
Schmidt has openly decried what he fears is the "balkanization" of the Internet by countries that cut users off from the rest of the world.
Schmidt's teenage daughter shed some light on the trip less than two weeks ago by writing a first-hand account of the visit to a "very, very strange" country.
In a blog posting entitled "It might not get weirder than this", Sophie Schmidt provided a candid take on the controversial three-day trip earlier this month that was criticized by the US government.
Schmidt, 19, had accompanied her father on the visit as part of a delegation led by Bill Richardson, the former US ambassador to the United Nations.
"Our trip was a mixture of highly-staged encounters, tightly-orchestrated viewings and what seemed like genuine human moments," she wrote.
"We had zero interactions with non-state-approved North Koreans and were never far from our two minders."
On his return, Eric Schmidt said he had told North Korea it would not develop unless it embraces Internet freedom—a prospect dismissed by most observers as inconceivable.
Google did not indicate whether Schmidt or his daughter contributed to the updated online map of North Korea.
Explore further: Google unveils detailed N. Korea map... with gulags


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What 3d program is better ?
I use 3ds max ... oh sorry It was better that I say I am learning 3dsmax ... But I see that C4D is most usefully ...
Can you tell me witch one is better .
and can you tell me why we should bring matte into a 3d scene ?
We can use for example after effect for animate ... Why 3d ?!!!!
directors these days want flexibility in there shots that is why they want things done in 3d. Yes you can animate a scene which takes alot of time. In 3d however I as a director can turn round to a Matte painter for example Dusso and say I like the pan on this shot but can you then fly into the painting to establish that the shot is a POV to the audience. Dusso will probaly roll his eyes and say yes ok. The next morning the shot will be ready for the director to view. If you animate the shot you have no flexibilty and will probaly put a week onto the production schedule which costs alot of money. If you also use 3d you have mapping data that the production designer can use for set building. The lighting designer can use the mapping for working out his lighting rig. A lot of people can view the scene and build into the shot. The poor guy who is doing the blue screen work has tracking data to work from. The animatics department from preproduction has something to work on for selling the shot. 3d is hard work but benefits the production team as a whole, animating the shot only benefits is the matte painter. Computers and spatial design puts the whole production team on the same pipeline, for example spielbergs war of the worlds was created phenomally fast for a fx movie.
As a hobbyist matte painter animating the scene is a cheap and reliable way of doing your work, but some day you (I know you will!) get a phone call asking if you could do a 3d based matte and having those 3d skills will benefit you in the long term.
I am struggling with blender at the moment as i cannot afford Max or Cinema 4d, but i am learning just in case some lunatic rings me up and asks me to do a 3d based matte.
Prolific poster and bad painter
Rich :D
Hey Rich ... thanks ...
I have a long way ... :lol: to get to master dusso ...
thanks for the help ... cheers .
Also 3d with modern camera projection techniques you can get the ability to move around in your painting, some what limited though. You could paint the scene and animate it AE or Combustion or whatever but you may never get the paralax that you would get in real life. A good example by a fellow forum member can be found here.
Sorry for bumping this thread, but I'm very interested in this topic, and searched for it so not to open a new one about the same question. Because my question is exactly the same, What do you think is the best 3D program? Which one would you recommend 2D illustrators?
So far, I can't work with any 3D program. But I know that if I want to become really good, I need to. I can do my perspectives old style, with pencil and ruler, but the time I would invest on them would be atrocious. So, I need to get started with a 3D program. And, starting from absolute ignorance, with no problem whatsoever of switching from one program to another, I would like to know which one you would recommend. If I need to start from the very beginning, I may well start with the best.
The only one I own now is bender. It is free software, deliciously light on the hard drive and doesn't need to be installed. If it can give good results, I would love to use it. But I dont' want to invest dozens of hours on it just to realize I have to switch afterwards.
So, which one would you recommend? Bearing in mind I don't intend to become a 3D artist, but am trying to become a 2D artist with a better grasp of perspective and lightning. I don't need the best program for 3D, but the one that would help the most with 2D art. 3D studio, 3DMax, Poser, bender some unknown one? What are your opinions?
On Cgtalk, this question is banned outright - and there is a very good reason for it. You wouldn't go to a car enthusianst forum, and ask 'which car is better', would you? :wink:
No 3D package is 'better' than any of the others - they have strengths and weaknesses, they do different jobs, and they are all quite difficult to learn. Some are better value for money. Some render quicker 'out of the box'. Some are more expandable, and have hundreds of plugins available.
Want a very quick 3D mockup for your scene? Use google sketchup - it's free.
Want to hard code a procedural effect for an entrie planet blowing up? Better crank out Houdini.
Want to re-topologise a messy mesh? Spend a few quid on 'Silo'.
You see the problem.
Even if they aren't free, all of the major packages have demos, time limited trails or personal learning editions - so you can get hold of all of them and decide for yourself. You WILL have to spend 'dozens of hours', though - that's the nature of the game...
If you are primarily concerned with getting a job, then check out some jobs you like the look of, and see what package they ask for.
Hope that gives you some idea why you won't get an easy answer...
Take care
After using all the conventional ones I have found Blender the fastest to get a basic model shaped up. (Its free btw www.blender.org)
It is unconventional, difficult to learn without tutorials - not particularly intuitive. But I can make something faster in that than in Max or Maya Zbrush etc, by a country mile.
Graphmac, thank you for the info about blender: that's the one I called "bender"... No wonder I had problems finding tutorials :oops: . That is the first one I am going to try.
And... I know asking which program is "best" is possibly asking too much. But my experience also worked on this one. If you ask for the best 2D program to do illustrations, chances are the answer will be Photoshop by a vast majority. I know, again, it's simplifying things too much, but knowing Photoshop rules almost uncontested in its own realm, I didn't discard the possibility of there being an equivalent for 3D work.
Besides, I'm also in a little bit of a hurry... Well, let's say that if I don't make it as an illustrator in a year, when my savings are gone, I'll have to go back to menial jobs. I know I will have to work a lot, but any loss of time may leave me at the mercy of Lady Mortgage again. I guess the sentence about "not wanting to invest dozen of hours" sounded silly and lazy, and gave the impression that I wanted to become good in three days. I know that's impossible. I just would like some directions, such as the ones you gave. You just mentioned ones I didn't know of.
As a general rule, there are "expert" programs who allow the making of wondrous things, but are difficult to manage: I would like to avoid those, for example. I need something basic, just to calculate perspectives and light effects to paint on 2D over them. So the easiest to learn and use would be, so far, the best choice. I am glad you mentioned the google one, I'll give it a try, too.
Thank you both for your answers. I'll start practicing: in the end that's what solves everything.
No worries - glad to be of (some) help.
I'm a big fan of google SketchUp (as you'll see on my website), but it's got a very specific, limited and definite use. A specific, definite use I happen to need for my job, but still limited.
That's why I also know maya, zbrush, renderman and modo.
And why I gave you a very standard, woolly answer to your question...
Good luck with your work - and keep posting on the forums.
Take care
Although its none of my business, and not what you were asking in the topic, as some advice, i would try and get some work now to supplement you whilst you are learning, because to go from the ground up and become an illustrator in one year would be a serious achievement. I have been throwing myself at this for over 2 years now, and still have another year or so before i will start seriously looking for work, but im already a little nervou that there is so much to learn in that time. I admire your will to succeed, but better to be realistic and find some part-time work that will let you keep going for at least 2 years whilst you learn.
Again, its not my business, but it did strike me whilst reading your post that you may need to hear that.
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Call to Arms is a regular convention held in August each year in Wellington, New Zealand. Having previously run a couple of Spearhead Mega-Games (including a Crete 1941, Maleme game) successfully, local MSH players Pete Connor & Rhys Batchelor decided to try a hand at a Modern Spearhead game assisted by other local gamers and joined by several other New Zealand Wargamers on a table 20' x 6'.
It is Summer 1984, and tensions are high between East & West, and an unusual Soviet build-up has occurred along the Iron Curtain ostensibly under the grounds of annual exercises. NATO forces have been raised to high alert, and preparatory steps are taken for potential hostilities although full mobilisation has not been initiated for fear of pre-empting hostilities...
Right: The infamous Alsfeld - Soviet bridging operations are beginning (left & bottom right) while the West German Territorials wait apprehensively in the town! Some brutal urban combat occurred here involving the 54th West German Heimatschütz Brigade as it was overrun by the 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division's attached Czech Regiment in the morning.
Below: Aerial view early on - from the East. The table is 20' wide and 6' deep. It is slightly 'staggered' to keep the (meandering) river (the Soviet start-line) as close to the edge as possible. A side effect of this was to make it a little easier to reach parts of the central sector by reaching diagonally from behind the adjacent part of the table. This was possible because the table consisted of 5 actual 4' x 6' tables side by side.
On 23 June the WarPac forces declared war and began offensive operations against Western Europe. After a couple of days of initial frontier operations Soviet & WarPac forces had advanced sufficiently to threaten a breakthrough in the area of Alsfeld on the 25 June while NATO completed mobilisation; Alsfeld being North of Fulda is one of several possible routes of advance in NATO assessments of possible Soviet attack scenarios. As such a somewhat scratch force is assembled to face the attack, a German Territorial brigade that was already in position was reinforced principally by British Forces from the North and German Regulars. A Dutch Brigade arrived to cover the Southern Flank, and their was the vague possibility of a U.S. Task Force arriving as a reserve later on the 25th. Facing them were 3 Soviet Motor Rifle Divisions, with second line support from a Guards Tank Division and an East German Tank Division intended to exploit the breakthrough.
The attacking Soviet & WarPac forces were under the command of the 8th Soviet Guards Army (Rhys Batchelor) and from North to South consisted of:
Right: Mass attack in the South - Three Regiments of Soviets (on Right) swarm forward to their river crossings against the Dutch.
NATO forces were under overall command of the British 1st Armoured Division (Paul Reynolds) and was a cosmopolitan mix (North to South) as follows:
Left: Day of Infamy! The scene in the North when two British battalions broke and ran after being targeted by a mass BM-21 Persistent Chemical strike (the yellow 'squares')!
Soviet operations began at 0400 with simultaneous river crossing operations in at least 6 locations, screened by smoke, and preliminary artillery bombardments including SS-21 & 9K52 Luna (FROG-7B) missiles with conventional warheads. The 8th GA Air Assault Battalion was dropped in the rear of Alsfeld to disrupt NATO communications and hopefully block any reinforcements or redeployment of reserves... This backfired as they were dropped right in the centre of one of the reserve British Armoured Brigades and were rapidly put out of action, the last survivors being rounded up within an hour or so of the initial landings...
In the South the 39th Motor Rifle Division (MRD) quickly got all 3 of it's Motor Rifle Regiments (MRR) with T-62's, BTR-70s & BMP-1s up to the river and preparing to cross, bearing down on the Dutch. The latter were less well equipped than the other NATO Brigades (barring the German Territorials) having older Leopard 1's and YPR-765s and older communications equipment (that struggled to maintain communications with the rest of the NATO force). The 39th MRD's Tank Regiment (T-64's) followed in support but had to wait until the MRR had completed their crossings (in the end it did not cross and was transferred to follow up 57th GMRD successful penetration in the centre).
Right: Kieran's tail (39th MRD); part of the mass behind the rapid advance - including artillery, engineers, ferries, SRBMs, and assorted support stands...;
While the bulk of the Soviet plan was based around expecting resisted crossings of the river, in the South 39th MRD in fact had to advance some way to reach the river resulting in their crossings not beginning until sunrise and in clear view of NATO forces. But in the Central & Northern Sectors the Soviet Divisions had already completed their initial crossings in darkness. However one bonus was the heavy commitment to Counter Battery (CB) missions by the Soviet Command – realising the usefulness of their Artillery would be limited early on and potentially impacted by NATO ECM they opted to put all the Army level support and the heavier Divisional units into dedicated CB tasks. This had a huge effect rapidly silencing almost all the NATO batteries and greatly reducing ongoing NATO artillery support. It's believed that only one NATO Artillery Battalion in the entire battle successfully fired more than 2 fire missions the whole day without taking heavy casualties, and that was due to it making major changes of position after each fire mission (greatly impacting its response time and how often it could fire). By late afternoon the Soviet artillery dominated the battlefield and NATO artillery units had more or less ceased to fire.
Left: The ignominy - As the Challengers & Warriors flee the gas attack they get targeted by a MiG-21 air strike! Although their disorderly rout to the woods didn't get there fast enough it was a good job the elderly MiG's couldn't hit anything to save themselves (their 'iron' bombs being relatively ineffective against the armoured British troops)!
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38 km from Gangtok and at an altitude of 12,400 ft, the ethereally beautiful
Tsomgo lake is a must on every visitors itinerary. A winding road through
rugged mountain terrain and sharp cliffs takes you to Tsomgo, which means
source of the water in Bhutia language. The lake derives its water from the
melting snows of the mountains surrounding the lake. Of legendary beauty,
the lake looks different at different seasons. In winter the placid lake
remains frozen with the area around it covered in snow while in late spring
the profusion of flowers in bloom adds a riot of colours around the lake.
The lake is associated with many myths and legends and is revered by the
Sikkimese as sacred. It is believed that in olden times, Buddhist monks would
study the colour of the water of the lake to forecast the future.
The lake is also of special significance for the Jhakris [faith healers] of
Sikkim who congregate here annually on Guru Purnima, which coincides with the
festival of Raksha Bandhan, from all over the state to offer prayers.
For the tourist a visit to the lake offers a wonderful outing. Rides on
colourfully decorated yaks and mules are offered at the lake site, which also
has a variety of eating stalls serving snacks and beverages. Snowboots and
gumboots can be hired here.
Tsomgo lake is open for both Indian and foreign nationals, however foreign
visitors have to be in a group of two or more and have to apply for a visitors
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Seven years removed from his MVP season, Jimmy Rollins hopes to regain his offensive form. This is the first spring training in a long time where Rollins is not the Philadelphia Phillies' leadoff batter, and it will be interesting to see how his approach might change at the plate.
So far this spring he has been patient, drawing three walks and a .500 on base percentage; he hasn't walked more than seven times during the spring since 2007 when he drew 13. Although it is a relatively small sample size, it is good to see he is looking for quality pitches to hit.
Since Rollins won MVP back in 2007, he has accumulated 85 home runs, 347 RBI, 177 stolen bases, a .257 batting average and .322 on base percentage over six seasons. That's an average of 14 home runs, 58 RBIs and 30 stolen bases.
Last season he played in 160 games and set career lows in home runs (6), RBIs (39) and slugging percentage (.348). If you exclude 2010 when he played in just 88 games due to injury then he would have also set career lows in hits (151), triples (2) and runs (65).
The Phillies lacked consistency as a whole last year, and they did not have much to play for during the second half of the season. This season should be a different story as they start fresh with a relatively healthy core and a new excitement to show up to the ballpark every day.
Best case prediction: Rollins will hit 25 home runs, accumulate 65 RBIs, score 94 runs, bat .276 and have a .340 on base percentage.
Worst case prediction: Rollins will hit six home runs, accumulate 30 RBIs, score 60 runs, bat .235 and have a .298 on base percentage.
Realistic prediction: Rollins will hit 18 home runs, accumulate 57 RBIs, score 84 runs, bat .264 and have a .331 on base percentage.
As long as Rollins and the rest of the Phillies can stay healthy, he should see his numbers increase from the past two seasons. It's hard to say he'll get back to MVP form at 35-years old, but it's not crazy to think he could still put together a solid season. All things considered, expect to see his numbers near the realistic prediction.
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Klein Karoo Klassique
Posted on: 2016-06-09
This year Klein Karoo Klassique will be taking place in Oudtshoorn, from Friday, 12 August until Sunday, 14 August. The project is presented by Kunste Onbeperk.Tickets are on sale and can be purchased at Computicket, Shoprite/Checkers and House & Home. During the Klein Karoo Klassique event, there will be a range of art exhibitions that will take place in Oudtshoorn.
Red, in tooth and Claw. – Solo exhibition by Janet Dixon
The raw unsentimental side of the Klein Karoo, a series of new works on Canvas.
…after Tennyson : In Memoriam AHH Canto56 "Nature, red in tooth and claw"
Leaf – Solo exhibition by Thijs Nel
Subtle, silent, vital – a symbol of the essence of nature and human communication. A collection in paper, ceramic and pieces on canvas.


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Never one to miss an opportunity to try to make money, steal the spotlight from Lauren Conrad or, ideally, both, the abhorrent Heidi Montag is launching her answer to her MTV reality rival's cute clothing line.
According to the New York Post, Heidi Montag is planning to celebrate "in style" very soon, by launching her own new line. If she can pull it off.
Reports say "Heidi has been [searching] for a place in L.A. to throw the launch party" for her fashion line - aptly called "Heidi Wood," heh heh - although the faux-chested blonde is struggling to find a venue.
A rep for Heidi Montag - oddly, not her former boyfriend / manager Spencer Pratt - assures the Post that she will "get her pick" of the prime nightlife spots.
Les Deux, Area, Hyde, Opera ... you best prepare for the invasion of Speidi and whatever loser friends (cough, Perez Hilton) they can scrape up.
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Literacy Council receives grant from Dollar General foundation
July 31, 2014 at 2:31 a.m.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded Victoria Adult Literacy Council a $10,000 grant to support its Family Literacy in Practice program.
The grant will provide educational materials for students and families participating in the program's third year, said Stacey Milberger, the council's executive director.
"We are honored to receive this significant grant," she said. "VALC supports research that shows a family's success is directly related to reading, communication and education. That is why FLIP is such an important program in Victoria."
The nonprofit provides free adult education tutoring to students from basic literacy/English as a second language through college entrance and workplace testing needs.
Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $92 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 5 million people take their first steps toward literacy or continued education.


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Pasta by the pound
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- Portland Tribune - Features
DeNicola's doesn't skimp on the cheese or tomato sauce, either
The menu at DeNicola's Restaurant has barely changed since 1978, though to help Americans keep up our 'fattest nation' status, DeNicola's has increased the size of the manicotti and cannelloni plates Ñ from large to gigantic.
One friendly waitress Ñ who must look younger than she is Ñ says she has been serving dinner at DeNicola's for 20 years. Giovanni DeNicola still comes in every day to check on things, and a portrait and wedding pictures of him and his wife are the first things you see when you walk up to the hostess station.
Map-of-Italy place mats lie atop red-and-white-checkered tablecloths designed for years of sweet Chianti spills. The dining room is lined with private-feeling booths, while the center has round tables for six and long tables that seat up to 20 Ñ often filled with extended Italian-American families.
The menu promises every simple Italian favorite: ravioli, linguine, spaghetti, gnocchi, tortellini, lasagna and pizza. You can order dinners a la carte for $6.25 to $12.95, or with an antipasto plate and minestrone soup or salad for a few bucks more. Every meal is heavy, so come hungry, bring your Lactaid pills, and be prepared to swear yourself to days of the Zone Diet following this dairy and carbohydrate fest.
The DeNicola's kitchen must stockpile massive blocks of mozzarella, vats of tomato sauce and barrels of pasta, because just about every menu item is some variation of these three ingredients. Spaghetti with mushrooms is the only main course that includes a vegetable.
Baked lasagna, which can be so satisfying at mom-and-pop Italian joints, is the most disappointing entree. Starchy, wet lasagna noodles are stacked on top of sausage, then covered with an inch of mozzarella without any noticeable seasoning.
Meat or cheese ravioli, which can be ordered in a tomato sauce, a meat sauce or baked lasagna style with more mozzarella, is better, especially the ricotta-filled ravioli, which tastes fresh and unexpectedly light. The ground-beef filling is mushy and too rich, as if the meat was marinated in half-and-half.
Linguine with clam sauce is cooked al dente, with just the right amount of cream sauce but again devoid of seasonings. Lots of salt and pepper help, but garlic, a splash of white wine and some lemon would be even better.
The restaurant's saving grace is the pizza. The regular crust is thick and doughy, but you can ask for a much crisper thin crust instead. The pizza is so greaseless that the white paper it's served on stays bone dry. Toppings such as spinach, mushrooms and olives are fresh and ample. The strong tastes of anchovies and garlic are especially welcome after the bland pasta dishes.
One expects the smallest pizza, called a duet, and priced from $9.95 to $14.95, to be a personal pizza, but it is actually the size of a Domino's medium. The 'small' pizzas feed three to five hungry people.
In certain neighborhoods of Brooklyn, N.Y., when you order a meatball slice, you get a slice of cheese pizza and a richly marinated meatball on a separate plate. Instead of dried kibbles of baked ground beef, you slice into your own moist, fresh concoction. At DeNicola's you can order a cheese pizza with a side of thick Italian sausage or juicy meatballs for $4 each to create a New York-style meal.
It is impossible to imagine saving room for dessert after a lunch or dinner at DeNicola's, although the restaurant's warmth is conducive to lingering. If you do need a bite of something sweet, generic spumoni is more refreshing than the daunting tiramisu.


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A combination CTM Survival map, Catharsis is sort of the minecraft equivalent of The Phantom Tollbooth . Set in caverns measureless to man and named with deep and meaningful titles like 'The Intersection of Despair', and 'Broken Beach', this isn't just another complete the monument map challenge. It's a way to cleanse yourself and make yourself whole. Or something. One does not simply complete the monument, you see. What one does, is one 'fills the Altar of Consciousness'.
This is actually a very enjoyable map. The locations are excellent and the map maker has done a fine job of taking the 'catharsis' theme and making it come to life in the many cavernous rooms the player finds him or herself in. The map is so large it almost counts as an adventure map, to be quite honest. It's missing some elements of story, but there is a narrator that follows you throughout your journey and playing this map really does feel like going on a journey. Catharsis is definitely one of the Must Play Minecraft Maps for January 2013.


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Affluent Lifestyle Guide
Kanye West hit "Saturday Night Live" this weekend for a performance of two tracks. The rapper was the musical guest on Saturday night's episode, hosted by Ben Affleck.
West took the stage to perform "New Slaves" and "Black Skinhead" during the episode. Censors seemed to miss a number of choice words, as West was audibly heard using the n-word during both songs.
The performance was the second big Kanye stunt in as many days. The 35-year-old rapper premiered "New Slaves," by projecting audio and video for the song on the sides of buildings across the world.


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Promoting and preserving our sporting heritage and wildlife in Penobscot County Maine and beyond since 1928.
The PCCA is a volunteer organization comprised of sportsmen and sportswomen from the local area. Formed in 1928 to promote and preserve our sporting heritage and wildlife. We raise money for conservation projects, wildlife college scholarships, and various adult and youth sporting programs.
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We've never had a fully unevolved Pokémon Basic Form, from a basic, middle, stage evolutionary process beat their fully evolved form like:
Bulbaur vs Venusaur
Squirtle vs Blastoise
The closest we ever got was Bulbasaur vs Meganium, but Bulbasaur doesn't evolve into Meganium so it hardly counts, especially since Bulbasaur is technically super effective against Meganium.
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Still a stage below Emboar, and it took out Heatmor aswell.
Palitoad need to have a lot of screen time
1st > 2nd > 3rd
1st can defeat 2nd (Snivy vs Servine).
2n can defeat 3rd (Pignite vs Emboar).
1st has yet to defeat 3rd (Oshawott vs Samurott?).
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From the looks of the summary, Bel's gonna do pretty well in the league, yay!! ^_^
Proud claimer of Cyndaquil and Ezio Auditore from Assassin's Creed !!
Also proud claimer of Assassin's Creed 2 the game!!
Just became the proud claimer of the Marvel's Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show ^_^!!!
We were talking about starters, all of which have Stage 3 evolutions. So obviously a 1st stage taking out a 2nd stage doesn't count, even if the 3rd is it's final form.
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Ash need to battle Bianca and Stephan! He hadn't a real good single battle against them since their debut! he tag battled against Bianca with Cilan but that I can't count!
I hope Ash fights all the 5 rivals from the poster! in the next order:
Virgil, Stephan, Bianca, Trip Koetetsu! (The pokemon used in battle predictions I will post in the Upcoming battle thread)
My Final B2-normal mode- team:
I think what your all saying is no such feat has occoured yet This saga has been full of many suprises and the League is never ever straight forward is it?


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Reds 17th, up from 19th.
"The Reds have scored a major league best 107 runs. The Reds have allowed a major league worst 102 runs. Yet they have 10 wins."
Reds 17th, up from 19th.
"The Reds have scored a major league best 107 runs. The Reds have allowed a major league worst 102 runs. Yet they have 10 wins."
Don't we have 12 wins?
I don't put too much stock into those rankings. I don't care how we win games, as long as we win.
Si.com has Cincy #8....4 NL Central teams in the top 8!!!
"If you're into those sorts of things...Some would say using others' posts as signatures is weird." - Sea Ray
The power rankings are as of 4/21Originally Posted by reds44
This again illustrates how out of touch SI is.Originally Posted by kaldaniels
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
It actually shows how out of touch ESPN is. SI has it right on. If you go by win/loss record, the Astros, Reds, Cards, and Cubs are in the top 5 teams in the NL. Only 3 teams in the AL have a better record than the Astros, Reds, Cards, and Cubs.Originally Posted by redsfanmia
No offense, but win/loss record doesnt matter much in the first 20 games of the season.Originally Posted by MattyMo4Life
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
This doesn't illustrate how out of touch either one is, what this illustrates is what they created the power rankings to do, generate business and get people talking. To me, baseball is a great sport because there can be such a debate over who is the strongest team. Baseball games are won in all different fashions. A team can be tearing up the opposition on offense and shutting them down on defense, or a team can be like the reds and tearing up the opposition on offense with less than stellar defense and pitching, or a team can be winning seemingly by luck in 1 or 2 run games that are low scoring. The question then becomes who is the most powerful, of course the first answer would be the one tearing it up on offense and dominating on defense and pitching, but after that which one takes over? At the end of the year the power rankings mean nothing, the win loss record means everything, but during the season for some reason the media thinks power rankings actually mean something, when they don't in reality. At the end of the day, a win is a win and a loss is a loss, whoever has the best ratio of wins to losses is the winner.
"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual." -- House
"You guys are still thinking like doctors when you should be thinking like plumbers. Come on, I wanna see some butt crack." -- House
Then what does matter? Win and loss records is all that matters anytime during the season.
Power rankings are fun to look at, but they don't mean anything if there isn't any correlation to the win/loss record.Originally Posted by acredsfan
I'm guessing the 1999 Reds would have liked to have had just one extra win at that end of the season. A win's a win and they all help.Originally Posted by redsfanmia
It doesn't matter if it's been only 20 games. The rankings are supposed to be the best teams at the moment, not the best teams 5 months from now. At any rate, SI was "in touch" this pre-season when they ranked the Reds 6th in the central.
Or are you perhaps the one out of touch. The Power Rankings thru the first 20 games are what they are...the power rankings thru the first 20 games. You have to acknowledge that the argument can be made that the first 4 teams in the NL central are in the top 8...although I would say top 10-12 in my opinion. However, I would HARDLY call SI out of touch.Originally Posted by redsfanmia
"If you're into those sorts of things...Some would say using others' posts as signatures is weird." - Sea Ray
I'd make a joke here about the Reds having a good shot at a BCS bid here if I were funny, or the joke wasn't played out, but I'm not and it is, so instead I'll just sit here and bring this ultimately meaningless post to a close - not with a bang, but with a whisper. As they say.
"It's easier to give up. I'm not a very vocal player. I lead by example. I take the attitude that I've got to go out and do it. Because of who I am, I've got to give everything I've got to come back."
-Ken Griffey Jr.
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Touma's Animetake a look at Touma's Manga
|Seen some▲▼
|Urusei Yatsura (TV)
|Taboo Charming Mother (OAV)
|Space Dandy (TV)
|Shattered Angels (TV)
|Sgt. Frog (TV)
|I bought all that Funimation has released. If they release more I will buy it immediately.
|Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV)
|After watching the first season I decided that this show is probably not right for me, but I actually do have the second and third seasons on DVD so I might still finish it.
|Pokémon (TV)
|I have seen the first season, a few episodes from other seasons, and 7 of the movies. I like it enough that I do want to watch more, but I am not really in any hurry.
|Fairy Tail (TV)
|I have read and enjoyed all of the manga that has been released in the US. I like the anime enough to watch it, but not enough to buy it. I have been borrowing it from the library and will continue with it as they get more.
|(The) Erotic Temptress (OAV)
|D.Gray-man (TV)
|I have seen the first season and have the second season of DVD, but have just not felt motivated to watch it yet. Lenalee is the only reason why I am interested in this show. I will not rate it until I at least try to watch the second season.
|Corrector Yui (TV)
|Very good
|The only reason why I did not finish this is that Viz never released all of it.
|Case Closed (TV)
|I own and have watched, many times. all of the TV episodes and movies that Funimation licensed. If they ever release more I will buy it.


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Heartland Community Health Center's open house has been rescheduled from today to 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Feb. 18.
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is closed.
Just Food Douglas County Food Bank will be closed.
Building Blocks Daycare Center will be closed.
The Pregnancy Care Center of Lawrence will be closed.
Lawrence Arts Center Thursday daytime classes are canceled through 5 p.m. Studios and galleries will be open throughout the day. All evening activities, rehearsals, classes and film screening will be held as scheduled.
Lawrence Montessori School will be closed.
Raintree Montessori will be closed.
Prairie Moon Waldorf School will be closed.
Ballard Community Services, all locations, will be closed.
Veritas Christian School will be closed.
Lawrence public schools will be closed.
Perry-Lecompton public schools will be closed.
Eudora public schools will be closed, including the Eudora-De Soto Technical Education Center.
Oskaloosa public schools will be closed.
Baldwin City public schools will be closed.
McLouth public schools will be closed.
De Soto public schools will be closed.
The monthly Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council meeting is postponed to Feb. 13.
Pat Green concert at the Granada has been canceled. Refunds available at point of purchase.
Lawrence Arts Center is closed and will reopen at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Tonight's Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department's "Project Strength" cooking class at United Way of Douglas County is canceled.
Tonight's Douglas County breastfeeding support group meeting at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department is canceled.
All Douglas County Bank locations are closed.
Kansas Department for Children and Families offices and service centers are closed.
Douglas County Housing Authority offices will open at 10 a.m.
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will be closed.
Douglas County offices — will open at 1 p.m. This includes all county agencies located in the courthouse, the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and the KSU Extension Office at the Fairgrounds. The Douglas County District Court and the District Attorney's office will be closed all day. The county commission will meet at 3 p.m. as scheduled.
Lawrence City Hall will open at noon. A City Commission meeting will be held, for consent items only, at 5 p.m. Solid Waste is planning on running trash routes as scheduled.
City bus services — There will be a delay in the start of bus service. Both fixed route and T Lift service will begin at 9 a.m.
City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation facilities will open on at noon. Classes and programs for the day have been canceled. The Indoor Aquatic Center, 4706 Overland Drive, will open at noon for lap swimming. The leisure pool will open at 2:30 p.m. for public swimming. All recreation centers will open at noon for public open play and weight and cardio room use. All Parks and Recreation classes and programs today have been canceled. This includes all: nature center programming, recreation instruction classes, special populations programming, aquatic classes and youth and adult sports leagues.
The Social Media Club of Lawrence meeting is canceled and rescheduled to Feb. 19.
Kansas University classes are closed and only weather-essential staff should report to work. Lawrence and Edwards campuses are closed. Bus routes 27, 29, 30, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43, as well as SafeRide and SafeBus, will not operate Wednesday. Second and third shift facility workers should report to work Wednesday.
State offices in Shawnee County will be closed.
The Kansas Legislature will be closed.
Baker University's Baldwin City campus will be closed.
Building Blocks Daycare Center is closed.
Eudora Municipal Court is closed.
Douglas County Dental Clinic is closed.
The Pregnancy Care Center of Lawrence will be closed.
Douglas County Senior Services will be closed.
Just Food will be closed.
Heartland Community Health Center will be closed.
Baker University's Baldwin City campus and School of Nursing in Topeka is closed.
Prairie Moon Waldorf School will be closed.
Crestline KinderCare will have a delayed opening at 8:00 a.m.
Googles of Learning Child Development Center will be closed.
Lawrence Meals on Wheels will not deliver meals on Wednesday.
Raintree Montessori will be closed.
Century School will be closed.
Lawrence public schools are closed and all school activities are canceled.
Lawrence Public Library will be closed.
Bishop Seabury Academy will be closed.
McLouth schools will be closed.
Ballard Center is closed.
Oskaloosa public schools will be closed.
Lawrence Montessori School will be closed.
The Eudora food bank will be closed.
Wellsville public schools will be closed.
Basehor-Linwood public schools will be closed.
Tonganoxie public schools will be closed and parent-teacher conferences will not be held.
Veritas Christian School will be closed.
Baldwin City public schools will be closed.
Perry-Lecompton public schools will be closed.
Eudora Schools will be closed.
Santa Fe Trail Middle School will be closed.
The Kaw Valley Owl meeting is canceled.
Cottonwood Inc. is closed
All Wednesday evening activities of the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence are canceled.
Peoples Bank in Lawrence will not open until 10 a.m.
Second and third shift custodial staff at Kansas University should not report to work on Tuesday.
Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church has canceled evening activities.
Washburn University will close at 4 p.m.
Meritrust locations will close at 1 p.m.
Lawrence Arts Center will close at 5 p.m. All classes and rehearsals are canceled.
Sunflower Bank will close at 1 p.m. and will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Emprise Bank branches in Lawrence closed at 12:30 p.m. and will reopen at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The Lawrence City Commission meeting is cancelled. City Commissioners will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. to hear items on the consent agenda only. Regular items postponed until Feb. 11 meeting.
Douglas County Bank will closing all branches at 12:30 p.m. today. All branches will have a delayed opening Wednesday at 10am.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department will close at 2 p.m..
Crestline KinderCare in Lawrence will close Tuesday at noon.
Lawrence Transit will halt fixed route service at 2:00 PM today, Feb. 4. Regular service may be delayed in starting on Wednesday. T Lift service will be running on a limited basis.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital's stress master class is canceled and rescheduled for Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.
Dole Institute screening of Slavery by a Different Name is canceled today.
Lawrence Municipal Court dockets for today have been canceled.
The Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting for tonight has been canceled.
Lawrence Parks and Recreation has decided to not open facilities, including the aquatic centers. Programs and classes for today will be canceled.
Kansas University's Lawrence and Edwards campuses are closed Tuesday, starting at 7:30 a.m.
Haskell Indian Nations University classes are canceled. Essential staff in facilities, housing and food service are to report for duty.
Douglas County Senior Services is closed. All programs, including meal delivery and tax preparation, are canceled for the day.
Lawrence public schools and the Lawrence Adult Education Center will be closed and all activities are canceled.
Baker University is closed.
Tonganoxie public schools are closed.
McLouth public schools are closed.
Leavenworth public schools are closed.
Basehor-Linwood public schools are closed.
Perry public schools are closed.
Baldwin City public schools are closed.
Eudora public schools are closed.
Century school is closed.
Wellsville public schools are closed.
Haskell Indian Health Center is closed
All non-essential functions of Douglas County government are closed.
Lawrence city offices are closed. All personnel not involved in the current snow operations, emergency services, daily infrastructure or utility operations are not required to report to work. A decision will be made later today about whether to hold tonight's City Commission meeting.
All Lawrence Parks and Recreation programs scheduled prior to 1 p.m. on Tuesday have been canceled. A determination on holding afternoon and evening classes and programs will be made as the day progresses. All recreation centers and pools will open at 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
Lawrence Arts Center - daytime classes are canceled through 5 p.m. Lawrence Arts Center studios and galleries will be open throughout the day. Evening class cancellations will be announced by 1 p.m.
Children's Learning Center is closed.
Hilltop Child Development Center is closed.
Googles of Learning Childhood Development Center is closed.
Douglas County Senior Services — all services canceled.
Cottonwood Inc. is closed.
Prairie Moon Waldorf School is closed.
Ballard Community Center — all locations closed.
Just Food will be closed.
The Douglas County CASA office will be closed.
Raintree Montessori School closed.
Lawrence Montessori School closed.
De Soto School District has canceled all classes.
Catholic Charities, 1229 Vermont St, will be closed.
Trinity Lutheran Church, 1245 New Hampshire, will be closed.
Santa Fe Trail Middle School will be closed.
State offices in Shawnee County will be closed, affecting non-essential Executive Branch employees.
City of Lawrence solid waste crews will start picking up trash earlier on Tuesday morning and residents with Tuesday collection should set their trash cans out on Monday evening. If a trash pickup is missed during the early collection on Tuesday, call the Solid Waste Division at 832-3032.
The Heartland Community Health Center, 1 Riverfront Plaza #100, will be closed.
Dog Days is canceled.
The city of Lawrence closed the 4th floor of the 9th and New Hampshire parking garage and the Vermont Street parking garages at 5 p.m. Monday.
Lawrence Humane Society is closed.
Douglas County Dental Clinic is closed.
The Floor Trader, 3000 Iowa St., is closed.
Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association office closing at noon.
Lawrence Family Vision Clinic, 3111 W. Sixth St., closing at 11:30 a.m.
Health Care Access has closed.
Independence Inc. is closed.
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The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide has condemned the lackadaisical attitude of President Jonathan's media team to issues affecting the reputation of President Jonathan and its administration.
A statement issued by IYC spokesman Comrade Eric Omare to Nigerian Pilot noted that, "it is sad and disgusting that it took the Honourable Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who is in possession of all relevant information with respect to the state of the Nigeria's debts more than five days to respond to Professor Osinbajo's allegation that Jonathan is leaving behind $63 billion debts when most Nigerians had gone home with the wrong impression that what Professor Osinbajo said was the true position.
"The case of the President Jonathan's political party (the PDP) is even worse as it took it up to a week to respond to an allegation that ordinarily ought to be responded to instantaneously.
"As Niger Delta people and minorities in Nigeria, we are worried with this turn of events because we have observed a deliberate effort to discredit all the achievements of President Jonathan while he was in office to create the impression that when a Niger-Deltan and minority had the opportunity of ruling Nigeria, his administration was the worst in the history of Nigeria.
"Already former President Obasanjo and General Danjuma relying on the misleading information by Prof. Osinbajo are already describing the Jonathan's administration in that light."
Stressing further, IYC recalled that part of the problem President Jonathan had in the March 28, 2015 presidential election was the inability of his media team to sell his achievements to Nigerians in time and allowed the opposition to paint the administration in a very bad light before the Nigeria public.
The IYC, therefore called on the media managers of President Jonathan to strive to protect his achievements in office for the sake of generations of Niger-Deltans and minorities who may aspire to the highest office in Nigeria in the future.
"President Jonathan as the first minority democratically elected President recorded landmarks achievements in different sectors which must be protected for prosperity's sake," IYC said.
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide has condemned the lackadaisical attitude of President Jonathan's media team to issues affecting the reputation of President Jonathan and its administration.


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Attendance urged to maintain good relations with Germany
A memo from 1982 stresses the importance the government put on maintaining good relations with Germany.
Ireland needed to have a presence at International Green Week in Berlin because our absence would "evoke an unfavourable reaction" and damage goodwill, the memo said.
A Department of Foreign Affairs file, released in the latest batch of State papers, shows minister for agriculture Brian Lenihan was seeking government approval for funds for Córas Tráchtála, the Irish export board, to organise Ireland's part in green week. There had been concerns over whether it was cost effective.
A July 1982 memo said Mr Lenihan supported attendance at the event for political as well as economic reasons. It said Germany attached great importance to the event and to participation in it by other EEC member states.
Ireland did take part in the exhibition in 1983 and in following years. It did not, however, participate this year and is not due to take part next month.


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How to Survive in the Cloud
IDC forecasts that SaaS market will grow to $40.5 billion by 2014. The growth is encouraging – particularly for those who are planning to adopt or have already adopted cloud computing.
However, for those who insist on relying on traditional business apps, the end is near; the sign of times are there; you have no choice: Jump into the bandwagon or be left behind. Almost every service and sector has been 'cloudified' – e-signature in insurance sector, learning in the cloud in education sector, cloud-connectivity in automotive, and so on.
This cloud computing infographic published by Salesworks can give you the big picture of what is going on with the cloud in the business world – and what the cloud can offer you better vs. the traditional business applications.
Via Visual.ly – published by Salesworks


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Whether or not you believe in the mystical powers of the stars, you have to admit these Zodiac Cupcakes are magical. Crafted by the capable hands at the Colchester-based bakery Crumbles Cakes, these Zodiac Cupcakes are a cut above. Surprise your favorite Pisces or Capricorn with these sugary stunners and you'll be sure to earn a boatload of good karma.
These darling Zodiac Cupcakes show off the remarkable fondant-wielding skills of Crumbles Cakes. The perfect treat for the avid star gazers and mystics in your circle of friends, these sensational petite cakes are veritable show-stoppers. You'll be the hero at any party with these gorgeous cakes under your arm. While the answers to all of life's problems may not be written in the stars, these cosmic cakes are sure to solve more than a few.
Artistic, creative and impressively detailed, these Zodiac Cupcakes will have you looking enthusiastically skywards.
Sweet Stargazing Cakes
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Spud Spiked Desserts
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Sweet Heartfelt Treats
Blushing Lemon-Topped Cakes
Sunny-Side up Desserts
These Zodiac Cupcakes are the Perfect Treat for the Mystic in Your Life
- By: Susan KeefeJan 20, 2012
References: facebook & cupcakestakethecake.blogspot
References: facebook & cupcakestakethecake.blogspot


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A psychology expert has advised the Home Secretary Theresa May that Gary McKinnon is not going to kill himself if he is sent to the US to face one of its quaint kangaroo courts.
Professor Declan Murphy's latest assessment is different from what he said three years ago and has been made without seeing McKinnon. The assessment is based on intuition, or, as we say at TechEye, he guessed.
A few years ago he said that McKinnon would require one-to-one observation to avoid a serious suicide bid. It is not clear what could have happened in three years that would make McKinnon cheerful about his 60 year sentence. Perhaps he assumes that McKinnon would be happy to get out of the UK.
His report would allow Home Secretary Theresa May to authorise Mr McKinnon's extradition. Theresa May loves her extraditions – she is so happy about extraditing 'suspected terrorists' despite the fact they probably will face torture that she promises to make it an annual event.
To be fair to May, the UK government has been wanting to get rid of McKinnon for some time, because the case highlights how one sided the extradition treaty between the US and the UK is. Basically, if the US calls, the UK must send its citizens over to face trillian year sentences for whatever bizarre crime they have decided is in their bible this week. If the UK asks for a US citizen to be extradited, the US tells the UK to sling its hook, which is pretty balanced.
In the case of McKinnon, he hacked into a military computer network 10 years ago and the US threatened that if he did not come over and face the music they would add decades onto his sentence. The US was particularly embarrassed that someone like McKinnon could hack into its computers.
Murphy wrote that he judged the risk of McKinnon's suicide to be moderate. The risk of actual self-harm could be "ameliorated by regular contact with mental health professionals and with supportive counselling and listening services of the type that are available within UK prisons".
We notice that supportive counselling is not something which is mentioned in US jails unless supportive is what you have when two people hold you in the showers.
This report is suspect as it was made without Murphy actually seeing McKinnon. Most shrinks insist on seeing their patients before they write a report about their psychological state. But we are sure that Murphy gained an in depth view of McKinnon's mental state by interviewing his Office programme.
McKinnon's mum, Janis Sharp, pointed out to Channel 4 News that Murphy's report goes against the expert opinions of four of the top people in the country, who say that Gary will absolutely be at risk of taking his own life.
She said it is an absentia report and it contradicts his previous face-to-face report.
McKinnon admits hacking but claims he was looking for evidence of UFOs. He would be happy to be tried in a British court, where the sentence will fit the crime, but is less keen to be punished in a country that voted for Bush twice in a row.