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Grand Theft Auto parent publisher boss claims next-generation game development not necessarily more expensive or complicated than it is on current tech.
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According to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, it may be a myth that next-generation game development will be more expensive and complicated than it currently is. Speaking during a post-earnings conference call recently, Zelnick said Take-Two is not expecting to book additional expenses with the forthcoming arrival of new consoles.
"We don't have a ramp up of operating expenses for next-generation," Zelnick said. "Do we believe the titles to be a whole lot more expensive to make for next-gen? And the answer is we do not. In many instances we believe that it may be somewhat easier to make titles for next-gen, depending on how the technology comes together."
Elsewhere during the call, Zelnick responded to a question regarding when next-generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony will arrive. He did not offer a specific window, but made clear that Take-Two is expecting a console transition sooner rather than later.
"We are very mindful of an upcoming transition and the consumer behavior puts a fine point on that," he said. "Because as we head into the maturation of the cycle, we see tie ratios [games sold per console] come down, and you've seen what happens when that happens."
Zelnick added that the maturation of the current console cycle will have a minimal impact on Take-Two because gamers will buy high-quality titles no matter how late in the console cycle it may be.
"It fits very well with our stated strategy, which is we try really hard to do only the highest quality titles; the titles consumers will show up for without regarding to where you are in the hardware cycle," he said. "And that way we can really benefit from a large install base, which we already have, [and] which will grow larger through the holidays."
Zelnick concluded by saying it is paramount that Take-Two develops "must-have" games, because if it doesn't, consumers will seek out other titles from competitors.
"And we are, while not immune, we are less at risk for the lower tie ratios because we are putting out must-have products," Zelnick said. "If we don't put out must-have products, we too will be hurt by the fact that people are more selective with their purchases as we head into the end of the cycle. And everyone in our company is mindful of that, not the least our creative teams."
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Previously: There were tears. Currently: Still crying.
Lorraine: Buffy appraises a bunch of coffins. Spooky music plays while she opens one up, but it's all a bit of misdirection. There is nothing in the coffin. Buffy is here to pick one for Joyce.
Misdirection dictated that Buffy was doing all of this in the dark, in a room away from Giles, Dawn and the salesman. They enter the room now, and Buffy points out her selection. The salesman makes a skeevy comment about he can tell how much she care for the deceased based on her selection. It must be expensive. (S: Clearly. Such a skeevy and inappropriate comment and this guy needs a new line of work.) (K: Agreed. Creepy coffin salesman is creepy.) The group of them start to leave, but Dawn lingers. Buffy asks if she's okay, and Dawn asks how they know that Joyce would like this coffin. What if she'd like another one better? She is the one that has to be in it forever.
Kirsti: Once again, this show is acting as a giant PSA for cremation.
Lor: Buffy wonders if it was smart bringing Dawn along. The salesman asks if they need more time, but Buffy decisively says that it's fine. Her choice is made. Roll credits.
At the Summers' home, Dawn, Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander are gathered around the dinner table, discussing funeral details. Joyce didn't want a wake, as she felt that potlucks are depressing enough as it is. Dawn gets bristly about when Joyce said such a thing, and why she would discuss such things with Buffy and not Dawn. The phone rings, and B asks Giles to handle it, unless it is her father. It isn't. Giles leaves the room to finish up the call, while the group all exposits that Buffy hasn't been unable to get in touch with Hank Summers.
Sweeney: Who is, if nothing else, a consistent contender in Traumaland's race for Most Negligent Parent.
K: I still maintain that he wins, hands down.
Lor: Buffy is still trying to figure out how to put the line about not having a wake on the program, when Dawn quietly asks what they are going to do after the service. She doesn't want to come back home, and asks Willow if she can go to her place instead. Buffy gives slightly confused consent.
Next we see Xander and Willow leaving. Willow is going to stop by her mom's house, which she's been doing often, though Xander emphatically says he will not be stopping by his parent's house, as they are scary. That's the set-up for Spike to walk up with a bunch of flowers.
Xander is immediately defensive. Spike says he wasn't planning on going in, and that this has nothing to do with Buffy. The flowers are for Joyce, because she was a nice lady, who never treated him like a freak. Xander doesn't buy it. Spike throws down the flowers and walks away. Xander says, "The guy thinks he can put on a big show and con Buffy into being his sex monkey," while Willow picks up the flowers. She points out that he didn't leave a card.
K: BRB, having Spike/Joyce friendship feels.
Lor: The camera pans across the Summer's hall, and we pass Buffy's room where she sits on the bed, staring at nothing. The camera keeps moving past Dawn's room, where she sits in a similar state. We pan into the next scene, which is the funeral service. There is a series of quick fades on each of the Scooby members as we hear the voice of the minister. Dawn flinches when the first shovel full of dirt hits the coffin, and I flinch because I've stood there before. I stood there and thought about the body of my loved one, in the dirt.
Sweeney: I'm glad we're spending all this time on Joyce's passing. As was pointed out last time, death almost becomes a trivial thing on this show, because of how often the Scoobies deal with it. I think it makes it all the more poignant for us to show all of their grief when losing one of their own. We saw a bit of this with Ms. Calendar, but her position in the group was a bit more complicated than Joyce's. Anyone who has ever had the horrible experience of burying a loved one, I think, I can connect with all of this.
K: I, meanwhile, stop to be enormously grateful that Australia doesn't do graveside funerals. Because I lose my shit at funerals enough already. Having to do it in the cemetery? NOPE x INFINITY.
Lor: We fade to just Dawn and Buffy standing by the grave, with Willow and Tara behind them. Dawn turns away and says something to Tara and Willow. Tara approaches Buffy cautiously, and says that Dawn is ready to go. Buffy gives them permission to take her, but plans to stick around. They leave.
Buffy stares at the grave and we watch her as daylight turns to darkness behind her. We cut to a shot of her feet by the grave. Another person joins her.
Flail seems like the wrong word, considering what's happening at this moment, but it's Angel, and he came and it's crossover magic, and Buffy grabs his hand and then I start thinking about everything that's been happening to him on his show, and I can't even take it.
Sweeney: Given that the Bangel party generally consists of only me and sometimes you, I don't even fucking care that everyone will shit all over this. THE BANGEL MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE GAVE ME ALL THE FEELS AND HATERS GONNA HATE AND WHAT THE FUCK EVER. #teamfeelsforever
K: This is the sole moment in the entire series that gives me Bangel feels. Especially when it's put into the context of what's been happening over in Los Angeles. I also love that they don't show him finding out about Joyce. He just turns up.
Lor: I love that Sweeney gave a preemptive WHATEVERFUCKEVERYTHING, and Kirsti showed up to be all, "no, but I kind of agree." We're so fun.
Over at the Bigger on the Inside Dorm Room, Tara and Willow are having a tough time comforting Dawn. Willow offers that things will get better, and Tara adds they know because they are witches and they know stuff. This sparks an idea in Dawn. She wants them to use their magic to bring back Joyce.
After a cut to black, we join Anya and Xander post-coital. Anya is on top. They make comments about how intense it was, but it's sort of weird how unenthusiastic Xander sounds. I think it's just a bad direction thing, but whatever. The point is that Joyce's death got Anya thinking about life, and how they have the power to create it. She assures Xander that she doesn't mean now, just that she feels more awake knowing that it's possible. It's a nice counterpoint to her freak-out about death last episode.
At Willow's dorm, she's doing a terrible job of explaining why they can't resurrect Joyce. Tara is trying to go the, "it can't be done," route, and Willow keeps making comments about how it would be too difficult or that it would backfire.
Tara says Wiccans took an oath long ago not alter the fabric of life for selfish reasons. Dawn throws a little fit. Willow tries to comfort her, but she isn't having it. Tara and Willow clearly aren't seeing completely eye to eye and it's a nice call back to way back when, when Tara fudged a spell so it wouldn't work.
Back at the graveyard, Angel and Buffy are now sitting. Angel is leaning against a tree, and Buffy is sitting next to him, leaning against his shoulder. My heart squeezes a little and I try to remind myself about all the extra Cr he's been adding to the Angel lately, but I can't. Buffy says that the funeral was brutal, but she's really more worried about the next day, and resuming normal life. Buffy doubts herself, her strength and her ability to be a grown-up. She recalls that she had to be told to give her CPR, and predictably can't help but wonder what would've happened if she had arrived home 10 minutes earlier. Angel does his best to give the called for, "give it time," advice.
Buffy notes that it will be daylight soon. Angel offers to stay in town as long as she needs. Buffy replies, "How's forever? Does forever work for you?" She sighs and faces him and acknowledges what a bad idea that is, mostly because she's being very needy. Angel says he can handle it, and they kiss, softly at first, and then more passionately. They both pull away, and Angel apologizes. Buffy tells him not to. She's happy he came, because she didn't think she'd make it through the night. They lean against each other again, and sit for a while longer.
Sweeney: Yes to all of this. Their relationship ran its course and it's fine that it ended, but I love all the feelsy first love stuff. None of this stuff was "They should get back together 4EVA," so much as, "Yes, they were important to each other, so it made sense for him to come now."
K: Team Heartless Cow loves that he came, but could have done without the face nomming. Especially when you take into account that the last time they face nommed, Angel was human and he's the only one who remembers…
Lor: Ben leaves the hospital and one of Glory's Flattery Demons is waiting for him. Flattery Demon has come to encourage Ben to cultivate his relationship with the Slayer, in hopes of finding the location of the key. Ben is having none of that, as the key is "innocent." The Flattery Demon is all, "SKKKRT. SAY WUH," and Ben doesn't make it any better when he says, "the key isn't human! SWEARSIES." He almost says that. Anyways, in order to make sure Glory doesn't figure out this secret, Ben stabs the Flattery Demon.
At the Bigger on the Inside Dorm, Tara and Willow are headed to breakfast and class. Dawn says she was planning on sleeping (in her clothes.) some more and Giles was going to pick her up later. She is very frosty with poor Willow, who really wants to help. As she leaves, Willow kind of half-accios a book; it slides forward on the shelf.
Dawn notes this and goes to pick up the book once the girls are gone. History of Witchcraft. She looks at the table of contents and quickly locates the section on resurrection. She reads through it for a second and it appears that Dawn has got another idea.
Later, at the Magic Box, Dawn is doing some distracted dusting and poking around some book. Giles and Anya insist that she doesn't have to do that, but Dawn sads that being useful helps keep her mind off of things. Giles is okay with that, though Anya is twitchy for a second about someone doing her job. Dawn asks Giles if there is anything she should know, like for instance where all the dangerous books and potions are. Giles, bless his heart, actually points her in the right direction.
Sweeney: We know Giles was watching a bit of TV when he first became unemployed. DID YOU LEARN NOTHING, GILES? Amateur hour over here.
K: I, on the other hand, mostly had a little flail moment over the fact that Giles has a Restricted Section in the New New Wiggins Library.
Lor: Probably won't cage any baddies or werewolves we miss so so so much, but it is a nice call back.
Of course, the second no one is looking at her, Dawn heads up to the restricted section and steals some things.
That night, Dawn is by Joyce's grave. She's got her magicks book out, when Spike finds her. He tells her that if the spell calls for anything more than dirt, she's in zombie territory. Dawn stutters, but Spike knows what's she's doing; the book she has is infamous. Dawn begs Spike not to tell, because she has to get Joyce back. Spike: I'm not going to tell, little bit. I'm going to help. Preemptively score another for The Misguided Things Spike Does.
After the break, Giles is at home, in the mostly dark, playing a record and sipping on a drink. A quick look into what song is playing leads me to the discovery that it's the same song Giles and Joyce listened to in Band Candy. Grief in all forms.
Sweeney: FOREVER AND EVER. ALL THE GRIEF.
K: I actually have Tales of Brave Ulysses on my iPod and I can't listen to it in public because FEELS.
Lor: Spike and Dawn walk together to see a person who Spike says knows all about resurrection spells. Dawn looks troubled, but Spike tells her not to worry. She says he doesn't have to be nice to her, as she knows that he's only doing all of this to get in good with Buffy. He proves her wrong when he says that Buffy is not to hear a word about this. So, if he doesn't want credit, why is Spike helping Dawn? "I just don't like to see Summers women take it so hard on the chin, is all."
Sweeney: This line was precious. We established earlier that this is partially about Joyce, but his motivations are also a bit about Dawn, too. I love that he is protective of her for her own sake, not just Buffy's.
Lor: Agreed.
At Glory's place, she's anxiously awaiting the arrival of Jinx, the Flattery Demon who we saw get stabbed. One of her Flattery Demons calls her, "your new and improvedness." Yes.
Anyways, Jinx is helped in just a second later because apparently when Ben was all, "NO ONE CAN KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW," he stabbed him but didn't actually wait around to make sure he actually died despite being a medical professional. RIGHT.
Sweeney: He only stabbed him once. Do it or don't, Ben. You can't halfass a demon murder. COMMIT.
K: Agreed. Way to fail, Ben. You're a doctor. You should be good with a scalpel and knowing where to stab!
Lor: At first, Glory literally pulls out her hair in frustration, seeing that Ben stabbed Jinx, but then she's back to being elated when she hears the key is a person.
Spike and Dawn arrive at the magic guy's house. Dawn's a little put off, because it smells like grandpa. Magic Guy comes creeping out from within his house, and it's clear from the start that, to borrow a Kirsti thing, he's got a few kangaroos loose, um, up in his head. I don't think I got that completely right, but you know what I mean.
K: A few kangaroos loose in the top paddock, Lor. You were almost there!! Also, Magic Guy is JOEL GREY which causes me to fall somewhere in the middle of excited flailing and cowering in terror. Because he's always awesome but SO CREEPY OMG.
Lor: Spike explains that Dawn's mother died. Magic Guy says that they don't want to mess with this stuff, though he does offer some tonics to help the grieving. Nope. Dawn wants to mess with the magicks. Magic Guy pulls a hair from Dawn's head and presumably examines it, proclaiming Joyce's DNA strong. It's an interesting little bit, considering Dawn is only sort of a person. Dawn watches as Magic Guy pulls out a big book, and she also catches sight of a tail poking out from the bottom of his robe.
Magic Guy explains that the resurrection spell requires an egg of a Ghora demon. Dawn also needs a picture of her mother. It is to be placed in a sacred circle and a certain incantation must be said. The only way to reverse the spell is to destroy the image of her mother. Magic Guy warns that it's a tricky spell, and can only offer that Joyce will still "more or less" be her mother. Dawn takes it. She thanks the Magic Guy, who refuses her money, and just asks that she keep in touch. As they shake hands, Magic Guy's eyes go all black. Dawn pulls away and they leave. Magic Guy's smile drops.
Spike and Dawn locate the Ghora demon. Spike wants to go in alone, but Dawn says she needs to grab the eggs while Spike distracts the demon. She heads off ahead of him, and he laments to himself, "Well, what do you know. Bitty Buffy."
Sweeney: CUTE.
K: I loved this moment of Dawn not being a total wet blanket and actually being a Summers.
Lor: In the cave-ish thing, the Ghora demon sleeps. Spike starts making a ruckus and the demon wakes, revealing that it has three heads and that our besties the Bad Special Effects Guys have come out to play. Spike is swinging an axe at the Ghora heads while Dawn sneaks behind them and grabs an egg. Spike buries the axe in a Ghora neck, and takes off running, behind Dawn. But Dawn drops the egg on the way out. Spike tries to get her to leave, because now he has no weapon. Dawn doesn't listen and runs back down to grab another egg. Spike resorts to throwing stones, and the Ghora bites down on Spike. One can imagine it would be very tempting to nibble Spike torso. He manages to wiggle free, grab the axe again and strike. This time, Dawn and Spike make it out with egg intact.
We cut to the Summer's house at night, and Dawn is building her sacred circle, picture of Joyce in the middle, and cracked egg off to the side. She chants, "I beg of you, return to me," and we cut to black.
Tara and Willow banter in bed. Willow's started a journal, as she realizes that time is passing her by and she wants to remember it. Tara notes, just then, that the History of Witchcraft book is missing. She figures right away that Dawn took it. Willow gets nervous and twitchy. She's a terrible liar, but lucky for her, Tara doesn't seem to notice. Willow thinks they should call Buffy right away.
Buffy arrives home and the phone is ringing.
Upstairs, Dawn is still magic-ing it up, when Buffy busts in on her. B demands to know what she's done, but Dawn just runs out, saying that Joyce is coming. Buffy conveniently grabs the photo of Joyce and runs after Dawn. Back downstairs, Buffy tells Dawn she has no idea what she's messing with and what could be coming back, but Dawn refuses to reverse the spell, and grabs the picture of Joyce out of Buffy's hands. We cut to a shot of zombie!Joyce's legs walking across the graveyard and Dawn's voice continues, "I'm not like you, Buffy. I don't have anybody." She has Buffy, but she doesn't feel that way. Ever since Joyce died, Dawn claims that Buffy hasn't even looked at her. Buffy hasn't even cried. All Dawn has seen is Buffy running around, handling things like a big chore.
Buffy slaps Dawn across the face, and is immediately horrified that she did. Dawn and Buffy are both tearful as Buffy tries to explain that she's been working because once she stops, it'll be real, and Joyce will be gone.
Buffy: And I'm trying. Dawn, I am, I am really trying to take care of things, but I don't even know what I'm doing. Mom always knew.
Dawn: Nobody's asking you to be Mom.
Buffy: Well, who's gonna be if I'm not? Huh, Dawn? Have you even thought about that? Who's gonna make things better? Who's gonna take care of us?
Dawn: Buffy…
Buffy: I didn't mean to push you away, I didn't. I just, I couldn't let you see me.
As they keep talking, crying, we see a shadow move past the curtains in the background.
Sweeney: This episode and the zombie stuff gives me the genuine, "I'm scared now," creeps. It's all very well paced, IMO.
Lor: Agreed. I was both terrified of seeing Joyce, and hopeful that I'd see Joyce.
Someone knocks on the front door. Buffy turns toward the noise and asks, "Mommy?" She moves toward the door, but Dawn quickly picks up the picture of Joyce and tears it in half, before the door is opened and we see what's on the other side. There is nothing there. Joyce is dead. Forever.
Sweeney: I love. love. loved this. All the feels for Dawny this episode. You guys keep telling us that elsewhere in the fandom people rag on her and fuck all that noise. While I do understand where Buffy was coming from this episode, this episode was a perfect demonstration of how much Buffy tends to shut her out. Dawn's feels were every bit as legit as hers. What's more, I also adore the fact that Dawn ultimately tears the photo because it's proof of my new pro-Dawn mantra against these haters I have never actually engaged with, BUT: she can and will step up when Buffy actually opens up to her. Dawn acts out because she is shut out. For all of Buffy's, "What do I do?" in the end, Buffy was ready to accept that zombie as mom when she knocked on the door and Dawn was the one to recognize that this was a foolish thing that she did because she was grieving. LOVE.
K: A+, Sweeney. The Buffy shutting everyone out thing was shown brilliantly in the Space Cockroach episode – she does all her crying while doing the dishes and blasting music in the middle of the night. She knows it's her job to be the strong one, to fight the things that others can't. Having Dawn be the strong one, even for a little while, is perfect.
Lor: And on that note, Buffy turns toward her little sister, she says her name, and breaks down in tears. Dawn rushes forward and hugs her, offering a small, "it's okay." They sink to the floor, holding each other, and sobbing.
Most of the sobbing is theirs. Only a little of it belongs to me.
Lots to say about this episode. First, reader Jojo unwittingly pointed out in the comments a little early about the little scene with Giles mourning being a brilliant addition. I'd only add that over the last two episodes, we've been shown glimpses of how much this death has affected everyone, and how they are dealing with it. Anya, thinking about life. Willow visiting her mom and starting a journal. Spike, bringing flowers. Giles, listening to a song that reminds him of Joyce. Dawn, looking to take matters into her own hands. And Buffy, never stopping, until there was nothing left to do.
Sweeney: Somebody mentioned wanting more scenes from other characters and I disagree. I loved everything we got from the grief of people who aren't Buffy and Dawn, but I also think it was right and fitting that Buffy/Dawn were the focus. I once read an article about "the ring theory" and circles of grief when someone has a terminal illness, where proximity to the person who is ill constitutes how far in/out your circle is. The logic is that you pour love IN to the center and dump feels OUT to the outer circles. (Which is to say that you can't say something like, "I couldn't stand to see her like that," to someone in a more inward circle than you — you "dump" feelings out.) I love that we observed everyone sticking to that philosophy across these two episodes. The quiet moment with Giles is especially potent because we see him being so strong and supportive the rest of the time.
Lor: I mentioned it already, but I loved that Angel showed up. I love him, the character for doing it, and I loved that he was the one that talked Buffy through a sort of transition point. We saw the sky darken behind her, and she said that this is it– there is no longer a road map. She's been thrown into adulthood all at once and in a way she probably never expected. Angel felt like a good person to hand hold her through that. And in the end, he left, because he's one other thing left in her past.
A very good follow-up to an extremely good episode.
K: Meanwhile, I'll be over here burning effigies of Hank Summers.
Next time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: So, the Buffybot is a thing in S05 E18 – Intervention.

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Nigeria reports its first Ebola death
African coutries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra, have reported 1,093 cases so far
Accra (Nigeria): Nigeria has become the fourth country in the West African region to record a death from the deadly Ebola disease, the country's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu confirmed.
The victim was a 40-year-old Liberian national who had come to Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. He was admitted last Sunday after he reported ill, showing symptoms of the disease.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra have already reported about 1,093 cases with 660 deaths as of July 20. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is often fatal in humans. It said outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa near tropical rain forests and it is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads through human-to-human transmission.
Leaders of the regional grouping, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) set up a disease control centre in the Guinean capital, Conakry, to help fight the spread of the disease in the next six months.
Luis Sambo, the Africa Regional director of WHO said, "Research in Africa is weak and more research must be directed in order to align it with the developmental agenda of problems that we face on the continent," he added.
With the spread of the disease in the region, there have been some calls for the closure of borders but Keiji Fukuda, deputy director general of the WHO, said his organisation had decided against this move because it was not an effective way of dealing with it.
Ebola symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus with a fever, throat and muscle pain, and headaches. This is followed by nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, liver and kidney failure.


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Even with careful preflight planning and in-flight monitoring, you could find yourself unexpectedly short on fuel, adding to your calculations for a safe landing, and maybe a concern about eating into your IFR fuel reserve. A relatively recent FAA chief counsel interpretation answered whether a pilot may "legally" use some of the required 45-minute minimum IFR fuel reserve without declaring an emergency. This gives me an opportunity to clarify the difference between declaring a fuel "emergency" and giving ATC a "minimum fuel advisory." It is also an opportunity to raise the issue of the pilot in command's emergency authority.
As background, let's review FAR 91.167, which specifies the fuel requirements for flight in IFR conditions. It says that, "No person may operate a civil aircraft in IFR conditions unless it carries enough fuel (considering weather reports and forecasts and weather conditions) to: Complete the flight to the first airport of intended landing; Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, fly from that airport to the alternate airport; and Fly after that for 45 minutes at normal cruising speed [helicopters different]."
The paragraph (b) exception allows a pilot to eliminate from his or her computation the fuel necessary to fly from the first airport to the alternate if the first airport has a standard or special instrument approach, and it is expecting generally good weather (i.e., for at least one hour before and one hour after the estimated time of arrival, the relevant weather reports/forecasts indicate that the ceiling will be at least 2,000 feet above the airport elevation and visibility will be at least three statute miles—the familiar memory device of "1-2-3"). In that case the basic rule is simply that enough fuel must be carried to land at the destination airport plus a 45-minute reserve computed at normal cruising speed and altitude. In both cases a 45-minute fuel reserve is required.
What about landing without all of the required reserve in the tanks? I have stated that where the facts show proper preflight planning and en route monitoring, merely landing without the full 45-minute fuel reserve, by itself, does not constitute a violation of FAR 91.167.
The question the FAA chief counsel answered is slightly different. He answered yes to whether a pilot may "legally" use some of the 45-minute fuel reserve without declaring an emergency. He says: "The FAA has advised pilots to declare a fuel emergency [only] when, in the pilot's judgment, it is necessary for him or her to proceed directly to the airport at which he or she or she intends to land."
How is that different from a "minimum fuel advisory"? The two may sound alike, but an advisory is definitely not a declaration of an emergency. According to the Aeronautical Information Manual, a minimum fuel advisory to ATC is appropriate when your fuel supply has reached a state where, upon reaching the destination, you cannot accept any undue delay. There is no regulatory requirement that such an advisory be given to ATC. However, it does indicate to ATC that an emergency situation is possible should any undue delay occur. It does not imply a need for traffic priority, but declaring a fuel emergency does. According to the AIM, "If the remaining usable fuel supply suggests the need of traffic priority to ensure a safe landing, you should declare an emergency due to low fuel and report fuel remaining in minutes."
So, whether to declare a fuel emergency or give a minimum fuel advisory is much within the judgment of the pilot. The controlling issue is whether the pilot believes he or she needs priority handling to effect a safe landing, i.e., an emergency; or whether ATC should merely be put on alert against any occurrence that might delay the aircraft, i.e., a minimum fuel advisory.
What the interpretation does not discuss is the possible relevance of FAR 91.3. Recall that this is the rule that gives the pilot in command the final authority as to the operation of the aircraft, and consistent with that authority, allows the pilot who is experiencing an in-flight emergency to deviate from any rule of Part 91 to the extent required to meet that emergency. This authority is well known to the pilot community. It is not usually second-guessed by the FAA except in one limited circumstance—where the emergency is of the pilot's own making. In many instances, low on fuel is arguably of the pilot's own making. While concern about FAA enforcement should never be a reason not to declare an emergency, it may well be in the back of the pilot's mind, complicating an already very difficult decision. Whatever the decision, hopefully culminating in a safe landing, one of the first things the pilot should do on landing is to call the AOPA Legal Services Plan, and secondly, to file a NASA Aviation Safety Report. Safely on the ground, we can then wrestle with the possibility of an FAA violation.
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This periodic column highlights the comings and goings of Mason faculty and staff, as well as promotions and job changes within the university.
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Katherine Aghamiri is the new administrative assistant in the Senior Vice President's Office.
Joseph Allen is a new resident director in the Office of Housing and Residence Life.
Joseph M. Balducci is the new manager of online learning resources for the Division of Instructional Technology (DoIT)−Learning Support Services.
Andrew Bashuk is the new director of marketing for Intercollegiate Athletics
Christopher Baumgartner is the new sustainability outreach coordinator in the Office of Sustainability.
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The re-polling was ordered by the Election Commission due to technical reasons. (Agencies) Latest News from State News Desk
Suburban District Collector Shekhar Channe said a voter turnout of 48.94 percent was registered at two booths in Mumbai North and one in Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituencies.
"Out of the 1,232 who voted again, 668 were men and 564 women. In Malad booth number 242, 351 people voted which included 200 men and 151 women with the turnout of 35.41 percent. In 161-Charkop, 622 people voted out of which 305 were men and 317 women," the officer said.
In Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat, re-polling was held in booth 160 in Chandivali where 259 people including 163 men and 96 women voted.
Channe said the voter turnout was 55.93 percent in Chandivali. Polling in all six parliamentary constituencies was held in Mumbai on April 24 along with remaining 19 Lok Sabha seats across Maharashtra in the final phase.
Meanwhile, in Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat, re-polling was held in Hiradgao polling booth of Srigonda Assembly segment.
736 voters out of the total 1154 voted there, including 411 men and 325 women.
The polling in Ahmedngar was held on April 17.
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Wests Tigers' Bodene Thompson suspended for one NRL match
The Wests Tigers' Bodene Thompson will miss Friday's clash with Manly after pleading guilty to a grade one dangerous contact charge.
Thompson took the early plea on the charge, having made contact with Penrith playmaker Jamie Soward after he kicked the ball in the 26th minute of the Panthers' 26-10 win at Leichhardt Oval on Sunday.
The former Gold Coast utility will miss one week over the charge.
In the only other judiciary charge emanating from round 17, South Sydney forward Luke Burgess will miss a match if he takes the early guilty plea for a grade one high tackle on Matt White in the second half of the Rabbitohs' upset 14-10 loss to the Titans on Monday.
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text: I have been playing with Babolat RPM Blast on the mains and Gamma TNT on the crosses of my Wilson Steam 99s at around 53 lbs but just wasn't lasting long enough, so I began looking for more durable strings. I strung Moto as the mains and Gamma TNT2 on crosses all at 53 lbs. I was looking for a more durable string for the extremely open (16 x 15) string pattern that also wouldn't hurt my elbow. They played well with some feel, control and enough power, but still didn't have the durability I was looking for. Moto popped before TNT within two or two and a half weeks of stringing it, playing with it for a few hours each day. It did not injure my elbow, and played well while it lasted. All in all, it was a nice string and would last longer in a racket with a more closed pattern and someone who doesn't hit the ball so heavy.


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Especially in light of the anxiety I mentioned yesterday, I'm the kind of person who finds it hard to relax. So when I do, outside of my normal routine (on the couch with Bob, Ollie and a glass of something anesthetizing) it is a small miracle. Friday evening found us in the garden at Heritage Oak Winery, with friends, food, music and of course, wine. The winery is on the outskirts of Acampo in what has become the valley's "wine country".It's an hour north of MoTown and was definitely worth the trip.
Heritage Oak Winery is one of those ridiculously charming vineyards, with the family farm house, ancient trees and bird-watching tours. Their summer Stress Therapy sessions are an invitation to enjoy the sunset and sample their wines. We brought our own picnic and paired the wines with Manchego, Soppressatta and a hunk of roasted garlic bread that our friend Kimmie brought along.
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text: PVH Corp. Eyeing Boost From Women's The apparel firm expects the women's portion of its Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands to grow about twice as fast as the larger men's segments. By Arnold J. Karr on August 29, 2012 NEW YORK — PVH Corp. is looking to close its designer gender gap.On a Tuesday morning conference call to discuss the group's better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and sales, Emanuel Chirico, chairman and chief executive officer, told analysts the company's two designer brands, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, are both weighted toward men's sales, with Hilfiger about 60 percent and Klein about 55 percent men's."If you think about both of our lead brands, Calvin and Tommy, the women's business is always one that we've looked at, that we felt should be bigger and had bigger opportunities," he said. "If you look at the women's potential in the market, the women's business is much bigger than the men's business."He then stated that two-thirds of the opportunity for growth with the designer brands is expected to come from women's, versus one-third from men's. While both brands are global in scope, that two-to-one ratio of opportunity is nearly identical to the breakdown of sales between women's and men's apparel in the U.S. which, according to The NPD Group, were $110.16 billion and $55.72 billion, respectively, in 2011.RELATED STORY: Tommy Hilfiger Lifts PVH Above Consensus >>"I think if we have fallen down anywhere on the brand level, our execution has just been stronger on men's product than it has been on the women's side of it," Chirico continued, "and I think some of the initiatives, both with our licensing partners on Calvin and internally with our Tommy product both in North America and Europe, we believe has significantly been improved and the positioning there has significantly improved."Focusing primarily on Calvin Klein, he cited numerous programs expected to help boost the women's share of the brands' businesses from their current levels of about 40 percent for Hilfiger and 45 percent for Klein. He described G-III Apparel Group Ltd.'s efforts with Calvin Klein dresses, suits, handbags and accessories as "just off the charts, strong" and noted an excellent performance by Klein footwear licensee Jimlar Corp., with royalty revenues for G-III and Jimlar rising 15 percent in the second quarter. The Klein jeans and underwear businesses, rights to which are held by Warnaco Group Inc., have been problematic "due to uncertainty in Europe and the weakness we see in our global jeans business," the ceo said, leading PVH to plan royalties from Warnaco's licenses in Europe at contractual minimums for the year, about 10 percent below 2011 levels.The ceo expressed confidence in Warnaco's plan to turn around the jeans business, citing "some of the great design talent that they've brought in, the investments they're making in their infrastructure and merchandising." He expects benefits from those efforts to be realized beginning in 2013 with top-line growth resuming in the second half of next year.While Warnaco works to rectify its Klein jeans business and streamline its European operations, PVH next year will take back the CK Calvin Klein bridge apparel and accessories in Europe previously licensed to Warnaco, converting royalties from a licensee into direct revenue. Chirico said PVH is at the start of a "total repositioning of where the product was. We're not going to be using the CK logo, so it's not going to be CK Calvin Klein. It's going to be Calvin Klein product.…We're going to start with men's next year, fall of next year, and then go into women's in fall of 2014."Late Monday, PVH reported that its net income for the quarter ended July 29 rose 29.3 percent to $87.7 million, or $1.19 a diluted share, while revenues eked out a 0.2 percent increase to $1.34 billion. Hilfiger revenues rose 4.2 percent to $721.9 million and volume at Klein, which depends more heavily on licensing royalties, expanded 4.7 percent to $251.2 million. Excluding special items, operating income at Hilfiger was up 28.5 percent, to $97.3 million, while Klein's contracted 8.8 percent, to $60.2 million, on a heavier investment in marketing.The strong performance, coupled with upbeat guidance for the remainder of the year, helped boost the New York-based company's stock $4.42, or 5 percent, to $92.91 a share Tuesday. Earlier in the day, shares hit a new 52-week high of $94.74.PVH's strength in men's is in part derived from its roots with the Van Heusen dress shirt brand. The Heritage Brands unit, which houses that label, saw a 9.5 percent drop in revenues, to $363.5 million, as operating income dropped 23.2 percent to $23.2 million. With product costs declining from a year ago, average unit retails up in the midsingle digits, Izod among the vendors anointed to be part of the new J.C. Penney and the closure of the Izod women's and Timberland businesses approaching their anniversaries, Chirico sounded an optimistic note on the segment."Clearly, the Heritage business is in the midst of a major turnaround," he said. To continue reading this article... Subscribe Now Log In load comments blog comments powered by Disqus


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Mazatlan, Mexico: winter break
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Friends from work and I decided to start the new year right by flying to Mazatlan, Mexico. I've been wanting to soak in the sun and enjoy a warm weather so it was a perfect get-away. We stayed near the Zona Dorada area, which has many interesting shops. I found a 3-floor high miniature pyramid ruin and decided to climb it for fun. The steps are very narrow and I was scared but, it was just what I needed for some cheap thrills. I love the Sea Shell City store, which also has a small museum on the 2nd floor. They have many types of sea shells and dried water creatures that I've never seen before. I got a couple of seahorses and cross sections of sea shells, which I'll make into pendants. I really liked the restaurant, across the street from it and at the end of a line of shops. It has a nice outdoor ambience right on the waterfront.
We frequented our favorite Rico's cafe and Panama restaurant and bakery. They have really good food, at least much better and cheaper than at the hotel. There's also this really good and super cheap taco Pastor near front of Holiday Inn and they're just delicious! They're cooking them right on the street so it's easy to find. We had some tortilla soup, which was really good but a little salty for my taste. I also like the Michael's art gallery and all the handmade crafts they sell. They're very unique and colorful, a little pricey but well worth it.
On Sunday, we took the bus to downtown and visited the town's cathedral. We did our own walking tour and stopped by the mercado central, the plaza, the Catedral de la Purisma Concepcion, Teatro Angela Peralta, the diving cliff, and the beautiful historic downtown. I wasn't able to hike the Lighthouse, visit Valentino's castle (although we drove by it), or do some island hopping just so we can relax more at the resort. A lady gave us a boogie board as she was leaving but when we went out to swim, there were signs of jellyfish warning. We even found couple of small dead jellyfish washed out to the shore. It wasn't worth the risk so we just hang out at the hotel's endless pool, which is right on the beach. The beach is quite a scene. You see mariachi musicians walking with their guitars, vendors selling toys, food, and souvenirs, and tourists trying on water activities. In the morning, I saw divers snorkling and diving by the shore for some fresh lobsters. There's so much to do in Mazatlan that I wish we could have stayed longer.
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Gnats Split Doubleheader with Jackets
August 19, 2013 - South Atlantic League (SAL) - Savannah Sand Gnats News Release
Augusta, GA - The Savannah Sand Gnats split a doubleheader, representing games two and three of the four-game series with the Augusta GreenJackets Sunday afternoon. The teams were washed out of Friday and Saturday's match ups. The Gnats (26-25) started off with a game one victory, 2-1. Savannah scored both of their runs in their top of the first inning thanks to CF Brandon Nimmo's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by C Nelfi Zapata.
The GreenJackets (33-21) cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth on C Eliezer Zambrano's sacrifice fly.
Gnats' reliever, Tim Peterson started his first game of the season and looked strong. Peterson allowed one run on four hits through three and a third innings. He gave way to reliever Estarlin Morel (2-1) who recorded two scoreless innings and his first win with the Sand Gnats. Beck Wheeler picked up his sixteenth save of the year.
Game two contained some more offensive firepower. The Gnats' rally fell short as Augusta took game two 7-6. The Jackets knocked in two runs against Gnats' starter Steven Matz in the bottom of the first. Augusta would then chase Gnats' starter Matz in the fifth and add on five more runs. The Jackets only needed three hits to score five runs against Matz and reliever Tyler Vanderheiden,
Savannah would answer Augusta with five runs of their own in the top of the sixth with Maikis De La Cruz's two-run double being the big blow. That was Cruz's seventeenth double of the year. The Gnat's valiant comeback would fall short as they only plated one in the top of the seventh.
The same teams are at it Monday night for a double header. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30pm. Probable starters for game 1: Savannah: Seth Lugo (1-0 0.69) Augusta: TBD
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- Hickory Tops Power in Homestand Finale - West Virginia Power
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Bowie 'got his leg over a lot' before settling down with Iman
In a social media post on the day of his death, David Bowie's wife said "the struggle is real, but so is God".
Iman Abdulmajid, who was married to the star for 24 years, has not spoken directly about his death but posted a series of cryptic tweets at the weekend.
One, which appeared on Saturday, was a picture of text reading: "Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory."
The couple have one daughter together, Alexandria Zahra Jones.
Before settling down to marriage with the Somali supermodel in 1992, Bowie is said to have had a colourful and often wild sex life.
He was rumoured to have bedded many partners, both male and female.
In an interview with Jonathan Ross some years ago he avoided answering the question of whether he was gay or bisexual, simply to say: "I just got my leg over a lot."
He added: "I was incredibly promiscuous and I think we'll leave it at that."
Some star names including Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and singer Lulu have said they had dalliances with him.
Sarandon revealed she had dated Bowie around the time they worked on the 1983 British horror film The Hunger. She described Bowie as "worth idolising" in a 2014 interview with the entertainment website The Daily Beast.
She said: "He's extraordinary. That was a really interesting period. I wasn't supposed to have kids, and I'm the oldest of nine and had mothered all of them, so I wasn't ever in a mode where I was looking to settle down and raise a family, so that definitely changes the gene pool you're dipping into."
Bowie was "just a really interesting person, and so bright," she said adding "he's a talent and a painter and ... he's great."
Lulu said her brief but passionate affair with him began in 1974.
The Scottish singer told Event magazine in 2015: "I had a small window when I was involved with Bowie ...
'We were so connected because of the music - it was the personal stuff that was ... odd. Some of the conversations we had were insane ...
'My mum thought Bowie was the weirdest thing she'd ever seen, and to a mother of course he was."
She recalled that his thighs were "incredible" adding they were "long and slim but muscly" and they were "not pumped up but really powerful."
A biography - called Bowie - by Wendy Leigh, claimed the rock star's many lovers also included Elizabeth Taylor, Bianca Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, and Ola Hudson, mother of Guns 'N Roses guitarist Slash.
Bowie was married to his first wife, the US model and actress Angie Bowie until 1980. Their son Zowie, also known as Duncan Jones, was born in May 1970.
She is currently appearing on Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother.
On her marriage to Bowie, she told the other housemates: "I got a really bad broken heart when we split up, cos I didn't have a job. My job was managing David and I had no job, I was off loaded and I couldn't work with anyone else as a manager. That's the reason why I was heartbroken; I had no job and a son. I wasn't interested in fighting him for custody, I didn't have a job. When I don't have a job I get into bad mischief ... I was drinking, being barred from bars."
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This is the time of year where my classes are a wrap for the summer and I take on the crazy of more than full time shooting. It is a truly hectic season May – Nov, I work really hard at what I do, but also enjoy it so much.
The first week in June I was taking a horse back riding lesson, where things went badly and I came off. The accident resulted in a concussion, whiplash, and a completely shattered arm and elbow. I had emergency surgery that required extensive hardware to reconstruct and complications that required a week long hospital stay. After coming home I was sent back to the hospital two additional times and the culmination of it all has made for a very traumatic run.
I'm currently four weeks out from the accident and still feeling really weak, but hoping things improve a bit faster over time. The doctors have made it clear that my arm will never be the same, and out of commission entirely for 4-6 months. I am hoping with therapy starting next week, I can get things back to work much sooner! I injured my right and dominant arm, and that has made life a little more complicated. I am working to edit left handed to finish already captured sessions, and once I regain my strength I plan to get creative and find ways to shoot and function.
This has been devastating personally, but is also so difficult professionally as I'm having to cancel, refer out, or reschedule all of my summer sessions, that were booked so long before now. In nine years of shooting I've never had to cancel a session, and I am so invested in every client, that this has been very disappointing.
I write all of this to slow the summer inquiries coming from this site. I appreciate the interest so much, and would have loved to work each family in. I am trying to keep up with responding to each one, and it's overwhelming. The reality is I will not be able to schedule anything for July or August. If I am able, very late summer, I will be trying to shoot those already on my calendar.
For clients interested in fall sessions, (particularly late fall) I ask that you please still consider me. I'm hopeful that by then I'll be back in the game, but I won't know until it nears a bit. I will post here and on Facebook when I'm able to schedule sessions again, in the meantime I can be reached through my website if needed.
Thank you all for your patience, and I'm sorry to those of you I have not been able to shoot.
Below are a few images on my desktop at the moment …
Quite here always means busy! The expected slow down that these colder months can sometimes bring has not occurred. Some day I will catch up the blog!
In the mean time, this little guy was in front of my camera last week. Little Hayden is such a miracle! Born at 30 weeks! – and after a stay in the NICU at Buffalo Children's Hospital, he is now so healthy and strong! Captured here at 9 weeks, and still before his due date. Those eyes!
To all those who follow my work here, I am sorry for so few updates! I am in the crazy of giving my best to clients, and just can't keep up with doing so, and posting! A bit of recent work can be found on FB or Instagram, and there are almost 9 years of images here in the archives for those wanting a look. Many sessions this time of year are used as gifts, and are kept completely quiet until after the Holidays, another reason for the silence.
In 2012, I was offered the opportunity to teach a photography class for an International school, and since that time have added two other Photo classes, and an Entrepreneurship class to the roster. Most of this takes place during the Spring semester, which helps to level out the work load a bit. This year though (2015) I assumed a fall photo class, which has taken an already busy season into a new level of busy. So while I hope to update my website at some point … Here are a few recent images from different sessions on my desktop at the moment. My clients are so beautiful!
I have been in survival mode lately, trying to work in vacationing families, and keep to my already booked summer months. Updates to this site will be slow for a while … but little Grace is on my desktop at the moment. A small lovely part of a beautiful family!
This little lady turns one! She is the youngest member of a large vacationing family, I had the honor of capturing last week.


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Ill look it over. This definitely sets a higher level of professionalism for your game.
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MicroID is a lightweight identity layer for the web, invented by Jeremie Miller (creator of Jabber). MicroID enables anyone to claim verifiable ownership over content hosted anywhere on the web (social networking sites, discussion forums, blogs, etc.). MicroID is not an authentication or single-sign-on service, just a straightforward method for identifying content ownership that complements existing technologies such as OpenID and microformats. The technology is radically simple and enables developers to build new and unique meta services with minimal effort. It's already being used by the likes of ClaimID, Last.fm, Ma.gnolia, Wikitravel, and Yedda. So join in the fun!
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There is no new or deep technology involved, simply hash a communication URI such as an email address, hash the URL of the site where the content is hosted, append the two hashes, and hash the concatenation. Prepend the resulting hash with the inputted URI schemes and the hashing algorithm in the following format:
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This MicroID can then be used in an HTML meta tag or class attribute as shown below.
To verify a user's home page or ownership of any page:
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Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is honouring a bet with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio now that the Habs are out of the playoffs.
The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the New York Rangers in six games in the Stanley Cup semi-finals.
During the series, de Blasio challenged Coderre to a friendly wager if the Rangers won — to fly a New York flag in front of Montreal City Hall and eat some New York bagels.
.@DenisCoderre, I'll bet you a bag of bagels and a Rangers jersey on a New York win. What says Montreal? #RANGERSTOWN pic.twitter.com/i9vg4nVf2L— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio)
May 19, 2014
"It was a friendly bet. He won — even if he asked me to bet after our first loss and when Carey (Price) was injured. It's OK, I still believed in my team. I am that partisan," Coderre said.
But Montrealers will notice two flags flying outside Montreal City Hall — a New York City flag and a New York Rangers flag.
Et voilà Bonne chance aux Rangers de NewYork Les drapeaux seront là toute la fin de semaine (@BilldeBlasio ) #HabsDC pic.twitter.com/6h9Kf0PQGX— DenisCoderre (@DenisCoderre)
June 5, 2014
"There are two flags because my friend de Blasio said there were no Rangers flags. But I found one that same morning, and he sent me one of New York City. To be good sports, we put both," Coderre said.
The flags will stay raised throughout the weekend.
New York's mayor also sent Coderre some bagels from Lenny's Bagels.
"Is this a bagel?" Coderre said as he drew one from a bag, and then bit into it.
Coderre tweeted he liked it, but watch the video to see his reaction.
To Mayor @BilldeBlasio (For today only) I declare that NY's Bagel are the best... Can't wait for tomorrow :) #HabsDC pic.twitter.com/gcsoc43h8G— DenisCoderre (@DenisCoderre)
June 5, 2014
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Located between Ontario's largest ski resort and the world's largest freshwater beach, Collingwood - known for its Victorian and Edwardian-inspired architecture - is a four-season destination with cottages and ski chalet rentals scattered along the Niagara Escarpment and the shores of Georgian Bay.
Popular pastimes include skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, and ice canyoning in the winter and hiking, mountain biking, caving and zip-lining come summer. The region is a preferred destination for water sport enthusiasts, who take to Georgian Bay to go sailing, canoeing, and kayaking. Sunbathers and swimmers will enjoy the 14km long Wasaga Beach - the world's longest freshwater beach! - and golfers can hit the links at the variety of courses in the area.
With plenty of restaurants, cafés, pubs, and spas in the area, there's no shortage of places to retire to after a day on the trails or slopes. Sample a traditional pilsner or a couple of lagers at Creemore Springs Brewery, or head to Café Chartreuse or the Espresso Post for a coffee or tea. Agro-tourism opportunities abound along the Apple Pie Trail, a scenic route that runs through the town, with stops at orchards, vineyards, and eateries.
Just two hours northwest of Toronto, Collingwood offers outdoor and cultural attractions, making it a popular place to rent a cottage in Ontario.+ More


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The Do's and Don'ts for Teaching with Videos
It's been a little more than a year since I started experimenting with video lectures and with flipping my classroom, and I absolutely love it. It seems my students love it too! …as long as they don't have to do … Continued


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'Female Indiana Jones' to speak at Petroleum Museum event
Published 9:09 am, Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Mireya Mayor, dubbed "Female Indiana Jones" will speak Tuesday at the Arlen Edgar Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted by the Petroleum Museum.
A scientist, explorer, wildlife correspondent, anthropologist and inspirational speaker, Mayor, a Ph.D. in anthropology, has reported on wildlife and habitat issues to worldwide audiences for more than a decade.
A former NFL cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins, Mayor grew up in a big city and as the only daughter of Cuban immigrants. She couldn't join the Girl Scouts as a child because her family thought it was too dangerous. In spite of this, she went on to become the first female wildlife correspondent for the "Ultimate Explorer" series on National Geographic Television, and has spent more than 10 years exploring some of the wildest and most remote places on earth, often armed with little more than a backpack, notebooks and hiking boots. Since then, Mayor has slept in remote jungles teeming with poisonous snakes, gone diving with great white sharks, been charged by gorillas and chased by elephants, and that's just in the last few months.
Mayor is a Fulbright scholar, National Science Foundation Fellow and published author with a Ph.D. in anthropology from Stony Brook University. She wrote the foreword and was a major contributor for National Geographic's Complete Survival Manual, has written articles for National Geographic's kids magazines "Explorer" and "Extreme Explorer," and is working closely with National Geographic's School Publishing on videos and textbooks for classrooms nationwide.
Mayor has made numerous appearances on the "Today" show, MSNBC, CNN and Despierta America and has been profiled in People, Marie Claire, Latina, National Geographic Adventure, Vanidades and Elle magazines. She divides her time between research in the rainforests of Madagascar, lecturing at schools and universities and traveling the world as a wildlife correspondent.
The Petroleum Museum is hosting her as a free event and there are 250 seats available. Contact the Petroleum Museum for tickets at 683-4403.


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Beaumont woman finds popular graffiti cat at Jack in the Box
Published 8:00 am, Saturday, April 14, 2012
It's not every day that an Internet phenomenon visits Beaumont, so when a nationally-recognized street artist announced over Twitter that he hid one of his signature pieces at a local restaurant, Jeri Sterling was on it.
"I knew it was there. I just had to get there," said the 29-year-old Beaumont resident.
Sterling, a veterinarian at Jordan Veterinary Clinic in Vidor, is among the nearly 10,000 people on Facebook and Twitter who follow the Atlanta-based street artist known as Catlanta. He is famous in his hometown and has been featured on CNN for his innovative way of popularizing his signature cat artworks.
The 24-year-old graffiti artist creates 4-inch high plywood cutouts of plump cartoon cats, decorates them with outlandish colors, and hides them around the country. He posts picture clues and sometimes exact locations of where the cats are hidden on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. The followers who find his hidden cats get to keep them.
"I was doing some graffiti with cats, and I didn't want to do any more destructive stuff," said Catlanta, who remains anonymous except to close family and friends. "I saw that it could become a game, so I just went with it."
Sterling found out about Catlanta's short sojourn into Texas from the artist's social media outlets. He didn't specify which part of the state, so Sterling took it upon herself to respond on Facebook with: "Beaumont ..... Vidor .... or Orange ... any of those will do :)" on Wednesday.
And that's just what he did the next day. On his way out of the Houston area where he was helping his aunt move, Catlanta made a pit stop at the Jack in the Box - for him, a rare treat that doesn't exist in Georgia. Behind a large promotional poster at the front of the restaurant at Interstate 10 and Gulf Street, he hid the cowboy-themed purple cat.
"I left work within seconds after I saw it," said Sterling, who found the cat about 45 minutes after it was posted on Twitter. "When I went to leave the restaurant, there were two employees laughing at me, asking me if I won the lottery."
Sterling's new cat, which joins the five real ones that roam her Beaumont home, hangs on the wall with another, larger Catlanta piece she bought from his Etsy store. The new addition wears a turquoise and brown vintage Western shirt, faded blue jeans and cowboy boots.
The other Texas-themed cat the artist made was modeled off a vintage Houston Astros jersey and deposited in Katy.
"Because I have done so many, when I'm going to a new place, I like to reference where I am going or what I am doing," said Catalanta. "It's so I'm not doing the same thing over and over again."
Catlanta chose Beaumont because it was the next biggest city via I-10 and he didn't want to leave it in the "middle of nowhere."
On Friday morning, he was just entering Georgia after a 15-hour drive from Texas. His last drop-off was in Alabama.
Since starting in January of last year, Catlanta has hidden more than 500 cats, mostly in his hometown. Before using social media to advertise his work, he had been posting magnets of the cats around Atlanta and saw that people were taking them. He thought it would be fun to make his art into a game via Twitter and Facebook.
"It's become so popular in Atlanta that if I say I'm going to be in a certain neighborhood, people will stalk the neighborhood or stalk me," he said. "Keeping anonymous makes it as fair as possible."
Street art, much like graffiti, is visual art created on public property, usually conveying some social commentary. The medium used can be almost anything including spray paint, stickers, or woodblocking - Catlanta's choice.
Although he still considers doing his street art cats as fun, he has noticed social media has powerfully engaged his global neighborhood in his artwork and helped remove the stigma that street art is just vandalism.
As more artists start embracing social media, he thinks street art will push more boundaries.
"I think the Internet is allowing it to be shared, but it's pushing other artists to bigger and more impressive stuff because it's become a worldwide audience."


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My impression is that the average Mormon plays more board games than does the average non-Mormon. I suspect that, just as we use ice cream as a substitute for alcohol, we use board games as a substitute for drinking games.
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I thought it would be fun to have a thread for those of us that seem to have the same player in multiple leagues.
I have 8 leagues this year.
1. Who is your most owned player?
2. Why?
My most owned players:
(4) Olli Jokinen (1 keeper, 3 one-year leagues)
(3) David Clarkson (3 one-year leagues)
(3) Derek Dorsett (3 one-year leagues)
(3) Vinny Lecavalier (3 one-year leagues)
(3) Evgeni Malkin (1 keeper, 2 one-year leagues)
(2) Semyon Varlamov (both 1-year leagues)
(2) Ondrej Pavelec (both 1-yr leagues)
(2) Anders Lindback (1 keeper, 1 one-year league)
(2) Jose Theodore (both keepers)
*Lots of other skaters I have in two leagues... too many to list. (Tavares, Nash, Gaborik, Goligoski...)
I thought Jokinen would emerge as Winnipeg's C1 this year. I'm happy he's centering Wheeler/E.Kane and the line seems to be working but I wish this Joker would put up some actual fantasy stats.
Clarkson & Dorsett are both really nice multi-cat shooters in PIM/Hits leagues. Lecavalier was a guy who just kept falling. Malkin, well... if you got a top 3 pick and won two leagues last year with him... you go back to the well. I like to late-draft goalies, so not a big surprise to end up with the goalies I have.


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The highway angels of the West Virginia Courtesy Patrol (WVCP) monitor our state's highways 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Hours of Operation: 3:00pm to 7:00am. Our toll-free number is 1-888-359-3683. You can also reach the WVCP by calling *SP or 9-1-1 if it's an emergency.
The WVCP is operated by the non-profit Citizens Conservation Corps (CCC) via contract with the West Virginia Division of Highways. The Courtesy Patrol provides two equally important benefits to the state. First, it reduces the state's unemployment rate and/or the number of individuals receiving public aid or assistance throughout the state by providing a variety of employment, training, and educational opportunities as Courtesy Patrol drivers. Secondly, this program benefits the traveling public using our interstate highways and corridors for tourism and local commerce.
The WVCP drivers assist stranded motorists, remove hazards from the roadways, provide gas or directions, change flat tires and, in general, enhance safety on our state's highways and promote good will by lending a helping hand to those in need. The areas of patrol consist of 25 routes on Interstates 64, 77, 79, 68, 81, 70 & 470 and Corridors H (33/48), D (50), L (19), Q (460) & G (119) throughout the state. The Courtesy Patrol is an invaluable asset to the state of West Virginia as the economy continues to transition from one of heavy industry to an economy based increasingly on services and tourism. Courtesy Patrol drivers make our roadways safer and more welcoming for tourists while providing thorough and extensive training for its workers, many of which will become quality workers in the tourism, transportation and other related job sectors.
The strategic partnerships with Division of Highways, Tourism Division, Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of the Governor, Motor Vehicles Division, State Police, 911, city/county law enforcement, Workforce WV, and many more are all of monumental importance to the success of the program.


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It was one of the most highly debated NBA draft day decisions in the last decade.
In the end, the Portland Trail Blazers went with the big man, selecting Ohio State center Greg Oden with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 draft. The then-Seattle SuperSonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder), took Texas swingman Kevin Durant at No. 2.
You know how the rest of the story goes. With Durant leading the way, the Thunder currently lead the Western Conference. Meantime Oden can't seem to stay on the court.
On Monday, Oden's injury-riddled career took another downward turn. During a minor procedure to clear out debris Oden's left knee, a surgeon determined Portland's center would require a third microfracture surgery, ending his season before it began.
The surgery was the second on Oden's left knee — the same knee that required surgery for a fractured kneecap. Oden has played only 82 games in his five-year NBA career, and has not seen game action since Dec. 5, 2009.
Compare Oden's 9.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game to Durant's career totals of 26.1 points and 6.5 rebounds (in 346 games), and you can see why Sam Bowie may now have some company atop the Rose City's list of least favorite Trail Blazers.
"It's hard to put into words the heartbreak for everyone involved, but especially for Greg. He's a young man who has experienced a great number of physical challenges in his playing career and today is yet another significant setback for him," Trail Blazers President Larry Miller said in a prepared statement. "We have a lot of empathy for Greg and his family during this difficult time."
The Blazers restructured their deal with the former top pick after he experienced another setback during training camp. He will become an unrestricted free agent after the season.
"I'm sure he's saying, 'Why Me?' Sometimes in life, things like that happen, and you wonder why it's happening to you," coach Nate McMillan said about Oden before the game. "Some of these injuries have occurred, not only on the floor but off the floor. There's really not an explanation for why, or sometimes how they're happening. I'm sure it's been a frustrating start for him."
It's been frustrating for Oden's teammates, too, but at this point, he's become little more than another suit on the end of the bench.
Praying for my bro G.O. get better!— Lamarcus Aldridge(@aldridge_12) February 21, 2012
As the team's acting general manager, Chad Buchanan said, Oden has "recovered from a couple of these before... so there's no reasong to think he couldn't come back as long as he shows the work ethic and desrire that he's had in the past to come back."
But do you expect him to ever get back to 100 percent? Will he eventually become an impact player in the NBA? And if not, where might he rank among the biggest draft busts of all time?


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Google alerts is content monitoring service by Google search giant. When you input certain keywords, you get alerts for those keywords when they're indexed by Google search engines. It will send notification email to you when Google finds new results for your keywords. Results can be anything on web, images, blogs, news, etc. Who uses Google alerts? Companies and business can use Google alert to find out what is being said about them or their product. You keep up to date on competitor or industry. You can also find out the latest happenings on your favorite product or company. For example: If Apple is launching something in a couple of days, you can subscribe to alerts related to the keyword 'Apple', 'iPhone', 'iPad', 'Mac OS', 'Macbook' etc.
Recently there is lot of issues with Google alerts. I could find lot of people complaining about Google alerts don't work, Google alerts fails to deliver to feed, Google alerts doesn't work multiple keywords etc.
Best Google Alerts Alternative – Talkwalker Alerts
There is a new service called Talkwalker Alerts that resembles Google alerts with more features. It's a complete keyword monitoring service with built in analysis and reporting tool. It scans the web and social media world thoroughly for the information and displays them in a structured manner. You can view all the results from the web browser. You can get email alerts or just like Google alerts you can direct it to RSS feeds. So all the information will be stored as RSS feed which you can check out later using an RSS feed reader.
Talkwalker alerts can be used for brand monitoring, campaign tracking, competitor monitoring, market research, customer service, reputation management. Especially I use it for monitoring product's reputation and service. We don't know where our customers complaint about our product on the web. For example: If you go to customer complaints website, lot of negative reviews and complaints about any product can be found. So I use alerts for my product with negative keywords/complaints to find out and help the issue. This is just one way of using the service. You can use it for multiple situations.
How Talkwalker alerts is different from Google alerts?
Google alerts, you know how powerful the search engine is, but Talkwalker is nowhere less. The size of crawled online environment which includes many database clusters more than 250 servers. It constantly crawls more than 20 million sites. The search index adds more than 12 million new articles/posts every day.
Apart from web, images, blogs, news articles, it indexes Facebook, twitter, Youtube, google+, forum, product review sites, Flickr, 4Square, LinkedIn etc. It supports more than 50 languages. You will automatically receive the results of last 30 days. Talkwalker doesn't rely on any other service, it uses its own algorithm.
The number of results on google is only an estimation and in reality often much lower. Google often shows high number of spam, duplicates or incorrect results. Talkwalker alerts shows you results on social and online news media. You can sort, store, qualify and bookmark, export your data.
You can use search queries combined with Boolean operators AND NOT OR, search for exact character strings between Quotes, supports wild card search, proximity search, raw data inquiry and more.
Talkwalker Alerts – go try it.
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Western Michigan Broncos capture first GLI title since 1986
By Stefan Kubus –
DETROIT – In a grudge match of last year's Great Lakes Invitational, the Western Michigan Broncos got their revenge Saturday night at Comerica Park under the bright ballpark lights.
With a 1-0 victory over Michigan Tech – thanks to a stellar shutout performance from tournament MVP Lukas Hafner and an overtime winner from Justin Kovacs (Shelby Township) – the Broncos captured their first GLI title since 1986. And after winning that 1986 title, it took 26 years for the Broncos to get invited back.
"We're concerned because the last time Western Michigan won the tournament in 1986, they didn't get invited back for 30 years, so we're hoping that changes, but it's a tremendous tournament to play in," head coach Andy Murray said after the game with a wry smile. "To play in this venue here at Comerica Park is a lifetime of memories for our players, no question about it, all the pictures they were taking in practice the first day. All of our equipment guys had about eight cameras around their neck, so it's been a great experience. For our seniors and our juniors, they had the good fortune to win the CCHA Championship in Detroit and now to win the GLI is special."
It was about as even a game as it gets, with three failed power-play opportunities aside and the shots reading 33-31 in favor of the Huskies, but somebody had to crack eventually. It took a bizarre goal by Kovacs, who played high school hockey at Grosse Pointe North, that barely snuck in to end it all.
"We totally talked about it in the intermission, getting point shots off that back wall because the boards are bouncy out there," Kovacs said. "Kenney (Morrison) took one off the back wall and I just saw it popped out. I just went to the net, chipped it in and it trickled in, thank God."
The goal capped off back-to-back overtime wins for Western Michigan, the first time the program achieved that feat since Dec. 12, 1987 and Jan. 2, 1988.
Hafner, a Compuware AAA alum, did everything possible to keep his team in the game, turning away all 33 shots he faced en route to the win.
"I felt great with the guys in front of me; they were playing really well tonight," Hafner said. "I was seeing a lot of pucks tonight. They were blocking tons of shots, first-time clears getting the puck out of the zone. The guys played great in front of me.
The last goaltender to record a shutout in the GLI Championship was actually his counterpart, Pheonix Copley, who posted back-to-back perfect outings en route to the Huskies' title last year. But in this rematch, Hafner outdueled his masked adversary, matching him save-for-save.
"Going into a game like that, Pheonix played a great game tonight," Hafner said of battling Copley. "He's a great goaltender, and it's a great feeling. Great to come out on top for sure."
The first period didn't bring any scoring, but both teams produced some solid flow to the game with an up-tempo pace, which set the stage for the rest of the tilt.
In the second stanza, the hitting picked up quickly on both sides to build off that first-period momentum. Sophomore Broncos forward Colton Hargrove had the best chance of the period, catching a breakaway with just under four minutes left in the second stanza, but Copley got a good piece of his shot with the blocker to turn it away.
Brighton native Blake Pietila had a breakaway opportunity halfway through the third period, but couldn't catch up to the puck quick enough to give himself a lot of options for a shot. Hafner turned the backhand attempt aside to keep things scoreless.
On the other end, Copley was equally as strong, making 31 saves through 60 minutes.
The Huskies were handed a power-play opportunity with 2:38 to play in the third period, as the Broncos took a too-many men penalty that proved to be fruitless for Michigan Tech.
In overtime, just 2:01 into the extra frame, a loose puck that bounced off the end-boards behind the Huskies' goal popped out in front to a crashing Kovacs. He just got enough of it to bang it home past Copley for the win.
"I'm pleased with the result," Murray said. "We had to to do it the hard way, had to kill off a penalty in the last two-and-a-half minutes there, but found a way to hang in and get it done. We had excellent goaltending all weekend and had a group of players that competed on every puck."
Following the game, the Western Michigan bench boss said that he was obviously glad his team came out on top, but that it was tough to see one team go home empty-handed after such hard-fought affair on both sides. Heading into the second half, it's a win that the Broncos can certainly build momentum from.
"Certainly, a gratifying win for our team," Murray said. "I feel for Michigan Tech. They battled hard all weekend and very difficult to lose in overtime like that, so I certainly feel for them. I liked our compete level, I've liked how our team has played hockey the last three series that we've had. Up to this weekend, we only had one win in our last four games, but I've liked how we've played. If we continue to compete like this and battle, play heavy hockey, we have an opportunity to be successful.
The GLI All-Tournament Team
F – Josh Pitt (WMU)
F – Justin Kovacs (WMU; Shelby Township)
F – Alex Petan (MTU)
D – Jordan Oesterle (WMU; Dearborn Heights)
D – Riley Sweeney (MTU)
G – Lukas Hafner (WMU); MVP
Notes: Freshman defenseman Mike McKee (6-foot-5, 250 pounds) played in his 11th game of the season for the Broncos, but first at forward, after being scratched in Friday night's game against Michigan State. McKee is a Detroit Red Wings fifth-round draft pick (140th overall). In his 10 prior games, he recorded zero points, but racked up 46 penalty minutes… The last time Michigan Tech won back-to-back GLI titles was in 1979-80. Both of those championship games went into overtime. Head coach Mel Pearson was a player on that 1979 team and scored the game-winning goal in triple overtime… In his four career GLI outings dating back to last season, Pheonix Copley has posted a 3-1 record for MTU, has allowed only three goals and has recorded two shutouts.


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Raikkonen at a loss to explain 'dark period'
October 03, 2008 17:33 IST
Ferrari's [Images] Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen [Images] said on Thursday he had no explanation for the run of four races without a point that has wrecked his title defence.
"It's difficult to find the right words," the Finn told his team's website. "Racing at night or during the day, this is definitely not my year.
"Obviously I'm really sad about this situation. I can't explain this dark period," continued Raikkonen, who crashed out of last weekend's inaugural night-time Singapore Grand Prix while in fifth place.
Raikkonen said he had lost a lot of time in Saturday's final practice with a steering wheel problem, a delay that compromised his qualifying.
He said the tyre pressure was too low at the start of the race, which was then destroyed when he had to pit immediately behind Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa [Images] after the safety car was deployed.
Raikkonen still managed to set the fastest lap of the race before riding high over a kerb and hitting a wall while chasing Toyota's Timo Glock.
"Once again we had the right speed at Singapore but not when it was really necessary," he said. "The fastest race laps aren't worth anything, if you don't combine them with the situation when they really count."
Raikkonen is fourth and 27 points behind McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton [Images] with a maximum of 30 still to be won from the three races remaining.
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