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Having endured arctic storms, dangerous fissures in the ice pack, polar bear intrusions and a year of crushing pressure while frozen into a drifting floe, the Canadian icebreaker Des Groseilliers reached Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, over the weekend. Aboard the vessel was a rich cargo of data expected to reveal subtle mechanisms that drive changes in the world's climate.
The ship's arrival on Saturday marked the end of a yearlong round of experiments paid for mostly by the National Science Foundation, with support from the Office of Naval Research and the Japanese Government. The $19.5 million project, called Sheba, for Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean, was a detailed measurement of heat flow among the water, ice and air of the Arctic, and the results are expected to improve the mathematical modeling of global climate change.
Sheba, administered by the University of Washington, was the largest and most complex project ever supported in the Arctic by the National Science Foundation.
In a telephone call from the ship, Dr. Richard E. Moritz of the University of Washington, director of the project, said the atmospheric, oceanic and geophysical scientists who spent part of the year aboard the floating laboratory would spend several months compacting and analyzing the data collected by thousands of sensors on and around the ship. The investigators will meet in Tucson, Ariz., at the end of January to begin consolidating their findings, Dr. Moritz said.
Some preliminary results include indications that the entire year was markedly warmer than past years. The ocean was open much farther north than normal, and the ice began breaking up sooner than normal in the spring. Moreover, the salinity of ocean surface water was low, indicating that the water was mixed with an unusually large proportion of fresh water from melting ice.Continue reading the main story
Dr. Moritz said the warming trend may have been mainly the result of the recent El Nino climate event in the Pacific Ocean, but could also reflect a global warming trend.
Dr. Donald Perovich, Sheba's chief scientist on loan from the Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, in Hanover, N.H., said the research year had been eventful.
''We had a real scare during the winter when our headquarters floe started to break up,'' he said. ''One of our ice camps near the ship broke away and drifted a half mile from the ship in less than an hour.''
From the point at which the ship was intentionally embedded in ice 320 miles north of Deadhorse, Alaska, a coastal village 200 miles southeast of Point Barrow, the icebreaker drifted about 1,800 miles before her powerful engines were started and the vessel headed for land.
''Toward the end of the summer,'' Dr. Perovich said, ''the ice had melted so much that thin patches barely covered the water.''
''Scientists were constantly falling through into the nearly freezing water -- 11,000 feet deep -- so everyone took to wearing flotation devices while working,'' Dr. Perovich said.
''Sometimes we had polar bear visits,'' he added. ''Once, a mama bear was instructing her cub how to floss its teeth with a cable strung out to one of our sensors, and we had to chase them away with a tractor.
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Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Description of problem:
CD playback is interrupted with errors showing in the log file when a
konqueror file management session is opened (see steps below). The
bug is reliably reproduced upon a fresh boot and login into a KDE
session. Further attempts to reproduce it may or may not work. This
happens with both the 2.6.7 and 2.6.8 stock Fedora Core 2 kernels.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.7 and kernel-2.6.8
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the machine (it only works after fresh boot) and login into a
KDE session.
2. Start playing a CD from a CD-ROM/CD-recorder/DVD-ROM (using KsCD or
3. Click on your 'Home' directory icon
Actual Results: CD stops playing. If you eject and then put it back
in, it starts playing again.
/var/log/messages shows:
Aug 15 17:26:51 penguin kernel: hdc: command error: status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Aug 15 17:26:51 penguin kernel: hdc: command error: error=0x54
Aug 15 17:26:51 penguin kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc,
sector 797696
Expected Results: No interrupt in playback. No errors.
Additional info:
Motherboard is Asus A7V8X.
CPU is Athlon 2600+.
IDE controller is VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
/dev/hdc is a DVD-ROM
/dev/hdd is a DVD/CD-Writer.
Forgot to mention that the same setup used to work fine with Redhat 9,
i.e. it is not a hardware problem.
Fedora Core 2 has now reached end of life, and no further updates will be
provided by Red Hat. The Fedora legacy project will be producing further kernel
updates for security problems only.
If this bug has not been fixed in the latest Fedora Core 2 update kernel, please
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Toddlers, school or college folks- technology is the new playground for students. "Learn as you play" is a cliché no more. The revolution of the internet and online platforms that have swept the world has not left the education sector untouched. From playschools to high schools and universities, the blackboard has metamorphosed into a polyclinic of sorts, both literally and metaphorically!
One of the most widespread optimizations of technology is the use of power point presentations in the classrooms; explanatory slides pertaining to the subject of concern can save the day for any teacher trying to drive home the essence of the topic being discussed, or for the student making efforts to imbibe the concepts in a comprehensive manner. Such a methodology, when employed in an organized and strategic fashion, has proved time and again its usefulness and magnetic power to hook the students, right from the bookworm to the thinker.
Social media platforms have now become our second (virtual) home as we adorn those cyber walls with news and nuggets regarding various parts and thumps life serves us daily. Sure enough, professors, teachers and subject instructors have taken to online podiums like Twitter, Facebook and suchlike to post information related to assignments, projects, regular tutorials, last-minute changes to lecture-schedules, etc. Teachers also employ these social media platforms to appraise the class about the full tutorial-outline for the entire semester or academic year which helps the students to prep up in advance. Not only these, but such mediums also facilitate candid interactions between the teachers and students when it comes to sharing doubts and queries related to certain topics that might seem more demanding and gruelling to the pupil. The online platforms assist in scraping off the shyness and inhibitions that accompanies the persona of many introvert students in the class.
Textbooks and instruction manuals have been replaced by i-Pads in many American schools, since the launch of the tablet in 2010. A host of informative software applications and e-books are already available on Apple's iTunes U Store. In a flagship program in four California districts, four students using a certain software application to learn Algebra outdid the rest who employed conventional textbooks. The impact of technology in the classroom has been unquestionably positive and fruitful.
Figuratively speaking, the social video-sharing website, YoyTube, has blasted through the distance, time and community barriers in cyberspace and furnished a mine of free lecture webcasts from the top-notch institutions and research centres of the world. In 1995, professor of computer science, Lawrence Rowe, from University of California- Berkeley, began video-recording of his lectures to post them later on the college's intranet. The move soon attracted a huge following and other teachers followed suit, some even posting lectures on the internet for free access to outside parties as well. Since then, such videos have been watched by innumerable students, belonging to schools and institutions in different countries. Some colleges even allow students to watch educational videos during a break from their regular classes and so forth.
The integration of technology in classrooms has turned tables for the academically dormant as well as the home-schooled. Its handiwork in shaping the research, industrial and medical environment as we know today cannot be underestimated. We need to lay out ways and means to effectively implement and use them in order to further beautify the intellectual and delicate tapestry of education.


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China: Retail sales slow in October
November 14, 2016
In October, nominal retail sales grew 10.0% year-on-year, a five-month low, which was below the 10.7% increase recorded in September. The print came in well below the 10.7% increase that market analysts had expected and was mainly the result of weaker sales for automobiles and food and beverages.
Compared to the previous month, retail sales expanded a seasonally-adjusted 0.71% in October (September: +0.81% month-on-month). As a result of October's annual deceleration, annual average growth in retail sales inched down from September's 10.5% to 10.4%, which represented the weakest reading in over a decade.


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You All Own Bella Hadid's Outfit, but You're Not Wearing It This Way
For as many new outfits we see on our favorite style stars day in and day out, it's nice to come across an example that doesn't require us to place a purchase or hunt down sold-out pieces on reseller sites. And in the case of Bella Hadid's latest look, her easy combination struck us right away with a bit of familiarity.
The outfit in question is what the model wore last night: a printed shirtdress with a thick leather belt and chunky boots. Essentially, they're pieces we all own in some variation for work, nights out, and inclement weather, respectively. However, when paired together, the accessories take away the office vibes, and the delicate print makes the rest of her ensemble look a bit more effortless and elegant.
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Building the Right Environment to Support AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Normally, you must acquire certain locks before you can access certain data. Synchronized methods can make this mandatory, but they often aren't enough because the accessing code still has to obey some kind of synchronization protocol. As a system gets larger, you are more and more liable to access the data at the wrong time. Also, just putting synchronization blocks around everything becomes more likely to result in deadlock.
A callback, on the other hand, cannot access the data until that data is passed to the method, and it cannot access the data after the method is finished. Thus, the period in which the data is available is precisely delineated.
Furthermore, this mechanism is controlled by the gatekeeper, which can implement any kind of ordering mechanism. Conversely, the traditional wait/notify method provides no way of knowing which threads will gain access at which times.
(Of course, a callback method is free to squirrel away a pointer to the sensitive data, or pass it to another object or thread. This would certainly violate the linearity guarantee, but it is not the kind thing you are liable to do accidentally.)
public class Sum
public int a, b, c;
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A sum stores three numbers: a, b, and c, where c = a + b. However, these variables are public, which means someone could modify them so that c is no longer equal to a + b. This is the problem you want to avoid.
Of course, you easily could protect c by hiding it behind a synchronized access method, but as mentioned previously, this article's purpose is to explore an alternative method of data protection, one you would use when regular synchronization is either difficult or undesirable. Sum is a trivial object, but the complexity of the vulnerable data isn't the focus here. Rather, the vulnerability itself is.
GateKeeper gk = new GateKeeper( new Sum() );
To use the object hidden inside the GateKeeper, you must pass a callback to the GateKeeper's use() method:
gk.use( user );
The Accessor interface describes an object that wants to read a piece of data:
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You also need to define an empty interface called User. Objects that implement User are either Accessors or Mutators:
public interface User
For good measure, you also have the interface MutatingAccessor, which implements both Accessor and Mutator. This isn't strictly necessary, but it makes your object declarations neater:
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A no-nonsense, simple to use, small viewer for cbr and cbz
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Our Dutch Auction sale starts early this year, on Saturday, August 19th! All outdoor trees, shrubs, evergreens, & perennials are 30% OFF, with discounts increasing every two weeks. Kick your yard up a notch by adding that tree, shrub or perennial you've had your eye on all summer long!
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Trial by Moving
By Zile Elliven
I've always loved moving. The excitement, the indescribable feeling of new beginnings, and, of course, getting rid of stuff I don't need. Due to the ephemeral nature of my father's job as a pastor, I've moved more times than I can count, so I've gotten really good at it. So it stands to reason that, when faced with a partner who was terrible at it, I'd be at a complete loss.
Let me take you back a few years. It was spring of 2006, and my boyfriend and I had decided to move in together. It was a rash decision, like most are during the "love bubble" phase, but we knew it was meant to be, so we were going boldly forward.
I began packing the moment we'd made the decision. I made endless lists, and contacted friends to lend me the use of their arms and cars, so I didn't have to hire a moving truck – I was a college student with empty pockets, but an endless amount of moxie. Everyone had been carefully organized and given specific tasks and days to help me so I could get everything done as cheaply and efficiently as possible. I managed to get everything moved and set up in five days, and I felt like a slacker because it took so long.
The Boyfriend's lease wasn't up until the end of April, so he was taking a more leisurely approach. He was a happy-go-lucky gamer boy who liked going with the flow and seeing where the world took him. I loved this about him, so I didn't get alarmed about his approach to moving until I saw his apartment two days before his lease was up. It looked like it had the day I met him – packed to the rafters with all manner of dude-esque accoutrements.
The efficient, Type A girl inside of me was horrified at the mess and inefficiency of it all. I knew there was no way he was going to get done, but Love Bubble me just knew he wasn't going to press-gang me into working for forty-eight hours straight on his personal garbage dump. He swore up and down that he had friends coming over that evening to help him get it ready, and I believed him.
Cue my shock when I came over the next morning to see that they'd spent the night partying instead of packing. My love bubble was becoming wobbly and thin. But I decided to knuckle down and condense two weeks of packing into twenty-four hours of work. I could do this, I was born for this. Or so I told myself.
Fast-forward to ten hours later, and the love bubble was gone. It had popped so hard, the International Space Station heard it. I'd decided I was moving out of our shared apartment the second we had him moved in. I was so tired and miserable from helping a hoarder discard and move his precious possessions that I had decided I was never going to speak to the man again. The last thing I wanted to do was spend my life with someone who would make me – a chronic wanderer – go through such a nightmarish experience every time I wanted to pick up and leave to find a new adventure.
The Boyfriend knew it too; the poor boy had fallen into a hopeless silence by the end of the day. I'd broken his spirit. He had even stopped fighting to keep his boxes of broken toys and torn, dirty school papers from grade school. We both knew the end was near.
Then something interesting happened. At this point in the evening, I was a hot, sweaty ball of seething anger, and probably should have been wearing a sign that read, "Don't poke the bear." I was done with a capital D, but The Boyfriend was a different story. One of his elderly neighbors was struggling to drag something out of his apartment to the dumpster. It was an unwieldy couch covered in jagged, rusty nails.
The Boyfriend didn't even think twice, he ran over to the man and offered to help. Then he sat and chatted casually for a few minutes, being his kind, adorable self with a complete stranger. He was exhausted, stressed and on a deadline, but he was still able to find the man I'd fallen in love with and share him with a person in need. He hadn't done it to impress anyone. He hadn't done it for any sort of reward. He did it because it would have been unnatural for him not to do so.
All of my rage and self-righteous indignation dropped away from me in an instant, and I was awash in feelings of shame and love. Hoarding issues aside, The Boyfriend was the kindest, most unselfish person I'd ever met. I realized then, as I stood in the dark watching the scene in front of me, that there wasn't much I wasn't willing to deal with in order to have that in my life. To have him in my life.
I didn't tell him I'd seen him, or about the shift inside me, but when he came back inside for another box of stuff, I flung my arms around him and kissed the strawberry shortcake out of him. The rest of the evening was still hard, and we almost didn't make it out in time, but it was easier than the first half of the day had been. We joked and laughed and fell more in love.
Ten years and two kids later, moving is still a mess for us, but we expect it now and plan accordingly. And every time I move, I remember the first time we moved together, and I smile to myself because I see through the layer of years and remember the core of my husband. A kind, unselfish man to this very day.
About this writer
Zile Elliven
Zile Elliven is a writer, cat goddess, and full-time mom. You can find her on Twitter (spending far more time than she should) @ZileElliven.
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Property Details for MLS® # E4124760
20607 130 Avenue, Edmonton
2 Storey Detached Single Family for Sale
- Size: 2,113 sq ft
- Price: $470,000
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2(full) 1(half)
- Status: Active
- Year Built: 2014
Exquisite 2,113 sq.ft. 2 Storey home located in the Trumpeter Community. This 3 bedroom home features a large entrance leading to a Flex Room, Gorgeous Island Kitchen with walk-through pantry to a Mud Room and Garage entrance, Dining Room with walkout to the yard, Huge Living room with a stone faced mantel gas fireplace. The open concept continues up the stunning staircase to the second level with the loft style hallway, central bonus/theatre room, master bedroom with 5 piece en-suite and walk-through closet that leads to the laundry room. This home is extremely well appointed, has 9' ceilings, lots of natural light and a fantastic flow to the living space. The basement is unfinished and ready to be developed to your needs.
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property information
- Property Type: Detached Single Family
- Style: 2 Storey
- Year Built: 2014
- Total Floor Area: 2,113 sq.ft
Community Information
- Address: 20607 130 Avenue
- Neighbourhood: Trumpeter Area
- City: Edmonton
- Postal Code: T5S 0J4
- Included: Dishwasher-Built-In, Dryer, Garage Control, Garage Opener, Hood Fan, Refrigerator, Stove-Gas, Washer, Window Coverings
- Bedrooms: 3 (Bedrooms Above: 3)
- Bathrooms: Full: 2 / Half: 1
- Rooms Above Grade: 9
- Fireplace Details: Yes
- Basement: Full, Unfinished
- Floor Finish: Ceramic Tile, Hardwood, Wall to Wall Carpet
- Exterior Features: Back Lane, Flat Site, Landscaped, Paved Lane, Public Transportation, Schools, Shopping Nearby
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- Foundation: Concrete
- Roof: Asphalt Shingles
- Front Exposure: North
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- Laundry Room: 1.83m x 2.01m
- Bonus Room: 3.51m x 4.11m
- Bedroom: 3.02m x 3.05m
- Bedroom: 2.92m x 3.62m
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With Six bedrooms, there's room for the entire family. This home is a Six bedroom, Five bath Traditional,European style. The home sits on a 1.60 acre lot.
A true masterpiece. Located in the prestigious Chatsworth community, 116 Chatsworth Road is privately tucked away on a +/-1... A true masterpiece! Located in the prestigious Chatsworth community, 116 Chatsworth Road is privately tucked away on a +/-1.6 acre wonderfully private cul-de-sac lot. Designed for entertaining, this one owner custom brick home showcases elegant & casual living areas as well as a Gunite pool with a diving rock & spa! An extended driveway framed by brick pillars and lush landscaping delivers you to the front of the home where a stately full brick façade and neatly manicured beds full of seasonal plantings are sure to "wow!" Marble flooring with an inlaid medallion decorates the two-story Foyer inside the home along with a grand switchback staircase, multi-tiered chandelier and impressive built-ins. Entertaining is easy, thanks to the formal areas of the home. A pocket door leads to a cozy Living Room anchored by a gas log fireplace while the Dining Room showcases hardwoods with an inlaid border, a wide span of windows, butler's pantry with glass front accents, and bold architectural columns. Oversized archways frame the centrally located Great Room that also showcases wide planked hardwoods, floor to ceiling windows overlooking the outdoor living areas, audio-visual built-ins and a balcony overlook. The amazing Kitchen could be the envy of most restaurants in town! It's custom cabinetry, commercial grade appliances (Thermador, Fisher & Paykel, Sub Zero) and enormous center island will inspire the chef to create gourmet delicacies. The Kitchen is also equipped with a contemporary tile backsplash, curved snack bar, pull out spice racks, and a walk-in pantry. Just down the hall you will find a luxury Master Suite with a room sized Carolina closet, his & her furniture quality vanities, a corner set Jacuzzi tub and an enormous custom tiled walk-in shower with a rainfall head, multiple body jets and casement style windows. The main level also gives a Home Office that's perfect for those "work from home" days, a conveniently placed half bath, enormous Laundry Room and a friendship entrance with an adjoining arrival center! Four more secondary bedrooms are located upstairs along with three full baths, a massive Bonus Room, access to loads of unfinished attic space, and a Loft with a custom designed workstation. The finished terrace level of the home is just as special as the upper levels. It gives a Media Room, second Bonus Room with an adjoining Kitchenette, the sixth bedroom, the fifth full bath, Flex Room and an unfished storage space with double personnel doors that open to the backyard. Exterior amenities include a shady screened porch with a gazebo ceiling, 20x19 tiled deck, green space galore, full site sprinkler system, and a three-car side entry Garage. High ceilings over nine feet give the rooms an grand impression. Enjoy green grass year-round with the built in sprinkler system that provides full-yard coverage. Spend time on the deck during the nice cool fall and spring evenings.
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We had our first ever photoshoot today with our good friend Eleanor Church from Larkrise Pictures. Its the first time we've ever tried to photograph bedding of any kind and it was a steep learning curve!
We created a magical world in Eleanor's beautiful house in Colchester whilst trying to keep Remie the Office Mascot and her friend Rosa from jumping on the freshly made beds!
Here is a sneak peek at some of the pictures.


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For some reason I wrote this early August when the movie was showing in theatres, right after I saw it, but never got round to publishing it. Hope you enjoy nonetheless. By the way, I watched the dubbed version rather than the subbed version, because that's how I watched DBZ as a kid, and even if I didn't I probably wouldn't really give a damn and watch it subbed anyway.
Full disclosure: Was wearing nostalgic goggles.
Man I must have not watched Dragon Ball Z since I was in Primary School, so about 10 years or more. I used to love watching it after Pokemon on Cheez TV on Network Ten. Those were the days.
The last movie, Battle of the Gods a few years back, was the first Dragon Ball Z anime story in about 15 years, I didn't see that one though, so this was all through fresh eyes.
I didn't need some amazing reboot or extravaganza that put the series in new directions, I just wanted the DBZ that I remember and loved. For some, that might not be good enough, because this movie doesn't do anything groundbreaking. It's almost like an extended sitcom episode, where a badness happens, and everything resets. And just like the Japanese Godzilla movies, a baddie comes along, and Goku shows up and deals with it.
I was fine with that. The characters are just as I remember, Goku's still the goofy hero, Vegeta's still the anti-hero in a rivalry with "Kakkarot".
Krillin's still a dork, Android #18 still acts like an Android. Bulma is the matriarch. Piccolo senses stuff. I don't remember Master Roshi being buff when he felt like it, but okay.
I was surprised how funny it was. It felt very much like the show I remember.
This film is very true to the original anime. It plays out exactly how'd you expect and want, unless you wanted a revoltion. Yes it's more of the same, but I didn't care. Just a few Kamehamehas and I'm good.
I guess the only part I didn't like was the ending. Felt a little bit like a cop-out, and was a bit predictable. Oh well, still a great movie. A MUST for DBZ fans, just don't expecting anything new. For most of us, that will be enough.
For reasons unknown, I never got round to publishing this, but I wrote it right after I saw Spectre in the middle of November, so it is still a fresh review from a fresh perspective, just not for your eyes for about a month…
Spectre may the worst of all the Daniel Craig James Bond movies, even worse than Quantum of Solace. That's not to say that either of the two are bad, but Skyfall and Casino Royale were fantastic, so by comparison they are extremely disappointing.
It's a shame because Spectre does many things right. The cold opening was a very strong start with impressive cinematography and score, and the story was told through minimal dialogue.
The acting is great, the stunts and action scenes are incredible. There's even a pair of satisfying Michael Bay explosions.
Spectre tries to tie its plot to the other Daniel Craig movies, and that's where problems start.
The Sony leak revealed there was concerns about the film being over budget, and the word "over" describes this movie in many ways. It's over budget, over long, overly convoluted, and at times even feels overdone. At other times it's undercooked, many story elements aren't explained adequately. I watched Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace a few days before watching Spectre, and if I hadn't I would have not understood the references, especially to Vesper from the first movie, who still seems to be there without actually being there.
Another example of this is the previous M who passed away in the last movie. Bond partakes in an unofficial mission that she asked him to do in a video she left.
The writing is quite predictable. Of course Bond is going to disobey orders to stand down from duty. Of course that order is going to be made, and of course they are going to want him back by the end of it.
The two villains are simply not memorable. C is in a power struggle with the new M. C wants to replace the 00 program with Nine Eyes, which is a mass surveillance operation involving nine countries. Blofeld is Bond's step brother, who seems to harbour some resentment towards Bond's relationship with Blofeld's actual father, which is why he killed him and started Spectre. He apparently is responsible for all the bad things that have happened to Bond in the last few movies.
Lea Seydoux is a great actress but she's back to damsel in distress and has daddy issues. She falls in love with Bond, naturally. Worst part is when they make a big scene when she decides to dramatically walk away, and you just know that something is going to happen to her. And of course, she becomes a hostage.
The movie goes on for bloody ages, about two and a half hours. Even Avengers: Age of Ultron was easier to understand. Quantum of Solace was equally incomprehensible, but at least that movie was under two hours.
There's parts of a great movie here, but unfortunately some bad decisions and writing lets it down. Bond fans will still get a kick out of Daniel Craig's acting, the action, the score and that magnificent opening scene.
There's been a theme in many of the reviews for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that being the phrase "Star Wars is back!", but I can't think of anything that better describes that feeling across the world this week.
In short: just go see it. Star Wars fan or not, Episode VII is a great movie. I actually consider my feelings indifferent towards the Star Wars franchise, but even I dug the hell out of this and can't wait until Part 8. The fact that the trailers and pre-release material merely teased the characters, plots and themes, rather than outright spoil the movie, as the Batman v Superman trailer seems to, you're better off watching this right now and reading as little about it as possible.
If you're reading this and haven't seen it yet, why the hell not? Here's the rating, go see it, and if you have, read onwards.
Rating: 4.5/5.
Okay, MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW. You have been warned.
JJ Abrams and the cast and crew did exactly what this movie had to be, and what they said it would be. It's a movie for Star Wars fans. The fans still bitter about Jar Jar Binks and rough sand. Fans who saw hope in the pretty decent third prequel. Fans who have memories of seeing the very first movie back in the late '70s and have been obsessed ever since. Being a fan himself, Abrams knew exactly what he had to do. Cut down on the CGI, bring back the practical sets, have a good script, give us some brilliant acting and then hit us in the face with spectacle. It's an instant classic Star Wars for the modern fans.
My first worry for this movie was whether the returning veterans were going to overstay their welcome, making it tough for the new cast members to find their own voice…kinda like Scrubs Season 9 (yes that's what we're going with…). But that's not the case at all. The story is about new leads being wrapped in the affairs of the old cast, but their personalities and conflicts are set in stone from their very first appearances. This is despite the opening space crawl almost implying that the entire story is about Luke Skywalker going missing.
The trailers, teasers and even the poster deliberately fooled us. Observing the film's entire marketing campaign, you'd think that Finn is a Jedi, but Rey using The Force becomes a key spoiler that hopefully wasn't ruined for you.
The acting, one of the major elements that took down the prequels, is thankfully strong in this one. Daisy Ridley plays an exciting lead in Rey, up to the task of any challenge. And yes, they made her a damnsel in distress and then have her save herself, so that's a good thing! Finn (the sweaty John Boyega) seemed to turn to the light side fairly quickly, but his words in the trailer alone gave him a backstory and a personal justification for his actions. You have to root for him – he doesn't even have a name at the beginning!
Then you have BB-8, who I initially thought would be a derivative of R2-D2, and it is a little bit. They must have tried so hard to avoid an annoying Jar Jar Binks character, and they succeeded, because BB-8 becomes one of the best parts of the movie. There's some good humour in this movie and this droid becomes a very important part of it, and I almost forgot about how important he is to the plot.
Adam Driver as Kyo Ren in a way seemed like a lightweight., but by the end you'll both fear and hate him. Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) I assume is the third lead protagonist, but will most likely have a bigger role in the upcoming movies in contrast to this one where he shows up and acts cool for a bit. I guess they wanted more time to service Harrison Ford's last hurrah as Han Solo, who plays a much bigger role than both Leia or Luke.
While this is a fan service film, JJ Abrams should be commended for taking incredibly bold decisions. Perhaps it seemed too easy to make Kylo Ren the son of Han and Leia, but then to have Ben KILL his father. As I said earlier, I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but that still got to me. I know that long time fans, some who saw the original Star Wars back in the 70s, just had their whole world lit up when they heard "Chewie, we're home", and then destroyed in one foul swoop. That took guts.
Force Awakens is for the fans, but doesn't play it safe. Some may think it's just derivative of A New Hope, and maybe that's a fair argument. I don't think that was a huge issue this time…BUT, if the next movie becomes just Empire Strikes Back with Luke Yodaing Rey… That, on the other hand, would be lame, but I have high hopes.
Force Awakens got the fans back on board, and for me, now I'm one of those hardcore fans. I may not buy a Star Wars mug, but I look forward to the next two parts. I'll even watch the spin off movies.
In short, Ant-Man was more enjoyable than I thought it'd be. In fact, it's excellent. While Avengers: Age of Ultron almost collapsed underneath its sheer girth with all the characters and plot threads, Ant-Man benefits greatly with just four core cast members, all new to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It works very well as a stand-alone film, just like Guardians of the Galaxy. There are nods to the other movies and of course its original source material, but they don't confuse audiences who aren't a follower of this mega-franchise.
Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is a former systems engineer who just left prison after serving a sentence for petty theft. After he discovers a suit that allows him to shrink in size but also become physically stronger, he becomes a part of a "save the human race from their own demise by stopping a weapon getting into the wrong hands" plot that becomes much bigger than him (ha!). Guiding him is scientist Hank Pym (Michael Dougles), who became the original Ant-Man in the '60s after mastering the [INSERT SCIENCEY-FICTIONEY STUFF] that makes the shrinking ability possible. His estranged daughter, Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), along with his former protégé, Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) have taken over Pym's company and pushed him out. There are fantastic side characters, but these are the four that matter.
During this heist movie, arguably the biggest theme is family, especially with father figures. Lang's wants to be the hero his young daughter thinks he is (she's currently in the care of Lang's ex-wife and new fiancé), and Pym has a strained relationship with his daughter and Cross, who Pym once saw as "the son he never had". Cross despises Pym yet at the same time wants his approval so badly, that he's willing to revive his mentor's dangerous secretive technology.
All the personalities are brilliant. You root for Lang, because he made a terrible mistake and wants so badly to make everything right. Cross's demeanour may be one of the most bloodcurdling in the entire MCU, yet he's not some crazy super villain trying to conquer the world. Pym's arc with his daughter becomes the most satisfying in the picture, and both are just bad arse characters.
You may be sick of origin stories at this point, but I doubt most non-comic book fans had even heard of Ant-Man, so watching him learn how to shrink in size, control ants and attack targets so much larger than him is simply thrilling to watch. The script and ideas are on point, and the sight of a vicious fight scene at microscopic size on a Thomas the Tank Engine train set was hilariously awesome. Despite the stakes of the heist hinging on a potential dangerous weapon, the characters are so good you just worry whether they get out alive, rather than if we all do.
Ant-Man is a superb motion-picture. For some, the superhero featured in this film seems a tad lame, but trust me, just go see the movie and you'll change your mind. A great script, great cast, great action and a running time that doesn't drag on at all, just go see it.
Rating: 4.5/5.
*Minor spoilers* The original Jurassic Park was one of the first movies I loved as a kid. My parents had no qualms about me watching it, compared to say, Jaws, because dinosaurs don't exist anymore and thus it would be less scary. Although I literally just read an article that said scientists may be able to recreate living dinosaurs within 5-10 years. Thankfully we have four Jurassic movies to show why that could be a bad idea.
Welcome to Jurassic World. Taking place 22 years after the first movie (did Lost World and III not happen???), humanity seems to have dinosaurs under control, well at least they think they do to have another crack at a theme park, with more kid-friendly rides and the whole shebang. A young boy named Gray (Ty Simpkons) and his teenage brother Zach (Nick Robinson) go to Jurassic World, not just because Gray is obsessed with dinosaurs, but also to spend time with their aunt, Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), who is Jurassic World's operations manager. Being head of operations, Claire doesn't have time to show the boys around because she's trying to attract corporate sponsors to expand the park, so she gets her assistant to show them around. Meanwhile, Claire is showing velociraptor trainer Owen, (Chris Pratt) their new "asset", a genetically modified dinosaur hybrid, the Indominus Rex, when it manages to escape and starts to wreck havoc on the island, and the boys are in danger.
By the way, I really hated Howard's character. The movie must have tried to build sympathy for her by presenting someone trapped by the corporate world interfering with his family life, but it's hard to feel that when she (and many of the other characters) have almost no reaction to their co-workers deaths. The only who does is Pratt's character Owen, – who is highly likeable in many ways – he didn't just train the velociraptors, he connected with them like family pets. He may be the only one who doesn't describe the dinosaurs as "assets". The fact that he remains sympathetic to Claire makes my blood boil. Rather than a protagonist, I see her on almost equal footing as the so-called villain Vic Hoskins (Vincent D'Onofrio), who wants to use the dinosaurs for military purposes; and the sole returning character, Dr Henry Wu (B.D. Wong) who designed the creature to be a killing machine (but he did what he was told I guess). I swear the next Jurassic movie better chuck her in a jail or something.
So yeah, those were the main problems I had with Jurassic World, but it's still a great movie. It's exactly what moviegoers will want to see. The pacing is strong, a testament to good editing. You get the awesome special effects and you get dinosaurs interacting with humans. You can tell production really enjoyed inserting John Williams's iconic score from the original film for that establishing shot of the theme park. The spectacular reptilian battles will satisfy those disappointed with last year's Godzilla reboot for not having enough epic monster fights. By the way, the climax of the movie is what changes it from a good movie, to a great movie! You'll see for yourself.
Jurassic World is laden with references to the first movie, a bit of humour, and unsubtle social commentary. That social commentary, aside from the obvious "this is why science shouldn't clone dinosaurs", I picked up fairly easy. A critique of capitalism, as those at the top decided bigger and more dangerous creatures would boost profits, is what led to the big crisis, as well as taking away from Claire's family life. The militarisation of these dangerous creatures is also placed in the limelight, a possible allegory to other very dangerous weapons. Is the movie a slap down on American capitalism and militarisation? Or am I just thinking about this too much? Well, that's I got from it.
Most people aren't going to care about any messages that may or not be there, they just want a great popcorn-munching and movie-viewing session. The issues I have with Jurassic World ultimately do not ruin a very enjoyable experience. The box-office is going nuts for this, and it's easy to see why, it appeals to everyone – the fans, the critics and general public, and it's just plain fun.
Rating: 4/5.
This second SpongeBob film doesn't do anything new to justify the trip to the big screen, unlike the South Park and Simpsons films…or the first SpongeBob movie for that matter.
Once again Plankton tries to steal the Krabby Patty formula, in a slightly more dramatic fashion than usual. Then it disappears from thin air and Bikini Bottom becomes a post-apocalyptic zone. SpongeBob believes Plankton is innocent, so he shields him from the backlash. There's a live action thing going on at the same time where we see that the Krabby Patty formula was actually stolen by some pirate who finds this book that makes any text that is written in it become reality.
If this film was split into a few episodes it would work just fine. None of your favourite faces do anything out of character, there is no jump the shark moment and humour is just as random and light-hearted as always. So it does stay very true to the show. But, even if that was the case, maybe I'm just older, but the jokes aren't as funny or memorable as the first movie, and there's no believable character development or any emotional hooks. The live action segments with the pirates and the annoying seagulls are unfunny and feel like filler, as if to show the audience "yo, it's not just a few episodes stuck together, we have this big thing going on!"
Then later on, SpongeBob and friends become superheroes out of water, which judging by the marketing campaign (and the subtitle!), you'd think was the premise of the entire movie, but nope it's in the second half. It seems like they were band wagoning on The Avengers or Big Hero 6.
The first movie was great not just because it was funny, but because it led SpongeBob and Patrick on an epic journey to find King Neptune's crown; not only to restore order, but for SpongeBob to show that he's more than just a kid. That was the emotional hook. And spoiler alert for that film, but SpongeBob and Patrick end up reaching the surface, and, thinking they are about to die, felt satisfied that they at least found the crown. That always stood out for me. In Sponge out of Water, they again go back to the surface, but they don't do anything interesting with the superhero concept or the characters.
This movie is not bad, but it does reek of corporate fulfilment. In short, Sponge out of Water feels like the new Simpsons episodes – it's short on new ideas, repeating the old ones and exists just because it can, not because it should. But maybe that doesn't even matter, because I'm sure the kids will enjoy it anyway. I just realised the last movie came out 11 years ago, when I was 11 years old, back when I was still the target audience. That is something to keep in mind, SpongeBob may not be for me anymore – it's for kids, and they could see a lot worse.
Rating: 2.5/5.


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// This post was made back in 2013 (23.11.13). I made a scrapbook. Loved it. Threw it out. Made an album. Obsessed with it. Now I'm waiting for a new album with pictures from my latest trip.
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Video Diary: South Africa
I have had this video ready for about a month now, but did not want to mix it up with the whole American-dream-thingy that was going on during the Christmas month. Looking back on all the pictures and videos that we made makes me so happy. And even better is the fact that I in a couple of weeks will be seeing two of my new friends again. This trip (read: volunteer experience) was the best time of my life and I am so fortunate to have experienced something like this. Thank you to all of you guys who made it the best trip ever. TIA ♥ This Is Africa
//14.10.13. Hartbeesport, Sør-Afrika
Bare noen få hundre meter unna lodgen vår bor det to små løveunger. Det er søskenparet Sasha og Shomba på fem måneder. De er de frivilliges ansvar, og vi tar dem ut fra stallen til området sitt i halv åtte-tiden, og inn igjen før middagstid. Vi har også ansvaret for å gi dem tre måltider med hestekjøtt, hver dag (noe vi foresten kutter og forbereder selv).
Vi har lov til å være inne sammen med dem når vi selver ønsker det, og de er rett og slett fantastiske. De krabber over deg, tygger på skoene dine og lekesloss hele tiden. Det eneste er at om du snur ryggen til en av dem for et lite sekund, kjenner du plutselig at et eller annet hopper på deg og setter tennene i foten din. Ah, de er verdens søteste!
Som jeg har nevnt tidligere, tar vi dem også med på lengre turer. Det betyr at vi tar de ut på et større område, ut i bushen for å gå. I motsetning til løvene og elefantene som alltid er foran oss, kommer disse alltid hoppende litt lenger bak. De er tamme nok til å ikke stikke av eller gjør oss noe, men «spesialistene» er naturligvis alltid i nærheten om det skulle være noe.
Jeg prøver rett og slett å bruke mest mulig tid inne sammen med dem, selv om vi har svært lite fritid. Det er de små øyeblikkene hvor Shomba biter på joggeskoende dine, mens Sasha ligger i fanget ditt du aldri kommer til å glemme. De små øyeblikkene.
Small Moments: South-Africa
- Driving around the farm, sitting in the back of the truck
- All the volunteers finding the fisheye lens very fascinating
- Cuddling with the cubs whenever having a time off
- Having a braai (African BBQ) with the staff
- The way everyone used their walkie-talkies
- Being locked out because the other volunteers left to watch the new born calf
- Meeting and sharing stories with the kids at the children home outside Jo´burg
- Smelling fresh towels arriving at the lodge
- Leaving some clothes behind and watching your friends' happy face
- Sharing unforgettable memories with new friends
- Figuring out that your comfort zone is way bigger than expected
- Stalking my favorite animal: The Kudu
- Watching baby monkeys playing tag up in the threes
- Meeting a french guide both looking and dressing like Allan from the Hangover
- Smelling mosquito spray in the wild
- Going on a night drive and finding a baby mouse
- Road trip with the girls
- Taking panorama pictures
- Listening to your own music after 16 days with other ones'
- Worshiping new like-minded people
- Usually enjoying spending time on your own, but love being social 24/7
- Knowing that there is a 9 000 volt fence and guards with weapon outside to make sure you are safe during the night
- Knowing you will meet your new friends later on
- Meeting a woman who really knows how to tell good stories
- Having the taxi driver laugh at you when telling you are from Norway (no where)
- Qatar Airways it self
- Eating cereals and yoghurt for breakfast every day
- Putting your own personal touch on the wall in the Elephant house by painting a world map
- Arriving in Norway after three weeks in Africa, and experiencing the most beautiful sun rise ever
Flybilletter: 9.000 (TRD-OSL-DOH-JHB-DOH-OSL-TRD)
Overnatting: 1.275 i Doha + 750 i Drifters Lodgen
Aktiviteter: 4.898 for frivillig arbeid + 4.370 for safarien
Vaksiner: 1.330 + 1.290 + 1.215
Annet: Brukte i underkant av 3 000kr på shopping, transport og mat.
Har fått en del spørsmål om budsjettet for turen til Sør-Afrika, og har nå kommet fram til at totalsummen ble ca 27 000kr. Det aller meste var forhåndsbetalt med penger jeg har spart opp i sommer. Har også kjøpt noen småting som blant annet reiseapotek, kamera, mikrofiberhåndduker og lakenpose, men dette blir jeg å bruke ved senere reiser, og har derfor ikke lagt det inn i budsjettet. Kameraet kostet rundt 3 000, så jeg regner med at det ble + 5 000. // IG@sandrahave
I wanted to share my experience from the Safari I joined in South Africa, although there is not that much positive things to say. Some may have read my previous post about everything we did, and it is easy to tell that it was a lot of driving. Driving on a safari is a good thing, but not in a truck. That was the biggest problem. Instead of going in an open vehicle we sat in these uncomfortable seats and looked through dirty windows. We only had one game drive, and it was definitely the best thing we did during the trip. I wished there were a lot more of them. When on a safari you want to see animals and beautiful nature, not being stuck in a truck, moving from one camp to another.
My trip was organized in cooperation with Kilroy Norway, but Drifters was the tour operator. I was not satisfied with their program at all, and I do not think I will book with them again. To me they almost seemed a bit unprofessional, even though they have been doing this since 1983. One of many reasons were the lack of pre information. The papers we got before leaving Norway said we had to bring a pillow, towel and also a sleeping bag. Well, arriving we heard they were old information sheets. You just do not go to a new continent bringing these sort of things, when not being in a need of it. We also were told we would leave 6h30, but arriving the lodge late the night before we were told we would leave at 6. That may not seem like a big problem, but two other girls were staying at a different hostel and if they had not called Drifters the evening before, they would not have caught the ride.
Another thing was the food. I know we are not supposed to complain about food while in Africa, we are actually not supposed to do that at all. But when you pay this much money, we all expected to have enough food during the trip. We ate early in the morning and then a small lunch approximately 9 hours later. After a long day of driving we finally had dinner, this time 8 hours later. And that brings me to another thing. We actually had to get up at 4-5 AM every day. Imagine being on tour for 24 days! The other couples from Germany also mentioned that. We all were aware of the fact that you had to get up early if you wanted to see the animals, but hey we are on a holiday! And we did see the lion, leopard, rhino and elephant in the middle of the day.
As you can tell, I was not really happy about the safari, and I wont recommend it to anyone. I have talked with my agency and also Drifters, and they know for sure how unhappy I was. It was not worth the money at all, and even though I saw the big five, I was not impressed. It may have something to do with the fact that I earlier worked with animals. I got used to walking with elephants and lions, feeding cubs and walking out the door to meet the donkeys and zebras. That was probably why I did not enjoy it as much, stopping to see animals miles away. But I talked with the other people in the group, and they were not impressed either. That is to bad, since we spent a lot of money on this tour. Next time I will definitely go to see Victorias Falls.
And I must say I do not have any other experience to base the statement on, but this is how I felt about the trip. I can only talk for my self, but I got the feeling that a lot of the other couples actually shared my thoughts. If any of you have any thing to comment, feel free to do that. And of course, if you want to share your experience I would love to read it. // Sandra
So these are probably my favourite pictures from the trip. It has been 11 days since I came back, and it is just 32 days until the US. I CAN NOT WAIT! Anyways, my mac book is still in for service so I only have my iPhone. But the posts about the trip are right around the corner. Hope everyone is doing fine //Sandra


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Oscar Health Insurance, a privately held company that aims to shake up the industry with technology-driven services for individual consumers, on Monday said it had secured $145 million in new funding led by technology investor Peter Thiel.
The cash infusion comes as Oscar, with 40,000 members, prepares to expand its operation beyond New York and New Jersey.
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"It's openly known that we are going through the licensing process in California and Texas," Chief Executive Mario Schlosser said in an interview.
Oscar faces fierce competition from established insurers that also sell health insurance on exchanges set up under the national healthcare reform law, often called Obamacare. UnitedHealth Group Inc, Aetna Inc and Anthem Inc each have tens of millions of corporate members and hundreds of thousands of individual customers through the exchanges.
The new funding round was led by Thiel, one of Silicon Valley's best-known technology investors, and his partner Brian Singerman of the Founders Fund. The fund made initial investments in Oscar in late 2013.
Thiel was co-founder of online payment system PayPal, now owned by eBay Inc, and the first venture capital investor in Facebook Inc. He is attempting a comeback after losing much of his multibillion-dollar fortune during the recent global recession.
"They came in re-equipped with a much bigger check," Schlosser said, referring to the new investment from Thiel and his fund. "What he likes about us is that we are not like large insurance companies that all pitch business to large corporations. Instead, we're trying to build a product for individuals."
Schlosser predicted almost all Americans in coming decades will buy insurance through exchanges that have been set up either under Obamacare or by corporate benefits companies and insurance companies.
Oscar's tech-based programs include a computer application that enables members to confer with a doctor within 10 minutes and a wrist device that records footsteps and can lead to gift card rewards for staying in shape.
Some 35 percent of the company's new members were referred by friends, a metric Schlosser said appealed to new investors.
Other participants in the latest funding round include Wellington Management Company and Goldman Sachs, which are making initial investments. Li Ka-shing of Horizon Ventures also invested.
Schlosser said the new investments bring Oscar's total funding to $320 million and will help the company expand its operations and develop new products. (Reporting by Ransdell Pierson; Editing by Alden Bentley and Ted Botha)


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This post is a companion to "Extreme Effort." Pondering how low my self-esteem was during my youth, when I was getting emotional and verbal abuse, and how much better it is now, I want to laugh when I think how obvious one huge factor has been in creating that higher self-esteem: working hard, and respecting myself for it. The respect of others came slowly – sometimes never – but I grew less and less dependent on it. What mattered most was the fact that I was making an extraordinary effort. What self-esteem I have I earned the hard way.
In the purple-tainted twilight
of the oil refineries,
I drove Orpheus late at night,
while he sang his chronic hymn
in praise of suicide –
his urge to crash
into a concrete wall.
Something still smolders
from those years,
nods over me
with the wheezing heads
of oil pumps on Signal Hill –
hisses the pale burn-off flame.
Reminds me how free I was then,
how I sang And that was life
from Tosca, the love aria
before the execution.
I think it's the terminal
Orpheus in me,
excited by infernal landscapes,
interrupting with the idiot question,
But without wanting to die,
is it really life? He turns his
bird-bone back to me,
keeps staring at that long-ago
concrete wall.
That's all right, Mama, I sing.
I'm my own Mama now,
dead Orpheus
in my arms as I sing.
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The urge to crash into a concrete wall -- I know exactly where that wall was: on
Cherry Avenue in . A few years ago, driving from Long Beach, California San Diego to , I passed the freeway exit that led to it, and burst into tears. But that was nearly the end of those episodes. Last year I fully committed myself to not being depressed and to putting my energy into work instead (my depression was mostly the agitated sort, with high adrenaline-driven energy). I also decided to be happy (insofar as I can overcome my life-long disdain for happiness, the motto that happiness is for pigs), and reach for life-enriching experiences even if they involve considerable stress and expense.
Los Angeles
Working hard is as natural for me as breathing. Making myself happy in other ways takes a lot more self-talk and forcing myself, since, and it means going against my deeply ingrained dislike of spending and of travel stress. "It's only money." "I will be good for health." "I can take it." "It doesn't really matter." "It's only a poem." These simple phrases can be a lifeline for someone like me, who is not much motivated by pleasure. Where would I be without them? Stuck at my computer, and paying the price in poor health and excessive narrowing of life.
And yet it is to the long hours at the computer that I owe still being alive.
his urge to crash
into a concrete wall.
nods over me
with the wheezing heads
hisses the pale burn-off flame.
from Tosca, the love aria
Orpheus in me,
But without wanting to die,
keeps staring at that long-ago
That's all right, Mama, I sing.
I'm my own Mama now,
in my arms as I sing.
to the impact of having grown up with stories of extraordinary endurance, which make all my troubles seem very small indeed.


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About São Sebastião
Saint Sebastian is a seaside resort located on the North coast of São Paulo State.
The temperatures are high in summer, reaching the 40° C and mild in winter, with an average of 20° c.
San Sebastian's main tourist attractions the creations of nature, offers tourists beautiful beaches.
To the practitioners of the surf beach of Maresias is considered peak, since beyond the waves has the excitement of several nightclubs.
The beaches Barra do Sahy, Camburi, Baleia and Paúba are also suitable for the practice of sport.
Another big attraction among tourists is the Ilha das Couves, script right of schooners.
The archipelago of Alcatrazes, considered an ecological sanctuary, has transparent waters with high visibility, ideal for diving. Its islands have great beaches for sea-bathing and is stopping point right of the boats.
As nature route, San Sebastian has crystal clear waterfalls, situated in the middle of the Atlantic forest, which provide great scenery that revitalizes mind and body of their lovers.
For those who prefer cultural destinations, historical, and religious, can visit, the Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião, the sacred art museum, the Museum of the sea and the Convent of Nossa Senhora do Amparo and the Franciscan convent.
Already the historic centre, with its old buildings, now houses bars, restaurants that make up the gastronomic itinerary.
Occupied by Indians Tupinambás before the Portuguese colonization, Saint Sebastian is the oldest town of the North coast of São Paulo.
There are many options in hotels, guesthouses, chalets and camping to accommodate and please the more different types of tourists. Whatever choice Saint Sebastian is sure unforgettable moments whether relaxing or adventure.
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Following entry shortlist and public vote, the winner is Adam Branson with his image entitled 'In Colder Climes'.
The results are below:
- Adam Branson – In Colder Climes (59%).
- Kevin Privett – Involutions (24%).
- James Wai – Underground Construction (17%).
Well done to Adam who will receive a free place at a future EGGS one day seminar of his choice and a Special Edition EGGS mug. Kevin Privett and James Wai will also receive Special Edition EGGS mugs.
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The E-4B is a military version of the Boeing 747-200. It serves with the USAF as an Airborne Command Post in crisis areas. Operating as a National Airborne Operations Centre the E-4B ensures continuous Command and Control for the U.S. Government in times of war or major natural disasters, should land-based communications systems fail. In this role the aircraft provides a modern, well equipped command, control and communications centre with excellent survival characteristics. The main deck is divided into six operating areas. It can accommodate up to 114 personnel. The E-4B is fitted with defensive equipment to counter EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) which is emitted during nuclear explosions. The aircraft's "Time on Task" can be extended up to three days with the use of air-to-air refuelling. Of the four aircraft of this type, one is constantly at the "Combat Ready" state.
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Changes in public opinion toward affirmative action reflect a profound rethinking of race, privilege, and diversity in America.
Compensation grievances have effects far beyond signalling the end of the Twinkie. From Walmart to fast food worker strikes in New York City, minimum wage is a crucial economic issue.
Obama was finally able to break through allegations of stubborn partisanship in the last few days of the campaign.
After a listless performance in the first presidential debate, Barack Obama will have to convince viewers that he understands their problems, while making a strong case for a second term.


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The Leonberg Hospital was completed in the summer of 1968 as a highly modern hospital of basic and regular care in Y-shaped type of construction. It has been repeatedly modernised and expanded in its 40-year history. The catchment area extends into the Ludwigsburg and Enz districts as well as the western city districts of Stuttgart. Over 10,000 patients will be annually admitted on an inpatient basis, and over 40,000 will be treated in our outpatient departments. More than 600 employees are on duty around the clock for the patients.
The physicians of the Leonberg Hospital are involved with ground-related rescue service (emergency physician) as well as air rescue (air rescue centre).
For several years the resident physicians at Leonberg Hospital have operated the emergency practice of the resident medical profession on weekends and holidays. You will find detailed information on the sites of the individual departments. We assure you that all Leonberg Hospital employees are committed and give their best with high professional competence for the well-being of the patients entrusted to them.


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ChupacabraCon is the brainchild of a group of RPG gamers (called The TPK Gamers) in Austin, Texas. Sometime back in 2013 they were sitting around the table, eating their weekly shared meal before the start of the total party killing festivities, lamenting the lack of an RPG convention in Austin. What started as the usual, "we should do something about that," a week later turned into the start of planning, lead by founders Sheena, Jeff, and Terry. Eight months later Chupacabracon opened at the Airport Hyatt Inn. The rest is history.
The convention is run by nonprofit foundation Austin Creative Pathways, benefiting Extra Life whose mission is to unite thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children's Miracle Network Hospital.
ChupacabraCon is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy and terms of purchase (including rules and regulations) can be found on our Code of Conduct page.


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Wild animals are such incredible creatures that most of us have probably at least dreamed of owning one as a pet at one time or another. The idea of coming home to a tiger or a wolf after work, feeding it a few pounds of raw meat and then going for a run does sound like fun, never mind the bragging rights.
Tigers, cougars, lions, wolves, bears, large snakes, reptiles, and various primates are all sought after commodities on the exotic pet market. While the legality of owning such wild animals has been heavily debated, in many places, owning such wild animals isn't illegal; most often you only need a license.
Whether legal or not, and while the majority of exotic pet owners keep their wild animals as pets without incident for a lifetime, the fact is, a wild animal, however domesticated it appears to be, will to some extent always be a wild animal, making the risks associated with keeping them as pets all the greater than traditional pet ownership.
Here are ten cases where owner's neglect or the nature of the pet itself ultimately led to a case of exotic pet ownership gone wrong.
10 Child Attacked by Mountain Lion
Amber Michelle Couch, of Odessa, Texas, had already been warned numerous times by authorities over the ownership of her pet mountain lion. Couch had been citied for not keeping the mountain lion's vaccinations up to date. She was also told that not only was the exotic pet's cage too small for its size, but also that the bars keeping the 150 pound cat inside were not close enough together to prevent it from being able to attack anyone who got too close. Sadly for Couch's four-year-old nephew, he got too close to the cage in October of 2011 and was mauled by the mountain lion, suffering lacerations and puncture wounds to his body as well as bite marks across his face. Miraculously the boy survived; the 12-year-old mountain lion was not so lucky and was euthanized following the encounter.
9 Woman Killed by Pet Camel
A sixty-year-old Australian woman was given the gift of a camel for her 60th birthday, and however strange this may seem as a birthday present, it doesn't necessarily come across as dangerous, especially in light of the fact that the woman owned a large property with cattle and sheep roaming about as well. Whether the camel was in fact odd, or merely uncomfortable interacting with the other animals on Pam Weaver's property remains uncertain, but what has been confirmed is that before Weaver's death, the camel had repeatedly attempted to smother the family's pet goat. One evening the camel apparently attempted to fornicate with Weaver. After Weaver attempted to fight the birthday present off, the camel knocked her over, stomped on her head and lay on top of her, smothering her to death. Footprints were found on Pam Weavers face and arm.
8 Man Killed by African Lion
Eastern Illinois resident Al Abell kept a brood of exotic animals on his property, including an African lion. Though normally quite thorough in his handling of his exotic pets, one afternoon while Abell was cleaning the larger pen that his lion normally inhabited, he made a fatal mistake when he forgot to lock the door to the secondary pen he put the lion in when he entered the larger space. Though details surrounding Abell's death are uncertain, it is known that upon returning home the evening of her husband's death and seeing the lion roaming the property and not in its pen, Al Abell's wife called the police who promptly responded to the home, killing the lion before discovering Abell's mauled body.
7 Woman killed by Pet Viper
A woman who kept a menagerie of reptiles in her home in Cincinnati, some of them venomous and also illegal under Ohio state law, ultimately lost her life when one of the highly poisonous pit vipers she kept as a pet bit her on Labour Day of 2004. After being bitten by the snake the woman was conscious enough to drive herself to the hospital, where she deteriorated rapidly, ending up in critical condition until she died three days later. When authorities, accompanied by herpetologists from the Cincinnati Zoo entered the woman's unassuming home, they found nine venomous snakes and a pair of alligators, among other exotic reptiles.
6 Woman Killed by Pet Black Bear
A Pennsylvania woman, who kept numerous wild animals as pets, including a lion, a tiger and a cougar (among other big cats), as well as a bear, ultimately fell victim to her exotic pet collection in late 2009. 37-year-old Kelly Ann Walz had been licensed to own the animals since 1994, and was extremely experienced in handling them, so her death may prove that no matter how cautious and careful one is and no matter how domesticated a wild animal appears, it is still exactly that; a wild animal. One Sunday evening in early fall Walz entered the black bear's cage to clean it. In order to distract the bear Walz put dog food at one side of the cage, assuming the meal would keep the bear busy. Unfortunately, in front of her own children, as well as neighbourhood kids, the bear turned on Walz and mauled her to death.
5 Woman Killed by Wolf Dogs
Wolf dogs aren't legal to own everywhere throughout the United States and Canada, but in places where they are legal to own, they are sometimes discouraged. The purity of the animal, its ratio of wolf to dog, is often times not fully known, and because of interbreeding, the behaviour of the pet can be highly unpredictable, as Sandra Piovesan sadly found out. Proclaiming that her wolf dogs gave her "unqualified love," the pack of nine that Piovesan had raised at her Pennsylvania home ultimately turned on her in July of 2006 and mauled her to death.
4 Man killed by Pet Tiger
A Southwold, Ontario, Canada man, Norman Buwalda, was 66 years old when one of his pet tigers mauled him to death. Family members discovered his mutilated body in one of the tiger cages on Buwalda's property, a cage that he entered alone, thus leaving no clue as to why the tiger killed him. Unfortunately for Norman Buwalda, it was not the first time that he had problems with the pet tigers he kept on his property; in 2004 a ten-year-old boy was mauled by a tiger on his property while taking a photo with the wild animal. Though bylaws were enacted in Southwold to prevent residents from keeping exotic pets following the attack on the boy, Buwalda fought the bylaw and won, allowing him to keep the five wild cats on his property until his death. In perhaps the most ironic twist of fate, Norman Buwalda was also the chairman of the Canadian Exotic Animal Owner's Association, a group which fought vigorously to allow citizens to keep wild animals as pets.
3 Toddler Strangled by Python
A Florida couple, Jaren Hare and Charles Darnell, were sentenced to 12 years in prison after their nearly nine-foot Burmese python was found inside the crib of Hare's two-year-old daughter, where the young girl was strangled to death. While the defendants claimed that the pet had remained docile for the five years the snake was in their possession, the fact that the python's enclosure had no proper lid, and nothing but a quilt covering the top of its cage was damning evidence against the pair. Both claimed that the death of two-year-old Shaianna was merely a tragic accident. While the death was ruled accidental, extreme negligence was also cited against the defendants, not only concerning the safety of the young girl, but also the snake, named Gypsy, which was starving to death and found over 100 pounds under weight at the time of the incident. Even Jaren Hare's mother testified against her daughter and her boyfriend, stating she warned them numerous times of the dangerous of keeping the snake close to Shaianna, and offered to take the snake for them and keep it in a larger, safer environment.
2 German Man Killed by Spider
The tale of 30-year-old Mark Voegel of Dortmund, Germany and his apartment full of insects is so gruesome it is like something out of a horror film. At the very least, it was twisted enough to be featured on the sensational television program 1,000 Ways to Die, narrated by Hellboy himself. According to reports, Voegel was bitten by a black widow spider in his apartment one night, and succumbed to the poison after a period of time. Because he was reclusive, no one bothered to check on him until the smell from his apartment got bad enough that other tenants called police. What police found was his badly decomposed body laying on the ground, being eaten, and lived in, by the various snakes and reptiles he had kept in his own private zoo. As shocking as this story is, that may just be the point; though the story has been published essentially verbatim since 2004 by news outlets as wide ranging as Britain's Sun tabloid and the Washington Times, there appears to be no actual evidence to either prove or disprove its validity. Whether true or not, the creepiness of the tale, and the potential for it to actually happen somewhere, makes it worthy of this list.
1 Woman Mauled by Friend's Chimpanzee
In a tragic case of wrong place wrong time, or at the very least being a little too helpful with her friends, Charla Nash headed over to her friend of thirty years Sandra Herold's house in Stamford, Connecticut to help Herold attempt to get her 200 pound pet Chimpanzee back into his cage. At the time, Herold was in her 70s and Nash in her mid-fifties; attempting to physically force a 200 pound domesticated Chimpanzee, named Travis, back into his cage seemed a little daunting. Speculation on the difficulty of the task at hand unfortunately proved valid; soon after a 911 call from the Herold residence lead paramedics to a scene of horror. Parts of Nash's fingers were strewn across the floor, her face had been severely mauled and paramedics stated her hands "looked as though they were run through a meat grinder." Herold's chilling 911 call further demonstrates the violence at the scene, her panic stricken voice claiming that her chimp had "killed (her) friend, and that he tore her apart." After a long period of rehabilitation, Nash recovered from her injuries, but is severely scarred, wearing a veil to avoid scaring people with her severely disfigured face. While prosecutors did not press charges against Herold for her animal's attack, Nash's family filed a $50 million lawsuit against her. Herold died a year after the attack at age 72, while Nash ultimately continued to receive treatments to repair her mauled face, while collecting $4 million from the initial lawsuit in 2013.


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Bed bugs have become an epidemic! These pesky, tiny, little blood-feeding insects hide in crevices of furniture, rooms, and luggage, spreading rapidly. They are very hardy, able to withstand long periods without food and even temperature changes. Eradicating them is quite a challenge, as they are resistant to several methods of extermination, and avoid detection.
Recently using dogs (and specifically, scent hounds such as Beagles) has become a popular way to detect bed bugs in homes and commercial spaces. Early detection and treatment to remove the nasty critters is the best way to prevent a widespread infestation. Beagles, who have excellent sniffers, can be trained to detect the odor of bed bugs to locate them quickly and efficiently.
One potential issue with training Beagles and other dogs to detect bed bugs is that teaching the dog to distinguish between live bed bug infestations and older infestations that have already been dealt with can be difficult. Also, training an easily distractible Beagle to focus on the task at hand can be a challenge. But if you're up to it, your Beagle can be a valuable tool in the hands of an experienced handler, to locate bed bugs before they locate their next victim.
Getting a Beagle motivated to find bed bugs is not difficult, as they love to use their senses and "hunt" whatever you teach them to hunt, including bed bugs. However, getting your Beagle to focus and do a thorough sweep of an area does require discipline and training. Since bed bugs can hide in cracks in floors, walls, electrical outlets and furniture, a bed bug Beagle will need to do a very thorough search of the environment to locate all bed bugs hiding in a given area.
Most Beagles are motivated to work with their nose and get pretty excited about any task involving hunting with their incredible sense of smell. However, having food and treats available to reinforce correct scenting of bed bugs is beneficial, so your Beagle can understand what is expected of him. You will need to use samples of bed bugs to help train your dog to locate them, and great care is required to prevent them from escaping and creating an infestation. Containers with fine mesh screens and careful handling will be required.