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Manila Luzon is one of America's favorite drag queens or my favorite drag queen. It's basically the exact same thing. Manila Luzon is a combination of the largest island in the islands Philippines and the capitol. Fun little geography lesson from Bubble Righted.
Manila Luzon is drag queen royalty. She was in a serious relationship with Sahara Davenport (winner of the seconds season of RuPaul's Drag Race) before Sahara passed away from heart failure a few years ago. It was the most tragic thing that ever happened. RuPaul said something along the lines of how he think of all of his girls as eternal. It was heartbreaking. |
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I love RuPaul's Drag Race. This is the most perfect show that's ever existed. The Mayor and Miss Sara Bellum and I watch this show religiously together. It's kind of our thing. It is the glitter glue that binds our love for each other together. My favorite season is season 3. That's the season that Manila was on. She killed it. How many other queens could pull off a pineapple the way she did. No one.
This season was full of shade and drama. The popular queens labeled themselves as "Heathers". A reference to the classic eighties dark comedy The Heathers. And, proceeded to call all the other queens "boogers". It was cold. How to be a bully. That is what that show really taught us that season. It was amazing. Those queens did not rest until they got rid of every single booger remaing on RuPaul's Drag Race. Carmen Carrera was on it that season. .
In totally unrelated news, I was at this event recently where there was this boy who looked exactly like Christian Slater in The Heathers. As great as that is. Like he was cute and all, but let's be real. I was a little afraid that he had a plan to mass murder everyone. That might be unreasonable, but you obviously haven't seen The Heathers as many times as I have.
Side note that Manila Luzon makes club appearances. If she is in your city. Go see her. She's amazing. She might even perform "Helen Keller". Probably one of the most offensive songs in existence, but most certainly labeled as one of my guilty pleasures.


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The Pontiac Paint Company located in Pontiac, Michigan is a one stop shop for paint and sundry supplies. Founded in 1928, the Pontiac Indian has stood for quality service and goods for over 87 years in Michigan. We represent most paint manufacturers and pride ourselves in being able to service your every day needs.
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Carolyn Murphy
Date Of Birth:
11 August 1975
Place Of Birth:
Walton Beach, Florida
Best Known As:
Cover girl of the 2005 Sports Illustrated
Carolyn Murphy succeeded actress Elizabeth Hurley as the professional face of Estee Lauder cosmetics in 2001, putting her in magazines and print ads worldwide and moving her into the ranks of the elite supermodels. The self-proclaimed "beach girl at heart" had already been named Model of the Year at the VH1/Vogue fashion awards in 1998, and had appeared extensively on the cover of Vogue and other high-fashion magazines. In 2005 she was the cover girl of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, and by 2007 she was reportedly one of the highest-paid fashion models in the world.
Extra Credit
Murphy married surf instructor Jake Schroeder in 1999 and their daughter, Dylan Blue, was born in 2000; the couple divorced in 2001… Murphy told Sports Illustrated that the people she admires most are "primatologist Jane Goodall and undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau."
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It's not all doom and gloom here in Japan. Nintendo's sales and operating profits are rising 8.8% year-on-year. KDDI saw its net profits increasing 59% year on year. Yahoo Japan increases dividends by 22%-25% for 2008. Who are today's winners in Japan's IT industry? Gerhard Fasol will show us how and why some great Japanese companies excel in today's crisis.
The talk reviews today's status of Japan's electrical companies, the telecommunications sector and the internet sector, and introduces seven different companies, which show rapid growth of revenues, operating income and net income despite the crisis. These seven companies we introduce turn the crisis into an opportunity.
Mr Fasol is one of the best specialists of Japan's IT industry. After 12 years in Japan working for the most prestigious Japanese institutions and companies (the University of Tokyo, NTT, Hitachi…), he founded the strategy and M&A firm Eurotechnology Japan KK in 1996. Mr Fasol has advised some of the greatest companies, including NTT, SIEMENS, Deutsche Telekom, Cubic, Unaxis and about 100 fund managers on strategy for Japan, as well as the President of Germany. He helped a French pharmaceutical company acquire a factory in Japan.
He comments regularly on CNBC on Japan's tech sector.
Schedule: March 24th, 2009 (Tuesday) from 18:30
The conference will be followed by a light cocktail.
Place: French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, meeting room
Iida bldg 1F, 5-5 Rokubancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0085
Tel.: 03-3288-9624
Access map: www.ccifj.or.jp
Language: English
Fees: 5.000 yens (to pay in cash at the door)
Payment will be required for cancellations or no-show after this deadline.
Announcement on the website of the French Chamber of Commerce
read a report on the talk here in the monthly newsletter of the French Chamber of Commerce in Japan (in French)
Background reading: our J-ELECTRIC report about Japan's electric companies
and our Eurotechnology Japan Blog
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I know a lot of tough people but Robyn Benincasa has to be one of the toughest.
She's a member of the only all-female firefighting crew in the country and when she's not saving people's lives, she is a world champion adventure racer, a Guinness world record kayaker. Oh yeah, and she started a non-profit called Project Athena, which helps women who have survived a medical challenge like cancer by taking them on a dream adventure (like climbing a mountain) as part of their recovery.
Robyn is a remarkable human being. She's also an incredible leader and knows how to win – and what is worth fighting for. So I was thrilled that she captured her expertise in a book that outlines how each of us can climb to new levels of professional and personal success. In her book, How Winning Works, (click here to buy*) she shares the eight essential elements of teamwork that she believes is responsible for her own successful and fulfilling life.
Here are Robyn's eight elements of winning and teamwork:
Total commitment: There are four P's of commitment – preparation, planning, purpose and perseverance.
Empathy and awareness: Do you care about your teammates as much as you care about yourself? Can you truly put yourself in someone else's shoes so you know what they need from you?
Adversity management: Something is going to go wrong. That's a given. How do you deal with things when something goes awry? Winning at business and in life is really recognizing that the road ahead is filled with problems to solve and is never going to be the easy straightaway you'd hoped for. How you deal with those setbacks, frustrations, surprises and challenges will determine if you win.
Mutual respect: On any winning team, there's a high level of mutual trust, respect and loyalty. You have to be able to recognize what each person contributes and celebrate that at the same time you're minimizing the elements you aren't crazy about.
We thinking: You have to constantly be looking for ways to utilize your collective resources for the best possible outcome. This is the lesson glory hounds have the toughest time with. This is about finishing strong as a team – not racing across the finish line first and then waiting for your teammates.
Ownership of the project: For a person or a team to be successful – you need to be able to absolutely immerse yourself in the mission. You need to see the goals as your goals. See the outcome as your responsibility and attach a significant amount of emotion to accomplishing that desired outcome.
Relinquishment of ego: Every successful person realizes they come equipped with both strengths and weaknesses. Every team member will be both the strongest and the weakest link somewhere along the way. You need to be able to recognize your strengths so you can offer those to the effort but you also need to know your weaknesses, so you can expose them to your team – so they can help overcome them.
Kinetic leadership: Leadership, on the best teams, revolves among the teammates. That requires that everyone on the team can both step up to the role but even more important – step away from the role, when they're not the one best suited to lead at that given moment.
What I loved about this book is that it goes beyond listing the eight elements. Robyn tells amazing, impossible to forget stories, offers pragmatic exercises and what she calls synergy starters – ways to actually put the teaching into practice.
If you've already achieved success and want to make sure that you, your family and your co-workers experience even more or if you're just starting out and are hungry for success – grab this book and enjoy your adventure with Robyn.


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The Afghan Women's Summit for Democracy concluded in Brussels by issuing a proclamation announcing its demands and recommendations for the successful reconstruction of Afghan society. The recommendations addressed a broad array of issues including education, media, and culture, health, human rights and the constitution, as well as refugees and internally displaced women.
In regard to education, summit participants called on leaders to reopen schools for both girls and boys throughout Afghanistan by March 2002, make provisions to meet the educational needs of orphans and homeless children, and provide adequate public education through various media outlets. They also urged for a comprehensive school curriculum based on international standards and that includes conflict resolution courses. Participants noted the benefit of education in promoting the empowerment of women as well as democratic values. "Education and culture transcend the reality of our lives," the "Brussels Proclamation states. "Their healing power and creative energy could act as a catalyst for peace and as an antidote to our national wounds by safeguarding our cultural heritage from disappearance."
The proclamation also urges women to be included in the development of health programs for Afghanistan and called on donor agencies to assist by helping to provide necessary medicines, equipment, food supplies, and water and sanitation systems. Summit participants also called for the re-establishment of health centers, hospitals, and training centers in urban and rural areas, with the opportunity for medical students to have training abroad, and the establishment of programs for those suffering from HIV/AIDS, drug addiction, serious diseases, and disabilities.
Referring to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the Beijing Platform of Action, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and other international agreements, the Afghan Women's Summit called for the establishment of a safe and secure environment for women and girls. To this end, Summit participants demanded the inclusion of women in all stages of the reconstruction process, including the loya jirga (grand assembly), the disarmament and demining of Afghanistan, and protection from gender-based abuse such as the trafficking in women.
The proclamation makes clear the demand to use local non-governmental organizations as a means of distributing donor funding to promote "sustainable peace." The proclamation also cautioned against forced repatriation of Afghan refugees, noting that Afghan refugees make up the largest refugee population in the world and that Afghanistan is still in an unstable state. Summit participants called for an increase in education and income-generating programs for refugees and internally displaced people as well as programs designed to meet the basic needs of the population, including healthcare services, birth control and family planning services, and education on preventing sexually transmitted diseases.


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African Traditional Religions
~ Kipsigis Saying (Kenya)http://www.unification.net/ws/theme139.htm#06
~ Nyika Proverb (Kenya and Tanzania)http://www.unification.net/ws/theme138.htm#17
The Bahá'i Faith
~ Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
~ The Advent of Divine Justice, Pages 24-25http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/ADJ/adj-2.html#pg24
~ Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláhhttp://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-43.html
~ The 29 Principles of Bishnoism, Principle 17
~ Dhammapada 68
~ Dhammapada 53
~ Dhammapada 116
~ Dhammapada 118
~ Dhammapada 173
~ Dhammapada 220
~ Dhammapada 314
~ The Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha Vow Sutra
~ The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra
Cao Đài
~ The Collection of Divine Messages, Vol. 1
DOING GOOD DEEDS IS COMPARABLE TO A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD.~ Three Vehicles of the Teaching of Truth, Chapter: Politeness, Kindness, and Honor Ra tay giúp kẻ yếu hèn, Làm nên việc nghĩa so bằng vàng muôn. Tam Thừa Chân GiáoChapter: Lễ Nghĩa Liêm Sĩ
~ Holy Bible, Galatians 6:2http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%206&version=NIV
~ Holy Bible, Ephesians 2:10http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A10&version=NIV
~ Holy Bible, Philippians 2.4
~ Holy Bible, Matthew 5:14-16http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=good+deeds&searchtype=all&version1=31&spanbegin=1&spanend=73
~ Holy Bible, 1 Timothy 2:9-10
~ Holy Bible, 1 Timothy 5:25
~ Holy Bible, 1 Timothy 6:18
~ Holy Bible, Hebrews 10:24
~ Holy Bible, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
~ Holy Bible, James 3:13
~ Holy Bible, 1 Peter 12
~ Mencius IV.B.7http://www.unification.net/ws/theme139.htm#08
Greek Philosophy
~ Socrates
~ The Puranas 2.1.14
~ The Puranas 2.2.1
~ The Puranas 2.2.5
~ The Puranas 3.2.13
~ The Puranas 4.1.2
~ The Puranas 4.5.9
~ The Puranas 5.5.5
~ The Puranas 8.10.2
~ The Puranas 8.10.4
Karmas mean retributions.
46. So, ONE MUST TRY TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THIS MORTAL BODY BY INDULGING IN GOOD DEEDS before the day of his final journey arrives otherwise he would be left with nothing but regrets at the time of his death.~ The Puranas 14.14.1
47. ONLY DO GOOD TO EVERY LIVING BEING, BE KIND TO THEM UNCONDITIONALLY. God is pleased with these actions only.~ The Puranas 16.7.5
Kali Yuga means Dark Age.Treta means the second age.Dwapa means the third age.
49. First the Angirases won themselves vital power, whose fires were kindled through good deeds and sacrifice. Angirases means Vedic sages.
50. The righteous doers of good deeds invoke her: Sarasvati send bliss to him who giveth!~ Hymns of the Arthava Veda, Book XVII, Hymn IV
~ The Mahabharata, Section LXXI
~ The Mahabharata, Section LXXII
Hòa Hảo Buddhism
~ The Teachings of Prophet Huỳnh Phú Sổ, Towards Other Religions and Individuals
International Society of Krishna Consciousness
~ Bhagavad Gita 3.25http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-25.html
~ Bhagavad Gita 3.19http://www.bhagavad-gita.us/categories/The-Gita%3A-Chapter-3/?Page=1
~ Bhagavad Gita 3.20http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-20.html
~ Bhagavad Gita 3.30http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-30.html
~ Holy Qur'an 3.134
~ Holy Qur'an 4.127
~ Holy Qur'an 9.100
~ Holy Qur'an 18.46
~ Holy Qur'an 21.73
~ Holy Qur'an 23.102
~ Holy Qur'an 28.84
~ Holy Qur'an 32.17
~ Holy Qur'an 32.19
~ Holy Qur'an 47.35
~ Hadith, Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 1, Book 2, No. 40
~ Hadith, Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, Book 21, No. 251n
~ Hadith, Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 6, Book 60, No. 288
~ Tattvarthasutra 5.21http://www.unification.net/ws/theme138.htm#02
72. Charity – to be moved at the sight of the thirsty, the hungry, and the miserable and to offer relief to them out of pity – is the spring of virtue. ~ Kundakunda, Pancastikaya 137http://www.unification.net/ws/theme141.htm#03
~ The Zohar, Genesis 104ahttp://www.teachingvalues.com/products/SpiritualQuotes.pdf
74. THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY SHOULD DO SO FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVEN; for then the merit of their ancestors shall aid them, and their righteousness shall endure forever. And you, says God, I shall credit you with great reward as if you have achieved it.~ Mishnah, Pirkei Avot 2:2http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2011/jewish/Chapter-Two.htm
~ Talmud, Sanhedrin 27bhttp://www.unification.net/ws/theme138.htm#03
76. He who prays for his fellowman, while he himself has the same need, will be answered first. ~ Talmud, Baba Kamma 92ahttp://www.unification.net/ws/theme138.htm#07
77. He who carries out one good deed acquires for himself one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. REPENTANCE AND GOOD WORKS ARE LIKE A SHIELD AGAINST CALAMITY. ~ Mishnah, Abot 4.13 http://www.unification.net/ws/theme146.htm#11
78. Those who are insulted but do not insult others in revenge, who hear themselves reproached without replying, who PERFORM GOOD WORK OUT OF THE LOVE OF THE LORD and rejoice in their sufferings... are "as the sun when he goeth forth in his might." ~ Talmud, Yoma 23ahttp://www.unification.net/ws/theme145.htm#08
79. Hence THOSE WHO LOVE AND BENEFIT OTHERS HEAVEN WILL BLESS. ~ Mozi, On the Necessity of Standardshttp://chinese.dsturgeon.net/text.pl?node=101&if=en
80. Whoever loves others is loved by others; whoever benefits others is benefited by others…~ Mozi, Universal Love IIhttp://chinese.dsturgeon.net/text.pl?node=562&if=en
81. The evil act will be punished and THE GOOD ACT WILL BE REWARDED.~ Mozi, Gong Menghttp://chinese.dsturgeon.net/text.pl?node=590&if=en"
82. I tell you these things that you may learn wisdom; that you may learn that WHEN YOU ARE IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR FELLOW BEINGS YOU ARE ONLY IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR GOD. ~ Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2.17http://www.unification.net/ws/theme138.htm#09
83. In the midst of this world, DO SEVA, AND YOU SHALL BE GIVEN A PLACE OF HONOR IN THE COURT OF THE LORD.
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 26http://www.sikhs.org/english/frame.html
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 110
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 273
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 125http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=125&english=t&id=5133#l5133
87. One who performs selfless service, without thought of reward, shall attain his Lord and Master. ~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 286
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 214
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 354
Gurmukh means Truth seeker.
91. Make good deeds the soil, and let the Word of the Shabad be the seed; irrigate it continually with the water of Truth.Shabad means Sound or Essence of God.
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 24
92. Through the perfect karma of good deeds, ONE MEETS THE PERFECT GURU, WHOSE SPEECH IS PERFECT. ~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 146
~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 952
94. THE GOD-CONSCIOUS BEING ACTS IN THE COMMON GOOD. ~ Holy Guru Granth Sahib, Page 273http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&g=1&h=1&r=1&t=1&p=0&k=0&Param=273
~ Discourses of Rumi, Discourse 13
~ Discourses of Rumi, Discourse 3
~ Discourses of Rumi, Discourse 55
~ Tract of the Quiet Wayhttp://www.unification.net/ws/theme146.htm#10
99. The sage does not accumulate for himself. The more he uses for others, the more he has himself. The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own. THE WAY OF HEAVEN IS TO BENEFIT OTHERS AND NOT TO INJURE. ~ Tao Te Ching 81
100. DO GOOD TO HIM WHO HAS DONE YOU AN INJURY. ~ Tao Te Ching 63
Tibetan Buddhism
~ The Bodhicaryavatara, 8.9http://www.shantideva.net/guide_ch3.htm
~ The Bodhicaryavatara, 8.126-128http://www.unification.net/ws/theme138.htm#20
103. I wish you all to PRACTICE DEEDS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL,And amass all merits!~ The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, The Gray Rock Vajra Enclosure
The Universal White Brotherhood
~ The Wellspring of Good, Servinghttp://www.beinsadouno.org/old/in_en.htm
~ Behold the Man
~ The Gathas, Yasna 28, Verse 4
~ The Gathas, Yasna 34, Verse 1
Mazda means Supreme Wisdom.
110. Therefore, WORSHIP HIM WITH FULL CONSCIENCE AND GOOD DEEDS. Worship Ahura Mazda, who discerns the wise from the unwise and is Guardian of This World.
~ The Gathas, Yasna 46, Verse 17
Mazda means Creator.
112. So, let all strive with thought, word and deed to satisfy Mazda. LET EACH ONE CHOOSE TO PERFORM GOOD DEEDS AS HIS WORSHIP. ~ The Gathas, Yasna 53, Verse 2
~ Zend Avesta, Vendidad, Fargad XVIII
~ Pahlavi Texts


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In Australia, there is no need to provide any reasons for divorce other than that the relationship has broken down irretrievably. If you've been separated for more than 12 months the court takes this as evidence of the fact, and even if you still live under the same roof you can still obtain a divorce provided you swear to the separation in your divorce application.
What do I need to apply?
You will need your marriage certificate, identification, and proof of citizenship (if you were not born in Australia).
What about the children?
The court needs to be satisfied that your children are being taken care of before a divorce will be granted, but will not expect that you have a formal agreement in place in regard to child custody.
What about property?
You may be able to reach agreement with your ex-partner without having to go to Court. However, bear in mind that if you can't reach agreement, a formal application for property orders must be lodged within 12 months of your divorce becoming final.
How long does it take?
When you lodge your application the court will advise the date of the hearing, usually within 2 – 3 months. The hearing is not long and you may not need to attend. The divorce order becomes final in one month and one day from the date of the hearing, provided it is granted.
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Digital Media
The economy notwithstanding, Ball State University has just announced an Emerging Media Initiative that targets $17.7 million toward the evolving use of technology and digital content.
Ball State, the third-largest university in a state that includes both Indiana University and Purdue University--and a tech powerhouse in its own right--hopes the five-year initiative will connect and strengthen existing technology areas and initiatives at Ball State, as well as provide needed human capital and foster economic development across the state and region.
According to Dave Ferguson, the newly appointed associate vice president of the initiative, the project has been in the works for a year. It builds on Ball State's well funded and years-long track record of building digital media projects based on grants and initiatives. The Emerging Media Initiative will help identify and connect areas of technology excellence across a variety of disciplines at the university, Ferguson said, including "a strong media college, strong college of architecture and planning, and strong pockets within arts and humanities."
Ferguson is also director of Ball State's Center for Media Design (CMD), which is funded by several large grants from Lilly Endowment and is well known for leadership in applied research, interdisciplinary projects in digital media design, digital content development, and media use research. Ball State's five-year-old Insight and Research group, part of CMD, is a leading media research group.
Ferguson said the university hopes the initiative will work to foster professional development, help create better environments for collaborative research, and engage students. It is intended to promote innovation in both students and faculty, and, in particular, it will fund the sorts of interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial projects that have the potential of commercial success beyond the university as well.
Ball State defines emerging media is "the evolving use of technology and digital content to enhance work, play, and learning; broaden access to information, accelerating communications and understanding; and enhance personal connection by eliminating the constraints of time and location."
The initiative includes the establishment of an advisory board that takes advantage of some highly successful graduates of the university, including Randy Pond, executive vice president of operations for Cisco Systems, and Jeff Yapp, executive vice president of MTV. The board will work to analyze trends and developments in the emerging media sector, will consult on curriculum, and will help advise the university on commercial opportunities.
The initiative's first thrust, Ferguson said, is economic, with the hope of "raising the tide for all boats on campus." The second push will be a more outward-facing endeavor: "We think [we] can begin to identify new opportunities commercially for the state ... windows of opportunity. We're very focused on that part as well.... Everyone is looking for the business model. What does user-generated content mean? What do interactive environments mean? There is [a lot of technology] that is just around the corner that we have yet to fully understand."
Some funding will come from a $200 million campaign that is already underway, Ferguson said, including an emerging media scholarship program underwritten by a $1 million gift to Ball State from Cisco's Pond.
The project will also emphasize emerging media in attracting and retaining faculty across the university. Included will be the establishment of an emerging media faculty fellows program, through which the university will provide incentives and start-up funding for the hiring of new faculty--across the curriculum--with expertise in the study and use of emerging media. An aggressive hiring program will look at emerging media capability--regardless of discipline--and will offer a bonus of sorts to those with strong backgrounds in certain areas.
In terms of timing, the university is obviously aware that it is announcing a large initiative in a faltering economy. "As we launched this, we asked, 'how will the message be perceived?,'" Ferguson said. He said the quick conclusion was: "This is an investment in the future. It's not just spending some money on some cool stuff; it's an investment, and now is the right time for it. We're in a revolution that is changing how we live and work and play. We want to be proactive in that."
About the Author
Linda Briggs is a freelance writer based in San Diego, Calif. She can be reached at [email protected].


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Men Can Be Victims of Abuse Too
At the Hotline, we know that domestic violence can affect anyone – including men. According to the CDC, one in seven men age 18+ in the U.S. has been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in his lifetime. One in 10 men has experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. In 2013, 13% of documented contacts to The Hotline identified themselves as male victims.
Although they make up a smaller percentage of callers to The Hotline, there are likely many more men who do not report or seek help for their abuse, for a variety of reasons:
- Men are socialized not to express their feelings or see themselves as victims.
Our culture still clings to narrow definitions of gender (although there are signs that this is slowly shifting). Young boys are taught not to express their emotions, to "suck it up" and "be a man." Tony Porter calls this the "man box" in his well-known TED talk. This can be extremely detrimental to boys as they age, especially if they find themselves in an abusive relationship. Men may feel discouraged to talk about what's going on in their personal lives, or they feel like no one will believe them. They may not even realize that they are being abused, or they might assume they should just deal with the abuse on their own.
- Pervading beliefs or stereotypes about men being abusers, women being victims.
The majority of domestic violence stories covered by the media are about male perpetrators and female victims who are typically in heterosexual relationships. While we certainly don't want to minimize this violence, focusing on only one type of situation renders invisible the many scenarios that do not fit this definition, including abusive relationships among homosexual, bisexual, and trans* men. This might make many victims feel like they don't have the space or the support to speak out about their own experiences and seek help.
- The abuse of men is often treated as less serious, or a "joke."
We've seen this in action in pop culture. When a man is abused, many people don't take it as seriously (in part due to the previous two reasons we've mentioned). The truth is, abuse is not a joke, in any situation, between any two people. All victims deserve support and resources to help them feel safe.
- Many believe there are no resources or support available for male victims.
It can seem like the majority of shelters and services for domestic violence victims are women-focused. However, services for male victims do exist. Most federal funding sources require that domestic violence services be provided to all victims of abuse. Our advocates can provide information, assist with safety planning, and/or find local resources, if available. They can also help brainstorm alternative options if local programs are not meeting the requirements for male victims, including who a caller may be able to contact if they believe they have experienced discrimination.
No matter what your situation is, The Hotline is here to help, confidentially and without judgment. Please give us a call anytime, or chat online with us 24/7/365.
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Calculated question type
- Managing questions
- Question behaviours
- Question types
- Calculated
- Simple Calculated
- Drag and drop into text
- Drag and drop markers
- Drag and drop onto image
- Calculated Multichoice
- Description
- Essay
- Matching
- Embedded Answers (Cloze)
- Multiple Choice
- Random Short Answer Matching
- Select missing words
- Short-Answer
- Numerical
- True/False
- Third-party question types
- Questions FAQ
Calculated questions offer a way to create individual numerical questions by the use of wildcards (i.e you can use common variables names as x , y enclosed in curly braces to create the wildcards {x} and {y}) that are substituted with random values when the quiz is taken.
For example, if you want to create a large number of "Calculate the area of a rectangle" problems to drill your students, you could create a question with two wildcards (i.e. {base}, {height} created from the common base, height variable names) and put in the "Correct Answer Formula=" input field {base} * {height} ( * being the multiplication sign ).
Correct Answer Formula= {base}*{height}
When a student takes the test, Moodle will randomly select values for {base} and {height} and grade the response using the result of the Correct Answer Formula.
The test will very rarely appear the same way twice.
Is this really the question type for you?
The main purpose of the calculated question is to create multiple versions of a question with different numerical values. This means you must have at least one wildcard in one of the answers.
If you don't need a random element, use the Numerical question type instead.
Simple calculated question type
The simple calculated question offers the most used features of the calculated question with a much simpler creation interface.
Wildcards and datasets
When Moodle delivers a Calculated question to the student, the wildcards are replaced with randomly-selected values. However, these values are not completely random - rather, they are randomly selected from a pre-defined dataset of possible values. This allows you some control over the possible values chosen - for example, in order to make sure the numbers are realistic.
These datasets can be private or shared - private datasets are used by one wildcard within one calculated question; shared datasets are used by one wildcard within all calculated questions that use it.
Question set-up
To create (or modify) a calculated question there are three pages to work through. The instructions below take you through the pages, step by step:
Page 1. Editing a Calculated question
- Select the question category
- Any shared wildcards for this category are listed beneath. If you change category, you'll need to click the "Update the category" button to refresh this list. There may not be any shared wildcards yet - if not, you can create them later if you wish.
- Give the question a descriptive name - this allows you to identify it in the question bank.
- Enter the question text. This should be the question you want the student to answer, and it must include all the information they need to calculate an answer. Therefore it must contain at least one wildcard, inside curly braces. For example, if you wanted the student to sum numbers A and B, the question text might read: "What is {A} + {B}?" You may also include quantities computed from wildcards using the syntax "{=...}: for example, the question "What is {={A}+{B}} - {A}?" with wildcard values A=4 and B=3 would display as "What is 7 - 4?"
- Select an image to display if you want to add a picture to the question. For the student, it appears immediately after the question text and before the choices. If you want more control over how the image appears, include it in the question text above, using the HTML editor.
- Set the default question grade (i.e. the maximum number of marks for this question).
- Set the Penalty factor (see Penalty factor below).
- Moodle 1.7+: If you wish, add general feedback. This is text that appears to the student after he/she has answered the question.
- Next add the formula for the answer. This formula must contain at least the wildcards that appear in the question text. See Correct answer formula syntax for further details.
- Choose the grade that the student will get for this question if they give this answer. This should be a percentage of the total marks available. For example, you could give 100% for a correct answer, and 50% for an answer that is nearly right. One of the answers must have a 100% grade.
- Determine the tolerance for error that you will accept in the answer. The tolerance and tolerance type settings combine to give a range of acceptable scores. So, if tolerance = t, correct answer = x and the difference between the user's answer and the correct answer is dx, then the tolerance types are as follows:
- Nominal - mark correct if dx <= t
- Relative - mark correct if dx / x <= t
- Geometric - mark correct if dx² / x² <= t²
- The next 2 settings, "Correct answer shows" and "Format" determine the precision of the answer. Use these to select the number of decimal places or significant figures you want to use.
- Add some feedback which the student will see if they enter this answer.
- You can specify as many answer formulae as you like - click "Add another answer blank" to add more.
- You can also specify units for the answers. For example, if you enter a unit of 'cm' here, and the accepted answer is 15, then the answers '15cm' and '15' are both accepted as correct. If you add more than one unit, you can also specify a multiplier. So, if your main answer was 5500 with unit W, you can also add the unit kW with a multiplier of 0.001. This means that the answers '5500', '5500W' or '5.5kW' would all be marked correct. Note that the accepted error is also multiplied, so an allowed error of 100W would become an error of 0.1kW.
- Finally (!) you can click "Next page" to save what you've done and move on. If you are editing an existing question, you can click "Next page (new question)" to create a completely new question based on an existing one.
Penalty factor
The 'penalty factor' only applies when the question is used in a quiz using adaptive mode - i.e. where the student is allowed multiple attempts at a question even within the same attempt at the quiz. If the penalty factor is more than 0, then the student will lose that proportion of the maximum grade upon each successive attempt. For example, if the default question grade is 10, and the penalty factor is 0.2, then each successive attempt after the first one will incur a penalty of 0.2 x 10 = 2 points.
As for numerical questions it is possible to allow a margin within which all responses are accepted as correct. The "Tolerance" field is used for this. However, there are three different types of tolerances. These are Relative, Nominal and Geometric. If we say that the correct answer at quiz time is calculated to 200 and the tolerance is set to 0.5 then the different tolerance types work like this:
Relative: A tolerance interval is calculated by multiplying the correct answer with 0.5, ie in this case we get 100 so for this tolerance the correct response must be between 100 and 300. (200 ± 100) This is useful if the magnitude of the correct answer can differ greatly between different wildcard values.
Nominal: This is the simplest tolerance type but not very powerful. The correct response must be between 199.5 and 200.5 (200 ± 0.5) This tolerance type can be useful if the differences between different correct answers are small.
Geometric: The upper limit of the tolerance interval is calculated as 200 + 0.5*200 and is the same as for the relative case. The lower limit is calculated as 200/(1 + 0.5). The correct response must then be between 133.33 and 300. This is useful for complex calculation that must have great tolerances where relative tolerances of 1 or more would be used for the upper limit but clearly not acceptable for the lower limit as it would make zero a correct answer for all cases.
The field Significant Figures does only relate to how the correct answer should be presented in the review or the reports. Examples: If it is set to 3 then the correct answer 13.333 would be presented as 13.3; 1236 would be presented as 1240; 23 would be presented as 23.0 etc.
Page 2. Choose dataset properties
Each wildcard that you specify in the answer formula must have an associated set of possible values - this is its dataset. Each of the wildcards is listed on this page along with a choice of dataset:
- private i.e. only used by this question
- shared i.e shared with other calculated questions in the same category
Using a shared dataset can save time when you are creating a lot of similar calculated questions.
Note that even when creating a question for the first time, this page may say that your wildcard "will use the same existing private dataset as before." This just means that Moodle has already tentatively created a private data set for that wildcard: if a private dataset is what you want, leave this choice selected.
If there is anything in the question text that looks like a wildcard, but does not appear in any of the answer formulae, you can specify whether or not this is meant to be a wildcard. If it is, you can choose whether it should use a private or shared dataset.
To continue, simply choose your preferred dataset for each wildcard, then click "Next Page".
Page 3. Edit the datasets
Now we need to create the set of possible values that each wildcard can take. Warning - this page is a bit confusing!
There are two ways of creating values - you can type them in yourself and add them to the list, or you can have Moodle generate them for you.
Adding/deleting your own values
Adding individual values to the list is easy:
- In the 'Param' field for each wildcard, enter the value you want
- Scroll down to the 'Add' section and click the Add button (leaving the number of items set to 1)
- Repeat the above steps as many times as necessary (the maximum number of items is 100)
To delete values from the list:
- In the 'Delete' section, select the number of items to delete
- Click the Delete button
Letting Moodle create values
- Start with the "Range of Values" fields, and enter the lower and upper limits for the values you would accept
- Choose a number of decimal places for the value
- Choose the distribution of values between the limits - 'uniform' means any value between the limits is equally likely to be generated; 'loguniform' means that values towards the lower limit are more likely.
- Now move down to the 'Add' section and click on "force regeneration"
- In the menu next to the Add button, choose the number of sets of random values (items) you wish to add to the list. (Note that the maximum total number of items in your list is 100.)
- Finally, click Add to append the new values to the list
- Note: If you want more control over the items that Moodle adds, you can do them one at a time and preview the values before you add them. Click the "Get New Item to Add" button to make Moodle generate new values in the "Item to Add" section at the top. If you like them, click "Add" for 1 item; if not, click "Get New Item to Add" again to get new values.
Finishing off
Once your list of items (values) is complete, you are finished. It's up to you how many values you add - the more values you add, the more a question can be used by the students without them seeing the same values repeatedly.
Note that if you delete values from the list, you can put them back again. Change the "Next Item to Add" option to "reuse previous value if available", then the next time you add items, Moodle will restore your previously-deleted items from the dataset.
Once your list of values is complete, you can click 'Save changes' to finish.
What does the 'Update the datasets parameters' button do?
Warning: This button can affect several questions, so be careful before using it. Assume you have selected dataset parameter for {a} to be any value between 1-10 and generated a question. In the second question also you decide to use a SHARED wildcard called {a}. Inherently, it will show a value between 1-10. However, your need here changes and you want to make it 11-100 instead. Then, you change them in the range and click this button. Voila! the values change and you can add new items here using the 'Get New item to add'. However, if you go back to your previous question, you will see that values would change there too, because it is a shared dataset. If you do not update parameters, then this may not happen and will generate a new set of values and displays them in the "Item to Add" section.
Correct answer formula syntax
DO NOT PUT THE = sign in the formula.
- In the recent versions of the calculated question type, you could have more than one answer formula and applied a specific grading value to each of them as long as there is at least one 100% correct answer formula.
If more than one correct answer formula input field are displayed when editing, your site has the multiple answer feature.
- As a general rule, write these formulas like you would in a calculator e.g.
3 + 5 * sin(3/{x})
A notable exception is exponentiation, where x3 cannot be entered as{x}^3
, but instead should be entered aspow({x}, 3)
. - Each function's placeholders and other arguments should be in parentheses (brackets). For example, if you want students to calculate the sine of one angle and cosine of two times another angle, you would enter
sin({a}) + cos({b}*2)
orsin({a}) + cos(2*{b})
. - It's usually better to have too many parentheses (brackets) than too few. The server won't care, and the more specific you are about what you mean, the more likely it will like your complex formulas.
- There is no implicit multiplication. To you, the human editor, "5(23)" or "5x" may seem perfectly obvious. To the server doing the math, it's crazy talk and won't be understood. Always use the "*" for multiplication.
- Any special mathematical function must have parentheses around its values. Take the sine function in the first bullet point for instance. Notice that the 3 / x is wrapped in parentheses (brackets)--this is so the server can understand it properly. Without those parentheses, the server won't know if you mean "(sin 3) / x" or "sin (3 / x)" and will reject the entire formula accordingly.
Available functions
Calculated questions can use more than simple arithmetic operators. The following functions are allowed in versions 1.5 and newer.
Function | Explanation |
abs | Absolute value |
acos | Arc cosine -- output in radians. |
acosh | Inverse hyperbolic cosine -- output in radians. |
asin | Arc sine -- output in radians. |
asinh | Inverse hyperbolic sine.-- output in radians. |
atan2 | Arc tangent of two variables -- pass in two values like (y, x), and you'll get the atan(y/x), adjusted to the proper quadrant. (Note: The variables are in the reverse order to atan2(x,y) in Excel) Output is radians. |
atan | Arc tangent -- output in radians. |
atanh | Inverse hyperbolic tangent-- output in radians. |
bindec | Binary to decimal |
ceil | Round fractions up |
cos | Cosine -- in radians!!! Convert your degree measurement to radians before you take the cos of it. |
cosh | Hyperbolic cosine -- in radians!!! Convert your degree measurement to radians before you take the cosh of it. |
decbin | Decimal to binary |
decoct | Decimal to octal |
deg2rad | Converts the number in degrees to the radian equivalent |
exp | Calculates the exponent of e |
expm1 | Returns exp(number) - 1, computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of number is close to zero |
floor | Round fractions down |
fmod | Returns the floating-point modulus of two numbers - i.e. the remainder when the first is divided by the second. |
is_finite | Finds whether a value is a legal finite number |
is_infinite | Finds whether a value is infinite |
is_nan | Finds whether a value is not a number |
log10 | Base-10 logarithm |
log1p | Returns log(1 + number), computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of number is close to zero |
log | Natural logarithm (ln) |
max | Find highest value |
min | Find lowest value |
octdec | Octal to decimal |
pi() | Get value of pi - the function does not take an argument, like in Excel. |
pow (numberToRaise, NumberRaisedTo) | Exponential expression |
rad2deg | Converts the radian number to the equivalent number in degrees |
rand | Generate a random integer |
round | Rounds a float |
sin | Sine -- in radians!!! Convert your degree measurement to radians before you take the sin of it. |
sinh | Hyperbolic sine -- in radians!!! Convert your degree measurement to radians before you take the sinh of it. |
sqrt | Square root |
tan | Tangent -- in radians!!! Convert your degree measurement to radians before you take the tan of it. |
tanh | Hyperbolic tangent -- in radians!!! Convert your degree measurement to radians before you take the tanh of it. |
Predefined constants
Actually there is NO Predefined constant that is allowed other than pi() as a function without parameter.
You could use shared wild cards to get the same values across questions in a quiz.
A simple example will be to use the same radius in a first question asking for the perimiter of a circle of {radius}cm and a second question asking for the surface of a circle of {radius}cm.
When the quiz will be shown to the student the two questions will shown the same {radius} value.
However the synchronization will work ONLY if the questions are kept in the SAME category and have the SAME NUMBER OF DATASETS .
If you need to move the synchronized questions to another category, you need to do it by editing the questions.
(This restriction should be released by sept. 2010).
I have a problem: The wild card values are reset when trying to add a new parameter
- As described in MDL-37744 and this forum thread.
- You should perhaps take a look at the Formulas question type.
See also
Using Moodle forum discussions:


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A new poll released Thursday says President Obama holds a commanding lead over his rival, Mitt Romney, with Millennials between the ages of 18 and 25, particularly young black voters. Romney, meanwhile, has the support of young white Christians.
The Public Religion Research Institute Poll examined issues such as the percentage of Millennials registered to vote while comparing racial and ethnic divisions between the two major candidates. And there are some large gaps.
"One of the most striking findings of the survey is the impact of parental example on younger Millennial voter engagement and voting preferences," said Robert P. Jones, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute. "Younger Millennials whose parents brought them to the voting booth as children are significantly more likely to be registered to vote, and younger Millennials who have two parents supporting the same presidential candidate are closely following the vote choices of their parents."
Black Millennial voters overwhelmingly support Obama over Romney by a margin of 97 percent to 2 percent, while Obama's lead among younger Hispanic Millennial voters is also substantial at 67 percent vs. 23 percent. By contrast, Romney has an 11-point advantage over Obama among white Millennial voters, 52 to 41 percent.
Even more significant is that Romney has a commanding lead among younger white Christians. Eight-in-ten (80 percent) white evangelical Protestant Millennial voters support Romney, while just 15 percent support Obama.
"There are striking differences along racial lines about the role of faith in the lives of presidential candidates," said Dr. Thomas Banchoff, director of Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. "Strong majorities of black and Hispanic younger Millennials say it is important for presidential candidates to have strong religious beliefs, while a majority of white younger Millennials disagree."
Interestingly, 17 percent of those who support President Obama say they do so because he shares their beliefs. However, 15 percent of Obama supporters are in the president's corner because they don't like Romney.
Supporters of Gov. Romney are more likely to support him because they don't care for Obama (35 percent) while only 20 percent support the former Massachusetts governor because they like his views.
Those polled seemed divided on the importance of religious beliefs for those running for president. Nearly half (49 percent) of younger Millennials say it is somewhat or very important for a candidate to have strong religious beliefs, while 48 percent say it is not too important or not at all important for a presidential candidate to have strong religious beliefs.
Forty-four percent of younger Millennials say they would be comfortable with a Mormon, 43 percent would be comfortable with an atheist, but only 30 percent say they would be comfortable with a Muslim president.
Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University's Berkley Center conducted the survey jointly for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs between Aug. 28 and Sept. 10. Results are based on interviews conducted online in both English and Spanish with 1,214 adults ages 18 to 25 who were recontacted from the original Millennial Values Survey. The margin of sampling error for the entire sample is plus or minus 4.3 points at the 95 percent level of confidence.


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Are you crying out for the start of summer and a dose of warmer weather?
In theory we should be able to bask in the hottest temperatures since September when a wave of warm air moves across the country in the coming days, forecasters have predicted.
The working week will be book-ended by the best of the weather, with highs of up to 27C (80.6F) expected on Friday.
Much of England and Wales will enjoy temperatures in the 20s throughout the week, with only the odd shower predicted in the west of the country.
Scotland and Northern Ireland will also see the mercury rise in the next week, although cloud coverage is expected to keep temperatures slightly cooler.
Alex Burkill, meteorologist at the Exeter-based Met Office, said: "Monday is looking like a pretty good day across much of the country, with a good deal of sunshine.
"We could see highs of 25C (77F) in London, the East Midlands and East Anglia, which will get the best of the weather.
"There will be some patchy drizzle on Tuesday and Wednesday when temperatures dip a couple of degrees maybe, but by Thursday we expect to see things on the rise again.
"If we reach 26C (78.8F) then we will have the hottest day of the year so far, but it is Friday which is shaping up to see temperatures peaking.
"We are looking at the high 20s - possibly 27C - with warm air coming up from the south. It's going to feel pretty good."
But those looking for the warm run to continue into the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend might be left disappointed.
Mr Burkill said: "This is looking like being the warmest spell we've had since September last year, but it might not last beyond Friday - from then we are looking at the possibility of some thunder and showers and temperatures taking a dip."


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Resident Evil: Revelations review
Our Resident Evil: Revelations review looks at the first first 3DS entry for the series with a tale that takes place between Resident Evil 4 and 5 on an abandoned cruise ship and snow peaks in the mountains.
Ozzie MejiaFebruary 6, 2012 8:00 AM6Resident Evil games work best when focused on frightful environments filled with infected creatures. It's the very definition of the survival horror genre Capcom helped write. Spin-off entries, like a rail shooter or straight-up action game, go astray from that core principle, much to fans' dismay. Resident Evil: Revelations, Capcom's first installment for the series on the 3DS, stays true to the series' essence for the most part, albeit inconsistently. Revelations is set between the events of Resident Evil 4 and 5. It comes off more as a standalone game than a bridge between the two. Players spend most of the game alternating between long-time series protagonists Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield. They spend a majority of the game looking for one another–she aboard an abandoned cruise ship, he atop a snowy mountain–fighting off Bio Organic Weapons (or B.O.W.s as they've come to be known), and learning details about a terrorist organization's plans to release the zombifying T-Abyss virus, an evolved strain of the T-Virus. The episodic story unfolds through the use of 3D-enhanced cutscenes that make good use of the 3DS hardware.The abandoned cruise liner setting strikes the perfect atmosphere for Resident Evil. The large luxury ship is divided into several small rooms and hallways. Their cramped, darkened spaces offer uneasy chills throughout these stages. B.O.W.s often pop up around corners and occasionally appear out of nowhere. The game's spine-chilling climate intensifies once underwater elements are introduced, as submerged enemies can jump up and attack at any given moment. Where the game's survival horror tone shines most brightly, however, is during the early boss fights.The first of these boss fights I faced came against the cruise ship's captain, who had become fully infected by the T-Abyss virus. With a retinue of minor B.O.W.s harassing me as he slowly stalked me, I genuinely felt like there was nowhere to hide and that I had to keep moving in order to survive. I loved the alarming mood this fight created and was happy when I had a few more experiences like this later in the game. There's bad with the good, though. Revelations always puts players alongside an AI partner. That partner turns out to be useless throughout the majority of the game. Going back to that first boss fight, as I ran around, my computer-controlled partner simply stood atop scaffolding and sporadically shot with his handgun, causing no damage to anything whatsoever. I wasn't expecting him to take out the boss single-handedly, but it would have been nice if he could prove useful. Why couldn't he help cover me by taking out some of the minor enemies while I focused on the boss? I expect a trained agent should be as much of a threat as I am, but AI partners barely make any impact. The enemies seem to feel the same way, as they always lunged for me and ignored my partner's presence.I might better understand the inclusion of partners if the game supported co-op multiplayer, however there's no co-op for the main campaign. Local and online co-op is limited to a separate Raid Mode, in which two players team up to take down a set number of enemies. It's a case of coming so close, but still being so far off. The AI partner of the campaign becomes a distraction, more than anything else.
If only AI partners really helped
Revelations introduces a new feature to the game's core mechanics through an inventory piece called the Genesis scanner. The idea is to use it to scan living or fallen B.O.W.'s in order to earn healing herbs. It can also be used to find hidden ammo packets that are strewn throughout each area. Using the Genesis slows the game's pace down to a crawl, losing much of its tone in the process. There's no way around it either; the Genesis becomes essential in many parts of the game.In classic survival horror style, Resident Evil Revelations makes ammo scarce and demands players use it wisely. Emptying a clip into a couple of B.O.Ws becomes costly, since ammo often needs to be preserved for getting past bosses. Finding hidden ammo packs is crucial to surviving and thus the player is forced to use the Genesis scanner in nearly every area of the game. I can't stress enough how much this disrupts the flow of the game. Later parts of Revelations, as the game leaves the inhospitable confines of the abandoned liner, struggle to match its ominous feel. The game compounds this by going in a more action-heavy direction at the same time. These levels feel like a contradiction to the early, atmospheric tension, putting he emphasis more on gunplay and providing near-unlimited ammunition.The introduction of two characters new to Resident Evil, Quint and Keith, doesn't do the game any favors either. This pair quickly establishes themselves as two of the more annoying figures in the series. Aside from being generally irritating, Quint and Keith's biggest crime is that they feel completely out-of-place in a game of this genre. This is a horror game, yet these two spend nearly all of their scenes mugging for the camera and delivering bad one-liners.When it sticks to horror, few survival horror games feel better than Resident Evil Revelations. Capcom has crafted a great 3DS debut for the series that should satisfy longtime fans. Even if it doesn't lead directly into Resident Evil 5 as I was led to believe, the story is still one worth experiencing.
[This Resident Evil: Revelations review is based on the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, provided by publisher Capcom.]


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Olympic Peninsula Lodging
Are you planning to take a trip to the beautiful Olympic Peninsula this summer? We recommend that you stay at least two days – not only is there plenty to see, but we are somewhat rural and it will take you time to reach us and get around.
Here are some of our favorite places to stay on the Peninsula, along with the wineries closest to them.
Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort: 12076 Sol Duc Hot Springs Road, Port Angeles. Stay in a cabin adjacent to the hot springs and enjoy a rustic setting with the beauty of the valley surrounding you. A great way to really soak up the hot springs (pun intended!) Nightly rates start at $119. Nearby wineries: Black Diamond, Harbinger & Camaraderie.
The Inn at Port Ludlow: One Heron Road, Port Ludlow. Among acres of majestic forests, woodland trails and saltwater beaches, The Resort at Port Ludlow is a quintessentially Northwest destination. Located on the pristine shores of tranquil Ludlow Bay, the resort provides views of the majestic Olympic Mountains at every turn. Room rates start at $209 in the summer. Nearby wineries: Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Eaglemount Wine & Cider.
Sunset Marine Resort: 40 Buzzard Ridge Road, Sequim. This place has rooms, cabins and group lodging for family reunions and the like. Rent kayaks and view bald eagles, seals and herons, just outside your room. Prices start at (approximate): $240. Nearby wineries: Fairwinds Winery.
These three locations are only examples. If they are booked, or you simply want to do additional browsing, see a full list of our recommended Olympic Peninsula lodging on our website.


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By Gunter Van de Velde, Sr Technical Leader, NOSTG Engineering
It has been a year since the World IPv6 Launch and in that year the global usage of IPv6 has more than doubled. Where traditionally it is believed that there is no IPv6 traffic on the Internet is now shown differently! The reality of real existing user traffic demonstrates the progress of the next generation of the Internet. During the World IPv6 Launch a year ago there was about 0.64% of Internet traffic carried over IPv6, while right now about 1.35% of the Internet traffic is carried over IPv6. That is nearly double and experts believe exponential growth is expected over the next couple of years.
Another data-point is the readiness of the service providers regarding IPv6. On the Internet there are about 44,470 Autonomous networks announcing one or more IPv6 prefixes into the global routing system. A year ago only about 13.7% of them were announcing IPv6 prefixes. That number increased to 16.1% resulting in 7.168 networks out of the 44.470 that are announcing IPv6 prefixes right now.
Source: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/infographic/
Looking at these important statistics per region are educating us that nearly 20% of the networks in Asia and Europe are IPv6 capable.
Source: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/infographic/
It is not debatable to believe we have passed a tipping point regarding IPv6 adoption by networks. Looking at the number of Local Internet Registry (LIR) we currently see that those with IPv6 allocations (5.630 LIRs) outnumber those without IPv4 only (3.584 LIRs) allocations. From that aspect it can be stated that for sure we have crossed a tipping point and the March of the IPv6 Internet can not be stopped anymore.
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Ugly, beaten down and bloody; hidden and lonely; sick and perverse, all around at his worst: This is where we find Oliver Sim as he opens Hideous Bastard. Over a serpentine bassline and big, weepy violins, Sim lances the infected wound of his self-esteem, asking over and over, "Am I hideous?" He doesn't get an answer, but he does come to a realization: "Radical honesty might set me free if it makes me hideous." Herein lies the central conceit of his debut solo album, that we may reclaim power for ourselves by embracing what makes us monstrous.
Sim is far from the first artist to turn to horror imagery to reckon with queerness; populated with unloved experiments and villainous boundary transgressors, horror has always contained an allegory for the queer experience. From the ostracization for same-sex intimacy in Carmilla, one of the earliest works of fiction about vampires, to the denial and disbelief in the supernatural that seals the protagonist's fate in the ghost story of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House or the gender dysphoria of serial killer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs, queer horror fans have long seen themselves in parts of these stories.
More and more often lately, modern horror is explicitly centering queerness in shows like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and What We Do in the Shadows and films like It: Chapter Two and Bodies Bodies Bodies. In the music world, Hideous Bastard joins recent releases like Rina Sawayama's "This Hell" and the music video for Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" that say: "If you can't join 'em in heaven, it's time to reclaim hell." Across 10 tracks, Hideous Bastard utilizes the sonic and narrative hallmarks of horror to interrogate Sim's own relationship to his sexuality and the visage he presents to the world, while — like the best of that genre — side-stepping easily packaged resolutions.
Maybe it's that iconic debut album cover, black with a bold white "x" in the middle, maybe it's the monochromatic wardrobe or the nighttime moodiness of the music, but members of The xx have always seemed at home in darkness. In the airy arrangements of the band's music, Sim anchored wispy musings on the cliff's edge of love and loss, spun alongside bandmate RomyMadley Croft and Jamie xx, with fluid bass playing and his plaintive baritone.
With room to move on his solo debut, Sim hones in on that darkness and the storytelling possibilities of the low end. A growling, pitch-shifted bass vocal adds harmonies to half the album's songs, lending menace and mixed feelings to lovelorn recollections ("Romance With A Memory," "Never Here," "GMT") and mocking weight to crises of confidence ("Unreliable Narrator" and "Confident Man").
It's a focus befitting the album's monstrous theme. Our villains often sing to us in trembling depths of pitch, from opera (Don Pizarro from Fidelio), to musical theater (Javert from Les Misérables, Hades from Hadestown), and Disney movies, too (Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame). Even outside a musical context, horror films have long utilized distorted bass effects and vocal doubling to convey that otherworldly evil is in the room, that ordinary characters are talking in its voice. On Hideous Bastard, that subterranean sound allows Sim to take on the voice of the villain, as he grapples with identity, shame and expectations of masculinity.
On "Unreliable Narrator" in particular, the only song in which this monstrous bass harmony backs every line, Sim sings about modulating his voice in an attempt to fit a certain perception of manliness, losing himself in a facade even as he "tried hard to be authentic." A horror and psychological thriller buff, Sim says the song is an intentional mid-point in the album — just as those films often destabilize viewers' expectations of who the protagonist can trust part way through the runtime, Sim here encourages the listener to consider if he himself is wearing a mask.
Similarly on "Never Here," a personal reflection on how we distort our own memories by choosing what we capture and preserve, Sim wonders if he exists at all when his feelings of insecurity contradict the evidence. "Pictures fade, technology breaks / I know the moment don't exist within its color and shape," he sings over an eerie, arpeggiated synth line reminiscent of The Twilight Zone's theme. As the song spirals into breakdown, Sim backs up from the mic and screams "I was never really here" again and again, much like a man hoping to be proved wrong. It's a bite-sized example of what can happen when collective queer history is erased: the demise of the individual queer self sometimes seems inevitable; doubly so when you feel greater kinship with the evil witches, serial killers and disfigured monsters of film, who inevitably meet a gruesome end, than with any traditional hero.
Sim doesn't just sing like a villain on Hideous Bastard; he also takes inspiration from several in particular. He says "Unreliable Narrator" was inspired by Patrick Bateman's monologue in the 2000 film American Psycho, in which Bateman coldly confesses that there is simply no one there under his elaborately constructed persona. Later, on Hideous Bastard's closing number, "Run The Credits," he sings, "Disney princes, my god, I hate them / I'm Buffalo Bill, I'm Patrick Bateman."
"Those characters were the ones who were being cast away for being hideous in some way," he said in an interview with the podcast Midnight Chats. Like many queer horror fans, Sim says he saw himself in those villains who face hostility from society, identifying with "a repressed queerness" he saw in them. Sim's interest has a historical precedent: The monsters of fiction have long been caricatures of societal fears, and several of Gothic literature's famous authors grappled with the taboo of homosexuality — sometimes their own — in their work. Bram Stoker used the hateful fervor around Oscar Wilde's homosexuality trial as inspiration for Dracula, and the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is called "More hideous than belongs to humanity" by the doctor who created him, rejected by the person who is by all intents his parent.
It's the latter that Sim takes clearest aesthetic inspiration from in Hideous, the short film that accompanies the album. In it, Sim plays an artist who, after coming out on live television and performing the undeniably celebratory "Fruit" with sensual self-possession, transforms into a clawed, horned and green-skinned monster to exact violence on the production crew that mocks him. If an ignorance of queer history can make a person feel doomed by their narrative, then by regaining our history and re-centering it — as Sim does in both the film and the album by stepping into a monstrous persona — we can finally begin to reclaim agency over our own lives.
Shame's journey is never over, and it isn't linear, but it's not without moments of reprieve. There's a playfulness in Sim's work, too, connecting to queer horror's habit of having fun with absurdity, referencing The Twilight Zone, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the hopeful ending of the film and throughout the album, Sim weaves a lighter narrative using the voice of Bronski Beat's Jimmy Somerville. The collaboration was the result of Sim's real-life desire to seek guidance from a queer elder before publicizing his HIV-positive status; throughout the record, Somerville's countertenor floats through moments of uncertainty, bolstering Sim when, like every villain, he falters in a song's third act. It's Somerville who encourages Sim to "be brave, have trust" and "be willing to be loved" on the opening track, after which "Am I hideous?" becomes a defiant rhetorical question instead of a self-effacement. Somerville emerges from the spectral mist of "Confident Man" as Sim's chanting of the chorus begins to feel frenzied; his voice is a reminder of what further possibilities exist in direct contrast to the toxic ideas symbolized in the bass vocal, which never reappears by itself to torment Sim after this song.
History may erase, society may discriminate, the self may succumb to shame. When others accuse you of dancing with the devil, Hideous Bastard argues — like decades of queer-interpreted horror before it — you can show them how he really moves. But though there is liberation in revelry and taking ownership of villainy, masks are meant to come off. A queer figure alone in a conformity-obsessed society can be a tragic one; when you live like that, it's easy to internalize that tenderness is not available to you. But care and community are instrumental to survival. If there is power in reclaiming monstrosity, Hideous Bastard posits that there is also power in reaching out our hands — be they clawed, scarred or deformed — for kindness, and receiving it in turn.
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