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The latest bloodshed in the densely populated coastal enclave came after a night of earth-rattling raids, one of them levelling a police station, and sustained fire from Israeli navy ships.
Israel's military said it had taken over programming from a Hamas-owned television station "to broadcast warnings".
As the violence raged for a sixth day, ceasefire efforts gathered steam, with senior Hamas officials in Cairo saying Egyptian-led talks on Sunday with Israel were "positive" but now focused on the need to guarantee the terms of any truce.
After a strike on a Gaza City home killed a family of nine on Sunday, the bloodiest day yet of the conflict with 29 killed, angry mourners flocked to the funeral of the five children and four adults whose bodies were carried through streets wrapped in Palestinian flags.
"Do children fire rockets?" shouted a man through a loudspeaker, as the crowd roared back: "No!"
The violence, which comes amid an Israeli election campaign, raised the spectre of a broader Israeli military campaign like its 22-day Operation Cast Lead, launched in December 2008.
Analysts say Israel's leadership appears satisfied with the success of Operation Pillar of Defence, which it launched on Wednesday aimed at halting Palestinian rocket fire, and that could it be ready for a ceasefire.
But the Jewish state has warned it is ready to expand the operation, while Gaza's rulers Hamas may feel emboldened after securing the support of the recently installed Islamist governments of Egypt and Tunisia.
Since the start the violence, Israel has pressed a relentless aerial campaign over Gaza which has shown little sign of letting up, although the intensity of the strikes has fallen since a high of 332 on Friday.
To date, the army says it has struck more than 1,350 targets in Gaza, as militants have fired more than 850 rockets over the border, at least five of them aimed at greater Tel Aviv and one at Jerusalem.
An Israeli spokeswoman said there was a lull overnight with 16 rockets fired over the border during the morning, and another three intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system.
The latest negotiations conducted behind closed doors in Cairo ended without agreement, although all sides have expressed a willingness to engage in more talks.
One Hamas official described the talks as "positive" and now focused on the need to guarantee the terms of truce.
Hamas -- emboldened by Arab support -- has demanded Israel lift its six-year siege of Gaza as a basic condition for the end to rocket attacks.
The Islamist movement is also believed to be seeking a guarantee that Israel will stop assassinating its leaders. Israel's targeted killing of a top Hamas military commander on Wednesday was the trigger which started the current flare-up.
But Israel has showed little sign of being ready to call off or even briefly halt its campaign.
This has piled even more pressure on Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and prompted UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to promise to visit the region soon.
Ban was due in Cairo on Monday for talks with the Egyptian leader ahead of a visit to the West Bank to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Israeli officials said they expected to receive the UN leader on Wednesday.
Palestinian officials had earlier said it was possible a deal would be reached as early as Monday.
But Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman insisted that "the first and absolute condition for a truce is stopping all fire from Gaza".
At the weekend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israel was ready to "significantly expand" its operation and on Monday, public radio reported 40,000 reservists were amassed near the Gaza border.
Analysts believe Israel would closely coordinate any invasion of Gaza with the United States and go in certain of Washington's full diplomatic support.
US President Barack Obama has already sided with the Israeli by blaming the violence on Palestinian rocket attacks.
But Obama said Sunday it would be "preferable" for the Gaza crisis to be resolved without a "ramping up" of Israeli military activity.
© 2010 Ahram Online.


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Schroders Live: Chinese challenges and rate risks
Schroders Live: Chinese challenges and rate risks
Looking past short-term volatility
The concerns that prompted recent market volatility have been overplayed, according to Keith Wade.
"Over the medium-term, the prospects for global growth remain reasonable and, while a slowing emerging world (particularly China) may cause global growth to weaken, the developed world is still growing well.
"Lower oil prices seem to be feeding through into stronger consumer spending, especially in the US, Europe and UK while real wages are rising in some parts too."
Peter Harrison pointed out that investors need to look at the pockets of value arising as a result of the sell-off in emerging markets and commodity prices.
"High-yielding stocks are one area of the market which have become quite depressed, and the value style of investing has been out of favour. I think you'll start to see a return to those types of themes", he said.
Elsewhere, in terms of asset allocation "our finger is on the trigger, waiting to upgrade emerging markets," Peter said.
He believes that the problems facing the emerging world are well known and that in the next few months, investors should consider re-orientating themselves back towards this area of the market.
Chinese authorities regaining grip on economy
Focusing on China in particular, Keith believes that one of the main factors behind the summer's equity market sell-off was investor concern that the Chinese authorities had lost their ability to stabilise the economy and markets.
However, he points out that since then, policymakers have made it clear that they do not plan to devalue the Yuan significantly. A fiscal package has also subsequently been announced.
"I think the sense is that the authorities are regaining their grip on the economy again and people are beginning to feel a little more comfortable that policymakers will be able to stimulate growth", Keith said.
However, if the Chinese economy were to experience a "hard landing", we could see a global recession as well as a potential currency war, according to Keith.
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The safest places to hide from such a scenario are the traditional so-called "safe havens": low risk fixed income and dollar assets, said Peter Harrison.
That said, the trade-weighted dollar is already nearly at an all-time high which, he suggests, indicates investors are hiding out there already.
Keith pointed out that the world's major policymakers appear to be working together in a covert form of "international cooperation" by avoiding policy action that would significantly disrupt markets.
For example, the Chinese authorities have not devalued the Yuan, the Bank of Japan has not boosted its quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) programme and the Federal Reserve (Fed) did not raise interest rates as had been expected in September.
Not the right environment for US rate rises
On the topic of interest rates, Keith believes that essentially, the decision to further postpone the first US interest rate rise was due to a lack of conviction that inflation can get back to the Fed's target of 2%.
Headwinds from weaker emerging markets and a strong dollar have had a deflationary effect on the economy, even though the domestic economy is performing well with a tightening labour market.
Wages are not rising yet but Keith expects them to start to do so soon.
"We think the next rate rise is probably not on the cards until March next year…in the near term the US economy will continue to grow but not by enough to push up inflation", he said.
A stabilisation in Chinese growth and some stronger wage growth in the US are the likely triggers for an eventual rate rise, according to Keith. "If we see some signs that wages are picking up, the Fed will feel more comfortable raising rates", he said.
The lack of liquidity: a canary in the coalmine
As a result of interest rate rises, liquidity issues are back in the spotlight.
"This is the one subject that keeps me awake at night", said Peter.
"Those who weren't away on 24th August saw some remarkable things. 1200 stocks in the US were suspended but what was really interesting was you saw a substantial sell-off in some really big ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds)1.
"One of the low volatility ETFs was down 46% (the underlying basket was down 7%) and a US value ETF was down 35%. We have big ETF providers talking about a crack in markets and I think this could be a 'canary in the coalmine'. If you've got liquid instruments that are not working at a time when they should, that's a big warning sign that things are not right", he said.
Keith went on to point out that the low interest rate environment is only going to exacerbate the situation because people will continue to look for yield in alternative, income-generating assets. "Very often, investors have to sacrifice liquidity in the search for yield", he said.
Opportunity amid the volatility
In conclusion, while the deterioration in liquidity is a concern, as is the prospect of a "hard landing" for the Chinese economy, the volatile market environment is something investors should welcome.
"The good news is that you're going to get some volatility and that is a great opportunity for people to make some money", concluded Peter.
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This mod adds a way for the server to calculate the number of deaths a player has (since its installation). It will also notify the player of the death count and ranking on the server (Configurable)
Also has leaderboards!
For Ops:
/dc (or /deathcounter) leaderboard [all/user]
Omitting the 2nd argument will display the leaderboard for the op only. (For servers, display to server console only)
Setting the 2nd argument to "all" will broadcast the leaderboard serverwide.
Setting the 2nd argument to a player's name will display the leaderboard for said player only.
/dc reset (all/user)
Resets death counts.
Eg: /dc leaderboard all
For Non-ops:
Displays the server's leaderboard to the player.
Eg: !dc
- Install Minecraft Forge.
- Download Death Counter Mod zip file from the link at the bottom of this post
- Put Death Counter Mod zip file into your /.minecraft/mods folder. Do not unzip it.
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Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Alliance has just uncovered that another $17.5 million has been wasted on the gun registry and that the government's accounting is still incomplete. Seven other departments and agencies incurred gun registry costs but they were not reimbursed or reported to Parliament by the Department of Justice.
Why did the government hide the $17.5 million in additional gun registry costs from Parliament? Why was that hidden?


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No toilets: But plenty of history at Earlysville church
The history of religions is often bloody, and the idea of different denominations sharing one building could be risky. But Earlysville founder John Early had faith it was possible, and he deeded land to the community for an interdenominational church. Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians divvied up, apparently without rancor, use of the simple frame structure, now known as Earlysville Union Church, built in 1833.
Today the 170-year-old church still stands. Rather than lament its lack of electricity and bathrooms, three enterprising women on the executive committee of the Friends of the Union Church– Jodie Webber, Sylvia Jones, and Edith Fisher– first had it added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, and now have scored a historic highway marker, Earlysville's first.
"The land was given to the community and belonged to no one until the 1990s," says Webber. "Miss Elva Wood, whose husband owned the Warren Wood Store across the street, took care of the grounds." When she became unable to do so, she persuaded Chestnut Grove Baptist– an offshoot of the Union Church– to seek ownership by having the other denominations sign quitclaims on the property.
"There was never any money that changed hands," says Webber. "She was just trying to get someone to have legal responsibility for it."
The building is completely unimproved, just like it was over 150 years ago. "We know it was a special old place," says Webber. "You don't see buildings like that."
So how did the Methodists and Baptists keep from squabbling over who got to use it? "Two Sundays a month could be Baptist, two Sundays a month could be Methodist," Webber explains.
The church is still used for community events such as the annual, oil-lamp-lit Carol Sing on Christmas Eve. Also, "We encourage people to use it for weddings," Webber says.
The Union Church has such good friends that it didn't take a fundraiser to raise the $1,225 cost of a historic marker– the money was already raised for the church's general upkeep.
And the marker won approval in record time. "We applied April 18 of this year," says Jones. When word came the marker had been approved September 10, "We were real surprised."
There are approximately 48 historic road markers in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, according to the Department of Historic Resources. UVA just unveiled a marker on September 18 honoring Edgar Allen Poe.
For Earlysville, this isn't an everyday occurrence. The Union Church marker is "the first and only one in Earlysville," says Jones. They expect to have it up by Christmas.
Earlysville Union Church used to be surrounded by chestnuts before a blight destroyed the trees.


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Stanford University Libraries announces shortlist for the sixth William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (Saroyan Prize).
The awards are intended to encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan literary legacy of originality, vitality and stylistic innovation. The Saroyan Prize recognizes newly published works of both fiction and non-fiction. A prize of $5,000 will be awarded in each category. Winners and finalists will be announced this summer.
To read the entire press release and for more information, see the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, Press Release: 2014 web page.
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Bridge to PARIS: testing Earth monitoring via satnav
Every space mission has to begin somewhere. The Zeeland motorway bridge on the Dutch coast is the starting point for PARIS: testing here has confirmed the concept behind this proposed ESA mission to perform Earth monitoring using reflected satnav signals.
As traffic zoomed past, engineers extended a double-sided antenna out from a walkway on the bridge's edge, 17 m above the coastal waters. This antenna can pick up satnav signals from above and below it simultaneously.
By combining the initial, overhead signal with the same signal reflected off the water – employing a process called interferometry – the extra travel time of the reflected beam could be determined, and the sea height calculated to within five centimetres.
Signal reflections are something of a nuisance for everyday satnav users, causing false locks and positioning errors. But on a larger scale, these bounced-back beams may become a scientific resource.
Intercepted by dedicated satellites, these returning signals could build up global maps of sea-surface height and wind and wave measurement over the ocean, ice extent and thickness above icecaps and soil moisture and biomass across land.
The Passive Reflectometry and Interferometry System (PARIS) would involve a constellation of 10 satellites, each tracking 12 to 16 satnav signals. This ocean-focused constellation would be able to detect a moving tsunami within less than half an hour.
Even ship detection would be possible: the Zeeland experiment showed deflected signals when boats passed under the bridge.
"Today, there are lots of teams worldwide looking into the use of reflected satnav signals," explained ESA's Manuel Martin-Neira, who invented PARIS back in 1993.
"What is particularly significant about our test campaign is that it proves experimentally for the first time that interferometry does indeed allow the correlation of original and reflected satnav beams, attaining the highest possible accuracy.
"It means, in addition, that any or all of the various signals from different countries' systems can be employed, because we extract all the measurements we need through signal correlation.
"We are not reliant on any of the securely-coded positioning data embedded in the signals themselves."
Interferometry is an advanced technique typically harnessed for high-precision physics, chemistry and astronomy measurements: when beams are combined, the resulting interference pattern identifies any difference in the travel time of the two beams.
By contrast, satnav reflectometry has so far operated in the same way that standard satnav receivers work: once a signal is picked up, the receiver generates a replica signal based on public access codes stored within the receiver. It is this replica signal that is then compared to the fainter reflected beam.
The problem is that the results are constrained by accuracy limits set on open-access satnav.
"This other method is simpler to achieve with a much more streamlined antenna," explained Manuel. "But our testing shows it to be an order of magnitude less accurate.
"PARIS instead requires a more elaborate two-sided high-gain antenna with multiple elements. This presents satellite designers with a greater challenge, but offers a much better science return."
The Zeeland bridge test took place last July. Having proved the concept successful, the next step is to develop spaceworthy prototypes, in preparation for a proposed PARIS demonstration mission. In parallel, airborne testing is also planned.


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Rory Kinnear has been named best actor at the Olivier Awards for his performance as Iago in Othello.
The actor beat Hollywood heavyweights Tom Hiddleston and Jude Law to the gong.
Accepting his award, he said the part at the National Theatre was one of the "most thrilling" of his life.
He said: "All of us nominated in that category would agree it's a lot easier to be recognised when you've got a decent part to play."
Speaking backstage, Rory said he had been fortunate to have a part the audience identified with so strongly.
He said: "Iago has a great rapport with the audience and people love the villain and people go along with Iago for the ride."
The star-studded event at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden attracted names including Dame Judi Dench, Tom Hiddleston and Gemma Arterton, who co-hosted with Stephen Mangan.
The best actress award went to Lesley Manville for Ghosts, ahead of stars including Dame Judi and Hayley Atwell.
Accepting her award - a bust of Sir Laurence Olivier - she joked: "Oh Larry, where have you been all my life?"
The award for best revival went to Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre and the Trafalgar Studios.
It was accepted by director Sir Richard Eyre, who joked that the crowds outside the Royal Opera House had mistaken him for nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow, before paying tribute to the "most wonderful cast".
Ghosts triumphed again when a member of its cast, Jack Lowden, was named the best actor in a supporting role.
Sharon D Clarke won the best actress in a supporting role award for The Amen Corner, before the prize for best lighting design was shared between Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Chimerica - Lucy Kirkwood's play inspired by events in 1989 in Tiananmen Square, China.
The Almeida Theatre in Islington picked up eight awards with success for two of its plays, Chimerica and Ghosts.
Lyndsey Turner won the best director award for Chimerica and admitted she was "completely and utterly overwhelmed", joking that her mother was shocked because "she hasn't seen me in a dress since I first took communion".
Rory returned to the stage at the end of the night with James Corden to present a special award to Sir Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr for their work at the National Theatre, which has produced critical and commercial hits including War Horse and One Man, Two Guvnors - in which James starred.
Sir Nicholas, who noted all the previous outgoing directors of the National had won a gong for outstanding achievement, joked it should be called the "thank you very much, and now f*** off" award.
He told the audience he would accept is as a "testimony to how extraordinary the National Theatre has always been".
The best sound design award was also shared, this time between Chimerica and the musical revival Merrily We Roll Along.
The award for best costume design, presented by Gok Wan and Alexandra Burke, went to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, while Chimerica won best set design.
The award for best entertainment and family show went to The Wind In The Willows, while Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense was named best new comedy.
The BBC Radio 2 Audience Award went to the long-running musical Les Miserables.
Handbagged, a show that examines the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher, won the award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, which recognises work outside the venues of the West End.
Casey Nicholaw was named best theatre choreographer for his work on The Book Of Mormon - one of four awards it won, including best new musical.
The award for outstanding achievement in music went to Once - the stage musical based on the low budget film about a busker who finds love on the streets of Dublin.
Merrily We Roll Along was named best musical revival, while Stephen Ashfield from The Book Of Mormon won the award for best supporting role in a musical.
The show, penned by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, bagged another prize when Gavin Creel picked up the award for best actor in a musical.
Croatian actress Zrinka Cvitesic was named the best actress in a musical for Once, before Chimerica won the best new play award.
The night ended with Abba duo Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus on stage performing some of their biggest hits with the cast of Mamma Mia!


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Brown/McLane Engaged
Amanda Brown and Mark McLane of Eagan, MN, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Karen Brown and the late Michael L. (Butch) Brown of Emmetsburg, and Tim McLane and the late Lory McLane of Eagan, MN.
Amanda is a graduate of Emmetsburg High School and Iowa State University. She is attending graduate school at Argosy University.
Mark is a graduate of Eagan High School and the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. He is a partner with TAG Development Partners in Edina, MN.
Amanda and Mark will be married on September 1, 2012, on the lakefront by Five Island Community Center.


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Seven Seas Declares World War Blue
(LOS ANGELES, February 18, 2013) – Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of World War Blue, a fantasy manga series inspired by the "console wars," the historic struggle for market share between manufacturers in the video game industry. In World War Blue, this epic conflict is represented by satirical versions of popular video game characters, who fight each other in a sprawling RPG-like world.
"World War Blue is like Hetalia for gamers," says Jason DeAngelis, publisher of Seven Seas Entertainment. "Each character is a satiric embodiment of a popular video game character, locked in a desperate battle that represents an important era in video game history."
World War Blue, known in Japan as "Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de," has been adapted into an ongoing anime which currently airs on Japanese TV and is being simulcast in English on Crunchyroll.
The nine-volume manga series that is the basis for the anime is drawn in the tradition of popular shounen manga like Fairy Tail and Rave Master. Each volume includes a wide array of extra content, such as colorful maps, pin-ups, detailed character bios, and fun bonus features that delve into video game history and lore.
Volume 1 of World War Blue (story by Anastasia Shestakova, art by Crimson) will be released in July 2013. Volume 2 will follow one month later, in August 2013, and Volume 3 in November 2013.
World War Blue
In the continent of Consume, an endless war rages between bitter rivals: the Segua Kingdom vs. the Ninteldo Empire. Upon his dinosaur steed, the stern Emperor Marcus has led the Ninteldo Empire to near-victory. Now, with the majority of Consume under its control, Ninteldo has Segua up against the ropes.
Enter a fleet-footed lad named Gear, who seeks vengeance against Ninteldo for his brother's death. After joining Segua's Army, Gear is enlisted in the Special Forces, due to his amazing speed. Yet the inexperienced, hasty youth may not be ready for the realities of war—or he may just become the Segua Empire's last and greatest hope.
About Seven Seas Entertainment Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment is devoted to producing original manga, comics, graphic novels, and youth literature, and bringing the best in Japanese and Korean licenses to North American audiences. The company's line-up includes such original manga properties as Amazing Agent Luna, Hollow Fields, and Vampire Cheerleaders; licensed manga such as the New York Times Bestselling manga series A Certain Scientific Railgun, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Toradora!, and Alice in the Country of Clover; and the epic YA novel series Avalon: Web of Magic by Rachel Roberts. Seven Seas hosts a web comic site, www.zoomcomics.com, which is a daily stop for thousands of visitors eager to read free manga and comics online and contribute to an ever-growing forum community. Seven Seas is distributed by Tor/ Macmillan. For more information, visit the publisher's web site www.gomanga.com.


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Dallas police say a person is in custody after shots were fired inside an apartment high-rise Tuesday morning, triggering the closure of busy Downtown Dallas streets and the lockdown of nearby schools and businesses near Victory Park.
Police were called to The Vista Apartments on the 2300 block of Houston Street at about 10 a.m. Tuesday after gunshots were fired inside the building and windows were shot out of the building. Initial reports from the scene indicated that the man began firing after receiving an eviction notice, but police later said that was not accurate.
"They got to the scene, realized there was an armed individual there who was shooting from an elevated position," said Deputy Chief Scott Walton.
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Due to the danger, SWAT was called to secure the scene. After doing so, they began trying to encourage the barricaded person to surrender.
Police said a flash-bang device was used at 12:03 p.m. to attempt to "distract and disorient a suspect" in the apartment. At that time, DPD said the situation was "contained, but ongoing."
At 12:43, gas was deployed inside the barricaded person's apartment and was seen billowing from a window of the apartment. The man could be seen opening a door, trying to dissipate the gas deployed on the balcony.
"Ultimately we used tear gas, and the occupant came out the front door where we were able to take him into custody without incident," added Walton.
The Dallas Police Department identified the man who held police at bay for several hours Tuesday as 38-year-old David Lamb.
Lamb is currently on probation for a DWI conviction in 2012, according to court documents, which also state he was involved in a wreck with a taxi cab. He served 18 months of probation, but court documents reveal his probation was recently extended in February.
NBC 5 law enforcement expert Don Peritz said the courts could decide events that occurred during Tuesday's stand off were a violation of his probation. He may also not face any charges pending the results of a medical evaluation, added Peritz.
So far, police have not filed any charges against the man and said that no weapon was found inside the apartment. Police have also not confirmed the man's identity. They said Tuesday afternoon that the man involved in the standoff was distressed and that he has been taken for a mental health evaluation by medical personnel. At this time, police do not believe the man is a threat to others.
The man's apartment building is next to the W Hotel and near the American Airlines Center and several other Victory Park attractions.
The Dallas World Aquarium, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Lunar Prep Academy and the W Hotel were on lockdown due to the situation. Booker T. Washington High School was under a "shelter in place" order by the school district. Streets around Victory Park were closed, including Olive Street, Museum Way, High Market Street and Victory Park Lane.
After the man was taken into custody, the lock downs were lifted.
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Budget airline determined to give passengers their money's worth
As more and more airlines struggle with fluctuating fuel costs, labor disputes and competition that puts downward pressure on fares, they cut wherever they can, and for passengers the clearest sign of this trend is the loss of services once considered standard. It started with charging for drinks and meals on shorter flights, then charging for a second checked bag or even the first. Ireland's premier budget carrier Ryanair has taken these cost-cutting measures to almost laughable extremes.
Japanese carriers have always had the highest reputation for service, which is one of the reasons Japanese fliers remained faithful for so long and paid extra for those services. The JAL bankruptcy proved that this was no longer the case, and in recent years Japanese airlines have had to genuinely compete with others for customers, even Japanese customers. Now budget Japanese carriers have softened service, and some think that one of the pioneers, Skymark, has gone too far.
Earlier this month the media covered the airline's "service concept," which, in practical terms, doesn't really make a huge difference in a passenger's in-flight experience. However, the way it was presented seemed geared to offend. According to the Asahi Shimbun's reports, the "instructions," printed on B5-size pieces of paper and inserted in seat pockets on aircraft starting May 18, state that flight attendants are not obligated to "help passengers stow luggage on board the aircraft," meaning that passengers are totally responsible for their own bags. More to the point, the instructions also state that attendants and other staff do not have to "use the polite language that airlines conventionally use." And except for the company-issued polo shirts and windbreakers, staff can dress or make up any way they want.
After the media made a big deal of the service concept, Skymark announced that it did not constitute any sort of change but was a "clarification" of policies already in effect. The transportation ministry was mainly concerned with the "tone" of the clarification, which seemed to be a "challenge to" rather than a "violation of" existing regulations. In particular, the ministry was concerned that Skymark's refusal to "accept complaints" from passengers on matters that "don't directly affect customers" might cause problems.


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There are too few Hollywood endings when it comes to the depiction of cancer in movies, doctors say.
Last fall, Italian researchers analyzed 82 cancer-themed movies, including "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Gran Torino." They found that rarer cancers are most often featured and that characters were more likely to die than real-life patients.
"Very often the ill person doesn't get over the disease, and his death is somehow useful to the plot's outcome," Dr. Luciano De Fiore said in a statement. "This pattern is so strongly standardized that it persists in spite of real progress of treatments."
Cancer is the second most common cause of the death in the U.S., second only to heart disease. Yet as diagnosis has improved and treatments have advanced, there are an estimated 13.7 million survivors, according to the National Cancer Institute.
In the movies analyzed, 40 characters with cancer were women, and 35 were men, although more men develop cancer. Death occurred in 63 percent of the movies. By contrast, the American Cancer Society reports that the five-year survival rate for all cancers is 68 percent.
The researchers noted that common cancers, including breast cancer, are hardly represented, while relatively rare leukemia, lymphomas and brain tumors predominate.
Dr. Robert A. Clark, a Florida radiologist who conducted a similar film review published in 2001, said lung, breast and colon cancers are largely avoided in part because fictional patients are usually young and attractive. The majority of cancers, however, occur in those 55 and older.
"Cancer can involve a lot of messy things -- surgeries with colostomies and urinary bags and some kind of nasty things," Clark said. "That's not something that filmmakers typically want to portray. It's probably also a little more emotionally compelling when you have a 30-year-old victim instead of a 75- or 80-year-old victim."
Clark examined 20 films made between 1939 and 1999, including "Terms of Endearment," "Stepmom" and "A Civil Action." He said he believes lung cancer is ignored because filmmakers are enamored with smoking, despite the fact that in 1991 the tobacco industry instituted a voluntary ban on paid product placement in movies.
As for breast cancer, he said it might be less interesting because so many people are familiar with the disease and because of how Hollywood works.
"If you're in the film business, part of which is selling sex, it's hard to walk that line between breasts for titillation and breasts for disease," Clark said.
He said when he worked at a university cancer center, they would sometimes hold screenings for patients of cancer-themed movies, such as "The Doctor."
"They often wanted to see cancer movies if they were good," Clark said. "They also liked 'Die Hard.'"
Dr. Leonard Sender, a University of California-Irvine oncologist who specializes in young-adult cancer, said when he watches movies, he particularly focuses on the portrayals of doctors, sometimes cringing at their arrogance.
He attended an event where Will Reiser, the screenwriter of "50/50," spoke about the 2011 film, which was based on his diagnosis of spinal cancer at 25. In the movie, the character played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt undergoes chemotherapy, sees a therapist and ultimately survives.
"I thought it was really realistic," Sender said. "Not everyone has to die in the movies. A lot more people are surviving from cancer than dying of cancer."
See clips from the films mentioned in this news report and let us know in the comments below: does Hollywood misrepresent cancer?
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Hi, I'm new to linux, I've only been using it for a short period of time. I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and stupidly didn't check if everything would work before upgrading. I am now stuck without working wifi. I'm not positive what my wireless card is, but the Broadcom STA wireless drivers seemed to work without any problems. My laptop is an acer aspire 5750G, running Ubuntu 12.04. When I go into the additional drivers section of system settings, the drivers show up, but when i click activate, it comes up with this error:
"Sorry, installation of this driver failed.
Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log"
I have no clue what this means. Help me Ubuntu forums, you're my only hope!


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Last month's unveiling of the Oracle Public Cloud garnered a bit of skepticism: CEO Larry Ellison claimed full support for industry standards, but analysts questioned whether it would truly be interoperable with competing clouds as Oracle insisted.
Most of the Oracle Public Cloud's components are still unreleased, but Ars spoke with Product Marketing Vice President Robert Shimp to address questions about application portability across clouds, why Oracle chose a multi-instance architecture instead of a multitenant one, and pricing. Here's the short version on money: Oracle says pricing will be simplified and published publicly, but hasn't revealed numbers yet. Shimp also offered some choice words for rival Salesforce.com, saying Oracle will offer greater flexibility.
The Oracle cloud is a mix of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) components, with one of the keys being a Java cloud service based on WebLogic. Oracle claimed customer-built applications can be moved from internal data centers to Oracle's cloud and back again, and from Oracle's cloud to competing ones like Amazon's EC2. Both the technical underpinnings and licensing models will make this possible, Shimp said.
Gartner analyst Yefim Natis told Ars last month that the cloud version of WebLogic offers a subset of the full functionality available to on-premises deployments, perhaps making it difficult to move applications from an internal data center to the cloud. Separately, Constellation Research CEO R "Ray" Wang questioned whether applications will be compatible with competing clouds, given that "there are no established open standards on public clouds that we know of."
But Shimp says customers will be able to move any application built with Java EE 5 (the version used with the Oracle Java Cloud Service) from in-house to the cloud, despite Natis' concern about WebLogic. "There are not going to be any issues with that," Shimp says. "There are operational distinctions between the versions that you might run in-house vs. the cloud, but that's because you don't need to be able to manage all the things in the cloud that you would have to do if you were doing it on-premises."
As for moving from Oracle's cloud to a competitor, Shimp says "there's no distinction there. If you have an application or workload you want to run on Amazon, or Savvis, or Softbank in Japan, it's all the same." While some vendors are building Oracle-based clouds using Exadata or Exalogic systems, that's not a requirement for ensuring portability, he said.
The process for uploading the application and paying for it will differ from cloud to cloud. But, "when we talk about cloud, standards are typically around operational issues, not the runtime environment of Java," Shimp says. "Can you write an application and run it in Oracle's cloud or Savvis's or anybody? With a standard Java application, the runtime is all the same, so it's not an issue."
Beyond Java, customers who write PHP or Ruby applications for the Oracle database cloud service won't be locked in, either, he said. In fact, customers can already run Oracle Database on Amazon, as part of a partnership between the companies. Of course, this definition of "not being locked in" assumes you want to stick with the Oracle Database in perpetuity.
Shimp chided rival Salesforce.com, noting that it uses its own programming language (Apex) and database. "Our database applications are all Standard SQL and RESTful APIs, vs. Salesforce, [which has] a unique query language. You cannot take a Salesforce database application and move it in-house," he said.
Oracle's multi-instance architecture
The Oracle Public Cloud uses a multi-instance architecture, with customers each running their own instances of the application. This is in contrast to multi-tenancy, in which customers share the same code. Wang argued in his blog that "Oracle will need to deliver a multi-tenant version of Fusion Middleware to provide customers with the full range of deployment option choices from on-premise, hosted, multi-instance, and multi-tenant."
But Shimp contends that multi-instance is the wave of the future. "Multi-tenancy was pretty much the only technology you could use 10 or 12 years ago when a lot of SaaS vendors were creating products," he says. Nowadays, virtualization makes multi-instance viable, and gives customers more flexibility, he argues.
Oracle will let customers choose from a range of options, from managing everything in-house to letting Oracle take care of patches and backups, to anything in between, he said. Customers will be able to choose different levels of isolation as well. For example, a customer might opt for dedicated hardware, but can also choose to have an isolated database that shares the same machine as other customers (presumably in exchange for a lower price, although Shimp would not confirm that).
With multi-tenancy, everyone is on the same patch schedule, and may not even get to choose when to conduct backups, he said. The multi-instance architecture also avoids complications caused by cloud customers sharing the same database, he said. Data warehousing in a multi-tenant infrastructure is difficult because "you cannot do ad hoc joins of tables in a multi-tenant database," Shimp says.
Shimp points to a Salesforce-published document called "Salesforce Limits Quick Reference Guide," which contains three dozen pages of things customers can and can't do using the Salesforce cloud. "When you have a quick reference guide on what you cant do that's 35 pages long, you know that's a complicated system," he says.
Pricing—just stay tuned
Of course, one might argue that Salesforce has helped to simplify the computing world for many by moving core applications to the hosted model, whereas Oracle previously resisted making a big move to the cloud. Despite making repeated jabs at Salesforce, Oracle is finally expanding its own cloud presence with the launch of the Public Cloud and the purchase of SaaS provider RightNow, and in some ways attempting to emulate its competitor.
"You'll see pricing from us that fully recognizes the Workday, Salesforce per-head model, and try to figure out also how to seamlessly integrate that in an on-premises model," Oracle Senior VP in the Office of the CEO Ken Glueck told Ars.
The question of when all these Oracle cloud services will become available and exactly what they will cost is still unanswered. But Shimp pledges "our pricing will be public. When you sign up, you will know what you are paying per hour, or per database or whatever. We will provide metering, so you can go online and see how much you're using as you're using it," and notifications before customers reach pre-defined limits. "That level of transparency is something you won't see from a lot of different vendors."


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Industry veteran Matt Lynch, a principal with Tiburon Strategic Advisors, hosted a panel discussion at NAPFA's Spring Conference 2013 featuring three female clients and their criteria for selecting, retaining or rejecting advisors.
Referring to each in their first name only, Lynch asked them to relate their personal stories and how they came to be with their current financial advisor.
"I had $10,000 I had saved," Margie began. "I was proud I had saved it but had no idea how to start investing. The advisor I went to patted me on the hand and said, 'Why don't you put it in a nice savings account.' I felt so humiliated."
The experience left her bitter toward advisors, but she eventually decided to attend a lunch thrown by a female advisor.
"She was offering six weeks of sessions, one night a week, for free. I signed up. That was 18 years ago, and I never looked back. My husband and I just reached our retirement goals last week," she added to applause.
Nancy said she and her husband went to a financial advisor who, despite repeated requested to move the assets to more conservative investments, left them in riskier assets than they felt comfortable.
"My husband died of cancer, and the assets were still in the risky investments when he passed," she said. "I felt betrayed. It was important that my new advisor have honesty, integrity, respect and empathy. I wanted her understand this feeling of betrayal."
Joyce added that "young people think that just because we're aging, we check our brain at the door. We can still think. Respect is critical. Every one of my advisor's employees knows me and my situation. It feels good when I walk through the door."
Margie added that it's a very personal journey and she feels like she's "going to the father confessor." She wanted someone who would listen and that she could trust, but at Wells Fargo, where she has some of her accounts, "they keep changing personnel, which makes it hard to make that connection."
Although some of Margie's friends think financial advisors cost too much, Margie noted that "you will pay for it one way or another. With the fee model, I know what it will cost upfront."
"The money I spent on a financial advisor was the best investment I ever made," Joyce added. "I go so far as to trust them with my children's future. As mothers, we don't give this lightly."
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NEW YORK -- Call it the Chris Tillman effect.
Following the Orioles right-hander's dominant 8 1/3 innings in Sunday's 3-1 win at Detroit, his teammates certainly took notice.
"We all can learn from him," said left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, who will take the ball at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. "He inspires me; he inspires me a lot. After watching him pitch, in my next start, I'd like to get a better feel for all of my pitches."
Chen, the O's No. 3 starter, is a key part of the rotation, and he's coming off a disappointing season debut in which he lasted 5 2/3 innings and gave up four runs on 12 hits.
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For quite a while now we've been receiving reports that a new 928 is coming. To which we have always said "Boo Ya!" with the right side of our mouth, and "yeah right" with the left. Up until today the word on the street has been that after the four-door Panamera launches in 2009, they'll begin hammering on a two-door version due out in 2012 or so. Well guess what? A
janitor spy deep within Porsche is claiming that a two door Panamera has been in the pipeline the entire time. Seems that Porsche has been keeping a close eye on the Bentley boys and their two-headed Continental GT/Flying Spur monster. Though, unlike the German British two-door, the new 928 (can we just go ahead and call it the 928?) will be all about über performance, not waftable GT luxury. Seeing as how Porsche and VAG are as inbred as a racehorse, might be the only way to sneak a new 928 into production. Put us down for the twin-turbo V8 version please. And, if they drop in the V10 from the Carrera GT, we'll take two. And for the love of the fatherland, make it look like the old 928.
Porsche building a 928 successor based on Panamera? [Motor Authority]
Wait, What?: Yet Another Porsche May Be On the Way; Jalopnik Fantasy Garage: Porsche 928 [Internal]


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A congressional official has confirmed that Iran did not bring down the US Stealth drone with it's "cyber warfare" skills. That the downing of the drone in fact was due to a malfunction, according to a Foxnews article:
"We have looked at this eight ways to Sunday. I can tell you it was a U.S. technical problem. The information (data) was not lining up and it was not the result of Iranian interference or jamming."
This confirms what we stated in December, that Iranian "Cyber Commandos" most likely did not bring down the drone.
Information from a 10 week CIA review seems to point to a malfunctioning data stream. Information from the faulty stream may have led the drone operator to land the UAV, though this has not been confirmed. Also, and more importantly, because of information gleaned from the stream, the UAV may have not correctly dumped classified data.
The RQ-170 is programmed to dump sensitive data in cases of malfunctions or crashes. Though the information is encrypted, and Iran most likely could not retrieve the data on their own, this could still be a major blow to the United State's UAV program.
Meanwhile, Iran's Press TV, claims the Foxnews article a victory:
"The report supports Iran's claims that the reconnaissance was cyberjacked by the army's electronic warfare unit and eased to a safe landing while deep in Iranian territory on December 4."
Apparently the Iranian Press only read a couple paragraphs from the article. I find it odd that they didn't include a link to the Foxnews article. Maybe Foxnews is filtered out by Iran's online censorship program?
On December 12th, President Obama asked Tehran to return the drone. We have found out that Iranian craftsman are hard at work duplicating the drone. And though they will not return the original, they will return one that they have made directly to President Obama. The will send him… a pink one:
"The models began release this week, and the makers say they have already set aside a pink one for President Obama – who has asked for Iran to return the original US craft.
"He said he wanted it back, and we will send him one," Reza Kioumarsi, the head of cultural production at the Ayeh Art group was quoted as saying on Iranian state radio."
How nice of them…


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- theora: reference encoder/decoder library (previously known as thusnelda, supports all theora features): theora svn, theora official releases.
- theora-old: old encoder/decoder library (the decoder does not support all theora features, but it was faster than reference theora 1.0 in many cases); theora version up to 1.0 alpha 7 were using this code trunk: theora-old svn.
- theora-exp: old, no longer developed, experimental encoder/decoder library: theora-exp svn. Its improvements were merged in the 1.1.0 reference library.
- theora-multithread: old, no longer developed, experimental encoder library based on the old encoder, optimized for SMP/multi core systems: theora-multithread svn. For more info sees all the thread here: Multi-Thread Theora Encoder.
- Etheora: a simplified API to theora reference encoder/decoder.
See also Theora Hardware for hardware implementations.
See also
- Theora Hardware: List of hardware-players supporting Ogg Theora
- TheoraSoftwarePlayers: List of media players that can play Ogg Theora
- TheoraSoftwareEncoders: List of software that can encode to Ogg Theora
- TheoraDecoders: List of decoder implementations
- TheoraEncoders: List of encoder implementations
- List of Theora videos: Get some files to see what the codec's like
- Games that use Theora: List of known games that use Theora
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This week's television holds many wonders: The return of Pee-Wee Herman! Isaiah Mustafa is back on Chuck. "Our" universe's Lincoln Lee appears on Fringe, and we've got the first clip. V's season finale goes all out!
Not to mention, an Emmy-winning actor proves that meeting your future self might not be as cool as you'd have hoped. Minor spoilers and tons of clips below...
Chuck is back on NBC at 8 PM, with "Chuck Vs. The A Team":
CHUCK FEARS THAT CASEY HAS A SECRET THAT MAY SPLIT UP THE TEAM — ROBIN GIVENS, STACY KEIBLER AND ISAIAH MUSTAFA GUEST STAR -Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) investigate when they suspect that Casey (Adam Baldwin) is carrying out private missions. Meanwhile, Chuck fears that the CIA's seemingly-perfect new operatives (guest stars Isaiah Mustafa and Stacy Keibler) will render him obsolete. Elsewhere, Morgan settles in with a new roommate, and Awesome (Ryan McPartlin) panics when Ellie (Sarah Lancaster) embarks on a potentially dangerous line of research.
There's also a new episode of the pseudo-sciencey House on Fox at 8 PM. Will he fight zombies again? We can only hope!
Also at 8, there's a new Adventure Time with Finn and Jake on Cartoon Network. That's followed by Mad at 8:15 PM.
And then there's more of The Event — can you stand the intrigue?
THE WHITE HOUSE VOWS NEVER AGAIN, WHILE THOMAS PLANS HIS ENCORE - ROGER BART AND GABRIELLE CARTERIS GUEST STAR - Still reeling from the attack in Alaska, President Martinez (Blair Underwood) reasserts control over the situation and his administration, counseled by Sterling (Zeljko Ivanek) and his Chief of Staff (guest star Roger Bart, "Desperate Housewives"). Sophia (Laura Innes) learns the details of Thomas's murderous rampage. Thomas (Clifton Collins, Jr.) sets Sophia and Martinez further at odds. Elsewhere, Michael (Scott Patterson) leaves Leila (Sarah Roemer) in safekeeping with a close friend, Diane Geller (guest star Gabrielle Carteris, "Beverly Hills, 90210"), while he goes on the hunt for Thomas. The NSA continues to decrypt the satellite transmission, hopefully before it's too late.
At 9 PM, there's Syfy's remake of the British show Being Human, "I Want You Back (From The Dead.)"
Stargate Universe airs at 10 PM on Syfy, with the new episode "Twin Destinies":
Eli finds a way to use the Stargate to return to Earth, but Rush isn't convinced that the process is safe. The rest of the crew believes that Eli can do it... until another Rush travels from the future to warn them.
Also at 10 PM: Shatner's Raw Nerve features special guest star... LeVar Burton. It's the meeting of two Star Trek generations. It's on Biography Channel. And it's followed at 10:30 PM by another episode, featuring Walter Koenig.
The season (series?) finale of V airs at 9 PM on ABC, "Mother's Day":
Anna is focused on having Lisa breed with Tyler to ensure the evolution of the Visitors, while Erica and Diana enlist Lisa to stage a coup against Anna and remove her from power before humanity is destroyed. Erica and the Fifth Column join Lisa in the attempted coup, which has devastating results, on the shocking Season Two finale of "V," TUESDAY, MARCH 15 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on ABC. Also in the episode, Marc Singer, who played freedom fighter Mike Donovan on the original "V" series, will guest star as Lars Tremont, a member of a top secret organization of high-ranking military and government leaders from around the globe who have long suspected that the Visitors are very much not here in peace.
Sym-Bionic Titan is on Cartoon Network at 7 PM, with "Under The Three Moons."
Ilana feels homesick as winter arrives in Illinois.
Also, the History Channel has two new episodes of Underwater Universe, at 9 PM and 10 PM, focusing on "Tides and Currents of Death" and "Fatal Pressure" respectively.
At 11 PM, SOAPNet has another episode of Being Erica:
Dr. Tom's life is turned upside down when his wayward daughter returns home. And Kai surprises Erica again.
At 8 PM, there's a new episode of the frequently in-joke-filled Community, "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy."
At 10 PM, there's another episode of the James Bond spoof Archer, on FX, "Stage Two."
After Malory's brief scare with breast cancer, another ISIS agent decides to be tested for the disease, with a tragic result. The other agent is Archer, and the tragic result is that yes, he has breast cancer. Because a career spent disarming nuclear warheads and having sex in x-ray machines will tend to do that.
And at 11 PM, Syfy is showing the very first Leprechaun movie — in case you thought this franchise didn't actually have a first in the series, but instead just looped around endlessly through a Mobius strip of ridiculous sequels. And it stars Jennifer Aniston!
Cartoon Network has a full slate of programs, starting at 7:30 PM with Ben 10: Ultimate Alien at 7:30 PM. That's followed by Generator Rex at 8:00 PM.
And then a new Fringe at 9 PM, "Stowaway":
When the Fringe team investigates an apparent suicide victim, they uncover a second set of fingerprints leading them to a woman with uncanny characteristics that cannot die.
And here's a sneak peek, featuring Lincoln Lee!
At 10 PM, there's a new (to Americans) episode of Merlin on Syfy, "Queen of Hearts."
Or you could also check out the sixth episode of the crowd-sourced TV show Bar Karma on CurrentTV at 10 PM, "Term Limits."
There's also a new Onion News Network on IFC at 10 PM.
The Hub, the cable channel for kids, is having its usual two-hour bloc of cartoons from 7 to 9 (or 4 to 6 on the West Coast.) There's Transformers Prime, G.I. Joe Renegades, Dan Vs. and R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour: The Series. At least some of those episodes are new.
At 9 PM, BBC America has the original British version of Being Human, "The Longest Day."
Also at 9 PM, the Hallmark Channel has a new TV movie, Time After Time starring Richard Thomas from The Waltons. I am already obsessed with the cheese-platiness of this movie. Check out the trailer, in which Thomas tells his younger self: "The day you stop running is the day you start moving forward." No, I don't know what that means either. Here's the synopsis:
A soul-searching journalist comes face-to-face with his future when he returns to the Long Island community he grew up in and confronts a past that has haunted him his entire adult life in the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, "Time After Time," premiering Saturday, March 19 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C). Emmy® Award winner Richard Thomas ("The Waltons") stars alongside Kaj-Erik Eriksen ("The 4400") as a man who travels back in time and comes face-to-face with a younger version of himself. When the mature man looks into the eyes of someone who looks strangely familiar, if younger, he has an opportunity to fix tomorrow's mistakes today.
And then at 10 PM, Paul Reubens has his first HBO special in three decades: The Pee Wee Herman Show on Broadway. It's an evening of his recent Broadway run, full of childlike wonder and weirdness. Here's the "Horror"-themed promo for the one-hour special.
There's no The Simpsons at 8 PM. But there is a new Bob's Burgers at 8:30, Family Guy at 9, and a new Cleveland Show at 9:30.
The Science Channel is still re-showing all the original episodes of Joss Whedon's Firefly, with segments featuring physicist Michio Kaku. Tonight, there's "Bushwhacked" at 9 PM and "Shindig" at 10 PM.
Sources: Austin American-Statesman TV section, Futon Critic, TV Guide, and various TV studios.


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Bristol Bay Slows
Statewide Salmon Harvest Tops 35 Million Fish
Alaska's statewide wild salmon harvest topped 35 million fish by July 8, including overall strong returns at Chignik, Kodiak, Copper River and the Alaska Peninsula, while the Bristol Bay fleet was feeling the pain of a second surge that never came.
The total run in Bristol Bay through July 6 stood at 18.6 million salmon, with a cumulative harvest of 13,170,022 fish.
While economically the Bristol Bay harvest will be a big disappointment to commercial harvesters and processors, it is not by any stretch of the imagination a biological disaster, said Geron Bruce, assistant director of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Division of Commercial Fisheries.
"We are coming down from a period of pretty good productivity. It hasn't been as good as it was in the mid 1990s, but it has been pretty good," Bruce said. "If you look at the history of Bristol Bay, you can see this has happened before, but for whatever reasons we didn't have as high a productivity as we did in the past."
Statistics compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game show how widely the harvest fluctuation can vary. The 20-year harvest average for Bristol Bay is 25,360,300 fish, while the 2002-2011 average is 24,214,831 fish.
The University of Washington's Fisheries Research Institute meanwhile issued an updated forecast summary on July 7, noting that the catch and escapement date from July 2 through July 5 had prompted researchers there to greatly reduce their in-season estimates of run strength.
Observations of catch and escapement data indicate the 2013 Bristol Bay run was eight days early. "District specific arrival timing shows a range of 15 days early (Ugashik) to 8 days early (Naknek-Kvichak)," the report said. "For all districts and baywide, this will be the earliest run on record."
"The reduction in observed daily catch and escapement from a seasonal maximum of 1.5 million fish on June 30 to less than 400,000 on July 5 has a strong influence on predictions generated from weighted models incorporating this data source, as catch and escapement based forecasts rapidly become the best estimators of run strength at this point in the season," the report said.
"Current catch and escapement data for the 2013 return of sockeye indicate that (Bristol Bay) district returns have peaked and quickly dropped off," the report said. "However, it is not unprecedented for the Kvichak to have a pause the first week of July, followed by a secondary mode."
The UW-FRI in-season report said catch plus escapement data through July 5 appeared to show peaks in all fishing districts except Togiak. "All indications from C+E (catch plus escapement) data to date are that the total run will fall short of pre-season expectations."
According to the state's preliminary commercial salmon harvest report issued July 7, the Bristol Bay harvest had reached 13.5 million fish, including some 15,000 kings, 473,000 chum and 13.032,000 red salmon. Silver and pink salmon harvests in Bristol Bay through that date were less than 1,000 each.
The statewide total of 35,442,000 salmon included 163,000 king, 6,928,000 chum, 126,000 silver, 7,760,000 pink and 20,465,000 red salmon.
At Chignik, the commercial fleet's harvest stood at 1.8 million fish, including 1,000 king, 88,000 chum, fewer than 1,000 silver, 55,000 pink and 1,649,000 red salmon, while at Kodiak, fishermen had harvested an estimated 1.5 million fish, including 13,000 king, 184,000 chum, fewer than 1,000 silver, 105,000 pink and 1,201,000 red salmon. The Copper River harvest stood at 1.4 million fish, including 8,000 king, 10,000 chum, fewer than 1,000 silver, 9,000 pink and 1,360,000 sockeyes.
On the Alaska Peninsula, the harvest reached 2.8 million fish, the bulk of them from the South Peninsula, where the catch was 2,000 king, 396,000 chum, 1,000 silver, 310,000 pink and 1,642,000 red salmon.
Upper Cook Inlet was showing a harvest of 13.6 million fish, including 13,032,000 sockeye, 473,000 chum, 15,000 king and fewer than 1,000 silver and pink salmon.
At Juneau's Amalga Harbor, a special terminal harvest area for returning Douglas Island pink and chum salmon, harvesters brought in 5 million pounds – some 645,000 fish – during a six-hour opening on July 4, and gillnetters have been doing well on the same fish a little north and west of Juneau, Bruce noted.


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I'm currently reading Donna Tartt's The Secret History, and am about 1/3 of the way through it. In the passage I read this morning, one of the characters made reference to his shabby, self-given haircut being "very thistly and childish, a la Arthur Rimbaud." I'd not heard of him, so I had to look him up:
I see where Tartt was coming from.
Rimbaud had a rather short and tumultuous life, writing most of his poetry between the ages of 15 and 19, and described his poetic philosophy this way, in a letter to his mentor, when he was 16:
His style was a blend of classical and surreal, with seemingly-approachable poems often twisting in strange and unexpected ways. What follows are two of Rimbaud's poems - ones I find especially enjoyable.
"I'm now making myself as scummy as I can. Why? I want to be a poet, and I'm working at turning myself into a seer. You won't understand any of this, and I'm almost incapable of explaining it to you. The idea is to reach the unknown by the derangement of all the senses. It involves enormous suffering, but one must be strong and be a born poet. It's really not my fault."
Graceful son of Pan! Around your forehead crowned
with small flowers and berries, your eyes, precious
spheres, are moving. Spotted with brownish wine lees,
your cheeks grow hollow. Your fangs are gleaming. Your
chest is like a lyre, jingling sounds circulate between your
blond arms. Your heart beats in that belly where the double
sex sleeps. Walk at night, gently moving that thigh,
that second thigh and that left leg.
A Sleeper in the Valley
A green hole where a river sings;
Silver tatters tangling in the grass;
Sun shining down from a proud mountain:
A little valley bubbling with light.
A young soldier sleeps, lips apart, head bare,
Neck bathing in cool blue watercress,
Reclined in the grass beneath the clouds,
Pale in his green bed showered with light.
He sleeps with his feet in the gladiolas.
Smiling like a sick child, he naps:
Nature, cradle him in warmth: he's cold.
Sweet scents don't tickle his nose;
He sleeps in the sun, a hand on his motionless chest,
Two red holes on his right side.


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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 20, 1862 Dramatic full front page illustration: "A Gallant Color-Bearer" is by Thomas Nast. Prints inside include: "General Buell's Campaign" showing many views; "Preparations for Defense at Cincinnati--Citizens in the Trenches" showing "Troops Crossing to Covington" and 2 other images.
Historic & dramatic doublepage centerfold: "General Sigel's Corps at the Second Battle of Bull Run--Fought August 29, 1862". Also a full page: "War Map of Kentucky and Tennessee, Showing the Present Theatre of Operations in the West". Other prints include: "The Late General Isaac I. Stevens" and "The Late General Phil Kearney" and "The Late Colonel Fletcher Webster" and a halfpg: "The Army of the Potomac Passing the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Virginia".
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Book of Saints – Martyrs in Africa – 16 October
AFRICA (MARTYRS IN). (October 16) (Date uncertain) Two hundred and twenty Christians commemorated from ancient times as having suffered death for Christ on a sixteenth day of October. But neither the year, nor the precise place, nor any details of their martyrdom, have come down to us.


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License suspended for NH nursing assistant accused of diverted drugs from patients
KEENE, N.H. (AP) � The license of a New Hampshire nursing assistant has been suspended over allegations that she diverted drugs from patients.
The attorney general's office says Renee Whipple of Swanzey sent an email to her employer admitting that she took a prescription painkiller from a resident at an assistant living facility.
The theft was reported to the Keene Police Department. The attorney general's office said Thursday that during a police interview, Whipple also said she took another painkiller from a different resident.
The state Board of Nursing will hold a hearing on Nov. 15 to determine if the suspension should continue during the board's investigation.


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Last week I found an old CD in my car. It turned out to be a 10 year-old recording by a little known band called Trago. They sounded a bit like a less polished version of Franz Ferdinand; like 'posh punk' if that were an actual genre. The bass player in Trago was me.
I played in a couple of bands before I started working in fashion (the tomboy thing extends beyond shoes!) and I LOVED it. I found myself reaching for my Fender this week, feeling a pang of nostalgia for the good old days when my nails were short and the skin on my fingers was always tough from constant playing. And it got me thinking: if Trago or Red 10 (my other band, a more 'urban folk' vibe) were still rocking The Water Rats or The Bull & Gate, what flat shoes would I be wearing now? The answer: probably the same shoes I always wore. There's a reason why musicians keep coming back to the same styles like Dr Martens and Converse; they're practical as well as good-looking. Here are the key shoes that guitar lovers like me come back to time after time.
Bovver boots
Inspiration: Blur
I'm more into the brogue finish than a classic cherry red these days, but my interest in bovver boots and in bass guitars both came in 1994 when I fell madly in love with Blur (though of course Damon and Co borrowed this look from suedeheads). These Dr Martens Harris Tweed boots look great with my white Fender Precision (yeah, I'd totally match my shoes to my guitars, obvs!).
These Grenson Emma boots are SO cool, and are crying out for a coordinating guitar strap! I team my boots with turned up Levis and a buttoned up Fred Perry as I never tire of the mod aesthetic.
Inspiration: The Sex Pistols
Brothel creepers, with their roots in the Teddy Boy culture of the late 1950s, will always be associated with music. These shoes, with their chunky crepe rubber sole, were resurrected by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McClaren in the 1970s, and have been popular with musicians as diverse as The Sex Pistols, Bananarama and Rihanna.
These George Cox creepers would get a lot more wear if I was still gigging. When I wear these, I worry that I look like I'm pretending to be in a band; they seem too cool for everyday life. But pop them in the same outfit as a Fender Musicmaster and suddenly it all makes sense! For something a little more classic, how about these gorgeous black ones by Robert Clergerie? I like wearing mine with skinny leather trousers and a blazer.
Rock chick ankle boots
Inspiration: Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles
Most of the styles in this post are unisex, but being a girl in a band means you can show up the boys' footwear from time to time (I was the only girl in both of my bands). My actual 'gig boots' back in the day were a pair of black leather boots from Office. Because if you're ever in doubt about what to wear on stage, black leather always looks good! I love the way Susanna Hoffs has styled her black boots here; she always struck a great balance between sexy and cool. Cut-out designs and lots of buckles are always good for injecting a rock chick feel to an outfit, and are also really current.
Inspiration: Kurt Cobain and most people who have ever picked up a guitar
In case you thought I was making all this up, here is a very grainy picture of me playing at the Rhythm Factory in Whitechapel, circa 2003. There are no pictures of my feet but I remember what I was wearing: classic cream Converse All Stars. I mean, what else would you pair with an original 1970's Action Man T-shirt?! Converse must be up there with Dr Martens as the most popular band shoes ever, with everyone from Kurt Cobain to Paul McCartney having worn them.


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25.08.2013: Added new screenshots.
20.07.2013: Added new blog post.
23.06.2013: Added background artwork.
08.06.2013: Added new artwork and character descriptions.
19.05.2013: Updated description, added characters.
11.05.2013: Added GUI mock-ups, added new Xander design.
Me and a couple of my colleagues have started developing our first complete/full length Visual Novel. It's called Idol-eyes, and will feature a full range of unique artwork and plenty of gameplay options, as well as an inventory system and unlockable CG Gallery.
'Amidst the chaotic war between the planet Everdeen and Duslo, a competition sprouts on both sides to give citizens hope. Alicia Dew is one such contestant in the fight for fame and fortune. The winner of the Everdeen Promise Project will become the beauteous symbol of the military and the greatest celebrity in the land, all whilst boosting morale for the troops and the citizens. Yet the lines between allies and enemies begin to blur when Alicia is kidnapped. Now she has seen both sides of the story, who will she choose?'
Sergeant Xander Frost- Both a young model and military star, why is this brooding youth suddenly a judge for an idol competition? His harsh manner and mysterious past are bound to cause trouble.
Captain Damon Fitzgerald- A mysterious man mentioned in many of the enemy military reports. Why does Alicia feel like she has seen him before?
It also features other games that I am working on, as I don't solely work with Ren'py.
Thanks for taking the time to look, any comments or feedback are more than welcome.
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