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A volcano is a geothermal vent at the Earth's surface through which magma (molten rock) and associated gases escape. Mountains built by such activity are also referred to as volcanoes. Eruptions produces a wide variety of hazards that can kill people and destroy property. Large explosive eruptions can endanger people and property hundreds of miles away and even affect global climate. Some volcanic hazards, such as landslides, can occur even when a volcano is not erupting.[1]
Volcanic eruptions are important for creation science because they can provide vivid examples of how catastrophic processes are able to form features that are typical of the fossil record (i.e. layered rock). Since uniformitarian thought dominates geology today, much of the earth's features have been interpreted as having formed slowly over long periods of time. In some cases volcanoes, like Mount St. Helens, have illustrated that catastrophic processes are able to form thick beds of rock with fine laminae.
he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. Psalm 104:32
The world's volcanoes are not randomly distributed over the Earth's surface. They tend to be concentrated in narrow zones along plate boundaries called hot spots. There are over 160 volcanoes that have erupted in the United States in past 10,000 years.[2] (more than 50 in the past 200 years [1]), and with rare exception, all have occurred in either Alaska, Hawaii, or the Pacific Northwest.[2]
The theory of plate tectonics tells us that the Earth's rigid outer shell (lithosphere) is broken into a mosaic of oceanic and continental plates which can slide over the plastic aesthenosphere, which is the uppermost layer of the mantle. The plates are in constant motion. Where they interact, along their margins, important geological processes take place, such as the formation of mountain belts, earthquakes, and volcanoes.[3]
The lithosphere covers the whole Earth. Therefore, ocean plates are also involved, more particularly in the process of sea-floor spreading. This involves the midocean ridges which are a system of narrow submarine cracks that can be traced down the center of the major oceans. The ocean floor is being continuously pulled apart along these midocean ridges. Hot volcanic material rises from the Earth's mantle to fill the gap and continuously forms new oceanic crust. The midocean ridges themselves are broken by offsets know as transform faults.[3]
Geologic hazards
Volcanic eruptions are one of Earth's most dramatic and violent agents of change. Not only can powerful explosive eruptions drastically alter land and water for tens of kilometers around a volcano, but tiny liquid droplets of sulfuric acid erupted into the stratosphere can change our planet's climate temporarily.[4] Most volcano hazards are associated with eruptions. However, some hazards, such as lahars and debris avalanches, can occur even when a volcano is not erupting.[5]
Eruptions often force people living near volcanoes to abandon their land and homes, sometimes forever. Those living farther away are likely to avoid complete destruction, but their cities and towns, crops, industrial plants, transportation systems, and electrical grids can still be damaged by tephra, ash, lahars, and flooding. Fortunately, volcanoes exhibit precursory unrest that if detected and analyzed in time allows eruptions to be anticipated and communities at risk to be forewarned with reliable information in sufficient time to implement response plans and mitigation measures.[4]
Lava flows
Lava flows are streams of molten rock that pour or ooze from an erupting vent. Lava is erupted during either nonexplosive activity or explosive lava fountains. Lava flows destroy everything in their path, but most move slowly enough that people can move out of the way. The speed at which lava moves across the ground depends on several factors, including (1) type of lava erupted and its viscosity; (2) steepness of the ground over which it travels; (3) whether the lava flows as a broad sheet, through a confined channel, or down a lava tube; and (4) rate of lava production at the vent.[6]
Fluid basalt flows can extend tens of kilometers from an erupting vent. The leading edges of basalt flows can travel as fast as 10 km/hour on steep slopes but they typically advance less than 1 km/hour on gentle slopes. But when basalt lava flows are confined within a channel or lava tube on a steep slope, the main body of the flow can reach velocities >30 km/hour. Viscous andesite flows move only a few kilometers per hour and rarely extend more than 8 km from their vents. Viscous dacite and rhyolite flows often form steep-sided mounds called lava domes over an erupting vent. Lava domes often grow by the extrusion of many individual flows >30 m thick over a period of several months or years. Such flows will overlap one another and typically move less than a few meters per hour. [6]
Volcanic gas
Volcanoes emit gases during eruptions. Even when a volcano is not erupting, cracks in the ground allow gases to reach the surface through small openings called fumaroles.
More than ninety percent of all gas emitted by volcanoes is water vapor (steam), most of which is heated ground water (underground water from rain fall and streams). Other common volcanic gases are carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen, and fluorine. Sulfur dioxide gas can react with water droplets in the atmosphere to create acid rain, which causes corrosion and harms vegetation. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air and can be trapped in low areas in concentrations that are deadly to people and animals. Fluorine, which in high concentrations is toxic, can be adsorbed onto volcanic ash particles that later fall to the ground. The fluorine on the particles can poison livestock grazing on ash-coated grass and also contaminate domestic water supplies.[1]
Cataclysmic eruptions, such as the June 15, 1991, eruption of Mount Pinatubo (Philippines), inject huge amounts of sulfur dioxide gas into the stratosphere, where it combines with water to form an aerosol (mist) of sulfuric acid. By reflecting solar radiation, such aerosols can lower the Earth's average surface temperature for extended periods of time by several degrees Fahrenheit (°F). These sulfuric acid aerosols also contribute to the destruction of the ozone layer by altering chlorine and nitrogen compounds in the upper atmosphere.[1]
Pyroclastic flows
A pyroclastic flow is a high-density, ground-hugging avalanche with temperatures that may be greater than 500° C. - temperatures sufficient to burn and carbonize combustible material. They consist of hot ash, pumice, rock fragments, and volcanic gas that rushes down the side of a volcano as fast as 100 km/hour or more.[7] With rock fragments ranging in size from ash to boulders, pyroclastic flows knock down, shatter, bury or carry away nearly all objects and structures in their way.[8]
Pyroclastic flows vary considerably in size and speed, but even relatively small flows that move less than 5 km from a volcano can destroy buildings, forests, and farmland. And on the margins of pyroclastic flows, death and serious injury to people and animals may result from burns and inhalation of hot ash and gases. Pyroclastic flows generally follow valleys or other low-lying areas and, depending on the volume of rock debris carried by the flow, they can deposit layers of loose rock fragments to depths ranging from less than one meter to more than 200 m.[8] Once deposited, the ash, pumice, and rock fragments may deform (flatten) and weld together because of the intense heat and the weight of the overlying material.[7]
They may result from the explosive eruption of molten or solid rock fragments, or both. They may also result from the nonexplosive eruption of lava when parts of dome or a thick lava flow collapses down a steep slope. Most pyroclastic flows consist of two parts: a basal flow of coarse fragments that moves along the ground, and a turbulent cloud of ash that rises above the basal flow. Ash may fall from this cloud over a wide area downwind from the pyroclastic flow.[8]
Mudflows or debris flows composed mostly of volcanic materials on the flanks of a volcano are called lahars (an Indonesian term). These flows of mud, rock, and water can rush down valleys and stream channels at speeds of 20 to 40 miles per hour and can travel more than 50 miles. Some lahars contain so much rock debris (60 to 90% by weight) that they look like fast-moving rivers of wet concrete. Close to their source, these flows are powerful enough to rip up and carry trees, houses, and huge boulders miles downstream. Farther downstream they entomb everything in their path in mud.[1]
Historically, lahars have been one of the deadliest volcano hazards. They can occur both during an eruption and when a volcano is quiet. The water that creates lahars can come from melting snow and ice (especially water from a glacier melted by a pyroclastic flow or surge), intense rainfall, or the breakout of a summit crater lake. Large lahars are a potential hazard to many communities downstream from glacier-clad volcanoes.[1]
Heat release
Occasionally creationists are criticized for believing that many volcanoes erupted in a short span of time (a few decades) because that much heat released would raise the atmospheric and oceanic temperature immensely. In answer, Phil Hoff pointed out that if 2,000 volcanoes were involved (though this number of volcanoes is not suggested by creationists) the air temperature increase would not be 1,500 degrees Celsius but more than a thousand times less. This number of volcanoes would raise the sea temperature less than 2.7 degrees C. The heat released by Mt. St. Helens was estimated at about 1.7 x 1018 joules (during nine hours) which is four million times less than that needed for 2,000 volcanoes to raise the atmosphere's temperature 1,500 degrees.[9]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 What Are Volcano Hazards? U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 002-97. July, 2004
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 About U.S. Volcanoes by the U.S. Geological Survey, Volcano Hazards Program
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics by the U.S. Geological Survey
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Types of Volcano Hazardsby the U.S. Geological Survey, Volcanic Hazards Program
- ↑ Geologic Hazards at Volcanoes by the U.S. Geological Survey, Cascades Volcano Observatory
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lava Flows and their Effects by the U.S. Geological Survey, Volcanic Hazards Program.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 VHP Photo Glossary: Pyroclastic Flow by the U.S. Geological Survey, Volcanic Hazards Program
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Pyroclastic Flows and Their Effects by the U.S. Geological Survey, Volcanic Hazards Program.
- ↑ Heat Output from Volcanoes-An Answer to Yake, By Phil Hoff for Creation Research Society Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 4, March 1996, 32:199.
External links
- The Declining Power of Post-Flood Volcanoes by Steven A. Austin, Institute for Creation Research. August, 1998.
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Tell me, sir, is it on your grandmother's or your grandfather's side that you are descended from an ape? In June of 1860, some of Britain's most influential scientific and religious authorities gathered in Oxford to hear a heated debate on the merits of Charles Darwin's recently published Origin of Species. The Bishop of Oxford, "Soapy" Samuel Wilberforce, clashed swords with Darwin's most outspoken supporter, Thomas Henry Huxley. The latter's triumph, amid quips about apes and ancestry, has become a mythologized event, symbolizing the supposed war between science and Christianity. But did the debate really happen in this way?
Of Apes and Ancestors argues that this one-dimensional interpretation was constructed and disseminated by Darwin's supporters, becoming an imagined victory in the struggle to overcome Anglican dogmatism. By reconstructing the Oxford debate and carefully considering the individual perspectives of the main participants, Ian Hesketh argues that personal jealousies and professional agendas played a formative role in shaping the response to Darwin's hypothesis, with religious anxieties overlapping with a whole host of other cultural and scientific considerations. An absorbing study, Of Apes and Ancestors sheds light on the origins of a debate that continues, unresolved, to this day.
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"Hesketh's short and readable book … aims to present a more nuanced and balanced alternative to the kind of triumphalist, Whig history that often prevailed at the Darwin anniversary events of 2009. …[T]he decidedly sympathetic treatment of 'Soapy' Sam Wilberforce provides the most interesting and innovative element of [the first] section of the book. … In the second section of the book, the careful delineation of precisely how the myth of the Oxford debate as an indubitable triumph for Huxley and the Darwinian cause was first generated … will be of most value and interest to more specialist readers." —Gowan Dawson, Journal of British Studies 40:1 (2011), 221–222


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The Azure Code Samples are currently available in English
Deploy and connect to a Docker container in an Azure cluster
This sample is an end-to-end scenario for getting started with Azure Container Service (ACS) and, optionally, Azure Container Registry (ACR) using the Azure SDK for Python.
On this page
Run this sample
If you don't already have them, install the following:
You also need the following command-line tools, which are probably standard on Linux and OS X systems, but may need to be installed specially on Windows. (For this purpose, you might want to use the bash emulation included in git-for-windows, with cmder if you want a more featureful console as well. Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux is an option too, but there are some potential difficulties you should be aware of.) - Standard POSIX tools, specifically
chmod- The OpenSSH suite of tools, specifically
We recommend that you use a Python virtual environment to run this example, but it's not mandatory. You can initialize a virtualenv this way:
pip install virtualenv virtualenv azurecontainer cd azurecontainer source bin/activate
Clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/v-iam/container-sample.git
Install the dependencies using pip.
cd container-sample pip install -r requirements.txt
Create an Azure service principal either through Azure CLI, PowerShell or the portal.
Retrieve the application ID (a.k.a. client ID), authentication key (a.k.a. client secret), tenant ID and subscription ID from the Azure portal for use in the next step. This document describes where to find them (besides the subscription ID, which is in the "Overview" section of the "Subscriptions" blade.)
Export these environment variables into your current shell.
export AZURE_TENANT_ID={your tenant id} export AZURE_CLIENT_ID={your client id} export AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET={your client secret} export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID={your subscription id}
container.pyrequires a local Docker image. To get a sample one, use the following command:
docker pull mesosphere/simple-docker
Run the sample. The basic version just deploys the local image to ACS:
python example.py
The advanced version will push the image to ACR before deploying it:
python example.py --use-acr
What does example.py do?
example.py goes through all the necessary steps to take a Docker container,
optionally add it to a private registry using Azure Container Registry,
and then deploy it to a cluster in the cloud using Azure Container Services.
At a high level, those steps are as follows.
The ones marked with [ACR] are optional
and happen only if you use an Azure Container Registry
by specifying the
--use-acr option.
Create a resource group.
The process that
container.pyimplements requires creating several different resources in Azure. The
ResourceHelperclass creates a resource group to keep them organized and separate from other resources you may have, as well as allowing you to clean up after it easily by deleting the resource group.
[ACR] Create a storage account.
Several steps of this process require an Azure storage account, one of the resources mentioned in the previous step, to hold persistent data. The
StorageHelperclass can be used to manage a storage account with a specific name (and create one if it doesn't exist already).
[ACR] Create an Azure Container Registry.
An Azure Container Registry is private storage for you or your organization's Docker containers. The
ContainerHelperclass creates one for you.
[ACR] Create a file share and upload ACR credentials into it.
To allow all the VMs in your cluster to access your Docker login credentials, you can put them in a file share in an Azure storage account.
StorageHelpercreates a share in the resource group from the first step. See this documentation for information on other ways of doing this.
[ACR] Upload ACR credentials into the file share.
After the file share is created,
RegistryHelperuploads the credentials into it. See this documentation for details on this process.
Please also see this note to make sure this step does the right thing!
[ACR] Push your Docker image to the container registry.
By default,
container.pyattempts to push the local image
mesosphere/simple-dockerthat you pulled in Run this sample above. If you'd rather use a different one, you can specify it using the
Create a container service.
To go along with the registry mentioned in the previous step,
ContainerHelperalso creates a container service, with DC/OS as the orchestrator, to manage deployment of containers to a cluster of virtual machines.
[ACR] Mount the file share with the Docker credentials in the cluster.
To make sure every machine in the cluster can access the Docker credentials, they must have access to the file share they were uploaded to. To do this,
container.pyconnects to the cluster's master machine, and from there to each other node in the cluster, and runs a script from each to mount the share. See this documentation for details on this process.
Deploy the image into the cluster.
The final step in the process is the actual deployment of the image. This requires a SSH tunnel, as described in this documentation. Once the tunnel is set up, deployment requires only a single POST request against the Marathon REST API. The request contents are derived from the example in this documentation.
Connect to the cluster.
For demonstration purposes,
container.pymakes a simple request against the cluster's public IP address and prints the output. If you used the sample Docker container
mesosphere/simple-docker, that output should be a basic HTML string:
<html> <body> <h1> Hello brave new world! </h1> </body> </html>
If you see this, it means the tutorial ran successfully. You just connected to a Docker container running a Web server on a cluster in the Azure cloud!
How is the code laid out?
The top-level script
example.py is just the entry point for this example.
Most of the logic is in two deployers and several helpers.
The simple example uses the
deployers.container_deployer.ContainerDeployer class
and the top-level helper classes in the
deployers.helpers package.
The advanced example using
which adds Azure Container Registry support,
uses the
deployers.acr_container_deployer.ACRContainerDeployer class
and the helpers in
as well as those from
Additionally, there are some helper scripts
in the
deployers/scripts subdirectory.
These are used only by the advanced example.
Notes and troubleshooting
Running a container from ACR locally
If you have an image in an Azure Container Registry and want to run it on your local machine, you can do so using the Docker command line interface:
docker login -u <acr_username> -p <acr_password> <acr_server>
docker run -it <acr_server>/<container>:<tag>
To find the information you need to fill in, refer to this documentation.
You can find more information about interacting with an ACR through the command line here.
SSH configuration
Your first attempt to non-interactively connect to your Azure cluster may fail because you need to verify the host.
If this happens, you'll see a message like this before the Python traceback:
The authenticity of host '<SOME_URL> (<SOME_IP>)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:<SOME_GIBBERISH>.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
Host key verification failed.
To resolve this, ssh to
<SOME_URL> manually
and confirm the connection
after doing any necessary verification.
Then the host will be stored in your
known_hosts file
and you should be able to connect non-interactively in the future.
Docker credential storing
In the "Upload Docker credentials into the file share" step,
the example zips up the
.docker directory so that it can be used
in deployment of the Docker container.
This works because the
docker login command edits
to add the login credentials to it,
so that they can be used to pull the image for the container
from the private registry.
On Windows, at least, and probably OS X as well,
Docker will attempt to use the OS's credential store
for your container registry login information,
rather than storing it in your
.docker/config.json file.
This is probably more secure in general,
but it prevents the credential upload from working correctly
since it expects the credentials to be in
To make this work, you must edit
and remove the "credsStore" entry from the JSON there.
(Make sure that what you leave is still valid JSON!)
File share mounting
The cifsMount.sh script described in
this document
and used to mount the Azure file share in the cluster
may give
mount error(13): Permission denied.
We are looking into the cause of this
and how to resolve it.
Docker and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
In principle, container.py should work on WSL (a.k.a. "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows") but in practice there are some difficulties.
The following are some issues you might run into, with less-than-thoroughly-detailed possible solutions. If you're not comfortable implementing those solutions based on the descriptions given, using WSL might not be the right route for you.
The Docker daemon does not work with WSL, but the client does. So you can install Docker for Windows as if you were not using WSL, and then install just the client binary for WSL. (The Windows binary is not compatible with WSL.)
As of this writing, the best way to obtain the Docker client alone is to download a binary release and put it somewhere on your
PATH. For example, to get version v17.05.0-ce, do the following:
wget https://get.docker.com/builds/Linux/x86_64/docker-17.05.0-ce.tgz tar -xzvf docker-17.05.0-ce.tgz cp docker/docker $LOCATION_ON_PATH
Builds of WSL prior to 14936 have an issue preventing SSH tunnelling into the cluster's master node from working. As a workaround, you can add an entry for the master node in
~/.ssh/configwith the parameter
AddressFamily inet.
Cleaning up
This example does not clean up after itself: after it finishes running, all the Azure entities it created will still exist. To clean up, simply delete the resource group it created. By default that group is named 'containersample-group'.
More information
Here are some helpful links:
- Azure Python Development Center
- Azure Container Registry documentation
- Azure Container Service documentation
If you don't have a Microsoft Azure subscription you can get a FREE trial account here.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact email@example.com with any additional questions or comments.


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Arthur J. Rosenthal, a publisher of intellectual masterworks in an era of fast-buck publishing who led Basic Books in the 1950s and '60s and created a model for universities nationwide by leading Harvard University Press to solvency in the '70s and '80s, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.
His death was confirmed by his son Jim.
Mr. Rosenthal, who founded Basic Books in 1952, let his taste in nonfiction and his quasi indifference to profit margins guide him as a publisher. But it was an early connection to the society of psychoanalysts (his mother ran a salon for psychoanalytic debate in their Manhattan home when he was growing up) that led Mr. Rosenthal to his first publishing deal, the three-volume official biography of Dr. Sigmund Freud by a disciple, Dr. Ernest Jones.
Dr. Jones's biography, "The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud," became one of the basic texts of Freud scholarship. Dr. Jones "only expected sales of about 600 copies to other psychoanalysts," Mr. Rosenthal told The New York Times in 1985. "We had world rights and no contract, just a handshake." The book became a mainstay of Basic Books.
Mr. Rosenthal's interests in psychology, sociology, current affairs, history and philosophy led him to publish a library full of important social science volumes over the next decades, including early works by the behavioral scientists Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson.
In 1972, after selling Basic Books to Harper & Row for a reported $4 million, Mr. Rosenthal took his talents to the nonprofit Harvard Press, which had been faltering. There, his ability to bring what he called "borderline academic books" to a wider audience helped put the press in the black and served as a model for university presses elsewhere. He introduced new lists in science and technology, professionalized marketing and began picking winners.
Among the titles published during Mr. Rosenthal's tenure were Bernard Bailyn's 1975 National Book Award winner, "The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson"; E. O. Wilson's "On Human Nature" (1978), which received the Pulitzer Prize; Alfred D. Chandler Jr.'s "Visible Hand," which received both the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes in 1978; Carol Gilligan's "In a Different Voice" (1982), which sold over 500,000 copies and became a major text of the women's movement; Thomas K. McCraw's Pulitzer-winning "Prophets of Regulation" (1984); Jane Goodall's "Chimpanzees of Gombe" (1986), an account of Dr. Goodall's first 25 years working with chimps; and Eudora Welty's "One Writer's Beginnings" (1984), which spent 46 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list.
"When a press like ours can publish a roaring best seller," Mr. Rosenthal said in 1986, "it helps all university presses, and it increases the bookstores' recognition that we are not only handing out dead mackerel."
He said he was proud to publish any book — whether profitable or not — that managed "to push our culture one grain of sand forward."
John Leonard, a Nation columnist and former editor of The New York Times Book Review, described Mr. Rosenthal as an endangered species in a 1997 commentary about the corporatization of the publishing industry for the CBS News program "Sunday Morning": "He prided himself on being able to publish any book he cared about."
In the publishing world, Mr. Leonard added, "We used to be able to count on the Arthur Rosenthals."
Arthur Jesse Rosenthal was born in Manhattan on Sept. 26, 1919, to Arthur and Grace Rosenthal. His father was a stockbroker and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. His mother, who was a patient in the 1920s of Dr. Otto Rank, an Austrian psychoanalyst who was one of Freud's first pupils, pursued a lifelong interest in psychology.
After graduating from Yale in 1941, Mr. Rosenthal served four years in the Army as the chief of publications for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, directing press and propaganda work in the Philippines and occupied Japan.
Before starting Basic Books, Mr. Rosenthal was a special assistant to James G. MacDonald, the first United States ambassador to Israel.
Besides his son Jim, Mr. Rosenthal's survivors include a daughter, Kathryn Goldman; a son, Paul; and eight grandchildren. Mr. Rosenthal's two marriages ended in divorce.
Mr. Rosenthal, who retired from Harvard Press in 1990, was 70 when he started his last job, as publisher of Hill & Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
In an interview at the time, Mr. Rosenthal acknowledged that the business was becoming more difficult. But his enthusiasm was a constant.
"Something happens," he said. "You get an idea. You meet an author. You can't be depressed and be a good publisher."


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Whitney Houston's funeral service will take place in the very same New Jersey church where Houston used to sing as a child ... and TMZ has learned there WILL be a guest list.
The service will take place Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark ... where Whitney honed her skills singing with her mother Cissy Houston and her cousin Dionne Warwick.
Sources tell TMZ ... the family wants to keep the event super-private ... as in invite only.
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We Need To Make Indie Film Work For Investors!/
It's pretty simple. When people make money doing something, more money enters that system. And it is pretty simple in the reverse: when some people make a bucketload and those that invested in it make virtually nothing, less money flows into the system.
If distributors don't pay creators their fair share of the profits, their won't be movies made. Or maybe the investors will get wise and stop selling the distributors the film. After all we are at a time that you can really do it yourself (by doing it with others). And to be clear, "fair share" doesn't mean paying them what contract swindles them out of -- it means paying them an ethical cut. And that sure in hell ain't 12.8% of the profits -- which is what happened on one of the most successful indie films of recent times.
If there is one simple goal for the new year, every filmmaker should make sure their investors get paid what they deserve. It is for all of our benefit. If there is more money available for indie film investment, more movies will get made and hopefully they will be more diverse and ambitious.
It makes me furious when I hear of a film that generated tons of cash and very little flows back to those that support the work. It makes everyone feel that the system is corrupt. It makes investors think that they can't win.
Film distributors are supporters of our cultural institutions -- especially the specialized ones. Wouldn't you be embarrassed if you released a film on DVD and it generated $139 Million Freaking Dollars and you only shared 12.88% of that tremendous wealth with the people who created the movie? Wouldn't you expect that filmmakers would all be wearing t-shirts this year at Sundance that point out that 12.88% is not a fair profit share?
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Freezing the field or human shield?
The claim has hardened into accepted fact among many Democratic operatives: Hillary Clinton is freezing the Democratic 2016 field as she waits until possibly late this year to decide on another presidential run. It's virtually impossible for anyone other than Clinton to raise money or build a campaign infrastructure, the thinking goes, with Clinton hovering overhead.
Yet Clinton's allies believe it's not true — and increasingly they are saying so. In fact, they argue the opposite: that the former first lady is shielding other prospective Democratic contenders from months of attacks and scrutiny they'd probably face without her in the picture. There's simply no need for Clinton to start a campaign this early, they say.
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"I don't buy it at all. It's crazy," William Daley, former chief of staff for President Barack Obama, said of complaints about her timetable. "Maybe they're all better off … whoever jumps in will have instant analysis, attention … Most of these people have day jobs. That's the most important thing for them" to do right now.
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Democratic operatives who believe Clinton's prolonged time frame is problematic are reluctant to say so publicly lest they antagonize the party's potential 2016 standard-bearer. But the view is widely held.
"Since the Clinton camp has sent just about every smoke signal that she's in, there has been very little oxygen for other Democrats to test-drive a message or build a coalition — and some strong Democrats that could run may have taken a pass entirely since they assumed she was running," said one former Obama adviser.
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"If she doesn't run, there won't be a series of candidates simply making the next move in their meticulous plan — there will be a scramble because there's no obvious alternative."
Phil Singer, a Democratic strategist who worked on Clinton's 2008 campaign, said it's self-evident that other potential hopefuls are, for the most part, hedging against her candidacy.
"Given the strength of her prospective candidacy, it's hardly a surprise that other candidates are lukewarm about jumping into the 2016 fray," he said. "At some point, the party will need some kind of signal about her intentions because they'll have to field a candidate but that time has not yet arrived."
Clinton's most vocal backers point to Bill Clinton's dark-horse run for president in 1991. That year, he was a little-known governor from Arkansas, while New York Gov. Mario Cuomo was the Democratic nominee-in-waiting, pre-emptively blocking any potential foe as he waited until less than a year before the election to decide whether to run.
( PHOTOS: Stars line up for Hillary Clinton 2016)
Cuomo defied expectations and pulled the plug on a campaign in December 1991, after famously leaving a plane idling on a tarmac as he deliberated whether to fly to New Hampshire for the primary. Up to that point, though, he provided valuable cover for other Democrats, including Bill Clinton. Instead of the media focusing on the spate of Clinton scandals that ultimately shaped 1992, he had time to define himself positively as "The Man from Hope."
Though Hillary Clinton is a more formidable potential Democratic nominee than Cuomo was then, her supporters say she could end up serving much the same role for a 2016 Democratic bench that operatives bemoan as thin.
"I actually think it's a good thing — if Hillary has frozen the field, it's a good thing," said former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Clinton backer who described the Cuomo parallel as "very apt" to the current situation.
"To be honest, people start these campaigns far too early," said Rendell. "The desire to keep a Democratic president will still be strong [within the party] … it'll be a more compact campaign, and to that extent maybe a less damaging and divisive campaign."
Democratic strategist Steve Murphy, who has long supported the Clintons, agreed, saying, "most of what" candidates do this far out from an election "is blow money and commit gaffes."
( Also on POLITICO: Clinton touts leadership on Iran)
Asked to comment on the sentiment that Clinton is freezing the field, her spokesman Nick Merrill emailed, "She as much as anyone knows that running for President is a very personal and weighty decision that people need to make on their own timeline, based on whatever factors they want to take into account."
Clinton, who party strategists hope will be compelled to run by the void she would fill, has been the only Democrat besides Obama who's been a major target for Republicans the past year. Speaker after speaker went after her at the CPAC conference of conservative activists earlier this month. The research super PAC America Rising has dedicated itself to raising doubts about Clinton's record as she decides whether to run.
Other potential Democratic 2016 candidates have received a fraction of the attention. That makes it harder for figures like Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley to raise their national profiles. But it also means that Maryland's botched set up of a health care exchange under Obamacare hasn't come under sustained scrutiny in the national press.
The same goes for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has had relatively light national coverage of his state's high unemployment rate and contentious debate over fracking for natural gas. New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has solidified a reputation as a crusader against sexual assaults in the military, without opposition research hits on her time as a corporate lawyer. Even Vice President Joe Biden hasn't been subjected to steady GOP attacks since the 2012 election.


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Next month I'm lucky enough to be leading a sewing workshop at the Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild. I grew up in Cincinnati and my family all still lives there, so this will be a really fun opportunity for me to hang out with all the talented modern quilters in my hometown.
The guild was really great and left the decision as to what we would be working on up to me. I love improvisational quilting so I thought that would be a fun technique for everyone to explore. This is our class sample ~ improvisational log cabins.
These blocks are a bit similar to the pillow I made Jennifer last October. You can see the work in progress below.
I broke down the log cabins by warm and cool colors, incorporating a bit of grey and just a small amount of prints.
The border is a black and white Alexander Henry crosshatch.
I quilted this mini quilt with randomly spaced organic lines. They are all around 1/4" apart, but I didn't mark or measure. I used my walking foot and slowly moved the fabric back and forth ever so slightly as I quilted.
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|Huangshan, known as 'the loveliest mountain of China', was acclaimed through art and literature during a good part of Chinese history (e.g. the Shanshui 'mountain and water' style of the mid-16th century). Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers who come on pilgrimage to the site, which is renowned for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of a sea of clouds.
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Department of Revenue News Release
January 14, 2010License Office Agents Named in Grant City, Overland and Rolla
JEFFERSON CITY - Using a reformed bidding process that emphasizes openness, customer service and financial efficiencies, the Missouri Department of Revenue has announced the awarding of management contracts for three local motor vehicle and license offices.
"The old system - which was politically driven and provided little accountability - has been eliminated," said Gov. Jay Nixon, who has made the reform of the license office bidding process one of his major goals. "Under the new system, the Department of Revenue's professional staff makes the final decision on who gets to run each office after it takes many important factors into consideration. It's that simple."
The three offices awarded today are in Grant City, Overland and Rolla. All three offices will remain at their current locations.
Bidders have the option of returning a portion of an office's revenues to the state. Two of the winning bidders have opted to return some of their revenues. The estimated amount of money that will be returned to the state in the first contract year from the 175 offices that have been awarded so far under the new bidding process is $974,052.
The city government of Grant City has been selected as the agent for the Grant City License Office, which is located at 101 W. 3rd St. (City Hall). The city's bid was the only one submitted, and no return to the state was included. Grant City has been the agent for the office since 2007.
The Overland License Office has been awarded to a new agent, Wentzville Agency Management, LLC. The company is associated with Mary Winkelman of Labadie, John R. Harris II of Washington, and Michelle Boyer of O'Fallon, and it was also awarded the Warrenton License Office in July. The winning bid was one of two submitted, and a 4 percent ($6,962) return to state was included in the proposal. The Overland office is located at 9443 Lackland Rd.
The Rolla Public School Foundation will continue to be the agent for the Rolla License Office. The not-for-profit foundation is associated with the Rolla Public School District, and it provides financial support for enrichment activities for students and teachers. It has been the office agent since 1994, and the license office is located at 1038 S. Bishop Ave. The winning bid was one of three submitted, and it includes a 7.5 percent ($17,921) return to the state.
Details about changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agents.
Although Gov. Nixon authorized the Missouri Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system a year ago, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor this past summer. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Of the 175 offices awarded so far, 99 have gone to incumbents, groups associated with incumbent agents or interim agents. Seventy-six of the offices have been awarded to new agents. There are 183 offices statewide.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, noted some of the parameters of the reformed bidding process.
"Each bid stands on its own, no matter how many offices a person or group bids on," she said. "Review teams, comprised of Department of Revenue employees, thoroughly go over every bid, and then award the offices to those that best meet the state's standards. After the process is complete, all of the winning and losing bids are available for public viewing. This process is fair and transparent."
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, issuance of titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.
To follow the Missouri Department of Revenue on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue. If you don't already have a Twitter account, you'll have to create one before you can follow the Missouri Department of Revenue.


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Letter VS Spirit
These Wreckerators get points for obeying the customer's instructions to the letter...
ask for Wrecks like these ("Happy Birthday Under Neat That", etc) which adds a whole new level of hilarity when the bakery gets it wrong by getting it right.
Of course, they then LOSE those points for writing the instructions on the cake.
For example, Corrie wanted a Wreckplica of the infamous Curious George CCC that said "Cangrtalations Corrie" on it for her graduation cake. She got this:
Granted, I think the decorator captured the true horror of the original Wreck quite well, but she also "corrected" Corrie's intentional misspelling to read "Congrats Carrie!"
Wow, it's like a Wreck to the third power, huh, Corrie? That is so awesome.
And for those of you wondering about the first two: Katelyn W. & Erin M. assure me they're legit. And since they used very sincere fonts, I believe them.


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I write books (more than twenty now), mostly about food and cooking, half with chefs, some non-food non-fiction books (wooden boats, the fascinating world of pediatric heart surgery), and a lot of opinions here on the fundamental importance of food and cooking to our families, our communities, our world. I also make smartphone apps, kitchen tools, do TV, public speaking, and help raise my family. See my wiki page for the nuts and bolts. Most recently three novellas called In Short Measures (Fall 2015) and Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America (Spring 2017).
The longer version of How Did I Get Here:
The best things in life happen when you get carried away. I went into a cooking school to write about what it means to be a chef, and instead I became a cook, got a job line cooking, lucked into one of the great restaurants of the world to work with the chef on his book, and I kept on writing about food. I got carried away, and it's made all the difference.
The facts are these: Born 1963 in Cleveland, graduated Duke in 1985 with a BA in literature, worked at The New York Times as a copyboy where I managed to slip some stories into most sections of the paper, departed after fewer than two years to pursue a desultory life of writing, travel and odd jobs, returning to Cleveland with my then-wife, Donna, a newspaper and magazine photographer, in 1991. Found work at a local magazine covering arts and cultural scene and here began writing about chefs and cooking.
My first book, Boys Themselves (1996), revealed life at an all-boy day school that was defiantly all-boys at a time when anything all-boys was considered toxic and anything all-girls was great for girls.
A committed cook since fourth grade, I proposed to the Culinary Institute of America, the oldest and most influential professional cooking school in the country, that I be allowed into its kitchen classrooms in order to write a narrative of how the school trains professional chefs. The school agreed, and I wrote The Making of a Chef (1997), rereleased in 2009 in a new paperback edition.
I became so fascinated by the work of the professional cook and the culture of the restaurant kitchen that I continued to pursue the work and wrote a book about chefs and cooking, The Soul of a Chef (2000). I co-wrote The French Laundry Cookbook (1999) with Thomas Keller at the same time, and he and I subsequently wrote a food column for the Los Angeles Times for two years.
In February 1999, I moved with my family to Martha's Vineyard to research and report on life at a yard making plank-on-frame boats for the book Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard (2001). In October 2000, I began work at the Cleveland Clinic's Children's Hospital for the book Walk on Water (2003). I wrote it concurrently with A Return to Cooking (2002), with Eric Ripert, chef-owner of Le Bernardin, the Manhattan four-star restaurant.
Other books include House: A Memoir, about the purchase and renovation of a 1901 house in Cleveland and an exploration of the nature of home in our vagabond culture, and The Reach of a Chef: Professional Cooks in the Age of Celebrity. Other cookbooks include Bouchon, written with Keller and the others from the French Laundry Cookbook team, about French comfort food, and Under Pressure, the first American cookbook to explore the possibilities of sous vide cooking. I was a contributor to the Alinea, Grant Achatz's tour de force on the new new cuisine. I wrote Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing–a thinly veiled love song to the pig, to animal fat and salt, sausages, confits, pates, terrines–with my friend, the Michigan chef Brian Polcyn.
I have been on several television shows, "Cooking Under Fire" on PBS, and, on the Food Network, I was a judge on the "Next Iron Chef," appear occasionally as a judge on "Iron Chef America," and have been a featured guest on the Travel Channel's "Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations," Las Vegas and Cleveland episodes.
In 2007 I published The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Craft for Every Kitchen, "an indispensable compendium of cooking information for both professional and amateur cooks constitutes a precise, unpretentious, unencumbered culinary handbook" (Booklist). I realized one day leaving a food writers symposium that I'd spent so much time in kitchen and so much time with the country's best chefs that I had a huge amount of knowledge about cooking, information that would be valuable to anyone who cared about cooking, from professional chefs to committed home cooks. Needing a structure for all this information I turned to one of my favorite books about the craft of writing, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. The book contains essays on the fundamentals of cooking and a deeply opinionated glossary of important cooking terms we all need to know. Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, a book devoted to understanding the relationships between our most basic ingredients and how those relationships form the backbone of the craft of cooking.
In 2009 I worked with Thomas Keller on "At Home with Ad Hoc", the fourth from this team, and "Symon Says: Live to Cook", a cookbook from my friend, fellow Clevelander, Michael Symon, chef-restaurateur (Lola/Lolita) and an Iron Chef on Food Network's "Iron Chef America." I also dived into the digital world by authoring a Ratio app and the Bread Baking Basics app.
My line of kitchen products launched in the fall of 2010 and in 20111 "Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques, 100 Recipes, A Cook's Manifesto" was published. Twenty also won the 2012 James Beard Foundation Award in the general cooking category and the International Association of Culinary Professionals cookbook award in the Food and Beverage Reference/Technical category.
2012 I had four books that were released the follow up book to Charcuterie with Chef Brian Polcyn, called "Salumi", the "Bouchon Bakery Cookbook" and two ebooks "The Main Dish" and "The Book of Schmaltz: A Love Song to Forgotten Fat." This was followed by "Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient." I published a collection of novellas, "In Short Measures," in the fall of 2015. Most recently I published "How To Saute," last of a trilogy of How To books that include "How To Roast" and "How To Braise."
I have two children from my first marriage, both young adults. I married the writer Ann Hood in April 2017 and now split my time between New York City and Providence, Rhode Island.


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International Women's Day 2012 – Menstrual hygiene: breaking the silence
Source: Belen Toronde | March 1, 2012
Belen Torondel is a microbiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is conducting a systematic review of evidence regarding menstrual hygiene management for SHARE a consortium researching sanitation and hygiene solutions. The opinions expressed are her own.
Menstruation is a major part of life for millions of young girls and women worldwide. On average, a woman will menstruate for 3,000 days during her lifetime.
However, the needs and challenges faced by many young women and girls as they struggle to manage their menstrual hygiene are largely ignored, especially in developing countries. This situation persists despite new developments in the hygiene and sanitation sector in recent years.
Addressing this issue is not just about the availability of related products and facilities: hygienic sanitary pads, water, and toilets with lockable doors to ensure privacy.
It also involves tackling the embarrassment that prevents young girls and women sharing their questions, the shame often associated with menstruation, and the cruelty of people laughing at young girls and women when they find out they are menstruating.
This situation gets even more complicated if young girls and women have to go to schools or other public places where there is either no toilet or no hygienic toilet, no water and soap, and no facilities for disposal of materials.
Many of them decide to stay at home and therefore miss many hours of school and education. Menstruation can also affect women's social lives, especially in cultures where menstruating women are expected to act, or are treated, differently.
For example, in some cultures, a woman may not attend community worship and in certain cases must stay away from her family during menstruation due to social taboos.
Many women are also subject to health risks. Urinary tract infections, dermatitis, abdominal pains, vaginal scabies and complications during pregnancy can all be caused by poor menstrual hygiene management.
The factors leading to these difficulties include lack of awareness, lack of hygienic sanitary pads, lack of toilets without water and soap, and lack of drying areas for rags used for menstrual hygiene management.
I wonder why the issue of menstrual hygiene management continues to be neglected? Is it because female voices are not heard within the family, town, health service, government, or intervention programmes?
Is the topic not discussed because women feel ashamed or embarrassed to talk about it? Or are such messages not listened to by policy-makers designing programmes for the education and health sectors?
Who should be doing something, and which sector should take the lead: gender, sanitation, education, reproductive health, or the private sector?
Women and girls of the world: talk about the topic and break the taboo. This is the starting point of a long journey that we all still need to walk together.
Our contribution is to begin assessing the current available evidence and to identify areas of research that can make a difference in this important aspect of women's life. This research will serve as a foundation for action on this important issue.
Belen Torondel will be speaking about her research at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille on 14 March.


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National Prayer Service in Naeem Khan
The first lady wears a custom ivory wool-applique 3/4 sleeve coat and dress by Naeem Khan for the National Prayer Service this morning at the Washington National Cathedral. Note the jeweled neckline and trim. J.Crew Valentina patent pumps in Apricot Mist complete the neutral mix. So chic!


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Here's a tune off the Collage album done live with a full orchestra and a very enthusiastic audience.
by Jon Davis, Published 2013-09-11
Filed under: Video
Related artist(s): Le Orme
Alex's Hand Seeks Spa Treatment – American / European band Alex's Hand has a new album in the works called Hungarian Spa, which looks to be their biggest and best yet, featuring a large roster of guest musicians. They're seeking funding to take the project on the road, and are looking for help from the crowd of wisdom. » Read more
Legendary Co-Founder of The 13th Floor Elevators Passes Away at Age 71 – Sadly, Roky Erickson passed away on May 31, 2019. Known as the father of psychedelic music and co-founder of the ground breaking 13th Floor Elevators, Roky had a profound influence on music from the 60s to today. Plagued by his own personal demons, Roky had a difficult life and is now free of these burdens. » Read more
Help MoonJune Bring Great Music to Life – Like many music lovers around the world, we've been thrilled and amazed to hear the recordings that have been released by MoonJune from sessions at La Casa Murada in Spain. Such label stalwarts as Mark Wingfield, Markus Reuter, Asaf Sirkis, Tony Levin, Dusan Jevtovic, Vasil Hadzimanov, and many more have gathered in various combinations at the studio to produce some of the most creative music in recent years. Now, label head Leonardo Pavkovic is offering a compilation, La Casa Murada - MoonJune Sessions, Volume One, as a fundraiser for upcoming sessions. » Read more
The Pineapple Thief to Tour North America – November and December of 2019 will see The Pineapple Thief bringing their music to Canada, Mexico, and the US, and famed drummer Gavin Harrison will be on board. The band has been touring extensively in Europe, but North America will be new territory for them. » Read more
Scott Walker RIP – Noel Scott Engel, better known as Scott Walker, was one of the most intriguing and enigmatic musical figures in the second half of the 20th Century. His strange career started with The Walker Brothers, an American pop group that featured no one named Walker and no brothers. After moving to England in 1965, they had a series of hit singles. Scott's solo work started with Scott in 1967. Starting in the 80s, his work took an increasingly avant-garde turn. » Read more
Ahleuchatistas - What You Will – Somebody call the men in white suits – these guys are insane. On second thought, don't call anyone – treatment may decrease their capacity to create such marvelously insane stuff as this. I... (2006) » Read more
Fish - Five Official Bootlegs – Bootlegs of live shows are often a mixed bag for both artists and their fans... how many times have you shelled out $25 or more for a bootleg CD only to find that it was pressed from either a crappy... (1994) » Read more
Various Artists - Space Daze – This is the compilation/companion to the Cleopatra book of the same name. In my opinion, this (and the music herein) speaks for Space Rock a lot more effectively than the book, as when it comes to... (1996) » Read more
Carl Weingarten - The Acoustic Shadow – For fifteen years or so, guitarist Carl Weingarten has been active, releasing several albums under his own name, and collaborating on several more with the likes of Joe Venegoni, Kit Watkins, Walter... (1995) » Read more
Thierry Zaboitzeff - India – Dr. Zab strikes again, with his second release already (the fourth of his whole career) since calling it a long day with Art Zoyd back in 1997. On this soundtrack to a modern ballet project of the... (1999) » Read more


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Looking for Bennetts in Ecclesfield, Sheffield.
Hello my name is ANDREW BENNETT, I have traced my family to ECCLESFIELD, SHEFFIELD.
My 3 x grandfather was THOMAS BENNETT born about 1828 in ECCLESFIELD according to the census, he married CHARLOTTE P but I don't have her surname.
They had three children MARY BENNETT born 1853, THOMAS BENNETT born 1857 who married SARAH LEE born 1864 and my 2 x grandfather HENRY FREDRICK BENNETT born 1861 all born in ECCLESFIELD he married MARY GRACE DARNBROUGH born 1864 in MIDDLESBROUGH.
In the census THOMAS BENNETT 1828 was living with JOSEPH BENNETT born 1777, GRACE BENNETT born 1820, GEORGE BENNETT born 1818 and ALICE BENNETT born 1796.
rightly or wrongly I have put ALICE and JOSEPH as mother and father of GEORGE BENNETT, GRACE BENNETT and THOMAS BENNETT.
I am trying to get further back, but I've hit a wall, any help would be great.
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Subscribe To Yes! Guilty Gear Isuka Launches On Steam Updates
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Wha-what?! What is this madness? An old console game releasing in the middle of the week on Steam from a publisher who doesn't usually bat an eye at the PC platform? What is this?! If you're confused, you're in the same boat as the rest of us. Guilty Gear Isuka was released today on digital distributors, namely Steam, and you can pick up a digital copy of the former-PS2 exclusive for under $10.
The move kind of comes straight out of left field. There's no real reason why Isuka – out of the illustrious library of fighters under the wing of Arc System Works – would be the one chosen to make its debut on Steam.
Some users also noted the odd choice of games, having a PS2 fighter appear on the user-heavy digital distribution portal, with one user on the forums stating...
"Yeah... I'm scratching my head right now. Out of all the Arc fighters they went with Isuka? Would have much rather had +R or BB... the arcade versions run on Taito Type X, which is a windows based PC already."
Well, it turns out that this actually has nothing to do with Arc System works, as far as the developers are concerned. James Deputy from Kiss, the ones who acquired the publishing rights to distribute Guilty Gear Isuka on Steam and other digital outlets, commented about the situation, saying...
"Just to clarify, this has nothing to do with Arc System Works. We have acquired the rights for distribution from another company. With that said, however, we will be contacting Arc System Works to see if they have interest in us helping them bring additional titles to Steam. Thanks for your interest!"
Well that helps clarify the situation a lot, eh?
Kiss Ltd is also responsible for other former console exclusives, such as Gun Metal, which they also released today for PC as well. I'm certainly not complaining one bit.
If Kiss or another publisher can gain the rights of distribution to some of these classics for redistribution on newer digital portals, especially the DRM-free Good Old Games, then I'm all in favor.
I would love to see a ton of older PS2 exclusives making a return with higher resolutions and revamped controls for a release on PC. Heck, some of the more rare fighting titles from Japan would be very much welcomed as a part of my digital library.
As for Guilty Gear Isuka, the game is a four-player fighter with a couple of neat modes, including GG Most Mode, Robo-Ky II Factory and the side-scrolling adventure mode where you can take on near-endless waves of increasingly difficult and ever-powerful enemies as you attempt to become the champion of champions.
The only downside is that the game only supports local multiplayer, so you'll probably need some spare 360/PS3 controllers available.
You can pick up a digital copy of Guilty Gear Isuka from Steam right now for $8.99 or GOG for only $5.99. You can check out a gameplay video to see what you're getting for such a low price.
Now how about a port of Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-?


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