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Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (Wii)
When the Adult Swim block first started on the Cartoon Network, it was because of the show ?Space Ghost: Coast to Coast.? A remix of a ?toon in which the former Hanna-Barbera superhero was recast as a dim-witted talk show host, its success led the good people at Turner Broadcasting to try to parlay it into a late-night block of cartoons.
And thus, ?Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law? was born. Like Space Ghost, Birdman had been a Hanna-Barbera ?60s superhero. But in his second life, he became a lawyer whose clients were other Hanna-Barbera characters accused of committing rather ironic crimes: Scooby and Shaggy got busted for possession; Secret Squirrel was accused of being a flasher; and so on.
For fans of this surrealistically silly show (present company included), the Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law game for the Wii -- which was made by High Voltage Software and published by Capcom -- is something of a godsend, as it looks, sounds and plays like five interactive episodes of the show (which, sadly, recently ended its run). Not only was it written and drawn by actual ?Birdman? staffers, but it also features most of the original voice cast (more on that later).
It is exactly because it is so close to the show that this game is only for fans of the show, and even then only for the most hardcore of them. It will invariably confuse and annoy anyone who?s never seen the ?toon, even (or perhaps especially) if they?re lawyers, judges or fans of that other legal game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, after which this is somewhat patterned.
The gameplay is, admittedly, rather simple, and is closer to one of those ?Choose Your Own Adventure? books or an online flash trivia game than any superheroic action game. You examine evidence and crime scenes, choose which question to ask and which answers to give from a multiple choice list, press witnesses when you think they might have more to say, and present evidence that might prove your point -- all of which results not only in the case getting closer to being solved, but in the showing of video clips of the characters reacting to what you?ve done.
It is sure to throw some people that the game isn?t just easy -- at times it?s rather obvious. Only an idiot of Space Ghost proportions would get some of these multiple-choice questions wrong. But that?s actually not a problem since giving the wrong response can actually result in a funnier video clip than the right one. And while the game sometimes penalizes you for picking the wrong response, it usually doesn?t, letting you go for the joke answer before you go for the jugular.
Birdman doesn?t really take advantage of the Wii?s unique controls in any significant way, though having played the game all the way through both on the Wii and the PSP, it?s hard to imagine when having you shake the Wii remote or spin it around would have worked for this game. Instead, you use it to point and click on the right responses, rather than simply pressing the directional pad left or right and up or down as you do in other versions. In fact, you can play the game that way if you prefer by using the classic controller, though the difference is pretty minimal.
Either way, Harvey Birdman plays like five really long episodes of the show, except for the first case, which should only take you about 10 or 15 minutes, most of the cases can last as long as an hour or more, depending on how many wrong answers you choose for the sake of comedy. There are also midgame save points so you can take a break to watch ?Robot Chicken.?
But while this game is strictly for hardcore Harvey-heads, it ironically has one problem by which only those serious fans would be bothered: the absence of Stephen Colbert, who normally does the voice of Harvey?s boss Phil Ken Sebben. In his place there?s a sound-a-like, and while he?s probably a nice guy and all, he?s no Colbert. He?s not even close. He sounds more like a friend of my dad than the host of ?The Colbert Report.? Thankfully, the rest of the cast -- including Gary Cole (Harvey), Thomas Allen (Peanut) and Chris Edgerly (Peter Potomus) -- are all present and accounted for, sir, as are the voices behind such recurring characters as Mentok the Mindtaker (John Michael Higgins) and X the Eliminator (Peter MacNicol).
Hardcore fans might also wish the cases had been about other Hanna-Barbera characters -- or maybe some familiar Capcom characters -- instead of just Harvey and his coworkers, though they?ll probably take some solace in the fact that by setting the game after Season Three, the developers were able to include Birdgirl, one of the show?s better characters.
Still, really only hardcore fans should consider buying this game, as it?s ultimately so easy that even casual fans will finish it in a solid afternoon, and won?t want to play it over and over (as opposed to people who?ve never seen or liked the show, who won?t enjoy this at all). But if you?re the kind of person who watches Harvey when it?s on Adult Swim, even though you own all the DVDs?and a Phil Ken Sebben bobblehead?then you?ll want to pick this up.
This review was based on a retail copy of the game provided by the publisher.


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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The U.S. and Canada should crack down on sources of phosphorus runoff blamed for a rash of harmful algae blooms on Lake Erie, an advisory agency said Thursday.
The algae produce harmful toxins and contribute to oxygen-deprived dead zones where fish cannot survive.
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Tougher standards for municipal and industrial waste treatment produced improvements by reducing the flow into the lake of phosphorus on which algae feeds. But the problem began worsening in the late 1990s. In 2011, the largest mass on record formed in the lake's western basin, eventually reaching more than 100 miles from Toledo to Cleveland.
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Albany -- A five day old baby was found dead in her parents' bed Thursday morning, and now investigators are trying to figure out what killed her.
The mother realized her newborn wasn't breathing just after nine this morning, but investigators don't yet know if co-sleeping is what caused the infant's death.
A balloon celebrating five-day old Th-Maya Elizabeth Walker's birth still hangs on the North Jackson Street house. Outside family member console each other.
"This child was not breathing. It was subsequently learned that this child was found dead on arrival," said Assistant Dougherty District Attorney Christopher Cohilas.
The baby was sleeping in the bed with her mother Mary Ellen Barnes. She was born December 29th and a month prematurely.
"The child was merely five days old and we do know that the child was approximately one month premature," said Cohilas.
Pediatricians discourage co-sleeping. "Strength is not there, they can't push you out of the way, they can't turn their heads a lot of times, even just neck strength in a newborn is very small," said Dr. Stacy Evans of Southwest Georgia Pediatrics.
Blankets can also be a danger. "Sometimes in a softer bed if for some reason the infant were rolled over onto their stomach if there's a really soft comforter or something like that, the child may get their head down in the comforter they may not even be able to get their head up out of the comforter to breathe," Evans said.
Investigators say they're awaiting autopsy result to know more, but hope other mothers will hear the warnings from pediatricians and think twice before putting babies in the bed with them.
Both parents, Mary Ellen Barnes and Thurmond Walker, Junior, were questioned about the baby's death's and no charges have been filed.
Just three months ago a three month old South Dougherty County girl died as she slept in her father's bed. The District Attorney's office says that case was ruled an accidental death.
From July of 2006 to July of 2007, the District Attorney's office had seven child deaths in Dougherty County. Five of those deaths required further investigation.
One was a strangulation, suicide, three were unexplained sudden infant death syndrome cases, one was ruled sudden infant death syndrome, and the last remains an undetermined death.
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There is a strange habit the public and the reporting politicos perform when it comes to presidential candidates. They seem to assume that, since candidate X is running for president, surely he has studied the issues carefully. They don't question candidates on their knowledge, only their "positions" (assuming they have been formed more than a millisecond before the question was asked). This was evident with Herman Cain's blank-slate talk of "trusting the generals" and his embarrassing reveries about how to pronounce Uzbekistan. Mitt Romney has similarly shown himself cutely untaught on foreign policy issues by claiming Russia is America's greatest foe, apparently never before hearing of the MeK, and doing a bit of guesswork of his own on Iran.
In any event, I still don't think anyone truly knows what happened between Zimmerman and Martin. Moreover, I have my doubts that the calls for arresting and trying Zimmerman, now that they have been heard and answered, will solve anything. Instead of a deep reflection on the racial politics of policing and its possible double standards, which I think is a perfectly legitimate exercise, the upshot is now the precedent that the police will be even more likely to arrest people. They will be terrified not to arrest someone in the killing of a black person, even when there might be some doubt as to the malicious nature of the act or who did it, meaning far more arrests, probably mostly of minorities. One more Latino behind bars who cannot possibly get a fair hearing—and this is supposed to be a victory against institutional bigotry?
As you'll recall (although nobody else will), Sharpton, Jackson, and Obama were all up in arms in 2007 about the prosecutor in Jena, Louisiana charging six black youths with Attempted Murder for their stomping of an unconscious white youth. This was the Most Racist Thing Ever according to the prestige press brouhaha.
But it turned out that a local reporter named Abbey Brown had already gotten the real story, which was that the six stompers were the stars of the high school football team in this football crazy town, and, with the assistance of their coaches, had been getting away with a "reign of terror," as a local minister phrased it.


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It's from Nuevo, made from "American walnut" and it has the item code HGEM371. Available on multiple online shops at around 500 USD.
thanks Rasmus!
I think around 5-6 years ago, I saw a DIY version of this side table in ReadyMade Magazine. The legs were a grouping of 3 wooden suit hangers. The kind that arc. I still have that side table on my "will make in time" list.
Search for Sean Dix coffee table and you'll find exactly this one!
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Who's the original designer, seems to be quite interesting. @Cherry is right. It does come up, when searching for Sean Dix. Specifically "Sean Dix" + "triple x". But it is nowhere to be found on Sean Dix' official looking site (seandix.com).
However, broadening the search results in a wider price range. It is available for just 185 GBP in Europe (≈ 284 USD), while an Australian outlet wants 2.900 AUD (≈ 2.650 USD). Surprisingly large span.


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FreePort's Big Move Into E&P Assets Is Bullish for Gold
Peter is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Freeport's Move Into Oil & Gas Speaks Volumes
On Dec. 5, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, (NYSE: FCX) made a $20 billion move into Oil & Gas assets. Shareholders hate the move. In the two trading days since the announcement, FCX stock was down 19.5% from $38.3 to $30.8. Shareholder lawsuits have already begun to fly. Shareholders are livid that they were not given the chance to approve this transformational decision. Why would Freeport make such a drastic and controversial change and risk facing the violent reaction of Shareholders and analysts?
Analysts were quick to downgrade Freeport's price targets and move from Buys to Holds and, "Under Review." Almost without exception, analysts questioned management's judgment and in some cases management's motives. And of course management's experience and ability to run an E&P business is a an open question. Far less discussed is what I believe to be an important takeaway from this highly unusual action.
Why Invest in Indonesia and Africa When One Can Get Similar Margins in North America?
Freeport felt compelled to diversify away from mining into E&P not because E&P has better margins than copper or gold, but because mining for metals in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia, and to a lesser extent Chile and Peru, has become too risky. Freeport is simply balancing its high risk assets with lower risk assets. Why didn't Freeport simply sell some of its metals assets? They probably couldn't find a buyer willing to pay a decent price.
My thesis is far from ground breaking. It's already been mentioned in various commentaries about Freeport. In fairness to Freeport, they have a perfectly reasonable model to follow. BHP, (NYSE: BHP) is the poster boy for this exact strategy. Several years ago, BHP diversified away from the mining of coking coal and iron ore into E&P. Good move. Today that segment is the best performing and biggest in the company. Teck Resources, (NYSE: TCK) is also moving in this direction. The company is building a formidable Oil Sands business in Canada. Oil will effectively hedge Teck's copper and coking coal operations. Both BHP and Teck appear to recognize that mining is an increasingly uncertain endeavor.
Resource Nationalism A Growing Concern
By my rough calculation, up to 40% of last year's global gold production came from countries with an elevated level of mining risk. There are three main risks, collectively known as Resource Nationalism. The first is arbitrary and unexpected increases in taxes and royalties. The second is political demands for greater and greater ownership of foreign gold projects. And third, labor demands for higher and higher wages and benefits. These risks are hard to contain or plan for. Typically, companies are forced to pay the ransom and move forward with significantly higher operating costs.
Green field gold projects in many African countries are coming under increased scrutiny. Planning projects that might not be in production for up to ten years requires the use of estimates to calculate a Net Present Value, "NPV." With added country and labor risk, how can a company even calculate a NPV or compare multiple prospective projects? As the hurdle rate of return increases to justify the heightened risks, fewer projects will be approved. This, combined with natural decline rates and lower ore grades, could lead to declining gold supply in coming years.
2013 Could Be A Good Year For Gold and Gold Companies
Next year could be a good one for gold companies. With gold prices at $1,700 per ounce and more discretion in capital expenditures for growth projects, free cash flow should improve. Increased cash flow could be used for share repurchases or increases in dividends. Shareholder friendly activities like these would be much appreciated by investors. Make no mistake, the same scenario is not playing out for all natural resource companies.
For example, many coal and iron ore producers are facing severe headwinds in 2013 as coal and iron ore prices have slumped. Coking coal, used in the process of making steel, is down exactly 50% from mid 2011. It's quarterly settlement price for 1Q 2013 came in at $165 per metric tonne. In the June, 2011 quarter the price was $330 per tonne. By contrast, gold is up 11% since June 30, 2011. The slowing of China, Europe and an anemic recovery in the U.S. has not stopped gold from advancing for the 11th year in a row.
Newmont Mining, a Simple and Prudent Way to Get Your Gold On.
Newmont Mining, (NYSE: NEM) is a good way to play the possibility of ongoing strength in gold prices. Newmont is yielding a solid 3.2%. However, last year it adopted an innovative dividend policy. The company's dividend is now directly linked to the price of gold. For example, if gold prices reach $2,000 per ounce, Newmont's annual dividend would increase to $2.20 per share, 57% higher than it's current dividend of $1.40 per share. Assuming today's stock price of $44 per share, a $2.2 dividend would equate to a yield of 5.0%.
To put that in perspective, if Newmont stock maintained its 3.2% yield at a gold price of $2,000 per ounce, that would imply a stock price of $68, 56% above the current price. However, if gold prices fall, Newmont's dividend would decline, so it works both ways. A lot has been written on Motley Fool about Newmont and its unique dividend policy. Newmont is a highly liquid, blue chip company that is a simple way to get direct exposure to gold.
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By Tiffany Pelt - email
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Sunday afternoon dozens of law enforcement launched a large scale search for clues leading to the disappearance of Lubbock teen Elizabeth Ennen who went missing more than two weeks ago.
The Carriage House Motel was the last place Elizabeth was known to be. Less than a mile away from the motel a dive team slowly circled a lake for hours searching for evidence. A helicopter, along with several police officers by foot and on horse also searched nearby fields, but authorities have not released any information on whether they found anything.
Friday night police arrested 45-year-old Humberto Salinas Jr. and charged him with the aggravated kidnapping of Elizabeth. Family members say Elizabeth had been babysitting for Salinas on January 4th at the motel, and that Salinas says he dropped her off around 1:30 the next morning.
Elizabeth's cousin then says Salinas came back around 2 a.m. saying Elizabeth left her purse in his car. But when taking the purse inside, Elizabeth was nowhere to be found.
Police say Elizabeth is in danger and that she went missing without medication she needs daily. Elizabeth is described as a White female, 5'3", 135 pounds with sandy brown hair, and brown eyes. According to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, she might go by the nickname Beth or Lizzie.
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June 14th, 2012
Euro 2012 In Pictures: Denmark vs Portugal, Netherlands vs Germany
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Where is Gomez shirtless after the match??? It helped me to get over the loss of my beloved country
Why is there a rip on Nicky's underpants? Shouldn't he continue ripping it?
Wow. RvP has and will always been my man, but I'm looking forward to seeing a bit more of THAT down the Grove next season!


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Sept. 4, 1957 - Elizabeth Eckford, one of 9 blacks that were intergrated into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas,endured shouting insults just because she wanted to LEARN!
If you can't be grateful enough that persons like Elizabeth endured soooo much so that we can go to any school in the nation then what are you thankful for?
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The List
The List
In no particular order…
1. (redacted)
2. Do the Four Hour Body
3. Join Twitter
4. Knit a Pair of Socks
5. Get a Tattoo
6. Learn to Pierce
7. Find (ha!) my True Profession
8. Make a (redacted) Film
9. Do Stand Up
10. Wear a Ballgown to the Shops
11. Raise a Sum for Charity
12. Wear All White for a day
13. Go to an F1 GP/Qualifying
14. Write a Sidepodcast Daily Post
15. Try Roller Derby
16. Go on a rallying or similar driving course
17. Put on an Art Exhibition
18. Burlesque or Pole Dance
19. Write a (published) Book
20. …something romantic TBC
21. Watch all of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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23. Food and Drink learning (choice to be made from Tea, Coffee, Chocolate etc)
24. Make a Podcast
25. A FF person or link every Friday until birthday!
26. Grow Seasonal Veg - each Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
27. Bake a different Cake each month for a Year with a seasonal ingredient
28. Inspire Blog Envy
29. Read Aloud from a favourite book at a Location in that book.
30. Get a mention (again!) on someone elses podcast
31. Learn to DJ (not radio) and do it
32. Compose something, Write something, possibly to Performance
33. Take a Long Walk
34. Become a Trustee (or Magistrate, or Member of a Board of Directors
35. Car free, on foot or bike, For 30 consecutive Days
36. Take a Weekly Self Portrait (or have taken)
37. Learn a new-to-me Instrument - The Theremin!
38. Learn to Swordfight
39. Wear Hats. 12 by the end of the year. To reflect aspects of my personality.
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Efremov, September 19, 2012: Blog 4
Efremov, September 19, 2012:
The morning after we experienced the soaring cultural and cosmopolitan heights of Tchaikovsky Hall we departed Moscow with 2 vans heading for a small town named Efremov. It was a 4 hour ride which helped establish our perception of the size of "greater" Moscow, now home to 15 million people, and constantly expanding. Once we escaped the urban sprawl we were starting to see a more typical picture of the Russian landscape. Mike DeMicco and Chuck Lamb both grew up in upstate New York and they commented that the view reminded them of what you'd see from the New York State Thruway as you drove towards Syracuse. Of course the highway wasn't as robust as our American road system. Trying to find a bathroom on the road turned out to be a constant adventure. You always had to pay for the privilege, and that certainly didn't mean you got a pleasant experience for your money. Often it meant an encounter with some old lady who fiercely protected her bathroom. If you smiled very politely she might bless you with some actual tissue paper. At the gas stations we also noticed that there was usually some kind of official looking guard, (in paramilitary camouflage togs no less) looking suspiciously at all travelers as if they might be plotting to pull off an elaborate caper to steal tissue.
We continued our drive through vast agricultural lands, which were surprisingly green with Fall's golden colors popping up in the trees bordering the fields. Finally we got down to a 2 lane road, drove through some cornfields and started seeing signs for our destination of Efremov. We soon discovered that this municipality apparently imported potholes. We've never witnessed so many streets desperately in need of some asphalt filler. The local drivers had the very deep holes worked out and skipped around the roads at crazy angles to avoid taking out the front end of their cars in a particularly dangerous pit. Our mission in this town was to have a musical encounter at the local music school. Obviously this was a town that had seen better days and it reminded us of a town in the Southwest along the Mexican border.
Nearly every building was in fairly desperate need of repair; window replacement, wall repatching, failing brick facades, crooked and collapsing roofs etc. But we also saw some new construction of private homes and it did seem like a middle-class was starting to emerge. Some element was starting to change the situation and we were seeing glimmers of an improving community. We observed that even in this humble environment it was impressive that there was a music academy that was obviously important to the people. The reason we came to this exact town is that one of the tour sponsors was the American company Cargill. They now employ many of the people in the town and they are trying to help reach out to the community and do some nice things for them. They are trying to establish a sense of hope and a belief that life is improving with their presence. Providing jobs is one level of bolstering a community but there are people at Cargill like our contact person Lena Kasparov who spend their energy trying to bring special events to the town. It was explained that they have never had an American jazz group …. ever in this town.
Chuck & Mike Outside Efremov Music School
Band Unloading (Note Woman in Background)
The music students started off our musical encounter in a small recital hall in the academy. Images of all the great composers, (with an emphasis on Russianmasters of course (akov) stared down from on high. A boys choir of about 20 kids aged 6 to 9 years old took the stage (with white shirts and crooked clip-on bow ties) to sing a popular song with a title roughly translating as "Carolina Breakdown." It was really cute and since we had found this song on You Tube (knowing that they were going to sing it) we were prepared with a lead sheet and some chord changes. The choir Master asked if we would do the song again with them. So we joined them on stage and naturally jazzed it up with a walking bass line, some Scott Joplinesque piano playing, Freddy Green guitar chord chugging, and straight ahead brush work on the drums. It instantly sounded so much hipper and the packed hall plus the choir kids were thrilled to hear the instant transformation. The crowd started clapping along on 1 and 3 with great enthusiasm.
That became the first little lesson as I explained (with the help of the interpreter) how the hi hat on the drum set closes on beats 2 and 4 and that clapping along to jazz is better if you clap on 2 and 4. They got it and right away took to it like ducks to water. Then the "recital" continued as a petrified girl came up and played a Classical piano piece for us. She was followed by a blazing button accordion prodigy who flew through a piece that owed much to Joplin's style. Next a 12 year old boy with a cello played something that was kind of like "Flight of the Bumblebee" with very fast bow work. They asked us to take the stage and we played Mike DeMicco's tune for them "West of One" in a compact form, 1 chorus each. Then we started talking about rhythm and time signatures and the Blues. We played "Blue Rondo" which includes all of those elements. We were joined by Vlad Lavrik on trumpet, and Maxim Rubstov on flute, both musicians from the Russian National Orchestra who have a passion for music education. They both came from very small towns like Efremov, both have mothers that still teach piano in their small home towns, both went to such community music schools, and both of them are heroes who made it all the way to Moscow and into the biggest touring orchestra in Russia! Their careers give hope to these kids that it could happen to them as well. The audience loved seeing the Russians jam with us. Then we broke off into small groups for master classes.
Vlad and I went to a different class room and did a brass clinic for about 10 kids and 2 adult musicians who played trombone. They were very curious about jazz and improvisation. Unplanned, Vlad started playing the melody of "Old McDonald Had a Farm," which I didn't know was a common melody in Russia. Of course I joined in jazzing it up. We explained that improvising with each other was like an unscripted musical conversation and that the most important thing was to listen and react. Chuck was upstairs with a big crowd of piano players. He had them play some little melodies and then he wove them into elaborate improvisations. They reacted like it was a musical magic trick. Mike had the biggest audience, I guess because the Russian traditional string instrument balalaika is somewhat similar to the guitar. They just wanted him to play and show them all the things he could do from bent Blues lines to beautiful "chord melodies." Dan's presentation on drums and time signatures was integrated within our set. Those kids were so welcoming and so proud to be with us, and excitedly asked for autographs and pictures to be taken with us. Starting last year the whole town knew we were coming and were planning on this collaboration with us. Our tour co-ordinator said it couldn't have come off any better. But it sure took a lot of advance work from Mary Ann Allin and her contacts at Cargill Company like Lena, for which we are grateful.
Boys singing "Carolina Breakdown"
Vlad & Chris w/Trombone group
"In the Mood" on Balalaika
We reassembled from our master class rooms to hear the "folk ensemble" that was now set up on stage. A motley combination of instruments greeted us, a front line of balalaikas, electric bass, 2 accordions, electric keyboard drums and 2 flutes. Which touching Russian folk song did they play? "In the Mood"! And this time the audience WAS clapping on 2 and 4, apparently they really had learned something already that day. To see the extremely sturdy Russian women playing the melody on "In The Mood" with their balalaikas was a real trip. It is great to know how American Jazz reaches out around the world, even into rural Russia. The next thing that ensemble played was a wild Russian Romp through many tempos and it sounded like what I imagined a Russian Folk Ensemble might sound like. So there we have it, lots of surprises, shared musical joy, and beaming children's faces. Then we had to dash off to be ready for the concert that night in the bigger hall in town. But that will have to be the subject of the next blog because we check out of the hotel now and are on to our next adventure!
The Music Director presenting Flowers
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Britain's banana price wars come at a cost to growers
Bananas are seen on sale at a market in London, on February 23, 2014 - by Carl Court
The British love eating bananas. Like milk or bread, it is considered a shopping essential, a reason why consumers choose one shop over another and a battleground in the supermarket price wars.
Britain's Fairtrade Foundation charity, which promotes fair wages for developing world producers, kicked off a campaign in London this week to declare a truce in the battle that ends up with growers, mostly in Latin America, selling their bananas at below the cost of production.
Britain is the only country among the bigger European states where bananas are now cheaper than they were a decade ago. In Germany, France and Italy, prices have risen.
A banana that cost 18 pence ($0.30, 22 euro cents) in Britain in 2002 now costs 11 pence -- around half the price of a locally-grown apple, according to the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development.
Fairtrade Foundation chief executive Michael Gidney said: "Small farmers and plantation workers are the collateral damage in supermarket price wars.
"The poorest people are bearing the cost of our cheap bananas and they have to work harder as what they earn is worth less and less in their communities," he told a London press conference.
"As a result, a product that is worth billions of pounds in global trade relies on poverty-level income for the people who grow it."
Alfonso Cantillo, a Colombian banana producer from the north coast Magdalena area who sells to Britain, was invited to London by Fairtrade to highlight the issue.
He said he receives $8.15 (5.95 euros) per 18-kilogramme box -- when his production costs are $9.
"We get no real benefit for what we invest. It's very frustrating," Cantillo said.
"When banana prices fall, we suffer from the impact. Our living conditions go down. We need price stability."
- Britons eat 100 bananas per year -
Not even the supermarkets are making money on bananas. Fairtrade said retailer representatives estimate the big chains may be losing hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars, euros) a week as a result of banana price competition.
Each Briton eats around 100 bananas per year. Most are from Latin America: 28 percent from Colombia; 24 percent from the Dominican Republic; 16 percent from Ecuador and the remaining 32 percent from other countries.
The British reliance on bananas is a fairly new phenomenon, all thanks to refrigerated transport allowing them to be imported from across the Atlantic in huge volumes.
The nearest place where they grow is Spain's Canary Islands, off the northwest coast of Africa.
The British government instigated a national banana day in 1946, in which each child received a ration of one banana when imports resumed again.
It was a joyous way to lift the national mood after the hardships of World War II -- but not for Auberon Waugh and his sisters, whose father, the novelist Evelyn Waugh, ate theirs.
"It would be absurd to say that I never forgave him, but he was permanently marked down in my estimation from that moment," a traumatised Auberon Waugh wrote in his memoirs.
Fairtrade has focused on bananas rather than other produce because "what has happened on the price of bananas is quite extraordinary", said Barbara Crowther, their director of policy and public affairs.
Unlike bananas, says Fairtrade, the price of eggs, bread and sugar -- to name three basic foodstuffs -- have increased by between 40 percent and 120 percent since 2002.
The organisation blames a structural problem: competition laws prevent supermarkets from agreeing a minimum price, while the European Union has opened up its markets to ever more growers.
Fairtrade has written to Britain's business minister Vince Cable pushing for a probe.
"We are calling on you to urgently investigate retailer price wars on bananas, evaluate the impact on the long-term interests of banana producers and UK consumers and take action on the findings," says the letter from Gidney.
Of several major British supermarket chains contacted by AFP, only Sainsbury's would comment.
"Not all supermarkets are the same, and everyone who buys a banana from Sainsbury's knows the grower is getting a fair price, as set by Fairtrade," said Judith Batchelar, director of Sainsbury's Brand.
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http://www.m0mcx.co.uk/gallery/index.php?/category/71[Later] We've also been featured in Waterways World magazine this month, page 69. It's not a full review but a mini one
Problem though.. I have what I can only explain as "rudder judder" and I've posted a film on youtube about it here:
I don't know how to resolve. Jonathon (Wilson) is being sent the link. I trust he'll come up with a solution.[STOP PRESS: Jonathon tells me this is most probably an off-balance propeller or a propeller that has it's pitch set too deep. I'll write an article about this another day once we've sorted it].


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OK, the time has come. The dust has settled, the experts have weighed in and the fans and naysayers have voiced their opinion. It's now time for the view from the corner, and with it, just the facts ma'am, just the facts.
As you are all well aware, over 17,000 fans packed the Bell Centre to bear witness to the history-making event. After months of build-up, trash talking, accusations and death threats, the crucial moment had arrived.
First off I want to deal, once and for all, with the issue of the Hopkins "death" statement and the number of people who have commented on my blog regarding his asinine comments. Now let's be clear on one thing, I don't want to hear any sort of justification in what Hopkins did. If you're upset with Pascal's remarks about Hopkins, then say so. Justify your remark, express your view, but don't tell me that saying the words "death" or "dying", as it relates to boxing, is justification. I said this in my previous blog, and I can't believe there are so many who don't understand this by now, but I have seen too many people die or become permanently injured in a boxing ring. Ask Ray Mancini what he thinks of the death work; ask my friend Gaetan Hart; ask Nigel Benn. I cannot begin to tell you how sickened I am by those who think that this is just a frivolous statement made to hype ticket sales and that Pascal deserved the retort. Hopkins is a father, as is Jean Pascal. Argue and hurl insults all you want, demean yourselves and act like clowns, I really don't care. I do, however, care about life and the fighters who put their safety on the line every time they enter the ring. Those who don't understand that simply don't understand what it is to box!
OK, with that now off my chest, and regardless of what I think of Hopkins as a man, "the Executioner" - in the ring - is truly brilliant. In a display of discipline, skill, focus and most of all, ring savvy, Hopkins made history in Montreal, and became the oldest man in history to ever win a world title.
Simply put, Bernard Hopkins is a great fighter. He has always been one of my favourite fighters, and I have often said that Hopkins is a throwback fighter who would have enjoyed success during any era of boxing.
It is important to understand why Hopkins is still this great after such a long and arduous career. In brief, Hopkins is great because he works on his greatness. He is a student of the game and has spent years honing his craft. His technique is impeccable and the quality of his punches is textbook.
Unfortunately, Jean Pascal has not yet reached that level of his craft. Pascal is an exuberant, gifted athlete who has relied more on his natural ability and athleticism than on sound, skilled fundamentals to rise to the top of his division. However, in this game, when you are going head-to-head - and toe-to-toe - with the finest surgeon in the game, natural ability on its own won't get the job done.
Pascal, much like Lemieux, must realize that substance will outlast flair every time. There is an art to boxing, and it's there for a reason. It's also abundantly clear that at the highest level of the sport, it is not always the most gifted who wins, but the one who has developed the subtle skills which make the sport the true art that it is.
Jean Pascal will be back!
While Pascal has some important fine tuning to do, there is no doubt that he is a major player in the light-heavyweight division. Pascal is well liked by HBO for his unpredictable and exciting style, not to mention his verbose attitude to sell fights. He holds a win over Chad Dawson and has a draw and a loss to Hopkins. Objectively speaking, his performances against Hopkins were superior to that of many great fighters including Jones, Tarver and Pavlik. With Pascal's large fan base in Montreal, crowd-pleasing style, and litany of opponents, the only thing keeping him from performing on the world stage and reclaiming his crown, is Pascal himself.
There is no doubt that the loss to Hopkins will certainly have an impact on Pascal's bargaining power, but as he has proven in the past, Pascal will grow from this fight. \One thing which has perturbed me to some degree was the general attitude of media and fans alike leading up to the fight. Don't worry, you know who you are, those of you who prepared yourselves with the "46-year-old argument". If truth be told, Jean Pascal was virtually in a "no-win" scenario. Had he succeeded in dominating Hopkins and retaining his title convincingly, the media and naysayers would have submitted that "He beat a 46-year-old, who cares" story.
With the loss, the same text becomes apparent: "He couldn't beat a 46-year-old"!
Prior to the first meeting between the two last December, I tried my best to dismiss the theory that, at age 46, Hopkins was done as a fighter. I knew, perhaps better than most, that Hopkins was far from finished. Hopkins has now showed that twice in the last five months. Bernard Hopkins is a great fighter. Please let us at least give credit where credit is due. Becoming champion of the world in the light-heavyweight division for a second time, Hopkins himself has once again dispelled the "46-year-old" theory. Hopkins won because he is simply that good. Don't discredit Hopkins' win by belittling Jean Pascal. On the contrary, Jean Pascal stepped up and took on the legend, twice. How many can say that?
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The Red Strings of FateThey say we're tied to our soul mates by a red string. Maybe we are. rate and message!!! I love you for reading!
The Chinese culture has a belief in the existence of a red string of fate. Gods link a man and a woman by their ankles with an invisible string so they can meet and get married. The belief goes like this:
The Chinese culture has a belief in the existence of a red string of fate. Gods link a man and a woman by their ankles with an invisible string so they can meet and get married. The belief goes like this:
"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet,
regardless of time, place, or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle,
but it will never break."
Like a myth or a legend, ancient beliefs have some degree of truth. False beliefs have a scientific explanation. For true beliefs, there are no scientific explanation, no way to prove them, or even try to prove them. That's the red string case. It's invisible. No one can prove you're with your soul mate or not. But a belief doesn't begin by accident, like a new recipe for a sweet desert. Maybe someone could see those strings and made a story. It was a way to share a hidden secret, in a secretive way. And that's how secrets become mysteries and mysteries are turned into beliefs.
A young boy, walking home at night, encounters a man standing in the Moonlight. The man was beautiful, a pale godly like feature. The man turns to look to the boy, painfully forgetting the place he once stared at.
"Hello…" He said in a whisper.
The young boy stopped staring at this God, and his body started to move again. The God, noticing the uncomfortable mystery he has provoked, gave a quick smile.
"I'm Yue Xia Lao, a God. I came to tell you something important little boy."
The young boy still could not speak, but gave a quick nod at the God.
"I'm here to show you your wife, the one you're attached with a red string, like every other man on this world."
The God sighed and touched the head of the young boy. The boy saw this pretty girl, the prettiest of all in the village. The young boy could not understand and looked at the God. But the God looked at the moon.
"Goodbye." said the God. And he disappeared when a cloud shadowed the moon.
On the next day, the young boy playing in the center of the village saw the pretty girl of the night before. Without thinking twice, the boy threw a rock at the girl and ran home.
Many years passed, and passed to the time where the young boy came to be a young man, a man in the age of marriage. So, like everybody else in the village, his parents arranged a marriage to him. And on the fated night of the wedding, seeing his wife in the bedroom, the boy sets out to remove the veil of the bride, finding one of the prettiest girls of the village in his sight. However, she wears an adornment on her eyebrow.
"Why do you wear that?" The boy asked.
"When I was a young girl, this boy threw a rock at me, leaving a scar in my eyebrow. I wear it ever since."
Suddenly remembering the girl showed by the God, he hugs his wife and whispers sweet and meaningful apologizes.
"We're fated to be." He said. "An invisible red string links us.
That's how the belief started. But I sometimes wonder who really should be congratulated. The God or the boy who threw the rock? I think all merit goes to someone who wasn't mentioned. It's the matchmaker. He's the one who can prove the belief.
I relate to that matchmaker. I see the strings that bind two persons till death do they part.
And the perfect spot to laugh at internal destiny jokes?
In a sunny Sunday afternoon, in Central Park New York.
"Good afternoon" said the old man with a grey moustache and blue winter jacket. "Mind if I sit next to you?"
"No, no. Go ahead" I smiled and pretended to focus on Jules Verne "Paris in the 20th Century" book I carried with me.
I tried finding this old man's red string. There are no more matchmakers in this World or the nearest. Well, maybe they still have the abilities, but are simply out of business. This free world is the problem for the lack of matchmakers. Everybody can marry and like whoever they please. Of course there's nothing wrong with that. There's just more unhappiness. The "Is he the one?" question came to haunt us. And when I am asked that question, I cannot answer simply with a yes or a no. The strings are tricky. There are many hidden meanings, many ways for a string to be attached. Like the couple sitting in the bench in front of mine. They all look so lovely together. Perfect. There could be no couple more perfect thank this one. She, with her green eyes and blonde hair, the one girl most women aspire to look like, and he, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. They look perfect. They're not meant to be. Both their strings, tied to their pinkies, stretches to miles apart. Ah ah! Or this couple apparently angry and upset! In a quick pace to be in a private place so they can continue their argument, they pass by other people in a glance. Can't they see? They're tied together! And so tight! Ah ah!
"I never saw anyone laughing at Jules Verne "Paris in the 20th Century" before! It usually makes us think very deeply."
Woops. I must have been laughing audibly. I quickly looked at the pages I was supposed to be reading.
"Yes it is. I like how Verne calls the Internet a "Worldwide "Telegraphic" Communications Network"!"
"Ah ah ah!" the man laughed in an outburst of energy. "So true. I suppose he didn't like this worldwide telegraphic communication?"
"No he didn't. But we can't blame him, can we? He never saw how fun and practical the Internet could be."
"I agree. But we're afraid of what we don't know, right?"
"Yes we are." Boy, isn't he damn right?
"Well, I should be going and leave you to finish the book. Goodbye Miss.
The man slowly walked away from my vision.
I could not see this man's red string. A tiny knot is tied to his pinky, but that's all. It doesn't stretch. This is normal too, and usually happens in the older folks. It's that time of life when people around begin to fade away to a secret place. This man's soul mate is there. In that secret place. I can't say that he met his soul mate or not. I would need to be focused for a long time, to see where one end leads to the other end. And that was quite hard when the buzz of my cell phone was keeping me from concentrating. But then I realized.
"Damn! I'm late!"
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Calx's Hideout
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Calx's Hideout
Location within Metrica Province
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(Maguuma Jungle)
Parnna will open the gate after the success of either Stop skritt foragers from destroying the asura gate or Help Parnna get her matrix crystal converter back from the skritt leader Tu'scratchtak events. She will then travel through the gate, and players who follow her will get the events that occur inside Calx's Hideout. Players who stay at Parnna's Gate will see no indication that events are going on beyond the gate, aside from Parnna's Assistant Keebikk running around and asking them to follow Parnna through the gate.
Once the Hideout events are successful, several extremely powerful Obsidian Destroyer Trolls will spawn. It is not advised to attempt to fight them.
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- Obsidian Destroyer Troll (10-12)
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- If you manage to stay alive in Calx's Hideout after Parnna leaves, the area will eventually fade its colors out to a mix of black and red and you will be sent back to Parnna's Gate.


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Perfect Size
Sara from Mustang, OK– Verified Buyer
My husband wanted a small cooler for his office that could fit 2 drinks and 2 breakfast sandwiches, and this was it! He loves it.
Great idea
claude from HERNANDO, MS– Verified Buyer– Top 500 Reviewer
Just big enough for a dorm room. Keeps things very cold with little use of energy. Would recommend for anyone with a child going off to school.
Coca Cola Personal Fridge in Red
Barbara from RioVista, CA– Verified Buyer
I bought two of them for my grandson's and they were a big hit. Now that they are off to college, the fridge's are perfect for their dorms.
Great little Refrigerator
Cynthia from Albuquerque, NM– Verified Buyer
This is perfect for the office. A little noisy but not bad.
Small Refrigerator
carolyn from Texarkana, TX– Verified Buyer
My husband and i drink coke all the time.HE has a man cave and we put it out there. he loves it.
Little small
claude from HERNANDO, MS– Top 500 Reviewer
The fridge keeps things very cold. My grandson likes it for his sports drinks and yogurt. I felt it was a little too small.
Mini Coke Fridge
Barbara from RioVista, CA
I bought two of them as gifts for my teen grandsons. They love them.
Koolatron Coca Cola Personal Fridge
Martha from Lincolnton, NC– Verified Buyer
Love the look of this mini-fridge! Just wish that it had come with an adaptor for the car.
Cool, But Not Quite Cold
Josefina from El Paso, TX– Verified Buyer
It keeps my lunch cool; but I wish that it would make my drinks cold.
Anonymous from Texas– Verified Buyer
OUR SKU # KOO1029This item is also sometimes listed under the following manufacturer numbers: KWC4


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Do you remember the good old days when somebody stabbed and shot somebody else unexpectedly in the shower and then everybody in the dead person's family went and killed the killer and then there was a good cry, followed by a hoedown and people got loaded and made more babies because that's how we deal with loss?. Yeah, I don't remember it either. But in Arizona, it wasn't all that long ago. If movies are the accurate retelling of history I think they are, Tombstone, Arizona knew how to get this kind of shit done right and quick. But modern day Arizona is now two million dollars and several years counting into keeping Jodi Arias alive after she went batshit crazy on her boyfriend for all the reasons batshit crazy people start stabbing and shooting their boyfriends. I'm not saying it'd have been better justice if somebody from Travis Alexander's family would've just maybe snuffed her out early on, I am saying it would've been two million dollars cheaper. C'mon, kids need textbooks in Tucson. Let's waive some rules and set her loose out in the desert with a ten minute head start.
Saving Jodi Arias Has Cost Arizona Taxpayers $2 Million Already
Jodi Arias Lives to Recycle, Or Wants To
It's a scientific fact that girlfriends who are crazy sex fiends are also just plain crazy. Not all of them will murder you bloody in the shower like Jodi Arias did her boyfriend who thought he lucked into a hot piece of crazy tail. Some will just bang all your coworkers then laugh hysterically. Others might empty your bank account and blow it all on designer cats they toss from their speeding car. And then laugh hysterically. In all cases, you will wind up wishing you'd been butchered in the shower.
Before Jodi Arias gets marched out into the desert and shot or however they off death row prisoners in Arizona, she wants the jury to know that if she's allowed to live, she'll start a recycling program in prison. Had she tried this random save in an L.A. courtroom, not only would her life be spared, she'd be released from prison entirely, heralded in song on the shoulders of an environmentally grateful jury of her peers. We fucking love recycling in L.A. It's the leading religion. Too bad for Jodi she blew her gasket in Arizona. She's off to meet her maker.