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Updates in Meteor Core (MDG)
What's Coming in Meteor 1.2 and Beyond
This is a MUST READ blog post. It goes through a lot of changes going on at MDG and what changes are to come in the future Meteor releases. It talks a lot about issues that have been talked about quite a bit in the community like some opinionated stance on file structure, routing in core, SQL support, and more. I'm very excited for Meteor 1.2 and what's coming beyond that.
Meteor - The Missing Infrastructure for Building Great React Apps
Official React integration for Meteor is getting closer and closer. There is a preview out there of the integration that you can use now. Meteor is a great platform to use with React. Rather than having to tinker around with your own infrastructure and some sort of Flux implementation, you can simply use Meteor and worry more about the unique features of your React application. MDG is working hard to make it as easy as possible to use React with Meteor. If you are interested in using the integration or testing it out, be sure to check out the forum topic on it.
Meteor on Forbes
Meteor was featured on Forbes! It is a really great article that makes a lot of valid points of why Meteor is a great platform to use. I recommend reading it since I can't summarize the entire article.
Updates in the Meteor Community
Meteor Interviews #9
This is an interview between Paul Dowman and Zoltan Olah about MDG acquiring Percolate Studios and the future with MDG. They discuss what the Meteor Developer Subscription is about and how it will be useful for medium to large businesses and will most likely be too expensive for smaller businesses. I personally don't see that as an issue since there are other mediums for smaller business owners to get information about their Meteor app like StackOverflow or the Meteor forums.
Moon Game
This is a really hard, but fun game made in Meteor. It is a great example to show the possibilities of building a game in Meteor.
Blackbox Meteor - Shared Validators
This is a really great blog post that brings some insights on using the
allow and
deny rules in Meteor. They can be used on the server and should be in reality. It adds an extra layer of security.
Meteor Any DB
This is a really great package that allows you to connect just about any database to your Meteor application. I would highly recommend looking into this if you want to try to use a database that isn't official supported or has a package for.
Meteor Isomorphic React Examples
These are great examples on how to use React to get a fast loading Meteor app with server-side rendering. If you are interested in different ways to use React with Meteor, this is a great place to go.
The JavaScript Runetime - Fibers and Meteor.wrapAsync
This is a good blog post that shows you how Fibers and asynchronous code works in Meteor. It has a lot of good code examples that give you a detailed view on how it works.
Telescope v0.21.1 - Slugscope
Telescope has been updated. The following changes have been made:
- URL slugs added
- Downvoting functionality
- Notifications have been refactored
- Better internationalization support
- Security issues & bug fixes
If you want more detailed information on any of those changes, read the blog post.
LookBack Player is Now Written in Meteor
LookBack is a big player in the Meteor community and have been using Meteor for a long time. They have now converted their player to Meteor and it works very well. I recommend watching the demo video in the blog post.
That's all for this week! Tune in next week for more updates in the Meteor universe.
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I suddenly feel very sad. Inexplicable. It happened as I was listening to SKSK, but I don't really think it was the song, though they were screaming out, "She's sinking, she's sinking."
My fingers move to type something but nothing comes to mind.
I don't feel anything at all.
Confusion. Abandonment. Though I do feel like a child right now. I don't like it. You never have anything to say when I need you most. There's nothing to say. If you understand the most you can say is, "I know" and if you don't then it's like, "Okay…"
I'm listening to my crying playlist right now. And then I can say I feel something, and it was all the music, nothing internal.
Too much thought is bad for you.
Recurring thoughts. Daydreams, actually.
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I really love capturing senior sessions! It's such a momentous year, as students finish their final year of high school, and Maren was no different! I loved listening to her dreams of going to New York for college, and hearing about what she enjoys most in school (theater!). I had the joy of capturing Maren's sisters wedding just a week later, and I have to say…I fell in love with her whole family!
For her senior session, we planned a fun city session, in the Pearl District of Portland with an urban feel to reflect Maren's personality. I love love love when seniors choose somewhere that suits them so well! I so enjoyed spending an afternoon with Maren, a beauty inside and out!
Here's a few of my faves from her session:


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Hey OUYAns!
Tripwire Interactive has taken over the blog! Read below to find out just how they made the trek from PC to TV! When you're done here, check out the DISCOVER storefront on your OUYA to see Tripwire's Top 10 favorite OUYA games.
How a First Person Shooter on PC turned into an Overhead Action Shooter for the OUYA
Tripwire Interactive is an entertainment software developer and publisher founded in 2005 by the award-winning mod team and winners of the 2004 edition of the "$1,000,000 Make Something Unreal" competition.
Based in Roswell, Georgia the team released Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, to both critical and commercial success, garnering several awards including "Multiplayer Game of the Year" and "FPS of the Year". This was followed by the immensely popular Killing Floor, which went straight to the top of the best-seller list on Steam and has now sold over 2m units, making it one of the best-selling PC games of all time.
Red Orchestra 2 was released in September 2011, to high praise and PC Gamer's award for "FPS of the Year (Multiplayer)" followed by Rising Storm in May 2013 ("one of the best military FPS games I've played" – IGN), Along with publishing other Indie titles, Tripwire Interactive continues to build a reputation for strong support for all their titles over a prolonged period of time.
We had worked with Robin Flodin and his team in Sweden in the past and had published their first title on Steam a couple of years ago (the silliness that is Dwarfs!?). Robin and his team (that became Toadman Interactive) did a couple of other projects after that. Early in 2012, Robin said he wanted to try a different take on Killing Floor. The PC game on Steam is still immensely popular and we continue to produce regular updates for it, like the Twisted Christmas event running right now. Fans love the new content packs as much as we enjoy producing them and we love experimenting, so we started trying a few ideas out.
We explored an RTS option (among other crazy ideas) and started really thinking about where we could go with this spinoff thing. We've been wanting to explore "couch gaming" since we're huge fans of co-op and had started exploring a few options, but weren't actually sure which platform/format.
As timing would have it, we met up with the OUYA folks (Bob and Julie) in January of this year and they expressed a desire to somehow get Killing Floor onto their new system. We reckoned that OUYA had a real shot at disrupting the console market – and it is truly Indie-friendly, so we went for it.
The new design we had been working on with Robin was a Unity based action shooter with a top-down viewpoint, so when we showed them the rough concept things sort of just clicked and BOOM!
Killing Floor: Calamity was born…a reimagined version of the original game, running on a completely new platform. Having started with a PC game, it turned out to be quite the challenge – but we're there now!
We were big fans of the OUYA platform when we first heard about it and like the way that they're leading the charge in disrupting the way in which games are both created and consumed today. We're really fascinated to see where OUYA can go with a $99 console. We're certainly not shy about embracing early, new digital distribution models as our history suggests with our successes with both Red Orchestra and Killing Floor. So we thought we'd build a game for it!
As mentioned above we went with a top-down style as development progressed so that we could get 2 player co-op AND a ton of zeds on screen at once, running on lower-spec hardware. The tech was pretty much done early, so we've spent a lot of time on the gameplay, balance, fun and polish – and more gameplay.
Killing Floor: Calamity takes place in the devastated cities and countryside of England, after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong. You and a friend are tooled-up survivors, dropped into these locations with a simple mission: survive long enough to cleanse the area of the failed experiments. Believe me – the action is furious and relentless!
Other features of the game include:
- 2 player Co-op on one screen – The "couch gaming" aspect we were looking to inject into the design. Now you can team up with a friend (bettering your chances for survival).
- 21 of your favorite characters from the PC version
- All 10 loveable Zeds are here (Clot, Gorefast, Scrake, Siren, Crawler, Stalker, Bloat, Husk, Fleshpound and the Patriarch)
- All 7 Perks upgradeable to Level 20 – Power up your character's perk levels and unlock/obtain new weapons based on that perk
- 9 new maps specifically designed for the top down shooter viewpoint
- 35 unique weapons – including 3 special weapons (Golden AK47, Leafblower, Dual Mac-10)
We also support PlayStation 3 controllers (as well as OUYA controllers of course!)
We're really excited to bring Killing Floor: Calamity to the OUYA and we're hoping that the fans enjoy the game as much as we do. The OUYA team has also been extremely supportive and a pleasure to work with over the last year.
The Killing Floor brand still thrives today because we love it and keep producing fresh content to keep the community tremendously engaged. People have already started asking us about new/additional content for Killing Floor: Calamity and basically it comes down to demand. If enough people are playing it and asking for new stuff etc. we'll definitely take a look at it and see what can be done!


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|Beko Refrigerators Now with NeoFrost+ Technology; Perishables Stay Fresh up to 30 Days
As one of the biggest home appliance manufacturers in Europe, Beko Philippines is bringing the brand's latest line-up of refrigerators in the country.
The latest Beko refrigerators are equipped with NeoFrost+ Technology that promises to keep perishables fresh for up to 30 days, as it sports blue light technology that continues the process of photosynthesis. With this, fruits and vegetables still have its natural flavors and nutritional value longer than other perishables that kept with other brands.
"Beko Philippines believes that best refrigerators and freezers should not just come with fancy features. We understand that all of them should work to serve the purpose of addressing the underlying needs of modern Filipinos. Beko refrigeration range strives to facilitate every Filipino's life by adding not just elegance, but also efficiency and reliability in keeping food fresh and nutritious for a longer period of time. With a wide range of models, sizes and color to suit any kitchen style, consumers are sure to find the perfect match for their home," Beko Philippine Sales and Marketing Head Dyeun Zapanta said.The NeoFrost+ Technology also eliminates the unwanted iciness in all parts of refrigerators, as it maintains the ideal level of humidity. Aside from this, it features an Active Dual Cooling System that preserves humidity at the right level, and avoids the spread of odor between compartments.
See Also: Beko Awards Grand Winner of Kick Your Way to Barcelona Challenge
The brand's latest refrigerators also boast special anti-bacterial seal coated door gasket that keeps the refrigerator clean and hygienic. It also sports Active Ionizers that neutralize bacteria and other harmful particles.
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... is the title of an article by immigration lawyer Carol Armstrong in the latest issue of International Bluegrass, the IBMA's e-newsletter. The article, written for the information of non-US artists visiting the US and for those who may be booking or inviting them, makes the basic point that
foreign guest artists performing in the United States must have work-related visas... The best practice always is to enter on an 'O-1B' or 'P-1B' visa...
More detailed advice and links to further information are given. The full article can be read here. The short section published in International Bluegrass is illustrated with a photo of Druha Trava (CZ), who will be touring in the US in the autumn of 2010.
The EBMA is currently preparing a document of advice and information for European bands who want to tour in the USA.
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Council of Europe representatives expressed concern today (21 August) about complaints from the Georgian Dream opposition coalition that government authorities have seized its bank accounts ahead of the parliamentary elections due on 1 October.
The two representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) condemned the government's action following complaints from the Georgian opposition. An opposition spokeswoman announced earlier in the day that the Georgian government had seized all funds of the Georgian Dream coalition on 17 August.
The main figure of the Georgian Dream coalition is billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who left business to enter politics, saying he will win the parliamentary election and is ready to repair ties with Russia that were damaged by a brief war in August 2008 (see background).
Over the past week, the Georgian government has taken all of the funds out of the bank accounts of Georgian Dream political coalition and its six member parties, as well as those of the Georgian Dream Civic Movement, an NGO, said Georgian Dream spokeswoman Maia Panjikidze.
The government is seizing all new campaign donations sent to these parties, she said, undermining the coalition's ability to carry out campaign activities. Individuals may donate services to the campaign, but risk fines and asset seizures, she warned.
"This latest action makes clear that the Georgian government is using its campaign finance laws not as a mechanism to keep campaign spending fair, but rather as a weapon to destroy the democratic opposition and target Georgian Dream supporters and any entity that is allegedly associated with the campaign," Panjikidze said.
Georgian Dream released a document asserting that the government has imposed nearly €100 million in fines on the opposition coalition and its leaders, companies that have provided services to Georgian Dream, and dozens of contributors.
'Excessive and disproportionate'
The PACE co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), appeared to take seriously the allegations of the opposition.
"The excessive and disproportionate fines levied by the State Audit Service effectively undermine normal political activity by an opposition party. This is of concern, especially in the context of recurrent allegations of bias of the State Audit Service and reports by credible organisations, such as the Georgian Young Lawyers Association, that question the fairness of the court decisions in this respect," the co-rapporteurs said in a statement.
Jensen and Cilevics, who are due to visit Georgia on 11 and 12 September, called on the Georgian authorities "to demonstrate maximum restraint and to ensure that all parties, including the Georgian Dream Coalition, can participate fully in the electoral campaign."
Asked by EURACTIV to comment, the Georgian Mission to the EU released a statement stongly dismissing the allegations of frozen funds.
"No party account has been frozen," the statement said. "Georgian Dream has masterminded a complex web of illegal conduits to channel illegal funds to its campaign, bypassing Georgia's liberal campaign finance legislation."
As in previous cases, it is difficult to make sense of the mutual accusations between the authorities in Tbilissi and Bidzina Ivanishvili. On a recent visit to Brussels, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze accused Ivanishvili of using his enormous fortune to buy the media and "bribe" voters by providing satellite dishes free of charge.
Ivanishvili's media power is built around the TV9 television channel, which has complained of harassment by the government, as well as arbitrary arrests and destruction of their equipment by national authorities. TV9 was developed by US professionals as a sort of Georgian CNN.
EURACTIV asked the EU Commission to comment. A spokesperson said that the EU executive was following the developments and lamented that the political climate was worsening on the eve of the elections.
The Government of Georgia sent EURACTIV the following statement:
"The Government of Georgia categorically denies accusations being circulated by the lobbyists representing Bidzina Ivanishvili's Georgian Dream coalition claiming that the Government has frozen the bank accounts of the Georgian Dream party or affiliated political parties. No party's account has been frozen.
"Georgian Dream has masterminded a complex web of illegal conduits to channel illegal funds to its campaign, bypassing Georgia's campaign finance legislation. Georgian dream coalition leaders publicly announced that they would not abide by the law several time.
"In several cases, the Audit Chamber has succeeded in building solid legal cases that have led the courts to fine the Georgian Dream and its coalition partners for clear-cut violations of the Georgian campaign finance legislation.
"In the specific case raised by Georgian Dream's lobbyists, The National Bureau of Enforcement (NBE) enforces the writs issued on the Tbilisi City Court decision of 27 June 2012. The Court found members of the political coalition Georgian Dream in violation of party financing legislation and collectively fined them with GEL 2,850,717.06 (€1.391 million).
"Collection Order allows the NBE to enforce the court decision without freezing the accounts, thus, without interruption of the cash flow or otherwise use of the account. Up to date, only small portion of the fine, 122,000.00 GEL (€59,500) has been collected by the NBE through the Collection Orders.
"To be precise, the Georgian Dream has raised officially in the last month 730 000 GEL (€356,257). Only 17% of it has been collected in order to enforce the fine.
"In general, since 1 November 2011, up to 25 July 2012, the Georgian Dream has raised 44.539.123 GEL (€21.732 million), more than 26 millions [GEL] legally and more than 18 millions [GEL] identified illegal contributions.
"It is therefore not a 122,000 GEL (€59.500) collection of fines (less than 0.3% of total income) that can prevent the Georgian Dream coalition from campaigning freely and actively all over the Georgian territory.
"Though throughout the campaign the Georgian Dream affiliates have willfully ignored the boundaries of the law and have even publicly claimed to do so.
"These false allegations are the latest in a series of attempts by the Georgian Dream to discredit Georgian institutions in advance of the October elections. The Government of Georgia calls on all parties to refrain from the campaign of slander and to focus on electoral objectives rather than trying to preemptively discredit the outcome of the elections. The Government of Georgia will make sure that every single party can compete in an open and transparent campaign," the statement ends.
Maia Panjikidze, the Georgian Dream spokesperson, refuted the statements by the government quoted in the article that "no party account has been frozen"
She called the statement by the National Bureau of Enforcement "misleading" and "a game of word play".
"Georgian Dream never claimed that the accounts were frozen, only that the Government stole the money in the accounts and is seizing all new money being transferred to those accounts. Whether an account is frozen or the money in that account is confiscated has the same result. Having free access to an account with no money is a fiction without distinction.
"The net result of the Georgian government's action is to instantaneously confiscate any funds in these accounts or any funds directed to the party's accounts and to redirect the monies into the Government's coffers.
"As originally explained in the campaign's statement, technically, the accounts remain open but going forward it is impossible to replace or replenish the accounts of the six Georgian Dream affiliated parties because any funding directed to these accounts is confiscated," Panjikidze concluded.
Russia and Georgia fought a five-day war in August 2008. The conflict saw Russian troops repel an assault on the breakaway pro-Russian region of South Ossetia, which broke free from Tbilisi's rule in the early 1990s.
Russia later recognised South Ossetia and Georgia's second breakaway region of Abkhazia as independent states. Russia has thousands of troops stationed in both regions.
Vladimir Putin, then the prime minister of Russia, was quoted at the time by a French diplomat as saying that he wanted Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili hanged.
Privately, EU representatives generally recognise that Saakashvili was to blame for the August war. However, he still enjoys Western support as a symbol of the 2003 'Rose Revolution' in Georgia.
Further Reading
International organisations
- Council of Europe: PACE rapporteurs for Georgia express concern about financial actions against the Georgian Dream coalition
- Democracy and Freedom watch: Opposition bloc in Georgia signs code of conduct


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As we await the result of the Eastleigh poll, we can provide a little of the background to the coverage our candidate received on Wednesday's Newsnight. (Catch it on iPlayer while you can: starting at 6:14 in and ending at 6:43.)
Colin reports: "I was able to crash in on some publicity given to Paddy Pantsdown when I suggested he join a real party, to which he threw his hand to his head saying he had lost hours of sleep the night before, worrying about doing so, whereupon I reminded him the Pope had resigned, thus setting a good example, to which he replied 'If the Pope joins the Wessex Regionalists I may consider it'. I am sure Liberal Democrat headquarters will be well-pleased with that footage!"
We are well-pleased that Newsnight included footage of five of the parties standing: Conservative, Labour, LibDem, UKIP and WR. It seems we are now established as the fifth party in Wessex, at least in their eyes. So complaining about the favouritism traditionally shown to the big battalions has produced a result at last.
Talking of favouritism, Colin also sends news of the four-party-only public meeting on Tuesday, which was arranged by David Babbs of 38 Degrees (dangerous radicals they are then):
"I had to shame him into agreeing I should be able to speak. He said I should be allowed one minute as opposed to four minutes for each of the unmentionable suspects, so, before commencing I took over chairmanship by asking the audience to show if they wanted me to have four minutes as the others. There was a majority in favour so I did, and had a good response from a full house with two rows standing at the back.
People are smiling in recognition when they see me and I have taken a number of details of people I have spoken to, explaining that I hope to return to Eastleigh sometime soon after the election and that we intend to field at least one candidate for each county for the General Election in 2015, for which we want offers from people to join us."


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Scott Waites is a strong favourite to progress to the third round of the BDO World Championship at the Lakeside tonight.
The 40-year-old, who works for Pennine Housing 2000 in Calderdale, faces Welshman Dean Reynolds in this evening's third match on Channel 4.
Twice-winner Waites impressed in his 3-1 first round win over fifth seed Ross Montgomery on Sunday.
Reynolds won by the same score against his countryman Chris Harris on Monday but the standard was low for much of the contest.
Waites is a general 2-5 shot for tonight's contest and his odds to win a third world title have shortened to 14-1 following the exit of third seed Jamie Hughes, beaten 3-2 by German qualifier Michael Unterbuchner.


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|Friday, August 30, 2001
|Soul Train's Lady of Soul Award Pictures
Woah, don't the girls look sexy in this picture? Sorry, my thumbnails aren't so great (my PSP trial is over), but the actual sized pictures are awesome.
|Friday, August 17, 2001
|Wednesday, August 8, 2001
|Bop Magazine Pictures
25 awesome scans coming your way. The thumbnails aren't that great but full size the pictures are pretty good. =)
|KiwiBox Pictures
I'd like to thank my good friend Leila for finding me these pictures of the girls from...KiwiBox? I've never heard of it before, but here ya go peeps.
|Monday, August 6, 2001
|Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Happy B-day Holly!!!
I'm such a dork, it's Holly's sweet sixteen today and I just hope she has a wonderful birthday and many more to come!
Cotton, Dream, and School?
Yeah, confused me at first too, but it looks as though Alloy is holding a contest centered around Dream where you can win a chance to have Dream perform a concert at your school. Alloy is also selling "Dream-style" cotton clothing (not really) and if you buy them from the site, you recieve a free Dream cd. Click here to check it out. Also, if you click on "Play Video" you can see awesome footage of the girls' concerts and them talking about what they look for in fashion and clothing, etc. It's definately worth checking out!
|Wednesday, August 1, 2001
|New Pictures!
These pictures I found were on AOL, taken by Jerry Shumann (I'm guessing Melissa's dad). There are five pictures and all of them are really rare at the moment. I'm not sure where they were all taken place but it looks like there are some for the This Is Me Remix video and Twix commercial? I don't know, but they were taken by Jerry Shumann, behind the scenes, so check 'em out!
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Emanuel (Medical Ethics and Health Policy/Univ. of Pennsylvania; Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family, 2013, etc.) views the Affordable Care Act as a success story.
The author, who serves as a special White House adviser on health care reform, is optimistic that its glitches will be resolved within the year and that it will transform how patients are cared for over the coming decades. He reprises the complex history of American health care policy beginning in 1942, when the National War Labor Board ruled that health insurance could be treated as a nontaxable fringe benefit despite the wage freeze. The later inclusion of Medicare and Medicaid increased the complexity of the system. Emanuel details the many inequities that developed—most notably, the exclusion of people with pre-existing health conditions from the system and the financial vulnerability of the uninsured, who also frequently receive substandard treatment—e.g.,"Being uninsured means your chance of dying in a car accident is 40% higher than that of a privately insured person." The author asserts that the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 "was a historic event," especially in the context of the ongoing recession and political restraints, coupled with the need to deal with opposition from "physicians, insurers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers" and others. He offers an insider's account of some of the infighting that occurred within the Obama administration, including his own altercations with his brother, Rahm, then chief of staff to the president. The author takes a long view of the reforms beginning with incentives and penalties for the adoption of uniform electronic health records in the 2009 Recovery Act. The ACA, he writes, "will increasingly be seen as a world historic achievement," and "Barack Obama will be viewed more like Harry Truman—judged with increasing respect over time."
An important challenge to the naysayers on both sides of the political divide.


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Saturday, 4 March, 2000, 18:49 GMT
Record-breaking O'Gara sinks Italy
Ireland 60-13 Italy
Ireland followed their record victory over the Scots with a further thumping of Six Nations newcomers Italy.
Their six-try triumph at Lansdowne Road gave them back-to-back championship wins for the first time since 1993.
They rattled up 33 first-half points as young kicker Ronan O'Gara hit top form and almost doubled the tally by the final whistle.
Man-of-the-match O'Gara slotted virtually every kick presented to him, his 30 points from the boot registering a new Irish record.
O'Gara beat Paul Burke's previous record of 24 points set against Italy at Lansdowne Road in 1997.
He did not score a try but played a key part in many of the moves which set up Keith Wood, Kieron Dawson, Girvan Dempsey, Brian O'Driscoll and Shane Horgan (2) for their scores.
At one stage the home side were scoring at the rate of a point-a-minute as they looked to build on their record victory over Scotland a fortnight ago.
The opening try came after just eight minutes, Wood charging into the gap created by a deft flick pass from scrum-half Peter Stringer.
A conversion and a second O'Gara penalty followed before Horgan raced over after 18 minutes.
The winger darted around the static Italian defence before another conversion from O'Gara.
100% record
Three more penalties followed before the interval as he maintained a perfect record with the boot for the afternoon.
Italy had to wait until the 48th minute to get their first points on the board through Diego Dominquez's penalty.
And though another followed quickly, any hope of a revival was swiftly crushed by the ruthless Irish.
O'Gara added another penalty before O'Driscoll, broke through the weakening Italian line to set up good Irish possession and was then on hand to finish the move.
With the victory assured, coach Warren Galand took the opportunity to pull off several key men and the changes allowed Italy a chink of daylight.
Unsighted referee Derek Bevan wrongly ruled out a Alessandro Troncon touchdown but the Italians had justice a minute later when No 8 Andrea de Rossi piled over for their only try.
But the Irish substitutes soon found their rythym and hit back with two further tries, Demspey getting his fourth international score and Horgan his second of the day.
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According to Wikipedia, the Monte Cristo homestead is one of the most haunted places in Australia.
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A maid fell from the balcony and the blood stained steps were cleaned and you can still see the colored stain from the bleach. There were also other deaths in this house, a woman dying giving birth and even Mr. Crawley himself died of blood poisoning.
Footsteps have been heard walking through empty rooms, along the hall and down the stairs which is strange in itself. However, what is even stranger is that the steps sound as though the person is walking on hard wood or lino floors even though the entire house is now carpeted.
Different objects were seen moving around but also strange happenings hear the stairs. A baby fell from her nanny's arms and down the stairs and it seems that young children become agitate near or around the staircase.
Their website has stories about other gruesome deaths:
The Coach House/Stables was also the sleeping quarters for a stable boy named Morris, who was one day too ill to rise for work. The boss did not believe the boy, and set fire to his bedding. Unfortunately, Morris was too ill to escape and was burnt to death.A mentally retarded man named Harold, the son of a housekeeper working at Monte Cristo, was kept locked in shackles in the Caretaker's Cottage for forty years. He was found curled up at the feet of his mothers dead body, and sent to a home for the insane where he died shortly afterwards.The most recent death at Monte Cristo occurred in 1961 when caretaker Jackie Simpson was murdered by a local youth. After watching the movie Psycho several times, the boy made his way up to the grounds of the homestead with a rifle and shot the caretaker dead in his cottage. It is believed that he then scawled the words "DIE JACK HA HA" on the wooden door, a macabre inscription that can still be seen to this day.
So next time you find yourself in Australia and you want a bit of adrenaline, you can definitely visit the eerie Monte Cristo Homestead.


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More poems for your reading pleasure…..G, H and I
Yup here you go..some more poetry to read
Wrote this first one a long time ago
Gift of the wolf
Wolf's claw
magic's tool
power's gift
given by the spirit
A sacrifice
from the beast to man
so that understanding can be found
and inner balance discovered
© 1999
My mane flying behind me,
the ground being eaten by my strides,
I am freedom unbound,
strength, power and grace.
Mankind tamed my people,
hitched them to a plow,
beat them, destroyed their spirits,
but I still survive.
Though the land becomes smaller,
though man finds he no longer needs them,
I will always run free,
I am the soul of the wind.
In my dreams
You were here
so close I could touch
holding me near
saying my name
I looked into your eyes
opened my mouth to speak
but you started to fade
for you were only here
in my dreams
As you can see I stick to writing free verse most of the time. Hope you are enjoying it.


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CPS denies travel aid to fair winner
By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS
Staff Writer
Eva Lewis, 8th grader at Kenwood Academy High School Academic Center, is one of the winners of Illinois History Fair. In addition to winning in the fair she was named a National History Day Qualifier, which allows her to travel to Maryland to compete for a national prize. She may have to forfeit her place in the competition, though, because she cannot afford to attend, so her family is seeking donations from friends, family and community members.
Eva Lewis, whose project, "The South Shore Cultural Center," addresses the building's segregated history as a country club and its eventual preservation as a cultural center, has been competing in the history fair for two years. Last year, she was invited to the Hyde Park Historical Society's Hyde Park Township Historical Society Award as an honorary presenter to share her documentary, on "The Economical, Historical and Industrial Effects of the Columbian Exposition."
Valerie Andrews-Lewis, Eva Lewis' mother, said she was excited and very proud of her daughter's achievement but was shocked to hear that Kenwood, 5015 S. Blackstone Ave., could not pay for Eva Lewis to participate in the competition.
"She has been working very hard all year for this moment," Valerie Andrews-Lewis said. "If she doesn't attend, they will select an alternative to take her place."
Kenwood Principal Gregory Jones said he learned that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) was no longer funding out of state trips earlier in the year when he tried to send several teachers to San Diego to an advance placement training.
"We can only pay for in-state expenses so we had buses that took the students to the state competition," Jones said. "I don't know why the rules changed. Maybe because of the deficit."
He said the school could pay the registration fee for chaperones but has decided not to send teachers. Calls made to CPS were not returned by press time.
Valerie Andrews-Lewis said the family is now trying to raise money for her and Eva Lewis to attend the competition. Expenses include transportation, lodging, meals and a $100 registration fee.
The school has agreed to help the family collect donations.
Valerie Andrews-Lewis said so far Eva Lewis has raised enough to cover the registration fee, which is coming from a faith-based community member who is nationally known for his philanthropic endeavors.
While visiting local businesses seeking donations, the Lewises saw Corey Brooks, pastor of Chicago-based New Beginning Church and founder of Project Helping Others Obtain Destiny (H.O.O.D.).
Brooks is nationally known for camping out on the rooftop of an abandoned hotel that was plagued with prostitution, drug and gang activity to raise $450,000 to purchase the land located at 6625 S. King Drive to build a community center on Chicago's South Side. The campaign for the initial seed amount was raised and Phase I was completed on February 24, 2012. The closing for the property purchase was completed on March 6, 2012.
"Eva went up to him and told him the situation and he said he would pay her registration fee," said Valerie Andrews-Lewis. "We don't know him, we're not even members of his church and he was nice enough to do this."
To make a donation, send checks to Kenwood Academy High School —Attention Eva Lewis, 5015 S. Blackstone Ave. Write the name Eva Lewis on the memo line of the check.


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A short-lived attempt by Great Britain to determine the nationality of asylum seekers was unceremoniously dumped after it became clear that the testing was of no scientific value.
In 2009, the Brits started a (supposedly) voluntary program to test the DNA of asylum seekers from certain African countries. The idea was to reduce fraudulent applications where the asylum seeker claimed to be from a country other than his own (for example, a Kenyan might claim to be from Somalia in order to increase the likelihood that he would receive asylum). From the beginning, scientists such as University of Leicesters Alec Jeffreys expressed serious doubts about whether DNA could really determine a persons country of origin. Said Mr. Jeffreys:
The [British] Borders Agency is clearly making huge and unwarranted assumptions about population structure in Africa; the extensive research needed to determine population structure and the ability or otherwise of DNA to pinpoint ethnic origin in this region simply has not been done. Even if it did work (which I doubt), assigning a person to a population does not establish nationality people move! The whole proposal is naive and scientifically flawed.
Now it seems the government has ended the program and even shelved its plans to complete an internal review of the programs efficacy.
A second aspect of the programisotope analysishas also been canned. Under this program, the government would analyze hair and nail samples to determine what chemical isotopes they contained. The government could then (supposedly) determine where the person had recently been. So for example, if a Somali woman had been living in Italy for the last five years, and then traveled to England to claim asylum, the government could use isotope analysis to show that the woman had not recently been to Somalia. It is unclear how accurate this analysis is, or how many asylum seekers lie about their country of origin.
While isotope analysis might provide limited assistance in this regard, it seems to me an easier and cheaper approach is to determine whether the person is fluent in a language from the claimed country of origin. Of course, like isotopes and DNA, language fluency does not necessarily conform to national borders, but it is probably about as reliableand much less expensive.
So what, then, is the lesson for us on this side of the Atlantic? I have not heard about proposals here to use DNA testing or isotope analysis. Given the lack of success in Great Britain, I imagine that we will not be adopting these methods anytime soon.
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Intersection with Novitiate Trail
Trail Thoughts and Musings
It is about a half mile from the start of the trail to the intersection with Novitiate trail. After the first steep ascent, the walk takes on the characteristics of a leisurely stroll. To reach St. Joseph's Hill, a right turn must be made onto Novitiate trail. The ascent begins once again and you may find your pace slowing down. Make use of the slower pace to view the vistas that now open up.
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Joseph Strunk, Jr., 85, of Helenwood, passed away February 24, 2013, at his home.
Born in Huntsville, November 27, 1927, he was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph, Sr., and Ellana Petre Strunk; wife, Truie Daugherty Strunk; infant son, Homer William Strunk; brothers: Thomas C., James Robert, Osby, and Obal Strunk; and sisters: Barbara Sue Price, Lula Powers, and Lola Taylor.
He was a member of Helenwood Baptist Church, a 50 year member of Masonic Lodge #670 F&AM of Robbins, and a United States Navy veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his daughter, Shirley Shoemaker of Oneida; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, sisters: Louise Wilson of Helenwood, and Anna Cox of Danville, Ky.; sisters- and brothers-in-law: Betty Strunk of Helenwood, Matilda Strunk of Ga., Vonda Strunk, Bill Cox, Lee Wilson, Joe Taylor, and Ben Powers; special friends: Pauline Guffey of Helenwood, Doug and Sharon Clark of Oneida, Sam and Sheila Stringfield, and Steve and JoAnn Guffey, all of Helenwood, Milford and Elsa Guffey of Dayton, Ohio, and Ronnie and Anita Guffey of Pennsylvania, and many other relatives.
The family was to have received friends from 6 p.m. until time of Masonic Service conducted by Masonic Lodge # 670 F&AM at 8:30 p.m. in the chapel of Jones & Son Funeral Home, Wednesday, February 27. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Thursday, February 28, at Helenwood Baptist Church with Bro. Roger Cecil officiating. Interment will follow at Daniel Memorial Cemetery with full military honors provided by American Legion Post #136 of Oneida.
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Two local agencies have renewed their partnership to help seniors avoid slips and falls.
Two local agencies have renewed their partnership to help seniors avoid slips and falls.
The Council for Older Adults of Delaware County announced earlier this month it had awarded $25,601 to the Delaware General Health District to help fund its Falls Prevention Program.
The program, which is funded completely by grants and donations, offers balance and tai chi classes, as well as home assessments.
Fara Waugh, director of client services for the Council for Older Adults, said her agency has supported the program since 2008. She said council officials think a little education and training can go a long way toward preventing falls.
"I think a lot of people think falling is a natural part of aging, and it's not," she said.
According to health district statistics, 2,973 Delaware County residents age 65 or older reported falling in 2013, while 505 residents reported suffering a fall-related injury.
The district's A Matter of Balance classes begin March 4 and run through November at the Center for Older Adults, 800 Cheshire Road, Delaware. The classes offer "non-strenuous" exercise and opportunities to talk about fall prevention.
Waugh said the district uses an evidence-based program in its classes that has been proven effective in reducing falls.
The district's tai chi classes also are expected to begin sometime in March.
Traci Whittaker, spokeswoman for the health district, said classes are not typically held in the winter. The home assessment program, however, is available year-round.
Whittaker said after a resident contacts the district or the council about a home safety check, a registered nurse and the district's falls prevention coordinator will visit their home.
The pair will then "look for any challenges that might be in the way."
Whittaker said the suggested fixes could be as simple as moving a piece of furniture or pushing electrical cords out of the way.
If the district identifies a more-expensive need, it will reach out to the council, which will work with residents to pay for the modification.
"We can have grab bars installed," Waugh said. "That's particularly helpful in the bathrooms and showers."
The agencies also can help residents tackle stair and ramp modifications, if needed.
In 2012, 82 county residents attended balance classes through the program.
The district completed 29 home assessments, which led to three modifications.
Last year, 92 residents attended balance classes. The district completed 27 home assessments and made seven modifications.
For more information about the Falls Prevention Program, call the Delaware General Health District at 740-368-1700 or the Council for Older Adults at 740-363-6677.


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@ Joscha Haering: Don't worry about it. As you might have read (in Update #24) we are busy getting BackerKit up and running. With BackerKit you will be able to add the add-ons and 2nd stretch goal gift(s) option you want to your current order.
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Thanks for the reply guys. There was only a short time to go, so I wanted to make sure I got it right,with adding extra to my pledge, before the zero hour struck.
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I just came back from vacation without internet and went through the emails but now the campaign is over. Can I still add 5 Pounds to get the carrycase?
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@ MF: We'll look into this, we might be able to add it to the options to choose from in BackerKit.
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Hey guys, I've read everything you wrote, about adding rewards to pledges, a few times, and the gist I get is to just add extra money to my pledge, and you guys will sort out the specifics of exactly what I want later.
Have I got that right?
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Ok, tnx. I needed the reassurrance ;-)
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Ah, I thought (too many projects to manage at the moment :-) ) you meant earlier that if I added £5 I would get the stretch goal (external in-line control + case) and an extra case. So it's the stretch goal with the in-line control replaced with the 2nd case for £5?
So, the THE PAIR - EARLY BIRD SPECIAL - BLACK is £84 plus £7 international shipping. One free soft neoprene carrycase + a 2nd soft neoprene carrycase is £5. No extra for international shipping for the stretch goal?
Total is £96. Correct.
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just a quick comment. If you would have placed your last PS comment at the beginning of your text - it would have saved me about 10 minutes of reading including confusion what to do ;)
Do I get it right: Just top up to amount and pick the extras when you send a survey at a later stage?


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The Chemistry of Running
Running a marathon relies on your body's ability to deliver oxygen and fuel to your muscles for an extended period, and to maintain your internal environment (fluids, electrolytes, pH) within a narrow range during the stress of running. You can improve your performance with a training program. Learning how your avatar responds to training will help you understand some of the chemistry involved in exercise and help you compete. You may download a lesson plan and student worksheet.


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Would you like to work in an "industrious environment, where staff and pupils work together harmoniously and without complacency"? Ofsted October 2016
Staff are 'buzzing' with energy and enthusiasm, and work effectively to improve standards for pupils. Their NQTs have stated that "the support they receive from your leaders and other staff is exemplary."
This is a school that has a range of activities and clubs that students can be involved in outside normal school hours. A free late bus runs after school every day at 4.30pm, enabling students to participate in after school activities without worrying about how to get home. Clubs and activities change for each term.
- The school continues to be rated as Good by Ofsted
- Excellent mentorship available for NQTs
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- Excellent parental support
- Highly effective head teacher and SLT
- Planning and delivering lessons in line with the geography curriculum
- Ability to teach KS3 and 4 and advantage but not essential
- All assessment of students
If this sounds like the role for you please send your CV in the strictest of confidence. As soon as the closing date has passed all applications will be considered and a shortlist compiled. Those shortlisted will be invited for interview and possibly lesson observation.
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The General Polk´s Corps held the center of the Confederate line, with Hood´s corps to his right and Hardee´s corps to his left. Pine Mountain was the highest point in the center of the line and offered an excellent view of the surrounding terrain. On June 14th Generals Johnston, Hardee, and Polk climbed to the top of the Confederate works to view the terrain and discuss weather of not to withdraw from Pine Mountain. General Sherman noticed several men on the works and ordered Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, commander of the IV Corps, of open fire on them. The 5th Indiana Battery, commanded by Capt. Peter Simonson opened fire. The 3rd shell struck and killed General Polk. Capt. Peter Simonson was killed on June 16, 1864
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Mowbarton Barn Self Catering
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Mowbarton: Luxury self-catering holiday accommodation for large groups or couples.
Mowbarton is in a peaceful location less than two miles from Wedmore, with stunning views.
The Barn sleeps eight in comfort with four bedrooms, four living rooms, a large farmhouse kitchen and a beautifully secluded walled garden. There is also plenty of space for cars and storage for bikes.
Just acrosszthe lane is Mowbarton Shepherd's Hut. Completely secluded on its own private site, it makes a delightfully romantic get-away for two, or an extension to the Barn for very large parties.
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In recent years, the sales of DVDs for small groups have overwhelmingly outnumbered the number of Bible study participant guides, says Michael Cook, a marketing manager at the Baker Publishing Group. Most people today—jammed for time with work, family and their entertainment-driven lifestyles—simply want to talk about the DVD; and that's part of the dilemma, Cook says.
"Jesus said, 'Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.' The only things that are eternal will be people and the Word," Cook says. "The Bible is a personal letter from God to His children—His creation. The church in the West has made it into a textbook filled with facts and data. But we have to look at it as a love story. It's a story of redemption, mercy and grace. This is the plan for eternal life. It's not just a book. It's the Word of life itself."
Creating an Appeal
In an effort to offer Bibles that appeal to a wider audience, publishing houses have in recent years released Bibles in a variety of creative formats.
In the mid-2000s, Thomas Nelson, one of the world's largest and oldest Bible publishers, launched several "Biblezines" that present Scripture in a magazine-type format appealing to various audiences. In 2008 it also produced The Voice, which teamed artists and authors with Bible scholars to allow a new generation of readers to experience Scripture "in a fresh voice."
Hoping to give time-starved mothers some biblical inspiration, Zondervan recently released the Busy Mom's Bible, which is packed with one-minute "spiritual fuel for your busy mom-on-the-go lifestyle."
"Each generation struggles with understanding the Bible, however, with all of the media opportunities through social media, phone apps and texting, it becomes even more challenging to gain their attention for biblical knowledge," says Gary Davidson, senior vice president and group publisher of the Thomas Nelson Bible Group. "But God's message will break through and I believe it's only a matter of time before we see a renewed urgency for the things of God."
In an effort to make the Bible easier to read, the full Common English Bible (CEB) will be released this fall (only the New Testament is available now). A bold new translation that took nearly 120 Bible scholars four years to complete, the CEB offers a "smooth and natural reading experience" and seeks to open up the Bible to a new generation of readers," says Michael Stephens, a senior editor at Abingdon Press. Also, Bardin & Marsee Publishing just launched their "GIVE together" initiative to provide waterproof Bibles to the homeless.
The NextGen Bibles
Meanwhile, a rapidly growing number of people are reading and studying the Bible on Internet sites such as biblegateway.com or downloading applications such as youversion.com, logos.com/iphone and others onto their mobile phones and iPads. More than 13 million people have downloaded the free YouVersion Bible app.
Zondervan recently released the NIV Bible eBook, which quickly shot to the top of the USA Today, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble best-seller lists. Also, The Seed Company, a Bible translation organization founded by Wycliffe Bible Translators, has launched the Blank Bible Challenge—a 28-day devotional that delivers daily Bible story videos to people's inboxes.
Through the related OneVerse program, a $26 sponsorship gift provides the resources required for translators to translate one verse of Scripture into their own language. It provides God's Word to the more than 2,200 people groups who don't have Scriptures in a language they can understand.
Taken together, Barry says he believes the new Bibles, eBibles and the various campaigns during the Year of the Bible are going to help ignite the next "Bible study revolution." He says that in the same way America told Britain before the Revolutionary War that "we will not live like this anymore," the church needs to do the same and strongly declare that the Word of God is the truth.
"We will not ignore the Bible anymore," Barry says. "We will not be enslaved to what the world deems important. We won't be enslaved to money, fancy cars and big-screen TVs anymore. Instead, we'll pour our lives into the poor and hurting. We know that's what the Bible says. There is a Bible-shaped hole in our lives and we have to fill that with the Bible."
Troy Anderson, a writer and newspaper reporter, lives in Los Angeles.
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with simple, bold curves in the best Art Deco taste. These
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Moss agate is a fine grain variety of quartz usually shot through with green seaweed-like inclusions and sometimes secondary patches of red and muted brownish yellow. The dramatic colors and spontaneous patterns of these agates seem to anticipate the Abstract Expressionist art movement of the late 1940s and 1950s. Eat your heart out Jackson Pollock!
The backs of these cufflinks reveal the care and craftsmanship with which they were created. Here you can see the maker's attention to detail in the sturdy brackets and the strong cross bars and rings that secure these links on the cuff. The backs were polished to a bright, smooth finish and the rounded edges rendered crisp and clean.
Carter, Gough & Co. was a maker of fine gold cufflinks, stickpins and other jewels during the early decades of the last century. The firm was known for the quality of its craftsmanship and elegance of its designs. The Carter, Gough maker's mark (an arrowhead enclosing a small "C") and the gold purity mark ("14K") are stamped on the reverse of the cufflinks.
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Quentin Richardson was traded Friday morning for the fourth time this summer, but it appears he might actually get to wear the uniform of the fifth NBA team he has been on in that span.
The Miami Heat acquired Richardson from the Minnesota Timberwolves for backup center Mark Blount in a swap of expiring contracts.
Richardson has been Dwyane Wade's longtime workout partner, and the Heat star welcomed his buddy to Florida.
Miami president Pat Riley also addressed Richardson's addition in relation to the Heat roster — something missing in the previous deals that sent Q-Rich from the Knicks to the Grizzlies to the Clippers to the Timberwolves.


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It's not just a motion picture, it's a movement.
Even though we have wrapped up this successful first phase of our funding initiative to produce Citizens United, The Movie, there is still time for you to support and stand with us by visiting the site for the movie itself.
There you can get basically the same rewards which were offered here, and follow all the latest developments as we jump into full production, read excerpts from the script, watch more video previews and more!
Right now there are joint resolutions in both chambers of Congress to launch a Constitutional amendment to clarify that corporations are NOT the natural people our founding document refers to. Citizens United, The Movie, will dramatize this and much more.
And here is the latest exciting addition to our movie related rewards, our brand new $$$ Is Not Equal To Speech bumper:
What we are asking you to do is to help us finance our first day of live shooting, and expenses related to completion of all the scenes for that shoot, in which we know from practical and proven hands on experience we can accomplish the following:
1) Shoot Scene 1, a hypothetical conversation between James Madison and Alexander Hamilton (faithfully based on their own writings and speeches) where they debate the propriety of chartering a national bank, and the appropriate limits on corporate entities in general. For this we will need to rent authentic period costumes and recreate a true to life 18th century private home library background. And with the same actor we'll record the James Madison voiceover for the opening sequence (please watch video above).
You can read the whole scene as conceived at the link above.
2) Shoot Scene 14, where Supreme Court justices Stevens and Kennedy debate the Citizens United decision, while founding fathers Madison and Hamilton stand off to the side ghostlike commenting on how badly their own words are being twisted. For this scene we will need to recreate true to life backgrounds of the robing room of the Supreme Court, for which no pictures exist that can be licensed.
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Your valiant support will result directly in the final completion of all these scenes, and with these to show in hand, we have every confidence that we can raise the funds to proceed with the rest of the production. We just finished final post production of our first full length feature, dramatic film, The Last War Crime (one of our rewards options). It is ready for release in real theaters now and you can watch a trailer at
In this trailer you can also see some of the extraordinarily realistic green screen compositing we are capable of. Check out the recreations of the offices of Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales in the trailer.
For you to want to support a project like this one, isn't the most important thing whether the producers can demonstrate that they consistently produce quality finished work that you like? And here you have the added bonus of joining in the mass movement of our time to take back our Constitution for the people.
We have a history of final completion of every project we take on, including among others a radio play for peace, It's Up To Us Alone (another one of our rewards options), featuring an extraordinary performance by Ed Asner. Your support of the first phase of this project will in effect guarantee that we will complete the full, final version of this one as well, one way or another. Of course, if we greatly exceed our very modest initial goal, we can jump into full blown production immediately.
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I have just done as you ordered. I was lying on my bed, thoughts of you as always running through my head….. In my mind your strong hands playing with my compliant body. I reach down to my soaking wet pussy, with my right hand I am tracing the outline of the outer lips, slowly allowing my juices to wet the whole of my womanhood. My left hand straying into my bra to pinch my nipples. As my thoughts continue to imagine your body towering over mine, your dark eyes looking right into my soul I slide one finger inside the outer lips…. I imagine you would be very pleased with me as my cunt is opening and ready to serve its owner! I slip another finger into my eager cunt and begin to fuck myself slowly with the two fingers. Meanwhile I pinch and tweak my nipples harder and harder, my breathing getting faster and harder as I get closer to orgasm. Suddenly I stop, panting and struggling to prevent the climax. After a few minutes I start again slowly tracing the outer lips once more and then again pushing two fingers inside. I go through the same ritual again and again…, at least five times. It is becoming difficult to stop each time I start, and is shorter and shorter before I am panting and gasping in my effort not to cum. Finally after denying myself for about forty-five minutes I am unable to stop the inevitable and the heat of passion over takes my mind and body. Wave after wave ripples through me, I hear a gasp, which turns into a cry, then to a low growl in the distance, which I suddenly realise is my own voice!. My body writhes and trembles as the exquisite painful pleasure runs through every fibber of my being. Panting and tired I lay for a short while as I try to recover my senses…..
I am yours in every thing,
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Aston University has climbed a superb 27 places in this year's People and Planet Green League.
Listed the 18th greenest university in the country - out of 126 universities * - Aston has increased its commitment to the environment and sustainability, and further targets are already in place to make its campus even more eco friendly.
People and Planet's Green League is the only league table showing the environmental performance of Britain's universities. For the first time the tables judged the scope and quality of carbon-management plans. These plans have become essential, as the Climate Change Act 2008 requires greenhouse-gas emissions in the UK to be cut at least 80 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050. Other areas assessed by the guide include; the percentage of waste recycled, energy saving initiatives and transport policies.
Recent initiatives currently on Aston's campus include;
The installation of a combined heat and power plant on campus, which is set to drastically reduce carbon emissions.
Increasing the use of electric vehicles both on and off campus
A student switch off campaign where students were encouraged to turn off electronic power in the halls of residence when not in use. The initiative saved the equivalent of 76 tonnes of CO2 emissions in one year.
Several additional recycling posts, to allow for batteries, books and mobile phones to be recycled.
Aston University is also in the process of building new halls of residences, with the first phase set for completion next year. A number of key energy saving features have been factored into the new designs. These include grass roofs to encourage biodiversity and to reduce heating and cooling loads of the building to lower energy consumption. Rainwater will be collected to be recycled for various purposes around campus with wind turbines also to be used to produce energy, including providing lighting for the residences.
To view the full People and Planet guide, click here. http://peopleandplanet.org/green-league-2009
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Calling property applicants! How to spot a cowboy property company
At interview stage, there are some glaringly obvious giveaways to look out for
Whether you are actively looking for your next opportunity, or passively having speculative conversations, meeting with Directors and business owners can be pressure enough without having to also think about whether the company is genuine and is operating exactly how it advertises.
Of course, using a specialist property recruiter can help sift through the opportunities that may genuinely be worth exploring against those that will send you on the job hunt again in 3 months. However, if you do decide to start your hunt alone, when getting to interview stage there are some tell-tale signs that the person and business you are being interviewed by, may not be entirely transparent about the opportunity ahead.
So, here are the Surge Recruitment House key points to lookout for when in an interview situation, to help determine whether the opportunity is enticing as it sounds:
- They are hazy on figures and the opportunity – it is very easy for jobs to be advertised at £40,000, £50,000 or £100,000 OTE in the first year, and quite frankly, anyone can pluck these figures out of the air. Drilling down on the department turnover, how many negotiators may be in the office, what the vacant seat did last year, and what your first year target will be, will give you a far clearer idea about how lucrative the opportunity really is. You can work back against the proposed commission structure and basic salary and come to a conclusion about the on target earnings yourself. Similarly, if a business owner seems hazy or reluctant to hand over facts and figures, how can you possibly work out whether it could be a potentially viable move?
- Warm welcome? – This is so important and an easy gage as to whether the company practices what it preaches. If they boast of 'exceptional customer service' and 'happy, friendly staff' and you walk in to your interview and the receptionist grunts at you with a mouth full of doughnut, chances are they may be guilty of being a little dishonest. First impressions count for everything.
- They don't answer your questions with a straight answer – If you have to repeat a question more than once and still don't receive a straight answer, your interviewer either isn't listening properly or they are 'blagging' the conversation. Whilst having the 'gift of the gab' in sales is sometimes deemed a positive, if they can't listen and answer a question straight, the working relationship is going to follow a similar line of course.
- You feel rushed – Good interviewers make a potential employee feel relatively relaxed and at ease. The minute you are being rushed or pressed into answers, you can get a pretty good idea of the service they are use to delivering to clients. If they speak in a condescending or self-righteous style, the best advice would be to run a mile.
- Not belonging to a recognised professional body – All firms can claim to be the 'most respected sales and lettings agents in Birmingham' or 'the Midlands premier estate agency' but what lengths have they gone to prove that? Check they are recognised by a professional body, with good examples in the property world being:
- The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)
- The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA)
- The National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS)
- Or are a firm of solicitors regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
- Pushing for a decision – Once you've got to offer stage, of course making a decision in a respectable amount of time is important to keep momentum and ensure total interest, however if you find yourself at a first or second interview being pressed to make a decision to join a company there and then, our advice would be to decline the offer. These big career decisions have to be 100% right for both the applicant and the client, and being pressured into rushing that decision does not help either party in the longer term.
- Always trust your gut – It's a cliché we know, but listening to your gut is the most invaluable instinct we all possess. The minute your stomach starts turning, or you're taking too long in deliberating whether the move is right or not, it's probably best to take stock and not make any rash decisions.
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At a time when the job hunt can be daunting Surge Recruitment House can help separate the cowboys from the genuine operators, so making the wrong career move just isn't an option.
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CHRC's "Preparing for Succession" Project/
The Cultural Human Resources Council has received approval from Canadian Heritage for its long-awaited "Preparing for Succession" project, which takes on important HR issues concerning leadership in the cultural sector. With a generous funding commitment from the Metcalf Foundation, the project is now ready to move ahead.
The human resources topics addressed by the project mirror those that the Alliance will raise at our June 9 conference, re:generation / BC Cultural Roundtable 2016, concerned with the next generation of leadership in our sector. The Alliance is pleased to include as part of our conference program a presentation on "Preparing for Succession" by Liz Shorten, Managing Vice-President of the B.C. Producers Branch (B.C. Branch) of the Canadian Media Producers Association.
The HR Issue
Over the past decade cultural managers and board members across the country have expressed concern about succession in cultural organizations and companies, as a generation of leaders are on the verge of retirement. Where is the next generation of leaders? who are they? and are they ready to and do they want to take on the mantle of those who have led for decades? They come with digital skills to function in a digital age, but have they acquired the wisdom and corporate experience to marry their digital savvy with strategic, analytical and critical thinking and vision that are paramount in leadership? Do they have the understanding and ability to position their cultural organizations at the heart of their communities and as economic contributors to our country?
How CHRC Is Addressing It
CHRC is convinced that mentorship is a key piece in this puzzle—taking the brain trust of our most seasoned and successful cultural leaders and putting them into mentorship situations with some of the sector's brightest rising stars: our leaders of tomorrow. CHRC will be calling on the generosity of the mentors to commit to this project, and will issue a call for proposals for mid-level managers to participate as mentees. 18 mentorship teams will be set up in the first year and 24 in the second year. Mentor/mentee matches will not necessarily be dependent on geographic location or even discipline. They will be provided with an excellent array of mentorship tools and resources which CHRC will be pulling together from across the sector.
Another key piece in this puzzle is CHRC's HR Management Toolkit which will serve as a base for the learnings of the mentorship teams.
Modus operandi
CHRC has established a Steering Committee of senior cultural sector leaders to oversee the project and has hired an experienced Project Manager, Annalee Adair, former national Director of ArtsSmarts, to lead the project, working closely with CHRC's Executive Director, staff and Board. CHRC has engaged PATAC partners to work jointly on the revisions to the HR Management Toolkit. They have hired well-respected arts consultant, Sibyl Frei, who helped write some of the tools, to undertake the revisions. CHRC's modus operandi is to always work with the practitioners—those in the field/in the sector who get the issue and have the creativity and inspiration to find solutions.
A series of interactive webinars will be produced that will rally the mentorship teams and give them shared experiences around their learnings. The webinars will also stand alone as teaching tools for cultural managers going forward.
Further Conversations on Cultural Leadership
Join the Alliance on June 9 for re:generation / BC Cultural Roundtable 2016 at New Westminster's Anvil Centre to hear Liz Shorten's talk on CHRC's "Preparing for Succession" project and other presentations on issues of emerging leadership in the cultural sector. Click here to learn more about the conference program.


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The Starcraft 2 online finals for 2014:
Unfortunately the starcraft guys discovered that they weren't going to be having their fight play out at the Do Gaming Championship(DGC) this year. Which meant that they were going to be facing off in an online final. There had been some issues with dates and times and the finals got moved around a bit, which resulted in some people missing out on them. See articles on Telkom gaming for explanations (1) (2)
This meant that Nicholas 'MackyBoi' McLachlan and SSG's own, Liam 'Vortex' Norman, would regrettably be missing out on the online finals due to other commitments. The SSG players that were still involved in the finals were; Chris 'Slider' Schoeman and Luke 'Luke' Pothier. Oddly enough the two SSG players were set to meet in their first match.. Luke won the encounter 2-0, sending Slider into the losers bracket from the start.
Luke proceeded in the winners bracket. His matchup with Drager proved to be a decisive point. Luke vs Drager ended up being a colossal match with both sides fighting it out for victory. Game 1 began on Deadwing. Luke opened up with a standard 3 stalker rush into robotics whilst Drager went for a 3 gateway blink stalker attack with a robotics behind it. Luke had the build order advantage and a faster expansion however some impressive Stalker micro from Drager put Luke in a bad position as Drager kept managing to do minor damage to Luke's economy which added up over time. Drager then went for a faster third as he had map control and Luke decided to do a push in order to exploit this however Drager had a larger army supply and managed to take game 1.
The next game was on Overgrowth and was a very close game. Luke went for the same opener as in the last game but Drager opted for an aggressive 3 gateway push in order to contain Luke in his base. Luke was contained but got a warp prism out and immortals in order to break the contain and eventually Drager left the contain as opposed to losing all his units. Luke then pushed out with his entire army and coincidentially Drager's stalkers were on Luke's side of the map so the game went into a basetrade scenario. With some great decision making and a sneaky probe, Luke managed to win the basetrade and tie the series up 1-1.
The final game would decide the winner bracket semifinal between Luke and Drager. Through some solid play and clever strategy, Luke opened on Merry Go Round with a Stargate which Drager scouted and responded with a 3 gateway blink stalkers and robotics. Luke caught wind of this and cancelled the stargate and went for an aggressive four gateway blink stalker push. Drager was caught unprepared and Luke hit the timing of four gateway blink stalkers versus Drager's three gateway blink stalkers and managed to win the game!
Luke was able to get the win, 2-1. This however put Drager into the losers bracket where he would stop Slider's progress. Luke would then meet veteran Zerg Enjoy in the semi final, which Luke won 2-0. Luke would end up meeting Drager again in the final. However nerves got to Luke and some excellent play from both sides but Drager managed to come out on top 3-0. Claiming the trophy in the online finals. After a great tournament run, Luke ended a very respectable second place. GGWP.
We spoke to both Slider and Luke about the finals, here is what they had to say…
"Unfortunately I didn't get much time to prepare in the two months leading up to the DGL finals since work deadlines were taking up all of my time, which was really disappointing since I had been playing a lot of Starcraft relatively consistently since the beginning of the year before then. Nonetheless I still fancied myself at having a fair shot at the top three places.
The tournament didn't start off well for me, I was placed against none other than [SSG]Luke in the opening game. I knew Luke would be a formidable opponent since we were always very close to each other in terms of skill level and I knew he had been practicing for the finals. Luke played very well and comfortably beat me 2-0, a tad disappointing but I didn't mind as much since Luke was a teammate.
The loser's bracket went really well for the most part until Luke upset Drager 2-1 in the winner's bracket which paired him up with me in the quarter final. Drager was always going to be a difficult opponent and unfortunately I just wasn't on par with him.
Overall it was a disappointing tournament for me not getting as much practice as I would've liked and not playing particularly well on the day either.
From here I will be mostly waiting for LotV beta!! Many excite. Much hype. Terran op. And we'll see from there, not sure if I will be playing as much StarCraft next year. Shout outs to SSG StarCraft clan members for always being there to discuss strategy, bounce ideas off or play practice games. Shout out to Luke for being a baws and coming second in the DGL!"
"I didn't do any special preparation for the tournament, I just played ladder as usual. I've been mostly playing masters players recently so the practice was pretty good. I'm very comfortable in PvT right now, and I used my normal builds to go 2-0 vs Slider and Cort.
I was really surprised to beat Drager. In game 1 he completely outplayed me even though he was on the wrong end of the build orders. I took game 2, though there was a weird base trade which could have gone either way. In game 3 I tricked him by cancelling my Stargate and switching into a blink all in to win 2-1. I went on to beat Enjoy 2-0 in fairly standard games.
I think what really helped me this tournament was that I wasn't expecting anything, so I had no nerve issues until the final where my nerves eventually got to me. I played awfully vs Drager, and he stomped me 3-0. Overall, I'm very happy with the weekend, because I only dropped maps to Drager. Now I just kind of wish it had been a single elimination 😛
My future plans are to keep improving through to next year. I'm aiming to be the best in the country.
Shout out to SSG!"


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