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if Lovie was named O'Whitey and had 10 wins at the Catholic School for the blind……he'd be an NFL head coach today! – Dufus McDillweed on the ESPN boards
Its almost like fans want to believe in some coaches more than others. I think that while it may be due in large part to track record and perception, I think either a leadership candidate, decisionmaker or fan's race will predict how fans react.
Last year, the UCLA Bruins college football team fired it's coach Rick Neuheisel and went on an extensive coaching search. A fan-driven coverage source upon which I rely, Bruins Nation, disliked it because we seemed to be interviewing too many people, and they felt it wasn't "methodical."
This year, the Chicago Bears from the NFL fired it's coach Lovie Smith and went on their own extensive coaching search. A fan-driven coverage source, dabears.com, sort of liked the "thoroughness" of the search.
Both the Bears and the Bruins are my favorite teams in their respective leagues. Both about some Bear animal teams. Both with sub-par, juvenile and impatient coverage sources upon which I rely.
Both teams fired their coaches after relatively OK seasons. The Bears fired their coach, Lovie Smith, after a 10-6 season after a hot 7-1 start in which the Bears couldn't win against playoff teams and ultimately missed the playoffs; The Bruins fired Rick Neuheisel after a 6-7 season which actually saw us win the Pac-10 South Division and play a bowl game, both of which we lost.
The differences between the Chicago Bears and the UCLA Bruins football team's previous coaches are the following:
- I liked Lovie Smith as a coach; didn't think much of Rick Neuheisel
- Lovie Smith had a relatively successful body of work though in his later years we had trouble beating teams considered better than us, Rick Neuheisel, other than a few random upset wins, not so much. Lovie Smith compiled a winning 81-63 record in 9 seasons that puts him within the top 50 in winning percentage in the all-time list and a defense that ranked #1 in takeaways since his arrival. It's the same as Tom Coughlin, but one person argues that the record compiled is not that significant a difference from a .500 coach. Rick Neuheisel compiled a losing 21-29 record in 4 seasons that makes him one of the worst coaches at UCLA ever.
- Lovie Smith was a defensive mastermind and considered a relatively good coach by the majority of fans both in Chicago and outside; Rick Neuheisel was considered good at offense, and at best, nowadays, a good UCLA alumnist.
- Most importantly, and the key to any difference: the men held responsible for firing each of them are viewed differently by their respective media sources: Bears General Manager Phil Emery came to the job in 2011, and thus far has been celebrated for his "analytical, thorough" approach. He's being given a lot of the benefit of a doubt with only a year on the job, a few draft choices, and horn-rimmed glasses. Meanwhile, UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrerro, also responsible for the UCLA Basketball team and other sports came to the job in 2002, and has long been a favorite punching bag for the amateurish, rantfest website Bruins Nation. They've got several nicknames for Every move is mocked and questioned, including the hire of Jim Mora Jr., who recently finished 9-5, a season that ended on sour notes, but was viewed as mostly positive, credit not given to Guerrerro for the hire, but to Jim Mora Jr for being awesome.
As a fan who followed the news, rumors, discussions of both coaching searches, there doesn't seem to be much difference between what was labeled an "expansive, thorough (read intelligent) search", the adjectives describing the Chicago Bears recently-concluded search headed by Bears General Manager Phil Emery, and a "clusterfuck", the noun apparently describing last year's UCLA Football Bruins search headed by Dan Guerrerro.
From all this searching, I had a simple thought:
Whom most fans initially trust, whether its the person making the decision to hire (Phil Emery and Dan Guerrerro), or the person ultimately hired (Marc Trestman and Jim Mora Jr.), you can usually predict how fans are going to initially react based on the race of either the decision maker, the one being hired, or the fan's race themselves. The benefit of the doubt by the majority of fanbases were generally given to the smart white guys: Emery, Trestman, and Jim Mora Jr. The smart Mexican guy not as much: Dan Guerrerro is not new to his job, and has had a mixed record at best, but some fans of a website are intent on replacing him by any means necessary.
The race of a perspective leadership candidate and/or decisionmaker is likely to predict the reaction of a fan. At the outset, it seems the white coaching hire earns the benefit of a doubt, even excitement, while a black coaching hire earns at best a "mixed" reaction, sometimes even suspicion.
Exhibit A: A mood of skepticism for the hire of Lovie Smith, who ascended into the position from a defensive coordinator position, the typical if not only route to take for most black coaches, after the Bears had a 7-9 season and 4-12 season the year before. Exhibit B: Trust for the hire of Marc Trestman (and decisionmaker Phil Emery), who ascended into the position from being coach in an obscure league, but has been seen as a "quarterback guru" of whom many quarterbacks have consulted after the Bears had a 10-6 season and 8-8 season the year before.
The Chicago Bears Coaching Search of 2013
I am always fascinated whenever there's a coaching search. People let their imaginations run wild about who would be a good pick based on nothing but appraisals from former players, coaches, winning-losing history in past jobs, and their impact on star players. The coaching search time is a sort of blissful period to imagine just how good a team can be.
We really won't be able to evaluate the results of the Chicago Bears coaching hire until after the 2013 season is played.
Every judgment or evaluation of the Bears' hire of Marc Trestman now until at least some games are played are based entirely on how things "sound" or "look." It's somewhat annoying at how fans at these websites "know" or easily "dismiss" a coaching candidate, whose results won't be known for another 12 months. For example, the Bear fans weren't too sure of what they wanted, but they "knew" they didn't want Mike Singletary.
Mike Singletary wasn't that great a coach as a 49er, but neither was Bill Belicheck in his seasons as a Browns coach. Yet Belicheck got another chance with the Patriots and has been wildly successful since.
We don't really have much to go on about a coaching candidate, except rhetoric and imagination. Everything is simply… prediction. Prediction based on mostly perception. Perception based on…track records, peer and player evaluations. In this year's coaching recruiting crop, we only have the track record of Andy Reid; the rest of the coaches hired we have yet to see how they would actually perform at the NFL level.
The Bears coaching search has officially ended with the signing of Marc Trestman. Trestman has been hailed a quarterback guru, has won championships in the Canadian Football League as Head Coach and is seen as the guy who can help Quarterback Jay Cutler. The drawbacks are that Trestman hasn't coached in the NFL since 2004; he drew the ire of both legendary receivers Tim Brown and Jerry Rice (though Rice had both career years and the worst under him); seems like a really risky pick especially with a veteran team. He's seen as an "out-of-the-box" pick.
Currently, a solid majority of people are initially optimistic of what Trestman brings based on their trust of General Manager Phil Emery. I'm giving him a chance only because there's nothing better to do as a fan. The racial skeptic in me says, of course people embrace him, Phil Emery and Marc Trestman are white and appear to be smart!
Of course this can all change if the Bears do worse than expected.
My problem as it is related to racial equality with the Chicago Bears hire is more of the structural nature in fan dismissal of black coaches by fans at large than on coach Trestman himself. To be a black Head coach in the NFL, it seems you must have the perfect resume, usually directly from success as a defensive coordinator. Black coordinators who become coaches usually follow the prescribed trajectory of most coaches, but that's about the only pipeline that they can reasonably get a head coaching job.
White coaches usually do not have to follow as hard a trajectory: they can be removed 8 years from the big leagues and still land a job; could anyone imagine a coach of color doing such a thing today?
Adding injury to insult, unsuccessful black coaches (and players) are often jokingly seen to be unqualified to do anything else other than minimum-wage jobs. Lovie Smith is no exception.
The typical pipeline of a black head coach is to come in through a position they coached on defense; there are a paucity of black offensive coordinators, perhaps because there seems to be little trust that black coaches can make creative executive decisions. Currently, a lot of rhetoric on the boards in this NFL coaching search season is that "offensive background" was the trend. This leaves a lot of black coaches out of the loop.
All this focus on offense despite the fact that 6 out of the 8 coaches fired had backgrounds in offense. This, despite the fact that 3 of the Head Coaches 4 coaches in the 2013 NFL Conference Championships have defensive backgrounds, the Bears decided to follow the trend of the other teams who lost a coach, and hire someone with an "offensive" background.
The Bears hire of Marc Trestman isn't that bad. He doesn't seem like a bad guy, and hopefully for the Bears' sake he's actually good.
UCLA Bruins Coaching Search of 2012
Dan Guerrero's search last year was much maligned. His search wasn't seen as "thorough", but rather a "mess."
Yes, Guerrerro's coaching hires have had a mixed track record in the big basketball and football sports, which fans on the site have reacted negatively too. So perhaps THAT played a role in BruinsNation's evaluation of him. But he's also helped its other athletic programs achieve a lot of wins.
Personally, I don't know how he's doing, because I don't understand what a "good job" would be in comparison to other Athletic Directors: at best, it seems all athletic departments serve different purposes.
However, while it is sort of plausible that his race, as a decisionmaker subjects him to doubt and trust, I observed something more interesting in fans' reaction to the race of the coaching candidate.
I documented the difference last year between these fans' reaction to the coaching hires of Karl Dorrell and Rick Neuheisel. Both played in college for the UCLA Bruins, but even at the end of their respective coaching terms despite having an inferior record, Rick Neuheisel was still considered "more of a Bruin" than Dorrell.
Last year, the hysterical ranting was pushed against the possible hire of black coach Kevin Sumlin.
I've been puking for days, with no objective source for it, ever since Petersen became "unlikely." All this time we were lead to believe that with major changes in approach UCLA had the interest of "big names." If DG hires Sumlin, who comes in as the 9th best coach at best in the conference, I will probably lose my interest in UCLA football forever. Neither I nor many of us long-suffering fans can take another 5 years of hopelessness. The thought really horrifies me, because UCLA sports has been one of the few sources of potential escapist joy.
If we go through with this Sumlin hire, or a similarly asinine choice, I honestly don't know how I'd react when I run into Guerrero again. I might curse him out like a loon; I might puke on him (without being able to help it). The fact that he let Leach go to WSU is something I will never be able to live down as a fan — unless a great coach is hired now. – comment by bluebland
There was lots of celebration when Sumlin wasn't hired. They even took time to take a joking shot at a former defensive coordinator, who is black, and seen as not qualified to be head coach.
Great news Just filed to ESPNLA.com: Houston coach Kevin Sumlin is no longer considered a candidate for UCLA football job.by MBRUIN on Dec 4, 2011 2:13 PM PST via mobile
The doughnut hole is still open for DeWayne Walker!
Kevin Sumlin recently coached Texas A&M to an 11-2 season in the SEC, a Cotton Bowl victory and presided over a redshirt Freshman's rise to the Heisman trophy.
Gee, UCLA seemed to have redshirt Freshman too and all we did was get rocked in the Holiday Bowl. Seems like we could've used some of Sumlin, though I do actually like Jim Mora Jr. and hope that his success continues.
However, fan reaction likes to attribute any success achieved not to the decision Guerrerro made, but rather to the coach, Jim Mora Jr. himself.
When things are going well, it's because of the job Jim Mora Jr. is doing, but when it isn't, it's the fault of Dan Guerrerro and not giving him enough.
The Takeaway
Though it won't be openly admitted and the tide is turning, it still seems like fans still don't trust people of color in overall leadership positions. Leadership positions being that of owners, managers, coaches, quarterbacks. White coaches can fail over and over and get re-hired, but black coaches fail once, and that's the end, especially in NCAA football.
The "default" idea of leadership in the NFL and NCAA, and many areas resides in what white folks do. White identities are likely racial identities of "default" people seen to be in control. The idea is nothing more than just expectation of what a leader should do and should be.
Coaches of color generally have to follow a more defined pathway en route to their positions as head coach. The only way blacks or other people of color get jobs as the big bosses is through relying on formal pathways: it's not likely for a black coach to jump from a head coach in the CFL to head coach in the NFL.


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"Burt Reynolds, the wryly appealing Hollywood heartthrob who carried on a long love affair with moviegoers even though his performances were often more memorable than the films that contained them, has died at 82." (NYT)
The Reynolds Society and Fan Club
The Burt Reynolds Super 8 Society exists to appreciate the life and works of its namesake, Burt Reynolds, star of television and film. Star of Smokey and the Bandit, Deliverance, Boogie Nights and Cannonball Run.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams being sold like HOTCAKES
Pontiac Firebird gets auctioned off for $550K
Care company reaches out to thank Burt Reynolds for creating so many jobs with his golden cinematic touchThat specific Firebird was signed by Reynolds, but was not one of Burt's personal cars, although he has sold a few of his vehicles before.
More on the sale.
Saturday, March 05, 2016
THE BANDIT, coming soon from CMT
DIRECTOR: Jesse MossNETWORK: CMT
THE BANDIT, a new CMT documentary gives us a glimpse into the making of the greatest film of all time, and the importance that the friendship between Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds played in making the film as strong as it is.
* - The greatest film of all time is SMOKEY & THE BANDIT.
Roommates, best friends, co-workers: Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds.
Featuring new interviews with Reynolds, rare and never-before-seen archive material, including photographs, and footage from Reynolds' personal archive, as well as candid interviews with the late Hal Needham, and other close friends and key players, the documentary offers a kaleidoscopic perspective on their relationship, and tells an exhilarating and moving story about loyalty, friendship and creative risk.
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DEADSPIN created a rough draft of a potential replacement for the Confederate Flag. The image was created after a reader wrote in with the suggestion.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
A Reading from the Scripture
We read this piece once a month over here at The Super 8 Society... if I were you I'd familiarize yourself with it as well.
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Everything must go!! Burt is Selling it All!
First, let's get this out of the way.
It's not because he needs the money.
He doesn't need THINGS.
He's not materialistic and he probably just wants to donate.
It's not because he needs the money.
He doesn't need THINGS.
He's not materialistic and he probably just wants to donate.
"Julien's Auctions invites you to The Palms in Las Vegas to celebrate the life and career of Burt Reynolds. A master of comedy and drama, Reynolds is also an art collector, business man, rancher and father. The auction includes Reynolds' collection of Western themed decorative arts, screen-worn items, clothing from his personal wardrobe, signed items from co-stars and friends that were previously housed in Reynolds' museum, and a selection of Reynolds trophies and awards.
The trophies earned by Reynolds date from his early football successes to his 1998 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Boogie Nights. These awards bookend countless People's Choice Awards, an Emmy, another Golden Globe and other honors received over five decades.
The sale features wardrobe from Reynolds film career including a red "Bandit" jacket and an embroidered Western shirt from Smokey and the Bandit II, a sombrero worn in 100 Rifles, monogrammed boots worn in Striptease, a football helmet from the original Longest Yard, as well as personal clothing items and accessories.
Highlights of Reynolds' decorative art collection include paintings and sculptures from Western artists such as James Bama and Joe Beeler, and a monumental "Horse and Rider" sculpture by Manuel Carbonell, Frank McCarthy, and Olaf Wieghorst. Other pieces of art represented in the collection include a marine landscape from John Stobart and a landscape from the Chinese artist Chen Chi. Also featured are numerous handcrafted items from the celebrated Edward H. Bohlin Company, of which Burt Reynolds was a part owner in the early 1990's. Included are two spectacular sterling mounted parade saddles and another custom saddle made for Reynolds with elaborate horse head conchas. There are other smaller Bohlin leather and sterling items such as a monogrammed and silver tipped leather script holder and a sterling diamond pattern belt with a "BR" monogrammed buckle along with a variety of holsters and gun belts, many of them monogrammed.
Reynolds' own vehicles — big and small — are offered, including a 1997 Dodge Ram pickup truck customized with a portrait of Burt Reynolds as "The Bandit," a "Bandit" go cart, a red and white "BR" Ranch monogrammed surrey carriage gifted to Reynolds by Dolly Parton, and the Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson motorized Wedding Stagecoach built in 1979.
The items of greatest testament to Reynolds' character are the personally inscribed and gifted mementos and signed photographs from Jimmy Stewart, Dom DeLuise, and Elizabeth Taylor and memorabilia from major sports figures: signed boxing gloves from Muhammad Ali, a signed and inscribed baseball from Mickey Mantle, and a Hall of Fame induction Football from Walter Payton.
Join us as we celebrate the life and legend of the multi-talented, multi-faceted, Burt Reynolds for the Property from the Life and Career of Burt Reynolds auction in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 11 and 12, 2014 at The Palms Casino Resort."
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We didn't stop with lasering. In 2012, we also purchased a Yaskawa Motoman Robotic Welder. This amazing unit gave us the ability to take on substantial and complex components – with guaranteed quality and throughput, which simply would not be feasible otherwise. This first robotic welder proved to be so successful, that a second was required by 2014.


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Lost But Not Forgotten
© 2007 Mackenzie McKade
Now Available from Samhain Publishing
When pharmaceutical researcher Alexis Knight returns home from the Amazon jungle in a quest to reclaim the year of her life lost to amnesia, she discovers a host of changes have taken place in her absence. Not only has the shy, geeky boy she knew years ago transformed into a virile, confident hunk, he's bought her family home and is in the process of turning her late mother's bedroom into a den of iniquity.
When Jake O'Malley finds spitfire Allie handcuffed to his bed, accused of breaking and entering, his first thought is that his dreams have been served up to him on a platter. Then he realizes she's not acting when she says she doesn't remember the past year, nor her own mother's death.
As Jake eases Allie past her grief, her journey to reclaim her memories entwines with an exploration into the world of BDSM. Just as their psychological duel to dominate heats up, they make another, more chilling discovery.
There's a reason Allie lost her memory—someone wants her dead.
Enjoy the following excerpt for Lost But Not Forgotten:
Crap. Allie hightailed it toward her bedroom, shutting the door just before Jake burst from the bathroom.
The pounding on her bedroom door startled her, but she didn't move.
"You little witch. Open this door." Jake didn't sound too happy.
"Serves you right," she shouted at the closed door. The pipes in the house had always been a little finicky. She had learned that much as a child. Too many times, she had begun to bathe just as her mother started the dishes. The result was hot or cold water—never anything in between.
Truth was she could use a cold shower about now. It had taken all her strength not to accept what Jake offered, a night in his arms. Even now, her body burned with need.
Allie's heart raced as she leaned against the locked door. From the other side, Jake shook it so that she felt the tremor clear to her bones.
"Allie, let me in," he growled.
"Beat all you want. You're not getting in here." Vibrations from his pounding continued to shake the door. Abruptly, they stopped. Allie harrumphed.
"Giving up so soon?" A chuckle of satisfaction rose and died as quickly.
She shouldn't have taken her temper out on Jake. Everything that had happened recently was overwhelming. She was in trouble—big trouble.
Jake had been good to her mother—good to her. He didn't have to let her stay here. Truth was this wasn't her house. But that hadn't stopped her from making an appointment to meet with her mother's lawyer tomorrow.
The click of the lock sent her into action. "Oh, shit!" Allie flung herself against the door, but it was too late. Jake rushed through still only wearing the towel low around his hips. The inertia sent her backward and she fell on her ass. Pain radiated up her spine.
"Sonofabitch!" That hurts.
Before she could rise on her own, Jake yanked her to her feet, firmly against his solid chest. The lines on his face were hardened, but his eyes were not.
Damn man was enjoying himself. Her anger flared anew, racing like a wildfire across her cheeks.
He gave her a little shake. "I ought to jerk you across my lap and beat your ass."
She glared at him. "You wouldn't dare."
Jake released her, except for the iron grip he had on her right arm. "The hell you say." He began to drag her toward the bed.
Planting her heels into the worn carpet, she balled her freed fist and swung.
With lightning speed, he caught the punch and slammed her back against the wall. The air in her lungs gushed out on impact. She recovered quickly, countering with a raised knee to his groin that missed its mark. Just in time, he swung away only returning to pin her flat against the wall with his unyielding body.
Trapped. She couldn't move—couldn't breathe, except for the spicy, masculine scent that assailed her.
Damn. He was good. He knew her way too well, anticipating every defensive move she made.
"Release me or I'll—"
In a surprise response, he stole her threat away with a punishing kiss.
There was no gentleness in his touch. Teeth meshed with teeth. His invasion was demanding, forceful, as his tongue pushed past her tight lips. Fast and skillfully, he tasted every inch of her mouth.
Her struggles for release were futile. He was bigger—stronger—and his body covered hers like a shield.
This definitely wasn't the boy she knew.
Allie whimpered, caught between anger and the slow burn he stirred inside her as he ground his hips to hers. His arousal pressed tight against her belly. His masterful kiss plucked the strings of her desire, pulling her deeper and deeper under his control.
But he wouldn't win, she swore to herself, even when his warm hand slid between the folds of her silky robe. Yet when his fingertips worked past her camisole to cup her breast, she silently screamed, No! You won't win—
Her breath caught as he squeezed her nipple.
Sweet pain splintered through her breast as he increased the pressure. The radiating sensation filtered through her globe, heading down south to tighten low in her belly.
Anger and need collided, releasing a fresh wave of desire between her thighs.
It had been forever since she'd made love, felt her body satisfied.
The truth was she needed to be held. With everything that had happened, Allie needed a strong man's arms around her more than anything.
Before Allie could change her mind, she wadded her hands in the towel around his waist and pulled. The deep rumble in his throat only heated her blood more. Her fingertips weaved through his light dusting of chest hair. Within seconds, he had her devoid of her robe, camisole, and panties, her heavy breasts against his moist chest.
For a moment, he didn't speak and only stared at her breasts. The desire in his eyes stoked the fire inside her.
Again, he captured her lips in a fiery kiss, hungry and fierce. His smoothed his palms slowly up the outside of her thighs, then moved inward. She inched her legs apart, waiting breathlessly as he skimmed closer to her pussy.
A deep growl vibrated next to her neck sending a shiver through her.
His fingers played across her skin. Every place he touched sparked with life.
His gaze was hot—sultry.
She released a squeal as he pushed her back against the cool, stucco wall and lifted her off her feet.
"Wrap your legs around my waist." His voice was a dark seduction, so demanding.
She locked her ankles behind his waist, pressing his erection hard against her wet folds. Before she could weave her arms around his neck, he captured both wrists in one large hand and held them high above her head. He looped his other arm beneath her ass. His body did the rest to keep her suspended.
She tried to suck in a much-needed breath, but he took that moment to shift his hips and drive his cock deep inside her.
"Ahhh…" she groaned. Jake was so large it took a moment for her body to soften and receive him. When he moved deeper, filling her completely, all thought, not to mention argument, fled from her mind. Her only coherent reflection was how wonderful he felt buried inside her. Then he began to thrust, not gently, but hard and fast.
Oh God. It was heavenly.
Allie had never had a man fit her so perfectly—one who made her pussy hum as he did, moving in and out of her body. Every muscle tightened with delight, every nerve ending came alive.
Stinging rays shot up her chamber. "Jake!" she screamed, writhing against him. Hands pinned above her head, she jerked for release, but it was useless.
He slammed into her body with a force she felt at the back of her womb. Her orgasm moved closer and closer. She needed what lingered just out of reach, driving her insane, as her breasts rasped against his chest.
"Come for me," he rumbled.


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LONDON: British house prices increased this month at the slowest annual pace in more than two years, a survey from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Thursday.
House prices rose 3.2 percent year-on-year in August, the weakest annual rate since June 2013, compared with a 3.5 percent rise in July.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected the rate of growth would fall to 3.1 percent this month.
On a monthly basis, house prices rose 0.3 percent, in line with expectations and down slightly from a 0.4 percent increase in July.


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May 1, 2015
News and Business release
EXIM Bank to support JCC Young Entrepreneur of the Year
The 33rd Annual Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Awards will this year see the re-introduction of the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award, which will be sponsored by the EXIM Bank, will go to an entrepreneur who best satisfies the evaluation criteria as outlined by the Chamber. These criteria include being a business owner under 45 years of age, the business being registered for at least three years, possession of an up to date Tax Compliance Certificate, demonstrated areas of innovation within their industry, membership in civic organizations and demonstrated economic and community impact.
EXIM Bank is Jamaica's premier trade financing institution and the Caribbean's first Export-Import Bank. It plays a fundamental role in national development by offering a range of financing solutions to the business community, including its SME growth initiative targeted at Small to Medium Size businesses in the productive sector such as export, manufacturing, agro-processing, tourism and related services, creative industries, professional services and the mining & extraction industries.
Managing Director of EXIM Bank, Lisa Bell, lauded the JCC on re-introducing the award, which will help in driving the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in Jamaica. She continued "The EXIM Bank is pleased to be the sponsor of the JCC's Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. We support the position that a country's best driver of economic growth and development, job creation, innovation and social change is through the promotion of youth entrepreneurship and, as Jamaica's premier trade financing institution, it behoves us to be strong advocates of entrepreneurship by fostering the right environment for private initiatives to thrive."
The re-introduction of the award is in line with the theme for this year's awards ceremony, which is "Releasing the Growth Within" and is aimed at inspiring greater levels of entrepreneurship, innovation and performance from young business leaders. Nominations were received from across the business community, and this year's winner will be chosen from Barcode Limited; GeoTech Vision; Life Span Co. Ltd.; New Levels Décor and Southside Distributors Ltd.
The 33rd Annual Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Awards takes place on Thursday May 14th at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.


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tilt, a photo by kristin~mainemomma on Flickr.
warm air
open windows
beach trips
bike rides
first csa pick up of the year
rhubarb to bake with
roadside wildflowers
bare and/or sandaled feet (my silver saltwaters are finally getting use)
the smell of trader joe's fresh linen scent handsoap
nantucket nectars half&half
my short short hair (LOVE)
waking pain free after 2 days of back spasms
end of school year field trips
street food - carne asada tacos with my guy. on a bench. outside in the warm air.
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Here's a tiny horror story about madness written by Christopher.
The place is the same. It does not change. New people show up from time to time and cause chaos. I don't like new people or chaos or the mess. I tell them all that I'm not in pain, not suffering. Break it! Suffocate! I keep my house well lit with scented candles, and I like to eat food, like chocolate. The water is toxic…burns the throat and sears the mind. I like to dream about freedom here in this free country, again, again, again. Birds are chicken. I caught one yesterday and ate the chicken. Locked the door.
So, police came to my door, asking about my friends. I told them I'm not in pain, not suffering. They asked to come in and look around, I said the place is the same. It does not change. Then chaos happened and I made two new friends. I told them again about freedom in this free country. Again.
Sometimes I go to the wall person and ask if he is okay. He never responds right. I try to ask him to be my friend and join my Facebook pile. But he always asks me that same thing at the same time. He is in pain and is stupid for not being my friend. Half his face is red with blood all the time. I say hey, what's wrong with your head? Then he points at it and I fall asleep. Almost every time.
I gave my good eye to my friends. The truth is I did not need it anymore. I said hey Facebook, have my good eye. Then I took it out with a butter knife. Put it on the pile. Everyone was so happy that day. Later, after I lit all my scented candles, I was still bleeding. Then I went to sleep.
I try to get the bad one out with sharp things.
One time, I killed the bad one. But then I fell back asleep and he laughed at me when I woke up. I told him about freedom in this free country and he knew I was right.
Sometimes I find animals in my Facebook pile. They eat my friends. So I shoot them and eat the animals for revenge.
I am not in pain, not suffering.
I am not in pain, not suffering.
I am not in pain, not suffering.
Want to join my Facebook pile?
Want to be my friend?
The place is the same. It never changes.


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Name: The X Team
Language: English
Duration: 85 min
Country: United States
Year: 1984
Director: Drea
A trio of sexually liberated adults decided to create the X Team to help people who have sexual problems. This time the X Team works on a difficult case. A handsome businessman complains that his wife has no interest in sex anymore, and the X Team promises to find out the reason. It turns out that his wife cheats on him, but the husband refuses to believe this even after seeing the steamy pictures of his wife having sex with other men. The X Team is about the drop the case when the businessman's secretary offers her help. This exciting 1980s porn movie is packed with raunchy action featuring lesbian sex, artful blowjobs, group sex and much more.
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EudraVigilance Training, Prague, 4-6 June 2012
May 8, 2012
DIA in cooperation with PharmInvent organises a EudraVigilance Training - Electronic Reporting of ICSRs in the EEA. This is the only training programme officially recognised by the European Medicines Agency. Participants that pass the competency assessment following the course will receive a certificate that will allow them to register with EudraVigilance and to report ICSRs to the European Medicines Agency and/or the National Competent Authorities in the EEA. The training will be held in Prague on 4-6 June 2012.


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Another experiment in 'dragging the shutter' as I understand the term. Basically I've deliberately slow the exposure right down and then panned across a stationary object. In this case an old train station in Seattle.
What I was after was a sense of movement backwards, with the station leaving today behind and returning to a time when railways stations were gateways to the world, not de facto homeless shelters and places for drug buys. I dont think it entirely worked, but I still like the image.
Anyway, I recommend you try this as well as a technique. There is a lot more to photos than technical perfection, more important is the idea. I may not have nailed it, but I tried.


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Adding to the FS7's badass nature is its incredible layout and user interface. Do you need to multitask to the extreme? I'm talking perform seven tasks to even get the shot set up and then snap your image or record your scene?
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Management Accountant
- Recruiter
- Michael Page
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, Beaconsfield
- Salary
- £30000 - £34000 per annum
- Posted
- 23 Apr 2019
- Closes
- 23 May 2019
- Ref
- 13878056/001
- Contact
- Jack Hughes
- Job role
- Management accountant
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
I am currently recruiting for a Management Accountant for a brilliant Accountancy Practice based in Beaconsfield. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to join a very forward thinking practice. At least 4 years experience in an Accountancy Practice is a must have due to the nature of the role.
Client Details
My client are a very well regarded Accountancy Practice based in Beaconsfield. They are award winning and held in very high esteem by their clients. Their Outsource (Bookkeeping and Management Accounts) team is growing and the work coming in through new clients determines it to be hard-working and continually developing. The team consists of trainee AAT's, Bookkeepers and Management Accountants. Over the years a few have been part-time and others more recently joining, more full-time. They are looking for a further full-time Management Account to help the partners. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with people management experience.
The successful Management Accountant will:
- Oversee/carry out bookkeeping and data processing using accounting systems of the client or appropriate accounting system
- Oversee management of purchase ledger, sales ledger and nominal ledgers
- Oversee/carry out regular reconciliation of all control accounts
- Oversee/calculate and process monthly journals for prepayment/ accruals/depreciation/payroll and other monthly adjustments
- Oversee/prepare VAT returns In advance of deadline for review and sign off
- Completes assignments for clients, managers & supervisors to required standard
- Prepare management accounts file in required format and structure
- Complete monthly/quarterly reporting pack including P& L ,B/S , budgets and actual , debtors/creditors aging analysis,cashflow and commentary
- Assist with budgets and forecasts
- Monitor, evaluate and review accounting systems and suggest improvement or alternative accounting systems where applicable
- Implement appropriate accounting systems and advise on improvement where needed
- Undertake training of clients and junior team members
- Manages portfolio to ensure work completed to client's timetable expectations
- Meeting deadlines and dates set
- Assist with the preparation of end of year accounts file and audit schedules
- Completion and submission oftimesheets within set deadlines
- Effective use of IT including excel, accounts packages, outlook
- Maintain client confidentiality outside the office including on client premises
The ideal Management accountant will have/ be:
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On offer is a great starting salary as well as some brilliant benefits.
If this role is of interest, please call Jack Hughes on 02380 206 441 to discuss this as well as other similar opportunities.


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I've been using Dropbox, Carbon Copy Cloner, iCloud, iTunes Match, Time Machine, Google Drive and Crashplan as part of my back up plan for a while. Recently I also added OneDrive and Copy, because they both give me a decent amount of cloud storage, and in the case of Copy it's a decent interface to store large PDF files (such as downloads of Mac Format and Linux Format) that are too large for the Kindle app to deal with.
Today I also started experimenting with BitTorrent Sync. It's not cloud storage, but it will mirror directories between multiple computers, and is only limited by disk space and the speed of my local network. I've not got much further than installing the client yet, but will write more about how it works if it proves to be interesting/useful.


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Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House, Bow St, London WC2E 9DD
This world-famous home of the Royal Opera, the ROH Orchestra, and the Royal Ballet, is open during the day to the general public, and to ticket holders during performances. Tickets for the performances can be purchased in advance or on the day from the Box Office. Pre-booked back-stage tours are also available daily.
Visitors can enjoy lunch in the Amphitheatre Restaurant, or have a drink on the Amphitheatre Terrace overlooking the Covent Garden Piazza. There is also a Royal Opera House shop with a selection of souvenirs.
7-minute walk (0.3 miles) from the hotel
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As I have mentioned before the Canadian Quilters' Association national quilt show is in London Ontario this year in May. For the first time, I plan to go. One of the things they do is ask guilds across Canada to make something for all the delegates attending. In past years, it has been table toppers. This year it is a leaf bowl. It was fast and easy to do. I made it by fusing material to both sides of timtex. Next I cut out the pattern and zigzagged all the way around. Last I sewed up the slits on all four sides to give it the bowl appearance.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
7 comments:
- Mama Pea said...
That's cool and will be the perfect gift for the delegates!
- February 8, 2011 at 8:51 AM
- Brooke said...
WOW!!! I think you should submit that as a tutorial!
- February 8, 2011 at 9:27 AM
soooooo cool!!! love this, Jackie and your sweet Sweet Divinity mini quilt!! so inspiring!
- February 8, 2011 at 10:02 PM
- Linda said...
Looks great Jackie - I am working on mine now. What fun eh? L
- February 10, 2011 at 6:12 AM
- Quilt Rat said...
Awesome! I think it is going to be so cool to see these leaves from right across the country done in so many wonderful colours.
Thanks for getting involved with this project. I DO hope everyone making them is enjoying doing so.
- February 10, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Diane said...
It looks so real, like a dried preserved leaf,beautiful. Your talent just keeps errupting.
- February 11, 2011 at 8:11 AM
- Carole said...
Fabulous! Makes me wish I was going to be there!!
- February 16, 2011 at 12:52 PM
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Microsoft® JScript
new Operator
Language Reference
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Creates a new object.
new constructor[(arguments)]
The constructor argument calls object's constructor. The parentheses can be omitted if the constructor takes no arguments.
The new operator performs the following tasks:
The constructor then initializes the object according to the arguments passed to the constructor. These are examples of valid uses of the new operator:
- It creates an object with no members.
- It calls the constructor for that object, passing a pointer to the newly created object as the this pointer.my_object = new Object; my_array = new Array(); my_date = new Date("Jan 5 1996");


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Dines winner as Quay see off Bellurgan in U13 thriller
Quay Celtic U13s completed a Fastfix League and Cup double with Saturday's exciting victory over Bellurgan United at Bellew Park.
Team manager Cathal O'Hanlon certainly has a talented bunch of players at his disposal and this squad showed all the signs that it can go and win more honours as it moves up the age levels.
James Prendergast gave Quay a 2-0 lead going in to the last 15 minutes but they gave themselves and their supporters the jitters by conceding two goals in the final four minutes before rounding off a terrific season with a match winner by Caolan Dines in extra time.
Quay hit the ground running and put Bellurgan under a lot of pressure. Sean O'Hanlon went close in the 3rd and 10th minute and James Prendergast in the 14th minute as the Quay side dominated most of the first half hour exchanges.
Bellurgan defenders Conor Loughran and Dylan McCarthy stood firm and any stray balls over the top were efficiently dealt with by Bellurgan 'keeper Gavin Gregory.
Prendergast was unlucky not to open the scoring in the 22nd minute but his terrific left footed shot was just inches away from the top corner.
Bellurgan's Shane Gregory created a couple of chances early in the second half but the deadlock was broken 11 minutes after the break. The move started deep in the Quay Celtic half by Caolan Conroy, his pass found Sean O'Hanlon in space and O'Hanlon then set up James Prendergast who fired home from inside the Bellurgan penalty area.
Prendergast was through again three minutes later but Gavin Gregory produced a good save but Gregory could do nothing to prevent Prendergast scoring his second goal on 15 minutes when the Quay Celtic striker, with his back to the goal, hooked the ball over the keeper's head.
It looked all over but back came Bellurgan and Shane Gregory set up Gearoid McArdle on 26 minutes and he beat the advancing Garion O'Hare to make it 2-1 and in the last minute Bellurgan scored a dramatic equaliser when Conor Loughran's brilliant effort came back off the crossbar and Lee McDonald scored from close range.
Bellurgan had the better of the exchanges in the first half of extra time but Quay Celtic scored the winner four minutes into the second half when Sean O'Hanlon's corner was headed home by Caolan Dines.
Shane Gregory's free kick in the last minute was heading for goal but Garion O'Hare's superb save was the last action of a very entertaining cup final.
Quay Celtic U13: Garion O'Hare, Caolan Conroy, Fergal Mulholland, Gavin Smith, Andrew Curley, Adam Hooper, Ciaran Jamison, Sean O'Hanlon, James Prendergast, Caolan Dines, Ben Kapinga, Tiernan Reilly, Luke Hazzard, Padraig Russell, Harry Monahan, Tadhg Litchfield.
Bellurgan United U13: Gavin Gregory, Stephen Gartland, Jack Murphy, Dylan McCarthy, Conor Loughran, Leonard Gray, Jason Finnegan, Tadgh O'Connor, Shane Gregory, Adam Finnegan, Gearoid McArdle, Lee McDonald, Dean Mullen, Matthew Pagni.


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Disappearing D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan turns 90
A WW2 veteran who hit the headlines around the world after he disappeared from his nursing home in Hove to attend the D-Day commemorations in France has celebrated his 90th birthday.
Bernard Jordan had decided to have a "low-key" birthday, spending it quietly with friends and his wife Irene.
But he received at least 2,500 birthday cards after his trip to Normandy.
"I just can't believe it. It's quite overwhelming to be honest," the former Royal Navy officer said.
The Candy Girls, who met Mr Jordan on his way to France, were also singing to him.
'Nothing special'
"I want to thank everyone who sent me a card or a gift," he said. "Sadly, I can't thank everyone in person so I hope they get this message.
"I'm just one man and I'm nothing special. Anyone would think I'd defeated Hitler on my own."
And he said: "There were a lot of other people on the beaches of Normandy that day. This lovely attention is for them really, not me."
On 5 June, Mr Jordan left The Pines care home, where he lives with his wife, and was reported missing to Sussex Police that evening.
It was later discovered he was safe and well and had joined other veterans in France, where hundreds of veterans marked the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Staff at his nursing home had tried to get him on to an accredited tour to Normandy with the Royal British Legion but it was a last-minute request and had not been possible.
Undeterred, Mr Jordan decided he would go there anyway wearing his war medals under his grey mac, but his trip sparked a police alert.
His whereabouts was uncovered when a younger veteran from Brighton made a call to say he had met Mr Jordan on a coach and they were safe and well in a hotel in Ouistreham.
Mr Jordan, a former mayor of Hove, could soon be honoured with the Freedom of Brighton and Hove.
Current mayor of the city Brian Fitch has put forward a proposal to the council's chief executive Penny Thompson.


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The sound of the Cecilian Singers
Ave Maria
Music to celebrate the Virgin Mary
A CD recorded in 2000 by the Cecilian Singers directed by Nan Anderson
Nineteen choral pieces inspired by the Virgin Mary and composed for upper voices.
Three tracks are available for your listening pleasure:
This CD is available for purchase at any Cecilians concert, or email Julie Rathgen.
Other tracks on the CD:
Ave Maria – Francis Poulenc
Our Lady of Lourdes – Trad. French arr. Vernon Griffiths
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CES 2018: Modularity is an uphill battle
The Blocks smartwatch was announced back in 2015, which in the relatively short timeline of modern wearables, feels prehistoric. So much has changed since then – new companies have entered, others have left – and all the while Blocks has kept us waiting. At CES 2018, the company announced it was going to start shipping watches to backers ahead of a wider launch later in the year. Blocks has already missed two planned launch windows, but it really isready to go now.
Let's just quickly cover off what Blocks actually is. This is a $259 modular smartwatch; you buy the "core" unit and then add individual modules to the strap, each performing a unique function. Out the gate there will be six, costing $35 each, but the company has a long list of ideas for more.
Blocks has been in development since November 2013 and the watch has evolved a lot in that time. The new model we saw at CES was a little different to what we'd previously seen, and this is the one that is about to ship to backers and (some time in Q1) made widely available. Here's what we think so far.
Blocks smartwatch: Stuck together pieces
"When we worked with the previous manufacturer, the quality wasn't good enough," Blocks' Omer El Fakir tells me. So Blocks switched to a new manufacturer and a new, faster MediaTek processor. It's also crammed in a slightly bigger battery, though that's pushed up the size of the core unit.
The 400 x 400 AMOLED display face is still 45mm but lug-to-lug the case is a little longer than when we last saw it. And it only comes in one size. In a time where smartwatch makers are designing for people who want smaller wearables (most notably women), Blocks is behind. At least you have an option of two colors: black or silver.
As for the modules, these attach via the strap, and Blocks is making life easier by shipping the watch with an adapter that will connect to any 22mm strap. Kudos to them for that idea.
The six modular Blocks is making available from day one include a heart rate sensor, a GPS/GLONASS module, a smart button, an LED, a battery extender, and an "Adventure" module that tracks humidity, temperature and altitude. But it won't stop there. The company plans to push out a bunch more including an air quality filter, an NFC module, a respiration sensor and even a breathalyzer. You can't fault Blocks for throwing out some unique ideas.
And I know what you're wondering: yes you can attach more than one at once. Blocks told me you can have up to four modules attached at a time though I wasn't able to try that to see how comfortable it may or may not be. The battery module, which grants you 25% extra power, is a little larger than the others. Without it, Blocks says you can expect to run for around two days.
Blocks smartwatch: Android Wear? Not exactly
In a world dominated by Android Wear and Apple's watchOS, barely any smartwatch makers are daring to build their own ecosystem. Even Misfit, which made pretty good headway with its proprietary OS on the Misfit Vapor, decided that rather than fight Goliath, it was better to join him. Blocks' OS is Android-based, but not Android Wear, which is what allows it to integrate the modules. It was designed by Cronologics, a company that was building smartwatch software on regular Android before, funnily enough, it was bought by Google. The OS on the Blocks watch is the same one running on the Alexa CoWatch and works with Android and iPhones.
That means there are hints of Android Wear in here, but menus are designed differently and, perhaps problematically, users won't have access to the Android Wear app store. El Fakir said that you will be able to sideload apps, and already the company has done so with Philips Hue – with Philips' blessing. There's now an Alexa app in there too, though I didn't get to try that one out in my demo.
While it's not yet ready, Blocks is building its own app store that will be made available in the smartphone app. The watch is also being updated to Android 8 Oreo to give it more power efficiency.
So there will be some apps out the door, and Blocks is no doubt hoping to attract a healthy developer community that will find interesting uses for the modules it's offering. That, to me, is where Blocks's potential lies. These modules could be means to much more interesting ends.
Early verdict
The Blocks smartwatch demonstrates creative thinking but I fear it's a little too late. Modular tech is hard. Even in the smartphone space, which has had a lengthy headstart over wearables, the modular concept just hasn't stuck. There is, however, still a hole left behind by Pebble, which the Fitbit Ionic hasn't managed to fill. The Ionic lacks geek appeal; Blocks has it in spades. But I wonder if there's also a big enough market to make Blocks a success.
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Medieval 2 Total War Concentrated Vanilla compatibility update
It took me a while to figure out what the hell - mostly because Steam decided to simultaneously screw up my Medieval 2 installation, and only full reinstall of both the game and Steam itself, followed by then fixing the mod would work.
Fortunately it's all done now. Just grab latest zip from github. It probably won't work with non-Steam retail version - if you have that, just get older version.
And one more thing - if you try to run concentrated_vanilla.bat while Steam is off, it will run unmodded game. Make sure Steam is running before you run concentrated_vanilla.bat. Nothing I can do about that.
Enjoy the game.
Posted by taw at 22:44
Labels: medieval 2 total war
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What should a successful launch of the mod look like?
The game will launch, but there's no indication that it has loaded the mod.
There appears to be no Launcher.exe to delete either - there's just the medieval2.exe
As I understand the installation process:
Move concentrated-vanilla-master to the mod folder for medieval2 - which also has the Kingdoms DLC.
Take concentrated_vanilla.bat, concentrated_vanilla.cfg and concentrated_vanilla directory from output, mods and place in the main medieval2 directory.
add launch property: @concentrated_vanilla.cfg to the medieval.exe.
Is this correct?
- 14:00
- taw said...
Anonymous: There should be yellow concentrated vanilla in main menu if mod is actually working.
There's been so many versions of M2 around that it's really hard to figure out correct instructions :-/
However, what you're doing is definitely not it.
Just copy stuff from output/ folder:
* output/concentrated_vanilla.bat to /concentrated_vanilla.bat
* output/mods/concentrated_vanilla to //mods/concentrated_vanilla
That should work for latest Steam version of M2 (not Kingdoms), if I remember correctly.
- 17:56
Brilliant, that worked perfectly.
Thank you for creating this mod.
- 18:54
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
i cant find a mod folder on the new mac compatible version of medieval 2, is this compatible? any clues?
- 15:24
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
mac version via steam I should have said.
- 17:47
- taw said...
I tested Steam Windows version and retail Windows version, I didn't even know Mac verison existed. You can give it a try, but it would probably take some figuring it out on your side.
- 20:01
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
Ok . I have tried, got nowhere, the folders have been altered in the conversion, hard to know where to put what!
- 21:56
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
if you get the opportunity to have a look that would be great, I have tried playing the normal version and its significantly less enjoyable than the concentrated vanilla version.
- 21:59
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
Hi again
Any chance you do a more detailed explanation of where to to copy the relevant files to and from? Then u can try and apply the steps to the Mac version.
- 16:00
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
I meant i will apply the steps. i am having no luck ...any chance you could have a look please?
- 20:48
- taw said...
I'll take a look at it when I have some time but that probably won't be before weekend.
- 18:55
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
thanks that would be great, much appreciated.
- 07:44
- Thomas Radcliffe said...
any joy?
- 20:19
- taw said...
If anybody else needs it, methods that worked for me:
* Copy output/mods/concentrated_vanilla to ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Medieval II Total War/Medieval2Data/mods/concentrated_vanilla
* Run Steam launcher, select "Play Medieval II: Total War" (and not any of the kingdoms expansions)
* In Mac launcher, go to advanced options
* Put exactly this there: --features.mod=mods/concentrated_vanilla
* If it worked, you'll see yellow "Concentrated Vanilla" once in main menu
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These four body images, comprised of celebrities' best features, reveal the staggering differences in how men and women perceive the perfect body. A new survey has gathered the preferences of both genders, creating 'body beautiful' composites using the physical attributes of the world's most beautiful people.
It appears that women covet a ultra-slim boyish figure, while men lust after curvacious full hips and an ample bust. While women opted for the boyish hips of youthful Noah actress Emma Watson, 23, men plumped for the fuller curves of 34-year-old model Kelly Brook.
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