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Types of fitness programs
The following tells us about the different types of fitness programs.
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Any individual dealing with health and physiological issues in their life can find a facet of yoga that can benefit them. Improvement in the flexibility of the body is the first thing that can be achieved with the practice of yoga. Being able to freely move through daily life without any pain is often a rare scenario in many people's life. The flexibility of the body leads you to live your life without any tension in the body which includes sitting with ease and walking up and down the stairs without any pain in the joints. Generally, the nerve endings in the hands and feet receive less oxygen and are often vulnerable to injury. Practicing yoga regularly can improve the circulation in the body especially hands and feet.
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Cardiovascularly refers to the heart and blood vessels. There is a variety of cardio exercises such as dancing, running, aerobics and cycling that you can do to improve the functioning of the heart. A proper warm-up session before the exercises can greatly increase the movement in these exercises. By introducing great equipment such as treadmills and cycling machines, many manufacturers have catered to the needs of people who are interested in going to the gym to perform their cardio workout.
Cardiovascular exercises can greatly strengthen the heart and improve its health. The blood pump up that happens during these exercises ensures to eliminate the build-up of unwanted cholesterol in the blood vessels which greatly reduces the risk of a heart attack. All the cardio exercises are known to reduce the overall weight of the body when practiced with diligence. Performing cardio exercises releases feel good hormones in the body that help to ease anxiety and depression.
Weight Loss Medications for treating obesity
Obesity can be a leading cause of depression and anxiety. Obesity increases the strain on the heart by building up the cholesterol levels in the blood vessels. Moreover, having to keep up with the social idea of lean is beauty can be a daunting task. Obesity can be dealt with following an exercise regime meticulously, combined with a healthy diet plan. Although in many cases these strategies can help you bring back your health, severe cases of obesity need to be tackled in different ways.
Xenical, the best weight loss option
Xenical will be an effective weight loss option for you. So, you can start using this medicine right now if you are a person who is having high health risks like high cholesterol, diabetes or high blood pressure. It is thought advisable to seek medical consultation from a reputed health care professional before you begin to use Xenical so as to make sure that this drug would be your ideal choice to fight obesity. Many people find Xenical to be available for an exorbitant price. But you can also procure Xenical for cheap through various means. You can explore in this article, the possible ways of procuring cheap Xenical and how it can be an effective remedy to your malady.
Xenical is a wonderful gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor and it is designed specifically for managing obesity. It acts in the body by inhibiting the absorption of dietary fats thus aiding in the management of body weight. Xenical comprises of an active component called Orlistat which plays a major role in fighting obesity. Generally, battling obesity is quite tough, but with Xenical, it is no more a big deal. A large number of physicians suggest people to buy Xenical online in the first place to treat overweight and obesity symptoms. The drug helps the person to control their intake. When people begin to eat little less than before, which paves way for losing weight and shedding the excessive calories.
How to safely buy Xenical online?
You can procure Xenical online over any online drugstore. However, you need to be very careful in doing so. This is because there are many online drugstores that happen to operate in an illegitimate manner and sell counterfeit Xenical pills to customers. Therefore, in order to prevent yourself from getting deceived, you must check if the online pharmacy you choose is a licensed drugstore. You can place your Xenical orders in large quantities at the online pharmacy and proceed to make the payment. You will have to provide your contact information and address for delivery. Upon ordering the Xenical, the drugs will be delivered to your location within the shortest span. You can buy Xenical online safely by clicking the link of reputed Canadian pharmacies, which is a recognized drugstore with years of industry practice and you can get hold of your medication in a cheap and convenient way.
How cheap is Xenical online?
Xenical is available for quite a low price over online pharmacies. You can obtain 120mg of Xenical for a price of $63.75 approximately with 30 Xenical pills in the pack where a single Xenical pill constitutes for about $2.13 approximately. You will get Xenical 60 mg at a cost of $40.35 with 30 Xenical pills in the pack where a single Xenical pill costs for about $1.35 approximately. The price of the drug is, however, subject to change from time to time depending upon the market value.
The Phentermine is a central nervous system stimulant that acts by suppressing the hunger levels of a person.One should buy Phentermine online legally from a genuine online pharmacy. People suffering from high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes can consume this pill alongside a healthy diet and an exercise regimen so that they can get the full benefits with phentermine pill. You can also opt Adipex for weight loss drug, which is the brand version of phentermine from the best Adipex online pharmacy to start your treatment for obesity. However, taking this pill with other weight loss medications like Xenical during exercise can cause serious drug interactions and provide undesirable effects in the body.
The best and the most cost-effective way is to order Phentermine pills, the best weight loss pills from the best phentermine online pharmacy site the-phentermine.net, in the dosage strength of Phentermine 37.5 mg that is readily available in it. If you are fighting severe obesity and stressing yourself with how to tackle that situation, weight loss pill would be the way for you. A second approach that can be followed to rapidly reduce weight is to go with surgical treatments. Even though this method produces fast results, this method is very expensive and the patients are usually prone to side effects due to the sudden changes in the body.
Reduction of weight has not be a lame job for many of those concerned and it does take efforts of great magnitude to shed that extra flab. There are a plenty of factors which one has to bear in mind in finding a panacea in the long term and should also need to dwell in depth on the causes for being unsuccessful in shedding the additional pounds despite sweating out or by undergoing therapies or just by taking pills.
When a person has an idea to buy Meridia online, they would check if the site is informative and whether it is user-friendly to navigate. They get all these when choosing a mail order pharmacy. People can also get some information about the drug that they are going to take through the articles in the site even without doing any research. Even an internet based pharmacy asks for the prescription which means it is legitimate.
In the world, there are many people who live in the remote places without any access to the traditional brick and mortar stores.so, if they have to buy Meridia they have to walk a long distance from their house to the offline store. But, the sad truth is that, even after the struggle there is less chance for them to get the drug. You might also have to wait for a week time to get the pills. For those people an online pharmacy is definitely a boon as these does not run out of stock of the medication. Advancements in the technology have significantly changed the marketplace. This refers that you don't have to still purchase Meridia from the local store.
Exercises to strengthen the muscles
In addition to building the muscle, muscular strengthening exercises also increase the endurance level in the body. It is not to be misunderstood with the cardio exercises where the main objective there is to improve the health of the heart. A gym can aid you with your muscle building as it houses various quality equipment such as cross cycling and weight lifting machines that have adjustable weights for a particular body type and strength, under the same roof.
Benefits of muscle strengthening exercises
Persistence muscular workout leads to higher metabolic rate which in turn increases the energy level of a person. With higher physical strength an individual tends to work for a longer period of time without getting tired. Research shows that muscle strength is also required to maintain the overall health of the body. Muscle relaxants like Soma can be used during exercise to increase the strength of muscles, but make sure that Soma overdose will cause serious side effects in the body. To get the information on how Soma works and what are the other things that need to be taken care with Soma medication, visit a genuine online drugstore, which gives genuine information on Soma and moreover, you can also purchase Soma online from the same Online pharmacy at a cheap price to get relief from pain.
How to get relief from pain during exercise?
However while performing these exercises, at times people suffer from injuries and muscular pains. In such conditions, there is no need to worry as there are a lot of meds during exercise, which is available on the market to aid you with the pain relief. The most popular pill on the market that works as a great pain reliever is Tramadol (Ultram). Tramadol is used to treat less to severe pain. People can buy Tramadol from renowned online pharmacies to get hold of the drug through overnight delivery option to treat their pain.
People can also purchase Tramadol online legally from online drugstores and can also use in conjunction with physical therapy to heal injuries and muscle strain. Despite various benefits, Ultram can be habit forming and the dose prescribed by your doctor should be strictly followed.


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Author Notes: So easy. So delicious! The tomatoes and onions burst with garden fresh flavor and add a great surprise with every bite. Dinner is on the table in less than an hour. —BerryBaby
Serves: 4
Pork tenderloin (about 1-1/4 lbs.)
teaspoon Olive oil
teaspoon Garlic powder
Coarse salt
Freshly ground pepper
pint Garden fresh cherry tomatoes
Yellow onion (large)
teaspoons Olive oil
- Pat pork tenderloin dry.
- Rub with olive oil, sprinkle the garlic powder, salt/pepper all over the meat.
- Place in glass (Pyrex) baking pan.
- In a separate glass baking pan, place washed and dried cherry tomatoes (leave tomatoes whole, do not cut)
- Cut onion into fourths and pull the onion apart, mix with cherry tomatoes.
- Coat tomatoes and onion with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place both pans in 375 degree oven and roast for 45 minutes.
- Check temperature of roast, it should be 165. If not, keep in oven another 10 minutes and check again. (Remove the tomatoes/onions if roast needs more time.)
- Remove both pans from oven and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Slice meat and spoon the tomato/onion over meat.
- Serve.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Fresh Tomato Showstopper
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Some New Art.
Hi guys, just wanted to post some new promo art for The Deaprtment by the very talented Cole Jefferies.
Make sure to check out the Kickstarter as well.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Like us!
I'd like to announce The Department Facebook contest. All you have to do is like our Facebook page. That's It! We'll select one person to receive a free signed print edition of the game. Three other lucky people will receive a free PDF, or, Ebook version of the game.
Note: This contest is null and void if the Kickstarter pitch is unsuccessful, as the game will not be produced.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Department, Its live folks
It's been another period of inactivity here at the blog, but not without good reason. I've been moving ahead on the artwork for Blaster and Bulkheads, but over the last few months I've also been working on my baby.
I'd like to present to you, my loyal readers, the Kickstarter page for a game I've been wanting to make for a long time.
I won't rehash the pitch text here, since you can read it on the Kickstarter page, but suffice to say we're breaking new ground in skirmish wargaming. Building on the solid Goalsystem, we plan on releasing a full color 150 page book that lets you fight rogue robots in 2060s America.
While the rewards we have on the Kickstarter page are great, I'd like to extend an offer exclusive to my blog readers. The first ten people who make a donation to the kickstarter at $10 or more will also receive a small print of the above artwork signed by me as a thank you for being one of the first Kickstarter backers. I'll send this out next week(provided there are enogh donations), so you'll have your print right away to help spread the word about The Department. Just send me a message through Kickstarter to claim you bonus reward. Make sure to mention that you heard about it on the blog.
Even if you don't want to donate, I would greatly appreciate making a post about the game on any forums or your blog. The more people know about the project, the more chance we have of making this project a success.
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Caderno Sesc_Videobrasil 8
Publication looks into the broadened notion of "belonging"
The eighth edition of Caderno Sesc_Videobrasil was edited by Moacir dos Anjos (curator of the 29th Bienal de São Paulo and the Panorama de Arte Brasileira at the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 2007, among other shows). Caderno Sesc_Videobrasil is an annual bilingual publication featuring an in-depth look at the contemporary scene, from a multidisciplinary, critical perspective, with the collaboration of artists and writers.
The theme picked by Dos Anjos for this edition, Pertença, relates to the notion of belonging, amidst the tangled web of relationships and reflections of current times. The processes of social change and internationalization constitute the factors of a dilemma which involves the blurring of boundaries of national identity on the one hand and the affirmation of regional cultural idiosyncrasies on the other.
This Caderno edition interacts with the project from a show cocurated by the editor and professor Laymert Garcia dos Santos (Unicamp, São Paulo). Other collaborators include the American writer and artist Jimmie Durham, Swiss researcher Christian Kasper, the Brazilian artists Cao Guimarães, Paula Trope, Regina Parra, and Paulo Nazareth, the Belgian artist Francis Alÿs, and the Palestinian artist Emily Jacir.
The plurality of voices featured in the publication reflects the complex character of the matter at hand: to Moacir dos Anjos, the book "proposes to explore some of the paradoxes that have often made the first years of the 21st century seem like a time when disputes are being transcended, while, on the other hand, they seem to be intensifying…. The wide context of this investigation is the gradual fraying—observed and promoted throughout recent decades—of the mechanisms of organization and of political-spatial representation which long held sway everywhere…. This Caderno can thus be taken as a set of notes for an unfinished conversation…."
Each Caderno Sesc_Videobrasil edition is structured out as an editorial curated program of its own, with each editor-curator having total freedom to build their publication using essays, interviews, texts, and original works from researchers, critics, and artists. Past editions have been developed by Lisette Lagnado, Rodrigo Moura, Fernando Oliva, Marcelo Rezende, José Augusto Ribeiro, and Hélio Hara.
The eighth edition will be released in the first quarter of 2013. The release will be announced on the Videobrasil Web site. Go to our news page and subscribe to our newsletter to get this and other updates.
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Walk of Heroes Veterans War Memorial
Conyers, GA 30012
The Walk of Heroes Veterans War Memorial is located on a 12-acre site at Randy Poynter Lake in Rockdale County. This serene setting provides the perfect backdrop for visitors to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city to remember, reflect and rejoice as well as foster a common understanding of the sacrifices and uncommon dedication of veterans and their families. A visit to the park will etch in the minds of the future leaders that freedom comes at a price, including the ultimate sacrifice of laying down one's life.
The Walk of Heroes Veterans War Memorial is a monument in the making. While the memorial has begun, there is still much to be accomplished. You can be a part of the process and help build the dream. Make a tax-exempt donation to the The Walk of Heroes Veterans War Memorial Foundation and/or purchase an engraved stone paver for the veteran in your life to be placed on the Walk of Heroes.
We suggest that you first watch the introductory video to understand the concept and ideas behind the development of the memorial. Then watch the virtual 3D fly through of the memorial as it will appear when finally completed. Review the project timeline and funding requirements. Finally take a 'walk' through a 3D version of the memorial with the 3D Master Plan Tour.
Info & Amenities
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Tuesday: 7:00AM - 9:00PM
Thursday: 7:00AM - 9:00PM
Friday: 7:00AM - 9:00PM
Saturday: 7:00AM - 9:00PM
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Parking on Site
Picnic Area
Public Restrooms
Self-guided Tours
General Information
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Handicapped Accessible
Open Year 'Round
Group Amenities
Near Interstate Highway
Suitable for Ages
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The music of Howard Frazin has been called "genuinely touching" by the Dallas Morning News and "clear in design … ingeniously scored … with an almost unbearable poignancy" by The Boston Globe. His works are commissioned and performed by many leading ensembles including A Far Cry, Boston Classical Orchestra, Claremont Trio, Florestan Recital Project, Lorelei Ensemble, Lydian String Quartet, and Triple Helix, and programmed at festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, Banff, Rockport, Monadnock, Bowdoin, Kneisel Hall, and Yellow Barn. His works are published by Edition Peters and recorded on Ravello Records and MSR Classics.
Mr. Frazin's oratorio The Voice of Isaac—a retelling of the Abraham and Isaac story from Isaac's perspective—was commissioned by PALS Children's Chorus and premiered at Boston's Jordan Hall in 2003, and recently performed by Coro Allegro at Sanders Theatre in April 2016. Recent orchestral works include In the Forests of the Night, originally commissioned and premiered by the Boston Classical Orchestra, with subsequent performances by multiple orchestras across the United States, and programmed this season by Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra for April 2017. Upcoming projects include a viola concerto in March 2017 for Kim Kashkashian and the Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society, as well as a song cycle in collaboration with the poet Donald Hall, and a new string quartet for Boston's Arneis Quartet.
Mr. Frazin is co-founder and artistic director of WordSong and has taught composition at the New England Conservatory and the Longy School of Music. He was a composition student of Dominick Argento, and currently serves as Composer-in-Residence with the Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Society.
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December 11, 2009
Marinette Marine to build ARRV
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced its intent to award a $123 million to Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wis. to build the 254-foot Alaska Region Research Vessel.
When complete, the vessel will be one of the most advanced university research vessels in the world and will be capable of breaking ice up to 2.5 feet thick. According to project leaders, the ARRV's home port will be in Alaska, most likely at UAF's Seward Marine Center.
"Ocean scientists need this ice-capable vessel now, more than ever before, to study the changes occurring in arctic waters," says Denis Wiesenburg, a co-principal investigator on the project and the dean of the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.
The $123 million for the ship construction contract is funded entirely by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The total cost for the project is $200 million.
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The need for this vessel was first expressed by marine scientists in the U.S. in 1973. The award of a shipbuilding contract comes after 36 years of development and the consideration of multiple vessel designs, construction. The vessel was designed by The Glosten Associates, a marine architecture and engineering firm in Seattle, in 2004.
The ARRV will allow researchers to collect sediment samples directly from the seafloor, host remotely operated vehicles, use a flexible suite of winches to raise and lower scientific equipment, and conduct surveys throughout the water column and sea bottom using an extensive set of research instrumentation. The ship will also be able to transmit real-time information directly to classrooms all over the world. The vessel design strives to have the lowest possible environmental impact, including a low underwater radiated noise signature for marine mammal and fisheries work. The ARRV will have accommodations for up to 26 scientists and students at a time, including those with disabilities.


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C'mon, a little immaturity never hurt anyone! Check the real video to this song below and do your best not to laugh – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o
In short this is a bunch of leftover clips, outtakes and crashes from the past few months, with a kind of comical twist… I guess.
We all had sex!!
Filmed on a Canon 550D, 50mm 1.7, Tamron 70 – 200mm, Samyang 8mm Fisheye and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 by Mike King for my website, Fast Forward BMX


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Solr log messages
DSE Search logs Solr errors, warnings, debug, trace, and info messages in the Cassandra system log.
DSE Search logs Solr errors, warnings, debug, trace, and info messages in the Cassandra system log:
Changing the Solr logging level
You can control the granularity of Solr log messages, and other log messages, in the Cassandra system.log file by configuring the logback.xml file.
The location of the logback.xml file depends on the type of installation:
|Installer-Services and Package installations
|Installer-No Services and Tarball installations
To set log levels, specify one of these values:
- All - turn on all logging
- OFF - no logging
- FATAL - severe errors causing premature termination
- ERROR - other runtime errors or unexpected conditions
- WARN - use of deprecated APIs, poor use of API, near errors, and other undesirable or unexpected runtime situations
- DEBUG - detailed information on the flow through the system
- TRACE - more detailed than DEBUG
- INFO - highlight the progress of the application at a coarse-grained level
Accessing the validation log
DSE Search stores validation errors that arise from non-indexable data that is sent from nodes other than DSE Search nodes:
For example, if a Cassandra node that is not running DSE Search puts a string in a date field, an exception is logged for that column when the data is replicated to the Solr node.


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The Rainmakers: California's top political donors, 2001-2011
Lavishing their largesse on legislators and political committees alike, the largest donors to California politics spent $1.25 billion from 2001 through 2011. The group — 50 special interests and 50 wealthy individuals — spans the Golden State's social order. They are corporate leaders and venture capitalists, real estate developers and Hollywood scions. They are energy and tobacco companies, labor unions and tribal governments. Collectively, they shelled out a third of all the money given to campaigns in the state during the 11-year period. This data includes only contributions to candidates and ballot measure committees, not independent expenditure groups.
Ann Howland Doerr, Woodside, CA
Midas Touchwhat's this?
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Win/loss percentage
$3,038,625 to winners, $41,200 to losers
Ann Howland Doerr is the wife of Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr. She graduated from Rice University in 1975, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering. She is a registered Democrat, an environmental activist and a trustee of the New York-based Environmental Defense Fund. In addition to political donations, she has made major charitable contributions to educational and environmental organizations.
Total contributions: $3,137,425
List of contributions
Source: Contribution data from National Institute on Money in State Politics
Credits: Interactive by Michael Corey, Coulter Jones and Chase Davis. Reporting by Coulter Jones. Badge design by Thomas Guffey. Additional reporting by Stanford University students enrolled in a Communications Department investigative reporting class under the direction of California Watch Editorial Director Mark Katches. The project began in January 2011. Students participating were: Devin Banerjee, Daniel Bohm, Kathleen Chaykowski, Tom Corrigan, Cassandra Feliciano, Jamie Hansen, Amy Harris, Josh Hicks, Ellen Huet, Julia James, Paul Jones, Ryan Mac, Valentina Nesci, Dean Schaffer, Elizabeth Titus and Kareem Yasin. Bohm, Hansen, Huet, Harris and Titus continued to work on the project as California Watch interns under the direction of Associate Editor Denise Zapata.


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Welcome to The Black Hand Crafts
We are a group of craftsmen and women who are dedicated to making high quality unusual products using the best materials, and environmentally sound practises. We are a British community selling a variety of locally made items, from Pagan Athame, to hand-made books to fetish collars and manacles. We have all sorts of unusual items and something for everybody.


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Hong Kong Business
The Geert Hofstede analysis for Hong Kong Business is almost identical to that of other Asian countries. Where Hong Kong Business differs dramatically is in their Uncertainty Avoidance factors. Most Asian countries rank fairly high in this category, however in Hong Kong Business they tend to be greater risk takers. The highest-ranking factor is Long-term Orientation, which reflects their emphasis on relationships.
Hong Kong Business Geert Hofstede analysis has Long-term Orientation (LTO) as the highest-ranking (96) factor, which is true for all Far East Asian cultures. This Dimension indicates a societies' time perspective and an attitude of persevering; that is, overcoming obstacles with time, if not with will and strength. (see Asian countries graph below)
Of note is Hong Kong Business's relatively low Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) Dimension ranking of only 29, compared to an average of 63 for the Far East Asian countries. This very low level of Uncertainty Avoidance is the fourth lowest in the World, with only Denmark (23), Jamaica (13), and Singapore (8) having lower scores for this Dimension.
The low Uncertainty Avoidance ranking indicates a society that not only tolerates uncertainty and a freedom of opinions, but uses this strength, in the case of Hong Kong Business, to be a place where many varying cultures and ideas can come together. Geert Hofstede describes people in a culture with the low UAI Dimension as, ". . . more phlegmatic and contemplative . ."
Hong Kong Business has an Individualism (IDV) ranking of 25, second highest for Far East Asian countries, behind Japan's 46 ranking, and compared to an average of 24. This may be attributed, in part, the long term British (IDV of 89) rule of Hong Kong Business and the influence of European culture, which has an average Individualism rank of 61. Hong Kong Business Individualism ranking indicates a high level of emphasis on a Collectivist society as compared to one of Individualism.
The low Individualism ranking is manifest in a close and committed member 'group', be that a family, extended family, or extended relationships. Loyalty in a collectivist culture is paramount. The society fosters strong relationships where everyone takes responsibility for fellow members of their group.
Hong Kong Business Power Distance score is 68 compared to the other Far East Asian countries average of 60. This is indicative of inequality of power and wealth within the society. This condition is not necessarily subverted upon the population, but rather accepted by the society as their cultural heritage. More Details
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Donald Trump was right. The election was rigged. What Trump got wrong (and, boy, does he get things wrong) is that the rigging worked in his favor. The manipulations took three monumental forms: Russian cyber-sabotage; FBI meddling; and systematic Republican efforts, especially in swing states, to prevent minority citizens from casting votes. The cumulative effect was more than sufficient to shift the outcome in Trump's favor and put the least qualified major-party candidate in the history of the republic into the White House.
Trumpist Internet trolls and Trump himself dismiss such concerns as sour grapes, but for anyone who takes seriously the importance of operating a democracy these assaults on the nation's core political process constitute threats to the country's very being. Let's look at each of these areas of electoral interference in detail.
Gone Phishing: The Drone of Info Warfare
Suppose one morning you receive an e-mail from your Internet service provider telling you a security breach has put your data at risk. You are instructed to reset your password immediately. In keeping with the urgency of the situation, the e-mail that delivers the warning provides a link to the page where your new password can be entered. Anxiously you do as instructed, hoping you've acted soon enough to prevent a disaster.
Congratulations: You have successfully reset your password. Unfortunately, you have also provided it to the hackers who sent the original, entirely bogus warning about a breach of security. This kind of ploy is called phishing. It's exactly how the e-mail account of John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, was penetrated. His assistants fell for the ruse.
Alternatively, a phisher might send dozens of intriguing offers to employees of a certain organization over the course of weeks. Each message provides a link for more information, and as soon as someone in a moment of boredom or confusion clicks on it, presto change-o, the hacker is inside that person's computer, free to worm through the network to which it's connected. This is how hackers got into the computers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and downloaded not just e-mails but strategic planning documents and other confidential information.
At this point no one aside from Trump die-hards and maybe Trump himself—he has said so many contradictory things on the subject, it's difficult to tell what he actually believes—denies that the hackers were Russian and acted under some kind of official instruction, even possibly from the highest levels of Kremlin authority, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moreover, it's clear that the harvest of stolen material was used to help Trump and hurt Clinton. This is the unambiguous conclusion of a National Intelligence Community report released on January 6th and representing the shared conclusions of the CIA, the FBI, and the National Security Agency, which stated: "Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgments."


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Corbyn back with stronger mandate
While Jeremy Corbyn attracted 59.5 percent of the votes in the 2015 election, he is back to leadership with 61.8 percent, 59% of full party members, 60.2% of affiliated supporters and 69.9% of registered supporters voted in his favor.
Labour's chances of winning another general election were drastically reduced when it lost Scotland. Now SNP has announced that it is open to backing a Labour government to keep the Tories out of power in Westminster.


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WESTMINSTER, Md. – The Gallaudet University men's and women's cross country programs made their season debuts on Saturday here at the Green Terror Challenge on the campus of McDaniel College. The Bison men's team finished ninth overall with 194 team points.
Roanoke College runner Tim Smith won the 5K race in 16 minutes and 45 seconds to help lead the Maroons to the meet win with 25 points. Roanoke took four of the top nine spots in the race. Hagerstown Community College was second overall with 42 points followed by St. Mary's (Md.) College in third with 58 points. McDaniel, the host, was fourth with 65 points followed by Hood College (fifth, 74 points), Howard Community College (sixth, 121), Stevenson University (seventh, 127), Penn St.-Mont Alto (eighth, 183) and the Bison round out the nine-team field.
Griffin O'Hara was the first Bison to finish the race as he placed 54th overall with a time of 20 minutes and 41 seconds. Whitney Plummer was the second Bison to cross the finish line in 23:25 and two runners behind him was teammate John Conlin with a time of 25:02. Juan Villalobos completed the Bison team as he finished 74th overall in 29:33.
The meet marked the official return of the Bison cross country program after it ceased operation last September due to lack of runners.
Gallaudet will next travel to York, Pa., on Saturday, September 17, to run in the Coach Achtzehn Classic hosted by York (Pa.) College at 3:30 p.m.


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Travel and ticket advice for Colchester friendly
18 July 2013|Tottenham Hotspur
We've been advised by Colchester United that parking at the Weston Homes Community Stadium is sold out for Friday's pre-season friendly - ticket, travel and alternative parking details from the Us are below.
Kick-off is 7pm.
Colchester have advised that there are only a handful of tickets remaining for Friday night's friendly and these are expected to be sold by Friday morning. There will be no sales on the night.
All pre-ordered tickets are to be collected from the collections marque next to the Ticket Office.
Here are travel/parking details for fans:
Colchester United's Weston Homes Community Stadium lies immediately adjacent to the A12 that runs through East Anglia, making it easily accessible for fans attending Friday's game.
The stadium is on Junction 28, to the north of the town and is the junction after the Stanway/Colchester turn off, heading towards Ipswich.
Fans should note that all stadium parking at the Weston Homes Community Stadium is sold out for Friday's friendly game, and there will be no admission without a parking permit. Should you have a permit for Friday's match, please display clearly as you approach the stadium car park for the stewards to see.
Alternative Parking
Please note that Axial Way, which is the road running away from the stadium, is an urban clearway, so any cars parked on this road are liable to receive a parking ticket from the local authorities.
However, local businesses along Axial Way offer some football parking on matchdays.
Fans can also park at Colchester Train Station (postcode CO1 1XD) and then make use of the matchday shuttle bus service from nearby Bruff Close (details below).
Shuttle Bus Service
The U's run a shuttle bus service for each home fixture and this will be running in full on Friday.
Due to the kick-off time, the buses will start running from 5.15pm from Bruff Close, which is behind the Big Yellow Storage Company building as you leave Colchester train station. Trains from Liverpool Street and Stratford (and stops on that line) arrive into Colchester North station.
These buses run on a regular loop right the way through to kick off and return after the game. Travel on the shuttle bus costs £2 for a return ticket and take around 10 minutes to get to the stadium.
For full details of the travel options at Colchester United, visit: http://www.cu-fc.com/tickets/traveltostadium/


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Mary Hardin-Baylor stays unbeaten
Cru erase 16-point deficit, beat Hardin-Simmons in overtime
ABILENE, Texas -- Mary Hardin-Baylor gave up the first 11 points of the game, but the Cru stormed back with a huge second-half rally to edge Hardin-Simmons 75-73 in an overtime thriller on Thursday night in Abilene.
No. 6 UMHB improves to 16-0 overall and 12-0 in American Southwest Conference play with the victory. The Cowboys fall to 12-3 overall and 9-2 in ASC play on the season. The Cru also leads HSU by two-and-a-half games in the ASC West Division.
UMHB trailed by 14 at halftime and by as many as 16 points early in the second half before starting the comeback. The Cru cut it to five with 12:42 left before another Cowboy run pushed the lead back to 13.
UMHB used a 20-7 run to tie the game at 63 on a pair of Thomas Orr free throws with 3:25 remaining. Andy Spears hit two free throws to put HSU up 65-63 with 3:08 on the clock, but the Cowboys did not score again in regulation.
Brian Todd tied it at 65 with two free throws with 2:22 to go and neither team could score again as the game moved to the extra session.
HSU took an early three-point lead in overtime, but Dorian Purnell had a tip-in and jumper to give the Cru its first lead of the game at 69-68. The Cowboys tied the game with a free throw before Marlon Miller hit a jumper to put UMHB up 71-69 with 1:26 to go.
HSU's John Derr tied the game with a jumper before Miller's two free throws put the Cru up 73-71 with 19 seconds remaining. Derr was fouled on a 3-point try, but missed his first free throw. He made the next two to tie it again at 73 with seven seconds remaining. UMHB quickly pushed the ball up court and Orr was fouled with 2.1 seconds left. He calmly sank both free throws and the Cowboys last ditch effort was off the mark as time expired.
|No. 6 Mary Hardin-Baylor 75, Hardin-Simmons 73
|No. 15 Williams 76, Skidmore 59
The Cowboys opened the game with an 11-0 run before Kitrick Bell finally put the Cru on the board with a lay-up at the 11:18 mark of the first half. UMHB would cut it to 11-7 before HSU turned it on again, leading by as many as 16 points before settling for that 33-19 halftime lead.
Miller led the Cru with 21 points and Todd added 16 more. Bell and Orr both chipped in with 11 points off the bench. Greg Wiernas pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for UMHB. The Cru shot 20 percent from the field in the first half, but hit 61 percent in the second. UMHB also went 20-22 from the free throw line in the second half and overtime.
Derrick Jefferson led HSU with 20 points and nine rebounds. Jim Walter added 13 points and Spears had 10. The Cowboys shot 42 percent from the field but went just 11-22 from the free throw line. HSU played without leading scorer Matt Addison in the loss.


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Alasdair Pettinger
Alasdair Pettinger
Alasdair Pettinger studied at the Universities of Birmingham and Essex, completing his PhD in Literature in 1988 while working as a civil servant in London. Since 1992, he has been based in Glasgow, working at the
Scottish Music Centre
and pursuing his academic interests as an independent scholar. He has held visiting research fellowships at the University of Central Lancashire (2000), Nottingham Trent University (2004-2007) and the University of Liverpool (2010-2013).
He is the editor of
Always Elsewhere: Travels of the Black Atlantic
(1998), and has published a number of essays reflecting his (overlapping) interests in travel literature, the cultures of slavery and abolitionism, and representations of Haiti. His latest books are
Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846
(Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming 2018) and (co-edited with Tim Youngs),
The Ashgate Research Companion to Travel Writing
(Routledge, forthcoming).
He also edits the
Studies in Travel Writing
website, which tries to keep up with developments in the field and offers occasional reflections of its own.
Selected Publications
Always Elsewhere: Travels of the Black Atlantic
(London: Cassell, 1998). An anthology of intercontinental travel writings by black authors from the 1770s to the present.
Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846: Living an Antislavery Life
(Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming 2018).
(Co-editor, with Tim Youngs)
Ashgate Research Companion to Travel Writing
(New York: Routledge, forthcoming).
'Why Fetish?'
New Formations
19 (Spring 1993), pp83-93.
'Ships at a Distance'
(review essay on Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic),
New Formations
23 (Summer 1994), pp115-21.
'"Talking Patriots": Americans, Haiti and the "Negro Problem"'
Studies in Travel Writing
1 (1997), pp141-69.
'Enduring Fortresses'
(review essay on Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic),
Research in African Literatures
, Vol 29 No 4 (Winter 1998), pp142-47.
'"Send Back the Money": Frederick Douglass and the Free Church of Scotland' in A Rice & M Crawford (eds),
A Liberating Sojourn: Frederick Douglass and Transatlantic Reform
(Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1999), pp31-55.
'How Burns Helped Break the Shackles of Slavery'
Sunday Herald
, 23 January 2000.
'Africans Abroad' and 'Travel Writings by Africans: A Reader's Guide',
The Journal of African Travel Writing
8/9 (2001), pp74-76, 172-181.
'Trains and Boats and Planes: Some Reflections on Travel Writing and Public Transport' in Jan Borm and Jean-Yves Le Disez (eds),
Seuils et Traverses: enjeux de l'écriture de voyage
(Brest and Versailles: 2002). 2 vols. Vol 1, pp107-115. Reprinted in
Travel Writing
, edited by Tim Youngs and Charles Forsdick (London: Routledge, 2012), Vol III. pp127-134.
'At Least One Negro Everywhere: African American Travel Writing' in Deborah Madsen (ed),
Beyond the Borders: American Literature and Post-Colonial Theory
(Pluto Press, 2003), pp77-91.
'What a Difference a Border Makes',
BMa: The Sonia Sanchez Literary Review
, Vol 9 No 1 (Special Issue on Black Travel Writing) (Fall 2003), pp137-52.
'"At Sea - Coloured Passenger"' in Bernhard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun (eds),
Sea Changes: Historicizing the Ocean
(New York: Routledge, 2004), pp149-66.
'Devolving English Travel Writing' in Mehmet Emin Özcan (ed),
Seuils et Traverses 4: Actes / Borders and Crossings 4: Proceedings
(Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Basimevi, 2004), pp89-95.
'From Vaudoux to Voodoo'
Forum for Modern Language Studies
, Vol 40 No 4: Special Issue on Caribbean Cultures (Autumn 2004), pp415-25.
'Jim Crow in Britain' in Neil Campbell, Jude Davies and George McKay (eds),
Issues in Americanisation and Culture: A Handbook
(Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004), pp77-93.
'George Lewis and the American Churches' in Tim Youngs (ed),
Travel Writing in the Nineteenth Century: Filling in the Blank Spaces
(London: Anthem Press, 2006), pp145-62.
'Caviar and Toast'
Food, Culture and Society
, Vol 11 No 2: Special Issue on Food Journeys (Spring 2008), pp134-48.
'African Americans on Africa: Colleen J. McElroy and the Rhetoric of Kinship'
Journal of Transatlantic Studies
, Vol 7 No 2 (September 2009), pp317-28.
'"Eh! Eh! Bomba, hen! Hen!": Making Sense of a Vodou Chant' in Diana Paton and Maarit Forde (eds),
Obeah and Other Powers: The Politics of Caribbean Religion and Healing
(Durham: Duke University Press, 2012), pp80-102.
'"Tire Trouble":
Mules and Men
and Automobiles'
Studies in Travel Writing
, Vol 17, No 2 (2013), pp174-87.
'The Oloffson'
in Maria Cristina Fumagalli, Peter Hulme, Owen Robinson and Lesley Wylie (eds),
Surveying the American Tropics: A Literary Geography from New York To Rio
(Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2013), pp183-201.
'"The Greatest Genius that I Had Met in Europe": The Strange Case of Joseph Jenkins' in Sebastian Jobs and Gesa Mackenthun (eds),
Agents of Transculturation. Border Crossers, Mediators, Go-Betweens
(Münster: Waxmann, 2013), pp133-149
'Gourdes and Dollars: How Travel Writers Spend Money' in Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler and Ludmilla Kostova (eds),
Travel Writing and Ethics: Theory and Practice
(London: Routledge, 2014), pp150-164.
'Perecquian Soundscapes' in Charles Forsdick, Andrew Leak and Richard Phillips (eds),
Georges Perec's Geographies; Perecquian Geographies
(London: UCL Press, forthcoming)
Entries in Encyclopaediae and other Reference Works
Literature of Travel and Exploration
, edited by Jennifer Speake (New York and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003). Entry on England, Twentieth Century.
Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450
, edited by Thomas Benjamin (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007). Entry on Travelogues.
Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
, edited by Richard M Juang and Noelle Morrissette (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2008). Entries on Voodoo, Travel Writing, Zora Neale Hurston, Exodus.
Oxford Companion to English Literature
, 7th edition, edited by Dinah Birch (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009). Entries on Nicolas Bouvier, William Wells Brown, Bill Bryson, Contact zone, Nick Danziger, Ethnographic allegory, Colleen J McElroy, H. V. Morton, Redmond O'Hanlon, Michael Palin, Mungo Park, John Gabriel Stedman.
The Handbook of Transatlantic North American Studies
, edited by Julia Straub (Berlin and Boston: de Gruyter, 2016). Entry on
The Black Atlantic
Oxford Bibliographies in British and Irish Literature
, edited by Andrew Hadfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016). Entry on
Travel Writing
A Critical Glossary of Travel Writing: 99 Keywords
, edited by Charles Forsdick, Zoë Kinsley and Kathryn Walchester (London: Anthem, forthcoming). Entries on Companion, Money, Pedestrianism, Psychogeography and Vertical Travel.
Book reviews have appeared in
New Formations
Studies in Travel Writing
Times Higher Educational Supplement
New West India Guide
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Journal of American Studies
'"Talking Patriots": Americans, Haiti and the "Negro Problem"',
Writing Travels
, Essex University (July 1992)
'"Send Back the Money": Frederick Douglass and the Free Church of Scotland',
Frederick Douglass: A Liberating Sojourn
, Keele University (September 1995)
'Re-Thinking the "Black Atlantic"', Collegium of African American Research conference, Liverpool (March 1997)
'Nobody Ever Imagines Living Here',
Borders and Crossings
, Magee College, Derry (July 1998)
'Frederick Douglass, Walter Scott and Robert Burns', Collegium of African American Research conference, Münster (March 1999)
'At Sea - Coloured Passenger',
Black Atlantic
colloquium, University of Central Lancashire (May 1999)
'Frederick Douglass and Walter Scott',
Frederick Douglass: Home and Abroad
, Washington DC (September 1999).
'At Sea - Coloured Passenger',
, Liverpool Hope University (April 2000)
'Trains and Boats and Planes',
Seuils et Traverses
, Brest (July 2000)
'At Sea - Coloured Passenger',
Sea Changes
, Greifswald, Germany (July 2000)
'At Sea - Coloured Passenger: Experiments in Segregation', Transatlantic Studies conference, Maastricht, Holland (October 2000)
Mules and Men
and its Critics',
Looking Back with Pleasure II
, Salt Lake City, Utah (October 2000)
'Travel as Trope in Transatlantic Slave Narratives',
Transatlantic Slave Sites
study tour, Lancaster Maritime Museum (March 2001)
'George Lewis and the American Churches',
Travel, Missions, Empire
, University of Aberdeen (June 2001)
'American Possessions: Dunham and Hurston on Haiti', Caribbean Research Seminar in the North, University of Newcastle (September 2001). Available on the
Society for Caribbean Studies (UK)
'Black British Travel Writing?',
Black British Canon?
University of Dundee (November 2001)
'Jim Crow in Britain',
workshop, University of Wolverhampton (March 2002); King Alfred's College, Winchester (May 2002); University of Liverpool (October 2002), WEA Class, Enfield, London (November 2002)
'Devolving English Travel Writing',
Home and Abroad
, University of Aberdeen (June 2002)
'A Short History of Voodoo', University of Central Lancashire (November 2002)
'A Short History of Voodoo', University of Central Lancashire (February 2003)
'What a Difference a Border Makes',
Black Travel Writing
, Howard University, Washington DC (April 2003)
'Devolving English Travel Writing',
Seuils et Traverses
, Ankara (July 2003)
Frederick Douglass, Scotland and the South
Across the Great Divide
, University of Edinburgh (July 2003).
'The First African American Travel Book', Nottingham Trent University (November 2003)
'Gourdes and Dollars', University of Edinburgh (February 2004)
'Jim Crow in Britain',
Study Day, University of the West of England (March 2004)
'A Decade of Black Atlantic Studies',
Africa in Context
, University of Hannover (June 2004)
and the Future', University of Rostock (July 2004)
'Gourdes and Dollars: How Travel Writers Spend Money',
Borders and Crossings
, Birmingham (August 2004)
'Between "Home" and "Back Home"',
Exploring Text and Travel
, National Maritime Museum, London (March 2005)
'A Short History of Voodoo', Nottingham Trent University (May 2005)
'Jack Chase and Sandy Jenkins'
Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville
, New Bedford, Massachusetts (June 2005)
'Gourdes and Dollars: How Travel Writers Spend Money',
Mobilis in Mobile
, University of Hong Kong (July 2005)
'Caviar and Toast', Travel,
Travel Writing and Food
, Trinity College, Oxford (April 2006)
'Family Resemblances: Colleen McElroy and African American Travel Writing',
Parallel Lives, Parallel Lines
, University of Leeds (February 2007)
'Frederick Douglass and Walter Scott',
Transatlantic Exchange: African Americans and the Celtic Nations
, Swansea University (March 2007)
'"Eh! Eh! Bomba, hen! hen!": The Curious History of a Voodoo Chant', Haiti Day, University of Liverpool (October, 2007)
"'Eh! Eh! Bomba, hen! Hen!" Making Sense of a Vodou Chant'',
Obeah and Other Powers
, University of Newcastle (July 2008)
'Travel Writing / To and From Haiti', Haiti Workshop, London Metropolitan University (November 2008)
'A Short History of Voodoo', Caribbean Discussion Group, University of Glasgow (April 2009)
'The Oloffson',
American Tropics
, University of Essex (July 2009)
'Towards a Haitian Literature of Travel',
From Duvalier to Preval
, University of London (June 2010).
'"These New Plantations By The Sea": The Caribbean Hotel as Site of Exploitation and Scene of Writing', Post-Slavery in the Francophone Caribbean, University of Liverpool (June 2010). Available online as part of University of Liverpool's
Black Atlantic Resource
and the Future', BAAS Annual Conference, University of Central Lancashire (April 2011)
'Travelling Phrenologically', 8th Biennial Symbiosis Conference, University of Glasgow (June 2011)
'Walcott's Hotels', Society for Caribbean Studies Conference, International Slavery Museum, Liverpool (June-July 2011)
''"Some of the Names Have Been Changed": Dilemmas Raised by Minor Characters',
Travel and Truth
, Oxford (September 2011)
'"The Greatest Genius I Met in Europe": The Strange Case of Joseph Jenkins',
Agents of Transculturation: Border-Crossers, Mediators, Go-Betweens
, Rostock University (September 2011)
'Freedom Riders / Writers: The Travel Literature of Desegregation',
The Politics of Travel
, Seventh Conference of the International Society for Travel Writing, Georgetown University, Washington DC (March 2012)
'"Look at this Picture, and This": Black Travellers and Victorian Print Culture' (Keynote),
African Intellectual Mobilities: Diasporic Travel and Texts, Past and Present
, University of York (February 2015)
'X Marks the Spot: Chiasmus and Travel Writing',
Mobilities and Place
symposium, University of Liverpool (May 2015)
'Earthquake Writing and the Everyday',
After Revolution: Versions and Re-Visions of Haiti
, University of Central Lancashire (July 2015)
'Perecquian Soundscapes',
Perec's Geographies / Perecquian Geographies
, University of Sheffield (May 2016).
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SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Following a historic Saturday in which three Susquehanna spring sports captured Landmark Conference championships, all three programs have been selected to their respective NCAA Division III Tournaments, with women's lacrosse set to host an opening round game on Wednesday, May 8 at 3 p.m.
Women's lacrosse defeated Catholic 16-9 to win its first Landmark title and second conference championship since 2002 when the team was a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC).
The No. 11-ranked Crusaders (17-0) learned on Sunday evening that they will host SUNY-Geneseo (12-5) on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Live stats can be found here and video accessed here.
The men's program captured its first-ever conference title later on Saturday with a 6-3 victory over Merchant Marine.
On Sunday evening, the Crusaders (12-6) learned they will travel to No. 8 Salisbury (14-5) on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Live stats, video and audio can be found here.
The 21st-ranked softball team (37-7) forced a final game seven on Saturday evening and won the conference title over Catholic, 3-2, in eight innings.
The Crusaders learned on Monday morning they will compete as the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament in the Montclair State Region.
The Crusaders face No. 7 seed Farmingdale State (24-15) on Thursday at 5 p.m. in the double-elimination tournament.
Ticket prices at all the NCAA events are $3 for adults, $2 for students of all competing institutions with valid ID and $1 for children.


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To the Editor:
I hope my last letter (Jan. 16, "Learning from talk radio") pointed out that life on the highway without any rules or regulations would be a dangerous nightmare. The threats to human welfare created by the careless use of the technologies that enable our modern world could not have been foreseen by our ancestors, but one truth remains constant — there will always be those who take unfair advantage of a situation to exploit it for their own economic or political benefit at the expense of the rest of society.
The right describes regulations as onerous, burdensome, and unnecessary, and the Trump agenda is to eliminate them by any means available, including simply disregarding the law. To protect the environment and public health and safety is a legitimate and vital function of government. To impose or eliminate any regulation is a complex question of balancing various interests and values. The deliberations should include recommendations from scientists and a variety of other experts along with a sense of responsibility for the welfare of the nation as a whole.
Under the Trump administration, government agencies are doing the bidding of big corporations while ignoring scientific studies and public opposition. They are allowing industries to pollute the air and water, and they are approving pesticides that poison children and kill bees as well as eliminating safety protections for workers and consumers. Their list of misdeeds goes on and on. Industry has found it more lucrative to finance political campaigns than to invest in competing within the existing rules. Our national quality of life is being sacrificed to further enrich a wealthy few.
Representative Tom McClintock has been a proponent of limiting government and eliminating environmental protections. Now that we see what this really means, it is time to vote him out instead.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission culture that allowed the Madoff fraud scandal to go undetected for nearly two decades may not change and the agency isn't doing enough to support investor protection proposals in Congress, according to a top state regulator.
Denise Voigt Crawford, president of the North American Securities Administrators Association, blasted the SEC for what she said has been too-weak support for provisions in financial overhaul legislation aimed at bolstering investor protection.
"The SEC has not come out as strongly or as clearly or as honestly as it should" to support the proposals, Crawford said at a news conference Friday. The state regulators' group wants to see, for example, strong legislative language putting stockbrokers providing investment advice under the same stricter standards of conduct as investment advisers.
Crawford, who also is Texas' securities commissioner, said the sweeping overhaul of financial regulations now before Congress is a great opportunity for change, "like a hundred-year flood."
"Investors really are outraged" in the wake of the financial crisis and the Madoff affair, she told reporters.
Revelations a year ago of the SEC's failure to uncover Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme despite numerous red flags rocked the agency and brought a shake-up of high-level officials. The SEC inspector general has detailed how the agency bungled five examinations of Madoff's brokerage business between June 1992 and last December, when the prominent money manager confessed to his sons.
Madoff pleaded guilty in March and is serving a 150-year sentence in federal prison in North Carolina.
SEC officials say they have made major changes at the agency in the aftermath of the scandal.
Crawford acknowledged that the SEC has brought "a flurry of cases" over the past year and said agency officials understand the depth of changes that have to be made. However, she said, "I think the jury is still out on whether the culture at the SEC is going to change."
Many of the enforcement attorneys and examiners "are looking for a job on Wall Street" after they leave the agency and less inclined to take a tough stance in cases involving potential future employers, Crawford said. "It's going to take people who are different," she said.
SEC spokesman John Nester called Crawford's comments "uninformed."
"The change at the SEC has been dramatic," he said in a statement. "We have brought on new senior management, seen significant increases in the numbers of investigations and penalties, pursued important investor-focused rulemaking and reformed our internal operations."
Regarding its stance on the legislative proposals, Nester said the SEC is "working closely with Congress and the administration to bring about much needed reforms."
"In fact, the Investor Protection Act has many of the legislative changes we proposed earlier this year. These are all signs of a revitalized and re-energized agency," he said. "We are aware of no basis for (Crawford's) comments."
State regulators have at times accused the SEC in recent years of lagging in crackdowns against fraud, sometimes initiated by state authorities. A bitter public dispute erupted in 2004 between then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and SEC officials over pursuit of abuses in the mutual fund industry.


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gekiteki 9 : akiba kei
Akihabara style = akiba kei. Music from the anime subculture can be gekiteki because people do acting: they pretend to be batman or whatever. . . they wear costumes and perform "in character." Within "akiba-kei", there's a whole genre of wanna-be teen idols that just sing one anime theme song after another, but the people […]5 comments
gekiteki 8 : burlesque and cabaret
Burlesque is definitely a part of gekiteki – especially when there is rock music and instruments involved! Unfortunately I have no idea of most of the burlesque / cabaret crews in Japan, and no idea of the "lines of influence" between them. So anyone who can help, please leave a comment! 情念 (jounen) MEANING […]1 comment
gekiteki 7 : retro japanese pop
Besides war nostalgia and religion, another way to be "wayou" (east meets west) is to fuse rock with old-timey Japanese music. Minyou kyoku= folk songs kouta = early Meiji era : traditional short, fun songs roukyoku = also early Meiji : dark, manly ballads about duty and honor Ryuukouka = 1920's music that sounded […]6 comments
gekiteki 6 : noise/performance art
I'm putting in noise bands that have a theatrical aspect – props, costumes, interacting with the audience, etc. Of course the theatrics come from performance art moreso than Shakespeare-type "theater"! 非常階段 (hijokaidan) MEANING : : emergency exit CITY . . : Osaka ERA . . . : late 1979~ SOUND . . : JAPANESE […]1 comment
gekiteki 5 : militarist
These bands are "theatrical" because they are inspired by the pomp and bombast of – to say nothing of the shock value of – Japanese military culture from fascist era (roughly '31 – '45) Any discussion of militarist Japanese rock has to start with "the nazi thrash epidemic" of the late '80s: a sort of […]14 comments
gekiteki 4 : pagan
Religion is another way to mix up East and West. Some of these bands are serious, deep Buddhists, and some are metal-heads who embrace Japanese pagan or shamanic stuff in order to reject Christianity and Christian Rock (this is a common theme of metal worldwide ever since Norwegian rockers started wearing Ren-faire garb and singing […]2 comments
gekiteki 3: literary bands
Literary bands – for some reason all metalheads – use old-timey Japanese authors for their lyrics. Usually horror or surrealist writers from the Modernist period of the '30s. Literature is a big part of ANGURA (underground) culture . . .even if your band isn't metal, even if you don't have literary lyrics, you're supposed to […]No comments
gekiteki 2: shironurikei
shironurikei (白塗り形) means "white-painted face style". The white face thing has been around forever – geisha and all that. But shironurikei is not just a matter of doing geisha makeup. There's a whole iconography to it. A sort of "japanese goth" that is different from your fakey Marilyn Manson-type goth bands AND different from your […]7 comments
gekiteki 1: theatrical
This isn't ALL the "gekiteki" bands, just the ones who are the most like "regular" theater troupes. In the next week or so I'll post the rest of the bands. J.A. Caesar MEANING : Terahara Taka'aki ERA . . . : 60s, 70s SOUND . . : : a mix of heavy Psychedelic and […]9 comments
Introduction to 劇的なロック (geki-teki rock)
Gekiteki (劇的) means dramatic, or theatrical. Since coming to Japan I done seen a lot of "genre" shows: punk shows, metal shows, even shows with punk and metal on the same bill! But every once in a while, some wacky bands will sneak on the bill, bands that defy categorization. […]16 comments


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Rectools02 is a recording application by Yudo who also is the creator of the in japan top ranked (all categories) Matrix Music Pad and 8 Bitone. Rectools is different from other normal recording applications. You can make high quality recordings without compression, record up to 12 hours, edit your audio clips directly in the application and more! For more information please watch our homepage. If you are looking for a multi track recording application please look up our Rectools08.
Yudo rectools is a stereo compatible linear PCM recorder that is perfectly suited for recording live concerts, your surroundings, meetings and much more. Unlike WMA or MP3 rectools uses a linear PCM format which means that no data will get lost due to compression. The original sound will stay intact, with rectools it's possible to make recordings with the same high quality as a music CD.
Furthermore rectools is tested and compatible with the iPhone microphone and several external 3rd party iPhone/iPod microphones. Also an optional limiter that protects you from sound deformation due to too load input and a high pass filter that filters away low frequencies is implemented. Moreover rectools includes a wave editor which makes it possible to easily process and edit your recordings.
* 44.1khz 16bit Stereo Recording (CD quality). note that If you use the inbuilt microphone you can only make mono recordings.
* Wave editing: Recorded material can easily be processed and edited.
* Limiter; To prevent deformed sound due to too load input. Holds the volume under a fixed threshold.
* High pass filter: Removes sounds below low frequency sounds below 300hz like noise from the air or other low frequency sounds that is taken up by the microphone.
* Input Gain: Control the volume of your input.
* Monitoring: Listen while you are recording.
* Markers: Put markers at important places within your recording and access them easily later.
* PC-sync: Send your recorded data via WI-FI to a computer in the same network as your iPhone/iPod
Supported formats for recording: Linear PCM (WAV) 44.1Khz/16 bit 22.05Khz/16 bit 11.025Khz/16 bit in either stereo or mono.
Recording time: Record up to 12 hours (depending on free space)
Tested and works with: iPodTouch(2nd) + Apple's In-Ear headphones with remote and mic / The iPhone microphone / Alesis's ProTrack / Logitec's LIC-iREC01 / Tunewear's CAPSULE Mic / Stereo Sound Recorder for iPod.
Rectools is a next generation handheld audio production studio which makes fully use of the iPhone / iPodTouch interface. It lets you not just record but also edit and process music and sound directly with your fingertip.
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Stamford Grand Adelaide's Grand Ballroom will be transformed into a Spring Carnival in this family friendly event featuring a magic show by Adelaide's most famous kids party magician Magic Mike!
There will be a disco, dancing, food, games and fun!
Kids will enjoy a menu including mini sandwiches, mini pizzas, cupcakes, lollies, popcorn, fairy floss and a chocolate fountain. Light refreshments will also be provided for adults.
Families and children of all ages are welcome to this Springtime spectacle!


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Foreign Faces: Africans and Others in Ancient Roman Art
February 7, 2012 – 5:30 pm
The History of Art and Architecture presents a lecture by Dr. Sinclair Bell, professor at Northern Illinois University.
How did ancient Romans understand other peoples, especially Africans? This talk surveys the evidence of Roman literature, inscriptions and especially works of art, including unpublished material from current excavations. Dr. Bell investigates the creative forms of artistic expression that Africans inspired across the empire, and suggests some possible motives for their creation.


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AIIM EduSys Pvt. Ltd Walk-in interview for fresher's on 21st April – 19th May 2016 for Operations Executive at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane. B.A, B.Com, B.Sc, MBA/PGDM graduates can apply for the opening. Grab the great job opportunity to kick start your career as a fresher. Before you apply, read the job profile clearly to get to know the eligibility criteria. AIIM EduSys Pvt. Ltd Walk-In B.A, B.Com, B.Sc, MBA/PGDM freshers 2016 for Operations Executive at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane. Candidates who have completed B.A, B.Com, B.Sc, MBA/PGDM can apply for this job from AIIM EduSys Pvt. Ltd.
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Salary: 1,50,000 – 3,00,000 P.A
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Decorative grasses can make a huge impact on your garden. The trick, of course, is to find the right grass or grass like plant that will do best in zone 7. The thing about zone 7 is that the weather is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. With this in mind you have to pick some grasses that are both hardy and heat tolerant. Below are some grasses that will do great in Zone 7.
Pampas Grass
Pampas grass is a zone 7 favorite because it is both heat tolerant and very hardy. In addition, it can have a huge impact on your garden. In fact it can be one of the most impressive plants in your garden collection. It features both thick, lush fountain like foliage and some extremely beautiful plumes that come in white or pink. In addition, the plumes add some winter interest even after the plant has dried and gone dormant for the winter.
Despite it's popularity, Pampas Grass can prove a bit tricky to grow. The keys to growing a beautiful clump of Pampas Grass is 3 fold. Provide it with full sun, give it plenty of room (these grasses can get extremely large) and plant it in well draining soil. The first 2 may prove easy enough. The last no so much. Many a starter plant has met its doom because it is planted in a soil that does not drain well. This is particularly important during the winter as a clump will quickly die on you during the winter months if not planted in well draining soil. If you have nothing but clay,as is the case in much of zone 7, then some good soil amendments will be required. As an alternative, it can be planted at the top of a slope where the water will drain nicely. Many if the well established grasses here in Tennessee are planted at the top of sloping landscape. Nicely sized plants are quite common in big box stores and local nurseries so finding some quality plants should prove quite easy.
Zebra Grass
Zebra grass is prized for its white striped weeping foliage, hence the name. This grass grows very nicely here in zone 7 as it is both hardy and heat tolerant. Another nice quality is the fact that it is tolerant of varying soil conditions, so it will grow in all but poorly draining soils.
As with many large decorative grasses, zebra grass should be grown in full sun conditions for best results. That being said, it will tolerate a bit of shade without any problems. These grasses can get up to 7 feet tall but will remain somewhat compact spread wise, getting up to 4 feet wide. This grass is non invasive so it can be planted along other plants in garden bed type setting. Despite its nice growth habit and ease of care, it does not seem to be quite as popular as the pampas grass so you can still have so you can plant this yet still be original. Like the Pampas Grass this can be found at many big box stores and local nurseries.
Japanese Forest Grass
Japanese Forest grass is perhaps one of the most stunning grasses you can plant. The lime/yellow waterfall like foliate is truly amazing , quite beautiful and really stands out amongst green foliage plants. In my opinion, the best looking grass that can be grown here in zone 7.
Unlike many decorative grasses, this one needs to be grown in part shade to part shade conditions. This Japanese native grows on the wet, rocky cliffs in the mountains of the southeast Honshu, Japan so it will not tolerate long exposure to the hot sun here in zone 7. That being said, it is quite easy to grow provided you plant it in some rich well draining moist soil. This grass will be right at home planted amongst your Hostas. Finding this grass at the big box stores can be difficult, so you may want to check out your local nurseries. You will also need a lot of patience because they grow very slowly. Don't expect to have a large beautiful clump as you see in pictures for a few years unless you shell out big bucks for larger specimens.


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Large Seattle-area sci-fi convention! I'll be participating in panels & programming and my work will be available in the art show (both the main show and print shop). My schedule can be found at http://nightshaderosestudio.tumblr.com/post/158037352251
Held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport–18740 International Blvd, SeaTac, Washington
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Portland science fiction convention. I'll be showing in the art show as well as attending and participating in panels and other programming. At the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront–1401 SW Naito Parkway Portland, Oregon
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This store is tucked into the heart of Pike place Market in downtown Seattle and carries a broad range of my work at many price points.


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Beyblade Blitz is a game of the Zuma genre with a match-3 purpose, combining those of the same color in rows of at least 3 before they run away. They won't stop spinning and can't reach the hole or else the player might lose the challenge, so click to launch as many as possible as long as it makes sense. Don't hold too long when an opportunity shows up, creating one in this Beyblade Burst online game when it doesn't appear by itself. Good luck and become a legend in a puzzle inspired version!
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The Woolpack was completely refurbished in 2008 and the layout and decor make it both informal and inviting. As soon as you enter you will be greeted by the friendly bar staff and no doubt a few regulars sharing their days experiences.
In the winter the open fire is always lit and often has the odd black Labrador snoozing in front of it. There is table seating in the bar area if you wish to dine in a more informal setting. Otherwise you may want to eat in our more formal bar area.
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Size matters in terms of studio tent-pole releases. Case in point: a reported take of $142 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend made "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" a record-breaker. "Pirates" played in 4,362 sites – the widest release of any motion picture – and it made a whopping $32,554 per screen. It's standard summer movie news as far as Hollywood pundits are concerned. On the independent side of the theatrical fence, mini-major film companies such as Sony Pictures Classics and Fox Searchlight and smaller distributors like Arts Alliance America work on a mini business model involving fewer prints, less venues and in most cases, very limited ad budgets. To achieve success, every booking has to deliver, which makes an art-house hit like Fox Searchlight's "Waitress," the late filmmaker/actress Adrienne Shelly's feel-good drama about an unhappy waitress (Keri Russell) looking to leave her cruel husband, a success story of blockbuster proportions.
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Fox Searchlight expanded "Waitress" to 510 theaters May 25 and carved out the number five overall box office slot with a $4 million box office ($7,843 per screen), reaching a total of $6.5 million after four weeks in platform release. "Waitress" expands to 605 locations Friday, deepening its run in cities like Columbus, Chicago and Houston.
"We are at a loss to compare another film that plays so broadly and so deeply as "Waitress,"" says Steve Gilula, Chief Operating Officer at Fox Searchlight. "This film is attracting audiences everywhere. I suppose the best comparison is "My Big Fat Greek Wedding.""
Fox Searchlight enjoyed double holiday weekend success thanks to another one of its Sundance Film Festival buys, "Once," Irish filmmaker John Carney's Dublin-set, musical romance, which earned $435,958 (a whopping $21,798 per screen) in only twenty locations. "Once" adds runs Friday in various cities including Philadelphia, Seattle and Minneapolis.
The holiday weekend, per-location, box office champ is decidedly youthful, going to Sony Pictures Classics' Japanimation feature "Paprika," director/co-writer Satashi Kon's follow-up to the equally acclaimed "Tokyo Godfathers" and "Perfect Blue." "Paprika," about a pretty psychiatrist with the ability to enter peoples' dreams, earned an impressive $45,429 on only two New York City art-house locations. "Paprika" expands Friday to additional markets, including Los Angeles and Boston.
The top live-action, foreign-language film is Miramax Films' "Golden Door" ("Nuovomondo"), featuring singer/actress Charlotte Gainsburg in a tale of early 19th-century immigrants coming to America. "Golden Door" opened on two screens in New York and earned an impressive $37,947 ($18,974 per location). Miramax expands to three screens Friday, adding one venue in Los Angeles.
Making the most of its exclusive showing at New York's IFC Film Center is Lars von Trier's foreign-language comedy "The Boss of it All," earning $10,052. Less popular in its debut is Sony Pictures Classics "Angel A," a stylish, black-and-white, Paris-set romance from veteran filmmaker Luc Besson, which earned $37,730 on seven screens in New York and Los Angeles for a pre-location average of $5,605. More successful at attracting audiences is "Paris, Je T'Aime," a film of eighteen separate stories set in Paris. The First Look Studios release earned an additional $550,796 dollars in its fourth week in theaters on 58 screens towards a total box office of $896,808.
While "Paprika" and "Golden Door" enjoys success in traditional art-house venues, "Waitress" is something of a crossover hit, meaning a release playing equally well on conventional multiplexes as well as traditional art houses. In Houston, "Waitress" broke the $20,000 box office mark at both the eclectic Angelika as well as Regal's Greenway Palace 24, where it placed third directly behind "Pirates" and "Shrek the Third." The same release strategy is true for Lionsgate's "Away From Her," a drama from first-time feature filmmaker Sarah Polley about an elderly wife (Julie Christie) dealing with a crippling illness. "Away from Her" continues to do strong business, earning an additional $947,459 at 256 locations, bringing its total slightly to $2,568,800.
In terms of a true independent, the standout story is "Chalk," a documentary-like comedy about schoolteachers from Someday Soon Productions. "Chalk" earned an impressive $18,974 per its three locations for a weekend total of $32,455. "Chalk" opens Friday in San Diego and St. Louis. "This is a pure grassroots campaign directed at teachers and administrators who have come out in drives to see this film," exclaims Joe Amodei, President of Arts Alliance America. "We are offering an alternative to the big budget bores that take over just about ever screen out there these days." Equally impressive is the Indian immigrant comedy "Americanizing Shelley," which earned $9,691 from its one location.
Coming up Friday, Picturehouse opens "Gracie" on 1160 screens, the majority of them being conventional multiplexes. Director Timur Bekmambetov's Russian-language fantasy film "Day Watch" ("Dnevnoi Dozor") a sequel to his 2004 film "Night Watch," opens in three cities, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. "Crazy Love," director Dan Klores' good time documentary about the fifty-year love affair between lying husband Burt Pugach and his beautiful girlfriend Linda Riss, opens in New York on three screens.
Just as the studios have more summer tent poles in the pipeline, there are also heavily anticipated art-house releases forthcoming. Paramount Vantage has its Angelina Jolie drama "A Mighty Heart" in theaters on June 22 with Michael Moore's health care documentary "Sicko" later in June.
Just as important as the films this weekend is the addition of a new art-house venue to showcase them. Twelve screens at the new Landmark West Los Angeles launches, creating what Gilula, a Landmark Theatre executive before his tenure at Fox Searchlight, calls the ability to expand and extend the runs of art films in Los Angeles similar to Manhattan. Imagine: Los Angeles catching up to Manhattan in terms of art-house box office. That's blockbuster news for everyone.
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LOL! Cat Is Terrified of Super Mario Bros. (VIDEO)
You've heard the term scaredy cat, but you've never seen it like this! One cat owner decided to tease his cat by playing some Super Mario Brothers very loud. The cat crept into the room, but every time the guy made Mario jump, the sound caused the cat to jump in the air. LOL, this video is a definite must watch! It's a good thing cats have nine lives, because this cat got scared out of about half of them from those sounds alone. What do you think about this owner's little cat prank? Mean? Or all in good fun? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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