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Retirement: costs and benefits
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14 February 2019
What issues are raised when a retiring surveyor decides to sell their practice?
When you approach retirement as a surveyor, one of the first issues to consider is whether you will simply wind up your practice or whether you may be able to sell it. Many of the issues you need to address will apply in either case, but there are also differences between the 2 situations.
Several of these are quite complex; this feature looks at those you should take into account if you decide to sell, and gives a general indication of important considerations rather than giving detailed guidance.
[B]efore agreeing to sell you will need to decide whether this is worth doing by balancing the benefits [...] against any burdens
Of course, before agreeing to sell you will need to decide whether this is worth doing by balancing the benefits – usually the amount you receive for the sale – against any burdens, such as the impact any ongoing obligations may have on your ability to retire completely. Assuming you have done so, decided to sell and found a buyer, what issues will you then need to address?
Agreeing the terms
As with any major transaction, the process will run much more smoothly if you spend time planning. We suggest that you start doing so at least 6 months before you intend to retire, irrespective of which route you take; there is a lot that you need to do to ensure you cover all the issues.
If you have decided to sell, you will then need to agree the terms. To protect your interests fully, you should retain solicitors to act for you in drafting the sale and purchase agreement, which should cover both what you are selling and any ongoing obligations and liabilities you have.
To protect your interests fully, you should retain solicitors to act for you in drafting the sale and purchase agreement
What exactly you sell will depend on how you are carrying on your practice and, in particular, whether you are doing so:
- as a sole trader;
- through a partnership; or
- through a company.
If it's either of the first two, then you will be selling the business and assets of the practice. However, if you are practising through a company then you may be selling either its business and assets or the company itself. Each route has advantages and disadvantages, and you may want to take advice on this to work out which is better for you.
For example, if you sell the shares in the company then all the assets and liabilities pass to the buyer with the sale, whereas if you are selling the business and assets but not the shares in the company the buyer can choose which parts of the business it acquires and leave behind any unwanted assets or liabilities. The tax treatment of the proceeds from the sale will be different in either case.
An asset sale may include a transfer to the buyer of various rights the business owns. Where you have agreed to transfer your rights to the buyer under your existing contracts, you will need to check what those contracts say about transfer and comply with any relevant requirements, for example giving notice to or obtaining consent from clients.
[I]f the business has any staff, you will need to think about the steps needed to transfer their employment
Where you have agreed to transfer any intellectual property rights belonging to the business, you will need to take all the steps necessary to do so effectively, including giving any notices and signing the required documents. On the other hand, if you are selling the company and the practice will continue, you will not need to transfer or assign the rights under existing contracts as these will automatically be part of the sale. However, you will need to check whether those contracts impose any restrictions or requirements where there is a change of ownership.
Finally, if the business has any staff, you will need to think about the steps needed to transfer their employment, and what ongoing rights – if any – they will have. In a sale of the business's assets, employees may transfer automatically to the new owner under legislation, but both the seller and the buyer will need to consider whether the legislation applies and what they need to do to comply well in advance of the sale.
Agreeing a sale price
Obviously, how much the business is being sold for will be one of the main considerations. You may want to think about whether it is worth having the business valued before you agree a sale price. Once this is settled, bear in mind that this upfront price may not be what you end up being paid; the sale and purchase agreement may provide for the purchase price to be adjusted to reflect the amount actually payable for liabilities, which were uncertain or estimated at the time the price was agreed but were an important factor in agreeing the price.
Furthermore, even if there is no adjustment to the purchase price, the sale and purchase agreement may provide for part of the amount to be held back for a specified period following completion. Don't commit yourself to expenditure elsewhere without being sure you know what you will be paid and when.
Ongoing obligations
The effective date of sale will probably be that on which you receive the amount agreed as the sale price, or at least most of it. However, this may not mean that your involvement is at an end because the sale and purchase agreement is likely to impose ongoing obligations, including requiring you to provide assistance or information to the buyer as they continue to run the business.
You may have a number of such obligations and liabilities, including the following.
- You will usually have to give the buyer various warranties; that is, statements of fact about the business, statements on which they will rely. These are often wide-ranging, covering matters such as the financial position of the business and whether it is facing any actual or potential litigation. The buyer will usually have the right to claim compensation if the statements prove to be untrue.
- You may have to agree to indemnify the buyer against amounts it must pay if specified events occur; for example, any claims for unpaid tax relating to the period in which you owned the business.
- You will often remain liable for claims arising out of work carried out before the effective date of sale. The sale and purchase agreement will usually specify how such liabilities are to be covered and in particular who will insure against them, and this could mean you need to arrange run-off professional indemnity insurance.
- The buyer may require you to help deal with ongoing work, liaise with clients to ensure so far as possible that they remain clients, or sign documents necessary to effect the transfer of the business rights to them.
Although you hope everything will run smoothly once you have sold the business and that you will not need to think about it any further, there are a number of respects in which you may want assistance from the buyer after the sale has completed. These could include provision of documents and information that you or your insurers need in order to defend claims for which you remain liable under the sale and purchase agreement, or which you need for other purposes such as dealing with the tax authorities.
Alexandra Anderson is a partner and Jonathan Angell is a consultant at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
Further information
- Related competencies include: Ethics, Rules of conduct and professionalism
- This feature is taken from the RICS Built environment journal (February/March 2019)
- Related categories include: Client care, Ethics and professional conduct and Financial management


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'Life Drawing' with Jim Cox
12 Oct 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
| $60 – $80This workshop will suit beginners but also advanced. Participants will draw for entire workshop under advisement or instruction, depending on their personal needs/capacity. They will work 'in colour'. Jim will supply the oil pastels.
Jim trained at RMIT Melbourne, working for 14 years as a Graphic Designer in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. He moved to Queensland 1970, taught Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting and Drawing at Tertiary level in Brisbane and Townsville over 25yr period. Jim has won major Art Awards in Queensland, exhibited nationally and is represented in many Regional Art Galleries and in Private Collections, including James Cook University. The most recent Award was the Lyn McRae Drawing Prize 2017 at Noosa Gallery. Jim has illustrated & published booklets on Natural History, far Nth Qld, and childrens books. During 2019 he has produced many illustrations for the soon to be published book; 'The Magic of Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve' in association with Dr Les Hall, and the Friends of Mary Cairncross.


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See the Cast of 'The Wayans Bros.' Now — 25 Years After the Iconic Sitcom's Premiere
Every '90s kid probably remembers The WB — but do you recall what the channel's first-ever original series was? The answer, of course, is the iconic sitcom The Wayans Bros., which starred real-life brothers Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. Premiering on January 11, 1995, and airing for five seasons until May 20, 1999, this series introduced the world to the talented siblings.
The premise was simple: Shawn, 49, and Marlon, 47, starred as the titular brothers — using their actual first names but traded Wayans for Williams — who run a newsstand near their Harlem apartment up on 117th Street in New York City. The late John Witherspoon played their dad, John (a.k.a. "Pops"), who owned a restaurant called Pops' Joint. The beautiful Anna Maria Horsford played a security guard at a fictional building in Rockefeller Center — near where the newsstand and restaurant were moved beginning with season 2.
When John sadly died from a heart attack at the age of 77 in October 2019, Marlon and Shawn fondly remembered him for the man they were lucky enough to have known, loved and work with.
"I'm sad. Broken. Hurt," Marlon wrote on Instagram at the time. "Yet extremely grateful to God that I got to spend 5 years of my life working with one of the funniest, sweetest, wisest, humblest, loving man [sic] @johnnywitherspoon. You were my TV dad and mentor and my friend. I miss you already. Something doesn't feel right. This is heavy on my heart."
"Man I cried myself to sleep last night just thinking about how much I'm going to miss you. You are one of the funniest, coolest, wisest dudes I ever met and a joy to work with," Shawn penned in his own Instagram tribute. "Thank you for all of the laughs and wisdom you shared with me and my brother throughout the years and also for helping us keep our cool during The Wayans Bros as we fought to make that show what it is."
Scroll down to see what the cast of The Wayans Bros. is up to now — 25 years after the iconic sitcom premiered!


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California's fast-food industry is one of the largest, fastest growing private sector employers in the state. The global fast-food corporations that operate in California make billions of dollars in profits, yet fast-food workers rank among California's lowest paid large occupational groups.]Over the course of the pandemic, fast-food workers emerged as an essential workforce, helping to feed communities and fuel local economies across the state.
New survey finds fast food workers – employed by some of the world's largest, most profitable brands – face rampant wage theft by our employers.
The survey finds that the vast majority of fast-food workers have experienced wage theft. Specifically:
- 85 percent of workers surveyed have experienced at least one form of wage theft.
- 57 percent of workers have experienced multiple forms of wage theft.
- Nearly one-third of workers have been retaliated against for asking to be paid properly, taking a sick day, or asking to be paid for a sick day.
While other low-wage, high-violation industries like garment manufacturing and agriculture have seen legislation aimed at reform, fast-food has not.
AB 257, the FAST Recovery Act, is landmark legislation that addresses the imbalance of power in the fast food industry and its rampant labor violations. AB 257 would guarantee fast food workers and fast food franchisees a seat at the table to help shape sector-wide workplace standards and give them the ability to hold corporate franchisors accountable for providing safe and equitable working conditions.


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The IAME GR-3 is the brand new project developed by IAME to compete in the FIA Karting Mini class. This exceptional power unit combines the decennial experience achieved by IAME in this specific category of the Sport of Karting with the latest technology derived from the World Champions Reedster V engines. The result is a totally new design, outputting unbelievable performance. Better cooling than ever before, impressive power out of the box, exciting looking, high-end components, finest machining.
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text: The Spring of 2012 has been a bit unusual, with an early warming period that stimulated blooms in many plants. A subsequent cooling has kept many flowers open to the delight of pollinators and spectators alike. The phlox bloom in the OPGC's nursery area has been spectacular. The many accessions collected from the Eastern USA over the last couple of years have grown nicely and the consistently cool conditions have encouraged prolific blooms. Phlox bifida (photo) has displayed beautiful white to pale blue colors. The subtle purple, lilac, lavender, bluish hues of Phlox divaricata and some Phlox pilosa have contrasted with the more pink-reddish tone of other phlox. The vibrant reds, blues, pinks, and purples of Phlox drummondii are shining in the greenhouse, where the plants have been involved in multiple insterspecific crosses. And the prolific and intense flowers of Phlox subulata always elicit approving comments from passersby. The genus Phlox, one of the OPGC's priority genera, offer a remarkable range of beautiful landscape plants.


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Many Malaysians homeowners do not realize this but not giving the time to take care of your AC can be dangerous, especially when you live in a tropical country. If your system is not well maintained and regularly checked by an air conditioning company in Malaysia, it can pose a threat to both your health and your wallet. If you happen to have a family member who has respiratory problems such as asthma or allergies, then the more reason you need to service your conditioning system regularly.
But how exactly does an unmaintained AC affect you? Why must you diligently service your conditioning unit? We understand the questions that may cloud your mind, so we have listed here the three main reasons you must Service your air-con. Check out below to know more!
Reason 1: Servicing Your Condition Unit Gives You a Better Home
Imagine this: You're already tucked in bed, ready to get a good night's sleep after having a tiring day at work. As you close your eyes, your air con suddenly stops producing cool air in the middle of the night, and you wake up sweaty and in frustration. Now, wouldn't that be horrible? If you want to avoid such a situation from happening, then servicing your conditioning unit at least once every two months should be one of your top priorities.
You don't know what's going inside your appliance, and without regular checkups, problems may develop, which can lead to poor performance. But when you take the time to have it inspected by a professional, you can immediately detect any issues and stop them from progressing even further. As a result, you save a lot of money, and you get a conditioning unit that gives you and your family the comfort and relaxation you all deserve!
Reason 2: Servicing Your Air con Will Lower Your Energy Consumption
When you check out your monthly electricity bills and suddenly notice a high rise, then your conditioning system might be the culprit. Air cons already use a lot of energy, but if you don't take the time to service them, they'll use twice as much.
Filters must always be washed or replaced. Your conditioning unit's coils, filters, and fans all need to be cleaned regularly to keep the unit running smoothly for many years and prevent any performance degradation and increase in energy consumption. Some filters can be reused by simply cleaning them, while others must be replaced. It is possible to reduce energy usage by 5% to 15% by changing a dirty filter with a clean one. If you happen to have pets or live in a dusty environment, you need to clean or replace the air conditioning system filters every one to two months.
When you don't service your air conditioner, its performance suffers, and you may end up having to rely on fans, too, just to keep cool. As a result, you'll use a lot of energy and pay a lot of money for electricity each month.
Reason 3: Servicing Your Air con Gives You Good Air Quality
If you happen to notice that you're frequently sneezing and coughing more than usual, then you should give your air conditioner a check. Indoor air quality is improved by cleaning your conditioning unit on a regular basis. Breathing issues and allergies can be triggered by poor air quality, especially for little children, the elderly, and people who frequently stay indoors.
Dirty air con components and clogged filters usually cause this. Improved air quality is among the best things you can get out of a serviced unit.
To wrap it all up, many benefits surround when you service your conditioning system, which is why you should take the time to do so. Hire a reliable and professional conditioning service provider to check on your air-con regularly, and you're sure to have one that will last you a long time!


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Despite the aroma of 11 different chili pots (each containing a "secret recipe") and a healthy preview of early Spring weather, Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce's third annual chili cook-off drew only about half as many people as did last year's event, when less than 100 paid to taste the spicy wares.
According to a Chamber volunteer, "maybe 40" people made their way to Heritage Park on Saturday (February 17) and paid to sample the pepper-laden creations, which ran the gamut from mild to blistering hot.
The cook-off took place on a day that featured mostly sunny skies, light breezes and unseasonably warm temperatures of near-80 degrees. A member of one of the cooking teams mused that the day might have been too nice for such a competition, pointing out that: "Chili is really a cold-weather food, and it's not exactly cold today."
The special recipe brewed by PHD Realty's team was a double winner. The company's concoction was selected as overall winner after a blind taste test by a panel of independent judges. It also copped the People's Choice award, which was based on ticket stubs (representing one vote each) left with the various teams by the folks who sampled the preparations of all or some of the 11 different cooking crews.
Atmore Community Hospital's "Choo Choo Chili" took second place, and the Tex-Mex recipe whipped up by The Outlaws team, headed up by Walt Smith, was third.
The low attendance had most of the teams offering bowls of chili to anyone who would take them.
When the cook-off ended around 6 p.m., several cooking pots that were far from empty were loaded onto trucks and trailers along with propane tanks, tents, chairs and booth decorations. The surplus was in bright contrast to last year, when a couple of teams ran out of chili before the event ended.


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Defect engineering and nano-structuring are the core stratagems for improving thermoelectric properties. In bismuth telluride alloys nanosizing individual crystallites has been extensively studied in efforts to reduce the thermal conductivity, but nanostructuring with second phases has been more challenging. In this study, we demonstrate a thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of 1.4 at 400 K, realized in Zn-containing BiSbTe alloys (specifically Bi0.46Sb1.54Te3) by integrating defect complexity with nanostructuring. We have succeeded in creating nanostructured BiSbTe alloys containing ZnTe nanoprecipitates. We present a melt-spinning-based synthesis that forms in situ ZnTe nanoprecipitates to produce an extremely low lattice thermal conductivity of ∼0.35 W m-1 K-1 at 400 K, approaching the amorphous limit in the Bi2-xSbxTe3 system, while preserving the high power factor of Bi0.46Sb1.54Te3. These samples show excellent repeatability and thermal stability at temperatures up to 523 K. DFT calculations and experimental results show that Zn is inclined to form dual site defects, including two substitutional defects ZnBi/Sb′ and a Te vacancy, to achieve full charge compensation, which was further explicitly corroborated by Positron annihilation measurement. The strong enhancement of thermoelectric properties was validated in a thermoelectric module fabricated with the melt-spun p-legs (ZnTe-nanostructured BiSbTe) and zone-melt n-legs (conventional BiTeSe) which achieved a thermoelectric conversion efficiency of 5.0% when subjected to a temperature gradient of 250 K, representing about 40% improvement compared with a commercial zone-melt-based module. The results presented here represent a significant step forward for applications in thermoelectric power generation.
Original language | English (US) |
Pages (from-to) | 1520-1535 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Energy and Environmental Science |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Pollution


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The importance of lead generation for personal injury lawyers is often underestimated. While there are sites that are quite impressive, covering all aspects of personal injury cases, from the most general to the most complex–one thing that is often underestimated is the gathering of contact information.
This will enable you to turn every lead into a sale. That's an important part of lead generation. In the case of car accidents, the first place you want to look for leads is your own customer list. You may be surprised to learn, however, that many of your current customers won't be interested in joining your leads funnel.
In fact, most of them won't be interested at all. You'll have to do some digging and develop new contacts, but once you've developed those contacts, you can provide them with the information they're seeking. A new idea for lead generation, according to the authors of the Car Accident Attorneys website, is to use social networking.
The authors maintain that by using these websites, you can create a brand awareness that extends beyond traditional channels. They note that Google has recently introduced an option called Web Transparency, which tracks how much money search engines are spending on third-party advertising.
Other ideas for effective lead generation strategies include content marketing, which involves writing blog posts, creating press releases, distributing newsletters, and participating in discussion forums. The Car Accident Attorneys site recommends content marketing.
A more specific example of a lead generation strategy that the authors consider important is telephone calls. "Nels" allows you to get information from people who want to learn more about your product before you reach them on your doorstep. "First Contact Direct Mail" is one example of a lead generation plan that the authors explain.
This involves getting prospects interested in your services by first getting their attention. The following step involves a pre-screening process to determine if the prospect is actually suitable for making a buying decision. Once the sale is made, the information provided by the prospect becomes part of your database.
Many companies offer lead generation strategies designed to increase the number of paid customers they sell to. Sales representatives are trained to talk to qualified prospects, build trust in their ability to convert, and make a sale. The Internet also offers many examples of lead generation strategies. Leads that recently got into an accident are further discussed at exclusiveleadsagency.com.
Many Internet marketers focus on pay-per-click advertising. Other marketers build lists through list brokers or B2B networks. There are even a few Internet marketers who focus on generating leads from the comfort of their own homes.
The Internet also provides many opportunities for qualified leads. Web sites such as MeetUp allow users to create a meetup group based on common interests. The goal of these groups is for groups of people to contact each other and create leads.
Social media sites like Twitter have made it easy for thousands of people to share contact information with each other. Social media platforms provide an ideal lead generation strategy for Internet marketers. The goal is for interested parties to provide contact information for the group.
Once contact information is provided, other members of the group can take the necessary steps to contact the lead. This group can be used again to generate more leads for the company. The key to using social media platforms effectively is to create a detailed business plan and train the sales team on the appropriate use of the various media platforms.


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Orleans loses a dynamo with death of John Sawyer
MEDINA – John Sawyer pulled it off, orchestrating the largest capitol investment in Orleans County – ever.
In 2006, construction started on a $90 million ethanol plant in a former cabbage field at the corner of Bates Road and Route 31A. The facility opened in late 2007.
Many of these ethanol plants in the Midwest are owned by agricultural conglomerates. Sawyer reached out to a network of friends and farmers in raising the needed money to build the plant, which turns 20 million bushels of corn annually into about 55 million gallons of ethanol.
The plant also captures carbon dioxide and sells that to food companies. Distiller's grains, another byproduct, is used to fatten up cattle. The ethanol plant has about 50 direct employees but has positively impacted the paychecks for hundreds of people.
The ethanol plant arrived at a time when corn prices took off. Not only did farmers have a customer with an insatiable appetite, but the grain growers were able to get top dollar for their crop. The ethanol plant has led to significant capitol upgrades locally as farmers expanded their grain storage operations.
The project brought Sawyer back to his roots in Orleans County. He had been living in Livingston County, where he farmed 1,500 acres and ran a cold storage business.
The project in Medina was close to his home, and it had rail access as well as close proximity to corn growers, the dairy market and ethanol customers in New York.
Sawyer was born at the former Arnold Gregory Hospital in Albion and grew up in Kuckville. When Sawyer and Western New York Energy committed to Medina, Sawyer built a house in Waterport along Lake Ontario. He looked for ways to give back to community, and donated $100,000 to the new Hoag Library.
"This is a community project and it can serve a lot of people," he told me in 2012, back when I was working at The Daily News in Batavia.
Sawyer hoped the new library would also trigger other improvements in Albion, especially along Main Street.
He donated to the new residence at Hospice of Orleans, the Orleans County YMCA and was leading the effort to establish a local history museum at the former Swan Library.
Sawyer died on Sunday at age 72. He has been a transformative force around here the past seven years, exuding optimism and faith in the local folks.
He dared the community to dream big, showed us it takes hard work and some friends to make it happen, and then you don't forget where you came from by giving generously to worthy causes.


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Thank You for this Review
More than the pleasant words, what makes us all very happy is when patients smile after the surgery and see the satisfaction in their eyes.
Patients come in for consultation with surgeries they want to be done in mind. We either agree to it or suggest an option for them.
We perform a thorough physical assessment, listen to their concerns and needs and recommend surgeries and treatments which we think can give best results to our patients. Of course, the final decision is theirs. But it is always better to provide them with alternatives and explain to them why.


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This week's column from Ben Harvey (look away if you react negatively to the word whorebox) makes a call from a telephone box whilst lost at midnight in deepest Hampshire.
And thus, we begin.
The Horror
Time, or, rather, the way we feel it pass, is a funny thing. Once something is more than a few weeks old it's almost as if it might never have happened, becoming as irrelevant as black & white movies, or the English Civil War, or that era of time, long-lost in the mists of history, when people went round saying "Whaaazzzuuup".
And, in the same way that some things are always as fluid as quicksand – like fashion, or slang, or Orange price-plans – some are always the same, such as the fact that your Grandparents have always been old, or that Cadburys Creme Eggs used to be bigger, or that payphones have always been a hideous embarrassment that you'd rather shower in hippo-wee than actually use.
Phonebooths are admittedly much-maligned. In fact, there are only a few thing held in such universal contempt; Gary Glitter. George Bush. The Health & Safety Directorate. Speed Cameras. It's the rate of decline that's shocking, though – ten years ago the sight of a traditional, solid, old-school phonebooth on a Village Green would be listed, in terms of Nice British Icons, right up there with Handel and Cricket and Tea and Teaching Johnny Foreigner Some F*cking Manners. The inner-city ones, though, the glass & steel rectangles, were always – rightly – hated as being nothing more than notice-boards for prostitutes. When the mobile, in the 90s, became as ubiquitous as Facebook it was the beginning of the end for them.
You can still see them, lurking in the hubbub of towns and villages, sat there, sadly, as unused and unloved as the one condom stowed hopefully in your dodgy uncle's wallet. Ask yourself; with the exception of orchestrating drug-deals, when was the last time you used one? Or when was the last time that you even got a call from someone in one, the conversation punctuated by the distant pumping of 20p pieces into the clunky maw of that stupidly large silver box? It's a humiliation just to be forced to use one.
So, in a desperate attempt to stop haemorrhaging cash by having to maintain this disparate, desperate network, BT have tried various tactics, all of them feckless, ranging from installing Playschool-style web-access points to plastering their glass sides with adverts, which at least gave the denizens of our cities a little privacy when jetting their veins full of skag. It's an oft repeated question, why BT don't ditch every single one of these useless cubicles, and the only possible answer is that it's a lingering hangover from the terms & conditions of their privatisation. Either that or they like the skag as much as the next man.
Anyway, it is with great regret that I have to admit that, this week, I had to use one. It was a moment of madness and I hope that this frank admission will draw a line under this unfortunate episode in my life. I hope that the media respects the privacy of my family during this difficult time.
My god! My god. It happened three days ago and I still feel unclean. I keep having visions of a dented, scratched receiver, caked with spittle and earwax, dangling like a bedraggled pendulum through the pool of tramp-piss that covered the loveless concrete floor of that firebombed whorebox. It was, though, a matter of life and death; I'd gone out for a bit of a run, you see, and had gotten lost.
"Gotten lost" is a bit of an understatement, actually. Not since Columbus pitched up in America, expecting elephants & Biryani, has a human being been so woefully misnavigated. Training for the Great South Run this weekend meant that I was putting in my last jaunt of seven miles. One missed turn was all it took to guide me down a series of moonlit country lanes, frost forming on my gloves and bleak despair forming in my exhausted, flailing heart. And so it was that the stage was set for my moment of true disgrace.
I left the house at about 8:45pm. At 10:30pm, ten confused miles later, I stumbled across a village called – rather improbably – Ashley. The village of Ashley consists of three houses, a well, a noticeboard stating the historical importance of the well, a sign warning drivers not to reverse into the noticeboard and, saving my life, a phone-box. This being rural Hampshire, there were of course no little postcards advertising local prostitutes, but that's only because the prostitutes around here can't read or write.
I will just digress for a moment and state that I've always been surprised when the police & judiciary spend so much time, money and effort on vice-squads, arrests, trials, judges etc., when all they really need to do to stamp out the sex-trade in this country would be to eliminate those colourful, collectable, gynaecologically-educational little cards by just banning blu-tack.
Anyway, where was I. Ah yes, I was in the middle of nowhere. I would have knocked on the door of one of the few houses but people who deliberately choose to live as far away as possible from other humans often object to having sweaty, panting men hammer them awake in the middle of the night, and often shoot first, saw your body up in a hay-baler, feed the lumps to the pigs and then ask questions later. As such my one hope was the disgusting, grubby, crappy, retardedly-primitive payphone sat squatting there like a little red toad. Given the state that I was in, brain fogged with insipient hypothermia, it should really have shone out like some holy miracle, glowing with hope, and I'm sure it would have done, had the light not been kicked out by some shithead kid, it being a bloody phonebox.
Anyway, there I was, lit only by the stars, the frozen breath from my wheezing lungs painting frost on the few panes of glass that hadn't been broken – it being an old-style whorebox, one of the few original red ones that hadn't been uprooted to make shower-cubicles for Americans- and it was then that the deepest of shames took me; it wasn't the booth that saved me; it was Holly Valance.
Yes. It's true. The only reason I could actually call my brother (who guided me home, via Google Maps) was because I remembered the number for 0800-REVERSE, the reverse-charges service that let me make the call in the first place, cross-country runners not being known for taking much coinage out with them. And the only reason that number stuck in my head was because of a dim memory of an argument over whether or not Holly Valance was fit or not. So there we have it. I owe my life to an crapped-out Australian in a crapped-out whorebox. Torrents of shame. Gushing, withering torrents of shame.
I just hope I can serve as a warning to the rest of you all – if you can keep your battery charged, and if you can remember to take your mobile with you whenever you leave the house then you can live a life that's totally, completely, blissfully whorebox free. For I was like you, once. The only thing that's keeping me from dying of humiliation is the simple fact that each of those vandalised little lavatories is a monument, a testament to how the mobile-phone industry has totally owned personal calls in recent history. To borrow a phrase: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!


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A Simple Nine-Step Website Checklist to Use Before Creating Your Site
Creating a website, or hiring someone else to build a website, can seem like a daunting task. This is especially true if you've never been through the process before, and are not familiar with the principles of web development. However, by understanding the basics of web design and the general process of setting up a website, you can make the design and development process much easier.
A bit of extra planning and effort now can save you trouble later on down the road. In fact, once you acquire a general understanding of web design and how websites work, putting up a basic website can be relatively easy. Fortunately, you can acquire the basic knowledge you need right here. We've put together this short guide to make the website design process easier, so let's get started!
1. Consider and Register the Domain Name
You will have to register a domain name if you want to set up a website. Fortunately, many services make registering a domain name easy. There are hundreds of DotCom types to choose from (i.e. ipage.business, ipage.org). Figure out which one is best for you. Generally speaking, .com and .org are the most respectable.
When choosing a domain name, make sure that it fits your company's style and brand. Preferably, the domain name will simply be your company's name. In some cases that name might be taken.Try adding your geo-location to it. For example, if BobsPizza.com is taken, see if BobsPizzaNYC.com or BobsPizzaCharlotte.com is available.
You will also have to pair your domain with a hosting service. Often, it is easier to keep them all on one platform. iPage makes it easy for companies to register a domain name, and set up hosting services with a single account registration.
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2. Understand Your Goals
First, you need to ask yourself why you're creating your website. The answer may seem obvious. When you ask yourself this question, the answer might pop right into your head. "Build awareness." "Increase Sales." "Provide Information." These are common goals for people and companies looking to launch a website.
Most websites, however, are driven by multiple goals, and micro-goals that are part of these larger goals. It's important to understand and outline micro-goals before you begin developing your website. Once you know your goals, you can start to research how to achieve them.
Take a quick search through the web and you're sure to find poor websites. Restaurant websites that don't bother listing contact information, menus, or hours. Sales websites that lack calls-to-action (CTAs), which is a compelling piece of text that urges someone to act. Informational websites that are bogged down with CTAs and sales text. These websites were not designed with the proper goals in mind. As a result, they will underperform.
By outlining specific and detailed goals, you reduce the risk of building a website that won't meet your needs.
3. Know Your Audience
Your audience is vital. You need to know as much about them as possible. This includes demographics, such as age, sex, income, location, education, and all the rest. You also need to understand them on a deeper level. What are they looking for? What are their wants, needs, and pains?
Once you know who your customers are, you need to consider how you can "connect" with them. Selling services or products to highly-educated adults, such as doctors or professors, differs greatly from marketing to teenagers. Well-educated professionals are going to be more thorough in their research, will use a higher vocabulary, and are often less susceptible to strong CTAs.
As you consider the goals of your website, you need to consider them within the context of your audience. As you start to develop your website, you have to constantly think of things from your audience's point of view. If you build a great website, but are speaking to the wrong audience, you're unlikely to reach your goals. Creating buyer personas can help you understand more about your potential customers and how to appeal to them.
4. Consider Advanced Features That You Might Need
By now, you should have a good idea who your audience is, and what your goals are. Now you need to consider if you will need any advanced features. What is an advanced feature? First, let's talk about basic features. These are non-static content, such as images, links, and text.
Features that allow users to interact with your website are usually more advanced. For example, if you are going to run an ecommerce site, you're going to need to build in product listings, secure payment processing, and other features. If you are going to allow users to comment, or to sign up for newsletters (thus gathering leads), you are looking at "advanced" features.
Don't be intimidated by the word "advance." That doesn't always require technical coding, or spending a lot of money. There are many "plug-ins" that provide advanced features quickly and easily. By knowing what advanced features you will need, and then doing research before you begin the development process, you can keep costs down.
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5. Know the Basic Principles of Web Design
Web design is both a science and an art. The best web developers spend a lot of time crafting their skills. And they never stop educating themselves on changing design principles, technology, code, and user experience best practices. We aren't going to go over web design principles at length here, but we do need to touch on some basics.
First, every website needs to be optimized for mobile use. Many websites are built to be mobile responsive. This means the website will automatically change to be mobile friendly. Smartphones and tablets now make up a majority of website browsing and use, edging desktop use. If your website is not optimized for these devices, search engines will punish you, and visits will be brief.
Here are some other "basic" web design principles:
- No flash or distracting effects. Visitors don't like them, and they can slow down the website itself.
- Navigation friendly- Make sure menus are easy to use on every device, and that the page layout makes it easy to access content.
- Reader friendly. This means avoiding huge blocks of text and content overload. Content should be scannable, well-written, typo free, and easy to read.
- Images and videos are a plus. It's best in most situations to avoid auto-play.
6. Understand the Competition
Competing online means you have to understand who your competitors are. You want to have a website that is at least as good as your main competitors. Of course, it's best to have a website that is better. So doing a bit of competitive research before you even start developing your website is essential.
Once you know what you want your website to do, and have planned for a basic web design, check out the competition. If you're running an online business, you should find the leading websites in your niche. Or, if you want to launch a travel blog, check out other travel blogs. When you visit their website, what do you like? What don't you like?
The competition should always set the bar. However, if they are setting a low bar, you need to find a higher one. Let's say you run a pub in your local town. The local restaurants all have old, dated websites. This doesn't give you a free pass to build an outdated website.
Instead, find the thought leaders in your business segment. If you run a restaurant in a small town and the other local businesses have sub-par websites, search for the best restaurant websites elsewhere. Check out what restaurants in places like New York City are doing.
7. Make Sure Communication is Easy
Sometimes a customer will want to get in touch. Maybe they have a question to ask or want to make a complaint. Make sure you are considering communication methods right from the beginning. It's a good idea to set up an email address and make it easily accessible from your website. You can use a regular email service, or set up your own branded service.
If you are running a small businesses, you may chose to use email@example.com (or yahoo.com, live.com, etc.). Many hosting companies, like iPage offer the ability to create email addresses that match your domain. Doing so makes you look more professional and credible than using an email from a free services. Once you create the email, you have to get into the habit of using it. You should check your business email at least once per day and should strive to reply to all inquiries within 24 hours.
8. Figure out hosting service options
By now, you should have a good idea of what goes into developing a website. As you have seen, launching a successful website takes a lot of planning. There are many factors to consider. As you approach getting to work on your website, you should consider hosting options. There are many different website hosting server options, and you need to pick the one that matches your needs based on affordability, availability, and scalability.
iPage offers powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use hosting services for small businesses. Our platform has been built from the ground up to meet the needs of SMBs and other organizations. Our free website builder also makes it easy for non-website developers to build their own website.
9. Start Planning Ahead: Marketing Beyond the Website
An effective digital marketing campaign will involve a lot more than selecting a domain name, creating some content, and launching your website. That is really just the first part, in the long term you will need to continually optimize and campaign so that users are able to find your website.
You need to pay close attention to the content that goes on your website and how you will keep it up-to-date. Making sure your content is optimized for search will be critical. Use these Search Engine Optimization tips to help you understand what terms your customers are searching for and create the content to help you appear at the top of the results list.
Consider utilizing email marketing campaigns as a way to stay in touch with your customers and make them aware of your new content and special offers. This can be a great engagement tool and is relatively inexpensive.
If you plan on running ad campaigns, it's important to draw up a budget and goals. Making sure to target the right audience is crucial if you want to see results for your efforts. This can get tricky, so you may want to call in the professionals. iPage offers a variety of professional marketing services to get you started, including Pay-Per-Click(PPC) ad optimization, SEO optimization, and other services.
Once you have your budget and goals, get to work. Find a developer you love, or use our drag and drop website builder to build one on your own. Ask for feedback from friends and family, and tell them not to hold back. If something doesn't work, or they don't like a feature, you need to know. Once you have feedback in hand, adjust.
Launching your website is just the beginning. You should continue to update content and even the website itself. Constant improvement will bring you ever closer to perfection.


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Category:Krsna As a Calf
Pages in category "Krsna As a Calf"
The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.
- According to the Vedas, ekam bahu syam: the Personality of Godhead can become many, many millions upon millions of calves and cowherd boys, as He did to bewilder Brahma more and more
- After nearly a year, Baladeva observed that all the cowherd boys and calves were expansions of Krsna. Thus He inquired from Krsna and was informed of what had happened
- All those personalities (the calves & cowherd boys) had four arms, holding conchshell, disc, mace and lotus flower in Their hands. They wore helmets on Their heads, earrings on Their ears and garlands of forest flowers around Their necks - SB 10.13.47-48
- Although each boy, being an individual soul, had entirely different tastes, activities and behavior, Krsna exactly expanded Himself into all the different positions of the individual boys. He also became the calves, who were also of different sizes
- Although the path was very rough, they (the cows) ran toward their calves (Krsna's calf expansions) with great anxiety, each running as if with one pair of legs - SB 10.13.30
- Balarama said to Krsna, You Yourself are playing as the calves & cows & boys. What is the mystery of this situation? Where have those other calves & cows & boys gone? And why are You expanding Yourself as the cows, calves & boys? Will You kindly tell Me
- Balarama said, "Krsna Yourself are playing as the calves and boys. What is the mystery of this situation? Where have those other calves and boys gone? And why are You expanding Yourself as the calves and boys? Will You kindly tell Me what is the cause?"
- Balarama understood that all those boys and calves were only expansions of Krsna
- Because of an increase of affection, the cows had constant attachment even to those calves (Krsna's calf expansions) that were grown up and had stopped sucking milk from their mothers - SB 10.13.35
- Brahma began to think, "All the boys and calves were taken away by me, and I know they are still sleeping. How is it that a similar batch of boys and calves is playing with Krsna? Is it that they are not influenced by my mystic power?"
- Brahma realized that all the different forms of boys and calves transformed into Visnu forms were not transformed by a mysticism of the type that a yogi or a demigod can display by specific powers invested in him
- Brahma realized that all the different forms of cows, boys and calves transformed into Visnu forms were not transformed by mysticism of the type that a yogi or demigod can display by specific powers invested in him
- Brahma said, "Although You exhibited Yourself (Krsna) as so many cowherd boys and calves, Your transcendental potency was not reduced. You are always complete"
- Brahma said, "First of all I saw You alone; thereafter You (Krsna) expanded Yourself as Your cowherd boyfriends, the calves and all the existence of Vrndavana; then I saw You and all the boys and calves as four-handed Visnus"
- Brahma tried to understand who they (the cowherds boys and calves) were and how they were uninfluenced by his mystic power, but he could not ascertain it. In other words, he himself came under the spell of his own mystic power
- Brahma's stealing of calves & boys from Krsna may be a wonderful display of mystic power, but when Krsna exhibited His expansive power in so many calves & boys and maintained them without effort, Brahma could understand that his power was insignificant
- By expanding Himself in this way (into the missing cowherd boys and calves), beautiful Krsna proved the statement samagra-jagad visnumayam: "Lord Visnu is all-pervading" - SB 10.13.19
- By His Vasudeva feature, Krsna simultaneously expanded Himself into the exact number of missing cowherd boys and calves, with lunch bags, their particular types of dress and ornaments placed in various ways - SB 10.13.19
- By His Vasudeva feature, Krsna simultaneously expanded Himself into the exact number of missing cowherd boys and calves, with their exact bodily features, their particular types of hands, legs and other limbs, their sticks, bugles & flutes - SB 10.13.19
- By His Vasudeva feature, Krsna simultaneously expanded Himself into the exact number of missing cowherd boys and calves, with their names, ages and forms, and their special activities and characteristics - SB 10.13.19
- Every individual is different. There are even differences between twin brothers. Yet when Krsna expanded Himself as the boys and calves, each boy and each calf appeared in its own original feature
- Every part of Their (Krsna's cowherd boy and calf expansions') bodies, from Their feet to the top of Their heads, was fully decorated with fresh, tender garlands of tulasi leaves offered by devotees - SB 10.13.49
- Everything was Krsna. The calves, the cowherd boys and their maintainer Himself were all Krsna. In other words, Krsna expanded Himself in varieties of calves and cowherd boys and continued His pastimes uninterrupted for one year
- In order to convince Brahma that all those calves and boys were not the original ones, the calves and boys who were playing with Krsna transformed into Visnu forms
- In order to satisfy the mothers of His friends, as well as to convince Brahma of the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead, He (Krsna) immediately expanded Himself as the cowherd boys and calves
- In the Vedas it is said that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has already expanded Himself into so many living entities by His energy. Therefore it was not very difficult for Him to expand Himself again into so many boys and calves
- In Vrndavana, when Brahma stole Krsna's calves and cowherd boys, Krsna expanded Himself into many new calves and boys
- It is cited herein by the Lord that during his daytime Brahma would see Him as Lord Sri Krsna. He would appreciate how the Lord expanded Himself into all the calves during His childhood at Vrndavana
- Krsna expanded Himself as the boys and calves with the same individual way of acting, the same tendencies, the same color, the same dress, and so on, for Krsna manifested Himself with all these differences. This was Krsna's opulence
- Krsna took compassion upon Brahma because of his inability to see how Krsna was displaying the forms of Visnu and transforming Himself into calves and cowherd boys
- Krsna was ordering His friends to do this and that, and He was controlling the calves & going into the forest to search for them when they went astray, allured by new grass, but these calves & boys were He Himself. This was Krsna's inconceivable potency
- Krsna, who had divided Himself as different calves and also as different cowherd boys, entered different cow sheds as the calves and then different homes as different boys
- Krsna, who had divided Himself as different calves and also as different cowherd boys, entered different cow sheds as the calves and then different homes as different boys - SB 10.13.21
- Lord Baladeva said, "O supreme controller (Krsna)! These boys are not great demigods, as previously thought. Nor are these calves great sages like Narada. Now I can see that You alone are manifesting Yourself in all varieties of difference" - SB 10.13.39
- Lord Balarama said, I thought that these boys and calves were a display of the power of great sages like Narada, but now I see that all these boys and calves are You (Krsna)
- Lord Brahma saw the Supreme Brahman, by whose energy this entire universe, with its moving and nonmoving living beings, is manifested. He also saw at the same time all the calves and boys as the Lord's expansions - SB 10.13.55
- Lord Sri Krsna, having Himself become the cowherd boys and groups of calves, maintained Himself by Himself. Thus He continued His pastimes, both in Vrndavana and in the forest, for one year - SB 10.13.27
- Now expanding Himself so as to appear as all the calves and cowherd boys, all of them as they were, and at the same time appear as their leader, Krsna entered Vrajabhumi just as He usually did while enjoying their company - SB 10.13.20
- Now I (Balarama) can see that You (Krsna) alone are manifesting Yourself in all varieties of difference. Although one, You are existing in the different forms of the calves and boys. Please briefly explain this to Me - SB 10.13.39
- The calves and boys transformed into visnu-murtis, or Visnu forms, were not displays of visnu-maya, or Visnu's energy, but were Visnu Himself
- The cowherd men, having been unable to check the cows from going to their calves (Krsna's calf expansions), felt simultaneously ashamed and angry - SB 10.13.32
- The cows began licking the calves' (Krsna's calf expansions) bodies in anxiety, as if wanting to swallow them - SB 10.13.31
- The cows had given birth to new calves, but while coming down from Govardhana Hill, the cows, because of increased affection for the older calves (Krsna's calf expansions), allowed the older calves to drink milk from their milk bags - SB 10.13.31
- The manifestation of the Visnu forms of the boys and calves was not like the heat but was rather the fire - they were all actually Visnu. Factually, the qualification of Visnu is full truth, full knowledge and full bliss
- The manifestation of the Visnu forms of the boys, cows and calves was not like the heat, but rather like the fire - they were all actually Visnu. Factually, the qualification of Visnu is full truth, full knowledge & full bliss
- The original ones (calves & boys) were sleeping under the spell of Brahma's mystic power, but the present ones, seen by Brahma, were all immediate expansions of Krsna, or Visnu. Visnu is the expansion of Krsna, so the Visnu forms appeared before Brahma
- Their (the cows') milk bags full and flowing with milk, their heads and tails raised, and their humps moving with their necks, they ran forcefully until they reached their calves (Krsna's calf expansions) to feed them - SB 10.13.30
- These relations of the cows & gopis with their calves & boys remained unchanged, although actually the original calves & boys were not there. Actually the cows' affection for their calves & the elder gopis' affection for the boys causelessly increased
- They (Krsna's cowherd boy and calf expansions) wore armlets on Their arms, the Kaustubha gem around Their necks, which were marked with three lines like a conchshell, and bracelets on Their wrists - SB 10.13.47-48
- Those Visnu forms (Krsna's cowherd boy and calf expansions), by Their pure smiling, and by the sidelong glances of Their reddish eyes, created and protected the desires of Their own devotees, as if by the modes of passion & goodness - SB 10.13.50
- Thus expanding Himself as the boys and calves in their individual capacities, and surrounded by such expansions of Himself, Krsna entered the village of Vrndavana. The residents had no knowledge of what had happened
- What is this wonderful phenomenon? The affection of all the inhabitants of Vraja, including Me (Rama), toward these boys and calves is increasing as never before, just like our affection for Lord Krsna, the Supersoul of all living entities - SB 10.13.36
- When Baladeva saw this attachment (the cows' constant attachment to those calves (Krsna's expansions) that were grown up and had stopped sucking milk), He was unable to understand the reason for it, and thus He began to consider - SB 10.13.35
- When Balarama saw this extraordinary exchange of affection between the cows & the calves and between the fathers and their children - when neither the calves nor children needed so much care - He began to wonder why this extraordinary thing had happened
- When Brahma took away Krsna's associates to test the supremacy of Lord Krsna, the Lord expanded Himself again in the forms of the many cowherd boys and calves, all of whom, as Brahma saw, were visnu-murtis
- When Brahma was deluded by Krsna, who expanded Himself into so many cowherd boys, calves and cows, Krsna's elder brother, Sri Baladeva (a direct expansion of Krsna Himself), felt astonishment and said
- When Lord Brahma returned after a moment of time had passed, he saw that although by human measurement a complete year had passed, Lord Krsna, was engaged just as before in playing with the boys and calves, who were His expansions - SB 10.13.40
- When the calves (Krsna's calf expansions) arrived, the mothers began licking the calves' bodies again and again and profusely feeding them with the milk flowing from their milk bags - SB 10.13.24
- When the cows saw their own calves (Krsna's calf expansions) from the top of Govardhana Hill, they forgot themselves and their caretakers because of increased affection - SB 10.13.30
- While Lord Brahma looked on, all the calves and the boys tending them immediately appeared to have complexions the color of bluish rainclouds and to be dressed in yellow silken garments - SB 10.13.46
- With bangles on Their (Krsna's cowherd boy and calf expansions') ankles, ornaments on Their feet, and sacred belts around Their waists, They all appeared very beautiful - SB 10.13.47-48


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Opened 21 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
#640 closed defect (fixed)
MI2: Headless Guybrush in opening credit
Reported by: | SF/jamieson630 | Owned by: | fingolfin |
Priority: | low | Component: | Engine: SCUMM |
Version: | Keywords: | ||
Cc: | Game: | Monkey Island 2 |
Halfway through the MI2 opening credits, where Guybrush comes out and taps his foot until the monkeys leave, Guybrush is entering stage left with no head. Not until he gets all the way in and stops does his head show up. I'm not sure, but I think he may not be walking properly, either (i.e. he appears to sort of "slide" into position).
This is a regression; it was not present in 0.3.0b official release. I scanned CVS for recent changes that might be responsible, but when I came across the massive changes in gfx.cpp and the changes in akos.cpp, I got the "eebie jeebies" and walked away. Sorry. ;-)
Ticket imported from: #655652. Ticket imported from: bugs/640.
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 21 years ago
I am responsible for the gfx.cpp changes, and IIRC erik for the akos mods. But akos is only for V7 games, I think, so I don't see how it should be his changes, which then according to your findings would leave me as prime suspect (or rather, my changes). I'll try to look into it when I have time. If you can narrow this down to a particular checking, though, that'd be helpful <g>. If not I'll manage, too, of course.
comment:2 by , 21 years ago
Come to think of it, I also made a few changes to actor.cpp, much more likely that caused it than anything in gfx.cpp
comment:3 by , 21 years ago
The problem is caused since we now set 'frame'. Need to figure out how to do this right.
comment:4 by , 21 years ago
Owner: | set to |
comment:5 by , 21 years ago
Resolution: | → fixed |
Status: | new → closed |


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Game recap courtesy of LJRotter tonight. God, late nights at work suck.
The Dallas Mavericks are still riding high off of their resounding victory over the Boston Celtics. They have been playing better on the road this season, with one more win in the away column than in the home column. The Wizards are coming off of a two game winning streak over the Kings and the Blazers, and they credit much of that to the return of Mike Miller (out for 25 games with a strained calf).
Dallas will start Jason Terry for Josh Howard, who is out with a stomach virus. Otherwise, both rosters are healthy, though the Wizards are without their infamous guard, Gilbert Arenas. The Mavericks lost their season opener in October at the American Airlines Center against the Wizards, falling 91-102.
After gaining some confidence from their game Monday, do the Mavericks have the stamina to finish out this game on top?
Game as a Whole:
The Mavericks came out with a quickness and energy that they had been lacking in previous contests. They seemed like a more cohesive unit, not just settling for jump shots and racking up numbers in the assist column. The Mavs and the Wiz shot reasonably well, shooting 45.9% and 44.4% respectively. Some of the biggest differences came from points off of turnovers and fastbreaks. Dallas was able to capitalize off of some of Washington's turnovers, and they had 12 fast-break points to Washington's goose egg.
Drew Gooden had a monster game, with solid numbers across the stat sheet. Jason Kidd had another huge assist game, not topping his 17 at Boston, but coming close with a solid 15 dimes. Dirk Nowitzki had another high-scoring night, as did Jason Terry. The starters got a nice rest at the beginning of the second quarter, leaving them with fresh legs for the second half. They would need these legs, as the Wizards came out with more intensity in the third quarter and managed to keep the game close the rest of the way. The teams exchanged the lead several times in the final period, with the Mavericks sneaking by on a final defensive stop by Shawn Marion.
With back-to-back victories, the Mavericks may just be able to finish out this road trip strong.
Lets look at the quarters...
1st Quarter:
- Mavericks win the toss (which wasn't the best I've seen…)
- Kidd's first shot bounces of the rim and hits the top of the backboard, killing the possession.
- 10:42, Kidd steals, passes to Dirk who puts in a nice layup.
- Lots of outside shots from the Mavericks, none are falling.
- 9:02, Nowitzki gets a nice block to take the ball from the Wizards, but they can't convert on the offensive end.
- 8:39, Dirk makes a beautiful jumper from the top of the key. Nothing but net. Keep those going in!
- 7:51, Kidd makes a rare play at the basket, drawing the foul and getting the and-1! He makes it a 3-point play, like a true veteran.
- 7:23, Terry makes a three the easy way with some defensive help from Dampier.
- Mavericks are really hustling for defensive rebounds, and it's paying off. They just need to take advantage of every possession.
- 5:49, Terry swipes the ball away, and Marion makes the runner. On the play, 3 Wizards don't make it across the time line as DeShawn Stevenson argues with the ref, getting a technical foul. Nowitzki makes the resulting free throw.
- 4:19, Dirk makes another beautiful jumpshot. Man, that's pretty to watch.
- 3:43, Terry connects with a nice baseline three. If he keeps making these, it's gonna get ugly for D.C.
- 3:03, Uh Oh. Dirk makes a straight-on three.
- 2:00, After first turning over on a steal, Barea then misses a three… I think he's lost his early-season mojo.
- 1:06, Barea takes another three, and misses yet again.
- :25.3, Kidd and Miller hustle for a loose ball, but Kidd turns it over out of bounds. Wizards are within 5. They can't convert, committing a shot clock violation.
- Gooden doesn't even look at the basket on the inbound pass from Kidd as time runs out. It ALMOST goes in. That would have been awesome.
- Kidd already has 5 assists in the first quarter.
2nd Quarter:
- The starters, minus Jet, seem to be getting a break to start the 2nd quarter. Barea, Gooden, Singleton and Ross join him for the Mavericks.
- 10:17, Singleton has back to back blocks.
- 9:42, Barea finally gets a shot to fall.
- 9:08, Gooden makes a beautiful, long jumper from atop the key.
- 8:38, Gooden makes a slick pass to Singleton who dunks it home.
- 7:41, Gooden (yes, again) drives for the basket and draws the blocking foul. He makes both free throws.
- 7:29, Gooden (are you SERIOUS?) gets a perfect steal, giving Singleton a chance to score on the other end.
- 6:31, Gooden takes the lead to 14 points with an 8 foot hook. He is out of control.
- 5:31, Finally someone other than Drew does something. Dirk adds 2 for the Mavericks.
- 5:17, Wow! Mr. Carroll has entered the game! Carlisle is having fun.
- 3:47, Nowitzki gets fouled by Caron Butler while trying to make a shot from the top of the key. He puts in both free throws.
- Only 3 of the 17 shots made by the team have come without assists. Kidd has 6 of those dimes. Loving the teamwork!
- 3:10, Marion makes 2 points in the paint with the assist from Terry.
- They're calling Butler "CB3"? How unoriginal.
- 2:03, Dirk with the rare airball from behind the arc.
- :47.9, Kidd gets rocked on a pick, allowing for Randy Foye to make a long 2 (originally called a 3).
- :30.8, Dirk catches and shoots a quick jumper, impressing the Wizards' announcers with his versatility.
- Barea misses a last-second three to end the half.
3rd Quarter:
- 11:09, Kidd with the short alleyoop to Dampier.
- 10:15 Kidd rattles home a three from the top of the arc.
- 8:33 Nice outside ball rotation is ruined by a missed three from Terry.
- 7:57 The Mavericks have a good, long possession, ending with a jumper from Gooden.
- 7:24 Gooden slams home a power-dunk, drawing the foul in the process. The extra point is good.
- 6:56 More excellent ball movement. Gooden finds Dirk under the basket, who gently puts it in.
- 5:46 Terry gets a simple jumper to go, with the assist from Marion.
- 21 assists on 26 field goals so far for the game. Amazing.
- 4:21 Marion tips in the missed tip in by Gooden.
- 3:43 Matrix is on fire now, driving to the basket.
- 2:20 Gooden draws the perfect offensive foul: a charge from Jamison.
- 2:08 Dirk has now lost the ball on consecutive possessions. Calm down, man.
- 1:20 Barea is really hustling. He misses a runner, gets his own rebound, then gets the ball back and is fouled on his way up. No points as a result, but I like his spunk.
- Wizards climb to within one with under a minute to go in the quarter.
- :01.8 Dirk gets fouled on the inbounds pass. He makes both free throws, bringing the lead back up to 3 for the end of the period.
4th Quarter
- 11:37, Dirk starts the quarter off right with a quick score.
- 10:50, Gooden gets the dunk on an assist from Dirk.
- 9:12, Mike Miller gives the Wizards their first lead since they were up 2-0, sending the Washington crowd to its feet. This is looking like the Mavericks of old… letting the game slip away at the end.
- 8:28, Dirk with the signature turnaround jump shot to take the lead back.
- 7:28, Jason Terry with the midrange 2. The game is tied.
- 6:41, These two teams are really going at it. Great hustle by both teams, ending with a foul on Miller. Ross (taking only his 5th and 6th free throws of the season) goes one for two.
- 5:40, Nowitzki, with no one to pass to, decides to shoot a long jumper over Jamison. He connects, giving himself 28.
- 5:13, Terry makes a layup and gets the and-1. He makes the extra point, putting the Mavericks back up by 4.
- 4:48, OUCH!! Kidd with the excellent alleyoop to Dampier. That one hurt. Kidd is up to 14 assists.
- 3:16 Terry with the vital 9-footjumpshot. These ALL have to go in from here on out.
- 2:32, Marion with the soaring tip-in off of Terry's miss.
- 1:59, Kidd with the laser pass to Terry under the basket. Terry is up to 21 points.
- 1:12, Kidd drives to the basket and tosses the ball up. Dampier "picks up the loose ends" and slams it home.
- :27.1, The Mavericks leave Mike Miller wide open at the top of the arc and he drills a three, making it a one-point game. The heat is on! Do they go for a two-for-one?
- Side note: I haven't decided which is worse- Miller with that nasty long hair, or Miller with the buzz cut and awkward facial hair.
- :06.7, Dirk drives to the basket and gets called for an offensive foul. Talk about bad timing. The Mavericks absolutely need to play the best defense they've played all season on this possession, as they don't have a foul to give.
- WOW, Marion blocks the shot, and Kidd recovers possession of the ball to save the game for the Mavericks. That was a heart-stopper.
Some Choice Statistics:
- Jason Kidd finished with as many assists as the entire Wizards roster: 15.
- Last season, the Mavericks swept the Wizards. The season before, the Wizards swept the Mavericks for the first time since the 1996/1997 season, when they were still the Bullets.
Closing Thoughts:
The Mavericks came out strong, as they've been doing for the past several games. The difference in the last two games is that they were able to sustain that level of competitiveness throughout all four quarters. If they have any hope of meeting and subsequently beating the Lakers in the Western Conference finals, they will have to maintain this level of play for the game's entirety and get rid of those pesky "bad" quarters in the middle.


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"Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us" -Henrik Tikkanen. Urbanization is defined by the United Nations as movement of people from rural to urban areas with population growth equating to urban migration. Urbanization has led to numerous breakthroughs in society. Because of urbanization, we see the world as it is today. Skyscrapers along the horizon, industries in every corner and development projects underway everywhere the human eye can see. However, there are some major drawbacks to urbanization.Eric Hobsbawm's book The age of the revolution: 1789–1848 (published 1962 and 2005) stated "Urban development in our period [1789–1848] was a gigantic process of class segregation, which pushed the new laboring poor into great morasses of misery outside the centers of government and business and the newly specialized residential areas of the bourgeoisie.
The almost universal European division into a 'good' west end and a 'poor' east end of large cities developed in this period." Just like everything has an equal and opposite reaction, urbanization has an equally opposite effect. Urbanization has led to pollution in cities.
This pollution isn't restricted to one aspect of our environment, but rather, the whole scenario such as air, water, and soil. According to Dr. Hannan, M. S and consultant chest specialist at Karachi Railway Hassan Hospital, the cause of urban pollution in Pakistan is the emission of fumes from vehicles like buses, cars, rickshaws, etc. "People and their actions are the main cause of urban runoff and urban pollution.Other common causes of urban pollution include improperly sited, designed, and maintained on-site waste water treatment system, pet wastes, lawn and garden fertilizers and pesticides, and numerous other things", he said. To reduce air pollution, one would have to reduce the amount of vehicular toxins drastically.
Due to these emissions, the number of chest diseases have increased significantly. These diseases include bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, silicosis, fibrosing alveotos particles mesotchelil carcinoma and upper and lower respiratory diseases. In Karachi alone, the umber of asthma patients stands at about 17% of the entire population, stated Dr. Hannan. Urban pollution can also be reduced by more and more plantation. Pakistan made Guinness World Record of tree plantation by planting 541,176 saplings in one day from sunrise to sunset, breaking the Indian record of 447,874 trees in 2009. But because of mega construction projects running in our country oblivious to the environmental laws, many problems for plantation have arisen.
Campaigns for generating awareness amongst people must be started to get rid of this problem.Although urbanization has led to more opportunities for jobs, education, housing and transportation, its adverse effects can't be ignored. Whether this change is in Pakistan or the USA, society has willingly transformed from pre-industrial to industrial. "So bleak is the picture… that the bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century.
" Philip Shabecoff's remark, which was made in the New York Times Magazine on 4 June 1978, unfortunately states more than the obvious. Man-made inventions and man's innate desire to want more will one day lead to the downfall of mankind.


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The episode of Lord Rama's pursuit to catch the golden deer was selected for the robotic application and a total of four leather puppets -- Lord Rama, Goddess Sitha, Lakshmana and the Deer -- were automated.
Lekshmi Gopalakrishnan/PTI reports.
He grew up watching the ochre shadows and dancing silhouettes of leather puppets popping up on the white cloth-screen at 'koothumadams' (temple theatre).
While learning the maiden lessons of manipulating light from the oil lamps and creating beautiful shadows moving the ritual puppets at these specially erected theaters, never had the teenager imagined that he would once pave the way for animating them with the help of robotics.
For the first time in the centuries-old history of shadow puppetry in the country, the leather puppets recently performed the epic Ramayana with the support of robotics in Kerala and Sajeesh Pulavar, a young puppeteer, was the brain behind the path-breaking initiative.
For Sajeesh, Tholpavakoothu, a form of shadow puppetry prevalent in the state, robotic automation of leather puppets is one of the several diversification attempts for the revival and preservation of the ancient art form from not becoming extinct.
The three-minute performance of the automated puppets, the brainchild of the artist, has been a huge hit among art buffs and common people after it was put on display at the District Heritage Museum here recently.
Traditionally performed in Bhagavathy (Goddess) temples as a ritualistic offering, the art form, believed to be at least 700 years old, is seen in the northern Palakkad and surrounding districts in the southern state and preserved as a tradition by 'Pulavars'.
Pulavar is the title given to a scholar and performer who has extensive knowledge of Tholpavakoothu.
According to mythology, the ritual art was performed following the request of Goddess Bhadrakali who missed watching the triumph of Lord Rama over the ten-headed demon king Ravana as she was engaged in a battle with Darika, an evil character killed by her later.
However, artists like Sajeesh are making all efforts to bring the art form out of the borders of the temples and experiment in different formats to regain audience and attract common people.
Besides the robotic application, Sajeesh, hailing from a traditional Pulavar family, is attempting a host of innovations ranging from presentation of classical poetry and government's awareness programmes to 'save-the-date' wedding invitations in the format of the Tholpavakoothu to preserve it.
A mechanical engineer by profession, 32-year-old Sajeesh said he did not have to think twice to quit his well-paid job in an MNC, while seeing his father and shadow puppetry exponent Lakshmana Pulavar struggling hard to retain the legacy of the family.
Not money, but carrying forward the tradition and legacy of the art form, passed down by the ancestors through generations is more important, the award-winning puppeteer said.
"I belong to the thirteenth generation of the Pulavar community in our family. My younger brother and I grew up seeing our father and grandfather going to one temple after the other to perform puppetry during the season," he tells PTI.
It was the glorious period of the traditional art form but eventually people's interest in it dwindled in the flood of new modes of entertainment and changes in cultural values, he said.
Bringing innovations in the format of Tholpavakoothu is a challenge as it is a ritual art based on the rendering of Ramayana -- the Kamba Ramayana, the Tamil version of the epic, he said.
"As people are doing it as offerings in temples, we can not deviate even an inch from the conventional format at the shrines. But, while performing in stages, we have freedom to experiment. There we will apply all techniques and tricks to make the audience glued to our performance," the artist explains.
The application of robotics was an idea developed solely to catch the attention of the audience and revive their interest in the art form, he said.
"We first thought about automating puppets in 2015. Considering its huge expense, we put the plan on hold then. But, when temples had been closed and programmes cancelled due to the COVID spread, we revived the plan again," says Sajeesh.
When the authorities of the district heritage museum approached Lakshmana Pulavar and Sajeesh Pulavar for their leather puppets to exhibit there, the artists had shared with them the idea of robotic application and manipulating puppets with the help of automation.
As the museum authorities showed keen interest in the initiative and promised to fund the project, Sajeesh approached his friend Rahul P Balachandran, who heads the Thrissur-based Inker Robotics, an emerging startup specialized in robotics and futuristic technologies.
The rest of the days were that of brainstorming and hectic schedules as Sajeesh and the expert team of the company had spent several hours together to code the movements of the puppets and correct it.
"The soul of the Tholpavakoothu is the skilled hand movements of the Pulavar who manipulate the puppets. We can master the skill only through years-long hard work and rigorous practice. That human precision cannot be brought in robotic automation," he explains.
The episode of Lord Rama's pursuit to catch the golden deer was selected for the robotic application and a total of four leather puppets -- Lord Rama, Goddess Sitha, Lakshmana and the Deer -- were automated to be displayed at the museum.
Music and rendition of Ramayana verses, which was usually live during the performance, were recorded and an LED display, giving glimpses of the brief history of Tholpavakoothu, was arranged as part of the exhibition.
"Variety of our leather puppets are put on display in museums across the country. But, it is for the first time that a robotic puppet of ours is exhibited in a museum. Even those who have no knowledge about Tholpavakoothu, are talking about it now. It is just a three minute-performance. But its impact is immense," he says.
However, the artist is very much conscious that technology has its own limitations and robotics cannot be taken to the temple grounds during the time of live performances.
"We can never ever bring the entire Tholpavakoothu in the format of robotics. It is a 21-day performance lasting a total of 210 hours involving over 180 puppets. It is impossible to automate the complete performance."
But, Sajesh says they were getting queries to exhibit similar robotic puppets in other museums also.
A query was received from the authorities of Nedumbassery airport also for the same, he adds.
As part of diversification initiatives, his team recently did the adaptation o Poothapattu, the iconic poetry by Edasseri Govindan Nair, in the format of shadow puppetry.
The awareness videos, done in connection with the election commission's Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation programme and the COVID pandemic for the district administration, were also a huge hit.
Besides carrying out stage shows, online classes, demonstrations and workshops, the young practitioner also travels across the country to learn various indigenous forms of puppetry and puppet making as part of a mission to revive the dying art form.
A recipient of several awards and fellowships including the Yuva Prathiba award (folklore) of the state government in 2020, Sajeesh has staged hundreds of programmes in the country and abroad during his 22-year-long association with the art form.
His brother, Sajeev Pulavar, a mechanical engineering diploma holder, is also a Tholpavakoothu practitioner.
Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com


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Rebels Ready To Show They're A Top Team
Harrodsburg Herald 2020 Volleyball Preview
Spencer Moore
Herald Staff
After fielding one of the youngest rosters in the region just a season ago, the Boyle County Rebels Volleyball program is now shaping up to have one of the most experienced and talented teams within the region.
The Rebels will be led by head coach Andrea Craig, who since taking over the team in 2015, has won two district titles. She's passionate about this program, and has learned a lot throughout her years of coaching.
"Each team of girls is different and should be approached with consideration of the team members. Our coaching style is focused on strengthening each individual's skill set and developing them as a player. My coaching style supports players and their growth and I strive to meet all player's needs." she said.
Last year was a bit of a building year for the team. They had only one senior, five juniors, and the rest sophomores. Even still, they put up a good fight against a very tough schedule, finishing with a record of 8-23.
"Our program is built on the foundation of growth. For our players, we emphasize self and team growth. Positives that we will be taking away from last season include: maintaining strong communication, increasing player skills and knowledge of the game, and creating an energy that promotes perseverance and success. We would like for our girls to continue strengthening their skills, while making a memorable season and leaving their hearts out on the court." Said Craig, who has made sure the team made the most out of last season.
The expectations are higher this year. There are five seniors ready to take the lead role, those being Jocelyn Godsey, Morgan Holderman, Hannah Sizemore, Kaylee Whitsell and Ella Wofford
"Each of our seniors possess leadership characteristics that will strongly influence the team and their bond. Our seniors are passionate about the sport and strive to succeed both on and off the court. Our girls have a tight bond, which is what will set them apart from other teams this season."
The rest of the varsity roster will include all juniors. Those being Mia Grubbs, Hennessy Ison, Kennedy Kirkland, Desiree Palmer, Trinity Wells and Molly Wise.
The talent is spread across the team in multiple ways. Each girl on the team shines in their own way, whether it's scoring, assisting others, or even defensively. The team meshes well together and with enough time as a unit they can prove to be something special
Sizemore led the 2019 team in kills with a total of 104 kills and an average of 1.20 kills per set. She was also second on the team in aces, having 32 on the season. She worked hard and made a big difference with her ability to put points on the scoreboard.
Right behind her in kills was Kirkland with 96 kills and a team best average of 1.39 kills per set. She also played a huge role defensively, obtaining 20 solo blocks leading the team in that category and helping assist on thirteen more.
Holderman played the role of Libero for a lot of last season. She finished with 134 digs and an average of 1.69 digs per set, a huge help in keeping the flow of the offense going and was excellent at being in the right spot defensively.
Palmer will now take a lead role in what she already did well last season. She was second on the team in assist last season with a total of 161. She was only behind now graduate Sabree Norris.
The big fear heading into this season, isn't what would hinder their own progress, but rather everyone around. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association has still kept the same plan as far as season start dates, but has still left it up to the Governor to give an official ruling in the future. Whether the season happens or not, the impact has already been made on many teams including this one.
"Of course, our season has been dramatically altered by our current situations. However, we are fortunate to have a season and allow our players the opportunity to engage with peers through a sport that they love and are committed to. We are going in with the mindset of offering utmost safety, and allowing our players an opportunity to grow and shine.
The expectations are high for the team. They haven't won a regional title yet under Craig, but have shown the flashes of potential to. This team will be one of her most experienced and most dedicated yet, so if the season does happen like it's supposed to, it will be one to remember for these Rebels.
If all goes accordingly, the Rebels will begin their season on September 8th with a home game vs. Western Hills at 7:30 pm.
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I would love to see you all cover Danville Christian Academy volleyball as well! The won their tournament last year and we hear notification g about them, they have an amazing volleyball team!


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Counting on star Jinger Duggar, she has done her best in recent years to become an Instagram influencer, although she has had some problems with her campaigns. Duggar, who has more than 1.3 million followers, seems to be often involved in certain businesses and influencers who then fail. Fans have noticed it, and someone recently reported her for his "scam".
Counting On: Jinger Was Once A Fan Favorite On 'Counting On'
Although Counting On has been between seasons for some time, Duggar has always been one of those that fans love to watch. She married Jeremy Vuolo in 2016, and the two started a new life together in Laredo, Texas. From there,
Duggar began to find herself. She abandoned the long skirts she had been forced to wear as a child in favor of more modern pants and shorts. Eventually she dyed her hair blond and cut almost all of it, essentially creating a new identity for herself. And fans have always loved watching her grow.
Counting On: Jinger Is Trying To Make A Living Through Instagram
Duggar's daughters have no college education and are encouraged not to work. They should take care of their home, husband and children. But most of them are trying to make money for their families. Duggar has been involved in several influenza campaigns, but all have failed because of Duggar's beliefs. She tried to promote a donut company, a carpet company and a fashion designer – but all advertising was withdrawn.
Duggar recently announced a contest to give $4,000 in cash to two lucky winners. She announced the rules about her story and asked fans to follow her new account to participate. But a few hours later, the contest had been deleted from her Instagram page.


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Caboni, Marco and Minisci, Edmondo and Campobasso, Sergio (2015) Robust aerodynamic design optimization of horizontal axis wind turbines. In: Advances in evolutionary and deterministic methods for design, optimization and control in engineering and sciences. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences . Springer, pp. 225-240. ISBN 3319115405
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The work reported in this paper deals with the development of a design system for the robust aerodynamic design optimization of horizontal axis wind turbine rotors. The system developed is here used to design a 126-m diameter, three-bladed rotor, featuring minimal sensitivity to uncertainty associated with blade manufacturing tolerances. In particular, the uncertainty affecting the rotor geometry is associated with the radial distributions of blade chord and twist, and the airfoil thickness. In this study, both geometric and operative design variables are treated as part of the optimization. Airfoil aerodynamics and rotor aeroelasticity are predicted by means of XFOIL and FAST codes, respectively, and a novel deterministic method, the Univariate Reduced Quadrature, is used for uncertainty propagation. The optimization is performed by means of a two-stage multi-objective evolution-based algorithm, aiming to maximize the rotor expected annual energy production and minimize its standard deviation. The design optimization is subjected to a single structural constrain associated with the maximum out-of-plane blade tip deflection. The results of this research highlight that a lower sensitivity to uncertainty tied to manufacturing tolerances can be achieved by lowering the angular speed of the rotor.


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MENDOCINO Co., 5/16/22 — The iconic California Grizzly is the subject of a new traveling exhibition opening at the Mendocino County Museum in Willits next month, developed with input from The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, and Heyday Books.
The exhibit will be opening June 4 and be on display until July 31, 2022 at 400 E. Commercial St. in Willits. More information about the show and other programs at the museum can be found on their website or by calling 707-459-2736.
Here's the announcement from the museum:
Over the centuries, the relationship that Californians have had with the grizzly bear is one of dualities expressed in fear and fascination. Although now extinct in the state, the grizzly has long been a central character in California's history. Illuminating the story of the grizzly is the exhibition "Bear in Mind: The Story of the California Grizzly," which opens at the Mendocino County Museum on Saturday, June 4, 2022.
The California grizzly possessed characteristics that we hold dear: independence, adaptability, resourcefulness, intelligence, and strong maternal care. Yet human interaction with the bears was misguided, intolerant, and violent.
Scientists estimate that 10,000 grizzlies once lived in California, perhaps the densest population of brown bears on the continent. However, through increased human settlement, loss of habitat, and hunting, by the early 1900s the California grizzly had vanished and could only be seen on the state flag. Although the loss of the California grizzly was a tragic lesson, we are not too late to save other threatened and endangered species.
Today, California grizzly bears only exist in our imaginations as symbols of things desired and things lost. Since the mid1800s, the grizzly has been used as an icon, advertiser, and entertainer, making the image of the bear a familiar one to most people. Little physical evidence remains of the grizzly bears that once roamed California. It is through stories, artifacts, striking images, and the hands on activities that the "Bear in Mind" exhibition provides, that we can take an in-depth look at the history and science of California's most revered and feared animals.
The "Bear in Mind: The Story of the California Grizzly" exhibition is based on the Heyday Books publication, Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly by Susan Snyder, as well as The Bancroft Library exhibition of the same name.
Currently scheduled for installation at more than 17 museums across the state over the next three years, "Bear in Mind" will continue at the Mendocino County Museum through Sunday, July 31, 2022.
The "Bear in Mind: The Story of the California Grizzly" exhibition is produced and toured by Exhibit Envoy. The exhibition was developed in concert with The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, and Heyday Books. Exhibit Envoy collaborates with California institutions to create and tour smaller, affordable, high quality exhibitions that enhance civic engagement and human understanding. This exhibition was supported by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation with additional funds from the Bank of the West.
Learn more about Mendocino County Museum and view our full program calendar at www.mendocinocounty.org/museum. For more information, please contact the Mendocino County Museum at 707-459-2736 or [email protected].