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While exploring the Internet earlier this week, I came upon this fascinating story featured on Mental Floss. Written by Brooke Jarvis, How One Woman's Discovery Shook the Foundations of Geology, tells the story of how Marie Tharp produced an incredibly detailed map of part of the world that had never before been seen.
She was working in the 1950s at Columbia University charting the ocean floor. The creation of sonar had suddenly enabled ships to "sound out" the precise depths of the ocean and from the readings; maps could be drawn up for the first time ever. Because it was considered bad luck to have a woman at sea, Tharp wasn't allowed on the research trips, instead staying back at the university and translating the data as it came in.
"Tharp spent weeks creating a series of six parallel profiles of the Atlantic floor stretching from east to west. Her drawings showed—for the first time—exactly where the continental shelf began to rise out of the abyssal plain and where a large mountain range jutted from the ocean floor. That range had been a shock when it was discovered in the 1870s by an expedition testing routes for transatlantic telegraph cables, and it had remained the subject of speculation since; Tharp's charting revealed its length and detail.
Her maps also showed something else—something no one expected. Repeating in each was "a deep notch near the crest of the ridge," a V-shaped gap that seemed to run the entire length of the mountain range. Tharp stared at it. It had to be a mistake.
She crunched and re-crunched the numbers for weeks on end, double- and triple-checking her data. As she did, she became more convinced that the impossible was true: She was looking at evidence of a rift valley, a place where magma emerged from inside the earth, forming new crust and thrusting the land apart. If her calculations were right, the geosciences would never be the same."
Her discovery was thought to be a mistake and she was told to redo the map, but after starting over and going through the whole process again, the results were the same. She had discovered a rift in the earth's crust and would change the way that scientist's looked at the earth forever!
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In his pre-curtain speech, executive director and producer James A. Blackman III says the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities' big-budget ($750,000), opulently produced revival of the 1997 Tony Award-winning Peter Stone/Maury Weston Broadway musical is a 10th-anniversary gift to the loyal subscribers who have made the Redondo Beach company one of the country's more successful annual musical theater enterprises. Indeed, Thomas Buderwitz's sumptuous design (built by NBC Studios), which far surpasses in form and function the original 1998 touring company's underwhelming sets, gives this troublesome work the spectacle and grandeur it's going to need to have legs during its planned East Coast tour and possible return to Broadway. The strong ensemble gathered here under Michael Michetti's facile staging is a plus.
Reminiscent of John Napier's awe-inspiring "Sunset Boulevard" setting seven years ago at the Shubert, Buderwitz's multilevel Titanic envelopes the expansive Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center stage, offering an impressive re-creation of life aboard the nearly quarter-mile-long steamship. Aided immensely by Kim Killingsworth's complementary lighting, Buderwitz uses a creative array of shifting panels to highlight the full range of the ship's activities, from the revelry in upper-deck first class down to the lower-level stokers' boiler room. The scenic highlight, however, is the second-act unveiling of the eye-popping, wood-paneled, marble-staircased grand salon.
No matter how impressive, a set can go only so far. The weaknesses in Stone's meandering book and Yeston's pleasant but unmemorable score have not been solved. The onstage action is spread too thin among too many personalities, giving no one character enough substance and development to carry the action and give the audience a rooting interest.
Aided by conductor Steven Landau's outstanding pit orchestra and the supportive sound reinforcement of John Feinstein, the music often soars magnificently, but rarely manages to affect the emotions.
But Michetti and his large but perfectly cast ensemble transcend the show's limitations. From opening curtain to final bows, the actors exhibit a dynamic energy that pushes the plot beyond its inherent boundaries.
Among the many outstanding portrayals, Kevin Earley offers a world of longing as a lovesick coal stoker ("Barrett's Song"). Eve Cohen and John Bisom are a captivating pair of steerage-class Irish immigrants who overflow with enthusiasm about their future life in America ("Lady's Maid"). Lisa Dyson and Bob Edgar offer welcome comic relief as a relentless social climber and her long-suffering middle-class husband ("The First Class Roster").
In a complete departure from his role as hapless Larry on the old sitcom "Three's Company," Richard Kline exudes a haunting dignity as tragic Titanic Captain E.J. Smith. He's complemented by Mark Capri's effective turn as slimy, self-serving ship owner J. Bruce Ismay and Tony Adelman's outing as ship designer Thomas Andrews, who's made nearly catatonic by the disaster.


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Viewpoint: What went wrong at Habbo Hotel?
The Habbo Hotel story has shone a light on the efficacy of moderation as a means of protecting children and young people from the attentions of sexual predators and bullies on the internet.
It has also caused many people to question how we make public policy in this space.
The idea behind moderation is fundamentally sound.
If you set up a website and allow third parties to publish things or to interact with each other you have to acknowledge that, absent any authentication of their true identities, some people will shelter behind the apparent anonymity of cyberspace and behave badly, even criminally.
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Moderation is generally delivered by a mix of clever people and clever software. Moderation systems are meant to be able to pick up on postings or exchanges on the site, detect which are bad ones then trigger an intervention by a human or a programme which brings it to a halt before any real or further harm is done.
There is no magic formula or ratio of moderators to users which you can apply to any and every web site. They are all so different.
The only thing that matters is that it works and it is for each website owner to work that out for themselves. Clearly in the case of Habbo they either did not do this or they got it wrong.
This is all the more regrettable because both the British government and the EU have published guidelines about what is expected of companies that provide interactive services for children and young people.
These guidelines were the product of the UK's and the EU's attachment to the idea of "self-regulation".
Generally what this means is everyone with an interest in an issue - in this case internet industry people, the police, children's and parent's organisations - goes into a huddle. They try to agree on a set of standards.
'Sort it out'
These end up being published in documents with names like Good Practice Guidelines or Best Practice. Nobody ever gets everything they want. Negotiation and compromise are the order of the day.
However, the real problem is that these guidelines do not have the force of law so companies can choose to ignore them, or at any rate they may not take them very seriously.
Habbo Hotel claims to have 250 million members worldwide, 300,000 of whom are in the UK. The business says that it deals with 70 million lines of text per day and that it employs over 200 moderators to enforce its community standards.
Over 200 sounds like a lot but when you break that down into a 24/7, seven-day week work cycle it starts to look a little less impressive.
I am very sorry if Habbo Hotel users feel that their perfectly innocent use of the site has been ruined or disrupted by Habbo's decision earlier today to suspend interactivity.
It needn't have come to this but I think in the circumstances it was the only decision they could take.
We are told Habbo is a highly profitable enterprise. Well it needs to eat into its margins a bit and sort itself out. Habbo must up its game or else it should close down before any more children are injured.
John Carr is the secretary for the Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety. It represents 11 organisations which have joined forces to lobby businesses and politicians to act against online threats to young people's safety.


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The aim of this paper is to provide a statistical update of an earlier analysis on FDI in South East European countries and includes Moldova among the countries covered. Various features of FDI in the region and in individual countries are presented in 29 tables. This study, prepared by Gábor Hunya of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, was commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Economy and Labour.
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Ministers representing the nations of South East Europe met in Vienna on 18 July 2002 under the auspices of the Stability Pact Investment Compact to sign this declaration on common principles and best practices designed to attract private investment in the region.
These reviews of investment policy in the Ukraine provide a record of the reforms underway and the debate on the reform process in Ukraine - a country with strong economic potential but which has yet to be perceived as an attractive destination for foreign direct investment.
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This study, by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, deals with the economic relationship between Ukraine and the rest of the world.
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21-22 February, Kiev. OECD–Ukraine Forum calls on the Ukrainian Government and donors for support in the effective implementation of investment recommendations in Ukraine.
21-22 February 2002, Kyiv. This inaugural meeting discussed the overall OECD-Ukraine co-operation, assessed Ukraine's progress in investment and enterprise reforms and considered further follow-up actions.
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OUR LEADERSHIP: Our firm was founded by Aric Zion (pronounced Eric), who holds a Master's in Computer Engineering and has both MBA and PhD level training in marketing, and DuGué Zion (pronounced Doo-gay), who holds an MBA. The combination of their Fortune 100 business and technical experience, as well as international assignments in Japan and Europe, has given them a tremendous amount of valuable knowledge as well as a depth and breadth of experience that has enabled our firm to achieve things that other firms only dream of with respect to true integration across PR, social media, interactive, and traditional campaigns.
OUR CULTURE: We have a flat management structure and a "no-walls" office layout that facilitates collaboration and open communication across departments. We also have an office dog, so if you don't like dogs, that's a deal breaker. You should also be fond of impromptu movie outings, happy hours, and company lake days on the company boat and jet skis. If you're not, then our medical coverage will allow you to have your head examined.
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Morphic Resonance and Consciousness
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A Cambridge researcher Dr. Shelldrake has written a book entitled The Science Delusion and among its many provocative concepts, one is a concept called morphic resonance. The weekend became very interesting while studying the concept and some thoughts below :
- Morphic resonance's startling conclusion on memory is that our memory does not reside in our brain. It is neither processed (or recalled) as a computer accesses the physical hard disk. Our memory lies outside our brain.
- If more and more people learn a certain language and practice this, the next person trying to learn this finds its easier because of morphic resonance.
- Experiments with animals have demonstrated that a caterpillar remembers certain action even after the brain is partially or fully removed surgically.
I am writing below some paraphrase from the Bhagavad-Gita which go deeper and the first translation is from the second chapter :
- There is the 'owner of the body' inside each body – be it a brainless insect or the most intelligent scientist like Einstein. The 'owner of the body' manipulates the matter inside and outside the body and is fundamentally different from the gross (brain, bile, bone) and subtle body (thoughts, feeling, willing). The owner of the body does not change with the change of body (surgery, disease, destruction, death) and goes on to manipulate matter to form another body. This process of transfer is regulated by another process and the 'owner of the body' is controlled.
- Our fate or destiny is not completely decided by free will. Our feelings and intuition are not accidents of matter circulating but fundamentally different from material processes we currently know through the laws of physics and chemistry.
- There are levels of intelligence and grosser the intelligence is, it will deny or falsely argue against any sort of higher control. This is because of ne-science and is an impediment towards knowledge.


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That the party that holds the White House traditionally suffers losses in midterm elections is generally attributed to voters' desire to send a message to the incumbent Administration and their alleged preference for divided government. But Obama's transition points to another factor in midterm losses: A new president draws a number of his party's star figures to Washington, making it more difficult for the DSCC and DCCC to recruit down-the-line and opening up seats to potentially dangerous special elections.
This is most obvious in the Illinois and Delaware elections that will be held in 2010. Both are Democratic states, but Republicans have an outside shot in getting either of them competitive, particularly if the governors appoint place-holders who do not run for re-election in two years and if the GOP get very lucky recruitment-wise (for instance if Delaware Rep. Castle decides to run for Senate, an unlikely but plausible scenario).
Other special elections could take place in Massachusetts or New York if either John Kerry or Hillary Clinton (who has become the buzz of the day) are nominated as Secretary of State. I already discussed the situation in Massachusetts earlier this week. In New York, Gov. Paterson would get to appoint Clinton's successor, and there is a remarkably deep bench in the Empire State, starting with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a long list of ambitious House representatives (for instance Nita Lowey and Anthony Weiner) or former Spitzer foe Tom Suozzi.
In both states, it is difficult to see which Republican could force Democrats to play defense - but all of these special elections will only increase the number of Senate seats Democrats have to defend.
The DSCC could be further frustrated if Obama taps Govs. Janet Napolitano and Kathleen Sebelius. Both are term-limited and cannot run again in 2010, and both are mentioned as strong contenders for Senate seats that year. In Arizona, a recent Research 2000 poll showed Napolitano defeated John McCain and its difficult to see many other Democrats with the potential to defeat the former presidential candidate. In Kansas, Senator Sam Brownback has already announced that he will retire, but this is a conservative a state in which Democrats have a small bench. It is difficult to see anyone but Sebelius having a shot at the seat.
The most direct consequence on Senate numbers, however, would come if Obama appoints Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, another name who is mentioned as a possible Cabinet member. The Rhode Island Governor is a Republican, which would lead the GOP to gain a seat in the unlikeliest of states. Obama could compensate that by tapping Maine's Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, who is rumored to be in contention for Commerce Secretary and who would be replaced by a Democratic Governor.
At the House level, Obama's decision to tap Rahm Emanuel has also provoked a lot of commotion in IL-05, but there is no possibility whatsoever that the seat becomes competitive. The Democratic primary will essentially be the general election, which is why there are more than a dozen credible candidates who are now jostling for support. But the situation would be very different in Texas if Chet Edwards (who, you will remember, made a last-minute appearance in the veepstakes) joins the Cabinet. Edwards represents a heavily Republican seat, and the GOP would be favored to reclaim that seat.
At the gubernatorial level, a number of appointments could result in Republican gains. Of the four Democratic governors whose name is most often mentioned, only Kathleen Sebelius has a Democratic lieutenant. Cabinet taps for Pennsylvania's Ed Rendell, Montana's Brian Schweizer and Arizona's Janet Napolitano would all lead to Republican lieutenant governors or secretary of states taking over the governor's mansion - and positioning themselves to keep the job in 2010.
In Arizona, for instance, secretary of State Jan Brewer (there is no LG in this state) is already mentioned as a possible contender in 2010's open gubernatorial race; a Napolitano resignation would allow her to run as the incumbent. Tapping New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, however, could have the opposite effect. Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish, a Democrat, is virtually certain to run for Richardson's job in 2010 (the incumbent is term-limited), and she would get a head start in keeping the seat in Democratic hands if Richardson moved to Washington.


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Federal Judge Sentences Lynne Stewart to DeathWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: Police State
by Stephen Lendman
On August 9, The New York Times headlined "Dying Lawyer's Request for Release From Prison Is Turned Down," saying:
"A federal judge in Manhattan declined on Friday to order the release of Lynne F. Stewart, an outspoken former defense lawyer who is dying from cancer in a federal prison in Texas."
Lynne's a longtime heroic human rights defender. She's one of America's best. She's one of thousands of wrongfully incarcerated political prisoners.
She languishes unjustly in America's gulag. It's the world's largest. It's one of the worst. Official US policy spurns justice.
Lynne's dying. She has Stage Four cancer. It's worsening. She's denied effective treatment. She petitioned for compassionate release.
FMC Carswell warden Jody Upton recommended it. She did so based on Lynne's condition. According to former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Lynne "meets every legal, rational and humane criterion for" it.
Denial exceeds cruel and unusual punishment. It's a death sentence. FMC Carswell's a death camp. Terminally ill political prisoners languish there to die.
Doing so reflects gross injustice. It's ruthless. It's premeditated murder. It's the American way.
Obama wants her dead. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials denied her. So did federal Judge John G. Koeltl. On Friday, he sentenced her to death. He did so disgracefully.
He's part of America's prison industrial complex. It's a ruthless police state apparatus. It's a killing machine. It exposes the nation's dark side.
Jill Shellow represents Lynne. "While we are disappointed," she said, "this is hardly the end of this fight."
"Lynne is going to continue to actively pursue a compassionate release through the BOP, and we expect to be back in court, and hope it will be sooner rather than later."
BOP declined comment. So did Manhattan's US attorney's office. Obama's Justice Department maintains silence. They're enforcers. They're part of America's police state apparatus.
Activist Ralph Schoenman circulated urgent news on what happened. He called denying Lynne "worthy of Kafka."
Koeltl's ruling, he said, "ignored the falsification of the medical record documented in the recommendation of Compassionate Release for Lynne Stewart made months before by the Warden of Carswell Federal Prison."
He "ignored the Defense Brief. He chose not to address its citation of the falsification of the medical evidence contained in the Denial of Compassionate Release by Charles E. Samuels, Jr. Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons."
"He did not reference the Defense documentation of the violation of the Separation of Powers and habeas corpus rights fundamental to the US Constitution."
He "ignored Defense documentation in its Brief of the testimony before Congress of Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on the refusal of the Bureau of Prisons to recommend release for prisoners facing catastrophic disease in order to allow medical care that would enable them to survive."
"He ignored the evidence documented by Human Rights Watch that the Bureau of prisons - had arrogated to itself the authority to refuse Compassionate Release unless a prisoner is on the verge of death - thus releasing them not for medical care that could save their lives, but solely to be placed in a coffin."
In his book "Race to Incarcerate," Marc Mauer focuses on America's obsession with imprisonment, punishment, and commodifying prisoners.
It's done to fill beds. It targets society's most vulnerable. It does so against people of color.
It's against activists supporting human and civil rights, ethnic justice, racial emancipation, and political, economic and social equality across gender and color lines.
Democracy exists in name only. Rule of law principles don't matter. Justice is a four-letter word. It's systematically denied.
Thousands of innocent victims face long prison terms. They languish under cruel and inhumane conditions.
Some die in prison. Others endure years of solitary confinement, poor medical care, other forms of abuse, and perfunctory parole hearings rigged to refuse.
Incarceration's a system of social control. Wrongful imprisonment killed Marilyn Buck. She served 25 years of an 80 year sentence.
She did so for opposing US imperialism and racial injustice. On July 15, 2010, she was released. Three weeks later she was dead.
Months earlier, she was diagnosed with uterine sarcoma. It's a rare aggressive cancer.
She was denied proper treatment. She was kept imprisoned until it was too late to save her. Political Washington wanted her dead.
She called prisons warehouses to "disappear the unacceptable." They "deprive their captives of their liberties (and) human agency."
They "punish." They "stigmatize prisoners through moralistic denunciations and indictment based on bad genes."
They consider the wrong beliefs, race, and/or ethnicity "a crime."
Millions of Americans are vulnerable. They're targeted. They're scapegoated. They're demonized. They're criminalized unjustly.
They're not incarcerated "because they are 'criminal,' but because they've been accused of breaking (a law) designed to exert tighter social control and State repression."
They're locked in cages longterm. It's for being the wrong race, ethnicity or social class. It's for championing right over wrong. It's for advocating peace, not war. It's for defending freedom.
It's for thinking rule of law principles matter. It's for believing activism and dissent are the highest forms of patriotism.
It's for resisting injustice. It's for defending human and civil rights. It's for doing the right thing. It's for doing it morally, ethically, and honorably. It's for doing it no matter what.
America's rage to incarcerate reflects a crime against humanity. It shows human life and welfare don't matter. It proves justice is a four-letter word.
It's a figure of speech. It's always been that way. It's worse than ever now. Gulag justice is official US policy.
Lynne's one of thousands of victims. She devoted her life to helping others. She deserves that much and more in return. She needs release now to save her. Imprisonment condemns her to death.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at email@example.com.
His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."
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There are two popular formats used to display HDR content – HDR10 and Dolby Vision™.
What is the difference between HDR10 and Dolby Vision?
While both formats can deliver better picture quality than SD, HD and even 4K (non-HDR), the parameters for HDR10, such as color and contrast values, are applied equally to all scenes, and your TV decides how to display the information. With Dolby Vision, the parameters can be dynamically applied on a scene-by-scene basis, based on the capabilities of your TV. Dolby Vision can also capture color detail more accurately, and handle larger contrast ratios (e.g., wider ranges of dark and bright in each scene).
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Headstart School rejoices in exam results August 2014.
Our two students who sat GCSE's this year celebrated outstanding successes with their GCSE results on Thursday 21 August. One student remained with the school an additional year to re-sit GCSE's – English D, Maths C – both improved by 2 GCSE grades in one year. Our other student obtained English D and Maths F – this exceeded expectation giving us 100% pass rate.
A number of students from Year 9 upwards were successful with entry level qualifications where they were assessed through a combination of coursework, controlled assessment and examinations, depending on the qualification. We are delighted to announce that three students achieved Entry Level 3 Maths (the highest award for this suite of qualifications), two students achieved Entry Level 2 in Maths with a further student gaining an Entry Level 2 in Science.
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Hi. I hope you guys can help me get the right motivation to write again.
I stopped writing for a while now ever since my entry to this prestigious writing contest got rejected. And not only that, there were lots of negative comments. I got discouraged and I decided not to write ever again.
But just yesterday, after few months of being sad, I thought that I should pursue my passion. However, I find it hard to get the right motivation to get started again.
Can you suggest something that can help me to be back in the right track?
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I am not a writer so I really don't know exactly what to suggest to bring back your motivations. But I have a friend who lost his motivations and self-esteem due to some personal reasons which I just can't share. Her work and lifestyle got really affected and she had to undergo a counseling and psychological services. I am not a professional to recommend this to you but you can perhaps consider it or check out any relevant service that could help you address your problem.
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Thank you wintermill for taking your time answering my question. Some of my friends also recommended be to try talk therapy. Having a professional to help me refocus to gain back my will and motivation is not a bad idea. I should give it a shot. But I'll try online first since I'm not yet comfortable of talking about my problems in person. I already did some research on where to go to such as Better Help and checking APA website. Thank you again for your advice.
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This is completely understandable. Many writers go through a period like this after rejection and especially harsh criticism. What you need to understand is that this is not the end of the world. Nearly every writer is rejected at one point, but a lot of them - sometimes after years, sometimes after months - pick it up again.
What I recommend is keeping a journal. Write for yourself for a while. It doesn't have to be about anything. It can just be a diary entry. Don't worry about whether it's good or not, it's for you and for you only - and you can always get better. Then start reading about writing. Start reading fiction. Try to write down WHY you love writing in the first place - and then jot down some book ideas or character sketches, anything that gets you excited, that makes you want to run to a keyboard and type away. Try to bring writing back into your life, little by little, even if it's just some random poem in the margins. Carve yourself a few minutes every day to write, and try not to think of writing as something that you will be judged for - think of it as a mode of expression. Something for yourself.
After a few months of this, or even just a year, you can start to go public again. Show your stories to your colleagues and your friends. Maybe post something here if you're ready for criticism. All in all, have fun.
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Don`t give up and follow your way! You obviously shoud write! Don`care about any negative comments.
For motivation, you can read some new books, blogs to find new idea. The films and music are also good motivation for me.
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- 1965-67 Marlin: The introduction of the Ford Mustang in April 1964 caught most of the competition flatfooted. Like its similarly fishy competition from Plymouth, the Barracuda, it had a bit of a makeshift appearance to it with a strange fastback grafted on to an existing design. It gave way to the much prettier (and far less weird) Javelin in 1968.
- 1975-80 Pacer: The Pacer may well be one of the strangest cars ever to come from a U.S. manufacturer. Built to house GM's stillborn rotary engine, it made due mostly with AMC's ancient 258 cid six. Seemingly almost as wide as it is long, the Pacer, due to an appearance in the film "Wayne's World," was briefly popular as a collectible "nerd car" along with the next car on the list.
- 1970-78 Gremlin: AMC had a wonderful history of talented designers making due with miniscule budgets, which often meant new models were slice-and-dice versions of older models. And so it was with the Gremlin, which was basically a truncated AMC Hornet. The advertising of the day even made light of this fact with a commercial in which a grizzled gas station attendant looked quizzically at a Gremlin and asked the owner, "Where's the rest of your car, toots?"
- 1980-88 Eagle: The Eagle was perhaps AMC's most brilliant mash-up of existing parts, marrying a drivetrain from its Jeep division with the AMC Concord wagon to create the first successful mass-produced four-wheel-drive passenger car. The Concord wagon-based cars still turn up in places like Colorado and Alaska in regular use. The Gremlin-based Kammback is particularly weird and nearly extinct.
- 1954-62 Metropolitan: American Motors was among the first of the U.S. automakers to see the value in trying to compete with foreign companies who were beginning to send large numbers of small cars into the United States by the 1950s. The Metropolitan was a tiny VW Beetle fighter that came in hardtop and convertible body styles. A bit of a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" type of thing, it was built by Austin of England and sold under the Nash, Hudson and Metropolitan names in North America. Collectors like them today for their bright two-tone color schemes and their "almost too cute to function as a car" appearance.
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text: Home » Games » Okami (Wii) Okami (Wii) Stuart Davidson April 17, 2008 Games Okami was originally released for the Playstation 2 two years ago and it has been recently released on the Nintendo Wii. The big question however, can Capcom make this port as enjoyable as the excellent original? Interestingly Okami was destined for the Wii at the same time development occurred for the PS2, however this release is over a year late. Okami creator Clover Studios dissolved so it was up to Capcom to find a suitable replacement to handle the Wii version. Developer Ready At Dawn were drafted to handle the coding duties from remnants of half finished code. Many of you will be by now already concerned with this mess behind the scenes, however you can rest assured that the Wii version is gobsmackingly brilliant. Granted there are some minor issues, however there are also some major improvements and if you are a fan of The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess then this is certain to appeal to you. You take control of the sun goddess Amaterasu, a wolf awakened from a 100 year old slumber. Your mission is to the save Nippon (the world) from a menacing and formidable evil deity. The artistic vision is quite breathtaking as the story unfolds before you in Japanese style cinematic cut scene presentations. The Cel shaded approach compliments the appeal of these scenes and it just shows how effective the Wii can be in the right hands. As Amaterasu embarks on the adventure, the first thing you will notice are the backdrops, they are beautifully portrayed and appear as if they are lifted right from a painting. It would be reasonable to say that the graphics are probably some of the best to yet grace the Wii and special credit has to be paid to the developer for taking the time to offer 480p and 16:9 widescreen modes. The game is not without its graphical faults however as Ready At Dawn have obviously ported the engine right across without any optimisations: the frame rate problems that were very apparent on the Playstation 2 version also rear their ugly head on the Wii port. As Nintendo's hardware is significantly more powerful, this problem should really have been addressed in early development rather than carrying into the final build. These frame rate problems are particularly noticeable in wide expanses and they are enough to ruin the ultimate fluidity of the gaming experience. On an audio level Okami excels, the soundtrack sets the mood for the whole game and is catchy enough to have you humming along when you least expect it. Thankfully the music is also perfectly suited to the environment and is recorded in Dolby Pro Logic II. The similarities to Zelda has to be more than coincidence however as the epic quests and control method are almost a carbon copy. Let's also not forget the fact that the main character is a wolf! This leads me nicely into the characterisations, they are interesting and fully 3-dimensional and the storyline can also be quite unpredictable. You control Amaterasu with the nunchuk analog stick and the Wii remote being used for attacks and dives. I like this methodology, however I know quite a few people had an issue with the Zelda control system so this will probably be equally as frustrating. Especially the dodge option in combat, which seems to be randomly successful. That said, you can purchase a dodge move near the beginning of the game which somewhat resolves this annoying bug. Amaterasu has a fascinating interaction mechanic with the environment, now controlled by the Wii's remote IR based pointer. This is a vastly superior method when compared with the Playstation 2's analog stick. You use the remote to illustrate – this in turn relates to special attacks and moves. Examples? well imagine if you needed to cut through trees, you simply draw a line through them quickly. Wind gusts, fire, water, all handled with the excellent remote. This is a selling point for me, having been a huge fan of the PS2 game, the analog stick was always slightly ponderous and tedious to manipulate. Now it almost becomes second nature and a joy to use. This "brush" system is used throughout the game and is not only used to attack your foes, but to solve puzzles. These puzzles start off rather painless and logical to solve, however as the game progresses you will have a wide array of moves at your disposal and a lot of literal thinking will be required to progress. All in all though, most of these moves require a combination of a circle or a line. The game world introduces a comprehensive and in depth character building option. You can also collect a wide array of power ups and items which offer temporary and permanent adjustments to your abilities. Those of you who like large game worlds will certainly be at home with Okami, there are mountains, beaches, dungeons, caves and villages, all spanning as far as the eye can see in every direction. The dungeons become quite difficult later in the game, particularly some of the monstrous bosses, which are all fantastic. If you are a fan of huge, sprawling epic adventure games, then Okami is one not to miss. The developers have pushed the boundaries with some of the most charming and inventive graphics ever to grace the Wii. Oh yeah and they are 480p and in full 16:9 widescreen, an aspect the Playstation 2 was incapable of delivering. The Wii version also introduces the wonderful Wii remote which brings the game to new heights. Playing devils advocate however I need to address the fact that the Wii version has no new content or extras, something I feel should have been included, especially considering the delay of release between versions. Should you buy it? Yes, definitely. However if you have played and beaten the Playstation 2 version this will be a question only you can answer. Gameplay 87/100 An excellent adventure which is fun to play and very addictive, especially with the Wii remote forming the whole foundation of the new interface. Graphics 84/100 Very beautiful to behold, but would have scored higher if the frame rate issues had been resolved. Sound 90/100 Superb, on all levels. Value 90/100 At least 35 hours of gameplay. Overall (Not an Average) 88/100 An excellent game which deserves to be on your shortlist. Share On


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This is a busy week and I hope you can fit us into your schedule. It is time for the Quilt Zone anniversary sale. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 24, 25 and 26 we will be celebrating 7 years of business. Hard to believe - I still feel like the store is new and exciting. Working with fabric I love, teachers and staff that are so talented, and wonderful customers as enamored with quilting as I am has made the time fly by.
In celebration, the sale racks will be over flowing; Stash will be on sale for $4.00 a yard and, most anticipated of all, Quilt Zone Gift Certificates will be on sale. For these 3 days only gift certificates will be discounted 20% in $50 increments. For all of us math challenged people, that means a $50 gift certificate will cost $40 and a $100 gift certificate will be $80 and a $150 certificates is $130 and $200 is only $160, and so on. Quilt Zone staff/teachers will have some items for sale as well.
The Quilt Zone will close at 4:00pm on Wednesday, and be closed all day Thanksgiving. Our Friday and Saturday hours are 10 am to 6pm and Sunday we are open Noon to 5pm. We'll have some cookies waiting and the fabrics ready for your inspiration. I hope you will stop by.
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Pivot Healthcare Communications
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the firm she heads, Pivot Healthcare Communications president and CEO Cindy Schermerhorn believes that it is hitting its stride. "It's a great accomplishment," she says. "We've seen a number of agencies fall by the wayside, but we're growing and we're strong."
Let's corroborate that statement. Schermerhorn reports that Pivot grew revenue 45.5% in 2015, driving billings to an MM&M-estimated $8 million. The agency grew its relationship with Regeneron on Eylea, an eye-disorder treatment, when the drug's label was expanded to treat diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema. That marked its fourth indication, following wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusions. Pivot was also awarded a new global AOR assignment in the rare-disease space from Santen Pharmaceuticals.
Seqirus tapped Pivot for work on its Afluria flu vaccine, both an unbranded campaign designed to encourage patients to get vaccinated and branded promotion targeted at HCPs and patients. Perrigo, a new client, hired Pivot for work in and around its ophthalmic products.
Amid all the client additions, Pivot continued to increase its capabilities in the digital space. Some 50% of the agency's work is now digital in nature, Schermerhorn notes.
She adds, of course, that Pivot hasn't taken a breather in the wake of its successful 2015. When asked about plans for the rest of 2016 and beyond, Schermerhorn says that she hopes the company will attract clients "who think they're playing it safe when they choose a network agency.
"Somehow companies feel as though they're not taking a chance if they go with a network — and I think for a lot of clients the network model works great," she continues. "But a lot of other clients, especially those without a lot of dollars to spend, need support without all the layers and costs. In that context, that [network] model doesn't really work. Our challenge is to get clients to take the plunge — because once they do, they realize pretty quickly that they aren't missing out."
To sway companies that gravitate toward big network agencies, Pivot has invited them to weigh its capabilities against any and all comers. "Whenever we go into a pitch, we invite the company we're pitching to speak to our existing clients," Schermerhorn explains.
Schermerhorn expects continued growth in 2016. "Last year was strong, but we expect more modest growth, especially considering the year we came off," she says. To achieve that growth, look for Pivot to steer clear of the industry's trend toward consolidation.
"There's more and more consolidation [on the client and agency side]," Schermerhorn notes. "Our challenge is to avoid becoming a post-pharma-company-acquisition casualty. A lot of the time when an acquisition happens, you are not given a chance to retain the business."


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To say that I was excited to read Katrina Kenison's new book, Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment, is an almost ridiculous understatement. I read The Gift of an Ordinary Day a couple of years ago in one breathless gulp, astonished to have found someone whose writing so closely -- albeit more beautifully and more eloquently -- mirrored the contents of my own heart and spirit. Quickly, I read Katrina's first book, Mitten Strings from God, which moved me as well. And then, in a twist of events that reminded me of how benevolent this universe can be, I bumped into Katrina at a coffee shop less than a mile from my house. Although we had never met, we recognized each other immediately. After that, we began corresponding, and I am now privileged and honored to call Katrina a teacher, a mentor and a friend.
Reading Katrina's writing is a unique experience for me. It feels like a call and response chant with my own thoughts. In her trademark sensitive, lambent prose, Katrina touches on things, topics and feelings that are among my most fiercely-believed, deeply-buried and profoundly-felt. Many times as I read Magical Journey I gasped audibly. When I read lines from my very favorite poem or the description of a sentiment I know so well it feels like it beats in my own chest. Perhaps most of all, Katrina and I share the same preoccupation with impermanence; our spirits circle around a similar wound, which has to do with how quickly this life flies by, and with how irreplaceable these days are. Both The Gift of an Ordinary Day and Magical Journey are suffused with a bittersweet awareness of time's passage that is keenly, almost uncomfortably familiar to me.
Magical Journey opens with enormous twin losses: Katrina's sons have both left the house (her older son to college, and her younger son to boarding school) and soon thereafter, one of her dearest friends dies after a multi-year battle with cancer. These two events form a cloud that stands between Katrina and the sun, and the book takes place in their shadow. Magical Journey comes out of Katrina's reckoning with life on the other side of these two farewells, and with entering the "afternoon of life," when she is "aware as never before that our time here is finite."
Though different, each of the losses that Katrina experiences are both irrevocable and life-altering. I related to both. I read about Katrina grieving the years when her children lived at home with tears running down my face. She describes the particular, poignant reality of life with small children at home and I weep, because while I am in those years, right now, I am already mourning them. No matter how I avert my gaze, I can't stop staring at the bald truth that these days are numbered; I cry daily for the loss of the days I am still living.
At times my nostalgia for our family life as it used to be -- for our own imperfect, cherished, irretrievable past -- is nearly overwhelming. The life my husband and sons and I had together, cast now in the golden light of memory, seems unbearably precious.
I can't read this paragraph without active sobs, because if I am aware of the preciousness of these days to the point of pain now, how will I possibly exist with their memory when they are gone? This question stymies me regularly, and brings me to my knees with its resolute, stubborn immovability. Luckily for me, Katrina provides a guide, lights a lamp, and has she has for several years now, shows me that there is a path forward.
Katrina's other seminal experience, that of walking with her friend Marie through cancer and, to death, is familiar to me because my mother did the very same thing with her best friend, my "second mother," who died at 49 of cancer. Katrina shares with Marie the intense intimacy of late-stage cancer and death. "Staying -- in mind and body and spirit -- was in itself a kind of journey, and traveling quietly at her side to death's door was, apart from giving birth, the single most important thing I have ever done." Katrina's description of the last weeks and days of Marie's life evokes the immense power in simply staying. This theme, of the vital importance of abiding with our friends, our emotions, our lives, recurs later in the book, when after a month at Kripalu, Katrina observes that "going away, even for a short time, taught me something about it means to stay."
Marie dies only a few weeks after Katrina's second son leaves home. Though she returns to her own home and her own life, Katrina finds both changed and foreign. She is reminded that "no matter how much effort I pour into trying to reshape reality, I am not really in control of much at all." Thus commences a dark season for Katrina, months of finding her balance in a world that looks the same as always but that is in fact utterly changed. Her empty house swarms with memories, she watches dusk fall early over the mountains outside of her kitchen window, and she finds herself turning more and more to her long-time yoga practice.
I have to surrender all over again to the truth that being alive means letting go. I have to trust that being right where I am really is some kind of progress, and that there is a reason I've been called to visit this lonely darkness.
It is literally fall and winter when Katrina enters this phase of change, of letting go, all over again. She decides to participate in a month-long teacher training program at Kripalu, and finds herself profoundly moved by the experience. Katrina is drawn to Kripalu by some power that she cannot name, some force that has directed all of her perambulations since Marie's death and her son's departure. Of this time she writes, "...I have been lonely and adrift, as if some current is tugging me down, pulling me beneath the surface of my life to go in search of something I have no words for." At Kripalu, Katrina does indeed go beneath the surface: of her life, of the lives of her roommates, of her own expectations, of all that has been known. And she emerges feeling "as if I've put on a pair of 3-D glasses and the whole world, instead of being out at arm's length, is right in my face: intense, complex, exquisitely beautiful."
Katrina begins to reimmerse herself in her "ordinary life," one whose shimmering beauty she now appreciates more fully. She revisits her undergraduate alma mater and has an encounter with a shop owner that reminds her of how the past continues to echo into the present. Even when those vibrations are not consciously felt, they are there. Katrina reconnects with college classmates and sees their connections in new ways; she and a roomful of her exact contemporaries end up in a deep, honest conversation about what it is to face this next season of life. In keeping with Magical Journey's theme that letting go of what we thought allows us to touch what is, Katrina notes how differently she measures her life now than the 21 year old starry-eyed college graduate thought she might:
How could I have known that the freedom that seemed so desirable and elusive in my twenties would come not from escaping myself, but from finally accepting myself? Or that liberation -- that world we threw about so earnestly as undergraduates -- would turn out not to be about grabbing the brass ring, nailing the dream job, or getting the life I always wanted, but rather about fully experiencing the startling beauty, the pain, the wonder and surprise of the great, winding journey itself?
My copy of Magical Journey is full of underlined passages, stars and exclamation marks in the margins, and indentations where tears fell, dark on the page, and dried. I have always loved Katrina's writing, found wisdom that makes me gasp and expressions of things I've long felt and held dear, and this book is no different. Magical Journey is composed of gorgeous sentences and full of images I will never forget.
Magical Journey is a powerfully hopeful book, one that starts in a morass of loss and winds up, with a palpable sense of both peace and freedom, in a cabin in Maine. Katrina's journey -- which is indeed a magical one -- is internal, quiet, invisible to the eye. She is grappling with nothing less than her own mortality. Mortality -- and its irrefutable handmaiden, impermanence -- is the heartbeat of this book, running through every line, limning the entire volume with the piercing, and temporary, beauty of this human life. The conclusion of the book's titular journey is that there isn't one. Life, and particularly the second half of it, is about learning to embrace paradox, to release expectations, and to look carefully around so that we don't miss a minute.
Perhaps the central work of aging has to do with starting to realize that each of us must learn how to die, that falling apart happens continually, and that our own experience of being alive is never simply either/or, never black or white, good or bad, but both -- both and more. Not life or death, but life and death, darkness and light, empty and full. Two currents sometimes running side by side, yet often as not entwining into one, our feelings and emotions not separate and discrete, but instead streaming together into a flow that contains everything together and in constant flux -- all our love and loss, all our happiness and heartache, all our hope and our hopelessness as well.
This post originally appeared on A Design So Vast.
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This hash is located south of Clinton in the Boston, Massachusetts about 30 meters offshore of a park, in Wachusett Reservoir.
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Randall, davean, and Tesia got within about 35 meters of this hash around 5:15 PM. We couldn't find any signs of boats anywhere near the dike (it's a reservoir, so perhaps they're touchier about who does what in it). It was much too deep to wade, and we weren't hardcore enough to jump in. Next time!
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by IT University of Copenhagen
Dark Room Sex Game is a multiplayer, erotic rhythm game without any visuals, played only by audio and haptic clues.
by The Fullbright Company, Inc.
Explore a house to discover the story of the people who lived there. Go home again.
by Jason Rohrer
Gravitation expresses the designer's thoughts and feelings about mood cycles, creative endeavors, and familial relationships.
by Nina Freeman, Emmett Butler, Decky Coss, Jonathan Kittaka
The game is a portrait of how Nina, one of the developers, actually explored her sexuality as a child who had never been given "The Talk."
by Asteroid Base
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a frantic 1- or 2-player couch co-op action game in development for Xbox One and Steam (PC + Mac).
by Jimmy Andrews and Loren Schmidt.
A two player game by Jimmy Andrews and Loren Schmidt
by Soha Kareem
reProgram is a story about kink, meditation, and romance.
by Paper Dino Software
Save the Date is a game about a lot of things. Friendship. Stories. Hope. Destiny. And above all else, what to have for dinner.
by Rod Humble
The Marriage is an art game which examines the dynamics of a particular marriage at a particular time.
by Lea Schönfelder
Ute meets lots of men who are all in love with her. Ute must have sex as much as she can without being caught and before getting married.
by Luciano Foglia
Something abstract existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
by Cheapass Games
A card game about super-villains and their insatiable temptation to taunt the spies they capture.
by molleindustria
Phone Story is a game for smartphone devices that attempts to provoke a critical reflection on its own technological platform. Under the shiny surface of our electronic gadgets, behind its polished interface, hides the product of a troubling supply chain that stretches across the globe.
by Pop Sandbox
Pipe Trouble is a high-profile mobile game that takes a clever spin on an arcade classic and uses over-the-top satire to prompt mainstream discussion for ongoing real-world issues surrounding the exploitation of natural gas.
by Owlchemy Labs
Snuggle Truck is an over-the-top physics-based driving game where you must smuggle fuzzy zoo animals into a zoo to get them free health care.
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Help Noah get all the rowdy animals back to sleep!
by Danny Ledonne
This game delves into the morning of April 20th, 1999 and asks players to relive that day through the eyes of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, those responsible for one of the deadliest school shootings in American history.
by iD Software
Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter video game released in 1992.
by Studio Bean
by Phosfiend Systems
by Loveshack
by Double Fine Productions
Hack 'n' Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking-reprogram object properties, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game's code!
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by Keep Talking Team
by Tender Claws
PRY is an innovative hybrid of cinema, game and novel. Readers discover what happens to storytelling when instead of turning a page, they can open or shut the protagonist's eyes, pull apart his memories, or read his thoughts infinitely scrolling in every direction.
by Deirdra "Squinky" Kiai
You are a young monarch of mysterious and indistinct gender, valiantly trying to survive exile from your home planet -- or whatever's left of it since the invasion, anyway.
by Eddo Stern
Vietnam Romance : If you hated the War but loved the Movies, you'll love this game
by A Good Place
Wizard's Hand: Don't Touch! is a gestural shooter game using the Leap Motion controller mounted onto a custom glove.
The game was made during the Leap 3D Game Jam 2014 by Ramsey Nasser and Kaho Abe. Its custom EVA foam glove controller embeds the Leap Motion in the player's left palm and uses lit up 3D printed parts as feedback. This allows the player to move around while playing, an unusual feature for a Leap Motion game.
by Henry Hoffman
Aboard The Lookinglass is a virtual reality, gesture controlled, sci-fi adventure game.
by Kevin Tsang, Julian Fisher, Vivienne Wu
by VRARlab
by VRARlab
Arcade game in which player pilot a paper plane with Leap Motion. The plane should cross a number of golden rings within limited time.
by VRARLab
Enjoy creating music with your fingertips in an immersive abstract landscape.
by Martin Schubert
A meditative virtual reality experience for the Leap Motion about inspecting space debris in a weightless environment.
by Frooxius, Thomas Mariancik
'World of Comenius' demonstrates powerful educational interaction with Leap Motion and Oculus Rift.
by Albert Kong
Climber Beta is a physical horizontal climbing game. Pick a route or a challenge and see if you can make it through the MoMI hallway.
by Deirdra "Squinky" Kiai
A queer and socially awkward interactive play about the weirdness of online friendships that aren't really friendships, set in the midst of a fan convention called AwesomeCon. Performed by audience volunteers with mobile devices.
by Nuchallenger
Corporate Vandals is a fast paced sticker turf warfare game using physical stickers on boards to spread your brand across the city of East Fulton (aka Beatdown City).
by OriGaminc
1/2 twisting, 1/2 caper, 3/2 madness.
Twist your body. Twist the controller. Stay in the box. Find the sweet spot. Stop everyone else.
by Mike Ren
HOT MESS is Twister with a twist. Use your bodies, don't let go.
by Brian Fountain
A Game of Dueling Duets
by Arkadium
Two teams face off using the power of light!
by Bryan Vitale & Pete Vigeant
Blindfolded Ninjas must navigate a grid with the help of a Sensei to accomplish tasks before earning the Ninja Sword and ability to eliminate all enemies.
by Gigantic Mechanic
Scattershot is an installation game that projects a huge arena shooter and invites anyone with a smartphone to play using their mobile browser. In the game you control an ill-conceived spaceship that can only move by firing one of its twin shotgun-style cannons. The key to success is simple: shoot opponents to build your team's score multiplier and avoid shooting teammates which resets your team's multiplier. Given the chaos that ensues when 50 gyrating, blasting spaceship are packed into an arena, that simple goal can be harder to achieve than it seems.
by Albert Kong & John Teasdale
Stranger Danger is a card game for daring people in public places. Challenge your friends to talk to strangers, watch them squirm, and then take a challenge yourself.
by Pete Vigeant & ESI Design
Players approach the space one at a time in an attempt to grab the lost treasure of M.O.W. and are scolded abruptly by the Countess for breaking any rules. Only the cunning will succeed!
by Kyle McKernan
Boru mo is a simple and colorful local multiplayer platformer where survival is just a matter of jumping on everybody else's head.
by PHL Collective
A sporty competitive sports game about sports based on athletics! Featuring 8-player, Local competitive action on PC, Mac and Linux.
by Golden Ruby Games
Extreme Exorcism is a game where all your actions come back to haunt you. You are your own worst enemy in this fast-paced arena shooter that will leave you with chills.
by Metanet Software
This fast-paced, action-packed puzzle platformer set in the distant 2D future may be the most intense platformer ever created, and may also be the most stylish.
by Samurai Punk
Screencheat is an online and offline split-screen multiplayer FPS where everyone is invisible and you have to cheat to win. Remember when looking at your friends' screen in Goldeneye was frowned upon? Well those days are gone and in Screencheat, we encourage it!
by Zanrai Interactive
STARDUST VANGUARDS is a local multiplayer dueling game in the style of 80s and 90s anime space operas, blending precision high-speed mecha warfare with overwhelming numbers of NPC reinforcements.


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The launch of Euromed Youth IV (Egypte and Jordan has already launched the first call for proposals with a deadline scheduled for the 14th June 2011) is an important moment to provide possibilities to NGOs of both sides of Mediterranean Sea to know the new programme and to create new partnerships in order to develop the Programme and to support the creation of quality projects.
SALTO YOUTH EUROMED provides training opportunities for youth workers, youth leaders and trainers active in Youth in Action and EuroMed framework.
In this context, from the next 5th to the 10th July, the activity EuroMed without Borders is scheduled in Bulgaria.
The chosen topic is Migration(s) due the social important of that issue in the whole area and the need to encourage new international dynamics within the actors working about it.
Nowadays, migrations and projects dealing with young migrants are very sensitive and important topics in the working agenda of every Euro-Med organizations.
The presence and cooperation of Programme and Meda countries is the necessary basement of the development of qualitative projects.
It will be important, also, to provide to the participants and their NGOs the possibilities to share new educational tools for working about Migrations(s) with Youth at national level too.
The new programme Euromed IV will be a new tool and a new impulse of new cooperations.


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Animals feeling the chill down south
8 August 2014
Animals feeling the chill down south
The heavy snow showers falling in Southland and Otago have come at a bad time with most dairy farmers well into calving.
"There are a lot of people in Otago and Southland that are in the thick of calving, which will prove challenging with temperatures dropping to zero degrees," says Russell MacPherson.
"Whilst the snow is blanketing pastures it's the wind chill that is really going to test us. The bitter chill cuts through you and new born calves won't be able to cope for long in these conditions.
"Farmers know what they are doing and they will be busy feeding out to stock and pushing them to shelter to get them through. Whilst the wind chill has died down in the past hour the main focus will be rushing the new born calves to the calving shed to keep them warm.
"Sheep farmers will be reasonably thankful that they are not lambing just yet and still on winter rotation," Mr MacPherson concluded.


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The Barcelona Declaration, adopted in 1995, laid the foundations of the Euro-Mediterranean Youth program and stressed that youth exchanges should prepare future generations for a closer cooperation among Euro-Mediterranean partners.
The Euro-Med Youth IV Regional Programme is the result of a decision of the European Commission, taken on 1st July 2009, that approved the second part of the Annual Action Programme 2009 for the Mediterranean Region to be funded under the article 19 08 01 01 of the European Communities general budget.
The Euro-Med Youth I Regional Programme (1999-2001), established on the basis of experiences gathered in Europe, launched the activities of youth exchanges, voluntary service and support measures.
The Euro-Med Youth II (2001-2004) continued the same actions and gave special priority to strengthening the support structures. During the III Phase of Euro-Med Youth Programme (2005-2008), the program management was transferred to national authorities. Euro-Med Youth Units emerged in the following countries and territories: Algeria, Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
The Euro-Med Youth Programme is a part of the Regional Indicative Programme (2007-2013) for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The decentralization process, initiated in the III Phase, has allowed the appropriation of the program by the Mediterranean partner countries and a closer relation with the beneficiaries through the creation of Euro-Med Youth Units.
The Euro-Med Youth IV Regional Programme reflects the priorities set out in national strategies to provide a better match with the specific needs. It aims to non-formal education and to encourage youth activities involving partners on both shores of the Mediterranean, providing funds to the Mediterranean action developers for youth implemented in Mediterranean partner countries.


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NYSEG Increases Incentives for Common-Area Lighting UpgradesIn Qualifying Apartment Buildings
"Simply switching to CFL or LED bulbs that use 75% less energy and last up to 10 times as long as comparable incandescent bulbs will help cut energy bills," said Mark S. Lynch, president and CEO of NYSEG. "Making the switch will also mean that we need to generate less electricity to meet demand and that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Begun in 2011 and funded by the System Benefits Charge on electricity customers' bills, this program also includes the installation of free CFLs in up to six fixtures in apartments, and free installation of energy efficient showerheads and faucet aerators in apartments with electric water heaters.
Upon request, NYSEG contractor RISE Engineering will conduct free lighting and water heating assessments of 5- to 50-unit apartment buildings. Owners or managers of qualifying properties with NYSEG electricity service may request an assessment by contacting RISE Engineering (1.800.444.5668) or NYSEG (1.800.995.9525). Apartment buildings with less than 5 units or more than 50 units per building are not eligible for this program, but may be eligible for other state-funded energy programs.


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It just happens to be the season of my favorite holiday too. Fourth of July. You can't get much better than hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill, apple pie in the oven and homemade ice cream churning in the ice cream maker....except that you can! Fireworks!! I absolutely love it!
So of course every year I have to add a couple new decorations to the collection. This year I wanted a couple signs I could use all summer long. And it was perfect for this month's Silhouette Challenge theme! (see below for some more awesome patriotic projects)


text: sup doods i need some advice on what could be a life changing decision for me see like ive been livin with this chick for a while right. i think shes cheatin on me. not like using the wtf r4 hax n shiz, but like shes bangin some other dood. sometimes the phone will ring and i pick it up and they hang up wtf. shes always goin out and says shes goin wit the girls and i ask what girls and shes like oh you dont know them theyre from work and im like wtf you dont even have a job. like sometimes she comes home in a taxi but it drops her off way down the street and she walks a few blocks home and she says its for exercize. an the other day i picked up her cell phone to see what time it was cuz i dont have a watch and she all started goin total pms on me and said to never touch her phone again n shiz.. well i dont wanna just come out and call her a fukcen crazy cheatin bitch or nothin cuz i could be wrong, but last night she was goin out again and i like crept outside and was hidin behind my car to see who was pickin her up cuz the drive ways like on a hill and i can see pretty much the whole street. and while i was crouched down behind my car i noticed there was some paint peelin off my bumper so should i take it to a body shop or could i go to a local auto store and get some stuff to do it myself?


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Badminton belongs to Asia. Its countries won all 15 available medals in Beijing; China led the way with eight, including three golds. Asia has claimed 90.8 percent of all badminton medals (69 of 76) since the sport debuted at the Barcelona Games in 1992, and that trend is likely to continue in London. A Chinese sweep of golds at Wembley Arena is well within the realm of possibility, as the country boasts the No. 1-ranked players in four of five events -- men's singles, women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles.
(China's best men's doubles team is ranked No. 2.)
The U.S. has yet to medal in badminton; in Beijing, the doubles team of Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong became the first Americans to even reach a quarterfinal. (The Bach-Malaythong combo remains more famous for appearing in a VitaminWater
Gunawan has also helped coach the lone American female representative, 20-year-old Rena Wang, who put an undergraduate degree at UCLA on hold to focus on qualifying for the Games. She has played in at least 25 tournaments since May 2011, reaching a world No. 63 ranking, which was good enough to make her the top American but makes a podium appearance highly unlikely.
Can Europe break the Asian stranglehold on medals? The two most realistic hopes for medalists from outside Asia are both from the Euro-badminton hotbed of Denmark: men's singles shuttler Peter Hoeg Gade (the world No. 5) and the men's doubles team of Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen (the world No. 3). Gade's chances improve significantly if Chong Wei isn't fit to contend.
India has few prominent female athletes, but 22-year-old Sania Nehwal is an emerging singles star whose popularity would explode if she reaches the podium. She made a run to the quarterfinals in Beijing when she was 18, and is ranked fifth in the world behind four Chinese women: Wang Yihan, Wang Xin, Li Xuerui and Wang Shixian.
In May 2011, the Badminton World Federation attempted to implement a rule that forced women playing in elite competition to wear skirts or dresses, in hopes of sexing up a sport with a limited fanbase. There was so much backlash to the rule, which was widely criticized as sexist and offensive, that it was scrapped before it took effect. Women competing in London can still wear skirts by choice, but many will opt for shorts or pants instead.


text: If there's one thing that can help get you through a long workday, it's a good, solid lunch break. Unfortunately, it's all too easy to get bored of the options within walking distance of your workplace. Luckily, there are plenty of new options popping up for your midday meal, whether you just have time to grab and go or linger for longer.


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It matches however I am not glad with the best way it sits within the GearVR 2016 edition. We see lens bleed on the fitting hand aspect and it simply do not look proper.
Cant have that. GearVR 2017 with controller on order.
Anyone with this years GearVR and S8+ having the identical points?
Let us all know within the feedback under.


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|It certainly looks pretty
|It certainly doesn't play like it looks.
Well, nearly everything, it turns out. To begin with, the game is just buggy as hell. It just completely stopped playing during one AI phase of the game I tried, with no means of recovery. The map scrolls very oddly. Unit automatic lines and formations are...questionable. I don't mind the chit draw mechanic for unit activation, though I think the unit size for that activation should be consistent. It's kind of silly to be activating USA corps but CSA divisions, while actual units are brigades and batteries.
But worse than that, the combat bears no resemblance to ACW combat. Artillery is completely overpowered. It actually makes sense in this game to essentially charge with artillery! An artillery battery alone, with zero infantry support, absolutely destroyed two experienced brigades that attacked it. On the other hand, cavalry can't charge and take guns because it's prohibited from moving adjacent to enemy units! Cavalry is also prone to bugging out, making the Union defense of McPherson's Ridge effectively impossible.
Reinforcement timing versus movement rates are so off as to be laughable. There is nowhere near enough time to get Union troops west of the town before CSA troops are pouring down off of Oak Hill. It feels like the developers of this game watched the Gettysburg episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War while distracted on a phone call to their mom, and then vomited some generic wargame code on top of a great looking map.
Slitherine needs to bury the corpse of Shenandoah Studios and move on. Shenandoah's games never were that great unless you were trapped playing on your phone. There's a reason they went bankrupt. This mess doesn't argue for a successful return. I'm just glad I didn't get rooked by the Kickstarter.
In my entire life, I've refunded one other game purchased on Steam. This is my second one. Don't even bother with this one, particularly if you're an ACW fan. Grab Scourge of War or one of Tiller's ACW games, and actually have a good time.


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Here is a glimpse into the long career of painter Peter Ruta, a modern American master born in Germany 1918, raised in Italy, who reached New York in 1936 as a refugee from Fascism. Ruta has dedicated most of his life to painting outdoors from the motif. He painted his first landscapes in Italy in the 1950s, a recovering combat wounded US infantry vet living on the Amalfi coast. He worked for most of the 70s in the highlands of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. In the 80s and 90s he explored the high desert of northern New Mexico, with intervals in New York City, New England, and France. In 2000 he shared a communal studio on the 9lst floor of the North Tower, World Trade Center. He was there again in summer 2001. From 2001 on – in his late 80s and 90s – Ruta has pursued landscape painting indoors in his New York studio. His recent still life, mountains and valleys of fruit and veg, is, like all his work, both structured and lyrical, complex and direct. Since 2001, he has returned to Italy to paint outdoors, from the motif, for several months each year. Recent museum exhibitions include Museum of the City of New York, 2004; Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig 2008, in celebration of his 90th birthday; and Villa Rufolo, Ravello, April-May 2012, a survey of his Italian paintings, early and recent.
Since the 1980s he has also painted gouache on paper in New York, Rome, southern Italy and New Mexico, producing work of great immediacy and freshness. Below, a wintry view of downtown New York ca. 1990.
see also: website peterruta.com // facebook page peterruta/artist


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The Morrissey Autobiography Is Coming to the U.S.
Merry Christmas, Love Morrissey.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House, acquired Morrissey's Autobiography and will be publishing it in the U.S. shortly, just in time for the holiday rush. (It is currently only available from British booksellers, at British prices.) Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like 457 pages of Morrissey beautifully whining.


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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Winter 4
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Winter 3
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Crescent Moon
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Winter 2
Friday, January 26, 2007
Winter 1 second try
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Winter 1 sketch.
A dusting of snow..'Cold snaps'
Sadly only a small amount of snow fell over night..and by lunchtime it had all but gone. To see any substantial snow, I'd have had to go up to the north of the county near Buxton/ Bakewell.As it was, I still went for a walk around the Derby Arboretum..these photos were taken this morning. The last photo shows the 'Orangery' where my exhibition is due to take place..After consultation with the Park manager I have agreed to postpone it until Easter, as the building has no heating!! and has sprung a few roof leaks. Since the exhibition was due to start in 3 weeks..I thought a delay was the best thing to do!!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
A sticky moment
Here is my group at school today in the process of making our final piece of artwork before the exhibition. You will see each child has created a tree made of twigs stuck to card..this is then glued onto the board then Papier Mache over the top. In the two weeks remaining, we'll cover the entire surface of the boards with the trees still showing up..it will then be painted and hung.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Lines 14..into the void
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Place of work.
This is the view from out of my window. I have sat here drawing..each day seeing this view..I know all the buildings and love to see the sky change through out the day. From here you can see on the left of the horizon (click to enlarge) the extreme tip of Nottinghamshire with the famous Ratcliffe-On-Soar power station..the turning point for all aircraft approaching the East Midlands Airport which is along the horizon over the roof of the large building just off centre of the photo (to the right of this building you will also note the large Gurdwara with the golden dome) . On a clear day I can see the aircraft coming in to land and taking off. The airport is incidentally in Leicestershire! The centre of the horizon is South East...a direct line from my window would see France..Italy..Egypt..Saudi Arabia..Oman and off into the Indian Ocean..looking to my left I'b be able to see Bombay and yes PS..Pune!!..if only my eyesight was better!
So there you have it...my place of work. Every day I am here...every day I gaze out at this vista..every day I am.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Lines 13 ..detail included
Friday, January 19, 2007
Lines 12
Have spent some time today reading and studying some of the pictures by Magritte . One of my favourite artists mentioned in previous posts. The concept of placing familiar objects together in unfamiliar combinations interests me. For example..we may be familiar with a tin opener and a marriage ceremony..but put them together and make the tin opener so big it is barely able to fit in the church...you get what I mean. Take a look at 'Personal Values' to see what I'm on about.
I don't think this current picture will develop and reflect what I've been reading about..but then again..you never know!
Bottle paintings.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
The bottles next to the Hyacinth incidentally were painted by me some years ago.I got the idea from a piece by Rene Magritte the famous Belgian surrealist. A link I'll leave you with here to go and be amazed by!
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/magritte.html Scroll down..pictures at the bottom!Some are not so good..my favourite is called 'Time Transfixed'
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Lines 11...Jaded
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Lines 10...
I am aware that in many areas I am woefully ignorant and tend to respond with the typical 'man in the street' mentality...This is after all what I am..I am often being made aware that my heart is in the right place as it were. But I do tend to say the wrong things and get the wrong idea. Take the 'space thing'..it is a red herring!..if I'd thought things through I'd have realised that there is so much good to come through the exploration and adaption to what is one of Man's basic desires: To find out about the place he lives in and 'what's over the hill'. Perhaps I should direct my questions to those nations who have abysmal human rights issues whilst spending money that could be used otherwise on posturing on the global stage. (Alert! Alert!..initiate sanity mode!)..
With that..I wish you peace and happiness...
Monday, January 15, 2007
Lines 9
Well..weather you read this or not..the pictures will still appear here.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Sunday night science lesson.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Lines 8..into the time machine
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Lines 7..Time
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Lines 6 ..Drugged coffee
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Jan just gave me a Wedgie!
I arrived at school today to be greeted by a class of year one children calling my name and saying.."You were Santa!"...I of course denied that it was really I that handed out the presents at the school party dressed as Santa.
I had to get to the store room to pick up some water colour paper..Through the door I could hear the children discussing me..."it was him that was Santa!"..."No it wasn't..Santa's fat!"..."it was Niall wearing a fat coat!".....
I guess you could say I was well and truly rumbled!
Tonight, Jan has to study for a part she is playing at a murder mystery party tommorow night...it's based on a famous BBC TV comedy series here in UK called 'Allo Allo' about the French Resistance during World War Two. So I happen to have the first few series on DVD..as I bent down to put a disc into the machine....she gave me a wedgie!!!! For a moment I WAS Homer Simpson!
Need less to say..revenge will be mine...Mwoah ha ha ha ha!
Monday, January 08, 2007
Lines 5
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Face in the crowd
I've done very little work on 'Lines' today..however I have arrived at a few conclusions as to which direction it will take........watch this space!
I've also been introduced to the wonders of 'Orkut'. An online social networking site. I hope you are able to have a look at it sometime..? follow the link below...and join!
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Lines 4 (Close up)
Friday, January 05, 2007
Lines 3
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Lines 2
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Lines 1
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
A week to remember
It was a holiday we all needed. We hired a flat which was perfect for our needs. There followed lots of trips to the beach (only 2 mins away)..a trip to meet another old friend in Edinburgh and the celebration of Kay's birthday with a beach party.
The week was special to me for two reasons. Firstly : I was encouraged to read a book which was different to the usual Science Fiction / Fantasy I'd read for 20 + years...a book that would alter my reading habits from there onwards and open my mind and heart to new experiences and education. That book was 'The Time Travellers Wife'. Recommended to me by Kay. I've always had a very deep regard for Kay..she is a woman who has come through the breakdown of a relationship and has gone to university, is studying for a degree in theology and is a mother of 3. A deep thinker who when you get to know her, has the ability to turn your concepts on their heads and challenge you to think in a new way. I am all the richer for knowing her!
Finished Hope..The last candle.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Hope 17...Happy New Year!
I'm nearing the end with this one...By the end of the week I'll be done. It is said that "A week is a long time in politics". So tomorrow I'll be writing about a week that changed my life last year (I'd do it now but I'm too tired!)
So in the mean time..Can you think of one thing that changed your life last year?.


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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
New Look of TEL
The look of the Tennessee Electronic Library portal has changed. If you access it from your url line or from the left sidebar on the library website you will see the changes. For now, you will need to sign in using your city, zipcode, and phone number. The only tricky part is when entering your phone number. Use the areacode and don't include any dashes. Much has changed and better instructions will come soon. Happy searching!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
How To Library
Now available is the How To Library. Access it from the FCS MS/HS Library home page. Once on the home page you will see a link to the How To Library in the left sidebar. This library will contain documents to guide you through some common library activities. The file cabinet will be growing so keep an eye on it for documents that may help you.
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