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Something very bad has happened at Trinity Gateways LLC, and now we find that our website was not only down, the site build files have been lost. So, to make a long and convoluted story very short…
We Are Under Construction
Please bear with us as we work to reconstruct the site build files and restore the site. Since we have to do all this work anyway, we'll be making some changes to the original site layout. This is going to take some time, but we will be "re-loading" portions of the site as they are finished so please check back.
Thank you for your patience and continued support.
The Trinity
Introducing Descent into Darkness Part 5: His Revenge
The Mancers' Guild House has fallen. Jevanel lies in ruins. In the aftermath of destruction, the Mancers struggle to rebuild their numbers while the Monster of Menie schemes.
Though Ba'tvian Delthanurk hunts them, Mancers must still heed their sworn duties. Responding to a call from the Rathburn Watch, one of their number returns to the city he once called home. A murderer is stalking the city of Rathurn, leaving mutilated bodies in his decade-long wake. The Watch suspect a local; the Mancer Veln Greenmeadow suspects a blood mage.
As Veln searches for the truth in Rathburn, Absol Omine prepares his people as best he can. Time is running out as Ba'tvian and his Shadowed Ones close in on Destiny's Way. Absol's hope lies in the boy he's raised, one whose power may be equal to the blood mage Delthanurk's. While the Mancers plan, the elven lady Nerisse se li Astorae enacts a scheme of her lord's making. Every step she takes is haunted by what she's done. As she tries to separate the madness she fears from the reality around her, Nerisse struggles for reprieve.
One will lose all sense of self. Another will perish in failure. And the Monster of Menie will lay the foundation of new future.
A conflict is coming. By the end of it, fire will scour the blood-soaked earth.
Gusty Proposals
The girl shook her head in defiance. "I don't know who you think I am, but this is all wrong. I don't belong here. I'm human, not a mole. The best mate for a mole is another mole. Please just let me go."
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Quaking Tower
"You!" A shrill voice hissed as Cybele spun around to flee. The girl jumped back, startled at the sight of a hooded figure standing before her. The person laughed as they uncovered their head. "So, the little bird has escaped her gilded cage after all. How dare you!"
Cybele thought her heart skipped a beat as she starred up at a very familiar face. "Gr-Grandmother."
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Frozen Reflection
Bianca wished that she wasn't alone. Even though it was a dream, she still would have liked someone to talk to. She realized that she had to be careful what she wished for when an elderly woman approached from a cluster of trees in front of her.
"Would you like an apple, dear?"
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Step into The Crystal Garden Saga…
Do you enjoy the call of adventure? The promise of romance? The magic of Fairy Tales? Then step through the gate and enter into the realm of The Crystal Garden Saga. A young adult fantasy series by LJ Gastineau. It takes place in a world where the seeds of truth are found in the most fantastic of tales. This world while wonderful is not immune to evil. As corruption spreads, the power imbued within the roses of the Crystal Garden are scattered and secreted away until new heroes rekindle the old tales and prove themselves worthy. Join these special chosen in their adventure as they begin their quest to restore this magical land and drive back the darkness that is destroying it.
Your journey begins with Frozen Reflection. In it you follow Bianca Flynn. Her adventure begins on her sixteenth birthday, a day she thought would be like any other, stuck at home with a step-mother she doesn't like. Instead, she finds herself plagued by a strange reaction to apples and an odd phobia of mirrors which quickly spirals out of control throwing her into a world that she thought only existed in stories. As she wanders in this new land, she learns it is cursed by a spell that can only be broken with the power of a crystal rose.
Book two, Quaking Tower, picks up where Frozen Reflection left off and follows Cybele Lockley, who has led a sheltered life, separated from the world by a medical condition. With only the occasional company of her grandmother, Cybele longs to be free. In secret she creates a make-believe world in an old notebook- a story filled with the romance and adventures of a character she has named Rapunzel. Everything changes for Cybele on her sixteenth birthday when she tries to cut her hair for the first time. The world around her shifts to match that of her story and she is left to discover who she truly is as she seeks out the crystal rose.
Gusty Proposals is the third story in this epic quest and tells the story of Violet Piccolo. Violet has had every decision in her life made for her by overbearing parents. Everything from the type of clothes she wore to the friends she kept. She has obeyed their wishes without protest. On her sixteenth birthday things change when her father forces her into a relationship with his boss's son in an attempt to advance his career, and Violet makes a stand for the first time. Her rebellion has unexpected consequences as she shrinks to a mere few inches high. Her troubles don't stop there though as the petite girl soon finds herself in another world filled with wonder, danger, and magic. Though now free of her childhood shackles, Violet finds herself confronted with others who believe they know what is best for her. To fly free, she must discover who she really is so that she might achieve her destiny. To do this she'll have to learn that sometimes just standing isn't enough. Some things must be fought for as she seeks the crystal rose.
Drowned Voice is the fourth story in this epic quest. It tells the story of Mirielle Riva, a young girl who grew up in the foster care system, migrating from one home to another with no family to call her own. Growing lonely, Mirielle learned to take what happiness she could by indulging in the things she liked, such as singing and dancing. So when she was given a shot to be on the high school varsity swim team, she set off for swim camp with enthusiasm and hope. Her sixteenth birthday arrives with little fanfare. In fact the only gift received is she's lost her voice; not the great start for the day she was hoping. Things worsen when she surfaces in the pool only to discover she is no longer in the world she'd woken in that morning. Instead she finds herself trapped in a cursed kingdom being ravaged by the sea.
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Drawing to a close
Well, it's now mid-September and the year is almost over for the Trinity. As we prepare to put the site on hiatus for new writing content rest assured you will get the rest of Rogue Messiah before it happens. I've got the next five chapters for you this week. In addition to that you may also note a page for a new story titled The Angel and the Hunter; look for it in the coming year.
For now happy reading.
Night Rising – The War Begins
The quest is over and now the war for Zeus's throne will begin in Night Rising the fourth Mantle of the Gods novel by Tricia Sparks. A major victory has been won, but one battle does not make a war. Sam Abrams and Annalynn Gallagher now stand at the edge of failure. With opposing forces converging on Zeus's crown, and the efforts of the only deity who seems to share Sam and Anna's goal foiled, one shadowy figure prepares to make her move while another begins to stir.
Haunted by the spirit of an ancient god, Detective Lance Roman returns to Los Angeles with the sword of war in hand, and Catharine Nichols at his side. Yet they have not left their struggles behind them. Still in danger of becoming a pawn in evil's elaborate game, Catharine must rely on Lance. As a wielder of the war god's mantle, Lance must make a choice in order to protect the woman he loves – a choice with far-reaching consequences.
One man's need and another man's ambition may speed the world into the hands of Chaos.
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Night's Rising Quote 2
"You can't play body guard forever," she grumbled.
"Is that what you think I'm doing?" he asked with annoyance his blue eyes flashed orange for a moment and then dimmed back to their natural color.
"Isn't it?" she challenged not caring for his tone.
"No, I'm not here working," he corrected.
"If not that, then why?"
"I'm here because I care what happens to you Serenity," he whispered as he brushed her hair away from her eyes.
"Lance…" she began uneasy with his closeness. She'd just scene ice blue go orange a harsh reminder that Ares was lingering here as well and might at any moment be the one in control.
"You invited me to visit you before the movie was done and I plan to do so now; as long as the offer still stands," he whispered as his fingers slid into her hair.
"It does," she assured him as she leaned into his caress. Liking the feel of it.
"I'm here because I want to be," he murmured before he closed the last few inches between them and kissed her. His hands fisted in her hair pulling lightly tilting her head back so he could get a better taste.
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Chapter 1
Sam stepped out of the bathroom and back into the main room of their hotel. His mind free of turmoil, it was time to discuss their next move.
"You okay?" Anna asked as he reemerged.
"Yeah, I just needed a minute to clear my head," he assured her.
"What's our next move?" She asked as he reached her side. Rather than answer her, he drew her into his arms and held her close for a moment, brushing her forehead with a light kiss. When he drew back, his eyes locked with hazel ones that had turned gray.
"Are you okay?" he asked seeing her fear.
"Yeah, I just went a round with Ares," she muttered.
At the words Sam let her go and looked her over for injury. "What happened?"
"It wasn't like that. He's just taunting me. Making it pretty clear that despite whatever deal he made with Lance, he has designs for Catharine still." Anna explained.
"Yeah I'm not surprised there; I figured that a deal made with a fallen wouldn't end well," Sam grumbled.
"What are we going to do?" Anna asked.
"We'll deal with Lance in a minute, first we need to get people on their way and figure out what we can do to stop these four want-to-be gods from jump starting the apocalypse," Sam whispered.
Anna nodded her understanding as Sam drew her back to his side. He watched as the others in the room moved away from each other and in his direction, all but Lance, he stayed at Catharine's side. That was just fine by Sam, he didn't want Ares privy to whatever plans they set in motion.
"All right yank quiet times over, what are we gonna do?" Terra demanded, her green eyes sharp and cold.
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Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible relational database built for the cloud, that combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases.
Aurora is up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases. It provides the security, availability, and reliability of commercial-grade databases at 1/10th the cost. Aurora is fully managed by Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), which automates time-consuming administration tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups.
Aurora features a distributed, fault-tolerant, self-healing storage system that auto-scales up to 64TB per database instance. Aurora delivers high performance and availability with up to 15 low-latency read replicas, point-in-time recovery, continuous backup to Amazon S3, and replication across three Availability Zones.
Visit the RDS Management Console to create your first Aurora database instance and start migrating your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
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Get 5X the throughput of standard MySQL and 3X the throughput of standard PostgreSQL. This performance is on par with commercial databases, at 1/10th the cost. You can easily scale your database deployment up and down from smaller to larger instance types as your needs change, or let Aurora Serverless handle scaling automatically for you. To scale read capacity and performance, you can add up to 15 low latency read replicas across three Availability Zones. Amazon Aurora automatically grows storage as needed, up to 64TB per database instance. Learn more: MySQL | PostgreSQL
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Amazon Aurora offers greater than 99.99% availability. It has fault-tolerant and self-healing storage built for the cloud that replicates six copies of your data across three Availability Zones. Aurora continuously backs up your data to Amazon S3, and transparently recovers from physical storage failures; instance failover typically takes less than 30 seconds. You can also backtrack within seconds to a previous point in time, to recover from user errors. Learn more: MySQL | PostgreSQL
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MySQL and PostgreSQL Compatible
The Amazon Aurora database engine is fully compatible with existing MySQL and PostgreSQL open source databases, and adds compatibility for new releases regularly. This means you can easily migrate MySQL or PostgreSQL databases to Aurora using standard MySQL or PostgreSQL import/export tools or snapshots. It also means the code, applications, drivers, and tools you already use with your existing databases can be used with Amazon Aurora with little or no change. Learn more: MySQL | PostgreSQL
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Amazon Aurora is fully managed by Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). You no longer need to worry about database management tasks such as hardware provisioning, software patching, setup, configuration, or backups. Aurora automatically and continuously monitors and backs up your database to Amazon S3, enabling granular point-in-time recovery. You can monitor database performance using Amazon CloudWatch, Enhanced Monitoring, or Performance Insights, an easy-to-use tool that helps you quickly detect performance problems. Learn more: MySQL | PostgreSQL
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MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility make Amazon Aurora a compelling target for database migrations to the cloud. If you're migrating from MySQL or PostgreSQL, see our migration documentation for a list of tools and options. To migrate from commercial database engines, you can use the AWS Database Migration Service for a secure migration with minimal downtime. Learn more: MySQL | PostgreSQL
Use the AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to accelerate your migration from the most common commercial databases. When migrating databases to Aurora, you can use DMS free for six months. Learn more »
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Expedia, one of the largest travel companies in the world, uses Amazon Aurora for their Travel Data Application that inserts 300 millions rows of data per day, at a peak 70,000 rows per second with 17 millisecond average response time for read and 30 millisecond average response time for write.
SaaS applications often use architectures that are multi-tenant, which requires a great deal of flexibility in instance and storage scaling along with high performance and reliability. Amazon Aurora provides all of these features in a managed database offering, helping SaaS companies focus on building high quality applications without worrying about the underlying database that powers the application.
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Web and mobile games are built to operate at very large scale need a database with high throughput, massive storage scalability, and high availability. Amazon Aurora fulfills the needs of such highly demanding applications with enough room for future growth. Since Amazon Aurora does not have any licensing constraints, it perfectly fits the variable usage pattern of these applications.
"Aurora has been nothing short of impressive… Most of the automation we're enjoying has long been standard for RDS, but using Aurora has delivered the automation of RDS along with the performance of self-managed i2 instances. Aurora is now our first choice for new services using relational databases." - Chris Broglie, Architect, Zynga
Amazon Aurora can provide a significant performance increase to your application while improving reliability and availability, and reducing cost at the same time. Internal testing using SysBench on r3.8xlarge instances show that Amazon Aurora delivers over 500,000 reads and 100,000 writes per second with a high level of consistency, irrespective of the size of the database and object count. You can easily run benchmark tests against an Amazon Aurora instance to compare it to the performance of your existing database or to evaluate peformance needs for a new application you are building. Detailed benchmarking instructions are provided in the Amazon Aurora Performance Benchmarking Guide, available from the Aurora resources page.
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If you're currently using Amazon RDS for MySQL or Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, migrating to Aurora is as simple as creating a snapshot and launching an Aurora instance from that snapshot. You can follow the simple, step by step instructions in the user guide to perform the migration. Since Amazon Aurora is fully MySQL- and PostgreSQL-compatible, your applications can easily be reconnected to the new instance without any changes.
MySQL and PostgreSQL databases running on Amazon EC2 or on-premises can also be easily migrated. Create a snapshot backup of your existing database, upload it to Amazon S3, and use it to directly create an Amazon Aurora cluster. You can also import data stored in an Amazon S3 bucket into a table in an Amazon Aurora database. Standard MySQL import and export tools or MySQL binlog replication are also supported. Migrating to Amazon Aurora from supported databases running on Amazon EC2 or on-premises can also be done using AWS Database Migration Service.
The AWS Schema Conversion Tool simplifies migration from Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server to Amazon Aurora by automatically converting the source database schema and a majority of the custom code - including views, stored procedures, and functions - to a format compatible with Amazon Aurora. Any code that cannot be automatically converted is clearly marked so that it can be manually converted. Learn more and download AWS Schema Conversion Tool »
Migrating data from Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon Aurora can be easily done using AWS Database Migration Service. You can begin a data migration with just a few clicks, and your source database remains fully operational during the migration, minimizing downtime to applications using that database. Learn more about AWS Database Migration Service »
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Let's Get Physical
Last month we opened up our studios to the international networking group, 'Ladies That UX'. The night's event, called 'Let's Get Physical', was a chance for the group of User Experience (UX) experts to gain first-hand experience of our user-center design approaches used here at Kinneir Dufort.
The four workshops aimed to highlight key areas of consideration when designing experiences for physical products, and also demonstrate our working processes in an immersive and physical way.
Geographic Markets Workshop
To help explain the challenges encountered when designing physical products for global markets, we created an interactive approach that demonstrated just how hard this can be. Often user interfaces and instructions need to be translated into different languages to launch a product, service or even a piece of packaging worldwide. User steps need to be clearly communicated but by using minimal text. The difficulty here lies in creating graphics and icons that can be correctly interpreted by various languages and cultures all over the world.
We set up our very own version of the popular board game Pictionary where participants were asked to draw a short phrase (in this case, small extracts from a simple instruction leaflet for a pair of gaming headphones). The activity demonstrated how difficult communicating seemingly simple instructions such as, "Can connect headphones to a PC" using no text, just colour and numbers can be.
Extreme Environments Workshop
Here at Kinneir Dufort we often work with companies in the Industrial and Defence sector to develop products that hold simple yet robust technology that can be used not only in extreme environments, but whilst wearing protective and sometimes cumbersome uniforms.
This workshop demonstrated the challenges that arise when using digital products in such environments and the importance of keeping the end user at the heart of the design.
A scene of a natural disaster was recreated for the teams to participate in a rescue mission. In order to give them a taste of how difficult it can be to complete simple tasks in extreme environments, the team were given weighted clothing and heavy duty gloves to wear, and were tasked with finding their way through the wreckage in the dark to find a comrade's missing phone, and then use it to communicate their location to the rescue party while wearing large gloves.
Sensory Workshop
Understanding the role of different senses and how they can be leveraged to deliver brand experiences is complex and requires innovative approaches. We often use techniques based on studies rooted in experimental psychology, which are frequently used for the food and drinks industry.
The experiments in this workshop aimed at demonstrating how our four senses alter our perception of taste: Does chocolate taste different if eaten whilst listening to different music? Do lights impact on how jelly tastes?
User Empathy Workshop
Only 23% of the population are considered to be fully able*, proving that design must be inclusive and needs to consider all potential users.
To demonstrate empathetic design, the group played a simple card game while simulating a mixture of difficulties that people often experience every day. Taking the Elderly as the focus target group, we set up common obstacles that they often have to contend with; some of the group wore ear defenders to 'impair' their hearing, others taped their fingers to emulate arthritis, while others applied grease to their glasses to reduce their vision.
*Ref. https://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/downloads/idtoolkit.pdf
@LadiesThatUXBRS what an awesome evening it was. Feeling inspired! Thanks for a top evening. The bar has been raised!"
Thanks so much @KinneirDufort we had such a fun, extreme, sensory night!!! #LTUXBRS #UX
Blindfolds, pictionary, a sensory room & an earthquake.. what inspiring way to learn about design! @KinneirDufort
For further information or to contact the team at Kinneir Dufort, please get in touch. [email protected].


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When you complete the Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural), along with one year's industry experience, you'll be able to apply for registration as a certified building designer through the Victorian Building Authority.
During the course, you'll learn about codes and standard compliance; the production of working drawings; sustainable design; design solutions; graphical presentation; complex architectural project management; and small business planning.
TIMETABLEFull timeFrankston: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am – 4.30pm311 Dandenong: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am – 4.30pm
Part time311 Dandenong: Two evenings 6pm - 9.30pm
Experienced teachers, who are experts in the field, will guide you through the program, which involves report writing, presentations and the production of complex drawn documents using current computer software. This nationally recognised qualification may lead to employment in roles such as residential or commercial building designer (architectural). The course can be completed part time over four and a half to five years, or full time over two and a half years. Once complete, this qualification provides a pathway to relevant Bachelor degree courses. And you will be able to gain credit for your studies, which means you'll complete your degree sooner.Chisholm Institute is the largest provider of tertiary and vocational education in Melbourne's south east. With state-of-the-art facilities, professional training and support, you'll enjoy studying at Chisholm. So why wait? Enquire now.
Did you know that your current skills, knowledge and experience can help you get a qualification.
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Mature age entry, Suitable literacy, numeracy, comprehension and computer skills, Year 12 (VCE) or an equivalent qualification
*The student tuition fees as published are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. Material fees are also subject to change given individual circumstances.
Please note: Fees will be subject to change if the course runs over two or more calendar years. You will also be required to pay the Student Services fee for each year of enrolment. The ancillary fee is now incorporated into the Student Services fee.
Find out about help with fees.
At Chisholm, you can get a VET Student Loan to help you pay for all or part of the tuition fees for this course. VET student loans will not be approved for students who do not meet eligibility requirements. VET student loan gives rise to a HELP debt that continues to be a debt due to the Commonwealth until it is repaid. Find out more about how a VET Student Loan can help you study now and pay later.
If eligible for a student loan, you can access up to $10,150 to help cover the tuition fees for this course.
Annual scholarships may be available to eligible students suffering financial hardship through the Caroline Chisholm Education Foundation. Find out how to apply for a scholarship.
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With the powerful, versatile 2U two-socket System x3650 M5 rack server, you can run even more enterprise workloads, 24/7, and gain faster business insights. Integrated with up to two Intel® Xeon® processors E5-2600 v4 series (up to 44 cores per system), fast TruDDR4 2400MHz Memory, and massive storage capacity, the x3650 M5 fast forwards your business. You can select from an impressive array of storage configurations (up to 28 drive bays) that optimise diverse workloads from Cloud to Big Data.
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Power supplies, fan modules and HDDs/SSDs
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Getting the best out of Lua requires some effort, obviously. However I am progressing nicely with a "near" object oriented script interface for the world/map configuration. Now it is possible to write things like:
envMap = AddCubeTexture("data/sky.tga") mesh01 = AddMesh("data/model1.md2"); skin01 = AddTexture("data/model1.tga") obj = AddStaticObject(mesh01, skin01, 0, 0, 0) obj:SetEnvMap(envMap); obj:SetReflection(0.1); AddLight(-30.0, -50.0, 40.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 300.0)
Of course you can do nifty stuff, such as loops (create hundreds of objects sharing the same mesh - good for benchmarking). I am not really sure yet what to expose in Lua space, and how to expose it, but at least it is now contained in a single unit (scriptfun.c), that can be updated or replaced when necessary.


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Wienen Takes Unadilla Victory and AMA ATV Pro MX Points Lead
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Gust, Wienen and Natalie top the podium.
Wienen Takes Unadilla Victory and AMA ATV Pro MX Points Lead
New Berlin, NY – Monster Energy Kawasaki's Chad Wienen grabbed both moto wins to take the overall victory at the Can-Am Northeastern ATV National at the historic Unadilla Valley Sports Center in New Berlin, New York, capping off an amazing come-from-behind charge that has brought the Illinois native from virtually worst to first in the 2009 AMA Pro ATV Motocross Series point standings. The Unadilla event also marked round six of the 2009 ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship presented by Parts Unlimited.
"Everything is coming together this year and I'm so excited right now with this finish at Unadilla," said Wienen, who topped Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Doug Gust and Warnert Can-Am's John Natalie for the win. "I haven't been here in four years and I didn't know how many fans I have out here. I'm happy to be up here on this box and I'm just taking it race by race."
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Chad Wienen brings Kawasaki's Moto win total to eight.
Wienen, new to the Kawasaki squad this year, suffered through mechanical troubles in three of the first four motos of the season, and found himself over 50 points behind the series leader after round two. But he's been on the podium ever since, logging three seconds and two victories while early-season leaders Joe Byrd and Dustin Wimmer have struggled.
Byrd and Wimmer's troubles continued at Unadilla. Honda veteran Byrd made a mistake in moto one and dropped from fourth to eventually finish 11th, and he was credited with 17th in moto two after mechanical troubles set in. Amazingly, Wimmer, the defending AMA Pro ATV MX Champion, made up points on Byrd despite riding with a lingering shoulder injury suffered before round four of the tour. Wimmer soldiered on with 10-4 scores for sixth overall at Unadilla. Wienen now leads both, with a nine point lead on Byrd and 19 points on Wimmer.
Wimmer's teammate Doug Gust made a serious challenge at Wienen. He landed the ATVSource.com Top Qualifier Award and battled at the front of the pack in both motos, ultimately taking 3-3 scores for second overall. Warnert Can-Am's John Natalie went 5-2 for third, pleasing the event's title sponsor.
Honda rider Josh Upperman took fourth with 2-6 scores, and another Can-Am rider, Jeremy Lawson, went 4-5 for fifth.
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Josh Upperman grabs the first MotorcycleUSA.com Holeshot Award.
Wienen had to work for his wins on the notoriously fast and rough Unadilla track. Upperman grabbed the $250 MotorcycleUSA.com holeshot in moto 1, leading Gust, Wienen and Byrd. Wienen held off Byrd as he marched up to Gust and then moved into second on lap six. Three laps later, Wienen closed in on Upperman and made the pass after the massive Gravity Cavity jump. Upperman held off Gust to grab second, while a pack of Can-Am riders, Lawson, Natalie and Richard Pelchat duked it out much of the moto to end in 4th, 5th and 6th.
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Wienen makes a move on Upperman.
Byrd tipped over while running fourth and dropped to 12th, and he was only able to climb back to 11th at the finish. Wimmer came around the first lap in 17th still nursing an injured shoulder, but he dug deep and snagged a 10th.
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Josh Upperman gets a few mid-moto questions from the ATVision team. Check out the next Motosode Wednesday at 7 p.m. EST.
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Doug Gust earned both the ATVSource.com Top Qualifier and the moto 2 MotorcycleUSA.com Holeshot Award.
For moto two, Gust's Suzuki team changed motors, and it paid off as he grabbed the $250 MotorcycleUSA.com Holeshot Award over Wienen. But Wienen made a quick pass to get the lead. Gust maintained pressure throughout the moto with Natalie close behind. Gust picked up a stick on the track that cut off his rear brake, allowing Natalie to set up a pass. On the last lap, Natalie made his move for second right before the finish, stealing second in the final inches of the battle.
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Gust and Natalie had an exciting battle in moto 2.
"I ended up picking up a stick in my brake the last three laps and I knew right where [Natalie] was going to get me and then he got me. But hats off to John and Chad, they ran an awesome race. I'm just happy to be up here."
In the Pro-Am Production class, Cody Gibson won both motos, topping Joel Hetrick and Cody Grant on the podium.
Notes: Monster Energy Kawasaki's Josh Creamer won the previous round of the tour at Steel City Raceway in Pennsylvania, but his luck disappeared at Unadilla. Mechanical troubles ended his moto-one ride, and his team barely got his machine to the line for moto two, and he had to miss the parade-lap. He took ninth in moto two….Joe Byrd has logged moto scores of 6-19-3-5-11-17 since Wimmer's shoulder injury put him into the series points lead…. Typical Unadilla rough weather set in on Saturday, with rain marring their first two practices. Sunday was picture perfect for racing, however.
Can-Am Northeastern ATV Nationals
Unadilla Valley Sports Center
New Berlin, NY
AMA ATV Pro Class
1. Chad Wienen 1-1 (Kaw)
2. Doug Gust 3-3 (Suz)
3. Josh Natalie 5-2 (Can)
4. Josh Upperman 2-6 (Hon)
5. Jeremy Lawson 5-4 (Can)
6. Dustin Wimmer 10-4 (Suz)
7. Richard Pelchat 6-8 (Can)
8. Greg Gee 8-7 (Hon)
9. Harold Goodman 7-10 (Hon)
10. Patrick Brown 13-11 (Yam)
Series Standings (After seven of 11 rounds):
1. Chad Wienen (254/2 wins); 2. Joe Byrd (245/ 1 win); 3. Dustin Wimmer (235/3 wins); 4. Josh Creamer (217/1 win); 5. Josh Upperman (210); 6. Doug Gust (208); 7. John Natalie (197); 8. Jeremy Lawson (167); 9. Greg Gee (144); 10.Clay Holmes (142).


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Baba ghanoush or...
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nice dipReplyDelete
I love melitzanosalata, the Greek variation (we don't add tahini to ours).ReplyDelete
I have to give this a try, dips are always a life saver when people come over and you want to treat them to something delicious!Replies
I would love to hear more about melitzanosalata! I agree, dips are real lifesavers.Delete
One of my favorites, but I've never made it myself. Time to change that!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 4, 2012 at 12:54 PM
I always roast mine on the open flame, but it is a bit tricky and it can get messy. Cooking time is much shorter though, useful for when the crave for baba ghanoush kicks in and I can't wait. A lovely addition is some pomegranate seeds on top.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am sure it enhances the smokiness, but whenever I roast peppers over an open flame I make such a mess, I decided to try it the other way. It seemed to work pretty well anyway. I love the addition of the pomegranate seeds to the dip: lovely flavour and texture contrast. Thanks for the tip!Delete
I absolutely love baba ghanoush and love the process of blackening aubergines to make it...a bit messy but all that beautiful sweet flesh is 100% worth it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ok, now you two (see above) have convinced me to try the quicker and much messier way!Delete
That's a beautiful looking dip. I love aubergine dip. It has a wonderful flavour and it's one of those dips where you know you can eat a lot of it and it isn't bad for you - guilt free dining! xxReplyDeleteReplies
Exactly! Well, unless you skip the white wine... which you can't ;o)Delete
This is one of my favourite! Yet I have never made it! Bookmarked!ReplyDelete
I had no idea Baingan Bharta was a variation of Baba Ghanoush... but it makes sense. I love how you find the same (or very similar) dishes in different countries! It would be interesting to find out more! I guess in this case it must have been introduced to India by the Moghuls... but there are much "weirder" cases. Lately Nydia from Mi vida en Dulce told me that she has eaten a cabbucio-like (!) bread in the Peruvian Andes!!!! ;-)
Anyhow... there's something waiting for you here: http://www.manusmenu.com/rotisserie-potatoes :-)Replies
What a lusciously textured dip! I'd probably eat this by the spoonful! :DReplyDelete
Ooh! I love baba ghanoush! The last time I had it was in a pita with falafel. It was gorgeous.ReplyDelete
And yeah, I noticed how there's different spellings of baba ghanoush everywhere! I always got so confused.
It's getting so warm, and all I want to eat is salads right now.
I probably already said I love eggplants right? Looks delicious!ReplyDelete
I love eggplants and baba ganoush is one of my favorite ways of enjoying it!ReplyDelete


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Starting sometime around 2PM EST on November 3rd, Treyarch's Twitter page began blowing up with images of prestige emblems for their upcoming game: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. Every hour, Treyarch posted a new prestige level and stylized icon. Click the next button to view the slideshow of prestige emblems.
Ten total prestige levels have been confirmed for Black Ops 3 by Treyarch Studio Design Director, David Vonderhaar. Vonderhaar also mentioned on his Twitter feed that, in addition to 10 prestige modes, there is an extra "something special" that has yet to be announced. Players will have to gain experience to level up through 55 ranks per prestige, making the total number of individual ranks 550.
Treyarch has expressed discontent at the idea of adding "additional prestiges" after launch. In Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare players were presented with 15 prestige ranks at launch, and 15 "Grand Master Prestiges" afterwards. Vonderhaar's "something special" aims to give Max Prestige players something to do, without adding bonus ranks.
Almost all of the prestige emblems released fit the theme of Ancient Greek mythology, and seem to be inspired by God of War. A Spartan foot soldier, a one eyed ogre, a minotaur, the hydra, and Poseidon, god of the sea himself, all made appearances for this year's Call of Duty prestige icons.
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Did Clinton or Trump twist the facts? This messaging bot will tell you
Univision's Spanish-language fact-checking project, "Detector de Mentiras" launched in March, the same day the network hosted the Democratic debate between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
Since then, the data team that runs Detector de Mentiras has been working with Univision's innovation team to find ways to expand the reach of their fact checks. This fits into a wider trend of fact-checkers trying to shed their nerdy reputations and get readers' attention through formats more popular than plain text.
One channel Detector de Mentiras (or "lie detector," in English) is experimenting with combines old and new technologies: text messages and bots. The same night Univision launched Detector de Mentiras, it also launched a partnership with Purple, the SMS bot service that sends election news.
On the night of the debate, Purple sent subscribers updates from the televised sparring. Now, the effort has been turned over to fact-checkers.
Upon signing up (online or by sending "Univision" as a text message to 359-45) you receive the latest fact check, usually in the form of a question with keywords that will unlock the next messages in capital letters. Here's an example (never mind my ignorance of Bernie Sanders trivia):
Ronny Rojas, who runs the Detector de Mentiras, says results have been promising. On the night of the debate, 250 people signed up to the service, and after one week of sending fact checks, the number had risen to almost 300.
The average user has responded five times to Univision's fact checks in a message, of which there had been eight by last Friday. Seven people have chosen to unsubscribe from the service for the moment.
Users have engaged beyond using the keywords that trigger the automatic responses, sharing more about what they think of the claims and asking additional questions (some of this in impolite language aimed at the candidates themselves).
"Receiving messages on your phone is quite an intimate process," Rojas says. So when the users seek more information, the team will occasionally respond with additional personalized responses that go beyond the bot's remit.
Detector de Mentiras will keep texting until the elections in November.


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TUKWILA, Wash. - David Estrada scored a goal and assist as Seattle Sounders FC (4-5-1, 13 points) beat the San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2, 17 points), 3-0, in the MLS Reserve League at Starfire Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Estrada opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Alex Caskey ran onto the ball on the left flank, beat his defender and sent a cross to the middle of the box. Estrada out-jumped his defender and beat the keeper with a strong header inside the post.
The second goal sequence began with a backheel from Estrada. After a combination at the top of the box, Estrada found Michael Seamon on the right side, who sent a cross to the box where Mario Martinez hit a powerful header just under the crossbar for his first goal for Sounders FC.
The third and final goal came in the 79th minute from Alex Caskey. Marc Burch sent a hard low cross in front of goal from the left flank that was deflected to Caskey, who powered to past David Bingham with his right foot.
Seattle had two other dangerous scoring opportunities in the first half. In the 22nd minute, Burch sent a 25-yard free kick toward the near post that Bingham dived to save. Five minutes later, Andy Rose found Martinez at the top of the box but his bending shot was tipped away by Bingham.
San Jose's attack created several chances in the second half, beginning with a free kick from Khari Stephenson that Andrew Weber saved. In the 56th minute, Salvador Sassoon's shot from six yards out was also stopped by Weber.
Seattle outshot San Jose, 13-10 (6-3 on goal), and both sides earned six corner kicks.
Seattle's five home MLS Reserve League matches raised a total of $9,781.59 for the club's charity partners.
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Here's another little animation, this time showing how page 79 was made. As usual, it starts with a quick sketch (or "thumbnail" page) to figure out how the images and words will fit together. Then I make a photo-collage combining snapshots (in this case, of myself and my wife Melissa, who plays the Queen) and simple 3D renderings of various background elements. Next I make a drawing based on the collage, using a Cintiq monitor to draw directly into Adobe Photoshop. Then I add color, tones, and the word balloons and borders (or "gutters"). The whole process takes me about 20 hours!
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This week, an ultimatum is delivered, and a decision is taken.
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Bletchley Park is a site steeped in history. In World War II it was the centre of operations to crack the Enigma code used by the German military to send messages to their troops. The code was eventually successfully hacked with the aid of the Colossus machine, which was designed as a mainframe valve-driven computer to perform thousands of calculations every minute in order to automatically test all the possible permutations of code.
The Vintage Computer Festival, Bletchley Park, 19-20 June 2010
by WordChazer
Early and retro computing fans converged on the former wartime coding centre for an interactive, 'hands on' weekend.
Bletchley Park Today
Today, Bletchley Park, once home to the secretive codebreakers, is a site dedicated to the memories of those days, with a fully restored Colossus machine at the centre of the display, together with many other standing exhibitions (spies and double agents, toys of the era, railway memorabilia and more). The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) has its base in the grounds and its members are responsible for the upkeep of the vast range of computers, mainframes and other vintage electronic machinery on show there. These range from business mainframes to early Commodores, a Cray, a Wang, a room displaying punch-card machines and many more, joined for the weekend by a motley collection of lovingly restored retro personal computing equipment and a few other surprises.
An Annual Pass to Bletchley Park
Extremely good value for the price
Entry to the festival was offered for the price of an annual pass to this fascinating location (at the time £8.50 online or £10 on the door for as many visits as pass holders care to make in a year). The place would be worth several visits for the standing exhibitions alone, never mind the specialist marquees and rooms full of vintage computers brought in especially for the weekend.
A Spectrum running a Twitter client
What? Run that past me again...?
The first collection of note was in the main marquee where the weekend stall holders were exhibiting their wares, from a 1940s digital clock to a number of ZX Spectrums, one running a Twitter client, examples of the SpectraNet project, the Dragon archive, Decs and IBMs as well as games, keyboards and parts. All were for sale to raise funds for TNMOC along with the more traditional souvenirs of retro gamer themed T-shirts and mugs. Even the steampunks made an appearance, with a display of the kind of retro-modern equipment that the Victorians would have had if they had been able to call upon the advanced technology we can today.
Amiga X1000 Launch
A blast from the past and a name for the future
Not all names from the early 80s have been consigned to history, however. Amiga chose the event to launch their new X1000 machine, and invited a number of enthusiasts from the Lincolnshire Amiga Group to show off their collections as well.
The Amiga enthusiasts had a marquee to themselves by the lake and much fun appeared to be had there by people reliving their youth and rediscovering games they thought they would never play again.
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Acorn, the Centre for Computing History and Retro Computer Museum's displays
More stands to browse and games to play
In the Mansion some of the rooms were temporarily transformed into bleeping, flashing, hands-on exhibition (read wall-to-wall retro gaming) space for a number of organisations including Acorn, the Centre for Computing History and two rooms dedicated to some of the Retro Computer Museum's (RCM) collection of gear.
Amongst the collection on show from the combined might of the Centre for Computing History and RCM were a Sinclair ZX80 with a screen inside a bubble, several souped up and modified machines including a Commodore 64 playing Guitar Hero (yes, really!), an old Oric, a ZX81 capable of running a high resolution demo and a Thomson machine with a 6809 processor, the same processor used by the Dragon kit being exhibited in the main marquee.
Computer-themed Talks
What else to distract visitors from wall-to-wall gaming but talks about computers and computing history?
Throughout the weekend there were opportunities to hear a variety of talks. Some were given by the project managers behind the restorations of some of TNMOC's computers and offered a chance to ask questions as desired. Each talk lasted between 30 and 45 minutes and although visitors were not allowed to touch the exhibits they did have a chance to see them in action (or in the case of the Harwell Witch, in inaction, as it decided to cease working during one of the Sunday afternoon talks.)
Guest speakers in the Mansion included Sophie Wilson of Acorn Computers' fame and chip tune musician Pixelh8. Recording of all kinds was banned, as the guests had given their time for free, but the talks were popular and often sold out or close to capacity for the room in which they were held.
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The whole weekend was possible through the organisers' association with TNMOC
Together with TNMOC's displays, the range of speakers and concerts which were organised plus the existing exhibitions at Bletchley Park, a busy weekend was had by the 2500 visitors who flowed steadily through the gates.
It is hoped to hold another Vintage Computer Festival soon, in the meantime TNMOC is open at various times during the week and Bletchley Park is open daily for guided tours and walks. For details on RCM's and Centre for Computing History's next events, please refer to their websites.
This article originally appeared on Suite101.com on 25 June 2010. It was removed at the writer's request in February 2013, and appears here with slight revision and additional photographs.
WordChazer, It seems to me that Bletchley Park would have been a prime target for Nazi bombs. Did they not know of it or of its location?
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The Snow and Ice of Uncharted 2
Recently, PlayStation LifeStyle posted some fantastic screenshots for Naughty Dog's new game, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The shots featured the game's breathtaking snow environments. Along with those screenshots, IGN was able to conduct an interview with Naughty Dog's Richard Lemarchand, the co-lead designer of Uncharted 2. During the interview, Lemarchand talks about the snow and ice elements within the game, and answers some other big questions.
"We've spent a lot of time focused on the distinctive look that snow has as it falls and is blown by the wind, and of course on the way in which Drake leaves footprints as he trudges through the snowdrifts in the Himalayan mountains that he ventures to.
When he's out in the snow he'll accumulate a layer of snowflakes on his clothes and in his hair, which will slowly thaw when he gets back inside, under cover. On top of that, we're planning on adding several features to the game that will increase replayability and extend the gameplay experience for everyone."
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Parliamentary Sovereignty
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Parliamentary Sovereignty Intro
The doctrine maintains that Parliament has unlimited legal power to enact any law and also that it cannot be overridden by another body.
(Parliament = the Queen, House of Lords and the House of Commons)
Dicey distinguished legal sovereignty and political sovereignty:
- Legal: the power of law making unrestricted by any legal limit
- Political: the body, the will of which is ultimately obeyed by citizens of the state
Internal and external political limits on the lawmaker:
Internal: those inherent in the rules and practices of parliament. (Queen's assent, political and moral pressures imposed by constitutional conventions, patronage and party discipline.)
External: consist of what those subject to the law are prepared to accept. In practice Parliament cannot pass any law it wishes and Dicey thought that pressure from electorate would make democracy 'self-correcting'.
Basis of Parliamentary Sovereignty
Parliamentary sovereignty is no more than a 'rule of recognition' shared by the governing elite which has stood the test of time. It was generated by the 1688 revolution when Parliament implicitly claimed to be sovereign, a claim which has not been seriously contested.
Common law constitutionalism: claims that the doctrine is based on the common law 'rule of law' under which the courts have voluntarily obeyed Acts of Parliament in the interests of democracy.
The basis of the common law centred belief is that, since the courts have to apply Acts of Parliament, they necessarily have a powerful role, in deciding what parliamentary sovereignty means.
The Meaning of 'Act of Parliament'
1.The basic definition of an Act of Parliament as a document that received the assent of Queen, Lords and Commons. A court is not bound by a document that does not appear on its face to have received the necessary assents but conversely must accept the validity of a document that does so appear. This is called the 'enrolled act rule'. It prevents the courts investigating whether proper internal have in fact been complied with and even whether the statute was procured by fraud.
2. 2. Under Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, if the Commons so decides, and subjects to important exceptions, a bill can become law without the consent of the House of Lords after a prescribed delaying period. 1911 act partly excludes the courts by providing that a certificate given by the Speaker to the effect that the requirements of the Act have been complied with is 'conclusive for all purposes and shall not be questioned in any court of law'. However, this doesn't prevent the court from deciding the prior question of whether the bill falls within the 1911 act at all. In principle the court can investigate whether statutory requirements have been complied with.
3. 3. Various rules concerning the composition and internal procedure of each house. These include the various stages of passage of a bill, voting procedures and the law governing qualifications for membership of either House. They comprise a mixture of statute, convention and the law and custom of Parliament enforced by the House itself.
Dicey - Freedom to make law
- Parliament has unlimited law making power in the sense that it can make any kind of law
Make any kind of laws irrespective of morality, fairness, justice and practicality.
- Retrospective legislation (Burmah Oil Co ltd v Lord Advocate)
- Statutes conflicting with international law (Mortenson v Peters)
- Conflicting with fundamental civil liberties (R v Jordan 1967) Crim LR 483
Lord Reid – It is often said that it would be unconstitutional for the UK parliament to do certain things, meaning that the moral, political and other reasons against doing them are so strong that most people would regard it as highly improper if Parliament did these things. But that does not mean that it is beyond the powers of Parliament to do such things. If Parliament chose to do any of them the courts could not hold Parliament to account.
Dicey - Parliament can't be overridden
1. International bodies don't have the power in English law to declare an Act of Parliament invalid. International law can alter legal rights in the UK only if adopted by Parliament.
2. In the event of a conflict between statute and some other kind of law, the statue must always prevail. However this leaves open the possibility that a statute itself might authorise some other law making authority to override statutes.
Dicey: Parliament cannot bind its successors
Where there are two statues of equal status we should prefer the later one since it represents the current intention of Parliament – 'no generation should be able to tie the hands of the future'.
A statute cannot be protected against repeal.
Where a later statute conflicts with an earlier one, the later one may impliedly repeal the earlier one. This is not an essential part of PS as Parliament can expressly repeal a previous act.
Some statutes are so important that they can only be repealed by express words or possibly by necessary implication.
Entrenchment - PS Criticism
Jennings – attempts to circumvent the rule that parliament can't bind its successors. If parliament can do anything, it can redesign itself either in general or for particular purpose. It can therefore redefine itself in such a way as to make it more difficult for a future parliament to change the law that is wishes to protect.
Changing the procedure of lawmaking which must be followed unless this new procedure is changed.
An entrenched statute may be repealed but not without following the new procedure, that is by (for example) holding a referendum as to whether in future the referendum requirement should be repealed.
Criticisms of Entrenchment
1) If parliament were to ignore the special procedure by passing a statute in the ordinary way, the courts would simply obey the most recent Act of Parliament and thus treat the special procedure as impliedly repealed. This misses the point, since according to the redefinition argument, a document that has not been produced under the special procedure is not an Act of Parliament at all and so must be ignored, just as an ordinary law would be ignored if it did not have royal assent. There are not competing statutes for the implied repeal doctrine to engage with.
2) Any act which confers lawmaking power subject to a special procedure is in reality delegating power to a subordinate body since, by definition, subordinate legislation is legislation made under the authority of another body and is inherently restricted by the terms of reference given to it. If this is so, then the superior body can always legislate to override the subordinate.
3) Wade – the meaning of parliament is fixed by a rule derived from the 1688 revolution which is above and beyond the reach of parliament; a fundamental constitutional principle which he takes to be in the hands of the courts and so a unique rule both political and common law. Wade argues that because this rule gave Parliament its power, it cannot be altered by Parliament and any attempt to redefine Parliament would at best produce delegated legislation.
(PS) EU Law
The European Communities Act 1972 incorporated EU law into UK law. 'Any enactment, passed or to be passed… shall be construed and have effect subject to the foregoing provisions in this section.' (s2(4)). English courts are required to give effect to certain laws made by the EU. S3 requires UK courts to follow the decisions of the European Court of Justice. The effect of this is that a UK statute, even one passed after the relevant EU law, must give way to EU law.
A treaty cannot change the law unless incorporated into domestic law by statute (Section 9.5.1). (Action Alliance Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport) Supreme court emphasised that EU law was part of UK law only by virtue of the provisions of UK law itself.
EU cases are therefore of significance only if the 1972 act is strong enough to override normal principles of parliamentary sovereignty.
The Human Rights Act 1998 (PS)
By virtue of the Human Rights Act a court must interpret a statute so as far as it is possible to do so – so as to comply with rights derived from the European Convention on Human Rights.
If this is not possible the court can issue a declaration of incompatibility.
This does not override the statute, and the Act is clear that the court has no power to do so. This does not override the statute, and the Act is clear that the court has no power to do so.
The effect of a declaration of incompatibility is to invite the executive in conjunction with parliament to change the law so as to comply with ECHR.
Thus the act does not directly restrict parliamentary sovereignty.
However, along with EU legislation and the devolution legislation the Human Rights Act could be regarded, at least politically, as a brake on parliamentary sovereignty.
The common law/rule of law (PS)
It is sometimes suggested that parliamentary sovereignty may be conditional on compliance with fundamental value embodied in the rule of law so that in extreme cases the court might refuse to apply a statute. In the absence of a written constitution change cannot be ruled out.
The courts have suggested that Parliament has become dominated by the executive.
'The tyranny of the majority' – Democracy is more than just the will of the majority and must be policed by certain basic rights of equality and freedom protected against the volatility, corruption or foolishness of the majority.
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Sometimes the gift of giving truly is the greatest gift of all. That's the case for airline WestJet, that put together a feel-good Christmas-themed video which ended up earning them more than 27 million views on YouTube.
In the now-viral video, titled "Christmas Miracle," the folks at WestJet placed life-sized screens featuring Santa Claus in Toronto Pearson International Airport and John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to ask those flying on the airline from what they want for Christmas. Responses ranged from socks and underwear to a train set to a big-screen TV. Little did the passengers know that they would actually be receiving their requests.
In the time between the flights taking off and landing, some 150 WestJet employees hustled to stores like Best Buy to purchase the gifts, wrapped them and then cleared them through airport security. They then prepared hot chocolate at baggage claim as the 250 passengers waited for their luggage to arrive.
As wrapped and labeled gifts headed down the baggage claim shoot instead of suitcases, responses from the passengers ranged from laughter to "No way!" to tears. And though items like the flat screen TV seem expensive, WestJet vice president of communications Richard Bartrem tells Forbes that making this video was actually surprisingly cheap.
"For a traditional commercial, you could spend well into the mid-six figures for the production alone," he says, adding that this commercial cost "a mere fraction" of that. Sometimes the gift of good will can be the best one of all.


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Pink Pens Letter to Fans
Pink has remained a bit out of the spotlight and under the radar for the past several months since giving birth to her first child, daughter Willow Sage, last June. The singer is well within her rights to do so, since mother-daughter bonding is crucial at this point. She updated Pink-a-holics about her recent studio sessions, which have morphed from bottle service to bottle warming, via an open letter.
She also shared that becoming a mother has opened her up to a whole new world of emotions and it's starting filter into her work. That can only be a good thing. According to Pink, she's "capable of feelings as a human," courtesy of Willow Sage.
Even though she is content and happy with motherhood, she plans to return to life as a pop star, entertaining fans and hitting the road, eventually. She has also been keeping up with all the love that fans are showing online, too. So you never know -- Pink might be reading what you write about her.
The full text of Pink's open latter to fans is as follows:
A Letter To My Fans… People of The World!!!
How the hell are you? I trust you are all well…..
Things are going swimmingly, in the studio, as a mommy. My goodness gracious, how life has changed!!!!!!
Studio sessions used to go well into the night… I can vaguely remember having keys confiscated, passing out on Butch Walker's couch a couple of times using a packing blanket as a cover…… These days "bottle service" is more like "bottle warmer"….. but where I used to excel in my drinking capabilities, this time I'm excelling in productivity and vocals… and boobs. boobs boobs everywhere. That little girl can eat. TMI
I am soo soo soo excited for all of you to hear what we've been working on…
I think it's good. I really do- but who cares what I think, right? What matters most is how you feel about it…..
I'm putting my heart and soul into every song and there's a lot of that these days. This little girl has expanded me and what I am capable of feeling as a human. Let's hope it shows:)
Really looking forward to seeing all of you again, dusting off the old dancing shoes and learning some new tricks :)
Thanks again for all the "I Miss You's" and all the constant love. My heart is full. Thank you.
And I love that fan dork dance video. I'm gonna have to seriously step up my geek game- or put Willow to work….


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Conal Gallen 'Only Joking' in Birr
Conal Gallen Only Joking
Comedian Conal Gallen is bringing his hilarious new one man stand up show Only Joking to the stage in Birr on Saturday, October 1.
Packed full of new songs and jokes as well as some fan favourites, Only Joking is Conal's best show to date. He has become without doubt the most popular comic in the Irish theatre scene. His brand of humour is absolutely hilarious and has all of his audiences in stitches from start to finish.
Show gets underway at 8pm in Birr Theatre & Arts Centre. Tickets €25.
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Students learn through competition at TAD Day
BSU hosted TAD DAY — Technology, Art and Design — on Thursday for 130 area middle school age students. Students could choose to learn more through competitions, workshops and demonstrations. As part of a competition, teams were given the task to build a tower out of marshmellows and spaghetti that could hold a ping pong ball with the ability to withstand an earthquake. (From left) Walker Cage, Josh Dukek, Wyatt Larson, John Dneilson and Benjamin Swanson, all from Bagley, build their structure. Teams scored more points for a structure with the least amount of material and scored on how high the ball was off the ground. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer


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Interlocked takes that spirit and turns it into a beautiful Flash game. It's a good thing the soundtrack is soothing, because the game itself can get pretty frustrating.
At the start of each level, you're presented with a box built out of blocks in different colors. You can click and drag the mouse to rotate the box any which way. Once you decide you want to shift a part of the box, hit SPACE to switch into "move" mode. You can then click any part of the box and drag it. Of course, you can only move a part as long as nothing is in its way. So it becomes a matter of understanding how the box is built, and what parts you need to move around so you could eventually take the box apart.
It's a tricky, difficult game, but it's a great brain teaser -- and definitely a keeper.
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Highs and Lows: Citigroup, Check Point, Dean Foods, and Travelers
By Schaeffer's Investment Research Oct 19, 2012 10:50 am
Citigroup, Dean Foods, and Travelers took notable runs higher today, while Check Point drifted lower.
US stock markets ended in the red yesterday, as Wall Street sifted through corporate earnings season and a bigger-than-expected rise in weekly unemployment numbers. Against this backdrop, the number of stocks reaching new annual highs easily surpassed those at new lows. There were 217 annual peaks and only 10 bottoms on the NYSE, while the Nasdaq counted 81 new highs and 32 lows. Among the names charting notable moves today were Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), Dean Foods Company (NYSE:DF), and The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV).This article by Jim Cunningham was originally published on Schaeffer's Investment Research.
Extending its positive momentum on the heels of Monday's consensus-topping third-quarter report, Citigroup tagged a 14-month best of $38.72 yesterday. Technically speaking, the financial firm is having a great year, jumping 46% since January, and outperforming the broader S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) by 36.5 percentage points over the past three months. As a result of this upswing, though, the security's Relative Strength Index (RSI) resides at 78 -- in overbought territory -- which suggests the shares may be due for a bit a of a breather soon.
Check Point ripped back to $40.60 yesterday morning, following its disappointing third-quarter results and fourth-quarter outlook. This news prompted several bearish brokerage notes, including price-target cuts from Nomura ($52 from $60), Jefferies ($52 from $57), Bank of America-Merrill Lynch ($47 from $52), and Lazard ($52 from $68). The tech company's 21.2% year-to-date loss could deepen, should the remaining upbeat analysts reconsider their positions. The average 12-month price target of $56.84 represents a 40% premium to yesterday's new nadir. Plus, Check Point tallies 12 "strong buys" and one "buy" rating, versus nine tepid "holds" and zero "sell" suggestions.
Moving on, Dean Foods climbed more than 7% yesterday to a more than two-year peak of $18.23, getting a lift via some initial public offering (IPO) news. It seems that one of Dean Food's units, WhiteWave Foods, said its IPO of 20 million shares will probably be priced between $14 and $16 apiece. On the charts, Dean Foods has been quite the standout, outpacing the SPX by 29 percentage points over the past 60 sessions, and surging 60.2% in 2012. Given this performance, it's not surprising to see bullish action in the options pits. The security's 50-day call/put volume ratio of 3.02 on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) ranks in the 82nd percentile of its annual range, signaling that traders on these exchanges have made bullish bets over bearish at a faster pace than usual during the past 10 weeks. From a shorter-term perspective, the security's 10-day call/put volume ratio of 18.49 lands 13 percentage points from an annual high.
- And in more earnings news, insurance giant Travelers beat analysts' projections with its strong third-quarter report. With that, the blue chip rallied to an all-time high of $74.70, amplifying its nearly 25% year-to-date return. Despite this technical and fundamental performance, pessimism is rampant among options traders. During the past two weeks, speculators on the International Securities Exchange ISE/CBOE/PHLX have bought to open 2.33 puts for every call. This ratio is in the 93rd percentile of its annual range, signaling that traders on these exchanges have rarely made bearish bets over bullish at a faster pace during the past year.
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Need more organization? Make a template-focused site! – Part 1
By Karthik Viswanathan on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Tags: htaccess, php | 2 Comments »
Have you ever had to deal with a sloppy site? Maybe it was when you were working with a client. Or could it be your own site, which you formatted poorly because of inexperience? Regardless, there is a simple yet efficient way to make your site based completely off a template. All it requires is a bit of htaccess and some PHP.
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This will be a multi-part tutorial in which we explain how to completely transform your site into an organized beast. Today's section will focus on a few lines of .htaccess that you will soon come to love. But, before we begin, let's go over a few advantages and some incentive for creating a template-focused site.
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How to easily create top navigation with CSS
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Navigation is a vital part of all websites. Visitors must have ways to traverse through pages to find what they need. Top navigation is a specific style in which links are placed at the top of a website. In this tutorial, we will explore the creation of a pure CSS top navigation.
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When a user first visits a site, they immediately see the top half of a web page. For a quick fact, this half is known as the area above the fold.