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DirecTV Strikes Long-Term Deal for NFL Sunday Ticket
The multiyear deal includes the Red Zone channel and mobile devices
DirecTV no doubt thrilled nervous stockholders on Wednesday by announcing it has struck a long-term deal with the NFL that allows it to carry every Sunday afternoon out-of-market game, an extremely popular package known as NFL Sunday Ticket.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but a source familiar with the negotiations said the deal is worth $1.5 billion a year for eight years, a 50 percent increase over what DirecTV had been paying the NFL. DirecTV is in the midst of being acquired by AT&T for $48.5 billion, but that deal was contingent on the satellite television provider's ability to close a deal for NFL Sunday Ticket.
AT&T announced in May its intention to buy DirecTV for $95 a share, and investors worried that if the deal fell apart DirecTV shares would fall into the $70 range. On Wednesday, the stock closed slightly higher to $86.59 and shares rose another 1 percent after the closing bell when the NFL deal was announced.
The marriage of AT&T and DirecTV still requires regulatory approval.
DirecTV said on Wednesday that its new NFL pact allows it to continue its Red Zone channel, the new DirecTV Fantasy Zone, and it also extends rights to stream NFL Sunday Ticket on mobile devices via broadband. Analysts say the Internet rights were particularly appealing to AT&T, given its 16.5 million wired broadband subscribers and 58 million wireless smartphone customers.
The price of NFL Sunday Ticket has skyrocketed for DirecTV. In 1994 the provider paid $25 million a year for those rights and four years later it jumped to $200 million. In its prior deal, which was set to expire this year, DirecTV was paying roughly $1 billion annually for NFL Sunday Ticket.
"We are pleased to continue our partnership with DirecTV," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a statement on Wednesday. "DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket have served our fans well for 20 years and continue to complement our broadcast television packages. We appreciate DirecTV's commitment to the NFL Network, which it has carried since the channel launched in 2003."
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When Bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, of Buenos Aires was inaugurated as the 266th pope this past March, one of his first acts was to call 85-year-old Father Gustavo Gutiérrez of Lima, Peru, to invite him to Rome for a conversation. The two concelebrated Mass, then ate breakfast and talked. It was a short meeting, but with enormous significance. In 1968, Gutiérrez wrote a paper, "Toward a Theology of Liberation," whose ideas were embraced by the Latin American bishops at their historic meeting that year in Medellín, Colombia, where they issued a series of documents that became the Magna Carta of one of the most influential theological movements of the twentieth century: liberation theology. At the 1979 conference in Puebla, Mexico, the bishops affirmed the Roman Catholic Church's "preferential option for the poor," which had become the leitmotif of the movement, inspiring both laypeople and clergy to wade into the struggle against political and economic injustice.
The official response to these efforts by Latin American dictatorships and their allies was a violent repression that cost many thousands their lives. Among the victims was Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador, who was assassinated by a death squad while saying Mass in 1980, and four North American churchwomen later the same year, including two Maryknoll sisters. Despite the repression, liberation theology lifted the spirits of millions of impoverished Latin Americans, while its message spread to Korea (Minjung theology), India (Dalit theology) and all around the world. Soon Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and evangelical liberation theologies appeared. It was an idea whose time had come.
But the Vatican was not happy. As prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, publicly censured liberation theology, disciplined some of its principal advocates and silenced Father Leonardo Boff, the Franciscan editor of Brazil's principal theological journal. Both pope and prefect stalled the efforts of Catholics to beatify Romero, the first step to sainthood. But now, with croissants and cappuccinos in Rome, the Vatican's war against liberation theology seems to be over. As if to make that message clear, Pope Francis restarted the process for the beatification of Romero. Is this, then, a second act for liberation theology—which many had dismissed as yesterday's stale trend—only on a much larger stage? And is Francis its unlikely champion?
As head of the Jesuits in Argentina and then as a bishop, Francis never joined in the attack on liberation theology—but he was never a forceful defender of it either. As a bishop, he claimed that he favored it, but not in an ideological way. When debates about the movement split both the church and the Jesuits, Francis tried to patch up the divisions. He has subsequently conceded that he often did it with a heavy hand, which he now regrets. After Argentina's return to civilian rule in 1983, then-Bishop Bergoglio was dogged by rumors that he had done little to oppose the military dictatorship, under which some 30,000 people had been killed. Some even suggested that he had been involved in the arrest and torture of two of his priests, who were putting the message of Medellín into practice by organizing slum dwellers. Subsequent investigations have cleared him of any complicity. The consensus of informed opinion on this affair was best summed up by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the left-wing Argentine writer and activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980: "Perhaps he didn't have the courage of other priests, but he never collaborated." In any case, Bergoglio has told friends that he wishes he had acted differently and will try not to make such a mistake in the future. But now, as the first South American pope, just where does he stand on the most important theological contribution ever made by his continent to Christian theology?

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I think Trump will win and his supporters will get disillusioned with his work, because he won't accomplish anything. If he does lose in a landslide, then his supporters will eventually disappear and find the next person to cheer for. They might be able to blow the rigged election horn for a couple of days but they'll eventually get bored.
Many politicians have promised not to go away quietly. The supporters of these politicians have tried to say the same. Al Gore is one example. He tried not to go away quietly, and stay relevant, and it didn't happen. He's practically unheard of now. Just like Gore, Trump and his supporters will eventually fade after the election if Trump loses in a landslide.
No, I don't think that Trump is the type to lose with dignity. He is the type to make a load of inflammatory statements about why it wasn't his fault that he lost. Neither he nor his supporters are bothered about facts or subtleties, and like a good conspiracy theory.
No, Donald Trump and his supporters will not go away if he loses in a landslide because they will claim the election is rigged. They will say it is not fair for Clinton to win the White House, and they will make excuses. They will complain for the next four years.


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Prominent New York Attorney Busted for Silly Child Endangerment
Sorry, but this is so stupid
As a parent, this kind of case is over the edge and over protective when it comes to child endangerment laws in New York State. Not all such laws are the same among the 50 States but all are meant to prevent real harm and abuse to kids or potential harm and risk. That is the kicker: "potential". Just where does the fine line between a parent's discipline and child endangerment become blurred as it envitably does.
Here, we have a well educated woman of 49, a law partner (not just an attorney) at a well respected Manhatten firm from a wealthy area of Scarsdale, New York. She probably earns well over $300,000 a year. She has two daughters in the beginning of the torrid years, ages 10 and 12. They all live in a two million dollar home and the girls probably are so totally spoiled and have an attitude. It is probably a good guess.
The story is so simple, so basic. Most parents have maybe done it with teenage kids when all else fails, or, thought of it. Here is the scene:
Driving along a road towards there home, about three miles away. The girls are verbally attacking and arguing between themselves. Despite the mom's requests to end it after a day's work, the volume grows like a loud boom box of chatter drowning out the radio. In anger and frustration of being ignored, the mother yells: "if you kids don't stop fighting, I'm gonna stop stop this car right now and leave you here!". This threat has been used so many times before (since the advent of the modern car) its effect on the two girls is nil. The loud incessant bickering does not even pause. Suddenly, the car stops. The girls look at one another baffled. The mom instructs, "Get out. Walk home! I have had it!" The girls in total disbelief, get out. Mom speeds away. One can just hear a comment of, "that bitch" or " WTF, I don't believe this!" coming from either girl.
It was Sunday evening. The girls were not in the middle of nowhere land. They were in a well lit shopping area where stores were open. They were three miles from the house in an area they knew well. Somehow, the older girl "caught up" with the mom, meaning the mom must not have driven far, maybe just out of sight to scare them. However, the 10 year old, was found by a "friend". She was upset and taken to the police. That is odd. Why not just take the girl home since they knew each other. Is there another motive here from the "friend"?
Oddly, the mom called the police to tell them the one daughter was missing. The police told her to come down to the station for the daughter. When she arrived, the attorney was arrested.
Madlyn Primoff, the mom, is now charged with child endangerment. A temporary protective order was issued to keep the mom away from her kids. The two girls were totally fine, nothing had happened to either except the shock of their mom losing it and forcing them to walk home. Her future is now in jeopardy over this parenting issue of how to discipline. The girls must feel "empowered" now since their own mom is being legally scolded in public, even though it is their fault. It's too late for them to say "sorry". Mom is on the legal burner now because of how a law was written and is now being interpreted.
See how a simple thing can spin way out of control when police and law become involved. Why didn't the younger girl also "catch up" with her mom, as the older one did? Did she have a tantrum against the older sister? What if they had simply walked home, three miles is not far. Would the same mess happen if we were talking about boys? Why didn't the friend just take the girl home? Why the police instead?
This is why laws must be carefully and thoroughly crafted to prevent such a waste of judicial time. Let parents be parents.
What is total irony, is that well known family psychologists often give this very advice to parents dealing with out of control children. They tell them to give them a warning that they must stop or they will have to walk home and if that warning is not taken, then the parent must follow through. This mother obviously was parked only a few blocks out of site and awaiting them, but the situation went way out of control.
I hope the presiding judge was forced to make a similar decision with his/her child(ren) at some point and can relate to the forced choice.
OOOh.., what sweet irony. What kind of an attorney.., family law? I would love to see any attorney fight for the rights of a father who doesn't make that $300,000 a year. The mother was alleged to have commited child endangerment. In a no fault divorce, no such fault is attributed to the respondent father yet he loses his children, loses his life's savings and winds up having to comply with the government's demands however unreasonable they are. The lady in this article doesn't even come close to what an innocent father goes through. I can express no sympathy to lawyers as none of them are willing to challenge the corruption that has been taking place in the family courts. By the way, what ever did happen to the U.S. Constitution???


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KUALA LUMPUR: As Malaysia looks for the next men's singles star, Lee Zii Jia has taken it upon himself to be the next consistent shuttler after Lee Chong Wei.
The 19-year-old reached the second round of the Celcom Axiata Malaysia International Challenge in Pasir Gudang, Johor, today after seeing off Japan's Yusuke Onodera 21-18, 21-11.
Just over a week ago, the Kedah-born shuttler did well to reach the semi-finals of the Bitburger Open, before losing to Denmark's Rasmus Gemke.
Zii Jia, who is Malaysia's No 2 ranked men's singles, said: "I was disappointed when I failed to reach the final in Germany, but I do not want to think too much about it.
"In fact, the draw for the Malaysia IC is not easy at all. Apart from Chong Wei, the rest of the men's singles department are all here.
"However, I want to prove that I can be the next consistent shuttler after Chong Wei. I am confident of doing well, but at the same time I do not want to pressure myself unnecessarily."
Following his recent good showing, Zii Jia has moved up to No 46 in the world.
Accompanying him to the men's singles second round are reigning national champion Lim Chi Wing, fourth seed Soong Joo Ven, sixth seed Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, Cheam June Wei, Tan Jia Wei, Soo Teck Zhi and this year's World Junior Championship runner-up Leong Jun Hao.
Independent shuttlers Goh Giap Chin and Zulhelmi Zulkiffli also cleared the opening round at the Stadium Perbandaran Pasir Gudang.


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WishBone Medical appoints Jean-Pierre Capdevielle chief strategy officer: 3 notesWritten by Megan Wood | December 06, 2017 | Print | Email
WishBone Medical appointed Jean-Pierre Capdevielle its new chief strategy officer and to the board of directors.
Here are three notes:
1. WishBone Medical develops pediatric orthopedic implants and instruments, which are single-use, disposable kits.
2. Mr. Capdevielle has 37-plus years of international experience, previously working for Smith & Nephew and Sofamor Danek/Medtronic.
3. He holds an MBA in international marketing and finance from Hautes Etudes Commerciales Jouy-en-Josas in France.
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ROOTS welcomes its newest voice mentor, Crystal Kade.
Crystal Kade (voice) was born and raised in California. She grew up competing in dance where she discovered her love for music and performing at an early age. She has a passion for the arts and sharing her gift through her choreography, songwriting, and teaching. She is an alumni of Santa Clarita School of Performing Arts and lived in Sydney, Australia for three and a half years prior to moving to Nashville, where she studied and interned at Hillsong International Leadership college as a vocal major. It was during this time that she really found her voice and passion for helping others to do the same. She served as a student vocal coach helped re-write the vocal curriculum for Hillsong College and soon after got hired on at Big Music Studios in North Sydney where she worked as a vocal coach and music teacher of students of all ages and skill levels for two years before returning to the U.S.
Crystal also specializes in working with children, as she was a kids worship leader and key oversight of the kids creative team at Hillsong City Church. Crystal is passionate about helping others reach their full potential and encourages proper technique to avoid vocal damage, promote vocal health and enhance longevity. She is a challenging, but fun coach, as she believes that singing should always be a fun and unique form of expression!
Here's a little more about Crystal.
Q&A with Crystal
What's your favorite day of the week and why?
Any day I can sleep a bit and spend time with friends and family.
Favorite indulgence:
Coconut Road frozen yogurt from Publix, quite specific as ice cream is my weakness, and this is my new found favourite!
Place you spend most of your time:
I'd say it's pretty evenly divided between my house, my car, and the lake. 🙂
Place you wish you spent most of your time:
Traveling adventures, exploring new places and trying new things. I wanna see the world!
A quote good enough to be Instagrammed:
Always find a reason to laugh. It may not add years to your life but will surely add life to your years. 🙂
What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to continue singing, songwriting and teaching and then of course someday I want to be a mom.
Last thing that made you laugh out loud:
I don't recall exactly as I'm always laughing about something. 🙂
Your coffee order:
At Starbucks I either get a double tall breve latte 1 pump white mocha or a blonde roast black…anywhere else I'd generally get flat white or cappuccino with two raw sugars. I love coffee. <3


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We are happy to announce the 2009 Dimensions In Dollmaking exhibit at the San Diego Quilt Show! If you are interested in submitting a Doll to the show, please click on the above link to get more information and print the forms needed for submission.
Below is a slideshow of the 2008 Dimensions in Dollmaking submissions:
Happy Dollmaking,
Imitation of Life Construction Company
June, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
North Clairemont Rec. Center - Senior Community Building
4421 Bannock Ave. San Diego, 92117
6:30 – 9:00pm.
The purpose of the IOLCC is to share the joy of doll making and collecting and to bring this enjoyment to the community through exhibits, workshops & programs.
Message from the President, Rosemary Hernandez
Hi everyone. I hope you are having a great summer so far. I am afraid that due to poor attendance we have decided to stop meeting on the third Sunday of each month at Sew Pro's. It was a good idea it just didn't pan out. I do hope to see everyone at our Tuesday meeting in June though; it should be a good one. Sharon Cariola will be there to give us a presentation of her fabulous Miniatures. Those of us who attended last months Sunday meeting were very impressed. Don't miss it. Also we will be having our Potluck and doll challenge. Make a doll that represents a time in American History. It can be fashion, fads, or Entertainment, or if you're really ambitious you can make President Obama. Hope to see you all there. Rosemary
May Program:
Maraya Hunter gave us a fascinating program last month on her "Forest Faces", with discussion of all the techniques and materials. It was new information for a lot of us.
Note: If you are interested in the bark Maraya used, there is a grove of those trees immediately behind the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.
June Program:
For the June meeting, Sharon Cariola will repeat the program she did for the May Sunday meeting, so the rest of you can see and learn about her wonderful polymer miniatures. This is in addition to the pot luck and challenge already scheduled. Sharon is willing to do a series of workshops teaching her techniques. Come see if you'd like to learn how to do this.
From Sharon Cariola: There is a whole "other world" out there. An alternate reality. It captures a moment in time and place and seeks to draw you inside where you can forget your everyday cares and worries. Is it The Twilight Zone?
No, the world I am talking about is the world of miniatures. This craft has recently evolved far and away from the standard doll house you may remember. Artisans are now building castles (with dungeons, of course) Italian restaurants and shops, gas stations and even trailer parks! All in a scale where one small inch equals an entire foot in the world of reality. Some like their creations to be perfect and sterile. Others want to add that last detail – a spark of life. That's where I come in. I began making miniature dolls about four years ago and have made over 300 to date! A miniature doll is usually between five to six inches tall and is the same scale as most doll houses. I exhibit and sell these character dolls at shows and also on the Internet. This hobby has now become a career, which I love. There is no lack of inspiration because I see interesting faces and body-types everyday. I have also created some larger dolls using these same techniques.
I will be bringing my tools and materials, and will explain my methods and some tricks I have learned along the way. This will be a basic overview, with samples in various stages of completion for you to examine.
You can see samples of my work at: http://stores.ebay.com/Doll-Mine-Miniatures. I hope to see you at this presentation. From sculpting and assembly, to costuming and pose, I will do my best to answer any questions you may have.
Karen Wooton has put the "Dimensions in Dollmaking" forms on our web-site now (http://www.iolcc.com/), so if you have misplaced those you got in the mailing, you may download these. Encourage your doll-making friends to do so, too. We need about 60 dolls to break even, and have only 3 pledged so far. The forms are also available on our new blog that Kelly Riley Duckworth has done. **********************************************************************************
Don't forget our club challenge for the June meeting, with the theme of American History.
Tues. June 23rd Pot Luck and Challenge
Tues. July 28th Doug Keeling – variously painting stamped faces
Tues. August 25th - Patti Culea – faces painted with Paint Sticks
The following magazines are soliciting photos of your dolls for publication:
October issue: "Perfect Pairings" dolls and their companions, due by June 15th
November issue: "Bling, Bling"-dolls & their jewelry, due July 15th
December issue: "Happy Holidays", deadline Aug. 15th
Send to "Doll Crafter and Costuming" Gallery, PO Box 5000, Iola, WI 54945-5000 or email 300 dpi digital photo to firstname.lastname@example.com with your name and Gallery in the subject line
"Soft Dolls and Animals" seeks for the Fall issue: "Halloween Houligans" deadline July 6th
Winter issue: "Winter Wonders" deadline Sept. 2nd. Send to
"Soft Dolls and Animals" 2145 W. Sherman Blvd. Muskegon, MI 49441-3434, or email 300 dpi digital photo to firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Contemporary Doll Collector" seeks for the Fall issue: "Lady in Red" deadline July 1st.
Send to "Contemporary Doll Collector" 2145 W. Sherman, Muskegon, MI 49441-3434 or 300 dpi digital photo to firstname.lastname@example.com
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Butler County will be testing the water for all its buildings to ensure the lead content is not too high.
The county commissioners this morning hired the company Gannett Fleming to collect water samples for testing for an amount not to exceed $2,000.
County solicitor Mike English said it is unlikely there is an issue due to the supply in county buildings coming from public water systems and not wells.
However, he said the county wanted to be proactive.
English cautioned people to not panic if lead is found in any county water due to it being found in all water.
He added if any site is found to have to much lead in the water, the problems would be minimal due to the health impact resulting from long-term exposure.
English stressed the testing is not required by law.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.


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The Tandem Club
Bookings for this event have now closed.
Frymburk is a small village of just over one thousand three hundred people on the bank of Lake Lipno in South Bohemia. (Not to be confused with Frymburk in Klatovy District). Look out for the Church of St. Bartholomew which boasts Gothic, Baroque and Rococco styles. Other local features are a pillory, Marian column, Stone dwarf and the old school. The campsite is located a short walk from the town which boasts a selection of shops, restaurants, small hotels and pensions.
All bookings use the on-line system so please use this if at all possible. UK bank account holders can pay with credit or debit cards direct from the events page at the time of booking, This facility uses the Nochex system that we have successfully used for the last few rallies. There is a new box to select payment type; leave it at the default setting of card to use this facility.
The closing date for bookings is Monday August 3rd. 2015
The currency of the Czech Republic is the Koruna (CZK) For ease of conversion 100 CZK is approximately £3.00 GBP or €3.50 EUR. The campsite will accept Euros.
Map showing the location of Frymburk
Terms and Conditions.
Booking confirmation:
Your booking is not confirmed until payment has been received in full and cleared which should be before the closing date for bookings. Dishonoured cheques will result in the cancellation of your booking.
Members Only:
U.K. Residents must be members of The Tandem Club (UK). Annual membership is £10.00 or €18 per year with membership for the first Joint Member or 'Family' member free. If you'd like to become a member of The Tandem Club, link to the Subscription Details page by clicking here. Non U.K. residents may be either members of the Tandem Club or their own regional club.
If you participate in any ride or event organised by the Tandem Club you do so entirely at your own risk. The Club, its officers and ride organisers accept no responsibility for loss, damage to property, accident, injury or death, that may occur, however caused, whether by negligence, deliberate act or otherwise.
Cancellations and refunds.
The rally fee will not be refunded after the closing date. Refund of other components will depend on what the Club can recover from the campsite and/or other suppliers. Members may wish to consider taking out Holiday Insurance to cover losses the Club cannot refund.
Photographs taken at the event may be published on the Tandem Club Website, The Tandem Club Facebook pages and The Tandem Club Journal.


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Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C. , a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603 -1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jomon period, to its contemporary hybrid culture, which combines influences from Asia, Europe, and North America. The inhabitants of Japan experienced a long period of relative isolation from the outside world during the Tokugawa shogunate, until the arrival of "The Black Ships" and the Meiji period.
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Enoc unit picks Malta for new terminal
Dubai, May 29, 2010
Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL), a leading terminal services provider and a wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc), has identified Malta as the next destination for its new terminal.
Malta is the Mediterranean hub for shipping lines, located at the crossroads of some of the world's busiest shipping routes that carry over 120 million tonnes of oil products.
The new terminal of HTL is located near the Marsaxlokk Port and will feature advanced equipment, a statement said.
It will have a capacity of 600,000 cu m for black and clean products, with one jetty for VLCCs (very large crude carrier) and two for vessels up to 120,000 DWT.
"This is significant move that will consolidate HTL's position as a global leading terminal operator," said Saeed Abdullah Khoory, Enoc's group chief executive.
"Enoc's investment in this facility through HTL, reiterates our confidence in Malta as a strong business model and as our gateway to the European market. We are confident that such investments will put us in good stead to take advantage of growth opportunities offered by Europe's oil sector."
HTL is in the process of obtaining the necessary permits, including the EIA permits. The work on site is planned to commence in the second half of 2011, the statement added. – TradeArabia News Service


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Hi lovelies! As you can probably tell, this post is going to be mainly about Jason's 18th! For those of you wondering, I got him a GoPro HD HERO2 along with a wi-fi BacPac and remote. He held a small party in an apartment with some seniors of 2012 kids and as per usual we entertained ourselves through violent games of Uno and adrenaline filled games of Jenga. Oh, and I don't know how this happened but it's slowly becoming a party tradition for losers of a game to eat a disgusting flavoured jelly bean. I had a centipede flavoured one and couldn't get the taste out of my mouth with ANYTHING for a good ten minutes :(
Everybody needs a bit of Adrii in their life! Lunch at Wara Wara before going to the apartment.
Gorgeous view from the 15th floor.
Jason's oreo birthday cake made by masterchef Srh. Okay, no. In all seriousness, no one died or got food poisoning so I'm relieved that this actually turned out okay and got some good feedback from the other guests *relief*
Here are a couple extra photos from the week for you guys before I end the post!
I got a glittery full body sticker for my beloved iPhone.
Had this amazing breakfast with Melisa before uni. The nachos were about $13 and could've easily fed three/four people *stomach growls*
More meals at Maru! (Clever alliteration?)
Had dinner with some Supre girls tonight. Blazer from Supre, cropped t-shirt from Supre, skinny belt from Dotti, navy floral skirt from Boohoo.
The amazing people at Nuffnang sent me an Ultrabook to try out for a week. I'll be uploading two posts in the near future about it!!
I hope you guys have been having a great weekend so far. Take care! xo, s.


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This Champion Wire Crate is 100% non-toxic powder coated and do not have any dangerous sharp edges. They are safe to use and conveniently fold flat for easy storage. They're flexible and comfortable to carry. Removable galvanized metal trays are included in each crate for easy cleaning and have double doors for easy access. Suitable for small dogs.
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Three gay couples who have ties to theater will wed on the Broadway stage of the St. James Theater on Monday night after the performance of the musical "Hair," a day after New York State's new marriage law takes effect. Among them is the Broadway actress Terri White, who received strong reviews in the 2009 Broadway revival of "Finian's Rainbow" and will appear in the revival of "Follies" that begins next month.
Ms. White will marry her partner, the jewelry designer Donna Barnett. The other two couples are Ryan Dietz, an actor, and Josh Levine, a playwright and staff member at the Theater Communications Group; and John Raymond Barker, a stage doorman at Broadway theaters, and Jared Pike, an usher for Jujamcyn Theaters (which includes the St. James). Audience members at "Hair" on Monday night can stick around to watch the weddings if they wish.
The marriages will be performed by the actor and writer Colman Domingo, a Tony Award nominee this year for "The Scottsboro Boys," who has been ordained by the non-denominational Universal Life Church for the ceremony. They were announced by Broadway Impact, a group of actors and artists who support same-sex marriage rights; the Public Theater, which is a producer of the Tony Award-winning "Hair;" and Jujamcyn, one of Broadway's three major theater owners, whose president, Jordan Roth, is gay.
More than most Broadway shows in recent years "Hair" has been associated with the political campaign for same-sex marriage laws. Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public, used his prime-time Tony acceptance speech on CBS in 2009 to call for "equality now," gesturing to his own wedding ring. "Hair" also canceled a performance on Broadway that October so the cast could travel to Washington for a rally in support of gay rights. A former star of the "Hair" revival, Gavin Creel, is one of the founders of Broadway Impact.


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- Make
- Hardy Marine
- Price
- £272,000
- Model
- Commodore 42
- Tax Status
- Tax Paid
- 14 m
- Year
- 2003
- Beam
- 4.4 m
- Engine Make
- Yanmar
- Draft Max
- 1.2 m
- Engine Model
- 420
- Hull Material
- Engine Count
- 2
- Boat Type
- Power
- Cabins
- 3
- RB Ref
- Berths
- 7
- Location
- Plymouth
- Country
- United Kingdom
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About this Hardy Marine Commodore 42
MODEL Commodore 42
DESIGNER Andrew Wolstenholme
BUILDER Hardy marine LTD
LOCATION Lowestoft Norfolk UK
BUILT Late 2003 Completely Refitted August 2012 at Mylor
HULL & DECKS Heavy Guage GRP and teak planked
Grp hull deck and superstructure
Initial lay-up isophthalic gelcoat and resin
Subsequent lay up of orthopthalic resin
Heavy foam bonded stringers
Bonded waterproof plywood beds and foundations
Hand bonded resin coated waterproof plywood bulkheads
Extra re-inforced engine beds
Superstructure has balsa and trevira reinforcing
Teak laid flybridge centre consol
Teak laid quarterdeck
Teak laid side decks – wide safe walk around all at one level
Bulwarks and heavy duty polished stainless guadrails
Side and aft opening gates
Sleeps seven in three cabins plus saloon
Built as Beau Vita in late 2003 this later model (24v electrical system) Hardy 42 had a single owner up to August 2012 and was meticulously maintained with low running hours (just 440). She was based in Guernsey and used as a home. Purchased from Jersey and completely refitted in Sept 2012 in Mylor Yacht Harbour (£100,000) with much additional equipment being added to and enhanced. Electric davits, Furuno Navsuite and stern thruster added. Cutlass bearings and shafts replaced. Swim platform and aft deck modified. She is extremely quiet at all powers, very smooth, a great seaboat and a joy to handle very precisely in all conditions.
Just returned from a 2 month cruise in South Brittany and now Fully watered and fuelled, engines and generator fully serviced, hull washed, and ready in all repeats for immediate use. Owner will conduct personal hand over.
Height Keel to Roof Screen 14' 7" 4.48m
Air Draft 11.8" .6m
Keel to Masthead .8m
Loa ' 0" 14.02m
Lwl ' 0" 12.8m
Beam 14' 4" 4.36m
Draft ' 10" .16m
Dry Wtkgs – 12.5 Tons - Lift Weight 15-22 Tons
Speed cruisemax 24kt
Official Number reg St Peter Port
Reg tonnage 17.01 - 48.14Cu m – insured for £395000
Name change oct 2012 to 'indy' reg noguernsey)
2 x 420hp yanmar 6ly2-ste cylinder 313.32Kw
Port no m51449 stbd no m51453
Vetus hydraulic 2 speed bow with dual controls 160KGF
Sidespeed electric stern thruster with dual controls
Manganeze bronze P brackets
2 handed 4 bladed bronze clements pitch 32.5" Diam 23.5"
(spare set – Junein 12 tapper over 4 3/16" and a 7/16" square keyway. Prop at 24 x 31 x 4)
2 stainless steel shafts
Ambassador rope cutters
2 rudders
Bennet trim tabs with dual upper and lower control
Salt water strainers raised to saloon deck level with special access hatch - salt inlet strainers
Sea star upper and lower
2 x Eltrim
Vetus Hydraulic Condor
Total gals 1728 litres
4 x 5 litres unleaded petrol in aft locker for simba the tender
5lpm at 18kts rangeltres reserve
6.3 LPM at 23kts range 275
Silenced Mace 6.5KW Yanmar 3TNE 74CLMG no 64749
108 aHrs 24v port engine start
165 aHrs 24v stbd engine start/base house battery & 30A charger
640 aHrs extra house battery bank with Victron 80A charger
85 aHrs 12v generator starter battery
100 aHrs 12v davit battery and charger
24v stern thruster battery and charger
Total 1,110 at 24 v in house service bank
2 x 90 aHrs engine alternators
Tecpro 11 30a battery charge management system
230v 32 and 16a shore power via relay
Ring main 9 x double 230v sockets (2 weatherproof)
7 single 230 v sockets (1 weatherproof)
8 x12v sockets
Inverter from 24v service bank 1.5Kw
Generator multi link options - port and stbd start batteries
Mastervolt control system for 230v and battery monitor
32a and 16 a shore power cables
Main water tank 123 gals 559 litres
Calorifyer 12 gals 54 litres
Central filler on transom port quarter
One external H and C swimming shower with hose at stern
2 showers and 2 basins in bathrooms
Extra strong pressure system
H and C at galley sink
Overside through hull valves or
Holding tank 85.5Gals 388 litres
Macerator discharge pump
Upper deck flush and suction points
2 x salt water Jabsco WCS with electric conversion
3 rule electric bildge pumps auto sensors and manual override
1 hand henderson bildge pump in central compartment
Flojet water pump
2 x rule shower sump extraction pumps
2 x 24 v Waeco
2 x freezer 230v/12v cold chests (one on bridge one on half deck)
230v ice making machine
Eberspacher hydronic 10 diesel system
Central clock and individual compartment thermostats
Calorifyer heated by main engines and immersion
3 x 4 speed windscreen washer and wipers
3 x speed windscreen demister
230v dehumidifyer in dedicated locker with drain
Infra red 1.8kw directed heater on aft mast for winter half deck outside dining
Lower helm magnetic
Ratheon rate aided fluxgate
Ratheon power steer by joystick on bridge
Upper and lower wheels
Upper and lower vetus electronic engine controls
Radio callsign VQOR8 MMSI number
Active AIS class A
Raymarine Ray 230 DSC VHF radio
Mcmurdo 406 EPIRB
RNLI Guardian system with integral gps and satcom
2 x ICOM M 25
G3 mast antenna
Ratheon Seatalk system interfaced with Furuno Navnet 3D and driven by a high capacity bespoke central computer and onboard high capacity wifi rerad and broadband input
Feeding 2x22in 24v screens & laptops maxsea time zero & office
1 x Ipad with splashtop monitoring
Autohelm 6001+ on bridge and in wheelhouse
Ratheon cordless remote
2 x 22 in screen in wheelhouse
1 x 15in Del display on bridge
Ipad display in wheelhouse on Indys wifi
Furuno MFD 12 on bridge
2 Ratheon RL80C (upper and lower)
4 Furuno F150 all info instruments
2 x Ratheon ST 60 Tridata
ICS Nav6 Navtex Vetus 7 day baroscope
World TZ chart portfolio
Active PBG data base
Digital Furuno radar with full arpa
AIS alpha
Seatalk interactive bus with navnet
Furuno dual frequency high definition fish finder
Ratheon water speed log depth and temp sensor
Flir infrared camera
Axis remote cont camera – bow fixed camera blue iris monitor
Uw camera
Onboard nav wifi onboard guest wifi
G3 AE for broadband 3 x GPS receivers
Mcmurdo ICS 6 twin freq navtex with additional navnet data display clock and barometer baroscope
Weather station on mast feeding navnet
Auto engine room extinguisher sea fire fm 200
Galley saloon ford and aft cabins dry powder 5A/34B 1kg
Galley fire blanket 1m x 1m
Horn and searchlight
Stand alone 12v gps colour chart plotter on bridge screen
Diving set and cylinders
6 man liferaft lifebuoy and auto light
Man overboard handling ss crane and tackle on transom
4 side deck rope stowage pockets at bow
Bridge binocular and portable VHF pocket on stbd rail
Ss 14kg anchor with 60m (180ft) marked chain cable + 5m inboard second ss anchor and danforth kedge
Triple bow rollers and anchor buoy with variable sprung line
Vetus hydraulic windlass fixed controls foredeck, bridge and wheel house plus lofrans remote control with cable guage
2 boat hooks and one snatch
8 warps – 2 (springs) with rubber snatch preventers
4 large and 2 small fenders in blue socks in quarter stowages
Cooney SS 12 electric 175kg davits with wifi remote controller
Avon seasport s 3.46M weight 1040lbs 470kg
Pressure 0.14 -0.17- 0.21Bar 2 -2.15-3Psi
Yamaha 4 stroke electric trim and tilt 20hp outboard 520BEPL unit ID (engine no) 6ahk1005505 – 20kts with 2 up
12 v system and socket
Gps plotter and colour fish finder
Electric bildge pump and air compressor
Nav light 2 anchors boathook ensign staff
6 gals unleaded fuel
Canoe and paddle
Ss guide rails fitted over and unded platform bars to prevent 'plunging' damage to tender or trapping under platform
Carpet and swimming ladder aft – transom steps and shower
Stainless mast peak burgee and ensign staff
Stainless steel jackstaff
Stainless guardrails around half deck raised by 8"
2 BBQ torches on staffs in blue covers
Radar reflector
Half deck 8/10 person dining table
3 x half deck iroco corner bbq prep tables
Hinged cooking table below force 10 SS charcoal BBQ
2 x cob cookers
2 side lockers with bench seat cushions in reticulated foam
Stern bench with seat cushions
Port and stbd side bench seats on upper bridge
Shaped vinyl all weather sun matresses over forward cabin area in reticulated foam
Swimming ladder
Aft upper deck flood lighting from mast
Side deck down lights for entry gates
Aft forward facing deck level lights
Forward flood and swimming platform lights
Tinted green winscreenes and windows
5 external ships crests
Bridge side dodgers in dark blue
Half deck dodgers
Named quarter dodgers
Bridge consol over cover
Folding blue bimini with ss poles and cover for half deck
Folding blue bimini with cover for bridge
Canoe cover
Kedge cover
Windlass cover
Searchlight cover
3 x bbq covers
Red adjustable night lighting in saloon galley aft cabin
Full warm yellow overhead lighting in all compartments
2 x 24v feature wall bracket double lamps in saloon
2 x variable reading lamps in saloon
Under pelmet mood lighting in both saloon and master cabin
Reading lights by all bunks
Teak interior
Tinted green windows with uv filter
Blue dress curtains
Full ocean blinds
Blue alcantra suade style covers
Sound insulated blue carpeting
Colapsable adjustable (hight and angle) 6 person dining table extendable 3 leaves to seat 10 or downto a coffee table
Double bunk option in saloon
Custom built memory bunk mattresses in ford (port bunk) and aft cabins
2 x 240 thermo fan heater
Hooks on all doors
Half or full length mirrors in both bathrooms and on both sides of all seven cabins and heads doors
Pictures and small mirrors in all cabins
Double crew seat on stbd side for cruising
2 x kab fully adjustable helmsmans seats with suspension
Wet hanging locker
Island comfortable double berth with headboard
Bedside cabinets and reading lights port and starboard
Escape hatch with blind and flyscreen
Shelves in all cupboards
Vanity unit (with TV point), wardrobes and drawers
En suite heads with basin inset in vanity unit, electric marine toilet with macerator and shower
Digital TV Bose Hi Fi repeat speakers with vol control
Two large single berths with storage lockers below
Additional infill arrangement to convert single berths to double
Hanging wardrobe and drawer and cupboard under
Shelves in cupboards
Access to anchor locker behind mirror with watertight hatch
Opening deck hatch with fly screen and blind
Bose Hi Fi repeat speakers and vol control
En suite heads with basin inset in vanity unit, electric marine toilet with macerator and shower
Single berth with storage under
Wardrobe, en suite access to forward heads
U-shaped seating, section swings round to make extra berth
Forward saloon seating converts to provide two high level forward facing seats
Teak interior joinery – fitted unit incorporating flat HD TV fridge and free standing coffee table with Floor access hatch to engine room
Two side access doors
Wet locker
Dehumidifyer in dedicated locker
Fully adjustable KSB helm seat with suspension
Fully adjustable KAB navigators seat with suspension
Electronic engine controls
Navigational instruments and overhead switch panel
Large chart table and chart locker on starboard side
Fully electric galley
Bose entertainment system with multi modes and adapters
Analogue or digital radio and TV, Ipod, CD and DVD inputs
JVC digital TV DVD in saloon plus apple TV
Digital TV DVD in aft cabin
I tues and apple TV via central computer
Full remote controls
3 upper deck sets twin speakers with individual vol controls
3 internal sets of twin speakers
Master amp volume control
Upper deck group and cabin group on off switch
Masthead glomax amp TV aerial
G3 antenna on mast for civil comms and phones broadband
2 folding electric 20inch wheel bikes in blue zip covers
Electric cooker with oven and ceramic hob, microwave
2 electric fridges 2 upper deck cold chests, Ice making machine
Lockers in fore and aft cabins with fitted shelving
UW scuba set and 3 tanks
Diving lamp
SS quarter handling davit with block and tackle
Underwater colour camera with screen and net connectivity


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Because I'm having a day off and am quite lost...
You can download TORRENT from Smashwords for free until 10/10/12 using this code at the check out: KY49G
I saw this on my FaceBook timeline this morning.
And it's all kinds of cool.
Graeme came and picked up the first draft of the screenplay yesterday afternoon.
Is this the coolest picture of a screenplay ever, or what?
Meanwhile - I really don't know what to do with myself today.
And it's raining, a lot. So running Romeo is out of the question... not that he minds rain but the kids are not keen.
I did have a really good talk with my publisher this morning. They have some awesome promo stuff lined up for me... exciting!! It's all geared around Soundbyte.
Very cool.
So, it's a wet Thursday, and a day off.
I did have to contact Fishpond this morning and tell them my order did not arrive. How sucky is that? I ordered a replacement copy of Flashbyte on Aug 21st - it's now October 4th... still no book.
Go get yourself a free collection of Byte shorts. :)


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Wigwams were more permanent structures while tipis were temporary and easy to assemble and disassemble. Many Native Americans in the Northeastern United States lived in wigwams while Indians in the Great Plains lived in tipis. Wigwams and tipis could be sized to accommodate individuals or families.
Native Americans made tipis using bent poles and birch bark. Indians in the Great Plains used a three- or four-pole frame, stretched a cover over the frame, and weighted it down with poles, stakes or stones. Tipis were conical in shape, featured fur pelts as doors and had a smoke hole for ventilation. Many tipis had a place of honor directly across from the door opening, which usually faced east. A tipi's impermanence suited many hunting and gathering tribes, because tipis were light and easy to carry once disassembled.
Indians made wigwams using wooden logs. They were dome-shaped and had one or two doors. Despite a wigwam's permanence, it could be partially disassembled. The Ojibwa tribe, for example, covered their wigwams with hide and then bark. During the winter, the tribe stripped the structure of its hide and took it with them to a new location. When they returned, they re-covered the frame if it still existed or rebuilt it.


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Elgin woman critically injured in four-vehicle crash
A four-vehicle crash in Elgin Sunday night sent a 55-year-old woman to the hospital and closed an east-side intersection for 7½ hours while police investigated, officials said. The woman remained in critical condition as of Monday, police said.
According to police, Daniela Manea, 55, of Elgin, was turning onto eastbound Summit Street from Shady Oaks Drive in a 2007 Kia Rio at about 8 p.m., when a 2006 Dodge Charger heading west on Summit Street, hit the Kia, police said.
After that crash, a 2004 Infiniti G35 hit the Dodge, and the Dodge crossed over into the eastbound lanes of Summit Street and hit a 2001 Infiniti QXF, police said. The impact from that crash forced the Dodge back into the westbound lanes of Summit Street, where it struck the Infiniti G35 a second time, police said.
Manea was taken to St. Alexius Medical Center while the other three drivers and five passengers were treated and released on the scene or taken to area hospitals with nonlife threatening injuries, Cmdr. Dan O'Shea said.
No one was cited in the crash, O'Shea said.
The driver of the Charger was a 22-year-old Elgin man, the driver of the Infiniti G35 was a 28-year-old man from Elgin and the driver of the Infiniti QX4 was a 19-year-old Elgin woman, police said.
Summit Street between Shady Oaks and Waverly drives was shut down while police looked into the crash -- its cause is still unknown.
"There's no indication of drugs or alcohol at this point, but again, they're still investigating," O'Shea said.


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Based on similar error fare deal to Australia we have posted earlier today there is also possibility to book roundtrip flights either from London or Dublin to Bangkok. Such a flight is currently available to book from €357 (BRL 1173) when departing from London. The deal is available in same travel dates that mean the cheapest flights are available in May-June and from September till 10th of December 2014. (departure date from UK). In another words you can book the flights to Thailand in main tourist season 2014/2015 for such an incredible price!
*UPDATE* – Roundtrip flights between Dublin and Bangkok are also available for slightly higher price (€365/BRL1199) in same travel period as the flights ex London.
Again please do not call airline nor booking agent till the error fare is fixed. Booking can be cancelled later (we recommend to pay by card) but in such case you will surely get your money back. This error fare deal is once again based on classic airlines Emirates and Qantas Airways.
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Where to book
Booking has to be done via Brasilian offshoot of booking agent Expedia. We have checked and managed to get up to payment option. The cheapest flights are available in May, June, September, October and during November and December 2014 based on premium service of Emirates and Quantas Airways. Usual price from European cities to Bangkok is €500 and up..
Booking sample of a roundtrip flight from UK to Bangkok for €357 (BRL 1173) below. In this case you would be departing from London to Bangkok on 18th of November and returning back from Thailand to UK on 9th of December 2014.


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Actors: Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Marianne Kanter
Synopsis: Just in time for Thanksgiving, Blood Rage combines killer 80s synths with some of the most gruesome special effects in slasher history.
When Maddy (Louise Lasser) takes her two sleeping twins, Todd and Terry, to the local drive in to make out with her lover, the two boys sneak out of the car and watch other couples make out. Terry is violent and discovers how to use of a hatchet but blames his brother, Todd for what went down. framing his brother for the incident. The film flashes forward ten years and the unfortunate Todd (Mark Soper, playing both brothers) is incarcerated in a mental institution. Because we know from the start who the murderer is, there is no tension in the film and there is no attempt to confuse the audience with which one of the brothers is on screen at any one time; we are then watch the film for the brutal but effective murder scenes.
Arrow Video has gone all out with this blu ray release and offer three distinct versions – the theatrical release, renamed as "Nightmare at Shadow Woods", the harder home video release and a new composite cut of the two – all of which have been remarkably cleaned up and remastered. The home video cut is superior, retaining the gore and cutting the pace-killing extra scenes.
Blood Rage is a film that defies criticism; the acting remains terrible, the cinematography flat and the script either abysmal or inspired, depending on how one reacts to dialogue like "It isn't cranberry sauce", "I'd say this big bird is ready for carving" and "Looks like you're going to get to meet the rest of the family; my psychotic brother just escaped". Nonetheless I love this movie. It is cheap, daft and totally entertaining. I am not sure whether we scream with laughter or we scream with fear. "Blood Rage" is both a slasher film set at Thanksgiving and an identical twin story.
Todd is locked up in a mental institute and Terry is left tending to Thanksgiving dinner. We then learn that Todd escaped and, we're led to believe he's the psychopath when in reality (which is blurred), it is his evil twin who is sitting at the Thanksgiving table. Terry "loses it" upon seeing his mom with a new boyfriend, Brad, who's just proposed to her on Thanksgiving. We know nothing about her former husband and the twins' father.
Terry has a total of nine victims and the film is filled with nudity, severed heads, torsos, and limbs. When we consider that the movie was made in the 80's, we see just how much gore is here. It only takes about five minutes in the beginning to figure out where the film is going and the real begins as we move down that road.
Maddy is given the news by Todd's doctor that Todd has snapped out of his trance-like state and has begun to remember what happened, blaming his brother Terry for the murder and claiming his innocence. Refusing to believe him, Maddy carries on with her Thanksgiving celebrations, which includes breaking the news to Terry that she is about to marry her boyfriend Brad (William Fuller) and this causes Terry to go crazy. An unwelcome phone call tells Maddy that Todd has escaped and this pushes Terry him into a murderous rage that sees the unstable twin embark on a night of bloodthirsty terror. The question is which one of the twins will get the blame?
"Blood Rage" has some decent gore beyond the usual throat slitting and chest stabbing. Louise Lasser plays it her part as an eccentric and a kook yet manages to gain our sympathies for the grief that her children have given her. She also comes into her own at the end and is the most interesting character in the film. Mark Soper also does a good job in handling the dual roles of Terry and Todd (although the filmmakers could have used a better 'lookalike' than the one they did during the one scene where the two brothers are in the same shot). I know I said the acting was terrible so please understand the above as related to that statement.
"Blood Rage" is a slasher movie that places itself firmly in the middle of the genre output of the 80s. It is gorier than most of the other non-franchise slashers and it does try to add a bit of intensity by beginning with a brutal kill and barely letting up for most of the running time.
Some of the Blu ray extras include:
- Brand new 2K restoration from original vault materials of three versions of the film
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new extensive making-of documentary featuring interviews with various cast and crew
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork from Marc Schoenbach, to be revealed
- Fully-illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film


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|Leonardo Sandoval | Tap Dancer
Brazilian tap dancer Leonardo Sandoval, described by the Chicago Sun-Times as "strong yet fine-boned, capable of authority and nuance", and praised by the New York Times for his "spontaneous aura of thinking [...] rousing choreography" and "intricate Brazilian beats and textures", is quickly gaining a reputation in the tap world and beyond for his musicality and for adding his own Brazilian flavor to tap dancing. He began his dance studies at age 6 in Piracicaba (São Paulo State). When he was 11 years old, he began appearing on Brazilian TV, and at 18, he was invited to Los Angeles to attend the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, as well as the L.A. Tap Festival. Leo also co-founded the Cia Carioca de Sapateado in Rio de Janeiro with the aim of bringing tap dance to a wider audience in Brazil by incorporating Brazilian rhythms, music, and dance styles into tap.
In 2013, Leo moved to New York and was invited to perform and teach at the Chicago Human Rhythm Project's Rhythm World, America's largest festival of tap and percussive arts. In New York, he is a core member of Michelle Dorrance's acclaimed company, Dorrance Dance, performing across the United States and abroad, including at the Jacob's Pillow and Fall for Dance festivals, the Guggenheim Museum, the Lincoln Center, the Joyce Theater, and the Danspace Project in New York, Canada's National Arts Centre, and the Vail International Dance Festival. In addition to this, Leo is also in demand as a solo performer and as a choreographer. Since September 2014, he has been an artist in residence at the American Tap Dance Foundation. His first full-length choreography, Music from the Sole, an hour-long show created with American bassist and composer Greg Richardson, premiered in 2015 at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore, to a sold-out audience. Excerpts from the show were also presented in New York and at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Other recent credits include guest appearances with musician Ben Sollee, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Michael Mwenso & The Shakes, performances at the National Folk Festival, ATDF's Rhythm in Motion, and interviews on MSNBC, the CW channel, and Fox. Upcoming projects include US and international tours with both Dorrance Dance and Music from the Sole, as well as new choreographic work.
Leo's choreography and performing style are rooted both in America's great tap dance heritage, and in Brazil's rich rhythmic and musical traditions, with additional influences from jazz and contemporary dance.
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Chili-born Italian director Marco Bechis's second feature is a political drama based on his experiences with the military regime of Argentina (1976-1980) when he lived there. Maria (Antonella Costa) is a militant activist in an organization that is fighting the oppressive dictatorship. She teaches reading and writing in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in an area of shantytowns. She...more
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The Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC)
The GPC enables a consistent, transparent and internationally recognized approach for cities to measure and report emissions, allowing for credible comparison and aggregation across timescales and geographies.
Measuring City-Wide Emissions
A city's ability to take effective action on mitigating climate change, and monitor progress, depends on having access to good quality data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Planning for climate action begins with measuring GHG emissions.
A city-wide GHG inventory enables cities to measure their overall emissions, as well as understand the contribution of different activities within the city. In 2014, C40, WRI and ICLEI launched the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC) to support cities to develop robust, comprehensive and consistent inventories. It seeks to:
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The GPC the result of a collaboration between C40, the World Resources Institute and ICLEI to develop a single global standard, which started in 2011. 35 cites piloted earlier versions of the GPC, including 9 C40 cities. The GPC was officially launched in December 2014.
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To be honest, I have never thought that fudge can be so good when made at home. Poland is famous for its fudge. Called krówki in Polish, what literally translates as 'little cows'. Funny name, isn't it? If you are ever in Poland, I strongly recommend getting some Polish fudge. Your friends will love you for such a sweet souvenir ^^
I remember once, when I was a child, I must have been 10 or 11, my Mum said she'd show us what sweets she used to eat when she was little. She said that chocolate was not easily available in the times of Polish People's Republic, so people were mastering the art of creating something of almost nothing. Since the shops were empty most of the time and queuing for hours just to get sugar, meat or other (now taken for granted and widely available) groceries, one must have been really creative to invent ways of making everything what's not available in the shops, at home. I have always admired my Mum's 'impossible is nothing' attitude. Thanks to my Mum, I, too, have no problem with adjusting to new environments and facing new challenges. There have been countless occasions when my friends laughed at my crazy ideas but in the end, they somehow turned out to be working just fine.
That time when my Mum said she'd show us her flavours of childhood, she made us krówki. I remember how surprised I was, as a child, to see how easy it is to make those sweets, normally seen in the shop, beautifully wrapped in colourful papers. She simply took out a small pan out of the cupboard, place it on the hob, waited until it's fairly hot, poured some cream and sugar and kept boiling it for ages, until it's become caramel-like. Voila! I still remember how I couldn't get over the fact that my Mum just made fudge, something I thought could only be bought from a shop. She, again, showed me that everything is possible, as long as you try.
Now, ten or more years later I am making krówki in my kitchen, miles away from home. I have to tell you, nothing more nostalgic than an overwhelmingly sweet flavour of homemade fudge!
2 cups of sugar
1tsp vanilla extract
2 cups of milk
100g butter
1. Place all the ingredients in a saucepan (preferably with a thick bottom) and start heating them up over medium heat. Cook everything for about 60-70 minutes, stirring from time to time. Remember to stir the mixture, it's very likely to get burnt if left alone for too long.
2. When the mixture will start to thicken and will have a caramel-like colour, increase the heat, now stirring the mixture constantly.
3. When the mixture becomes very thick, turn off the heat and pour into a previously prepared dish. I used a baking tray, lined up with tin foil. Leave it for a bit to cool down, and then put it in the fridge to settle properly. It's best to leave the fudge in the fridge overnight.
4. When settled, take out of the fridge and cut into pieces. You can also wrap your fudge pieces in paper. It makes a nice birthday gift ^^ Enjoy!
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The New York-based architect Michael Sheridan will give the lecture The Human Touch – About the development of Nordic modern architecture for our current condition as part of the international lecture series Nordic Perspectives.
When: Thursday 23 February at 15.00
Where: Aarhus School of Architecture, Main Auditorium, Nørreport 22, 8000 Aarhus C
The lecture is public and free of charge.
About Michael Sheridan
Michael Sheridan (born 1968) is a New York-based architect and writer, who has dedicated his professional life to research in 20th-century Nordic architecture and design.
In Denmark and Sweden, Michael Sheridan is a well-known face due to his appearance in the TV series Enestående Nordiske Huse (Outstanding Nordic Houses), but it is first and foremost his profound and beautiful books about Danish masterworks such as Room 606 – The SAS house and the work of Arne Jacobsen 2003, Poul Kjærholm – Furniture Architect 2006, Mesterværker – Enfamiliehuset i dansk arkitekturs guldalder (Landmarks – The Modern House in Denmark) 2012, that have given him a strong position among scholarly observers of Nordic architecture and design.
Michael Sheridan has lectured all over Scandinavia on the 20th-century masters of Finnish, Swedish and Danish architecture and furniture design. He always leaves a distinctive impression on his audience, due to his in-depth knowledge and polemic attitude towards the contemporary Nordic scene, which in his eyes has lost sight of the treasures of its own backyard.


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Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has been discharged from a hospital after a weekend checkup that followed a demanding schedule, his office said on Monday.
Zuma will continue to rest for a few days and will work mostly from home during that period, Zuma`s office quoted presidential official Jeff Radebe as saying.
It said in a statement that the 72-year-old president left the hospital yesterday evening, and that he has two major medical examinations a year, the first in January and the second in June.
"This time round, the doctors felt he needed to be hospitalised for a thorough check-up following a demanding schedule," the statement said.
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Zuma`s office said media reports that he made "unscheduled visits" to hospitals early this year were incorrect. It said all visits are booked in advance and "those mentioned were part of the annual first semester check-ups."
Last month, Zuma was inaugurated for a second five-year term following the election victory of the ruling African National Congress party, which has dominated politics since the end of white rule in 1994.


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So I took more shots of the Palmer House before I went home. I'll embed them this time
Here is the ceiling over the main entrance hall
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more pictures in the next post.
After the conference, I went home, rested, and left for Disneyland. Saw lots of you there. Had fun.
Now I'm in Germany. Hopefully I'll have some time to find some new things to photograph.


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Paired up with our fave Sharna Burgess, Team Denim 'N Diamonds will be performing a Cha Cha to "Move" by Luke Bryan
Bonner, a bull rider who was severely injured after a horrific accident, opened up recently about what it really means to be a modern cowboy and how fashion plays a big part in his lifestyle.
"Real cowboys carry themselves with a unique attitude," he says. "They know who they are, and sometimes that confidence can be mistaken for arrogance. It's why you see cowboys get into bar brawls and stuff, because we're self-assured. We know who we are and it's hard to shake that."
"I'm always trying new stuff, but I know what I like, and I like to connect it with my culture," Bonner added about his fashion likes and dislikes, and you'll def see it on the show. "My costumes on DWTS will definitely reflect who I am as much as possible."
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Game 27
Game Dates: Arodus (August) 10 – Arodus 27, in the Second Year of Svenheim
In the royal kitchen of Svenheim (where the ruling council normally meets) four criminal cases come before the council. A farmer found a magical spellbook and tried to sell it. But the lord of the land claims the book is his property since it was found on his land. The farmer claims the book was lost and not a part of the land thus he claims it as his.
An elf Dash is in the kitchen with an elf whom is black and blue and shackled. The guards explain that the beat up elf is a criminal whom killed the merchant Sal and 5 of his men in town. He broke into the home and killed them. The guards found the elf bleeding and he gave no opposition to being taken prisoner. He refuses to give his name or say anything. The guards found him with adventuring gear, bow, poison, sword and he appears to be a wild elf.Kruznic asks for the elf to speak in his defense but the elf does not. Haylex attempts to speak to the elf next, explaing that by not speaking only makes a grave matter worse. He does speak saying his name is Quava and that he did murder those men.
The accompanying elf, Dash, asks to speak to the Council in private where Dash says the leager found in Sal's home shows a man with intials D.A. was being paid. Dash says Quava works for his family looking for magic and treasures and that he is apart of the Shin Wrackawrath. Haylex knows this Shin Wrackawrath is a secret organization of elven spies from Kyonin.
Dash speaks for the man saying he did an investigation of the home and said that he found a ledger by the merchant that said he was cheating on paying his taxes. Dash says there is no evidence that the elf Quava actually did the killing. Dash shows a leader that says 8 men are hired and over due back from an expedition. And there is a book written in code about cooking the books and getting a payment from D.A.. D.A. also purchased a mithril chisel from Sal.
Haylex gets Quava to speak before final sentencing. Quava says he works for the Queen of Kyonin and killed the men whom because they are working for renegade elves whom wish do harm to Svenheim and Kyonin.
Dash shows a water logged book that speaks of the 'Devil's Triangle', the place where the recent meteroite fell from the sky.
Kruznic reveals a letter from his father where he pleads Kruznic to trust the Queen and help her agianst the evil that is coming again. His father also tells him to goto the Devil's triangle. He then writes his goodbye as he explains he will die because he will not give the The White Queen succubus her wish. He also wtires that the family sword of Kruznic's would be important.
Also in the kitchen to face the Council is a beautiful redheaded cleric, Sigrun, was arrested for being a priest of Urgathoa (an evil diety). The guards explain that her undead companion attacked guards but it was put down. She says her god told her to come to Svenheim. When Sven learned her god is of undead and plagues he became angered and ordered her banished from Svenheim and never to show her face again upon pain of death.
Quava says that the D.A. in the ledgers was going to an exevation site to the southeast of Svenheim. The Council decides to place Quava in custody and check out his claims. The next day the party, with Dash, goes to investigate the exevation site and finds a hole in the gorund with a tunnel of runed walls. Haylex figures out that the runes inside are of ancient Tassalonian. Dash sees that the runes are gylphs of magical protection that will explode. Haylex catches a squrriel and has it set off the runes.
Done the tunnel is a room where 8 burned bodies are found within a cage. It looks as if someone in here was studying; there is fine wine here, someone lived here. Human and elf footprints are here as well, as is a small stone device that is broken. There are constallations on the ceiling. The prints of small demons are also found. The party figures out that the hidden room was exevated some weeks ago, when the meteor hit. Some literature in the room, as well as Dash's book cites cases where a meteor can be called down by magical means.
The party decides to head to Devil's Elbow to investigate the meteor which seems to be tied to the exevation site. They get a boat at Svenheim and hires the boat handler, Jospher, to bring them to Devil's Elbow. After 3 days the party makes it to a salt water lake where the Devil's Elbow island is. The island is tall, with 100 foot cliffs on all sides. Trees are flattened for miles around. The boat circles the island finding the crater there along with wrecked piers, destoyed buildinsg and only a few still standing lighthouses. Dwarves and humans are seen waving from the island. The party takes a canoe and head for a cove.
The people there want to leave, saying the island is not cursed by ghosts but by small, low creatures that terrify them. Gravel Goldhammer the leader of the expedition says this is all that is all that is left of his 13 men. They came to look for the sky metal that fell from the heavens. The party takes all the men to the lake shore away from the island so they will be safe.
When back on the island the party explores and finds a barricaded lighthouse on the edge of a cliff. Inside are a handful of exhausted and frightened mages. One of them, Smarithia, explains they are cypher mages whom came to study the meteor strike and look for any remaining metal. She explains that strange, mute creatures attacked them and they barricaded up inside one of the reamaining structures.
The party is about to escourt the mages to the boat when a wave of strange creatures attacks the lighthouse. Under the strain of some many creatures climbing the tower it crumbles at the base and slides down the cliff!
People and creatures inside are tossed about. The party tries to save as many mages as they can. Dash uses fly to escape. Sven wraps himself around Samarithia to protect her and manages to fling himself and her out of the tower to safety. Somehow all the rest of the party make it out of the sliding tower except Kruznic whom plummets into the lake with the creatures and tower. In the water he fights free of the creatures and climbs back to the party. Only one other mage survived except for Samarithia.
The party helps Kruznic and an unconsious cypher mage up from the water. On the way up, Kruznic spots a pair of dragons flying up above us. Caleesee heals Samrithia and her mage assisstant. The party begins to head back to boat with them. After dropping Samrithia and her assistant on a nearby shore, Sven offers to take them back to Svenhiem.
As the sky begins to darken, they notice that three dragons are now circling above the crater. One large size black dragon, one medium size silver dragon and one small size gold dragon.They watch as the dragons fight in the sky and one of the dragons falls to the ground.
They head back to shore and build camp. Caleesee decides to go for a midnight swim, naked. Hailex convinces anyone who tries to stare not to and stares at her himself. Getting out of the water Caleesee spots a pair of dragon track embedded into the mud. She puts her clothes back on and points the tracks out to the party. They investigate them more the next day and see that they lead in all different directions. They head back to the island and make their way towards the crater.
When they are almost at the crater they come across two zombies and instantly kill them. They notice that they are dressed in clothes that would be very common in Restov. Reaching the crater, they find the dragon that fell from the sky. Before their eyes she transforms in a young woman with dragon wings who is very clearly injured. Caleesee heals her the best she can and tries to reset her wings. While she is doing so, the rest of the party searches for awhile and find 9 pounds of sky metal called noqual that glows with a faint light.
Far east, from the a ledge the party sees a small makeshift fort. They can see at least six people there. They decide not to bother them and to retreat back to the boat.
When they reach Samrithia at the boat, they tell her of the people they saw and she says that it was another group of explorers that have been in the area for awhile.
As they set up camp, the dragon woman introduces herself as Nessa and says "I know I don't know you guys, but could you please not tell anyone who I am?."
" Why do you want to hide what you are?" Kruznic asks.
" People look at me like am a abomination when they know and they fear me to the point where I can't be around them." she explains."So, what do we say you are?" Kruznic asks. "Half- fae??" Hailex jokes. "Half- fae will work." she says laughing.
The party heads back to Svenheim having had enough of the Devil's Elbow.
When they reach Svenheim, Kruznic checks into getting his sword fixed with his new found sky materials. Sven had Svetlana prepare a dinner and entertains Samarithia, Dash, and some party memebers. Afterwards he decides to make Samrithia the magistar which is a suprise to her. She accepts as she really doesn't have a quick way to get home or have a job when she does.
During the week Sven decides to check up on Samarithia thinking that a woman might be overwhelmed with such an important job. Councilor Haylex tags along to visit as well. Samarithia suprises them both by being quite proficient, even recommending on how to best improve the magic knowledge and general education of Svenheim.


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Chapter 31-38 Summary
Commander Norton and his team reviewed every solution to recover Jimmy Pak that they could possibly think of. Climbing the half kilometer-high cliff was a virtually impossible task, even with reduced gravity. EVA thrusters were unreliable and balloons were notably unstable. However, a priority communication from Dr. Perera provided them with an easy solution. They used Resolution once again to go around the island and position it right below Jimmy's position. The space biker wrapped the only flower on Rama and threw it down to the ship below. Then he jumped off the cliff, using his shirt as a parachute to minimize the velocity of his body on impact. The shock of his body hitting the water was great but not overwhelming. Jimmy managed to keep his eyes and mouth closed to the poisonous water and to swim up to the...
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