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UK scientists seek permission to edit the genes of human embryos
Studies on kissing, the word 'huh?' among Ig Nobel award winners
Now you see it, now you don't: invisibility cloak nears reality
Studies on kissing, the word 'huh?' among Ig Nobel award winners
NASA could have cut costs after botched Orbital launch: watchdog
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA missed opportunities to save millions of dollars following Orbital ATK's failed cargo run to the International Space Station last year, the agency's top watchdog said on Thursday.
The NASA Office of Inspector General also questioned Orbital's plan to resume deliveries to the space station, a permanently staffed, $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.
Orbital is buying rides for its next two Cygnus cargo capsules from United Launch Alliance (ULA), a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Orbital's first mission using ULA's Atlas rocket is slated for December, with the second to follow in early 2016.
Orbital also is outfitting its troubled Antares rocket, which exploded seconds after liftoff from Virginia on Oct. 28, 2014 with new engines. The revamped booster will then be used for two more station resupply missions in 2016, a schedule that the does not include a test flight and has limited opportunities for ground testing and certification, the Inspector General report said.
Orbital's plan to return to flight "contains technical and operational risks and may be difficult to execute as designed and on the timetable proposed," the report said.
Orbital declined to comment.
Auditors also pointed out that the U.S. space agency could have saved up to $84 million by taking advantage of provisions in its $1.9 billion contract with Orbital.
For example, NASA could have saved $21 million after Orbital launch delays resulted in multiple missions flying in 2014. Instead, NASA accepted concessions worth about $2 million, investigators said.
Orbital successfully flew two of its planned eight missions before the accident.
The company now plans to fulfill its contract requirements in seven flights by using the heftier Atlas and revamped Antares launchers. However, on a price-per-pound basis, as stated in the original contract, NASA is paying an extra $65 million for those missions, the report showed.
In a written response to the Inspector General, NASA said it had made use of available contract provisions in its negotiations with Orbital.
The oversight agency is conducting a similar review of NASA's relationship with privately owned SpaceX, which operates a second cargo line to the space station. SpaceX, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, is recovering from a June 28 accident of its Falcon 9 rocket, which destroyed another station resupply ship.
(The story was refiled to correct the time element in the lead paragraph to "last year" instead of "two years ago")
(Reporting by Irene Klotz; Editing by Tom Brown)
Arctic advantage: genetic traits help Inuit in harsh conditions
WASHINGTON The Inuit, a group of people who make the Arctic their home, have benefited from a handy set of genetic adaptations that help them survive in some of Earth's harshest conditions.
Scientists on Thursday said a study of the genomes of Inuit from Greenland revealed unique genetic variants related to fat metabolism that ward off cardiovascular disease that otherwise could be caused by a diet traditionally high in fat from blubbery seals and whales.
These genetic mutations, which the researchers said arose perhaps 20,000 years ago, help lower "bad" LDL cholesterol and fasting insulin levels, limit the height of the Inuit, keep down their weight and help them adapt to a cold environment.
"Our study is perhaps the most extreme example to date of a genetic adaptation to a specific diet," said computational biology professor Rasmus Nielsen of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen.
"The mutations we find seem to compensate physiologically for a large intake of animal fat and are largely an adaptation to a lifestyle in which you have a high-caloric intake of fat from marine mammals, and possibly also from other mammals."
The Inuit, formerly called Eskimos, are indigenous people in Greenland and Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
The researchers examined genomes of 191 Inuit, 60 Europeans and 44 Han Chinese. The genetic variants found almost universally in the Inuit were much rarer in the Europeans (2 percent) and Chinese (15 percent).
The research, published in the journal Science, is the latest to illustrate human genetic adaptation to environmental conditions.
"One of the best examples is the Tibetans' adaptation to high altitude," said University of Copenhagen computational biology professor Anders Albrechtsen, referring to a study showing that many Tibetans possess a rare variant of a gene involved in carrying oxygen in the blood, helping them in high-altitude, low-oxygen conditions.
The Inuit findings may shed light on the value of diet supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids and fish oils. Nielsen noted such supplementation was originally motivated by observations that Inuit people had a high intake of fat but low cardiovascular disease incidence, so the particular form of fat they got in their diet might be healthier than other kinds.
"Our study shows that lessons from the Inuit cannot be extrapolated to other populations. The Inuit have special genetic variants that might allow them to function better on a diet rich in omega-3s than other populations," Nielsen said.
(Reporting by Will Dunham; Editing by Eric Walsh)
Boeing rejects Aerojet Rocketdyne bid for ULA launch venture
First manned test flight of new deep-space capsule likely delayed: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The first manned test flight of NASA's new deep-space Orion capsule faces a likely two-year-year delay until 2023 due to development and budget concerns, officials with the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday.
The capsule, along with its multibillion-dollar heavy lift launcher, are the most expensive parts of a long-term U.S. human space exploration initiative leading toward a crew landing on Mars in the mid-2030s.
NASA had been aiming for its first crew test flight of Orion in August 2021. But on a conference call Wednesday, NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot told reporters the agency had lost confidence in that date.
Given technical, financial and management hurdles the capsule will face during development, he said an April 2023 launch date now seemed more likely.
NASA plans to spend another $6.77 billion between October 2015 and April 2023 for two of the new Orion capsules, which are currently under development by lead contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
The agency has already has paid $4.7 billion for Orion design and development, Lightfoot said.
He said an unmanned Orion was still scheduled for liftoff in December 2018, carried aloft by a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that is the focus of a separate $7 billion development effort.
NASA intends to first test an Orion capsule in a lunar orbit, then use it for a mission to rendezvous with a boulder that has been robotically plucked from the surface of an asteroid and positioned into an distant orbit around the moon.
"We're really trying to build a program," said William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations. "Ultimately, we'd like to get where we're flying these missions about once per year."
NASA last year announced an expected year-long schedule slip for the debut flight of the SLS rocket, previously targeted for November 2017.
So far, the agency has not provided cost estimates for any missions or production cost beyond the first test flight of Orion, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report issued in July.
NASA spent about $9 billion between 2005 and 2010 on a previous human space exploration initiative called Constellation. That included $5.8 billion for an earlier version of Orion.
(Reporting by Irene Klotz; Editing by David Adams and Tom Brown)
Sugar beet waste product could be billion dollar 'wonder material'
A Scottish company which has developed a material made from sugar beet waste believes the sky is the limit - literally. Cellucomp says its Curran product is twice as strong as carbon fibre and could one day be used to make airplane wings.
Curran was invented by Cellucomp co-founders Dr David Hepworth and Dr Eric Whale, a pair of Edinburgh-based scientists looking to create a composite to rival carbon fibre. But having proved the principle of Curran's strength by making a commercially available fly fishing rod, they have since concentrated their efforts on developing a product for the paints and coatings industry.
According to Cellucomp chief executive Christian Kemp-Griffin, Curran's physical strength, combined with its viscosity when added to liquids and composites, make it unique.
"Curran is a material that is derived from nanocellulose particles - root vegetables," said Kemp-Griffin. "Now when you get down to that very, very small size you actually get incredible strength properties. So when we put the resulting product that we have into other products, as an additive that goes into other products, it actually adds strength to those products, as well as adding viscosity, and there is no other product that will do both things at the same time."
Curran is the Gaelic word for carrot, which was the first root vegetable that Hepworth and Whale experimented with, due to its easy availability in shops. They moved onto sugar beet, due to the sheer volume of extracted waste in factories from sugar production.
Approximately 20 percent of sugar is derived from sugar beet root globally.
Wood is used by other nano cellulose manufacturers, but Hepworth says beet is preferable because it grows quickly and breaks down easily, and as the vast majority of the plant is wasted there is a positive environmental impact.
"It takes less energy to produce this material than it would to make nanocellulose from something else, like trees, so we're trying to do this in a very energy-minimising way, which is good for the environment and it's good for us because it saves costs of production, so we can potentially produce a cost-effective material and that opens a number of markets," said Hepworth.
The firm has a new factory just outside Edinburgh, which is able to produce 400 tonnes of Curran powder per year, a substantial amount considering how little is actually needed in any product. For instance, it makes up less than one percent of the ingredients of the paint developed by Curran and paint company Whitson's. Cellucomp wants to expand production to 2,000 tonnes annually within three years, having received much interest internationally from large manufacturers.
"The feed stock that we use is from a sidestream from the sugar producing industry," said Hepworth. "It's the waste pulp that comes after they're removed the sugar, which is then pressed and dried into pellets for ease of shipment. So you can see the bottom of this stack here I've got the dried pellets. So that can be used as a low-grade cattle feed, but obviously we want to take this material and turn it into something that has a lot more value."
Hepworth says that although sugar beet factories, mainly in Europe, create large amounts of waste pellets, they are looking into other natural materials from which fibre could be extracted, such as potatoes and palm fruit.
Kemp-Griffin says Curran can be used for hundreds of applications. "There are all kinds of potential applications that Curran can be used for," he said. "It can go into things like paint and coatings, it can go into concrete, cosmetics. It can even be used for drilling fluids, as an additive to go into your food, and go into composites. So you can imagine one day airplane wings made from Curran."
Arguably the largest current market for Curran is the £2 billion paint and coating additives industry. Cellucomp have already linked up with paint manufacturers Whitson to create a new range of paints, set to go on the market shortly.
Whitson's founder - and famous decorating guru - Cait Whitson says adding Curran to her paint's ingredients has had multiple benefits, in addition to being environmentally friendly. Curran makes up 0.6 percent of her paint's ingredients.
According to Whitson, "one of the things that excited me about the Curran product was that a very small amount of Curran adds a significant amount of durability to the paint product. Secondly was the rheology, about how the paint flowed from the brush, how it flowed from the roller, what it was like to use, really I wanted a paint that over any substrate, however sucky or dry or very absorbent emulsions that you can work over that it didn't drag, and that has really come out with the Curran," she said.
Whitson says Curran helps make paint scrub-resistant, avoids unsightly brush marks, and prevents cracking, particularly in so-called 'putty' paints used widely in the Middle East.
Cellucomp has received major financial backing from the Scottish government and its economic development offshoot Scottish Enterprise, and now believes it is on the way to potentially becoming a billion-dollar company.
The company is also looking to use Curran to reinforce recycled paper.


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Today is going to be the last post I do about projects for Julius' first birthday unless someone requests I post another tutorial. First though, I have some stories about Julius.
Our friends gave Julius an alphabet puzzle for Christmas which he was extremely excited about. It came packaged in shrink wrap so after he was done carrying it around for a while I helped him open it up. He immediately picked it up and held it vertically and the pieces all fell out. He handed me pieces while I put it back together for him. When the puzzle was complete he handed me the shrink wrap. I realized what he wanted, but with no way to give it to him, I just sort of laid it on top of the puzzle and said "all done!" Satisfied, he picked up the puzzle again to resume carrying it around the house. Immediately he held it vertically again, dumping the pieces to the floor. He looked down, saw what happened and then threw the plastic shrink wrap as if to say "well this was garbage". I thought it was pretty much the cutest thing ever.
Julius still doesn't talk, but he is definitely better at getting his intentions across than ever before. For the first time ever I felt like I really understood what he wanted. After he woke up this morning, I changed his diaper and gave him a bottle of milk while we sat in the chair in his bedroom. When he had finished the milk he pointed to his crib. Sheepy was lying in his crib so I picked him up and gave him his stuffed animal. But then he looked right back at the crib expectantly. So I put him down in the crib and he immediately rolled over and went back to sleep! He NEVER goes back to sleep after he wakes up for the day, but he's recovering from a cold, so it is not surprising he needed some extra z's. But this is the first time he has pretty much asked to go to sleep. Amazing!
You know what else is amazing? This craft! The crown is SUPER EASY to make – with just some basic cutting and sewing skills and some cheap felt you can make crowns for all your tiny royalty! I modeled these crowns after the invitation I found on evite, and if you're feeling so inclined you can bejewel them with decorations, or for older guests, let them decorate their own. Since our guests were all less than one year old I decided to minimize choking hazards and leave them unadorned. These should fit most princes and princesses from 0 to 3 years old.
Royal Prince and Princess Crown
What you'll need (per crown):
- 22″x4″ strip of felt
- 5″ strip of velcro
- crown pattern here
- Print out crown pattern and trace onto felt.
- Cut (I cut a couple crowns at once by pinning two pieces of felt together).
- Place one end of crown over the other end, overlapping.
- Pin a piece of velcro along the bottom of the crown where the two edges overlap, one on each side, so when the velcro overlaps it will form a crown. (Note I used a slightly different sized piece of velcro for the loop portion of velcro since I always need more length of loop tape. But you can make them both 5″ as I mention in the directions.)
- Stitch along the border of each piece of velcro.
- When placing the hat on the child's head make sure the hook side (the scratchy side) of the velcro faces out. Adjust sizing by velcro to fit child's head.

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Seeing Star Wars as a child blew my mind. Not just the space battles and derring do but the idea that faith ideas could co-exist with that other stuff right up there on the screen. Ever since I've been interested in noticing the themes and moments when faith and the arts connect, whether that be in film, music, painting and even reality TV!
Dr Carol Hebron is an expert in this field. In fact she's just finished a PhD on the ways in which Judas has been portrayed on the Silver Screen. Her extensive reading and experience in the area of the Arts and faith makes her more than qualified to teach a subject at St Francis college in the coming semester called, "Theology, The Arts and Film.
Students have signed up for this subject as a part of their tertiary study and you can too. But you might also consider doing what we call "auditing" the subject. This means you can come to each lecture, participate fully, receive the readings and so on but not have to do any of the assessment, unless you want to. It does cost, but only a fraction of what the full cost usually is.
This class meets over a series of 12 Tuesday evenings: beginning Tuesday, 15 July 2014.
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Untitled stem from my proposal "authority" What lies inside us when face with a person with authority, Turmoil of emotions bottled up, unable to vent to the person who has authority over use. It is as part my graduation work from Lasalle College of the Arts.
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The Danvers High School football team (5-0) stayed perfect after beating host Lynn Classical (2-3), 29-20 at Lynn's Manning Field Oct. 5.
Matt McCarthy was the story of this game, as the senior running back collected 239 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carries. It is the fourth game in a row he has found the end zone three times.
McCarthy scored his first touchdown on the team's opening possession from six yards out. Max Leete's extra point made it 7-0.
On the Falcons' second drive, quarterback Brendan Treacy (7-for-11, 104 yards, 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions) hit Almany Vargas with a 10-yard touchdown pass Leete's kick made it 14-0 after one.
Early on in the second quarter, McCarthy struck again scoring on a 52-yard run. Leete again was perfect with his kick.
The Rams got on the scoreboard on the next drive, when quarterback Keith Ridley found Nashaun Butler on a 24-yard scoring strike. They trailed at halftime, 21-6 after the two-point try was no good.
After a scoreless third quarter, the Falcons were able to cash in for another score in the fourth quarter to seal the deal. Appropriately, McCarthy accounted for the final touchdown from nine yards out with 7:44 left. Jack Strangie then ran the ball in to account for two more points on the conversion try.
Lynn Classical scored a couple of cosmetic touchdowns late in the game to make the final score somewhat more respectable.
Danvers coach Ryan Nolan's squad will now look to make it six in a row Friday night, Oct. 12, when they welcome Beverly to town for a 7 p.m. game. The Panthers are struggling at 2-3.


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The Sekunkun, Palie, Lakaziz and Kinamai Primary schools will bring to six the number of Primary schools on the Island who will be connected to EQUITV network when work on connecting them to is completed.
Another four of the eight primary schools on Gold rich Lihir Island will get their EQUITV connections before the end of the year. Sekunkun, Palie, Lakaziz and Kinami Primary schools will be connected to the EQUTV network with funding support of about K36,000 from sectoral funding assistance.
Of the ten primary schools on Lihir Island,the United Church run Samo Primary and Catholic run Lakuplien Primary Schools are already connected to the EQUITV network.
Meanwhile government run Olekowa and Londolovit Urban Primary Schools and Catholic run Mazuz and Makapa Primary schools are yet to be connected to the network.
For more info visit the EQUITV Website at : EQUITV Website
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JoannaS said:
You're welcome . Mind you I had a few things on my wish list but I found the secret was to share it with someone otherwise, surprise surprise no one knows what's on it
Lol! Trouble is even when I tell folks what I want they don't believe me.
"What do you want for xmas/birthday mum?"
"Greenhouse glass and cement for the aviary please."
It took four years of asking before I got panes of glass for my greenhouse and I ended up buying the bags of cement and dragging them home on a trolly myself. Just because I'm a granny doesn't mean I want knick knacks that need dusting
Reckon I'll just buy the dehydrator myself...
Never assume anything - except an occasional air of intelligence.
My kids believe me but I think that is because they are all quite certain I'm mad anyway
Whoops getting slightly off track there. Been busy drying celery yesterday and the house stinks of celery which is actually rather strong. Hubby can't stand the smell so a bit of a problem.
I am really glad I got a dehyrator last year, Ruthie. I was pushed into getting it by the apple glut. Dried apples are good, dried pears are to die for. I have started drying apples again this year but sadly don't have as many pears so probably won't be drying many.
I haven't managed tomatoes very well yet--does anyone have a method that works for them? and is it worth drying beans (runner or French)?
I have dried loads of tomatoes. Cherry ones I cut in half and big ones I slice thickly. They do take a long time 2 days and I rotate the trays frequently.
That is helpful, Joanna. Do you store them dried, or in oil?
I am stealing time here while I have a cup of tea. Chutney is simmering, and I just did 2 hours shredding in the garden. After tea, packing up kitchen things, I fear.
The short answer, TA, is Yes!
They will take out the old one while I am away, repair any walls that fall down in the process, sort out damp if it is possible, level the floor since it slopes badly, deal with any other problems that appear then. Once that is done, and the walls are re-plastered as needed, it will be possible to measure up more exactly and start constructing the new one. I think they are pleased I will be away, as it may take a couple of weeks to sort out the first stage, allowing for drying time in between.
I have decided not to have the floor raised to the level of the utility room, which is about 2.5 inches higher, since the kitchen ceiling is so low. There is also a higher step up to the living room on the other side of the kitchen, 4.5 to 5.5 inches, depending where on the threshold you measure it. But it will be nice to have the cooker level.
The installation will be done after I get back, so I can make the little last minute decisions that make so much difference to how workable the final result is! They are not very clear about how long that will take so I hope it will be done a couple of weeks after I get back, but that may be optimistic.
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........ very surprised to find out what you're thinking, Nige ............ !
i don,t understant.
Could not go without my kitchen.
Got the best dehydrator availble Excalibour (5 tray) could find absolutley no negative feedback anywhere on the internet. New £170 everywhere on the internet I was lucky £45 on Ebay (although I did win it for £90 but got it reduced as it had a small amount of damage due to poor packaging). Only tried it once up to now with some shop bought Toms and some bacon..........beutifull. Very large drying area square and no need to move trays around so I can forget about it......which I will no doubt do. Also friends have offered to share it with me.............kind of them?????
Oh dear done it again
Late night….. (well for me anyway)
Couple of whiskys…
A well fed rat is a HappyRat A smile a day keeps the psychiatrist away.
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Hi Simon,
And what do you have planned for this piece of equipment ? I use mine for drying lots of vegetables for use during the winter (when they are much more expensive). I saved quite a lot of money last year.
I'll get back to you on that one
A well fed rat is a HappyRat A smile a day keeps the psychiatrist away.
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UAL Russian Alumni Group co-organise Art and Design Festival
This summer the UAL Russian Alumni Group co-organised an Art and Design festival with Danish furniture brand BoConcept. Sixteen artists of international background and education, including many UAL alumni, took part in the exhibition and talks programme. The festival lasted for ten days and took place in two BoConcept show rooms in Moscow.
The festival opened at one of the central BoConcept locations, visited by those form art as well as interior design and architecture industries. Several artists gave talks, including Central Saint Martins graduates Zhanna Bobrakova and Fedor Toshchev.
The works exhibited showcased some very different approaches and were came in a variety of scales and media, such as painting, drawing, mixed-media and casting.
This was a great opportunity for artists to network with like-minded creatives and meet potential collaborators and clients. The UAL Russian Alumni group is looking forward to new events!
Please see the pictures from the opening and the closing parties and follow our Facebook page! Printed catalogues are available on request.
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For the past month, I've said to myself, "This is the week I'll have to dig up the tropicals and put them in winter storage." But an unusually warm autumn here in central Illinois has allowed these tender plants to continue to flourish in the garden. We've avoided even the lightest frost so far this month, but the front that has spawned heavy rain and wind across the Midwest today promises to put an end to that streak on Thursday night, when temperatures are expected to plummet into the upper 20s.
Among the tropicals that will likely be decimated, shriveled masses when I wake up Friday morning are the Colocasia that have beautifully decorated the backyard garden this summer and early autumn.
It's obvious where Colocasia received their common name of elephant ears. If their shape and size wasn't enough, they also mimic the swaying movement of an elephant's head when the wind blows. The specimen pictured above (an unknown variety purchased bareroot at a department store this past spring) was the largest of the Colocasia I grew this year. Planted in a large container beneath a Red Maple (Acer rubrum), the leaves of this plant grew nearly four feet from top to bottom.
A smaller, greenish-black cultivar — 'Illustris' — filled a container on the other side of the maple. Together, these two served as beautiful specimens outside my living room window.
The elephant ears were at their best after summer rain showers. Their thick leaves, whose texture lies somewhere on a continuum between brushed leather and velvet, created the perfect surface tension to hold large water droplets long after storms had passed.
When I would return home from work in the evenings, the filtered sunlight from the west would illuminate the Colocasia leaves from behind, creating a ethereal glow in the shade garden. Although these plants were beautiful specimens throughout the day, in early evening they became the true accents of the garden.
This is my first year growing Colocasia, but they've earned a spot in my future gardens for years to come. I don't like to think that I only have a couple more days to enjoy them, but I know next spring I will feel a new excitement. When I pot up the dormant tubers and wait for the bright green growing point break through the soil, I know it won't be long before the elephants return to my garden.


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Can You Be Sued Over Your Demo Material?
How Tom Cruise, CES Chicago in 1994, and a long-defunct gaming product shaped current liability that could affect integrators' demo material.
Many integrators reacted vociferously when we reported that Hollywood movie stars Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson are suing Vutec and First Impressions Theme Theaters for using their likenesses in advertisements.
The debate brought up several questions regarding integrator liability, including to what degree does permission from a Hollywood studio extend (versus permission from individual actors), and does the potential liability extend to demo material as well as advertisements? Exactly what images are OK to use in your marketing materials? Should integrators change every screen image to a generic landscape photo just to be safe?
After all, the last thing an integrator needs is a lawsuit from some deep-pocketed movie star and his legal team.
As it turns out, in certain situations integrators can potentially be liable to pay royalties on the music and video demo material used, not to the record company or movie studio, but to the artists. In other words, you might not want to use "The A-Team" for demos just in case Neeson and Cooper happen to stroll by your booth at a local pay-to-enter local home show.
Tom Cruise vs. Philips Lawsuit in 1994
Philips Electronics found this out the hard way in 1994 when it was sued by Tom Cruise over the use of his likeness without permission for an infomercial for its ill-fated Compact Disc Interactive (CD-I) gaming system. The story, as related by former Philips exec David Birch-Jones, is that Philips - through its Polygram division - had garnered all the necessary studio permissions for the images used in the infomercial, but not from Cruise himself.
The 30-minute CD-I infomercial - watch all three parts below - is a takeoff of the popular 1991 movie "Defending Your Life" starring Albert Brooks. A Brooks lookalike is trying to find the "meaning of life" from a space-age female model and "the wall" (presumably akin to the voice of God). Instead, he gets the lowdown on CD-I. If you are nostalgic and want to reminisce at the bulkiness of the old interface and the primitive onscreen graphics, you will get a kick out of watching it, especially the portions depicting "Voyeur," an interactive game that is apparently a takeoff of Alfred Hitchcock's classic "Rear Window" with Jimmy Stewart in which the gamer clicks on various apartment windows to covertly watch racy goings on and attempts to solve a murder.
The "troublesome" scene occurs at the 6-minute, 56-second mark of the Part 1 video. When describing how viewers can watch exciting Hollywood movies in the comfort of their own home using CD-I, there is a 9-second clip of "Top Gun" where Cruise's likeness is actually only seen in the cockpit of the fighter jet wearing an oxygen mask. Still, those 9 seconds were enough for a $10 million lawsuit.
Not only was the infomercial making the rounds on late night TV, but it was also played on the exhibit floor at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that year in Chicago. The infomercial was not only being played in the Philips booth, but had been distributed to the booths of several other partners, recalls Jones, who was the audio product marketing manager at Philips from 1988-1991.
The trouble, according to Birch-Jones, is that Summer CES held in Chicago in June of that year allowed consumers to pay a fee to attend the show on the final two days. That commercial enterprise is what triggered the lawsuit against Philips Interactive Media arguing that the infomercial created "the impression that (Cruise's) career is on the wane, so that he has been forced to license his likeness."
The "on the wane" reference might have been influenced by the fact that the Philips CD-I was widely panned and soon off the market. CE Pro was unable to find the original lawsuit documents, only this reference from Entertainment Weekly. The case was reportedly settled out of court for undisclosed terms.
CE Pro reached out to Cruise's representatives but did not receive a response. But according to Birch-Jones, the incident gave rise to ASCAP/BMI Clause #34 in the CES exhibitor contract. ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) are organizations that represent and collect royalties for artists. The CES clause states: "Exhibitor is responsible for all applicable ASCAP/BMI music licensing fees. No fees are required if music is used to demonstrate product capability." CEA's legal team could not confirm with CE Pro when that particular clause was added to its exhibitor contracts or that the clause is directly related to the lawsuit. CEDIA has a similar clause in its exhibitor contract.
Questions for Integrators
The litigious history of the Neeson, Cooper and Cruise situations begs a key question: Are integrators liable to pay royalties to artists based on the music and/or likenesses they use in their demos at local home shows in which consumers pay to attend? Perhaps, it would appear. Unless the event has negotiated a clause in its contract similar to the one used by CEA and CEDIA.
Pure trade events that are not open to the public, like CEDIA Expo, are a gray area. These events are not likely to fall under the same scrutiny; however, many trade shows in recent years have begun offering "exhibits only" passes for a fee.
On the ASCAP website there is a licensing agreement for "Conventions, Expositions, Industrial Shows, Meetings and Trade Shows" that grants to right to play or perform live copyrighted music at an event that occurs less than 10 times per year. The rates for the license are on a sliding scale, starting at $120 for an event that draws an attendance of less than 1,500 people, up to $9,500 for an event that attracts more than 100,000. The rate for a local home show that draws 3,000 to 5,000 people is $700.
So the question an integrator might ask the organizers when he signs up to get a booth at a local home show is whether or not they have paid to have an ASCAP/BMI clause in the exhibitor contract. It will be an important question if you are running a Blu-ray or playing an audio system in the booth.
In terms of what integrators demo in their own private showrooms, there is no liability.
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Run Ridge Run 25Km
Run Ridge Run 25Km February 25, 2017 2:53.43
There's no place I'd rather be
Then with my feet and running free
Lingering under a sky so blue
And if I had one wish come true
I'd run till the sun sets
Beyond the horizon
"Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride," from Lilo and Stitch. Words slightly modified.
I woke up at 5:15am and had "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from Lilo and Stitch stuck in my head; I knew it was going to be a good day.
I rolled out of bed and sat on my floor crossed legged. I started breathing deeply. Today I intend to be present and to check my ego at the door. My daily intention was set and my mind was calm. I walked downstairs to make breakfast; my ego staying in my bedroom.
I arrived to the race bundled up against the near freezing conditions. Sasamat Lake had a thin sheet of ice covering its surface and rumour had it that there was even some snow on the course. White Pine Beach was not littered with people soaking in the sun, but instead with lean athletes wrapped in puffy jackets and holding coffee.
I got my number and returned to my van to get prepared. I felt calm and relaxed. It is odd how when one removes the ego, that life becomes more peaceful, I thought.
This was my first trail race and I needed to run my own race. The ego—the part that compares, and is never satisfied—would only get in the way.
After a brief warm-up I was ready to tow the line with some 300 athletes.
I looked around and noticed that I was the only one wearing a pair of sandals. To guard against the cold I was also wearing a pair of wool socks. Thankfully no one objected to my choice of foot wear.
The race began and I quickly settled into a steady rhythm. Ihad no idea what to expect; I had run parts of the course in training, but racing was always different.
The start wound itself around Sasamat Lake on a light gravel, rolling trail. It was an excellent, easy start to what would become a rigorous race.
The first six kilometreswere fairly non-technical with a modest amount of climbing. On the climbs I tried my best to keep my heart rate down and the lactate acid from building up in my legs. I was going for steady, and hopefully it would pay off.
Soon I started to notice that I was losing a bit of ground on the incline, but I was gaining on the short downhill that followed. Since I was not overexerting myself on the climbs, I did not need to recover on the downhills that followed; I could run them at speed.
Afterpassing the water station I turned left—and up—to start the Diez Vista Trail; this was by far the steepest, and most technical part of the course.
The race was a "running" race, but soon everyone was walking as each person tried to navigate the plethora of tree roots, and rocks. People leaned over, breathing heavily as they used their hands for support on steep sections. Iremained calm, for I knew if I could steadily complete this section then I would be home free.
The top of the climb finally arrived, and with it, the stunning views of Indian Arm. I diverted my attention for a fraction of a second, then promptly returned it to the course ahead of me—I needed to watch where I was going!
I was grateful for the opportunity to "run" again as the trail levelled out. I say "run" because the course was so abundant with rocks, roots, ice, and snow, that "running" was quite challenging. It was more like combination of skipping, tap dancing, and parkour, with a bit of running mixed in.
Oddly this section had been my least favourite during training, but during the race it was the most enjoyable. I found myself smiling as I tap-danced though the chilly forrest; "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" played on a continuous loop in my head. I saw no one. For all I knew I was on a training run, and I liked it. I based my pace off what I felt, and nothing else.
After a precarious decent I reached the southern side of Buntzen Lake and joined the undulatingLakeview Trail. I ran upsome rocky, snowy, single-track as I breathed deeply and focused on my running form—legs moving smoothly, arms loose and relaxed.
The pre-race plan had been to push the pace during this section, however, I could feel the lactate acid building in my legs. My heart rate and breathing felt relatively comfortable, but the legs were not having it. I recalled my intention for the day and continued at a steady rhythm as a couple of runners passed me.
After completing the Lakeview Trail, the course returned for a little bit more fun on the Diez Vista Trail.
The final climb was made worse by the fact that I had already been running for eighteen kilometres. My legs were tired. I was freezing cold and no songs sung in my head. Everything became about getting this last, tough section done. I buckled down and powered to the top.
Apart from a few undulations the final five kilometres were more or less downhill. I looked at my watched and saw that I had about three kilometres left. I was really cold and I was ready to be done. The joy and fun that I had experienced earlier had evaporated, and all I was left with was a numb face and tired legs. Running can really reduce one to the most basic forms of self.
I sprinted downhill and at times I felt my legs could not keep up to how quickly I was moving. I dodged rocks and jumped over a fallen tree.
A small smile broke onto my face as I laughed at the lunacy of wearing sandals, but my feet were fine. Actually they were thriving! After nearly twenty-five kilometres of rough terrain my feet were not even the slightest bit uncomfortable.
I returned to Sasamat Lake and had less than a kilometre left to run, however, it felt like a long way.
I lifted my pace slightly as I saw the black finishing arch. I darted across the beach and received a high-five as I crossed the finish line. I slumped over—my hands on my knees as I sucked back air and reflected on the race.
This race was unlike anything I had ever done, and I revelled in the wonder of something so new and exciting. Sure I had done running races, but never on a course like this. Trail running, simply put, is next level.
My mom came over and handed me my jacket; I was already excitedly thinking about my next race.


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Title: Communicators communication- A study on how Prime and Hero Kommunikation communicate on Facebook (Kommunikatörernas kommunikation- En studie om hur Prime och Hero Kommunikation kommunicerar på Facebook)
Author: Lovisa Andersson Zimdahl and Olivia Karsten
Tutor: Anne-Marie Morhed
Period: Autumn 2015
University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University
Aim: The aim of the thesis is to conduct a study on how the communication agencies Prime and Hero Kommunikation communicate on their Facebook profiles. Furthermore, how are these agencies presenting themselves and what are their purposes of being on the network?
Method/Material: The study is based on qualitative research where the methods of choice are netnografical observations and semi-structured interviews. The material collected and analyzed is Prime and Hero Kommunikation's communication feed on their Facebook pages, and inteviews with people working at the bureaus.
Main results/Conclusions: The main result of this study is that the communication agencies are communicating differently from each other. Prime's communication is characterized by a more serious tone where news reports are frequently being published. Furthermore, Prime is consciously associating themselves with important people and organisations. The study indicates that Prime is building their brand on Facebook through communication strategies.
Hero Kommunikation, on the other hand, is communicating a more easy-going image of themselves by publishing events where they often mention their customers. Hero Kommunikation opines that only events are suitable for Facebook communication. This indicates that they have a respect for the network.
Hero Kommunikation´s purpose is, unlike Prime's, not to build their brand on the network. The main reason why the communication agencies' communication differ from each other is due to the fact that they have different business ideas and different perspectives on social media.
Keywords: communication bureaus, social media, Facebook, strategic communication, self-presentation


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Principal's Message
Dear Fruitvale Families,
Our staff welcomes you and your family to the 2018-2019 School Year. You have made the right choice in having your child attend Fruitvale Elementary School in the Hemet Unified School District where we believe that every child will be college and career ready upon graduation. This year we are one of 6 elementary sites that offer extended day kindergarten! This exciting opportunity paves the way by affording more time for quality instructional opportunities that will provide a head start on gaining 21st century skills.
This year we will continue to improve student outcomes for all students by focusing on three areas:
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Please join us this year as Fruitvale chooses to give our best every day!
Fruitvale was recognized as a Silver Level PBIS school last year. We will continue to celebrate students with Bee Notes and Lunch with the Principal again this year. Our students have been very supportive of each other and are awesome advocates of the three Be's:
Be Responsible, Be Respectful and Be Safe!
We look forward to another exciting and successful year with our students. Please come and talk with us should you have any questions, concerns, or have an interest in volunteering on our campus. Thank you in advance for your continued commitment and support!
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The Fruitvale Administrative Team
Mrs. Karen Brooks Ms. Lee Ann Bradshaw
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Don DeLillo by Running Dog
Author:Running Dog [Dog, Running]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-06-05T10:27:33+00:00
Earl Mudger stood on the patio, facing east, barechested despite the chill, a mug of coffee in his hand. He liked being the first one up, coming down in the dark to start the coffee perking. He would roll his shoulders as he moved around the house, would swing his arms occasionally, feeling the stiffness ease away. Ever since he could remember, in whatever house or barracks he'd lived, with whatever people, family or military, he'd always been the first one up.
With pale light intensifying, aspects of sunrise visible through the trees, he went back into the kitchen. On the counter lay a manila folder and a spool of magnetic tape. He poured more coffee into his mug and sat on a stool, opening the folder and scanning the topmost page, a document headed: Department of the Treasury, District Director, Internal Revenue Service. Beneath this was a white label with a long series of numbers arrayed across the top, followed by Grace Delaney's name and home address.
Mudger began turning pages, glancing at audit forms, photocopied documents, photocopied checks and bank statements, agent evaluations, notices of "unfavorable action." He closed the folder and regarded the tape spooi. It contained confidential information on the accounts of roughly five hundred taxpayers and had been acquired by Lomax from the same source, an IRS supervisor who had access to restricted files. Among the data was further information relating to Grace Delaney's account.
Mudger finished his coffee and went downstairs. He rechecked the fit and worked some more on the handle section. Then he put on his magnifying glasses and studied the blade.
The knife was a modified bowie. It had a broad sweeping single-edged blade with a clipped point. Overall length was about eleven and a half inches. The blade measured seven and a quarter.
There was a display panel, a hinged triptych, fastened to the wall above a work table. Mudger's knives were exhibited here, some he'd made himself, others turned out by custom knifemakers.
They had sex in the front seat of Selvy's car, which was parked in the barren dells near the West Side Highway. It was an act they knew would take place as they walked through the dark streets to the car. It helped dispel certain disquieting energies. Times Square Saturday night.
"My hotel's right near that restaurant. Why are we doing it here?"
"I'm a little crazy tonight."
"Try reaching that ashtray and push it closed."
Stale cigarette butts. Smell of various plastics that made up the interior of the car. They straightened up finally. She sat on the driver's side, back resting against the door, her feet up on the seat. Selvy looked straight ahead. A silence, followed by: "Naomi is this buxom Israeli girl who we find bathing one day in a stream that runs through her kibbutz. She has giant white breasts, etcetera etcetera, nipples, etcetera. So then along comes Lateef, who's an Arab army deserter. Well, to tighten the script, they meet and fall in love and just screw and screw and screw, doing it where they won't be discovered.
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Norman Rockwell..history and PASSION.
Hello friends!!..this is the histoy about a great men..Norman Rockwell!!
Norman Perceval Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894, in New York City, the first of Jarvis Waring Rockwell and Nancy Hill's two sons. His father worked for a textile firm, starting as office boy and eventually moving up to manager of the New York office. His parents were very religious, and the young Rockwell sang in the church choir. Until he was about ten years old the family spent its summers at farms in the country. Rockwell recalled in his autobiography (the story of his own life) My Adventures as an Illustrator, "I have no bad memories of my summers in the country." He believed that these summers "had a lot to do with what I painted later on."
Rockwell enjoyed drawing at an early age and soon decided he wanted to be an artist. During his freshman year in high school, he also attended the Chase School on Saturdays to study art. Later that year he attended Chase twice a week. Halfway through his sophomore year, he quit high school and went full time to art school.
In March 1916 Rockwell traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to see George Horace Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening Post. It was Rockwell's dream to do a Post cover. Since he did not have an appointment, he showed his work to the art editor, who then showed it to Lorimer. The editor accepted Rockwell's two finished paintings for covers as well as three sketches for future covers. Rockwell's success with the Post made him more attractive to other magazines, and he began selling paintings and drawings to Life, Judge, and Leslie's. Also in 1916 he married Irene O'Connor, a schoolteacher.
In 1917, shortly after the United States entered World War I (1914–18; a war fought between German-led Central Powers and the Allies: England, the United States, Italy, and other nations), Rockwell joined the navy and was assigned to the camp newspaper. Meanwhile, he continued painting for the Post and other publications. After the war Rockwell started doing advertising illustration, working for Jell-O, Willys cars, and Orange Crush soft drinks, among others. In 1920 he was hired to paint a picture for the Boy Scout calendar. (He would continue to provide a picture for the popular calendar for over fifty years.) During the 1920s Rockwell's income soared. In 1929 he was divorced from his wife Irene, and in 1930 he married Mary Barstow, with whom he had three sons. In 1939 the family moved to a sixty-acre farm in Arlington, Vermont. In 1941 the Milwaukee Art Institute gave Rockwell his first one-man show in a major museum.
In 1943 Rockwell's studio burned to the ground. He lost some original paintings and drawings as well as his large collection of costumes. He and his family then settled in nearby West Arlington, Vermont. Rockwell worked on special stamps for the Postal Service as well as posters for the Treasury Department, the military, and Hollywood movies. He also did illustrations for Sears mail-order catalogs, Hallmark greeting cards, and books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In 1953 Rockwell and his family moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In the summer of 1959, his wife Mary suffered a heart attack and died. In 1961 he married Molly Punderson, a retired schoolteacher.
Also in 1961 Rockwell received an honorary (obtained without meeting the usual requirements) Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts as well as the Interfaith Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews for his Post cover painting of the Golden Rule. Rockwell's last Post cover (he did three hundred seventeen in all) appeared in December 1963. The magazine's circulation was shrinking at that time, and new management decided to switch to a new format. Rockwell continued painting news pictures for Look and contributing to McCall's.
In 1969 Rockwell had a one-man show in New York City. Critics were usually unkind toward Rockwell's work or ignored it completely, but the public loved his paintings, and many were purchased for prices averaging around $20,000. Thomas Buechner wrote in Life, "It is difficult for the art world to take the people's choice very seriously." In 1975, at the age of eighty-one, Rockwell completed his fifty-sixth Boy Scout calendar. In 1976 the city of Stockbridge celebrated a Norman Rockwell Day. On November 8, 1978, Rockwell died in his home.


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Today's workout is a back, chest and core program. This is a great low impact workout to do the day after an intense cardio or leg based routine. The circuit should be performed 3 times. We will start the workout off with some 'sprints' to warm up though, get the heart rate up. Scroll down for exercise explanations and if you have any comments or questions be sure to leave them here! Good luck and train hard!
2 minute warm up – on bike, treadmill, jumping jacks or skip rope. get up to about 50% of full out exertion. 2 more minutes of 60-70% exertion. Now the sprints; you want to perform whichever exercise you are doing at 100% exertion and then break, the break should be a slow pace NOT a full stop. Here is the timing
2 x 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off
5 x 10 seconds on, 10 seconds off
30 seconds slow
10 x 5 seconds on, 5 seconds off
1 minute cool down
1. opposite raises – 15x each side
2. superman flys – 15-20
3. Hyper extension on ball – 12-15
4. Push ups – as many as you can
5. Push up onto ball – 12
6. spring push up – as many as you can
7. Plank – 30- 60 seconds
8. side plank – 20-40 seconds each side
9. bridge – 30-60 seconds
10. Leg raise to hip raise – 20-50x
Opposite raises –
Superman flys – lay down on your stomach, arms stretched out over your head, bring your arms and legs off the ground and bring your arms to your sides keeping them off the floor. Almost like a breast stroke motion. Keep your legs off the ground as high as you can for the 15 reps.
Hyper extension on ball – brace your feet on the wall as you lie face down on stability ball, you want the ball under your thighs so that you have full range of motion with your upper body. Brace your feet against the wall, keep your hands beside your ears and raise your upper body up into a full extension and then back down. That's one rep!
Push up – Regular push up, on knees or toes.
Push up on to ball – Place a medicine ball so that it in between your hands when in a push up position. Start at full extension, lower down just enough to be able to hop up, placing your hands on top of the ball. This sounds scarier than it is, you won't land on your face, just keep confident in your movement. If you don't have a ball, you can use a step or just do a clap push up.
Spring push up – Regular push up, but take 3 seconds to lower your body and one to push back up.
Plank – Facing down, rest on your forearms/elbows and your toes. Draw in your abdomen, keeping it strong while you stay still, butt down so that it lines up with your back and the back of your head.
Side Plank – Same kind of isometric exercise as above but now rest on one elbow, using the side of one foot as the base. If this is too hard you can take your top foot and cross it over the bottom foot, allowing for a stronger, wider base. Bring your hip off the floor and hold. Keep your neck up too!
Bridge – now facing upwards, rest on your elbows/forearms, as well as the heels of your feet, bring your butt off the floor and hols!
Leg raise to hip raise – lying on your back, brace your lower back with your hands, legs straight out, now raise them up 90 degrees, once there, then lift your hips off th e floor, bringing your butt up and raising your feet higher. Repeat without letting your feet touch the floor when you bring them down.


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From site: Football
|November 3, 2018
It was a dominating performance by the Knights of Wartburg College as they defeated Luther this afternoon in Walston-Hoover Stadium 43-7. The Knights tallied 508 yards of total offense, while holding Luther to 170.
2017 league MVP Matt Sacia was 22-of-27 for 359 yards and four touchdowns. He threw touchdown passes of 11, 8, 19 and 59 yards.
Running back Mason Carter, who finished with 96 yards on 19 carries, tallied touchdown runs of 11 and 48 yards.
Parker Kizer scored Luther's touchdown with 3:49 remaining in the game on a three-year run. It was his second touchdown of the season.
Andrew Whalen led the Norse rushing attack that had 149 yards for the afternoon. Whalen tallied 39 yards on six carries. Yassine Ouazzani was next with 34 yards and Travis Vargas finished with 31.
Jeremy Whalen led all tacklers with 11 and returned a fumble for 12 yards. Eythan Blair was next with nine and Patrick Beatty finished with eight.
The loss gives Luther an American Rivers Conference record of 1-6, 1-8 overall. Wartburg (6-1, 7-2) remains tied atop the league standings with the University of Dubuque (6-1, 7-2). These two teams face each other in the final regular season game of the year in Dubuque next week. The winner will claim the league title and a trip to the NCAA III National Tournament.
Luther wraps up its season at home next Saturday when it will host Coe College (4-3, 5-4). Start time for this game is Noon.
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April 2014 was my first visit to Bucharest, Romania. Since then, I have been back to Romania a further five times. That should be a clue as to what I think of the country! This will be a very brief post about how you can spend one afternoon in Bucharest, walking around some green sites in the city centre. I will have more posts on Romania coming up soon too!
Herăstrău Park
Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum
The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum, aka, The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian) is the open-air ethnographic museum in Herăstrău Park. The museum contains almost 300 farm and village houses from all over Romania. You could easily spend several hours walking around the museum, let alone the park itself.
City Centre
After walking around the park and museum for several hours, it was time to head to the old town area in the city centre for some food and 'liquid refreshment'…. 😉
Further Reading on spending one afternoon in Bucharest:
Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum


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Poll: Whose face do you think will be better, Arthur's when Merlin reveals his magic, or Morgana's when she finds out he's Emrys? Vote Now!
Author has written 4 stories for Merlin.
Name: pagiethepanda
Fandoms: Merlin, Sherlock, How to Train your Dragon, Star Wars, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and more.
Reason for nearly 3 year hiatus: lack of inspiration and serving an 18 month full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
BUT I'M BACK!!! And now I have inspiration again! I probably won't be writing a ton of Merlin right away, sorry but I haven't actually watched the show for a long time. Still love it though. :) Naw, I'm on a HTTYD spree currently, driven by the amazingness of HTTYD 2 and the netflix series Race to the Edge. If you haven't seen either yet, GO NOW AND WATCH THEM.
I was in love with adorable little Hiccup when there was just the first movie out. And so when HTTYD 2 came along, who do you think was a puddle on the floor? Yeah. I'm a sucker for brown hair, green eyes, and sarcasm.
Anyways, welcome to my profile and I hope you enjoy what you find here!
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It is considered a truism in restitution that the trial court has a great deal of latitude in determining how much restitution to order for a victim. This translates into a wide range of discretion - which ties into the standard on appeal of abuse of discretion. That rule may be true for some aspects of victim restitution, but it is not the rule for all aspects. Once a victim has provided the court with a rational basis for restitution and shown what full restitution is, the court is required to order full restitution unless there are "compelling and extraordinary reasons" for not doing so. This is the standard under Penal Code §1202.4(g) as well as an appellate decision:
"A sentence without an award of victim restitution is invalid. A trial court has no discretion over the issuance of the award itself and really very little discretion over the amount of the award. The statute requires the award be set in an amount which will fully reimburse the victim for his or her losses unless there are clear and compelling reasons not to do so. A court's reasons for awarding less than full restitution must be stated on the record. Thus, just as a sentence lacking a victim restitution award is invalid, a sentence awarding less than full victim restitution is similarly unauthorized when the court fails to state clear and compelling reasons for its decision."
People v. Brown (2007) 147 Cal. App.4th 1213, 1226 (citations, quotations and footnote omitted).


text: NICCE has cemented its place as a premier London lifestyle brand. Celebrated for its unique take on the latest casual-wear and streetwear trends. Throughout its growth, NICCE has stayed true to its roots and Mitchel's original concept. London is the cultural hub that sparks the brand's creativity. NICCE is embedded, supportive and completely influenced by the ever-changing culture, lifestyle and rich music scenes of London.


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I've been working my butt off the last couple of days to get through an AMAZING shoot all of my senior portrait models were part of last week.
A few hints. Semple Mansion. CostumeRentals. Downton Abbey. I've said too much already. Let's just say there has been daily harassment to give them sneak peeks….BUT, let's take a moment out of the day to give a shout out to the next featured model!
Meet MEP senior model, Audrey! Audrey is going to be a High School Senior at Southwest Highschool next year! What can I say about Audrey…other than EVERYTHING! She cracks me up because she's SO GORGEOUS AND SERIOUS in pictures but this girl is the biggest goofball EVER. We have too much fun laughing instead of actually taking pictures which makes my job AWESOME.
A few things to point out (so I can embarrass her…). 1. She's going to marry Austin Mahone. Truth. 2. She's a singer/songwriter and WILL have her own album (I said it here first ladies and gentlemen!). 3. She models for Lily and Violet Boutique 4. She had a crush on Nick in Kindergarten. I really hope that wasn't a secret. Well, it's not anymore!! 🙂
How much do you loooove this headpiece? It's available to all my seniors!
Look at those eyes! And that gorgeous necklace www.lavenirdesign.com!
Shut up, Audrey. You're gorgeous!
Are you interested in a Senior Portrait session? AWESOME! Set up a portrait consultation by calling the studio at 612-756-9115.
Check out Audrey's feature in the video below!!
Megan Engeseth Photography- Senior Portrait Experience from Megan Engeseth on Vimeo.


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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
#053: Indrajal Comic No.63 Jungle Drums
Download Comic here
11 comments:
MTM---you are Mind-blowing,Teriffic,Magnificient.
Great comic from a equally great person.
Vintage stip-scans flavoured with
breathtaking IC's.Thanks.
Viewers,let's flood this blog with our comments.Come-on,this is the least we can do.
- Thursday, October 11, 2007
- The Phantom Head said...
Another classic gem. Frequency of postings is also superb. At this rate century post is not far away. keep it up and many thanks.
- Thursday, October 11, 2007
- The Phantom Head said...
One thing... Can you plz do something about the download size. Its a bit too large for me.
- Thursday, October 11, 2007
- Phantom And Mandrake Fan said...
@Rahul: You are welcome. I am glad to hear you so happy. Thanks for those words of appreciation. This is what I hoped to hear when I started blogging... Stay Tuned for more Mandrake stories
@TPH: Thanks for the wishes. I hope the same for your blog as well. I tried reducing the size and the quality went down considerably, so when I put the download links, I put whatever the contributor (Mishraji) came up with. The files get stored on Imageshack in much smaller size.
- Thursday, October 11, 2007
Was trying to contact you today,yahoo has been experiencing a problem since morning.
Anyway,continue youe charismatic features on this wonderful blog .
Looking forward to more vintage IC's and strips.Thanks.
- Saturday, October 13, 2007
Dear MTM,I have changed my email address.Now it is email@example.com
Hope to receive a mail from you.
- Saturday, October 13, 2007
- Colonel Worobu said...
Is "master of disguise" the one with the "clay camel"? One of my favorite early Mandrakes.
- Sunday, October 14, 2007
- Phantom And Mandrake Fan said...
@Rahul:Have been very busy attending to some unfinished business. Got your emails. Thanks
and you can expect more dailies and comic book scans coming soon.
@Rahul: will be updating the address book to use your new email
@CW: Yes, that's correct, the Master of Disguise is the Clay Camel
- Sunday, October 14, 2007
Guess,I was a little impatient.Sorry.
You can contact me on both ID's.
Thanks,nice strips.Waiting for part 2.
Also,will you be posting IC's on poll according to their no.of votes?Just waiting for them as well.
- Sunday, October 14, 2007
- Phantom And Mandrake Fan said...
@Rahul: Got busy over the weekend...usual stuff.I will be posting the Indrajals based on the votes and availablity of the scans
- Monday, October 15, 2007
- Colonel Worobu said...
Bala, Calling me @CW might confuse the real CW who is Comic-World alias Comic-Guy :o)
Interesting coincidence that Col. Worobu, Col. Weeks & Comic-World are all CW! Maybe we are related :o)
- Monday, October 15, 2007


text: The moment I took this picture of James (the little boy who followed us around during the shots in Edinburgh) I felt of achieving a few things. I love this picture so much, little James were so cute!!! haha... this is a small little present I brought back from my trip, for one of my best friend that love rainbow and little kids. Why I love it so much because it is a combination of this 2 subject she likes. LOL.... Cheers~


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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Music of the Sphere: Mars Classroom, Hummingbirds, Sloan, Jonny, Army Navy, LEAGUE, Byrds, KOACS, C Stilts, W Idols, C Green, A Museums, F Mac
Favebloggers continue to outdo themselves. And we do thank them. (Clicking on the artist names or blog names should take you where you want to go.)
The Hummingbirds - Two Weeks With A Good Man In Niagara Falls & If A Vow - Peter's Power Pop
LEAGUE - Two Wild Hearts - I Guess I'm Floating
Army Navy - Right Back Where We Started From (Maxine Nightingale cover) - Teenage Kicks - Soldiersailors bring the clap!
The Art Museums - Dancing With a Hole In Your Heart - Raven Sings the Blues
Kids On A Crime Spree - Trumpets of Death - Sound Bites
Kids On A Crime Spree - I Don't Want To Call You Baby, Baby - Said The Gramophone - We recently posted one by KOACS here.
The Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere - Said The Gramophone
Sloan - The Answer Was You - Chromewaves
Jonny - Candyfloss - Chromewaves - Teenage Fanclubber Norman Blake collaborates with Gorky's Zygotic Munci's Euros Childs.
Mars Classroom - New Theory & Wish You Were Young - The Finest Kiss - from one of GbV's Robert Pollard's latest projects (as of the last five minutes)
Crystal Stilts - Half A Moon - The Finest Kiss
Wax Idols - All Too Human - The Finest Kiss
Colleen Green - Y Do U Call Me? - The Finest Kiss - While you're there, be sure to grip the La Sera song if you haven't already or even if you have. We posted it here, but since you're going there, getting it there might be more convenient. Ur call.
Fleetwood Mac - The Ledge - Fluxblog
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News - Fluxblog
Fleetwood Mac - Monday Morning & Hold Me - Fluxblog
Fleetwood Mac - What Makes You Think You're The One & Walk A Thin Line - Fluxblog
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Ryan Hodownes
Southern New Hampshire University
Dr. Greg Randolph
The purpose of this paper is to examine the company Coca-Cola, which is an Atlanta based beverage company, from an economic point of view. The beverage industry as a whole will be examined. Many things will be taken into consideration such as entry barriers for the firm, competitors and their goods, as well as the structure of the overall industry. Coca-Cola will be examined specifically by looking at the firm's competitors, the firm's advantages over these competitors, product substitutes, and the impact of supply and demand for Coca-Cola's beverages. Also in this paper, all uses of the term "the company", "coke", or "the firm" will refer specifically to Coca-Cola.
The Coca-Cola Company has successfully been selling the famous beverage since 1886 making it over 125 years old. First sold out of a small pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia it has evolved into the top supplier and market brand leader in the world beverage industry providing the product which includes over 500 brands, to over 200 countries, while employing more than 700,000 individuals. This places the firm in the Forbes top-100 biggest public companies in the world. According to the mission of the Coca-Cola, they aim to achieve three simple things, "to refresh the world, to inspire moment of optimism and happiness, and to create value and make a difference (Mission, Vision, Values)." The company has also aimed to double their profit over the next decade and will strive to achieve this goal through their vision statement containing 6 P's. The six P's of Coca-Cola are profit, people, portfolio, partners, planet, and productivity (Mission, Vision, Values). In regards to profit, in 2011, the company sold 26.7 billion unit cases while earning $46.5 billion in revenue. As for the people aspect, Coca-Cola recently opened new plants in Ireland, Russia, and the United States. The portfolio aspect was also expanded by adding the innovative Coca-Cola Freestyle. This new fountain dispensing soda and drink machine offers the consumer more than 125 brand name beverage choices. The new machine is also more environmentally friendly than traditional equipment which correlates to the "planet" part of Coca-Cola's vision (Kent, 2011). This paper will provide an in-depth look at Coca-Cola from a microeconomic standpoint. Many topics such as how supply and demand have changed over recent years, the firm's competitive advantage, entry barriers for other firms, product substitutes that are available, Coca-Cola's main competitors, and how the firm is adapting to changes occurring around it. There will also be a discussion included stating what Coca-Cola is excelling at and where the company could improve. SUPPLY, DEMAND, and PRICE ELASTICITY
Given that Coca-Cola is such a large organization with products found in many different industries, supply and demand is changing, but not in an any drastic amount. In regards to consumers who have large brand loyalty to Coca-Cola, if the price should rise, the demand would remain the same. Obviously for those who are not loyal, if the price went up, the demand would decrease. In regards to supply, in recent years through advancements in technology, the cost of production has decreased, allowing Coca-Cola to supply more at the same price. Given the availability of Pepsi, the price of a bottle of Coke has remained fairly stable although it is also very sensitive. Consumers would respond negatively to a rise in the price of Coke and would most likely either buy Pepsi, or stop drinking soda in general and move to other packaged products. Given that the market would be so responsive to a change in price, the demand for the soda Coca-Cola products would be considered elastic. COSTS OF PRODUCTION
During the past year, Coke and Pepsi had to raise their prices because the cost of making the product is rising. The costs of ingredients such as...
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