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Cast your vote by logging in to AnthroGateway, click on the "My Information" page, and then click on the "Vote Now!" button.
This month we'll take a look at the candidates.
Featured today are the candidates for Executive Board Undesignated Seat #3: Keri Brondo and Michael Harkin
Members of the AAA Executive Board (EB) help to set the vision and strategic direction of the association, safeguard the organization's assets, and ensure the fiscal, legal and ethical integrity of the association. EB members also translate the shared values and interests of the members into organizational plans and programs, determine desired organizational outcomes, and assess progress in achieving those outcomes. Click here for complete position details.
Keri Brondo
If elected, I would embrace the opportunity to collaborate with AAA leadership on addressing challenges facing our association and discipline. I bring over a decade of experience working across AAA sections as Chair of CoGEA and CoPAPIA to advance the status of engaged and practicing anthropology within the AAA, and improve work climate conditions for anthropologists of all genders and identities. My roles as an academic, applied, engaged and activist scholar have led to a deep appreciation for the range of concerns and ambitions of our diverse membership. We must confront the following key issues: 1) underrepresentation of minority populations within the AAA and discipline; 2) alarming rates of sexual harassment; 3) changes to the economics and technologies of scholarly publishing; 4) improving our ability to communicate to multiple audiences both internal and external to the association; 5) our discipline's public engagement with contemporary environmental, economic, and social crises; 6) the instability of adjunct and other contingent labor forms; and, 7) the responsible redesign of anthropological curriculum such that graduates are prepared to engage the varied nature of anthropological careers. I would be honored to have the opportunity to collaborate across committees, task forces, and sections on these important issues.
Michael Harkin
I am deeply committed to two things: holistic anthropology and the public university. Anthropology remains the most important and prominent discipline to engage in both scientific and humanistic discourse, and thus to address pressing issues in a multi-faceted way. I support forces that bring subfields such as archaeology and sociocultural anthropology together, and oppose those which drive them apart. The public university is under attack from many directions, including state and federal politicians. I strongly support the historic mission of land grant and other public universities, and what I believe to be the central role of anthropology within that mission. Finally, I believe that anthropology as a discipline needs to be more visible and to take public stands on critical issues.
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Johnnie Walker 1910 Commemorative Edition
The Johnnie Walker 1910 Commemorative Special Edition Bottle range has been awarded a Yellow Pencil for packaging design at the 2012 D&AD Awards. 1000 bottles were produced to mark the launch of the Johnnie Walker House in Shanghai. The design, developed by creative agency LOVE and designed by Chris Martin, tells the story of Johnnie Walker's epic journey from Scotland to China. Each bottle features a different section of the illustration, which has been applied in China's traditional blue and white willow pattern colours.
LOVE has taken Chris' master illustration and given it various treatments. In one room it has been reproduced in copper to create a striking art installation covering an entire wall. The illustration has also been featured on marketing collateral, including a limited number of gift packs to mark the House opening.
The "By invitation only" House provides a place to help Chinese consumers discover the status and heritage of Scotch whisky. Every room, display and interaction sets out to engage guests and tell the story of the brand, from the art installations made from raw materials used in the whisky making process, to sculptures, an interactive multi-sensory blending table and original artifacts from the Johnnie Walker archive in Scotland. See more on the Love site.
The 1910 Commemorative Edition, commissioned by Diageo, was designed at Love Creative, Manchester, by design director Chris Myers, creative director Dave Palmer, illustrator Chris Martin, production manager Dani Hawley.
Filed under: Design, Diageo, Johnnie Walker
Tagged: Chris Martin, Love Creative
Location: UK

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Peter Svenonius
This article is about basic word order, morphology, and their relationship to movement. It explores some cross-linguistically pervasive word-order tendencies in which the hierarchical structure is reflected in left-to-right order (1–2–3) or right-to-left order (3–2–1) or in a mix of the two (1–3–2). The article also illustrates that there are basic asymmetries in these patterns for a wide variety of constructions in a wide variety of languages. It investigates one way to capture these ordering patterns: extension of Minimalist theory of phrasal movement. Moreover, the strengths and limitations of the Mirror Principle are reported. The position of agreement morphology or of negation does not seem to give the same sort of direct evidence for clause structure as is given by the position of functor morphemes expressing causation, tense, aspect, modality, and other concepts. Additionally, the article illustrates how verb clusters shed some additional light on the mechanisms responsible for word-order variation.
1325 + 17 = ?: Filling in the Blanks of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
Kimberly Theidon
This chapter focuses on the absence of certain marginal groups from the United Nations' Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and suggests correctives to those exclusions. The chapter discusses how men and boys as victims of sexual and gender-based violence have been erased in this agenda, and the consequences of this erasure. It challenges the assumptions of militarized masculinity as a uniformly shared identity among conflict-engaged men. It also looks at the outcome of pregnancies resulting from wartime rape and shows how children born of rape are presented and treated in their communities. The chapter draws on research conducted in Peru and Colombia and shows the necessity of understanding both the perpetration and experience of violence in nuanced ways.
Joy H. Calico
This chapter considers three trends evident in recent research on opera in the period 1900–1945. Scholars tend to situate the genre, as well as individual works and composers, in relation to Wagner's influence; they challenge and expand received wisdom about modernism, either admitting previously marginalized repertoire to that canon or proposing multiple modernisms; and they pursue nuanced analyses of the relationship between opera and Nazi/Fascist regimes. Precisely how one might define opera in a period of such great experimentation is also discussed. Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny is presented as a case study in which all of these approaches are fruitful.
Jean-François Fayet
Two years after the revolution in Russia, the social revolution was once again fermenting on the ruins of the empires defeated in the war. The First World War was turning into a civil war and not only in countries defeated in the war. The year 1919 saw the spread of workers' and soldiers' councils and a series of anti-colonial revolts in the Middle East and Far East. As yet, the link between these and the October Revolution was largely symbolic, since the Communist International generally learned of events only after the fact even as it endeavoured to integrate them within a global theoretical framework. Nevertheless it felt as though revolution were spreading like a contagion, at the same time as a wave of repression no less generalized was building up. Opening in revolutionary struggle, the year 1919 would end in victory for counter-revolution.
Tim Rees
The year 1936 was a momentous one in the history of communism. This was a time of acute uncertainty and fear, during which the Soviet Union and international communist movement faced unprecedented challenges. This article examines the attempts to build a socialist state in Russia, and to follow new international policies of collective security and the building of popular front alliances. Particular attention is given to the principal developments of the year—the internal crisis in the Soviet Union, the Chinese and Spanish civil wars, the Popular Front in France, the origins of the Great Terror—but also to the more everyday experiences of communists around the world.
Sergey Radchenko
This article explores the impact of de-Stalinization on the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China. Writers, artists, and intellectuals welcomed the curtailment of repression—the so- called 'thaw'—but their calls for openness and tolerance unnerved the Soviet party authorities. In 1956 Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin but he did not question the fundamentals of socialism. Still, his criticism of Stalin led to turmoil in the socialist camp, most notably unrest in Poland and the anti-Soviet insurrection in Hungary. While Khrushchev agreed to a reduction of Soviet influence in Poland, he ordered military intervention in Hungary. This intervention undermined the legitimacy of communism, as it made clear that communism in Eastern Europe was a Soviet imposition. Meanwhile, de-Stalinization untied Mao Zedong's hands. He felt free to pursue China's socialist transformation the way he thought best. Mao took advantage of Khrushchev's predicament to assert China's claim to leadership in the communist world.
Maud Anne Bracke
Around 1968 communism expanded as a global movement, especially in the developing world, while hitting a crisis of legitimation in Europe. In the Western world the late 1960s saw young people aspiring to revolutionary change that involved both individual liberation and social justice. Generational identity underpinned a revolt against authority, leading to acute political crises in France, Italy, and elsewhere. While presenting opportunities to communist parties, this revolt threatened, from Moscow's perspective, a dangerous proliferation of 'heterodox' Marxist thought. In Eastern Europe rebellious populations in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia demanded greater rights of expression, causing the Soviet Union to intervene militarily in Czechoslovakia. By contrast, Maoism was able to capture the revolutionary, anti-imperialist spirit of the times. Claiming to offer an anti-bureaucratic alternative to the Soviet model, and resituating heroic agency at the heart of communist politics, Maoism appealed to Third World revolutionary leaders and radicals in the West.
Matthias Middell
The essay argues that the story of 1989 can be told either as a narrow or a wide story. The narrow story focuses on the end of communism, the unification of Germany, and the subsequent integration of former communist states into the European Union. It works especially well for Central and Eastern Europe, although it also has implications for regimes in Africa that relied on Soviet support. However, it also requires considerable qualification, given the survival of communist regimes in China, Vietnam, Cuba, and elsewhere. In the second, wide version of the story, 1989 brings to visibility processes that had been at work for several decades, undermining the power blocs of the Cold War era and the territorially defined polities on which the system of international relations rested. In this story 1989 is of as much relevance to the West as to the former Eastern Bloc. The essay looks at both stories in relation to Gorbachev and perestroika, the US role in the end of the Cold War, German unification, the singing revolution in the Baltic, and 1989 in China and Cuba.
5150: On Unethical Privacy
Matthew E. Reynolds
5150: On Unethical Privacy is an autobiographical piece where Matthew Reynolds recounts the situation wherein he was involuntarily committed shortly before his 21st birthday. He describes the situation that led to his psychotic break, and the problems his parents had, who he is very close to and have had a large place in his treatment. He was incapable of informed consent and, after being tranquilized, due to his manic depression, he slept for 36 hours wherein neither his parents, physician, psychiatrist, or anybody else were contacted. Finally, his main moral dilemma is discussed. He highlights just what went wrong ethically based on his own memory of events, which he learned of during and after his involuntary committal. His main argument is: "what use is a psychotic patient's undeniable rights to privacy, if he is incapable of helping himself?" He notes how these systems backfired throughout.
A "Catholic Layman of German Nationality and Citizenship"?: Carl Schmitt and the Religiosity of Life
Reinhard Mehring
Carl Schmitt positioned his constitutional theory in the context of a "political theology" and referred to himself repeatedly as a Catholic. Schmitt scholarship has long pursued this self-depiction without establishing a convincing "Catholic" doctrine, political position, or life praxis. This chapter provides an overview and critical interrogation of Schmitt's self-description. By emphasizing his political and theological distance from his early background and from the political Catholicism of the interwar period, the chapter analyzes his systematic connection of theism, personalism, and decisionism, and considers Schmitt as a "religious" author and person. Schmitt's apocalyptically dramatized perception and stylization of life as a permanent "state of exception" can be seen as a religious practice of testing contingency and sovereignty and self-assigning to "salvation." Schmitt must thus be understood not as a part of majority Catholicism, but beyond it, among the religious movements in the history of modern secular faith.
A 1980 Attempt at Reviving Ancient Irrigation Practices in the Pacific: Rationale, Failure, and Success
Matthew Spriggs
The author was project leader on an attempt to revive ancient irrigation practices on Aneityum Island (Vanuatu, S. Pacific) in 1980, based on his archaeological and ethnoarchaeological research on the island. Here he tries to reconstruct the context and his rationale for instigating such a project. While successful in a technical sense—abandoned irrigation systems were indeed brought back into use as planned—the project was set up in the absence of a defined market and marketing policy. Inevitably it soon collapsed when the taro that was produced remained unsold. But all was not lost after all and a seed was sown. Recent reports from participants in the original project suggest that the ancient techniques that were re-taught to a wide section of the Island's community in 1980 have not been forgotten. These productive techniques are increasingly being reapplied on Aneityum in a time of rapid population growth.
'A Cloud of Witnesses': Tractarians and Tractarian Ventures
James Pereiro
The leaders of the Oxford Movement were supported by a cast of friends and disciples who made important contributions to the ideas and initiatives associated with the Movement. Most of them, until recently, have been given little attention by historians. However, recent studies of these personalities and their active involvement in Tractarian ventures have offered a more complete and complex perspective of the range of the Movement's programmes and activities. Among those activities, of particular relevance was the work of the London Tractarians in the field of education, where they played a vital role in the extraordinary development of the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the late 1830s and 1840s.
'A comely gate to so rich and glorious a citie': The Paratextual Architecture of the Rheims New Testament and the King James Bible
Katrin Ettenhuber
This chapter examines Miles Smith's King James Bible preface, 'The Translators to the Reader', excavating the polemical, hermeneutic, and literary contexts that frame the preface and determine its rhetoric, style, and tone. Smith's preface took shape in response to successive installments of the Catholic Douai-Rheims translation and the Sistine Vulgate of 1590, and drew on classic Protestant principles of argument and exegesis. At stake in these debates was the question of a textual and doctrinal return ad fontes, as both Reformed and Roman polemicists claimed the authority of the early church for their cause. In a detailed examination of the paratexts of the Rheims New Testament and the King James Bible, a compelling case study of the debates surrounding reform and interpretation is provided.
"A Curious Sort of Book": Jack London's and the Politics of Prison Reform
Susan I. Gatti
A bold, imaginative work, The Star Rover demonstrates Jack London's inventive approach to the social-protest genre. London mixes in the typical problem-novel ingredients: gritty, realistic details; sympathetic, downtrodden victims; greedy capitalist villains and their muscle-headed henchmen; brisk, often violent, action; outraged invective; individual and collective resistance; and radical action for precipitating change. But, in the process of exposing conditions within American prisons, London deviates sharply and creatively in The Star Rover—not only from the conventions of protest writing but also from the type of writing that normally assured him of good sales and positive reviews.
'A day after doomsday': Cranmer and the Bible Translations of the 1530s
Susan Wabuda
This chapter explores the inaugural moment for the English Reformation, and for the rendering of the scriptures in English within a national church. In May 1530, Henry VIII began to suggest that it was his duty to cause the New Testament to be translated into English for his subjects, marking a hesitant and reluctant shift towards a possible translation of the Bible. The King's suggestion was met with opposition from senior churchmen on the one hand, and frustration by English evangelicals on the other, and Henry subsequently imposed legislation that limited Bible reading. This chapter examines the complex issues involved in the protocols that governed how scripture was disseminated to the laity.
"A Day in the Life": The Beatles and the BBC, May 1967
Gordon Thompson
This chapter examines the issue of censorship in the British Broadcasting Corporation's controversial decision to ban the final track, "A Day in the Life," from the Beatles' album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 due to its oblique reference to drug use. More specifically, it analyzes the factors underlying the BBC ban within the context of the cultural environment in which company executives interpreted the recording. The chapter also discusses the BBC mission and its "Green Book," the BBC Variety Programmes Policy Guide for Writers and Producers, which establishes Britain's standards for taste in broadcasting.
"A Different Kind of Goose Bump": Notes Toward an LGBTQ Choral Pedagogy
Charles Beale
This chapter examines the musical practices and procedures of choruses such as the famous Gay Men's Chorus within the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) communities of the United States and Europe, and more specifically the discourse in and around them. It focuses on choral pedagogy as it is found in such ensembles and communities, drawing on the literature and first-hand accounts from singers, conductors and audience members, and examines what they uniquely value in their singing. Specific questions include: what is a good sound for an early MTF (male to female) transgender singer? Is it good to have female tenors in your ensemble, and if so, how many? How does the meaning of a song change for singers and audience when sung by a group of 250 gay men? How does that inflect the way in which that song should be taught to the singers? In short, is there a queer choral pedagogy?
'A Dirtier Reality?' Archaeological Methods and the Urban Project
John Schofield
Strait Street in Malta's capital Valletta is an extraordinary street, and one that has fascinating stories to tell about its resident population and visitors over nearly 300 years. For Strait Street (part of which was also known as The Gut) was a focal point for visiting navies, from Nelson's time until the departure of the British Royal Navy in the 1960s and early '70s. But such was the contradiction between this street's activities and Catholic society that the street has remained empty post-abandonment. This situation is only now beginning to change. This chapter briefly summarizes a project which set out to record, interpret, and present Strait Street to diverse audiences, focusing here on the field methods used in the investigation. While this is primarily an archaeological study, the methodology also incorporates ethnographic and historic components to construct a complex narrative of coexistence and tolerance in the heart of the Mediterranean.
"A Fanatic of Order in an Epoch of Confusing Turmoil": The Political, Legal, and Cultural Thought of Carl Schmitt
Jens Meierhenrich and Oliver Simons
This handbook engages with the critical ordering of Schmitt's writings, investing in the proper contextualization of his polycentric thought. More important than whether Schmitt's positions and concepts are relevant in the twenty-first century is how to read Schmitt so as to grasp the original meanings of his many publications. The handbook intends to provoke debate about the relevance of his canon for thinking about the present. It argues that the motif of order is central to making sense of Schmitt's contributions to law, the social sciences, and the humanities, as well as that his contributions to diverse disciplines constituted a trinity of thought. Schmitt's political thought cannot be understood without reference to his legal and cultural thought; his legal thought was informed equally by his political and cultural thought; and his cultural thought contains important traces of his political and legal thought. This theoretical and substantive overlap was deliberate.
"A Force for Good"?: Paradoxes of Swedish Military Activism
Lisbeth Aggestam and Adrian Hyde-Price
This chapter examines the politics of Swedish military activism and the paradoxes they involve. Since the end of the Cold War, Sweden has been involved a range of international military operations—from Bosnia and Congo to Afghanistan and Libya—that are very different from traditional peacekeeping. We argue that this military activism is driven both by the Swedish internationalist tradition of "doing good" in the world, but also for instrumental purposes. These include a desire for political influence in international institutions, an interest in collective milieu shaping, and a concern to improve the interoperability and effectiveness of the Swedish military.


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PECL packages for Linux SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers (4.0.7) are available now.
The SQLSRV extension is enabled by adding appropriate DLL file to your PHP extension directory and the corresponding entry to the php.ini file. The SQLSRV download comes 8 driver files, four of which are for PDO support. If you are running non-thread-safe PHP (PHP 5.3), use the php_sqlsrv_53_nts.dll file. (You should use a non-thread-safe version if you are using IIS as your web server). If you are running thread-safe PHP, use the php_sqlsrv_53_ts.dll file. Similarly for PHP 5.4, use the php_sqlsrv_54_nts.dll or php_sqlsrv_54_ts.dll depending on whether your PHP installation is non-thread-safe or thread-safe.
The most recent version of the driver is available for download here: » SQLSRV 4.0 download. If you need support for PHP 5.2 and/or PHP compiled with VC6, use the 2.0 release of the driver: » SQLSRV 2.0 download.
For more information about SQLSRV requirements, see » SQLSRV System Requirements.
The SQLSRV extension is only compatible with PHP 5 running on Windows. Since version 4.0 the SQLSRV extension is compatilbe only with PHP 7.0 running on Linux or Windows.
PECL packages for Linux SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers (4.0.7) are available now.
Running PHP 7.2 on IIS 10, I had to use the IIS Web Platform Components wizard to install the Microsoft PHP drivers version 5.2 x64 to get this command to work. Manually installing 4.0 drivers did not work.
SQLSRV doesn't use mssql_connect - it is it's own extension, therefore to connect you'd use sqlsrv_connect:
For some reason the default DLL files given at microsoft's website did not work for me. The author of this link : http://robsphp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/unofficial-microsoft-sql-server-driver.html has compiled the same driver with different version of VC which worked for me. Just leaving a note for anyone who may be benefited
The latest version of the driver is available here : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20098
This version supports PHP 5.5.
Microsoft's PHP driver for SQL Server only runs with PHP 32-bit builds
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '...\ext\php_sqlsrv_56_nts.dll' - %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
This error may occur if the Visual C++ runtime required by sqlsrv can not be found. In this case, "Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 (x86)" had to be installed for the x86 compiled PHP running on a x64 OS. For further investigations, have a look at Sysinternals Process Monitor.
Error msg:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function sqlsrv_connect()
Make sure you load BOTH dll's listed in the README:
hi dear.
do step by step
1- un comment php_mssql.dll & php_pdo_mssql.dll in php.ini.template file(php directory in software install path)
2- Copy the ntwdblib.dll library from the php directory to the apache/bin directory.
3- Stop and start apache
4- test your mssql with phpinfo() function.
5- finish
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To be eligible for federal and state aid, a student needs to:
- Be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen.
- If male, be registered with Selective Service.
- Demonstrate financial need, as determined by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Be enrolled in at least 6 or more credits (audited classes do not apply).
- Be working toward a degree at Lakeland University.
- Be making satisfactory academic progress. View our Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy.
- Not be in default on any federal loans or owe a refund on any grant made under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, at any institution.
To be eligible for Lakeland University aid, a student needs to:
- Demonstrate all of the federal/state aid eligibility requirements as listed above.
- Be accepted to Lakeland University.


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Santa Fe Events, Coupons, Reviews!
Santa Fe Events, Coupons, Reviews!
Summer!!!! A time that teachers look forward to each year and parents look for fun and creative ways to keep their kids entertained! Are you looking for activities to do? Medieval Times Castle in Atlanta is the perfect place to head to and they have got some great deals in store for you!
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For the first time in Medieval Times' 35-year history, a Queen has taken the throne. Her Majesty Doña Maria Isabella presides over a tournament of knights who gather in celebration to test their skill against one another in a series of games, jousting, and combat.
The new story brings a series of changes to the show including new costumes, custom-designed and handmade armor, fight scenes, and musical score composed by Dr. Daniel May, who directed and recorded the composition in Kiev with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
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Medieval Times has an awesome reputation for being family friendly. They want everyone to enjoy themselves and be part of the story. Medieval Times is a FUN family-centered attraction. Everyone in the family can enjoy it from the kids to the grandparents! We have had the opportunity to visit here on several occasions, and we always leave highly satisfied!
Upon entering the castle, your family is assigned a knight to cheer for! Paper crowns are given for you to wear and your family's picture is taken with some of the characters in the show. These pictures are later available for purchase if you choose to do so and they are placed in a beautiful Medieval Times commemorative keepsake book.
Once inside you are able to enjoy the castle. There is a great fireplace with a roaring fire where you can sit and relax before the doors to the arena open. You can also view lots of different things including weapons, suits of armor, Medieval artifacts, a live bird display and the dungeon.
To start the show the Lord Chancellor gathers the crowd before the throne and guests are directed by the Knight's color to their seats. When the doors open, it is somewhat of a mad dash inside. Do not worry about running in to get the best seat! When you enter the castle, tables are assigned. Just check out your "table" number on the card that was provided. EVERY row offers an excellent view of the show!
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Included in the price of the show is a 4 course, utensil–free meal. This is served during the show, so you are entertained as you eat.. You are served by "wenches" and "serfs" that are terrific! They are very efficient and remain in character, answering every request with "Yes, my Lord", or "As My Lady wishes". The menu is definitely "fit for a king!" It includes pureed tomato soup, garlic bread, roasted chicken half, half a potato, & a special vanilla ice cream treat along with beverages. There is a vegetarian option available upon request. They even provide warm wet-wipes after the meal to clean up hands and faces!
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Ticket Packages
Right now you can purchase an adult ticket for $39.95 and a child's ticket for $30.95 using code MAY19. They also offer a variety of experiences that you can upgrade to.
Add this package for only $22 additional per person.
Priority Castle Access
VIP First Row All Section Seating or Second Row in Center Section
Priority Seating Access
Cheering Banner
VIP Lanyard
Framed Entrance Group Photo
Add this package for only $18 additional per person.
Priority Castle Access
VIP seating
Priority Seating Access
Cheering Banner
VIP Lanyard
Group Photo for Each Member of the Party
Slice of Birthday Cake for Each Member of the Party
Personalized Announcement During the Show
Add this package for only $12 additional per person.
Priority Castle Access
VIP Seating
Priority Seating Access
Cheering Banner
VIP Lanyard
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The show provides heart-pounding entertainment, exciting music, beautiful costumes, dramatic lighting, fighting and of course, knights and horses! The show delivers audience favorites such as live jousting and sword fights with authentic weaponry and enhanced armor. You will certainly leave this place with a feeling of joy and plan your next visit!
If you are looking for ways to keep your children happy and engaged this Summer, then look no further than Medieval Times. It is guaranteed to be a knight to remember!
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Saint's Row: future games will have "different direction", says Volition
Saints Row 4 drops August 23 in Europe, but Volition is always thinking about where it could go next. In a new interview the studio confirms that it wants the game to conclude the series' characters and the Saints crew as they exist now, meaning that a fifth game would have to go in a […]
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Saints Row 4 could see the light of day on next-gen consoles as well as their current gen release this August.
Volition inspired by Saints Row: The Third's dildo bat
Saints Row: The Third's most infamous weapon helped Volition overcome a serious case of developer's block.
Going Bonkers: Volition on Saints Row: The Third
Volition lead designer Scott Phillips speaks to Johnny Cullen on bringing Saints Row: The Third's mental action to the masses, working with Hulk Hogan and Burt Reynolds, and much, much more.
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Want to see more Saints Row beyond 3? It's plain obvious: go and buy The Third.
With SR: The Third everything had to be"over the top this time around," says Volition
Volition has that in order for Saints Row: The Third to differentiate itself from other open world games, everything had to be "over the top this time around."
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Saint's Row: future games will have "different direction", says Volition
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The team excavated a two metres by two metres mud-plaster domed structure, which it says was used as a kiln to dry malt and make beer 3,500 years ago.
Beers of different flavours would have been brewed from malted barley and fermented with yeasts with an alcoholic content of around 5 per cent.
The yeast would have either been wild or produced from fruit such as grape or fig, according to the researchers.
Dr Lindy Crewe, from the University of Manchester, has led the excavation at the Early-Middle Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia, near Paphos, since 2007.
She said: ''Archaeologists believe beer drinking was an important part of society from the Neolithic onwards and may have even been the main reason that people began to cultivate grain in the first place.
''But it's extremely rare to find the remains of production preserved from thousands of years ago so we're very excited.
''The excavation of the malting kiln with associated sets of pottery types and tools left in place gives us a fantastic opportunity to look at Bronze Age tool kits and figure out techniques and recipes.''
The oven discovered by the archaeologists was positioned at one end of a 50-metre square courtyard with a plastered floor.
They found grinding tools and mortars which may have been used to break down the grain after it was malted, a small hearth and cooking pots made of clay to cook the beer gently.
They also found juglets, which they believe probably contained yeast additives or sweeteners to produce beers of different strengths or flavours. The beers' ingredients were found by the team as carbonised seeds.
Dr Crewe added: ''Beer was commonly drunk because it is more nutritious than bread and less likely to contain harmful pathogens than drinking water which can make you ill.
''But alcoholic beverages were also used to oil the wheels of business and pleasure in much the same way as today. Work brought communities together for tasks such as bringing in the harvest or erecting special buildings.
''Instead of payment, participants are rewarded with a special feast, often involving quantities of alcohol which also transformed the work from a chore into a social event.
''The people of the Bronze Age, it seems, were well aware of the relaxing properties of alcohol.''
An experimental archaeology team, led by Ian Hill of Harp (Heritage and Archaeological Research Practice) Archaeology, recreated the drying kiln using traditional techniques to test Dr Crewe's theory in August, said the university.
The modern version used hot air to produce a temperature of 65C – perfect conditions for heating and drying grains but still preserving its enzymes and proteins.
Mr Hill said: ''After the beers had been strained, we felt they were all pretty drinkable, though some varieties were better than others.
''The grape was less pleasant – a bit too sweet – the outcomes are less reliable when using wild yeasts, compared to brewer's yeast, but the fig beer was definitely the most popular.''


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He supported me for many years, whenever a problem in the field went over my experience I could call Dieter and he would jump in. I called him today, and he wasn't there to help - I'm sure this irritated him also!
I will miss his gentle nature, he mentored many in our industry. I'm proud to count him among my friends. I will miss him.
God speed Dieter. I am honored to have known you.


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Cargo era delayed by delayed flight; Outfielder scratched
ST. LOUIS – A delayed flight has delayed Carlos Gonzalez's much anticipated Rockies' debut.
He was originally scheduled to start in left field and hit seventh. But a late connection from Colorado Springs to Dallas nixed his debut, manger Jim Tracy saying he didn't want to risk injury by having the outfielder jump out of a cab and into the lineup. Seth Smith replaced him
Gonzalez, nonetheless, is thrilled to be back in the big leagues.
"This is what I came to this country for. I am looking forward to this opportunity,'' Gonzalez said from the cab on the way from the airport. "I was more patient (taking walks), but didn't lose my aggressiveness.''
Gonzalez tore up Triple-A pitching, forcing a callup. He will play all three outfield positions, though the corners are more likely. The odd man out appears to be Ryan Spilborghs. Tracy said that Spilborghs might have been in the wrong role to start the season, implying he could be a better reserve. The Red Sox have interest in Spilborghs, and Tampa and Atlanta are looking for outfield help. The Cubs have always liked Spilborghs as well.
Reliever Matt Daley was in the cab with Gonzalez and couldn't get to Busch Stadium fast enough. His sprained left ankle is healed, and he will resume a setup role with Manuel Corpas.
"It means a lot that they have that kind of confidence in me,'' Daley said.
This is a transition period for the Rockies as they attempt to find out what they have in some of their younger players.
In other news, Melvin Roman, catcher Yorvit Torrealba's agent, issued a statement on behalf of his client clearing up some of the news reports. He confirmed that Yorvit's son and two of the boy's uncles were kidnapped. Yorvit planned to fly his family to the United States today, and depending how they do over the next few days, he could rejoin the team in Milwaukee next week.
Here is the release:
As has been widely reported, Yorvit Torrealba's 11-year-old son, his brother-in-law and his wife brother- in-law were kidnapped in Venezuela on Tuesday. Mr. Torrealba left the Rockies to be with his family, and was relieved when his son, brother-in-law and his wife brother-in-law were released on Wednesday.
"Yorvit appreciates the support he has received from the Colorado Rockies and their fans, and wants to thank the baseball community for their prayers on behalf of his son, brother-in-law and his wife brother-in-law," said Mr. Torrealba's agent, Melvin D. Roman. "Yorvit plans to return to the Rockies as soon as possible, and hopes that people will respect the privacy of his family during this very difficult and emotional situation."
With that, a look at the lineups:
CF Fowler
SS Barmes (Tulo took batting practice today and his hand responded fine)
1B Helton
3B Atkins
RF Hawpe
2B Stewart
LF Smith
C Phillips
LHP De La Rosa
2B Ryan
CF Ankiel
1B Pujols
RF Ludwick
LF Stavinoha
C Molina
3B Barden
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Duane Keiser, an artist, painted an orange. You know, the fruit. What makes this orange special is that Keiser actually paints over the original orange to "peel" it with art. What starts as a full orange is turned into an orange slice. The time lapse video takes a while to develop, and I'm pretty sure I got lost with some of his artistic decisions, but it's cool to see the process of an artist at work. [Duane Keiser via The Awesomer]
An Artist Peels His Painting of an Orange with Brushstrokes


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Sunday, October 31, 2010
A two-sentence post on.... mixed emotions
So tell me why, then, am I anxiously counting down the days of the post-season - one that I am thoroughly enjoying - with greedy eyes focused on the Hot Stove?
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- Torgen said...
The only season more desolate than winter is a baseball season when your front office isn't particularly interested in winning any games for a few years.
- October 31, 2010 at 1:24 AM
- The Ack said...
Forgive me for being dense in reading your comment, Torgen....but you're implying another season (or two) of sandbagging ahead?
- October 31, 2010 at 1:30 AM
- Torgen said...
I meant that this winter is exciting because they spent the last two winters sandbagging--although really, JP didn't even have authority to sandbag in his last year.
- October 31, 2010 at 3:44 AM
- Ty said...
I don't know about that... The 2010 season was by far the most fun I've had watching the Jays in a very long time, and that happened in spite of the fact that it was assumed from day one that playoffs weren't even a possibility. Good baseball is good baseball.
That said, I think that's a big part of why this upcoming hotstove season is so exciting. AA is constantly making out-of-the-box moves and I kinda get the feeling we could end up watching a very different team next year, but the possibilities are pretty exciting given that this team is already more likable than it has been in a long time.
- October 31, 2010 at 10:09 AM
- mike in boston said...
i finally listened to Keith Pelley's interview on the PTS. Unless i am hearing it wrong, we should not expect any significant free agent signings this off season.
when asked about the payroll he said that it will have to go up as a result of arb cases, and that if in july or at the end of next year the team wants to take on salary then he thinks that would be do-able. at no point did he say payroll would be increased for this coming off-season, and at no point did he say that Rogers is committed to maintaining a higher payroll than they currently have. in fact, he went out of his way to praise the $55 million payroll of the Rangers.
this is not very promising. listen for yourself. it's on itunes, 5pm 10/27
- October 31, 2010 at 2:06 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Good of Mr. Pellet to get out in front of any possible fan enthusiasm. Fuck this organization.
- October 31, 2010 at 7:48 PM
I found last year's WS much more depressing with the Yanks and Phils. I just couldn't wait for it to be done. At least we have two different teams and neither bought the Series.
- October 31, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- Peter D said...
The Jays have consistently stated that they have no plans to make any significant off season free agent signings this off season, I'm not sure why anyone would still have the illusion that this would happen?
I think what most people are excited about is the fact that AA has identified that he was hesitant to pull the trigger on multiple deals last off season, and he won't make that same mistake this off season. Therefore from the sounds of it, he may trade everyone in the organization...twice. Should be fun!
- November 1, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Gil Fisher said...
I think the consistent msg from Management is that they'll spend the money when they're ready to add the last piece to the puzzle. The implication has been that they're not ready yet, but they haven't stated that.
This will be an exciting offseason more due to trades and smaller FA signings (Manny? bullpen?).
We have openings on the roster and a busybody GM.
- November 1, 2010 at 1:12 PM


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Announcing the First Ever Infowars Drone Mob and Video Contest!
November 29, 2012
Infowars is announcing the first ever drone mob event at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road, in Austin, Texas.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced there may be 30,000 drones over American skies by 2020, and now Congress is actually pushing the FAA to hand drone oversight to the Department of Homeland Security.
This continuous shift of power away from the people via drones has sparked the Infowars Drone Mob event as a way to spotlight this egregious government overstep. Anyone who wants to take a stand for freedom can join the Infowars Crew here in Austin, bring their own drone to fly and grab a ticket for some amazing free giveaways.
Alex is also announcing a $1000.00 prize for the best drone video filmed at the event. Participants will have two weeks to upload their videos to YouTube for consideration. Rules to follow.
This is legal and lawful fun to get the word out; please bring small drones that will be flown below FAA regulations. If Big Brother is going to fly drones over us, we will take a stand and show that We the People can fly drones as well.
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For more news on drones:
You remember last time when Infowars showed a drone being shot out of the sky in the Brothers in Arms series? That won't happen this time. The Infowars Drone Mob is just people flying small drones for freedom.
Here is a just smattering of drone news from the past year:
Government Documents Prove Domestic Drones Are For Spying On Americans
Obama Created A 'Drone Rulebook' Just In Case He Wasn't Re-elected
Obama Pardons Thanksgiving Turkey, Continues Unaccountable Drone Killing
Armed Drones to Patrol Highways by 2025
CIA Claims It Needs More Drones
Half of Military Drones May Broadcast Unencrypted Footage
New DARPA Smart Drones Use "Brains" To Dodge Obstacles
Conditioning? Xbox Poll Shows Overwhelming Gamer Support for "More" Drone Strikes
Pentagon Boss Announces Expansion of Drone and Commando War in Africa
Clinton Wants more Powerful Drone Surveillance Technology to Find Kony
Drone Strikes Hit Terror Suspects in Northern Yemen
Drones to be Armed With Mini-Smart Bombs
Sheriff Wants Drones To Peek Inside Buildings
Drone-murders of Americans 'Totally right, totally Constitutional': Homeland Security Chairperson
Drone Used To Spy On Miami Partygoers
US Drone Strikes Target Rescuers in Pakistan – and the West Stays Silent
Portrait of a Drone Killer: 'I Have a Duty, and I Execute My Duty'
Robotics Professor Warns Drones Will "Lead To A Sanitised Factory Of Slaughter"
'United Nations Wants to Use Drones'
DHS To Test Spy Drones For "Public Safety" Applications
Almost Half Of All Americans Support Domestic Surveillance Drones
Big Sis Loaning Out Military Style Drones To Sheriffs Departments: Privacy Group Sues
CBP Plans to Buy 14 More Predator Drones
Seattle Police To Roll Out Surveillance Drones with Infrared Cameras
GAO: Agencies Should Address Drone Security and Privacy Concerns
Pentagon Tests Drone at Civilian Airpark in Ohio
Spy Drone Buzzes Journalist's Secluded Home
DRONE: Rise of the Autonomous Super Soldier
Texas College Hacks Drone in Front of DHS
Drone Fever: U.S. Drone Manufacturers Pour Millions into Congressional Campaigns
Rise of the Machines: "A Drone in Every Home"
Vote Obama For Unaccountable Drone Warfare. Vote Romney For Unaccountable Drone Warfare.
Police Chiefs Adopt Drone Code of Conduct
Protesters Question New Drone Facility
US 'Secret' Drone Base and Ron Paul's Foreign Policy
FAA Releases Thousands of Pages of Drone Records
At America's Biggest Drone Show, the Focus Shifts Toward Domestic Skies
Pakistan Interior Minister: 80% Killed By Drones Are Innocents
Pakistan's Anti-drone Campaigner Imran Khan Removed from US Airline for Interrogation
Domestic Spying: Mini-Drone Can Watch Neighbors From Above
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Water Feature Q & A
Q: When is the water warm enough to add fish in the spring? I have some in a tank in the basement and can't wait to add them. – Lorrie of Michigan
A: Spring is a great time to add fish to your water feature, but you have to be careful when adding fish not to simply toss them into their new environment. You must acclimate them first. I'll explain:
Since Lorrie has a tank in the basement and a water feature outside, it's good to note that these are two different ecosystems altogether. The makeup of the water is different, the temperatures are different, everything about them is different. Thus, moving fish from one environment to another without allowing the fish to become accustom to the new environment (aka acclimate) can put a heavy load of stress or shock on a fish. Here are my recommendations when moving fish:
1.) Fill a water tight container using water from the environment's they are already used to. Make sure this container is small enough for you to carry if you're doing this by yourself. I suggest adding some Pond Salt to the container to help keep the stress levels of the fish at bay.
2.) Carefully place the fish into the container filled with water and cover with Netting or Cloth to prevent them from jumping out.
3.) Slowly began to add the new environment's water to the container. (Take note that if the new environment was just filled with fresh water, you want to add Water Conditioner to remove any chlorine or heavy metals from the water before acclimating.) This process should be done slowly to ensure the fish adjust gradually. It should take between 15 & 20 minutes. After this time has past, release the fish into their new home. At first the fish may be skittish and hide, but in a few days they should adjust just fine.
When adding fish to a water feature I always suggest not to add too many at any one time. You must allow time for your pond and filter to balance the new fish load. Adding too many at one time can cause ammonia to reach lethal levels. Add only a couple at a time and use a Master Test Kit to make sure the water is fine before adding any more. It may take up to 3 to 4 weeks before you can add more.
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Manny Ramirez's time with the Albuquerque Isotopes was uneventful: four plate appearances, zero hits, one walk, and one near-riot when he left the stadium during a pregame rain delay. But some good did come of his AAA sojourn.
The 'Topes pulled in a record 54,763 fans for the series, and I'm guessing more were interested in seeing Manny than the Nashville Sounds. Ill-gotten gains, you say? So does Albuquerque President Ken Young, who donated $10,000 to the Taylor Hooton Foundation, an anti-steroid charity. "I'm not going to say they're not connected," he said (or didn't say).
Manny's stay wasn't without drama. A standing room only crowd was disappointed when he left the stadium 40 minutes into a 54-minute rain delay. But no worries: refunds for everyone!
Said Manny:
You know me. Occasionally, I'll be quirky...'I'll be quirky.' Albuquerque! I'll be right back!
No, actually that was minor league baseball enthusiast and former major league mascot Homer Simpson.


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Change in the public school system occurs either at a glacial rate, or like a train speeding down a track, even as that track is still being laid. Before long, with our destination nowhere in sight, someone is slamming on the brakes, and putting us on some other kind of vehicle. My understanding is that the Core Curriculum places new, and generally higher, demands on students, and that the associated, standardized testing designed to measure student progress is more rigorous than the "fill in the bubble" tests of the past.
School districts are scrambling to come up with the technological resources that will enable them not only to administer the new assessments, but to teach students the important technological skills they will need to access the tests and demonstrate their knowledge. Under the circumstances, and given teachers' increased accountability, it is no wonder that our professional educators are concerned about the curriculum implementation process and how their students are going to perform on the tests.
The constructive question is not, as the May 13 editorial suggests, whether the teachers unions will "be complicit… in sabotaging the Common Core." Instead, we should be asking, "How do we provide teachers with the support and resources they need, so that they can give their students the support and resources they need to prepare successfully for college and careers?"
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Anonymous embed game in US Government website, enter Konami Code to play
Hackers operating as part of Anyonymous have responded to the suicide of SOPA activist and programmer Aaron Swartz by embedding a game into several US websites, accessible by inputting the fabled Konami Code.
SOPA headlines
SOPA activist Aaron Swartz has died
Aaron Swartz, programmer and Internet activist who helped scrap the Stop Online Piracy Act bill from passing in Congress through his Demand Progress group, has died.
PIPA vote postponed, SOPA shelved, ESA drops support
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid (NV) has postponed a vote on PIPA due to various issues and protests surrounding the bill, stating there's "no reason that the legitimate issues raised by many about this bill cannot be resolved." SOPA has also been postponed for the time being, and the ESA has dropped support of it […]
SOPA blackout protests yield results
This week's Internet blackout protests against the Stop Online Piracy (SOPA) and Protect IP (PIPA) acts preceded a number of capitulations from key US politicians.
Red 5 drops out of E3 2012 to form anti-SOPA movement
Firefall developer Red 5 Studios is skipping E3 2012 booth, and devoting its energies to an anti-SOPA grass roots movement.
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Oddworld developer Just Add Water and the Oddworld website, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Gamasutra and SavyGamer have all blacked out in protest to SOPA this morning.
Report - ESA dropped up to $190,000 on PIPA lobbying
Despite the reluctance of many of its member companies, the ESA apparently spent up to $190,000 in support of the Protect IP Act last year. Kotaku turned up
SOPA senate vote delayed until "consensus" is found
The anticipated vote on SOPA has been delayed until the US House of Senate can find some sort of "consensus," its been announced over the weekend.
White House "will not support" SOPA as it stands
The Obama administration has responded to a petition against the SOPA and PIPA bills stating: "any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic businesses large and small."
SOPA: DNS blocking pulled; PIPA needs "more study"
SOPA author and US Representative Lamar Smith of Texas has removed a controversial component of the bill, which would have required Internet Service Providers to block access to non-US websites accused of copyright and piracy violations.
38 Studios, MLG, others clarify stance on SOPA
38 Studios founder Curt Schilling has said the firm cannot "in good conscience support" the Stop Online Piracy Act as it is currently written.
Epic says it does not "support the current version of SOPA"
Epic Games has stated it does not support the current version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a bill drafted by Texas Republican Representative Lamar Smith and 12 co-sponsors.
ESA re-affirms SOPA support, mindful of "concerns"
US lobby group ESA has issued a statement re-affirming its support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill currently floating around in the US House and Senate, following the removal of EA, Nintendo and Sony from a list of companies which specifically support the move.
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the title is a follow up to .hack//g.u. vol. 1: rebirth in the dothack trilogy. in it, the protaganists are trapped inside an mmo, "the world," not as characters but as themselves. they are unable to log out of the game, despite many attempts to do so. the way the players were sucked into the game world reminded me of "the matrix," and i wouldn't be surprised if the game makers were big neo fans.
there's a ton of reading to get through, which i consider a downside. but bear with it, the story is actually pretty cool. the characters all have their own personalities, and, the ones that talk to you say amusing things.
and if story doesn't get you going, the graphics might. they aren't the best i've seen on the ps2, but they're darn close. the steam-powered bike, which spawns from your person, is pretty awesome.
it's a good game, if you give it a chance. but i think anyone not used to japanese action rpgs might not get it.
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|hmmm (12:00pm est thu may 10 2007)
"all your base are belong to us!"
– by headley
|japanese action rpgs (12:03pm est thu may 10 2007)
can someone give examples of other japanese action rpgs? i don't know what this means exactly. does that mean like kingdom hearts 2? – by chipt
|jrpgs (12:44pm est thu may 10 2007)
other jrpgs would include
the entire final fantasy series
jrpgs feature colorful and generally anime-esque characters. there is usually magic in one form or another, and almost invariably one or more characters will use weapons almost as large as themselves. plots can be a little overdone for some people, and can be a little convoluted. cut scenes abound in some of the games. xenosaga for example has literally hours of cutscenes. some people hate them, some people like them. some people realize that the game is basically a 50 hour long interactive anime experience.
jrpgs often differ from rpgs made in the west. contrast elder scrolls : oblivion, the various star wars rpgs and most other midlle-earth style fantasy games that are common in the west against the typical jrpgs and you can immediately see differences in graphical style, story telling style, style of story, and even the whole feel of the game. i typically find that jrpgs have a lighter feel to them.
oh, jrpgs also usually involve one or more protagonists who are female, pretty, scantily clad and quite 'cute'.
they also have bigger guns. (take that as you will, it's true in pretty much any way you want to). – by highlandcynic
|re chipt (1:36pm est thu may 10 2007)
yes, you are correct. other games in this genre include the kingdom hearts series and games liek star ocean. and as for highlandcynic, he was asking about other japanese action rpgs. also, your description and examples for japanese rpgs is just plain horribly stated. – by crzyone01
|crzyone01 (1:51pm est thu may 10 2007)
a) it was meant to be.
b) kingdom hearts is a better example?
c) you can do better? then do it.
d) never claimed to be an expert on the subject.
i note you can criticize a post, but i see no attempt on your part to offer anything but that criticism. – by highlandcynic
|not inspired by the matrix (6:05pm est thu may 10 2007)
i've always been a fan of the dot hack franchsise the games, anime, manga and the soundtracks. they have been using this theme for a while. the anime director has worked on cyberpunk works that predate the matrix by 14 years such as dominion tank police which was written by the creator of the anime that inspired the matrix ghost in the shell. the manga and anime that layed the framework for ghost in the shell date back to the early 80s. the studio that does dot hack started as a subsidiary of ghost in the shell's production ig studio. so this franchise comes from some of the original and best cyberpunk writers and directors of our time. – by knighthammer


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Microsoft claims £3.6m piracy scalp in China
Shanghai retailer apologises after reaching settlement
Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts in China chalked up a big win last week when Shanghai retailer Ruichuang Network Technology agreed to pay 36 million yuan (£3.6m) to the software giant in compensation for several infringements.
The firm posted a statement on its popular 2345.com portal site expressing "profound apologies" to Microsoft for its software copyright infringement and promising to respect its IP rights in the future.
Redmond sued Ruichang president Han Meng and VP Han Hong earlier this year, claiming the firm was illegally selling licensed copies of Microsoft software without authorisation, according to Marbridge Daily.
It said that the link to the illegal software download received over 32 million clicks and that more than 11 million people had downloaded it. Ruichang was also accused of flogging close to 1.3m physical copies of pirated Microsoft software.
Redmond was originally gunning for a 100m yuan (£10m) pay-out but apparently accepted the lower offer after mediation from the court.
Microsoft has been increasingly successful targeting big name piracy offenders in China's private sector over the past few years.
In 2009, 11 ringleaders of a piracy syndicate were jailed for up to six-and-a-half years after a Shenzhen court found them guilty of selling $2bn (£1.3bn) worth of counterfeit software, while in 2010 a Shanghai court awarded it 2.17m yuan (£219,500) after finding Shanghai's Dazhong Insurance had been using hundreds of copies of pirated Microsoft software.
In July of this year, Redmond's lawyers were at it again, initiating legal proceedings against nine resellers across seven Chinese cities whom they accused of pre-installing pirated copies of Windows onto computers before selling them on to customers.
China is certainly stepping up its efforts to combat digital and software piracy with the government leading by example.
It is spending around US$160 million (£102m) to replace pirated software in central and provincial government offices with genuine versions of the product.
As if to highlight the changing environment in China, Shanghai prosecutors have apparently now filed criminal charges against Ruichang's president and VP, in the wake of the Microsoft settlement.
However, the scale of the problem in the People's Republic is still far greater than most other global regions.
The most recent data from anti-piracy lobby group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) point to a piracy rate of 77 per cent – the highest in the world – although the government's estimates are a much more conservative 38 per cent.
Domestic technology companies are doing their bit too. E-commerce platform provider Taobao recently signed an MoU with the Motion Picture Association designed to reduce the volume of copyright infringing goods sold on the site.
As a result it has the backing of the MPA in its bid to be taken off the US government's blacklist of 'Notorious Markets'.
China's State Intellectual Property Office boss Tian Lipu recently went on the offensive, claiming Western media has distorted the country's piracy problem and arguing that "China is the world's largest payer" for patent rights, trademark rights and royalties. ®
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Dr. Edythe Weeks, Tuesday, 11-20-12 November 21, 2012Posted by The Space Show in Uncategorized.
Tags: "Outer Space Development, benefit sharing, capitalism, citizen science, commercial space development, Common Heritage of Mankind, creating an ideological shift, Dr. Edythe (Edy) Weeks, environmental issues, giggle factor, IAF, International Institute of Space Law, international relations, International Relations and Space Law: A Method for Elucidating Seeds, NewSpace, nonprofit, private investment, public/private partnerships, revenue sharing, space entrepreneurism, space law, space mining, space property rights. The Outer Space Treaty, space resources, space tourism, tattoos, taxes, The Moon Treaty, United Nations, venture capital
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Dr. Edythe Weeks, Tuesday, 11-20-12
Guest: Dr Edythe (Edy) Weeks. Topics: We discussed her book, various commercial space development models, benefit sharing & more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, https://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. We welcomed Dr. Edythe (Edy) Weeks to the program to discuss her book, "Outer Space Development, International Relations and Space Law: A Method for Elucidating Seeds." You can buy her book on Amazon & if you use the following URL, Amazon will contribute to The Space Show/OGLF: www.amazon.com/Outer-Space-Development-International-Relations/dp/1443839655/ref=onegiantlea20. During our first segment of this 2.5 hour discussion, Dr. Weeks introduced us to her book and the need to understand space development from an international relations perspective. We talked about how the industry has evolved over the last 20+ years, innovations such as citizen science suborbital missions, new commercial players, & innovative business ideas such as asteroid mining. Dr. Weeks talked extensively about the need for an ideological shift toward space throughout the non-space population & within our global educational systems. When Todd from San Diego emailed Edy as to how to create the ideological shift, that opened a discussion on how such shifts are created. It was very interesting that one of the major examples cited by our guest included the growth & popularity of tattoos. This sparked quite a conversation, some of it laced with humor, lots of fun, but also relevant points to our discussion. As our segment was ending, our guest talked about the need to include other perspectives in the space benefits, those coming from outside the STEM fields.
In our second & very long segment, I opened up asking Edy about the ideas in her book in support of benefit sharing & the Common Heritage of Mankind concepts found in some of the U.N. space treaties. This discussion prevailed for the balance of our program as our guest is looking for new and different business & social models for space to be more inclusive which she believes will lead to more space commerce. I took a challenging & argumentative position throughout most of the discussion in explaining why most in the NewSpace and commercial space industries do not support benefit sharing and why. We talked about the need for property rights & why such rights would facilitate commercial development. Dr. Weeks was not supportive of the property rights positions, looking more for space development to accomplish much needed social change and reform around the world. Also, she made the case that property rights were not needed nor supported by the treaties & their working papers. Dr. Weeks did clarify her position regarding capitalism, the U.S., commercial space companies & benefit sharing ideas so don't miss her clarification. Let us know your thoughts on our blog. Tax revenues were discussed but as you will hear, our guest focuses on actual benefit sharing beyond tax payments to help create wealth for everyone, including those that would be the recipient of the benefit sharing programs & the commercial space business. We talked about voluntary charitable giving as compared to mandatory or government required giving through benefit sharing. I cited Microsoft & Google models for why private sector giving with the pursuit of business unfettered by government induced benefit sharing is better. Tim called in to express his very strong views in support of the private sector & his opposition to reallocation of resources regardless of how it is termed by either government or the UN. Edy referenced the OST & the Moon Treaty in making her points, making the case that outer space resources belong to everyone, not just the developer. While we did use an outrageously successful multi-trillion dollar model for our discussion of the space mining example, the idea was made that the company could easily afford to "give" a percentage to the benefit sharing process, over & above taxes, assuming the company was profitable, even at more realistic levels. Our guest was very articulate in presenting her views & ideas, plus her book does a very good job of comprehensively dealing with what we just barely had time to scratch during our program. For more information, check out Edy's blog and YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=okyVWJglxow & http://blogs.webster.edu/globalthinking/blog/2012/07/16/outer-space-development-is-subject-of-new-book-by-hpirs-edythe-weeks/#more-2802.
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PhD student
There are particular members of society who, since childhood, dreamed of making fantastical and grandiose contributions to society. Instead of idolising Paris Hilton and dreaming about what it would be like to grow up and live the high life, wear designer clothing, be rich beyond imagination, goto the hottest parties, look gor-juss and mingle with A-listers (without demonstrating either talent, hard work, intelligence, or contributing to humanity in any discernible way), chances are that the good sort of children made life plans that hinged upon receiving inordinate praise from others for superior displays of intellect. These children usually had hyper-ambitious parents who harboured similar desires for their children, but unfortunately were bereft of anything remotely resembling a CLUE. Mummy always wanted to go to university but wasn't able to because her daddy was an alcoholic and her mummy was borderline, so she had to leave school when she was 15 and work work work and give her daddy all of her money which he then pissed up the wall. Mummy couldnt go back to university because she got knocked up with you, but you're female, and you kinda look like her, so you must be the miniature version of her and the vessel through which she can live out her pathetic half-buried dreams so yes you will go to university! You will do Arts like she wanted to because she loved history and english and did i ever tell you that you are going to go to uni and then on to postgrad study and maybe you will get a scholarship to oxford and then i will see you get your degree and think that i deserve the degree too and no then i will not feel so pathetic and then i can abandon the dream of going to uni so yes you WILL go to uni you DONT have a choice because youre BETTER than everyone else and you have to AIM HIGH and no arts isntgoodenoughonitsownyoushoulddoLAWbecausethenIcansaymydaughterisaLAWYERandboywontthatfeelgood!
Development of the PhD student in late adolescence[edit]
Unfortunately, after nearly two decades of such emotional fuckwittage being crammed down these children's throats, they become indoctrinated into believing that the world would fall at their feet if they go to this far off mystical magical-fairy land and receive a piece of rosewatered, calligraphied piece of paper. Thus, these children work very hard throughout their entire adolescence, doing extraordinarily well at school and accruing valuable life skills by enduring the manifestations of their classmates' passive-agressive hatred. Mummies and Daddies also love these children above all else, and when Mummy goes to her church committee and talks to the mother of the boy who was just caught by the police for downloading child pornography - boy, doesn't she feel smug!
So chances are, instead of actually 'discovering' who they were or what they were capable of in any meaningful sense, these children live a standard 'tick the box' approach to life, simply navigating their way through life experiences (such going to university) and gaining accoutrements along the way (such as scholarships) simply because society dictated that they HAD to do these things in order to be recognised as successful. Remarkably, these sorts of children manage to sit through three to four years of higher education in which they are trained to think critically about the world in which they live, the politics that govern the world and the machinations of human nature, but are incapable of applying any of these critical thinking skills to their OWN lives. Unfortunately, if they did, they might have at least taken some sort of sojourn in the real world ... maybe travelled before they graduated, taken a full-time job in a relevant industry, moved out of Mummy and Daddy's chequebook and discovered how difficult it is to be self-supporting, and most importantly, realised that that generalist degree from an elite institution that you were nearly KILLING yourself to get isn't worth spit to most people in the great, big, scary external expanse called "THE REAL WORLD".
Birth of the PhD student[edit]
Sadly, and oftentimes far too late, these children inevitably come to the heartbreaking conclusion several months after graduation that the graduate recruiter at KPMG won't give a tinkers cuss that they got a HD in 'Postwar Australian Cinema: Ned Kelly to Mad Max' ...
But then.... Panic! What to do now? What else is there? What else WAS there? These overgrown children are simply brains in bodies, the natural elite, the movers and shakers of tomorrow (or so they were told). Where are the good jobs, the opportunities, the chances to move up the corporate ladder, the money, the kudos, the recognition, the chance to bypass the bottom rungs in life? Why won't the manager at Sportsgirl respond to the application that they put in three months ago?
These children reflect a little bit on this predicament, usually whilst sitting at home on their spotty behinds, eating garguantuan tubs of Haagen Daas whilst watching Oprah on the rotting couch in their parents basement, silently sobbing themselves to sleep at night, protecting their fragile egos from the possibility that perhaps that piece of paper doesn't mean that they are immediately entitled to be treated as superior beings. So they ponder, "Why did that academic tell me that honours would give me an 'edge' in the employment market? More inexplicably, why was I dumb enough to believe him? Has everyone who espoused the value of education been lying to me all along?" And funnily enough, those critical thinking skills they learnt at University FINALLY kick in. Especially when they accidentally bump into the class clown of their high school graduating year, who is now turning over $100,000 per year as a carpenter. Fucking bastard.
But ah ... eventually the real world becomes a bit too much for these suckers, and they run back to the poisonous teat of the mother that has always sustained them and like Lady Macbeth, continually threatened to bash their brains out ... ACADEMIA. Post-graduate studies ahoy! "This time," (they tell themselves) "I'm not going to make the same mistake ... I'm going to study something vocational, and be of real use to someone when I graduate! THIS will give me the edge in the job market that I was after!" And thus, the Ph.D. student is borne.
The Quintessential Existential Post-Graduation Crisis[edit]
Everyone gets excited for the Ph.D. student (particularly hyperambitious Mummy and Daddy, whose psychopathic ambitions haven't exactly abated over the years) ... but ... on the other hand ... no-one really has the heart to tell them that a 20,000 word dissertation on Patrick White's use of bark imagery isn't exactly going...to...cut...it...either. So what to do after this debacle blows up in your face again?
Hmm... not quite sure. However, that retail assistant's job at the Co-op Bookshop looks rather appealing. Think about it - you'll be surrounded by books, and you technically wont leave Uni. And the best bit of all? At the start of every semester you'll be surrounded with fresh faced 17-18 year olds, purchasing their semester textbooks on their first step on what is sure to be a tortuous process of heartache, self-abrogation and shattered dreams. You know? People who used to be just like you! How endearing!
Best of luck to all doing a PhD - Remember: we normal "not-so-smart" people who didn't sneer at studying a 'vocation' in the real world will always be here to laugh at you when you wind up as a high school humanities teacher instead of getting that associate professorship that you were after. Ha-ha!


text: My 15-year-old polyurethane longboard is taking on water and I'm completely at fault for not fixing it sooner. Sometime last summer I taped over a crack in the rail -- which was about 1 1/2" long with an 1/8" wide x 1/4" long gap in the middle with the rest just a hairline. I didn't fix it when I found it because, well, there was good surf that morning and my other good small wave board was 40 miles away. The crack didn't seem to go through the glass and I used clear packing tape -- which works very well in a pinch -- but then the laziness set in. I re-applied the tape a few sessions later as a precaution and the board sat unridden for most of the winter. Too cold to glass was my excuse. A new year evidently resets precautionary measures with me because I've taken it out 4 or 5 times sans souci since the end of February and one of those times the tape failed -- most likely in the last session but maybe the one before. I store the board vertically and a day after the latest session I noticed water slowly oozing out through the tape on the rail. I took a razor and enlarged the hole then hung the board horizontally with the crack at the lowest point on the rail, and over 36 hours slightly less than a 1/4 cup of water has dripped out. The dripping has slowed considerably but another two tablespoons have come out since this morning. The rest of the board is in fairly good shape. There are two minor delam spots on the deck where I pop up but I'm fairly certain they're unrelated to water damage. The stringer is also slightly elevated in spots with small cracks on either side where the deck foam has been compressed, but the cracks aren't breaking through the glass. The rest of the board seems watertight. There's also some yellowing of the foam because it's an older board but there's no uneven discoloration to suggest water damage, but I don't know for sure. It feels heavy now but maybe that's just in my mind. The last time I surfed it I was out for nearly 4 hours so I don't know how much water got in (crack is 3' from the tail so it's basically submerged the whole time, but it's a tiny crack). I also have no clue how long the discoloration takes to show or how damaging the salt water is to the foam (can't be good). I weighed it now so I'll see if it gets lighter... But, what's the best way to dry it out? I haven't gone through all the Swaylocks/Internet posts yet but anyone here have this issue? Do I flush it with fresh water first? Throw it in the attic as it gets warmer? Should I drill holes elsewhere to let it breathe? Blow air through it? Suck air out? Maybe cut out the delamination and let it sit for a few weeks? I had hoped to inject resin under the two delams so I didn't have to rip out foam, match paint and turn it into a frankenboard, but maybe now it's worth opening up the deck and fixing a few issues at once. I've read that PU foam absorbs lots of water yet also read that PU foam doesn't absorb water much beyond the crack. I'd hate to open the deck if I didn't need to. I can do all the work myself but I have zero experience fixing water damaged boards.


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Hartford, Conn.--The Sacred Heart University Cheerleading Squad attended the Liver Life Walk Hartford at UCONN's Rentschler Field on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. The team has participated in the walk for several years, cheering on the sides of the finish line to motivate the various groups in the walk. They continue to cheer the runners on through the final laps and congratulate them when they complete the walk.
"The girls truly enjoy being a part of this event to support the cause," said Head Coach Deborah Holt.
Before the walk, a few of the girls had the opportunity to meet a girl named "Dlnamic Diane" who is suffering from Biliary Atresia, a rare type of liver disease. As her group was presented, the SHU Cheerleaders couldn't help but notice her dancing around on stage and welcomed her over to join them. Her uplifting energy and positivity inspired the team, and they were happy to form a bond and relationship with her. Together, the cheerleaders and Diane truly made a "dynamitic duo."


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Established in 1977 by renowned designer Steven Lagos, his namesake brand Lagos takes inspiration from a woman's integrity, sensuality and timeless elegance. A Lagos bracelet is the perfect companion to a dressed-up or dressed-down look, suitably putting the finishing touch to your outfit. The range includes a wide mix of bracelets, many of which incorporate caviar styling, diamonds and pearls.
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