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May 2373 - Account from Professor Mrs Kerstin Johansson, (semi-retired) of the University of Uppsala
In my job, I see a lot of writing, not just on paper, but carved into stone, metal or wood. As an archaeologist at the University of Uppsala, ancient writing is one of the basic data sources for my science. In particular, handwriting is one of my specialities, which, I suppose, is one of the reasons why Olaf Ekman's Book arrived at my workstation, eleven years ago.
Writing by hand is a rarity these days. We see any amount of printed paper, and lots of tablet notes in a variety of font styles, but beyond that... what? People sometimes sketch preliminary ideas on paper. Shopping lists, score cards, yellow sticky notes. The majority of paper manufactured today is used in an absorbent form to soak up or wipe up spills or bodily exudations. You can't write on a nose tissue. I've tried.
Writing being such a rarity, I was surprised that the book was accompanied in its mailpouch by a handwritten note on a plain sheet of heavy paper, signed by the Dean himself. It said, in essence:
1. Do not disclose anything connected with this book to anyone other than me. Do not file any data connected with this project on any computer database. Use only a secure, non-networked computer for your report.
2. You are required to analyse the attached book for authenticity of origin and language, both in its basic form and, as far as possible, with reference to the handwritten additions. Pay particular attention to dates.
3. Transcribe into English the handwritten additions to the text.
4. Submit a single printed report of your conclusions to me in person.
I was not permitted to retain a copy of the report I submitted, but the task was so unusual that I still clearly remember almost everything about it.
Ekman's 'Book' was actually an old bible. We see a lot of bibles, q'rans, little red books and other religious and political tracts in the archaeology business. During most of the history of printing, religious books in particular were produced in huge quantity, so it is not surprising. Besides, in historical times, superstition made people reluctant to destroy holy books, which often survived for many years after their original publication.
This bible was a dog-eared volume some one hundred and forty millimetres tall, ninety-five millimetres wide and forty millimetres thick, as I remember. It had a soft cover of black imitation leather, torn and scuffed. It was grubby and it smelled strangely musty, as though it had been in close contact with animals.
The paper was extremely thin, presumably to make the volume as physically small as possible. Each sheet was only 0.05 millimetres thick, so that 1000 pages (500 sheets) measured only 25 mm.
Bibles were traditionally divided into major sections called 'books', subsections called 'chapters', and short passages called 'verses'. The print was small, in two columns per page, with each Book named, and each Chapter and Verse numbered.
The publication date of this Holy Bible was 2145, over 200 years old when I first saw it. It was in English, published in London at the Hackney University Press, and must have been one of the last so-called King James versions published, the earliest examples of which date from the 1600s. By 2145, the 17th century language used was unfamiliar to nearly all speakers of English, and the bible in use was commonly rendered in contemporary language, just as on-line versions are today.
I sent samples of the cover, paper and ink of the bible for analysis, without revealing their source. The plastic cover and the paper were the right age, the printing ink correct. I was able to borrow another copy of exactly the same edition from Stockholm University library, and it was identical, other than wear and tear; the physical appearance, the pagination, font, printer's marks, even the few accidental flecks that always used to appear on a printing plate. On balance, forgery of the book itself was very unlikely.
However, what made this bible interesting was that almost every blank space - end-papers, margins and chapter breaks - was filled with handwriting in ballpoint pen, whose ink was initially consistent with the age of the entries. Later entries were in a more primitive ink which later turned out to be coffee. The book, or diary, was, in fact, a palimpsest. The original meaning of the bible text apparently meant nothing to the writer.
I remember that, at first, I didn't even realise that the handwriting was in Swedish. Swedish is theoretically my native language, but here in the twenty-fourth century, there are few daily speakers of the language. It was hard to recognise, because the handwriting was atrocious. Even after a lifetime of deciphering ancient documents, I found it extremely difficult to read, and the writer, in search of writing space, had filled all the big areas before resorting to margins and column gutters, and the whole narrative was therefore out of sequence, and the writer clearly lost track of dates very early in his account.
In my opinion, the language and handwriting style used were consistent with a Swedish male educated within rural Sweden in the early part of the twenty-second century, about two hundred years ago. For the language, I based my assessment on similar documents of comparable age: the vocabulary (especially the paucity of imported English and other foreign words); punctuation; grammar; and sentence structure used. For the handwriting, my clues were letter shapes and connectors, and, particularly, accents and diacritical marks.
As to content, the writer calls himself Olaf Ekman. There was no immediate way to verify this. He was unclear where he was living, lacked company, was unclear about his situation but had adjusted to it. The account was long, repetitive and tedious. It also lacked biographical detail.
Using parish and census records, I was able to identify more than two hundred possible Olaf Ekmans living in Sweden at the approximate period, but there was insufficient supporting historical data in his written account for a positive identification. Certainly, several of these Ekmans lacked information on date and place of death, but emigration to other countries typically interrupts the life records of individuals living at that time.
In conclusion, while I was unable to comment on any possible delusion on the part of Olaf Ekman, the physical book appeared entirely authentic, and the style of the palimpsest content was entirely consistent with Ekman's assertions as to year of writing.
Prof. Kerstin Johansson. May 2373.
Some extracts from Olaf Ekman's writings. As I state in the body of this account, the whole is both boring and baffling. Part of the confusion results from the fact that Ekman does not initially reveal that he is living in a supermarket delivery van. Late in the account, he reveals that the bible, which some other driver had left in the cab, was not the only paper available to him, but that he valued the other paper for lighting fires. He would never burn a bible, apparently. However, the ball-point pen he had in his pocket was the only writing implement available. The pen ran out before the available paper in the bible and the last entries are laboriously scratched with something dipped in a dye made from coffee. The van load, luckily for Ekman, was mostly preserved foodstuffs with a few other everyday items and some women's clothing.
1 June 2151: My name is Olaf Ekman. I have been here for about a month, but I do not remember how I came. The last date I clearly remember is 3 May 2151, so I shall call today 1 June. I have shelter, there is more than enough to eat and drink, but my life is empty. I have not seen another person, bird or animal since I arrived. The van is completely out of fuel and the GPS and radio light up but appear to be broken. The solar panels collect a little energy, but not enough to drive the van any distance. Tomorrow I shall walk to the west (the position of the setting sun) in the hope of encountering a neighbour or a road.
12 June 2151: Ten days and I was lucky to get home. The terrain is flat and almost treeless in all directions from here. After two days pushing through alternate stony desert and ankle-deep, flat-leaved vegetation, I came to a low hill, but the view from the top, in all directions, was exactly the same. I had taken enough food for seven days, turned back after three, and missed the van on the way back. It took three days to find it. Perhaps this is Canada. Are there volcanoes in Canada?
20 June 2151: I managed to cut down one of the tall plants, about ten metres high, with a kitchen knife from the van. The wood is soft like a cactus, and very light. There was a box of balls of string in the delivery. I tied a very bright yellow frock to the top of the pole, and managed to fix it to the van as a flagstaff. I will not miss the van next time I explore. I have decided to climb the volcano. I will see more from there.
It appeared to take Ekman several months to achieve this objective. The volcano was so far away that he was forced make huge numbers of part trips to set up supply caches en route because he could not carry enough food and water for the complete journey. In turn, this meant that he needed to signpost the route from cache to cache.
20 October 2151: So, in summary, the trip to the volcano was not a total waste of time. From near the top, it was clear that I am on an island, and it appears uninhabited. Although I never see any aircraft, I am building a sign to attract attention and will keep a fire burning day and night in hope of rescue.
25 October 2151: It rains a lot here, with remarkable thunder and lightning. It is difficult to keep the fire lit. It is good that the load includes a whole case of gas lighters.
6 November 2151: The moon looks smaller from here. Maybe it is the flatness of the land.
There follow twenty-two years' worth of increasingly sporadic entries, most may be summarised by 'got up, ate tinned stew, it rained, collected fuel for the fire, went to sleep', a pattern which must be a feature of the life of any castaway. The constant fire was abandoned when it took nearly a day to collect a day's fuel. Every so often, when the solar panels had accumulated a little energy, he moved the van a few hundred yards to another area with more fuel. Eventually, he was only a day's walk from the sea, but his attempts to catch fish were unsuccessful. He never saw another living creature on land or in the sea. Latterly, entries were interspersed by occasional complaints of this type:
12 September 2166: Becoming worried that the tins of food will only last a few more years. I have finally tasted the red bush fruit that look like little jugs that I always thought would be poisonous. I was right. They were almost tasteless, but caused terrible stomach pain. So far, there is nothing at all on this island that I can eat except the tomatoes and grapes that still sprout on my dungheap, and I think I brought these here myself! Happily, the rain water, though it tasted strange at first, has always been OK.
It should have been a soul-destroying existence, very much like a life sentence in solitary confinement, yet Ekman appears to have accepted it without either complaint or curiosity. There is no self-pity even in the last entry of all:
1 January 2173: Happy New Year. I opened the last tin today - one I have been keeping for a final treat - peaches. I hate to think how much I owe DK-Mart Supermarkets - a whole delivery! I estimate 20000 kg of tinned and packet food alone, not counting the soft drinks, beer and vodka. And all these ladies' dresses and sandals I used when my overalls and boots wore out! There is no more food, so when I get hungry I will eat as many painkillers as I can and fall asleep. I am sorry, DK-Mart, you will never be paid. Let us say that I have taken my salary in kind. Goodbye.
Ekman's death occurred two hundred years ago this year. We still do not know how he came to be marooned.
Kerstin showed her unexpected visitor into her kitchen. The man had arrived unannounced, presented his identity badge to her entry scanner, and been admitted without delay and without requiring Professor Kerstin Johansson's permission. This was the sign of a very important person.
"Coffee?" she offered.
"No, thank you. This is your report, recorded recently, is it, Professor?"
Kerstin Johansson regarded the rather pale young man with rising suspicion. He had a friendly face, but that meant little these days. He had unrolled a flekskreen, and passed it across the kitchen table. She recognised the article she had posted on the net the previous day. "Who did you say you were?" She had been so surprised at his arrival that she had not read the admission read-out on her entry screen.
"Anders Lidén, UN Truth Commission. Your article, is it?"
"Yes, but I fail to see the problem."
"You are aware that your work on this project was highly confidential." It was a statement, not a question.
She suddenly perceived that Lidén's blue eyes were acutely piercing. Her stomach sank. The UN Truth Commission had a reputation for ruthlessness in the pursuit of academics who crossed the line. "Confidential, yes, but eleven years downstream? And it's a sad story, someone marooned for so long, but it can hardly be important. It happened so long ago - two hundred years this year. That's why I wrote the memoir."
"And you were given leave to publish by whom?"
"No-one. But this is not my original report, which I agreed to keep confidential, just a memoir."
He pursed his lips. "Hmm.. A prevarication. And the quotes from your transcript of Ekman's journal?"
"They were not quotes! You will probably see differences from the original transcript... I... er... kept images of a few pages and re-translated them."
Lidén rolled up the flekskreen and returned it to his hip bag. "A memoir, you say. Could your memory be faulty, do you think?" He was watching her carefully.
"I don't believe so. I was careful not to guess anything that I could not clearly remember."
"Such as?"
"Lab results. Number of journal entries. I don't know. How long the investigation took."
"I see."
"Look. If the information is still secret, then I'll withdraw the net release."
"Oh, it was withdrawn this morning, and cleared from all public caches. There may be a few copies in private hands, but without the original, they lack substance. We can handle that sort of thing."
"So, will I be prosecuted for breach of confidentiality?"
"Oh, I hardly think so. A prosecution would be too noticeable. No, we want you to publish, but with certain small changes."
Kerstin could feel her hackles rising at the prospect of being forced to publish a lie at the request of the Truth Commission. She knew it happened, but not, surely, to archaeologists. "I don't understand. Was this Ekman important?"
"You were never told where the book was found?" It was clearly Lidén's turn to be surprised. He immediately appeared less menacing.
"No. I wondered at the time, but I wasn't asked to speculate. It seemed shocking that he was never found, but I suppose there are still remote places like that, even today."
Lidén deployed his flekskreen again and opened a form. "As things stand, your report is suppressed. If you endorse this official security form, I will give you some information. The form is specific to this information and does not constrain you in any general fashion. If we later discover that you have revealed that information, you will be sanctioned. On the basis of the information I give you, you may decide to publish your report with changes we suggest. Otherwise, it remains suppressed."
"In short, I have nothing to lose, but not a lot to gain, either."
"True. But you are now fascinated to discover the secret. That's a gain."
"All right. I am fascinated."
"OK. Look at the screen until the retinal scan clicks, and then say 'I endorse form number ' and read the number on the screen."
The familiar formality complete, Lidén began. "The book and Ekman's remains were found in 2268."
"But that was, what, nearly a hundred years before it came to me. Yet I remember a sense of urgency."
"That is because, even with the fastest transport available, it took nearly a hundred years to get to you."
"I don't understand."
"Yes you do."
"Of course. A space colony."
"Pacifica, formerly called HD69830-4. The starship UNSS Shardik was launched in 2080, when it was feared that our planet might soon become uninhabitable. Like the other starships launched in the late 21st, Shardik carried a population of 50000 crew, a self-sustained town. Travelling at an average of approximately one quarter light speed, Shardik arrived in orbit around Pacifica a hundred and eighty-eight years later. A few of the older travellers could remember their grandfathers telling them about Earth, but none had known any environment but Shardik. Most had been Shardik natives for six or seven generations. As you know, a number of starships have failed as a result of accident, breakdown or civil anarchy, but Shardik was a great success."
"Yes. I've read about it."
"During computer analysis of the aerial survey on the planet Pacifica, shape anomalies were identified. Most anomalies in the survey turned out, on closer inspection, to be unusually regular natural features. However, telescopic images revealed that one island had on it," he consulted his screen, "a rectangular structure some fifteen metres in length and three in width, and, nearby, some arrays of rocks, hundreds of metres in extent and partially obscured by low vegetation, reading 'SOS', a traditional distress signal. A landing vehicle was immediately deployed to the site, and it was revealed that the rectangular object was an antique road vehicle containing the remains of a human being. The human remains and a few personal effects were returned to UNSS Shardik, where they were subject to analysis in their laboratory." He looked up.
Kerstin grimaced. "They couldn't read Ekman's journal."
"They could read the dates, though. The publication date of the bible. And the expiry dates on Ekman's cans and bottles. And they were not pleased."
"I'm beginning to see why."
"You and your family for several generations travel for a hundred and eighty-eight years, only to discover that a supermarket delivery vehicle has beaten you to your destination by one hundred and seventeen years."
"I see. So Shardik's crew theorised that we, on Earth, had developed a much faster transport system, making their marathon journey and lost generations a bit meaningless."
"Exactly. Radio messages to and from Pacifica take forty-six and a bit years each way, so a lively exchange of views is impossible. But we received images of the bible about sixty years ago. Travelling by very fast unmanned capsule, the bible itself arrived together with soil samples and other physical artifacts from Pacifica just eleven years ago, when you saw it."
"Presumably, then, UNSA have, indeed, developed a much faster space drive, but do not want to talk about it."
"In point of fact, no. UNSA has achieved marginal improvements in ram ion drives, but nothing that would transport Ekman and his truck almost instantaneously. It was concluded at this end that since it was impossible, the crew of Shardik must have contrived an incomprehensible elaborate practical joke, mocking up photographs of the bible, the truck, the food cans."
"And then I certified Ekman's book as real."
"So how did Ekman get to Pacifica?"
"That's just it. It can't possibly have happened. Therefore, it did not happen. Therefore, the whole tale must be a clever fake, and your report must make that clear."
Kerstin stared at, or, rather, through Lidén for a few seconds. "No. I don't believe it. Disregarding the fact that a joke like that is highly unlikely, the bible is genuine. I'm sure of it."
"Yes, I'm sure it is." said Lidén, "But if the real truth got out, it would have the most depressing effect on morale. Asking you to put a little doubt into the situation is much preferred."
"The real truth? All I can imagine is that it was all faked at this end and Shardik's crew made no such discovery."
"Not at all. As far as the inhabitants of Pacifica are concerned, it's a historical fact, and the truck is on view there for anyone to see, as you can confirm with your own eyes if you have a couple of centuries to spare."
"Are you saying you know how it happened?"
"Not in detail, but it is simply another confirmation of a phenomenon that has been happening since the mid twentieth century. The vast majority of these incidents are virtually dismissed. Anyone pursuing them is regarded as a crank, Ekman's case is embarrassing because he turned up a long way from home with supporting physical evidence."
Lidén displayed an image of a piece of yellowed paper, printed in Swedish.
"What's this?" asked Kerstin, but went on translating aloud, " 'Bureå Weekly News 5 May 2151'. It's one of those local newspapers from country backwaters that survived net news because local events were never reported on the net. The date. It's something to do with Ekman, isn't it?"
"This may explain why we have no wish to provide confirmation of the likely explanation." Lidén enlarged a small paragraph at the foot of the page.
Kerstin read the brief article quickly. "Ah, small and green, are they?"
"Allegedly. We've never caught them in the act."
"I can see why me making a mistake is preferable to this."
"We hoped you'd see it that way."
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On Wednesday night several inhabitants of Skellefteå reported seeing strange lights travelling across the sky from west to east at remarkable speed, making sharp changes of direction and changing colour from white to pink and back again. Some witnesses reported strange noises. A farmworker, Karin Lindemann (42), alleged that she was 'bombarded with live frogs'. A huge cylindrical depression was found in an oilseed rape field, surrounded by burn marks.
The local UN radar base at Pitea reported that nothing was seen on their screens, and a spokesman confided that the villagers had most probably observed the aurora borealis. Electricity worker Frederik Hansen (55) dismissed this suggestion, as all local people at this latitude are familiar with the northern lights. He said this was not the first time that unusual lights had appeared in the night sky (see Bureå Weekly News 14 Mar 2150), and that a UN soldier from the radar installation had revealed that the lights did in fact appear on radar, but were denied by the authorities.
In a possibly connected incident on the same evening, a DK-Mart delivery truck disappeared on the coast road between Yttervik and Skelleftehamn It is feared that the driver, Olaf Ekman, may have been distracted by the strange lights and plunged into the sea. Coastguards and police have so far failed to establish the truth of this theory.
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The Sneaky Magpie always includes delicious-looking dishes that I immediately want to cook, bakes her own bread, and always seems to find the best sneaky little restaurants and places to go for a cake or an ice-cream. Which is a useful skill to have.
Quaint Living also always makes me hungry, with pictures of the small feasts she makes, lovely cakes and bread making, but I'm always shouting her out, she's going to think I'm stalking her.
*Wondering why I never include food on this blog. I think mainly because it is hard to photograph and make it look tasty, but I may have to give it a go.
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Haha :D Not at all, I am v.pleased to be mentioned! I should take pictures more too but usually we have it eaten by the time I think of it or the gloomy eco blubs make it look a bit orangey. I hope Amsterdam is good, I have been in envy of your tweets :)ReplyDelete
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Know what you mean I'd love to do a foody slant on my blog but haven't seen it done really well anywhere :(
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Om nom nom.
I think it would be very cool to hear about your food picks. I know what youmean about the phototaking part, though!ReplyDelete
Oh, you made me blush Caroline ;)ReplyDelete
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simplefold is a small vim script that improves (for some definition of "improve", see the description + screenshots below) on other folding methods (syntax, marker, indent, expr). It was originally written for Ruby, but now also supports Objective Caml, PHP, Perl and Java. It features:
- optimized vertical space usage
- sensible foldtext
- top-level folds: one per interesting definition. No need to open a class fold to see which methods it contains. Get a quick overview of the classes/methods/functions (whatever applies in the current filetype) with zM.
- optional nested folds for if/while and so on
- easy to adapt to other filetypes; just by setting 2-3 regexps
simplefold 0.5.0 introduces Objective Caml, Perl and PHP support, a few bugfixes and a new way to define fold boundaries.
Getting it
The last tarball is simplefold-0.5.0.tar.gz.
You can also access the darcs repository (you can explore it from your browser too) at http://eigenclass.org/repos/simplefold .
simplefold vs. fold_syntax
Both images correspond to the same files; I've timed them carefully to show equivalent views (top-level, class-level, method-level) at a time (you might have to reload the page to make sure they play synchronously). The first one is fdm=syntax, the second is simplefold's
- syntax doesn't fold comments, so the window covers but a small part of the buffer even when all folds are closed
- syntax uses nested folds for nested classes/modules/methods; simplefold makes them all top-level so there's no need to open class/module folds to see their methods (fdm=syntax with foldnestmax is not enough)
- syntax folds on lots of things, which is good or bad depending on your preferences
simplefold vs. fold_marker
- markers are robust and portable, but need some work and pollute the code
- simplefold is almost a superset of fdm=marker because you can specify nestable folds with
# open a fold { { { { (four braces w/o spaces, hiki doesn't let me write that) .... stuff # and now close it }}}} (the markers can be anywhere in the line)
(yes, FOUR braces, so that legacy markers are ignored) and top-level ones with
#{ { { # this line must match ^\s*\{\{\{ code #{ { { this opens a new fold
- simplefold optimizes vertical space usage: no markers (by default) cluttering the code. This, and the "sticky comments" (which get folded along with the next method/class/etc) plus the use of foldtext help achieve over 66% vertical space savings in the "class-level" view.
Just place the .vim file in the plugin directory (e.g. ~/.vim/plugin) and use <Leader>f (by default \f) to fold.
You can also use :Fold UNQUOTED-REGEXP
to create folds showing the lines matching the given regexp, so that everything else is hidden; e.g.
:Fold \vfoo(bar|baz)
will create folds starting at each line matching foo(bar|baz), so that these are the only lines you see in your buffer (it's effectively a sort of internal grep).
(Comments will eventually be moved to a version-specific node)
Nice! - Aredridel (2007-04-18 (Wed) 14:55:31)
First folding I've found worth the bother.
No Title - Manpreet (2007-04-18 (Wed) 18:21:28)
Will you be posting it to vim.org?
mfp 2007-04-19 (Thr) 10:24:43
yes it's become useful enough to warrant it, I'm posting it
Wonderful - Mike (2007-04-20 (Fri) 05:52:49)
Awesome script. I love it already.
I'm trying to construct a java_simplefold_prefix which will capture javadoc (c-style) comments. Can you easily construct one?
mfp 2007-04-20 (Fri) 15:29:57
I believe this cannot really be done at the moment because the xxx_simplefold_prefix regexp must match a single line. If you're leaving at least an empty line between each method/var, and the javadoc is immediately above the definition it applies to, "\v\S" would do, though.
I'll try to add a simple way to recognize such comments using searchpair.
mfp 2007-04-20 (Fri) 15:56:21
On second thought, \v\S won't work either, it'd break the foldtext.
If the c-style comments include a leading *, as in
/* * adasd asd * asasdasdas * adasdas */ private int duration;
this will work: '\v(\s*\*|\s*/\*|\*/)'
This? Amazing. - Clarke Brunsdon (2007-05-04 (Fri) 23:41:49)
This is exactly what I was looking for in a folding plugin, thanks a lot for sharing man.
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Pursuing an architectural degree, he realised he didn't have enough patience to master that complicated discipline, so he quit it and turned to a related field—graphic design. Later in 2003, he founded his own design agency The Plant, jumped into the food business, and launched the Feast food festival in 2012. Recently he has celebrated the release of the first issue of his agency's own printed media—the fanzine Tomorrow's Chip Paper, based on 'true food stories.' All this is about Matt Utber, an Australian expat in the U.K., the founder of the boutique-sized design business, an art lover and food connoisseur.
—Most of your recent works are for food-related companies. Let's take the latest project for the big TV and communications brand MasterChef. How did you win it and what is the newly re-launched brand all about?
—In August 2012, we took part in a three-way pitch organised by Shine, MasterChef's brand owner, against four bigger branding agencies—and won it. Why us? I think it's due to our profound experience in food, a strong strategic expertise, and a small size, which allows quick and effective communications.
We were appointed for the project in September last year, so it took about 10 months to create the strategic overhaul and rebranding of all the business. The strategy was taken from being a single-channel, predominantly television-centric brand to a multichannel brand that spans retail (kitchenware and food), publishing, a stronger online presence and television as well. We also created photography, TV animations, packaging and brand guidelines that would be adopted by local agencies across all their international markets of presence.
Now MasterChef has 37 different productions around the world—and it still retains its integrity.
—What are the MasterChef's ambitions in retail?
—They have a food range and a partner company in the U.K. that will help them launch it by the end of this year. Plus, they have already had a kitchenware product range that we developed packaging for and helped expand it. A new MasterChef book will be also released in September.
—This project follows the rebranding of EAT. Was it a success? How did you help them grow?
—Regarding the effectiveness of the design, we launched the rebrand in December last year, and in about six next months they reported a huge spike in sales.
The part of that project was to find what made EAT different from Prêt à Manger or other competitors. Their strong competitive advantage is that they serve hot food, not just sandwiches. For example, hot soups—seasonal, of different world's cuisines that you can't try anywhere else but at EAT. We've emphasised their attention to detail, the fact that every single thing is done with care, that everything is fresh. We've given the brand a much more sense of energy and colour.
We are still working with this client, and at the moment we're developing a campaign that will appear across all the packaging. Moreover, they're continuously launching new menu offerings, they are growing—there are now about 130 EAT locations across the U.K.
—Are you working on any new endoavors for Jamie Oliver, probably, your most loyal 'food' client?
—We are now working on a new format of a smaller Italian restaurant—Jamie Oliver's Trattoria, which launches this month. Last year we also developed branding for Jamie Oliver's Union Jacks chain of restaurants that offered a "nostalgic" British food cooked with locally grown artisanal ingredients.
—How passionate about food are you?
—Frankly, I'm obsessed with good food so much that last year The Plant's friends Sam Aldenton, Tim Etchells and I decided to launch our first food festival, Feast, in London.
What we wanted to do was to bring London's best restaurant and street food in one place at affordable prices—to eat, make fun, listen to good live music, spark new conversations and open up new business opportunities. This year we held it on July 4-7 in the Brick Lane Yard. Watch the video below if you missed it.
I wouldn't say that Feast was started as a marketing tool for The Plant, but it became a great platform to communicate our passion for food and art. Surprisingly, this small festival attracts more clients than any traditional forms of PR.
Moreover, Feast has led to a new project, hopefully, a new business of ours—a printed seasonal fanzine "Tomorrow's Chip Paper"—an official newspaper of Feast that is published every three months. It is grassroots, funny, witty, straightforward—it doesn't promote any particular brand, just offers great food stories that can interest a broad audience of readers (and eaters). What we're trying to do now is to build a publishing business around this model, to involve our existing clients as well as prospective ones. As we have lots of connections within the London food industry, we could provide opportunities for brands to have their own "food stories" read. The first issue was released in the first week of July to promote the Feast event.
—So has your "obsession with food" taken over the passion for entertainment, television and art?
—Hopefully, not. I can say that most of our clients are from the food and art industries. Last year we did a big branding project for the HK 2012, an art fair in Hong Kong. This year we also worked with the London art fair ART 13, which took place in March and was organised by the founders of ART HK. So, yes, food and art—panem et circuses—are our biggest passions and core areas of expertise.


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Melanie Bottrill has a Bachelor of Science (with honours) from the University of Tasmania, majoring in plant science and environmental studies. Her honours thesis was on the role of native bees in the fertilisation of Australian native plants.
Mel has volunteered for the Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens and Conservation Volunteers Australia. Prior to graduating at the end of 2013, Mel worked in administrative and research assistant roles at the University of Tasmania.
At PHA she will mainly be working on bee and fruit fly related matters.


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visit us...
Our Church is located in a residential area of North Belfast at the junction of the Ballysillan and Crumlin Roads. Please note that while there is limited car parking in the Church grounds you can park in the surrounding streets - however, if doing so please give due regard to our neighbours.
minister - Reuben Mccormick
Reuben is married to Glenda and they have two children Lily and Malachi. Reuben enjoys coffee, great TV and movies and is often found in the park with his kids or going for ice-cream. Reuben loves talking about the big questions of life and how Jesus is essential to living life at its fullest.
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NOKIA Sunday Bikedays
Gatineau Park and Ottawa, (Québec), Canada
Every Sunday morning from May 19 to September 1, the road is yours during NOKIA Sunday Bikedays. Hop on your bike or grab your in-line skates and safely enjoy the scenic parkways that are closed to vehicle traffic, in Ottawa and Gatineau Park. Ideal for families with young children. Organized by the National Capital Commission in association with NOKIA and PIPSC.
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Payment terms
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On May 8-11, 2017, we'll hold the first ATS Reliability Summit, in St. Croix before ApacheCon 2017 NA. All developers and community participants are welcome to join! If you plan on attending, please RSVP below. Steven Feltner, from GoDaddy works and lives in St. Croix and has recommend a hotel and arranged for a conference room.
The location is nice. However, we are planning to get a lot of work accomplished during the summit. Plan on working 4 long days. We have 353 outstanding Coverity issues to resolve.
When and Where
Monday May 8th through Thursday May 11th, 2017.
Recommended Hotel:
Price including tax:
$135 - Standard room
$160 - Partial view
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Call: 800-524-0410 and mention "ATS Reliability Summit" for the discount.
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Local Information:
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GoDaddy has agreed to sponsor catered lunches and one dinner out during the ATS Reliability Summit.
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You've asked .. I've answered :)
Ok so I normally don't like doing posts like this ONLY because even though I work very, very hard for the things I have (and the bags under my eyes sometimes are proof ha!)...
I don't really like to broadcast how much stuff costs or where it's all from because even though I like nice things, I just think it's best to stay humble and not brag.
However, I have had so many emails lately from all you pretty ladies asking where some things in my pictures are from ... so .. humbly ... here they all are, ha!
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In-person sessions are coming soon to your community. Now is the chance to have your say. Read more.
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#AllianceChat - Registered Disability Savings Plan
The Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada will be hosting the next #AllianceChat in the series on Wednesday, December 20th, from 4:00 pm until 5:00 pm EST. The topic of discussion will be the Registered Disability Savings Plan. Mr. Ron Malis is the special guest for the event. Mr. Malis is a financial advisor based out of Toronto who serves people with disabilities and their families.
A registered disability savings plan (RDSP) is a savings plan that is intended to help parents and others save for the long term financial security of a person who is eligible for the disability tax credit (DTC). For more information about the RDSP please visit: http://https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/registered-disability-savings-plan-rdsp.html
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CSTS Dinamika at MAKS 2015
CSTS Dinamika will participate in the XII International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2015 held in Zhukovsky (Moscow region) from August 25th to August 30th on the territory of Gromov Flight Research Institute.
For the first time Dinamika will present an FMS of multipurpose fighter interceptor MiG-31BM that differs from its predecessor MiG-31B by significantly expanded military capabilities. Simulator will be displayed in chalet C3 as part of united exhibition exposition Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET) that belongs to Corporation Rostec.
For the first time MiG-21BM was presented at static display at MAKS-2007. At the upcoming MAKS-2015 visitors will have a chance to take a "virtual flight" sitting in the cockpit of MiG-31BM simulator.
The simulator provides training for the whole complex of tasks from piloting and navigation to combat missions for around-the-clock flights including operations under normal and adverse weather conditions over the whole flight envelope. Besides the simulator enables training of emergencies and failures, solo and group air fights against probable contradictor, as well as air fight under noise conditions and air refueling, etc.
The simulator's cockpit is a full replica of the real plane's cockpit in terms of interior, geometrical dimensions, aircraft control and navigational equipment. The visual system is a multi-channel optical-collimation system with additional channel that provides an image for navigator and design pilot in periscope mirror visible in real flight. The image generation system Raduga-KD developed by Constanta Design Company is distinguished by highly detailed underlying terrain, photorealistic images of practically all real objects and typical atmospheric effects. The simulator can be used independently and as part of the integrated training complex for MiG-31BM operating personnel.
At present MiG-31BM simulators and training complexes developed by Dinamika are being delivered in the network of State Defense Order to Air Force RF units operating MiG-31BM planes.
Apart from displaying MiG-31BM simulator in KRET chalet CSTS Dinamika will hold meetings, negotiations and conferences in 4G-2 chalet taken on lease together with its partners - RPKB and JSC Aviaavtomatika named after V.Tarasov.Photo-report>>


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Marvin is a high fashion stylist with a soft touch whose work has been featured in numerous magazines such as Essence, Honey, Girl, Heart and Soul, Lucky, Latina, Zinc, Sophisticated Black Hair, and many other publications.
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And my roots are hella bad but I'm getting a cut and dye soon before I start college... not really much point in dying it now :)
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Link if you can't see the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAxdThjzVF0
I didn't realise how bad my roots were, and how long my hair was till I watched it over!!
Oh the wonders of layers that make your hair looks shorter hehe~
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Bedfordshire Police is advising pubs and businesses across Luton to be extra vigilant following a burglary at a fairground arcade at Wardown Park.
Offenders forced the rear door to gain entry to an arcade at around 5am on bank holiday Monday.
Several machines were broken into and a large quantity of money was stolen.
Police are advising employees to report any suspicious vehicles or visitors, ensure that doors and windows are kept closed and locked and to consider fitting security lighting, CCTV and alarms.
If anyone has any information, call 101.


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Camp Creativity 1: Stars, Stripes, and Splatters
Our full-day school break camp for children ages 8-14 is a perfect way to get kids off the couch and get them creating! Our full day campers focus on the basics, but are also introduced to advanced art concepts. Each camp ends with an exhibition of works highlighting lessons and projects - and friends and family of campers are invited to attend! A typical day of camp includes 4 art-making sessions with our NYS or BOCES registered art teachers, a break for lunch, and two snack breaks each day. Camp size is limited to 14 students.
Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm
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Those Fine Lines and Wrinkles
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Neutrogena.
A few short years ago I always had people telling me I didn't look my age. They never thought I was a little bit younger than I actually was but instead thought I was A LOT younger than I actually was. And the thing is, with my memory I'm often not as young as I think I am (I have to ask somebody or start counting on my fingers :) Now when I was a teen until a young adult I absolutely couldn't stand the comments about how young I looked. I mean, that's when you want to look mature and sophisticated, right? You don't want people commenting on your baby face!
But these days I long for when people didn't realize I was in my upper mid-thirties. I'm afraid that my age has started to show in the fine lines and wrinkles, mostly around my eyes. Now I've got these HUGE smile lines around my eyes and mouth and I have no problem with those. I EARNED those :) It's the little spidery looking wrinkles that spread under my eyes onto my nose that I really, really dislike. I feel like they make the skin under my eyes look paper-thin.
Tired of complaining about how I look older than movie stars much older than me I started trying a few things here and there to fix up my problem spots. I just bought something here and there and nothing really worked. In fact, I just wasted a lot of money. So I started to do a little bit of research. Why was the stuff I buying failing?
As it turns out a combination of retinol and broad-spectrum sunscreen is considered by many dermatologists to prevent new damage and help stop the signs of aging. In fact, retinol is the #1 dermatologist recommended anti-aging ingredient for serums that actually work by getting your skin to renew itself naturally. This stuff on its own can visibly improve wrinkles, even out texture and firm up the skin. The results are pretty quick when you do pair the retinol and sunscreen combination but if you use retinol regularly for one year the improvement is cumulative. Now THAT is what I'm talking about :)
But I wanted to see what could happen in just ONE WEEK. I have heard that Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair is the fastest retinol formula available and delivers noticeable results in just one week so I decided to put it to the test. *Spoiler alert – I'm really happy with the results!
So the good people at Neutrogena sent me a mixed bag of all things skin improving including their Rapid Wrinkle and Ultra Sheer collections and I tried every single one of them and I was amazed that I did see results in just a week and I took a pic a day to show my progress!
Now here's what I tried to do… I tried to do my hair and make up the same every day which was a bit unfortunate as that meant my dad couldn't die my hair for me while I was visiting. You may think it's strange but my dad is a retired engineer and his attention to detail means I get the best dye jobs outside of the salon! I couldn't control the weather so that's why I'm more yellow in some pictures, I suppose, but as much as I could I tried to keep things the same day after day and I have to tell you, it's the first time I've worn make up this many days in a row in YEARS!
Day one. The fine wrinkles between the outer corners of my eyes all the way to my nose are quite prominent. I started using my box of Neutrogena goodies shortly after this pic.
Day two. I couldn't tell any difference, in all honesty, but you can better see my nose wrinkles. Who knew your nose would get wrinkly as you got older? I guess I haven't been paying attention to life.
Day three. In a bad mood and trying to smile. Fail. But you can see how the lines right under my eyes are a bit better. Fine lines on nose and on outer edge of eyes don't seem much better, though. And say "hi" to my dad's deer back there :)
Day four. This day I was pretty stoked because I could literally see a difference immediately below my eyes and at the corners.
Day five. Dang! This stuff is working! My nose wrinkles seem to have improved drastically overnight! :)
Day six. I feel like the lines beneath my eyes and at my nose are practically gone. The cut on my nose is not related to my serum use. My kitten decided to have at me one night during a spectacularly crazy display, by yours truly, with her feather covered crack stick! Oh, and in this pick I am SO TIRED. I hardly slept that night. Meh.
Day seven. I AM SO HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS! As the week wore on I felt like the skin around my eyes was firmer and had less of a "paper thin" feeling to them that I've been really pretty down about. Those fine lines and wrinkles that bothered me so much are disappearing before my very eyes! And heck, even my forehead looks better, not that it's ever bothered me, but I'll take every improvement I can get!
Now I loved Neutrogena when I was a teen and as a young adult and now, as a chick in my thirties I'm all over it again. The fact that Neutrogena was the first brand to use pure, stabilized retinol in the U.S. in 1996 and the fact that they hired a team of scientists to find the right combination for the quickest results (that obviously work) only reinforce my brand loyalty. Now that you've seen my progress I know you're now wondering where you can get this amazing stuff, aren't you? Well, head on down to CVS, or if you don't have one within driving distance hit up CVS.com, to put together your collection of Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair and Ultra Sheer products that will best suit your needs.
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Spy Ring (First Edition) by Waddingtons (1965)
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Spy Ring (First Edition) - The International Spy Game
Publisher: Waddingtons, 1965
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Published at the height of the cold war, Spyring captures the chill of international espionage that was so prevalent in popular culture at the time. Players have two pieces - a spy and a contact man - which they move around the capital of Espiona. They must enter embassies to collect secret cards or steal them from other spies but must be careful not to fall foul of the schemes laid by their rivals.
The secret cards contain letters that can be used to spell codewords of the different embassies. The winner of the game is the player that has the highest scoring hand of code cards (the cards count as 1 point while the code words they can make score bonus points).
By the end of the game players will know the word 'fish' in 16 different languages! You'll understand when you play the game.
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Some scuffs; minor indentation to top of box lid.
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Waddingtons was a UK publisher of card and board games between 1922 and 1994, when the company was bought by Hasbro. Founded by John Waddington and Wilson Barratt, the company was originally called Waddingtons Limited and its name changed several times, including to Waddington's House of Games in the 1970s.
Waddingtons was arguably Europe's best game manufacturer, producing classic board games such as Cluedo, Formula 1, Buccaneer,Totopoly and, of course, Monopoly. Waddingtons playing cards are also highly collectable.
Spy Ring (First Edition) by Waddingtons (1965)
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Remove smoke odor from a home by cleaning the carpets, eliminating odors from the walls and cleaning fabric items. Eliminating all the odors from a home where a smoker has lived is a labor-intensive job.
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Pros and Cons of Boston Celtics Pursuing Rajon Rondo TradeJuly 12, 2014
Pros and Cons of Boston Celtics Pursuing Rajon Rondo Trade
On June 28, 2006, Rajon Rondo was traded. The Boston Celtics acquired his draft rights from the Phoenix Suns during the 2006 NBA draft.
Since then, it seems, Rondo has been involved in trade rumors almost nonstop.
At first, he wasn't good enough to be the starting point guard on a championship team. Then he was merely a sideshow to three future Hall of Famers. Then he was a headcase who couldn't keep his emotions in check. Then he was a stat-padder out for individual recognition. Finally, he is a guy who can't lead a rebuilding team or come all the way back from ACL surgery.
Rondo's career has run the gamut of criticisms, and he has been reportedly almost traded countless times.
Yet, he remains a member of the Boston Celtics and the team's captain.
With LeBron James moving back to Ohio and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the clouds have cleared for basketball's real offseason period to begin. If the Cavs make a move for Kevin Love, they might trump Boston's package, leaving no clear path to pairing Rondo with another immediate All-Star.
That could put more pressure on Boston to deal its 28-year-old point guard. Sure, it is something everyone east of Berkshire County is sick of hearing, but what would it really mean for the Celtics?
Pro: Signals a Definite Direction for Franchise
The Boston Celtics made their rebuild plans pretty clear last summer when they dealt away Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets, along with Doc Rivers for a first-round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Boston even reaped the first future benefit of the blockbuster deal with its selection of James Young at No. 17 in June's draft.
However, since then there have been two divergent paths, and nobody seems sure of which route the Celtics will take in their decided rebuild.
There is the quick-fix, which happened somewhat in 2007, though Boston missed the playoffs for two consecutive seasons before bringing in Garnett and Ray Allen. There is also the grinding, drafting path, where the Celtics build from the ground up and don't trade for a second star to pair with Rajon Rondo.
Having Rondo on the roster, with one year and $12.9 million remaining on his contract, presents an unclear direction for the Celtics.
Half of Danny Ainge's time is spent trying to figure out a way to bring in a fellow All-Star to pair with him and vault his franchise back into the playoff picture, while the other half is trying to acquire future assets and young players who will grow up in green and hopefully pan out down the road.
Bartering Rondo, either this summer or before February's trade deadline, is the second arrow sign pointing Boston in a definitive, chosen direction. Of course, you don't just trade an All-Star player to trade him. There has to be a very steep return, and even then it is tough to swallow, especially when said All-Star has helped you win a title and been with you for all eight seasons of his career.
However, even more important than Rondo and any individual player, for that matter, is the direction of the franchise. Boston's compass has been spinning around for a year now, and trading Rondo would certainly straighten it out and point Boston in a new and hopefully fruitful direction.
Con: Losing Legitimacy and All That Goes with It
Along with that definite directional signal is going to come a lot of losing.
One of Boston's few claims to legitimacy and its biggest is Rajon Rondo and the fact that he should be returning fully healthy for a full season for the first time since 2011-12.
If the Celtics decide to move him out of town, Boston is instantly one of the league's worst teams and quite possibly an NBA laughing stock. That is a tough fact to listen to and accept, especially for loyal fans who will get to read and hear all about how terrible their favorite team is in newspapers and on the radio.
As far as watching them in person, that takes another hit. Who wants to buy tickets to see Marcus Smart, Avery Bradley, Jeff Green, Jared Sullinger and Tyler Zeller struggle to score 85 points and get blown out on a nightly basis?
While the Boston Bruins have suddenly become the premiere winter team in New England, the Celtics without Rondo continue in a downward spiral to the bottom of fan consciousness.
With just a full year of healthy Rondo, the Celtics are still probably less than 50-50 to make the playoffs. However, they do carry some legitimacy. Rondo is a scary player for teams to face and causes things like matchup problems that help Boston in more ways than his individual play.
He is also a lot of fun to watch. Passes come from out of nowhere and travel through lanes that other people struggle to fathom, let alone see. The intensity is also something to marvel at on good days.
Rondo makes Boston legitimate this coming season. Without him, the Celtics are in serious danger of being completely MIA in the New England and national sports scene.
Pro: The Return
Chief among the reasons to deal Rajon Rondo before his contract expires is the return.
Should the Celtics play out this next season with the squad they have now and Rondo doesn't like what he sees, he has all the power next summer to choose his next team as an unrestricted free agent. In that case, the Boston Celtics are left high and dry.
They can assure themselves of that not happening by finding the best offer for him this summer or during the season before February.
Where that best offer is coming from remains fairly unclear. The Rondo trade talks have been a bit quiet lately, but with LeBron James making his decision, offseason avenues and phone lines should open up.
A team like the Houston Rockets, who have had interest in him before, could be calling again. They just lost out on Chris Bosh, who re-signed with the Miami Heat for max money, and traded Jeremy Lin to the Los Angeles Lakers, per Sam Amick of USA Today Sports. Unfortunately, original Boston target Omer Asik is reportedly being dealt to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Packages could also come Boston's way from the Sacramento Kings, who just saw Isaiah Thomas sign with the Phoenix Suns. Sacramento holds its own first-round picks after 2015, as well as recent lottery picks Ben McLemore and Nik Stauskas.
The return is really the piece of the Rondo trade puzzle that everything hinges on.
A reasonable comparison to look at is last summer's Jrue Holiday deal. Holiday was an All-Star point guard at the time, and the Philadelphia 76ers were able to get Nerlens Noel at No. 6 last season as well as No. 10 overall this summer.
Philadelphia dealt No. 10 for No. 12, Dario Saric and the Orlando Magic's 2017 first-round pick. That makes potentially three lottery picks, with some extra crafty maneuvering, for a one-time All-Star point guard.
Holiday is no Rondo, so if Ainge finds the right buyer, he could bring back one serious return.
Con: Harder Than Ever to Get Stars to Come
The only group of people who can rival some Boston Celtics fans' adoration of Rajon Rondo is NBA players.
Rondo certainly has his detractors in the media, coaching and fan worlds, but he is held in pretty high regard by most active NBA folks.
The Celtics have a very hard time getting quality free agents to sign in Boston as it is. With Rondo in town, at least the players know they are getting to play alongside an elite distributor who will almost certainly make them look better. He has also been around long enough now that he knows the lay of the land and has a lot of friends throughout the league.
This obviously hasn't equated to much just yet, but given Boston's salary-cap concerns and Rondo's ACL injury, there hasn't been much opportunity for schmoozing by the Celtics star. Last summer was spent reeling from the Brooklyn Nets trade and trying to get his knee healthy. This offseason has barely just begun.
If Boston is too quick to deal Rondo, it won't give him adequate time to see just what his reputation and standing bring to the table during negotiations.
The one thing people can know for sure is that Jared Sullinger, Jeff Green and Avery Bradley have very little pull around the league. Nobody is signing a contract in frigid Boston to play with anyone else on the Celtics roster besides Rondo.
Pro: Selling High
One may not think selling high is really an option for a former All-Star point guard just 30 games removed from a major ACL injury.
However, the Boston Celtics know more than anybody about just how Rajon Rondo has healed and how he is in general.
If Boston knows in-house that Rondo really has lost a step since his injury, it should pursue a trade now rather than wait for him to showcase it to the league for half a season.
Right now, Rondo can be packaged as a perennial All-Star point guard who had a fairly common basketball injury 18 months ago that takes a year to heal. If the Celtics open next season with Rondo and the team struggling, that does little positive to his trade value.
Suddenly, Rondo becomes a guy who may have had the prime of his career taken from him by an injury that he can't fully escape. He is just another name in the slew of middling point guards, possibly the league's deepest position.
Throw in some potential headbutting between he and a hardheaded rookie like Marcus Smart or struggling second-year head coach with one eye already back on potential college jobs, and you have a disaster on your hands.
This is all worst-case scenario stuff, but Boston's brass know things fans don't. If in six or seven months, Boston is struggling to get a first-round pick in exchange for Rondo, the Celtics will look back at this summer full of regret.
Con: Rondo Is Fun
Over the past year or so, Rajon Rondo has gone to great lengths to rehab a public image that got a bit shoddy after some on- and off-the-court blowups.
For a time, Rondo was becoming well-known for throwing the ball or bumping officials to the point where he was suspended for a playoff game, brawling with Kris Humphries and showing a particular distaste for postgame cameramen.
However, he may have humbled in a lot of ways since. Maybe it was the Kevin Garnett/Paul Pierce trade that forced him to re-look at himself and reassess the kind of professional he wanted to be.
Sure, the quirks have always been there. The rollerskating thing is unique, and the Connect Four prodigy storyline is just plain fun. Even the fashion choices have forced fans to look at Rondo in a different way.
Lately, though, it is things like going on Jimmy Kimmel Live and doing a humorous skit with Cousin Sal and then again with Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose. Rondo participated in the NBA edition of Kimmel's popular segment, "Mean Tweets." Rondo made a special guest appearance on Fashion Police and had some friendly ribbing with Joan Rivers.
He won December's Kia Community Assist award from the NBA and was a finalist for its season-long award. Rondo has also stated repeatedly that he enjoys Boston and would like to stay.
"I don't like change, really," Rondo told CSNNE.com's A. Sherrod Blakely. "I'm pretty comfortable. I have a beautiful home here, I love it. I don't want to leave. I'm a Celtic."
There is definite thought put in on Rondo's end that makes him a bit more palatable and even endearing as a NBA player and personality. It would certainly be tough to lose a self-aware star like that.


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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Rabbit finished and George
I have finally finished my little rabbits dress, made a mistake but I couldn't see to unpack so it will have to stay. George is snoozing on a chair by the fire. Today we have finally had a relatively calm day, but freezing cold, I had to go into Victor really early for a blood test and didn't warm up until after midday. Yesterday was a rather hair raising trip up to Adelaide, trees down all over the place, several pine trees which is a bit unusual and one right over the road just down from us. When we had lunch near O'Sullivans beach Marina, the sea was coming right the sea wall. Most impressive. Thank goodness the forcast for the next few days is for quite nice weather, I hope so.
Posted by Penny at Wednesday, July 13, 2016
3 comments:
- Penny said...
Oh I dearly love this little girl!! All dressed in pink she's just darling. I hope your weather stays good -- at least long enough to get cleaned up from this last mess! Hate it when trees come down!
- Robin Mac said...
I love your little rabbit and I can't see a mistake. Of course George has found the most comfortable place in the house to snooze! Glad your weather is improving - we are supposed to be getting gales and 100 - 200 ml rain in the next two days! Not usual for winter up here. Cheers
- Suztats said...
Miss Bunny is adorable in her pink dress, with shoes to match! Hope the weather stays nice for you. Here it is very dry, and we're hoping for rain.
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Two heads of state and a top U.S. official are amusing the global public today by embarrassing themselves on social media with questionable photo-ops.
First to the Southern Hemisphere, where Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott in posing for this questionable shot:
While CNBC's Martin Soong said the portrait suggested a new boy-band was on the loose, the Independent saw it as a humiliating "crotch-shot" that heaped further shame on the nation after Abbott earlier praised "the skill and the sense of honor" shown by Japanese troops during World War II and apparantly admitted to getting drunk on sake.
But the Australian leader didn't seem to mind. In fact, Abbott's own account tweeted the photo:
But then again, so did others:
And Twitter user @bofo_man offered an unrepeatable post suggesting Abbott was showing Abe how to urinate on Australia.
And then there was U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. And his guitar.
Yes, the peripatetic Baby Boomer treated Chinese negotiators in Beijing to a cover of the Beatles' "Yesterday," for whatever reason.
Nick Horowitz (a.k.a. @ztiworoh) put it best:
The Wall Street Journal's Tokyo correspondent had a different take:
But Guitar Player magazine seems to have stolen the show, tweeting this snap of Kerry … rehearsing, I guess:
Ah well, such is diplomacy in the Internet age.
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The date had been changed a couple of times to keep it from conflicting with a shuttle launch that NASA has had to reset, she said. That likely contributed to what has been sluggish ticket sales and difficulties scheduling a "headliner" for the event.
Barnhart told members of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission's Executive Committee on Tuesday afternoon that, after looking at the costs and other resources that putting on the dinner and evening would consume, she made the decision to cancel.
A number of challenges facing the Space Center were outlined during the meeting, including an expected loss from the Narnia exhibit of more than $30,000.
Barnhart said she also had set a team goal of increasing the number of registrations for the more lucrative weeklong Space Camp programs by 2,011 in 2011.
"We need 700 more registrations just to break even against last year," she said, adding that hitting the 2,011 mark would allow them to cut their line of credit by nearly half.
"These registrations need to occur in the next 90 days," she said. "It is with a great sense of urgency that we need to increase our registrations for this year in order to survive and be healthy ..."
Against that backdrop, canceling the gala was the right decision, she said.
"We can celebrate when we've met our financial goals," Barnhart said afterward.
There will, however, be a smaller event in the first week of February at which three new museum exhibits will be premiered to the public, she said. Those are an Apollo 16 capsule, an Apollo 12 moon rock and an outdoor waterfall near the entrance to the Apollo Courtyard, donated by Ursula Mueller in honor of her late husband, Dr. Fritz Mueller.
All those who had already bought tables or made a donation for the February gala have been notified, said Brenda Carr, vice president for advancement. So far, all but one have designated that the money instead be used for Space Camp scholarships or otherwise donated.
Barnhart said some steps already being taken to trim costs and increase efficiencies include terminating contracts with firms hired to handle federal and state lobbying. Those services will be handled in-house.
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The ASSEC voted unanimously in December to make Barnhart the executive director. The decision followed weeks of turmoil involving gubernatorial appointments to the commission, the Space Center's financial health, an involuntary termination agreement for longtime CEO retired Brig. Gen. Larry Capps and the search for his successor.
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SOMERVILLE, NJ – Laura Gonzalez, of Paramus has been found guilty of 2nd degree endangering the welfare of a child and simple assault, a disorderly person's offense.
The guilty verdicts were returned by a petit jury after a trial in New Jersey Superior Court before the Honorable Angela Borkowski, J.S.C. The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 27.
Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson provided the following details:
The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office was notified on Nov. 23, 2017, by the Division of Child Protection & Permanency that a 9 month-old Bernards Township child was admitted to the Morristown Medical Center with a right femur spiral fracture, a fractured right tibia and a left ankle corner fracture.
The victim's parents indicated that their child was under the supervision of Gonzalez who they hired through an Internet-based service.
An investigation by detectives with the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit revealed that the fractures occurred while the infant was under the care of Gonzalez.
Gonzalez has been held in the Somerset County Jail under an Order of Pretrial Detention since her arrest.
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INFO: Bulls are in very good form (7-1) and I think todat they easily should cover -5.5 points handicap against Nets who are 3rd weakest team in NBA right behind Bobcats and Hornets. In addition Bulls are 12-1 in last 13 games at home and they won their home games with avarege 12.91 points which is more than my -5.5 handicap. Nets will mis Okur (out indefinitely), Lopez (day-to-day), James (out for season) and Williams (out indefinitely) and Bulls will miss Hamilton (out indefinitely) and Rose (day-to day). Rose is big miss for Bulls but still we have Boozer, Noah, Deng and Watson. Despite that Bulls will miss Rose they are in the top 10 in all the major offensive categories, scoring, overall shooting and three-point shooting. And that's because they are No. 1 in perhaps the most pleasing category, assists. That was emphasized again in Thursday's win over the Celtics when the Bulls recorded 27 assists on 30 field goals, the highest percentage in the league in two years. This strong facts show that Bulls are performing very solid despite Rose's miss. I think it's worth to take Bulls to win with more than 5.5 points. GL


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