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GolMania has potential, but it's not quite a beautiful game just yet
GolMania is different than almost every sports game on Facebook. Instead of an in-depth management experience, it's a more simple arcade-style soccer game. You play quick, high scoring games against other players in real time and the game is bright and cartoony. It's a refreshing change of pace. Unfortunately, the core soccer play isn't all that solid, and in its currently early state the game is also missing some key features.
The game boils soccer down to its basics. Matches are five on five, last only two minutes, and you don't have to deal with pesky rules like fouls or yellow cards. The controls, likewise, are quite simple. You control your little team with the arrow keys and just two buttons, which handle shooting, passing, and tackling. In theory this is a great set-up for a real time Facebook version of soccer, as the game is not only fast paced but also accessible.
The problem is that it just isn't that good.
Movement is stiff and awkward and tackling feels incredibly unreliable. The fact that goals come quickly and easily is fine, since this is an arcade game, but your braindead AI teammates are inexcusable. They don't play defense and often when the ball is in nobody's possession all of the AI players will simply stand around and wait.
As you win matches you'll earn both experience and money but, at least right now, there's little incentive to earn either. The shop mode is currently listed as "coming soon" (as is a missions feature), while levelling up does little else than open up new stadiums to play in.
Of course, GolMania did just launch, and so the fact that key features are incoming isn't necessarily surprising. But the problems with the game run deeper than that. Without some fine tuning of the actual gameplay, GolMania will remain a game that looks like it's a lot more fun than it actually is. And it's a shame, because the vibrant, colorful game has a lot of potential to bring some proper soccer action to Facebook. Let's hope it eventually does just that.
Vostu takes social soccer real-time with GolMania
Vostu may be best known recently for its legal battle with Zynga, but the company is also a major player when it comes to gaming in Brazil. And now Vostu is tackling its home country's favorite sport, with the release of GolMania on Facebook, an arcade-style soccer experience.
Whereas most Facebook soccer games, such as Top Eleven or FIFA Superstars, go the management route, letting you control a pro team behind the scenes, GolMania lets you actually play the game. Vostu describes it as "the first real time multi-player social soccer game on Orkut and Facebook." Check out the trailer to see the game in action.
And unlike other Vostu games on Facebook, like Megacity, GolMania is playable in English (in addition to Spanish and Portugese), bringing the developer to a whole new audience.
Stay tuned to Gamezebo for our full review of GolMania on Facebook.


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Natalie Czech's "I Cannot Repeat What I Hear"
November 23, 2013–January 25, 2014
Natalie Czech's first exhibition at Capitain Petzel is an exemplary case of thought rendered in the medium of photography. In her series "Poems by Repetition" and "Voyelles" (both 2013), Czech employs photography as a means of inhabiting a range of artistic literary genres—poetry, journalistic media, lyrics from popular music, and epistolary writing. Reaching beyond the modernist idea of a given genre's imperative to immanent progress, she creates photographic works that are derived from text-based sources, and simultaneously diverge from strict photographic formalisms. The exhibition's title, "I Cannot Repeat What I Hear," stresses the visual embodiment of language against its audible forms.
Voyelles I and II (2013), shown in the upper gallery, each consist of five works. Here, Czech seems to test out a transfer of written synaesthesia into photography. The series title is taken from Arthur Rimbaud's 1871 sonnet, which begins with the line: "A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: voyelles." Assigning a color to each vowel, Rimbaud ferociously spelled out seen, felt, and lived intensities in the poem, expanding on those five synaesthetic modalities in its subsequent lines. Czech asked ten different authors, poets, curators, and artists to each write a one-page letter to themselves in her name. Using one of Rimbaud's vowel/color combinations as a starting point, they each narrated a synaesthetic experience arising from a photograph. Then, setting the letters and envelopes (displaying its author's full name and address) against a background of their respective colors, Czech photographs and frames them, aligning them on the wall in rows of five. Assuming authorship of the work by way of multi-leveled acts of appropriation, she frees the figural image from the burden of representation, reinventing debates that surrounded photography in the late 1970s. Rimbaud's sonnet thus becomes photographic, appropriated on the level of the producers (writers), the mediator (artist), and the perceivers (us).
In her "Poems by Repetition" series located in the gallery's main space, Czech uses LP record sleeves, magazine articles, instruction manuals, and dictionary entries—or more precisely, the letters imprinted on them—as raw material for the creation of poetic sequences displayed across thirteen groups of framed color photographs. Within these easily identifiable texts from popular culture, Czech parses out the poems of Bruce Andrews, Gregory Corso, Hart Crane, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Bruce Hainley, Yunte Huang, Aram Saroyan, Gertrude Stein, and Emmett Williams by eliminating all extraneous words, so that only the poem remains. However, because these texts are enlarged in photographs, they no longer conform to the medium of its delivery in the way that we experience them in everyday life—as pages of a book, LP liner notes, iPad interfaces, and words on Kindle screens—but rather as a photographic copy.
Czech cites Stein's 1922 "Saints and Singing" poem, in which repetition is staged as a means of expression and construction, as a key frame of reference for this series. Taking this hint a bit further, one might also think of Stein's other works, like "Portraits and Repetitions" (1926), in which repetition is differentiated from insistence, or her 1926 novel The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family's Progress, in which repetition characterizes love. One could also trace threads beyond purely literary forms, like Gilles Deleuze's 1968 Difference and Repetition, in which repetition returns as a form of transgression. Photography, as presented here, becomes the perfect medium for exploring such repetitions.
Take, for example, works like A poem by repetition by Emmett Williams, which are made up of multiple images, each highlighting a single line of text. In this case, a photograph of an overdrive pedal for the electric guitar—imprinted with its "American Woman" logo—is elongated across three distinctly framed, stacked images. The equipment's logo is repeated three times: the top image almost entirely shows the mint green pedal with its logo against a white background, the middle one only repeats the section with the logo, and the bottom one displays the logo and the pedal's lower edge. With each photographic repetition, the pre-existing text is modified (though, as in all of Czech's works in the series, the concealed text remains partially legible) so that only the letters constituting Williams's poem remain: "A Man. A Woman. Amen."
In a similar vein, A poem by repetition by Allen Ginsberg features three different views of a page from Border Crossings, a Canadian magazine in which the triptych Untitled (3 Erics) (1981) from Robert Longo's famous "Men in the Cities" series is typeset alongside an interview with the artist. From left to right, Czech's panels progressively magnify the page. The first is a photograph of the entire page, the second is a close-up of its right half, and the third is an even more extreme close-up of its left half. None of the photographs actually reproduce the magazine in its original size—the last frame is the largest (140 x 33 cm), and the first the smallest (114 x 87 cm); however, the only element that seems to determine the scale of the photographs here—which can be said about all the works in the "Poems by Repetition" series—is Ginsberg's poem. Czech has masked-out all of the interview's text in a darker shade of white, except for the letters constituting Ginsberg's lines, which are dispersed across all three panels (one sentence per frame): "I made love to myself in the mirror kissing my own lips. Saying I love myself. I love you more than anything." The images are sharp in visual detail—a graphic specificity that even expands to the way that the works are framed, which is apparently of great importance to the artist. In this instance, a narrow black frame harmonizes with Longo's black-and-white drawings of the contorted figures.
Significantly, Longo's study of this tragically convulsive body for his "Men in the Cities" series—inspired by the gestural movement of a dying man in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1970 film The American Soldier—first appeared as a cast aluminum relief in art historian Douglas Crimp's now famous 1977 "Pictures" group exhibition at Artists Space in New York. What Crimp argued in the exhibition's catalog is that the photographic medium, which had long been relegated to the margins of visual representation, was newly emancipated, returning as discrete realities and materialities. It is as if Czech has taken this position—that photography has a materiality of its own—as her own starting point in these works. And she appropriates poetry as a possible representation of it.
- 1Natalie Czech, Voyelles I, 2013. Five color prints, five frames, and museum glass, each part 62 x 42.2 cm. All images courtesy of Capitain Petzel, Berlin. Photo by Jens Ziehe.
- 2View of Natalie Czech's "I Cannot Repeat What I Hear," 2013. Photo by Jens Ziehe.
- 3Natalie Czech, Voyelles I (detail), 2013. Five color prints, five frames, and museum glass, each part 62 x 42.2 cm. Photo by Jens Ziehe.
- 4Natalie Czech, Voyelles I (detail), 2013. Five color prints, five frames, and museum glass, each part 62 x 42.2 cm. Photo by Jens Ziehe.
- 5Natalie Czech, A poem by repetition by Emmett Williams, 2013. Three color prints, three frames, museum glass, first part 39 x 45.9 cm, second part 3.7 x 45.9 cm, and third part 16 x 45.9 cm. Photo by Jens Ziehe. © Natalie Czech.
- 6Natalie Czech, A poem by repetition by Allen Ginsberg, 2013. Three color prints, three frames, and museum glass, first part 114 x 87.3 cm, second part 140.1 x 72.7 cm, third part 140.1 x 83.9 cm. © Natalie Czech.
- 7View of Natalie Czech's "I Cannot Repeat What I Hear," 2013. Photo by Jens Ziehe.
- 8Natalie Czech, A poem by repetition by Hart Crane, 2013. Pen on two color prints, two frames, and museum glass, each part 55.6 x 45.4 cm. © Natalie Czech.
- 9Natalie Czech, A poem by Repetition by Aram Saroyan, 2013. Three color prints, three frames, total size 98.6 x 65 cm. Photo by Jens Ziehe. © Natalie Czech.
- 10Natalie Czech, A poem by repetition by Gertrude Stein #2, 2013. Pen on four color prints, four frames, and museum glass, each part 91.8 x 95.4 cm. Photo by Jens Ziehe. © Natalie Czech.
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The IRS has done something positive! They have brought together conservative and liberal Christians. Conservatives Also Irked by IRS Probe of Churches - Los Angeles Times
Following the recent announcement that the IRS is investigating a liberal church because of an antiwar sermon—they have already started to look into some conservative ones— conservatives and liberal Christian leaders started talking with each other to work together.
Ted Haggard, head of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) had his staff call the National Council of Churches (NCC) to figure out how they can work together to stop the IRS investigations. Bob Edgar, head of the NCC said he cheered at the news since the NAE rarely reaches out to the NCC.
How sad that it takes IRS investigations to get these two groups to not only start working together but even talk with each other. Even if they do not agree on many issues, it is important to at least keep the communication channels open. Hopefully, this will not be a one time thing; hopefully, the two groups will continue to at least dialogue with each other.
Jesus was criticized for eating with tax collectors and other sinners (I always love the passages about how tax collectors are sinners around April 15), and even chose one to be one of the disciples. It turns out that even today the tax collectors are helping the Kingdom!
November 10, 2005
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- Anonymous10:40 AM
Until the difference between church, which is tax-exempt, and religious organization, which is taxable, is made clear, any storyReplyDelete
commenting on the relationship between the IRS and church will be cloudy and unclear.
A religious organization is a corporation, owing its allegiance to its creator – the state. A church is a group of people, getting together to worship God. One is idolatry and the other, a church.
When a church incorporates, it puts itself under the rules of the state. It has turned its back on the God of the universe and accepted another as the highest authority.


text: Explore the arts on us! Posted on: September 27, 2016Author: Holly Regel, Community Relations ManagerOn October 1 and 2, enjoy free admission to the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) for Culture Days. We think Alberta is a masterpiece. That's why ATB supports the AGA in Edmonton, which brings together artists from all over the province (and the world) in one creative space. During Alberta Culture Days, admission is free all weekend long to increase accessibility to the arts and encourage people to discover the wealth of arts and culture in their own backyard. Plus, special family-friendly activities will be taking place thanks to support from the Government of Alberta. Don't forget to check out the newest exhibition featuring Calgary artists Ron and Damian Moppett, a father and son who are showing their work together for the first time. This is the latest in the Alberta Early Masters Series, created through ATB's partnership with the AGA to celebrate the story of Alberta art. ATB is behind the scenes at many of the arts and cultural events and institutions that make our province such an amazing place to live. The Edmonton Comedy Festival, Calgary International Film Festival, Grande Prairie Street Performers Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, and the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose are just a few of the gems we are proud to support.


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Status of some ports to new targets
Status of some ports to new targets
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_rockbox.org>
Date: 2006-02-04
I thought I'd just sum up my perception of a few current projects aiming to
(Listed in no particular order. The mistakes and errors are most likely my
iAudio X5
Linus and I have this player. There's some very basic code that generates a
iAudio M3
There are some scans and research about its hardware in the wiki. Seems to be
Toshiba Gigabeat
Marcoen Hirschberg has one and works on a port. He received the Linux sources
iriver H10
PCB scans available. Resembles some of the iPds a great deal. Should make it
iriver iFP7x0
Tomasz is progressing along fine. This a 256MB flash player that uses an
iriver PMP
Nothing has started. There's a linux source code from iriver available, but
iPod Video
Rockbox works on it, but there's no audio. No one seems to have worked very
iPod 3rd generation
There's work in progress. Patch is available.
iPod 4rd generation greyscale LCD
This should be "fairly simple" once the 3G port gets in, since they seem to
MPeye HTS-150
Tim Schmidt showed interest and will on the dev list to attempt to make
MPIO H-series
Archos Gmini
No one ever took up the work where 'jyp' left it. This port is fading away...
... did I miss any? Did I forget any signification change or detail?
-- Daniel Stenberg -- http://www.rockbox.org/ -- http://daniel.haxx.se/Received on Sat Feb 4 22:51:00 2006
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Originally uploaded by jamesandthebluecat.
They're not happy about it, I'm not happy about it, but there we are. I really wish I could remember which site I got this photo from (and I should clarify: I'm not in the pic - I just found it online and thought it was, frankly, marvellous). If anyone recognizes it, let me know. Every single person in this photo is a comedy genius. But I think the ninja might be the best.
If anyone out there ever wondered what Live Action Role-Playing was like, this video of a different group of LARPers will answer all your questions). But probably prompt you to ask a lot more(the video looks like it isn't doing anything for ages, but be patient.) There's also an updated version with special(ish) effects and a soundtrack by Slayer here , but I think the original really gets across the true fantasticness of a man throwing beanbags at another man whilst shouting 'lightning bolt!' (courtesy of Boing Boing).
I'm pootling around with a script about live-roleplaying at the moment (called, obviously, 'Fellowship of the Wrong', so don't steal the title, or I'll LIGHTNING BOLT you), although it's really sitting in a drawer until I decide what to do with it. I do think LARPing could make a great comedy drama series though, in that it's an inherently ridiculous thing to do that at the same time has its own strange dignity. There's just something about a bunch of people charging around the woods with plastic swords pretending to kill/be monsters that makes me hug myself with glee. Lightning Bolt man, I salute you.


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Show Me The Monkey
"Please have my autograph"
That would be Cuba Gooding Jr, who in 1997 won a best supporting actor Oscar for Jerry Maguire.
Cuba was admittedly charismatic in the film, but in a category also featuring the impressive comic posturing of William H. Macy in Fargo and the shocking duplicity of Edward Norton in Primal Fear, he should have placed 3rd (at best).
Ironically, I bet Cuba also wishes Macy or Norton had won, because his career has been in a free-falling decline ever since. His relationship with Hollywood now resembles the futile, desperate ambitions of someone fleeing his namesake country.
Check out his principal contributions to the annals of history since Oscar:
That second nomination must be just around the corner.
In his defense, it must be a complete headfuck to win an Oscar. You must think you're hot shit, and perhaps brilliant in anything you touch, including anything comedy-related, since your winning role featured that in spades.
But when you win an Oscar for playing someone who thinks he's hot shit, and perhaps brilliant in anything he touches, and then reveal yourself to be not unlike your famous character, that's when the Academy would like to create a rule called Award Recall.
Maybe it's not all Cuba's fault. Maybe the greatest irony for this actor made famous by Jerry Maguire is that his agent is to blame. Who else can be responsible for convincing Cuba to feature almost exclusively in ill-advised comedy vehicles?
At least Cuba has wised up to his poor choices. In early 2006 he declared that he would never star again in another comedy. In explaining his commitment, he said, "The studios won't see me now. I know my stock is low. I thought people wanted me to make them laugh, but I was wrong on so many levels. I try to take all my energy and take it into comedy, and that's when I'm terrible."
Say hello to Cuba's current film:
So much for that then! (Looks like the tagline has added poignancy.)
And that's not all. Cuba is so comedy-averse and quality-driven nowadays that not only is he starring opposite Eddie Murphy in the worst reviewed movie of Murphy's career, but he is signing up for sequels to comedies originally starring Eddie Murphy that not even Eddie Murphy will touch.
Murphy's mediocre 2003 effort Daddy Day Care was apparently not sufficiently explored as a comic premise - it is about to spawn a Cuba-led sequel called Daddy Day Camp.
But wait til you find out who is directing Cuba in this awards magnet of a film!
Yes! Fred Savage, aka Kevin Arnold! (I am not making this shit up.)
Fred was cute as a button as a youngster but it seems that he now, at 30, has such a heinous face that he has chosen to forge a "career" behind the scenes.
Now I really am stumped - is this comedy or tragedy?
Labels: Cuba Gooding Jr, Films, Fred Savage, Oscars


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Liquidity Bistro
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Respectful to our amazing local ingredients, our menu will be ever changing to allow us to use the freshest most seasonal ingredients.
In season, our chefs will be harvesting fresh produce before their day in the kitchen starts to ensure you are tasting the freshest food possible.
Saturday & Sunday Brunch 11 am -3 pm
The food was amazing, had the braised beef hash from the brunch selection, it was awesome. Others had the soup and sandwich of the day, they thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommend this place to everyone who wants to experience unique food with fantastic flavours. Can't wait for next season to see what the chef creates.
Although we learned of Liquidity the good 'old fashioned way' - by word of mouth - and had high expectations based on the recommendations, we were blown away. It is an absolute hidden gem with extraordinary cuisine, great staff and delicious wines and there is little question why it has been named one of Canada's Top 100 Restaurants. And to top off the experience it was very affordable. If the weather permits, and it usually does in the South Okanagan, ask for an outside patio table; you will enjoy the most extraordinary view of the South Okanagan looking south over toward Noble Winery and Blue Mountain, set above Vaseux Lake. Liquidity is special and memorable in every respect.
Great atmosphere for a quiet private date night. Staff were very knowledgeable about their wines, menu, and were able to answer all extra questions we had regarding the menu and wine pairings. We look forward to another meal at Liquidity!
Great menu, great service, great flavours, very good wine.
Really enjoyed our lunch, sandwich of the day was an amazing wagyu burger. Shellfish dish had such wonderful flavours and we ordered some of the delicious house made sourdough. Service was really great, casual but on point with all the necessary details. Kevin our server was so informative about the food, ingredients and the area. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and would highly recommend.
Enjoyed and excellent meal with wine pairings after wine tasting. Amazing views.
The food and wine were wonderful and the staff was very knowledgeable about allergies. The setting is beautiful with wonderful scenic views. The only problem was the noise level. The tasting bar was busy and most tables were occupied. It was actually difficult to have a conversation because the noise reverberated from the bare walls. Hopefully some sort of noise absorption could be implemented.
Wonderful view with intimate setting. The foid is excellent, it meets the expectations of this prive range.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on my evening at Liquidity. Everything was very acceptable with one exception... the portion of Black Cod was quite small. The presentation was exceptional but I would have added a bit of Colour eg nasturtiums to give the plate a bit of pop. Delicious tastes perfect ambience and most attentive staff. Thank you for a most exquisite night.
The food was delicious. The chorizo hash and lamb meatball dishes were great. The presentation beautiful. The setting was amazing and the artwork wonderful.
Overall it seemed to me and to my dinner guests that Liquidity was trying too hard. I appreciate the attempt at cutting edge food preparation (smoked hay, pumpkin 4 different ways, and sunflower ice cream etc).
But it was done without joy and a certain amount of self righteousness. ( All of the chips made from
" kitchen scraps"....they tasted like it).
Also the price point was a bit high...for that money I would have thought i got the whole pigeon.
Finally the lighting in the room felt like a cafeteria. We asked that it be turned down and they obliged but pot lighting is not fine dining.
Welcoming atmosphere. Quiet enough to have a nice conversation with friends. Varied and interesting menu. Delicious food and wine. Polite service.
Not sure what has changed since we last visited the bistro a year ago, but food was not very good compared to other wineries in the are.
Fantastic view, great wines, spectacular food. It's a great evening out!
Amazing food, service, wine and location.
One of the best restaurants I have been to in a long time. Food was absolutely stunning. Beautiful, flavourful and impeccably prepared. For the quality of the food the price was on par with other top tier restaurants. Service was topnotch but not uptight, very friendly server named Cara and lovely restaurant owner. We were made to feel very welcome.
We thoroughly enjoyed our experience and would highly recommend.
Totally disappointed. The new menu was pretentious and left us thinking about what to grab to eat on the way back to our hotel. There were only two other tables seated in the restaurant yet we waited an inordinate amount of time to be served at every turn. We visit the Okanagan every year, but will be giving Liquidity a miss moving forward.
Excellent service in a beautiful setting. Nice to have small plate options.
It was a lovely spot for a birthday lunch....great view, great food, great wine....the only thing I could have asked for was a giant fan to blow all the smoke away....but we were still able to see the beautiful view.
The meal was very good. We both had the daily specials. I had the pizza and my husband had the sandwich. Both were fantastic. The service was very friendly but slow. I actually saw our server drinkIng a beer. Which I found not appropriate
We have always had outstanding meals and service at Liquidity. A real treasure in the wine route.
First visit to Okanagon , and had good visits to a few Wineries. Enjoyed the dinner and wine at the Liquidity Bistro. Price was reasonable, and the service was very good. To top it off, there was an electric charger for my Tesla.
Liquidity is one of our favourite winery/. Restaurant.
The view is fantastic, the food is fabulous and the service is always excellent.
Pretentious food and we left the restaurant hungry. Also a big fly problem.
Hidden gem! Excellent food and wines. We really appreciated the high end but unpretentious atmosphere with our kids.
The food was delicious. The creativity in using unusual ingredients was very inspiring. The view iconic.
Can't say enough about our total experience. The chef prepares a very interesting menu selection!!
Had lunch at this restaurant last year and it was amazing. We went back for dinner and the food was very disappointing. I am guessing that the kitchen staff have changed.
Just superb! Hats off to the young chef, Matt Martin! At the end of the tasting menu, we all knew we had experienced something rare and special! He is going places :)
The food was phenomenal, but after 2 appetizers, a small plate entre, 2 large entres, and a dessert, my date and I left hungry. The atmosphere was lovely, and the service was great, but we've been here a few times before and we were not as impressed this time. There are other places with better value in the area.
This was our second lunch at Liquidity, this time with close, life-long friends. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and even witnessed a marriage proposal (with a happy outcome) at the table next to us. It was a hot afternoon, so we would have preferred some shade from an umbrella while seated outside; even a mister would have made our time more comfortable. The food, especially the pizza special, was very good, in my view rivalling my favourite Neopolitan pizza in East Vancouver. I highly recommend Liquidity for the contemporary ambience, food, and spectacular view.
Service was exceptional and the art collections on display are always fun to go and see. Definitely worth the drive from Kelowna.
Menu was interesting and very well cooked. Service was prompt and attentive although our wine was mixed accidentally which put right.
Quantities were a bit too small - especially the squab but overall very well done and I will definitely be back.
Thought we would go to see the Photoark exhibit and grab lunch. The exhibit was disappointing and the food was only average; the lunch salad was not worthy the money at all. The wine is nice.
Great food, great spot and our server Jason was awesome!
A for effort. Favourite place to dine in the south Okanagan. Great setting overlooking beautiful Vaseaux Lake.
We've been to Liquidity as destination dining each of the last 4 years. Every meal was beyond excellent, until this time. Liquidity is still the same fantastic location and wonderful wine but the restaurant has changed over the kitchen and the menu. It is now what I would have to describe as experimental food art. My personal ability to appreciate presentation is limited when the food is underwhelming and the portions tiny.
There may well be a place for this kind of dining but it's not to my liking and others who are returning should be aware that it is nothing like what it was in the past.
Food was unique and varied but small portions.' not for the hearty eater.
Food was good! Service was great! Unique eating options and excellent wine. Gorgeous view, pricey but worth every penny.
An unexpected surprise. Excellent experience for special occasions
The food was good but really small portions. We had ordered the ostrich tartar (a shareable plate) and it tasted delicious but there wasn't much on the plate to really share, maybe a small bite size worth.
Tried the Day Lily entree and was not too impressed. Was intrigued to be eating the day lily flower, but you couldn't tell what it was or really taste it as it was deep fried. The batter overtook the taste.
Tried the Sturgeon entree and felt that it could have been presented better and with less grains.
The lamb was a great dish and their desserts are spectacular.
Chef Matt Martin is a star, and he has created a mindful and marvellous local dining experience that manages to be totally unexpected while perfectly expressing the Okanagan valley. Put yourself entirely in his hands with the tasting menu: nominally seven courses, ours also included two snacks and a "farewell gift" from the kitchen, and every morsel is locally sourced and in some cases grown or foraged by Chef himself before being crafted with expert level technique into the housemade oils, cheeses, vinegars, crackers and tuiles, etc, that form the ingredients of his remarkable dishes and combined in unusual and exciting ways. Lamb with wild herbs and clams; ostrich tartare; zucchini steeped in chamomile and bergamot are just some of the extraordinary dishes we tasted that night -- and all of these perfectly paired with Liquidity wines. We were seated on the patio by the infinity fountain while an eagle soared overhead. If you live in this country and care about food, Liquidity Bistro is worth the trip to the valley by itself.


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Day One
We started our day practising two waiata. I am finally getting these learnt, with the aid of sticky notes and lots of singing in the car. I'm loving singing every day and now putting the movement in as well is challenging again!
Glenys Williams came in to show us around our Linc-Ed site today in preparation for our Enrolment hui. This is the Student Management System (SMS) we will be using across the whole school and it was good to get into it and have a look around. The beauty of this system is that it is able to be personalised for our kura and we have input into what we need for us specifically. Some of our staff have used this before but for many of us it is a new platform.
We had a session in our Puna Ako time where we did some more unpacking around NCEA and what this would look like with regards to our Principles and Dispositions. Still many discussions about what this might look like for our ākonga.
After lunch we got to meet with some of our ākonga and their whānau. It was really good to have some time to chat and learn more about them as well as answering their questions, even though there are still a lot of unknowns with specifics, it was helpful to touch base and learn more about what their thoughts are.
Day Two
This morning started with our waiata again. I was pleased that I have learnt the lyrics to 2 out of the 3 so far as it makes it so much easier to harmonise. I was feeling great, then another was added today just to keep us on our toes! Glad we are able to have the lyrics for that one that we are singing in a few weeks time.
Paul (SLT) took us through the timetable plan today. It was good to get an idea of how the week will look and it also has a lot of flexibility in it which I am excited about. Our time is split into Kaupapa Ako (time for transdisciplinary learning), Puna Ako time (for our smaller groups with one kaiako), and MAI time (My Area of Interest).
Karyn took us through some reading and information around self-regulated learning after starting with a poem by George Betts "To Our Children". In my search for a copy of this poem I came across a book by George Betts called "Journey of Lifelong Learning". The subtitle is "Major concepts, discussion and activities for facilitating wisdom in our youth" and after reading this, I thought that some of the activities and questions could be really helpful in helping formulate some discussion for our ākonga during Puna Ako time. She gave us a lot of readings and information to digest and I particularly found Karen's blogposts interesting as they come from a personal perspective and challenge us to think about what we are doing in our schools and why.
At morning tea I found this blogpost by George Couros which I felt really summed up a lot of what Karyn was talking about this morning.
The rest of the day was Apple IT training and I have written a separate blogpost about this.
Day Three
Started with work on unpacking Puna Ako time. We were looking at what this could look like in our hapori and then each hapori presented their ideas back to the group. This was done in a variety of ways, some of which had us highly entertained.
At lunch I had a good chat with one of our new teachers for next year. I will be her mentor and it was good to touch base and see what was on top for her at this stage. Such a different start for a new teacher, being part of a new school and having the opportunity to be a part of planning and designing new learning ideas, not your usual start to teaching!
In the afternoon we had some more hui with whanau and then after school a number of our staff went to the Christchurch Connected Educator Christmas drinks which was a nice way to unwind for the day.
Day Four
Extra waiata practise was held today for those of us who were struggling a bit to get the moves down. Great to have so many talented people around to help us and many of us took advantage of the extra practise. After that we started unpacking MAI time. MAI time is a time for students to follow their passions and explore something they may want to find out more about. We had discussions around whether this should be a documented time and what it might look like in our hapori. We then had our own MAI time so I spent most of it writing blogs and chatting with kaiako on a range of topics. It is so good to have time to be able to have conversations about all sorts of things. You learn so much from just talking with other educators.
Our afternoon was spent with a young man who is coming to Haeata next year but has been at Te Karaka Area School. It was great to hear his point of view as to what worked and didn't for him as far as the project learning approach and his NCEA credits. Getting an insight into how they managed NCEA in a different setting was really helpful. Being able to make NCEA and assessment work for us, rather than the other way around is a must.
The evening was spent at a community hui where a number of whanau came to hear what was happening at Haeata and meet the staff over a coffee and a sausage. Such a great feeling having the staff and community in the same place and being able to make more connections.
Day Five
The day started with more waiata practise, we are starting to sound and look OK! Puna Ako time saw us do an overview of the 8 weeks. We put up all the topics we had learnt about and then added our feelings and questions to each of the big picture sections. This gave us a good idea as to the issues still facing us. We were lucky to have a good chunk of time on this during the day and I felt we needed to have this overview as we have learnt so much and it's good to go back to everything and just make some sense of it. Some of our questions were answered, others brought up even more questions but it was nice to have that time to voice those.We shared an idea around how NCEA might work with the Korepo hapori (Yr 7-10) and got some feedback from them as well. We unpacked the timetable even more, getting down to what defined each of the blocks. How is MAI time different from Kaupapa Ako? What would we see across all blocks? This will inform a lot of our thinking over the next 2 weeks.
Day Six
The Aranui community concert AFFIRM was on the Saturday this week. Haeata was there in force, with most of the staff able to be there for some of the day. We had a tent with a lot of information for prospective ākonga and their whānau and I know that I spoke to a large number of people over the morning when I was there. It was a great day with performances by a huge range of local groups and chances to talk with lots of people.


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Going to Thailand for your dental work?
Please think again. Affordability is usually the driving motivation but unfortunately it often results in further dental costs, inconvenience and safety risks.
As a practising dentist in Sydney, my warning is not based on an worry of loss of income for me personally on the contrary I see the results of dental tourism coming through my doors for correction.
My worry is based in the disadvantages that go with travelling overseas for your medical and dental work.
One of the main issues is accountability. Having left the country, patients have extreme difficulty in addressing the ongoing complications and failures with the dentist who carried out the procedure. These problems are often left to local Australian dentists on the patients return. Overseas dentists have different professional, moral, legal and ethical duties of care. I am not saying that all dentists who carry out this work are poor practitioners but the temptation for 'near enough is good enough' is too great for some, especially when they are not going to see someone again. Often the problems are not immediate but become apparent with the passage of time
There are also the obvious issues of different standards of infection control, laboratory materials and appropriate training.
The websites look glossy and professional, but this does not always indicate an ability to carry out the procedures promoted. to a standard which is acceptable.
Dentistry in the 21st century is not just product based, we are a service-based industry with 'after sales service' and our costs must reflect this. It is not just the cost of training, running a business and providing safe and effective dentistry but also the accountability of the dentist in providing quality, well planned dentistry with consistent follow-up care.
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Well known artiste of tiatr stage, Peter D'Costa expired at a young age recently. He was an excellent artiste who could do any role including comedy roles. In his death the tiatr stage has lost a very good artiste of tiatr stage.
In order to condole the death of late Peter D'Costa, Tiatr Academy of Goa has organized a condolence meeting on Tuesday, 9th November 2010 at 4:30 pm at the Conference Hall of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Tiatr artistes and tiatr lovers are invited to attend the condolence meeting.
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A short introduction to the Split Brain scenarios and how to handle them with Akka
Marcin Gorczyński
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When operating an Akka cluster the developer must consider how to handle network partitions (Split Brain scenarios) and machine crashes. There are multiple strategies to handle such erratic behavior and, after a deeper explanation of the problem we are facing, I will try to present them along with their pros and cons using the Split Brain Resolver in Akka, which is a part of the Reactive Platform.
The basic is as follows - a node cannot differentiate between complete crashes and temporary network failures that could get resolved.
The network tracks the state and health of the nodes it contains using a "heartbeat". This is a mechanism where each node sends a simple message in a given interval (for example with a time delta) to every other node that basically says "I'm OK". The system makes sure that all the messages have been received using "sink" node which collects the signals, orders them using a FIFO queue and eventually diagnoses if there are any problems with the ordering of the signals.
The problem is that if the heartbeat of a node stops, the network and other nodes cannot identify the reason why what was the reason the node stopped responding. Thus we can't be sure whether the node may work again in the future and when it will happen (some network problem) or has permanently stopped working (for example the JVM or hardware crashed) and will not recover and should be discarded.
A network partition (a.k.a. Split Brain) is a situation where a network failure caused the network to split. The split means that the parts can no longer communicate with each other. They need to decide what to do next on their own based on the latest membership data of the cluster.
We can distinguish three main failure scenarios/categories: - Network partitions (split brain scenarios) - Crashes (JVM crash, hardware crash, etc.) - Unresponsive process (CPU starvation, garbage collector pauses, etc.)
To be frank - there is no silver bullet for the problem described above. Each network needs to be analyzed individually for the optimal strategy to be chosen. The most widely used are: - Static Quorum - Keep Majority - Keep Oldest - Keep Referee
I will try to describe each one detailedly in the next sections along with their pros and cons.
This strategy will down the unreachable nodes if the number of remaining (healthy) nodes is equal or greater to a predefined constant number called the
quorum size - i.e. this value defines the minimal number of nodes the cluster must posses to be operational.
It is best to use it when we have a fixed number of nodes in a cluster or when we can define a fixed number of nodes with a certain role.
quorum-size*2 -1 as this can lead to a situation during a split where both clusters think they have enough nodes to function and try to down each other.
This strategy will down the unreachable nodes if the current one is part of the majority based on the last membership information, otherwise it will down the reachable part (the one it is a part of). If the parts are of equal size the one containing the node with the lowest address will be kept.
When the number of nodes in the cluster can change over time (it's dynamic) and therefore static strategies like
static-quorum won't work.
This strategy will down the part that does not contain the oldest node. The oldest member is important as the active Cluster Singleton runs on the oldest member.
When we use a Cluster Singleton and don't want to shut down the node where it runs.
This strategy will down the part that does not contain the given
referee-node. The
referee-node is an arbitrary member of the cluster we run the strategy on. It is up to us to specify which node would be suitable for this role. If the number of remaining nodes is less than a predefined constant called
down-all-if-less-than-nodes then they will get shut down. If the referee node is removed then all nodes will get shut down.
When a single node is critical for the system running (the one we mark as the referee node).
Here I will try to quickly show how to enable and configure the strategies that were explained in the previous section.
You can enable a strategy in Akka with the configuration property
All the strategies are inactive until the cluster membership and unreachable nodes information has been stable for a certain amount of time.
After a part of the split decides to shut down it will issue a shut down command to all its reachable nodes. But this will not automatically close the
ActorSystem and exit the JVM, we need to do this manually in the
registerOnMemberRemoved callback:
Each node can have a configured
role which can be taken into account when executing a strategy. This is useful when some nodes are more valuable than others and should be the last to terminate when needed.
As an example I will create a Split Brain scenario using two computers - a MacBook Pro laptop and a Manjaro Linux box. Firstly, I'll show how the clusters will behave without a Split Brain Resolver and then how they do with one. The partition will be fixed using the Keep Majority strategy.
Here is a diagram that represents the example network. The dashed lines are the Wi-Fi connections. Host1 is the Linux box, Host2 the MacBook:
So here is the status of the Macbook node after startup and letting the Linux nodes join in. The Macbook node acts as the seed node:
As we can see evertything is fine. Here is the status of the two Linux nodes before the Split, the first one:
And the second node:
Ok, so let us produce two splits, one without the SBR and the second using the Keep Majority strategy.
To create a Split I will simply turn off the Macbook's Wi-Fi so it can't communicate with the Linux box anymore. After about 10 seconds the clusters removed nodes from the other machine. On the Macbook:
The same on the Linux nodes, the first one:
The second one:
As we can see this results in two clusters which is a situation we want to avoid as this leaves us with two entities that can't communicate. with each other. This means it can't properly process data anymore and fails the CAP theorem requirement about Partition tolerance.
So again we switch off the Wi-Fi on the Mac. After a short period of time the Keep Majority strategy is triggered in both clusters and the Macbook one should be downed as it is in the minority (1 Macbook node vs 2 Linux nodes).
Here is the Macbook node after the Split occured:
As we predicted the node has shut itself down and exited. Here is the node on the Linux box:
And the second one:
The Linux nodes were the ones left, just as we expected.
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Hempstead Mill
River Glaven
Hempstead watermill and the adjoining mill house are built of local flint and brick under a Norfolk pantiled roof. The present building was built by Richard John Gurney in 1830 and at that time was known as Holt Mill, undoubtably because the mill is actually within the parish of Holt. The original watercourse, along which the parish boundary still runs, was moved northwestwards some 40 yards slightly up the hill towards Holt in order to better accommodate the mill machinery. The Glaven, which used to be called Hempstead Beck, was effectively dammed by the mill thereby forming the large lake that is still above the mill today.
At the time locals used to say, "Mr. Gurney, he built a barn where there weren't enough corn to put in it and a mill where there weren't enough water to turn the wheel."
Original of above hand coloured photo - c.1900
The River Glaven
had 16 mills throughout its length at the time of Domesday.
Mill dam c.1921
In about 1905 the wheel was removed and replaced by a turbine, this being a more efficient way of using the limited amount of available water. The wheel house was split into two sections lengthways by a new wall, each section with its own exit arch and then another wall was built across the section nearer to the mill to provide a sluice control for the turbine.
Turbine tailrace 6th January 2004
Marks on the wall left by the wheel 6th January 2004
At the beginning of 20th century, when the turbine was fitted, there were 5 sources of water - mill dam, upper pond (swept away in the 1912 floods) Old Decoy (Selbrigg Pond), New Decoy and Horsepit Pond.
Horsepit was originally the farm horse pond for Red House Farm, fed by runoff water from the farm and its buildings but the Gurney's added a sluice in order to supplement the mill dam. The mill could only run at full power for a maximum of 5 hours a day without emptying the dam above. Thus in later times a traction engine ran the mill via a pulley wheel on the outside of the building (see below). There were two pairs of stones by W. Tinsley of Ipswich, often only one would be worked due to lack of water. Maximum output was 4 coombs per hour.
J. Tuck Coal Merchant sign 1907
14th April 1983
John Tuck was both a miller and a coal merchant. He took over from George Bird and was running both businesses from the mill when the above left picture was taken in 1907.
16th March 2003
Rear of mill 30th June 2004
4th September 2004
The road on the Holt side of the mill was washed away to a depth of several feet on 26th August 1912. Reggie Preston inspects damage with his sister Mary and friend Miss Gooch in the background. The name of the workman is not known.
May 1967
16th March 2003
Prior to moving to Hempstead Mill in 1912, Mrs. Newell was living at the Mill Cottages. When required, the miller at Hempstead would carry a large bag of flour down through the woods to where Frank lived. He had a resting post on the side of the track about half way down.
Rear 1921
Rear January 2004
Frontage March 2003
In 1911 a bakery
was built within the complex of cartsheds, haylofts, stables, pig sties
and cowsheds. The oven built by T. Collins & Co. of Bristol, was coke
fired and the boiler also heated the contents of a twenty gallon water
tank above it that then used the heat of from hot water pipes to regulate
the oven temperature. Coke was brought in from Holt gasworks or by train
to Holt from Sheffield and then horse and cart to the mill. In those days
transport cost exceeded the material cost.
Bread oven 12th July 1981
The turbine powered circular saw May 1967
The turbine powered circular saw 12th July 1981
The turbine powered circular saw January 2004
The turbine
also used to run a circular saw blade set in a steel bench made by Robinson
& Son Ltd of Rochdale. It was used to cut timber for the Gurney Estate.
The shed that sheltered the bench has long disappeared.
Surveyed and drawn by David Durst in 1981
Surveyed and drawn by David Durst in 1981
Governor for the stone tentering gear January 2004
Driveshaft, crownwheel and tuns 6th January 2004
Drive pulley
The right hand photo above shows the drive shaft and gear which meshed into the crownwheel that was driven from the pulley on the outside of the mill in times of water shortage, when a traction engine would provide a belt drive.
6th April 2008
Overgrown drive pulley 6th April 2008
The Newell
brothers (Donald, Frank and William) rented the mill from the Gurneys
in 1912. It only came with one field but after one year they were allowed
to rent two more fields provided they took the bad fields along with the
good fields.
Grain hopper feeding the stones 6th January 2004
Oatcrusher 6th January 2004
By 1920 Donald's
bakery at the mill was supplying much of the locality. As a boy, John
Clarke started work at the mill by feeding the livestock going on to become
master baker. When the demand for bread was high he would often work for
30 hours without sleep. Having undertaken the morning baking starting
at 4.00a.m., he would return in the afternoon. "I
suppose looking back, I worked long hours but one didn't think about it
in those days. In my spare time I was the village barber."
Ledgers written between 1915 and 1929 indicate that some 90% of all sales related to crushing or grinding corn brought in by customers and from the sale of the resulting bran. Some flour was produced but mostly it was animal feed from oats, barley, wheat and maize. On occasions linseed, peas and beans were also processed.
Prices 1839-1841:
Barley -
Oats -
per bushel
per bushel
Sackhoist pulley and shaft 6th January 2004
Redundant wallower 6th January 2004
When the wheel was removed and the turbine installed, the pitwheel was also taken out as the turbine provided drive in the same plane as the upright shaft. Although redundant, the wallower was left on the upright shaft. The turbine then drove the spur wheel directly by means of a cast iron gear.
Turbine pit 6th January 2004
Belt and crownwheel drive January 2004
The mill machinery is now incapable of operating as one corner of the shaft support beam has sunk, preventing the turbine from disengaging.
Mill dam May 1967
W.H. Auden used to stay in the house next to the mill and would often visit the mill.
Rear of mill 30th June 2004
The pond originally came right up to the back of the mill and the above photograph clearly shows the filled in area. The stream draining from the pond originally ran to the left of the mill until it was diverted when the mill was built.
As a boy 1935 - 1945 I stayed with my grandparents at a cottage on the Norwich road about a mile out of Holt.
Across Holt Heath, through the trees, I was able to see the light coloured lucum of a mill, which my grandfather said was Hempstead Mill.
Basil Kybird Drayton - 3rd March 2007
I am researching my family history.
My wife's great, grandfather was a man called John William Elsy and he had a sister called Harriet Elizabeth.
In 1875, Harriet married James Tuck, and, at the 1901 census, he is described as the "millers manager" at Watermill, Hempstead Road, HOLT.
In 1911 he is "miller corn and coal merchant" at The Watermill.
Brian Bartle - 14th February 2014
NEWALL PATRICK Suddenly in Holt on November 6th aged 76 years. Brother of Elizabeth and Mary, a dear uncle of Sarah, Gillian and Michael and great-uncle of Olivia and Imogen. A Thanksgiving service at St. Andrew's Church, Holt on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 at 2 p.m. will follow a private family cremation. Family flowers only please, donations, if desired payable to the British Heart Foundation c/o Lloyd Durham Funeral Services, Avenue Road, High Kelling, NR25 6RD.
I expect you will know that Patrick has died, late November 2014 I believe. There was a death notice in the paper and a Memorial Service was held at St Andrew's, Holt on 3rd December.
I do not know what is happening at the mill. To the best of my knowledge his sister Mary is dealing with his affairs. The mill is currently fenced off, or was when we visited just over a week ago.
For what it is worth, there is some information about the family and the mill in Robin Carver's Hempstead, A Norfolk Village, a copy of which we read in Hempstead church.
Bob Pendleton - 5th April 2015
Mill rear 2nd May 2015
Mill fenced off 2nd May 2015
Mill bakery and outbuildings 2nd May 2015
Mill bakery 26th December 2017
O. S. 6" Map 1885 (not to scale)
The dotted old boundary line clearly shows the original course of the River Glaven before it was diverted to the northwest in order to accommodate the mill.
O. S. 25" Map 1885 (not to scale)
O.S. Map 2005
Image reproduced under licence from Ordnance Survey
c.1810: Mill built and Selbrigg Pond dug by hand to provide a water supply from the River Glaven
1907: John Tuck - last miller to grind flour for bread made on the premises
and also coal merchant
c.1911 - 1912: Thomas John Preston - gave up shortly after the 1912 flood that
swept away the upper pond
2004: Mill
occupied by Pat Newell, son of Frank Newell
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MYRON A. PAYNE, PLAINTIFF,v.MATTHEW CATE ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to the undersigned magistrate judge in accordance with Local Rule 302 and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Plaintiff has submitted an in forma pauperis application that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Accordingly, plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) & 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff has been without funds for six months and is currently without funds. Accordingly, the court will not assess an initial partial filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff will be obligated to make monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding month's income credited to plaintiff's prison trust account. These payments shall be collected and forwarded by the appropriate agency to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in plaintiff's account exceeds $10.00, until the filing fee is paid in full. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally "frivolous or malicious," that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) & (2).
A claim is legally frivolous when it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989); Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1227-28 (9th Cir. 1984). The court may, therefore, dismiss a claim as frivolous where it is based on an indisputably meritless legal theory or where the factual contentions are clearly baseless. Neitzke, 490 U.S. at 327. The critical inquiry is whether a constitutional claim, however inartfully pleaded, has an arguable legal and factual basis. See Jackson v. Arizona, 885 F.2d 639, 640 (9th Cir. 1989); Franklin, 745 F.2d at 1227.
Rule 8(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure "requires only 'a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief,' in order to 'give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.'" Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007) (quoting Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 47 (1957)). However, in order to survive dismissal for failure to state a claim a complaint must contain more than "a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action;" it must contain factual allegations sufficient "to raise a right to relief above the speculative level." Bell Atlantic, 550 U.S. at 555. In reviewing a complaint under this standard, the court must accept as true the allegations of the complaint in question, Hospital Bldg. Co. v. Rex Hospital Trustees, 425 U.S. 738, 740 (1976), construe the pleading in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, and resolve all doubts in the plaintiff's favor. Jenkins v. McKeithen, 395 U.S. 411, 421 (1969).
The Civil Rights Act under which this action was filed provides as follows: Every person who, under color of [state law] . . . subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States . . . to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution . . . shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.
42 U.S.C. § 1983. The statute requires that there be an actual connection or link between the actions of the defendants and the deprivation alleged to have been suffered by plaintiff. See Monell v. Department of Social Servs., 436 U.S. 658 (1978); Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 362 (1976). "A person 'subjects' another to the deprivation of a constitutional right, within the meaning of § 1983, if he does an affirmative act, participates in another's affirmative acts or omits to perform an act which he is legally required to do that causes the deprivation of which complaint is made." Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740, 743 (9th Cir. 1978).
Moreover, supervisory personnel are generally not liable under § 1983 for the actions of their employees under a theory of respondeat superior and, therefore, when a named defendant holds a supervisorial position, the causal link between him and the claimed constitutional violation must be specifically alleged. See Fayle v. Stapley, 607 F.2d 858, 862 (9th Cir. 1979); Mosher v. Saalfeld, 589 F.2d 438, 441 (9th Cir. 1978). Vague and conclusory allegations concerning the involvement of official personnel in civil rights violations are not sufficient. See Ivey v. Board of Regents, 673 F.2d 266, 268 (9th Cir. 1982).
Plaintiff commenced this action by filing 118-page handwritten complaint. Therein he names more than sixty prison officials, correctional officers, and correctional staff as the defendants in this action. Plaintiff's allegations date as far back as 2008 and involve events that allegedly took place at both High Desert State Prison ("HDSP") and California State Prison, Corcoran ("Corcoran"). Plaintiff's primary complaints are that the defendants improperly validated him as a member of the Black Guerilla Family at HDSP, and then upon his transfer to Corcoran, defendants improperly validated him as a member of the Ansar El-Muhammad disruptive group. Plaintiff also complains that the defendants have discriminated against him, interfered with his exercise of religion, retaliated against him, and imposed an atypical and significant hardship upon him. (Compl. at 1-118.)
The court will dismiss plaintiff's complaint. As an initial matter, plaintiff's complaint does not contain a short and plain statement as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2). Although the Federal Rules adopt a flexible pleading policy, a complaint must give fair notice to the defendants and must allege facts that support the elements of the claim plainly and succinctly. Jones v. Community Redev. Agency, 733 F.2d 646, 649 (9th Cir. 1984). Plaintiff must allege with at least some degree of particularity overt acts which defendants engaged in that support his claims. Id. Because plaintiff has failed to comply with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. ...
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Did you read the James Dashner's "The Maze Runner" trilogy? It's quite a popular young adult story that turned into a film (of course) last year, I think - it was quite good.
Well, the heat we are all experiencing got me thinking of the second volume in the seris which is called "The Scorch trials" (and a second film will be released this September). Our situation may not seem as horrible as the one in the book, but it seems that everyday I am facing this challenge that is called "unbareable heat" and somehow I am failing day by day. Each day spent outside is melting me even more and I am turning into a edgy person. I hate it. I want to stay in the freezer until October.
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