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IT MAY have been their record margin of victory over an English side in elite European Rugby competition, giving them a priceless first opening success since 2011 – which was deliciously garnished with a bonus point – but Henry Pyrgos has warned that Glasgow's rampant 37-10 five-try destruction of Bath will amount to nothing if the Scotstoun men can't back it up at Montpellier in their second pool four outing at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in five days' time.
Ironically enough, that last salutary success in the maiden fixture of a European campaign came against the men from the Rec, at Firhill, in November 2011, but sadly for Glasgow they were unable to build on it and slipped to a juddering defeat at Leinster a week later that ultimately dealt a fatal wound to Warriors' hopes of making it out of the Pool stages of the old Heineken Cup for the first time.
Yet after this outstanding display against Mike Ford's heavily hyped side, in which Warriors consistently won the breakdown contest and claimed key turnovers at crucial stages, while performing at a tempo the English Premiership side struggled to live with, hope now springs eternal that this could be the year Glasgow finally graduate from the pool stages.
But Pyrgos, who was part of the Warriors' squad who carved out a 13-13 draw at Montpellier the last time the sides met in a European context, "en France", in that same distant campaign three years back, admits Glasgow face another huge examination of their credentials to cut it at emeritus level.
"We all know in this competition you must win your home games, so to have opened up at Scotstoun with five points against a really good Bath side is great but it will mean nothing if we don't go to Montpellier on Saturday and augment it with another performance of similar quality and hopefully another positive result," said Pyrgos.
The Glasgow scrum-half added: "A year ago we started at Toulon with a heavy defeat that put us on the back foot so we knew how important it was to get the win in the opening game, and doubly so given it was on home soil. Now that we have that, it is up to us to build on it at Montpellier and that will be no easy thing.
"They are a great side and it will be a massive task but that is what this competition is all about.
"You play a top side one week and then you are on to another of similar quality in the following game and that is what the European Rugby Champions Cup is all about.
"I was fortunate enough to be in the squad when we went to Montpellier a couple of seasons back and got a share of the points and it was a great atmosphere over there and I can't wait for this Saturday's return trip."
The 25-year-old clearly revelled in the extra responsibility of the captaincy which was bestowed on him after Josh Strauss' late withdrawal through injury, and it was Pyrgos' quick thinking that led to Warriors' pivotal third try by Tommy Seymour and also underlined that his man-of-the-match accolade was a worthy one.
"It looked like Bath were expecting a scrum and I just concentrated on getting it wide to Hoggy and he put Tommy over for a great try, it was just a case of opportunity presenting itself other than anything planned but I'm glad it came off," said Pyrgos.
The Scotland international added: "In big games it is nice to have come out and performed well and I enjoyed being captain although it was a pity that Josh missed out with injury.
"Bath have got a lot of good players who have been playing really well in the Premiership and we knew that defensively we were going to have to put in a really big effort to nullify their threat and we did all of that pretty well. But it was a real team effort."
Despite falling behind to George Ford's fifth minute penalty, a beautifully timed pass from Duncan Weir put Mark Bennett through on one of his trademark scything runs and the Warriors' centre broke two tackles to touch down under the posts and present Weir with an elementary conversion.
But Glasgow's ascendancy was short-lived, and after Stuart Hogg uncharacteristically fumbled a Ford up-and-under, Jonathan Joseph scavenged the ball and strode over for an easy touchdown which Ford duly converted as the visitors went 10-7 in front.
Yet with Weir slotting two penalties Glasgow reclaimed the lead and after some stoic defensive work had repelled the much vaunted Bath driving maul, a brilliant high ball collect by the hugely impressive Tommy Seymour eventually led to Sean Maitland powering over.
Scotland wing Seymour then profited from Pyrgos' moment of decisive clarity as Glasgow reached the sanctity of the dressing room 23-10 in front at half-time.
Although a tendency to kick when on the front foot helped the visitors gain possessional ascendancy in the third quarter – and the introduction of former Ireland No 9 Peter Stringer added composure to their work – Glasgow's relentless attack was never far away.
Pyrgos' replacement Niko Matawalu finally put the contest out of the visitors' reach and secured the vital bonus point when he chased down his own kick and delivered the coup de grace with a brilliant and typically idiosyncratic finish which was converted by Weir.
Bennett then added a fifth try after fine work by DTH van der Merwe, and Weir converted to send an ecstatic Scotstoun crowd into the brilliant blue stratosphere.
By contrast, for Bath head coach Mike Ford it was a painful lesson: "It was disappointing and a hard lesson learned in a tough European tie.
"We are disappointed with the tries that we let in and we let the game get away from us. We will learn from it though."
Scorers: Glasgow – Tries: Bennett (2), Maitland, Seymour, Matawalu. Cons: Weir (3). Pens: Weir (2). Bath: Try: Joseph. Con: Ford. Pen: Ford.
Glasgow: Hogg; Maitland, Bennett, Horne, Seymour; Weir, Pyrgos; Reid, MacArthur, Murray, Nakarawa, Gray, Harley, Fusaro, Ashe. Subs: Russell for Hogg (73), van der Merwe for Seymour (40), Yanuyanutawa for Reid (64), Hall for MacArthur (56), de Klerk for Murray (70), Swinson for Nakarawa (56), Holmes for Fusaro (59), Matawalu for Pyrgos (55)
Bath: Henson; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Eastmond, Watson; Ford, Young; Auterac, Batty, Thomas, Hooper, Attwood, Day, Mercer, Sisi. Subs: Agulla for Henson (44), Devoto for Eastmond (37), Stringer for Young (51), James for Auterac (49), Webber for Batty (49), Wilson for Thomas (51), Ewels for Sisi (56).


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Quality tools and techniques: Are they necessary for quality management?
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Physicians for Human RightsThrough evidence, change is possible.
Under the Gun: Ongoing Assaults on Bahrain's Health System
In February 2011, the Government of Bahrain began targeting health professionals who treated protesters. In April 2012, PHR's Richard Sollom, Deputy Director, and Holly Atkinson, MD, FACP, past President of PHR's Board and volunteer expert, authored a report showing the devastation on Bahrain's health system that have resulted from the Government of Bahrain's continued assault on doctors, patients, and the healthcare system.
Crucial Senate Hearing on Indefinite Detention Includes PHR Testimony by Dr. Scott Allen
PHR's testimony by Dr. Scott Allen based on important findings from the groundbreaking report, "Punishment Before Justice: Indefinite Detention in the US," was submitted by Senator Dianne Feinstein at a crucial Senate hearing on indefinite detention.
32nd Brigade Massacre: Evidence of war crimes and the need to ensure justice and accountability in Libya
This report, which combines medicine, forensic science, and eyewitness testimony to paint a stark picture of life and death in detention in Tripoli, provides a detailed and comprehensive forensic account of the 32nd Brigade massacre under Khamis Qaddafi on August 23, 2011 in Khalat Al Forjan, Tripoli. PHR's investigation highlights the urgent need for Libya to establish due process, document crimes to the highest forensic standards, and acknowledge victim's right to know the truth about their loved ones within a transitional justice process addressing grievances on all sides.
Syria: Attacks on Doctors, Patients, and Hospitals
The Syrian government has responded to popular protests with months of sustained and extreme violence and intimidation, and an all-out assault on the country's medical system. PHR has documented attacks on Syria's medical profession – violations that are but one aspect of the myriad abuses the Syrian people have endured over the past several months.
Under Siege in Kachin State, Burma
In September 2011, PHR conducted an investigation in Burma's Kachin State in response to reports of grave human rights violations in the region. PHR found that between June and September 2011, the Burmese army looted food from civilians, fired indiscriminately into villages, threatened villages with attacks, and used civilians as porters and human minesweepers.


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Mohawks scrap for goals, too
The Niskayuna/Schenectady Mohawks found a new way to win Saturday.
They beat the Guilderland/Mohonasen Dutch Warriors, 3-0, without any points from their high-octane top line, working for greasy goals from elsewhere in the lineup to back up a solid effort in goal from Peter Mrazik.
"Once we got the first goal, we just went with it," Mohawks alternate captain Andrew Gallup said. "Our defensive coach told us to dictate, and that's what we did. We went out there, worked hard and got some goals."
The top line of Ben Fisher, Devon Patrick and Matt DiVietro combined for 22 goals and 19 assists in the Mohawks' first 14 games — that's 58 percent of the team's goals.
Saturday, though, the game-winner came from freshman forward Dillon Mensing on a second-period power play. Gallup followed with an odd breakaway tally and an empty-netter at the Schenectady County Recreational Facility.
The Dutch Warriors owned the first period, but came away empty-handed, despite a couple breakaways.
"I think they felt they deserved better after the first period," Dutch Warriors coach John DeRubertis said of his players. "I would certainly agree after two breakaways and another good four or five scoring chances in that period, and we came away with nothing. That didn't help us. I think if we find a way to the back of the net in the first period, we might go from there with a little momentum."
Early in the second period, back-to-back penalties gave the Mohawks all the momentum. On the second power play, Mensing threw the puck at the net from low in the right circle, and it took a bounce past goalie Nigel Simmons at 4:37.
It was Mensing's first point of the season, but not of his career, as he had a few points last season as an eighth-grader.
"It's our coaches and captains and upperclassmen. They got us pumped up," Mensing said. "I think the team just wanted to win for once."
The win moved the Mohawks to 4-4-0 in the Capital District High School Hockey League and 6-9-0 overall. The Dutch Warriors fell to 2-8-0 and 3-10-1.
The Mohawks doubled their lead at 13:43 in the second period when Gallup jumped out for a breakaway when the puck got past Dutch Warriors defenseman Shane Shields.
Shields, though, never gave up on the play and was suddenly right on Gallup's heels as he entered the attacking zone. The senior defenseman dove and reached his stick around Gallup to poke out the puck.
Despite the effort, the puck then went off Shields' skate and hopped past Simmons.
"I thought I was just going to bring it back, get a nice wrist shot, and I did not see him coming at all," Gallup said. "Then when he got the puck, I thought I was just going to stop, turn around and get the puck, but when I turned around, it was in the net. I was just like, 'All right, I'll take it.' "
Gallup scored the final goal with just 31.2 seconds to play with a shot from the blue line into an empty net.
Simmons was reliable when facing any shot he could do something about, stopping 33 of the 35 he saw. It took two crazy bounces to beat him.
Mrazik was a rock, finishing his first shutout of the season with 27 saves.
He said he was a little worried with how the first period went, but suspected his teammates would find more possession in the second. Still, with a 2-0 lead, he said he was starting to feel that worry creep in again late in the game.
"I was regretting it [the impending shutout], because they have some really skilled players, and they were getting good shots," he said. "Our defense did really good at keeping us in the game, but I was regretting it, because I was scared, sort of."
The Dutch Warriors have had some games get away from them when things don't got their way late. This time, DeRubertis said instead of hanging their heads, they kept working. He expects the same when they host the Mohawks at Union College on Tuesday.
"As far as competing for three periods, that might have been our highest compete level in quite some time," DeRubertis said. "The last three games were real difficult losses for us, lopsided. Tonight, they came out and competed for three periods."
Guild./Mohonasen 0 0 0 — 0
Nisk./Schenectady 0 2 1 — 3
First Period — No scoring.
Second Period — 1, Niskayuna/Schenectady, D. Mensing 1, 4:37 (pp). 2, Niskayuna/Schenectady, A. Gallup 4, 13:43.
Third Period — 3, Niskayuna/Schenectady, A. Gallup 5, 14:28 (en).
Goalies — Guilderland/Mohonasen, Simmons 3-10-1 (35 shots-33 saves). Niskayuna/Schenectady, Mrazik 5-6-0 (27-27).
Plainsmen win
Nick Quigley scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner at 14:09 of the final period, to lift Shenendehowa over Queensbury, 6-5, at the Lake George Forum.
Brad Tardif, Kevin Miles, Ryan Mortka and Peter Sacks also scored for the Plainsmen, while Brian Walter and Matt Cologgi combined to make 27 saves in goal.
Rob Orban stopped 30 shots for the Spartans, who got three goals from Shane Kanaly, one from
Michael Shultes and another from Brandon Edwards.
Shaker/Colonie stopped Christian Brothers Academy, 7-4, behind a hat trick from Eric Egan.
Tyler Smith, Andrue Caruso, Jordan Vetrone and Derek Hillenbrandt also scored for Shaker/Colonie. Kodi Riddell made 20 saves.
For CBA, Zach Swanteck, Dean McMahon, Chris O'Keefe and John Bassett scored goals, and Kyle Stockman had 35 saves.
Maura Mulligan erupted for five goals and two assists, and Marielle McHale added two more scores in Albany Academy for Girls' 8-1 Upstate New York League victory over Saranac Lake.
Teagan Ketchum also scored for Albany Academy for Girls. Hanna Courcelle scored the lone goal for Saranac Lake.
Shenendehowa 3 1 2 — 6
Queensbury 1 4 0 — 5
First Period — 1, Queen, Kanaly (Edwards), 0:16. 2, Shen, Tardif (Miles), 3:54. 3, Shen, Miles (Sacks), 4:27. 4, Shen, Mortka (Bearisto, Irving), 10:29.
Second Period — 5, Queen, Kanaly (Edwards, Kirby), 2:04. 6, Queen, Shultes (Aarons), 4:12. 7, Queen, Edwards, 4:29. 8, Queen, Kanaly (Crist, Edwards), 5:47. 9, Shen, Quigley (Mortka), 14:34.
Third Period — 10, Shen, Sacks (Mortka, Quigley), 13:29. 11, Shen, Quigley (Mortka), 14:09.
Goalies — Shenendehowa, Brian Walter, 9 saves; Matt Cologgi, 18 saves. Queensbury, Rob Orban, 30 saves.
Shaker/Colonie 2 2 3 — 7
First Period — 1, S/C, Egan, 6:20. 2, CBA, Swanteck (Harrison), 9:44. 3, S/C, Egan (Hillenbrandt, Chiara), 13:53.
Second Period — 4, S/C, Smith (Matson), 4:28. 5, CBA, McMahon (O'Keefe), 6:07. 6, CBA, O'Keefe (McMahon), 6:25. 7. S/C, Caruso (Egan, Chira), 6:56.
Third Period — 8, CBA, Bassett (VanEpps), 3:19. 9, S/C, Egan, 6:15. 10, S/C, Vetrone (Bink, Smith), 10:55. 11, S/C, Hillenbrandt, 14:04.
Goalies — CBA, Stockman, 35 saves. S/C, Riddell, 20 saves.
Saranac Lake 0 0 1 — 1
Albany Academy 3 4 1 — 8
First Period — 1, AA, Ketchum (Mulligan, Cassin). 2, AA, Mulligan (Ketchum). 3, AA, Mulligan (McHale).
Second Period — 4, AA, Mulligan (Ketchum). 5, AA, McHale (Phelps, Crowley). 6, AA, McHale (Mulligan, Ketchum). 7, AA, Mulligan (Ketchum, McHale).
Third Period — 8, SL, Courcelle (McDougall). 9, AA, Mulligan (McHale, Cassin).
Goalies — Saranac Lake, Katey Snyder, 33 saves. AA, Zoe Shannon, 10 saves; Alexandra Shannon, 9 saves.


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- Seed bluegrass or tall fescue lawns early in the month for best results.
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- Core aerate cool season turf to aid in root development and thatch breakdown.
- Fertilize cool season grasses with high nitrogen sources of fertilizer.
- Mow turf at 2 to 3 inches and sharpen mower blade for a clean cut.
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Godrej Industries-Foods Division, a part of the Godrej Group and one of the major players in the processed food market has set its foot into the Rs 300 crore health foods market with it's new health beverage 'Godrej Sofit. The product is a combination of Soy milk and natural fruit juices.
Positioned in the market as, 'The New Taste of Health' it is an attempt on the part of the company to offer innovative health solutions.
"The Foods division is moving towards positioning itself on the health platform. We felt that the Soy market was virtually untapped in India and with the Indian consumers getting more health conscious and the increasing popularity of Soya Worldwide, the entry into the Soy foods market was a natural choice," said Mohan Pusalkar, executive director and president, GIL-Foods Division.
A recently held detailed perception study of the Indian Soy market by the American Soybean Association revealed that the Indian consumer has limited knowledge of the benefit of Soy.
Citing the benefits of the Soybeans Suresh Itapu, technical director-Soy Food Marketing, American Soybean Association-Asia subcontinent explained "Soybean reduces the risk of coronary heart diseases, lowers cholesterol levels and despite these benefits of soy, its usage in India is quite limited. This initiative by Godrej to launch Soymilk in India is indeed a much needed one for the health of the Indian consumer".
According to M Y Varma, executive vice president-sales and marketing GIL-Foods Division, Sofit is targeted at the health conscious consumer and offers all the benefits of the Soybeans and more. "In the numerous research carried out, we found that it's the beany taste conscious consumer away from soya. Our R&D has been able to mask the beany taste and we added the real fruit as opposed to artificial flavours to better the taste profile," Varma added.
Currently, the value of the soya market is Rs 20 crore and the capacity is 80 lac litres. The company expects to capture 15 per cent in terms of volume and 30 per cent in terms of value by the end of December 2004. The foods division during the year 2002-03 clocked a turnover of Rs 176 crore. During the nine months ended December 31, the company is estimated to have clocked a turnover of Rs 156 crore and contributes approximately 30 per cent to the total turnover of GIL.
The current ratio between the edible fats business and processed foods business to the total foods division is 80:20 respectively. With the entry into the soya market, the company expects to change this ratio in the coming years.
Godrej- Food Division is focusing on the metros for Sofit. It is also targeting the fitness and health centres and promoting it amongst the medical fraternity. The product has already been launched in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad to name a few cities and is available in three flavours namely Mango, Apple and Malt. It is available in in 200ml and costs Rs 12 per pack and a 1000ml tetrapack costs Rs 45 per pack as an introductory offer. In the future, the company officials said that they plan to launch more health products under the Sofit umbrella. The company is also launching a full fledged promoting the product in pres and outdoor media in select metors.
The popular channel from the Viacom18 's umbrella MTV Indies, which aired music by independent artistes, was replaced by MTV Beats, a 24x7 Hindi music channel in 2016
Bhasin on the checks and balances of new IRS, methodology with new companies like Vedsur on board, interpreting the data and why it's not fair to compare with previous data
Chitresh Sinha, CEO, Chlorophyll Innovation Lab and Vivek Singh, Joint MD, Procam International speak exclusively with exchange4media on the upcoming #BeBetter Campaign for the TATA Mumbai Marathon
Abhishek Punia, Co-founder and COO of ARM Worldwide, tells about how they re-branded themselves from ARM Digital to ARM Worldwide and in the process marked their presence globally
L-R (standing) Abhishek Joshi of Sony Pictures Networks, Sanjiv Dhiman of Cox and Kings, Robby Mathew of FCB Interface, Madhu Dua of Reliance Jio Infocomm, Rohan Mehta of Social Kinnect, Mitrajit Bhattacharya of Chitralekha Group and Viraj Jit Singh of KidZania, (Sitting) Zoya Pandey of Abbott, Anjana Ghosh of Bisleri, Sam Balsara of Madison World, KV Sridhar (Pops) of HyperCollective, Madhu Dutta of Raymond Ltd, and Veetika Deoras of Tata Capital Limited
Over the last 12 years, Cadbury 5Star has entertained viewers bringing to them 'lost' antics of the iconic duo of Ramesh and Suresh
As the brand sets its gaze towards the future, it was a clear direction to amplify the very feeling of this 'attachment'
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Federal Inquiry on Software Examines Privacy Programs
By John Markoff
The New York Times
September 21, 1993
In a Government investigation with implications for free speech and privacy in the information age, a Federal grand jury in San Jose, Calif., has issued subpoenas to two software publishers selling versions of a program that protects the privacy of electronic mail and other computer data.
The investigation appears to focus on whether the program has been illegally exported in violation of State Department regulations that control the sale of weapons and other technologies whose export the Government believes may compromise national security. The relevance of such regulations in the post-cold war era is the topic of growing debate in Washington, where communications and computer executives plan to testify before Congress on Wednesday. [ Page D3. ]
The software program, known as Pretty Good Privacy, or P.G.P., was written several years ago by an independent programmer in response to Federal threats to crack down on the distribution of encryption software, which is used to protect computer data by converting them into secret code. No one can read the encoded information without access to mathematical keys -- one that is publicly known, a second known only to the recipient of the coded message.
The program has since been freely distributed around the world, used on thousands of personal computers and work stations.
Receiving the Federal subpoenas were Viacrypt, a Phoenix company that plans to sell a licensed version of P.G.P., and Austin Code Works of Austin, Tex., which is selling a version of P.G.P. for other software developers to incorporate in their own programs. The grand jury subpoenas, which the companies received Sept. 9, ordered them to supply all correspondence and records related to the international distribution of P.G.P. and other information related to computer cryptography.
A Customs Department official refused to comment on the case today. William P. Keane, the assistant United States attorney who signed the subpoenas, confirmed that there was a grand jury investigation, but said he could not comment.
Both publishers said they had no plans to sell their products abroad.
"I think they're more concerned with our intentions than what we've done," said Leonard Mikus, president of Viacrypt, which is a division of the software company Lemcom Systems Inc. of Phoenix. "They're on a fishing expedition, but this could become a landmark case that sets the limits that distinguish between electronic and conventional publishing."
Battling the N.S.A.
The investigation is the latest round in a growing battle between the National Security Agency and a variety of groups in this country over the role of coding software in protecting computer data. The N.S.A., whose role is to monitor electronic communications around the world, has consistently acted to block the adoption of new technologies that would make its mission more difficult.
But the availability of high-speed digital communication links and inexpensive personal computers may make it impossible to enforce technology restrictions in the future -- as the international dissemination of P.G.P. has already indicated.
President Clinton alluded to the problems of controlling distribution of software technology in a speech last week promoting the North American Free Trade Agreement.
"Nothing we do in this great capital can change the fact that factories or information can flash across the world, that people can move money around in the blink of an eye," the President said. "Nothing can change the fact that technology can be adopted, once created, by people all across the world and then rapidly adapted in new and different ways."
Question of Legality
Government regulations, enforced by the State Department, make it illegal to export cryptographic software without a special munitions export license issued for weapons sales.
Those restrictions have angered many computer industry executives who argue that encryption software is the crucial technology underlying a variety of information-age services.
Last year, a number of United States software companies, represented by the Software Publishers Association, a trade group, struck a deal with the N.S.A. permitting the export of software that contained coding functions. But unlike the P.G.P. software, those codes are believed to be easily cracked by the N.S.A.
The legitimacy of the export regulations is also disputed by legal scholars who argue that they restrict speech.
"The right to speak P.G.P. is like the right to speak Navajo," said Eben Moglen, a professor of law at Columbia University. "The Government has no particular right to prevent you from speaking in a technological manner even if it is inconvenient for them to understand."
P.G.P. has been controversial since it was written by a programmer, Philip Zimmerman, because it uses a coding formula that many researchers believe strong enough to protect data from even the N.S.A.'s high-speed code-cracking computers. The formula was developed by three computer scientists: Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adelman.
The formula has been patented by a company representing the scientists, Public Key Partners, and is being sold commercially in the United States by a Redwood City, Calif. company, RSA Data Security Inc. After Mr. Zimmerman first used the formula to write the P.G.P. and distribute it, RSA notified him that he was infringing Public Key's patent.
Mr. Zimmerman recently signed a licensing agreement with Viacrypt, which has a separate sublicense agreement with Public Key Partners. The subpoena Viacrypt received sought copies of contracts and other documents involving the company's dealings with Mr. Zimmerman.
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40L DriStore Roll-Top Bag
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Designed to support adventure and trave, whether its discovering a far off country or exploring the local park, Lifeventure was created to fill a gap in the UK market for outdoor products. From brightly coloured cutlery to super convenient bags, Lifeventure have sponsored more than 30 ground breaking expeditions and research studies along the way.


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Easter Brunch at The Farm at South Mountain – Sunday, April 16th, 2017
Reservations for Easter Brunch Special Event are full.
Reservations for Mother's Day Brunch on May 14th still open!
Hop on over to Morning Glory Café or The Farm Kitchen to enjoy the holiday with your friends and family here at The Farm! Open for regular business hours.
This decadent brunch will have over 10 buffet options that the whole family will enjoy. The menu will include an assortment of Freshly Baked Pastries, Pecan French Toast, Caprese Salad, Scrambled Eggs, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Farm Sausage and more! After brunch, rent a yard game from The Farm Kitchen, visit our on-site garden and chicken coop, or find a local treasure at our shop, Botanica!
Date: Sunday, April 16th, 2017
6106 S. 32nd Street Phoenix, AZ 85042
Located at the Canopy in The Grove
Seatings: 8:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m.
$55.95 for adults
$25.95 for children 8-12 years
$15.95 for children 2-7 years
Children under the age of 2 are FREE.
**8.1% Sales Tax & 20% Production Fee are additional. Cancellations will not be accepted after Wednesday, April 12.
Rated one of the best Easter Brunches in Phoenix! Gather the whole family and hippity hop over this Easter Sunday for a delicious buffet brunch. Farms in particular are a favorite bunny hang-out and the Easter Bunny will be making a special appearance for photo ops with the family, so don't forget your camera!
Note: High chairs will not be available.


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The Management of Ikeja Electric on Tuesday blamed the 11-day blackout in parts of Arepo, Ogun State, including Journalists Estate, on broken poles by the nearby Kara bridge.
The Head of Corporate Communication Unit of the company, Felix Ofulue, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the affected poles carried the wires that supplied power to the area.
Ofulue appealed to residents of the affected area that the company's engineers were working round the clock to replace the affected poles with new ones and restore power supply.
Ofulue assured the residents that electricity supply would be restored to the area byWednesday.
NAN reports that electricity consumers affected in the area had been thrown into darkness since August 6.
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By Andrew Harvey, Sarah Smellie & Elling Lien. Illustrations by Elling Lien.
Yes indeed, it's time for the Scope's Not-So-Annual (And Pretty Much Randomly Occurring) St. John's City Council Report Card! Last time we did something like this was back in 2008.
We canvassed a bunch of business and arts organizations, city council watchdogs, and general city politics afficianados to ask them how the felt each councillor had performed over the past year. They gave each council member a letter grade and explained why.
Then we got council members to fill out questionnaires of their own, asking them how they thought they did, what they thought the biggest issues of the past year were, and where their priorities for the future lay.
Taking all that into account, we then poured over the results, searched deep within our own hearts and minds, and assigned the final grades.
The criteria for each grade was, roughly, based on a number of questions: Who tends to lead, and who tends to stay on the sidelines? Who has vision? Who sticks to their guns, and who is inconsistent? Who represents their ward well? Who attends and participates in meetings?
Here's our opinion.
Click here to find out what ward you live in.
2010 grade: D+
2008 grade: C+
In the wake of Andy Wells, O'Keefe has brought much needed decorum and stability to council. His efforts to make council chambers a more civil, productive place have been well met, but as a chair of council meetings, he can be fairly divisive. A case and point is his conduct during the Fortis proposal and withdrawal. While it is one thing to be in favour of a certain project, it is another thing for a mayor to be all over the media begging Fortis to reconsider and expressing "frustration" over the "events leading up to its withdrawal." (www.bit.ly/g9dct9) Dude, from our perspective, the events leading up to the proposal's withdrawal consisted of citizens and councillors participating in a democracy. That's the sort of thing a mayor should encourage.
We're also disappointed in his continued stalling of the review of the city's municipal plan, especially after he made such a fuss about of the importance of developing a vision for St. John's during the election.
2010 grade: A
2008 grade: A-
Say what you will, but we find it hard to criticize Shannie Duff for much. She is one of the most active councillors, and speaks intelligently and knowledgeably on virtually every topic. For someone who is routinely lambasted by sections of the public for being "anti-development," she was leading the charge in the rezoning of Water Street West, which allowed for bonus height and new development in the area. Her many years on council give her a keen sense of when information is being presented in a misleading, or incorrect manner, and she does not hesitate to call people out on it. She is probably the most likely one to get in a racket, but in doing so, she's usually defending her right to speak, or defending a position she has clearly articulated. Although she did call Tom Hann a "drama queen" that one time…
2010 grade: B
2008 grade: n/a
One of the newcomers to council, Danny Breen is learning the ropes and fitting in well. Breen has taken a fresh approach to the tight budgets he's been facing, looking for belts to tighten within programs, rather than scrapping said programs outright. He's also in good contact with his constituents, and often brings their concerns to council. Breen is always respectful and sensible when he talks, and listens to others' perspectives. This is an excellent characteristic for a productive council member.
He does seem more likely to react to a motion than to make one, but hopefully that will change once he's had a bit more experience.
2010 grade: C
2008 grade: B
If there's one councillor who really lays out—perhaps ad nauseum—why he's voting a certain way, it's Frank Galgay. With 13 years on council, Galgay brings a calm, reasonable perspective to the table. Though he does stick to playing nicey-nice and smiling pretty for the cameras, his recent vote for the development on Signal Hill had many of his constituents pretty miffed. And although his perspective is balanced, it may be too much so for what is probably the city's most radical and creative ward (which includes most of downtown).
2010 grade: C
2008 grade: n/a
On his second go at council, Bruce Tilley represents Ward 3 with quiet dignity and clearly does a good job of staying in touch with his ward. He is generally reserved at council meetings, keeping his speeches short and getting right to the point with little explanation. He's occasionally confused with what point the meeting is at, for which he takes a good ribbing from the other councillors, but he gets bonus points for bringing up safety concerns about the ducks on the road by Bowring Park with a straight face.
2010 grade: B
2008 grade: n/a
Debbie Hanlon is a councillor who always speaks her mind, and is smart enough to say when she doesn't know something. This refreshing honesty makes her many contributions to discussion and debate welcome. She stays well in touch with her constituents through her website, www.ward4report.com, and brings their concerns to council. And she gets bonus points for her idea for a city-funded position to help artists promote their work locally and abroad to new markets. Outside-the-box ideas like this are crucial for surviving whatever grim financial times could lay ahead, and we'd love to see more initiative from her to turn these good ideas into motions.
2010 grade: C+
2008 grade: D+
Wally Collins is like the quiet kid at the back of the class who occasionally cracks the hilarious joke. You don't hear much from Wally Collins in council (for example, he was the only council member not to return our questionnaire, which loses him a few points) though when he does speak, it's clear that he has his finger on the pulse of Ward 5, and that he's responsive to constituent concerns. As far as issues outside of his ward, he seems to be a go-with-your-gut kind of guy. And speaking of guts, he ran the Cape to Cabot race this year in just over two hours. We'd like to see more of that moving and shaking from Collins in council chambers, too.
2010 grade: B
2008 grade: n/a
Having been elected with more votes than any other candidate, O'Leary came in with all the expectations of Obama. She has been extremely active in her time on council so far, raising a wide variety of issues, from funding for the arts to advocating for a ban on cosmetic pesticide use. She does do an excellent job of reaching out to the public and makes sure their voices are heard in council chambers.
Gotta say, though, we couldn't help but be disappointed when she took up litter as one of her key issues. Litter? Really? That's a pretty tame issue for a councillor who really seemed she was going to be a fist-pumping radical who fought for the little guys. We know keeping our city litter free is useful to remind people about environmental stewardship, but jeez.
2010 grade: C-
2008 grade: C+
Sad to say, but if there was a councillor you might forget about, it's Sandy Hickman. When he speaks, he's sensible, respectful, and concise, but he just doesn't speak enough. For a councillor-at-large, it would be nice to see Hickman pick up a torch—almost any torch, and really carry it.
2010 grade: D-
2008 grade: F
With over 20 years on council, the often sensible voice of Gerry Colbert is one we wish we heard more. He's civil, he speaks to the point and his experience lends a valuable perspective. And he's got a great moustache.
So what's with the D-? Councillor Colbert is, like, never there. Back in April 2010, just months after his re-election, The Telegram reported that Colbert had already missed 30 per cent of council's regular meetings on account of his trips to Florida (www.bit.ly/g1g2nv.)
We gave him an F for his lousy attendance last time around. It's improved a bit since then, so we are bumping his grade to a D-.
2010 grade: C+
2008 grade: C+
Another active councillor, Tom Hann is not shy to voice his opinion, and he's quick to point out inconsistencies in the actions of council. As a result of his questioning, we have seen a review of the city's policy on sponsoring charity events, leading to a fairer process for dispensing city funds.
On the downside, Hann recently made a comment insinuating that video cameras should not be allowed in the gallery, which has us worried about his commitment to transparency and openness of council.
He also listed a review of the municipal plan as one of his top three priorities to us in the questionnaire we sent him this year, despite voting and speaking against a motion to begin the review several months ago.
Click here to read the councillors' responses to our 2010 questionnaire.


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Of Mice And Men: Book Review, Power Of Camradeship Essay, Research Paper
Of Mice and Men: Book Review, Power
of Comradeship
Some people say that there is nothing more important, more powerful than
friendship. The comradeship of two or three or many is priceless. What is the point of
going through life alone? Wouldn?t it all be easier if you had a friend? The book Of
Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, really illustrates the importance of friendship.
In the book the obvious friendship that we first see is the friendship of George and
Lennie. George was a normal guy, smaller, but strong, smart, and friendly. Lennie was
mentally retarded, and had some problems. Lennie didn?t mean to be troublesome and
hurt people he didn?t know any better. In the opening scene it shows George and Lennie
spending the night by a quiet pool. By the pool we really get to see how the friendship of
the two works, who plays what roles, and how they feel about each other. George gets
real angry with Lennie, because Lennie had a dead mouse that he just wanted to pet.
George tells him how much easier it would be for him to go and live by himself, and not
have to look after Lennie all the time. Lennie in return tells how he could go off in the
mountains and find himself a cave to live in. In Lennies cave Lennie could have all the
mice he wanted and no one would take them away from him. The argument was settled
when George told Lennie about their life long dream to go and get a place of their own,
and Lennie would get some rabbits that he could take care of all by himself. George told
Lennie ?most guys dream just like us, and never get what they dream for…? He told
Lennie ?…we?re not like them other guys though,? and Lennie broke in,
?Cause I got you to watch my back, and you got me to watch yours.?
Their dream of there place that they had in mind was all but magical. In each of
their minds they had this beautiful picture painted of there little place. Although this
place was only a dream it was more too. To them it was a release from the cruel reality of
the world. Although they knew in the back of there mind it would probably never
happen, they almost constantly thought of it. They also knew that there was no one else
in the world that could take their dream away from them, and there was no one else that
they would rather share that dream with.
On The farm they met Candy, he was an old man who worked on the farm
swamping out the bunk houses, who only had one hand. Because of the fact that Candy
only had one hand there was no possible way that he could be all that useful working out
in the field with the rest of the guys, so that in a way made him an outcast. Candy never
did get to feel that comradeship of the men who worked in the fields. That comradeship
was very powerful to the working men, it gave them a sense of belonging that not
everyone could feel. Candy looked elsewhere to find his friend and found it in his dog,
who he raised from a pup. Now the old dog of Candy?s was a lot like Candy himself.
Old, tired, miserable, and practically useless. One night when the men came in form the
fields they talked Candy in to letting them shoot his dog. Not because they were cruel,
but because the dog was suffering, and useless. They promised Candy a new dog, but
what shooting the dog symbolized to Candy was that when you get old and useless they?ll
take you out back and shoot you. Candy knowing he wasn?t far off from the state that his
dog was, felt an unbelievable amount of loneliness. Candy turned to George and said, ?I
should have shot him myself.? That same night when George and Lennie were discussing
their dream of the little place together, Candy joined into their dream, and almost made it
a reality. After that the comradeship of three grew very strong. Instead of just George
and Lennie getting the place all three of them were going to. All that was left to do was
to finish out the month and send their money to the people and then the three would have
their own little place.
Their dream was quickly ended when Curly?s wife, another who suffered from
loneliness, was found dead in the barn. Curly?s wife always found herself in a situation
where someone could get in trouble. This time she saw Lennie in the barn petting the
puppies, and she sat down beside him to talk, and Lennie told her how he liked to feel
soft things, and she let him touch her hair. Lennie got a little carried away and she began
to scream, so Lennie grabbed her over the mouth and shook her till she quit screaming.
Lennie, scared and alone ran to a safe place that George had told him to go to. George
knew he didn?t mean to hurt the lady, but he also knew that the rest of the guys were sure
to kill Lennie when they found him. It was just like Candy and his dog, only on a much
more emotional and powerful level. George stole a gun and went to Lennie. Lennie told
George he had done a bad thing and they should run and get away. George wasn?t mad
though, he didn?t yell at Lennie or hit him or scold him. He just told Lennie it doesn?t
matter now. Then George pointed Lennie across the pond and told him to just be silent,
then George pulled out the gun and shot Lennie in the back of the head.
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Top End phones down after workers cut cable
Telstra says more than 5,000 Top End homes will be without a phone line or internet Thursday night after a contractor cut a major underground cable in Darwin.
Telstra's Northern Territory manager, Brian O'Keefe, says 4,000 homes will not have a phone connection, 1,500 Palmerston residents will not have internet and 200 businesses will be without ISDN connections.
Mr O'Keefe says this will cause major disruptions and is a reminder of why it is important for workers to dial before they dig.
"Unfortunately we get circumstances where people haven't checked what cables are in the area prior to doing some work and unfortunately we end up in these situations," he said.
The 4,000 people without a telephone connection are in Casuarina, Berrimah and Nhulunbuy.
Mr O'Keefe says crews are working to fix the problem but major disruptions are expected until at least Friday morning.
"The crews have only just arrived on site so there surveying it and they'll start splicing the cable immediately to reconnect customers so you should have customers progressively going back on to the air from now," he said.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, information-and-communication, casuarina-0810, berrimah-0828, nhulunbuy-0880, nt, australia


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Swimwear/Fitness Beach Shoot
Meet Karin, a Swedish model recently moved to Los Angeles to push her modeling career. I thought it would be great to grab some bikini/swimwear photos out on Venice Beach, as a final goodbye to the Summer weather in LA. We wanted to get some photos with a sexy commercial appeal, and Karin really brought it with great poses, golden locks, and a bronze tan to boot.
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Is my toddler ready to drop her nap?
I pose this question because it is one I am dealing with at the moment. Literally, at this very moment I can hear my little Evalee talking and singing to herself when she should be fast asleep. I put her down for her nap almost two hours ago. At this point, she should be getting up. Now what?
Nap time is precious time, not only for our toddlers but also for us as moms. It is not an easy thing to see go. I know there are some days where nap time is my only solace of the day. But, as our little ones grow and mature, so do their sleep habits.
So, being that I am grappling with this very issue myself, I thought I would share my research into the matter
I found this tid-bit on AskDrSears.com:
By three, some children are ready to forfeit the afternoon nap and go for an earlier bedtime. This transition will take a while…several months of napping every other day, then napping once or twice a week.
Then, after scanning various forums about parenting and such I am left thinking that yet again, each is child is unique and there is no one size fits all answer to this question.
I found some parents with toddlers as young as 18 months dropping nap altogether all the way up to four years old and still napping. At this stage of development I think it is best to stay flexible and read your child as best you can. If she seems cranky or has that glazed look in her eye, time for a nap. But, if she is bright, pleasant and alert then today she may not need one.
Sleep is so important for all of us, no matter what age, but for children it is crucial to proper growth and development.
So taking all of this into consideration this is how I plan to handle this…
I will stick to our usual routine for now as this may be an isolated incident. Lunch will continue to be around 12 -12:30 with mellow/quite time afterward such as puzzles, coloring or playdough. Then, 2 O'clock rolls around, I will take her up, wash her face, hands and teeth and lay down.
We'll read a book sing our songs and I will leave her be. If she sleeps, great. If she lays in their quietly playing with her bed buddies that's fine too. At least she is having some downtime.
I would love to hear from those of you out there experiencing this right now. I think a nice thread of comments could be most helpful to fellow parents dealing with the very issue.
6 Responsesto "Is my toddler ready to drop her nap?"
My mother watches my daughter during the day. Used to be, when she wasn't able to get a nap during the day because of an outing, I could tell by her behavior during the evening/supper time. It would be TERRIBLE. Now, (4 1/2 years old) her behavior when going to bed is terrible if she had a nap. She just can't go to sleep. So that is when I decided a few days ago that it might be time for her to stop napping.
My son is going to be 3 on July. And I think he is ready to drop his nap. There was a few days I put him down for his normal nap time, he stayed up for almost an hour in his bedroom singing or talking to his stuff animal. And there was also a time that if he did fall sleep, took a while and late for his bedtime. And at night it was hard for him to settle down and go to sleep. So i just started giving him a downtime instead of a nap time. But I still tell him, nap time, you can read a book, or play with your stuff animal as long as quietly. And if you fall sleep that is good and if not just wait until mommy come and get you. But I'am still confused and want to make sure that I was not misreading the sign. I'am worried.
If your toddler , or even preschooler, is willing to lie down and take a hour or two of quiet time at 'naptime' then the 'naptime' continues for as long as that works!
And to decide it's not working, the kid should have protested for at least 3 days in a row, because every small child will have a bad day or two here or there.
This time is invaluable not just to you, but to your child's development.
She's learning that down time is a good thing, something she needs.
She's learning to amuse herself without your constant supervision.
She's learning patience and self control.
NEVER give up naptime until you must!
My son dropped his nap when he was about 2 – 2 1/2 yrs old. For awhile, he would play quietly in his room during that time. Sometimes while playing quietly he would go to sleep, sometimes not. That was fine with me. After my daughter was born, when he was almost 2 1/2, we got to the point where if he did nap, he would not be ready to go to sleep until midnight. He normally goes to bed about 9 or 10 pm, and sleeps til 9 or 10 am. (late bedtime, I know, but he seems to be a natural "night owl", like both my husband and I would be if we could sleep in). For awhile,, I would try to keep up the quiet playtime in his room, but then as my daughter got a little bigger, and I was busy trying to get her to nap (still a challenge), I found it was just as easy to leave him to play in the living room while we were gone. After a few months of the transition of sometimes napping, we found that the evening fussies were no more. Still every now and then, if we are going to be out late and he will be up later than usual, and we need him not fussy, I will try to rock him to sleep, but it usually backfires by keeping him up TOO LATE.
I do wish I had stuck with the routine of quiet playtime, but he got to where he would cry when I left, and say he wanted to rock some more. I couldn't seem to convince him that I didn't want him to nap, just play alone in his room for a little while.
My oldest is almost 5 and he still takes naps. I have found that if I keep him up all day, he is a BEAR thru dinner/bath/bedtime. We skip naps some days (long car rides where he has dozed off, for example) but ultimately I think it just depends on the individual kid.. Naptime is also just another way to get a break, too. My boy and his 2 y.o. sister nap anywhere from 45 mins to 2 1/2 hrs and in that time i can read, clean, or nap myself.. Its good for the soul! Anyway good luck which ever way you go!


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Release Date: Thursday, 23 March 2017.
Starring Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy Kimmel.
Directed by Tom McGrath.
Classification: G (Very mild themes), 97 mins.
Official Site: http://www.dreamworks.com/thebossbaby/
This original animated comedy by DreamWorks follows an unusual baby boy (voice of Alec Baldwin). He's bratty, witty, wears a suit, carries a briefcase, is addicted to coffee and has a profound impact on his new family. But Boss Baby has a singular purpose. He's been sent by Baby Corp. to investigate and put an end to Puppy Co., an organization with aims of putting babies out of business in favor of pets.The story of Boss Baby's arrival and his mission to derail Puppy Co. is humorously told through the eyes of Tim (voice of Miles Bakshi), his imaginative, seven-year-old brother.


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Hotel Mansion Tarahumara- High End
We just love this place and usually stay two days.
The food is great, the hospitality is family and local, and the view is beyond belief….as you can see from the video!
You can see more at their site…http://hotelmansiontarahumara.com/index.html
Also you can reserve rooms direct by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
We also stay at the iconic Mirador Hotel from time to time.
Lola's Place- More Modest and Less Expensive
Lola does it right when it comes to local hospitality. In the food department, she is beyond compare.
With our groups we have dined on her creative dishes, lounged on her front porch, and warmed by the fire on Christmas Eve (Noche Buena).
For a "taste" of Lola's vibe see this video from the train station.
You don't really need reservations- just ask for Lola at the train station- everybody knows Lola!
We will be glad to help you with reservations or here is her info:
(635) 578-3058 /3046
Another very good local option is Cabanas Diaz–meet Armando at the Posada Barrancas stop.


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Nursing (USJP & Uni. Adelaide), BSc Nursing (OUSL), Dip. General Nursing Proficiency (Sri Lanka) Dip. Nursing Education & School Admin.(India), Cert.Midwifery, Cert. Mgt Development (SLIDA)
Areas of Expertise and Research Interests
Mrs.Jayawardhana is a registered nurse in Sri Lanka with more than 30 years' experience in Nursing. She has obtained a Master of Nursing from University of Sri Jayawardhenapura, Sri Lanka and University of Adelaide, Australia. She has received her Bachelor of Nursing from Open University of Sri Lanka. Apart from that she has completed Diploma in General Nursing Proficiency, Diploma in Nursing Education and School Administration, Certificate in Midwifery & Certificate in Management Development.
Teaching Expertise
Mrs. Jayawardhana has 24 years of tutoring experience in Nursing Schools in Sri Lanka.She was the Principal at Nurses Training School, Kandana, Sri Lanka.


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Masamune Shirow's manga never seems to make a graceful transition to animation, no matter how many times people try. While some productions may get close or manage to be interesting works in their own right, none of the animated adaptations really manage to capture the essence of the originals. That doesn't stop people from trying though, as Shinji Aramaki attempted to do with the second feature film based on Shirow's first professional published work, 2007's Appleseed: Ex Machina.
Despite CG visuals that are legitimately impressive, Ex Machina manages to disappoint on nearly every other level. Not only does it commit the error of failing to live up to its source material, or even really resembling the source material, but fails as a compelling film in its own right. Ultimately it will leave you wondering: why the hell did they call this Appleseed?
As you'd expect, Ex Machina's plot focuses on Deunan Knute and her cyborg lover/partner Briareos Hecatonchires. Both are members of ESWAT, near-utopian city state Olympus' elite counter-terrorism squad. Things start off with a hostage rescue in an old cathedral, where the film wastes no time in showing off the involvement of producer John Woo by throwing in a shootout with a lot of dramatic leaping, jumping through stain glass windows, double-wielding guns and all the other goofy shit that Woo likes to throw into his films.
Not only does this go against the fundamental Appleseed idea of Deunan and Briareos being members of a tactical counter-terrorism squad, but flies in the face of the original, which featured actual tactics and logic in its shootouts. It attested to Shirow's penchant for actual research and his firearms-and-militaria fetish. Clearly, Ex Machina was intended to be an over-the-top action film in the vein of Woo's "classics," its creators apparently oblivious to the fact that Woo's gaudy style of gun play was played out a decade ago.
Though of course, Woo didn't direct this. The director was Shinji Aramaki, whose past directing credits include small time OAVs like MADOX-01, Genesis Surviver Gaiarth and Megazone 23 Part III. Suffice it to say, his influence on this film is largely transparent, as it struggles to survive on a mix of Woo-isms (although it's worth mentioning that the doves in Ex Machina do play a very small part in the plot–which may be a first for a Woo film) and science fiction cliches, as I'll soon explain.
After the hostage rescue in the cathedral, Briareos suffers some serious injuries. While he's recuperating in the hospital Deunan is partnered up with ESWAT's newest member, Tereus, a clone of Briareos. This particular plot point is worth criticizing for a number reasons. First off, cloning a person who suffered extensive injuries and now has to use an almost entirely cybernetic body is kind of a dick move, as you're basically rubbing his lack of humanity in his face and reminding him what he's lost. Secondly, sending him to work in the same organization where he works, and partnering that clone up with his girlfriend isn't just a dick move, it seems like you're begging for some problems for all of those involved.
Surprisingly, no one really seems that bothered by it, certainly not Briareos. Deunan makes a few comments about her discomfort with the situation, but gets over it soon enough, and everyone else just seems completely oblivious to the fact that such a situation might be really fucking weird for her and Briareos. It's also worth pointing out that in the original manga Briareos was black. Tereus certainly isn't. Whether or not this was a deliberate choice or just an oversight, I have no idea.
With the Tereus side story playing in the background (very far in the background), the rest of the hackneyed story gets started by introducing the Connexus, a personal holographic media device that looks like a cross between a Bluetooth cell phone headset and virtual reality goggles. As the Connexus skyrockets in popularity among the population of Olympus, crazed people start doing random, violent acts, and, as you'd expect, the Connexus has something to do with it.
Turns out a group of scientists designed the thing as a brain control device for reasons never really explained, just that they want to bring everyone into one worldwide consciousness. Of course, the main antagonist behind this devious plot commits suicide shortly after Briareos figures it out, so what he was hoping to accomplish is hard to say. It's a lot like that one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation with a bit of Neon Genesis Evangelion thrown in there for good measure. There's also zombies, as once the Connexus mind control is triggered users turn into brain-dead, foot-shuffling zombies.
Deunan, Briareos and Tereus find out that the only way to stop the mind control and save Olympus is to destroy an abandoned factory in the middle of the ocean used by the cabal of scientists for reasons that are (as you guessed) never really explained. What follows is a finale that feels a lot like the ending of the Patlabor movie, with a dash of Matrix: Revolutions and ALIENS thrown in. The final boss (which really is the best way to describe the character they face at the end of the movie) looks like she walked out of a Final Fantasy game and feels out of place with the rest of the film's aesthetic.
While I'd be far more inclined to excuse this kind of unoriginal plot in just about any other movie, it does absolutely no justice to the kind of complex political story lines found in the original Appleseed manga. Ex Machina is the equivalent of intellectual strip mining: they've taken the names and the designs from the comic and completely ignored anything else of value from the original source material, turning it into a mindless action movie that vaguely looks like Appleseed, but feels nothing like it.
A big part of what makes Shirow's manga so great is its depth. It's clear (often painfully so) that he uses a lot of real world reference material when building the settings for his stories. He crafts a definitive logic behind each world he creates. The amount of work and preparation is readily apparent in the fact that works like Ghost in the Shell have footnotes and extensive world notes in the back of each volume. Reading a Shirow comic is very similar to reading an actual book, but Ex Machina displays none of that kind of depth.
There's nothing wrong with an adaption differing from its source material, assuming that the adaption is interesting or worthwhile in its own right. Oshii's Ghost in the Shell is a particularly good example as it ignores or changes large parts of the Ghost in the Shell story while still standing on its own as a worthwhile film. Unfortunately Aramaki is no Oshii, and a trite film like Ex Machina leads me to believe that he's better off sticking to designing transforming motorcycles rather than tackling feature films.
With Ghost in the Shell, Oshii brought in his own style and interpretation of the series, which helped it stand as a worthy, albeit different, take on the original comic. Aramaki fails to do this, as any individual character he might have imparted on the film is buried under an avalanche of cliches and borrowed ideas with a heavy dose of aformented John Woo-isms, obscuring anything of value that might have been taken from the manga.
It's a real shame that Ex Machina's story disappoints, because visually the film is amazing. Perfecting the 3D computer graphics used in the first film, Ex Machina's visuals are impressive in a way that Japanese animation rarely is. Everything is spot on, even the faces, the place 3D-generated films typically stumble when trying to reproduce the anime aesthetic. There's a slight hint of cell shading that works really well, but isn't overdone or distracting. It reminds me of a Pixar film, not that it's of equivalent quality per se, but the visual quality is so transcendent that you are not constantly reminded that you're watching a 3DCG movie.
The action is equally impressive, even if I'm not a fan of the style or its place in a film called Appleseed. It's dramatic, well shot and exciting in a way that, again, Japanese animation rarely is. But there's no reason the action couldn't have been just as exciting without the Woo style gun play, although I expect that John Woo's name on the DVD box will do more to sell copies than any other aspect of the film.
In the end, all I can do is lament the inability of the Japanese animation industry to properly adapt Shirow's work and recommend you not watch Ex Machina if you're looking for any sort of decent film. On the other hand, if you're looking for an anime title that will visually blow any other Japanese animated film of the last 15 years out of the water, Ex Machina is probably the best that you'll find. Just don't go in expecting a decent storyline, or any similarity to a manga titled Appleseed


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LG V20 unique features
LG V20 is the flagship V series LG phone launched in October 2016. It has many interesting, high-end features (some of which you won't find in any other phone) like for example –
- Audio certified and tuned by B&O (leader in high quality audio instruments)
- Hi-Fi Quad DAC
- HD (Studio quality) audio recording with record over separate audio track function,
- 3 High AOP (Acoustic Overload Point) Mics allow you to record loud environs (like sports event, rock concert etc) without cheering fans distorting the sound. Then save the incredible moments in lossless audio format with Hi-Fi Recording.
- Manual Video Mode – Record videos using Manual Video Mode and customize sound as you want, so you can eliminate noise and amplify those special moments. There are a lot of audio functions to play with – Wind noise filter, Directivity (Audio Zoom 2.0), Gain/LCF & LMT level controls, HiFi 24 bit/48kHz recording etc.
- Wide Angle front camera
- Dual (16 MP + 8 MP) rear camera with wide-angle capture option
- The first phone running Android Nougat out of the box
- Built-in dark themes (black color replacing the system-wide default white color in Android OS) – which greatly reduces battery consumption
- Secondary display on top of the main screen with many useful functions
- Improved Gallery app with "Trash" folder, cloud storage access etc
LG V20 Specifications at a glance
- Snapdragon 820 SoC
- 64 GB internal memory, upto 256 GB memory card support
- 5.7 inches QuadHD (1440 x 2560 pixels) IPS LCD display, Gorilla Glass 4 protection
- 2.1 inches 160 x 1040 pixels secondary display
- 16 MP (f/1.8) + 8 MP (f/2.4) dual camera setup with Laser AF, PDAF and Contrast AF, OIS
- 5 MP f/1.9 front camera
- Android 7.0 Nougat with LG UX 5.0+
- 3200mAh removable battery with Quick Charge 3.0, MIL-STD 810G certified body, extremely durable Si-PC material used at the corners to save phone screen from common drops, USB Type-C, finger print sensor (which also doubles up as the power button)
LG V20 Retail Box Contents and Unboxing
Besides above features there is more which makes LG V20 a special premium phone. LG has bundled some premium freebies with V20 retail package – B&O Earphones and SF coated back cover. B&O PLAY earphones (which cost a whopping Rs.18,000/US$269 according to LG) are an audiophile's delight with an immersive Hi-Fi audio experience. Here is a photo gallery showing LG V20 (H990DS Indian variant) retail box contents (click any image to see full size) –


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It used to be the ultimate million-dollar question: why do people believe in God? But inflation has swollen the price to £1.9 million. This is the sum being handed to Oxford University researchers to explore a topic that has puzzled philosophers and scientists for centuries. The researchers will not be troubling themselves with the matter of whether or not God exists, merely whether belief in God maybe gave Man a Darwinian evolutionary advantage; or whether it is a result of Man's sociable nature.
Daily Archives: February 19, 2008
London Times: Why do we believe in God? Researchers are to spend £1.9 million to find out
NY Times Letters to the Editor: As the Wheels of the Economy Turn
Church of Uganda Still a Part of Anglican Communion
(Church of Uganda News)
A CORRECTION on the Church of Uganda position regarding the Anglican Communion and the Lambeth Conference
"The Church of Uganda is not seceding from the Anglican Communion," said Rev. Canon Aaron Mwesigye, church spokesperson. "Some press stories have misrepresented our position."
"The plain fact is that we are simply not attending the Lambeth Conference in July 2008, but we are still very much a part of the Anglican Communion."
The Church of Uganda broke communion with the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in 2003 after they elected and consecrated as Bishop Gene Robinson, a divorced man living in a same-sex relationship. But, the Church of Uganda has remained a consistently active member of the Anglican Communion.
"It is the Americans who have seceded from the Anglican Communion because of their decisions and their teaching," Mwesigye said. "They have departed dramatically from the historic faith, teaching, and practice of the Bible and the Anglican Church."
"How can they still be Anglican when they don't believe what Anglicans believe?"
The Church of Uganda, along with many other Provinces in the Anglican Communion, urged the Archbishop of Canterbury to see that this crisis was resolved before convening Bishops of the Anglican Communion at the Lambeth Conference.
Since, however, the crisis has not been resolved, and since those who precipitated the crisis "" the Americans "" have been invited to the Lambeth Conference, the Church of Uganda has upheld its decision not to attend.
"The crisis in the Anglican Communion is very serious," Mwesigye concluded. "It is not good stewardship of our limited resources to spend more than US$5,000 (8,500,000/=) per person for our Bishops and their wives to attend a three-week meeting which seems, in practice, to have no authority and is blatantly and persistently ignored by some of its wealthier member churches."
Police beat up Anglican parishioners in Harare
Riot police have arrested the Harare deputy sheriff trying to open the Anglican cathedral for a Sunday service, the cathedral church warden Sekai Chibaya said Monday.
The cathedral had been illegally occupied by a renegade pro-ruling party ex-priest and baton-charged parishioners waiting for the church to be opened and to begin a service, witnesses said.
Watched by a group of about 20 parishioners on Sunday, a locksmith accompanying the deputy-sheriff – whose name was not immediately available – had just used a bolt cutter to open the padlock on the gate to the cathedral when a squad of riot police drove up, Chibaya said.
In Western Canada Church order alleged to be at stake in Anglican dispute
Rev. Andrew Hewlett, the parish's assistant priest, said the people there don't agree with the theological course chosen by the Anglican Church of Canada.
The people of the congregation "who built the church, paid for it, banged in nails and painted the walls" should have an opportunity to decide on their future, said Hewlett. The same-sex marriage issue "is the presenting issue that gets a lot of press but I think there are deeper issues to do with theology, how we understand Christ, how we understand the Gospel and how we view scripture," Hewlett said.
Bryant-Scott said the breakaway group "has done something illegal and inappropriate." A parish leaving the church "simply is not possible," he said.
"Individuals join churches; individuals can leave churches. An entity, a parish, cannot leave the diocese."
People can form another church on their own, said Bryant-Scott, but can't take the organization with them.
Discipline proceedings have begun against the two clergy involved, Hewlett and the Rector Sharon Hayton. Both have been "inhibited," meaning they cannot participate in ordained ministry.
"I'm hoping to meet with them as soon as I can," Bryant-Scott said.
Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuba's President
Fidel Castro stepped down Tuesday morning as the president of Cuba after a long illness, ending one of the longest tenures as one of the most all-powerful communist heads of state in the world, according to Granma, the official publication of the Cuban Communist Party.
In late July 2006, Mr. Castro, who is 81, handed over power temporarily to his brother, Raúl Castro, 76, and a few younger cabinet ministers, after an acute infection in his colon forced him to undergo emergency surgery. Despite numerous surgeries, he has never fully recovered but has remained active in running government affairs from behind the scenes.
Now, just days before the national assembly is to meet to select a new head of state, Mr. Castro resigned permanently in a letter to the nation and signaled his willingness to let a younger generation assume power. He said his failing health made it impossible to return as president.
"I will not aspire to neither will I accept "" I repeat I will not aspire to neither will I accept "" the position of President of the Council of State and Commander in chief," he wrote.
From NPR: Devout Flock to 'Holy Highway'
[Cindy] Jacobs then developed what she calls a "prayer strategy" for people from Laredo, Texas, to Duluth, Minn., to pray for 35 days along Interstate 35.
"We prayed to eliminate systemic poverty, we prayed for safety, we prayed for people caught in drug addictions, and trapped in their lives and hopeless," she says.
The prayers continued well beyond those first 35 days.
And now the movement is called Light the Highway.
Light the Highway's Web site lists 22 churches and prayer groups along the interstate "" in places such as Laredo and Duluth as well as San Antonio, Dallas and Austin, Texas; Oklahoma City and Kansas City, Mo.; Des Moines, Iowa, and Minneapolis. According to the site, participants do not believe that Isaiah actually refers to Interstate 35. Rather, it says, the Bible is used symbolically "as a catalyst to begin praying, just like those who live in Interstate 40 can use Isaiah 40:3."
Do travelers think it's strange when they see a cluster of people "" heads bowed and hands uplifted "" on a grassy strip next to the highway?
"What would you rather have? A group of young people praying on I-35 or a group of young people dealing drugs on I-35? Take your pick," says Steve Hill, the 54-year-old senior pastor at Heartland World Ministries, in the Dallas suburb of Irving.
Wall Street Banks Confront a String of Write-Downs
The losses keep piling up. Leading brokerage firms are likely to write down the value of $200 billion of loans they have made to corporate clients by $10 billion to $14 billion during the first quarter of this year, Meredith Whitney, an analyst at Oppenheimer, wrote in a research report last week.
Those institutions and global banks could suffer an additional $20 billion in losses this year on commercial mortgage-backed securities and other debt instruments tied to commercial mortgages, according to Goldman Sachs, which predicts commercial property prices will decline by as much as 26 percent.
Analysts at UBS go further, predicting the world's largest banks could ultimately take $123 billion to $203 billion of additional write-downs on subprime-related securities, structured investment vehicles, leveraged loans and commercial mortgage lending. The higher estimate assumes that the troubled bond insurance companies fail, a possibility that, for now, is relatively remote.
Such dire predictions underscore how the turmoil in the credit markets is hurting Wall Street even as the Federal Reserve reduces interest rates. Already, once-proud institutions like Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and UBS have gone hat in hand to Middle Eastern and Asian investors to raise capital. "You don't have a recovery until you have the financial system stabilized," Ms. Whitney said. "As the banks are trying to recover they will not lend. They are all about self-preservation at this time."
Theo Hobson on Rowan Williams: Quiet voice of modernity's enemy
His advocacy of the rights of gay Christians during the 1990s was misleading: it made him seem the liberal he never really was. He was always an Anglo-Catholic above all. He sought to develop and update the open, liberal side of this tradition, but not in a way that might jeopardise its integrity.
Above all, he refused to combine Anglo-Catholicism with a general liberal agenda. Indeed he revived the Anglo-Catholic suspicion of secular liberalism that dates back to Newman. The liberal state, in this view, offers itself as an alternative community of salvation; it tempts us into supposing that we can dispense with the Church, or at least water it down, and develop a more progressive form of Christianity. This leads to weak forms of Christianity that are unable to resist dangerous ideologies: most obviously, the liberal Protestants of Germany embraced Nazism. It is Williams' anti-liberal ecclesiology that is the root cause of the present controversy. In a sense it's not really about sharia law, or Islam: it's about the relationship between a Catholic conception of the Church and liberalism.
For Williams, authentic Christianity occurs within a clearly defined social body, an "ethical community" as he has sometimes put it. Without this, Christian culture will be dispersed by the cold winds of secularism. There is a need for strong resistance to the various negative spirits of the age: consumerism, celebrity, hedonism and so on, and this resistance can only occur within an alternative social world, walled off from mainstream culture.
Only from within a religious subculture can secular modernity be seen for what it is: dehumanising. He has referred to secularism's "unspoken violence", and to modernity as "an atmosphere in which people become increasingly formless, cut off from what could give their lives … some kind of lasting intelligibility". He sees secular liberalism as a quietly nihilistic force that robs human life of full significance, as a demonically subtle tyranny that looks and feels like freedom.
Secretary Rice Demands Resolution in Kenya
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Kenya for a day of talks with political protagonists and leaders. She's delivering a message from President Bush: Stop the violence and return to democracy. Bush is in Tanzania on the second leg of a five-nation African tour that is focusing on U.S. humanitarian efforts on the continent. Rice's trip to Kenya girds former U.N. chief Kofi Annan's mediation efforts there.
Toronto Globe and Mail: In Canada More Anglican parishes to leave the fold
More conservative Anglican congregations will join those that have already cut ties with the Anglican Church of Canada, the head of a breakaway group predicts.
In the past week, seven parishes voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada to seek the authority of a South American archbishop in a long-running dispute over theological issues, including the blessing of same-sex marriages, which they oppose.
So far, six Anglican parishes in Ontario, eight in British Columbia and three in Alberta have decided to operate outside the jurisdiction of the Anglican Church of Canada and joined the recently formed Anglican Network in Canada. Ten of the 17 breakaway parishes have voted to align themselves with the more orthodox, traditional Province of the Southern Cone, which covers most of South America. More are expected to consider the issue in the following week.
"I'm quite confident that this is just a beginning," said Bishop Donald Harvey, moderator of the recently formed Anglican Network in Canada, a "haven" for breakaway congregations that is under the jurisdiction of the South American archbishop, Gregory Venables.
Julia Duin: Which churches are the country's largest?
It's always intriguing to see which churches have grown and which denominations have faded in the past year. According to the 2008 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches (a Bible of sorts for us religion writers), the fastest-growing religious body in 2007 was the Jehovah's Witnesses at 2.25 percent.
Following them were the Mormons at 1.56 percent and the Roman Catholics at .87 percent. Compare this to last year's states that had the Catholics out front at 1.94 percent, followed by the Assemblies of God at 1.86 and the Mormons at 1.63.
The denomination with the biggest decrease is the Episcopalians at 4.15 percent.
LA Times: Where religion, ideology and the Web cross
The College of William & Mary, the nation's second oldest, lost its president last week after a culture-war clash that began when he ordered the removal of an 18-inch brass cross from the altar of the historic Wren Chapel.
His decision, an act of legal principle to some and a blunder of liberal activism to others, touched off a revolt among conservative bloggers and alumni of the state-supported school in Williamsburg, Va., and led to his resignation Tuesday.
The dispute underscores the deep divide over the role of religion in public institutions, and shows how an ideological firestorm can be sparked on a college campus.
What is Going on in the Diocese of Oregon?
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From NPR: Gordon Gekko, Preaching the Gospel of Greed
But if there's a flaw in the movie, it's in how dashing Douglas' character is.
"The idea that Gekko was this shiny, beautifully dressed, magnetic, charismatic superstar suited a lot of people in the business world very nicely," says screenwriter Stephen Schiff, who's writing a sequel to the movie.
Although Bud Fox ultimately turns against him and Gekko heads to jail, the character's charisma undercuts the film's moralizing.
"What do you want to be coming out of the movie? Do you want to be Bud Fox, broken and downtrodden and never having quite made it?" asks Schiff. "Or do you want to be Gordon Gekko, who, yeah he's going to jail, but what a swashbuckler he was until the very last moment?"
Both Douglas and Stone have said that a lot of young people they meet see Gekko as a role model. But George David Smith, a business historian who teaches at NYU's Stern School, says that Gekko is definitely not a capitalist hero. Gekko, says Smith, would have more trouble operating today because regulators pursue that kind of manipulation more aggressively.
Audiences may get a chance to see how Gekko would fare in today's economy. A sequel to Wall Street, called Money Never Sleeps, is in the works.