text: Jerona Digital 005 The Burbs- Alone / Anything Here's DJ Silver's review on DOA THE BURBS - "ANYTHING" / "ALONE" - JERONA DIGITAL The Burbs hit us with a nice rolling riddim here to make you wanna dance that little bit more at the 5AM hour. "Anything" starts off with a nice intro and build-up which drops into this bass terrorist of a track. Hard, nasty and spacey is the key here as The Burbs take us on a mission of epic strings beautiful sounds and a grimy filthy basslines. This is one for the box and can be drawn any time. This tune is a proper romper stomper for all those who like it different and hard - big tune. On the B-side, we see track entitled "Alone" get to do its thing here. Once again, blissful strings, tight percussion and top vocal snippets make this another wicked little roller. The Burbs have been making a lot of waves as of late and seem to be pushing their sound to a peak. Be sure to pay attention to these guys, as I think their style is very rare and groundbreaking. I like this very much, but don't listen to me! Why don't you try it for yourself?! Top release in our stores right now! Available now in all good mp3 stores: http://www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk/drum...2_334&oscsid=36d1eb1942d8dde9a06feac4950f9f6c


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(KMOV.com) -- Ballwin Police report nearly 20 car break-ins have happened in less than a week.
Police said the thieves aren't just looking for unlocked vehicles, but are also breaking out windows to get items such as wallets, ammunition and electronics.
Many of the break-ins have happened off Twigwood Drive.
Police do not have any suspects at this time, but are urging residents to store valuables inside their homes not in vehicles.


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Fairmont Rancho Banderas
Bahia De Banderas, 63729
Fairmont Rancho Banderas
Bahia De Banderas
Telephone: +011 52 329 291 7000
Website: http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Fairmont_Rancho_Bande...
Co-ordinates:20.748729706, -105.381889343
Fairmont Rancho Banderas is a LeisureLink hotel located in Bahia De Banderas, Mexico. Rooms start at 999 USD per night. Rooms go up to 999 USD per night.
Nearby places of interest include Starr County Memorial Hospital in Rio Grande City, A And E Dancing Ballroom in Roma, South Texas Community College and City Center in in Mexico City.
(Data based on estimated location of Fairmont Rancho Banderas at Lat/Long: 20.748729706, -105.381889343).
Fairmont Rancho Banderas is part of the LeisureLink group.
Rates & Pricing
From 999 USD to 999 USD per night.
- Smoke Free Rooms
- Fitness suite
- Swimming pool
- Economy Rates
Other hotels located near Fairmont Rancho Banderas and the city of Bahia De Banderas include: Vista Vallarta All Suites, Samba Vallarta All-inclusive, Star Bay Suites Resort, Riu Vallarta All Inclusive, Royal Decameron Complex All-inclusive, Hotel Paraiso Del Pescador , and more.


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The DR-Z400SM has been the surprise of the motorcycle industry these last several years. Suzuki created a winner combining a fun-factor that is through the roof with great styling and a low price point. It also just so happens that Yoshimura has a ton of experience with this motorcycle, and offers a full line of products and engine services for the DR-Z400 Family.
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RS-4 Exhaust Systems
The RS-4 Twin Pipe kit was previously only available as a custom system for Kevin Schwantz who was passionate about these pipes on his Super Motard bike. He wanted his bike to look like a "Hot Rod" and have a "cool" factor. We obliged and one of our most sought-after-yet-unobtainable pipes was created, which, up to now, was not available to the general public. Yoshimura is offering these incredible "Twice Pipes" which are completely fabricated by hand and TIG welded to perfection. They certainly sit at the high end of what is available for the mighty SM... but that's what Kevin wanted! The pipes have a stainless steel header and Y-pipe mated to twin carbon fiber RS-4 mufflers for incredible looks and performance. The kit also comes with a custom Yoshimura kick-stand.
Application: DR-Z400SM
RS-2 Exhaust System
The RS-2 is a great all around pipe. It has good ground clearance, is lightweight, gives you big power gains and looks really good. Plus, it comes with all the nice little touches and features that make Yoshimura famous. The plasma cut heat shield with our Yoshimura logo, high quality exhaust springs and even spring vibration dampers with the Yoshimura logo molded in.
Application: DR-Z400S/SM
MJN Carburetor for DR-Z400SM/S
New for the DR-Z400 is Yoshimura's MJN Carburetor System. The MJN nozzle controls the amount of fuel in proportion to the throttle opening (intake air) by accurately drilled and positioned fuel intake jet orifices. This results in more efficiently atomized fuel, and gives better throttle response as well as better fuel efficiency overall. Also, the MJN system supplies the fuel through the MJN nozzle in the center of the bore where air speed is the fastest. This atomizes fuel even better!
Another very important benefit of the MJN system is when the throttle is shut off and engine braking occurs, a very minimal amount of fuel is guided into the intake ports. Therefore, remarkably crisp throttle response is obtained, upon corner exit and transition back to 100% throttle settings.
Application: DR-Z400S/SM
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BMC Air Filter
These filters are made from the best materials, designed by top flight engineers, and represent the cost of victory in modern day racing. BMC filters offer maximum protection from dirt and debris entering your engine through the airbox. The filters also offer up superior air-flow for increased power at all RPM levels. BMC filters are washable and feature close tolerances, maximum filtration area, and long lasting durability.
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Oil Breather Tank Kit
If you plan on taking your SM all the way, then you'll definitely need this. It not only looks ridiculously trick, it is! This Oil Breather tank is necessary when using with the BMC Funnel Filter, but it can also be used as a stand-alone unit.
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Jamie Pitman has been sacked by Hereford United less than 48 hours after the League Two club's first home win since October. Fighting for their Football League survival, the side are currently only two points and two places above the relegation zone after Saturday's 2-1 victory over AFC Wimbledon.
The result ended Hereford's run of 10 games without victory at Edgar Street while it was also their first win in eight league matches. But the writing was already on the wall for Pitman following a board meeting reportedly held by the chairman, David Keyte, over Thursday and Friday last week to discuss the side's form.
Keyte told Hereford's official website: "Although everybody has been working very hard we felt we needed someone fresh to get things going for the remaining 12 matches."
Pitman's dismissal ends the 36-year-old's lengthy association with the club. A former midfielder, who enjoyed two playing spells between 1996-98 and 2002-06, Pitman was promoted from the club physio in October 2010 and placed in temporary charge following the sacking of Simon Davey.
Two months later he was given the job until the end of the 2010-11 campaign following a successful start to his tenure. Pitman was further rewarded last April when he signed a two-year contract before going on to stave off relegation and keep Hereford in League Two, but the club has lost confidence in his abilities to do that for a second successive season.
Hereford are expected to make an announcement about a new first-team manager later today.


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Jeff DeNicola has over 30 years of experience with home improvement projects including kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, molding & trim, window installation, door installation, deck installation, painting, commercial installations of acoustal ceilings, metal studs and sheetrock, as well as handyman type services.Click on the houzz gallery to view some photos of finished projects. Below are some of the more popular services we provide. Feel free to call us at (732) 851-5575 for any project or task needed for your home or office!
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Ryka Studio D Black Gun
Granite Gunmetal White
Ryka Ambition
Aqua Fit 4
Ryka Downbeat Boots
Studio D are the training shoes which have been inspired
from dance shoes. These shoes have been engineered to
deliver premium looks, ultimate performance and superior
comfort. These shoes are the combination of modern and top
class materials and technologies which ensure that your each
step is loaded with comfort and support. The upper of these
shoes has been made from the mesh and synthetic material
combination and it features etching and welding details
which makes these shoes much more sophisticated and stylish.
The upper has gilly lacing system which allows you quick,
personalized and secure fastening. The tongue has been
padded with foam which keeps your feet free from lace
pressure and add more comfort. These shoes have padded
collar as well which delivers support and adds more comfort.
The interior has lined with the fabric which is soft and it
deliver exceptional instep feel. The lining keeps your feet
fresh and dry by absorbing the moisture off them. The insole
has been made from the Nitracel technology and it features
EVA strobel board. The insole contours as per the shape of
your feet to deliver you customized fit. The EVA insole also
offers resilient effect with each step to prevent stress and
shocks on your feet. The midsole of these shoes has been
made from the EVA as well which also dissipates the shocks
upon impact to return luxurious comfort. These shoes have
exceptional forefoot and heel cushioning to offer which
makes you each step smooth and stress free. To deliver
torsional rigidity, these shoes have TPU shank from heel to
arch. The outsole has been made from the rubber which is
lightweight and offers long lasting durability. The outsole
of these shoes has been designed to maintain great grip on
multiple surfaces for secure ride. The outsole also offers
flexibility to ensure natural footing. These shoes weigh
just 8 ounces as per size 6.5. This style can be found in
these colors: White/ Gunmetal/ Granite and Gun Metal/ Black.
Ryka Studio D
Patti E from Asheville, NC
I ordered these shoes some time back and have really great
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gotten numerous positive compliments while wearing them. I�m
a narrow, I added a sole to them and they fit perfectly!
They�ve worn well, too: just sponge off dirt and mud and
they are as good as new.
Ashley from Paris, TX
I bought these for my Jazzercise class and they are perfect!
I love them! I can't imagine doing Jazzercise in anything
else. It took me a couple of classes to break them in. They
burned the bottoms of my feet really bad at first, but by
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1/2 and they fit great.
Love the style and fit. I'm a fitness instructor and have
found these shoes great for Cardio Kickboxing and balance
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I ordered these to wear for Jazzercise 3x a week. I�ve had
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Memorial Medical Center is located in Modesto, a community of more than 189,000 people* situated 90 minutes east of San Francisco and 90 minutes south of Sacramento.
Memorial Medical Center
1700 Coffee Road
Modesto, CA 95355
1700 Coffee Road
Modesto, CA 95355
Directions to Memorial Medical Center
* Based on 2000 U.S. Census data
- North and southbound 99.
- Take Highway 99 to Modesto
- Take the Briggsmore/Carpenter exit and go east on Briggsmore Avenue.
- Turn left on Coffee Road.
- For visitor parking, turn right on Spanos Court. Turn left in the parking structure.
- Main Entrance located on Spanos Court.


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John Rackham (26 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century (Rackham is often spelled as Rackam or Rackum in historical documentation, and he is also often referred to as Jack Rackham). His nickname derived from the calico clothing he wore, while Jack is a nickname for "John."
Active towards the end (1718–20) of the "golden age of piracy" (1650–1730) Rackham is most remembered for two things: the design of his Jolly Roger flag, a skull with crossed swords, which contributed to the popularization of the design; and for having two female crew members, Mary Read and Rackham's lover Anne Bonny.
After deposing Charles Vane from his captaincy, Rackham cruised the Leeward Islands, Jamaica Channel, and Windward Passage. He accepted a pardon some time in 1719 and moved to New Providence, where he met Anne Bonny, who at the time was married to James Bonny. When Rackham returned to piracy in 1720 by stealing a British sloop, Bonny joined him. Their new crew included Mary Read. After a short run he was captured by pirate hunter Jonathan Barnet in 1720, before being hanged in November of the same year in Port Royal, Jamaica.
Little is known of Rackham's upbringing or early life, except for the fact that he was English and born around the year 1682. The first record of him is as quartermaster on Charles Vane's sloop Ranger in 1718, operating out of New Providence island in the Bahamas, which was at that time a notorious base for pirates known as the 'Pirates' republic'. After robbing several ships outside New York, Vane and his crew encountered a large French man-of-war. The ship, which was at least twice as large as Vane's sloop, went after them. Vane, claiming caution as his reason, commanded a retreat from battle. Jack Rackham quickly spoke up and contested the decision, suggesting they fight the man-o-war, because it would have plenty of riches. In addition, he argued, if they captured the ship, it would place a much larger ship at their disposal. Of the approximately ninety men on the ship, only fifteen supported Vane in his decision. Despite the overwhelming support for Rackham's cry to fight, Vane declared that the captain's decision is considered final and they fled the man-o-war.
On November 24, 1718 Rackham called a vote in which the men branded Vane a coward and removed him from the captaincy, making Calico Jack the next captain. Rackham gave Vane, and fifteen supporters, the other sloop in the fleet, along with a decent supply of ammunition and goods.
Once gaining the captaincy Rackham made a career of plundering small vessels close to shore. He and his crew captured the Kingston, a small Jamaican vessel, and made it their flagship. They made several conquests in the West Indies, taking a couple of large ships off of Bermuda.
In 1719, Rackham sailed into Nassau in the Bahamas to take advantage of a general amnesty for pirates to obtain a royal pardon and commission from Governor Woodes Rogers. Rogers had been sent to the Bahamas to address the problem of pirates in the Caribbean who had started to attack and steal from British ships.
In December, he captured the merchant ship Kingston. The Kingston had a rich cargo, and promised to be a big score for Rackham and his crew. Unfortunately for him, the Kingston had been taken within sight of Port Royal, where outraged merchants outfitted bounty hunters to go after him. They caught up with him in February 1719, while his ship and the Kingston were anchored at Isla de los Pinos off of Cuba. Rackham and most of his men were on shore at the time, and while they escaped capture by hiding in the woods, their ship - and their rich trophy - was taken away.
In his 1722 classic A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, Captain Charles Johnson tells the exciting story of how Rackham stole a sloop. Rackham and his men were at a town in Cuba, refitting their small sloop, when a Spanish warship charged with patrolling the Cuban coast entered the harbour, along with a small English sloop they had captured. The Spanish warship saw the pirates but could not get at them at low tide, so they parked in the harbour entrance to wait for morning. That night, Rackham and his men rowed over to the captured English sloop and overpowered the Spanish guards there. As dawn broke, the warship began blasting Rackham's old ship, now empty, as Rackham and his men silently sailed past in their new prize.
Rackham and his men made their way back to Nassau, where they appeared before Governor Rogers and asked to accept the royal pardon, claiming that Vane had forced them to become pirates. Rogers, who hated Vane, believed them and allowed them to accept the pardon and stay. Their time as honest men would not last long.
While in port, Rackham began an affair with Anne Bonny, wife of sailor James Bonny, who was employed by Governor Rogers. After finding out about the relationship, James Bonny brought Anne to Governor Rogers, who ordered her whipped on charges of adultery. Rackham offered to buy Anne in a "divorce by purchase," but she refused to be sold like an animal. The pair (with a new crew) escaped to sea together, voiding Rackham's pardon, by stealing a sloop belonging to John Ham. They sailed the Caribbean for two months, taking over other pirate ships. Often Rackham would invite the crew of ships he attacked to join his own. Anne became pregnant and went to Cuba to have her and Jack's child.
In September 1720, the Bahamas' Governor Woodes Rogers had issued a proclamation declaring Rackham and his crew as pirates—although it was not published until October of 1720. After publication of the warrant, pirate hunter Jonathan Barnet started in pursuit of Rackham, who was by then cruising near Jamaica, capturing numerous small fishing vessels and terrorizing fishermen along the northern Jamaican coastline.
Rackham had come across a small vessel crewed by eleven English pirates, with whom he got into drinking while they were on Rackham's ship, at anchor (and intoxicated) at Bry Harbour Bay in Jamaica, October 1720. His ship was attacked by Barnet's sloop and was captured after a fight presumably led by Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Rackham and his crew were brought to Spanish Town, Jamaica, in November 1720, where they were tried and convicted of piracy, and sentenced to be hanged.
Rackham was executed in Port Royal on November 18, 1720, his body then gibbeted on display on a very small islet at a main entrance to Port Royal now known as Rackham's Cay.
Anne Bonny and Mary Read both claimed to be pregnant at their trials, ten days after Rackham's execution, and so were given a temporary stay until the claim was proven. Read died in April 1721, most likely of fever related to childbirth. There is no historical record of Bonny's release or of her execution.
The day after Rackham's trial, two of his crew members, John "Old Dad the Cooper or Fenis" Fenwick and Thomas Bourn (alias Brown), were separately tried and convicted for mutinies committed in mid-June 1720 off Hispaniola.
All of the eight men (George Fetherston, Richard Corner, John Davies, John Howell, Noah Harwood, James Dobbins, Patrick Carty and Thomas Earl) who'd been drinking with Rackham's crew and were captured with Rackham's crew were tried and convicted in January 1721, then hanged in February 1721.


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I once told a yoga instructor babe that I had started running to justify my diet. I thought I came off more like, "Look at me, getting my life together!" But it sounded closer to, "Look at me, I don't know how the human body works!" She explained how diet is responsible for, like, double or triple the impact of exercise, meaning that eating a whole pizza and then going on a one-mile run didn't exactly work out in my favor. That's also a bad example, since you would probably barf so gnarly, despite carbo-loading like a gluten fiend.
See, in my head, I thought—much like Parks and Recreation's Andy Dwyer—that I could basically burn off whatever crap I ate. I just never did the math. I didn't really want to. It was one of those cartoony approaches, where as long as I didn't look down, I couldn't fall. Well, AsapSCIENCE did up a quick video to remind everyone of the lesson it took me forever to learn: OH MY GOD, JUST EAT RIGHT.
Exercise should of course keep a solid place in everyone's life, as it slows the aging process and keeps up mental health and clarity. It just shouldn't be the only healthy aspect of a life. Food counts for what more than you think (or want to believe).


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The weather has been great so we've been really busy outside getting the yard in shape. Each year the yard looks a little better and since one of us is currently unemployed (not me) there has been extra time to prune, weed, mow and mulch. We have a real difference of opinion with gardening. I like for gardens to blend in to the property and not be quite so visible. I like the house to stand alone and not be trimmed out in gardens. That's just my opinion. Here's what I would like:
Here's what my other half likes. See how the house is obscured by all the vegetation? He's wrong, right? Who's with me on this?
Here's the backyard when we bought the house
And here it is today. We can actually use the back yard now.
Here's a couple of other photos
The back porch is a wreck. It just is, there's no other way to put it. The footings holding up parts of the porch are literally falling apart.
Since it is Summer we do want to hang out on the porch no matter what condition it's in.
Here's a photos of what we HOPE this will look like once we start restoring the porch and put the double doors back in.
A few outtakes from the local Memorial Day Parade. It's was a good one. I don't have that many photos since I was marching as the Village Mayor this year. A real honor for me.


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The renewal of a driving licence for over-70s should be supported by an eye-test, motor skills and awareness tests paid for by the driver - they are often a hazard to themselves and others. Following drivers are often inclined to make dangerous manoeuvres as a consequence - they might not directly be involved in an accident but they often leave a trail of carnage behind.
A few years ago we had a local incident where a car driven by an 80 year old woman on a straight, clear road in daylight careered across the pavement, killing the woman standing at the bus stop and injuring her child in the pushchair. The driver had defective eyesight and a heart condition and no-one considered that she was a risk.


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Release Notes: This release adds bugfixes. Due to getting rid of the deprecated APIs from GLib, the API has been changed and SONAME has been bumped.
Release Notes: This major update contains GDBus support and various bugfixes.
Release Notes: An error with X event conversion was fixed along with an issue with unexpectedly destroyed windows. Error handling behavior was fixed to avoid a freeze.
Release Notes: This release fixes a memory leak and some other problems.
Release Notes: A possible crash when libgxim is built with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 and a set of "%n" appears in the packet was fixed.
Release Notes: This release fixes a memory leak and freeze issues when it received an invalid packet and failed to parse it.
Release Notes: This release fixes a lock up issue.
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Nora Alice (Walker) Larremore
b. Nov. 25, 1881, Del Rio Co., Tx.
d. March 29, 1972, Prescott, Az.
w/o Pleasant B. Larremore
(m) May 28, 1901, Prescott, Az. Territory
Note: Moved to Globe, Az. Terr. from New Mexico in 1888, to Prescott in 1964.
Picture taken by Kelley Townsend
Contributed on 6/20/07 by jlwight
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Connecticut Post Athletes of the Week: Weston's Charlie Ameer, Oxford's Ashley Guillette
Updated 12:11 am, Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Weston baseball
Year: Senior
Position: Pitcher
A week in the life: Struck out 11 and allowed only one hit over six innings in a win against Stratford; pitched a complete-game one-hitter with 10 strikeouts and an RBI hit in a win over Bethel. Has a 4-1 record.
The big picture: Had four hits, including two HRs, and five RBIs as Weston (10-2, 7-1 SWC) beat Brookfield 16-14 Monday.
Oxford softball
Year: Sophomore
Position: Pitcher
A week in the life: Pitched a two-hitter with 14 strikeouts in a 9-0 win over Stratford; pitched a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts and had three hits in a 12-0 win over ND-Fairfield; pitched a one-hitter with strikeouts in a 4-0 win over New Milford.
The big picture: Oxford is 9-1.


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You've just had a swim at the beach, night is fast approaching and there's nothing on TV - time to slot in a disc and burn away the downtime with the hottest summer games action ever.
It has been a whopping great year in video games and a final flurry of titles before Christmas has made it even sweeter. Sony and Microsoft launched their online services, opening up a whole new world of competition for PlayStation 2 and Xbox gamers, respectively. The PC is still king of shooting and strategy genres, and the Nintendo GameCube has found a niche in the bargain end of the market. Meanwhile, the Game Boy Advance still tops the charts thanks to our insatiable lust for Pokemon.
There are excellent titles available for every system, but almost too many to keep track of. To help you sort through the dizzying array of games on offer this Christmas, we've chosen the 10 best.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Runs on: PlayStation 2, Windows, Game Boy Advance
Price: $A99.95
Classification: M15+
Website: www.prince-of-persia.com
The original Prince of Persia games were big in the '80s, and Sands of Time brings the series into the 21st century. The basic action is the same - you control a dashing Prince on a mission to rescue a damsel in distress. The hero can leap about, traverse ledges, run on walls and jump hapless guards. A player even has the ability to control the flow of time, allowing the Prince to stay ahead of his many enemies. And, if you do something silly, like accidentally slipping off a cliff, you can turn back the clock a few seconds to rethink that last move.
The graphics are smoothly rendered to produce a classic fantasy setting. It's a bit like stepping into an Errol Flynn movie. There are huge palace landscapes to explore and nefarious turban-wearing villains at every turn. Top stuff!
Project Gotham Racing 2
Runs on: Xbox
Price: $A99.95
Classification: G
Website: www.xbox.com/en-au/pgr2
Racing games always do well in Australia, but with PGR2 we now have the ability to race the latest sports cars on our own turf. There are several tracks based around the Rocks in Sydney, allowing petrol heads to scoot under the Harbour Bridge in models like the Ferrari Enzo. The detail is incredible, and equally stunning in the other locations, including Stockhom and Hong Kong. The soundtrack even simulates local radio like Nova FM.
The game not only keeps track of your speed, but your style as well. Pull off flashy moves like cornering on two wheels and you'll earn kudos points for unlocking new cars and tracks.
PGR2 also supports Xbox Live, so you can race online with up to seven other people from around the world at one time.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Runs on: Xbox, PS2, GameCube
Price: $A99.95
Classification: G8+
Website: www.metalarms.com
This action adventure is a great example of good clean fun in today's adult-oriented games market. The player controls Glitch, a tough little robot whose mission is to free his home planet from an oppressive metallic army. Glitch may be small, but he has some clever ways to beat robots many times his size. His arms are detachable and can be replaced with weapons for every occasion. More impressive is his ability to hack into and control other robots, forcing enemies to destroy themselves.
The action never gets boring, thanks to the huge variety of missions both in vehicles and on foot. There is also a range of multiplayer options for head-to-head robot action. Metal Arms hasn't been getting much publicity, but it's one of the most innovative games to come out this summer.
Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Runs on: GameCube
Price: $A99.95
Classification: G
Website: www.mariokart.com
The Mario Kart games have been a favourite of Nintendo fans for years. Wacky characters such as Donkey Kong and the Mario Bros compete on zany race courses based on popular gaming worlds. Double Dash differs from previous versions of Mario Kart in that each vehicle now seats two racers. Each character has a unique skill set and special attacks, adding a new layer of depth.
There's also a co-operative mode, where one player drives while the other concentrates on attacking the other racers. Characters can swap their seats at any time, lest any player becomes bored with doing the same job. You can even hook up multiple GameCubes and play it over a network. Double Dash!! is bright, colourful and has boundless appeal.
Knights of the Old Republic
Runs on: Xbox
Price: $A99.95
Classification: G
Website: www.lucasarts.com/products/swkotor
One of the best Star Wars games ever made, and it's not even based on the movies. Knights of the Old Republic is an epic adventure set thousands of years before Luke Skywalker was born. The player gets to explore a huge galaxy where good and evil Jedi knights are waging war. The story takes dozens of engrossing hours to play through and offers opportunities for genuine role-playing. Depending on how you treat the characters in the game, you can end up on the good or the bad side of the force. The old Jedi Mind Trick comes in to play, and your Jedi's appearance can be customised right down to the colour of their lightsaber. Its compelling play has found appeal with hard-core Star Wars fans and casual gamers alike.
Need For Speed Underground
Runs on: Windows, PS2, Xbox, GameCube
Price: $A99.95
Classification: G
Website: www.needforspeed.com
The phenomenal success of movies like The Fast and The Furious hasn't been lost on the makers of the Need For Speed games. This new racer revels in every aspect of underground racing culture, from the nocturnal setting to the fancy windshield stickers used by the pros. Game modes cover drag and drift racing, along with more conventional challenges such as burning around a track.
The awesome-looking cars come with a staggering range of options for upgrading, from cosmetic changes like spoilers and air dams, all the way up to nitrous-oxide injectors. All are modelled on real-world brands. The audio quality stands out, too, supporting Dolby Digital and even THX quality sound. This is easily the best street-racing game to come out this summer.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Runs on: Windows, PS2
Price: $A99.95
Classification: MA15+
Website: www.rockstargames.com/vicecity
The Grand Theft Auto games have sold millions of copies worldwide and it's easy to see why. You play a criminal and you have a huge city in which to ply your trade. You can steal any car, run over any pedestrian and rob anyone you like. Vice City is the latest and greatest episode of GTA, a period piece set in parody of 1980s Miami. The story involves all kinds of corruption and swearing, while the soundtrack is bulging with retro hits. The graphics are excellent, but the game doesn't let excessive realism get in the way of the mayhem.
Vice City is a real treat for anyone who remembers the '80s, but take notice of the MA15+ rating. Adults love GTA, but it's a game that's definitely not appropriate for children.
Tony Hawk's Underground
Runs on: Xbox, PlayStation2, GameCube
Price: $A99.95
Classification: M15+
Website: www.activision.com/microsite/thug
Tony Hawk's licensed series of skateboarding games have been a huge hit around the globe. A world-renowned skater, Hawk has lent his insight and expertise to make the most detailed and authentic games possible. Now that detail has been thrust into a setting closer to real life. Tony Hawk's Underground is a role-playing game where the objective is to rise from obscurity to superstardom. To get there, you'll have to perform new and unorthodox tricks in some of America's seedier neighbourhoods.
The level of customisation available is impressive. You can design your own skate parks and custom skaters, almost to the point where you're putting yourself in the game. PS2 users with broadband connections and network adapter add-ons can even paste their own face into the game via camera phone.
True Crime: Streets of LA
Runs on: Xbox, PS2
Price: $A99.95
Classification: MA15+
Website: www.truecrimela.com
Nick Kang is a cop who doesn't let little things like rules and regulations get in the way of fighting crime. Rather than sack him, his superiors at the LAPD have created an elite enforcement unit to take advantage of his reckless nature. Thus, the player gets to tear around Los Angeles, beating up criminals whenever they show themselves. Nick can blast away with a gun in each hand, or simply use Kung Fu to subdue wrongdoers. The driving mode is incredible, recreating a huge area of downtown LA based on satellite data.
There's also a story to play through, packed with slapstick action and gripping plot twists. They didn't skimp on the acting talent either, hiring Hollywood stars such as Christopher Walken and Michelle Rodriguez. The soundtrack bulges with exclusive tracks by top LA rappers, including Snoop Dogg.
Ratchet & Clank 2
Runs on: PlayStation 2
Price: $A99.95
Classification: G8+
Website: www.au.playstation.com
Light-hearted comedy and blistering action go hand in hand in the sci-fi universe of Ratchet & Clank. Ratchet is the hero, a vaguely mammalian creature with a robot named Clank for a backpack. Clank can transform into a variety of useful gadgets, and also serves as a foil for Ratchet's wit during the many humorous cut-scenes. The game is based on the formula of platform jumping, enhanced with flashy graphics and mini-games.
The sequel adds novel kinds of action gaming, like planets so small you can run around them in less than a minute. Plus there's spaceship combat, high-speed racing and new guns to add to the basic game.
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Blog authored by AccuWeather Astronomy expert on Facebook, Daniel Vogler.
On May 6, 2012 we will have the closest lunar perigee of the year to coincide with a full moon, known as an Extreme Super Moon. What is a Super Moon you ask? It's when the moon gets to its closest point to Earth coinciding with a syzygy within 90% or greater of its mean perigee. To calculate this, we need some numbers. We can either use this years numbers or an easier route would to use average mean perigee and apogee distances. But why do that?
Using the Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator website, we see that the closest perigee of 2012 is May 6 @ 356,953 km. The farthest apogee is 13 days later on May 19th @ 406,450 km. Subtracting the distance gives you 49,497 km. So 90% of that would be 44,547 km. Any syzygy that's closer than 406,450 - 44,547 or 361,903 km would be by definition a Super Moon, in accordance to Richard Nolle, the astrologer gets credit for coining the phrase.
At 100% (its closest approach of the year) it is known as an Extreme Super Moon. The "Extreme" has been misguided throughout the internet, where people think it only happens every 17 years, which is not true. It happens every year on the closest Super Moon of the year, only the distances vary from year to year. (For example: last years Extreme Super Moon was 400 km closer than this years).
What makes this event stand out is not the distance that it gets, rather the timing.
At 3:34 UTC, the Moon will be at full moon syzygy. Then only TWO minutes later, at 3:36 UTC, the Moon will be at its closest point, a perigee at roughly 356,900 km. I looked back at other Super Moon data and cannot find any closer than that timing-wise, remarkable!
So lets talk about what this will bring us. As you all know, the tide is controlled by the gravitational pull of the Moon and its distance and position determines how much the tide rises and falls.
What we have on May 6th is what we call a perigean spring tide. A spring tide isn't named because of the season, it literally means spring, jump out. Spring tides occur around New and Full moons and tend to have higher "high-tides" and lower "low-tides". So you can imagine when this coincides with an Extreme Super Moon, giving you the perigean spring tide. On average, the tide increases 25% during these times. That's a lot of water displacement over the course of the day! Not only will we have to watch for coastal flooding if there happens to be a storm brewing nearby, as what happened back in 1962, "...a catastrophic perigean spring tide struck from the sea in the darkness of predawn, and for the following 65 hours inundated the entire Atlantic coastline of the United States from the Carolinas to Cape Cod". This disastrous event resulted in a loss of 40 lives and over $0.5 billion in property damage. As other representative examples, severe tidal flooding of similar origin occurred in regions of the Atlantic coast on Dec. 30, 1959, March 4-5, 1931, and April 10-12, 1918 and at points along the Pacific coast on March 6, 1970, Feb. 3-4, 1958, and Jan. 3-5, 1939. Still further flooding was experienced simultaneously on both coastlines on Dec. 11, 1973, March 26, 1971, and Jan. 6, 1931. All of these instances of coastal flooding were caused by a special combination and reinforcement of the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon producing unusually high tides-which were concurrently lifted onto the land by strong, persistent onshore winds. Such exceptionally high tides and their accelerated ocean currents coupled with intense sea-surface winds-accompanied the total destruction of an offshore Air Force radar tower on Feb. 12, 1963."
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What I want to concentrate on though, is the higher risk for major earthquakes. Yes, the March 11th Japan quake did happen a week before the 2011 Extreme Super Moon but that wasn't the tipping point, as Richard Nolle points out in a reply to the debunkers. "During the March 19 Super Moon window: 66 at last count, not quite halfway through the cycle. However much of this shaking consists of aftershocks from the magnitude 9.0 mega-quake that struck Japan on March 11 (midway between the February and March Super Moons and within the customary plus or minus 30-hour window of the March 12 north lunar declination peak, the same combination of lunar extremes present when the Dec. 26, 2004 mega-quake and tsunami struck). There has been a surfeit of moderate-to-severe (magnitude 5+) seismic activity." (Quoted on March 22nd 2011)
Again, please see the link here to see where the above quote came from.
The window for major earthquakes will be from May, 3rd-9th in UTC time, as the tide shifts millions of tons of water on the ocean floor. Watch for coastal flooding and an increase in major quakes. As far as pinpointing the whereabouts, I have yet to figure out astro-locality maps, being that's an astrology tool, I won't use it in this blog, but going by patterns, I would say somewhere near the Australia/New Zealand region.
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A gay member of the Maryland State Senate issued a strongly worded statement criticizing his colleagues for voting 27-20 on Monday to send a transgender non-discrimination bill back to committee, an action that killed the bill for the year.
Sen. Richard Madaleno (D-Montgomery County), one of the lead sponsors and longtime supporters of the Gender Identity Non-Discrimination Act, known as HB 235, joined LGBT activists in expressing outrage over the Senate's action.
"Every homeless transgender person that dies on the street will do so because of the Senate's failure to pass HB 235," Madaleno said in a statement released late Monday.
"Every transgender individual who cannot provide for themselves or their family because they are denied employment based on their gender identity will do so because of the Senate's failure to pass HB 235," he said.
The bill, which calls for banning discrimination against transgender people in the areas of employment, housing and credit, including bank loans, had been approved last month in the state's House of Delegates by a vote of 86 to 52.
Initial head counts of senators led supporters to believe they had the votes to pass the measure in the Senate. But activists working with the statewide LGBT group Equality Maryland said that, to their great disappointment and surprise, as many as seven Democrats backed off from earlier commitments to vote for the bill.
Of the 27 senators voting to send the bill back to committee, 16 were Democrats and 11 were Republicans. Democrats hold a 35 to 12 majority in the Senate.
Of the 20 voting against the motion to send the bill to committee, 19 were Democrats. Just one Republican, LGBT rights supporter Allan Kittleman of Howard and Carroll Counties, voted against the motion to send the bill back to committee.
"Of the ones that voted to recommit, there were at least seven that we felt had committed to us that they were going to support this and then they backed out," said Dana Beyer, a Montgomery County transgender activist and former House of Delegates candidate who worked closely with Equality Maryland to lobby for the bill.
"It's always a guess," said Beyer, when asked why supporters turned against the bill. "It's shocking because we didn't expect this. There are a thousand ways to kill a bill. This is one way to do it and I have to lay it at the hands of the Senate leadership."
Beyer and others familiar with the bill said they believe Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller (D-Prince George's and Calvert Counties), orchestrated the bill's demise.
Miller was among the senators who voted for the motion to recommit the bill to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, which voted 7-4 one day earlier to approve the bill and send it to the Senate floor.
Miller did not return a call seeking comment as of press time on Wednesday.
Sen. Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery County), chair of the Judicial Proceedings Committee and a supporter of the bill who voted against sending it back to committee, disagreed with those who blame Miller for killing the bill.
"I'm sorry that it lost," Frosh told the Blade in an interview Tuesday. "But I think the president said a week ago publicly, and he had been saying all session, that there aren't the votes on the Senate floor to pass it. And he was right."
Added Frosh: "There were 20 votes for the bill. You need 24. And it's a shame, but it's a fact of life."
According to Frosh, Equality Maryland has repeatedly miscalculated the vote count on the Gender Identity Non-Discrimination Act this year and in previous years, when the bill died in committee.
Frosh said he is doubtful that supporters would be able to line up the four votes they need to pass the bill next year.
Beyer disputes Frosh's assessment, saying that Equality Maryland and others obtained clear commitments from senators who voted to send the transgender bill back to committee on Monday.
"It wasn't just Equality Maryland that was doing the vote count," she said. "There was a coalition of people that had personal relationships with various senators who got commitments from those senators."
Miller, for reasons not fully understood by the bill's supporters, "twisted arms" to get Democratic senators supportive of the bill to vote for the motion to recommit to committee, Beyer said. She said she and others associated with Equality Maryland confirmed this from reliable sources close to the Senate that she declined to identify due to promises of confidentiality.
Miller became the target of an aggressive campaign by Equality Maryland and a coalition of transgender activists and allies organized by Beyer after he diverted the bill to the Senate Rules Committee following its approval by the House of Delegates.
The Rules Committee has long been viewed as a "graveyard" for bills out of favor with the Senate leadership. Activists backing the bill viewed Miller's decision to single out the transgender bill for diversion to the Rules Committee while clearing dozens of other bills for the normal route to standing committees as an attempt to kill the bill.
But in a development that Annapolis political observers viewed as rare, Miller backed down amid a barrage of e-mails and phone calls to his office and to the offices of other senators demanding that the bill be released to the Judicial Proceedings Committee for a vote.
The Judicial Proceedings panel voted April 8, following a 90-minute debate, to approve the bill and send it to the Senate floor. The committee's action led supporters to believe they had a fighting chance to see it through a full Senate vote.
Morgan Meneses-Sheets, Equality Maryland's executive director, said she was especially disappointed that several senators that voted to recommit the bill to committee on Monday had assured the group of their support for the measure.
"I wish I had a why," she said. "This means that we really need to examine our steps moving forward. But I must emphasize that we got so far this year," she added, noting that the bill was killed in committee for the past four years without ever reaching the floor of the Senate or House.
"We are thankful to every legislator who did do the right thing," she said. "We are so thankful to every constituent who wrote a letter and made a phone call, and especially to the transgender people of Maryland who came out and told their stories, who shared their very personal need for job and housing protections."
"We will continue to fight every day. We will continue to analyze how we can get these important protections in place. But we are shocked and frankly appalled by this action today," she added.
The vote by the Senate came on the last day of the Maryland Legislature's 2011 session and followed less than 15 minutes of debate.
Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-Prince George's County) asked whether the bill would have an impact on private citizens seeking to choose a roommate in a private home. Muse also asked whether the bill's proposed ban on employment discrimination would force the Boy Scouts organization to hire a transgender person or prevent any employer from establishing a dress code.
Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery County), one of the lead sponsors and supporters of the bill served as floor manager for what was expected to be a lengthy Senate floor debate. Raskin told Muse the bill would not cover people in private homes looking for roommates.
"If you're looking for a roommate, you can discriminate on any basis you want," he said.
Raskin said the bill would cover the Boy Scouts organization for employment purposes, but said a transgender person seeking a job with the Boy Scouts would have to meet all other requirements for the job, including appropriate dress codes. He said the Boy Scouts, like any other employer, could not refuse to hire someone solely because of their status as a transgender person under the bill's provisions.
Immediately after Muse and Raskin completed their exchange, Sen. James DeGrange (D-Anne Arundel County) offered a motion to recommit the bill to committee.
"I respect the work the committee's done on this bill," he said. "I know there's a huge concern in this body toward this. To that I'd like to move that the bill be re-referred back to committee."
Raskin and Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-Baltimore City) rose to oppose the motion, urging their colleagues to give supporters a chance to vote on the bill.
"It's been way whittled down," said Raskin in describing how the bill's public accommodations provision was removed by House supporters to ease concerns by lawmakers hesitant to vote for the bill.
"This is just about giving people the right to live someplace and the right to earn a living," he said.
Miller, presiding over the Senate, then called for a recorded roll-call vote on the motion. When the Senate chamber's electronic board showed the motion had passed by a 27-20 vote, expressions of shock could be heard in the chamber, especially by supporters seated in the visitors gallery.
The bill's defeat represented a victory for an odd coalition of opponents.
A faction of transgender activists, led by the group Trans Maryland, called on the Senate to kill the bill because it did not go far enough. The group said a decision to take out a provision protecting transgender persons from public accommodations discrimination – which includes stores, hotels and public bathrooms, among other places – made the bill unacceptable.
The bill's supporters said they reluctantly agreed to a decision by the bill's chief sponsor in the House, Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties), to remove a public accommodations provision from the previous year's version of the bill. Pena-Melnyk said doing so was the only way the measure could have cleared a House committee and have any chance of passing either body.
The anti-LGBT group Maryland Citizens for A Responsible Government led efforts among conservative religious and political groups to oppose the bill on grounds that no transgender civil rights protections should be enacted. The group's leader, physician Ruth Jacobs, organized telephone and e-mail campaigns targeting lawmakers that vowed to bring the issue up in the next election.
The transgender bill's defeat followed by a little more than a month the defeat in the Maryland Legislature of a same-sex marriage bill that drew national media coverage. In what some in the LGBT community have viewed as an ironic twist, the marriage bill died after the Senate approved it and the House of Delegates sent it back to committee rather than take a full up or down vote on the measure.
In the case of the marriage bill, a coalition of LGBT groups, including Equality Maryland, favored sending it back to committee after determining they did not have the votes in the House to pass it and it would be better to avoid a losing vote.
Some in the LGBT community disagreed with that decision. But in the case of the transgender bill, nearly all of its supporters, including Equality Maryland, wanted the Senate to vote on the measure.
Beyer said her sources close to the Senate believe it would have passed had Miller and the Senate leadership agreed to allow it to come up for a full vote.
"He twisted enough arms to send it back to committee but he couldn't get enough people to vote no on the bill itself," she said. "That's what we're being told by people in the know."
Madeleno could not be immediately reached to determine if he agrees with Beyer's assessment of Miller's role in the bill's defeat.
But Annapolis observers believe Madaleno made it clear in the strongly worded statement he released on Monday that he was angry at Miller, even though he did not mention the Senate president by name.
"I am extremely disappointed by the Senate's action today to send HB 235 back to the Judicial Proceedings Committee," Madaleno said in the statement.
"The twisted and unfair process HB 235 had to go through to even make it to the Senate floor mars the Senate's otherwise outstanding work this year," he said. "The Senate's treatment of this legislation will be remembered for a long time by the LGBT community and Marylanders who believe in equal rights for all."
Madaleno said he plans to introduce a new version of the bill next year that will include a public accommodations provision.
Equality Maryland has gone from being a leadership driven organization to an ineffectual one. The defeat of same gender marriage, orchestrated by national LGBT groups with no understanding of Maryland politics to which Equality Maryland witlessly collaborated, followed by this lame attempt at appeasing a tiny group of people (transgenders who mostly pass and mostly don't face any kind of discrimination) is a good example of Equality Maryland making the perfect the enemy of the good. Maybe a few more defeats, and the staff and board will resign so new real leadership can come back in.
Hey Washington Blade: check your facts. I double dog dare you to find one transgender human being denied employment by the Boy Scouts. You probably can't. I don't think transgendered are denied BSA membership. In fact, I know a Scout volunteer who is openly transgendered here in Maryland.


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I am deeply saddened and outraged at the vote that took place during the city council meeting on Monday, March 7. While I commend the council for letting Councilman Marrett's motion to get rid of tourism die on the floor, the follow-up motion and vote that took place might as well have done the same. To repeal the restaurant tax is absurd. Mayor Crenshaw even stated that repealing the restaurant tax would gut tourism. He was right.
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No More Silence: It's Never Too Late to Start Healing
This video started with a conversation. Anthony Newcastle and I and our colleague Gordon Glenbar were discussing how to reach out and offer support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who have been sexually abused in childhood. Many of these men have told us privately and professionally that they will never speak publicly about what was done to them, how difficult it is to access support, how they do not know who to trust, and how they are unsure if healing is even possible.
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has highlighted the high rates of sexual abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children within government and church run institutions and community settings, and the need to improve responses. Many Australian First Nation communities are dealing with the legacy of colonization, the forced removal from ancestral lands, the placement on missions, the fracturing of clan groups, the denial of language and culture, the stolen generations, and resulting inter-generational traumas. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are 2-4 times more likely to be sexually abused in childhood, 6 times more likely to die by suicide, and male life expectancy is reduced by 10.8 years.
It is in this context that the conversation about raising awareness and improving support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who have been sexually abused was started.
–Gary Foster, Living Well
Discussions at Didgeri
Every second Sunday I run 'Didgeri' at an inner city park in Brisbane. Didgeri is an Aboriginal men's didgeridoo group. Didgeri has between 9 and 15 men. Didgeri is a place where we as Aboriginal men gather and learn the didgeridoo wind instrument as a way to connect or re-connect with culture and heritage. It is also a place where we talk about community, identity, culture, raising kids, problems, family, and being a good dad or husband. No alcohol or drugs, no carry on.
It was at Didgeri, standing with three or four men, all leaning on our didgeridoos, that I raised the idea of the men supporting men who had been sexually abused as children. We talked about community and advocacy responses to women who have been sexually abused, which so rightly exist. None of us could think of a group established for Aboriginal men who were sexually abused as boys. We talked about the idea of us coming together to create a video that would make a public statement as an expression of solidarity and support for our brothers.
We discussed how if we did this, we would be giving voice to something that is almost invisible. We would be saying "No More Silence." We talked about how the taboo around this issue makes it difficult to speak about, how men found it difficult to talk with their families about why they are coming apart at the seams. Men do what men too often do: push it down, ignore it, drink your way through it, yell at it, yell at others, feel ashamed, feel responsible, feel judged, feel alone, blame yourself, but don't talk about it. As one man said:
"How the bloody hell do you talk about it anyway, and to whom?"
Making the video
Eleven of us gathered at the Multi-cultural radio station in Brisbane. We started with only one person in the studio, the camera operator, and myself. We wanted to remove any shame-job. But with eleven Aboriginal people together in a waiting room, people started talking about who their mob was and where they were from. Family reconnections were found. "Hey, your mob from Roma? Your uncle is George from that cattle station? That's my uncle too, that's my tribe, we cousins."
As personal connections were made then people started pairing up, saying, "Do you mind if I do it with Wayne, because he is my cousin and we never met before." Others would say things like, "Brother, I never done anything like this before, can you sit with me and do one together?"
Before we knew it everyone was in the room supporting each other with comments like, "Oh that sounded deadly (really good) what you said then sis." Or, "You two fellas look and sound good there when you said that." Ownership had shifted. The participants were making suggestions and talking about how good a project this was.
It was on this day in the studio that some participants first spoke of how personal this was for them, their families and community. Members of the Didgeri had not spoken before about this. The gathering became an opportunity to talk and make a difference. The mood in the room changed, embracing connection, listening, caring, sharing and laughing together, offering support and genuine regard.
I am pleased every day that Aboriginal men stepped forward and with women to put their face and voice to raising awareness and offering support to men who have been sexually abused in childhood, as well as their families. This is the traditional way, our community coming together, taking action and responsibility for our community's well-being.
–Anthony Newcastle, Natjul.com
We wish to express our appreciation to the men and women who have supported the development of the No More Silence: It's Never Too Late to Start Healing video. This video reflects the power of everyday community members to make a difference. It is intended to start a conversation—please share!
Gary Foster B.S.W. PhD is the founder/manager of the Living Well service that provides counselling and group support to men who have been subjected to childhood sexual abuse or adult sexual assault, as well as to families and communities (see livingwell.org.au). His Doctoral Thesis 'Male Rape and the Government of Bodies' examined the limits of current understandings and governmental responses to the problem of male rape. Gary has presented at national and international conferences on improving therapeutic and practice responses to men subjected to sexual violence. He co-authored Living Well: A Guide for Men and developed the Living Well App for men.
Anthony Newcastle is an Aboriginal man originally from the Northern Territory. He has lived in five states and worked with Aboriginal communities in regional, urban and remote Australia. Anthony has a background in community development with two experiential learning visits to India as part of Community Aid Abroad exchange. A didgeridoo player, actor, playwright and cross cultural awareness programme facilitator, Anthony has worked with government, community and corporate sectors to develop and deliver cultural competency training. He is currently studying for his Masters in Narrative Therapy and Community work, an accredited counsellor and conflict resolution facilitator working primarily with families, men and young men.
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Burby, S. J. and Maxwell, C. J. (2001) 'Direct extraction of QCD ΛMS from e+e- jet observables.', Nuclear physics B., 609 (1-2). pp. 193-224.
We directly fit the QCD dimensional transmutation parameter, , to experimental data on e+e− jet observables, making use of next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative calculations. In this procedure there is no need to mention, let alone to arbitrarily vary, the unphysical renormalisation scale μ, and one avoids the ad hoc and potentially meaningless "theoretical error" associated with standard αs determinations. PETRA, SLD, and LEP data are considered in the analysis. An attempt is made to estimate the importance of uncalculated next-NLO and higher order perturbative corrections, and power corrections, by studying the scatter in the values of obtained for different observables.
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What are your views on Trent Richardson? That answer ultimately decides which side you think won the almost unprecedented Browns-Colts trade. How rare is it to trade a top five pick just 17 games played into his career? You have to go back to Big John Matuszak, the first overall pick in 1973, who was traded in 1974. That situation, though, involved Matuszak being unhappy with the coach, Sid Gillman, and signing a contract with the World Football League's Houston Texans. This appears to be merely a new front office having a different opinion on a player.
Is Cleveland selling low, or selling while they can? Trent Richardson is averaging just over 3.5 yards for his career. That fact leads many to believe that Richardson is not very good. As Chase Stuart points out in his campaign against the importance of yards per carry, the 3.6 yards per carry is not necessarily a reason to dislike Richardson if you thought he was going to be good.
I'll point out that LaDainian Tomlinson had a very similar rush yards per carry average as a rookie, and that Walter Payton averaged 3.46 yards per carry as a rookie, while Ricky Williams averaged 3.49 yards per carry. Of the top 13 guys in the career rushing leader chart, eight of them averaged 3.9 yards per carry or less in at least one of their first two years in the league. This doesn't mean that having a below average yards per carry as a young player is a ticket to Canton. It just means that it doesn't preclude it.
I'll be breaking down Richardson in a later post, but for now, I will say that you can count me in the category of those that think Richardson will be pretty good in the future. Thus, I like the Colts end of this deal a lot more. They are getting a cheaper first round pick, at a position where you don't want to overpay veterans. Using draft picks on running backs isn't a bad idea, because free agency is far more dicey at the position. In this case, the Browns paid the bonus and take the cap hit on that, so Indianapolis is getting him on the cheap.
For Cleveland, this feels like selling low, but that new front office of Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi probably also viewed it as he wasn't going to make a difference, since he could only manage about 3.5 yards per carry behind that line, whatever the reason. If you have an elite talent, the difference between going from horrible offensive line to average is far more important than going from average to great. The former completely neutralizes any benefit. So I understand it, Richardson isn't doing any good for the Browns, so cash in and build. It still has to be a tough sell to Browns fans who have suffered through a pretty miserable stretch since 1999. With Brian Hoyer starting this week, and Trent Richardson gone to Indianapolis, it is officially rebuild time, again. It's hard to imagine this offense improving with some combination of Willis McGahee coming back from injury, and some other guys who have never been in my kitchen.
Do Browns fans trust this regime? Everybody salivates over draft picks, but teams that have had multiple picks in the first round have not performed any better than their counterparts in the five years after those picks are made. If you accumulate picks at the expense of creating holes, well, you just created another hole that you have to nail with a later pick. Everyone dreams of that 5% chance of landing the next Hall of Famer. If the Browns do merely average with the pick they are likely to get, they are looking at more like Ashley Lelie or Brian Simmons. That does not sound as exciting.
Still, I say good on both sides for having the balls to go for it on a trade like this. It's a rarity that teams will put it on the line like this. There will be a winner, and in a few years we will get to assess who got it right.
Related: Trent Richardson Traded to Colts For 1st Round Pick
Related: The 0-2 NFL Teams: Giants Should Have a Turnover Rebound, Keep an Eye on Steelers and Browns
Related: Trent Richardson Carried Five Redskins into the End Zone on This Touchdown Run [GIF]


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In the strongest sign yet that the 'war for talent' has returned to the jobs market post-recession, employers are being forced to pay premium rates for good staff despite remaining nervous about the economic outlook, according to experts.
The survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG showed starting salaries for permanent staff jumped from 53.9 in June to 56.1 last month – the highest since April 2008. Anything above 50 represents an increase. Year-on-year, wages have grown by 26pc, the report showed.
However, the number of permanent jobs available fell from 60.7 in June to 60.2 last month. While the figures still represent growth – they register above 50 – it is the slowest rate of expansion seen in nine months, the survey found.
Separately, the Reed Jobs Index, also published this week, recorded a decline in vacancies in July compared to last month, but showed salaries had remained "steady" for the third month running.
Penny de Valk, chief executive of the Institute of Leadership & Management, said: "Supply and demand effects aren't just about quantity but also quality. The war for talent is not over. Good people are still hard to find and companies will pay a premium for them."
She added: "We may have been too slavish about sending everyone off to university and bypassing the powerful vocational and professional routes which employers so often desire."
The REC/ KPMG reported highlighted several skills that were in short supply, including accountants, HR professionals and business analysts, on top of sectors that were traditionally hard to recruit for, such as IT or engineering.
Ms de Valk said companies were willing to pay a premium for managers who had a track record in taking on "major changes", to help employers through uncertain times.
Human resources (HR) chiefs across sectors agreed the 'war for talent' was back on following a period where staff had been willing to take pay cuts or work shorter hours just to stay in a job.
Christian Armstrong, HR director at Guoman & Thistle hotels, said: "Vacancies are declining as employers look to the uncertainty of the marketplace in the second half of the year." But, he said: "In certain specialist occupations, the market has become more competitive in the fight to attract and retain the most talented staff."
Some employers in the engineering and technical sectors were crying out for specialist skills, even despite nearly 2.5m people being out of work, experts said.
Rachael Henderson, HR director at building services company Norland Managed Services, said she was becoming "increasingly frustrated" by the lack of desire among younger people to pursue a career in the engineering environment.
"We have an ageing workforce and in 10 years time, I really fear that the few technically qualified people around will be able to dictate any [employment] terms they wish as companies fight to recruit them."
She cited a recent example where an apprenticeship candidate at the company pulled out at the last minute because he had got through to the next round of the pop-star wannabe TV show The X Factor.
"This is an extreme example, but trying to persuade the younger generation that technical professions can offer just as stimulating a career as the media or the dotcom industries is very difficult when they live in a media-driven culture," she said. "How can I compete with Simon Cowell?"


text: Henry and Wanda Sandoz of Yucca Valley got a standing ovation Saturday afternoon at the American Legion Department of California's 95th annual convention in Palm Springs. The couple was acknowledged for keeping a war memorial cross in the Mojave Desert. The battle between the couple and the American Civil Liberties Union made national headlines, culminating in an April 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the cross could not be removed. Henry Sandoz, 74, had promised a dying World War I veteran he would take care of the memorial. Veterans put up the wooden cross on Sunrise Rock in 1934. It was later replaced with one made of steel pipes. Sunrise Rock became part of the Mojave National Preserve in 1994, putting the cross on public land. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in 2001 saying the cross was unconstitutional on government property because of the separation of church and state, and federal courts ordered it removed. Henry Sandoz and his wife Wanda ultimately traded five acres of their land for the acre occupied by Sunrise Rock. It was turned over to the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Barstow and the Veterans Home of California-Barstow.


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Several important features have been added to the web agents in the 2.2 release as follows:
Additional Method for Fetching the REMOTE_USER Server Variable
Before this release of web agents, header and cookie information was retrieved, or sourced, solely from user profile properties. Now, header and cookie information can also be sourced from session properties.
Use the following property to choose how you want session attributes retrieved:
For the preceding property, the following modes are available as retrieval methods:
The following example illustrates this property with the retrieval method set to HTTP_HEADER:
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.session.attribute.fetch.mode = HTTP_HEADER
The source of header and cookie information is controlled by the following configuration property in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file:
This configuration property has the same format as an LDAP header property. The following is an example of how this configuration property can be set:
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.session.attribute.map = name-of-session-attribute1|name-of-header-attribute1, name-of-session-attribute2|name-of-header-attribute2
Where name-of-session-attribute1 and other similarly named properties, or attributes, in the preceding code represent actual property names.
Benefit - Support for Fetching User Session Attributes: The benefit of this feature is that session properties can be more effective for transferring information, especially dynamic information. Prior to this release, agents could only fetch users' profile attributes, which tend to be static attributes. However, session attributes allow applications to obtain dynamic user information when necessary. Since this feature allows you to fetch non-user profile attributes, you can fetch attributes such as SAML assertion.
Log rotation is not supported on Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache HTTP Server. For more information see Information Specific to Agent for Apache HTTP Server
Starting with this release of web agents, a new method is available for retrieving LDAP user attributes based on Access Manager policy configurations.
Policy-based response attributes take advantage of functionality now available in Access Manager that involves querying policy decisions. In previous versions of Access Manager, header attributes could only be determined by the list of attribute-value pairs in the agent configuration. Now, header attributes can also be determined by Access Manager policy configurations. With policy-based response attributes you can define attribute-value pairs at each policy definition as opposed to the method used in prior versions of Access Manager, which only allowed pairs to be defined globally in the agent configuration. For more information on policy-based response attributes, see Providing Personalization With Policy-Based Response Attributes
Benefit - Policy-Based Response Attributes: The benefit of policy-based response attributes is that they allow for personalization, improve the deployment process, allow greater flexibility in terms of customization, and provide central and hierarchical control of attribute values.
Personalization is provided in that an application can retrieve specific user information, such as a name, from a cookie or HTTP header and present it to the user in the browser.
Defining attribute-value pairs at each policy definition instead of at the root level allows an attribute value to be distributed only to the applications that need it. Furthermore, you can customize attribute names allowing the same attribute name to have entirely different property values for two different applications.
Starting with this release, web agents provide a composite advice feature. This feature allows the policy and authentication services of Access Manager to decouple the advice handling mechanism of the agents. This allows you to introduce and manage custom advices by solely writing Access Manager side plug-ins. Starting with this release, you are not required to make changes on the agent side. Such advices are honored automatically by the composite advice handling mechanism.
Benefit - Composite Advice: A benefit of composite advice is that you can incorporate a custom advice type without having to make changes to an agent deployment. Prior to the 2.2 release of web agents, no interface existed on the client side to write client-side plug-ins.
Prior to this release of web agents, the only method for fetching the value of the REMOTE_USER variable set by an agent was from session properties. Starting with the 2.2 release, the value can also be fetched from user profiles. This fetching process uses LDAP.
By default the value for the REMOTE_USER is fetched from the session. If the value needs to be fetched from LDAP, the following property needs to be defined in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file:
com.sun.am.policy.am.userid.param.type = LDAP
The following property can still be used to configure the key (key refers to the value assigned to this property) that needs to be searched. In addition to setting the preceding property, you need to give the correct LDAP attribute name for the following property.
For example the property will be set as follows:
com.sun.am.policy.am.userid.param = ldap-attribute-name
where ldap-attribute-name represents the name of an LDAP attribute.
To enable the REMOTE_USER setting for a globally not-enforced URL as specified in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file (this is a URL that can be accessed by unauthenticated users) you must set the following property in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file to true. While the following example, has the value is set to true, the default value is false:
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.anonymous_user.enable = true
When you set this property value to true, the value of REMOTE_USER will be set to the value contained in the following property in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file. In the following example the value is set to anonymous, which is the default:
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.anonymous_user = anonymous
Benefit - Additional Method for Fetching the REMOTE_USER Server Variable: The benefit of this feature is that it gives better customization for end users since the REMOTE_USER server variable can now be obtained from either session attributes or user profile attributes.
Also, you do not need to write server-side plug-in code in order to add session attributes after authentication, which is necessary when this value is fetched from session properties.
Starting with this release of web agents, malicious header attributes are automatically cleared.
Benefit - Header Attributes Set by Agents Automatically Cleared: The benefit of this automatic clean up is that security is improved. Header information that is not automatically cleared has greater risk of being accessed.
Starting with this release of web agents, the default agent host port and protocol settings can be overridden to enable load balancing. For more information, see Enabling Load Balancing.
Benefit - Load Balancing Enablement: The benefit of this override capability is that you do not need to manually change the hostname, port, and protocol settings to enable load balancing.
Starting with this release of web agents, you can install different types of agents on the same machine. Prior to this release, you could not install web agents from different product groups on the same machine. For example, previously, an agent instance for Apache HTTP Server and an agent instance for Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 could not be installed on the same machine. Now, they can.
Benefit - Support for Heterogeneous Agent Types on Same Machine: The benefit of this feature is that a deployment that has agents in a multi-server scenario requires fewer hardware sources.
Starting with this release, fully qualified domain name (FQDN) mapping of HTTP requests can be disabled. In prior web agent releases, the methods employed for checking if a user is using a valid URL could not be turned off.
This checking capability is controlled by the FQDN default and the FQDN map properties in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file as follows:
A toggling capability has been introduced that allows FQDN checking to be turned off. The following property allows for this toggling:
The following property specifies whether the request URLs that are present in user requests are checked against the FQDN default and the FQDN map properties by the web agent:
The valid values are true and false.
The request URLs that are present in user requests are checked against FQDN values.
No checking occurs against FQDN values.
The default value is true. If no value is specified, then the default value, true, is used.
Benefit - Support for Turning Off FQDN Mapping: This feature allows you to turn off or on FQDN mapping comparison. This feature can be beneficial when a deployment includes a number of virtual servers for which the agent is configured using FQDN mapping.
Policy Agent 2.2 is backward compatible with Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater.
Policy Agent 2.2 is only compatible with Access Manager 6.3 when the Access Manager patch has been applied.
Be aware that Policy Agent 2.2 takes advantage of certain features that exist in Access Manager 7 that do not exist in Access Manager 6.3, such as "composite advices," "policy-based response attributes," and others.


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Windsurf Paddleboard Aqua Marina Champion
Inflatable windsurf, 3 square meter sail, compact size, simple assembly, 4 foot straps.
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Windsurf Paddleboard Aqua Marina Champion
Windsurf Paddleboard Aqua Marina Champion is stable, reliable and versatile inflatable board which can be used both for windsurfing and paddleboarding. It is an ideal choice for those who long for compact and easily transportable board that the whole family can use. Its short and wide shape is especially suitable for beginner surfers and users who require stability and easier manoeuvrability in their paddleboards. Windsurf Paddleboard Aqua Marina Champion is one step ahead of the world of windsurfing water sports.
The outline of the windsurf is slightly curved to make paddleboarding easier. Increased height provides better stability and makes it easier for the board to move in long smooth movements.
The sail set was made to be user friendly, light and easy to fold. The sail is easy to transport and therefore ideal for frequent travel.
Technical description:
- Deck
- Double-wall structure
- Drop stitch inflatable chambers (inner polyester fibres)
- 50 cm keel with quick release mechanism
- Removable main flipper
- 4 straps to fix your feet in various positions
- Elastic bungee cords for attaching light on-board storage
- Pressure: up to 1.03 bar
- Material: PVC, EVA nonslip deck pad
- Deck dimensions: 300 x 75 cm
- Deck thickness: 15 cm
- Volume: 270 l
- Maximum number of users: 1
- Weight limit: 120 kg
- Weight: 12 kg
- Sail
- Durable Dacron fabric with Monofilm material
- Batten
- Mast: 3 parts of the same length, fibre glass laminate RDM composite
- Spar: adjustable, attachable, with EVA foam cover
- Pull rope
- Attaches to a bolt on the base of the deck
- The bolt is removable
- Sail area: 3 m
- Mast and sleeve length: 3 m
- Spar length: 132 cm
- Part of the packaging: high pressure pump, bag for carrying, keel and flipper, bag for the whole sail set, repair kit
- Paddle is not included
- Dimensions for carrying: approx. 38 x 20 x 115 cm
Windsurf Paddleboard Aqua Marina Champion - Documents to download
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Windsurf Paddleboard Aqua Marina Champion - Product parameters
The weight limit should be your main concern when choosing a paddleboard. It determines the maximum weight the paddleboard can carry without losing shape and stability. The higher the weight the deeper the paddleboard sinks which makes the steering and paddling more difficult.
The weight limit includes all of your clothing and gear (waterproof bag, personal belongings, the paddle, etc.). By adding the weight of these belongings to your own you get the minimum weight your new paddleboard should be able to carry.