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So you're looking to bring your marketing into the cutting edge with an identity resolution provider. Congratulations! In your search for the best solution that fits your business, make sure you keep these 6 critical questions in mind.
1. Do they own their data or are they just a middleman?
This is the most important item on the list. You'll find many "identity resolution" or "customer identity management" providers, but the vast majority of them are simply middlemen that purchase customer data from a third party, add some tools and services on top of that data, and charge a big markup to you.
As with anything else, it's more cost-effective to go straight to the source, plus you'll get fresher, more accurate data.
2. Where do they get their data from?
A frequently overlooked question to ask! Even if you're working with a identity resolution provider with first-party data (see #1), it's important to understand where their data actually comes from. Most providers rely on data from billions of ad impressions and device ID's but that assumes that the ad targeting was perfect in the first place ― which it never is.
3. How much of their data is addressable?
Just because an identity provider can match a customer doesn't mean you can actually use that data! Often, providers will loosen up their criteria in order to improve the match rates that they can advertise, even if those matches aren't actually usable by their clients.
4. Can it integrate with your stack (CRM, ESP, etc)?
This should go without saying, but it's worth including here for completeness. Unless your identity resolution provider can integrate with your tech stack, you'll either be forced to pay for custom integrations or won't be able to actually use your identity data in the first place.
5. Can it handle marketing campaigns or does it require integrations?
Since the entire point of identity resolution is to (a) remove the silos in your marketing data and (b) launch marketing campaigns against identities, why not remove another silo while turning your data into campaigns ― effectively killing two birds with one stone?
Most identity resolution providers are solely data platforms, but keep this in mind if you're into consolidating vendors and keeping costs down.
6. Is it compliant with the regulations affecting your business?
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I am guilty. Guilty for having my phone in my hand almost constantly. Guilty for loving social media more than I should. Guilty for getting caught up in watching hilarious puppy videos and how-to dinner tutorials before bed each night. OK, I can admit it, I am completely guilty for loving my phone far more than I should. But there is no way I am alone in this. After all, 85% of all Americans own a cell phone and an article from the New York Times actually states that the word associated with our phone obsession is best noted as love.
So while we may have a minor (major) obsession with our phone, why aren't we taking advantage of the technology at our fingertips and using our phones as a refreshing, helpful, and exhilarating additive to our lives?
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Why aren't we downloading apps that create a soulful presence on our phones instead of just another app to take up more storage space? If we are glued to our phones so very much, why aren't we basking in the positivity that can be beaming back at us on the screens we so often turn to?
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TheSkimm App
Noted for making it easier to be smarter, theSkimm App is jam-packed with Daily News, Audio Series, Calendar Integration (which actually can sync in conjunction with your own calendar that is already on your phone to ensure planning ahead for various events that may interest you), Reads, and Downtime. This app features a first month free and after that, there is a a fee of $2.99/month to subscribe.
Shine Text
Who doesn't need help feeling empowered sometimes? Consider Shine Text your go-to for feeling in control, prepared, and excited to take on whatever may come your way. We love Shine Text here at Spire (it was in our weekly Energy Email a few weeks ago) and its users agree. Racking up a 4.1 out of 5 rating, it is no secret that this mini-motivator will surely give you the powerful push you've been needing.
ThinkUp: Positive Affirmations
With features such as 300+ affirmations for over 10 life goals including motivation, self-esteem, overcoming depression, new career, stress relief, achieving goals and more, ThinkUp is the type of app that can quickly become a handbook for your day to day changes and ambitions. You can even set notifications to listen to daily talks on reducing negative self reflections.
7 Second Meditation
If your calendar looks like a game of tetris, this app is for you. Who doesn't have seven tiny seconds a day to give themselves a bit of relaxation and mindfulness? In seven seconds not much can get done, but with the help of this app you can choose a time to schedule in those seven seconds of revival, renewal, and personal motivation through quick meditations.
Doo- Get Things Done
With a hectic schedule, it can often feel like there aren't enough hours in the day. Doo is designed to help with your scheduling and provide a clear and concise way to tackle your day to day goals. With its ambition to help you procrastinate "less," plus a card layout which allows you to focus on one thing at a time, Doo is the type of app that will allow actively encourage productivity and achievement. If you are looking to get things done, Doo is the app for you.
Forest- Stay Focused
The Forest app combines self-control and nature wrapped up in a tiny graphic on your phone that represents a tree's growth. The longer you leave your phone by itself and do the task you've been putting off, the seed will sprout into a healthy tree. If you pick up your phone, the tree will stop all growth. This is meant to be a substantial visual for those who can become distracted easily. If you are finding yourself unable to leave your phone for extended periods of time to accomplish a task, the Forest app may be the answer you've been searching for.
Do you have any favorite apps that help you stay exhilarated? Share with us in the comments below!


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ELLENTON, Fla. (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has its first female ringmaster.
Feld Entertainment Inc. is the parent company of the Florida-based circus. The company said in a statement Wednesday that Michelle Wilson will be the first-ever female ringmaster in its 146-year history.
Wilson starts her new role next month and her first performance will be in her hometown of Orlando, Florida, during "Circus Xtreme" show.
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Lesson 2: March 12, 2017
Saving Grace: Ephesians 2:1-10
Teaching Strategy: Show a clip from a movie or online video that might spark conversation about the meaning of grace. What aspects of God's nature does the entertainment world get right? What "corrections" about the meaning of grace do we know to be true according to Scripture?
There are a surprising number of television shows and big screen movies that depict various attributes of God. Everyone from ardent atheist to devoted saint shares a curiosity about who God is and what God might be like if we were to meet — say on a bus (Joan Osborne). Does God have wings? Depending on the movie, God might be male or female, Black or White. (Oh God, Dogma, Bruce Almighty). Does God speak to us through angels? (Touched By an Angel) Does God rescue us when we call for help? (See Saving Grace. Earl, God's emissary, is sent to help a seemingly raw and vulgar police officer who cannot forgive God after her brother dies in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City.) In C. S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia, God sends Christ in the form of Aslan the lion to die in Edmund's place. How might our curiosity about who God is lead us into a relationship with the God who loves us and calls us to be His own?
Spring 2016-17 Theme: Love
Unifying Principle: Sometimes those who break social rules or cultural expectations become ostracized from their peer group. Where can those who seek a new path find acceptance? Out of his great love for us, God saved us by grace through faith and will show the immense richness of this grace in kindness to those who are in Christ Jesus.
Lesson 1: March 5, 2017
The Source of All Love: 1 John 4:7-19
Teaching Strategy: In advance of your meeting time invite participants to select new media, music, or art that speaks to them about the ways God's love is reflected in their lives and in the lives of others. During your meeting give 2-3 minutes for each person to share his/her selection and say a bit about its meaning for them.
There is so much hate and bitterness being expressed in our social media these days and it is a drain on our well-being and our awareness of God's love at work in, and through, and among us. Asking participants to share example of where they experience God's love is a welcome antidote to the negativity rampant in our world. If you're part of a tradition that observes Lenten practices, then you could tie into this exercise and invite participants to "fast from hateful conversations or posts on social media." In being more mindful of our hateful words we are reminded of the love to which Christ calls us. As Christ's disciples we abide in the selfless, active, giving love of God.
Spring 2016-17 Theme: Love
Unifying Principle: Many search in the wrong places for a perfect love in which to put their trust. Can anyone be trusted to love without blemish at all times? John's first epistle reminds us that God is love and those who abide in love have God's love perfected in them.
Lesson 13: February 26, 2017
Christ Creates Holy Living: Galatians 5:18 – 6:10
Teaching Strategy: Examine the qualities of being Paul names as "fruits of the Spirit." Identify evidence of each of these spiritual fruits as you experience them at work in the Body of Christ. Further consider the impact Christians might have in the world if we more fully exemplified the fruits of the Spirit in our lives.
Do a spiritual audit of your worshipping community, your school, or your place of employment. When have you seen love? Joy? Peace? Patience? Kindness? Generosity? Faithfulness? Gentleness? Self-control? Share these stories with one another and then give thanks for the Spirit at work in your lives.
Winter 2016-17 Theme: Creation
Unifying Principle: Many people reduce their religious obligations to fulfilling a set of legalistic requirements. What are the characteristics of an authentic Christian lifestyle? Paul sharply contrasts a Spirit-filled life with life in the flesh.
Lesson 12: February 19, 2017
Freedom in Christ: Galatians 5:1-17
Teaching Strategy: Write the letters
so that they appear vertically on the left edge of newsprint or a whiteboard. Working in small groups create an acronym using each letter to name attributes of "freedom" as expressed in Galatians 5. Compare and contrast Paul's teaching on Christian freedom with how "freedom" is used in today's news or popular culture.
Here is one example of what your "freedom" acronym might look like:
F = faith working through love
R = responsive to the Spirit
E = eager for righteousness
E = enslaved to one another
D = dedicated to love
O = opposed to hate
M = mastery over fleshly desires
After your group creates their own list of the attributes of Christian freedom, consider popular definitions of "freedom" by today's standards. Do an Internet search for "freedom" or search on social media sites such as YouTube or Twitter. Look up #freedom. How are these popular visions of freedom aligned (or not) with the freedom we claim through Christ?
Winter 2016-17 Theme: Creation
Unifying Principle: Rigorous self-discipline is appealing to some because it seems to promise mastery over temptation. What is the key to living a morally acceptable life? Paul urges the Galatians to stand firm in Christian freedom and to live by the Spirit, which leads to greater holiness, not greater self-indulgence.
Lesson 11: February 12
New Birth Brings Freedom: Galatians 4:8 – 20
Teaching Strategy: Name and explore religious expectations and practices that may diminish Christian freedom or hurt people in the community of God's loving family.
Paul writes to the Galatians because they changed course in their understanding of Christian faith. Through Paul's teaching the Galatian Gentiles came to faith in Christ and lived according to the Gospel they learned from Paul. In Paul's absence, they were influenced by religious leaders who insisted they keep the Law in order to maintain right relationship with God. The leaders felt threatened because the new converts represented a growing edge of Christian faith that was beyond their ability to regulate. In thinking about how Paul's letter finds application in our own time, let's consider the extent to which we try to regulate who is "in" and who is "out" based on criteria external to the Gospel. And who benefits from these regulations? How do we make space in our lives, in our communities, and in our world for the grace of God, the love of Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit?
Prayer: Open us, O God, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and recognize the "other" as our neighbor. We pray for those in Kabul who are recovering from the fall out of the bombing at the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul. We pray for our Syrian brothers and sisters who are caught day after day in the tragedies of violence and war. We pray for Israel and Palestine. Open us, O God, to be ambassadors of peace at home and abroad. We pray for the Standing Rock Tribe in North Dakota. We pray for refugees and immigrants whose plans for resettlement have been disrupted by political uncertainties. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.
Winter 2016-17 Theme: Creation
Unifying Principle: People are tempted to sacrifice freedom in order to gain a sense of security. What are the dangers of this trade-off? Paul rebuked the Galatians for trading the freedom Christ gives for slavery to religious legalism.
Lesson 10: February 5, 2017
Re-Created to Live in Harmony: Galatians 3:26 – 4:7
Teaching Strategy: Invite participants to identify prejudices that they confront in their own peer groups, work settings, or worshipping communities. Afterwards, brainstorm strategies for overcoming our fears and intolerance of people who are different from us.
Perhaps the best thing we can offer to our congregations in this new year is time and space for silent prayer. Paul's letter to the Galatians encourages us to live in harmony with those who hold viewpoints different from our own. What relevance do we hear in Paul's letter for the world today? How can we pray for one another in these days where tensions across racial and religious differences are heightened? One site that consistently offers sound spiritual direction in shaping our prayers is titled simply: The World in Prayer.
Winter 2016-17 Theme: Creation
Unifying Principle: Differences of race, class, and gender make it hard for people to get along. How can we live in harmony? Paul tells the Galatians that through Christ we have received the Spirit, making us heirs of God and bringing us into a community of oneness where human differences are no longer divisive.
Lessons 5-9: January, 2017
Praising God: Psalm 33, Psalm 96, Psalm 65, Psalm 104, Psalm 148
Teaching Strategy: List hymns and choruses that praise God as Creator and compare them to creation Psalms in the Old Testament. Then, use the hymns you've selected to design a praise and worship service organized around the Psalms.
Winter 2016-17 Theme: Creation
January overview: The five lessons of Unit II draw from Psalms that praise God as Sovereign Creator. "Praise from and for God's Creation," also highlights praise for God that emanates from creation itself.
Lessons 1-4: December, 2016
Advent and Christmas: Luke 1 and 2
Faith Interaction Matrix: What response of faith can we make when we meet Christ in the world today?
"And the Word became flesh." God, who creates out of sheer nothingness, chooses to take on human-ness in order to make Divinity more comprehensible to us. God reaches into our earthly existence from somewhere beyond the limits of our knowing. Why an enormously huge God would invite us, lesser creatures, into a loving relationship is inconceivable. The Gospels tell us that God chose to come "in the flesh" at a single point in history. But, Christians have come to believe that we see Christ in limitless incarnations. Through eyes of faith, God comes to us in the flesh and we see Christ in those around us. I believe the Word was made flesh today in the lady who wished me "Merry Christmas" at the McDonald's drive-thru window. I'm sure I saw a glimpse of Christ in the smile of my 14-year old nephew when he thanked me for the "best Christmas present ever." We experience the Word made flesh every time we absorb the love of family and friends. Faith can be a bit confounding at times, but "the Word made flesh" is something accessible to us when we look for Christ in one another. We can bring grace, and forgiveness, and healing to one another on account of Christ at work in the world. Share with one another the "little incarnations" of the Christmas season. Where have you seen Christ in another person this Christmas? How did you make a connection between this ordinary moment and God's work of faith in you?
Winter 2016-17 Theme: Creation
December overview: "The Savior Has Been Born," consists of four lessons developed from the Gospel of Luke. Lessons 1 and 2 offer a study of how Mary, a virgin, received and joyfully accepted the announcement that she had been highly favored by God to give birth to God's Son and the story of her cousin Elizabeth's affirmation of the same. Lesson 3 studies John's mission as the forerunner of the Savior. The Christmas Day lesson deals with the birth of Jesus and the circumstances and events pursuant to it.
Lesson 13: November 27, 2016
Alpha and Omega: Revelation 22:8-21
Teaching Strategy: It's always good to give thanks, but especially on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, it's fitting to give thanks and praise to God for all our blessings. As this is the final lesson of the Fall Quarter, you might also reflect on where you've seen the Spirit at work in your congregation these past few months. Consider how gathering to study God's Word is a pattern for our future gathering in the unity of our one Lord and Savior.
Thanksgiving is a time of gathering. For farmers it's a time of gathering in the harvest. For urban dwellers it's a time of gathering groceries and special ingredients for all of our favorite Thanksgiving side dishes and desserts. For all of us it's a time of gathering around a table and thanking God for our many blessings. There is a sense of destiny in our gathering. What we taste around the table of thanksgiving is a foretaste of gathering around the heavenly table in the kingdom of God as it is portrayed in John's Revelation. God's new heaven and new earth promise a time of gathering all people around one Lord and Savior who is Alpha and Omega. How do today's blessings give us hope for the fullness of God's blessing that is to come?
Fall 2016 Theme: The Sovereignty of God
Lesson 13, Unifying Principle: People are aware that things have a beginning and an end. What is the source and final purpose of human life? Revelation affirms that God, who is the Alpha and Omega, controls all things.
Lesson 12: November 20, 2016
Living Waters: Revelation 22:1-7
Teaching Strategy: Provide a water cycle chart and an activity to help participants understand how our rivers and streams fit into the cycle. Then, work together to create a list of ten or more of the world's major rivers. Look up two or three names of rivers on the Internet in order to learn something about the people who depend on these rivers for their health and quality of life (see a few examples, below).
In John's Revelation of God's glorious new world, the river will nourish and heal everything in the city. Its an apt metaphor because we recognize the centrality of healthy rivers to life on our planet. When a water source is cut off or unsanitary it creates a life-threatening situation. Make time for prayers of thanksgiving and petition. Give thanks for all the ways in which you are blessed by a clean and healthy supply of water. Pray for God's healing in countries where the rivers run dry, where water is contaminated, where war removes access to water, where food cannot grow. Pray God's protection over the rivers of the world and over the lives of those who depend on these rivers. For example:
- The people of Peru who are diligently working to save the yellow-spotted Amazon River turtles by releasing 500,000 baby turtles back into the wild by mid-November.
- The people living in the Juba and Shabelle river basins. After months of drought in Somalia and Ethiopia there is now a high risk of flooding, especially in areas with open river banks / weak river embankments.
- The volunteers who train in order to protect the people, fish, and wildlife that rely on the Columbia River — it runs 1200 miles along the coast of the Pacific Northwest in both the United States and Canada.
Fall 2016 Theme: The Sovereignty of God
Lesson 12, Unifying Principle: People are aware that rivers give life and nourishment to the things that exist around them. How do rivers nourish our lives? According to John, in the new world, God's power will be in the river and will nourish and heal everything in the city.


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Jan 30 10 Inspection #18
My last inspection of the month took me to the Bancroft area this would represent number 18 for the month. For anyone that is counting the posts you will notice that the documenting of every single inspection has not happened. The reason for this can be summed up in one word BORING very often it is simply going through the motions. Yes this is good news for the home buying public. A boring inspection for me is a good inspection for the buyers in most cases. Occasionally I will come across a home that is very interesting either due to architecture or just the quality of work. It is a good job to have when you can go into the home and your explanations are about superior workmanship or clever ingenuity. Everyone walks away feeling good.
My Bancroft inspection was interesting, but not for any of the above reasons. It was interesting for the reason that, thanks to Mother Nature I was able to visualize one of the many theories that I speak about when trying to explain what has caused the defects that I have found. In this case it was in a crawlspace (Remember in the past postings I mentioned where the bulk of the sins are found) The situation that I found was a convection current of air within the cavity of hollow masonry foundation wall, and how as warm air rises up through the hollow cavity it picks up moisture that is laying in a liquid form with in the this space. Due to improper surface drainage the ground has been saturated to the point where it has placed a hydrostatic pressure against the foundation thereby causing water to penetrate the mass of the block.
As this warm moist air rises up the cavity of the block foundation, it reaches the top and comes into contact with the bottom of the wood sill plate, rim joist and floor joist where the warm air condenses, (due to the below freezing temp.) turns to moisture and forms frost. This is where Mother Nature came in. The day of the inspection it was -15 c outside and colder inside( no heat in the building ) due to this I was able to see a complete frost line of how the moisture laden air was moving as it left a perfect imprint on the framing that it came into contact with it. This condition, left unaddressed quickly leads to significant structural problems, mould and wood rot.
The good news is that at this stage the problem was easily addressed. Correcting the cause of the problem is the first step. Eaves trough clean and in good working order, down spouts that extend a minimum of 4 feet from the building and finally ensuring that the grade is such that the water runs away from the building. Once this is done the next step is to seal the top course of block to eliminate the convection current of air within the bock cavity. This can be done with spray foam insulation or with masonry.
Crawl spaces can have a wide array of concerns, you can be sure that we will talk about them again in the very near future.
Thanks for tagging along
Sunday, January 31, 2010
inspection number 18 made the quota
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
2003年美加大停電 / The 2003 Big Blackout in Northeast America
On August 14, 2003, a cascade failure of the power grid along the northeastern seaboard of America plunged many US and Canadian cities into darkness and complete chaos. Our household was among the 55 million people affected by the power outage.
I remember driving my family to Gatineau across the Ottawa River looking for food because Hydro Quebec was not affected by the power outage. After supper, while crossing the Champlain Bridge, I was suddenly struck by the darkness that was once the City of Ottawa. There were no street lights. Whole neighbourhood was submerged in darkness. I had difficulties finding my own street as all the familiar landmarks disappeared. Except the occasional flickering of flashlight through some windows, every house looked almost the same and I had no idea where home was.
Eventually we managed to find our way back to where we live and spent the night under the faint glow of some candles I had found in the basement. Within the next few days, electricity in the national capital region was mostly restored and we were back to an electricity-dependent civilization.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia ".... Ottawa-Gatineau is a special case in that it is divided by a provincial boundary and the Ontario and Quebec grids are not synchronously connected. Gatineau had power. One may have seen the drastic cutoff of areas still having power when they were crossing the Portage Bridge between Gatineau and Ottawa – the cutoff was at the provincial line. Street lights on the bridge were still lit on the Quebec side of the structure ...."
Related Link: The 2013 Big Blackout in Northeast America
Sunday, August 11, 2013
International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Duathlon Championships in Ottawa 2013
20130810: I took this photo at the transition zone of the ITU World Duathlon Championships event that was hosted by Canada this year.
All athletes were quick in changing their shoes in the 10K run/40K bike/5K run race except this one gentleman who couldn't find his bike!!! He must have spent abt a minute cursing, swearing and sweating as the clock ticked away !!!
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Saturday, August 10, 2013
非洲岩蟒蛇殺死兩個男孩的悲劇事件 / The tragic deaths of two boys killed by an escaped African rock python
Photo Credit: Wikipedia / African Rock Python
The killing of two boys in Campbellton, New Brunswick by an escaped African Rock Python has ignited a debate on the regulations, or lack thereof, governing the keeping of banned exotic animals in Canada. Recently, media have also raised some questions on the roles of Environment (EC) in this tragic case. Here are some of my thoughts from a non-legal perspective.
It is my understanding that EC's Canadian Wildlife Services (CWS) have been involved because the animal in question is listed in federal acts/regulations established under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
According to EC's website http://ec.gc.ca/cites/default.asp?lang=en&n=FD9B0E51-1 :
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) sets controls on movement of animal and plant species that are, or may be, threatened due to excessive commercial exploitation. Environment Canada (EC) is the lead agency responsible for implementing CITES on behalf of the federal government. Within EC, the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) administers CITES and interacts with provincial, territorial and other federal agencies.So if individuals or organizations are caught smuggling into Canada items listed under CITES, they will most likely face investigations and/or legal proceedings. (http://ec.gc.ca/cites/listedesespeces-specieslist/index.cfm?lang=En).
However, what remains unclear in this tragic case are the roles played by CWS, the New Brunswick Natural Resources Department, the municipalities, the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), and the zoo owner 11 years ago. In a bureaucratic world, a government official would not have just brought a banned animal from one place to another without a chain-of-custody paper trail or some sort of documentations. It is therefore important to find out what exactly took place more than a decade ago, and what the contributing factors were during that period and on the night of the killings that, when they all added up, led to the deadly end results.
It is a real tragedy that the two boys were killed. Let's hope that people in this country will think twice before acquiring wild animals that in most cases should not be allowed in an urban environment. And definitely, I do not support the trading of exotic animals at all !!
UPDATES: Ottawa Citizen
* 20130810: CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - A funeral service will be held today in Campbellton, N.B., for two young boys who were killed by a python while they slept in an apartment above an exotic pet store.
* 20130809: Questions arise over how banned python ended up at New Brunswick pet store
Related information from National Post:
Harper vows to review Ottawa's regulation of exotic animals after African rock python kills N.B. boys
Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed Friday to review Ottawa's role in the regulation of exotic animals as questions mounted over why Environment Canada delivered the python that killed two boys to a pet store in New Brunswick.
FACEBOOK /MANDY TRECARTINThe Barthe brothers cleaning a snake tank in an undated photo posted on their mother's Facebook page.
Environment Canada said one of its wildlife officers brought the African rock python to Reptile Ocean in Campbellton 11 years ago, even though the species was banned in the province without a special permit.
Mark Johnson, a spokesman for the federal department, said in an email that Environment Canada was asked to help take the snake to Reptile Ocean after it was abandoned at the SPCA in Moncton, N.B. His email did not address why the department would transport a banned animal, but he said department records indicate Reptile Ocean was operating as a zoo when the snake arrived at the facility in August 2002.
New Brunswick's Department of Natural Resources said only accredited zoos can apply for a permit to own a banned species, including the African rock python in question.
But Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums said it is the only recognized national body to accredit zoos in the country and it has no record of Reptile Ocean ever applying for accreditation.
The Natural Resources Department declined to say whether Reptile Ocean was issued a permit for the python. But it has said it was unaware of the snake's existence until the deaths of four-year-old Noah Barthe and his six-year-old brother Connor this week.
No one from the department was made available for an interview. Spokeswoman Anne Bull declined to say in an email whether Reptile Ocean was ever considered a zoo, citing the ongoing police investigation and privacy concerns. She was unable to say whether unaccredited zoos can legally operate in the province.
Animal welfare advocates said the case in New Brunswick highlights major gaps in laws governing exotic animals.
"In this instance, there were laws prohibiting it, but clearly enforcement was either non-existent or inadequate," said Nick Wright, a lawyer and executive director of Animal Justice Canada.
"There's no uncertainty that the African rock python is a species that should not be permitted to be kept in captivity in the way that it was."
Melissa Matlow, a Toronto-based animal advocate, said she was appalled that the python would be taken to Reptile Ocean without the appropriate measures in place.
"If (that) is confirmed to be true, then it's shocking that Environment Canada would just drop a snake off at a place that sounds like it didn't have proper permits," said Matlow, a spokeswoman for the World Society for the Protection of Animals.
"I think our regulations are grossly inadequate across the country."
Harper said the federal government will determine whether it should play a role in the regulation of exotic pet shops.
"We're going to look at all that has happened here to get all of the facts," Harper said in Miramichi, N.B., after an unrelated funding announcement.
"My understanding is that these types of establishments are regulated mainly by provincial governments, but at our level as well, we will try to ascertain exactly what has occurred and if there is a federal role, what needs to be done about that."
Matlow said most provinces fail to properly inspect pet stores, zoos and other similar facilities, adding that in many cases, inspections are done only when a complaint has been made.
New Brunswick's Department of Natural Resources should have known there was an African rock python at the store in Campbellton, she said.
"There should have been an inspection and there should be an inventory of all the animals that he has there to ensure all the animals are legal and permitted."
The store is owned by Jean-Claude Savoie, a family friend of the boys who took them shopping and to a farm before hosting a sleepover Sunday along with his son. Savoie has not returned repeated messages for comment.
Zoo staff seized 23 reptiles and euthanized four alligators Friday that belonged to Reptile Ocean.
(Source of news info: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/09/african-rock-python-that-killed-n-b-brothers-was-delivered-to-reptile-shop-by-environment-canada/ )
Related info: Wikipeida 非洲岩蟒
"..... 雖然非洲岩蟒暫時未被列為瀕危物種,但仍被列於瀕臨絕種野生動植物國際貿易公約的附錄二名單中,表明限制各國對非洲岩蟒進行各種非法出入口販賣及運輸用途。非洲岩蟒之所以會被視為有潛在危機,最直接的原因是其蛇皮經常遭到皮革工業商的覬覦,從而有機會被人類大量獵殺。
..... 成年的非洲岩蟒體長可達6米,是全球最巨型的蛇類之一(其它巨蛇亦是同屬蟒屬下的蛇類)目前為止,有紀錄最長的非洲岩蟒是於1932年於科特迪瓦所發現的,其體長達9.72米。
..... 非洲岩蟒甚少攻擊人類,雖然牠們擁有足夠殺死成年人的能力,但迄今為止由非洲岩蟒所造成的致命事件僅有很少,而且受害者大多是小孩。在1951年,一份烏干達報章報導了一名13歲男童被非洲岩蟒所吞噬,不過該蟒蛇亦被外力迫其將男童吐出;1973年另一份報章指一名葡萄牙籍軍人亦被發現遭蟒蛇所吞。1979年一條長4.5米的蟒蛇試圖將一名13歲男童(身高1.3米,體重45公斤)吞食,但因遭到男童友伴以石頭擲擊而將男童吐出;最後一宗較為人所知的事件發生於2002年的南非,當時的受害人是一名10歲小孩。...."
Related info: Wikipeida 非洲岩蟒
"..... 雖然非洲岩蟒暫時未被列為瀕危物種,但仍被列於瀕臨絕種野生動植物國際貿易公約的附錄二名單中,表明限制各國對非洲岩蟒進行各種非法出入口販賣及運輸用途。非洲岩蟒之所以會被視為有潛在危機,最直接的原因是其蛇皮經常遭到皮革工業商的覬覦,從而有機會被人類大量獵殺。
..... 成年的非洲岩蟒體長可達6米,是全球最巨型的蛇類之一(其它巨蛇亦是同屬蟒屬下的蛇類)目前為止,有紀錄最長的非洲岩蟒是於1932年於科特迪瓦所發現的,其體長達9.72米。
..... 非洲岩蟒甚少攻擊人類,雖然牠們擁有足夠殺死成年人的能力,但迄今為止由非洲岩蟒所造成的致命事件僅有很少,而且受害者大多是小孩。在1951年,一份烏干達報章報導了一名13歲男童被非洲岩蟒所吞噬,不過該蟒蛇亦被外力迫其將男童吐出;1973年另一份報章指一名葡萄牙籍軍人亦被發現遭蟒蛇所吞。1979年一條長4.5米的蟒蛇試圖將一名13歲男童(身高1.3米,體重45公斤)吞食,但因遭到男童友伴以石頭擲擊而將男童吐出;最後一宗較為人所知的事件發生於2002年的南非,當時的受害人是一名10歲小孩。...."
Thursday, August 08, 2013
2013 International Triathlon Union (ITU) Duathlon World Championships in Ottawa August 8-10: Team Canada
I took this video on Sparks Street, Ottawa during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2013 International Triathlon Union (ITU) Duathlon World Championships that is being hosted by Canada August 8-10. The video showed Team Canada members marching in the Parade of Nations on August 8, 2013.
I will be running the "Sens Shuffle" part of the event !!!
YouTube link: http://youtu.be/e3_XnNozM-E
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
狼人:武士激戰 / The Wolverine 2013
20130806: I watched the movie "The Wolverine 狼人:武士激戰" in 3D and here is a quick review:
* The 2013 film has a really interesting east-meets-west storyline, with our American mutant hero Wolverine 狼人 battling Japanese Yakuza 黑道, ninjas 忍者, Viper 毒蛇. and Silver Samurai 銀武士.
* While the Wolverine dreamed of Jean Grey-Summers (aka Marvel Girl, Phoenix, and Dark Phoenix) throughout the whole movie, the latter actually never had the same strong feeling in return.
* To this end, Hugh Jackman did a good job of depicting a ronin 浪人 roaming his own emotional wasteland void of love and relationships.
All in all, I quite enjoyed the movie !!!
Photo Credit: Wikipedia Wolverine 2013 film
(Top to bottom) Wolverine, Japanses Yakuza, Dark Phoenix
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Sunday, August 04, 2013
I watched WORLD WAR Z this evening and here is a quick review.
Brad Pitt's character as a loving father and husband might not come across as deeply as the one in The Tree of Life, but who could afford to soulfully ponder over the origin of the universe and the meaning of life when zombies were running amok and the very existence of uninfected humanity was at stake !!!
The film never says explicitly where the zombie virus originated from. One version of the story pointed the finger to the PRC, but according to Wikipedia (see below) Chinese censors disliked that notion and as a result release of the film in PRC remains uncertain.
I could have told the Paramount executives that they would hit the Great Wall by using sensitive words such as virus, infected, contaminated, etc, let alone pointing a finger to the east.
Talking abt walls. The failure of the wall protecting Jerusalem from zombies in this movie, along with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989/1990, and the breaching of the Great Wall of China several thousand years ago all seem to prove once again that an immovable object and an insurmountable force cannot simultaneously co-exist.
All in all, I find World War Z quite entertaining and is definitely worth the $6 I paid for the ticket. I might even be hooked for a sequel !!
And the quotable quote from this movie: "Mother Nature is a serial killer."
She will be back !!!!
According to Wikipedia / World War Z (film):
"..... In March 2013, it was reported that Paramount changed a scene in the film in which the characters speculate that the zombie outbreak originated in mainland China in hopes of landing a distribution deal in the country. However, an executive familiar with upcoming releases in China later told The Wrap in June 2013 that a cut of the film was rejected by Chinese censors. A Paramount executive contended that he was "unaware of any rejection", explaining, "We have submitted one version and have yet to receive a response." ....
《地球末日戰》(英語:World War Z)是一部2013年上映的後世界末日的恐怖片,由馬克·福士導演,馬修·邁克爾·卡納漢編劇。它是基於馬克斯·布魯克斯的同名小說。畢·彼特飾演一名前聯合國工作人員,他負責在全球尋找相關資訊,阻止殭屍毀滅全球所有國家。.....
《地球末日戰》據報為了能夠爭取到在中國上映,所以亦計劃剪輯兩個不同版本上映,尤其片中一幕討論喪屍災難的成因,矛頭直指中國,要通過電檢,更必須刪除。 有傳《地》於中國上映計劃碰壁,初剪未獲大陸電檢處批准,不過電影公司高層否認收到確切消息。...."
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The things that you want the most often seem to be the things hardest to get. Disappointments come in the form of shattering heartbreak but when you look back, ask yourself "Did I really break?" More than likely you did not.
Don't think this is cliche but truly not every denial is a negative thing- the job you did not get spared you from needless headache and may just have opened you up for something way better (way better is not always more $$$, it can also be more JOY & PEACE). The relationship that ended spared you from something and someone you did not need because it was no good for your overall well-being. There are so many things that God is protecting you from, even the things you think you want or need. You are blessed, once you believe that your perspective will change for the better.
Count your blessings. Ask God to show you blessings that you did not even know were there in the first place. Today blew my mind and God had been dropping hints since this past Sunday. Now I am sitting here just kool-aid smiling on a Tuesday! You can too.
Wait. Count your blessings. Ask for vision. Trust His process. Push on!
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(The last insect drifts through space, towards a small
planet)HDS: Many thousands of years ago, we were defeated by humans
in the great Insect Wars. Our human enemies thought they destroyed all insects,
but I escaped to live on. I hid myself by burrowing deep into a small planetoid,
and there I waited(A ship reaches the planet - on board, the
captain, navigator, and Rockhound)CAP: Nothing but siliconNAV:
Another complete waste of timeCAP: They're all a complete waste of time as
far as I'm concerned, but they does the paying, so we does the drillingROCK:
I wish something interesting would happen, just this once. Just something a
little bit out of the ordinary(The ship moves in to land on the
planet. A space suited Rcokhound climbs down some sort of mine
shaft)ROCK: OK, Rockhound, on the way down(At the
bottom, he examines some rocks)ROCK: I think I might have found
myself something interesting here. Not typically geological. Could be a sign of
lifeCAP: What do you mean, a sign of life?ROCK: I don't know, but I'm
curious to find out moreCAP: Return home now, and we'll use the finger
probeNAV: Rockhound, we sometimes follow the rules, remember? Come home and
we'll go remoteROCK: Sorry, it's been too long since my brain was put to
use. I'm getting - I'm getting a very weird feeling(At the base of
the shaft, there is a blue light. Tendrils and sparks start reaching for
Rockhound)ROCK: There's too much electrical action, I'm outta
here(He starts to climb back up the shaft, but electric sparks knock
him unconscious to the ground)CAP: Hey, Rockhound, we're getting
some interference. Are you all right? Rockhound, we do not hear youHDS:
I passed my essence, my soul, my intelligence, my everything into a human
host(A mist goes through Rockhound's helmet, and up his nose. His
eyes open - they are black)NAV: Rockhound, please talk to
usROCK: Sorry. I was asleep, but I'm heading for the top now. All the way.
Here I go(He starts back up the ladder)HDS: As the last
surviving insect, I knew that I would never be able to defeat the humans, but if
I possessed a human body, I thought perhaps I could use humans to defeat
themselves. I became His Divine Shadow, the most powerful ruler in the two
universes. My power over humanity grew as I passed my essence down through
generation after generation of human hosts. My insect body also grew in
strength, fed by human flesh gathered from 20,000 unsuspecting planets, all
unknowingly enslaved to their enemyBut my order was destroyed by Kai, the
last of the Brunnen G. My prematurely reborn body was killed by the Lexx, the
most powerful weapon of destruction ever built. Kai crushed the brain of my last
human host, but he did not kill me, as I still live on. But he does not know
that I live - through him(The Lexx is floating through space. In the
cryochamber, Kai's pod opens)(Stan is on the bridge)STAN:
I've been thinking. Lexx - there are all kinds of planets. There are planets
with nice scenery, planets with happy law-abiding citizens, and planets with
good rulers, and planets with intellectuals, and planets with women who are -
you know - open-minded. That's the kind of planet I want you to help me find.
Understand?LESS: No, Stan - I do not understandSTAN: OK, OK, how about,
er, women who are - available, does that mean anything to you?LEXX: No, it
does notSTAN: OK, how about, er, frisky, loose, low moral standards, and
-(Kai walks onto the bridge, ignores Stan, and walks off down the
other passageway. Stan rushes to Zev's bedchamber and wakes her
up)790: Oh disgust! Oh horror! It touches my beloved!STAN: Zev,
it's Kai, he's up on his own(Kai walks into the
bedchamber)ZEV: Kai. You've reanimated yourselfKAI: Yes. I am
experiencing an unfamiliar sense of motivationZEV: That is a sign of life.
You are not alive, are you?KAI: No. I am still dead. I am motivated to find
more protobloodSTAN: I thought the stuff we brought back from the Cluster
was supposed to last you for agesKAI: The protoblood we have now will last
me for a few days at bestSTAN: Then why are you walking around wasting
it?KAI: I must be animated to find a new supply. Protoblood came from the
GigaShadow. It may be possible to extract some from its offspring, if we can
locate oneSTAN: What offspring?KAI: One of the Insect larvae on the
underside of the GigaShadow may have come loose when you destroyed the
ClusterSTAN: But that was back in the Light Universe, this is the Dark Zone,
and we can't go back because the fractal core was destroyed, so how could we go,
even if we wanted to?790: Don't look at me, dead man in black. I also feel
no motivation, except to jam circuits with creamy love pudding number
oneZEV: Direct question, number 790 - do you know any way we can get back
into the Light Zone?(790 seems reluctant, so Zev raps her knuckles
on his casing)ZEV: Answer!790: The fractal core was simply a
point where the three physical dimensions of both universes intersect. It does
not have to by definition be the only such point of intersection. I calculate
that other pathways are in theory possible, but the risk to your angelic life
would be -KAI: I know the way(His eyes are black. Stan doesn't
see this, but is suspicious nonetheless)(The crew are on the bridge,
watching as the Lexx approaches the neutron star)KAI: The mass of
this neutron star is very close to the balance required to connect the two
universesSTAN: Very close?KAI: Yes. First we will let ourselves be drawn
into the star's gravitational pull. After that, and prior to the Lexx's
molecular collapse, there is a point when we must adjust the mass of the neutron
star, using Lexx's weaponSTAN: Well, how do we find this point?KAI: 790
will calculate it790: With an unacceptable margin of errorZEV: What is
the margin of error?790: Between 7 and 84% - 17 times out of 20STAN: I
am turning the Lexx around right nowZEV: No. Doesn't giving Kai a chance to
live mean anything to you, Stanley Tweedle?STAN: Well, yes, of course - but
he's already been around for 2000 years longer than he should, and I want to
live longer than the next few minutes, and if we don't turn the Lexx around,
like right now, then I'm not 100% sure that I will - 20 times out of 20!ZEV:
Stanley - I will do it with you, if you take the Lexx back into the Light
Zone790: Oh disgust! Zev, nothing is worth sinking that lowZEV: Quiet,
790(She gets up on the pedestal, next to Stan)ZEV: You
can have me, naked. My smooth moist skin pressed tightly against yours. Warming
you up, heating you up, raising your temperature until you are ready to explode.
Don't you want me wrapped around you Stanley? Squeezing you, riding you like a
big boy, until -LEXX: I am now inside the gravitational pull of the black
starSTAN: Lexx, I'm commanding you to turn around at once, immediately,
right now!LEXX: Too late, Stanley. The black star is much stronger than I
am. We are going faster and faster toward it(Stan gets down to talk
to 790)STAN: Why didn't you tell me we were getting so close? Why
are you putting Zev in danger?790: Zev's wish is my commandSTAN: Lexx,
please, I'm begging you!LEXX: I am sorry Stanley. It's too late. I cannot go
backSTAN: This better be the best sex of my life, this better be the best
sex in the history of the two universesZEV: I have obligation
whatsoever790: I'm a witness. You attempted to pull the Lexx back before the
deal was completedSTAN: You! -(Stan turns to
Kai)STAN: Kai, how come you're suddenly so all motivated to find
protoblood? I thought you were dead, I thought you didn't experience
motivationKAI: Something must have come over me(His eyes are
black again. The Lexx is heading into the neutron star)790: 5, 4,
3, 2,1 - STAN: Fire, Lexx, fire now, give it everything you
got!STAN: (to 790)You better be on the button790: I will
always do my best for Zev(The Lexx fires, and dissolves, then
reassembles as it passes through into the Light Universe. Stan checks that all
his bits are there) STAN: I'm alive! This is a good thing, this is
definitely excellent790: That's a matter of perspectiveSTAN: Lexx -
where are we?LEXX: We are in a big space, Stan790: We are in the Light
Universe, security guard class 4STAN: It's just rocks and Cluster chunks,
millions of 'emKAI: Do not underestimate the ability of the insects to
survive in difficult circumstancesZEV: But how will we even see one, I mean,
there's so much stuff out thereKAI: I suggest that we go out and take a
closer look. It will take time to complete a thorough search. We must begin
immediatelySTAN: You're just Mister Initiative these days, aren't
ya?ZEV: Coming, Stanley?STAN: No. Absolutely not(But of
course, he goes. They each take a moth out to search through the
debris)STAN: Completely, totally stupid - (He nearly
flies right into a larva)(The larva is lying on the floor in the
cryochamber. Kai is stroking it) STAN: I'm gonna be sick The idea
of bringing this insect that is dedicated to destroying all humanity onboard the
Lexx makes me completely ill. And I've got a right to say that, because if you
wanna be technical about it, I am the only one on this entire bug ship that is
100% humanKAI: You don't find it beautiful, Stanley?STAN: No!KAI:
Strangely, I find it has an attractive quality(Zev walks in,
carrying a large cutting tool)ZEV: It was His Shadow, and insect,
who destroyed your people. You should hate it, KaiKAI: True, but perhaps
that is also why I am drawn to itSTAN: You're drawn to it because you need
protobloodKAI: I do not normally respond to needSTAN: Well, I
do(He's so agitated, he takes his hat off)STAN: I
respond directly to need, and I need to see this larva fired right back out into
space and then blasted by the Lexx. And if you don't respond to need, what
exactly are we doing here?ZEV: I want us to be hereKAI: I do not know
why I feel this need. I cannot explain itSTAN: You are beginning to scare
me, and this thing totally scares meKAI: Do not fear this larva. It is at
best dormant, ready to contain lifeZEV: What do you mean, at best?KAI:
It could be dead. I cannot tell. It is not a functioning life form, as you are,
or Stanley is. It cannot live without the insect essence being passed to it, and
the last carrier of the insect essence was the GigaShadow, which we
destroyed(Zev turns the cutting tool on, but Kai grabs hold of
it)KAI: No, ZevZEV: Why not? I mean, how else are we going to
find protoblood, unless we cut it apart?STAN: I'm not against cutting it
into bits, the smaller the betterKAI: It may produce protoblood if it is
dormant. It certainly will not if it is dead(Zev turns the tool
off)KAI: I must spend some time examining itSTAN: Oh
boy(Stan, Zev and 790 are on the bridge)STAN: First Kai
experiences motivation, and now he wants to be alone with the insect. Don't you
think he's acting weird?ZEV: No - just more aliveSTAN: No! Not more
alive. More weird. Something's gotten into him790: I agree Kai's behaviour
is clearly inconsistent. I suggest that he returns to cryostasis, and we eject
the insect into spaceSTAN: I'm worried, Zev - and you should be
too(Kai puts his hands on the larva, and electricity crackles. His
eyes go black, and he growls. He falls onto the larva, but wakes up as the
others enter the cryochamber)ZEV: We are concerned about you,
KaiKAI: MantridZEV: Mantrid?KAI: If anyone can help us obtain
protoblood from this larva, it is MantridZEV: Well, who is Mantrid?KAI:
He was once the Divine Order's greatest Bio-Vizier. No man ever had a more
insatiable hunger for knowledge and experience. A brilliant scientist, and a
truly dangerous human being, so dangerous he was imprisoned by the Divine
OrderZEV: How can we find him?KAI: I know where he isSTAN: Oh
no(On a snowy planet, a beehive-like structure. Inside the huge dome
is a lake, criss-crossed by low bridges. A man falls over on one of
them)VIGO: Take everything I own. Take my jewels, take my gold,
take my life!MANTRID: Should snake venom swell your limbs to bursting,
should spider poison cause your brain to explode, should your bodily fluids
slowly drain out through pustulent sores, none of this is enough. You deserve
worse, far, far worseVIGO: Yes, yes, but please, please, I cannot wait. Kill
me, kill me nowMANTRID: How many have suffered because of you?VIGO: I
must not be allowed to live. I've done such awful things, such terrible
things(He backs away from the dagger at his
throat)MANTRID: So many little boysVIGO: So many beautiful
little children, I couldn't stop myself. I must not live another
minute(The arm holding the dagger is a drone. Mantrid is a head
stuck on a floating jar, which contains his internal organs. Two more drone arms
hover nearby)MANTRID: So many innocent lambs. You define
vileVIGO: Please do it quickly. End my lifeMANTRID: (laughs)
Did you hear me, you pathetic old castratu? You are the definition of
vileVIGO: Please, do it quickly. End my life(The drone arm
hovers away from him)MANTRID: That's why I like you. But for your
sins, the greatest suffering I can impose is to let you continue to live your
truly unfortunate lifeVIGO: Then I will kill myselfMANTRID: I don't
think so, you putrid sack of decaying flesh. You're far too much of a
coward(Then they hear a signal)KAI: Mantrid, this is
Kai, last of the Brunnen G. Mantrid, this is Kai, last of the Brunnen G. I have
come to free you(On the Lexx, the crew see Mantrid's face on the
view screen)MANTRID: What do you seek, last of the Brunnen
G?KAI: We want your help, MantridMANTRID: Want - what a strange word for
a dead man to say. But I'm no help to anyoneKAI: Except yourselfMANTRID:
So cruel, last of the Brunnen G - and so accurate. And how can you help
me?KAI: We have the Lexx. We can transport you wherever you desire to
go(A moth flies through the snow, carrying the larva. It descends
through a hole in the top of the beehive. The moth drops the larva into the
water, then lands. Zev and Kai get out)ZEV:
Hello?(Mantrid appears. Zev waves)ZEV: I'm Zev.
Interesting place you have hereMANTRID: A love slave, with a personality.
How peculiarKAI: And I am KaiMANTRID: I know who you are. You were
killed by His Divine Shadow 2000 years ago, and your body was used by him as a
weapon of assassination ever since, and you should still be deadKAI: I am,
but I have recovered my own memory, as well as the memories of many thousands of
others His Shadow killedMANTRID: How peculiar, times two. I'm Mantrid. As
you can see, time has not been kind to me. This is my assistant,
Vigo(Vigo joins them. He takes Zev's hand, and licks it - Zev wipes
it off))MANTRID: So, you have found a descendant of the insects
from the Insect Wars. Why do you want protoblood?ZEV: So he can
liveMANTRID: I didn't ask youKAI: I want protoblood so that I can
liveMANTRID: You want to live? How peculiar, times three. I'll help you with
your problem, and in exchange you will give me the LexxZEV: No, you will
help us and we will take you wherever you want to goMANTRID: He cannot live
without protoblood. If you don't give me the Lexx, I'll not help
you(Mantrid pouts sulkily)KAI: If you do not help us on
our terms, I will kill youMANTRID: Then it seems that I must accept your
terms(A drone arm examines the larva)MANTRID: I envy
it, because the insects could transfer their consciousness from one physical
form to another. Not something we humans have ever been able to masterZEV:
Is it still alive?MANTRID: What do you mean by alive?ZEV: Well, capable
of waking up and killing peopleMANTRID: I don't know what the word alive
really means. Kai has no heartbeat, he doesn't breathe, much of his brain
doesn't function, so he cannot think as we can, and yet he's showing some
unusual signs of life. Look at me - am I alive? This drone - is it alive? It has
a brain with switches and connections just like us. It can process information
much faster than any human(Mantrid winks at one of the drone
arms)MANTRID: Build Mantrid a hammer to smash yourself into useless
bits(The drone arm quickly builds a hammer out of some pieces of
metal)MANTRID: Now smash yourself(The drone arm smashes
itself to bits)MANTRID: I am living. It is a machine. But if a
machine is given the will to live, then perhaps it should be considered alive.
The boundary between nonlife and life is not clear to me. And to answer your
question, the insect is neither alive nor dead. It's dormant, and to extract
protoblood, I must wake it, at least partially. To be properly alive, these
insects must have their vital insect essence passed to them. Without it, they
are like a computer without a programme, a human without a soul. As it is, this
one shouldn't be dangerous(Vigo leads Zev and Kai to a structure
made of twigs, where a meal has been laid out for them)VIGO:
Mantrid is a brilliant man - not a good man, but a brilliant, brilliant man. If
he cannot solve your problem, your problem cannot be solved. Please, sit - this
should ease the pain of your visit hereKAI: Thank you, but I do not have a
stomachVIGO: All the more for the ladyZEV: What's that?(She
points at a small spacecraft, which looks like a four legged
spider)VIGO: A vessel Mantrid's been working onZEV: An escape
vessel?VIGO: No - more a vessel for his thoughts. I must work. You - must
enjoy(Vigo kisses Kai on the forehead, then leaves)ZEV:
Mmm, this is tasty(Kai goes outside and watches Vigo)(On the
Lexx - Stan is on the bridge)ZEV: Stan - can you hear me?STAN:
Zev?ZEV: We have to wait while Mantrid wakes up the insect, but don't worry
- I think he knows what he's doing. Just hang in for a little while longer,
OK?(A drone arm cuts off a section of the larva's shell, and pulls
back a membrane to reveal a blue organ)MANTRID: There it is, and
it's beautiful. The transduction organ, I believe essential to transfer the
insect consciousness from one body to the next. An organ only they
possessVIGO: So what are you going to do with it?MANTRID: I'm going to
remove it, but it won't do me any good unless it's working, so I guess I am
going to have to wake this beastie upVIGO: But the insects are man's
greatest enemies, they are - MANTRID: This insect will just be technically
awake, without the insect essence normally provided by its parent. It will
simply do nothing(A drone arm pumps some fluid into the larva, which
starts to twitch)STAN: They're gonna wake up the insect, and they
expect me to stay up here waiting for them. It's out of the question790:
Tweedle - you give carbon molecules a bad nameVIGO: We should take the
Lexx and go ourselves. We've been trapped here for so long, and -MANTRID:
Don't you realise what an incredible gift this is, you ridiculous excuse for a
man? For years I've been decaying in this stifling prison, struggling to find a
way to maintain my life, with your incessant blithering my only distraction.
Soon I would have been nothing, Lexx or no Lexx(The drones touch the
organ)MANTRID: I'm in a very good mood(Kai hides
nearby, spying on Mantrid. Zev is looking for him)ZEV:
Kai?(The drones probe the organ)MANTRID:
(hisses) Careful, carefulVIGO: Mantrid, Mantrid, please
stop(Vigo grabs hold of a drone arm)MANTRID: Vigo,
remove your handsVIGO: No, I -MANTRID: I have only one chance, and I
must be quickVIGO: No, I, I don't want you to do thisMANTRID: Remove
your hands(Vigo lets go of the arm)VIGO: I don't want
to be aloneMANTRID: When I die you will be aloneVIGO: I will die then
tooMANTRID: Don't be a foolVIGO: Mantrid, I cannot live without
youMANTRID: You're being sentimental, my friendVIGO: Mantrid,
please!MANTRID: Vigo - I like you. I've enjoyed some of the time I've spent
with you. But I don't love you. I don't love anyone(Vigo runs away,
sobbing)MANTRID: Goodbye, Vigo, goodbye. Eminently forgettable
pathetic little man(Kai fires his brace through Mantrid's jar, which
falls to the floor. Kai goes to the larva and 'kisses' the blue organ. Vigo runs
over to Mantrid)VIGO: Mantrid! Mantrid!(He picks up the
head and carries it away. Kai gets up, backs away from the larva, and trips over
- Zev is there to catch him)ZEV: Kai. Kai(The insect
wakes up, and starts to growl - and fly)ZEV: We have to get away
from hereKAI: The insect essence was inside me. I was not setting my own
agendaVIGO: Remove the blue organ from the insect and bring it to
me(The drone arms go after the insect. Vigo heads for Mantrid's
vessel)ZEV: Come on(She drags Kai away, as three drone
arms hover around the insect. Zev drags Kai behind some twigs. Vigo goes up a
ladder into Mantrid's vessel. The drone arms pull on the insect's shell. Vigo
puts Mantrid's head on a table) MANTRID: (gasps)
VigoVIGO: Kai did this. Kai fired the brace through your
jarMANTRID: I should have known. He was acting very peculiar for a dead
assassinVIGO: I will do the transferMANTRID: It's too late. I'm dying.
You don't know how - how - how to do itVIGO: I've been watching you. I've
been learningMANTRID: (laughs) Goodbye, you silly old foolVIGO:
Yes, I'm a fool, a fool, I'm a fool, a fool, a fool, a fool(The
insect knocks a drone arm out of the air, but the other two rip out the blue
organ and fly with it to the vessel. The insect follows them)KAI:
If the insect lives, it could be the end for all mankind. We must tell Stanley
to destroy the planetZEV: Do we have time to leave?KAI: I do not think
soZEV: Stanley, are you there?STAN: Zev?ZEV: Destroy the planet,
now790: Don't even think about it, TweedleZEV: Don't think about us -
blow it upSTAN: LexxLEXX: Yes, Stan?790: The rest of humanity is
nothing. Only Zev mattersZEV: Stanley, the insect is alive. Destroy the
planetKAI: The insect has taken my strength, but it will
return(The insect turns back to watch Zev and Kai)KAI:
This planet should already have been destroyedZEV: Stanley? Stanley?KAI:
It is looking at you. It does not see me, as I am cold. Run(Kai
collapses. Zev runs. The drone arms give Vigo the organ, and he attaches wires
to it and Mantrid. Zev runs along bridges, and the insect follows - until a moth
knocks it into the water)STAN: Yeah, ha ha!VIGO: Mantrid -
Mantrid, please, tell me what to do(Stan, Zev and Kai are in the
moth)KAI: I was not aware of it, but when I destroyed His Shadow's
brain I received an added bonus - some of the insect's essence. The correct
survival strategy for it. That explains my motivationSTAN: So you were a
Divine Shadow?KAI: Not completely, but I achieved His Shadow's agenda. I
created a new living insectSTAN: Oh that's great, that is just greatKAI:
Hurry Stanley. We must return to the Lexx, we must destroy the insectSTAN:
Yes, yes, yes, back to the Lexx(Vigo presses a button. A blue mist
from the organ joins a mist coming from Mantrid's mouth. The mist goes into a
vent in the vessel)(The moth heads back to the Lexx)(Vigo
gets out of the vessel. The drone arms hover around it. The insect emerges from
the water behind Vigo - but the vessel stomps on it)VIGO:
(kneels) Thank you, Mantrid. Thank you for saving my lifeMANTRID: I
am aliveVIGO: Mantrid?MANTRID: Yes it is, my friendVIGO: Mantrid, is
that really you?MANTRID: You brought the head to me, so I am Mantrid, but
you also brought a very important part of the insect to me, so I am also an
insect - or maybe a machine, I don't know, a fusion, a new life form, no matter
- I exist. I am. And not surprisingly I feel the insect's instinctive desire to
kill all humans - starting with you, my friendVIGO:No, no, Mantrid, I love
you!MANTRID: I now grant you the wish you have so often begged
for(A drone arm stabs Vigo)MANTRID: Goodbye,
Vigo(On the bridge of the Lexx)790: Oh, crescendo of
delight at Zev's return!STAN: I'm back too KAI: Quick, StanSTAN:
Lexx - destroy that planet immediatelyLEXX: As you command,
Stan(The Lexx powers up, and blasts the planet)STAN: Ah
- yes! We did it, we killed it!KAI: We must be certainSTAN: We blew up
the whole planetKAI: We must be certain(The Lexx moves through
the debris, until they see the broken body of the insect)ZEV:
ThereSTAN: Look!ZEV: I think that's what we're looking forSTAN:
Looks like there won't be another Insect War790: Excellent observation - for
a retardZEV: But we did not find protoblood for KaiKAI: I have
sufficient protobloodSTAN: But you said that - KAI: I lied. The insect
essence was controlling me. I have sufficient protoblood(Kai walks
away)STAN: Hey - I want you to know that former assistant deputy
backup courier, and now captain of the Lexx, Stanley H Tweedle, just saved
humanity790: Spare me!STAN: Yeah(In the cryochamber. Kai's
cryopod closes. Zev kisses her hand, and places it on the pod. Stan puts his hat
on)STAN: Be cool - get it? What do you say we try to find ourselves
a half decent planet for a change. Somewhere with good looking women - ZEV:
Good looking men790: With my head on their shouldersSTAN: Yeah, we'll
get right on that. Let's go(The Lexx moves away. Mantrid's vessel
emerges from the rubble. Along with three drone arms, it very slowly sets off
after the Lexx)
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Guitar rock diva, songwriter, on-air personality and masterful entertainer Palmyra Delran has released her newest single, "I Thought You Said That You Were Gonna Kill Yourself," off her upcoming album. The track, which Substream Magazine calls "smart and witty," focuses on the idea that in our culture of convenience, we sweat the small stuff. "It's a comment about people who overdramatize small situations in their world, without considering that other people may have heavy shit going on in theirs," Delran shares.
"I Thought You Said That You Were Gonna Kill Yourself" is the second single off Delran's new album, Come Spy With Me, out November 9th via Steven Van Zandt's Wicked Cool Records in partnership with The Orchard. Last month, Delran released the album's title track featuring Little Steven, Debbie Harry (Blondie), and John Carlucci (Fuzztones), which spotlights the resurgence of the 60s and 70s punk sound in the modern punk scene.
Delran is inciting espionage and bringing fans along for the ride with the release of her forthcoming album, Come Spy With Me, which stays true to her longtime artistic vision as she assumes producing and tracking duties.
A punk pioneer, Palmyra Delran's musical integrity stems from years at the forefront of all things rock 'n' roll. Packing more melody than her riot grrrl counterparts and more rock grit than most members of the alt-rock boy's club, her impressive career spans a stint in Pink Slip Daddy and co-founding nineties girl group The Friggs - who released the seminal Rock Candy, shared the stage with the likes of The Ramones and Cheap Trick, and also lent tunes to big-screen classics such as Superbad and Jawbreaker.
Upon the band's dissolution, Palmyra poured herself into multiple musical projects, releasing unforgettable solo music and unexpected collaborations, including an acclaimed set of singles with Bubble Gun (John Carlucci, Laura Carlucci, Michelle Balderrama, & Rikki Styxx), that showcase the multifaceted nature of her talent. Her 2013 album, You Are What You Absorb, featured "You're My Brian Jones" and was met with praise for Palmyra's adrenaline-rush rhythms and potent musical skill which Guitar World described as "another intoxicating blend of punk-girl grit combined with hook-laden melodies and deep lyrics."


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Name of Organization
Progressive Education Society's Modern Law College, Pune.
Established in the year 1934, and aptly named 'Progressive Education Society', the Society has taken long strides in the modernization of education.
Social service through dynamic education has been the time-honoured credo of the Progressive Education Society since its inception.
The P.E. Society's Modern Law College was established in the year 2003 through dynamic vision of Prof. Dr. Gajanan R. Ekbote, Chairman, P. E. Society, Pune 05.
In our endeavour to enhance legal skills and augment knowledge of law, we are inviting manuscript for Volume 3, Issue 1 of The 19 (1) (a) Peer Reviewed Half Yearly Law Journal bearing ISSN: 2348-4950.
Call for Papers
The Modern Law College, Pune invites research articles in the area of 'Law' from Researchers, Students, Academicians, Fellows, Experts, Practitioners, Executives, Representatives from NGO and other relevant stake holders.
Selected papers after evaluation by team of Peers will be published in the Peer Reviewed Journal with ISSN number 2348-4950.
Format of Paper
Title: Size 14, Times New Roman Content: Size 12, Times New Roman, 2000 to 2500 words.
Citation: SILC Footnoting System Line spacing 1.5
Papers by Co-authors will not be allowed.
Important Dates
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Somehow there seems to be a disconnect between what the person looks like in their photo(s) and what they look like 3-dimensionally. When there's more than one photo, the chances are greater that you won't be too surprised when you meet them in person, but there's still no guarantee that the reality won't be at best disappointing and at worst horrifying.
Several times, I entered the coffee shop where I was to meet a quasi-blind date, looked around, saw someone sitting by himself and thought, "Oh God, I hope that's not him" - and, of course, it was. One particular guy, who seemed very attractive in his photo, in person appeared mentally challenged. In fact, when I saw him, I thought to myself, "That can't possibly be him, because that guy is mentally challenged." Of course, he wasn't actually mentally challenged, nor did the illusion manifest itself in any way other than visually, but nevertheless a mentally challenged appearance is not, in a general sense, sexually appealing.
Of course, a mentally challenged appearance is better than getting a response to my message and discovering that the guy is, in fact, actually mentally challenged. Apparently he had considerable assistance in writing the profile. I mistakenly thought the goofy expression in his photo was his attempt at being amusing. I realized it wasn't when he responded with a childishly worded statement that his favorite T.V. show was "Flipper."
Then there was the guy who looked like an anorexic teenaged girl, without an ounce of testosterone in sight. Not much more you can say about that. And the one who wasn't bad-looking in person, but seemed to have a creepy quality I couldn't quite put my finger on, and the entire time we were chatting I couldn't help thinking, "Serial killer." When he left, I watched him disappear into the night, possibly to find his next victim....
Sunday, November 8, 2009
My Online Dating Saga - Oh Please, Let it Not Be Him
Labels: blind date, comedy, humor, online dating, relationships, romance, sex
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Do you need a lift? Are you down and out? Is life not working out quite like you had planned? Try going to God first, and start every day by saying out loud that "God is love and He loves me." Believe that "Love is who God is and He loves you" enough to take care of your finances, your health, your insecurities, and every other need that you might possibly have. Once we understand how much God loves us, all else will fall into place.
Dear Lord, in Your great love, You made a bridge that allows us to enter into Your presence (the cross), and piled every sin onto Your Son and sent Him to die in our place. Only Jesus, who was sinless, could be the perfect sacrifice that You required, and by accepting Jesus into our lives, we can cross the bridge into righteous communion with God. If we put that truth into our hearts, we not only have the promise of joy and fulfillment here on earth, but also eternity in Heaven.
Remember, God gave us His best first, His Son!


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Teddy Bear Background
Just over a hundred years after it was invented, the teddy bear is possibly still the world's most popular toy for small children. No doubt many people reading this will remember having a teddy bear as a companion when they were very small – in fact some have probably kept that bear, perhaps in a box or a cupboard somewhere, as a souvenir from childhood.
It isn't only children who acquire teddy bears, of course: they are also a popular present on St Valentine's Day, for example, and some people also collect them, particularly if the bears are very old (in which case they are sometimes worth a lot of money) or in some way unusual.
The most common story about the invention of the teddy bear involves Theodore Roosevelt, who was president of the United States in the early years of the twentieth century and whose nickname was 'Teddy'. One day in 1902 the President was on a bear hunting trip in the state of Mississippi when, because he hadn't managed to shoot a bear himself, the other hunters asked if he wanted to shoot a bear that they had tied to a tree. He didn't think this was proper hunting, however, so he refused. A cartoonist working for a major newspaper heard about what happened and did a cartoon about it. The owner of a shop in New York saw the cartoon and decided to make a stuffed toy bear that he put in his shop window with a sign saying 'Teddy's Bear'. The new toy was immediately popular, and the name 'teddy' stuck.
Strangely, at almost exactly the same time the teddy bear was also invented in Europe by people who almost certainly didn't know about the Roosevelt story on the other side of the Atlantic. A small business in Germany run by a woman called Margarete Steiff had been producing stuffed toy animals such as dogs, cats and elephants for about twenty years when Mrs Steiff's nephew Richard suggested that the company start making bears as well. The new toy, first produced in 1902, was based on drawings of bear cubs that Richard had made at a local zoo. The first bears produced by the Steiff company had long snouts, just like real bears, while 'Teddy's Bear' in New York had a more rounded head and therefore looked more like modern toy bears.


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Collaboration with Gilded Age NYC
A few of my paintings are included in Gilded Age's spring show at their South Street Seaport store. Racked NY wrote that "Gilded Age chose that neighborhood because they wanted to be part of the revitalization after Hurricane Sandy. The store will also feature three to four New York artists each month, serving as a platform to jumpstart their careers. This initiative is in partnership with Chashama, a non-profit that supports the city's art community."
Gilded Age
224 Front Street
New York, NY 10038