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Queen's Park turn 150 years old today and the fan who has seen more of their 4,846 games than any other reckons he would stop watching them if they ever gave up their legendary amateur status.
Keith McAllister has watched the Hampden club, who shaped football as a passing game and helped form the SFA and the Scottish Cup competition, play almost 1,900 times since 1963 and reckons it's the club's approach of Ludere Causa Ludendi – "to play for the sake of playing"– that makes Queen's Park special. If that ever went they would become just another football club and McAllister said: "It is quite a strange record to hold but looking back at the number of games I have watched since I started going when I was seven they have fair mounted up."
"Queen's have a fantastic history and of course have the tradition of being amateur that is still in place. I would never wish to see them turn professional as we would really lose something special. We would become just another football team as opposed to being a special club."
"There are other traditions like the players all wearing their jerseys outside of their shorts that have come and gone but if we ever turned professional then there is nothing special about us."
Such a move would see McAllister having to make the heart-breaking decision to not watch black and white hooped players picking up money and he said: "That would end things for me. Ironically I only started following the team because I lived just around the corner, however I last missed a game in 1979. Since 1973 I have missed only three games and that was because of work commitments in London. No combination of planes or trains was going to get me to them."
"Watching Queen's is what I do on a Saturday." Those Saturday's have seen title wins, promotions and relegations as well as a host of players take a step towards fame and fortune with McAllister saying: "Sometimes it has been a labour but most of the time it has been love. I thoroughly enjoy it even in the bad times and we have had some bad times."
Players have come and gone during McAllister's time and he said: "It would be hard to pick out one who stands out but John McGregor from the late seventies is the most complete player I have seen. He went on to Liverpool and they were the best side in Europe at that time."

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Leonard Maltin is one of the best-known movie critics and historians in the world. With the Oscars only a few days away, we ask, who are his favorite wrestlers in Hollywood? Which wrestler's statue does he proudly displays on his desk? What does he think of WWE Films? Read on!
Maltin discovered professional wrestling through cinema. "I didn't watch wrestling when I was growing up, and I know very little about it," Maltin confesses at the outset. But this has in no way diminished his appreciation of the contributions of professional wrestlers to world cinema. In fact, Maltin's assessment of wrestlers in Hollywood is invaluable to wrestling fans, since his is the eye of an unbiased film historian who can assess the acting prowess of wrestlers, minus the bias of any wrestling politics. As a critic who has appeared on Entertainment Tonight since 1982, and as the editor of the annual paperback reference, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, Maltin commands some respect.
In an earlier interview, Maltin talked about wrestlers in the Silent Film Era. But who are his favorite pro wrestlers from the sound film era? His choices might surprise younger SLAM! Wrestling readers, but not veterans of the business. "I fondly remember Mike Mazurki, who continued wrestling even as he built a solid acting career, sparked by his inspired casting as 'Moose' Malloy in the Raymond Chandler mystery Murder, My Sweet (1944)," Maltin says of the founder of the Cauliflower Alley Club. "He became a talented character actor in a slew of movies -- including classics like Some Like It Hot (1959) -- although he was usually typecast."
The Austrian-born wrestler was happily typecast as a wrestler in the greatest film based in the world of pro wrestling prior to Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, Jules Dassin's classic film noir, Night and the City (1950). Playing The Strangler, Mazurki was part of a wrestling dream cast that also included Stanislaus Zybyszko.
"I had the great pleasure of interviewing him in the 1980s for Entertainment Tonight after he�d gotten a lot of exposure in a popular Rod Stewart music video, Infatuation," Maltin reveals. Directed by the Emmy-nominated Jonathan Kaplan, the music video for Infatuation is inspired by classic cinema and, even today, stands the test of time as one of the best examples of the genre (Kaplan would later go on to direct many episodes of E.R. and Without A Trace). Maltin says that Mazurki was one one of the most important factors in making the video a success, by "playing the same kind of gangster type he'd perfected in so many vintage movies."
Maltin is not alone in his veneration for Mazurki. It is his name that adorns Cauliflower Alley's top honour, The Iron Mike Award, which is arguably one of the most prestigious awards that a wrestler can receive.
Perhaps the nearest and dearest professional wrestler in Hollywood for Leonard Maltin is Tor Johnson, who wrestled from the 1930s to the 1950s. A 1935 Galveston Daily News report purports that Johnson was "the son of a Stockholm grocer, and he thought he was doing well for himself when, on arriving in America, he got a job as special delegate for the longshoremen's union." As he was "bashing heads together" one day, Johnson was observed by former boxer, silent film, and early sound film star, Victor McLaglen. McLaglen, known for his frightening role as the racist boxer Battling Burrows in D.W. Griffith's haunting silent film Broken Blossoms (1919), then arranged a meeting with Johnson and some big film producers, securing his Swedish friend a Hollywood contract, according to the same report.
Like Mazurki, Johnson did not give up his wrestling career for acting. In fact, he used his Hollywood film appearances to boost his wrestling fame. His mentions in newspaper articles skyrocketed after his first film appearance in 1934. The Lowell Sun on November 19, 1937 describes a Toramania of sorts spreading across the nation: "Undoubtedly local wrestling fans have been reading and hearing about the success of Tor Johnson, 365 pound heavyweight champion of Sweden but few of them realized that they would see this huge grappling giant paraded before their eyes this season."
This is no surprise, as Johnson appeared alongside such 1930s film icons like WC Fields in Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935), and his friend, Victor McLaglen, in Under Two Flags (1936). The same piece continues, "Tor Johnson is one of the mat game's most colorful figures and is in demand all over the country."
But his success was not limited to the U.S. Johnson even had a run of matches, main eventing at the legendary Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, as demonstrated by classic posters put online by historian Gary Will, on the WrestlingClassics.com site.
In the 1940s, Johnson, like many wrestlers today, underwent a character change: he became the "Super Swedish Angel." His Super moniker came because it seems "Swedish Angel" was as popular as the moniker "Nature Boy" in wrestling: another wrestler from Sweden, Philip Oloffson, already wrestled in the U.S. as the Swedish Angel, according to a 1950 article in the Long Beach Independent. Johnson decided to one-up him by becoming Super.
Not content with simply starring in one B-director's films , Johnson took the lead role and top billing in another B-film director's film, Coleman Francis's The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961). This was his last role, since it was panned as one of the worst movies ever made.
"As with Bull Montana, I don't remember ever hearing Tor utter a word onscreen," Maltin recalls. "He was just a formidable presence." Maltin is a staunch defender of Johnson's legacy in film history: "I even have a plastic model of Tor sitting on my desk!"
Johnson died in 1971 from heart failure, but his legacy lives on today. The Beast of Yucca Flats has become a cult favourite after his death, thanks in large part to Mystery Science Theatre 3000. He was portrayed by George "The Animal" Steele in Tim Burton's biopic, Ed Wood (1994). And he also appeared in the critically acclaimed alternative comic books of Drew Friedman, reviving The Super Swedish Angel for a whole new generation.
As for 21st century films featuring pro wrestlers, Maltin is less optimistic about their legacy in film history. In words that don't bode well for Triple H and his new movie, The Chaperone, Maltin blasts WWE Films as a whole for reducing the overall acceptability of wrestlers in Hollywood in recent years. "WWE films haven't done better because
they need good stories and casts, first and foremost, to succeed beyond the core audience of hardcore WWE fans," Maltin concludes.
Ranjan Chhibber is a former WWE Writer with a Ph.D. in Film History, and award-winning academic, who has taught Film Studies and Popular Culture at various universities across the United States and Canada. He can be reached through his publicist, Ms. Jaclyn Allmon, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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INCOME GENERATION PROGRAM OFFICER (IG) – Jeneponto CDP
About Yayasan Gugah Nurani Indonesia
Yayasan Gugah Nurani Indonesia (GNI), an affiliate of Good Neighbors International, an international humanitarian development NGO in General Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council). Yayasan Gugah Nurani Indonesia provides child education, community development, health, sanitation, and disaster relief programs in 17 CDPs (Community Development Project) and serving 12,086 children. Yayasan Gugah Nurani Indonesia has missions around the world to ensure the well-being of people in need.
Duty Station
Jeneponto CDP
Position Summary
Execute the GNI Income Generation (IG) program (which may include but not limited to: entrepreneurship workshop and seminars, small medium enterprise development, agricultural sciences, and other entrepreneurship and innovation related) and ensuring the relevancy and effectiveness of programme implementation to the community in CDP area to increase community's welfare and wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct local Income Generation program needs assessment and surveys (which may include online and offline survey, Participatory Appraisal Process, etc.)
- Develop IG program plan and strategy (which may include program definition on how each program will be delivered, budget and resource needed)
- Control the implementation of IG program and review its progress to ensure the achievement of IG program's goals.
- Formulate the recommendation and best case
- Develop the program reports and program documentation to provide comprehensive understanding to GNI head office
- Maintain and improve relationship with partners and external stakeholders (which may include local government, other NGOs, industry, etc.)
- S1 / Bachelor Degree; Preferably in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management and Business Administration, Agricultural Sciences and other related studies
- 2+ years of relevant working experiences
- Preferably 1+ years of CDPs working experiences
- Proficient with credit union / cooperation
- Proficient about book keeping
- Innovation towards small business models
- Able to communicate with local community
- Minimum 1+ years' experience in NGO
- Fresh graduate are welcome to apply
- Fluent in English and Bahasa
- Preferably lived in Jeneponto & Jakarta area.
- Urgent needed
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- Please submit your Application Letter and CV in English.
- Submit To Email : email@example.com
- Please fill the subject with this format : Position_Duty Station_Name (Ex : IG_Jeneponto_Katriin)
- Deadline for submission of applications : 18 September 2016
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Another thread reminded me of the FF version number insanity (from v4 to v15 in about a year).
I think Mozilla has serious organizational problems and FF is bound to die off at some point if it continues. There's no reason at all that Chrome should be better than FF, but I think I must admit that it is-- in terms of speed, etc. That doesn't mean I like its interface or want to use it; I like FF. But the technical quality of FF is really dropping, especially in relation to how other browsers are improving. FF used to be at the top, and now it's barely keeping up.
If Mozilla completely changes strategies, there's no reason FF can't be the best again. But for the moment I do feel like I'm using it while I can until I get tired of it and move to a more modern browser.


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Around the Horn: Middle infield
Yankees depending on Jeter, Roberts to rebound from injuries
With the start of Spring Training just a few weeks away, anticipation is building for the 2014 season. MLB.com will go around the horn to break down each area of the Yankees' roster, continuing with this look at the middle-infield spots.
NEW YORK -- If the best-case scenario plays out concerning the Yankees' middle infield, Derek Jeter and Brian Roberts will bounce back from injury issues and enjoy a healthy, productive year as the team's new double-play combination.
And what if they don't? That's a possibility most in the Bronx would prefer not to think about, not with Jeter trying to close the book on what he called a "nightmare" season and Roberts preparing for the unenviable task of making Yankees fans forget about Robinson Cano.
"My job is to get ready to play," Jeter said earlier this offseason. "That's what my job has always been. I don't make out lineup cards. All I can do is get ready in the offseason, come there and be ready to play. My job is to play short.
"It's always been my job since I've come up. It's still going to be my job. I understand the concerns because of everything that went down last year. I understand that. But I'll be ready to go."
Jeter, of course, was limited to just 17 games last season. He served four stints on the disabled list with complications largely stemming from the left ankle fracture he suffered in Game 1 of the 2012 American League Championship Series against the Tigers.
The 39-year-old captain rushed to be ready for Opening Day and refractured the ankle during Spring Training. He missed the first 91 games of the season, then suffered a strained quadriceps in his first game back on July 11, returning to the disabled list.
A calf strain and lingering discomfort in the ankle followed over the next two months, prompting two more DL assignments and an end to Jeter's season in early September. At the time, Jeter said that a full winter of lower-half conditioning would get him in shape to return to playing shortstop on a regular basis.
So far, all reports have been positive. Jeter has been working out at the Yanks' facility in Tampa, Fla., taking ground balls and batting practice. It's a familiar setting for Jeter, who seemed to fill most of his summer with the same activities at the complex.
"It's good to have a normal offseason and get some work in," said Jeter, who agreed to a one-year, $12 million contract in November. "Everything is normal now."
The best tests will come in game situations. Now more than a year removed from surgery, plenty of observers will be watching Jeter's durability and defensive range. He's up against history: only one player in Jeter's lifetime, Omar Vizquel, has played in 100 games as a shortstop at age 39 or older.
"Given his age and given the severity of the injury, I think we all have concerns," Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said. "But if anybody is going to succeed, it's going to be Derek. Nobody is tougher and nobody is going to work harder to get back."
Big changes are ahead at second base, where Cano was the Yankees' most productive hitter in 2013. Unwilling to match the 10-year, $240 million contract Cano landed with the Mariners, the Yanks capped their bid to keep Cano at seven years and $175 million, money they'd later put into the pockets of Carlos Beltran, Masahiro Tanaka and others.
To fill the void left by Cano's departure, they are rolling the dice that Roberts can have a solid comeback campaign. A two-time All-Star with the Orioles, Roberts signed an incentive-laden $2 million deal with the Yankees in December, representing a low-risk investment and a good challenge for Roberts to stay on the field after he missed 445 games over the last four seasons.
"It was something that appealed to me," Roberts told the YES Network. "I made it pretty clear that my objective, if somebody wanted me to and felt that I still could, was to play second base on a daily basis for the most part. So I think that's my goal, is to be the second baseman the majority of the games, hopefully."
Roberts made the final out at the old Yankee Stadium in 2008, and following a durable start to his career, has been sidelined by abdominal, concussion, hip and hamstring issues since the beginning of the 2010 campaign. The Yankees were encouraged that Roberts finished last year healthy with Baltimore, batting .249 with eight home runs and 39 RBIs in 77 games.
"I felt like I really should have played a lot more games than I did last year, but I'm excited for the opportunity," Roberts said. "My goal is to come in and try and play as many games as they want me to play, and obviously help us get to where we want as an organization."
The Yankees have cushioned the duo by re-signing defensive whiz Brendan Ryan to a two-year, $5 million contract. Ryan batted .220 in 17 games for the Yanks last year after being acquired from Seattle in a September trade. He'll offer versatility to manager Joe Girardi, having played shortstop, second base and third base during his career.
New York also signed utility player Kelly Johnson to a one-year, $3 million in December. Johnson is currently being looked at as a major part of a platoon at third base, but second base is Johnson's natural position and he plans to continue working there this spring.
The Yankees are trying to hammer down a role for Eduardo Nunez, who played 75 games at shortstop last season and could also get some work at second base. Others who figure to see time in the middle infield this spring include Scott Sizemore, Dean Anna and Corban Joseph.


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The partnership will be focused on providing services to onshore and offshore projects, including connecting turbines to the grid onsite.
Kk-electronic CEO Tommy Jespersen said bringing together the two companies' expertise in the wind industry and turbine electronic systems is a "win-win" for both parties.
The Denmark-based firms have identified high-voltage servicing as having high growth potential.
"Total Wind operates in regions where we would like to offer customers service of turbines, so this is an example of value creation for us, our new partner and our customers," Jespersen added.
Kk-electronic worked with Chinese manufacturer CSIC Haizhuang in developing a 5MW offshore prototype turbine in 2012.


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I was looking through the pile of funeral/memorial cards and came across this one. Anne Marie was 11 years old when she died. I don't know how or if she is related. The card could have been kept because she was a child, but I will be pulling the obituary from the Green Bay Press-Gazette when I get back to Wisconsin next time. It's always sad to see someone taken so young. Having a 12 year old son, I cannot imagine what the family went through.
Rest in peace, Anne Marie.
**UPDATE** - Shortly after posting this story my sister-in-law, Karen, told me that Anne Marie isn't a relation, but she was one of her best friends from kindergarten through 4th grade. Anne Marie passed away after becoming ill from encephalitis when she was in 5th grade. Her family moved away from Green Bay, Wisconsin shortly after her death. Anne Marie is still remembered and thought of often. Thanks, Karen!


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Music through my life
Beginnings: I got my first guitar, an Oahu flattop steel-string acoustic, at age 16, after being introduced to the Kingston Trio's music by my math teacher. Three years and two more cheap acoustics later, I got my first serious guitar-- my 1935 Martin O-18. During my 20s, when I wasn't working as a radio news reporter, I spent a lot of time strumming folk and folk-rock songs in living rooms.
Turning "Pro:" In 1978, burnt out on the radio news business (covering twenty capital murder trials in two and a half years was a big factor), I formed a country band, and began playing in Houston, Texas area ice houses. For the next five years, I continued playing steel guitar in bands, playing literally from coast to coast, and nearly from border to border. I also intermittently taught guitar, steel guitar, and mountain dulcimer lessons.
The duo years: In 1982, I married Judy Ann, who had been my steel guitar student. In 1983, we formed a duo called JJ Balance. We both sang, and each of us played amplified acoustic rhythm guitar and pedal steel; we repeated the progression from local ice houses to road act. Following Judy Ann's sudden death from cancer in 1986, I briefly returned to playing in bands, but quickly realized it was time to go solo.
Going solo: I started with just guitar and drum machine, but realized during my first gig that I needed something more. I had briefly experimented with simultaneous guitar and harmonica in the living room days, ten years earlier. Hastily, I learned how to tune harmonicas; desperately, I practiced playing them along with the guitar.
Sonic expansion: Hungry for a fuller sound, I acquired a synthesizer and pedal keyboard, and began working on bass parts with my left foot. It was nine months before I had the nerve to try the combination in public, but the rewards were well worth the effort.
For several years, I was reasonably satisfied-- the highly compressed sound from the drum machine and the synthesizer bass was great for country dance music. Increasingly, though, I was playing more often for listening audiences, especially at the Hog's Breath Saloon near Houston, where I appeared for nearly six years. I grew hungry for a greater dynamic range, and a broader timbral palette.
More sonic expansion: I was ready when Casio's MIDI guitars were discontinued and dumped on the market at irresistably low prices. I acquired two, along with their companion synthesizers, and worked out my own method of combining synthesizer sounds with my rhythm guitar to supply some of the dynamic and sonic variety I craved.
Songwriting: I began writing songs in the mid-70s living room days, and persisted off and on after I started playing out. Initially, my motives were largely mercenary: I wanted to write hit songs and grow rich from the royalties. But in 1990, beginning with Windows Into My Soul, I started writing songs just because I wanted to sing, play, and hear them. In just over two years, I came up with Christ on a Harley, Hologram, The Likes of Me, One - Nine Hundred, and several others that aren't yet on the Web. To my astonishment and delight, these songs were received with great enthusiasm by my small audience.
Burnout: But I was getting tired of playing for pittances; tired of having to be a human jukebox, playing requests for other people's songs when I wanted to play my own; tired of battling with the voice change that occurs when a singer nears 50. (Joni Mitchell quit performing for several years because of this.) In 1992, I started tending bar at the Hog's Breath, and played music only one night a week. In 1993, I quit playing in public, except for the occasional song behind the bar, with acoustic guitar and harmonica.
I vowed not to play out again until I had a CD or two of my songs to sell, to supplement my income from performing; until I had coped with the voice change (when one plays four instruments simultaneously, key transposition is not trivial); and until I could play in venues where patrons expect and appreciate original music.
Recidivist!: I haven't yet met my terms. I've been recording my songs myself since 1982, but, as producer, I'm seldom satisfied with my music, and especially my singing. Marriage, parenthood (again!), and divorce have also curtailed my music-making.
Still, I've made some progress. MP3.com has made it easy for me to make a CD, so I've done so, with some of my strongest songs. For the last several years, my primary musical outlet has been acoustic guitar. I've composed several purely instrumental pieces, in an effort to become the finger-style guitarist I've always wanted to be. I'm working on recording them now, perhaps to become another CD.
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Mexico: History
Background. Mexico is an ancient land that, long before the arrival of the Europeans, had already seen the rise and fall of great Indian empires. The Olmec were the first, followed by the Maya, Toltec, Zapotec, Mixtec, and the Maya again. The Indian civilizations made important breakthroughs in agriculture and science. They built great cities and created remarkable works of art. At the time of the Spanish conquest, the most powerful Indian empire was that of the Aztecs.
The Spanish Conquest. The first Spaniards to reach Mexico landed on the coast of Yucatán in 1517, but they were soon driven off. In 1518 a second expedition explored part of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. This time Indians and Spaniards exchanged gifts. A third expedition, led by Hernando Cortés, landed on the Gulf coast in 1519 and founded the city of Veracruz. From this point, within less than three years, Cortés would conquer all of Mexico.
Several factors helped Cortés in his conquest. His army, although small (it numbered about 500 or 600 men), was disciplined and equipped with some horses and a few cannons, both of which the Indians had never seen before. Cortés also had the military assistance of Indian opponents of the Aztecs. In addition, many Aztecs were killed by an epidemic of smallpox, a disease new to them, brought by the Spaniards. There is also the familiar legend that the Aztec emperor Montezuma II welcomed Cortés because he believed him to be the Indian god Quetzalcóatl. In 1521 the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán (the site of present-day Mexico City) fell to the Spaniards, and the rest of Mexico followed soon after.
The Colonial Period. For 300 years, Mexico, then known as New Spain, was ruled as a Spanish colony. The colony's wealth lay in its silver mines and agriculture. The Indians taught the Spanish how to cultivate corn, tomatoes, and cacao (from which chocolate is made), crops unknown in Europe. The Spanish, in turn, introduced sugarcane, wheat and rice, and large-scale cattle and sheep raising.
But only a relative few enjoyed the colony's prosperity. The ruling minority was composed of colonists born in Spain. They were the great landowners, who controlled all important government posts and dominated commercial enterprises. The criollos, or Spaniards born in the colony, were next in importance. Although often wealthy, they were allowed only minor government offices. Next came the mestizos, who frequently worked as supervisors or storekeepers or served as soldiers or parish priests. At the bottom were the Indians, who labored in the mines or on the large estates under conditions of virtual slavery.
Wars of Independence. In 1808 the French emperor Napoleon I invaded Spain and placed his brother Joseph on the throne. The resulting conflict sparked the Mexican independence movement, whose first leader was a priest, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
On the evening of September 16 (the date commemorated by Mexicans), 1810, Hidalgo summoned his parishioners to revolt. His army, composed mainly of mestizos and Indians, grew rapidly and won a number of victories, but they were eventually defeated by royalist troops in 1811. Hidalgo was captured and executed.
The struggle was kept alive by another priest, José María Morelos y Pavón, Hidalgo's former student. After two years of fighting and several victories, in 1813, Morelos called together a congress, which declared Mexican independence and drafted a constitution.
But Morelos was defeated in battle soon after. In 1815 he, too, was executed, leadership of the movement passing to Vicente Guerrero. The final victory was achieved after a royalist officer, Colonel Agustín de Iturbide, who had earlier been defeated by Guerrero, switched sides. Spain eventually was forced to sign the Treaty of Córdoba in 1821, acknowledging Mexico's independence.
The Struggle to Build a Nation. Although independent, Mexico had as yet no real government. Iturbide seized power in 1822, declaring himself emperor. Once again Guerrero rose to fight him, along with Antonio López de Santa Anna, an army officer. Their successful revolt overthrew Iturbide and, in 1824, made Mexico a republic. For a short period the country enjoyed constitutional rule under Guadalupe Victoria, its first president, and Guerrero, its second.
Mexico's progress to nationhood, however, was to be slow and difficult. Conflicts between conservatives and liberals weakened and divided the country. The conservatives supported a strong national government and sought to maintain their traditional privileges; the liberals advocated decentralized rule, sharply diminished church influence, and broad social reforms.
The Era of Santa Anna. In l833 the presidency passed to Santa Anna, who dominated the country's life for more than twenty years. It was a time of political turmoil, with numerous governments succeeding one another. Foreign wars also sapped the country's strength. A dispute with France over Mexican debts brought French troops to Veracruz in 1838. The French were repulsed, but in a war with the United States (1846-48), Mexico lost nearly half of its territory.
War of the Reform: Juárez. The liberals exiled Santa Anna in 1855 and began to lead the country out of chaos. Among their leaders was Benito Juárez, a Zapotec Indian, who became one of Mexico's greatest statesmen. Juárez played a leading role in framing the Constitution of 1857, which limited the power of the army and the church, recognized civil marriage, and called for freedom of religion, press, and assembly.
Conservatives violently opposed the constitution, and Mexico was plunged into a three-year civil war known as the War of the Reform (1857-61). With a liberal victory in 1861, Juárez became provisional president. But the conflict had bankrupted the country. When Juárez suspended payment on debts owed to France, Spain, and Britain, troops of the three countries occupied Veracruz.
French Aims: Maximilian. The British and Spanish soon departed, but France's emperor Napoleon III, urged on by the conservatives, seized the opportunity to establish a monarchy in Mexico. French troops invaded the country in 1862 and captured Mexico City the following year. Juárez' government, forced to flee the capital, began a campaign of guerrilla warfare. Meanwhile, Napoleon III and the conservatives had chosen as emperor of Mexico the archduke Maximilian of Austria, who arrived in 1864 with his wife, the empress Carlota, to assume the throne.
Maximilian was a well-meaning but weak ruler who tried to govern benevolently. His moderate policies and acceptance of the reforms that had deprived the church of much of its land cost him the support of the church hierarchy and conservative political leaders, however. When Napoleon III, under pressure from the United States, withdrew the support of French troops in 1866, Maximilian was left isolated in the nation he supposedly ruled. In 1867 he was captured by republican forces and executed.
The Republic Restored. Once again free to govern as president, Juárez laid the foundation for Mexico's industry as well as its transportation and communications system. Most important, he introduced a program of free public education that reached out to the great mass of Indians and mestizos who could neither read nor write. When he died in office in 1872, Mexico had become a nation.
The Long Rule of Porfirio Díaz. Porfirio Díaz, one of Juárez' generals, seized power in 1876 and served several terms as president. Known as Don Porfirio, he ruled Mexico with an iron hand for nearly 35 years. He brought stability to the country, built railroads, improved harbors, and increased agricultural output. He established the country's oil industry, promoted good relations with other countries, and encouraged foreign investment in Mexico.
At the same time, under Díaz, the church, the aristocracy, and the army regained their old privileges. The Indians found themselves with less land than ever, city and rural workers were impoverished, and political opposition was suppressed.
The Revolution of 1910. Díaz' dictatorial rule brought about a revolution in 1910. Pancho Villa, a former bandit and guerrilla fighter, led the uprising in the north. In the south, Emiliano Zapata, a tough peasant leader, took up the cause of the landless Indians. Díaz was forced to resign, and Francisco I. Madero, the liberal son of a wealthy landowner and a champion of political reform, was elected president in 1911.
In the years that followed, Mexico was torn by almost continuous violence in the struggle among rival revolutionary leaders. Victoriano Huerta, a general supported by the conservatives, had Madero assassinated in 1913 and seized power. Villa and Zapata rebelled against Huerta, as did Venustiano Carranza, the governor of Coahuila state. Huerta was deposed and Carranza became president in 1914.
By 1915, however, Carranza was at war with both Villa and Zapata, particularly over the slow pace of land reform. U.S. president Woodrow Wilson twice intervened on behalf of Carranza, and in 1915 he dispatched a cavalry force against Villa, who had raided a U.S. border town. In 1916 the victorious Carranza called for a convention to draft a new constitution.
The Constitution of 1917. The 1917 Constitution revived Juárez' ideal of free public education and government control of church property and wealth. It regulated hours and wages for workers and upheld their right to unionize and strike. It also affirmed the government's right to reclaim ownership of all land, as well as the resources beneath the surface, in the name of the nation. Although socially progressive, many provisions of the new constitution were not carried out because of a lack of funds and political will.
The Post-Constitutional Era. Carranza was himself deposed in 1920 (and later killed), when he tried to prevent Alvaro Obregón from becoming president. Obregón was a cautious man who achieved some results in land distribution, education, and labor reform. His successor, in 1924, was Plutarco Elías Calles, who expanded the distribution of land. He also enforced the constitutional provisions against the church, which led to the bloody but unsuccessful Cristero revolt (1926-28) by militant Catholics.
Under Calles' successors, however, the pace of reform slowed down. He was succeeded in the presidency by Emilio Portes Gil, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Abelardo Rodríguez. The three held office between 1928 and 1934.
A New Political Party. Although he retired as president in 1928, Calles remained for some six years thereafter the most powerful figure in Mexican political life. In 1929, in order to stabilize the country's fragmented political system, he created a new party, the National Revolutionary Party, to include the various revolutionary factions. It was the predecessor of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which remains the dominant political party today.
Lázaro Cárdenas, elected president in 1934, restored the revolutionary fervor of an earlier time. He recast the party, making it national in scope and bringing it under presidential control, and he undertook a number of bold economic and social changes. He nationalized the oil industry (much of which was foreign-owned) and the railroads, distributed more land to the poor than any previous president, and greatly increased the number of schools.
A New Direction. The presidents after Cárdenas stressed Mexico's industrial development, placing less emphasis on social and economic reforms. This policy began during the administration of Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940-46), who also made peace with the church and took Mexico into World War II on the side of the Allies. It continued under his successors--Miguel Alemán Valdés (1946-52), Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1952-58), and Adolfo López Mateos (1958-64).
While Mexico did achieve rapid industrialization, it was accompanied by the great migration of people to the cities, high unemployment, and inflation. Criticism of the government intensified during the presidencies of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-70) and Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1970-76). It was under Echeverría that a national family-planning program was launched to combat the enormous population growth.
From Prosperity to Crisis. The discovery of new oil resources ushered in a period of prosperity during the presidency of José López Portillo (1976-82). But his free-spending policies and falling prices for oil led to an economic crisis in 1982. His successor, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (1982-88), sought to curb wasteful programs and bring the country's enormous foreign debt under control. He also linked Mexico economically to the international community through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Efforts to improve the economy continued under Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-94), who returned the nationalized banking system to private ownership and sold off state-owned steel mills, copper mines, and airlines. Even more important was his negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Canada. But the Salinas years also saw an increase in drug trafficking, official corruption (particularly within the country's police forces), and a revolt in poverty-stricken Chiapas state by the Zapatista National Liberation Army, a peasant guerrilla group.
Recent Events. The 1994 presidential election was marred by the assassination of the PRI candidate, Luis Donaldo Colosio. Soon after winning election, his successor, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, faced an even more severe economic crisis. To prevent a default on Mexican government bonds, the United States loaned Mexico $12.5 billion in 1995. Additional funds were provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
To restore the reputation of the PRI, which had come under increasing attack because of its single-party rule and entrenched corruption, Zedillo introduced political reforms intended to make Mexico a true multiparty democracy. He promised fair and honest elections, consultations with the opposition on key issues, a strengthened judiciary, and political democratization. He also negotiated with the Zapatista rebels, although violence in Chiapas continued. Zedillo's reforms contributed in 1997 to the PRI's loss of control of the lower house of the legislature for the first time in the party's history.
In early 1998, opposition candidates won six gubernatorial races, but by the end of the year, the PRI appeared to be regaining strength. Nevertheless, in 2000 an opposition candidate, Vicente Fox Quesada of the National Action Party, was elected president, ending 71 years of PRI presidential rule.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays could axe as many as 3,500 investment bank staff and cut its advisory or equities operations in Asia as part of a broader strategic review aimed at fixing the bank's culture in the wake of the financial crisis.
The future shape and size of the investment bank is seen as the most critical part of Chief Executive Antony Jenkins' review, as it contributes more than half of group profits but conducts the "casino" activities politicians and regulators are cracking down on.
The British bank was fined $450 million (280 million pounds) in June for rigging Libor interest rates, which forced its chairman and chief executive to quit.
Barclays' reforms are not expected to be as radical as those of rivals UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland, who are pulling back sharply, but sources say tough choices loom.
Jenkins will need to take action to cut costs and ensure the business is profitable under tougher new rules, and show the public and politicians that he has tackled culture and conduct, they said.
Activities that make low returns or lack scale are at threat, and the bank has said it will also stop anything that may harm its reputation, like tax advisory and agricultural commodities trading.
Jenkins is not due to unveil his "Project Transform" until February, but Project Mango, as the investment bank revamp has been named by the unit's boss Rich Ricci, is close to being wrapped up.
"Barclays is at an interesting crossroad," analysts at BernsteinResearch said in a note to clients.
"On one hand, the bank seems likely to be one of the winners as competitors exit FICC (fixed income, currencies and commodities) ... on the other hand, the unit has faced increased hostility from regulators and investors alike, especially following the Libor crisis."
All investment banks are reassessing their shape and size, but regulatory change has created an uncertain backdrop.
The Bank of England told UK banks this week they need more capital and U.S. regulators signalled they will toughen rules for foreign firms, both potentially shifting how Barclays views some operations.
The actions of rivals may also sway plans - UBS's pullback, for example, could open gaps that Barclays may want to exploit.
"There will be a lot of stuff in the middle that's marginal. He (Jenkins) may not want to commit to what happens to those areas until the regulations are clearer," said Gary Greenwood, analyst at Shore Capital.
Goldman Sachs analysts said Barclays could cut 15 percent of investment bank staff, or 3,500 of its 23,300 employees, and adjust its equities and equity capital markets operations outside the United States and selected European markets, and its M&A advisory across the Asia Pacific.
"We consider a broad-based but organic realignment of the unit - including balance sheet shrinkage and the exit from subscale operations as well as cost cuts and staff reductions - the most likely strategic outcome," they said in a recent note.
The business would struggle to deliver a sustainable return above its cost of capital due to new capital rules and a 900 million pound annual hit from having to separate retail and investment banking operations under new UK rules, requiring the bank to "shrink to fit", Goldman said.
Ricci, who helped build up the investment bank into a debt market powerhouse and helped lead a push to be one of a handful of top global firms, is assessing the business in 54 parts, helped by financial advisory and accounting firm Deloitte.
Project Mango - named after a fruit that in some cultures is seen as a symbol of attainment - involves screening activities first for reputational risk, then assessing culture and leadership, and then deciding whether they deliver decent sustainable returns, he said.
"We've turned the analysis on its head. We've put the reputational risk analysis very front and centre," Ricci told lawmakers on Wednesday as part of an inquiry into banking industry standards.
There would be "demonstrable change" from the review, he said.
Editing by Sonya Hepinstall


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Roast sweet potato, squash & garlic mash
Prep: 15 mins Cook: 45 mins
Roasting root veg really brings out the flavour, perfect for this warm comforting mash
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- 1kg squash
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Sweet potatosweet po-tate-toe
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- 2 bulbs of garlic, halved
Part of the lily, or alium, family, of which onions are also a member, garlic is one of the most…
- 1 red chilli
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Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Peel and cut the squash and sweet potatoes into chunks. Divide between 2 roasting tins with the garlic and red chilli. Toss with the oil.
Roast for 45 mins. Halve and deseed the chilli, then chop. Squeeze out the garlic and mash everything together. Season and drizzle with oil to serve. Great with roast chicken, chorizo, blue cheese.
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Parsnip & Gruyère with sageRoast 1kg parsnips as before. Mash well, then mix with 100ml warmed milk and 50g grated Gruyère. Heat 25g butter in a pan and fry 3 sliced garlic cloves until golden. Toss in a handful shredded sage leaves for 30 secs, then stir into the mash. Try with pan-fried pork chops or pork tenderloin.
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Swede & carrot with winter herbsRoast 1kg swede and 1kg carrots as before, adding a handful chopped rosemary and thyme leaves 10 mins before the end. Mash with 100ml milk or stock and season. Delicious with sausages and stews.
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11th Feb, 2013
Lovely! I cut down on the garlic- as my tummy would hate me if i used a whole bulb never mind 2! I crushed 3 cloves of garlic and cut up one red chilli, seeds kept in for the kick. It was delicious! I served it with the one-pot chicken chasseur recipe also on bbcgoodfood as it was the reccommendation and how right it was! Made mash veg much more exciting :)


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Some of you may be interested or even fascinated by the discipline of mantra, but feel somewhat overwhelmed by the array of mantras and disciplines, astotaras and pujas you find in these pages. If so, then this chapter will be of use to you. The next few pages contain some simple mantras and their common application. They have been compiled from other chapters throughout the rest of this book, drawn from the various headings of the deities or principles involved. These mantras address various life issues which we all face from time to time. If you want more information or more mantras relating to the deities or principles involved, consult the appropriate chapter.
Ganesha: Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha
The story of Ganesha is found in the chapter devoted to this principle. But for your immediate need, you need only know that for seen or unseen obstacles which seem to be standing in the way of your progress or achievement, either specifically or generally, this mantra has proved invaluable. It has been used it with great success not only in India, but here in the West dozens of people have related to me their success in turning things around in their life by using this mantra.
Lakshmi: Om Shrim Mahalakshmiyei Swaha
This mantra has not only been used for the purpose of attracting prosperity, but also for drawing in proper friends, clearing up family misunderstandings and quarrels, and smoothing some health problems. As we all know, there are many different kinds of wealth. As you use this mantra, focus on the kind of wealth you wish to manifest in your life.
Durga: Om Dum Durgayei Namaha
Durga is the Divine Protectress. Typically shown riding a lion or a tiger, Durga has a hundred arms, each with a different weapon of destruction. Yet her face is exquisitely beautiful to behold. The interpretation is that to the pious and the sincere seeker after truth, her sight can produce ecstacy and a variety of beautiful forms. But the negative, harmful or demonic, her countenance is as terrible as Kali, except she shows more weapons of destruction than Kali (who is described later).
Saraswati: Om Eim Saraswatyei Swaha
Saraswati holds a musical instrument, the vina, in one hand and a rosary in another hand. She spans the world of mundane knowledge and spiritual understanding. Those pursuing any artistic or educational endeavor whatsoever will gain greatly from the practice of this mantra.
Shiva: Om Namah Shivaya
The sounds relate directly to the principles which govern each of the first six chakras on the spine...Earth, water, fire, air, ether. Notice that this does not refer to the chakras themselves which have a different set of seed sounds, but rather the principles which govern those chakras in their place. A very rough, non-literal translation could be something like, 'Om and salutations to that which I am capable of becoming.' This mantra will start one out on the path of subtle development of spiritual attainments. It is the beginning on the path of Siddha Yoga, or the Yoga of Perfection of the Divine Vehicle.
Rama: Om Sri Rama Jaya Rama, Jaya, Jaya Rama
Rama was an Avatar who came several thousand years ago. His sole purpose was to show how a person should live a Divine Life while living in a human body. A short story about the esoteric meaning of his life is found in the chapter devoted to him. You will recall from the previous chapter that Mahatma Gandhi practiced this mantra for over 60 years. This mantra will 'take one across' the ocean of rebirth. In a more immediate way, it is most powerful in reducing negative karmic effects no matter in which life they might have occurred. I have also had a powerful spiritual healing experience (for another person), while using this mantra intensely.
Following is a recording of Thomas Ashley-Farrand (Namadeva Acharya) reciting the mantra Om Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama. Use any of the following links to play this recording. Note: The audio clip features Namadeva chanting the mantra three times. To hear the mantra repeatedly, you may need to change the options in your audio player. For example, you can set some versions of Windows Media Player to play repeatedly by pressing CTRL T, or by choosing View / Options / Playback / Repeat Forever. In some versions of Real Player you can choose >> / Play / Continuous Play.
The Planet Saturn:
Saturn is the planet of lessons. It is closely related to the karma we may encounter in a given lifetime. It also stands as a gatekeeper to some of the higher vibrations to which we aspire though spiritual development. By offering salutations outwardly, one clears certain internal obstructing energy patterns. But Saturn has received an overly negative reputation from some astrologers. There have been circumstances where very positive things manifested in people's lives unexpectedly, apparently as a direct result of working with this mantra. Internally, Saturn energy is predominant in the spleen, knees and skeletal system. However, as Saturn moves through the various astrological signs, it 'triggers' karma we may have stored under astrological configurations found in that sign. Therefore, the use of the Saturn mantra can mitigate and even clear certain categories of karma which appear in our lives. This mantra has been used with great success personally. And I have received reports of its efficacy from many other people.
The positive effects of this mantra may not be so clearly seen or described as some of the others: a seeming increase in good fortune or luck; the ability to make the best of a set of circumstances which may occur; an increase in positive mental or emotional disposition; an easier route to becoming physically fit. Yet these few phrases do not begin to exhaust the benefits of using this mantra. It seems to brighten or optimize nearly everything in life.
Rama (Healing Mantra):
This is a long mantra to put in a chapter for those just starting off, but is placed here because it is the most powerful healing mantra I have ever encountered. The very rough translation is, 'Om, Oh most compassionate Rama please send your healing energy right here to the earth, to the earth (twice for emphasis.)' I have seen this mantra completely cure one person from a schizophrenic break who was in a locked ward. The psychiatrist said he would never lead a life on the outside again. In the middle of a 40 day sadhana done in his behalf, he was living in a 'halfway house' for those on the road to recovery. After 40 days of a spiritual discipline done on his behalf, he was on his own. He has since graduated from Art School which he attended on scholarship, and is working as an artist. Another individual who was on medication, took off spurning his pills and disappeared for a time. After a 40 day sadhana done on his behalf, he had stabilized his life and was back on his medication without complaint. A woman I know was in constant pain for four years. She undertook this discipline and after just a few weeks was in less pain than at any time she could remember over the past several years. She is still doing the mantra and expects to be pain-free relatively soon. Although the mantra is long, it is simple to say phonetically. If you can, say it 108 times in a sitting. If you are just starting out, this may initially take up to one hour. After you are comfortable with the mantra, it will only take you 30 minutes.
Bodhisattwa Avalokiteshwara
This mantra is practiced more than any other in the world. It is pre-eminent in producing a state of dynamic compassion in the sayer. Dynamic means that this compassion contains as part of it the ability to powerfully manifest in both subtle and obvious ways. One of the simple yet profound teachings which accompanies this mantra is the concept that when the mind and heart become united, anything is possible. The implications of this simple thought are staggering. If you want to change the world for the better, this mantra should be in your spiritual toolbox. For more on this mantra, see the chapter on the Wesak Festival.
A dedicated group of followers of Kuan Yin use this mantra to invoke her as an emanation of Avaloketeshwara, while others use the mantra Namo Kuan Shi Yin Pu Sa.
Getting Started
Start by picking some aspect of your life you wish to improve or some vexing problem you would like to solve or dissolve. Then pick a mantra which seems, to you, to apply. Offer a prayer to God, in whatever way you relate to God. Ask for God's blessing in accomplishing your objective in doing this spiritual discipline.
Once you have decided to undertake the discipline and offered your prayers, then pick a place where you will say your mantra for a certain number of times each day. If possible, obtain a rosary of some kind and do your mantras in some multiple of 108. If getting a rosary is not possible, then decide on a certain amount of time you will spend each day saying your mantra. It can be five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes or even an hour. For your first experience, any time up to twenty minutes is advisable.
The reason for taking things easy for the first 40 day commitment is due to the cumulative action of the mantra. For the first few days, all will probably go smoothly. Then as you progress, you may find that things start to get in the way of your doing the discipline: You oversleep; there is some minor emergency; you get a cold, whatever. This means that you are beginning to effect the inner 'something' for which you undertook the mantra. You are beginning to encounter inner resistance. That inner resistance manifests as outer obstacles to your discipline. It has almost become a joke in many spiritual circles in which the practice of mantra is common, that something of a very surprising nature happened on day 33 or 35 of a 40 day sadhana. It has happened to me and many others with whom I have spoken on innumerable occasions over the last 22 years.
Develop a sense of humor about it, and be thankful. There is no better indication that your efforts are working than to have small upheavals in your life while you are in the midst of a 40 day mantra discipline. Ask anyone who has undertaken one and they will have some interesting stories for you.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 12, 2006) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a consent agreement settling open meeting law violations with members of the Oracle School District Governing Board.
An investigation by the Attorney General's Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team (OMLET) revealed that a quorum of the Governing Board members continued an executive session regarding Oracle School Superintendent John Clark's evaluation via email. Specific violations include:
- On Nov. 12, 2004, Board member Madeline Bosma sent an email message to other members discussing Clark's evaluation scores which were derived from information provided by a quorum of the Board.
- On Nov. 13, 2004, Bosma sent an email to Board members discussing Clark's evaluation results. In this email, Bosma asked some of the Board members to justify scores and gave Board members a deadline to provide her with additional information so she could complete the process.
- On Nov. 15, 2004, Bosma sent an email to the Board discussing changes to the scores and comments. She also attached a draft of the evaluation for Board review and discussion. She asked Board members to review it and bring any proposed changes to the next meeting or email the changes to her.
"The fact that a majority of the Board exchanged messages discussing possible Board actions constituted a meeting," Goddard said. "I don't want to stop public officials from using email, but they need to be careful and use it lawfully."
Terms of the Consent Agreement include:
- Bosma will pay a $500 penalty within 30 days from the date of execution of the Consent Agreement. The penalty will be paid to the Oracle School District general fund.
- All current Governing Board members will participate in an Open Meeting Law training session within 90 days from the date of execution of the Consent Agreement.
- Governing Board members will sign a written statement agreeing that they will not use email, or direct staff to use email, to communicate with any other Board member.
- The Governing Board will establish an email record retention system and make it available for public inspection.
- The Governing Board will establish an email policy that governs both Board member and staff email messages. The policy will be developed at a public meeting and must conform to all open meeting law requirements.
The investigation was prompted by a complaint filed by Clark and former Board member Patrick Schifano. They filed the complaint with the Pinal County Attorney's Office, which turned the matter over to the Attorney General's Office.
The following Board members signed the agreement: Madeline Bosma, Susan Beaman, Nellie Doran, and Elizabeth Harmon. Board member Jack Walden did not sign because he was not a board member at the time the violations occurred.


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Henk Albers was a legendary Dutch comics artist, best known for his work for magazines like Pep and Donald Duck, but also for the many anecdotes about his lifestyle. When he was still a teenager, Albers got drawing lessons from Wim Lensen at the Toonder Studios. During the War, he remained active for the studio's animation department, together with his buddy Albert van Beek.
After the war, he started to work for magazines like Piet van Elk's Stripfilm ('Jimmy Stone en Chickey Walker' with Joop Elenbaas) and Wim Meuldijk's Ketelbinkie-krant. Also with Elenbaas, he created the comic 'Tom Lucky' for Rotterdam newspaper De Maasbode in 1946. He assisted Siem Praamsma as an inker and co-plotter for a while, and succeeded this artist in newspaper De Waarheid with the comic 'Bassie Bol'. In 1947, he created the "beeldroman" series 'De Kat'. In the following two years, he drew cartoons under the pen name Jerry Milton for the "naughty" magazines Studio Mondeal, Le Chat Noir and Pin-Up Magazine, for which he was even apprehended by the police.
Miss Therie
After having worked in the advertising department of Van Leer's Vaten for a couple of years, he became a freelancer in 1958. He made comics and illustrations for many magazines, including 'Wappe de Kobold' for Haak In (published by the margarine factory Leeuwezegel) and Weekjournaal voor Amsterdam ('De Belevenissen en Avonturen van de Heer Archibald').
De Fee Rosalinde (AVRObode)
He also illustrated record covers and advertisements, and he also produced a lot of artwork for broadcasting company AVRO. He made artwork for shows like 'Arbeidsvitaminen', and also for revues by Snip & Snap. He also did many contributions to the AVRO Radiobode, such as the comics 'Miss Therie', 'Koos de Matroos' and 'Fee Rosalinde'. Albers later produced the children's page for the AVRO magazine Televizier and also made the comic 'Het Document van Venus' with Paul Biegel for this magazine.
Lucky Luke as Robinson Crusoe (Pep #31, 1970)
In 1959, he traveled through Holland with a cabaret group. He applied for work with publisher De Geïllustreerde Pers and its magazines Donald Duck and Pep in the 1960s. For Donald Duck, he did sections like 'Ditjes en Datjes' and 'Duckstadkrant', as well as 'Silly Symphonies' and cover illustrations. From 1965 he was present in Pep with parodies on fairy tales and a satirical version of 'Lucky Luke'. This eventually resulted in the series 'De Wereld van Lucky Luke', which led to his employment by Dargaud in Paris to make four short stories of 'Lucky Luke' with scriptwriter Yvan Delporte in 1974.
Kobus de Kat (Het Parool, 1975)
For the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool, he made 'Kobus de Kat' with Otto Veenhoven on the occasion of the city's 700th anniversary in 1975. He also cooperated with Veenhoven on four illustrated books starring 'Kootje Kokkel', published by Mulder in 1978. Among his final creations was the mascot of the Dutch comics association Stripschap in the 1980s. After his death, Henk Albers became a cult hero comic artist, not so much for his artistic legacy, but rather for the numerous anecdotes about his lifestyle. His daughter Manon wrote a biography of her father, built up from her own memories and those of colleagues and friends. 'Henk Albers - Een Leven' was published in 2007.
Henk Albers biografie
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E3 Gameloft Hands-on: Silent Ops
I think it would be fairly safe to say that James Bond is not only a popular film character, but an amazing spy to boot. Channeling this collection of awesomeness, the last game that I was shown in my grand tour of Gameloft Grand Central Station at E3 was the espionage inspired Silent Ops. Though this was the game that was furthest from being released, it easily shared the most promise of any of their games at the show. Well, that will remain true as long as they can clean up on the rough build they had on display at the show.
This unique third person action game is very much inspired by the high tech, fast paced spy world of 007. Players will have the opportunity to choose from any one of three different operatives, all with their own specific skills and specialties. Each of these operatives are a member of a super-secret organization that's sole directive is to protect the world from evil masterminds all around the globe. Are you up to the task?
What we were able to play, while in dire need of play testing, showed true glimmers of what could an outstanding undercover thriller. Much of the demo centered around infiltrating a high tech facility, using Splinter Cell style tactics that would bring a smile to Sam Fisher's face. The problem was that much of the mechanics needed to be tweaked, in order to make the mission objectives more straight foward.
Issues aside the core game present was still enough to get me excited to see where the game would be going. If they can manage to meet even a quarter of my expectations for a spy centric game world, I would be more than thrilled. I guess all of us will have to sit back and see what information on the project is released as the game inches closer to release later this year.


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eattle's Pioneer Square bustled with excitement as news of a major gold strike in Canada's Yukon River valley reached the port city during the summer of 1897. Soon eager prospectors from all over the country descended on Seattle to purchase supplies and secure transportation to the far-away gold fields. Newcomers were beset with information from every corner. Hawkers offered one sales pitch after another, explaining where to find lodging, meals, gambling, and other entertainment. Outfitters tried to entice prospectors into their stores to purchase the supplies necessary for the stampede north. Anticipating large crowds, these outfitters piled merchandise everywhere, including the sidewalks in front of their stores. One clever merchant opened a mining school where greenhorns could learn the techniques of panning, sluicing, and rocking before setting out for the gold fields. Some anxious stampeders headed directly for the piers where ships were ready to sail north, joining the great migration to the Klondike gold fields. The intense bustle and commotion of the Klondike Gold Rush dramatically changed the face of Seattle.
About This Lesson
Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical Context
Locating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
Putting It All Together: Activities
How the National Register
Klondike Gold Rush
This lesson is based on the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, one of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


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The Cat Guide
Cat Form
First off lets take a look at Cat Form. Blizzard describes it as
"Cat Form
Shape shift into Cat form to increase attack speed and gain the use of various Cat abilities. This form has an innate threat reduction component. The cat is much like the Rogue. You should read the Rogue Basics page for more details on how to play a Rogue. Many Cat abilities are similar to Rogue abilities. Cat form is best for soloing and for party use. If you're a Rogue player, you can appreciate how useful this form can be. Feline Swiftness regains its speed increase when moving from indoors to outdoors. "
I find this pretty ironic since Feline Swiftness works indoors now and was renamed to Feral swiftness (correct me if i'm wrong though.) Anyways there's also a basline formula to how Cat AP is derived. It is
#Attack Power is increased by the formula: (Strength x 2) + Agility + (Character Level x 2) - 20
Now looking at that you may say well Strength is 2 times as effective we should just stack that right? Wrong. If this was pre-3.1 the numbers would agree with you. But since 3.1 both Armor Penatration (known as ArP from hereon) and Agility (Agi from hereon) are significantly better then strength.
Reason behind the numbers - Since 3.1 both Savage Roar (our main uptime buff ability) and rip (out main DoT) have been overhauled. Our Rip can now crit (making Agility more favorable in itself over Strength since Agility gives Crit rating as well). Our Savage Roar is 30% Damage increase instead of 40% attack power (AP derives directly into Strength ergo making Strength more favorable pre 3.1; Since it is a straight damage increase AGI > STR because of the crit.)
Also on topic of druid form to cat form ratios; our weapon gives us Feral AP directly from the weapon's DPS or ilvl. It's 14 feral AP per DPS point - 54 If i remember correctly. This will let you figure out what's best for you as you progress through the game.
So What's better then Agility or Armor Pen?
Well as mentioned before since 3.1 both armor pen and agility are both better then Strength so what should ferals Gem now? The answer is simple. If you can reach 220 Armor Pen unbuffed and have the Shred Idol & grim toll or Runestone gem for armor pen OR if you have idol of mutilation or RIP Idol then wait till about 350 (also must have GT or MRS . It has no DR and only gets better as you get more of it.
Agility is also important. It is a generally stated rule that you should have 50% Crit unbuffed. If not maybe gemming agility would be a better option for you.
Once you reach this threshold Armor pen is the way to go. If you want you can keep stacking agility tho as each point is only a 2 DPS difference or so. With 10 gems that could equal about a 320 DPS loss maximum. Not a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.
Another note about ArP
As stated its best to get to the soft cap (566 with MRS 619 with GT) then gem agility, however once you can reach 1050 ArP buffed/gemmed that will be more beneficial to your DPS. You would obviously not need one of the ArP trinkets anymore and many suggest Banner of victory and the improved greatness card are the best in slot once you can finally reach this setup. This setup also has the most theoretical DPS with BiS from CC getting close to 10k
update for 3.2.2 ArP nerf
New Hardcap = 1400 (1399.6 or so actually but for the sake of ease we'll call it 1400)
So the new softcaps for Grim toll and Runestone are...
Grim Toll = 788 soft cap
Runestone = 736 soft cap
The new value needed where straight ArP outwieghs softcap + agility SHOULD be 1190, assuming 85% is still the breaking point.
Remember these are just general guidelines and a lot of it has to do with your general gearing set up, the best thing to do is reasearch and find out what setups best for you.
Stat values post 3.1
Some people, like myself, rather know what % of your DPS each stat is worth. Here is a table taken from http://elitistjerks.com
3.1 values w/ bis gear
Stat points Error dps value Error
Armor Pen 30.3 +/- 0.1 1.80 +/- 0.01
Agility 25.0 +/- 0.1 1.49 +/- 0.01
Feral AP 12.0 +/- 0.1 0.71 +/- 0.01
Strenght 23.8 +/- 0.1 1.41 +/- 0.01
Crit 20.0 +/- 0.1 1.19 +/- 0.01
Hit 22.8 +/- 0.1 1.35 +/- 0.01
Expertise 22.8 +/- 0.1 1.35 +/- 0.01
Haste 19.6 +/- 0.1 1.25 +/- 0.01
This is a up to date 3.1 Table with BiS gear.
Other important numbers to know
Hit Cap - 8% or 263
Expertise Cap - 6.5% or 132 rating w/ primal precision 214 without PP (26 expertise total)
Cat DPS Priority Table
This is a Priority system I derived from lots of testing and beating the target dummy a lot; most people over at EJ agree.
1) If ooc proc use shred or rake if rake is down
1) Keep SR up (with 1+ cp)
2) Keep RIP up with 5 CP
3) Use FB if the conditions are good: Hard to explain but if you think you can get enough points to put up rip and SR w/out expiring then go for it.
4) Keep mangle up
5) keep rake up
6) Use shred to generate CP with energy micromanage to avoid rake/mangle downtime (basically use it if you will have enough energy to refresh rake/mangle when they expire or simply use shred if you have 3+ cp)
7) If you are going to lose SR before you can reapply it -> use your CP to refresh SR (yes SR clipping is good)
8) If you have 5 cp and you are going to waste energy waiting rip to expire (you have more than 95 energy) -> try to reapply rip, otherwise wait for rip to expire.
This is the best way I could explain how I DPS. It looks confusing but once you get the hang of it it's not to difficult. Feral DPS; at least imo; is all about feel. Sometimes you might take a risk doing that FB and hoping you get a OOC proc or two to get you back on track. A lot of times it works out, sometimes it doesnt. You can still manage to always get your priorities back on track even if you make a mistake or two. The main thing is to never lose your cool. Always stay focused and most important: DONT DIE IN THE FIRE. Dead DPS is useless DPS.
Glyph Choices
Feral DPS have only a few Glyphs to choose from that actually increase their overall DPS
Glyph of Savage Roar - A must have for any fulltime kitty.
Glyph of Shred - Also considered a must have
Glyph of Rip - This one is completely dependent on how good you are at keeping up rip full time. It will make your rotation ALOT smoother.
Glyph of Berserk - Usually used for PvP but is not a terrible PvE choice either in some cases.
Glyph of Dash
Glyph of Thorns
Glyph of the Wild
Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth
Glyph of Challenging Roar (mixed spec mostly)
Helm - Arcane of Torment - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44149
Shoulder - Greater Inscription of the Axe (SoH exalted) - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44133
Back - Major Agility - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60663
Chest - 10 stats (Powerful Stats) - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60692
Wrist - Greater Assault - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44575
Hands - 20 agility but a lot say 44 AP is better. It's a negligible difference tbh go with what you have mats wise. - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44529
Waist - Eternal Belt Buckel - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41611
Legs - Icescale Leg Armor - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=38374
Feet - Icewalker (12 hit and 12 crit); If hit capped 16 agility may be better for you. - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60623
Weapon - Berserking is generally considered the best - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=59621 with Mongoose - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=27984 close behind or even BETTER depending on how well you are gear wise (I think once you get close to or over 10k AP raid buffed mongoose > Berserking)
Massacre - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60691 Is a distant third but is alright i guess.
There are a few feral DPS specs around but generally this is the standard single target DPS spec - http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#0ZEMMcfrz0eR0huAkbAczb
Most 25 man raids have a feral Tank or a Arms warrior so then - http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#0ZEGMcfrz0eR0huVkbAczb - would be considered the main raiding spec (what I used to use back when we had a fulltime arms warrior)
Of course depending on your raid you can change a few things around. If you have a fulltime druid tank OR a Arms warrior you could change 3/3 imp mangle into 3/3 Feral Instinct for the 30% increased Swipe damage. Or if you have another Feral you could take out 2/2 imp LotP and put it into something else. I usually take 3/5 out of the feral aggression and put it into 30% increased swipe for raids. Or if i'm with a arms warrior take the 3 out of imp mangle :P
There's not a whole lot of lee-way on specs because every point is crucial to maximizing DPS.
Raid Consumables
If you have over 180 armor pen then Hearty Rhino is for you - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=57436
If you're still in the Agility range then Blackened Dragonfin is for you - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42999
Flask of Endless Rage is your top used flask.
If you wanted to use Elixirs i'd go with 45 Armor pen http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44330 or 45 Agility http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39666
For guardian the only one that would increase your DPS (slightly at that) is http://www.wowhead.com/?item=20081
Add-ons and Mods
Personally I don't use many add-on's to help me with my rotation. The add-ons I use are as follows
Mikscrollingbattletext - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...ttle-text.aspx
Omen - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...eat-meter.aspx
Those are really the only two I use besides Bag addon's and outfitter.
Some other helpful Add-ons
I've heard good things about both of these cat DPS add-on's to help people maximize their DPS.
Facemauler - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...acemauler.aspx
BadKitty - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a.../badkitty.aspx
Feral-by-night - http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t49702-f...mulation_tool/ (Thanks to Rowen.)
I don't use either of these so i'm not exactly sure how they work but I've heard good things from other members of the forums.
Gear Choices
Using WoW head you can actually get a list of the BiS Gear by using the stat values (mentioned above) and plugging them into the filtering process on WoWhead.
WoW head gear rankings
Thats Best in Slot obviously; updated for CC.
Pre-Raid Gear for Feral DPS
Courtesy of Solux
Thanks section
EJ, myself Solux for the pre raid kitty gear guide and Rowen for the feral by night add-on
I am hoping this thread can become a place where we could put more information into this post and I will give you credit here. Please keep everything constructive and keep the Off topic conversation to a minimum. Thank you.


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Isuckatnames45 wrote:I wasn't really thinking about engagements with the Drow, any early engagements I would imagine early on would be the odd slavers who took a wrong turn, or had heard hushed drunken whispers of clever halmes who know how to operate Dwarven tech I don't really see the Drow as a huge threat early on due to the humans probably not even being a blimp on their radar, The biggest threat I see them having early on is either the beastmen going all Huns on them, or Earth invading cause they didn't pay their tariffs on time, and unfortunately for the Halmes they look an awful lot like the colonists. I kind of liked the idea of them dealing with the other species, I know it's not exactly the Drowtales thing, but I like to take the path less traveled.
ThatGuyThisGuy wrote:" like to imagine that once the colony is fully established the humans would be more like light elves, isolationist, but far more open and friendlier to others,"
If they let any outsiders in word will eventually get out about the colony and its various vital characteristics such as its level of wealth and at the very least its general location.
" to defend their community they could set up various traps,"
What kind of traps? Will it involve purely mechanical devices or automated AI defenses? Also are these traps lethal or non-lethal, and for either answer what devices will they use to achieve these effects? These are all very important questions to if we are to gauge the effectiveness of such defenses.
"roads that lead to dead ends,"
Those will only serve as temporary hindrances if the intruders are persistent in their search for the colony.
"even towns that were made to dupe would be looters,"
That sounds like a very expensive and possibly short term(if the Intruders wish to fully explore the area) solution to the problem.
"there could also be some weird alien creature that stowed away on the human ship and now live in the area"
If where being realistic about the kinds of security protocols and technology space ships would have in the future such a thing is extremely unlikely, unless someone involved with colony project brought said creatures along with them on purpose.
"they could also do what the U.S. did in Vietnam and installed speakers that make scary ghost or monster like sounds to scare off superstitious folk"
They could very likely scare off Halmes and Orcs with those kind of defenses, but against creatures like Hermiones(They generally seem to be hard to scare and extremely ballsy and persistent even in the face of almost certain death, also even though they generally are superstitious they generally react with anger and violence to what they perceive to be dangerous demonic beings.) and Elves(Its quite common for them to encounter and fight creatures which many would call monsters and "ghosts") I doubt the effectiveness of such kinds of defenses.
"Also those artillery emplacements could be the last resort if they actually do reach the colony."
Question; Is this artillery something they brought along with them on the journey from Earth(or whatever human settlement the colonists come from), or is it something they manufactured on sight after landfall?
Isuckatnames45 wrote:The human/Halme nation was basically created cause the Hermionne had started raiding the area. It was also created to keep the humans in check in terms of gun control many of the nobles who fought the humans during the Boarder wars saw first hand what a gun can do, so the thought of a halme peasant somehow getting their hands on one has scared them to the point that they basically created an agency who's sole purpose is gun control. Just the way I've thought up the politics in the region and even characters had left little room for the Drow till at the very end, there could still be Drow but they would be either mentioned or in small numbers due to how isolated the region is having to travel there either by using a ship which would be difficult for sailing wooden ships to pass through due to weird rock formations sticking out limiting the strength of the wind, or even causing them to crash into them, or by a chasm which is being used as the invading Hermionne's main base, I imagine the halme of this region as being their world's equivalent of the Greeks, mixed with Byzantine, and Arabia, they also have horsemen called Cataphracts that are specifically made with dealing with highland raiders and other black skin forces. The Cataphracts have a unique type of rifle that they specifically asked their new human allies to make for them, it's used as a back up rifle when they need to use ranged attacks.
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I notice that there is another Atheist Nexus member in Yountville. I haven't searched to see if there are others in the area. I'm surprised you think their are no atheists around Napa. The good thing about Napa and the Bay Area in general is being an atheist isn't a big deal. If you want to meet with other atheists there are several atheist groups that meet in the Bay Area. The Bay Area Atheists/Agnostics/Humanists/Freethinkers/Skeptics have meetings and host lectures. The East Bay atheists do too. There is also a group at Travis AFB. Meetup is a good place to find meetings and activities in the area.
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