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Sightseers - DVD Review
Review by Rob Carnevale
BEN Wheatley's third film is his most accessible but still remains an extreme piece of filmmaking.
A darkly comic serial killer road movie, the film combines moments of laugh out loud comedy with whince inducing violence while also serving as an engrossing human drama.
Wheatley didn't write this one, however. Rather, the macabre tale comes from the minds of leading duo Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, who have stretched their original stage show having extensively researched the idea by taking their own road trip together to find out what annoyed them.
The story picks up as quiet, unassuming Tina (Lowe) is taken on holiday by new boyfriend Chris (Oram), against the wishes of her bitter, domineering mother.
Initially, things start out well but when Chris 'accidentally' runs over a fellow tourist he had earlier had an altercation with over littering, Tina begins to suspect that all may not be mentally right with her new man.
Rather than putting a stop to it or running away, however, she slowly becomes an accomplice and the two begin a murder spree, bumping off anyone who offends their sensibilities.
Sightseers undoubtedly charts some dark territory and some of its violence will sit uncomfortably alongside the humour for certain viewers.
But it's clever for the way in which it confronts the issue of violence and how audiences have become de-sensitized to it, while also never allowing you to sympathise too much with its otherwise amiable leading duo.
For while their actions are increasingly abhorrent, Tina and Chris possess an everyman quality that makes them scarily easy to relate to in a lot of their ways.
Lowe's Tina, in particular, is a fascinating character to watch develop, emerging from the shadow of her mother into someone that's every bit as terrifying. And yet early on you root for her to make the right decisions every step along the way.
It's a device that almost makes you complicit in urging this couple on and laughing at each comeuppance until the reality of the violence hits home.
Sightseers is therefore as disturbing as it is amusing. But it grips as a character study and confirms Wheatley as one of the UK's brightest young filmmakers, while also marking a personal success for Lowe and Oram as well.
Certificate: 15
Running time: 88mins
UK Blu-ray & DVD Release: March 25, 2013
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Mountain View, CA, hackerspace Hacker Dojo needs help with facility improvements! Apparently code violations are threatening their ability to offer classes and they're turning to the crowd to help them out.
We are currently not allowed in more than half of the space we pay rent on, not permitted to hold large classes, and not permitted to hold many classes at once. This is due to restrictions placed by the city of Mountain View on the Hacker Dojo. We are looking to lift these restrictions by updating the building, and to create some amazing new resources for our community such as a dedicated event space and makerspace/design studio.
If you want to help out, they've launched a Kickstarter campaign to help with the cost of renovations. They've passed their original funding goal and are now looking at expanding their original renovation plans to make the facility even more useful to the community.
If you want to learn more, there's a great NY Times article that gives you more background.

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well, we're baaaaaaack. kinda. we are in the process of re-vamping the loveliest little things and that is why we've taken kind of a hiatus. so sorry. we will be back in full force soonish.
but, what better to bring us back than the emmys 2012. anybody watch that red carpet?! we think some stylists are about to get fired because although there were good dresses- over all it was a GIGANTIC MESS. there were more bad then good.
we love a good red carpet. you can see our other fashion police critiques here, here, and here.
all photos can be found here.
here are our favorites:
Jessica Pare in Jason Wu
Julianne Moor in Christian Dior Couture
kelly osbourne in zac posen
ginnifer goodwin in monique lhullier.
leslie mann in naeem khan
and our not-so-favorites:
january jones in zac posen.
we love this dress. but would you have been able to tell that this was january?! probably not. the styling of this look killed this gorgeous zac posen. all she had to do was tone down on the eyeliner and actually wash her hair.
elizabeth moss in dolce and gabana.
seriously?! just no. never. we do like your bleach blonde hair, though, elizabeth.
kristen wiig in balenciaga
kristen has a picnic to be at after the emmys. excuse her.
this is james van der veek's date and are unsure of what designer she is wearing.
you are lucky enough to be at a red carpet and this is what you decide to wear this get up? and you are with james van der veek. we are sorry.
ashley judd in carolina herrera.
this has to be the ugliest dress/ styling that we have seen in a while. your hair. that flower. jewelry. shoes. ashley, the only good thing we can say is that we don't hate your clutch. we are dying inside that this is a carolina herrera.
we would now like to take this time to give some special props to kat dennings for actually trying this year when it came to the red carpet. you've come a long way, ms. dennings. and if it weren't for the ungodly amount of cleavage showing, you would have looked great. maybe next time, right?
before at the people's choice awards back in january:
after (much better, right?):


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With the English Premier League season just about half way completed, why not name an EPL all-star team?
Petr Cech Chelsea
Rafael Manchester United
Leighton Baines Everton
Jan Vertonghen Tottenham Hotspur
Ryan Shawcross Stoke City
Yaya Toure Manchester City
Santi Cazorla Arsenal
Juan Mata Chelsea
"Michu" Swansea City
Luis Suarez Liverpool
Robin van Persie Manchester United
Only two English players in the lot.
I was unhappy to name Shawcross because his success is based on his propensity to grab and pull opponents. But until the referees do something about it, he'll continue to star in the stingiest defense in the League.
Suarez is a cheat too. But he's also a massive talent whose success has vitrually nothing to do with his cheating.
UPDATE: Soccernet offers its EPL Best XI plus a second unit.


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How Young is Too Young When It Comes to Little Girls Wearing Makeup?
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes came under fire for letting their daughter Suri, wear heels and makeup. Now, much less famous mommyish.com blogger Lindsay Cross, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is taking a beating in the court of public opinion for admitting to letting her four-year-old daughter wear makeup.


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Forrester, a junior studying elementary education at UNF, spends his Monday
evenings at a local elementary school with about 10 of his new best friends —
at least the ones under 4 feet tall.
Jacksonville Beach resident never thought he would spend serious time with a
group of kindergartners, their parents and siblings and enjoy it so much. And
while he is officially one of the teachers in the classroom, he said he has
learned more from the kindergartners and their families than he has taught
"I can read
about all of this in a book," Forrester said. "And I can practice on campus
with my classmates and I can role-play with my professors, but I cannot get the
hands-on knowledge anywhere else but in a real classroom with real people and
real-life situations. Every week, I learn more from both the kids and their
families. I cannot learn that from a book."
Dr. Katrina
Hall, a professor in the Department of Childhood Education, agrees. "Our UNF
students have to really be able to work with real students in a real setting
with real goals," she said.
And to that
end, Hall and her colleagues, Drs. Gigi David and Lunetta Williams, developed a
program to benefit students in the College of Education and Human Services and kindergarten
students at a Jacksonville elementary school. Their idea, which is now a community-based
Transformational Learning Opportunity (TLO), teams UNF students in an integrated
arts class with 15 kindergartners and their parents at Woodland Acres
Elementary School, a UNF urban development school. The UNF students learn how
to collaborate and become better teachers and the kindergartners and their
parents or caregivers are taught how to "share high-quality books and age-appropriate
arts-based activities to build children's basic concept knowledge and literacy
skills," said David. "The siblings have an opportunity to develop oral language
skills in the context of sharing books, games and activities. The UNF students
prepare take-home activity bags to enhance the home learning environment of the
participating families and they contact the families between workshop sessions
to provide the students additional authentic opportunities to interact with the
"The UNF
students spend two weeks with each group: the parents, the
kindergartners and the siblings," Hall
said. "They develop the ability to work together as a teaching team. Since it is Dr. David's
integrated arts class that the UNF students are enrolled in, they use books,
art prints and arts-based activities designed to develop academic skills to
help the kindergartners and to equip their parents to support school learning
in an engaging manner. And
while they can read about things like this in a textbook and think it is going
to be super, until you are there doing it, you don't really appreciate it."
One of the
hallmarks of a UNF education is that students graduate with degrees that carry
with them the current academic thinking, best practices in any given discipline
and the practical, hands-on experience that potential employers want. One way UNF
students get all that is through community-based programs such as the one Hall
What has
long been the mission of the University is now being recognized formally. UNF
has received the prestigious 2010 Community Engagement Classification from the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in recognition of the
University's exceptional commitment to community engagement.
The classification
is given to institutions that demonstrate a mission, culture, leadership,
resources and practices that support "dynamic and noteworthy community
engagement" as well as programs to promote civic engagement.
UNF is among
115 institutions in the country to be added to the classification this year. Only
about 10 percent of colleges and universities have earned the Carnegie
Community Engagement Classification since it began in 2006.
special designation shows that the University of North Florida is helping
students become good citizens who care for their community," said UNF Provost
Dr. Mark Workman. "The University is clearly making strides in finding ways for
its students to become engaged and to make a difference through their education
by contributing to Northeast Florida."
Said Dr. Mark Falbo, the director of the Center for
Community-Based Learning, "The designation matters in times like this. When we
are faced with an economic scarcity, people look for what might be valued-added
to a public education. The public expects competency, but they also want to see
the kinds of graduates we are putting out who are responsive to the public good
and who are good citizens making a difference in their community and with their
Colleges and
universities with an institutional focus on community engagement were invited
to apply for the classification, first offered in 2006 as part of an extensive
restructuring of the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher
Education. Unlike the foundation's other classifications that rely on national
data, this is an "elective" classification — institutions elect to participate
by submitting required documentation describing the nature and extent of their
engagement with the community, be it local or beyond.
"Through a
classification that acknowledges significant commitment to and demonstration of
community engagement, the foundation encourages colleges and universities to
become more deeply engaged, to improve teaching and learning and to generate
socially responsive knowledge to benefit communities," said Carnegie President
Anthony Bryk. "We are very pleased with the movement we are seeing in this
believes the community engagement classification underscores the very basis of
an education at this institution. "It confirms our commitment not only to
graduating students with academic competencies, but also with an awareness of
civic responsibility," he said. "And since 70 percent of UNF graduates remain
in the region after they finish a degree, they contribute significantly to the
advancement of our region not only economically but also as a community. Our
community is dependent upon the infusion of these talented and publically minded
the past two decades, we have been working in academia to reclaim the University
as a public good," Falbo said. "It is not enough in this economy just to say we
are educating people competent in their discipline. We can no longer settle for
19th- and 20th-century levels of education. We need to
produce graduates who know what it means to be critical thinkers; who know what
it means to build a better society; who think for themselves and others."
Workman said
he believes that this particular Carnegie designation confirms and celebrates
the longstanding and mutually beneficial relationship between the University
and the region. "If you were to take UNF out of Jacksonville, UNF would be a
profoundly different University and Jacksonville would be a profoundly
different city – to the
detriment of both."
The foundation,
through the work of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, developed the
first typology of American colleges and universities in 1970 as a research tool
to describe and represent the diversity of U.S. higher education. The Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education continues to be used for a
wide range of purposes by academic researchers, institutional personnel,
policymakers and others.
At UNF,
evidence of community engagement can be seen in nearly every discipline in
every college. And the official classification is now giving UNF national
recognition for those efforts.
"UNF is all
about getting the hands-on experience that complements what we learn in the
classroom," Forrester said. "I know when I graduate, my degree will be much
more credible because of UNF's reputation for community-engaged learning. I
know I will be a much better teacher for it, as well."


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13th December 2017
As the pace of change gets faster, organizations of all sizes are embracing the start-up mentality. In the latest of our 2018 Trends predictions, Grayling's San Francisco MD, Alan Dunton explains why everyone wants to be a start-up.
From Grayling's San Francisco office, we have the pleasure of serving clients large and small. And it really is a pleasure; our ability to support both ends of the spectrum means that our team has exposure to the rigor and discipline of working with big multinational tech companies – with their fully-staffed comms and marketing teams – and also the experience of working alongside CEOs of fledgling start-ups, already eyeing their next pivot, for whom we are the marketing team. Despite being brilliant in their respective fields, many start-up execs don't know a key message from a Krispy Kreme, and that's perfectly acceptable. What we find to be the most interesting aspect of servicing big and small clients is that there is more overlap than you might think.
Every start-up dreams of becoming a big, successful company, the next Uber (minus the drama), or whatever. But more and more, we see the opposite - big organizations embracing some of the start-up mentality, in search of that nimbleness. In a digital age of constant 24-hour news cycles, market disruption and reinvention, companies look to new funding, partnerships and service models to remain relevant. They need to: Since 2000, 52% on the Fortune 500 list have either gone bankrupt, been acquired, ceased to exist, or dropped off the list. And if you want to attract millennials, as customers, investors or employees, then innovation is a must (as is having a strong CSR program): Even in staid industries like insurance, 59% of millennials value innovation over experience. This innovation, which has catalyzed a new wave of consumer products, has led to a whopping $18 billion shift in market share from larger brands to small brands in recent years.
Innovation doesn't always mean rolling out whiz-bang technology, of course, it also means remembering who the customer is and meeting their individual needs. It's an approach that can't be faked … ping pong tables and bottomless wells of La Croix are nice, but don't cut it.
Start-Up Fever
The attitudes among many corporations seem to be: If you can't beat 'em, partner with 'em. Large companies are increasingly turning to pioneering start-ups to help them meet fast-changing technological and consumer needs, break out of established 'corporate think' and turbo charge real change among their own ranks.
Unilever, no slouch at product innovation itself, has established the Unilever Foundry, a platform for start-ups and innovators to collaborate and explore opportunities with and for the company's vast brand portfolio. So far, it has successfully scaled up almost half of the projects.
PayPal, once a start-up itself, is opening two Innovation Labs in India to nurture fintech start-ups in AI, IoT, AR and VR, complementing the labs it already has in the US and Singapore.
And many of our start-up clients, who once eyed acquisition as a goal, would now prefer to retain their autonomy, and make their names (and potentially fortunes) through partnerships instead.
The Wisdom of the Crowd
Disruptive marketing often means embracing the power of the crowd, from academic experts to employees and consumers, to solve business challenges, find novel solutions and co-create products.
From Coca-Cola to L'Oréal, Heineken to LEGO, major brands are crowdsourcing their innovation. And in doing so they are tapping into a genuine thirst: Forty-two per cent of millennials said they are interested and want to get involved in helping businesses build their future products and services, and research led by Eric von Hippel from the MIT Sloan School of Management suggests that 5.2% of all consumers in the US, and 6.1% in the UK, act as consumer innovators.
And the reason we think we'll see even more of this in 2018? It works. Gartner's CIOs survey on the most impactful digital innovation practices found crowdsourcing to have the highest ROI, and consumers are much more loyal to brands and products in which they feel they have had a hand in developing.
Go Forth, and Experiment
All innovation carries risk. But the reason we have called this trend 'Test and Learn' is that there is an increasing recognition by companies large and small that it is OK to try things out, and nobody is going to judge them if they don't work, unless of course they keep repeating the same mistakes. Indeed, there is now an expectation that organizations will experiment and learn in real time, releasing beta products and services or testing out alternative routes to market, and adapting quickly to data and customer feedback. Amazon Prime's 'try before you buy' Wardrobe service was launched in beta in June this year, and has changed dramatically, based on user feedback. And Google's Gmail was in beta for five years! Companies can no longer afford to be anchored to their original ideas or market strategies … their customers expect them to flex and evolve.
So, as we head into 2018, expect to see more start-up style behavior from even the most seasoned players.
Alan Dunton is Managing Director of Grayling's San Francisco office. Follow him at @alanblast and join the conversation using #6into18
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Racing is a sport of heroes and legends and greatness. It's also a sport with its fair share of villains and petulant assholes. These are Jalopnik readers' picks for the ten biggest dicks in auto racing history.
Welcome back to Answers of the Day — our daily Jalopnik feature where we take the best ten responses from the previous day's Question of the Day and shine it up to show off. It's by you and for you, the Jalopnik readers. Enjoy!
Photo Credit: Associated Press
10.) Max Mosley
Suggested By: Kiwi_Commander
Why he brings the dickishness: It's not the being caught in the weirdo S&M sex party that makes Mosley a big dick. Nor his being the son of a famous British fascist. it's his reaction to all of it, which was to try and cripple press freedoms.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
9.) Danica Patrick
Suggested By: SennaMP4
Why she brings the dickishness: When she first popped up on the scene in 2005, the undeniably attractive and spirited Patrick seemed like a breath of fresh air and attitude in a sport that needed it. Since then she has managed to create a solid reputation as a second-rate driver and first-class whiner, constantly griping about setup and blaming everyone except herself for her disappointing showings.
Spare us the anatomy quips, please. "Dickish" is the perfect word.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
8.) Michael Schumacher
Suggested By: Litrecola
Why he brings the dickishness: Combine Senna's audacity and win-at-all-costs mentality with Prost's mental strength and political skills, and you're well on the way to understanding why the seven-time champ was so successful — and why he is still reviled by many. A private and civil person off-track, the enormously gifted German is an utterly ruthless competitor who has no problems edging over ethical lines. Ask Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.
Photo Credit: Getty Images Sport
7.) Colin Chapman
Suggested By: For Sweden
Why he brings the dickishness: Brilliant engineer, nearly sociopathic human being. Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman could be the face for the dark side of racing, the one that values results and sponsorships over all else. Yes, racing was exceedingly dangerous in his era, and driver safety was not well understood, but his clear willingness to focus on winning and treat all else as disposable was inexcusable.
Photo Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty
6.) Enzo Ferrari
Suggested By: JackTrade
Why he brings the dickishness: Il Commendatore grew up wanting to be an opera singer; lacking the necessary talents, he instead ran his racing team as if it belonged onstage at La Scala. His legendarily imperious attitude, tendency to engender in-house antagonisms, and ability to get under the skin of his drivers and crew was unrivaled and all but directly resulted in several deaths.
Photo Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty
5.) AJ Foyt
Suggested By: Quattro-luvr
Why he brings the dickishness: Equal parts all-American hero and top-shelf jerk. Never the most personable or approachable human being in the first place, Super Tex has seen his reputation as a grand race legend fade as his unchecked temper overwrites his significant accomplishments.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
4.) The Stewards Of the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally
Suggested By: DoctorNickRiviera
Why they bring the dickishness: In what still stands as the ultimate dick move in motorsports history, the inspectors at Monte Carlo disqualified the top four finishers — three Mini Coopers and a Ford Cortina — and six others for running "illegal" headlights. (Seriously.) The win was awarded to a very unhappy Pauli Toivonen in a Citroën ID, which had, yes, that same kind of headlights.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
3.) Kyle Busch
Suggested By: For Sweden
Why he brings the dickishness: Most drivers have enough respect for their competitors and concern for general safety to not be stupid or belligerent. Kyle Busch is, safely, not like most drivers. Even before his aggravated assault on Ron Hornaday last November, Busch had a deserved reputation as a hothead and ill-mannered competitor who steadily faces the world like a pouting four-year-old.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
2.) Bernie Ecclestone
Suggested By: rawtoast
Why he brings the dickishness: The billionaire Muppet runs Formula One as a petite dictator and remains one of the most irritating presences in motorsports, willing to infuriate both fans and race organizers in pursuit of as much money as possible. If there's controversy or political squabbling or uncertainty around Formula One, Bernie's likely dead in the middle of it and trying to add to his fortune the whole time. Besides, anyone who would smarmily jerk everyone around over the upcoming Austin GP while kissing up to Bahrain's bloody-handed rulers is a prime dick.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
1.) Tony George
Suggested By: Phlip425
Why he brings the dickishness: This is the man that destroyed a grand legacy of open-wheel racing in America, certainly for now and perhaps permanently. George's crusade to make the Indy 500 an exclusively American race was a jingoistic slap at what has always been among the most international sports, and the divisions he fostered eventually led to the nearly irrelevant spec-racer series we see today. A sullen, entitled personality wraps up the package.
Photo Credit: Associated Press


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AN indecent assault charge against Jack Fitzgibbon was quashed yesterday in East Maitland District Court.
Judge John North upheld the appeal against Mr Fitzgibbon's conviction in Cessnock Local Court in June.
The 21-year-old son of Hunter federal MP Joel Fitzgibbon pleaded not guilty to the charge and said he did not put his hand up the 19-year-old alleged victim's skirt after midnight on September 11 last year.
He was accused of touching her on the outside of her underwear.
Mr Fitzgibbon's parents were in court to support him.
The appeal reviewed the original case during which Mr Fitzgibbon admitted that he sat on the woman's lap in the beer garden of the Cessnock Hotel.
He denied being attracted to her despite admitting that he rubbed her thighs and told her that she had nice ''shapely legs''.
Mr Fitzgibbon encouraged the woman to hit him after the alleged incident, but denied in court it was admission of guilt.
In upholding the appeal Judge North said that he had reviewed security camera footage from the night in question and it was inconsistent with the woman's account of what happened.
''It's difficult to understand how the appellant could have committed the offence in the manner as described,'' he said.
Judge North said the prosecution had relied solely on the testimony of the alleged victim and there was no DNA or forensic evidence to support their case.
''It's perhaps highly suspicious that something occurred which caused the complainant to complain.
''I cannot in the all the circumstances be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the appellant assaulted the complainant.''
That, combined with the good character of Mr Fitzgibbon, convinced Judge North to uphold the appeal.
CLEARED: Jack Fitzgibbon, middle, and his father Joel Fitzgibbon, left, leave East Maitland courthouse.
Mr Fitzgibbon was originally fined $2000 and placed on a bond for two years.


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Soul vocalist and songwriter Rahsaan Patterson is another in the line of new-school R&B singers (Maxwell, Erykah Badu) who displayed a bit more integrity than most of the chart-toppers during the 1990s. After singing in church from the age of six, Patterson moved with his family from New York to California to star in the children's show KIDS Incorporated. He later moved back to the East Coast, resuming his career with small TV roles and assorted commercials, but returned to Los Angeles in the early '90s to record demos and contribute backing vocals to albums by Martika and Brandy, among others. Patterson proved himself a more than competent songwriter as well, penning hits like Tevin Campbell's "Back to the World" and Brandy's "Baby." Those successes finally earned him a recording contract with MCA, which issued his self-titled debut album in early 1997. Love in Stereo followed two years later. After a hiatus from the performance spotlight, he released After Hours in August of 2005 and Wines & Spirits in September 2007. These two albums placed him near -- or at -- the top of the R&B underground. The sprawling Bleuphoria, issued nearly four years later, was his most eclectic and creatively ambitious album. ~ John Bush & Andy Kellman
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Telstra plans to finish Warrnambool repairs by Friday
- 05 December, 2012 10:55
Telstra CEO David Thodey visited the Warrnambool exchange on Tuesday.
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Telstra CEO David Thodey personally apologised for outages in south-west Victoria following a fire that took out part of the telco's Warrnambool exchange. Telstra is trying to wrap up repair work by Friday, he said
Repair work in the region has continued nearly two weeks after the fire hit on 22 November. One repair worker in Warrnambool said last week it was the worst "mess" he had seen in 38 years working for Telstra.
Thodey visited the site Tuesday to oversee repairs and announced a process for impacted business customers to receive compensation for the outage.
"I am very sorry this has occurred and I would like to thank our customers for their patience as the restoration process continues," Thodey wrote on the Telstra blog. "We are all focussed on getting things back to normal as soon as possible for the community of the south-west coast."
Telstra said Wednesday it had restored 95 per cent of land lines and replaced more than 50km of transmission cabling. Telstra has restored Internet service for 65 per cent of affected lines, it said.
"We now have over 120 people on site, who are working 24 hours a day, seven days per week to restore over 100,000 services across the area, and hopefully we will have it all finalised by Friday," Thodey said.
"In fact, it would normally take two years to build an exchange and our incredible team are aiming to have completely restored the exchange in two weeks."
Telstra is internally investigating what happened and will co-operate with an inquiry from the communications minister, Stephen Conroy, Thodey added.
Business customers seeking compensation can now download a claim form at the Telstra website. The local Telstra team is also hand-delivering forms to some businesses.
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Today's news reports indicate that the Labor Party is set to join with the Likud in a coalition that returns Shimon Peres to a position of power as "deputy premier." The Haaretz account is "Peretz waives demand to serve as vice PM." Last week Professor Steven Plaut of Haifa University anticipated the return of Peres as the current fulfillment of the Likud Party's traditional role of returning the Labor Party to power: "Israel's single-issue party."
Peres is of course the former Prime Minister of Israel; as Yitzhak Rabin's Foreign Minister he was an architect of the Oslo Accords that brought Yasser Arafat and the PLO to power on the West Bank and Gaza. In 1994 Peres shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Rabin and Arafat.
Rabin and Peres made the cynical calculation that Arafat's brutal thuggery would be turned on the Arabs in the territories that had become a burden for Israel to govern under civilized constraints. Their bargain with Arafat must be judged one of the twentieth century's most most misguided acts of statesmanship — misguided statesmanship for which Israel and others continue to pay the price.
As a distant lover of Israel, I have been genuinely puzzled by its failure to produce a statesman equal to the challenges faced by the country over the past 20 years. In every area of modern life the country boasts a genius that on a per capita basis must be unrivaled. Yet on the world stage its politicians seem almost retarded.
The country has never had a public accounting for the utter disaster that was Oslo. Its politicians seem to keep the country's citizens in the dark about the nature of its national security strategy and the actions taken to pursue it. Ariel Sharon's deal with Peres seems to me a metaphorical expression of the problem.
Symptomatic of the delusional political thinking that has brought Israel so much grief is the fact that there has as yet been no public accounting for the disaster of Oslo itself. Vital advocates of Oslo such as Shimon Peres are still respectable public figures playing significant roles and urging the same policy. It is as if Neville Chamberlain (if he had still been alive — he had the grace to die in 1940) were still advising Winston Churchill on the statesmanship of appeasement in 1942.
Michael Oren is a serious historian for whom the retrospective view comes naturally and who has taken the measure of Oslo. If you don't know who Oren is, go buy a copy of Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East, which has been issued in paperback with a new afterword. In a column for the Wall Street Journal ("Oslo's legacy: A road map to nowhere") last year, Oren wrote:
[T]he trouble wrought by the Oslo Accords — so-called, after the city where they were mediated — has been incalculable. Instead of a "New Middle East" [touted by then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres] with peace between Israel and an independent Palestinian state, war has ravaged the area, devastating economies, killing and maiming thousands. Rarely has an agreement been so celebrated — Rabin and Arafat won Nobel prizes — generated such vast expectations, and occupied so many presidential days, only to utterly fail. Now, in the wake of Mahmoud Abbas's resignation as Palestinian prime minister, one must ask why.
There are many answers, the most obvious of which is accountability. Israel was not held accountable for expanding its West Bank and Gaza settlements in excess of Oslo's proviso for their "natural growth." But while Israelis may have exploited the treaty's spirit, the Palestinians flagrantly disregarded its letter. No sooner had Arafat returned from Washington than he began smuggling explosives and weapons into the territories, harboring wanted terrorists, and educating Palestinian children to destroy Israel — all blatant breaches of Oslo. In the mid-'90s, Arafat's Palestinian Authority failed to stop and in some cases abetted the suicide bombers who killed hundreds of Israelis. Yet, in spite of these gross violations, neither Arafat nor his Authority was ever called to task. Advocates of Oslo equivocated that the Palestinians would comply with the accords but only after they had achieved statehood, and until then, they were too weak to clamp down on terrorism or even to cease incitement. The many Israelis who died in the interim were dubbed, perversely, "victims of peace."
Another, subtler, reason for Oslo's collapse was the absence of mutuality. The accords called on both sides to "recognize their mutual legitimate and political rights," but while Rabin specifically recognized the rights of the Palestinian people, Arafat never acknowledged the rights or even the existence of a Jewish people. Had he done so, he would have accepted the Jews' claim to a permanent state in their homeland, and signaled his willingness to divide that land with them. Instead, he arrogated all of the land for the Palestinians and sought to transform Israel into a de facto Palestinian state through the mass repatriation of refugees. While "Palestinian people" and "Palestinian state" entered Israel's political lexicon, the words "Jewish people" and "Jewish state" never passed his lips. Privately, with President Clinton, he even denied that the Jews had historical ties to Jerusalem.
The next factor undermining peace might best be called thuggery. Rabin believed that democratic Israel was incapable of taking the draconian steps necessary to defeat Hamas and other terrorist groups, and so sought a Palestinian partner free, he said, "of civil rights monitors and the supreme court." That partner was Arafat, a strongman whom the U.S. and Israel essentially hired to suppress other Palestinian thugs. The assumption that a corrupt Arab dictator would suit the Palestinians was racist, but also politically unsound. Arafat pocketed the millions of dollars in payoffs but made no serious effort to combat Hamas. Rather than reigning in terror, he increasingly engaged in it himself.
The lessons of Oslo could not be clearer, but have they been learned? The answer, judging from the U.S.-backed "road map" — a direct outgrowth of Oslo — must be no.
Oren wrote his column in September 2003. Has the death of Arafat changed the equation? Is Mahmoud Abbas a legitimate partner for peace? Does Sharon know something about him that we don't? It's certainly possible, but today's news suggests on the contrary that he is the true heir of Arafat: "Guerilla chief gives Abbas his backing." And Sharon's reliance on Peres to retain power and implement his plan provides powerful evidence that something is sorely amiss here.


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The Albino Old Fashioned/
Have you bought your bottle of white whiskey yet? Why not? The Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey I've got isn't even top-of-the-liniest (that would be this) and it's still supremely drinkable. Have I not yet convinced you of this?
If not, get a load of this: The hands-down easiest cocktail you could ever fashion -- as in old-fashioned (BWAHAHA). This was yet another cocktail I caught wind of while Googling around for corn whiskey concoctions to make. And like the other corn whiskey cocktails I've already made, yet again I was surprised by this one. I just keep on expecting/assuming that my jar of rotgut's gonna taste like, well, rotgut. But really it's so sweet it's almost cute, and its afterbite is pleasingly bracing.
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2 ounces Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey
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Muddle brandied cherries in the bottom of a highball glass. Add your preferential amount of ice, pour in whiskey. Run the inside of the peel (the pith side) along the rim of your glass, then fashion peel into a twist over the mouth of the glass before dropping it in. (I've never been fully convinced that essential oils make their way from the peel to the drink when you do this, but I like how much I look like I know what I'm doing when I do this.)
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I tried this with a single dash of bitters; specifically, Fee Brothers Peach Bitters. It took a lot of the bite off the front of the drink, almost to the point where I felt it was too rounded. However, that might be just what some drinkers need as an introduction.
To make homemade brandied cherries, combine in a saucepan 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 1/2 tablespoons water, 2 teaspoons lemon juice and half a cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Simmer about a pound of cherries (preferably previously pitted) in this mixture for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, remove cinnamon stick, stir in 3 1/2 tablespoons of brandy. Refrigerate in a Mason jar. These will last a few months, although their colors will start to brown after a couple weeks.


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Moscow's Post-Materialists (Пост-Материалисты) are too weird for Moscow's conservative venues. But they don't care. Inspired by freeform experimental groups like The Residents and Big City Orchestra, and in-league with locals like Asian Women on the Telephone and Arabian Horses, the Post-Materialists' sound is best heard in Moscow's basements and abandoned factories.
Sergey founded Post-Materialists in 2008, starting out as a half-improvised duo with Kobyla. Sergey is a saxophonist, riff-master and lyricist who performs solo as Fish Eye, and plays in everything from hip-hop to noise rock groups. Kobyla cut his teeth on post-punk guitar and synth-pop. Additional members join in on anything from effects pedals to violin, so even as songs take shape, Post-Materialists keep the spirit of improv and continue to evolve.
The group has developed a following not only in the fringes of Moscow, but all over the world thanks to releases on international labels like Cack Tapes, Retrotrasher, Underground Pollution and Hiroshima Toy Pet. I first heard about them through a tape on Portland Oregon's Eggy Records with art by Massachusettes experimentalist Sam Gas Can.
Of the 25+ tracks that Post-Materialists have shared here on the FMA, I've picked out a few of my favorites below. "Jazz Flutes" and "I'm Sitting On You" are from the sax-surfin-on-sludge release Teenage Gigantizm. "Glyptique" is some of that hypnotic synth burble from their twisted new 7". "Mathematic Nightmare" recalls coconspirators AWOTT and can be found on Junky Tapes alongside an industrial take on "Venus in Furs". "Backward City" is indicitive of the lo-fi downbeat drone incantations from Post-Pop, originally released on a cassette on Russia's Cack Tapes. And their First EP finds roots in a pot'n'pan approach to no wave, in the vein of "Evening Event."
Check out a live rendition of "Teenage Giganitizm" and a music video called "Singer of Sad Songs" after the jump.


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DALLAS – Midland, Texas-based Blue Ridge Resources, L.L.C. has settled a national origin harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the second day of trial, before the case was submitted to the jury, the federal agency announced today. The settlement pays three former oil field service crew members $43,000 in damages for the mistreatment and provides extensive injunctive relief to prevent future unlawful conduct.
The EEOC's suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland/ Odessa Division (7:10-CV-00117-RAJ), charged that Blue Ridge Resources subjected three former oil rig workers to a hostile work environment based on their Mexican national origin. The discrimination alleged was at the hands of a supervisor who repeatedly referred to the subordinates as "wetbacks" irrespective of the fact that one was born in the United States and the other two are permanent residents who have been authorized to work in the U.S. for decades.
According to the EEOC, Blue Ridge's crew supervisor over the rig, George Gutierrez -- who is also of Mexican national origin -- subjected the three field workers to daily slurs based on their Mexican heritage, including, "wetbacks" and "dirty Mexicans." The EEOC further charged that Gutierrez, who had admitted to a nickname of "Wetback Killer," would deny the men water while working in the unrelenting heat of West Texas, telling them that "wetbacks don't need no water." The first victim to testify at the trial, which started on April 30, told the jury that Gutierrez threatened to fire him if he went over the harasser's head to complain. The EEOC also argued that although top management at Blue Ridge did not engage in the harassment, the company was ultimately responsible for lack of training of its supervisor and for never having spoken with the workers about the supervisor's alleged conduct even after the matter came to their attention.
National origin harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, even when the harasser is the same national origin as the victim. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. Midland attorney Holly B. Williams intervened in the EEOC's case on behalf of one of the victims.
"This was an outrageous case of hard-working and vulnerable field workers who were abused by a boss who shared the same heritage as his victims," said EEOC Senior Trial Attorney Devika Seth, the lead attorney on the case. "We hope that this settlement sends a message to employers – including those in the oil industry – that a dismissive approach to what goes on out in the field will not be tolerated."
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EEOC Dallas District Director Janet Elizondo said, "These men were subjected to a hostile environment of fear, insults and intimidation, while options for good paying jobs elsewhere were limited. This injunctive relief in an industry where communication may be a challenge due to the remoteness of assigned locations is important to the concept of promoting employer accountability, wherever the job site may be."
"Condescending or hostile attitudes and prejudices against persons of Mexican or Latin-American ancestry unfortunately remain all too common," said Robert A. Canino, regional attorney of the EEOC's Dallas District Office. "As we saw in this case, some Hispanic supervisors may even try to distance themselves from their Hispanic subordinates and mistreat them so as to separate themselves in the eyes of non-Latino business owners and operators."
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My opinion is that this book is very interesting because you learn about the life of a very important painter. I liked reading about her childhood. As a little girl, she had a lot of fun at school making fun of her teachers. I like that this book has many of her paintings. I like how she would draw herself and you could tell that she was sad. The book also has photos of her family and herself.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to become an artist. I also recommend everybody in the world to read it because they will know about Frida Kahlo.
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RELATED | UGA president to step down
Millsaps says officials will conduct a teleconference Monday at 2 p.m. from the Board of Regents offices in Atlanta.
Last week, officials announced University of Georgia provost Jere Morehead was named the sole finalist for university president. Morehead is a 1980 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law.
When Morehead, 56, was named provost in 2009, current president Michael Adams praised his integrity, compassion and institutional knowledge of the university. Morehead previously served UGA as vice president for instruction, vice provost for academic affairs, director of the honors program and acting director of legal affairs.
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IRVINE, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara women's track and field team claimed the 21st Big West Challenge Cup on Friday, defeating second-place Long Beach State, 187.5 to 170.0. The Gaucho men finished second to the 49ers, 213.5 to 183.0.
The UCSB women's team claimed four event titles en route to the win. Jennifer Carey posted a narrow victory in the 200 meters, edging Cal State Fullerton's Ashley Sims, 24.08 to 24.19. Cassie Brooker and Maxine Goyette went 1-2 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Brooker's clocked a 10:40.44 for the victory, nearly 23 second ahead of her teammate.
Katie Lee won the pole vault with a mark of 11' 07.75" and Irene Kujore claimed the hammer with a throw of 184' 10". Kujore also finished second in the shot put (47' 11") and the discus (141' 10").
In addition to winning four events, several other Gauchos had high finishes.
Grace Esslinger was second in the 100 meters in 12.16 and in the 100 meter hurdles with a clocking of 14.34. Amanda Rodriguez placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 54.98, just short of the winning time of 54.96. Freshman Jesse Hansen ran a 2:13.67 in the 800 meters to finish second while Dani Moreno narrowly missed a victory in the 3,000 meters. Moreno posted a time of 10:00.03 and the winner, Emily Taylor of Fullerton, ran a 9:59.99. The Gauchos 400 meter relay team also finished in the second slot.
UCSB athletes had second-place finishes in three other field events as well. Freshman Tori Usgaard tied for second in the high jump with a leap of 5' 01" while Veronica Gines was second in the long jump at 18' 03". Gines was also third in the hammer throw. Finally, Jennifer Melton javelin throw of 125' 03" was good for second.
The Gaucho men were paced by their middle and distance runners, as well as high jumper Mitchell Haag.
Haag continued his outstanding season with another victory. He recorded a top mark of 6' 08.75" for the win.
Shyan Vaziri posted a pair of wins. He ran a 1:52.13 to win the 800 meters and then he came back with a 3:49.57 to claim the win in the 1,500 meters. Freshman Bryan Guijarro clocked an 8:33.69 to win the 3,000 meters while Andrew Farkas and Austin Goodheart gave the Gauchos a 1-2 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with times of 3:17.18 and 3:17.33 respectively.
UCSB's Nate Harvey had a strong showing in the 200 meters with a 21.96, good for second-place. Winton Nguyen and Eric Severiano were 2-3 in the 400 meters at 48.80 and 48.92 respectively.
Both Gaucho teams return to action next week. Some athletes will travel to the Mt. SAC Invitational and others will compete at the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational.


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Behind the Wrench: The Transition from Driver to Tuner
Stress elevates and time is limited compared moving from behind the wheel to behind the wrench
The following is a new column from driver now tuner Kyle Smith. A driver for a number of years, the 19 year old is currently a student at Penn State University. Now on summer break, Smith is getting in as much karting as possible working as a tuner for Checkered Motorsports while competing in select events. This is his viewpoint into making the transition over from driver to mechanic.
After many successful years racing on the national karting circuit, I recently made the decision to shift more of my focus away from racing and towards my education. The shift has taken its toll on my personal racing schedule and thus seat time has been reduced.
Moving from behind the wheel to behind the wrenches is a step many current and former karters have taken and will continue to take. Young aspiring drivers with lots of raw talent require experience and coaching to be able to compete at the top levels of karting nowadays. This assistance comes in form of tuner or mechanic, a job that I have been getting my feet wet in until the recent United States Pro Kart Series at the Michiana Raceway Park in which I had the opportunity to work with Ryan Norberg of Orlando, Florida.
The experience was very humbling, teaching me just how important a driver's hand man is when competing at the national level. Not only how important, but how nerve-racking it is. Knowing that one bolt left loose could be the difference between victory and a DNF is a constant weight on a mechanics shoulders. As I watched Ryan drive the 11-turn North Liberty circuit, moment after moment I asked myself "Which hub is going to fall off on this lap?" or "Which sidepod bolt is going to work itself loose this time by?" Every time Norberg saw the checkered flag I was able to sigh in relief. The pressure is high for a karting mechanic, even higher than on the driver in my opinion. Drivers take that for granted, because as we all know, racing drivers are the kings of excuse making. "I would have won had my sprocket stayed on!" is an easy way to justify a poor finish for any driver.
The pressure not only lies on every bolt and nut being tight session after session but also on speed on the track. Suggesting a setup change is always a risk. While many philosophies exist that softening the axle does this and this change will do that, every driver is different and seeks different feel to his or her go-kart. No matter how sure one is that changing the hubs or the track width will decrease lap time, it always remains a calculated risk until the change is tested on the kart track. Every lap as the tires increase in temperature and pressure is worrying. "Will more negative caster really be faster?" It isn't until the lap time shows up on race monitor that you really know. Making a change in the wrong direction is one of the most discouraging things ever. On the other hand every time the lap time sheds tenths is incredibly rewarding, whether its carburetion, setup or driving changes.
Not only is the pressure just as high tuning a kart, but also the exhaustion levels. There is rarely a moment to sit and the only time there is a break from turning wrenches, fixing bent parts or cleaning mud is when the kart is actually on track. Whether it's the constant high temperatures, the hours of tireless work on our knees on trap rock, or lifting and pushing karts to and from the grid constantly, the fatigue levels can be just as high for mechanics as it is for drivers.
My first impression after this weekend has been of all these luxuries we drivers take for granted. They gave me a real challenge this past weekend with Ryan, especially after a disappointing Saturday. Having said that, we worked hard through the night and Ryan drove flawlessly to put the #48 Woltjer Engines powered Checkered Motorsports PCR up front on Sunday, coming home with a second place result. Perseverance is key, especially through the unlucky days, and having chemistry with a driver like I have with Ryan makes all the work worth it. I feed off his energy because his desire to win and dedication to his craft helps me want to work 110% for him off the track. That's teamwork, and that's what it takes to win at the national level. Hopefully we can clean up and minimize our mistakes, and stand on the top step of the podium next time around.
Till next time,
Kyle Smith
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Norma J. Florey, 80, Claypool, passed away on Sept. 29, at 2:30 a.m. at Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw. She was born in Silver Lake on Sept. 17, 1933 to Ernest and Sadie (Stanley) Allen.
Norma was a 1953 graduate of Silver Lake High School. She married Leo Florey on July 4, 1954. He died Feb. 6, 2007. Norma was a homemaker.
She is survived by her daughters, Brenda (Jeff) Dotson and Linda (Charles) Duncan, both of Silver Laker, and her grandchildren, Kayley Dotson, Kelsey Dotson, Lucas Duncan, Brittany Duncan and Baylee Duncan, all of Silver Lake. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Leo, one brother and one sister.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 3, at 10 a.m. at McKee Mortuary, 1401 SR 114 West, North Manchester, with Pastor Ed French officiating. Calling hours are Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 4-7 p.m. at McKee Mortuary. Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery, Silver Lake.
Memorials may be made to Gentiva Hospice, 1476 W. 18th Street, Rochester, IN 46975 or Alzheimer's Association, 50 E. 91st Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240.


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No new on-street carpool applications are being accepted at this time.
Drive Less Connect is Oregon's free, secure, easy-to-use online matching ride-matching tool that matches you with people going your way for work and play. free online rideshare matching service.
This link is designed to give you an understanding of how to sign up for a carpool parking permit and information about the rules of the Portland carpool parking program. The program offers discounted rates for parking in the Downtown and Lloyd Center Meter Districts for carpools and vanpools. Please call for availability.
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