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Montreat, NC. - The Pioneer women's golf team finishes 4th place at the Cavalier Spring Invitational hosted by Montreat College. Sophomore Brooke Hutto shaves 10 strokes after the first day, opening with a 90. Beginning the day in 16th place Hutto springs up the leaderboard with a comeback 80 and finishes 6th individually. Helping Hutto, fellow sophomore Shannon Heerey fires 88-86 = 174 to finish T13. Megan Thompson (95-89 = 184) and Paige Johnson (96-88 = 184) both make improvements after their first round.
Head Golf coach, Arran Setro added, "I am happy with the performance of the women today. The golf course was playing tough, with a lot of hills and undulations with around the greens, but they adjusted with the diverse playing conditions and improved after their first round."
The tournament was led by Megan Schauer from Tennessee Wesleyan who fired 82-78 = 160.
- 6 Brooke Hutto 90-80 = 170
- T13 Shannon Heerey 88-86 =174
- T20 Megan Thompson 95-89 = 184
- T20 Paige Johnson 96-88 = 184
Up Next:
- April 2nd-4th at the Agnes McAmis Memorial hosted by Tusculum College.
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The Super Tour made its debut in my hometown this weekend. The McCabe Trails at the Liberty Bell High School offered a fantastic venue for Saturdays freestyle sprint. It was pretty cool to get ready for the big races in the same locker room as my junior high and high school years. The entire community came together to bring the Super Tour to the Methow Valley and to make it such a great event. We had some uncharacteristically terrible weather with warm temperatures and rain early in the week. An impressive amount of shoveling and salting were needed to make the races happen. Thank you to the many volunteers and the entire community for all you hard work. I am very luck to have 5 different Super Tour races in my dual hometowns of Winthrop, WA and Hayward, WI. I had two of my best races of the season this weekend and I will write more about those races tomorrow on my recovery day.
Something about racing in your hometown makes it feel like your skis aren't even touching the ground. Plus this has to be the coolest photo ever taken of me.
(Photo Credit: EA Weymuller)
I am looking forward to racing in Hayward in two weeks for the Telemark SuperTour.


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Strategic Communication Analysis of Entities Affected by the Kanan B-1 Hydroelectric Dam
Authors / Editors: Flor, Alexander G.
A strategic communication analysis of the Kanan B-1 Hydroelectric Project was conducted to: identify the strategic target audiences of the project through a stakeholder analysis; identify the strategic messages through a prioritization of key and critical assumptions; and develop appropriate communication strategies to address critical concerns of affected entities. It employed the Strategic Impact & Assumptions-Identification Method (SIAM) to determine strategic audiences and messages. The study began with an identification of stakeholders and an enumeration of assumptions that link these stakeholders to the KANAN - B1 Small Hydroelectric Dam. The stakeholder analysis identified the project's strategic target audiences as follows: residents of the affected communities; the LGUs of General Nakar and Infanta; cultural minorities; illegal loggers; nongovernment organizations; the business sector; and other entities. Additionally, ten critical concerns that need to be addressed by the project's strategic communication plan were identified on the basis of high uncertainty and high impact on nontechnical project viability. For each of these concerns, an appropriate message or theme was recommended. Strategic communication media were likewise proposed.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Kim Thúy's Ru is a moving, elegantly written and deeply personal work that demonstrates the relentlessness of the past and the immortal pull of home.
A semi-autobiography that draws on Thúy's own experiences as well as those of her kin, Ru recounts the musings and recollections of, Nguyên An Tinh, a Vietnamese woman in her 30s who spent her youth running away from a cage home in Saigon, escaping the communist terror in Southern Vietnam and travelling by boat with her fellow refugees to seek safety.
Ru is recounted in snippets, des bribes, as Thúy takes readers back and forth in time, distance and memory. Initially, it seems that we are only reading the story of one woman; as the novel progresses, however, the gates of history open up as we learn the stories of soldiers in the war, the host family that supported the refugees, the Vietnamese women who worked in the rice fields...
Much tradition and culture is also discussed in Ru as Thúy writes about noodles and soup, staples of Vietnamese breakfasts, and how touching another's head is a grave insult in Vietnamese culture.
Thúy tells the most memorable and horrifying stories in simple and poetic ways, moving and shocking us all at once. We learn of diamonds etched into the teeth of escapees, a Vietnamese woman dying after falling into an open-air toilet, soldiers needing to sleep with ice to forget the heat of war. All stories are told in an interrupted and graceful stream of thought, which is fitting since ru means 'flow' in French and 'lullaby' in Vietnamese.
So in a string of short and non-linear flashbacks, we begin to piece together not only Nguyên's story, but also that of the boat people, those expelled from their homeland by war and armed with only the courage to live.
In this way, Ru demonstrates the power of literature in helping readers become more accepting, empathetic and internationally-minded people. One's heart goes out to Nguyên in compassion and pity as she recollects the lure of the American dream; one cannot help but feel for her when she remembers the nostalgic pull of Bounce. It is through the characters we meet in books that we come to love our protagonists regardless of their race and gender and eventually develop a world view considers human beings by character and not premeditated judgement.
In Ru, there is a scene where Nguyên explains that she tells her son, Pascal, a Vietnamese story so that he learns something no schools will teach today - so that he carries on a part of that lost history. If such passage of information is Nguyên's aim in writing Ru, she succeeds. She not only captures the essence of childhood, young adulthood and motherhood in a style that is beautifully poetic, but also captures the hardships of the "gens du pays" to whom the novel is dedicated.
Ru is a beautiful and evocative tribute to all who lost their lives - both in death and in displacement - in seeking a better future. It's a novel that reminds us to be grateful for our present - but to never dismiss the past.
Mes parents nous rappellent souvent, à mes frères et à moi, qu'ils n'auront pas d'argent à nous laisser en héritage, mais je crois qu'ils nous ont déjà légué la richesse de leur mémoire, qui nous permet de saisir la beauté d'une grappe de glycine, la fragilité d'un mot, la force de l'émerveillement. Plus encore, ils nous ont offert des pieds pour marcher jusqu'à nos rêves, jusqu'à l'infini.
J'avais oublié que l'amour vient de la tête et non pas du coeur. De tout le corps, seule la tête importe. Il suffit de toucher la tête d'un Vietnamien pour l'insulter, non seulement lui mais tout son arbre généalogique.
Si une marque d'affection peut parfois être prise pour une offense, peut-être que le geste d'aimer n'est pas universel: il doit être traduit d'une langue à l'autre, il doit être appris. Dans le cas du vietnamien, il est possible de classifier , de quantifier le geste d'aimer par des mots spécifiques: aimer par goût (thích), aimer sans être amoureux ( thuong), aimer amoureusement (yeu), aimer avec ivresse ( mê), aimer aveuglément ( mu quang), aimer par gratitude (tinh nghia). Il est donc impossible d'aimer tout court, d'aimer sans sa tête.
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OMG!!!! I loved all ur pics !!!!!!!!!! U r amazing taking pics !!!! Well, let's go to see ....ResponderEliminar
I've been at El Triangle too !!!! Playing the piano and getting arguments from the Fnac's workers saying to me that is prohibited play the piano ...
Hmmm I've walked places of Barcelona that I didn't know it existed ... I've could realized the best shops aren't the big marks, the best shops are these that are in the alleys !!!!! I've seen shops thay I've never seen before and I totally loves it!
Mmm I've been in malls of course, having dinner with friends, speaking with my engl. Teacher in IG, shopping, doing sport, sleeping a looooooooot, making walks with my family, listening to music, DOING music, counting the day left to the concert, celebratingmy bday, writing in my blog, writing in my diary ....... IT HAS BEEN A GRATEFUL HOLIDAYS!!! I need more :(
Well girl, we come back to the rutine ... I LOVE UR BLOG !!!! (i think I've never told u it ... Well I tell u it now) I TOTALLY LOOOOOVE URBLOG, AND UR OUTFITS. How u write, the way u take pics !!! Keep going grrrrl
Kisses and hugs pardala lovely grrrrl juaa juaasRespuestas
Ughh I forgot tell u things about ur pics ...Eliminar
Hahahahaha i loved ur Hello Kitty in ur baaag!! I like ur mint nails !!!;) aaaaaand .... OMG with the macarons !!!!!!! Does it taste good? U know I tried to do it ... Bad person, u laughed of macarons ... Hahahahahaaaaa. I've tasted ones by El Corte Ingles (did u have any doubt? Where it came from?? Juas) but they weren't the real macarons ... I have to taste the reals, yes yes ...
Te lo has pasado bien eh... jejeje... Esos macarons tienen una pintaza, seguro que estaban tan buenos como parece :)ResponderEliminar
Hi Love :)ResponderEliminar
Hope you are well :)
I really like the pictures and it seems as you had a great day :) Did you buy anything nice ?
My Easter was cool just with my family having dinner and on the second day we went out for breakfast in a hotel.
Did you go out for diner or did you cook something YUmmy ? :)
Kisses !
El escaparate de LOUIS VUITTON me ha encantado!!!ResponderEliminar
Que pinta tienen esos macarons.....
Un beso
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Love ur nails and your bag.Happy easter.ResponderEliminar


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The interim report, prepared by Herman Van Rompuy, who as president of the European Council will chair a summit meeting next week, charts a path towards closer fiscal integration among the 17 countries using the euro as they struggle to contain an economic crisis.
In the interim paper obtained by Reuters on Friday, officials write of the need to explore a central budget for countries in the euro zone.
Mr Van Rompuy's thinking - firmly backed by Germany - is that some form of "fiscal capacity" among the euro-area countries will allow them to iron out labour market and other socio-economic imbalances that build up in the bloc.
The fund could be used to help a country such as Spain, which has unemployment of 25pc and is struggling to reinvigorate growth.
In exchange for budget rigour, the pan-eurozone fund could provide targeted assistance.
"One of the functions of such a new fiscal capacity would be to facilitate adjustments to country-specific shocks by providing for some degree of absorption at the central level," officials wrote.
The 27 countries in the European Union currently finance a budget which amounts to around €130bn a year - 1pc of EU output - and which is used for spending on agriculture, science, infrastructure and other areas.
But there is no equivalent budget among the 17 countries that share the euro, a shortcoming that many economists believe has undermined the stability of the currency project.
Germany and France strongly support the proposal and, in a surprise to many EU diplomats, Britain does too, but for different reasons. London sees a euro zone budget as a way of further separating Britain and its increasingly EU-sceptical electorate from the currency bloc and its problems.
The report, prepared in conjunction with the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, and Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, also addresses the contested idea of pooling country borrowing.
The report, which will be finalised in December, advocates examining "the pooling of some short term sovereign funding instruments, for example, treasury bills, on a limited and conditional basis."
Such a move in the short term would be viewed sceptically by Berlin, which is reluctant to see weaker countries in the bloc piggyback on its economic strength in order to borrow more cheaply.
Berlin may, however, be prepared to consider such a move in the distant future after Europe has taken significant steps towards a tighter political and fiscal union.
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ജഗതീ ശില്പി പരാദ്യസുതന് വെള്ളിദിനേ മൂന്നാം...
Lord who has created world - Fathers first of Born
Started from
for death - On this third hour Zion
Savior who is – Redeeming the world
On Golgotha – On a Tree the Cross
Carried cross on His shoulder- To be killed today
Praise to Thee Son of God who - Redee-med world by death
Halleluyah – Vu - Hallaluyah … Barekmor.
Shubaho … Men'Olam … Halleluyah..
On the cross made of a Tree - Light o-f all the world
Nails on his hands - Lance wound on His side
Upo-n seeing - His sufferings on cross
We and all Thy children are kneeling - at Thy Cross
Halleluyah – For Thy death on Cross. Barekmor.


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AVT Introduces A New Family Of Automatic Inspection Solutions
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Press release from the issuing companyChicago, April 14, 2003 – Advanced Vision Technology (AVT), of Hod-Hasharon, Israel, is introducing a range of a new automatic inspection systems for web applications at CMM International, Booth #2617. AVT offers the most comprehensive solutions for flexo, gravure and web offset printers with wide or narrow web-width presses. Machine vision-based web inspection systems offer printers the best solutions for process control and quality assurance. Since the launch of the first PrintVision system, AVT has continued to invest in the packaging and label markets, and develop solutions and add-on options that cost-effectively meet the needs of printers. More than 700 AVT systems are now installed around the world at companies ranging from specialized label printers to international packaging groups. This growth is a result of two key approaches which were part of AVT's initial vision: superior R&D and solutions that are designed with printers. As a result, AVT's understanding of the packaging and label printing markets and the production workflows of these sectors has led to the development of tools that address real production problems, using state-of-the-art technologies. The new PrintVision/Jupiter platform, with its advanced software module, takes automatic web inspection into a new era. The provision of one basic platform suitable and adaptable for all process control applications provides an array of present and future benefits for printers. AVT has continued its policy of upgradeability and system open architecture. It also has continued to develop new options, based on requests from printers, for easy integration into PrintVision platforms. Current options include: PrintFlow for job information and management; RiteSeal for ColdSeal inspection; Automatic Barcode Verification; the new Reflective option for high-value reflective substrates; and the I?Eal– ColorPack with Delta E color defect detection measurements and intra-repeat module for package to package comparison. AVT is a highly specialized company focused on solutions for web printers. Developed as a result of the company's ongoing dialog with printers, AVT's solutions are designed to meet several multiple objectives: • Reliable quality assurance and process control • Cost-effective installation and operation with a rapid ROI • Operator friendly without constant supervision • Reduction of waste • Build profits by reducing the cost of quality The latest PrintVision range of solutions marks a milestone both in AVT's development as a supplier, and as the start of a "new era" for printers who now have access to more and better systems for meeting the quality assurance demands of their customers.
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text: As Uglúk said unto Grishnákh: "Die, spurious Elf woman! Do you think we do not see you for what you are? You are merely yet another of the horrible, hissing noises from the wheeled cauldron that is trying to catch up with us! A cauldron full of inferior CEYLONESE tea! With us all! Now take that and put it in your pipe and smoke it! And Polly Toynbee is an idiot too, or else she woud not have offered her body unto the lust of the Uruk-hai in the name of Socialism!" I could cry.


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This year is going to be a great year, after-all 12 years ago the world changed and now it's woken up to it. Some of us have been aware of this for a while now and have been putting things into place to take advantage of this change.
I have noticed a huge 'up-swing' in method of the masses towards the change. The digital change.
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Copyright © 2006 - 2016 Rickes Associates, Inc. | All rights reserved. ® Rickes Associates Inc., the Rickes Associates Logo, and "Excellence in Higher Education Planning" are all registered trademarks of Rickes Associates, Inc.
Hocus Pocus and Snow White teaming up here at Rickes Associates to defeat dead space on campus by linking institutional objectives with physical space requirements. Here, Vice President, Monica Meyerhoff, along with Data Specialist, Hope White (aka Snow) show off their Halloween spirit.
Rickes Associates is proud to announce that Elyse Skerker Sigal has joined our team as a Programmer and Design Strategist. She will be instrumental in applying her knowledge of analysis and assessment of space use to help formulate standards for better stewardship and interdisciplinary collaboration among campus stakeholders. Elyse will employ her knowledge of higher education to recommend planning solutions to optimize overall space and enhance utilization. Elyse holds a Master of Architecture with a specialty in Inclusive Design.
Elyse Skerker Sigal Joins Rickes as a Programmer and Design Strategist.
Susanne Personette has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. Her formal arts training began at the early age of 10 with watercolor classes. Today, Susanne paints using pastels alongside fellow artists in a group that she formed – Amherst Plein Air Society or APAS. Together, they have taken their love for art en plein air (French for "in the fresh air") or outdoors. Using nature as her inspiration, Susanne's artwork provides a glimpse into the light, color, and shadow that she sees in the everyday. For Susanne, she sees the act of painting as "being fully present to this very moment of ephemeral light and color and shadow, responding to and becoming one with the beauty that I see in our natural world, intimately interacting with the natural world." As an Associate of the firm, Susanne Personette works closely and collaboratively with an academic institution to help them identify their real space needs and to solve their space challenges.
Susanne Personette posing alongside her pastel paint palette.
Ever wonder what a data analyst does on the weekends for fun? Here at Rickes Associates, our own data analyst, Hope White, used her "non-number crunching" hours to cosplay as Chell from Portal and venture into Boston to take part in this year's PAX East (originally known as Penny Arcade Exposition). PAX is a series of international gaming conferences where attendees can go to see, hear, and experience everything "gaming." This year's Boston show served up over one hundred thousand square feet of show floor with all genres, platforms, and styles of games represented as well as sessions on a range of topics including how today's educators are using gaming principles in the classroom to keep students interested and engaged. Of course, for us here at Rickes Associates – we are quite interested in how virtual reality impacts educational space on campus!! .
Hope White at PAX East 2017.
Ms. Monica C. Meyerhoff, Vice President/Principal at Rickes Associates, presented to stakeholders at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, during a facilities master-planning meeting. As part of the on-going Master Planning efforts for the seven campuses of the University of Maine system, Rickes Associates is reviewing current space use utilization and identifying current and projected space needs for each of the campuses. "We look at a number of strategic drivers when assessing campus space needs," said Ms. Meyerhoff. "Our recommendations integrate changing pedagogy, aligning programmatic offerings with local area needs, and overlaying future trends in higher education with the overall mission and vision of the campus." .
Photo credit attributed to Fiddlehead Focus, a Bangor Publishing Company.
February 2017 – Normand Beauchemin, Data Analyst and Space Planner at Rickes Associates, served as the only public member of the Massasoit Community College accreditation team. Tasked with reviewing the college's Veterinary Technology Program, the site visit accreditation team which included representatives of the American Veterinary Medical Association, veterinarians, and a representative of the Commonwealth's veterinary technicians, evaluated the program according to 11 criteria covering instruction, administration, educational resources, admissions, student outcomes, facilities, and equipment. The team met with faculty, students, administrators, and the program's Advisory Committee and toured program spaces at Massasoit's Canton, MA, campus as well as those facilities used by the program at Norfolk County Agricultural High School in Walpole, MA. Based on information gained during the site visit and a program self-study prepared by the College, the team's findings were presented to the Association's Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities and a decision regarding the program's accreditation status is expected in April.
January 2017 – As one of this year's invited speakers at the State University of New York joint Physical Plant Administrators Association (SUNY PPAA) and NYAPPA Winter Conference in Cooperstown, NY, Dr. Persis C. Rickes presented "Generation Z Goes to College: Preparing Our Facilities for the Next Generation." With attendees from various campuses and administrative offices throughout the SUNY system, Dr. Rickes provided a glimpse into the potential impacts that the next upcoming generation – Generation Z – will have on physical space on college and university campuses. Much like the Millennials before them, Dr. Rickes outlined how this rising generation with its unique characteristics and preferences will dramatically influence campus space. Whereas Millennials helped spawn the "amenities race," Gen Z will be more concerned about value, affordability, and employability.
Dr. Persis C. Rickes explores how Gen Z will continue to transform higher education space in her most recent article, Generations in Flux. The generational characteristics and traits of the rising Gen Z cohort will drive physical changes on college and university campuses, just like the generations that came before it. It is likely, however, that the increased emphasis on accountability and graduate employability, coupled with a heightened sensitivity around unchecked student debt, will slow new construction.
Rickes Associates proudly announces the renewal of it certification as a National Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) for 2016/2017. This certification, granted to us by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, affirms that we are a woman-owned, operated, and controlled business and have national recognition to operate as such. In this capacity, we continue to serve as stewards in advancing the role of women in non-traditional fields.
We congratulate Chris Timmerman, M.Arch., Senior Planner at Rickes Associates who has recently been appointed Council Member At-Large for the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) North Atlantic Council. He joins other esteemed council members in this capacity for a three-year term where he will be involved with regional council meetings and conferences, and programs. As part of a network of 5,200+ SCUPers, Chris will collaborate throughout his appointment with leaders in higher education from all areas, on and off campus, to share in the knowledge of best practices and protocols that make up today's evolving campuses.
In conjunction with the Colombian manufacturer Kassani, Rickes Associates has collaborated on the creation of "Aula 360: Ambientes y experiencias de aprendizaje" ("Classroom 360: Learning environments and experiences"), a new volume that explores how design and other considerations contribute to classroom quality, and by extension learning outcomes. Authoring the introductory chapter of the book, Rickes Associates staff provide a broad survey of multiple factors impacting classroom design, ranging from visual and auditory considerations to those related to physical comfort and issues of sustainability. The ways in which learning is impacted by design considerations are explored, as are factors that affect the efficacy of various teaching pedagogies. Following the introduction, other chapters, sourced from global experts, provide numerous precedent examples specific to Colombian and Latin American contexts, as well as discussion of other related research topics. Featuring a vibrant, engaging graphic layout, Aula 360 provides a vital compendium of current thought leadership on the issues facing instructional space design, particularly appropriate given the rapid pace of pedagogical change driven by technological advances and emerging research into topics as diverse as sustainability and ergonomics.
Rickes Associates is pleased to have contributed to the Campus Master Plan for Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), recipient of the 2015 Award for Planning Excellence in Urban Design from the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). The Award for Planning Excellence is the CIP's highest honor for work by Canadian planners. Kudos to Urban Strategies of Toronto for their outstanding leadership of the Master Plan process! The Canadian Institute of Planners, Awards for Planning Excellence
SCUP-48, San Diego, California – July 28, 2013 – Persis C. Rickes, Ph.D., President and Principal of Rickes Associates, was recognized by the Society of College and University Planning (SCUP) for her exceptional contributions to the activities and success of the organization. For more than two decades, Dr. Rickes has been an active member of SCUP. She has acted as presenter, author, committee member, editor, reviewer, and has served on the Northeast Regional Council. Dr. Rickes has spent her career in the service of institutions of higher education. In 1991 she founded Rickes Associates, a solution-oriented, higher education planning firm dedicated to providing colleges and universities with analysis and planning for issues affecting people, programs, and space. Dr. Rickes is not the only member of her team to receive this award. In 2009, one of her long-time associates, Thomas B. Flaherty, Ph.D. was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award at SCUP-44.
In conjunction with Architectural Resources Cambridge (ARC), Dr. Rickes assisted in the preparation of a detailed space program to quantify current and projected space needs. The University campus is currently located within the 18th century Small Marble Palace also known as the Mansion of Count AG Kushelev-Bezborodki. While beautiful and historic, the current space is less than ideal for the needs of today's students. Dr. Rickes and the ARC team spent four days reviewing data, walking the current campus, and sharing findings and recommendations with key administrators. A space program of 70,000 ASF was recommended. The results of this study will be put use as part of an international design competition which seeks to re-envision the physical campus.
In March 2013, Dr. Persis Rickes participated in a four-city speaking tour in Columbia where she had been invited back as a keynote speaker for the Second International Conference for Environments and Learning Experiences. Dr. Rickes was asked to reprise last year's presentation "Classrooms 360," in which she discussed the classroom environment, the way in which today's student learn, and general trends in higher education spaces. Speaking venues included Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, and Barranquilla – the four largest cities in Columbia. The expansion of this conference from last year's single city event to a four-city event is testimony to the educational renaissance taking place in Columbia today. The Columbian government's goal is that half of young Columbians continue their education after high school, an audacious undertaking that will require significant expansion of the country's higher education system.
Persis C. Rickes, Ph.D. was invited to present the keynote address at the Annual SUNY Physical Plant Administrators Association Winter Conference, January 29th-30th, 2013, held in Cooperstown, New York. In her presentation entitled, "Polishing Your Crystal Ball", Dr. Rickes explored the topic of "futuring" campus space. Trends explored by Dr. Rickes included: changing demographics, Millennial and "Homeland Generation" student characteristics, the evolution of the classroom, and the "amenities race." Conference attendees represented SUNY campus administrators from all over New York as well as senior officials from the SUNY Central Office. This is not the first time Dr. Rickes has been invited by SUNY PPAA to present at this conference. In 2007, Dr. Rickes presented "Make Way for Millennials". The expansion of this conference from last year's single city event to a four-city event is testimony to the educational renaissance taking place in Columbia today. The Columbian government's goal is that half of young Columbians continue their education after high school, an audacious undertaking that will require significant expansion of the country's higher education system.


text: Velo Cycles is a friendly, community-oriented bike store located in Carlton North on the Capital City Trail, one of the busiest cycle paths in Melbourne. We have variety of bikes, parts and accessories for sale, and our high-quality workshop will service almost any bike, trike or unicycle you may wheel into the store. Our philosophy is matching you (or your child) to a bike that will best suit your needs – something which you'll want to ride every day. We just like sharing what we love – we ride our bikes every day and we hope you'd like to do the same. Reliable, dependable transport you are confident will get you from A to B, or beyond. We focus mainly on commuting, lifestyle, touring and kids bikes and scooters, with a modest selection of performance-oriented bikes or custom builds. That being said, many of our customers buy for recreational purposes and we're only too happy to run through your options. And only 200m down Nicholson Street is our Velo Electric store, specialising in e-Bikes and pedalecs. We also have the Southern Hemisphere's first flagship Brompton store, Brompton Junction Melbourne. With bike brands such as Jamis, Brompton, Kona, Soma, Surly, Breezer, Fuji, Gazelle, Tern and Australia's ByK and Velectrix with accessories from Brooks, Ortlieb, Nutcase, and Lazer Helmets you're getting the best possible value for money. We value our connection with you, and the wider community. Most of our customers learn about us through word of mouth or of course just by riding past the shop. Our main store is open extended hours – weekdays from 8am until 6:30pm and both Saturday and Sunday from 9am until 5pm. That way, you can drop your bike off before work and pick it up after work, or drop through on a weekend when you're not working but we are. Servicing can be booked during the week and we even have courtesy bikes to keep you rolling. We look forward to seeing you riding through soon – even if it's just to get some air in your tyres or for a chat.


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URLEncoder.encode(a1, "UTF-8")URLEncoder.encode(a2, "UTF-8")
I am receiving different results. How is this possible?I was counting on the fact that I am receiving the same result. Is there a way I can use the encoder and get the same result for the same string value?
I'm looking for a (fast) standard implementation for base64url according to RFC4648 in C#.
I found
HttpServerUtility.UrlTokenEncode but it looks like this doesn't follow RFC4648 (UrlTokenEncode adds a number at the end which indicates the number of
= signs that were removed; see here and here).
base64 encoding:
Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("AA")); //returns "QUE="
base64url encoding:
HttpServerUtility.UrlTokenEncode(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("AA")); //returns "QUE1" but I would expect "QUE"
When I read the xml through a URL's InputStream, and then cut out everything except the url, I get "http://cliveg.bu.edu/people/sganguly/player/%20Rang%20De%20Basanti%20-%20Tu%20Bin%20Bataye.mp3".
As you can see, there are a lot of "%20"s.
I want the url to be unescaped.
Is there any way to do this in Java, without using a third-party library?
I've been looking at
Network.HTTP, but can't find a way to create properly URL encoded key/value pairs.
How can I generate the post data required from
[(key, value)] pair list for example? I imagine something like this already exists (perhaps hidden in the
Network.HTTP package) but I can't find it, and I'd rather not re-invent the wheel.
This question already has an answer here:
Sorry to bother, but I cannot find any reference or manual includes how to write this special letter capital
İ inside an URL.
This is the actual URL:
https://www.hocahanimurunleri.com/image/catalog/PROPOLİS DAMLA 20 GR.jpg
It is an i with dot not with grave or acute. Anybody knows how to or found a reference could share it with me.
Thanks in advance.
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On the first day the teachers from Maastricht University Dr. Cees Mulder; and Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders addressed several topics: Introduction to International IP, basic Principles and Landmark Cases, patents and trade secrets, trade Marks and GIs, IP and Entrepreneurship, a recap and in-depth perspective of patent-related content. On the second day the teachers from Tallinn University Prof.Katrin and Dr.Pawan also introduced several important issues in: The Digital Market and IP Rights: Lecture and discussion, Copyright, Discussion about cases studies in EU, Design Rights…etc.
The students' and teachers found it relevant, as the topics forms an important portion for students', researchers and management professionals.
The lectures introduced students to the main areas of Intellectual Property and examines important Intellectual Property issues. The students were able to discuss Intellectual Property issues with professionals in Intellectual Property from Maastricht and Tallinn EU Partner Universities .
The lectures aims to provide master students as well as professionals with insight into the field of Intellectual Property and an appreciation of the significant role of Intellectual Property in furthering the economic and technological development, and particularly in promoting innovation.


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Mooring Services
Vessels over 55 feet may require the owner to submit plans and specifications approved by a licensed marine engineer or naval architect.
The District requires a fully-completed mooring permit application, current DMV vessel registration or USCG Certificate of Documentation and a valid driver's license or state ID prior to construction of mooring and issuance of permit.
The space is billed quarterly as follows:
Moorings built for vessels up to 35 feet = $ 96.00 quarter - ($32/mo.)
Moorings built for vessels 36 feet to 55 feet = $ 120.00 quarter – ($40/mo.)
Moorings built for vessels 56 feet to 75 feet = $ 135.00 quarter – ($45/mo.)
Mooring hardware consists of bottom weight (steel or anchor to specifications), and chain, shackles, and swivels to provide a five-to-one scope with the water depth. Concrete weights are not allowed. Moorings are placed according to vessel type (commercial, sail, or power), size, and seniority (date permit approved). New moorings are placed on the outside edge of the mooring area and are gradually moved in, as turnover occurs. Depending on where the mooring is located in the harbor, water depth is approximately 20 to 40 feet. Once a mooring permit is issued, the District will build and set the mooring within 30 days. Our specifications are minimum standards and you may request additional weight and/or special rigging. Special requests regarding rigging may be discussed in advance, with the Mooring Master by appointment (805) 595-5449. Port San Luis Harbor is an open harbor and fully exposed to southerly storms, which are often severe. It is important that vessel owners have the ability to check their vessels often and make sure it is sea worthy at all times.
Annual mooring inspections are mandatory. The District will perform an inspection once a year at a rate of $314 per hour (1/2 hour minimum) for the work boat and crew. If any repairs are deemed necessary by the Mooring Master the patron will be charged accordingly for any additional materials and labor. The charges will be for material used in repairing the mooring (such as replacing worn chain), tax, and labor. The mooring owner will not be notified of what these charges will be ahead of time, because each mooring is different and the extent of any repair is unknown until the mooring is pulled. We encourage owners to be present during such inspections by scheduling an appointment in advance.
Terminating your PermitMoorings at Port San Luis are not commodities that increase in value. The market for used mooring equipment is very limited, and without a permit for a space in the water the hardware has no value as an option to secure a vessel in the harbor. The District is not in the business of selling used moorings. Patrons are required to submit a 30 day written notification to cancel their permit, when they choose to give up their space. The District offers to buy back "standard" District built and maintained moorings at the following price:
Moorings built for up to 25' vessels $250.00
Moorings built for up to 35' vessels $450.00
Moorings built for up to 45' vessels $650.00
Moorings built for up to 55' vessels $850.00
Click here for the Permit Termination Form.
All guest moorings are available on a first come first serve basis. Moorings for vessels up to 35' are located near shore and are the first two rows of moorings with white buoys directly east of the boat launch area. These near shore moorings are available April through October. Moorings for vessels up to 55' are available year round and are the outer most moorings/white buoys on the west side behind the break wall and moorings up to 85' are outer most moorings/white buoys on the east side of the channel entrance. All daily rental moorings are $17.00 per day (14 day limit).
Guest Moorings
The Harbor Patrol may be contacted on VHF radio, channel 12 for assistance. Patrons are requested to prepay and fill out a vessel registration card with the water taxi host or at the main office. If unable to come to shore, please call (805) 595-5400 during normal business hours to make a credit card payment.
Upon approval of a completed seasonal mooring application, this program is for vessels up to 45' in length, on a monthly basis from April through October. Owners must provide photo of vessel, a driver's license, marine insurance, have a credit card on file and pay 3 months in advance. Rental fee is $291.00 per month (3 month minimum of $873 paid up front), no pro-rations and the vessel must vacate the mooring no later than October 31. If the vessel does not vacate by October 31, commencing November 1, a daily charge of $58 per day will incur until vessel is removed.
Seasonal Monthly Moorings (April-October)
April through October, vessels may anchor for seven days without charge between the Avila Pier and the Cal Poly Pier. After seven days the anchor fee is $9.00 per day for vessels less than 85 ft. Anchor fees are $19.00 per day from November 1 through March 31. It is not recommended to anchor during inclement weather. Anchoring within the mooring area is restricted. If in question about anchoring or mooring, please contact the Harbor Patrol for assistance on VHF Radio, Channel 12.
Mooring Application
Mooring Documents
New Mooring Checklist
Mooring Transfer Checklist
Permit Termination Form
Mooring Regulations
Visiting Vessel Information Form
Contact Port San Luis Boatyard at 805-595-7895 for haul out or drydock information.
For diesel fuel: Diesel facility hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. Contact Harbor Patrol for diesel fuel on Marine Channel 12 or call 805-235-9491. For gasoline: Contact the Sport Launch operator at 805-595-7895.
Guest Moorings
Rental moorings are available for $17 per night for vessels up to 85 feet. Rental moorings have a 14 day limit. Contact the Port San Luis Water Taxi Operator at 805-305-4796 or Harbor Patrol using Marine Channel 12.
For bulk, flake ice, call 805-720-6062.
Water Taxi
The Port San Luis water taxi provides free rides to and from boats moored in the harbor between the Cal Poly Pier and the Port San Luis breakwater, 7 days a week (weather permitting), with scheduled runs at:
7 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
For water taxi service, contact the Port San Luis Water Taxi Operator at (805) 305-4796 or VHF Radio channel 12. The District reserves the right to limit the number of rides per day.
Additional Service Information
- Guest Services Map
- Winter Preparation Information
- Port San Luis Boatyard and Boat Launch Facilities
- Boat Storage
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P&O Cruises Aurora Bruges Mini Cruise – 19th December 2019
Head to Belgium and load up on authentic chocolate, beer, and diamonds, or gaze at the magnificent architecture.
This short pre-Christmas cruise onboard P&O Cruises' Aurora sails from Southampton to Zeebrugge for Bruges or Ostend.
About this cruise
Head to Southampton to board P&O Cruises' Aurora on Thursday 19th December 2019.
The Route
The itinerary for this mini cruise is:
|Thursday 19th December 2019
|Friday 20th December 2019
|Early morning to early evening
|Saturday 21st December 2019
|Early morning
Why choose this taster cruise?
- 2 nights on P&O Cruises' family-friendly ship, Aurora
- Voyage R926 departs on Thursday 19th December 2019
- Sail round-trip from Southampton
- Spend a day in Belgium
So you know, the map above shows point-to-point lines which may cross land. Don't worry, your cruise ship will not sprout legs and run across dry land. Instead it's water all the way! Mapping is approximate, and the scheduled times are estimates. Your trip is subject to change as, occasionally, operators have to alter itineraries due to bad weather or unforeseen events.
The Price
On Tuesday 10th December 2019, I found a starting price from £219 per person based on two sharing the cheapest cabin (usually this is an inside cabin). 5 days prior it started from £229 per person, a saving of £10 per person.
What's that per night?
Want to compare this short break to a hotel stay? A starting price of 'from £219 per person' equates to 'from £109.50 per person per night'.
Here's a trend line showing the movement of the lead-in price for this cruise. I aim to check prices daily and this graph shows only those readings. I love geeky stuff like this and thought it might be handy when planning when to book your next cruise.
In my last 51 checks, the cheapest I have seen this cruise start at is from £199 per person, and the highest I've seen it go is from £342 per person.
Are there any extras?
This price normally includes some meals but excludes drinks, gratuities, optional shore excursions, and any applicable flights and transfers (if needed and if excluded). If you want a cabin or suite with a view, these come at a premium (if available).
Cruise prices are based on supply and demand so the more spare cabins there are closer to the sail date, the cheaper the prices often become. After all, no cruise line likes sailing with empty cabins and this cruise sails in 7 days.
I regularly check for price changes by hand, but as they can occur rapidly, please use the link below to get the latest prices.
Remember, prices were correct when I last checked, but may have since changed. Prices are usually based on two adults sharing the cheapest available cabin.
More choices
Not quite right? Here are some other suggestions that may suit better.


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Of late, it seems, every movie that comes out of Hollywood automatically has to become a franchise, churning out sequels, prequels and so forth. But despite the ever-expanding Star Wars universe, unstoppable Marvel films, and constant evolution of the James Bond movies, there are still bad franchises that are getting rebooted or given more films just because they earn a ridiculous amount of money in the box-office.
As much as we like the Fast & Furious films – really, who doesn't like seeing all that mayhem on the big screen? – we do not want another film that adds nothing to the series creatively, other than just setting up another jaw-dropping stunt.
The same can be said of the Paranormal Activity films, The Expendables, and even the Rocky series – these franchises went on for far too long.
Now, there is news of a Charlie's Angels reboot (scheduled for June 2019), with Elizabeth Banks helming it. The 2000 film starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu as the three private detectives was fun, but the second movie was not. Add a failed revival of a TV series, and it's enough indication that a reboot might not be the most logical next step.
In July, Spider-Man Homecoming arrives with a new face – Tom Holland, the third actor to put on the spider-suit since Tobey Maguire in 2002's Spider-Man. Hopefully this one will stick, because the idea of watching Uncle Ben getting killed one more time is just too upsetting for us.
These are just a couple of examples, the actual list – believe us – is far longer.
Here are 10 franchises that should take a step back (or two), or just be allowed to die, preferably quietly.
Pirates Of The Caribbean
When we first met Jack Sparrow in 2003, he was awesome. By the second movie, he wasn't anymore. The latest instalment, showing in cinemas now, has actor Johnny Depp repeating the same schtick for the fifth time, with report of a sixth Pirates film in the near future. Just hit the road, Jack.
The world only needed one Transformers film. Michael Bay however decided to curse us with four more. Please Mr Bay, leave our childhood (and poor Optimus Prime) alone.
Ridley Scott's 1979 film was brilliant. James Cameron's follow-up – Aliens – in 1986 was even better. Alien 3 (1992) and Alien: Resurrection (1997) each had its own set of problems, but they were nothing compared to the ones plaguing Scott's Prometheus (2012) and the recently released Alien Covenant. And don't even get us started on the two Alien Vs Predator films. Sigh ... and to think we've got to sit through one more film to finally complete Scott's Alien prequel story.
The Terminator
There are very few films where the sequel is better than the first film. In our opinion, James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) is just so much bleaker than his earlier Terminator (1984) and it helps that Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor is no longer just damsel in distress. Then came the horrible Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003), and the reboots in 2009 (Terminator Salvation) and 2015 (Terminator Genisys), all of which never reaching the heights of the first two films.
Last we heard, the franchise will be rebooted once more with Cameron writing the script and Arnold Schwarzenegger starring once more. As promising as that sounds, the cynic in us wishes Skynet would rise up and put a stop to it once and for all.
Die Hard
Like the actor playing the main character in the Die Hard films, the franchise has lost its flavour after the third Die Hard film – we don't even remember what happened in the fourth and fifth films. And now comes talk of a SIXTH film, a prequel. Get ready for Bruce Willis to phone in his performance again. Ugh.
Ice Age
Back in 2002, the original Ice Age earned rave reviews for its heartwarming plot. However as the series went on, it introduced more and more new, over-the-top characters and kept flogging the same Scrat-acorn obsession storyline over and over and over again. In last year's Ice Age: Collision Course, they launched Scrat to space. Maybe it's time for this franchise to be put into deep freeze.
Child's Play
If there is anything worse than cockroaches, then it would be these Child's Play movies. Over the course of five movies, Chucky dies, comes back to life, gets a girlfriend, apparently has a kid, and is set to reemerge again in CGI form later this year in Cult Of Chucky, its SEVENTH film in total. What's next? Chucky finally becomes a real boy? No, please don't answer that.
Resident Evil
Just when you thought Alice's adventure in zombieland was over with this year's sixth film, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, along comes news that the producers are planning to reboot the series with ANOTHER six films, without star Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson, who wrote all six films and directed four. Instead, James Wan will be producing the first film of the reboot. As Jovovich herself said when she was told the news, "Good luck with that."
Pitch Perfect
The third instalment of Pitch Perfect, a film chronicling the (mis)adventures of Barden University's a capella group, is slated for release this December. But its second film saw most of its main cast graduating. What are they going to do now? Sing a capella at work too?
The first two Smurfs films were bearable only because their live-action element made for quite interesting visuals. But they got rid of the very thing that the film franchise had going for it early this year with the release of its fully-animated reboot, Smurfs: The Lost Village. And no, we would rather not have another very Smurfy day, thank you very much.
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In the less than three years since the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative was announced, researchers have made measurable progress towards creating new tools and sharpening existing ones to study the brain. Though its goals are long-term, in a few cases this progress already has shown promise in helping people.
These tools "allow us to do things that, in the past, were unimaginable," said Nora Volkow of the National Institute of Drug Abuse during the third annual BRAIN Initiative investigators meeting, held in Bethesda, Md., this week. For example, imaging tech such as fMRI and PET have enabled us to make maps of brain activity and create a brain atlas of the concentration of serotonin transporters and receptors. But to reach goals as ambitious as characterizing the many types of neurons and other cells in the brain—or even to get a good count of how many types there are—we need to improve both the speed and the resolution of our tools.


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It is night. The turmoil of day has died away and everything is still. The Church is at prayer. She remembers the night-time prayer of the Bridegroom; she thinks of the night vigils of the early Christians in the catacombs. Times have changed, but the Church continues to insist that night is not just for sleep; night is a time for prayer. From earliest ages Matins was the Church's prayer for the Second Coming; she prayed and waited for the return of Christ as Judge of all the world. Night is also a symbol of life on earth. We are like the virgins in the parable, waiting for the Bridegroom with our lamps in hand. Here is how the Christians of 200 A.D. felt about their Matins (text from Hippolytus, Apostolic Tradition, c. 32, 19-27):
"About midnight, get out of your bed and wash and pray. Wash with clean water. If you have a wife, pray the psalms, alternating verses with her. If you have a wife but she is not yet a believer, go apart by yourself and pray alone, and come back to your place with her. Even if you are bound by the bond of marital obligation, do not omit the prayer: for you are not sullied…
"It is very important that we pray at least once every hour; for the ancients have handed this practice down to us and taught us that this is how we are to keep watch. For at that hour all creation is at rest, praising God. Stars, trees, and waters are as if standing still. The whole host of angels keep their service together with the souls of the just. They praise almighty God in that hour; and that is why the faithful on earth must pray at this same time.
"Our Lord in his parable put it this way: About midnight, he said, there came a call: Look! here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him! And he said more. Keep watch, then he told them , for ye know not either the day or the hour in which the Son of man cometh."
Unfortunately, we have to admit that today Matins retains its proper theme only to a very slight degree—Matins is generally very loosely connected with the night hours and thus it can equally well be anticipated, that is, prayed on the day before, without any appreciable loss of devotion. In place of a theme proper to the time of day there is generally some theme from the feast being celebrated that day, a theme which is expressed in the readings (or lessons, as they are called) and the other variable parts. On feast days, Matins is a meditation on the feast, a drama of prayer.
In order to assimilate the full meaning of a feast, it is necessary to examine Matins. Many feast-day Matins are masterpieces of composition, for example, the Tenebræ services on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Holy Week, the Office of the Dead, the consecration of a church, Corpus Christi. The psalms of week-day Matins are mostly a prayerful meditation on the kingdom of God, a preparation for fitting the coming day into its proper place in the divine plan of redemption.
Matins has a splendid introduction, the invitatory, and on feast days, Sundays outside the penitential seasons, and during Eastertide, a grand conclusion, the Te Deum. The invitatory, or introduction song, combined with the powerfully stirring Psalm 94, is a liturgical masterpiece. But in order to sense the full, dramatic dynamism of the invitatory, one must hear it in its final form of development, sung in choir during the nightwatch of early dawn.
On Christmas, for example, the joyous tidings Christus natus est nobis (Christ is born unto us), resound through the choir like a mighty proclamation, a veritable Gospel of good tidings in the still of night, and perfect overture to the solemnity of the day's liturgy. The Te Deum is the paean of the whole Church to the triune God, and to Jesus Christ; it ends on a fervent plea for protection. It serves as a beautiful transition to Lauds.
by Dr. Pius Parsch


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Gua Sha
Used for pain relief from what in Chinese Medicine is often identified and translated in terms of "Wind or Cold invasion ".
The term "Gua" means to scratch or scrape and "Sha" is redness.
It seems that Gua Sha has not been embraced in the West as most other forms of Chinese Medicine, this is possibly due to the cosmetic aspect of deliberately instigating a rash on a person body!. This is true for the practitioner as well as the patient. But in China it is still a popular treatment and many Western practitioners of Chinese Medicine are now using Gua Sha as part of their own treatment plans to great effect.
As with the case of Cupping the practitioner will advise you if this is the best and most appropriate form of therapy for you as an individual. In practice we tend to administer Gua Sha as part of your main Acupuncture treatment.
In general we find Gua Sha beneficial for some types of pains in the upper back, neck, and shoulders areas. Many patients have reported excellent results from receiving a Gua Sha treatment and are more that happy to accept the temporary redness on the surface of the skin for a few days or so.
There are some demonstrations on Gua Sha available on YouTube.


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A young robot fights to protect the people of Tokyo from harm -- sound slightly familiar? It's not Osamu Tezuka's "Astro Boy," though that would be most comic readers' first guess, but the creators of the new Image Comics series "Circuit-Breaker" are well aware of their antecedents and embrace them fully.
While writer Kevin McCarthy and artist Kyle Baker -- who draws the series in a distinctly manga-inspired style -- acknowledge their debt to the manga and animation giant, their plans for the March-debuting "Circuit-Breaker" are entirely their own. The adventurous tale grows deeper as Chiren, the circuit-breaker, learns more about the divide between the humans and the rebel robots.
CBR News spoke with both McCarthy and Baker about the five-issue series and the creative duo expanded on the high adventure of robots fighting, the need to have a little depth to drive the conflict, and how deeply they've each dived into the Tezuka canon.
CBR News: What was the genesis of the series? The young robot fighting for humanity, the dedicated police officer, the elderly robot-building genius -- "Circuit-Breaker" is chock full of Osamu Tezuka/"Astro Boy" tributes. Was that built in from the get-go?
Kevin McCarthy: What we now know as "Circuit-Breaker" began in a sketchbook of mine sometime in the late 1990s. Back then, I was calling it "Hotwire," and it was going to be my answer to the "foxy female" character craze of that time. There's even a Hotwire trading card that was part of Dynamic Forces/Dynamite Entertainment's Comic Greats '98 series -- a collector's item!
Since then, there have been like two or three comics (and an online travel agency, and...) called Hotwire, so I changed the name. But my central idea stayed pretty much the same: a young robot hero who rewires evil robots on behalf of their creator. And though the Tezuka influence was always there for me (he's on my Comics Mt. Rushmore) when Kyle told me he was going to draw the book in a similar style, I knew there would be a change in tone as well.
Kyle Baker: I always tailor my art style to fit each individual job. If I'm drawing Captain America, I reference Jack Kirby. I felt that a story about a kid robot in Tokyo had to be drawn in a Tezuka style. Also, my children are big manga collectors and I wanted to please them.
The paranoia and suspicion between the humans and robots, brimming over into outright conflict now, seems a metaphor for almost any number of religious/racial/cultural divides -- but without being specific to any conflict. Is it hard to find the proper balance, to keep the story entertaining and funny without letting the satirical element come too strongly to the fore? Or is it just something that you might read into a sci-fi action-adventure romp if your mind is inclined?
McCarthy: There are probably parts of "Circuit-Breaker" where, for some people, that might happen. If you're paying $2.99 to see some robots fight, you might not want a lecture about, say, climate change or how Black Lives Matter. And that's perfectly reasonable, especially if you're just trying not to think about those things for 32 pages. "Circuit-Breaker" is a "funnybook" after all, and, I hope, a funny book. But our characters need good reasons for hitting each other.
There's a scene in "Circuit-Breaker #2" where a robot wearing the costume of a Sanrio-type mascot character does something truly monstrous in order to bring attention to anti-robot discrimination. Hilarious! It's the only time during the entire five-issue series where Kyle was like, "I don't know about this." And I think part of his reason for saying so was that this was just after that guy shot up a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" (in July 2012. Yes, "Circuit-Breaker" has been in the works for a long time).
But I was actually referencing an event in Osaka from 2001 -- really, the mass-killing phenomena in general, and specifically our collective short memory of them despite (or because of) their seeming increase in frequency. I remember telling Kyle that there would unfortunately probably be a few more by the time the book saw print. Then Sandy Hook happened, et cetera. So our story does have its more serious moments. But there's a lot more punching than preaching in "Circuit-Breaker," I promise!
Baker: When working, my main focus is on being true to the story I'm trying to tell. Each imaginary world has its own reality and logic. As a creator, one must focus on the character's perspective; How does the protagonist feel about this? What does the villain think? As strange as it may sound, my focus is on having things be real for the characters.
How does that human/robot divide affect and also motivate Chiren, who was created to protect humans from her own kind?
McCarthy: Chiren is tasked with dismantling a faction of anti-human terrorists called Prime Numbers, led by a handful of disgruntled robot veterans who once helped win World War IV. Chiren looks just like a human and was "raised" like one, so she hasn't really experienced firsthand some of what these machines are raging against. Over the course of the series, she begins to see from her unique perspective that there's right and wrong on both sides, and decides to do something about it. That's when she goes from just being a robot performing its function to becoming a real hero for humans and robots alike.
Baker: I believe her strength lies in an ability to look beyond self-interest, to embrace multiple points of view and understand that all beings depend on each other for the survival of the world at large.
There's some action-adventure, some social metaphor, but this wouldn't be a Kyle Baker comic (even one written by Kevin!) without a good dose of humor -- I particularly laughed at the metatextual nod to Tokyo having evolved into "a parody, a perverse Western stereotype." The exposition of their world's human/robot society being done via "info-dump" also got me.
McCarthy: First issues can be a drag if you make them too explainy, but it is sometimes a necessary evil, so it helps if you can find an interesting way to go about it. I figured having a hero that's part computer meant I could get away with her "backing-up older files" to free-up memory for the adventures ahead, while still owning up to the fact that I was being explainy.
Baker: Kevin's a terrific writer and a supremely creative guy -- always full of fun ideas.
How did you two hook up for "Circuit-Breaker"?
McCarthy: Not only does "Circuit-Breaker" mark our fourth time working together -- Kyle drew the cover to the never-published third issue of my Motown Animation/Image Comics series "Casual Heroes"; we also worked together on a story for Dark Horse's "Escapist" anthology, and again most recently for Vertigo's "Mystery in Space" -- Kyle is also the fourth artist to have been attached to "Circuit-Breaker." I'm glad the fourth time was the charm because he is also on my Comics Mt. Rushmore.
Baker: We've worked together many times in the past. I'm very selective about which writers I will collaborate with, and Kevin is on a short list alongside Alan Moore, Paul Dini and Harlan Ellison.
Chicken or egg, Kyle: You've adopted a more manga-inspired art style for this Circuit Breaker, and Circuit Breaker is loaded with Osamu Tezuka homages. Did your art style evolve to meet the story or vice versa?
McCarthy: When I sent Kyle the treatment for "Circuit-Breaker" and he told me he was going to take a more manga-esque approach to the art, it definitely influenced me to go a little further in that direction. There are some direct references to Tezuka's works such as "Astro Boy" and "Metropolis" throughout the series, and I also read Naoki Uraswawa's excellent "Pluto" (itself an inspired reimagining of one of Tezuka's best-loved "Astro Boy" stories) while I was writing some of the issues. You'll also find us riffing on "Tetsujin 28-go," "Doraemon," "Godzilla," and even the Power Rangers. While "Circuit-Breaker" is a straight-ahead sci-fi superhero adventure, it is also a parody and a perverse Western stereotype, to quote you quoting one of our characters.
Baker: It seemed to me the logical creative choice. I'm a tremendous fan of the genre.
When did you each first discover Tezuka? Nearly everyone in comics has been influenced by his work, even if they're not conscious of it, but do you take anything specific from his work and career?
McCarthy: For me, I'm guessing it would've been reruns of the old "Astro Boy" or "Princess Knight" (as "Choppy and the Princess") cartoons. When I was a kid, coming across any scrap of Japanese comics, translated or not (mostly not) was like finding gold. To be able to read some of his lesser-known works in English while developing "Circuit-Breaker" (Kyle and I specifically discussed "The Book of Human Insects" as I recall) had a huge impact on me and on this series. I suppose the way he seamlessly married the very cute and the very cruel, without talking down to his audience, is what sticks with me most.
Baker: Tezuka was my first favorite cartoonist. As a toddler, I was entranced by "Kimba The White Lion" on television. It was my favorite show. I remember crawling around emulating the run cycle from the titles. As I grew, I continued to enjoy his work and other anime shows. I think his "Buddha" series is fantastic, and I gave it to my kids to read. "The Book of Human Insects" is wonderful. "Cleopatra Queen of Sex" is bananas! The list goes on.
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Image has become the go-to publisher for creator-owned work. Was there ever another option for this series?
McCarthy: Way back when this project was called "Hotwire" and had other artists attached (including, initially, myself), it came close to happening at DC Comics' Matrix/Helix imprint. And then a little later at Dark Horse's Rocket Comics imprint. I then moved on to other opportunities, but always knew I'd come back to Chiren eventually. It's very exciting for me to have "Circuit-Breaker" at Image Comics, publisher of my first (significant) professional work, "Casual Heroes." I probably should have just brought it to them in the first place.
Baker: Image was founded by my friends, and I love working with friends. Any opportunity to spend time with friends is its own reward. I am grateful to know such insanely talented people. The Image Comics crew are some of the best cartoon makers in the world, and I've done many books with them, including "The Bakers" and "Special Forces." It's a fun, exciting group of people, and I know we'll do more together in the future.
Beyond this series, what else do you each have in the works?
McCarthy: The project I'm working on now is a supernatural police procedural about a fire marshall investigating suspicious fires in a half-abandoned city. A more personal exploration of the kind of material I visited in "Epoch" for Top Cow and Heroes & Villains Entertainment. I'm hoping to find an artist to draw it soon; otherwise I guess I may have to do it myself.
Baker: I've been on focused on my gaming and animation projects for Quality Jollity. My first Android Beta release is in the android store now. I've also been reformatting my backlist and will re-launch the Quality Jollity Library later this year, including "Benevolence" (a sci-fi adventure) and the long awaited "Why I Hate Saturn" reboot/sequel.
"Circuit-Breaker" #1 is scheduled for release March 23 from Image Comics.


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Drive a Mercedes EV? You Have These Cars to Thank
Not long ago, the mass market electric car was thought of as some fanciful pipe dream. Today we know that's clearly not the case, as some of you may own one. For those that do, specifically a Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, may we present to you its forbears. While this electrified Mercedes 190e and early '90s C-Class are far from the first electric vehicles that Mercedes produced—those honors go to the 1906 Mercedes-Electrique—this pairing does explain an interesting part of Mercedes' electric vehicle history, and a turning point in EV technology. First, the "190e Elektro." RELATED: Remember When Mercedes Built a 740-HP Electric SLS AMG?
Truth be told, Mercedes has a long history of dabbling in electric drive. Throughout the '60s, '70s, and '80s Mercedes developed electric buses, vans, and other transport vehicles. Things got a bit more involved in the '80s though, and in 1982 Mercedes began testing electric drive versions of its W123 station wagons. The next step? A compact electric car, based on the new 190e.
At the Geneva Motor Show in 1991, Mercedes unveiled its "Elektro" 190e, which boasted two 26 horsepower electric motors, banks of sodium-nickel chloride batteries, and about 68 miles of driving range. Not shabby at all in hindsight. In 1992, Mercedes joined BMW and other automakers in a four-year electric vehicle experiment on the island of Rügen, which saw Mercedes test the performance of 20 vehicles with varying setups.
Seven 190e models are said to have sported an asynchronous engine layout, in which no transmission was needed, while three cars featured a variant setup with nickel-cadmium batteries, a manual transmission, and a 25 mile driving range. The red "Elektro" 190e pictured above went on to clock a staggering 100,000 kilometers of test driving in one year.
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As the new Mercedes C-Class replaced the venerable 190 in the early '90s, Mercedes turned its newest compact car into an EV, which it showcased at the 1993 Frankfurt Motor Show (pictured above in green). The new car wielded 48 horsepower and a familiar 68 miles of range, but it did so with a new series of "ZEBRA" batteries, which kept the sedan's interior stock in appearance and free of intrusive battery packs. It also shared the stage with a techy pair of battery-hybrid C-Class vehicles.
Of course, there are quite a few more steps between these vintage prototypes and the B-Class EV currently sold today, but the DNA and the history is there.
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Envisioned: October 25, 1933
Founder: Monsignor Lourdes F. Costa
Elevation: 4,675 feet
Elevation Gain: 820 feet
First (wooden) cross placed: February 13, 1934
Second (iron) cross placed: March 25, 1934
Trail length: 4.4 miles round trip
Estimated time: 2.5 hours
Present monument
Sculptor: Urbici Soler
Construction started: April 15, 1939
Dedicated: October 29, 1939
Height: 42.5 ft
Base: 13.5 feet
Statue: 29 feet.
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From Texas To Minnesota: 1A Across America In 2019
1A Across America has done a lot in its first year. Find out where the team heads next.
Guest Host: Noel King
There's a lot to the story of religion in the United States that we've forgotten.
Consider the giant metal cross used by the first Catholics to settle in the 13 colonies — it was lost in a university storeroom for decades. Or Thomas Jefferson's story of Jesus, which he pieced together from the Bible, removing all the miracles. Or the Arabic papers written by slaves who had practiced Islam (some scholars estimate as many as one fifth of African-born slaves had some affiliation with Islam).
This last fact was so long-forgotten that when Hillary Clinton said "we've had Muslims in America since George Washington," it warranted a fact check.
The new Smithsonian exhibit and book "Objects of Devotion" traces America's faith through the objects believers created. By looking at these items, curator Peter Manseau shows that "freedom of religion is not just an idea, but something to be welded together by the hands, the work and the lives of previous generations."
The following is from Peter Manseau's book Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America. This essay discusses The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, an edit of the story of Jesus done by Thomas Jefferson.
Of the 6,487 of his books that Thomas Jefferson planned to sell to the federal government as the core of a new Library of Congress in the winter of 1815, about three hundred of dealt with religious subjects. Among the volumes selected for shipment from Monticello to Washington, DC, Jefferson included a score of Bibles, a Qur'an, a history of "heathen gods," and works by deist philosophers. Such heterodox titles reflected his opinion that religion should be a personal affair, guided by curiosity and reason.
As wide-ranging as Jefferson's religious collection was, it did not contain the book that provides the purest expression of his religious ideas. In fact, he had not yet created it. A labor of love during his long retirement, the eighty-four-page redacted edition of the New Testament that he called The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth was the product of decades of thinking about scripture, religion, and the latter's role in society. Beginning in 1820, the seventy-seven-year-old Jefferson worked with a penknife and glue to excise sections from the Gospels in English, French, Latin, and Greek and paste them into his own version of the sacred text.
The Jefferson Bible, as the resulting text is also known, makes no mention of turning water into wine or walking on water but reorganizes the words and biography of Jesus to avoid repetition while recounting his life chronologically. To the sage of Monticello, the man from Nazareth was a great teacher and moral exemplar, and that was enough. "Jesus did not mean to impose himself on mankind as the son of God," he wrote. The miracles and supernatural elements that make up so much of the traditional story of Jesus's life Jefferson regarded as fictions grafted on to the biography of a historically significant figure. The dogmas that had grown out of these fictions, he believed, were little more than the "Abracadabra" of priests.
Frequently accused of heresy and even atheism, Jefferson knew that his approach to scriptural interpretation would be too much to accept for those with more traditional perspectives. He discussed The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth only with a few friends and never imagined it would be widely distributed.
Among his trusted confidants on matters of faith was the patriot and physician Benjamin Rush. Long before he put penknife to paper to craft his alternate scripture, Jefferson wrote the doctor a letter outlining his thoughts on Christianity, as well as his frustration that they were so often misperceived.
Dear Sir,
In some of the delightful conversations with you, in the evenings of 1798–99, and which served as an anodyne to the afflictions of the crisis through which our country was then laboring, the Christian religion was sometimes our topic; and I then promised you, that one day or other, I would give you my views of it. They are the result of a life of inquiry & reflection, and very different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence; & believing he never claimed any other. . . . In confiding it to you, I know it will not be exposed to the malignant perversions of those who make every word from me a text for new misrepresentations & calumnies. I am moreover averse to the communication of my religious tenets to the public.
Jefferson was known to say he was "of a sect by myself." Yet the reception of The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth suggests that many Americans shared his views. Having produced a single copy of the manuscript in his lifetime, he bequeathed the leather-bound volume to his daughter Martha in his will. It passed down through generations of his descendants until his great-granddaughter Carolina Randolph sold it to the Smithsonian's librarian Cyrus Adler in 1895. Nine years later, an act of Congress decreed that the text be published for the first time. For fifty years, every newly elected senator received a copy of Jefferson's Bible upon taking the oath of office.
It was fitting that the manuscript was passed down through family, as Jefferson had always made his most personal statements regarding religion to those closest to him. In a letter written in 1787, he had urged a nephew of his to consider all sides when it came to questions of religion. As he said of this process:
If it ends in a belief that there is no God, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort & pleasantness you feel in its exercise, and the love of others which it will procure you. If you find reason to believe there is a God, a consciousness that you are acting under His eye, & that He approves you, will be a vast additional incitement; . . . if that Jesus was also a god, you will be comforted by a belief of his aid and love. In fine, I repeat that you must lay aside all prejudice on both sides, & neither believe nor reject anything because any other persons, or description of persons, have rejected or believed it. Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven.
Jefferson's Bible is clear evidence that he not only gave this advice, but also lived by it himself.
Copyright Peter Manseau, 2017, Smithsonian Books
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For the last two years, the weather has been awesome. Who can beat sunny skies, even if there's some snow on the ground? This year, as New Year's Day approached, the unseasonably warm temperatures that we'd been enjoying also decided to take a hike.
Since we knew the conditions would be a little snowier than our previous years, we decided to embrace the snow and go cross-country skiing. The boys had never been, and we'd only been once (Sam fell...a lot). There were snowy landscapes galore, but my eyes were fixated more on this little number that appeared in the temperature gauge of our trusty minivan:
Um......ok, that's not usually a temperature I see when I'm planning on doing an outdoor activity. Mr. Weather, you must have forgotten that I grew up in MIAMI. Where that zero usually has at least a 9 marching merrily (albeit sweatily) along in front of it. Now, I'm not saying that I prefer the weather in Miami at all; I spend much of my time talking about how the weather in Colorado is the best the country has to offer. But still...zero?
Then I saw this:
And from there, things went from bad to worse...or more accurately, from frigid to arctic. As we made our way over Berthoud Pass, I saw this:
hahahahahahaha. Well, you can either laugh or cry, right? I may have done both. We rolled into Snow Mountain Ranch, a 5,000 acre YMCA property out near Granby, and attempted to not turn into popsicles as we checked in.
The weather was so $*!#@(^# cold that the guy who was assigned to giving the free cross-country lessons was NOT happy that my two older boys were brave enough (or that their parents were cruel enough) to spend time outdoors. I have never been in weather like that, where it was utterly unbearable simply going from the car into a building. But gosh darnit, they were free lessons and we were going to take advantage of them! The boys were amazing troopers--I watched from a 5-foot proximity of the fireplace as they skied up and down on on the practice trail, falling often but popping right back up and skiing some more. We spent the rest of the afternoon in the rec center building, roller skating and playing hockey.
|Thanks to the many hours spent playing hockey in our driveway,
the boys had no problem keeping up with much older kids
|Kenyon also knows his way around a hockey stick
|Roller Skating Kenyon
Now, I'd like to think that I'm not terribly snobby, but I very much prefer to stay in hotels that don't have the YHB (Yucky Hotel Blanket). I wasn't expecting the Four Seasons--for $149 a night, we had a room, free breakfast, and access to all the property has to offer--snowshoeing, cross-country skiing (including free lessons for the kids!), archery, hockey, roller skating, basketball, ice skating, craft studio, rock climbing wall). But we did have the yucky hotel blanket (which I immediately folded down to the edge of the bed and instructed the kids to stay away from), and when we pulled out the foldout couch for Jackson, it was apparent that the sheets had not been changed--it may have been the dirty sock in the rumpled sheets that clued me in. They came and changed the sheets, but I was fairly obsessed with the possibility of contracting bed bugs the whole night.
|Kenyon enjoying the not-so-luxurious accomodations
|Kenyon preparing to travel in style
sigh...maybe this was a good tradition to start after all...


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Strong growth in employment continues across Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported an increase in employment of 2.5% in November 2015 compared to the same time last year. "The trend shows that around 293,000 more people were employed in November 2015 than in November 2014", said Bruce Hockman, General Manager of ABS's Macroeconomic Statistics Division.
More jobs on the way in Victoria
Minister for Planning Richard Wynne has approved the Sunshine Activity Centre Zone in Melbourne. The 19 hectare development will expand upon Sunshine's existing town and is expected to receive more than $1 billion in investments and create hundreds of new jobs. This prime shopping and industry centre will also benefit from regional rail link upgrades to Sunshine Railway Station; meaning quicker travel across Victoria. Minister for Planning Richard Wynne said "Sunshine is only 13 kilometres from the CBD. We're going to make it an industry centre where people can live close to their job, raise a family and have good options for housing."
"We're sending a message that Sunshine is ripe for investment and growth, and that liveable communities for Victorians through smart development is the number one priority."
In Victoria alone an additional 14,500 full time jobs were created during November 2015 , contributing handsomely to the overall increase of 91,600 full time and part time jobs nationally. "This is the second highest annual increase in Australia and further proof that Victoria's economy and business conditions are both surging" Treasurer Tim Pallas said today.
Continued Biotech investment will also create new jobs in Victoria
The Australian Government have announced that for a second year running Victoria will host Australia's largest biotech conference in 2016. The prestigious International Biotechnology Symposium will be held in Melbourne and hopes to create opportunities throughout the industry by encouraging companies to launch their new products and processes.
Victoria is also home to hundreds of major research facilities, companies and universities who already provide permanent employment opportunities for many thousands of its residents. With estimated generated revenues of more than $10 billion, Victoria has firmly established itself as a major player within the biotech industry.
The conference is also expected to attract scientists, engineers, business leaders and government officials from all over the world, aiming to encourage future investments which in turn will create even more jobs within the industry.
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