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In spite of the expected stormy weather everyone who could get into the Library made the trip – a few people were already doing other things – but 8 of us gathered to continue reading The Fall of Arthur, 'The Poem in Arthurian Tradition'. We had already discovered in our reading that Tolkien drew on the best-known sources of Arthurian legend: Geoffrey of Monmouth's late 12th century Historia Regum Britanniae, the alliterative Morte Arthure, the French romance Mort Artu, the stanzaic Morte Arthur and Thomas Malory's late 15th century Death of Arthur.
In view of this range of influential material, I began the discussion by asking if everyone found the chapter on Tolkien's use of the Arthurian tradition more or less confusing than the Commentaries on sources in Sigurd and Gudrun.
Angela said she needed to make notes, while Laura said she found the Arthurian material less tricky to work through. Tim observed that the chapter we were reading provided a useful summary of sources.
Chris remarked, with a hint of subversion: 'which version would Peter Jackson make'!
We spent some time discussing the kinds and functions of the sources – especially the political agenda behind Geoffrey of Monmouth's text. Mike suggested – with reference to critical opinion of the source texts that once academics establish the status of a text there is no challenge. Ian commented on function and motivation that there may also be a desire to record oral history on the part of early authors of what is now called 'pseudo-history'. That this is not necessarily connected with political legitimation such as that posited for Geoffrey's work, but might depend on funding from the rich and powerful.
Tim questioned whether it was possible to regard Geoffrey as indulging in his own act of 'sub-creation' as he put together tales from ancient sources of his own?
Mike observed that people have always been filling in gaps in what is already known, and that things are taken as fact until they are proved wrong. We all discussed a range of problems associated with knowledge and Ian remarked that knowledge is often a matter of interpretation.
I mentioned that we are used to being sceptical but at the time when the Arthurian source texts were written critical questioning of established authorities was not acceptable and had to cautiously attempted. The classic later example is Galileo, who was forced to recant his heliocentric theory of the universe because it challenged established theory.
Mike returned us to the text when he asked if we thought Tolkien was satisfied with his version of the Arthurian material. Laura remarked that he too was rewriting the old legends. Ian noted that his treatment of Arthur's return home may have provided a 'moral' to the tale but since the poem is not completed Tolkien left the argument unfinished. Mike observed that not finishing things was Tolkien's problem. Chris remarked that Tolkien just seems to have liked creating the poetry.
Mike observed that Tolkien was making the older, and sometimes difficult, material accessible for a newer audience. Chris added that Tolkien was writing for a modern audience in his characterisation of Guinevere, who is accorded more self-determination, more psychology, and emotion than is customary in the sources. Mike then asked about the characterisation of Mordred, and whether it retained in Tolkien's poem the same negative aspects traditionally linked with the character. We searched the chapter and found that the alliterative Morte Arthure provided the basis for Mordred's lust and threats against Guinevere, as well as her escape from him. Other aspects of Mordred's characterisation were much as we anticipated. But we considered possibilities such as the influence of the wicked regency of King John on Tolkien's depiction of Mordred as a violent usurper.
Angela compared the relationship of Arthur, Mordred and Gawain with that of Aragorn, Denethor and Boromir, and possibly Faramir, as there are 2 versions of Gawain in the source texts. In the better-known version Gawain is called 'the Good' and is heroic and loyal. In the less well-known version he causes a violent feud.
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On September 1, in the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, we will take part in the 16th Moscow Press Festival.
A whole media town will appear on Poklonnaya Hill with thematic zones devoted to popular headings of newspapers and magazines: about business, books, children, hobbies, sports and health. The digital zone will feature electronic publications and online media. The festival will host master classes, presentations, lectures, games and other events. Publishers will prepare meetings with their authors and media personalities, contests, surprises and gifts. Anyone can get a preferential subscription to any newspaper or magazine that he likes. The Moscow Press Festival is held for the sixteenth time. His main goals are to popularize reading and expand the audience of publications, increase interest in journalism and demonstrate modern technologies that are used in the media.
Dozens of publishing houses and media companies, including "Arguments and Facts", "Moskovsky Komsomolets", "Komsomolskaya Pravda", "Kommersant", TASS, "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", "Evening Moscow" and many others will take part in the traditional press festival on Poklonnaya grief, which this year will be held on September 1. The festival will take place 16 (!) Times, and, although it has retained its affiliation to the newspaper industry in its name, the scale and nature of the event changes every year, as do the media themselves, which already interact with readers in a variety of formats, starting from text to paper to video. So this year, for the first time, a separate Digital-zone will appear at the festival, which will set a new bar in the development of the festival as a unique annual platform for the meeting of editors with readers.
The main theme of the event will be the slogan "Meet what you read about." The entire territory of this media city will be divided into thematic areas that will correspond to headings in newspapers or on news sites. A rich and exciting program will be waiting for visitors in the areas of "Business", "Digital", "Hobbies", "Children", "Sport and Health" and "Books".
Thus, in the Business sector, a master class in journalism will be held by one of its most famous representatives, a columnist for the Moskovsky Komsomolets and a member of the Public Observation Commission, Eva Merkacheva. The session of Rossiyskaya Gazeta will also be devoted to broad legal issues, and experts invited by the publication of the traffic police Stop-Newspaper will tell all about road safety.
A well-known Russian meteorologist, director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, will share his vision of climate change during the session of the publication Arguments and Facts. Among other topics in the Business sector are the development of trust funds, the role of the industry press in the construction industry, postal business and others.
In the Digital sector, journalists and digital marketing experts will share the secrets of successful blogging, promoting start-ups in schools, and producing multimedia data journalism. The cases will be presented by the heads of the digital directions of TASS, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Moscow Media Holding, Izvestia ICC and Prosveshcheniye publishing house.
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The 2017 Mt Washington Backcountry Ski Festival is proud to partner with the Friends of Tuckerman Ravine (FOTR) and Moat Mountain Brewing Co. for this event. All the proceeds from the silent auction and raffle at the Saturday Après Ski Party will go to non profit partners, including FOTR.
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We chalked it up (initially) to being in a much more urban environment in Freiburg, but it was true in the countryside, both in the vineyards and in the Schwarzwald. Europe is much less biodiverse than North America because of glaciation, but it still seemed quiet.
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A search on "nocturnal symphony" in past posts brought up quite a few hits.
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I had been thinking about it for a while and eventually I had bought it – the genuine Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the 48KB model, for fifty quid on Ebay. I had it years ago, but it was a clone called "Leningrad" built on Russian components.
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The label "1982 ISSUE TWO" is visible at the bottom left.
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The seller also gave a bunch of tapes. I haven't seen 15 minutes cassettes before.
So lovely books.
People had guts to put proper illustrations in manuals at that time.
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An installation within the GARDENING WILL SAVE THE WORLD - IKEA & TOM DIXON pavilion for the 2019 RHS Royal Chelsea Flower Show.
'Terrestrial Reef' is a 21st century techno-organic garden of natural and synthetic elements, i.e. soil, fungi and robots. The project, a 3d printed hybrid-garden, has multiple interests, in one side reflects on the often troubled, incompatible, even oppressive binary relationship of the built environment with the natural environment as defined by western modernity; in the other propose an alternative to the current cultural associations to nature as "green". What at are the implications and opportunities in decision making when landscapes and gardens are shaped by Ai strategies and machines? What aesthetic paradigms would it develop for a hybrid ecosystem of natural and artificial symbionts?.
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HA NOI (VNS) — National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung yesterday said Viet Nam was committed to hosting the 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, to be held in the capital from March 28-April 1.
The Vietnamese delegation will participate in sessions that focus on cyber war, water management, children's rights, the role of legislative bodies in ensuring adequate healthcare services for women and children, democracy in the digital age and threats to personal and privacy rights.
Speaking at the opening session of the NA Standing Committee's 36th session yesterday, Chairman Hung said the Interparliamentary Union meeting would provide important messages on peace, democracy and social fairness.
According to NA Committee for Foreign Affairs Chairman and Deputy Head of the Standing Organisation Committee for IPU-132 Tran Van Hang, 126 delegations have registered for the event.
The rehearsal for the opening ceremony will be held at the National Assembly House this Sunday. Relevant agencies are also working hard to tighten security for the event.
Hung said he appreciated the combined efforts made by agencies in fulfilling the remaining work to make the meeting a great success.
At the end of the 132nd Assembly meeting, the IPU is expected to adopt the "Hanoi Declaration", which will be used as an official document for submission to heads of legislative bodies in August and to the United Nations General Assembly in September, 2015.
At the 117th IPU Assembly in Geneva in 2007, Viet Nam's NA was elected to the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
During the IPU-121 in 2009, Viet Nam was elected to serve as Vice President of the IPU.
Established in 1889 in Paris, the IPU is the oldest multi-national political organisation in the world and currently has 162 members.
In the afternoon, the NA discussed the draft Law on the Fatherland Front. Standing Committee members agreed that the draft Law on the front must clarify supervision of the front and social criticism functions.
The draft Law stipulates that the Fatherland Front can assess and give opinions, suggestions on draft policies and legal documents of the Government, as well as exercise a social-criticism role to debate projects and draft programmes of Government agencies.
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The Fatherland Front can give its counter opinions on policies through conferences, documents and can seek ideas from individuals, organisations and hold dialogues.
Today, the NA Standing Committee will debate funding for Tinh Phong-Dung Quat 2 road in the central province of Quang Ngai and the issuance of an amended resolution on environmental tax.
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Minister and Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Affairs, Giang Seo Phu, on Friday will be questioned on the implementation of the National Programme 135 that aims to help extremely-disadvantaged communes escape poverty. — VNS


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Exercising is obviously key to our well-being, but when you think about it, an hour's workout is just 4% of your day. It's therefore really important for your health that you make an effort to also stay active outside of your structured exercise time.
Our lifestyles have become alarmingly sedentary in recent years, with lots of adults in the UK spending more than seven of their waking hours sat down. This has been proven to increase our risk of a plethora of health problems, from diabetes to coronary heart disease.
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3) Office challenges. Getting the whole team involved in an effort to be healthy and active is a great way of keeping motivation high – you're held accountable to each other and a bit of healthy competition is always good!
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Academic clinical research will grind to a halt under the bureaucratic burden proposed by the EU, according to Jaap Verweij, professor of medical oncology at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam.
He said that international collaborations on clinical trials were vital for translating the results of laboratory research quickly into benefits for patients. Yet the EU's plans could make such collaborations difficult, if not impossible, thereby stifling important research and condemning many patients to death or years of suffering because they would be unable to benefit from new and better treatments for their cancers.
The discovery of a new and effective treatment for a rare and difficult-to-treat cancer has highlighted the way international collaboration can be translated into benefits for patients in a short time-scale that would be impossible if the research had to be carried out in only one country, said Prof Verweij.
"Sarcomas are a very rare collection of cancers of connective tissues such as bone, muscle, cartilage, fibrous tissue and blood vessels," explained Prof Verweij. "They represent only one per cent of all cancers. One of these is gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), which arises from the connective tissue of the gastrointestinal tract. This is a very difficult cancer to treat successfully and for those patients who cannot be treated by surgery, the prognosis is poor, with an average survival of only one year.
"Recently, scientists recognised that it might be possible to control the disease by inhibiting the c-Kit gene, mutations in which were thought to control GIST. They found that the drug imatinib[2] did inhibit the gene and in a very short time phase I, II and III clinical trials have been performed, showing that imatinib is indeed a very active drug in GIST. Although further data are still needed, it is clear from these studies that median survival of patients with GIST has been increased by treatment with imatinib and that symptomatic benefit will be obtained with little toxicity in more than three-quarters of the patients with surgically unresectable, metastatic and advanced GISTs. A quite dramatic effect has been described in some of the patients. Further research is on-going to establish the best dose amounts for patients.
"The speed with which this discovery moved from the bench to the bedside would not have been possible without international collaboration. Due to its rarity, it was vital that GIST patients from around the world were included in the clinical trials in order to get enough of them to test the drug effectively. The fact that the collaborations stimulated by the EORTC[3] and the CTOS (Connective Tissue Oncology Society) enabled us to do two parallel phase III studies including over 1,600 patients in less than one year is a small miracle in itself! The studies involved all co-operative study groups in the USA, the EORTC, the ISG (Italian Sarcoma Group) and the AGITG (Austral-Asian Gastrointestinal Tumour Group), and were a typical example of collaborative academic clinical research at its best.
"However, the proposed EU directive on clinical trials puts this kind of collaboration into jeopardy. We definitely need these studies. Without them, progress will be delayed. The EU rules must move into line with reality and feasibility. If these problems are not solved, academic clinical research will come to a standstill and global collaboration will cease. We will have only pharmaceutical industry-sponsored research left, and although this is very good research, it stops at the moment a drug is registered, while the true value and role of a new drug is usually determined in academic clinical research."
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[1] The EU directive demands extra data collection, form-filling and inspections for even the most basic clinical trial, making trials more complex, expensive and difficult to set up and run. The provisions of the directive have to be adopted by 1 May 2004.
[2] Imatinib has the brand name of Glivec.
[3] EORTC - European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer.
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Beef 2½ lbs, large pieces
• Heat half of the oil in a heavy large skillet and fry onions until golden brown. Add meat pieces to the fried onion and cook until light brown on both sides. Add salt, garam masala and saffron and fry the meat until the oil separates and rises to the top. Add water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer covered until meat is tender. Add more water if required.
• In a separate pan, sauté carrots in a small quantity of oil, add sugar and fry until softened. Remove from pan and keep aside. Add a little oil to the pan and sauté raisins until they swell up. Remove from pan and set aside. Next fry the almonds and pistachios to a golden brown and set aside.
• When meat is cooked, remove it from the remaining water/stock with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add rice and salt to the stock, add broth and cook until the liquid comes to a boil. Lower the heat and cook covered until rice is done and dry (about 15-20 minutes). Alternatively, once the water dries up to about 70% of its original quantity, the pan may be placed in a preheated oven at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes.
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In everyone's family, there are always the clowns, ones that need to be heard above all others. The joker, and the one who has the desire to fight with everyone, and the personalities go on and on.
There are all kinds of personalities, the one who are right all the time, the pushy one who yell loudly to intimidate, and the one that sits in the corner watching everyone else. The list goes on and on. I'm sure we all love these people who reside in our families. I have a friend with a long line of relatives that only appear when the reunion comes around, or sometimes at Christmas.
Ziggy has the same issues as all of us do. Her Uncle Martin is a funny man who always arrives dressed in costume with a case of beer under his arm (the Joker). Ziggy heard that he has always arrived like this, so no gets surprised anymore. Ziggy figured if everyone came in costume her Uncle Martin would no longer stand out. But the truth be said, Uncle Martin loves to be a different person every day. A little different, but that's his thing. Aunt Willy is the nice older aunt who bakes all kinds of goodies and drives everyone crazy as she passes them out time after time through the event (the nurturer).
Ziggy met her grampy when she was seven and he scared the crap right out of her. She had nightmares for months, mom had brought him from the nursing home for the day. Grampy was the thinnest person Ziggy ever met. Grampy looked like a skeleton with long grey hair, long scraggly beard, and nails that seemed to have never been cut before. When he grabbed Ziggy by her arm saying, "I'm going to get you." His voice was scratchy and deep and slobber ran down one side of his face. His eyes looked like someone tried to pull them out of his head. His long nails scraped along Ziggy's arm as she wiggles loose from his grip. Ziggy ran and hid for the rest of the visit.
I'm sure we all can feel Ziggy's reason for being afraid. Ziggy has never recovered from that day when grampy came to visit. That's one of the apples on Ziggy's family tree. She had an Uncle Smiddy who no one liked too much. Everyone said he was dropped on his head at birth. He would sneak up behind people with firecrackers, light them and toss them at your feet. He burnt grammes' foot once and she has never forgiven him. Ziggy just didn't feel safe around him. He was creepy. "Good family so far?" "There are a lot more tainted apple on Ziggy's tree."
Ziggy has gathered idiosyncrasies of her own. She is one of those ladies who likes everything in its place and knows if anything has been moved. He husband Richard bugs her about it. He will deliberately move something just to light her fuse. He would then go in front of her and move a picture and wait for her to see it. Ziggy would chase after him smacking him on the hand telling him he was a bad boy, which would turn into good hardy fun. Richard loved to get her going. Ziggy knew it, and that's one of the reasons she loves him.
We all have nutbars like Richard, Smiddy, Willy, Martin and grampies on our family trees and there are many more caricatures. We embrace them because they are family.
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We've spent some time over at Islands of Adventure:
Josh Goes to Universal – An Introduction Part 1
Josh Goes to Universal – Jurassic Park
Josh Goes to Universal – Harry Potter World errrrr…Wizarding World
Josh Goes to Universal – The Lost Continent
Josh Goes to Universal – A Very Festive Seuss Landing
Express Pass, Early Admission to the Wizarding World, and Port of Entry
This time, we'll take a look at Universal's other theme park, which I'm pretty sure is called Universal Studios Florida.
The only thing this website really has going for it is relevance. That relevance is going to be tested as these pictures were taken back in December. As I've mentioned before, Universal is not particularly camera friendly. You have to stow your belongings on a number of rides and others have strict "no photography" rules or warnings. At Disney World, you can pretty well take whatever you want on any attraction and if you drop your camera on Expedition Everest, they don't really care. Anyway, my point is that I don't usually take a bag with me and thus, Tom stays home a lot of the time.
The system to enter the theme park is similar to Disney's. Or at least the "old" Disney. You'll arrive at turnstiles where you hand your ticket over to a person who scans it. You then place your finger on a fingerprinting device. Tinfoil hats optional.
Also similar to Disney, Universal usually opens the gates 15 minutes prior to the official open. Also similar to Disney (are you seeing a pattern here?), people like to get in lines that have already formed. I arrived around 7:15am to take pictures of CityWalk and then strolled over here around 8:30am. There was one line in front of one turnstile with about 35 people in it. I walked up to the turnstile next to it that didn't have anyone in line. When I looked back a few minutes later, there were 20 people behind me, while nobody was in front of the other two turnstiles to my left. All of the turnstiles will open in the morning. Please don't get in a long line when there are empty turnstiles.
For the most part, touring Universal is a lot easier than any of the Disney Parks. There are not a lot of shows to plan around. Islands of Adventure has one. Here at Universal Florida, there are a couple more. There are no character priorities. You can almost do a circle around the Park without having to do any dashing around. No FASTPASS nonsense. No 180+10 dining reservations. There are basically two crowd levels. It's either completely dead or completely bananas.
This is 10:42am down one of the main drags. Have you ever seen Sunset Boulevard look like this over an hour and a half after open? On the flip side, when it's busy, it's really busy. And Universal doesn't have a lot of fillers like Ellen's Energy Adventure, Journey into Imagination, the Riverboat, etc. So over President's Day Weekend, you'd be looking at a 60+ minute wait at just about every attraction. Express Pass, particularly if you're staying at a Universal resort, would mitigate those waits a lot.
The incoming hordes.
Anyway, I mention all of this underneath the Despicable Me attraction because it's your top priority in the morning. It's about a minute inside the turnstiles and its lousy capacity virtually guarantees the longest waits you'll find in the afternoon. Despicable Me is similar to Star Tours. It uses the exact same technology as Jimmy Neutron if you rode the previous incarnation. The ride is extremely cute and shouldn't be missed. Afterwards, you can dance and take your picture with a Minion. Unlike Star Tours, there is a row in front that doesn't move if motion is a problem. But it's so close to the screen that I could see it being jarring because of that.
My touring advice would be to make two circles around Universal. In the morning, visit Despicable Me, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Revenge of the Mummy, Men in Black, The Simpsons, ET, Woody Woodpecker Coaster (if desired) and Terminator 2 3D. Then you can take it easier grabbing lunch and visiting the lengthier shows and longer attractions. I'll go over which attractions are longer as we progress around the Park.
I'm not sure if this is always what happens, but the only three attractions open before 9am were Despicable Me, Shrek 4D, and Rip Ride Rockit. That's okay because Despicable Me will take the 15 minutes and then you'll want to be headed to Rockit.
Shrek 4D is similar to Captain EO, It's A Bug's Life, or Honey I Shrunk the Audience. It takes place in a large theater and is lengthy with a film that runs nearly 15 minutes, on top of a 10 minute preshow. I'd put it off until the late afternoon or evening if you can. You don't want to do it early in the morning. It's well done and worth doing.
I'd head to Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit after Despicable Me. This roller coaster is known for being tall and breaking down a lot.
I think the bark is worse than the bite. Once you get past the initial ascent, it's not particularly crazy. It's more intense than anything at Disney, but not as cray cray as Hulk or Dragon Challenge in my opinion.
Rockit has a single rider line that usually moves quickly if you're not arriving early in the morning.
Ellen rides.
Archival footage of the Transformers box that Universal is building in the middle of their theme park.
There had been rumblings that the Monsters Cafe would be refurbished into a Transformers eatery, but as far as I know that isn't true.
It's fun inside – themed as well as any Disney quick service.
There are several themes throughout. Here's the menu:
The Lasagna. I'll discuss Universal quick service food more extensively in another post, but it's pretty lousy for the most part.
Twister is the next attraction you'll come across. That's the loop for Rockit to the left.
Twister is another lengthy attraction that is best kept for the afternoon or evening. You'll want to skip it in the morning.
As previously mentioned, Universal can get busy. You do not want to be in this line.
For Twister, you'll walk through a few pre-show rooms.
Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt appear on screen discussing production of the movie. It was probably not as exciting or dangerous as they describe.
I guess you're supposed to be in a tornado destroyed house or something.
But the "real" attraction occurs at the end, where you watch a tornado play out in front of you. And yes, a flying cow is involved. With limited time at Universal, I'd characterize Twister as "skippable," but it's certainly worth doing if you have the time for it.
And they have a lot of cow stuff for sale.
It's pretty remarkable how there's nobody here. This is December 17th, so we're just about a week away from Christmas. Christmas would be totes bananas with Forbidden Journey hitting 200+ minute waits and Mummy and Rockit hitting 100+.
I may be in the minority, but I consider Revenge of the Mummy to be overrated.
It's part Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, part Haunted Mansion. I would characterize it as less intense as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Visit after Despicable Me and Rockit. With a healthy capacity, wait times are usually shorter than those two. On a day like today, you could ride all day without much of a wait. The longest wait I saw was 10 minutes.
And they have a psychic.
I'd be happy to make stuff up about your life for half price.
Amusingly(?), I find the New York section to be so well themed that I don't know what's actually a storefront.
While the quick service options are lacking, the in-park restaurants are inexpensive and offer better food.
Larger: https://www.easywdw.com/reports7/finn.jpg. There aren't a lot of places in a Disney theme park where you can get a table service meal for less than $10. And nearly everything is less than $15. And then on top of that, they have happy hour with $4 singles/$6 doubles and 20 ounce domestic draft beers for $3.50 or 20 oz. imports for $4.50.
On the downside, Finnegan's is often slammed and it can be difficult to score a drink, particularly in the evening and during special events.
A little further down the road, you'll find Lombard's Seafood Grille.
Larger: https://www.easywdw.com/reports7/lombards.jpg. As far as I know, Lombard's is not as good as Finnegan's, generally speaking. But it's similarly inexpensive.
Unlike Finnegan's, it offers some pleasant outdoor seating along the water.
Next door to Lombard's is Richter's Burger Co.
You'd have a pretty hard time convincing me it's anything less than terrible. Menu:
Considering you can get a Crab Cake Sandwich or Cobb Salad next door for a couple of dollars more, I don't see the benefit of eating Universal quick service, unless you're seriously pressed for time.
My salad was pedestrian at best. It doesn't much resemble the picture – five pieces of bland baked chicken on iceberg lettuce with a few pieces of cucumber and tomato.
But the theming is fun – Richter's….like the scale.
DISASTER! is the attraction in the Lombard's area.
You do not want to be in this queue.
I wouldn't characterize Disaster as being a particularly scary attraction – it has its moments at the end, but you're obviously never in any danger.
You'll initially be herded into the first room.
Volunteers, some of them volunteered by others, are chosen to play parts in the movie.
In the first theater, you'll be greeted by award winning director Frank Kincaid.
He meets alongside his assistant, a live actor that will stay with you throughout the attraction.
Despite being over five years old already, the technology seemed to be as good as the new-ish Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Hollywood Studios.
In the next room, the volunteers shoot scenes for Frank's newest movie, "Mutha Nature:"
Don't be too worried if you're inadvertently volunteered for a role. Each is only 15 seconds, if that. The people in the image immediately above are directed to act scared as foam bricks are poured from overhead.
Then it's time to board the subway.
The idea here is that the rest of the audience are extras in the film.
Ruh roh.
It's pretty similar to Catastrophe Canyon with a large vehicle, fire, and a major accident.
Disaster is going to take at least 25 minutes, making it another ideal candidate for the late morning, afternoon, or evening. Despite the 20 minute posted wait, I walked right into the next show.
Also in this area is Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue.
Shows are usually scheduled three to four times a day with the first show usually beginning around 12:30pm.
Seating is on uncomfortable metal bleachers.
I thought the show was pretty terrible.
They were still making Paris Hilton jokes.
Most of the commentary would go right over the kids' heads.
And adults.
And the dancing may be considered risque by parents that weren't sure what to expect. Anyway, it wasn't for me – not relevant enough to be funny and not edgy enough to be entertaining.
Starbucks! You will never work inside of a theme park!
Okay, maybe you will. Salted Caramel Mocha….
And if coffee isn't your thing, there's a Ben & Jerry's attached:
There's always Edy's….
In Part 2 we'll visit the other eateries in the area before moving up closer to Men in Black.


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After a rigorous warm up, members will be given the task of completing a strength and conditioning circuit as many times as possible for time. This will give each member a score to challenge themselves for next time, or to test themselves against the rest of the gym. Expect the unexpected as the workouts will change from session to session keeping your body guessing!
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Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother, ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large extended family living in the Clayr's glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight—the ability to see into possible futures—that is the very birthright of the Clayr. Nevertheless she must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil—one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clayr, and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny.
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In my opinion, one of the best decisions that Twitter made in recent months was making it easy for you to add GIFs to your tweets. The short, simple animated files have a unique way to add another dimension to tweets to display emotion, humor, and personality within the 140-character constraint we all have to abide by.
Coaches have been using GIFs for years for a variety of things including to relay emotion after a recruit commits, or to simply show off their personality, and that's exactly what they should be used for. However, there are a number of coaches who aren't comfortable using GIFs as a part of their tweets yet, and it is for them I decided to put together a 7-step guide for coaches to effectively use GIFs on Twitter, by pointing out a number of coaches and personnel guys at the FBS level who do an exceptional job using them in the right context.
1) Use them to show emotion and reactions
This is probably the most common theme among GIFs used by college coaches. When a recruit commits, nothing illustrates emotion like a well selected GIF.
In case y'all haven't heard, we just got a whole lot better. #NewDenton #SoarWithTheMeanGreen #UNTouchable pic.twitter.com/0DGYeoMQp6
— Seth Littrell (@SethLittrell) June 2, 2016
It's a great day when you land a state champion baller & state champion sprinter! #GoCoogs! #JackBoyz! #Buckets!🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/uXKpdU8z7S
— Alex Brown (@alexm_brown) May 28, 2016
2) Show your sense of humor and personality
Getting to know recruits is a major part of the recruiting process, but just as important to forming that relationship is allowing recruits to see the real you. Show off your sense of humor and personality with your GIF choices.
Booommm!!! 💥💥💥
Extra excited about this one! Got me moving around the house like… pic.twitter.com/TW6cPCTow0
— Drew Mehringer (@DrewMehringer) April 30, 2016
It's Friday & I'm off the road‼……….. pic.twitter.com/u6PtyzNSfh
— Jason McEndoo (@JasonMcEndoo) May 20, 2016
When our whole staff watched our latest commit at camp and again on film: #Legen17ary pic.twitter.com/mQvR9AeQA6
— Coach Tom Herman (@CoachTomHerman) June 9, 2016
3) Use GIFs that recruits and your players can relate to
Whether it's a GIF from a very popular, and quotable movie, or something from a musician that kids are listening to, finding a way to relate to them and show them that you can relate to them on their level is an important step in creating a rapport.
Ladadadaladadadadada just needs a chance, playmaker for us@KeeganMKey @KeyAndPeele @ArizonaFBall #NFLDraft2016 pic.twitter.com/xe3KO9zgvq
— Matt Dudek (@AZ_Matty_D) April 28, 2016
Coaches hitting the road tomorrow, 100 local schools in 2 days #StripeEmUp #TigerFam #901 honk when u see them… pic.twitter.com/EbgC3xBWfR
— Mike Norvell (@Coach_Norvell) April 15, 2016
Another big time commit?? pic.twitter.com/sdSdTEkzE5
— Drew Mehringer (@DrewMehringer) June 1, 2016
Big Day Today!!!!! 👇🏿👇🏿 has joined the Family!! #RUaboutthatKnightLife pic.twitter.com/0ZQF7Hie5t
— Aaron Henry (@AaronHenry7) April 30, 2016
I can hear @washjwash screaming with joy all the way in San Francisco. This latest corner from CenTex got him like: pic.twitter.com/HF6wfOT9yo
— Coach Tom Herman (@CoachTomHerman) May 28, 2016
4) Don't be afraid to get creative
Use recent events to get your point across, or integrate a fun hashtag you and your staff have created to maximize exposure. The possibilities with GIFs are only limited by your imagination
Great day in the #979! Saw some ballers and great programs! #PartyInTheEndZone #TXST pic.twitter.com/XhGIAoF0Kf
— Adrian Mayes (@CoachMayesTxSt) May 23, 2016
Feeling my TEAM @rayboneo @ChrisVernonShow @GaryParrishCBS @HV3_Golf will have when they see my golf game tomorrow pic.twitter.com/fh6htG0L1A
— Mike Norvell (@Coach_Norvell) June 8, 2016
5) Rep your school
Whether it's new uniforms or a catchy new phrase the staff is using while on the road or during the season, GIFs can be the perfect way to communicate the message
What's your favorite combo?? #PittScript #H2P pic.twitter.com/wmH3VX8BAi
— Pat Narduzzi (@CoachDuzzPittFB) May 20, 2016
THE 〽OVEMENT™…. 🙉 pic.twitter.com/H2YkVcZbmB
— Jay Harbaugh (@JayHarbaugh) May 12, 2016
And we're about it everyday! #TheMotto #UNTouchable #SoarWithTheMeanGreen pic.twitter.com/gV9hnz0lKa
— Seth Littrell (@SethLittrell) January 21, 2016
6) To brag
Because sometimes nothing really gets a point across like a GIF.
.@pnctd_eqlbrm @TheBenchCal I'd throw "academic" shade on Twitter too if I had to live through this 👊🎤haha #HillMary pic.twitter.com/rlzQRsWxcu
— Matt Dudek (@AZ_Matty_D) May 4, 2016
7) To highlight a big play, or monster hit
With a number of great GIF creators available out there, you can take highlights and easily cut them up into GIFs for later use in recruiting…or to brag (see #6 again).


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Fame and fortune can make for a lonely life. Sharing it with a childhood friend helps. Take these celebrities for example; they've known each other since long before the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and stardom entered their world.
Check out these celebs, who have been friends since childhood.
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Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler1
Because of their famous parents, Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson grew up running in the same circles. The daughters of Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler and actress Goldie Hawn, respectively, became besties while attending the Crossroads School for Arts & Science. They later starred together in 2000's Dr. T & the Women.
Jonah Hill & Adam Levine2
There's nothing quite like sharing a good laugh with a longtime friend. Jonah Hill and Adam Levine have been buddies since childhood, way before walking red carpets and selling out arenas. "Our dads met in the principal's office in junior high," Hill once said. "We were in carpool, we lived at each other's houses."
Eddie Redmayne & Prince William3
Oscar winner and Danish Girl star Eddie Redmayne and Prince William were once schoolmates. In fact, as seniors at Eton College, England, they were both members of the same exclusive club known as the Eton Society, or Pop. They were also on the same rugby team. "He's a wonderful man," Redmayne said, of Mr. Kate.
Kim Kardashian & Paris Hilton4
Born into wealthy families who knew each other, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton became friends as kids. In fact, before Kim K became the worldwide phenom she is today, she was Hilton's personal assistant and bestie. After a while folks started asking who the brunette girl on the red carpet with Hilton was and, well, the rest is history...
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Nicole Richie & Paris Hilton5
Hilton Hotels heiress Paris Hilton was also friends with another celebrity child: Lionel Richie's daughter Nicole Richie. In fact, they have said that they've been besties since birth. They went on to star in the reality show The Simple Life together, which documented their relationship. Though they famously had a two-year feud, they patched things up and remain in each other's lives.
Maya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow6
Their dads were buddies, so it's no surprise Maya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow have been friends since they were schoolgirls. When Paltrow hosted Saturday Night Live in 2001, she brought out cast member Rudolph during her monologue and even shared the two pals' fifth grade school picture.
Tobey Maguire & Leonardo DiCaprio7
The Great Gatsby costars Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio go way back, having met at an audition in the '80s, and are still close friends. DiCaprio is even rumored to be the godfather to Maguire's daughter, Ruby, and has been spotted hanging out with the family.
Tommy Lee Jones & Al Gore8
Actor Tommy Lee Jones and former vice president Al Gore were college roommates. "Al Gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met, on the first day of college, 35 years ago," Jones said when giving a speech nominating Gore for the presidency at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles in 2000.
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Justin Timberlake & Ryan Gosling9
They were more than just fellow castmates on The Mickey Mouse Club: Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling they were also roomates. "His mother had to keep her job in Canada the second year that we were on the television show and my mom was his guardian for like six months," Timberlake once explained in an interview. Now the pair have more in common than ever, since they're both new dads.
Matt Damon & Ben Affleck10
Friends long before they catapulted into fame with their Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are still close today. "(Matt and I) see each other almost too often. I wonder if his wife is thinking, 'Is he really going to come over every night?'" Affleck once said.
Elijah Wood & Macaulay Culkin11
After meeting on the set of the 1993 thriller The Good Son, Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin became fast friends who were even tutored together while filming.
Kimora Lee Simmons & Tyra Banks12
Bonding as young models in the fashion world, Tyra Banks and Kimora Lee Simmons formed a lasting friendship. Now the fashion moguls are still super tight and Banks is godmother to Simmons's eldest daughter with Russell Simmons, Ming Lee.
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Brooke Shields & Matt Dillon13
Brooke Shields and Matt Dillon have been friends since they in the early days of their careers during the '80s. He even took her on a date once to the Roxy roller disco in New York City.
Demi Lovato & Selena Gomez14
Former TV child stars Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez are two of the music biz's biggest pop stars. But they started out as two little girls singing and dancing on the hit kids' show Barney & Friends. After meeting on the show the pair was inseparable and remained close throughout the transition from childhood star to international celebrity. They did have a moment of separation but now the duo are back to being besties again.
Nicolas Cage & Sean Penn15
Bad boys Nicolas Cage and Sean Penn met in 1984 while filming Racing with the Moon and they've been friends ever since. But it hasn't always been smooth sailing in their friendship. Over the years they've bumped heads plenty of times but their bond has survived the spats.
Courtney Love & Drew Barrymore16
Their wild child lifestyles brought them together and singer Courtney Love and actress Drew Barrymore have been friends ever since. The rock star said she met Barrymore "in a bathroom, smoking. I was 19 and she was like 8." Both struggled to kick their drug and alcohol addictions, with Barrymore successfully doing so after becoming an adult.
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Jennifer Aniston & Chaz Bono17
As friends in high school, Jennifer Aniston and Chaz Bono hung out together. They both attended New York's School of Performing Arts and posed for a photo together in 1987.
Victoria Justice & Taylor Lautner18
Although rumors indicated Victoria Justice and Twilight's Taylor Lautner were dating, Justice squashed the reports and said the pair were just great friends. They've known each other since they were child performers trying to break through in Hollywood.


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Sweet Basil is a small eatery shop with twenty odd seats located in The Adelphi whipping up Thai food. The shop is very much simple normal looking shop like most eatery that is located in the older mall.
They serve both set, ala carte and the economical rice style where you can choose your dishes from the available choices with your rice. The set comes with a main and a soft drink. There are three sets for selection; the green curry set, Thai fried Mee Hon and the Chicken Basil set. Among others you can also find typical Thai food like the Pineapple Fried Rice, Olive Fried Rice, Tom Yam Soup and many more.
We wanted the Green Curry and Chicken Basil Rice Set, it was a pity that the Chicken Basil Rice Set was sold out. So we have the Economical Rice Style instead and the Green Curry Set.
The Green Curry looked very diluted and it isn't appetising looking at all. In other words, the taste was better than its look. At times, looks can be deceiving.
The price of the Economical Styled Rice was pretty reasonable, costing us $5.80 for two meat and a vegetable. We have the Fried Chicken, Stir Fried Vegetable and Red Curry Chicken. All were yummy.
Our meal was ended with the Tapioca. I was surprise to see a mango looking Tapioca. The Tapioca was a little too ripe resulting in a little hard and fibrous one. And as the Tapioca was a little huge, the centre was not as tasty as the outer portion.
I certainly would return to try more, especially the Olive Fried Rice and Tom Yam Soup.
Sweet Basil
1 Coleman Street # 02-07, The Adelphi, Singapore 179803
Tel: +65 9220 7699
FB: https://www.facebook.com/sweetbasilsgp
Opening Hours
Monday – Saturday 0900 to 1530
Getting There
By MRT: North-South line or East-West line – City Hall station
By Bus:
– alight opp Penisula Plaza along North Bridge Road – 32, 51, 63, 80, 195, 851, 961
– alight at St Andrew's Cathedral along North Bridge Road – 61, 124, 145, 166, 174, 174e, 197
– alight opp The Adelphi along Coleman Street – 130
Rating: 7/10


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Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Local Authority Housing Funding
Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount available under the buy and renew scheme; the amount available to each county council; if there is a cap; the amount Kerry County Council drew down under this scheme in each of the past 5 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24886/19]
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through construction and the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use. This includes delivery through the Buy and Renew Scheme and activity in this regard is largely delegated to local authorities so they can respond flexibly to all opportunities to provide new social housing and, as such, there is no funding limit for each local authority, once they are contributing to the delivery of their Rebuilding Ireland targets.
Since the Buy & Renew Scheme was introduced in 2017, Kerry County Council has delivered over 30 properties, with funding of c €5.3 million approved by my Department.


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I don�t know English at all
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 10:33
Osho, why do you speak a strange kind of English? - although I love it.
I dont know English at all. In fact I don�t know any language really. Thats why I can go on speaking so easily, unafraid, unworried, undeterred by languages grammar, etcetera. I am not a great orator. I simply go on saying to you whatsoever happens in the moment.
Thats why sometimes Napoleon turns into Nero, Nero turns into Napoleon; Greek becomes Latin, Latin becomes Greek. You are listening to a drunkard! It is a miracle that I can utter a few sensible words and you can make some sense out of it.
Sometimes I even laugh about what I have said to you. Just the other day... whenever I see Pradeepa bowing her head down, then I know that I must have told something wrong. Just a few days ago I was saying cropping the reap instead of reaping the crop. Pradeepa is my criterion: then I just look at her and I know I have done it again.
But what more can you expect from someone who is utterly drunk?
An elderly gentleman with a walrus moustache, frock coat, and bowler hat jiggled the telephone receiver.
"I say, operator," he said, "I want to talk to Sir Reginald Barrett in Grosvenor Square, London."
"Im afraid I cant hear you, sir," said the operator.
"Sir Reginald Barrett, Grosvenor Square, London," said the party.
"I still cant hear you," said the operator. "I guess you are English, arent you?"
"My dear madam," said the gentleman, "if I were any more English I could not talk at all."
Fortunately, I dont know much English. Hence, I can talk undeterred by any linguistic barriers. This is not English English, this is not American English, this is not even Indian English it is simply Rajneesh English. It HAS to be strange.
And what about my Italian!
Scene: Father visiting his son in jail.
Father: "You-a no-a good-a bumma, you! I raise you to be-a a good-a kid-a!"
Son: "Please, Father, dont talk like that."
Father: "Im-a ashame-a. You-a, you-a no good-a son!"
Son: "Father, please, dont talk that way."
Father: "Why-a I no talk-a this-a way?"
Son: "Because you are not Italian!"
I am neither Italian nor English nor Indian nor Chinese, and I have to talk all these languages. So I go on winging the wong number.
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Defying heavy pressure, the US on Saturday allowed the UN Security Council to pass a resolution demanding Israel to halt settlements in Palestinian territory as it abstained from wielding its veto in the powerful world body.
The 15-nation Council on Friday adopted the resolution by a vote of 14 in favour and with one abstention from the US.
In a rare step, the United States instead abstained, enabling the adoption of the first UN resolution since 1979 to condemn Israel over its settlement policy.
The resolution had been put forward by Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuela.
In the resolution, the Council reiterated its demand that Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and that it fully respect all of its legal obligations in this regard".
As the resolution, which had more symbolic value and is unlikely to change the situation on ground between Israel and Palestine, was adopted, the Council broke into a huge round of applause as envoys of the permanent and non-permanent members lauded the decision.
The adoption of the resolution and Washington's abstention was seen as a huge rebuke to Israel, which has traditionally been a staunch US ally.
US President-elect Donald Trump had put pressure on the Obama administration to veto the UN resolution critical of Israel.
A day before the vote, Trump said in a post on social network Facebook that the resolution being considered at the UN Security Council regarding Israel should be vetoed.
"As the United States has long maintained, peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the United Nations. This puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis," he had said.
Following the adoption of the resolution, Trump made his displeasure clear, tweeting "As to the UN, things will be different after January 20," referring to the day when he is sworn in as the next US President.
"There is one president at a time," Ben Rhodes, White House deputy national security adviser, told reporters, dismissing Trump's criticism.
US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, in Washington's explanation of vote on the resolution, said the vote for US was "not straightforward" because of "for as long as Israel has been a member" of the UN, Israel has been treated differently from other nations at the United Nations.
She said it is America's commitment to Israel's security that makes the United States believe it cannot stand in the way of this resolution as it seeks to preserve a chance of attaining the long-standing objective: two states living side-by-side in peace and security.


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The August 8–14 2015 issue of The Economist has a great couple of pieces basically calling for abolition—or at least radical reform—of the patent system. The first is the leader, "Time to fix patents"; the second is the longer piece, "A question of utility." The leader notes that "in 19th-century Britain," The Economist sided with free-traders in calling for the complete abolition of the patent system. As the longer article explains:
THE Great Exhibition, staged in London in 1851, was intended to show off the inventive genius of Victorian Britain. In doing so it sparked a hardfought debate on intellectual property. On one side were public figures horrified at the thought of inviting the whole world to see the nation's best ideas, only to have most of it go straight home and copy them. They called for the patent system to be made cheaper and easier to navigate, and for the rights it conferred to be more forcefully upheld. These demands, though, were met with a backlash. Supported by economic liberals who had successfully fought for the repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws a few years earlier, this side of the debate argued that free trade and competition were good for the economy; that patents were a restraint on both; and that therefore patents should be not reformed, but done away with.
The Economist, founded by opponents of the Corn Laws, was an enthusiastic promoter of this abolitionist movement. A leader in our July 26th issue that year thundered that the granting of patents "excites fraud, stimulates men to run after schemes that may enable them to levy a tax on the public, begets disputes and quarrels betwixt inventors, provokes endless lawsuits [and] bestows rewards on the wrong persons." In perhaps our first reference to what are now called "patent trolls", we fretted that "Comprehensive patents are taken out by some parties, for the purpose of stopping inventions, or appropriating the fruits of the inventions of others."
Arguing that patents "rarely give security to really good inventions" and fail at their job of encouraging innovation by rewarding inventors for their efforts, we backed the abolitionists in a debate over patent reforms then in Parliament. Our knockout argument: most of the wonders of the modern age, from mule-spinning to railways, steamships to gas lamps, seemed to have emerged without the help of patents. If the Industrial Revolution didn't need them, why have them at all?
Today's Economist cannot quite, clearly, explicitly, unambiguously call for abolition, despite framing some of the arguments for it, and even though its arguments for mere partial reform are confused and fall flat. Anyone reading these pieces will at first be nodding, "Yes, yes, I see—maybe they are right—time to do away with these government monstrosities", only to be confronted near the end with a confusing and unpersuasive series of blacksliding arguments to the effect that "despite all these problems with patents, of course we need them in a few areas these two pieces indicate growing hostility to the idea of intellectual property and growing recognition that patents and IP are incompatible with the free market and property rights.


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The Speks | Bualadh Bos Festival 2018
Lime Tree Theatre
Bualadh Bos Festival 2018
The Speks
Lime Tree Theatre | Saturday, Oct 20th | 2pm | €10 / Family Ticket €35
- Family ticket admits 2 adults + 2 children
The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their hand-clapping, toe-tapping, hearty-laughing show is all about life on Glasses Island – a magical island off the coast of Co. Clare where everybody wears glasses!
The Speks have won a Parents' Choice music award in the US where their music has been described as "Riverdance for kids" and they encourage everyone to sing, scream, clap and dance along during their performances. This will be a great, fun event for kids aged 2 to 92!
- Please note all ticket prices include a booking charge.
- No exchanges or refunds.
- Wheelchair spaces can only be booked over the phone. Please call our box office on (061) 953400 if you wish to book a wheelchair space.
- No late comers admitted to the theatre once show commences.
- Limited parking available for patrons, please arrive early. Disability and bus parking on campus.
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