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Osborne, Peter (2006) Whoever speaks of culture speaks of administration as well. Cultural Studies, 20(1), pp. 33-47. ISSN (print) 0950-2386Full text not available from this archive.
This essay considers the proposal of a new cultural-theoretical problematic of 'culture as resource' from three points of view: (1) its 'metacultural' structure, (2) Adorno's account of the relationship between culture and administration, and (3) the relationship between pragmatism and Cultural Studies. 'Culture as resource', it suggests, aspires to the status of a new cultural-theoretical paradigm that might transform Cultural Studies into Cultural Policy Studies, in much the same way that, on Mulhern's account in Culture/Metaculture, Cultural Studies critically succeeded Kulturkritik. As such, it represents the political revenge of pragmatism on Cultural Studies for the untheorized presumption of its immediate practicality. With the refunctioning of transnational frameworks as the means for a newfound orientation to policy studies, it is argued, it is time for Cultural Studies to reconsider the presuppositions about use on which it politics has historically been grounded. It is time, in fact, for a Pragmatist Dispute in Cultural Theory.
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Elisabeth eventually finds herself in another village, where she's attacked by yet another crazed / infected man and shoots him in the head. From there, she encounters the blind Lucie (Mirella Rancelot) wandering around in a field full of large stones. Lucie claims she's from a nearby village, has been ostracized for supposedly being bad luck and has gotten separated from her guide. Elisabeth decides to take her back and, once they arrive, the entire village appears to have been slaughtered. Bloody corpses are strewn all over the ground, but soon more insane killers to come crawling out of the rubble. After Lucie wanders off and gets herself killed, Elisabeth seeks refuge in a home where a mysterious, nameless beauty (Brigitte Lahaie) is hiding out. The woman claims to be the mayor's assistant and says she's been trapped there for three days. Elisabeth senses something's a little off about her, but since she doesn't bear any of the trademark soars of the infected, our heroine takes her at her word. As soon as the two step outside to make a run for it, the woman grabs Elisabeth and informs all of the mad villagers to come out and kill her. Thankfully, a pair of construction workers pop in just in the nick of time. They; WWII veteran Paul (Félix Martin), and his younger co-worker Francois (Patrice Valota), rescue Elisabeth and the three head off to the vineyard - where Elisabeth's fiancé Michel (Michel Herval) is supervisor - to try to find out just what's happened.
First off, it needs to be pointed out that this is a much more commercial film than Rollin's previous efforts and, as a result, it may not please some of his die-hard fans. As a matter of fact, I've seen Grapes written off numerous times as a lesser film in the director's oeuvre. Though the ambiance, locales and much of the photography is terrific, there's little "surreal" or "dream-like" atmosphere to be found here. It follows along a linear story line without meandering at a funeral procession pace like many of Rollin's other works. It also lacks the director's typically large amount of gratuitous nudity and his obsessive undraping of underage-looking girls in pigtails, which I suspect is actually the chief reason it is sometimes discounted. I've noticed about the same treatment has been afforded some of Spanish director Jess Franco's least exploitative films. While his sex films are often branded "art," some of his other works, such as his black-and-white Gothic horrors, are often written off as being too mainstream by the dedicated. Me? I go straight down the middle with my tastes, so I often enjoy these "lesser" efforts more so than the lauded ones. I like a nice balance between style and story. If a movie is lacking in one area or the other, it better succeed with flying colors where it is good. Grapes possesses neither exorbitant visual style nor a brilliantly written screenplay, but does show enough attention to both areas to at least skim by with a passing grade.
This same story (pollutants leading to madness, mutation and death) has been told many times elsewhere in films made both before and after this one. Where it separates itself is in its amazing shooting locations, which give this an unique atmosphere that sets it apart from other efforts in the 'living dead' sub-genre to which it belongs. The majority of the film has been shot outdoors in the French countryside and it's filled with Autumn colors, various crumbling structures and old farmhouses and walkways made of stone. The backdrops are often so absorbing to view, you'll find your attention drifting away from the action and characters just to check out what's going on behind them. The writing is less successful. Though the plot-line is certainly at least competent, its attempts to draw war parallels at the very end aren't elaborated upon enough to make them all that impactful. The makeup work is itself highly uneven, but there's at least one memorably gruesome sequence (a decapitation) which has managed to withstand the test of time well enough.
Leading lady Pascal sadly committed suicide in 1985 at the age of 39. Lahaie and Rollin also collaborated on many other projects, including the highly-regarded-by-fans FASCINATION (1979), THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTED (1980), which shares a similar toxic-chemicals-turn-people-into-homicidal-maniacs premise, and The Escapees (1981). The Synapse DVD release contains 30 minutes worth of interviews with both Rollin and Lahaie, but they don't really even talk about this film except in passing!


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Cresselia Raid Counters: Advanced Analysis
Warning: This article may forever change the way you think about raid counters
We here at Pokebattler.com try our best to keep the main website as easy to use as possible. We provide counters that are usable for players and help people optimize their teams. The simplicity of the interface hides a lot of the actual calculations that go on. There are hundreds of thousands of simulations performed to display even the simplest page. This article is going to analyze some of those detailed simulations to show you the true answer to the question on everyone's mind this week:
What are the top counters for Cresselia?
The top counters for Cresselia are Gengar, Mewtwo, Banette, Weavile, Tyranitar, and Honchkrow. Gengar should have Shadow Ball and either Shadow Claw, Lick or Hex. Mewtwo and Banette want Shadow Ball with Psycho Cut and Shadow Claw. Weavile and Tyranitar and Honchkrow want double dark moves. This is for level 40, best friends, no weather and unknown moves. The actual level and friendship and weather will move these around a bit. But most of you already knew that.
Let's go a little deeper. How about we look into the range of results that could occur. What if we get lucky against Cresselia? What if we get unlucky? We will use the Pokebattler Raid Advice Spreadsheet (available to Patreon subscribers only) to generate some graphs.
NOTE: The numbers displayed in all graphs below are Time to Win with a 30 second rejoin time and will not match the website unless you use the same battle party.
What Does the Distribution of Time to Win Look Like for Cresselia?
This gets a bit more interesting. If you are extremely lucky, the best are Gengar (Shadow Claw then Lick), Mewtwo, Banette, Weavile, Honchkrow, and Tyranitar. Banette very quickly becomes the worst and Honchkrow becomes worse than Tyranitar. As we move to average luck, Mewtwo passes Lick Gengar first, then Shadow Claw Gengar. Moving on to around 1/3 of the time you get a poor matchup for a particular charge move and Honchkrow becomes the worst. Weavile similarly drops into a three-way tie for last place, over 40% worse than where they started. Finally, 20% of the time you are so unlucky that Tyranitar becomes the #2 counter with both Gengar becoming up to 50% worse than where they started. Mewtwo and Tyranitar are very consistent across all simulations, losing less than 15% of their initial performance. Final order? Mewtwo, Tyranitar, Gengar, Weavile, Honchkrow, Banette.
That's a lot of Words, How 'bout a Picture?
Those 2 flat lines in the middle are Mewtwo and Tyranitar. The other crazy lines are all the other counters. The glass cannons are quite variable in their results as their time to win numbers jump up when they need to rejoin!
Is That All You Got?
Not blown away yet? Turns out the order looks a bit different when you change the simulation around. Let's look at group size of 20!
Note: that these extra group members are assumed to be using strong level 30-35 Pokemon that are not optimal counters, similar to a random public group.
This time with 20 people, the results are far more consistent without rejoin time affecting results as much. Shadow Claw Gengar is followed closely by Lick Gengar. Then a pack of Mewtwo, Banette, Honchkrow, Weavile, and Tyranitar follow with Tyranitar gradually beating out all but Mewtwo as time goes on. Banette has some very poor results
What is Going On?
At this point, some of your heads are spinning from graphs and numbers flying around so let's start with the obvious…
Boss Charge Moves Matter a Lot
I'm sure you all have had the experience of your Pokemon fainting and your next Pokemon dying before using a charge move. This is absolutely terrible for DPS! And this happens more often than you would like for glass cannons like Gengar and even more for Banette. In fact, if you only have a level 20 Banette, that top 6 counter drops all the way down to #14, with 71 deaths on average. If you want to be able to use your charge moves, you need enough tankiness to preferably survive a charge and a couple quick moves. This is also true for hard hitting quick moves like Confusion Mewtwo, where surviving even quick attacks can be a struggle.
Bosses have the following strategy for using charge moves:
- Not enough energy for a charge move? Use a quick move!
- Enough energy for a charge move? 50% of the time, use a charge move, remaining 50% use a quick move!
In normal situations like a solo raid attempt, there is a lot of time where bosses sit in the #1 state, without enough energy to use a charge move. This causes things that are not very common to become much more common.
Here are a few graphs to show the issue. Moonblast is a 1 bar move and takes a while to charge up if no one is attacking it so it shows boss energy mechanics well.
Cresselia (Moonblast) 1 Player
With solo attempts 1 bar moves, things look fairly interesting. The interesting number to look at is 900s TTW. That's the range for 3 man success.
- Tyranitar is the most consistent and is a good safe bet, staying below 900 seconds 99% of the time.
- With Banette, Weaville and Honchkrow the interesting number to look at is 900 seconds time to win. Honchkrow beats it 15% of the time, Banette beats it 25% of the time and Weaville beats it 35% of the time.
- Mewtwo starts off slightly better than Tyranitar and then is worse 75% of the time. It stays under the 900s magic number 80% of the time.
- Both Gengar moves are great 80% of the time or so before leaping 100 seconds past the 900 seconds goal.
Again, these sims were run with a rejoin time of 30 seconds, so there are some interesting features most likely due to particularly poor situations of rejoining without being able to get a charge move off.
Cresselia (Moonblast) 6 Players
A 6 man group was chosen as it ends in a win 50% of the time for Shadow Claw Gengar. This means half the time there will be no rejoining for Gengar, near 100% rejoining for Banette, Weavile and Honchkrow and 0% rejoining for Tyranitar and Mewtwo. Combat time is around 170 seconds for Gengar so all of these fights end in a victory.
With 6 players, the boss gains more energy and is rapidly replenishing energy, sometimes able to use a CHARGE, QUICK, CHARGE deadly attack. It will also be gaining energy when you faint. This will often cause a Pokemon to faint, and the next Pokemon to get a large amount of energy right away due to being hit with an immediate special. Cresselia hits like a wet noodle with its pathetically low attack so you actually want this scenario to play out with the tankier Pokemon! Of course with a stronger Pokemon like Mewtwo using Focus Blast against your Tyranitar, this would be very bad. The point is, as long as you don't need to rejoin, taking more damage without dying will increase your DPS and reduce your time to win.
The graphs here show the effect of needing to rejoin on your time to win. The interesting number to look at again is 900 seconds time to win.
- Mewtwo and Tyranitar are now both the most consistent and safe bets, with Mewtwo beating Tyranitar safely in all cases.
- Banette, Weaville, and Honchkrow all need to rejoin and the numbers are even worse than the solo attempts.
- Both Gengar moves are great 90% of the time but Lick is actually better than Shadow Claw a significant amount of the time!
Lick beating Shadow Claw is interesting. This does not happen without rejoining (Lick) (Shadow Claw). The only way Lick beats Shadow Claw is if you are able to get an extra charge move off, so what is the cause? If you recall, we are using random assistants, some will be better counters than others. So sometimes you win with just a little bit of health left. Other times you rejoin and are able to get a charge move off. And sometimes, you rejoin and the boss dies and you don't get any charge move off at all. The final case is what is happening here. Shadow Claw is not building up enough energy to get off a shadow ball.
Cresselia (Moonblast) 20 Players
Ah, back to a normal looking graph again with rejoins out of the picture. We are down to a 60-second fight at this point and Gengar isn't even doing 10% of Cresellia's life so no one is getting any extra damage balls. At this point, the boss is gaining so much energy so quickly that CHARGE, QUICK, CHARGE will happen 50% of the time, and CHARGE, QUICK, QUICK, CHARGE will happen 25% of the time. That's a lot of bonus incoming energy to use specials. If you don't die of course.
- Shadow Claw Gengar has reclaimed the throne, surpassing Lick Gengar by a small but significant amount.
- Mewtwo starts off looking similar to the 6 man group but begins having worse match-ups than Tyranitar about 40% of the time.
- Banette, Weavile, and Honchkrow all do better than the 6 man group to start as they do not need to rejoin but they all are worse than Tyranitar the majority of the time.
- Tyranitar with its 3 bar move and extreme tankiness shows a very consistent result, coming in as a more consistent (and more readily available) version of Mewtwo.
All Pokemon show a few unlucky cases where they waste significant energy by dying at inopportune times. The increased energy gain is worth it for the tankier Tyranitar who is better in every case with the bonus energy. More Crunch = More DPS. The other show varying degrees of being worse time to win than the smaller group sizes. Dying with too much energy and your third or fourth Pokemon being unable to use a special move will cut your DPS quite a bit.
But I don't want to think that hard
Avid users of Pokebattler will recall that the Overall Rating was used as the default sort for Pokebattler raid results for quite some time. The above graphs should hopefully show why. All else equal, a tankier Pokemon is going to be more consistent and if you are looking for an easy safe counter, it's going to be very tough to beat. The overall rating for Moonblast shows Gengar -> Mewtwo -> Tyranitar with Banette, Weavile and Honchkrow dropping out of top 6. Estimator sort for Moonblast shows Gengar -> Mewtwo -> Banette -> Tyranitar. Based on the graphs above, I'd say the overall rating is actually going to be more enjoyable for the players. But no one liked it so now I use Estimator which is a bit easier to explain but you can always change it back!.
Patreon subscribers get a much more elegant solution, the 'How Lucky' drop down. This way you can choose exactly what you want.
Are you looking for a record? Pick the Extremely Lucky option. Just want to win? pick the Very Unlucky option. Just want to have a good chance regardless of special move? Pick the Unlucky option. Or just pick Average if you just want to see how you normally do.
Here are my own results for Mewtwo, who can sometimes do quite a number on my Tyranitars
Celandro's Average Mewtwo Counters
Celandro's Extremely Lucky Mewtwo Counters
Celandro's Unlucky Mewtwo Counters
Celandro's Very Unlucky Mewtwo Counters
So you can see that if I really want to be consistent, I should be using tankier Pokemon like Mewtwo, Metagross and Dragonite. Mewtwo barely moves from 2.24 estimator to 2.38 estimator. Gengar moves from 1.78 with 20 deaths all the way to 2.55 with 62 deaths. That's a huge variation in performance. Tyranitar is also a no go if I have to worry about bad focus blast luck. If I'm short people or trying for a 2 man, out come the Gengar and hope I get ridiculously lucky. Of course if I'm trying for a two man, an actual raid simulator is the way to go but that's a whole other article;
Mind Blown?
Lots of graphs and numbers flying around this post but hopefully I can condense it down to a simple lesson for your every day raider.
Tie goes to the tankier Pokemon
There is a huge variation in results for raids due to the heavy randomness in the types of counters players are using, the number of Pokemon involved and the pure randomness of the Pokemon Go defensive combat algorithm. Tankier Pokemon will give you much more consistent results and will tend to out perform the numbers shown in Pokebattler in very large groups and even in more typical groups where rejoining occurs. Variation is not desired for every day raiding as failing a raid due to bad luck is a huge time sink.
This post was inspired by some haters on Pokemon Master Holly's twitter. And for the curious, no, I don't think 3% more average DPS is worth 25% more deaths and I wrote this whole article just to explain why.
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The Ministry of Catechists: A Challenging Prophecy of Our Time!
Dear reader, in our last article on witnessing to Christ, the Prophet, Priest and King, after the examples of the Uganda martyrs, we began a series of topics to promote the three pastoral Commissions of the Church i.e, the Teaching, Sanctifying and Governing Commission respectively. This time we pick a topic from the Teaching Commission. In this Commission or Ministry are catechists and we, before the birth of the saviour shade some light on the challenges facing the identity, formation and ministry of catechists today. Wouldn't this be a good Christmas Card to you dear Catechists?


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It was on the 25th of September, some volunteers and I went to monitor a village which lies in an area bordering Assam, about 35 kms from Dimapur. It took us 2 hours on a motor bikes to reach that village because of thekutcha(makeshift) road.
As I had been to that village several times earlier, it was good to meet the Gaon Burah(Sarpanch) once again and alsothe teacher in charge of the government middle school (GMS). We had a good chat before proceeding with the school monitoring and the village mapping, followed by the household survey.
In one of the households while the volunteers were conducting the survey, the head of the household drew me aside and questioned me on many things: What is the purpose of the survey? What is done with the report? What are the other activities of ASER etc. He patiently listened to my answers and turned very thoughtful.
After a brief pause he started talking about the region and the condition of the government schools in particular. His tribe inhabited not only this village but also 86 neighbouring villages in the block. According to the prevalent custom of the region, whoever starts a new habitation in form of a village becomes the village head or Gaon Burah! This position is hereditary and passed on to the subsequent generations. The Gaon Burahis always the most powerful person of the village and decision making powers of the village are vested in him – 'the other villagers are voiceless even if they are members of the village council' he said!
Turning to education he said that, 'some of the government appointed teachersof this region have good political connections and do not come to the villages, instead they pay money to the Gaon Burah to hire proxy teachers, who are invariably school drop outs from the village. The majority of students in these government primary schools are children of immigrants, who are poor and the wealthier locals send their children to the private schools in the nearest town.The children in the government primary schools after spending 5 to 8 years, and without acquiring any basic foundational skills like reading and mathematics, tend to drop out of the school system and end up migrating to urban areas to make a living – and end up becoming vagrants indulging in not so honourable activities.'
The volunteers had finished surveying this household, so I thanked the gentleman for cooperating with our volunteers and moved to next household.
Bendang Kokba, ASER Centre
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West Bengal STC result 2018: The West Bengal State Council of Technical and Vocational Education & Skill Development has declared the VIII+/X+ level STC exam result.
The result was declared on the official website on Friday. Candidates who appeared in the exam can now check their results on the official website of WBSCTE.
They would require their roll number and date of birth to check their result on http://wbresults.nic.in/
HOW TO CHECK West Bengal STC result 2018:
• Visit the official website http://wbresults.nic.in/
• On the homepage, click on the results link which says "Vlll+/X+ level STC examination July, 2018"
• On next page, enter your roll number and date of birth (Type DOB in dd/mm/yyyy format
• Click on the dates icon given there
• Submit all the details you have entered and check your results. Save the result for future reference.
1. The Board of Secondary Education was established in 1951 under an Act of the State Legislature called the West Bengal Secondary Education Act of 1950.
2. The Board was subsequently renamed as West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1964, under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education Act 1963
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The disclaimer on the website says that the results published on the website are for immediate information to the examinees. These cannot be treated as original mark sheets.


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Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court finally decided that states could place limits on a parent's ability to kill a child. While the victory for life and moral decency was a pathetically small one (given the number of child killings in the U.S.), the level of agnst and teeth grinding seen in the advocates for the pro-abortion industry (yes abortion is big business) provided great entertainment.
Even the media, whose complicity about this moral outrage knows few bounds, were fumbling over themselves as they interviewed the advocates of baby killing crying about how this is the first step to the end of all baby killing. I wish their fears were true but despite their apocalyptic rhetoric, abortion on demand won't end in the U.S. There are just too many rich people who need it to take care of their "mistakes" to end it. Also too many Christians, while publically against abortion, continue to quietly support it by their votes and inadequate leadership in the home and church, because they too might need it someday.
One way the media obscured the facts about this victory was their distancing themselves from the term, partial birth abortion. Instead of calling the procedure what it is, partial birth abortion, the media said the procedure which some call partial birth abortion. One could only hope they were that consistent when they spoke of other issues, but that would be to hope too much.
I am sure that I will get some comments about how "Christians shouldn't rejoice over the fall of our enemies." This sort of comment represents the typical poor exegesis and weak kneed Christianity which somehow thinks we can fight evil but be sad when we win. This isn't a fall of personal destruction for the wicked. It is a removal of one part of their power to inflict and support evil. It would be wrong to rejoice if they were killed or severely injured in an accident. Additionally, God is not crying in heaven over the saving of the few babies that will be saved by the loss of this gruesome abortion procedure. (I am not saying that other forms of abortion aren't gruesome. But there is a distinction between the suffering entailed by a baby whose brain hasn't developed yet and that of a 9 month baby who is partially born only to be killed while his head in still in the birth canal). Downright community out to be the best site.
May I suggest that we rejoice over this small victory. Be sad that so many people think that the court decision was a bad one. Work to help women scared by the guilt (guilt for abortion is appropriate but Christ's atonement is sufficient). Call men to be responsible in their sexuality, because ultimately abortion is the height of male chauvinism. And continue to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
It should strike Christians as a strange thing that anti-christians cry for freedom of speech in which all sorts of evil are spewed about. But when we want the public to clearly visualize what is involved in partial birth abortion we are somehow cruel and indecent. Hypocrisy is not just the province of religious people.
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Signaling the threat
A recent article in Grammophone observed a number of postwar trends (including very recent ones) in music which serve as a good example of the problems surrunding serious music in our times. Behind the text lie three entirely imaginary assumptions; 1) a historicist narrative stressing the urgency of contemporaneity over heritage; 2) a leftish egalitarian world view which considers cultural institutions like orchestras, concert halls and opera houses as 'privileged organisations' thereby suggesting immoral domination; and 3) a total lack of understanding what classical music as a genre is and what it means. Under the pressures of a misunderstood 'liberal democracy', leading to the tiranny of the majority where the notions of excellence and quality are felt as exploitative elitist means of suppression of freedom and personal expression, the precious achievements of ages of cumbersome struggle threaten to be thoughtlessly thrown into the dustbin, a totally unnecessary cultural suicide finishing-off what a whole age of disruption, including 2 world wars and social upheavel, has not been able to do. The masses have their right on their entertainment and free time spending, and their own ways of expression; that this should be combined with an attack upon superior art forms demonstrates the jealousy and hatred of excellence that are characteristic of the primitive barbarian, the same mentality which inspired the Goths and Vandals in the 5th century to not only take-in Rome but to plunder it and destroy everything that reminded them of their own primitive inadequacies. Let there be no doubt about the motivation of the attacks from egalitarian and populist quarters on culture and the musical tradition: it's the hatred of the barbarian, however disguised as 'progress' and 'accessibility' and 'democratic principles'.
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Abuhabeeb will be in a Palestine shirt come June... but will it be against Bahrain (Olympic Qualifiers) or Afghanistan (World Cup Qualifiers)?
This entry is the third of a four part series you can read the first and seconds installments here and here. For the sake of brevity we only assess players who have previously been called up to the national team.
Staying at Home:
Roberto Kettlun (Virtus Casarano, Serie D)- The tricky and skillful winger will be turning 30 in July and he hasn't featured for the national team in nearly five years. He has spent the past four years in Italy's Serie D playing for Brindisi, Santegidiese, Teramo, Olympia Agnonese, and Virtus Casarano. It is troubling that a player of his quality is stuck playing semi-pro football in Italy and does very little to improve his chances of a call-up to the national team. Despite the fact that Palestine has an abundance of talented wingers, very few have the footballing intelligence of Kettlun. Roberto knows how to combine well with others and helps out the team by keeping possession of the ball. He'll be playing in the Serie D promotion playoffs starting May 22nd.
Edgardo Abdala (Santiago Morning, Chilean Primera)- Another one of the Chileans who has been constantly overlooked, his last call-up was against Singapore in 2007. Despite his age (33 in , I have been one of the advocates for his return as there is a complete lack of quality holding midfielders in the WBPL.
Fadi Salím (Merkaz Tulkarem, WBPL)- Singlehandedly kept Merkaz Tulkarem in the WBPL, has 2 goals in 15 appearances in the national team but hasn't been called up in the last three years.
Flying Standby...
Ma'ly Kawre (Al-Am'ary, WBPL)- The problem Kawre faces in joining up with the national team is the the fact that Israel's occupying forces have repeatedly denied him the right to travel. He has been one of the key players in Al-Am'ary's title winning season.
Ayman AlHendi (Shabab Al-Khaleel, WBPL)- Played a peripheral role in Challenge Cup qualification. I'd fully expect Bezaz to discard him for someone more established.
Shadi Allan (Wadi Al-Nes, WBPL)- Received his first cap against Tanzania in February but didn't do too much to set himself apart.
Hesham Salhe (Hilal Al-Quds, WBPL)- The diminutive midfielder started the first game against Bangladesh in Challenge Cup qualifying but played a total of three minutes over the next two games. He's a gritty player, but perhaps lacks the quality to cut it at international level.
Murad Ismail (Hilal Al-Quds, WBPL)- His claim to fame is the fact that he assisted on the majority of Murad Alyan's 20 league goals this season. He'll be in direct competition for a spot on the roster with Suleiman Obeid and Abdelhamid Abuhabeeb.
Suleiman Obeid (Al-Am'ary, WBPL)- Has often been fielded in a playmaking role by Bezaz but loses possession far too often to be depended on as a starter. His skills are better used on the wing but will face stiff competition to make the squad with Abu Bilal, Ismail Amour, and Ashraf Nu'man ahead of him in the pecking order.
Hicham Ali (Malmö FF/on loan to Rosengard)- Hicham Ali is continuing in his quest to break into the Malmö FF first team. Malmö has loaned out many promising youngsters to this third tier side for developmental purposes (Zlatan Ibrahimoviç being the most notorious of the bunch). Ali tracks back better than any Palestinian winger in the game today and could probably be dispatched as a left back if needed. A couple of issues arise in getting him to camp, the first is the fact that the Swedish league season is in action from April through November. The second issue is whether he will appear for the Olympic Team against Bahrain 10 days before the World Cup qualifiers.
Abdelhamid Abuhabeeb (Balta, WBPL)- Much like Ma'ly Kawre, Abuhabeeb has been denied the right to travel by Israel on more than one occasion. He is also one of the players who is on the brink of breaking into the full senior team, perhaps at the expense of the Olympic squad. He has been phenomenal with Balata this season- with 22 goals in all competitions- en route to a fourth place finish and a semifinal appearance in the FA Cup.
On the Plane!
Houssam Wadi (Jabal Al-Mokaber, WBPL)- Plays as a centreback with his club but has proved himself as the only player in the WBPL who can competently shield the defence and break up opposition attacks.
Ismail Amour (Jabal Al-Mokaber, WBPL)- Is a constant threat on the right side of midfield was at his best in the Challenge Cup at the heart of nearly every attacking move for Palestine.
Ashraf Nu'man (Wadi Al-Nes, WBPL)- Had a breakthrough season with Wadi Al-Nes and has proved himself capable of making the jump from the Olympic Squad. Might not start ahead of Imad Zatara (if he's included in the squad) but could provide a spark off the bench.
Khader Yousef (Wadi Al-Nes, WBPL)- Steady but not spectacular. Khader Yousef provided a steady stream of outlet passes to the wing during the Challenge Cup and covered a good amount of ground in all three games. Might be relegated to the bench behind Mohammed Samara.
Mohammed Samara (Arab Contractors, Egyptian Premier League)- Has been valiant in the fight to save Arab Contractors from relegation, great box to box midfielder with good attacking instincts. The only problem that could prevent him from joining training camp is the fact that the end of the Egyptian league has been pushed back to July 11th, Contractors will not do us any favors and will only release Samara once FIFA stipulates they must (4 days before the match).
Imad Zatara (Syrianska, Allsvenskan)- A very moody player who is known to be prone to turning down call-ups. Zatara will be forced to chose between club and country again with Syrianska in the middle of a relegation battle. Will be a definite starter if he does make the trip
Atef Abu Bilal (Dhahrieh, WBPL)- 14 league goals and an impressive performance at the Challenge Cup will be enough to clinch Abu Bilal a ticket.


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A lovely day out today in the beautiful Bastide de Mirepoix which is in the Aude department,
next to the département de L'Ariege.
The cathedral is magnificent for such a small town.
There's a wealth of Mediaeval buildings of all shapes and colours around the central square of the bastide as well as along the many ruelles leading off towards the stone entrance archways.
There was a lovely selection of work on show at today's market
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Claudine is another local lady who creates delightful traditional pieces with a very French look.
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Several years ago, I shared a stage at CTAM with Stephanie Gibbons (then SVP at Showtime). We presented a few joint case studies and were invited to talk about the challenges that come with keeping on air-brands fresh, emotive, and relevant. Just a short while later, Stephanie would head to FX as EVP Marketing and lend her considerable talents to lead the channel's first major branding campaign in 13 years, simply titled "There is no box".
Since launching the campaign in the US in 2008, FX has continued to deliver versatile (and successful) programming along with a distinct and well recognized on-air brand personality. This success has translated into a worldwide channel fanbase in areas as diverse as Romania, UK, Taiwan, and (as we bring you here) Latin America.
FOX Latin America has unveiled a new on-air refresh for FX. The new campaign is led by FOX VP/Creative Director Corina Capuano and Argentine design agency Superestudio. The new look, predominantly 2D, offers a diverse palette to support a wide diversity of genres presented on the channel. So here's a look at FX, from a Latin American perspective:


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Yes, the rumors are true. I am moving with my family to Santa Cruz!
It is a really good thing for my family, but with change, comes, well... changes! And change is not always easy. While I am very excited for and proud of my husband in his new job, and am excited about being close to nature, and in a town that I love (it's where I went to college), I am also sad to be further from a lot of my family here in Los Angeles. And further from some of my closest friends. And further from my yoga home.
GODA has been a huge part of my life for almost 11 years, first as a student and then as a teacher. GODA has been a constant for me in a time in my life that I didn't feel anchored to much of anything. I found this incredibly grounding force through Cheryl's classes (as well as other teachers there) and through the GODA community. But the studio itself has been nothing short of sacred to me. Last year I emerged from a break from yoga teaching with the GODA Yoga Teacher Training and was so lucky to have spent that time with Cheryl, Kate Duyn Cariati, and the trainees in my group. My little Sangha. I will always cherish them. They have all been so supportive of me as a teacher, a mother, a friend, and colleague - it's rare to find a group that can see you as a whole person like that. And I really want to send a special thank you to Cheryl for nurturing that wholeness in me, for being so supportive of me, even when it meant I had to be there less for you. Your compassion and generosity has been such a gift to me. So thank you to the end of my days.
And thank you to Kate for your love and teachings, and to Jules Hogan Sahay for stepping up when I had to stand down, and for welcoming me back and working together to find a balance and share!
And I have to thank my students. I have been so honored to teach so many beautiful and amazing people at GODA and in Los Angeles. I have laughed with you, cried, moved, danced, and breathed through it all with you and feel so very blessed for these past 11 years here. I will take pieces of you with me into my life because being with you, having the honor of being your teacher, has changed me, profoundly, and hopefully I have left some of me with you as well.
I know that change is hard, but change is good too. It makes us grow, it challenges us to stretch and to get out of our habits and reawaken, to see the world anew. I can't wait to see what is in store for us all!
I know that you will be in good hands at GODA... Maire-Rose is taking over Tues and Thursday mornings, Raja is taking over Thursday evenings, and Cheryl is taking over my lovely Sundays. AND I know that I will be back frequently, and hopefully will get to teach a surprise workshop or two when I do (I'll post it on my blog so sign up, if you haven't already, to get updates!) So it is not goodbye, it is until we meet again.
In the meantime, come see me! Come to class, celebrate this lovely ride with me in my last classes Sunday the 31st of May, Tuesday June 2nd, and Thursday June 4th. In the meantime, I send you all love and light and look forward to our paths crossing as they may!
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Dave Kraft on 3 ways to have longevity as a leader.
Bobby Clinton has come to the conclusion that only 30% of leaders finish well. That is very disconcerting, to say the least!
Joe Carter on Is sexual orientation analogous to race?
The argument to make this comparison takes the following form:
Major Premise: A sexual orientation is analogous to the category of race.
Minor Premise: Race is a category protected by anti-discrimination laws.
Conclusion: Therefore, sexual orientation should have the same civil-rights protections as those afforded to race.
The question we will examine is whether the major premise is true. Is sexual orientation analogous to race?
Eddie Becker on 5 things you should never say to your spouse.
Christine Hoover on What to not say (and what to say) to a pastor's wife.
Don't say: Oh, I didn't ask/invite you/initiate with you because I know you're so busy/have tons of friends/know everyone. One of the most frustrating things about being pastor's wives is that very few people initiate friendship or include us in social activities, because they make assumptions about our schedule or our relationships. This is why many pastor's wives are extremely lonely; they initiate constantly and receive little in return.
Jon Negroni on How all the Pixar movies exist in the same universe.
Tim Elmore on 5 signs your kids are entitled.
Why work when it can be given to you? It fosters a cycle of laziness and poor work ethic when we constantly give to our children without requiring any work. We need to create entry points starting at a young age for our children to contribute to household chores and jobs.
Owl City – "In Christ Alone"


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Discovered these beautiful, handcrafted bags from ZojjaUniquelyYou on Etsy. Some of my favorites are below!
Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Kiss Mini Cheesecakes
Oh boy...I saw this recipe and started to drool. I adore dark chocolate and peppermint together, and cheesecake? Let's just say I think it's a perfect food! Click here for the recipe. Great for a holiday party...or a party for one! ;-)
|source: Lauren's Latest food blog
literature & scarves
Ok, for those of you who loves books and scarves as much as I do, get yourself over to Storiarts on Etsy! Shop owner Tori offers scarves with text from books printed on them. My personal favorite is the Pride and Prejudice scarf. 100% cotton and made in the USA.
Dear Santa....
Dear Santa....
earring giveaway...
I'm hosting a giveaway on my Facebook business page - a free pair of earrings of your choice! If you'd like to be entered, simply "like" my page and leave a comment under the post. Click here for the link. Winner will be chosen this Sunday evening.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Autumn is, by far, my favorite season. Living in New Hampshire is paradise this time of year. One of the best things about fall is the fabulous clothes, when I get to break out the rich velvets, chunky sweaters, and great color. Here are some looks I'm loving right now...
|Nanette Lepore - love her
|Nanette Lepore
...not to mention my favorite cool weather perfumes like Coco Chanel, Tom Ford's Black Orchid, and Jungle by Kenzo. If only fall lasted all year...
new jewelry
Hello friends! Hope you are all having an enjoyable weekend. Just wanted to share with you some of my latest jewelry available on my website, Ophelia's Adornments. To my friends on the east coast, stay safe during the storm.
The art of Imagine Studio
I just discovered the creative talent of Lyse at Imagine Studio on Etsy. She creates beautiful digital collages and painted photographs. Below are some of my favorites.
warm & cozy...bohemian style
As the days here in New Hampshire grow shorter and the nights cooler, my thoughts at home shift toward warm colors, candles, soft fabrics, and cozy nooks...below are some delicious images from my At Home board on Pinterest. What are your favorite ways to warm up your home?
fabulous wallpaper
From an interior design perspective, wallpaper has been "out" for a long time, but these gorgeous designs from the French company Elitis bring it into the 21st century. I just love their modern bohemian aesthetic. Check out their website and Facebook page for more inspiration.
Short-Rib Beef Stew with Ale
It's an autumn weekend, and I'm in the mood for a hearty stew. Just came across this recipe on Simply Recipes, and it looks ah-ma-zing! I'll make it this weekend and let you know how it turns out. Need a dessert? Pop over to Dancing Branflakes for an Apple Pie Crescent Roll recipe!
Things I'm loving right now...
1. This floppy hat from Ruche
2. Indigo by Clarks Town Club in Cognac. Could easily be my fall go-to shoes.
3. This burgundy leather trenchcoat by Burberry (WAY out of my price range..sigh)
4. These great leather cuffs:
Van Morrison ~ Moon Dance
Well it's a marvelous night for a moon dance...
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A few months ago, I made some paper and wanted to use it in some cards.
For Christmas, I had grand plans for a cool card that had a little gingerbread man stamped directly on the handmade paper. However, I completely forgot that the paper was still textured and the image barely showed up. It didn't occur to me to iron the paper or flatten it using my Cuttlebug, so I went with plan B and just used the paper as a background panel. It turned out cute and simple, so I was fine with it.
Then for birthday cards, I decided to use an embossing plate to give it a swirly texture. My big plan for this one was to have a hole punched in the textured paper and then stamp the sentiment on the main card paper through the hole. Um, not as easy as it seemed in my head. Again I turned to my trusty plan B. I grabbed some tracing paper (I hope to find my vellum one of these days) and a test panel I made with regular copy paper to line up where to stamp the sentiment. Then I just attached it with brads. Similar effect with a little more visual interest. I love when plans change for the better! Continue reading


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August 16, 2011
Sticks and Stones...
I wonder what Karl Rove would say? Oh... I guess Karl is getting soft. Uh, no, he's not. When Karl Rove is considered left wing, it's a sign of the coming apocalypse. God help us!
Speaking of God, I'd fully support Texas secession. And I hope they take Arizona with them. And then pray. I'm sure that's what your intolerant old-testament hate-filled Jesus would do. Right after pissing on all those illegal immigrants not raping your daughters.
[I know those last two lines don't make sense. That's my point. But when I'm in doubt, I just think: WWYIOTHFJD.]
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Wow, that's quite a lot of hate directed at a large group of people that's not you. Is that what the democrats are teaching these days?
- August 17, 2011 at 1:48 PM
- PCM said...
Sometimes you just gotta call people out. Sometimes hate is countered with hate. I guess I'm not a very good Christian. But then, unlike them, I don't claim to be.
- August 17, 2011 at 1:55 PM
Let me know how that hate thing works out for you.
- August 17, 2011 at 5:08 PM
- PCM said...
Not so well.
Gives me wrinkles and drives me to drink.
- August 17, 2011 at 5:09 PM
- Dana King said...
My attitude isn't much different from Peter's. but I don;t consider it hate. I think of it as a corollary to The Golden Rule.
I genuinely try to treat everyone as I would like to be treated myself, and grant them enough respect to assume they do the same. Therefore, when someone treats me like a brain dead,treasonous, lying SOB, I return the compliment with a clear conscience.
The primary difference is that I don't claim to be a good Christian, wondering what Jesus would do, though I'm willing to to match my "Christian" ethics with Perry, Bachmann, et al any day..
- August 18, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- PCM said...
I feel like the right-wing is a bully that keeps punching and punching, and then when it gets hit back, he runs to the teacher and whines that he got hit.
Take Palin, who said I wasn't a "real American" because I love New York. Or Bachmann when she urged, "the American media [to] take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?" What the fuck!? This isn't acceptable public discourse for people who wish to be taken seriously. They need to get smacked down for such statements and not cheered on by idiots for "speaking the truth."
- August 18, 2011 at 10:28 AM
So why don't you point your attacks at them instead of dragging all of Arizona into it?
- August 18, 2011 at 2:26 PM
- PCM said...
Because Arizona seems to best represent everything wrong and hate-filled with conservative America. I mean I did call Sheriff Joe Arpaio an SOB in my book. The examples above are just the two that most stick in my mind (but they're from 2008). More recent craziness (absurd fear-mongering anti-immigration policy, for instance) often comes from Arizona.
- August 18, 2011 at 2:37 PM
Arizona? Don't you just mean Maricopa County? There's nothing wrong with Tucson!
- August 18, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- PCM said...
Well I mean the state collectively. Of course that isn't to say there aren't smart and compassionate people on all sides of the political spectrum, even in Arizona. But the state as a whole? As represented by their elected officials? No thanks. I welcome the Independent Confederation of TexaZona.
Tucson and Austin, should they wish, can form a little independent city-state league, a-la the Hanseatic League.
I just pity poor New Mexico stuck in the middle.
- August 18, 2011 at 3:12 PM


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Dogwood, Flowering - Cornus florida
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|Medium to dark green
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Broadly pyramidal, this deciduous tree blooms from April to May, showcasing small but lovely white flowers (sometimes colored greenish-yellow or pink) amidst cheerful green foliage. The Flowering Dogwood's rosy-red berries ripen in late summer and early fall, and provide nourishment to a variety of birds. The tree's leaves are medium to dark green, with pale green undersides; in the autumn this color typically transforms into bright crimson shades. Though its gray-brown trunk is slender and blocky, the Flowering Dogwood's wood is prized for its workability and hardness, and can be used to create hand and machine tools.
Emblematic of safety and passion in selective Native American folklore, the Flowering Dogwood has been associated with the mythic Tree of Life in the Sky World according to the Mohawk communities. Other Native American tribes associated the tree with good luck and spirituality (and, for the Blackfoot tribes, masculinity), and they partook often of the tree's berries. They furthermore used the Flowering Dogwood's bark and roots for medicinal herbs and dyes. Even the toxic sap of the tree was sometimes used—for poison.


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By Quidditch Post Staff
This morning, USQ announced it has reached an agreement with Quidditch Canada and Asociación Mexicana de Quidditch by which USQ member teams could play two international friendlies and have those matches count towards US Quidditch Cup 9 attendance requirements.
To qualify as an international friendly, a game must meet a number of requirements:
- The event or tournament must be listed on the USQ events calendar
- The games must abide by the following USQ policies:
- It must be played under USQ Rulebook 9
- A non-playing certified EMT or athletic trainer must be on site at all times
- A certified head referee (subject to the host NGB's requirements) must adjudicate the game
- A certified tournament director (subject to the host NGB's requirements) must be present
- The game must be against an official team registered with the other NGB
- The game must be submitted through a form on the USQ website within seven days of its occurrence
While official international teams remain ineligible for US Quidditch Cup, teams on either side of the border may still register as USQ teams and attend the tournament. Last year, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and British Columbia Quidditch Club (BCQC) both registered with USQ rather than Quidditch Canada; UBC attended USQ World Cup 8. In addition, this may make it more feasible for other Canadian teams, such as McGill University or Simon Fraser University, to join USQ.
The policy appears to serve all three organizations in different ways. USQ will no doubt please many of its members who have been clamoring for the opportunity to play Canadian teams, and this could benefit teams in the Northwest Region who are in close proximity to Canadian squads. For Canada, the policy will make it easier for its teams to play against US foes since those games can now be counted as official. In past seasons, it was not uncommon for many of Eastern Canada's top teams to travel to the Northeast to test themselves against some of the United States's best. While those games were not encouraged due to a lack of incentive for US teams to participate, this year may renew some old-time rivalries. For UBC in particular, it allows them the chance to grow quidditch in its region by playing more often against local teams. For Mexican teams, this gives an increased opportunity to face US competition, which should help the sport grow in the country.
Games between the three leagues will not impact USQ standings; however, the three organizations have collectively stated they hope to convince the IQA to adopt an international standings page. A potential downside is now a USQ team only needs to play six games that will count towards standings, reducing the accuracy of a team's place in the standings and its strength of schedule. However, the team most likely to be affected--UBC--played more games than the minimum last year.
Since all international friendlies must be played under USQ Rulebook 9 by a certified USQ referee, international teams playing under an IQA or local rulebook will be disadvantaged.
This provides an impetus for international referees to become USQ certified, but that may prove difficult due to geographical constraints and the cost of referee membership.
The Quidditch Post has requested comment on this announcement from NGB leadership.


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