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We ran an Open Data workshop in Bristol yesterday. The day was kindly hosted by the Pervasive Media Studio in Watershed with attendees from Environment Agency, Apache Foundation, ODI as well as local charities from England and Wales. Thanks to the people who attended for the stimulating discussions.
Ian Coles from Sustrans suggested we look at some of the Department for Transport figures on data.gov.uk. We searched for data in CSV format which led us to one result – Reported fatal personal injury road accident and casualty data: GB 2006-2008. Unfortunately the data link seems to be down, but following the archive links got us to some data from 2011 here.
We choose the file labelled Feb 04 2011. Visualising the data in Data Unity gives us the following views on road accidents (each segment represents a one hour time slot showing the proportion of deaths in that hour):
Pedestrian fatalities by hour of the day
Cycling fatalities by hour of the day
A quick look at the charts show us that there are different patterns for fatalities for pedestrians and cyclists:
- It seems cyclists die more in daylight hours, whereas a significant proportion of pedestrian deaths happen throughout the night. Given the numbers of pedestrians dying at night, possibly alchol is a leading cause (drink driving or 'drink walking').
- There seems to be more pedestrian deaths in evening peak times, than morning peak times, but the morning/evening balance is more even amoungst cyclists.
It's pretty sobering looking at figures which represents deaths, but by finding patterns we can raise awareness and get pointers to solutions to bring those fatalities down.
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The Irish Hills area begins directly east of the Township of Somerset providing nearby tourist attractions including Michigan International Speedway; located in Brooklyn, only 11 miles away.
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Bundy Hill, located in the Township of Somerset was the highest point above sea level in Lower Michigan for years. The headwaters of the Grand River that flow west into Lake Michigan start with natural springs in the Township of Somerset. The River Raisin watershed area flows in the opposite direction to empty into Lake Erie. The Township of Somerset is rich in history and proud of its heritage as part of the "Sauk Trail"; an old Indian Trail used for travel and commerce.
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The Switchback family has inhabited Crawford County since before
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The Morgan family has been in Crawford County at least as long
as the Switchback family, and has made its way in the world by means
of greed, pride, and dishonesty. Sheriff Cecil Morgan is the third in his
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the Switchback family and all that they stand for.
The life of Crawford County plays out through the course of short
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The stories wind their way through the lives of Switchback and Morgan,
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In defence of Socialist Alternative
Posted by John, December 3rd, 2012 - under Socialist Alternative.
I was reading a Green Unionist Facebook post last night asserting that Socialist Alternative was a cult. Most of the responses were supportive of the organisation but it got me wondering about why someone would say this.
From later comments it appeared the main objection, after talking to one member of Socialist Alternative, was that we don't support parliamentary democracy. (The post has since been removed).
Many socialists do not support parliamentary democracy. This is not because we are dictators but because we want to extend democracy into the workplace. We want the people who create all the wealth – workers – to democratically make the decisions about what should be produced to satisfy human needs. That is, in a nutshell, socialism.
Parliamentary democracy is limited. It divorces the elected from the electors. It puts bums on seats for those wanting to serve capital. It bows before the altar of profit; it does not challenge it.
Most major change has come in this world not because a group of good hearted men (it is almost always men) have been elected to Parliament to change the world. Even if that happens, it is generally a consequence of mass working class and other struggles in society.
In a small way the election of the Whitlam government with a mildly reformist program is an example of this. The mass demonstrations against the Vietnam war and the increasing number of strikes, including a virtual general strike in 1969 to free jailed union official Clarrie O'Shea, shifted society to the left and kept Whitlam, the very right wing Labor leader to his promises about health and education.
In a negative way you can see the impact of parliamentarianism on the Greens themselves. The idea that selecting good Greens will change the world has in fact seen the Greens as an organisation withdraw from many progressive campaigns. Its parliamentary leadership is not vehemently pro-union, but as the carbon tax shows, it is pro-market.
As the permafrost thaws and the Arctic and Antarctic continue to melt at record levels,and with the IPCC predicting now increases of 4 to 6 degrees C in the next century, it is becoming clear to me that parliamentary solutions within the context of capitalism cannot and won't address climate change.
Indeed there are in my view no solutions because to address climate in a systemic way would be to address the driver for climate change – the profit system and the environmental destruction that is inherent to this mode of production.
The irony is that at a time when we need the Greens mobilising more and more workers to save the planet, they have as a group retreated into parliamentarianism, the market and incremental change over time. Responding to impending environmental catastrophe I believe requires a different, radical approach.
Socialist Alternative offers one of those different and I believe appropriate and effective approaches. As we say in our What we stand for – General principles:
Revolution not reform
In countries like Australia, our rulers say they support democracy. Yet most people have only a minimal say in what goes on. We elect a government every three years or so, but in between, we have almost no control over what it does. More importantly, the most significant decisions in society are made by unelected people. The heads of big corporations decide what products are produced, who they will employ and what those jobs will be. Socialists want a new form of democracy. We are for a society in which ordinary people control every aspect of life, a democracy that's economic as well as political.
There is no parliamentary road to socialism. Bitter experience has shown that mere tinkering with our society will not end oppression or exploitation. The attempts of parties like the ALP and the Greens in Australia to reform capitalism have always ended in disappointment.
The capitalist class controls the state, i.e. the army, the courts, the police and the parliament. The capitalist state resists attempts to reform the system and meets challenges to its power with violence. For workers and the oppressed to liberate themselves, revolution is necessary to overthrow this rotten system and to create a new one.
A successful revolution will involve workers taking control of their workplaces, dismantling existing state institutions (parliaments, courts, the armed forces and police) and replacing them with an entirely new state based on genuinely democratic control by the working class. Such a revolution will not be achieved by a coup or the heroic efforts of a minority. We are not anarchists, who argue against all states – even one democratically controlled by the working class. Nor do we support terrorism, guerillaism, or any variant of so called "revolutionary" politics that conceives social change as coming through the actions of anything other than the conscious self-activity of the mass of workers.
These ideas do not make Socialist Alternative a 'cult'. In fact they indicate a serous level of analysis that, rather than dismiss, the Greens should try to address. (I don't think they can, but that is another question).
A cult would be a group putting its ideas to society, or workers or others as 'take it or leave it'. Here is the truth, follow us. Rather than working with others, a cult has the revealed truth and those who don't immediately join are doomed or beyond salvation or whatever the appropriate socialism as religion analogy is. It preaches at the sinners.
Socialist Alternative does not do that. Certainly we, like the Greens, the ALP and the Liberals, make our arguments at a general level about the way we see the world working. We emphasise the class divisions in society and the capacity workers have to remake the world. We also look to understand the drivers of our society, or as Marx put it in Capital Vol 1:
Accumulate, accumulate! That is Moses and the prophets! "Industry furnishes the material which saving accumulates." Therefore, save, save, i.e., reconvert the greatest possible portion of surplus-value, or surplus-product into capital! Accumulation for accumulation's sake, production for production's sake: by this formula classical economy expressed the historical mission of the bourgeoisie, and did not for a single instant deceive itself over the birth-throes of wealth. But what avails lamentation in the face of historical necessity? If to classical economy, the proletarian is but a machine for the production of surplus-value; on the other hand, the capitalist is in its eyes only a machine for the conversion of this surplus-value into additional capital.
But we do not just or even quote from scripture. We put our commitment into practice. We don't stand on the sidelines shouting slogans about a correct program. We involve ourselves where we can in campaigns, strikes and demonstrations to both improve the life of people, especially workers, here and now, and to learn from the struggles.
A small group of less than 300 people has to be realistic about what it can do. But for such a small group our interventions have been exemplary.
For example we have been heavily involved in building the Equal Love campaign and keeping the issue alive and the pressure on. Ali Hogg, a Socialist Alternative member, has won awards for her fantastic work in the campaign. Here is what Wikipedia says:
Equal Love's Convener, Ali Hogg, won an ALSO award the same year [2010] as the 'Most Outstanding Volunteer' for her work in the campaign. In 2011, Hogg was recognised in the 'Absolut People's Choice' award as the country's most influential LGBT person for her work in Equal Love, as part of Same Same's '25 Most Influential LGBTI Australians'.
We also work in other campaigns, for example for refugees, in support of Palestine, abortion rights, equal pay, against the Northern Territory intervention, for Aboriginal sovereignty and in our unions (more of which a little later). We also support workers in struggle and in the last 12 months notable support we have provided includes to Baiada workers, Coles/Toll Holdings workers and building workers around wages and other conditions – Lend Lease and Queensland Children's Hospital – and safety, most notably Grocon. It is my comrades in Socialist Alternative, (and me in the case of the Lend Lease dispute) along with others, who have stood with the unionists fighting for decent pay, conditions, jobs and safety.
In our own unions we try to make the arguments for the way forward in the face of attacks on jobs, pay and conditions. This isn't standing on the sidelines shouting the revealed truth. It is about fighting here and now for and with workers.
It is not just that we do this because we can. It is our commitment to socialism – a democratic society where workers organise production to satisfy human need – that drives us and the realisation that the class struggle here and now can improve the lot of the working class and also provide the basis for future struggles in the seemingly never ending class war, eventually involving a revolution of the mass of the working class to abolish classes and that class war, as well as war around the globe.
There is an element of united front activity too in all of this, although an organisation of 300 people can't grandiosely demand that reformists in the Greens and the ALP work with us for a common immediate goal that will benefit workers or others.
But what we can do is, where we have the resources, involve ourselves in the struggles of workers for a better world now. We do. For example Louisa Bassini, one of our members, along with another delegate, won the Victorian and Tasmanian ASU Young Delegates of the Year award for her great work in her workplace fighting for better wages, conditions and in doing that building the union by attracting many new members to it.
Workers can draw their own conclusions from who has been involved in support work or arguing for strike action for example in their workplaces to win. The ALP won't be doing that, and I doubt the Greens do either. That abstention by major political parties from supporting workers or making the militant arguments sows or will sow its own reward.
This of course raises another issue. We only have 300 members so our impact on struggles and campaigns is by and large small and our ability to make the more general points about a new world of democracy and satisfying human need is hindered. Recently Socialist Alternative put out a document arguing for 'A new kind of left unity' on the revolutionary left. We are trying to unite the revolutionaries in Australia over the great number of things we agree upon. We say:
We want to contribute to building sustained resistance to the system, a fightback that can eventually become a revolutionary challenge to the existing order.
We share with many others on the socialist left the conviction that a crucial component of any effective challenge to capitalism will be the construction of revolutionary socialist organisations in every country that can challenge reformist forces like the Labor Party for leadership of the workers' movement, and organise militant workers and students into a force that can lead a sustained assault on the institutions of capitalist rule.
We don't deny we are a very long way from such an ambitious goal today. But even the most perfunctory look at the dire future facing the planet, and the crisis of world capitalism that is savaging working class living standards across the globe, indicates the urgency of building a challenge not just to aspects of capitalism, but to the system as a whole.
What does this mean in reality? We go on to say:
So what are we proposing? In simple terms: a regroupment of the revolutionary socialist left in Australia. In the period since the great struggles of the 1960s and 70s a great number of socialists have gone through the varied far-left organisations. Many of these organisations have come and gone, and when they went many revolutionaries went with them, not feeling there was another group they could join.
What we want to create is an organisation that does not start with the historic differences that divide the far left, but a socialist program for Australia today: for revolution; for a Marxist party; against imperialism; against all oppression; against the capitalist state; for workers' power.
Because this is a new process, bringing in different traditions on the left, it will and does contain people with different views. That means such a regroupment can only survive if, as the document puts it, there is debate between revolutionaries. Not only that but, as the document also says: 'When and if these different traditions lead us to disagree on issues of practical policy, we will debate them out in a democratic manner, including in our publications.'
Further, supposed 'Leninism' will not prevent comrades from disagreeing publicly with the organisation and to argue for their positions within the organisation.
Socialist Alternative is a vibrant organisation arguing for a fundamental regroupment of the revolutionary left. It is in discussions with the Revolutionary Socialist Party about a merger. A number of independent socialists have recently joined the organisation understanding that what unites us is much greater than what divides us and that those differences can and will be debated out in a comradely fashion and public disagreement with the majority view can be and is an important part of that process.
The debates can be robust. People committed to a new world and how to win it will put their views strongly. But once those debates have occurred and the direction set, comrades will put aside their differences to work for that new world of freedom and democracy, of organising production to satisfy human need in the long term, and the winning of reforms against the system in the short term.
A cult? I don't think so. A serious organisation looking to build a unified organisation on the revolutionary left to fight the battles ahead? Absolutely.
I would urge all those committed to revolution and socialism to at least consider the proposed new unified revolutionary left as one real option for your future political activity.
Comment from Michael Harris
Time December 4, 2012 at 11:03 am
Wow – what a world. Has it worked anywhere?
Comment from John
Time December 4, 2012 at 7:53 pm
No, because socialism hasn't yet been tried anywhere. But capitalism has and it is engulfing the planet in both senses of the word.
Comment from Koala732
Time December 4, 2012 at 9:09 pm
John.. for crying out loud…you are living in a time warp. Yes.. the SA 'is' a 'cult'..because it fosters irrational thinking. You still see history in terms of 'workers' and 'bosses' as if there is nothing in between, and.. as if 'bosses' are some creatures that are in a class separate from the working world. You also want 'workers' to have control over what they produce. But life isn't like that. How much worker control did the suffering hoardes of Cuba have when Guevara was in charge ? They had to fulfill a 'quota'. If they exceeded it..they were 'commended' and if they failed to meet it..they were punished. It all crashed in a heap because human nature is fundamentally self interested. You don't seem to be able to see any difference between a 'capitalist' who runs a company and a Guevara who runs a state company. At least a thinking capitalist will reward good workers! A "worker" who is not rewarded for good or extra work will just morph into an unthinking drone who does just 'enough' if that.
I've been physically attacked by your 'democratic' scoundrels in a public place for holding up a poster he didn't like. (It portrayed Australia as diverse) Don't give me any 'democracy' of the work place rubbish..I know how you mob operate and it's a Tyranny
Comment from John
Time December 5, 2012 at 7:20 am
'But life isn't like that. How much worker control did the suffering hordes of Cuba have when Guevara was in charge?' None. That's why it wasn't socialism. Read my article Cuba: Stalinism isn't socialism. https://enpassant.com.au/2009/01/03/cuba-stalinism-isnt-socialism/
Ah, so class differences are outmoded? Tell that to the Egyptians striking against Morsi or the Europeans on strike against austerity.
I have been attacked by cops for demonstrating against the ruling class and its policies. I think, depending on the poster held up – was it racist, sexist etc? – yelling abuse at people for holding reactionary signs is perfectly legitimate.
Comment from John
Time December 5, 2012 at 3:26 pm
I assume you reported the alleged attack to the police. Otherwise it just looks like unsubtantiated Abbott style claims.


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SLAB provides an opportunity to build leadership skills, network with other high-performing students and get involved with making important decisions for the college. SLAB meets twice each month on Tuesdays from 5 - 6:30 p.m. and is led by its elected officers (eboard), allowing students to gain important leadership and managerial experience through hands-on activities that enhance the student experience.
Students in the top 5 percent of each class are invited to apply for membership in the Haworth College of Business Student Leadership Advisory Board. The application deadline is January 31. Students are inducted in April of each year. To apply, students submit a current resume, an unofficial transcript, and the application form.
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Shortly after the deadline date, a team of graduating students, SLAB advisors and representatives from the dean's office review applications and select those students with demonstrated, significant academic and leadership abilities. As early as March, the new induction class begins attending SLAB meetings and participating in SLAB events. At a swearing in ceremony in the late spring, the graduating SLAB students are honored and the new SLAB members are formally initiated and invited to participate in planning activities for the next academic year.
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There is more to sports than the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. A week-long Chautauqua program will explore the social influences of famous sports figures.
This week, scholar/actors will take the stage at the Guy C. Myers Band Shell to portray historic sports figures whose lives had an impact beyond the sports world. They will portray and lecture on Major League ballplayer Jackie Robinson, sportscaster Howard Cosell, golf legend Bobby Jones, female baseball player Alta Weiss and heavyweight boxer Joe Lewis.
Chautauqua week also includes lectures and other related events and performances presented at various locations in the county.
The historic sports figure lineup starts Tuesday with Gregory Gibson Kenney portraying baseball great Jackie Robinson Tuesday night at the Band Shell. Robinson was the first black player to play in the Major Leagues. Former Cleveland Indians organist Jeff Cavallo will perform prior to Kenney's presentation.
Wednesday night, Ashland University professor John Moser will present an evening with Howard Cosell entitled "Telling It Like It Is." The Spoken Images Readers Theatre will perform beforehand. Under the direction of Keith Guion, the local troupe will give readings of humor, fantasy and world tales enhanced by the readers' voices, facial expressions and hand gestures.
On Thursday, Chautauqua veteran Chuck Chalberg will portray 1920s golfing great Bobby Jones. The opening act will be the Paul Martin Jazz Quartet.
The ensemble, led by local band leader Paul Martin, plays music from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Susan Brewer of Lorain County will portray baseball's girl wonder Alta Weiss on Friday evening. Local folk quartet Maidens IV will serve as opening act.
The portrayals wind up Saturday night with Hasan Davis as boxing great Joe Lewis. Versatile pianist and vocalist Steve Brown will showcase jazz and blues tunes from the 1930s and 1940s beforehand.
Other Chautauqua events include vintage baseball by the Akron Black Stockings and a concert performed by participants in the North Central Ohio Music Camp. The Black Stockings play noon Saturday at Brookside Park. The North Central Ohio Music Camp concert will be 2:15 p.m. Saturday at the Hugo Young Theatre on the Ashland University Campus.
Chautauqua also features daytime lecture programs, which complement the portrayals. They will be presented at the Ashland and Loudonville libraries, Riverside Park in Loudonville, Brethren Care Village and the upper pavilion at Brookside Park.
The lineup includes:
n "Telling It Like It Is, Doing Sports Commentary," a youth program 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Loudonville Library.
n "Sporting Heroes of the 1920s," an adult program 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Loudonville Library Golden Center.
n "The Great Experiment," a Chautauqua program on the integration of the Major Leagues 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Ashland Library.
n Bobby Jones Golf Clinic 10 a.m. Thursday at Riverside Park in Loudonville.
n "Sports and Media," an adult program at Belmont Tower 2 p.m. Thursday.
n "Why Jackie Robinson?," a youth program 10 a.m. Friday at Brookside Park upper pavilion.
n "Fast Friends, Joe Lewis and Jesse Owens," and adult program 2 p.m. Friday at Brookwood Place, Brethren Care Village.
n "Playing the Vintage Game of Rounders," a youth program 10 a.m. Saturday at Brookside Park Ball Field followed by a vintage baseball game at noon.
n "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: The Ashland Connection," a guest panel discussion 4 p.m. Saturday at Brethren Care Nursing Center.
n Irv Oslin can be reached at 419-281-0581 ext. 240 or at ioslin@ times-gazette.com.


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I love this Tie Dye T-Shirt
Orange, CA (PRWEB) November 28, 2012
A follow up to the popular Groovy Rebel™ design, which is now close to sold out, Groovy Reverb sports the familiar Groovy Reflections™ orange logo, and is hand tie-dyed in a teal / brown combo that "shouts" all things "groovy." The new Groovy Reverb design is available via the Groovy Reflection website, http://www.groovyreflections.com
The new color combination of teal and brown was chosen by fans and followers on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter according to a recent poll. The hues evoke images of brilliant waters and warm sand, volley ball games, wet toes, and picnics on the beach while listening to groovy tunes on a transistor.
"Reverb is about sound. The Groovy Reverb hand tie-dyed t-shirt's bold, happy design almost seems to project acoustical sounds of waves crashing. Call it reverb in a groovy, natural setting," said Gerry Wendel, Groovy Reflections™ Founder. For more information, please click on: Where to get tie dye shirts
"A strong presence on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest is important for Groovy Reflections." said Ms. Wendel. "The fact that these colors were chosen by folks that we interact with on a regular basis makes this new design even more special. With the holidays approaching, a Groovy Reverb hand tie dyed t-shirt would make a nice gift for a special groovy someone."
"These limited edition Groovy Reverb t-shirts will be processed using the same loving care that all of our hand tie-dyed shirts have been made with, added Ms. Wendel. "Love and Grooviness are proudly instilled, from the folding and banding to the final rinsing, drying and pressing. If anyone has ever asked the question 'where can I get tie dye t-shirts?' Groovy Reflections is the number one answer. "We are pleased to offer unique items to our groovy discerning customers." For more information, please click on: Tie dye tshirt
In addition to the new Groovy Reverb tie-dye t-shirts, Groovy Reflections™ offers a popular collection where the aqua-green combination has proven to be the most "cool" among customers. The company seeks to partner with additional independent businesses such as surf shops and records stores who are interested in offering Groovy Reflections branded products. The brand, though aimed primarily at boomers, welcomes everyone with a passion for all that Groovy Reflections celebrates, whether you are "two or 200". Please visit us, just click on: Tie dye t shirt
Groovy Reflections, based on Peace, Love, and Grooviness, was launched by Gerry Wendel in 2009 as a blog and later became a division of Reflections in Modland (R.I.M. LLC). The Groovy Reflections brand celebrates music and pop culture of the Sixties and Seventies via GroovyReflections.com and has a strong presence on Facebook, facebook.com/groovyreflections and can also be found at twitter.com/groovyreflctns on Twitter. The company's headquarters is in Los Angeles and Orange County, CA. In addition, under the R.I.M. LLC umbrella, Ms. Wendel operates ModlandUSA™, a marketing consultancy that assists small businesses through strategic planning and market research.
Michael T.A. Patrick, Director, Public Relations
Groovy Reflections
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Since I have been using Windows Vista, then When i later upgraded to Windows 7, every thing works fantastic in windows 7, but when it comes to any dos based tools, emulator's or compilers, it gives error and the program doesn't open.
Since most of the Emulators like TASM, MASM, Compilers like java, turbo c and various other tools doesn't open up, it results in one of the biggest drawback for Programmers, Engineers and testers in Windows 7 & Vista Platform.
So here comes the solution to the problem, to overcome this problem follow the steps
1) first download dosbox
2)After installing the application you will get the following screen
3) Now if your application is located in drive "c:/tc"
so use the command "mount c c:/tc" (without quotes)
4) now you are done, simply type c:
now you will get c:/ prompt and then simply execute the program as we usually do in CMD.
5) All the commands like ''ctrl+enter" native for full screen in CMD and other command can be used similarly in DOSbox
Happy programming, n enjoy using windows 7


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Stefan Denig
London, UK – Europe
Stefan Denig is Head of Corporate Communications – Issue Management at Siemens AG, based in Munich, Germany. His work includes identifying major trends with business relevance for Siemens and managing research projects and thought leadership programs on issues of public debate. Stefan has undertaken extensive projects on the issues of urbanization, demographic change and climate protection. He is leading a research program on sustainable infrastructure and resource efficiency in urban agglomerations. A comprehensive stakeholder research on urban infrastructure issues in the world's 25 largest cities was published at the 2007 World Economic Forum in Davos ("Megacity Challenges – A Stakeholder perspective"). He also led the development of the first ranking regarding the environmental sustainability of Europe's major cities which was published at the 2009 UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) and will be rolled out to cities worldwide.


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23 February 2015
MEMBERS PRESENT: Lee Daywalt
Rich Adkins
Harold Moritz
Jill Schooley
Emily Moore
SOLICITOR: Ed Wine
Meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Adkins at 7:00 p.m. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Supervisor Gunder, and Lee Royer were in attendance. Chairman Daywalt arrived at 7:03 pm.
Minutes from December 29, 2014 were approved on a Moore/Moritz motion. Motion carried unanimously.
An Adkins/Moore motion recommended for approval the Verdeen & Esther Beaver Subdivision. Motion carried unanimously.
A Moore/Adkins motion recommended for approval the Roland & Loretta Hess Subdivision. Motion carried unanimously.
An Adkins/Moore motion approved keeping the officers the same as last year. Motion carried unanimously.
There was no Final Comments during the public comment period.
Meeting adjourned at 7:28 pm on a Daywalt/Moore motion.
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In the ever-changing world of auto sales, and service, Burnworth-Zollars believes there are many advantages to keeping the company's overall business goals on track. We have a large selection of new cars and trucks, while also featuring a huge inventory of quality pre-owned vehicles. Our customers deserve a big-city selection while receiving the small-town friendliness and quality service they have come to expect. We want to be your friend, while providing you with all of your automotive needs. That means looking at the whole circle of a customer's experience, from sales, to service, to body shop. Our company's success is based on good, sound business principles. We take pride in always putting the customer first, and offering them the finest in service.
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Transocean Ltd. Announces Agreement With Icahn Group; Provides Update on MLP And Margin Improvement Efforts
ZUG, SWITZERLAND, Nov. 11, 2013 - Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that it entered into an agreement with Carl Icahn and certain investment funds managed by Mr. Icahn (the \"Icahn Group\"). Under the terms of the agreement, Transocean's Board of Directors has agreed to propose and support at the Company's 2014 Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\") that the company's shareholders approve the following:
- A dividend out of additional paid-in capital in the amount of $3 per share, subject to applicable law;
- The re-election of Samuel Merksamer and election of Vincent Intrieri to its Board of Directors. Mr. Merksamer is employed by Icahn Capital LP, a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P., and was elected to the Company's Board of Directors at its 2013 annual general meeting. Mr. Intrieri has been employed by Icahn-related entities since October 1998 in various investment-related capacities; and
- A reduction of the maximum number of directors on its Board of Directors to eleven (11) from fourteen (14). The Board previously proposed that shareholders approve a reduction in the maximum number of directors at the 2011 AGM but the presence quorum required under the Company's articles of association was not satisfied and the proposal was not voted upon. If the required quorum at the 2014 AGM is not satisfied, the Board intends to leave three seats vacant.
As part of the agreement, and in addition to certain standstill restrictions, the Icahn Group has agreed to vote in favor of the Board's slate of director nominees and certain other proposals Transocean's Board may recommend at the 2014 AGM.
\"We are pleased that Mr. Icahn recognizes the changes currently underway at Transocean and the continued focus of the Board and management on creating shareholder value. We anticipate that Mr. Merksamer and Mr. Intrieri will provide new perspectives and insights as the company continues to improve its long-term competitiveness and deliver value to all its stakeholders,\" said Steven L. Newman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Transocean Ltd.
Carl Icahn remarked, \"I am pleased that the Board has agreed to add Vince Intrieri as a nominee, and to reduce the Board size to eleven and I am especially happy about the commitment to pursue a MLP, raise the dividend and increase margins by $800 million through cost cutting and increased efficiency. I believe that Transocean is now on the road to realize its great potential. We look forward to continued collaboration with the Board of Directors and management.\"
The agreement has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and will be viewable with Transocean's recent filings at www.sec.gov on the next trading day following this press release and immediately through the company's website, www.deepwater.com by selecting the Investor Relations tab.
Additionally, as the result of an extensive evaluation, the company has concluded that a Master Limited Partnership-type yield vehicle (\"MLP\") could complement its capital structure by providing additional financial flexibility, and enhance the execution of its asset strategy. The initial public offering of an MLP is anticipated to be completed around the middle of 2014 with a minority interest sold at that stage. The anticipated offering is subject to the approval of Transocean's Board of Directors, market conditions and the effectiveness of a registration statement.
Transocean has previously discussed its objective of achieving additional efficiencies beyond those associated with the shore-based support infrastructure cost reduction initiative. In this regard, to continue to increase its competitiveness with its comparable peers, the Company is reiterating and clarifying its commitment to expand operating margins by an incremental $500 million, all else being equal, by the end of 2015 through operational improvements and additional cost reductions. The preliminary 2014 cost guidance provided by the Company on its third quarter 2013 conference call reflects this commitment. In conjunction with the previously disclosed $300 million in cost savings associated with the shore-based initiative, this represents a total targeted operating margin improvement of approximately $800 million by the end of 2015. As previously disclosed, the Company expects to realize approximately $200 million in cost savings related to the shore-based initiative by the end of 2014. Additionally, as a key element of its balanced capital allocation strategy, Transocean will continue to renew its fleet by investing in high-return, premium drilling rigs, both floaters and jackups.
Transocean's senior executive team will provide an update on the various strategic initiatives underway at the Company to continue to improve its long-term competitiveness, including the MLP and margin improvement efforts, at its previously announced Analyst/Investor Day on November 21, 2013.
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements described in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements which could be made include, but are not limited to, board recommendations, actions and dividend projections, growth and market positioning, and future company strategies and operational or financial results. Factors impacting these forward-looking statements include but are not limited to operating hazards and delays, risks associated with international operations, actions by customers and other third parties, the future prices of oil and gas and other factors, including those discussed in the company's most recent Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and in the company's other filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize (or the other consequences of such a development worsen), or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements including, without limitation, that our business plans may change as circumstances warrant, we may not ultimately form the MLP or offer its common units to the public and we may not be able to complete proposed actions on any timetable indicated. No registration statement is anticipated to be filed prior to March 2014, and any such registration statement would be subject to being declared effective by the SEC. No assurance can be given as to the value of any MLP, the price at which its securities may trade or whether a liquid market for its securities will develop or be maintained. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the company or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to these risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All non-GAAP financial measure reconciliations to the most comparative GAAP measure are displayed in quantitative schedules on the company's website at www.deepwater.com.
Securities Law Legend
This press release or referenced documents does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, and this press release does not constitute an offering prospectus within the meaning of article 652a or article 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or a listing prospectus within the meaning of the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange. Any offer, solicitations to offer or any sales of securities will only be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption therefrom. This Announcement is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135 under the Securities Act of 1933. Investors must rely on their own evaluation of Transocean Ltd. and its securities, including the merits and risks involved. Nothing contained herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to the future performance of Transocean Ltd.
About Transocean
Transocean is a leading international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The company specializes in technically demanding sectors of the global offshore drilling business with a particular focus on deepwater and harsh environment drilling services, and believes that it operates one of the most versatile offshore drilling fleets in the world.
Transocean owns or has partial ownership interests in, and operates a fleet of, 80 mobile offshore drilling units consisting of 46 high-specification floaters (ultra-deepwater, deepwater and harsh-environment drilling rigs), 22 midwater floaters and 12 high-specification jackups. In addition, the company has seven ultra-deepwater drillships and five high-specification jackups under construction.
For more information about Transocean, please visit the website www.deepwater.com.
Analyst Contacts:
Thad Vayda
+1 713-232-7551
Diane Vento
+1 713-232-8015
Media Contact:
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MIT's inFORM Dynamic Shape Display
" In early November, two MIT PhD students, Daniel Leithinger and Sean Follmer, introduced an eye-catching project from the MIT Media Lab: A table built with motors, linkages and pins, that can render a person physically in real time via a digital source. Some articles hailed the technology with potential to change the world and others were captivated by its strange, almost science fiction-type quality. The consensus was that this thing was really, really cool. But for a concept so complex, the initial idea came from a simple beginning. "
" We were inspired by those pinscreen toys where you press your hand on one end, and it shows on the other side," Leithinger says. However, the 15-by-15-inch table, known as inFORM, is much more complicated than a toy. Leithinger says it's best to imagine the device as a pinscreen, but with each pin attached to an individual motor. That's 900 pins, each a half-inch wide, with 900 separate motors. Getting 900 motors in such a dense area was a challenge, Follmer says ."


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Your Cold Medicine Doesn't Work. These Cures Do.
Over-the-counter drugs are about as good for treating colds as Pez. At least, that's what it seems like since a new study found that a main ingredient in nasal decongestants was no more effective than sugar pills.
So, if vile syrups don't help your body sumo wrestle that vague, persistent winter bug that everyone seems to get, what does? While there's no such thing as a cure for the common cold, chances are pretty good that what you already have in your kitchen cupboard can help. We gathered up some of the best remedies that are readily available and (even better) clinically proven to work:
Chicken soup
Chicken soup's been lauded as a cold remedy for centuries, from the ancient Egyptian-Jewish physician Maimonides to your mom. And according to the medical journal Chest, it really works! Research shows that hot broth helps slow the movement of white blood cells, allowing those infection-fighting bad boys to do their job more thoroughly. Whether homemade or cracked out of a can, chicken soup's also one of the best remedies for more serious upper-respiratory infections like tonsillitis and laryngitis.
A recent study pitted echinacea against a prescription flu med, and you can guess who came out on top. Those taking the herbal drink were less likely to see their symptoms go downhill into pneumonia and bronchitis. Echinacea is also proven to cut the number of colds people get when taken regularly over time.
Raw honey
Eating sweets is a big no-no when battling infections, but count natural honey (the raw, unprocessed kind) as an exception. A study in Pediatrics found that kids who took just over half a tablespoon before bed slept better at night. So the next time you wake up from a coughing fit, hot water and honey might be your best bet for getting back to those sheep.
Speaking of hot water and honey, add a few slices of ginger root and you've got the holy trinity of cold remedies. For thousands of years, ginger has been used to treat all kinds of ailments, and now modern research is catching up. Several studies, including one from the British Journal of Anesthesia, found that just one gram of ginger can help ease nausea and upset stomach.
We all know the telltale signs of a cold coming on, or that feeling of dread after someone sneezes on you in the subway. Well, it's time to make a new habit of pulling out zinc lozenges whenever either happens. A review published by CMAJ said that the nutrient can shorten a cold by as much as two days. Spinach, pumpkin, and cashews are all high in zinc (as are oysters, if you dare to tackle an oyster happy hour while you're under the weather).
From kombucha to kefir, health nuts have a hard-on for anything with probiotics. And while you may be dying to shut down your righteous vegan neighbor, he or she is actually right on this one. A study of British students taking probiotic cocktails saw their symptoms disappear more quickly than those who didn't. Do yourself a favor and order a miso soup, probably the most satisfying probiotic fix when you're under the weather.
Salt water
Gargling with table salt and water is more than an old wives' tale -- it's been clinically proven to ease upper-respiratory infections. It helps draw away excess fluid and mucus, flushing nasty bacteria from the throat (nice mental picture, right?).
So there's no need to spring for meds that aren't going to work; try some of these solutions, and you won't be one of the suckers who spend billions of dollars, collectively, on the effective equivalent of sugar pills.
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Barbara Woolsey is a freelance writer for Thrillist who won't be getting a cold this year. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


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Williamson County Democrats and Friends
Let's get together Monday, August 6th at 7:00pm for Food, Drinks and Music
6:00 - 7:00 pm
(before the show)
Williamson County Young Democrats Meet-Up
If you're 13 to 35 and excited about politics in Williamson County (or just want to learn more), we'd love for you to join us in the back room before the show!
Featured Artists
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Shelby Bottom String Band
Respected musician and critic Jack Silverman has described Shelby Bottom String Band as "formidable." That's a good beginning. Individually, the band members have informed contemporary music over several decades; together, their tight harmonies and smart lyrics recall the heyday of American folk activism.
"Something authentic coming out of Nashville that is fresh, real, fun and yet filled with social commentary set to a distinct style of music... Woody Guthrie meets Robert Johnson meets Steve Earle meets Sam Bush meets Del McCoury meets Scott Joplin meets Steeleye Span might begin to describe the sound of the Shelby Bottom String Band but still doesn't do it justice because of the uniqueness of the lyrical content." Sharon Cobb, The Examiner
"Whether waxing nostalgic about bygone days or lamenting the contemporary scourge of mountain top removal, the new-fashioned old-time music of the Shelby Bottom String Band is awash in humanity, humor and insight – all of it wrapped in a warm pocket of nimble downhome rhythms. East Nashville's best-kept, most danceable secret." Bill Friskics-Warren, contributor to New York Times and Washington Post
"Near to East Nashville's Shelby Bottoms is a dense intersection called Five Points. Metaphorically, the SBSB stands at its own Five Points, where humor and history, generosity of spirt, musical skill and an inimitable groove all meet--and that's a mighty good place to be." Jon Weisberger, critic for Nashville Scene
The band has produced two popular YouTube videos: East Nashville Rag and Don't Blow Up The Mountain.
Michael August (guitar & lead vocals) is host of the Acoustic Guitar Revival on Nashville radio station, WRFN, a songwriter and finger style guitarist who has performed in clubs in Nashville and
San Francisco.
Nell Levin (fiddle & vocals) played with Americana artist Tom Roznowski, toured widely with Buffalo Gals, Cadillac Cowgirls, Goldrush and bluegrass pioneer Earl Taylor. Voted Most Promising
Female Songwriter by Tennessee Songwriters Association.
Bob Mason (mandolin & vocals) founding member of Piper Road Spring Band, founded in 1970s and still together. They have recorded a series of albums and toured the USA widely. He is a
prolific songwriter.
Barry Tashian (percussion & vocals) founded 60s rock band The Remains which toured 14 cities as opening act for the Beatles in 1966. He oured and recorded with Emmylou Harris for 10 years as guitarist/duet singer, and formed Barry and Holly Tashian duo in 1988, recorded 8 albums and toured worldwide, received the INDIE Award in 1995.
Holly Tashian (upright bass, harmony & lead vocals) recorded award winning albums with Barry and Holly Tashian duo, has appeared many times on the Grand Ole Opry and toured
worldwide. Barry and Holly's songs have been recorded by Kenny Rogers, Solomon Burke, Gram Parsons, Daniel O'Donnell, the Nashville Bluegrass Band and others.
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Michael Coast
Michael Coast is a singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Active since 2011, He's spent years honing his voice from bluegrass and folk, to soul and rock sounds. Coast is an accomplished performer and he has been described as a 'natural voice to reckon with, booming and capable of transforming into shouts, quivers, and all manner of inflections'. He has shared the stage with acclaimed artists such as Rayland Baxter, Lera Lynn, Tommy Emmanuel, Langhorne Slim, and Margo Price. He frequently performs Sunday Night Writer's Night at the world-famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Michael is currently developing a band, recording new music, and booking shows around the Eastern United States.
9:00 - 10:00 pm
Kenny Mullins
Kenny Mullins grew up in a musical family and has been playing professionally for over 30 years. He has toured the US, and Europe and has been an independent recording artist since 1978 when he self-released his first album (on vinyl), "The Tennessee Tapes". Since then, he has produced and released numerous original recordings in a variety of formats and styles.
His 1982 single, "Sherry"—a pop-country ballad about a lesbian, was years ahead of its time in addressing the issue of gay love. This was quite against the trend of the day, particularly coming from a male.
In 1990, Kenny formed A.U.T.E.H (Artists United to End Homelessness) and put together a compilation recording of 22 midcoast bands. With Kenny's song, "It Could've Been Me", as the title track, all the profits and proceeds from affiliated concerts helped raise money for and awareness about the nations homeless.
In 1992, Kenny relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. In 1993, he began recording what would ultimately become the 1998 CD, "Fight/It Could've Been Me". It was during this period that Kenny's life spun out of control. A drug and alcohol user since his teens, he now found himself a serious abuser and addict. Over the next decade, Kenny would go through several failed relationships, lose his entire family and dozens of close friends, have pre-cancer surgery twice, be hospitalised for depression, be temporarily homeless, give up street drugs and alcohol while becoming addicted to doctors prescription 'medicine', survive a tornado, injure his hands in a car wreck and watch his once thriving career come to a complete halt … among other things.
During all these troubling times, Kenny never stopped writing and occasionally performed riveting sets of material by himself and many of the great artists of the last century. He also kept recording with sessions being held in '94, '96 and '98.
In the summer of 1998, Kenny's CD "It Could've Been Me/Fight", was released helping, once again, to raise money for and awareness about the nations homeless.
In 2001, Kenny finally kicked his decades-long drug and alcohol addiction and re-emerged with improved health, a new attitude and a new CD. "Skyline Nashville" is a compelling collection of original songs steeped in country, swing, bluegrass, folk, gospel and Celtic styles. Someone said it was "like Willie Nelson meets Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris and The Chieftains at Earl Scruggs house".
In 2002, Kenny's spiritual quest led him to Isha Yoga—a scientific program of breathing practices and postures and Shoonya Meditation. Brought to America by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, an enlightened master from India, Isha yoga program has dramatically enriched and impacted Kenny's life. He quit smoking cigarettes after 30 years and is now a vegetarian. "The improvements to my health and my spirit are nothing short of miraculous," Kenny says. Their web address is www.Ishafoundation.org
Today, Kenny has returned, once again, to his art and has re-embraced his role as an activist with his most recent CD, "Sister Oh Sister" and performances that support, among others, Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, The Nashville Rescue Mission, Amnesty International, The Magdalene Project Women's Program and Earthmatters and organizations that work with victims of domestic violence, and support women and native peoples' rights.


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For the crew of Apollo 8, part of the ambitious plan was to become the first ever humans to orbit the moon. To do this, and return safely, they were given just a 50% chance of success.
To make their pioneering orbit, the spacecraft would have to travel to the dark side of the moon, a secret hemisphere that had never been seen by human eyes. During this time, all communication with ground control would be lost. The crew knew they would be absolutely alone with no radio contact.
"We'll see you on the other side." These special words, now engraved on the caseback of OMEGA's Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8, were spoken on board the mission in 1968, at one of the most critical moments in space exploration history.
"We'll see you on the other side."
With just seconds before transmission fell silent, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell gave his final words to Earth: "We'll see you on the other side." For the next 35 minutes and 52 seconds, nobody on the ground heard anything. It was a nervous wait, but finally, the voices of Apollo 8 reappeared on the radio, and the first voyage to the dark side of the moon was complete.
The spacecraft made 10 successful orbits over 20 hours, during which time the crew witnessed the moon's mysterious distant surface, a rugged terrain covered in deeps craters and impacts.
Apollo 8 was praised as an incredible success. The crew were named Time Magazine's "Men of the Year", and even today, 50 years later, OMEGA is proud to honour their bravery and, of course, their words.
Wear the moon on your wrist with this incredible chronograph that features a skeletonised dial and a movement that beautifully depicts the lunar surface.


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Switzerland is known for producing quality products, if its Swiss made then you expect it to be the best thing in the world. There is are Swiss watches, Swiss cheese, Swiss chocolate and Swiss gold. A lot of people don't know that gold is the biggest export product in Switzerland but it has been since
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Now, is Mahindra releasing a cat among the pigeons or what? This one is as fresh as mama's baking and its called the Mahindra Genio 1.2T Long. The 1.2T of course indicates the weight it can carry on its 4,78 square metre load bin. Being available as a drop side increases its versatility by about 100%. My humble guess is that entrepreneurs, construction and the agriculture environments will snatch up this bakkie like no other. It offers the trusted M-Hawk diesel engine that produces 88kW and a useful 290Nm with a very reasonable 7,9lt/100km.
The suspension is not for sissies either - double wishbones with coils and hydraulic shocks, stabilising bars at the front and a rigid rear axle with leaf springs and telescopic double acting hydraulic shocks in the rear.
She also comes with ABS (EBD included) and inside the cabin the luxury features include, but are not limited to: audio with CD, Aux, USB and memory card, air conditioning, tilt-adjustable power steering and a rear window demister.
So what more do you want? Ah yes, Mahindra thought about that too. A three year /100 000km standard warranty, a five year /150 000 powertrain warranty and wait for it - a three year / 60 000km service plan.
In the looks department, the exterior of the Genio is, from a bakkie perspective, pleasing in a no-nonsense sort of way. The car-like interior satifies the senses and will provide a comfortable office space for the designated driver. What? You want more? How does a price tag of R229 995 sound? I agree, what a great bargain!


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How would you like to be a God? Games have given us the chance to pretend to be a god many times. With games like populous we tinkered and played at being the almighty controller of our little people's lives.
Well now there is a new God sim and it plays unlike anything you have ever played before. I'm talking about Tethered on PlayStation VR.
In Tethered you are the Spirit Guardian for a series of floating islands. The inhabitants of these islands are the peeps. Little creatures who are happy to do your bidding. During the day you tether them to the task you want them to do, gather food, resources etc. By discovering various books of knowledge hidden around the island you can unlock new buildings and abilities. These allow you to train your peeps into different roles such as warriors, farmer and miners. If the resources start to get low they can be replenished using the various different weather clouds. Sunshine will make the fields grow, rain for the woods, ice for the rocks etc. These can also be combined. Mix a sunshine cloud with any other to make a rainbow or combine two clouds other than sunshine to form lightning.
During the day all is well in the happy peeps little island. At night though, danger crawls out from underneath the island in the form of creatures set on destroying your work and attacking the peeps. As their spirit guardian it's your job to keep the peeps safe and keep them from harm. If you don't they will fall into despair, find the nearest ledge, and step off falling down into oblivion.
Sounds like your fairly standard god sim right? So what makes Tethered different? Put simply, it's the VR aspect. In VR this is like having your own table top playing area to work with. The world seems real, more lifelike than playing on a standard screen, which really draws you into the game world. The islands have clouds strategically places around the edges which you use to switch your view. You can tell the placement of these has been carefully thought out with enough to cover the whole island but not too many so as to be confusing.
Having a 3D environment like this does present challenges though. For example, keeping track of everything that's going on can be a difficult task in this type of environment. Secret Sorcery, the studio behind Tethered have solved this problem through the use of the 3D audio PSVR offers. Small musical stings tell you when something has happened be it a new peep egg to hatch or a new cloud arriving. Each of these is easily distinguishable and designed in such a way as not to interfere with each other when things get hectic. The 3D audio not only tells you when but also where it is happening. It's a wonderful use of the headsets audio and really helps make the world real. With 13 islands to complete each growing in complexity Tethered is a game that will keep you playing for a long time.
This game really surprised me. I wasn't sure what to expect from it thinking of it as probably a "nice idea" game form an independent studio but I've got to say I'm totally hooked! Tethered has fast become one of my favourite games both in and out of VR. Is it perfect? No, there is room for improvement in it. Some of the later islands can get hectic with so much going on which usually ends up with the entire peep population taking the final dive off the island. When that happens though it's simply a case of taking a step back, working on your technique and trying again. While the game itself is great it's what it represents and the possibilities it opens up that really excite me. Virtual Warhammer 40k anyone? Dungeons and Dragons? Command and Conquer? Whatever your strategy game of choice is this could be where its future lies.
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I'd like to see an informed response, as I got the impression the author had a ready decided & was furiously trying to construct an argument that wasn't nearly as well supported as the length of the article might suggest.
Longish read, but worth it IMHO.
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To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
I'd like to see an informed response, as I got the impression the author had a ready decided & was furiously trying to construct an argument that wasn't nearly as well supported as the length of the article might suggest.
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i hate how every year at this time, a menagerie of general idiots and apologists pop up.
here's the one response for that:
without the shock factor of the bomb, japan wasn't going to surrender. even with the bomb, it was a damn close call.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov
Phew! The article was so long. Why did the Japanese wait for the 2nd nuke to hit them if they had decided to surrender? Why not after the first nuke hit them? Was it the fear that the USAF would continue to use nukes on other cities until Japan surrendered?
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We don't know what sort of conversations might have been going on privately among members of this group or why it might have been hard for them to bring themselves to the point where they accepted the need to surrender. As Asty's link points out, openly discussing surrender, even in the highest circles of Japan's government, could cost you your life.
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The author, Ward Wilson, seems to have built a career on denying that nuclear weapons discourage enemies. Don't bother reading his Wikipedia entry; it was written by a publicist. But, here are two items from the footnotes:
• Ward Wilson "The Winning Weapon? Rethinking Nuclear Weapons in Light of Hiroshima," International Security, 2007.
• Gareth Cook. "Why Did Japan Surrender?," The Boston Globe, August 7, 2011.
He makes a good question about two things, Only six cities were left not bombed, where the rest were hit very badly. If the destruction was the case, Tokyo was factor, it was badly fired and they would have blinked before. The effects of radiation were unknown.
Secondly, the timing. If they were so concerned why it took them 3 days to gather? Why they only gathered after the Soviets stepped in?
I'm not versed the events and timings, but the author suggests that the decision to surrender was taken before Nagasaki, but too long after Hiroshima. Just on time for the Soviets.
Like with every theory the author starts with a preset outcome and builds his case.
Maybe he's a nuclear deterrence denier and apologetic, but sure he raises some points.
Asty, the attempted coup was at least four days after he says the decision was made.
No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
It was a 1-2-3 punch. Anyone who suggests that nukes didn't have an effect don't see the picture. Japanese defences just went out the window. A single bomb on the beaches would have negated any defense moot.
No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
The problem is that most people have a relatively poor knowledge of history. They read, see or hear a news report/opinion piece about how the atom bomb did/did not 'win' the war in the Pacific and immediately assume a position that suits their per-conceived prejudices without bothering to do any research or study. Even a cursory Wiki review would reveal that there were multiple causes for the for Japans eventual decision to surrender - all of them interrelated and all of them having a cumulative impact. It's relative lack of manpower and industrial capacity and inability to compete with the general level of US technological and industrial innovation going into the war, it's pre-war military commitments in China and Russia which limited it's ability to commit resources elsewhere (the two front problem), the sheer scale of the geography involved as Imperial Japan initially advanced and the logistical issues that scale imposed, the eventual defeat of it's naval and land forces in the Pacific which pushed the military campaign back to the home islands, the economic blockade imposed by the US submarine/sea mining campaign, the lack of natural resources within the boundaries of the home islands, the entry of Russia into the War towards the end of the campaign and the A bomb all worked together to set the scene for Japans defeat. Before the war even commenced there were per-existing factors which would pile pressure upon Japans government and those pressures only increased as new factors came into play with each passing year of the war.
But no .... its far simpler to say it's all about the bad, bad, bomb. Japan would have surrendered without the bomb or (much more rarely heard) solely because of it.
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Operation Plumbbob in the US and Totskoye in the Soviet Union were both indications that even in the late 1950s, radiation from nuclear bombs was poorly understood. Both tests were to try to determine if soldiers could function in a tactical nuclear environment.
On a more general note, it is reasonable to point out that postwar accounts on the Western side underplayed the significance of the Soviet DOW on the surrender. This wasn't necessarily malicious. it was perfectly reasonable for the US to assume that two giant bombs dropped on Japan were a lot more important than a distant Russian Army on Japanese decision making. In the way of these things people sometimes try to 'rebalance' the account by overstating the counter case. There is always a ready audience for these overstatements, especially among people who already have a particular prejudice about the US/Western Allies.
Win nervously lose tragically - Reds C C
One thing that we might be missing here is the time it would take to gather the decision-makers in one place. Tokyo was a mess, and just moving around the city would have been much more difficult than flying from Kansas to Washington.
To state the meeting was about discusing AUGUST STORM without any evidence to back this up is ludicrous. I don't doubt AUGUST STORM was discussed but the surrender speech was diliberately about the nukes. To ignore that is dishonest and revisionism.
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Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Nearly four years after Benjamin Vanderford hoodwinked the global media by manufacturing a fake Al-Qaeda beheading tape, America's corporate press whores are once again gearing up to fearmonger about the prospect of mushroom clouds over American cities by instantly ascribing gospel status to a dubious "Al-Qaeda fan" Internet videotape that encourages the use of WMD in a terrorist attack.
"Intelligence and law enforcement sources tell ABC News they are expecting al Qaeda supporters will post a new video on the Internet in the next 24 hours, calling for what one source said is "jihadists to use biological, chemical and nuclear weapons to attack the West," according to the report.
"There have been several reports that al Qaeda will release a new message calling for the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) against civilians," FBI spokesman Richard Kolko told ABC News in an e-mail.
Since the dubious series of beheading videos, which coincidentally came to a stop when one of our readers managed to expose the ludicrousness of accepting such propaganda at face value by hoodwinking the world media with a fake beheading tape, "Al-Qaeda" has been resigned to spreading its message through Mossad agents like Adam Pearlman and alleged sketchy Bin Laden audio recordings.
It was back in August 2004 that 22-year-old aspiring video game designer Benjamin Vanderford posted a 55 second clip on the Internet filmed at his friend's house which depicted himself being crudely beheaded while fake blood spurted for visual effect. Vanderford's buddy dressed up like the infamous Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, barked out a template terrorist screed, and the press bought it hook, line and sinker.
The corporate media lapped up the phony tape and within hours of it being uploaded serious analysts on Fox News were citing the footage as further evidence to prove we were in a war against bloodthirsty terrorists.
Vanderford said he made the tape "to just make a statement on these type of videos and how easily they can be faked."
|Benjamin Vanderford's "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Slaughters an American" hoax was accepted at face value by a feverish corporate media who instantly afforded credence to the fraud.
Vanderford single-handedly proved that anyone in the world can dress up as an Arab terrorist, fake a beheading scene or a speech, upload it to the Internet, and have the global media obsessing about the deadly threat of Al-Qaeda within hours.
The latest "Al-Qaeda WMD" sideshow is no different. This could have been made by the tooth fairy for all the corporate media cares. It fills up the headlines, it attracts viewers and it pleases their military-industrial complex sponsors who make a killing out of artificially inflating the scope of the phantom war on terror for increased weapons sales and fighter jets.
The lesson that the Internet is an anonymous free-for-all medium has still not been learned four years later as the media seizes upon the latest offering which provides them with an ample opportunity to fearmonger about biological attacks turning American cities into quarantine camps this summer.
One wonders if the new tape will feature original rhetoric or whether it will just be lifted almost entirely from a satirical spoof website, as was the case with the previous "Al-Qaeda tape".
You know it's bad when even IntelCenter, the Pentagon front group that routinely releases fake "Al-Qaeda" propaganda videos of Bin Laden speeches cobbled together from 5-year-old footage, is denouncing the new tape as inconsequential.
"Supporter videos are made by fans or supporters who may not have ever had any contact with a real terrorist," IntelCenter's CEO Ben Venzke told ABC News. "These videos almost always are comprised of old video footage that is edited together to make a new video." (Takes one to know one, Ben!)
"Considering them so would be the equivalent of considering a 10-year-old's homemade fan video of his favorite sports team to be an official team message," Venzke said. "IntelCenter is not aware of any new imminent message by al-Qaeda or any other leading jihadist group in audio or video form that will call for the use of WMD against civilians."
Venzke makes a good point but he might just be upset that the "Al-Qaeda fan" didn't go through his military-industrial complex front in releasing the tape.
If you're wondering why the boys at IntelCenter always know when an "Al-Qaeda" video is set to be released two days before it pops up, the answer is simple – they are manufacturing the entire fraud.
Similar to the need to create a PR buzz before the release of a new DVD or a movie, IntelCenter makes sure its customers know ahead of time in order to cash in on a lucrative scheme that services client subscribers from governments and intelligence agencies around the world.
The franchise of hawking terrorist propaganda is no doubt a multi-million dollar cash cow, which is why Venzke seems upset that he's not got his hand in the pie on this one, but money isn't the only agenda behind IntelCenter's operation.
As we have exhaustively documented, Intelcenter is an offshoot of IDEFENSE, which was staffed by a senior military psy-op intelligence officer Jim Melnick, who has worked directly for Donald Rumsfeld. The organization released the "laughing hijackers" tape and claimed it was an Al-Qaeda video, despite the fact that the footage was obtained by a "security agency" at a 2000 Bin Laden speech.
IntelCenter was recently caught adding its logo to a tape at the same time as Al-Qaeda's so-called media arm As-Sahab added its logo, proving the two organizations were one and the same.
The Pakistani based Al-Qaeda group Jundullah, formerly headed by the alleged mastermind of 9/11, an organization which enjoys the funding, support and protection of the CIA, also produces propaganda tapes and literature for As-Sahab and in turn IntelCenter.
Perhaps the latest Al-Qaeda-WMD fraud denotes that IntelCenter has some good old fashioned competition on its hands in the emerging market of terrorist propaganda tapes, but for the rest of us it's another painful reminder that the corporate media has abandoned any pretense of investigative journalism in favor of acting as a mere relay circuit for Neo-Con black propaganda.
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TORONTO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Shares of Canadian train and plane maker Bombardier fell below C$1 on Wednesday for the first time since 1991, reflecting the company's struggle to find customers for its new CSeries planes.
Bombardier is preparing the jet to enter service after years of delays and cash problems. The stock has fallen 26 percent since the start of 2016, and unofficially closed at C$0.99, down 2.0 percent. (Reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by James Dalgleish)


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Finally a release date has been announced for EA and Dices upcoming map pack for Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand.
The new maps will be available to download from the sixth of December on the PlayStation Network and thirteenth of December on Xbox LIVE and the PC. For people who purchased the Limited edition the downloads will be free, for the five other people out there that didn't get the LE the cost of the pack is rumoured to be £11.99 or 1200 MS points.
Just in case you have been living under a rock for the last few months, the back to Karkand map pack will contain
Four new Maps:
Strike at Karkand, Wake Island, Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula,
New Game Mode:
Conquest Assault mode from Battlefield Two,
Conquest Assault starts one team in command of all control points on the map while the opposing team must assault and take the flags over in order to stop their tickets from bleeding down to zero.
Other Bits
Three new vehicles,
Ten new weapons,
Five new dog tags,
Five new achievements/trophie,
Ten assignments
Assignment must be completed in order to unlock one of the Back to Karkand weapons. In addition, players will receive a dog tag for completing each assignment
And if that's not enough Battlefield love for you, Dice have launched a Battlefield 3 store where fans can purchase some Battlefield 3 merchandise.You can check it out here


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Central Michigan (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee St. (7- 5)
WHERE: Ford Field, Detroit.
TIME: 7:30 p.m. TV: ESPN.
OUR RANKING: 30th of the 32 bowls.
KEY STATS: Central Michigan is 19th nationally in pass offense (258.4 ypg, 27 TDs). Middle Tennessee is 105th nationally in total offense (282.7 ypg).
THE GAME: Central Michigan is the Mid-American Conference champ; the Chippewas won the title on the same field last month. But they'll be without their main head coach, as Brian Kelly took the coaching job at Cincinnati (Jeff Quinn is the interim coach). Redshirt freshman QB Dan LeFevour threw for 2,869 yards and 25 TDs, and added 452 yards and six TDs on the ground. TB Ontario Sneed and WR Bryan Anderson are the other keys on offense. The defense is nothing special, though E Dan Bazuin is a good pass rusher and LB Thomas Keith is a tackle machine (118 this season). MTSU is here because the Big Ten couldn't fill its slot in this game.
The Blue Raiders need a big game from TB Eugene Gross (70.4 ypg, 10 TDs). Senior QB Clint Marks doesn't make many mistakes, but he's not that productive, either (1,666 yards, eight TDs, seven picks). E Erik Walden (9.5 sacks) is the headliner of a defense that has some speed (81 tackles for loss, third-most in the nation, including 33 sacks).
THE LINE: Central Michigan by 9 1/2.
THE PICK: Central Michigan, 28-16.


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