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And that's exactly what we get with "Somewhere We Got" and "House Tool's House," tracks brimming over with the sort of breezy riffs and vocals that will no doubt go down famously at his Pacha residency this summer in Ibiza. The fascinating thing, as always with Luciano, is in how ridiculously quirky it nonetheless sounds. Despite sounding like the sort of Balearic cooldown that could soundtrack the dreamy end-of-night portion of a set, the 12-minute "Melodrama" is awash in little bits of digital fuzz and what sounds like a bassline played live in the studio by a bored Jaco Pastorius. "Behind My Soul," meanwhile, inexplicably has train bells for more than seven of its nearly 16 minutes, as though you'd be interested in hearing how Luciano can make them ring in time with a tropical-inflected beat. He's a weird one, Lucien-N-Luciano. But it's nice to have him back.
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A Somewhere We Got
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You thought I was going to say something else. But nah, that's too normal. And as far as I've been told, I'm not really anything near normal.
You know about my Mom. She's not able to do very much right now, which includes cleaning, even though she's feeling a little bit better. My childhood is made up of memories of weekend cleanings. That was what we did on the weekends…cleaned the house. Cleaned the yard. Cleaned the laundry. Etc. I always felt my mother was super-mom, because everything was always clean, even when she worked full time and took care of her husband and four children. She always made dinner after she got home from work. There were no dust bunnies, no dirty bathrooms, no laundry tossed on the floor. This was how we lived. I didn't give it much thought growing up because it was how I was raised and how I lived. That didn't mean I liked it, but it was how we were. Not to say that my room wasn't always a mess, and she was always telling me to clean it up, but the rest of the house was…so clean.
No matter what house they lived in, how big or how small, my mother kept it clean. When I moved out on my own, I became intimidated by how clean her house always was. I started worrying about how clean my house wasn't, especially when someone was coming over. If I knew my mother was coming to visit (from a whole 30 minutes away), I would spend an entire day cleaning the house from top to bottom, to make sure I wasn't embarrassed when she came in. Did she ever inspect? No. Did she noticed if it was clean "enough"? Probably not. But that was how it was for me…worrying about being ashamed of how clean my how wasn't.
When I got sick and couldn't clean, it was left to Hub. Which kind of meant the house was sort of clean. It was never as clean as my mother's house, and I almost always had to ASK him to clean, but he tried his hardest. And I tried not to freak over it. I'm not a neat-freak. But I do have a thing about clean bathrooms and a clean kitchen. At some point I told my mother that there was just no way I could vacuum and mop and keep the house spotless for her visits. She very bluntly said, "Who asked you to?"
So at that point, I started relaxing about the dog hair. About the dog drool. The doggie footprints. The grass she dragged in on her fur. I still wanted the bathrooms and kitchen cleaned, but I wasn't obsessive over it. When Hub got a bonus one year, we tried to put the money aside to have someone come clean the bathrooms and kitchen, but I was never happy with the results. We tried several different people, but I always felt we could do a better job and it didn't cost us precious money that we could have used elsewhere. So we stopped trying new cleaning people and went back to our old routine.
My grandmother had a cleaning lady who came once a week to do the heavy work. For many many years. It was a luxury she felt she wanted to afford. That was back in the day when cleaning "lady" mean someone who really cleaned, who kept her clients for years and years and years. Not someone who zipped in and out, just making a few extra dollars. But my mother was tight with her budget, and never wanted to hire anyone. I think it was part of her identity to keep a clean house, and to make sure her family was always fed, even when she worked full time.
So now, here's Mom, who can barely get around, and whose energy is pretty close to nil. And my father, he never had to clean because Mom always did it. So when Mom went downhill with her health, I went to her and said I wanted to hire someone to come in and clean the big things…scrub the kitchens and bathrooms at least, maybe run a vacuum on the stairs because that's difficult to do. She seemed almost relieved. She said the bathrooms were beginning to smell, but she told me that she would only do it if we did it, too. I think she was trying to gift me something because of all the time I was spending at her house. So I said sure, we could "share" a cleaning service. They could spend a few hours here doing our kitchen and bathrooms, then go to her house and do the same. So I set about looking for someone. In the meantime, Mom told Dad what we were doing. And Dad got mad.
It's been a couple of weeks since we talked about getting a service in to clean. As we speak, there are six women cleaning my house. Doing more than I asked. Paying no attention to our big dogs or the fact that there are tumbleweeds of dog hair all over. They're flipping up couches, cleaning my laundry room (even though I said not to bother), and they're making the house smell so good. (Sorry, got distracted. Heh.)
Dad got mad. He told my mother HE could clean the house, why were we bringing someone in. So she told him the bathroom smelled, and it would be easier on everyone if someone came in every two weeks and just did the hard scrubbing. He got upset. Said he could handle it. I tried to tell him it wasn't that he wasn't doing a good job, it was that this was something someone else could do, so he could focus on Mom. It was supposed to be a relief…something to take off his shoulders and his mind. Instead of reassuring him, it upset him further. When I would go over to see if they needed anything or to spend time, I'd catch him running a small vacuum in the kitchen. Mom told me she could smell the Comet he used in the bathroom…but then she'd tell me he had no idea how to clean a bathroom. That he missed inside the toilet under the rim, or outside the toilet, or the top of the toilet tank. That he was trying, but he'd never had to do it, so it wasn't his fault that he was missing things.
I tried again to tell him this was a good thing. That someone else could focus on the heavy cleaning and he could focus on Mom. He's still mad. Soon we'll be taking the ladies over to Mom's to clean, so I called to warn them we'd be over soon. He answered the phone. He's still mad.
Honestly, if this crew works out, I'll be happy. I hate cleaning, and I most importantly hate cleaning bathrooms. The scrubbing is too hard on me, and although Hub tries, he's not really good at it, either. He never cleans behind the hinges of the toilet seat. It's just…gross. At the moment, although I know they may have missed a few details, these women are working hard and doing a ton. I'll be okay with pointing out (next time) what I would like them to focus on better.
I'm sure the house will be messy again soon. We have dogs. I have a husband. It's bound to happen. But I can't wait to go pee in that clean bathroom. I might have to drink an entire glass of water so I can go pee in another clean bathroom. Jeezus I'm weird. Don't tell anyone.
I am trying really hard not to feel guilty about having someone else clean parts of my house. Cleaning was part of my Mom's identity, but it isn't part of mine. I will admit, though, that I did get up to sweep the dining room after the women got here. Plus, we spent a day yesterday de-cluttering so that the women could do a thorough job more easily. So yeah, we'll have to learn to de-clutter before they come for their appointment to clean–which is also weird…who cleans before the cleaning people come?–but it'll be a good habit to get into I think.
So, now I'm adding on to the post because the cleaning crew left. When I say crew, I'm serious about that. It was seven women, including the owner, to do both houses. And before you pass out, yes, both houses are kind of big. We didn't expect them to clean the whole house (either of them), but they came pretty close. The owner says for the first appointment, they like to be as thorough as possible so that subsequent cleanings will be easier and faster. And subsequent cleanings will not require seven people.
They did a pretty good job. I didn't get to inspect everything, and I know there are a couple of spots that didn't get done the way I would like, but I hope to give them another opportunity to come in and clean again. Also, it was a little creepy because they remade our bed. They fixed the pillows up against the headboard, then remade the bed. Like my mother when I was younger and she didn't like the way I made my bed. LOL Also, it is a little frustrating for me that they moved things to clean and then didn't put them back in the right place. I know it's petty because they touch a lot of stuff and can't be expected to remember where everything goes back in everyone's house, it's just weird to walk into the room and see your nightstand completely rearranged. Or your desk.
Hopefully Mom feels better with her house cleaned. I know at least I don't have to think about it for the time being. Of course, an hour after the cleaners left, Butthead drooled on the clean tile floor. *sigh*


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I wrote previously about fixes that are available for three issues that can occur when you install SP1 for .NET Framework 3.5. In addition to those three CLR issues, there were some other problems caused by the service pack which is why we also released the rather cutely named "Family Update" for .NET Framework 3.5 just before Christmas.
Choosing what to download is a bit complicated because not only do you need to select the correct package for the operating system family you are using (Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008) but you also have to choose the right architecture (x86/x64/IA64). On top of that, once you have got to the right download page there are in fact three things you have to download and install - the updated bits for the core 2.0 framework, the 3.0 bits of the framework and also for the 3.5 bits of the framework.
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Scalia-loving Tennessee judge: Straight couples can't divorce if same-sex couples can marry
A local judge in Tennessee has refused to grant a divorce to a straight married couple, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage as one reason he cannot let the man and woman untie the knot.
Hamilton County Chancellor Jeffrey Atherton denied the divorce petition last week, according to The Times Free Press, saying that the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage made it impossible for the state of Tennessee to determine what constitutes divorce.
The Tennessee judge was apparently peeved that the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges had overturned the state's Marriage Protection Amendment, which defined marriage as solely the union between a man and a woman. But he was apparently very fond of Justice Antonin Scalia's dissent in that ruling.
"With the U.S. Supreme Court having defined what must be recognized as a marriage, it would appear that Tennessee's judiciary must now await the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court as to what is not a marriage, or better stated, when a marriage is no longer a marriage," Atherton wrote in his decision.
"The majority's opinion in Obergefell, regardless of its patronizing and condescending verbiage, is now the law of the land, accurately described by Justice Scalia as 'a naked claim to legislative — indeed, super-legislative — power.'"
"The conclusion reached by this Court is that Tennesseans have been deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage, and, thereby, at minimum, contested divorces… [A]ccording to Justice Scalia, the majority opinion in Obergefell represents 'social transformation without representation.'"
Atherton continued: "Although this Court has some vague familiarity with the government theories of democracy, republicanism, socialism, communism, fascism, theocracy, and even despotism, implementation of this apparently new 'super-federal-judicial' form of benign and benevolent government, termed 'krytocracy' by some and 'judi-idiocracy' by others, with its iron fist and limp wrist, represents quite a challenge for a state level trial court."
In denying the divorce, the judge also said the marriage between the couple — Thomas Bumgardner, 65, and his wife, Pamela, 61 — was not "irretrievably broken"
Atherton defended his decision Wednesday afternoon but refused to discuss it.
"I don't want extraneous conversation," he told The Times Free Press. "I'll have to stick with the words of the order."
Atherton said he was hopeful that the couple would salvage their marriage.


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The Encyclopedia of New York City is a comprehensive reference book on New York City, New York. Historian and Columbia University professor Kenneth T. Jackson edited this work that combines informative and interesting information about New York City into one volume, first published in 1995 by the New-York Historical Society and Yale University Press and now available in its second edition, published in 2010.
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The encyclopedia covers the arts, architecture, demographics, education, environment, government and politics, media, popular culture, science, and transportation. It contains over 4,300 entries, including 680 illustrations, photographs, maps, charts and tables that combine statistics and public records that are often difficult to access. Entries are written by experts in their respective fields and provide bibliographic references to more in-depth sources.
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The updated Encyclopedia of New York City, Second Edition was released on December 1, 2010, by Yale University Press. It contains 1,584 pages, up from the first edition's 1,392 pages, and has over 800 new entries and 5,000 substantially updated entries.
The first edition sold more than 75,000 copies and was in the top-five best-sellers in the century-long history of Yale University Press. Among its honors are:
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- Kosner, Edward (December 4, 2010). "A Toast to Gotham, Topped-Up". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- Wunsch, James L. (1997). "The Encyclopedia of New York City". Journal of Social History. Gale. 31 (1).
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The first step in what will arguably be the most important process taken up by the county council in recent memory was taken today after more than 20 years of discussion.
And most likely no one will notice. Or care.
The long delayed "CZO update" passed "first reading" today and will be going to a public hearing soon. But the measure, designed to clarify and simplify zoning on the island will probably do more to confuse and complicate matters than anything else.
According to the purpose statement of the bill (#2433) this "first phase" of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) update is "focusing on organizational and format changes," and said to be "non-substantive" by council staffer Peter Morimoto.
It's 166 pages long… and that's the short version. The full "Ramseyered" version — with underlines and brackets to denote additions and deletions, respectively — is a thick monster of a document which was waved in the air at Thursday's meeting. But since it replaces the entire CZO it has been introduced in the "short" form.
But just wait. The second "substantive bill" will no doubt be even longer and more complicated because it contains all the changes that the council and planning department have been putting off ever since the original CZO was passed in 1972.
Prior to then Kaua`i was "anything goes" when it came to building anything at all, anywhere one desired. That's why you see structures over 40 years old that make you ask "how did they ever allow that to be built?"–not just for the construction itself but for the location.
The 1972 CZO established standards for the first time on Kaua`i and has been amended in dribs and drabs over the years to form what one council member called a "hodgepodge" of a document that has plagued everyone who's tried to use it for decades.
Many "general" amendments were delayed or just blown off because no one knew where to put them or what precisely needed to change. And the ones that did get passed were just stuck in anywhere.
Since the mid 80's, every time the council came up against a problem with the document they would inevitably throw up their hands and say, "well — that's another one for the 'CZO update'." But of course that update never happened — until now.
Former Mayor from 1988-94 and now Council member JoAnn Yukimura told the council at today's "extended" meeting (after yesterday's power outage caused the meeting to be re-convened this morning) that her administration had worked on getting it done. And Council Chair Jay Furfaro said that when he served as Chair of the Planning Commission in 1997 he was promised by the planning department that it would be ready for commission scrutiny "by the end of the year."
Over the past decade-plus the council has appropriated money at least twice (some say three times but who's counting?) to allow the planning department to hire a consultant as the process became longer and more complicated.
That was during the reign of Planning Director Ian Costa whose use of what we've called "the fog" managed to bamboozle the council with promises of "soon" followed by requests for more money, followed by more promises of "soon" and more requests for more money.
Anyway, according to the purpose section of this first "housekeeping" bill:
The County of Kaua`i adopted the first General Plan in 1971 (updated in 1984 and 2000).
Subsequently, the County of Kaua`i adopted the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) in 1972. Since its adoption, the County of Kaua`i has approved several amendments to specific provisions of the CZO. However, the CZO has not been updated in a comprehensive manner since its adoption.
In order to present the CZO update in a more orderly fashion, the CZO Update has been divided into two phases, with the first phase focusing on organizational and format changes. This involves mainly moving or relocating existing provisions to more appropriate locations in the code. The first phase also includes the re-codification of ordinance amendments made to the CZO. The second phase will show the newly reformatted document with recommended substantive changes to the code in a Ramseyered format which will be forthcoming after the first phase has been completed.
Thus, the purpose of this ordinance is to complete the first phase of the CZO update by adopting all organizational, format changes, and to re-codify ordinance amendments made to the CZO to date.
The "second phase" will supposedly contain all the changes that people have sought over the years. But that, in and of itself, is going to be much longer and much, much more complicated.
And of course controversial.
You can count on the fact that developers will want certain measures to be amenable to development while the public interest will be to maintain control over that very development.
The devil will be in the details. With hundreds of pages of old and new provisions all up for grabs you can bet that the monied side will have banks of attorneys scrutinizing each "shall," "will" and "may" for an advantage- that all important "technicality" that will make a judge take notice.
Add to that the recent cap on development that was instituted after a petition-derived charter amendment limited growth to an amount determined in the general plan. And add to that the fact that another general plan update is due to commence any time now with the last one having been completed in 2002 and a charter mandate that they occur once every 10 years.
You can bet that the "development community" will be seeking to water down slow growth and "keep Kaua`i, Kaua`i" forces at bay at every step of the process.
The second phase will not be introduced until this first phase is done according to council staff and the content will come from the planning department where it will go though public hearings and planning commission approval before it eventually reaches the council.
If regular citizens want to participate in that process, the time to organize is not when the bill hits the council floor, but now while there is still time to formulate positions and get ready for those first planning commission hearings.
What the timeline is for all of this is anyone's guess. But those who are concerned about growth on Kaua`i can't start paying attention to this one too soon because there is no doubt the other side is already at work, having waited many years for this "opportunity."
As an aside, the actual text of the bill is available on-line, although apparently council members weren't aware of that today. That's probably because it's not at the council's page at the county web site but as part of the "Granicus" site, which is the company that does the video of the council meetings and where items are both streamed live and archived.
It's also where the "paperwork" accompanying each item on the council's agenda is now being posted.
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the appearance of this "paperwork" for council agenda items on-line after years of delay — much of the delay, as we said, apparently intentional. At the time we complained that although Granicus was finally posting the material it was not in "text" form but rather as a scanned document.This week, however, many of the documents — including bills, resolutions and other communications- started to appear in text form, allowing the words to be copied and pasted from the document.
That's where the CZO update bill is posted and since the "new" CZO will replace the old one in its entirety, the new one is simply posted in its entirety.
We point this out because the council seemed blissfully unaware of the posting, even through apparently someone on their staff provided Granicus with the documents in the text format.
During the meeting council members kept asking their staff to "scan" and post a copy, seemingly unaware of the fact that it was available to the public in a text format through Granicus, although not in the Ramseyer format. But if Granicus could post the one they have there now, couldn't they also have put up a text-format copy of the Ramseyered document? (Unless the purpose is to cut down thousands of trees to provide paper to print everything out.)
Did anyone ever check to see if Kaipo Asing or Peter Nakamura had stock in either Georgia Pacific or Weyerhauser?
Well, we wouldn't be happy if we didn't have something to complain about.


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Also, it allowed me to show a bunch of tricks that were used in Dodonpachi, one of the legendary shooters you should certainly study. There's two threads about it on Pixelation here and here. Unfortunately there's a lot of broken images due to the age of the threads.The basic design I used was this:As you can tell, I moved the light source above the ship to make shading a bit easier, though I agree that the side lighting you use is a staple of shooters and very fun too. Basically, I made easy to shade geometric blocks and made sure that each flat plane is all the same shade. That's where you went wrong for example. A flat wing will be one shade of color, because every spot gets hit by the light at the same angle. This is true for global directional light sources like the sun, yours is more shaded like the plane is being followed by a spotlight, but even then it's not shaded correctly.A cool way to do this step with new technology is to work with 3D renders here. You can design the ships in 3D, with basic shapes and flat shading (important!) and even animate them tilting and such and then apply the colors and detailing afterwards. Do notice that this requires some proper 3D knowledge to pull off (not a lot though). If you can't figure out the 3D, it's better not to go this route. Some relevant threads are here and here, though neither really follow the process I outlined. If possible, I'll try to get an example going, but I need some help on that part.Notice that my background is not white or black. This is a trick we pixel artists use to make sure the palette isn't playing tricks on us. Cyangmou explains it better than I can here. In your case, if the ships are always displayed on a pure black background, you might be able to get away with a black background, but certainly not a white one. Trust us that this will negatively affect your colors. Which brings me to:ColorsColor theory is complex. It's a science, it's an art, it's experience. There's tons and tons and tons of resources online, from specific pixel art theories to web-design articles, to paint mixing. All of them are relevant and interesting. One of our Pixelation members, Arne, is pretty much an expert on the subject. You can find some of his stuff here, here and here.One of the things to remember is that there's basic colors, like "red", but there's infinite shades of red, ranging all the way over orange to yellow or over magenta towards purple. Never pick a pure red unless you know what you're doing, tint it slightly orange or purplish, make it dull, make it lighter, etc. Basically, color is build up from three values, hue, saturation and brightness. Look these terms up, play with them. I personally like to use very saturated colors, but you should avoid using 100% saturated colors as a rule (or at least be aware that you're using highly saturated colors). Greys are also very important. Grey is a color of infinite variety too. By completely desaturating your greys, you limit yourself to a single hue, which is bad. Though personally, I kinda like the effect of mixing very saturated colors with pure grey details, for machinery. For your enemy designs though, since the grey is not detail, avoid using the boring 100% desaturated grey.I'm hoping that someone else might jump in to give more primers on color theory for you, as this is a complex subject, one that I am not a master at.DetailingDodonpachi style games like to use a lot of detailing. While improving your overall look, it's also very fun to do. I just subdivided a lot of the bigger planes, added some grey machinery, etc. Also, I used some of the yellow details to look like they're self-illuminating (the wing insets and the engine exhausts). I also added some brackets to bring back some of that wonderful silhouette that I lost when trying to simplify the forms. If you go with a more organic shape like your original, you can still put in a lot of detailing.As a general rule of thumb of the detailing, I used a dark line to do the detailing, then put a light line next to it, to make the detailing "pop". After that next step is done, I just go in and do tweaks to make certain surfaces more rounded, vary some edges, etc. This last step is less important and will just provide a level of polish that comes with years of experience. The final polish is better left out than done improperly, though I do think that the extra curvature I gave to the wings is needed.Here's a two-step example of the detailing, with the wing, which has that final layer of polish, next to it. Notice that I inset the yellow parts for extra detail and that the yellow is shaded in a way to suggest it's its own light-source (like it's slightly glowing). You could add a light blur on top of that, like you did with the red lights on your enemies, if you want. Keep the original image and palette clean though, so you can easily edit it afterwards. Adding a post-effect glow will ruin the pixels from being easily edited. I made sure to keep a clean 16-color palette for ease of use.Here's an example with post effects for the glow (not a very good example):Combining pixel art and post-effects like this is tricky, but fun. Remember: keep the originals clean!Ages back, when I was starting out like you, I made these, which have a different style (but still contain some detailing), might be a cool comparison: I disapprove of the checkerboard pattern shading (called dithering) I used on the enemy sprite's organic liver-type attachments. These days I wouldn't recommend that style of shading.I hope this is helpful and a good primer for general pixel art and space shooters in particular. I hope it helps


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How Does Awareness Evolve when Advertising Stops? The Role of Memory
Marketing Letters, 2011
Current models posit that awareness of advertising declines immediately and gradually once it is over, although anecdotal evidence from managers suggests that awareness stays constant for a while and then decays rapidly. This pattern arises because consumers remember advertisements for a finite time before they forget.
In this study, Professor Prasad Naik and Assistant Professor Ashwin Aravindakshan extend advertising models by incorporating the memory for ads. They conceptualize the role of memory as a 'delayed forgetting of ads' and capture it using delay differential equations, which exhibit richer dynamics and expand the class of dynamic models used in marketing.


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Events Through The year
Dive-in Movies
Come enjoy a movie while taking a dip in the pool. Dive in movies occur April - September on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
Luau Splash
This Hawaiian Luau themed event is perfect for all ages. Games, activities and food are provided at this event. The Luau Splash occurs in April.
Splash For Our Kids Safety (S.O.S)
This free annual event is to promote water safety to the community. There are games and activities are geared towards this goal. Our S.O.S event occurs in May.
Teen Night Pool Parties
Teen nights are for middle and high school age students. These nights provide teens a chance to have a fun, themed night at the pool. Teen nights occur on select nights in the Summer.
Splish Splash Bash
This event includes food and a dive-in movie. This event occurs in August.
Chris Lyle Memorial Picnic
This event was put together in memory of Chris Lyle. She had a major impact in the push to get a community pool built in St Cloud. She also was the first Aquatics Manager of the Chris Lyle Aquatic Center (f.k.a. St Cloud Pool). Food is provided at this event. This event is held in the month of September.
Scary Movie Marathon
This is a premium dive-in movie event, we will show multiple Halloween movies that are suitable for children. This event occurs in October.
Great Pumpkin Splash
This Halloween themed event occurs in October and is geared towards children 12 & under. At this event we have food, games, activities, a Pumpkin Splash, and a haunted house.
Dates and times are subject to change without notice. For more information, please call the Aquatics division of the Parks and Recreation Department at 407-957-7364 or 407-957-7244.


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Sharing Kansas Talent with the World
The Koch Cultural Trust (KCT) was founded in 1986 by Elizabeth Koch. Under her guidance as president of the Trust, the program has evolved into a major source of support for outstanding artists with roots in Kansas. The Koch Cultural Trust creates opportunity for the most promising painters, sculptors, musicians, dancers and performing artists. KCT Enabling Grants are funded by the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation. The Trust has awarded more than $1.8 million in grants.


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Elsevier Announces Publication of Six New Books on Animal Science Including Second Edition of Animal Behavior
New edition provides a rich resource for students and professors from a wide range of life science disciplines
New edition provides a rich resource for students and professors from a wide range of life science disciplines
Waltham, MA, October 1, 2015
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of six new animal science books, including the second edition of the comprehensive resource Animal Behavior, edited by Michael Breed and Janice Moore. The book broadly covers animal behavior from its neurological basis to the importance of behavior in conservation.
The second edition of Animal Behavior includes an entire chapter devoted to the new field of behavior and conservation, including topics such as social behavior and the relationship between parasites, pathogens and behavior. Coverage also includes foraging behavior, mating and parenting behavior, anti-predator behavior and learning.
Animal Behavior addresses the physiological foundations of behavior in a way that is both accessible and inviting, with each chapter beginning with learning objectives and ending with thought-provoking questions. Additionally, special terms and definitions are highlighted throughout. Containing more than 50 percent new case studies, the book is a rich resource for students and professors from a wide range of life science disciplines.
- Read more about animal behavior in these blog posts by authors Michael Garstang, Guy Beauchamp and John Cooper
The two editors of Animal Science have nearly 70 years of combined experience as university professors. Dr. Michael Breed is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He teaches courses in general biology, animal behavior, insect biology and tropical biology. Dr. Breed's research program currently focuses on the behavior and ecology of social insects (ants, bees, and wasps). Dr. Breed was executive editor of the Elsevier journal Animal Behaviour from 2006-2009. Dr. Janice Moore is a professor in the Department of Biology at Colorado State University, where she teaches courses in invertebrate zoology, animal behavior and history of medicine. She studies a variety of aspects of parasite ecology and host behavior ranging from behavioral fever and transmission behavior to the ecology of introduced parasite species.
Elsevier uses proprietary tools to identify knowledge gaps in animal science. Editorial teams then strategically fill those gaps with content written by key influencers in the field, giving students, faculty and researchers the content they need to answer challenging questions and improve outcomes. These new books are key examples of how Elsevier is enabling science to drive innovation.
The six new animal science books are:
- Animal Behavior, Second Edition by Michael Breed and Janice Moore
- Elephant Sense and Sensibility by Michael Garstang
- Animal Vigilance: Monitoring Predators and Competitors by Guy Beauchamp
- Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, Third Edition by Annalisa Berta, James Sumich and Kit Kovacs
- Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification, Second Edition by Thomas Jefferson, Robert Pitman and Marc Webber
- Sketches of Nature: A Geneticist's Look at the Biological World During a Golden Era of Molecular Evolution by John Avise
The books are available on both the Elsevier Store and ScienceDirect, Elsevier's full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from over 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 33,000 book titles.
Notes for Editors
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"Now come the bloggers, a tiny group added to the mix, who with all their faults and shenanigans have one great advantage. They aren't a part of the failed regime in political convention coverage. They don't have to pretend it has the right narrative for us. They're free to look with fresh eyes and re-decide what a convention actually is, knowing where the dead zones are from having been on that story's receiving end: 'A political convention has become, at heart, little more than a reality show.'"Cyber Journalist has a list of credentialed bloggers.
I'm not on that list. I got two rejections. One by phone, I thought that was nice, and one by letter.
In a way, I'm glad that I didn't get credentials. It leaves me free to roam the outskirts of the convention, and report from there.
Maybe something will happen, maybe I'll meet some interesting people from out of town, maybe I'll have fun.
We'll see.
If you are a non-credentialed blogger, planning to cover the Democratic Convention in Boston, post a link in the comments.
Boston (D) Party - Democratic National Convention Official Blog.


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Message from the President
Welcome to our new Bank of Utica website.
Thank you for visiting our website. Bank of Utica was founded by my grandfather, John J. Sinnott, back in 1927, and later on my father, Roger J. Sinnott, built us into what we are today—the largest bank in our Greater Utica/Oneida County area in terms of deposits. I, as the third generation, have been at the helm for quite some time now, and we are happy that my son Barry has come on board as the fourth generation. Because we focus on building relationships that transcend generations, you can be sure that our staff, officers, directors, and the Sinnott family look forward to continuing to serve you our customers, for many years to come.
Tom Sinnott, President
P.S. Take a look at our new "Utica is Exceptional" themed TV spots. They are the fourth flight of TV spots we have run which tout the myriad of wonderful qualities that run through our community. Also you might read our "Supporting the Community" page and see why we feel lucky to be living in our Utica area and would not want to be anywhere else.


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Folks, In our work on CC/PP using RDF, we have come across an issue in designing a schema for representing set values using RDF collections. The desire was to use a new RDF class, ccpp:Set, defined as a subclass of rdf:Bag, to be a restricted bag-like container for CC/PP value sets. Unfortunately, because of the way that collections are expressed using the RDF syntax, this construct cannot be parsed by a non-schema-aware RDF parser, because of the use of <li> elements to represent 'rdf:_n' properties. It is necessary for the parser to be aware that the subject resource is an instance of 'rdf:Bag' to apply this transformation ... information that is available only through the schema. I believe that using schema to build rich class structures for application domains is a powerful tool for future evolution of RDF applications. I have been promoting the idea that using a rich class structure should not impose any additional implementation burden on specific applications, but may open the application data to more general use by schema-aware applications and tools. The issue described above is an impediment to using rich class structures in this way. How might this issue be resolved? Some thoughts: (a) use rdf:_1, rdf:_2, etc. directly as element names in the XML serializatiion of RDF collections. (b) use rdf:li within the RDF model graph to indicate membership of a collection. For an rdf:Bag this raises the issue of whether the same RDF statement (i.e. the same sub-->pred-->obj triple) can appear more than once in a model. (c) have some schema-independent way of indicating that a class is derived from an RDF collection class (or a resource is an instance of a collection). (d) introduce a convention that <rdf:li> elements are mapped to unique, sequential 'rdf:_n' properties regardless of the class to which they are applied. ...etc. #g ------------ Graham Klyne (firstname.lastname@example.com)Received on Monday, 10 July 2000 03:45:41 UTC
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Nip/Tuck star Julian McMahon is joining the cast of Paranoia, the Robert Luketic-directed adaptation of the Joseph Finder novel for Gaumont and Relativity Media. Hell play the role of Meechum. Already set are Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, and Amber Heard. McMahon was last seen in Red. Hes repped by WME and ROAR. In Paranoia, a boss blackmails his young employee to spy on a rival company.


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Whenever I try to log into my Facebook account, it says that my account is already confirmed. I've tried changing the password, but I still can't log in even with the new passwords. It just says it's already confirmed. What can I do? Please help! My account is just sitting there. :S
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Using humor at work can make you more productive, less stressed, and happier. And yet less than 1/3rd of people use humor regularly.
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Michael Rooker 'pestering' his cousin Georgie about her lack of "Butterbeans and Cornbread" readiness on Ride with Norman Reedus' Season 4 Premiere is worthy of its own reality show spinoff.
Michael Rooker's visit back to his hometown of Jasper, Alabama on Ride with Norman Reedus' Season 4 Premiere ended up being the breakout highlight of the episode. It was richly authentic, like a page out of a biography. The duo of Rooker and his cousin Georgie made for natural comedy that's created through years of bonding, rather than typed in a script lab. No writer's room, no partially scripted feeling, as is often the case in reality shows these days. From the moment Rooker said, "Give me a hug, woman!" and neighbors commented on Merle being in that "Walking Dead mess" you knew you were in for a fun time.
From Rooker teasing George about not making any "Butterbeans and Cornbread" per his arrival and her doll-filled house… To Georgie revealing her ignored texts to Norman Reedus as a type of arbiter. "He would have had Butterbeans and Cornbread if he'd answered my texts! Look at all these texts Norman!" Reedus supported Georgie's case only to have Rooker respond, "I don't reply to texts." Case closed. Gavel down.
Georgie would try to get some photos in as Rooker commented, "We're busy people, woman!" but posed for a few while making Merle-esque comments. The entire segment felt like a home movie. As if a live stream was setup to capture one day in the life of Rooker interacting with his family. Rooker's teasing continued later in the episode even when cousin Georgie was off-screen. The Dixon brothers visit a haunted chicken farm and when they walk into a room filled with dolls, Rooker remarks, "We're back at my cousin's house!"
The whole ride back to The Walking Dead's home in Senoia, Georgia concludes with Merle finally getting his 'hand' back at Nic and Norman's! TWD Director and special effects extraordinaire Greg Nicotero does the honors of returning Merle's prized possession. In Reedus' words "I don't trust Rooker having three hands!" If you're a fan of the early seasons of The Walking Dead and the Dixon brothers, tonight's Ride with Norman Reedus Season 4 Premiere is not to be missed.
Ride with Norman Reedus airs at 12:10 am ET/ 2:16 am PT on AMC after Talking Dead and tonight's TWD replay.
Be sure to read The Walking Dead Season 10B: Examining Carol's Claustrophobia and Lost Affection: Carol Peletier's past destroying her future (Poem) on The Natural Aristocrat! All Walking Dead Season 10 coverage can be found in The Walking Dead category section.
Better Call SaulGabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez talks Better Call Saul's Bagman (Interview)
Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez spoke to The Natural Aristocrat about playing an unknown cartel's 'El Jefe' opposite a shivering Jimmy McGill in Better Call Saul's iconic, 5-star "Bagman" desert shootout.
Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez praised Better Call Saul's co-creator Vince Gilligan as a visionary, with a sharp eye for the tiniest of details in our interview. Every second mattered in the Gilligan directed "Bagman", featuring G-Rod's crew abruptly stopping Jimmy's $7 million-dollar sunswept, victory lap drive into a life-altering nightmare. For the first time on Better Call Saul, Jimmy's silver tongue was unholstered to no effect. It shot blank, after blank, after blank. No word Jimmy could say was the missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle.
G-Rod's 'Jefe' saw the abogado as nothing more than collateral damage, signaling the universal 'cut off his head' motion after confirming the money was all there. G-Rod walked The Natural Aristocrat through the intricate foundations that made Bagman's shootout unforgettable. The moment when Jimmy McGill had to pay steeply for the actions of Saul Goodman, lives interwoven irreparably forever.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez gives signal as El Jefe to take out Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman on Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" Screenshot Photo Credit: AMC
This interview contains spoilers for Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 ("Bagman").
Interview with Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez on Better Call Saul:
The Natural Aristocrat [Nir Regev]: The shootout in "Bagman" is one of Better Call Saul's greatest scenes. Arguably Top 2 alongside Jimmy's speech to Kristy Esposito in my opinion. The entire moment has very little dialogue outside of Jimmy, building on explicit intimidation and chaotic silence. What was it like being the leader 'Jefe' of the scene?
Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez: When I first got the call, I was so excited that the episode was going to be directed by Vince [Gilligan] because he gets so invested in every single shot! All the details. That's something that anyone who's watched his work on Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad appreciates. I knew why they chose me for this role because they wanted to really dig in from all angles and provide the audience as much coverage as possible. So, that the audience could appreciate the intensity of the situation that Jimmy was in.
That's why they wanted somebody with a stunt background, that had an action background. If you had to focus on not only providing that coverage and getting those angles that made that scene so intense, it would be that much more difficult to get an actor that you had a double. That way they could really just focus on Jimmy or Saul, I think it was Jimmy in that moment.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez approaches Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) as El Jefe on Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" Screenshot Photo Credit: AMC
They opted for a stunt actor so they wouldn't have to worry about those angles, they wanted someone who was going to sell the action, obviously safely. We were going to sell all the action safely. I knew going in when I read the script, I knew it was going to be intense and that Vince was going to go above and beyond. I was already visualizing from paper to the day that this thing was going to be very expensive. We were out there for two weeks, and I think that originally it was slated for around eight days.
At one point, the stunt coordinator Al [Goto], came up to me, "Hey Vince wants to get more of this. Would you mind sticking around for another 2-3 days?" I was like, "Let's do it!" It ended up being two weeks out there in the scorching sun. (laughs) It's so amazing the way Vince works, he wants to really dig into every single action. Vince told me, "I'm visualizing this guy really wants the money. He gets pissed off, goes this way, and then gets shot by Mike (Ehrmantraut).
Were you disappointed your character gets shot? I mean it was an amazing moment when you picked up the bags but also the Jefe's exit from the series.
I loved everything about the scene! Of course, I would have loved to have lived through maybe a couple more episodes but I knew what we had to do. I knew what Vince was trying to get across. When I get sniped while running off with the money, it was funny because Vince was like "G-Rod you're going to run this way, you're thinking damn it, I want to leave with this money! And then you get sniped here."
I kind of showed him how I would lay into my death, and he goes, "Yeah but you really want that money! You're not letting go of that money, you're hanging on to that money with your hands into your death." Me and the stunt coordinator looked at each other for this five second moment, looking back at each other, then back at Vince. Because I knew what he was getting at. He wanted me to keep my hands on the money bags and then face-plant on concrete, on pavement.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez as El Jefe attempts to run away with the Money Bags – Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" – GIF Credit via AMC
Did that hurt?
Oh yeah, I had to do it a total of nine to ten times. If you look at it, that's a little dirt sprinkled on top of actual concrete pavement. Under the scorching sun, 110 degrees, whatever it was. So he looks at us and says, "Can you make this happen?" And we both go, "No problem!" (laughs) I knew what was coming! If you're doing stunt work, it's not going to be one take typically unless it's going to be a hard reset where you're going to swap in a whole vehicle or something like.
Vince told me, "I really want to feel that life steps outside of that body suddenly, and then you face-plant." I had to really use that core strength to sell it while staying safe. To make things more complicated, Vince wanted me to land facing a certain way so the camera could capture my face, "There's a tattoo I want the audience to see on your neck." Think about it, you're 'dying' and you have to really focus on all these intricacies. (laughs) Vince said, "Oh by the way, I don't want your leg to land twice on the bag. I want the bags free and clear of your leg!" I was like, "Okay, got it!" (laughs)Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez as El Jefe takes Car Key from Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman [Bob Odenkirk] – Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" – GIF Credit via AMC
That sounds like hyper-attention to detail!
Oh it's incredible! He is unbelievable and he is thinking of every single detail. It's funny on one take, they were aware that I was deathly scared of tarantulas. And they were out there, they actually caught one. Word got to Vince that I was deathly scared, and on one take I died and there's so much gunfire. You know these are real guns, we're just shooting blanks. I have earplugs, so I didn't hear them yell 'Cut!' and I'm not moving because I'm dead. At one point, Vince got closer and louder and yells "G-Rod tarantula!" And you better believe I got up immediately! (laughs)
The way everything was shot and the way Bob Odenkirk works is phenomenal. The guy really knows how to elevate a scene. There was a moment where we did a hard reset, a good 30-minute reset, they had to clear his shirt of dirt and such. And Bob jumped right back into it on the ground, crawling to the car like that! I thought, "Wow this guy logs back in so quickly!" A good thirty minutes, Bob just takes a sip of water. Within a split second when Vince said "We're going hot. We're going to spit fire" Bob is dialed back in. It was truly amazing to see that kind of sharp talent. I think we can both agree and appreciate, that he had to really step up. Jimmy had a situation that Saul had put him through. And now it's Jimmy who's got to deal with it.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez in shootout as El Jefe while Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman [Bob Odenkirk] crawls on ground – Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" – GIF Credit via AMC
He had to really sell that Jimmy is in a f****d up situation and really elevate it. So, that the sense of fear would really come through. We know the guy is talented but to do it so quickly after over a thirty-minute reset process that pulls you out of it, to dial it back in two seconds is just amazing to see.
I thought there was so much incredible body language in this scene. You could practically watch it on mute and it would still come across. First when you grab the key out of Jimmy's hand… And especially when the 'Jefe' gives the universally understood signal to 'cut off his head.' What went into crafting that major moment?
When I signal Kenneth Trujillo (Matedor) to kill in a way that Vince wanted to deliver, "Less is more". The 'Jefe' goes for the money, he breaks a smile, he's thrilled, can't believe it. You're done with this guy. You're done, just signal your guy to kill him, what are you going to do? Vince gave me a bit of creative liberty there, which is where that motion you're talking about came from. I say Épale which means "Hey!" in Spanish over in Venezuela, where I'm from. Then I'm back to the money.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez as El Jefe signals Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman's [Bob Odenkirk] fate – Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" – GIF Credit via AMC
It's cool that they kept that in because I've had Venezuelas reach out to me and say "Oh you must have been a Venezuelan cartel!" Because we don't really know anything about this mysterious cartel other then I'm the Jefe of it.
How do you feel about Stanley Kubrick style 'take as many takes as needed until it's perfect' directing as an actor?
I love it! That's what you saw with Vince and this scene. When you're looking at a setup that takes thirty minutes just to get Jimmy in the right angle when he's walking to that rear view mirror… Just to get that 1-2 seconds shot of that angle. Taking in 30-45 minutes of resetting to shoot it not once, twice, three I think it was four times, you're thinking alright this guy has a vision.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez as El Jefe signals Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman [Bob Odenkirk] to get out of the car – Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" – GIF Credit via AMC
He wants to have an arsenal of coverage, so when editing comes around, he has it all and then some! That was cool to experiment. I started my career in this business in '09 and I have yet to see somebody who's out to create that arsenal of coverage like Vince.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez motions Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) as El Jefe to get out of the car on Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 8 "Bagman" Screenshot Photo Credit: AMC
I've read that you originally wanted to be in the U.S. Border Patrol before becoming an actor, and acted out a literal audition in a job interview for it. Is that true?
Yep, and after that you could hear a pin drop in the room. You know, it's this big formal setting, with three senior level, big, armed border patrol agents. They're been in it for ten to fifteen hours, and there's a circular clock on the wall. It's a pretty typical government room, all white walls and a table. So this guy looks at me and says, "Okay. Well, we've never had that before." And he looks at the other guy.
"Typically when candidates do when we give them this scenario, they explain what they're going to do. You have opted to show us. Okay, just give me a minute." He confers with the other two guys and my heart's f*****g racing. They might actually call a psych ward to have me taken out of here.
Then they turn to me, and the middle guy in charge says "After conferring, we've all decided that was a great job. Very unique. And you passed!"Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez – Behind the Scenes on Better Call Saul's "Bagman" – Photo provided by Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez
What ultimately made you decide to pursue acting after passing? I assume being a U.S. Border Patrol Agent was your dream at the time?
I walked out of there, and I'm like, "What just happened in there?" I had a self-analysis that night, and realized, I enjoyed the storytelling. I enjoyed that most of all! I reached out to an artist crew and started auditioning for student films and they were like, "Man, your look is amazing!" I was like "What the f**k are you talking about?"
I always thought I just looked like a regular dude, I didn't know I'd be perfect playing bad guys. I thought, let me explore this a bit further and I auditioned for Burn Notice and Graceland. I had all these passion directors calling me up saying I love your look! And I was like, "What the f**k is this man?" (laughs) I was like let me capitalize on this bad guy thing and the storytelling.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez – Behind the Scenes Shot on Better Call Saul's "Bagman" – Photo provided by Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez
What kind of weaponry training did you have over the years? It's noticeable off Better Call Saul alone that you've obviously had experience and know how to hold a weapon realistically. Do you spend a lot of time at gun ranges in preparation for potential roles?
It's constant, I own firearms and it's our responsibility as stunt performers and stunt actors. Obviously, my passion is first and foremost acting but I'm always going to be in a situation acting-wise where I'm holding a gun, throwing punches, or something. My background is in Karate, Gōjū-ryū, so it's my responsibility to keep my entire arsenal skillset ready and fresh. So, when I walk on to a set on a day like that day, they're going to notice how I hold a gun… And the audience sees this guy knows how to handle a gun!
In the behind the scenes clip of "Bagman" you posted on Instagram you're singing the lyrics to a song, what was it?
"In the Still of the Night" by The Five Satins, released in 1956. That got a couple of chuckles because you've got these two guys, ready to rollout for a shootout and listening to this.
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Thanks G-Rod!
Thank you!Behind the Scenes Shot of El Jefe's Crew on Better Call Saul's "Bagman" – Photo provided by Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez
Follow Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez on social media on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and his official website! Discover all of G-Rod's acting roles on IMDB.Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez Promo Picture – Photo provided by Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez
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AMCLydia, Negan steal show with shades of TLOU's Ellie and Joel
Cassady McClincy gave her best acting performance to date on "The Tower" as she and Jeffrey Dean Morgan made a strong play for the roles of Ellie & Joel on HBO's upcoming adaption of The Last of Us.
This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 15 ("The Tower") and The Last of Us.
Is it time for Negan to trade in his vintage leather jacket for an olive-green plaid shirt in-between seasons of The Walking Dead? Lydia's chaotic outburst at the father figure who ironically made her an orphan tonight was magic. A frenzied tearjerker with the same intentionally unrefined edges that once made Rick Grimes' breakdown 'snot' memorable. Vicious, raw screaming at the man who took away both Lydia's mother and right to self-sacrifice at her hand. Cradled, sheltered, and snatched from fate. Just as Joel did to Ellie at the conclusion of The Last of Us.
The type of father/daughter on-screen chemistry Cassady McClincy and Jeffrey Dean Morgan share is a rare sight. Negan pleading with Lydia to hit him, desiring nothing more than to lean down to present an unguarded mug was one of the show's more powerful visuals. What do you say to an abused teenager whose mother you just pushed past death row? Lydia, rejected the guilt-filled plea initially. Opting to pierce Negan where it hurts the most… With words of truth. 'You just wanted to be a hero to them but you'll never be one!'
Though TWD's audience has seen a youngster losing a parent before with Carl Grimes, it was to an extent, mostly bottled up by Carl postmortem. Here we see the full spectrum of emotions from detachment, disgust and unbridled rage to complete shock, vulnerability and sadness by Lydia. Rockbottom.
The last remnants of Lydia's innocence, of her childhood, forever gone. No chance of making her mother or father's heart be filled with pride ever again. Not even the faintest, unrealistic daydreams of her mother's starry-eyed happy tears at a college graduation or wedding. Every day forward will be spent alone, even when others are there. Instead of being gently guided, Lydia is shoved into the mud of adulthood.
Tonight's TWD just needed Gustavo Santaolalla's "All Gone" (No Escape) to complete the moment…
Be sure to read Lydia's mistreatment proves Second Chances are Fashion Statements and more TWD Season 10 coverage in The Natural Aristocrat's Walking Dead category section.
AMCNegan, Daryl scene brings danger back on 'Look at the Flowers'
Negan and Daryl's standoff felt like a lost treasure from Season 7's glory days washing up onshore. Delightfully unpredictable.
This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 14 ("Look at the Flowers").
Picture Negan caught in a tug of war between the sweet nectarine taste of freedom and signature bureaucracy of morality. Going from accused captive on his final march to the gallows to bestowed the title of Alpha. Rope removed from neck, a sudden insurrection switching his presumptive executioner on trial instead. Whisperers kneeling like The Saviors of yore before the might of Lucille's bearer. An opportunity to rebuild TWD's great antiquity from the ground up. Breathing new life into Sanctuary by pumping its heart full of fresh residents.
Negan confesses to relishing his lengthy, unauthorized parole granted by one Carol Peletier. A tongue defending against a sword will always be a flimsy substitute for another sword. Now, that Negan owns the calvary, denial is no longer necessary. Denial is for the weak. Should Negan surrender his leverage, all that awaits him are voting tribunals and paperwork. His chief recommendation: Gone a-wall. Evidence of his valor: Missing-in-action. There will be eyes judging his every movement as intrinsically vile even with proof of improved character.
Negan can reach for the key dangling in front of his 'barred' memories right at that second and reclaim his crown. Freedom swings back and forth in front of his eyes, a clock's pendulum. Fully bejeweled, Easy Street. Daryl kneels in silence as the moonlight dances over his tattered vest's wings. Live or die. Full circle, transported right back to the scene of the 'crime' where he took a swing at the leather jacketed one. Danger permeates the air, the will of Lucille. For the first time in a long while on The Walking Dead, true unpredictability reigns again.
Negan asks one of his newly recruited Whisperer henchman why he's holding the 'badass shotgun' instead of the Alpha… Once the handoff is complete, it's clear Season 7 Negan's spirit reemerged only temporarily. Negan and Daryl team up to vanquish the Alpha followers with relative ease. What could have been one of the show's greatest comebacks has the brakes put to it, instead of thriving ala The Governor's return to the prison. Negan preemptively abandons a newly formed reclamation army in favor of civilized red tape back at Alexandria.
A narrative fit for an entire future season: Negan rebuilding the Saviors through his Whisperer influence is put to rest before it started. No internal war between Negan and Beta establishing a Negan/Simon redux-like reverie. The bigger picture. Thus, a lead episode highlight is only held back by not keeping Negan's original spirit alive for at least a couple more chapters.Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan – The Walking Dead _ Season 10, Episode 14 – Photo Credit: Jackson Lee Davis/AMC
"Look at the Flowers" firmly establishes that although Negan is capable of heroic deeds, he's absolute dynamite as a 'bad guy'. Being a 'good guy' comes with rules and regulations… Negan shines consistently in the absence of both. Leave the iron anchor behind and let the man be as bad as he wants to be. 'That is the
look Negan I wanted to see!'
All that being said, the scene is one of the high points of Season 10. Capturing the magic elixir formula that made Negan such a force to be reckoned with in the first place. Uncertainty.
Be sure to read The Walking Dead #TBT: Negan asks Daryl 'Who are you?'
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Zeta-Jones was 'a mess' due to husband's cancer
She spoke courageously of her experience during a medical conference in New York.
Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones admitted that she was "a mess" after her husband, Michael Douglas, was diagnosed with stage four tongue cancer in 2010.
He was misdiagnosed, "not once, not twice, but three times", reported Mail Online.
Speaking to about 3,000 doctors at the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies' fifth World Congress opening ceremony on Sunday, the 44-year-old Zeta-Jones explained: "I was a mess. I'll be quite frank, I was a mess.
"When I'm married to a man who has such a conviction for life...he fights to make the wrongs right. For the first time, he was fighting for his life."
Zeta-Jones holds a bouquet of roses as she poses with her husband and congress chairman Dr Jatin Shah
The Beyond a Reasonable Doubt actor, 69, who has daughter Carys, 11, and son, Dylan, 13, with Zeta-Jones, was also present at the conference.
He told the gathering that "in every sense of the word, I'm very fortunate to be here today", reported E! Online.
Douglas has been cancer free since January 2011.
Praising the New York-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Douglas, who is set to play Dr. Hank Pym in the Marvel's upcoming Ant-Man movie, added: "We can only imagine what the next century will bring. Thank you for saving my life."
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Board your Sensational Sydney Cruises vessel at Campbell's Cove Pontoon to commence a Cruise Like a Local lunch cruise. Your guide will share the history of Sydney Harbour and its foreshore as you take in the sights of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House and the bays and coves of Sydney Harbour. Enjoy activities such as swimming, kayaking and fishing, or simply sit back and relax before indulging in a 3 course barbecue lunch with local beers and regional wines.


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The Media Cover-up of the Najaf Massacre
So far, there are 2 things that we can say with certainty about the massacre of the 250 Iraqis outside Najaf on Monday. First, we know that there is no substantiating evidence to support the official version of events. And, second, we know that every media outlet in the United States slavishly provided the government's version to their readers without fact-checking or providing eyewitness testimony.
This proves that those who argue that mainstream news is "filtered†are sadly mistaken. There is no filter between the military and media; it's a direct channel. In fact, all of the traditional obstacles have been meticulously swept away so the fairy tales which originate in the Pentagon end up on America's front pages with as little interference as possible.
In the present case, we were told that "hundreds of gunmen from a 'messianic cult' (Soldiers of Heaven) planned to disguise themselves as pilgrims and kill clerics on the holiest day of the Shiite calendarâ€. We are expected to believe that they put their wives and children in the line of fire so they could conceal their real intention to lay siege to the city.
How many men would willingly drag their families into battle?
According to the Associated Press:
"Their aim was to kill as many leading clerics as possible, including the main ayatollahs, which would include Iraq's main spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani….Najaf government officials indicated that the militants included both Shiite and Sunni extremists, as well as foreign fighters.â€
What we know now, is that, there were no foreign fighters (or Al Qaida, as was originally stated) nor were there any Sunni militants. It was a group of Shiites who were rivals of the leading Shiite-led government (the SCIRI and Da'wa parties which represent Muqtada al Sadr and Abdel Aziz al-Hakim)
So what really happened?
Apparently, a fight broke out at a checkpoint between government forces (Shiite) and the rival group. (who were also Shiites) Shots were fired, the violence escalated, and government soldiers were quickly overpowered. So, they called for backup from the US military saying that they were under attack by al Qaida and Sunni insurgents. It was all rubbish, but the military believed it, sent in F-18s and helicopter gunships and buried the group under a carpet of bombs. (It is expected that women and children were killed in the bombing)
In fact, many in the media celebrated the slaughter of the Iraqi pilgrims as though they were revisiting the "Battle of the Bulgeâ€. Here's a typical account from the AP:
"US and British jets bombed and strafed the militants, the US Air Force said Monday. US F-16s and A-10 jets dropped 500-pound bombs on insurgent positions, the Air Force saidâ€.
Hoorah! More innocent people butchered!
Say what you will about the corporate media; they still havn't lost their appetite for carnage.
Neither has the decider-in-chief who, when asked about the attack, answered, "My first reaction on this report from the battlefield is that the Iraqis are beginning to show me something.â€
What the Iraqis "showed†Bush was how easy it is to dupe the US military into carrying out their genocidal reprisals against rival groups. Just as the Mahdi Army and other Shiite militias are "laying low†while the US military ethnically cleanses Sunni neighborhoods throughout Baghdad, so too, the Shiite-led Iraqi government is now using American firepower to eliminate their potential Shiite enemies.
Apparently, Bush is as happy with this new arrangement as the Shiite warlords who now run the country.
A spokesman from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense said that "200 terrorists were killed and 60 wounded†lowering the original estimates.
"Terrorist families†(including children) or just plain old terrorists?
Whatever the precise details may be, the official version is utter nonsense. That's why the survivors of the attack are being prevented from speaking to the press. Just like the bombed-out wedding party in Anbar Province, or the Jessica Lynch fiasco; the official version is "always right†as long as there is no competing narrative.
The bottom line is that the US military is now being used as an "enforcer†in tribal and clan-based disputes. This will make it even more difficult for Washington to prove that its honest broker who can reconcile the differences between the between the warring factions. With every reckless act of violence, the USbecomes further mired in an "unwinnable†war in a hostile country. Only the American media thinks that that's something to cheer about.


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This course is for engineers/analysts who carry out pressure vessel design to satisfy design code requirements. The class includes a basic introduction to the software (interface, simple data input, editing, etc.) and then goes on to develop further skills by using PV Elite software to design a number of pressure vessel configurations to various codes. It also covers other topics which should prove useful for the pressure vessel engineer in addition to output interpretation and the production of deliverables. Delegates should have an appreciation for mechanical engineering theory and principles. Qualifications would typically be a degree or HNC/HND in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering or relevant experience.
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Kia will be introducing in several weeks at IAA in Frankfurt an LPG bi-fuel version of the Picanto.
Kia will be introducing in several weeks at IAA in Frankfurt an LPG bi-fuel version of the Picanto.
The frugal Picanto will come with a modified version of the firm's 1.0-liter, 3-cylinder Kappa gasoline engine developing 67 HP (49 kW) and 90 Nm (66 lb-ft). When running on LPG, the Picanto will have a fuel consumption of 5.8 liters / 100 km with CO2 emissions of 100 g/km, while the models fitted with automatic start-stop (ISG) are going to consume 5.6 liters / 100 km.
The 2013 Kia Picanto is going to feature a 35-liter gasoline tank located ahead of the rear axle, along with a 27-liter pressurized LPG tank installed beneath the trunk floor where the spare wheel would normally sit. There will be a button on the dashboard to allow drivers to make the switch between gasoline and LPG (and vice-versa).
Scheduled to go on sale later this year, the LPG-compatible Picanto will be available at first in Greece, Germany, Poland, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands.


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We create a culture of opportunity within a team-oriented, positive, nurturing, family environment – making The Invictus Group a win-win situation for clients and employees alike. Individual achievement is valued and rewarded, but we compete as a team – supporting and applauding the success of our teammates. Mentoring and coaching is a big part of our culture too. Every day, through formal training and informal coaching, we help one another learn and succeed. We work hard, but we always have fun too, hence our "Work Hard, Play Hard" mentality. Below are the internal growth opportunities while participating in our Development Program…
Our Account Managers are high energy, team- oriented competitors who enjoy the satisfaction of learning and overcoming challenges every day. We introduce our new account managers to the sales and marketing world with a combination of classroom style and hands on training. We find huge success in this since we understand that different people learn in different ways. By working with small to medium sized business owners on a daily basis our Account Managers are allowed to learn from their own mistakes and really get comfortable quickly with the world of sales and marketing.
Learning to be a great teacher is essential in ones development in business. The best way to get good at something is through repetition and since we do all of our hiring at the entry level there are plenty of opportunities for our Corporate Trainers to practice training, coaching, and mentoring. At this point our Management Trainees learn basic skills of side by side training and how to adapt to people's different learning styles and experience levels. They also develop skills like interviewing, public speaking, time management, and money management & budgeting. Growth opportunities are based on merit and available to those who show the loyalty and commitment required of a true business partner.
After learning how to teach on a 1:1 basis the next step for our Management Trainee is developing leadership skills and learning how to lead and mentor a small team. By starting with a team of only 2-5 employees we do not overwhelm our Management Trainee but instead allow them to build confidence and discover their individual management style. In this step our Management Trainee's also begin gaining experience in teaching classroom style and designing lesson plans.
Every good leader must also be very organized and structured. In this step we teach operational basics like business finances, payroll, and scheduling. Our Assistant Managers also get a crash course in human resources and administration by being introduced to the hiring and on boarding process. Lastly our Assistant Manager will work with our largest Fortune 500 and 100 clients to help them achieve their sales goals as we prepare them for office expansion.
At this point our Management Trainee is proficient in all of the key areas of our business and is ready to show what he/she can do! We will allow them to choose a team of up to 10 of their peers to branch out and they will be comfortable and confident in knowing that they will be making the right choices with their vast amounts of experience and knowledge. Managing Partners are responsible for the coaching and development of 20-30+ sales and marketing representatives and employees. Management responsibilities will include territory management, public speaking, campaign development, market production, sales training, client relations, client reporting, recruitment and sales planning. Excellent Managers will be given the choice to pursue either an Executive Management role overseeing multiple offices or the ability to lead and manage small business or mid-size business programs in the future.


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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadian Zeolite Corp. (the "Company") (TSX.V:CNZ)
Mr. Ray Paquette CEO is pleased to welcome Mr. John Haanstra as an Advisor to the Company. "Mr. Haanstra is a highly respected industry professional, and we are delighted to have him join our team. Canadian Zeolite will benefit greatly from John's invaluable experience and extensive knowledge of the environmental treatment of compost and wastewater. Mr. Haanstra has designed, bid, built and operated numerous mutli-million dollar facilities for water and wastewater treatment, pollution control and composting plants.
Mr. Haanstra's Bio:
John has been employed with Maple Reinders Group of Companies for over 42 years, starting as the Chief of Estimator, Project and Procurement Manager in 1971. From 1989 to 2015 he served as Vice President of Environment Construction and Development. Mr. Haanstra has gained invaluable experience over these years in numerous facets of environmental and building construction. His expertise in value engineering combined with an excellent understanding of process requirements give him the ability to direct design toward the most cost effective solutions. He has been involved in the construction of over 400 Compost, Biogas, Water and Wastewater treatment and transmission systems, as well as having directed construction of over 50 industrial and commercial facilities and the introduction of 4 new environmentally and economically efficient technologies.
Mr. Haanstra's Memberships
Member, Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Member & Director Compost Council of Canada (CCC) for 15 years
Member Water Environment Association Ontario (WEAO)
Member British Columbia Water Association (BCWA)
On behalf of the Board of Directors
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President & CEO
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|SockSnowmen10 (Photo credit: eamylove)
Certainly children could partcipate in elements of the production, depending on the age, and wouldn't they make adorable gifts for their friends and teachers?
I'm really no expert on chidrens' crafts - my children have claws and fur and they'd be total rubbish at helping with these - not that this would stop them trying. I can remember my own childhood days of crafting and I know I'd have been keen to make an army of these adorable guys and gals.
You can make a 2 ball or 3 ball snowman. This photo from eamvlove features a 3 ball snowman and I love the introduction of the bright socks for hats and sweaters. So far, I've seen them stuffed with rice or beans but presumably you could use dried peas, barley, any type of filler element that would give it some weight to stand. You'll need rubber bands for shaping the structure but these won't be visible when you get to the fun stuff - decorating.
For embellishments, goodness me what couldn't you use? Every snowman you craft will have a completely different personality. Good fun.
YouTube is an excellent resource for anything crafty - for instance, you can follow right along with someone elses hands if you don't understand a tricky stitch - and there are a lot of good DIY videos for making a sock snowman. I've selected us two.
I like this first tutorial from Tonia P because it's quick and to the point. Gives you the basics and some lovely examples for inspiration. The jazzy Christmas tune is a nice bonus too.
For a more follow along version I like this one from Jus4SweetZ with lots of information, lots of detail and great ideas for making really cute snowmen. This video shows you the production from start to finish.
I've also included below some related links from Zemanta to more blog sites that feature making your own sock snowmen, so let's get busy people! Lots of ideas to inspire.


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My Monday tradition, including a look back and a look ahead — what I read last week, what new books came my way, and what books are keeping me busy right now. Plus a smattering of other stuff too.
In real life:
It's very weird to type "February 29th", isn't it?
What did I read last week?
The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman: My review is here.
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer: Such a great way to wrap up the Lunar Chronicles series! My review is here.
In audiobooks, I finished the 5th book in the always outstanding Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire. Can't wait to start the next one!
Elsewhere on the blog:
I'm starting my Outlander rewatch! I'll be rewatching all of the season 1 episodes and posting recaps/reactions throughout the next month. 16 episodes to savor all over again! If you're doing the same, come chat with me and share your thoughts.
Fresh Catch:
No new books this week. Yay, me!
What will I be reading during the coming week?
Currently in my hands:
The Travelers by Chris Pavone: 20% in, and it's great so far!
Now playing via audiobook:
I can't help it! I need more Kate Shugak!
Ongoing reads:
My book group is reading and discussing two chapter per week of both Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon and Emma by Jane Austen. This is an online group, and anyone is welcome to join us — so if you're interested, just ask me how!
So many books, so little time…