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Chemical Pesticides, Industrial Pollution, And Ecological Destruction Causing Sixth Mass Extinction On Planet Earth
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The first five mass extinctions of the past 500 million years have been linked by many studies to meteoric impacts, massive volcanic eruptions, and other cataclysmic events. Now, Mexican researchers have warned that an event called biological annihilation was the main cause of the decline of the animal population by as much as 80 percent between 1900 and 2015. Their study noted that a sixth mass extinction is happening for the past hundred years and presents another end of the world scenario for the seven billion people residing the blue planet.
Each of the natural disasters that triggered the first five mass extinctions on Earth annihilated between 50 to 90 percent of all species on the planet including the dinosaurs. The recent one, which happened 65 million years ago, paved the way for new mammals after a massive asteroid struck the Earth. Also known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, this mass extinction wiped out some three-quarters of the Earth's plant and animal species. The sixth mass extinction would be the first in human history and the first with human help due to human behavior and overconsumption, according to the study published in the journal Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences.
Researchers from Universal National Autonoma de Mexico investigated how human actions for the past 500 million years contributed to the extinction of some species of mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Their shocking findings are outlined below:
• One-third of land-based animals had declined regarding numbers and territorial range.
• All mammals had lost 30 percent of their territory between 1900 and 2015.
• Almost half of the 177 mammal species studied lost at least 80 percent of their geographic range during that time.
• Humans played a huge role in extinction of 50 percent of the Earth's wildlife in the last 40 years.
The causes of the biological annihilation are very well-known, with humans playing the central role in the rapid decline of the swathes of life on Earth. According to scientists, one-fourth of the Earth's species is headed for extinction by 2050 due to rising temperatures and changing patterns of precipitation. Animals species located in South America, Australia, and New Zealand face the greatest risk.
Another factor that continues to contribute to the sixth mass extinction is the conversion of forests and other habitats into agricultural lands. The clearing of forest lands for other purposes can significantly reduce the biodiversity of flora and fauna. Humans' meat habit is taking a growing toll as more forests are cleared for livestock and crops. Many studies have posited the link between modern livestock production and the loss of some herbivores and top predators such as wolves and lions.
Another one is the continued rise in the global population, along with humans' thirst for land and consumption. The more there are of humans, the less there are of other species. This is a very sad truth, according to biologist Edward O. Wilson who blamed humans for the extinction of 20% of the Earth's prehistoric inventory of species. Humans' growing numbers are linked to greater demand for food and this is addressed by the conversion of forests into agricultural use. Species' habitats are damaged or destroyed completely.
The Mexican researchers agreed that the world's sixth mass extinction could still be curbed. Here's what we need to happen, according to experts:
• Implement policies that promote cleaner energy including renewable energy tax credits and carbon taxes.
• Allocate half the surface of the Earth for the betterment of nature and biodiversity.
• Slow human population growth.
• Change the present economic system, so it values nature as an asset.
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Popular Music: First-Year Showcase
Led by professors Andy Abad and Patrice Rushen, first-year Popular Music program students explore the foundations of their craft in this showcase event.
First Year - Wed., Feb. 28 at 8PM - Tommy's Place
Second Year - Fri., Mar. 2 at 8PM - Carson Center
First Year - Wed., Apr. 25 at 8PM - Tommy's Place
Second Year - Fri., Apr. 27 at 8PM - Carson Center
Third Year - Sat., Apr. 28 at 7:30PM - Carson Center
Senior Showcase - TBD
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KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Advanced Jazz Ensemble and composition professor Christopher Biggs will perform at at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.
The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by Dr. Robert White. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors and $5 for students, and are available from Miller Auditorium online or by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858.
The performance will incorporate digital processing and live electronics in real time. Advanced Jazz Ensemble performs original music composed by its members, and it has written that which offers Biggs the opportunity to interact with the group's works and improvisations, adding his rich tapestry of sounds and scope to the ensemble.
Bullock Music Performance Institute
Established in the fall of 1985 and renamed in 1988 in honor of its founder, the institute's mission is to add to the already rich cultural life of Kalamazoo by creating opportunities to develop closer personal and artistic ties between audience and performer. The institute has presented events ranging from formal evening concerts to daytime educational outreach events for students and local audiences of all ages.
For more information about the Wednesday evening concert series, call (269) 387-4704 or (269) 387-4678, or visit wmich.edu/music.
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International lecturer, teacher and writer
Well-established freelance international lecturer, teacher and writer.
He taught children and adolescents in Waldorf schools for more than eighteen years and worked as a teacher in the Rudolf Steiner University College in Oslo and elsewhere in Europe for over a decade. He is also a lecturer in the training for Waldorf teachers and educators in Ljubljana, where he has been inspiring the future teachers and educators for more than seven years. His remarkable ear for the concerns of young people has led him to counseling for the young who have dropped out of school and are looking for their place in the society. In view of his continuous effort to create warm and constructive relations between teachers and parents, he has been a guest lecturer at a number of education institutions, parents' courses and teacher trainings in the countries of Northern and Eastern Europe. He also works with the Norwegian radio NRK P2 house, where he hosts his own regular show.
He often draws attention to the importance of preserving and promoting children's curiosity and to the integrated development, where the hands and the heart are as important as the brain. He also describes the art as the most beautiful way to new knowledge and he emphasizes the rule All in good time as he looks at the childhood as a time of sowing – the fact that is often forgotten by the educators and bureaucrats because they want to harvest at the time when children are still in school.Part of his experiences are gathered in the book In school with heart (S srcem v šoli), which was translated into Slovene and published at the end of November 2014.


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Quadriplegic dad sells Christmas trees to help kids with life-threatening conditions"
Illegal Dumping: "Eight charged with illegal dumping at state parks"
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Inventory of military gear gotten by NJ police gives critics new ammunition"
Prisons: "Bill would require limiting solitary confinement of prisoners"
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- "Newark bishop says fear is root of Ferguson shooting"
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British Columbia's tree fruit growers are being reminded they have until Nov. 15, 2017, to apply for replant funding as they prepare for next year's growing season. The replant program helps growers replace fruit trees with new, high-value and high-quality fruit such as ambrosia and honeycrisp apples as well as late-season cherries. These new varieties meet consumer demands locally and around the globe. In 2016, B.C. fruit growers produced more than 128,000 tonnes of apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums/prunes, nectarines and apricots. The total represents close to one-third of Canadian production and over $116 million in farm cash receipts.
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Structural & Timber Floor Drying in East Brisbane
Dan Clifton from Steamatic Australia was contacted for a structural drying of property in East Brisbane. A leakage from the water dispenser on the kitchen island bench flooded the Property. The water flooded the kitchen, spreading to the dining area up to the living area. The 130 mm wide by 19 mm thickly spotted gum on pine battens on a concrete slab was being affected by the leakage.
To rectify the issue Steamatic Australia restorers setup Drymatic II to control the air along with Drymatic Boostboxes and Drymatic Mats. Thinking innovatively, they set up zip wall ceiling to make the area smaller. The plastic was placed across the roof to enclose the area to make it smaller for the heat drying purposes.
Dan got some help and advice from the expert in Timber Flooring, David Dobinson of Fusion Floors. David is also the one who pulled out the board for Steamatic Australia to start the setup.
Steamatic Australia set up two Drymatic octopus mat systems to blow heated air underneath the flooring. Injectors were used to pump warm, dry air underneath the kitchen cupboards to dry the timber. Dan also drilled a 28mm hole on the bottom shelf of the kitchen cabinets as the exhaust. The heat applied to the hardwood timber floor adds energy to the flooring that then releases moisture into the air that was being exhausted by the Drymatic II.
The customer was very happy and satisfied with the results.
The floor dried within just a couple of weeks. When the floor was acclimatised, it was sanded, sealed and replaced.
Great Cheers to Dan Clifton for an excellent job well done and thanks for the help of David Dobinson!


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At Test Valley School, Drama is an art form, a practical activity and an intellectual discipline. Through Drama, pupils learn not only the skills needed to perform successfully, but also how to cooperate effectively with others in a variety of situations.
Drama is held in high regard by the school and is a popular subject at all levels.
"The most valuable asset a nation has is the creativity of its children".
Alan Plater (playwright)
Key Stage 3
At Test Valley School, Drama is taught as a discrete subject in Years 7–9.
The majority of lessons take place in our purpose built Drama studio, which is equipped with all of the necessary technical equipment for a variety of performance styles.
In Year 7 pupils learn basic drama performance and rehearsal skills including mime, mask, and character work.
In Years 8 and 9 pupils build on their skills and take on more imaginative and challenging schemes of work including working on scripts. They also have the chance in Year 9 to gain more experience of the technical aspects of Drama, including lighting and sound. There is a whole school play every year and pupils from Year 9 are invited to audition for main roles and pupils in lower years make up a chorus where required.
Key Stage 4
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|60% Non-exam assessments (Practical performances and written tasks)
40% Examinations (Written)
|English Baccalaureate
What do pupils need to know or be able to do before taking this course?
- They need to know that there is a written exam and that they will spend at least one lesson a week on written theory work.
- They need to be prepared to show all of their work in performances.
- They need to be able to listen carefully to instructions and to other members of the group.
- They will have to go and see live theatre and write notes up on these.
Is this course suitable?
Pupils will learn how to:
- become more independent
- become more responsible
- become a leader
- become a better communicator
- make better decisions
- solve disagreements more effectively
- reach their full potential
- become better at making plans and carrying them out
What will pupils learn on this course?
On this course, pupils will:
- Gather knowledge and understanding of Drama and Theatre and related skills.
- Learn about the social, historical and cultural influences that inform the way drama is devised and structured.
- Develop their use of different performance styles and genres.
- Look at creating Drama from the point of view of a deviser, director, performer and designer.
- Learn how to analyse their work and improve it after self and peer evaluations.
- Learn how to write about their performances and the plays they have studied.
How will pupils be assessed on this course?
60% – Non Exam Assessments
Component 1 – Devising Drama – Pupils will create their own piece of drama using one of 10 stimuli set by the board as a starting point.
Component 2 – Text Performance – Pupils study a text chosen by the centre and then select two extracts from the text to be performed in front of a visiting examiner.
40% – Written Exam Assessment
Pupils will sit a 1 hour and 30 minute exam where they will answer questions based on a set text and on a live performance they have seen.
What kind of work will pupils need to do outside of lessons?
- Explain their work from lessons and the reasons behind their decisions made in rehearsals and performances and evaluate their work in lessons in written form.
- Learn lines for assessments.
- Go and see live theatre and write up notes
What could pupils go on to do at the end of the course?
- Study an AS Level in Theatre Arts.
- Study a BTEC in Performing Arts.
- This course is valuable for careers in medicine, law, public relations, journalism, diplomacy, politics, social work, hospitality, tourism and leisure.
Additional Information
Every year there is a whole school play, where pupils take on all roles both on-stage and backstage. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase all the talent we have at Test Valley.


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I took a clean plant pot …
I used Annie Sloan's Old White to paint it, and then came back over with a wet rag until I was happy with the finish.
I then dry brushed another coat of Old White, let it dry (15 minutes tops), and then stuffed it with shredded newspaper.
I then took some left over moss, and using Aleene's Fast Grab Sticky Spray secured them to the shredded paper, along with burlap ribbon and a button. For the others, I used newspaper and twine as well as lace tied in a bow.
Pots in various stages of completion, before I added the finishing touch.
Here is one of the finished pots with the wooden sphere in it.
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A big advantage to researching in the FHL is being able to use the microfilm, quickly find the volume and page without guessing the image numbers multiple times, enhance the images on the wonderful scanner/printers for better legibility, and choose the size of paper on which to print. Computers are great for accessing records for those who live away from the FHL, but I really hope the microfilms stay available for those of us who do serious research in original records. Please keep the microfilms available for research! The FHL is a treasure because of them.
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Please keep the microfilm in the FHL
Please keep the microfilm in the FHL
EMPLOYEE1Randy Hoffman (Employee) January 06, 2014 15:53Out of curiosity, do you feel that way about records that have also been indexed, like the censuses, or would you be okay with those microfilms going away?
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Randy Hoffman (Employee) January 07, 2014 18:19And the other plus to indexing an index is that one person can index a hundred names in just a few minutes.
That is a great idea for court records since they are a mess to research. Unfortunately it does not work for parish records since less than 10% have an index. Let's see what the future will bring.
Thank you for your reply. The censuses (1880 and later) aren't much good without the indexes (Soundex). The censuses on Ancestry.com are good but not perfect. The digitization sometimes omits pages or some pages are illegible. These are often much clearer on microfilm, and can be enhanced with the scanner/printer capabilities such as the spot-edit feature. The digitization of censuses by Ancestry. com did not consider poor quality originals. They obviously ran them through rapidly without adjustments. Another problem is the indexing, which is mostly good but with occasional errors. And when we have to find a residence at a particular address in the later censuses, in the absence of good indexing online, the Soundex is vital. These scenarios may seem rare, but they do occur and are crucial to solving difficult family links. The people who use these features day in and day out know their value and rue their removal. This type of research is often time-sensitive, and waiting days for the films to come from the vault is not helpful. All microfilmed records are a huge tool in solving difficult genealogy problems. Having them taken away feels obstructionist to the mission of family history research.
Maybe a better approach would be to place digitized microfilm that are online in the vault and make them available upon request. If someone wants to look at an original microfilm rather than looking at the online images, then that person could request the film from the vault (as is currently the practice with less-frequently-requested microfilm).
I like this and it's exactly what they are doing
Why do they need to move the films out of the library? What are they planning to do with that space? There are more than enough computers now. The 3rd floor seldom gets to 50% capacity at the computers. Why not leave the better quality images in the library so that people can access them without waiting 1-3 days for the film to come from the vault? That is very inconvenient. Frequent researchers love the microfilm and the scanner/printers that can enhance illegible old documents on film. I looked at 8 films just today, and it would be so frustrating if I had to order them from the vault and come back another day. It's a time consideration as well as a train-of-thought one.
Randy Hoffman (Employee) January 07, 2014 16:18I believe the space will be used for more microfilms that haven't been digitized yet. My understanding is that the Library is full to the brim and space is desperately needed.
Raquel makes valid points that I whole-heartedly agree with. I find it VERY frustrating and time consuming to try to find ANYTHING in the images online. It is somewhat easier if the image has been indexed. With those that are not indexed, it takes an unbelievably long time to load each page, scan through it, and then go on to the next page - especially when in order to read the page, you have to greatly increase the magnification then move the viewer all over it to see it. Reading the same page on microfilm, I can usually get the entire page onto the reader at once and scroll through it very quickly. PLEASE do not remove the films from the library and/or go all digital. In some cases it is ok, but in many cases the film is just easier to use.
Thank you.
I agree with Raquel. Microfilms are soooo much more convenient to research than images on a computer screen. Also, the image compression preceding the storage removes most of the grey-shades on images which makes parts of it quite often illegible.
Another reason for me to prefer the microfilm is that the image number does not state the year nor the page number. If something like this could be added to searchable metadata, the research of images would be much more convenient.
EMPLOYEE1Randy Hoffman (Employee) January 07, 2014 16:23Personally, I love scanning through the online images as long as they are waypointed well and there is a logical order to the film. I can find what I want with about ten guesses. So even though I work in the Family History Library, I avoid microfilm as much as possible. The only downside is that my right arm doesn't get the same workout online when the image I want is near the end of a film.
Randy is right that in most cases it is easier to use the online images to find the records you are looking for (at least in cases where the digitized microfilm is in chronological order or there are good waypoints). I find the quality of the online images to be about as good as the microfilm. As long as FS is able to maintain reasonable download speeds and not have overloaded servers (which has been a perennial problem with FS), then searching digital images is faster than looking through the microfilm.
I also save a trip to the FHC.


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Last season, the University of Maryland football team made quite the fashion statement with their...interesting uniforms (lest we forget those state flag-inspired helmets from last year's season opener).
The Terps, however, are not done experimenting with new jersey designs and unveiled their 2012 home and road uniforms during Monday's Media Day.
Photos courtesy of WNST:
Well, at least Maryland thinks outside the box? Maybe a bit too far outside the box...
Unlike last year's set, these jerseys will feature players' last names, so anonymity be damned.
What do you think of these uniforms?
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- "Your worthy Sir Topham Hatt thinks I need to learn. He is mistaken. We Diesels don't need to learn. We know everything. We come to a yard and improve it. We are revolutionary."
- ―Diesel boasting to Duck
Duck and the Diesel Engine is the thirteenth book of the Railway Series.
Dear Friends,
We have had two visitors to our railway. One of these, City of Truro, is a very famous engine. We were sorry when we had to say goodbye to him.
The other visitor was different. "I do not believe," writes the Fat Controller, "that all diesels are troublesome, but this one upset our engines and made Duck very unhappy."
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Domeless Engines
City of Truro, the first engine to go more than 100 miles an hour in 1904, visits Sodor and has a lengthy conversation with Duck till late at night. Gordon is jealous of City of Truro's record, claiming that he is a domeless engine and not to be trusted. Gordon later tries to equal the record, but his dome becomes loose from the speed and is blown off at the viaduct. All his passengers laugh at him, and that night, someone jokes about the event - Gordon believes it is Duck.
Pop Goes the Diesel
The engines are tired of Duck's talk about his Great Western heritage and are happy when a visitor comes. The visitor, a diesel shunter by the name of Diesel, claims he is "revolutionary," but Duck is unimpressed and tells him to shunt some trucks. Diesel attempts to take some rusty old vans away afterwards, but their brakes are on and all Diesel does is derail them. As he cleans up, the trucks start singing a rude parody of "Pop Goes the Weasel" called Pop Goes the Diesel, much to Diesel's annoyance.
Dirty Work
The trucks continue to tease Diesel, and Diesel believes that Duck made him look silly and plans to have him sent away by telling the trucks rude jokes about the big engines and attributing them to Duck. The trucks tell the engines, and when they find out they refuse Duck entry into the shed. The Fat Controller comes to stop the noise, and, after hearing all three sides of the story, kindly asks Duck to go to Wellsworth for a while. Duck does so, upset.
A Close Shave
Edward feels sorry for Duck about Diesel's lying about him and helps him settle into life at Wellsworth. Duck takes up a position as a banker, but one day a train breaks away and chases him down Gordon's Hill. Duck manages to slow down gradually, slowing the trucks down too in the process, but they are diverted into a siding stopping outside a barber's shop. Duck crashes into the wall, and the furious barber lathers his face with shaving cream. When the workmen come to pull Duck away the Fat Controller points out that if Duck had not done anything someone could have been badly hurt. The barber, repentant, rinses Duck's face. To add to his joy, the Fat Controller tells Duck that Diesel has been sent away and Duck is welcomed back after all the engines are sorry for believing Diesel's lies, and shunning Duck.
Domeless Engines
- Edward
- Gordon
- Duck
- City of Truro
- The Railway Society (do not speak)
- James (cameo)
- The Thin Clergyman (cameo)
Pop Goes the Diesel
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Duck
- Diesel
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Charles Topham Hatt II
- Edward (cameo)
- City of Truro (mentioned)
Dirty Work
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Duck
- Diesel
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Charles Topham Hatt II
- Edward (mentioned)
A Close Shave
- Edward
- Duck
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Charles Topham Hatt II
- The Barber
- Henry (does not speak)
- Gordon (does not speak)
- Other Foreign Engines (do not speak)
- Thomas (cameo)
- Toby (cameo)
- James (mentioned)
- City of Truro (mentioned)
- Diesel (mentioned)
Domeless Engines
Pop Goes the Diesel
Dirty Work
- Tidmouth Yards
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Wellsworth (mentioned)
A Close Shave
- To date, A Close Shave and Little Old Twins are tied with having the most illustrations for a Railway Series story: nine.
- In the first illustration, a man with a bow tie and a vicar can be seen looking at Duck. Editor Eric Marriott theorised in The Thomas the Tank Engine Man that the vicar is the Rev. W. Awdry showing C. Reginald Dalby how Duck is supposed to look, as Dalby had drawn him incorrectly in Percy the Small Engine, and was inserted as a joke by John T. Kenney towards his predecessor as illustrator.
- In the second illustration of Dirty Work one of the trucks has the word "Leeds" written on its side.
- "Galloping sausage" was a nickname for the experimental W1 No. 10000 streamlined engine built for the LNER by Sir Nigel Gresley. This engine was also known as the "Hush Hush".
- New illustrations of Pop Goes the Diesel done by Loraine Marshall are featured when Mr. Perkins reads the story on the Trouble on the Tracks DVD.
- Domeless Engines is based on an event in 1958 when an LNER K3 No. 61809 lost its dome.
- A Close Shave is based on a true event which took place at a railway station in Hull, Yorkshire, England.
- The events of this book took place in 1957.
- Diesel's appearance was a request by Eric Marriott, "In order to keep the series up to date", as more diesels were being seen on British Railways.
- In the sixth illustration of Domeless Engines Gordon's paint turns lighter.
- In the fifth illustration of Dirty Work the panels on Duck's front and the hole where Duck's side rods connect with his wheels are missing.
- Duck's face is smaller in the sixth illustration of Pop Goes the Diesel.
- Throughout this book, The Twin Engines and Branch Line Engines, most of the engines appear to have white buffers.
- In the fourth illustration of A Close Shave Duck is going in the wrong direction to the east, when according to the story he is supposed to go to the west to Crosby.
- In the final illustration, Thomas' number is just below his cab and Toby's eyes and front coupling are missing their pupils.
- The blurb incorrectly describes Duck as a saddle tank engine.
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┌── Tilghman Hinshaw │ 1857-1934 ┌── Cleveland Sylvester Hinshaw ──┤ │ 1892-1963 │ │ └── Ann Almeda Conlee │ 1859-1946 Mildred Marie Hinshaw ───┤ B: 1915 │ ┌── Henry Oliver Lane D: 2003 │ │ └── Burleigh Francis Lane ────────┤ 1894-1950 │ └── Amanda Elizabeth Ledford M: Willis Otto Norris
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Born Aug 29 1915, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.1,2,3,4
She married Willis Otto Norris, Mar 27 1934, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.1,4
Willis died Oct 19 1994.1
Mildred Marie Hinshaw died Jun 20 2003, buried Springfield Memorial Gardens, Lane County, Oregon.1
Mildred's obituary was published in "The Register-Guard" (Eugene, Oregon) on June 24, 2003:1
Mildred Norris
SPRINGFIELD - The funeral will be held June 26 for Mildred Marie Norris of Springfield, who died June 20 of cancer. She was 87.
Norris was born Aug. 29, 1915, in Dallas, Ore., to Cleveland and Burleigh Lane Hinshaw, descendants of Oregon pioneer settlers. She married Willis Norris in Vancouver, Wash., on March 27, 1934. He died Oct. 19, 1994.
She was a cheerleader and played basketball in high school. She moved to this area in 1948. She was a homemaker, and she enjoyed genealogy, gardening and cooking. She also enjoyed spending time with her family and attending family reunions. Her interests included raising African violets, and her plants won several blue ribbons at the Lane County Fair. She was a member of the Salvation Army Home League, the Eugene Eagles Lodge 275 and the Fuchsia Society.
Survivors include two daughters, Pauline Hadden and Nancy Love, both of Springfield; a son, Charles of Springfield; two brothers, O.C. "Bud" Hinshaw of Eugene and Howard Hinshaw of Crabtree; two sisters, Evelyn Hathaway of Sweet Home and Charlotte Bates of Keizer; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. A grandson, Dale Stoneberg, died in 1963, and a daughter, Shirley Stoneberg-Taylor, died April 24, 2003.
Visitation will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., followed by the funeral at 3 p.m., on Thursday at the Wayside Open Bible Chapel in Springfield. Burial will be at Springfield Memorial Gardens. Springfield Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
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Anyway, today is Information Access Day, meant to remind you about libraries. I know this is only tangentally related to role-playing, but if you like gaming, chances are good you absorb a fair amount of media.
If you do that, chances are good you're into the library.
Libraries always need your help, so here's some stuff for you to read on the subject:
Issues: The Future of Libraries
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What is Illiteracy?
Most people think of literacy as a simple question of being able to read. But while a young child who can work her way through a basic picture book is considered to have age-appropriate literacy levels, an adult who can only read at the most fundamental level is still functionally illiterate.
The world requires that adults not only be able to read and understand basic texts, but also be able to function in the workplace, pay bills, understand legal and financial documents and navigate technology - not to mention the advanced reading comprehension skills required to pursue postsecondary education and the opportunities that come with it.
As a result, when we talk about the effects of illiteracy on society, we're talking primarily about what happens when you have a large number of adults whose literacy skills are too low to perform normal, day-to-day tasks. However, it is worth keeping in mind that childhood illiteracy is, of course, directly correlated to adult illiteracy.
Illiteracy Around the World
In 2003, the United Nations launched the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) with the slogan, 'Literacy is freedom.' Operating under the premise that 'literacy is a human right,' the initiative aims to improve literacy efforts, increase global literacy levels and reduce poverty.
According to the UNLD:
- Worldwide, one in five adults cannot read or write
- In low-income countries, only about 61% of adults are literate
- In high-income countries, almost 99% of adults are literate
Illiteracy in the U.S.
Compared to the rest of the world, the U.S. is doing well. According to the latest International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), between 19% and 23% of American adults performed at the top levels for each of the three literacy scales: document literacy, prose literacy and quantitative (number) literacy. Sweden is the only country that scored higher.
Yet many Americans are being left behind. The same survey found that between 21% and 24% of U.S. adults performed at the lowest level for all three scales, a figure echoed by the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). So what effect does this have on society in the United States?
Poverty & Employment
On average, adults at the lowest levels of literacy:
- Earn about $230-$245 per week
- Work only 18-19 weeks each year
- Are more than three times as likely to receive food stamps (17%-19% as compared to 4% of those who read at the highest levels)
- Are almost ten times more likely to be living below the poverty line (41%-44% as compared to 4%-8%)
- Between 31% and 40% of prisoners read at the lowest literacy level, which is at least ten percentage points worse than the national average
- Only four percent to seven percent of the prison population reads at the highest two literacy levels, compared to 18% to 21% of the rest of the population
As the above statistics show, illiteracy can be closely correlated with low earnings and high incarceration rates. Individuals who cannot read struggle to function in society, which can cripple their lives and increase the burden on state prisons and economic support systems.
How You Can Help
Although illiteracy seems like an overwhelming problem, there are many things that individuals can do to help. You can help prevent illiteracy by becoming a tutor at a nearby school or going to a poor neighborhood and offering literacy support at a local school or community center. You can also help adults overcome literacy challenges by volunteering at an adult basic education center where you can teach adults to read and help them with basic life skills.
Individuals who want to spend more time working on this issue may consider getting involved with a national organization like AmeriCorps. Students who would like to devote themselves to fighting illiteracy may be interested in degrees in education, public administration or social work.
You can view statistics from the UNLD, IALS and NALS via UNESCO (www.unesco.org), the National Center for Education Statistics (www.nces.ed.gov) and the U.S. Census Bureau (www.census.gov).


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U.S. war veterans will be retrained as eco-warriors in the Cayman Islands in a new nonprofit venture.
Dive resort Sunset House has teamed up with veterans in the U.S. to form Force Blue, which will train former special operations veterans to work on coral reef conservation projects around the world, starting in Cayman.
The organization's goal is to introduce its first training class of six veterans at Sunset House early next year.
They will be trained in coral restoration by marine science experts and will help tend the resort's new coral nursery. Other Cayman dive operators and the Central Caribbean Marine Institute in Little Cayman will also be involved.
Keith Sahm, general manager of Sunset House and co-founder of the new nonprofit, said, "It's a win-win for everyone. Not only will Force Blue train these highly skilled men and women how to help restore damaged reefs, but it will also teach them to be spokespeople for ocean conservation worldwide."
The idea for Force Blue developed in Grand Cayman last summer during discussions at Sunset House between Sahm, Rudy Reyes, a veteran of the Iraq war who played himself in the HBO drama series "Generation Kill," and long-time friend Jim Ritterhoff. The men were diving daily, and Sahm gave them a tour of the resort's new coral nursery where restoration work is being done. The diving proved therapeutic for Reyes, who had been battling with the challenges of civilian life after multiple combat deployments.
"We all know the struggles our veterans, particularly our Special Forces veterans, face coming home after years at war," said Mr. Ritterhoff. "Our thought was, if we could somehow use diving and marine conservation to give them a positive mission, we could not only help them, but the planet as well."
The organization's initial two-week training program will take place entirely in Cayman, but the plan involves expanding Force Blue's influence to different destinations around the world and bringing other teams aboard.
"Starting out, Cayman just makes the most logistical sense for us," said Mr. Ritterhoff. "We have the contacts and support in Cayman to launch Force Blue in a powerful way. And Cayman affords us, not only access to one of the world's healthiest and most vibrant coral reef systems, but access to some of the world's finest conservation minds as well."
Mr. Sahm added, "It's all about raising awareness and reaching a new audience with a message of conservation and care and our veterans are the perfect ambassadors."
A fundraising reception for the Force Blue program will be held in Dallas, Texas on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Texas real estate magnate and Earth Day Texas founder Trammel S. Crow is hosting the event. The guest list includes retired U.S. Navy SEAL Admiral Ed Winter, retired USMC General David Garza, former Recon Marine Rudy Reyes, Benghazi survivor Kris "Tanto" Paronto, whose story was told in the film "13 Hours" and Chuck Pfarrer, former SEAL Team Six member and author of "SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden."
For more information about Force Blue or to donate to the organization visit www.forceblueteam.org or email co-founder Keith Sahm at [email protected]
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A slimmer lost more than she bargained for when she successfully fought the flab – as her jealous friends ditched her.
Fiona Hodge – who was so miserable about her weight that she could not look at her wedding photographs – claimed her pals refused to be happy for her.
'My friends supported me at first but when the weight started coming off they accused me of being obsessed with the diet,' said the 28-year-old, who went from a size 20 tipping the scales at 98kg (15st4lb) to a size eight weighing 54kg (8st 8lb).
'I think some people just need a fat friend to make them look thinner and feel better about themselves.'
Mother-of-two Mrs Hodge, from Uxbridge, north London, vowed to lose weight after she 'hated' pictures of her marriage to husband Andy.


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Like any other global gaming studio aiming to build a globally appealing and enjoyable game, when we began to scale our mobile social game Star Chef, one of the obvious production tasks was to localize the game in languages where we intended to expand our user base in. This included European (e.g. French, German, Spanish etc) and Asian languages (Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean etc).
Set the Context right with text localization:
Text localization is the easiest first step to get your game into the hands of a wide set of consumers. With text translations, non-English players can at the least get an overview of the game and enjoy the game if it has good mechanics and user experience.
However, setting the context right is very important - it can make or break a great game! For our game Star Chef, we ensured that the translators understood the game well enough before they began the translation process. There were many information exchanges and sessions between the 99Games team and the localization vendor to ensure the context of various strings, dialogs and titles were made clear. An achievement in the game named 'Green Thumb' (achieved on harvesting many crops) if translated literally without contextual translation, would have sound really funny.
One thing to note is that not every word has a translation that is relevant in the local context. In such cases, probably it's best to keep the global word for the same than trying to force the translation. For example, in Star Chef, there are several Chef designations - Station Chef, Sous Chef, Pastry Chef etc. In languages like French, there are specific Culinary Profession ranks for the same - Chef de partie, sous-chef, pâtissier, which will be more appropriate to use. However, a word 'Hamburger' is perhaps best kept as 'Hamburger' across most of the geographies.
It's not just about the Localization…But also Culturalization
Culturalization is about making your game culturally relevant in any geography and not just limiting it to translating the text alone. It could be tricky at times. These small little cultural nuances that the developer takes care of makes the player feel at home with the game although it has been developed in some other part of the world.
1. Avoid or change suitably any culturally irrelevant content
Avoiding a dialog or a button that talks about a social network that isn't available or not widely used in the target geography is one of the smaller changes that developers could consider making.
Due to Facebook's unavailability in China, we carefully altered Star Chef's features and UI of our social features. Similarly, with the changing notion of 'Christmas Holidays' to 'Holiday or Festive Season' in the US, we suitably took care of our in-game events and social messaging.
2. Special touch with local contents
When we brought the game to Asian countries, along with introduction of Asian cuisines (Chinese, Thai, Korean dishes etc.), we also made it a point to introduce several aesthetic elements and decor items in the game that were more suited for the tastes of Asians.
The game splash screen was modified to show an Asian chef and the platter was replaced with a blend of Asian dishes.
Splash screen for English speaking geos.
Splash screen for Asian geos.
3. Local events and Festivals
We made it a point to celebrate the major local events and festivals in the game. For Chinese New Year, Russian Maslenitsa, Christmas etc., Star Chef offered FREE special themed elements to the players to enjoy the festive mood without having to spend any additional currency.
We received great feedback and players' love during these updates and it helped us get a prominent feature slot on the App Store as well.
Star Chef featured prominently across Asia during Chinese New Year
Star Chef featured prominently during Russian Maslenitsa
4. Take care of cultural nuances
During Star Chef's launch in Asia, we introduced several Asian dishes within the game. There was a bowl of noodles with two chopsticks dipped in the food - designed to make the creative look good. Only when one of our superfans pointed out to us that this was a way of offering food to dead in their culture, we understood the significance of such small elements and how important it was for us to get these things right.
What appeared like a minor change from a developers point of view, for a game that caters to cuisine and food enthusiasts, this was a major glitch! We immediately rolled out an update with a fix to this.
5. Do not overdo culturalization!
It is quite natural for developers to get carried away and overdo culturalization. In Star Chef too, as we introduced new game characters and restaurant customers in local costumes and attires, we overdid their appearances in the game, which was not welcomed by local players.
With the increasing western influence in Asian countries, it appeared rather unnatural to have many characters in traditional dresses. Players expressed their dislike for the same and we updated these in subsequent versions.
Culturalization aspects may not show results when introduced in the game one at a time. But as you begin focusing on culturalizing your game, you will start receiving players' love in terms of increasing retention, good reviews and monetization.
In Star Chef, we are making a continued effort in understanding the local preferences and cultures of various geographies, collecting feedback from players and improving the game.
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We have published a series of guidance documents that will help you understand specific areas of the Global Standard for Storage and Distribution.
1. Although we primarily store and distribute products we do a small amount of packing of products. Does the Global Standard for Storage and Distribution apply to me?
If the repacking operation involves open food products, then the answer is no. Where open food products are processed, including packing, then the Global Standard for Food Safety should be used instead.
2. What are the main differences between Issue 2 and Issue 3 of the Global Standard for Storage and Distribution?
The consultation and review of emerging food safety concerns since the development of Issue 3 identified a number of opportunities for further improvement. The key objectives identified for the working groups were to:
- Provide greater focus on security in terms of product, load and vehicles.
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Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet in March 2010 was released from jail after more than eight years of unjust imprisonment. But three years later, he is not free.
The latest reminder of that came this month when the Castro regime denied Biscet, one of the island's most prominent dissidents, permission to visit the United States with his wife Elsa Morejon. Other dissidents and former political prisoners, especially those part of the Group of 75 imprisoned along with Biscet in 2003, have been similarly denied.
That despite the dictatorship's much ballyhooed "reform" lifting limits on the right of Cubans -- just not all Cubans -- to leave the country.
The reality is that nothing has changed, that the dictatorship still reserves for itself ultimate power over the lives of Cubans, even over those Cubans like Biscet who will never allow themselves to be subjugated to tyranny.
"My wife @elsamorejon travels at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to Miami. I cannot accompany here, the dictatorship has denied me that right."


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I don't know the whole story behind these images, but they say a lot on their own. Here, some Israeli girls have apparently been told to "sign" bombs directed at Lebanon, writing messages like "from Israel with love."
Link (via lawrenceofcyberia and thismodernworld) Update: That link keeps crashing my browser. Here are better links, to the source of these photos: one, two, and another. Caption, via AP, "Israeli girls write messages on a shell at a heavy artillery position near Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel, next to the Lebanese border, Monday, July 17, 2006." AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner.
Reader comment: Chris Maytag says,
In your boingboing post "Image of the day: children send messages on missiles", the objects in the picture are alternately referred to as "missiles", "bombs" and "shells". These are three very different terms, and it's worth keeping things straight.
A "missile" is a projectile, powered during flight by either solid of liquid-fueled engines, with a weaponized payload of some kind (example: SCUDs, 'Katyushas').
A "bomb" is a weapon dropped from an aircraft or other airborne platform and guided by ballistics alone or a combination of ballistics and fin-based guidance (example: JDAMs, unguided 500lb mk82 bomb).
A "shell" is essentially a bullet. It is fired from a tube (cannon, howitzer or mortar) il it either hits a target or explodes due to to one of a variety of triggers (flight time, position, etc). Contents of shells range from pure metal (as in an early, simple cannonball) to explosives (as in the high explosive and shaped-charge shells generaly used by tanks) to advanced anti-personnel munitions, which explode and release smaller objects (much like a shotgun shell releases 'shot').
Why is this worth paying attention to? Because there's enough misinformation in the MSM already.
By the way, the objects being signed by the Israeli girls appear to be 155mm howitzer or tank shells.
Amy M. says,
The Getty caption I have seen for an image similar to
this (ie of the same girls) reads: "Israeli girls
write messages in Hebrew on shells ready to be fire by
mobile artillery unit toward Hezbollah targets in
southern Lebanon 17 July 2006"
I assume this means they are tank shells. I disagree
with Chris Maytag: I don't think it matters what sort
of weapon these are. The fact is, they are deadly
weapons intended to kill and maim, and they are being
signed by children. I fail to see how anyone can
justify this, even if they support the right of the
Israeli state to carry out these attacks.
This is no different to the images of Palestinian
toddlers dressed as pretend suicide bombers.
Aryeh Abramovitz says,
This unfortunate 'photo op' has taken on a life of its own, with the meme that bloodthirsty Israeli children are sending a message of destruction to their Lebanese neighbors.
Neither the hebrew or english says anything like "From Israel with Love". I can make out "Nazrala with.. from Israel", which I assume might be "[To] Nazrala with [love] from Israel". From the little I can make out, all the messages in hebrew are similarly addressed to Nasrala.
[Ed. note: Hassan Nasrallah is the leader of Hezbollah.]
Adrian Midgley says,
Perhaps a bit pedantic, but a missile is of course anything which
pursues a trajectory - as in being thrown, fired etc, so journalists or
subs who pick that one word to describe gun projectiles, freefall bombs
and ballistic rockets with warheads are not being unreasonable in their
use of English...
And of course the one thing that a shell is not is pure metal. The
distinction was between a cannonball, and a projectile made to be fired
from a gun which was merely a shell containing something - gunpowder to
start with.
One effect of removal of foreign nationals from the Lebanon is that
there will be less hindrance on random bombardment of it with whatever
anyone chooses to project, not that I'm not pleased to see HMS
Gloucester hauling our citizens out of Beirut or that I wouldn't have
discovered an appointment elsewhere if I'd been in the target zone myself.
Update: Lisa Goldman of Global Voices has more on the background behind these photographs: Link.
Update 2: Here's a related post at The Guardian, with more background on the circumstances under which the images were taken. (thanks, Dave)


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Under pressure from Illinois Times, the Village of Jerome has acknowledged that it is under federal investigation for suspected misappropriation of funds and has signaled that it will release records in the case.
In a Sept. 28 letter to village trustees, Mayor Harry Stirmell wrote that federal investigators are concerned about nearly $70,000 in spending from a drug seizure forfeiture account and have asked that the fund balance of more than $4,500 be remitted to the U.S. Department of Justice.
There are federal restrictions on how money from the seizure fund can be spent because the fund contains money from forfeitures made as a result of investigations by a federal drug task force that includes a Jerome police officer.
In the letter to trustees, Stirmell wrote that federal investigators are concerned about a transfer of nearly $50,000 from the drug fund to the village's general revenue fund "for reimbursement for previous payment of police officer salaries." Investigators are also probing an expenditure of $18,335 for police radios, Stirmell told trustees.
"There were grant funds later received by the village regarding the same radios which may have been erroneously deposited in the general revenue fund rather than the drug seizure fund," Stirmell wrote. "In addition, the Department of Justice has indicated that documents concerning the compliance review can be released consistent with the Freedom of Information Act."
Stirmell could not be reached for comment. Federal investigators referred questions to the public affairs office in the Department of Justice, which did not provide a response to inquiries by press time.
Stirmell wrote the letter after Illinois Times sued the village under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act for refusing to release records on the drug fund. In addition to documents showing the amount of money in the fund and how it was spent, the newspaper asked for records outlining any restrictions on fund expenditures, copies of documents examined by federal investigators who visited the village in June, copies of any subpoenas or search warrants received by the village and copies of any inventories showing what records investigators examined or seized.
In refusing to release records, the village last summer cited six exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act, saying that making records public would hinder a law enforcement proceeding, reveal the identity of a confidential source or complainant, disclose specialized investigative techniques, endanger the life or safety of law enforcement personnel, obstruct a criminal investigation and disclose communications between village officials and an attorney or auditor that would not be subject to discover during litigation. After being sued, the village in a court pleading said that the Department of Justice had asked that the records be withheld.
Under state law, requesters who prevail in FOIA lawsuits are entitled to legal fees from public bodies that deny FOIA requests. Don Craven, the newspaper's attorney, said that he intends to ask a judge for fees, which are generally awarded if public bodies turn over records after being sued.
The newspaper has yet to obtain the requested records or any other documents regarding the federal investigation aside from Stirmell's letter. However, a Department of Justice official last week said that the newspaper's request will be answered.
Fletcher Farrar, the newspaper's editor and publisher, said that he was disappointed a lawsuit was needed to obtain the records.
"We asked for basic financial records showing how public money was spent," Farrar said. "It is hard to imagine a more fundamental right than to know how public officials safeguard and spend money entrusted to them."
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What a dramatic title! It is the title of my latest and almost first sculptural painting.
Yes, it's a big change in my work, which bears a lot of extra questions, but more on that in a future post.
If you'd rather take the art in without any explanation, just skip the text between the dashes.
Art should be free of explanations for anyone, and I believe that once it's done, it should be left to the viewer.
That being said, as an artist, I like to understand (sometimes) where the art is coming from.
Backlash is made out of two panels that overlap.
The panel in front is bursting with energy, symbolized by crystals that grow from mere paint to big chunks. The crystals symbolize the artistic energy and creativity, and as the ideas grow and take shape, they crystallize in something real and tangible.
The panel underneath is black with vertical dashes in hues of blue. Some crystallized tears appear. (exactly seven – a prime number, I have a fascination for science)
This very dark panel represents the depression that follows a burst of creative energy, when I fall down a pit.
It is necessary for my brain to recharge, but it is also a bit unsettling and well… sad.
Yet, this depression is key for the cycle to begin again, so the dark panel finishes with a burst of teal blue that is the point of origin of the growing crystals.
The paint is done now, but still needs some varnishing, so it can't be for sale just yet.
Also, I made a few sketches of other sculptural paintings, around the theme of emotions and contrast.
I want to have a little serie of 5 or 6 (more or less) before putting them in the world.
It's likely I'll try to sell them on an online art gallery or maybe find a local art gallery. This is all still very new to me, and although I have a vague idea on how to approach this, I'm likely going to fail a few times before finding the perfect approach to my work.
thank you for coming with me on this exciting journey!


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What is Leaving Lyndow
Leaving Lyndow is a very short 3D first-person exploration adventure with a beautiful graphic and details. It tells a story about Clara, a girl that lives her dream that she really worked hard for. It's her last day in her hometown, which is the right time for saying her goodbyes to everyone and every favourite place. Goodbyes are mostly hard and emotional, but it's also relieving when she knows that her mom supports her in everything she's doing. But not everyone is like her mom. She also has to face criticism from her uncle.


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If you've never watched QuakeLive before, you'll be in for a treat. Get some of your favourite snacks and beverage and take a few minutes to spectate one of the most fast paced, quick thinking, high skill games online.
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We'll also be updating the website with Rapha's streaming schedule for those that want to experience the action first hand! Not to mention we'll most likely be giving away a few steelseries treats along the way for our dedicated supporters.
See you there.
Game 1: Rapha vs RudniK
Game 2: Rapha vs jok0
Game 3: Rapha vs Steviejuander
Game 4: Rapha vs DaHanG
Bonus Game: Zero4 vs DaHanG BO5(Final)
Part #1
This post was written by JammeH
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Esports journalism
2001-2002 Pro-cybernews (Editor-in-Chief)
2002-2003 Gamers.nu (Lead Editor)
2004-2005 ESportsEA (Editor-in-Chief, Consultant)
2006-2008 ESportsEA (Editor, Community feature host)
2008 TAO-CS volume 1 (Co-author)
2008 TAO-fRoD (Co-author)
2008-2009 WinOut.net (Editor-in-Chief, Consultant)
2009-2012 SK Gaming (Editor-in-Chief)
2012-2013 Team Acer (Editor-in-Chief)
2013-2014 OnGamers (Senior eSports Content Creator)
Pro bono publico:
2001-2002 XSReality (Site administrator)
2003-2004 Team3D (Editor-in-Chief, Consultant)
2012-2013 fragbite (Blogger)
2013-XXXX [POD]Cast (Co-host)
CS movies:
2005 Down with the s1ckn3ss
2006 T01_natu
2009 fRoD Quick and nasty (part 1)
Events attended for coverage purposes:
2001 CPL London (Pro-cybernews)
2001 WCG Qualifier (Pro-cybernews)
2002 CPL Summer (Gamers.nu)
2002 WCG Qualifier (Gamers.nu)
2002 CPL Oslo (Gamers.nu)
2002 CPL Winter (Gamers.nu)
2003 CPL Cannes (Gamers.nu)
2003 Clikarena (Gamers.nu)
2004 CPL Winter (ESportsEA)
2009 WEM (SK Gaming)
2010 IEM IV European Championship (SK Gaming)
2010 IEM IV World Championship (SK Gaming)
2010 Arbalet Best of Four (SK Gaming)
2010 Arbalet Cup Europe (SK Gaming)
2010 e-Stars Seoul (SK Gaming)
2010 WCG (SK Gaming)
2010 WEM (SK Gaming)
2011 IEM V European Championship (SK Gaming)
2011 Assembly Winter (SK Gaming)
2011 IEM V World Championship (SK Gaming)
2011 Copenhagen Games (SK Gaming)
2011 Dreamhack Summer (SK Gaming)
2011 SK vs. FX showmatch (SK Gaming)
2011 e-Stars Seoul (SK Gaming)
2011 ESWC (SK Gaming)
2012 IEM VI Kiev (SK Gaming)
2012 IEM VI World Championship (SK Gaming)
2012 WCS Europe (Team Acer)
2012 Dreamhack Open Valencia (Team Acer)
2012 Dreamhack Winter (Team Acer)
2012 IPL5 (Team Acer)
2012 HomeStory Cup VI (Team Acer)
2013 IEM VII World Championship (Team Acer)
2013 MLG Winter Championship (Team Acer)
2013 LCS Europe Spring Week 10 (Team Acer)
2013 WCS EU S1 Ro16 (Team Acer)
2013 LCS Europe Summer Week 9 (Team Acer)
2013 WCS EU S2 final / LCS Europe Summer playoffs (Team Acer)
2013 Riot S3 World Championship (Team Acer)
2013 Battle of the Atlantic (OnGamers)
2013 Battle of the Atlantic (OnGamers)
2014 LCS Europe Spring Week 5 (OnGamers)
Esports commentary/analysis
2010 IEM IV European Championship (ESL-TV)
2010 IEM IV Asian Finals (ESL-TV)
2010 IEM IV World Championship (ESL-TV)
2010 IEM V Shanghai (ESL-TV)
2011 ESEA-invite S8 (WinOut)
2011 GameGune (WinOut)
2011 SEC (WinOut)
2013 Dreamhack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship (DH-TV)
2014 Dreamhack Steelseries CS:GO Invitational (DH-TV)
2014 Dreamhack Summer (DH-TV)
2014 Gfinity G3
2014 Dreamhack Stockholm CS:GO Invitational (DH-TV)
Pro bono publico:
2010 ESWC (lvl^)
2010 Arbalet Cup Dallas (lvl^)
2010 GameGune (lvl^)
2010 fnatic PLAY (lvl^)
2010 WCG Nordic (SK Gaming)
2011 Dreamhack Winter BEAT IT (whisenhunt)
2011 EPS Winter (whisenhunt/ESL-TV)
2011 WCG (whisenhunt)
2011 IEM VI Kiev EU qualifier (SK Gaming)
2013 FACEIT Sunday Cup April 28th (FACEIT)
2013 Prague Challenge (District)
2013 FACEIT Sunday Cup September 8th (FACEIT)
2013 FACEIT Monday Cup September 9th (FACEIT)
2014 ESEA Invite S15 LAN finals (NiPTV)
* Winner of the Heaven Media 'E-sports Journalist of the year' awards for 2012 and 2013.
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We got hit with Hurricane Irene here at the Failure this past weekend. Nothing damaged, nothing flooded, no power outages at my place. Mainly I used it as an excuse to drink alone and not get dressed for an entire weekend, which is how many of my weekends go anyway but at least this time I could say in defense "Hey, what else should I have done? There was a frickin' hurricane going on out there."
Sure, I could have thrown a hurricane party, or gone to a hurricane party at someone else place, and not have drank alone. And yes, bad weather parties are fun… until the power goes out, which during a hurricane would be for an extended, unknowable time. Hours? Days? Whatever. Problems arise in a blackout. The beer gets warm because the fridge isn't working. The initial charm of being in the dark quickly fades when you realize you can't do much of anything in the dark, except maybe screw, but if you had someone to screw you'd have stayed home with them in the first place (note: look out for the Hurricane Irene babies in late May of 2012). Board games by candlelight get old very fast when you have to strain your eyes to read whether that Chance card says you go to Boardwalk or pay 200 bucks in income tax. Time progresses and people start getting on each other's nerves big time, unable to alleviate that inevitable proximity tension by going somewhere else because there's a hurricane outside. Testy words are exchanged, maybe someone gets punched, and friendship schisms develop, all because of one hurricane party.
Note: This happened to Avonia the Wiccan Pimp in her early Wiccan days. She and her first coven had a hurricane party/ritual, a spiritually fulfilling and fun time until highway flooding stranded the coven at their high priestess's house. By the time the roads were open again, Avonia had bitch-slapped two covenmates hard enough to draw blood, leading to her expulsion from the coven.
Some might say it's not wise to get drunk during a hurricane, as it's better to keep your wits about you during a time of disaster. But it's not like you have to drive anywhere, it's a hurricane. In fact, being drunk will give you extra protection against the urge to drive during a hurricane. Drunk drivers are always on their way home. You're already home. And everyone on the news is telling you to stay indoors, stay at home, just hang tight and ride the storm out. What better way to do that than to get blitzed on pumpkin ale or box wine or some other bottle of liquor that you were saving for some special occasion that will never come?
Note: Being high might increase your chances of driving during a hurricane because you'll want something for the munchies, something you will invariably not have in your house at the time, and you'll wander outside in the storm to be one with nature. Then you drown or get impaled by a tree branch.
But what if there's a flood or a tree comes through your window? What are you doing to about that sober? If you have to evacuate the area, the disaster crews come by to get you out of there because the last thing your local government wants is for people leaving their houses en masse and not knowing where to go. And if you're sober when you're being evacuated, you're a lot more panicked than when you're drunk. Unless you've been drinking gin or tequila because that's like drinking the Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde serum.
And another thing: it makes much more sense to stock up on booze (and bags of ice and a cooler) for a hurricane than what everyone else usually stocks up on: milk and eggs. When the power goes, are you going to start chugging milk from your non-functioning fridge? Going to make a whole lot of scrambled eggs over a pile of burning furniture because your stove doesn't work?
The only person who didn't spend the hurricane indoors was Tag Larkin, who was outside fighting the hurricane. Tag Larkin says he made the hurricane run away with his fists of fury and his heroic nudity. That doesn't sound right, but I don't have the meteorological background to dispute Tag Larkin's claim.


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Wardens Key, Alcatraz: Mob of the Dead - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Zombies
Getting the Wardens Key is the first step in Building The plane in Alcatraz. The plane is needed to fly to the Golden Gate Bridge and upgrade your weapons. There are two possible locations for the Wardens Key. It is out of reach and must be lowered in order for a player to grab it.
There are four steps for acquiring the key:
- Determine the location of the key
- Enter Afterlife
- Neutralize the power source
- Pick up the key
Find the Wardens Key
There are two possible locations for the Warden Key. Both locations are in the Cell Blocks close to the room that you start the game. The Keys themselves do not require you to buy any doors. However, you might need to open doors to get to the key locations.
The first key:
- Located outside of the Wardens Office.
- It is hanging from a chain.
- It can be found between the Wardens Office door and the entrance to the Citadel Tunnels.
The second key:
- Close to the front entrance to the Cafeteria.
- It is hanging from a chain.
- It can be found between the Cafeteria entrance and the Showers entrance.
Enter Afterlife
In order to pick up the key it will need to be lowered within your reach. The first step in accomplishing this is to go into Afterlife. There is an electrical box on the wall close to both key locations. To enter Afterlife you will need to stand close to the box and press your action key. This will cause you to go down and become a ghost. However, this will not count as a down on the leader boards.
Once in Afterlife you will look for a portal in the cage on the second floor. It will be close to the key. In order to enter the portal you will need to levitate. Stand back from the portal and then levitate towards it. This will allow you to enter the portal. This can be tricky at first, but with practice you will be able to do this quickly.
Neutralize the Electricity to Lower the Wardens Key
After you enter the portal you will see a large Electrical Panel. The lights on this panel will be lit up. You can shoot electricity by pressing your trigger button. Aim at the electrical panel and shoot electricity. When this is done properly the lights on the electrical panel will turn off. You can now leave the portal and revive yourself.
Pick up the Wardens Key
Once the key is lowered it will be within reach. The key will remain in this position until a player picks it up. It is a good idea to pick it up right away. This key will be needed to collect the plane parts in order to build the plane. Approach the key and press your action button. You should no longer see the key on the chain, but should instead see it in the top left hand corner of your screen as a Key Icon.
What you should know
- Once the key is added to your inventory it stays there. It can be used to unlock all of the parts.
- All players in the game will be able to use the key regardless of who picked it up.
- You will need to build and fly in the plane in order to get The Golden Spork.
- When you are quick at entering the portal you should be able to accomplish several tasks in one Afterlife.
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