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If you are not a David Bowie fan (and most of you probably are not) then you may not get the title of this post but I've had this song stuck in my head for the last couple of weeks. Because things are changing. I think that is part of the reason that turning 26 was freaking me out a bit – I know this is going to be a year of changes.
All the market research I've read tells me that as part of Generation Y, I am supposed to love change. I gladly embrace change when it makes my life easier. But when I think change might make my life harder, when I think that it may make things uncomfortable, when I think that a change might make people judge our decisions…it makes me anxious. But when God is asking you to make a change, it is something you have to do (well, you don't have to but then you might end up like Jonah).
Tomorrow we are going to our foster care orientation meeting. This is the first step to adopting children which is something we have known for a long time that God wants us to do. This is just the first step in what we know will be a long, challenging, crazy, and rewarding journey.
I have read so many adoption blogs over the past few years. I've heard the stories of people bringing their children home from far off countries. People who have waited and waited for a child. Awesome, amazing stories of God's divine intervention in the lives of orphans. I cannot say it enough: every child deserves a loving home regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, age, gender, etc. They all need love. Christians are called to care for orphans. It is our responsibility and we could do a much better job.
Over time, God has directed us to the foster care system and we feel that is where He is going to bring us children. There is a (long) story of how we got to this point. And here is part one of that story:
Prior to dating each other, God put adoption on both mine and D's hearts. For me, it was as early as my senior year of high school. By my sophomore year of college, I was specifically praying to God for a husband that would be willing to adopt children, including those outside of our race.
In the summer of 2003, D started showing up a lot. He would call me; he would come over to my house and watch TV with my family. It was so weird. I was so confused – I knew I liked him and it seemed like he liked me, but he was slow to act. One evening, I came up with the excuse that I needed him to give me a basketball lesson because I would be "coaching" one of the kid's teams at our church's VBS. In hindsight, this is ridiculous. I don't play sports. While playing the most awkward game of one-on-one basketball ever, Dan mentioned that someday he would like to adopt kids. Remembering my prayers but trying to not overreact to this, I just made a mental note of his comment. A few weeks later he finally asked me out.
After a year or so of dating, it became evident that this was it. We began talking about the future and getting married. Like most engaged couples do, we talked about how many kids we want (we still don't know). Adoption was always a when (not if) situation.
Meghan permalinkMarch 4, 2009 1:38 am
oh my goodness, i'm so excited. please please keep us posted on the meeting and everything else.>>also, really funny story about the basketball game. i never knew that…
Sylvan ABC permalinkMarch 4, 2009 2:46 pm
Krysta, Wow – that was a great God story, and you know how I just love God stories. I am so excited for you and Dan – I know he has special plans for you and your children. You are a very special couple that I am so glad that I know. I can't wait to meet those kids that He's chosen for you to raise up! I'll be praying – thanks again for the story. Chris
Heather permalinkMarch 4, 2009 11:25 pm
yay! yay! yay! >>i'm picturing you playing one-on-one…
Shannon permalinkMarch 5, 2009 7:21 pm
That is so awesome! >I know someone who knows A LOT about foster care and adoption if you need to talk to her (JK). >We are so excited for you guys. We will be praying for you.

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On Day One of February Album Writing Month, Burr Settles is wearing his FAWM T-shirt. He insists he won't wear it for the entire month, but Settles is an enthusiastic, if understated, guy. It's easy to see him getting carried away.
The premise of the project is this: You sign up and create a profile at the FAWM website, www.fawm.org. Then, during the month of February, your goal is to write 14 songs. You record and share them on the website, and give and receive feedback with other participants ("fawmers").
It began in 2004, with Settles and a few friends in grad school with him at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They challenged themselves to write an album's worth of material in a month, arbitrarily picking February. "It's worked out well, though," Settles explains. "The weather's usually not great in February, and people are sort of holed up. Plus Valentine's Day is right in the middle, so you get a freebie there. Write a love song, or a sad song about how nobody loves you."
This being a leap year, the challenge includes an extra half-song — fawmers are encouraged to collaborate, either in person or over the Internet, with another songwriter for one tune.
Settles, a postdoc at Carnegie Mellon (and guitarist in local band Delicious Pastries), studies "machine learning," a branch of artifical intelligence. The FAWM website features several songwriting tools he designed — each a simple program that generates ideas for a songwriter to start with, from lyric suggestions to song structures.
Settles says fawmers range from full-time musicians using the challenge as an exercise to people who have never picked up an instrument before. The project has grown from its initial handful of participants to hundreds worldwide; this year, Settles expects about a thousand people to "win" (meaning, complete the challenge) and another 600-1,000 to participate in a partial capacity.
Settles says working with FAWM and its participants around the world has even fed back into his research, raising questions for him about how computers can be involved in the songwriting process.
"I like to think about how we can use [artificial intelligence] to encourage personal creativity," Settles says.
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MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Michael Bisping (c) vs Georges St-Pierre
GSP really dominated Bisping, he hasn't missed a step. Great performance, I really hope we get a rematch soon!
RESULT: Georges St-Pierre, 3rd round Technical Submission.
BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Cody Garbrandt (c) vs TJ Dillashaw (#2)
Great finish from Dillashaw and a first loss for Garbrandt, this could be an amazing trilogy in the making if Garbrandt can win an inevitable rematch!
RESULT: TJ Dillashaw, 2nd round KO.
STRAWWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Joanna jedrzejczyk (c) vs Rose Namajunas (#4)
WOW! Did not see that coming. Great knockout from Namjunas, but I don't think we've seen the last of Joanna just yet.
RESULT: Rose Namajunas, 1st round TKO.
WELTERWEIGHT: Stephen Thompson (#2) vs Jorge Masvidal (#4)
Two tight opening rounds just about go to Thompson, before he dominated the third. One judge gave the third as a 10-8, I can see why, but I think that was a bit unfair.
RESULT: Stephen Thompson, unanimous decision.
MIDDLEWEIGHT: Johny Hendricks vs Paulo Costa
After a tight first round, Costa dominated the 2nd getting the TKO early in the round.
RESULT: Paulo Costa, 2nd round TKO.
LIGHTWEIGHT: James Vick vs Joseph Duffy
Duffy probably scraped a close first round, but Vick gets the KO with 4 seconds to spare in the 2nd.
RESULT: James Vick, 2nd round TKO.
HEAVYWEIGHT: Walt Harris vs Mark Godbeer
Harris wins the first round but gets disqualified after landing a head kick after the referee called a stoppage. Silly mistake.
RESULT: Mark Godbeer, DQ.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: Ovince Saint Preux (#6) vs Corey Anderson (#7)
I would have to say Anderson was easily winning the fight until OSP landed that head kick in the 3rd round, another example of how one strike can end a fight, incredible.
RESULT: Ovince Saint Preux, 3rd round KO.
WELTERWEIGHT: Randy Brown vs Mickey Gall
Brown takes the 1st and 3rd round, Gall takes the 2nd. Not much more to say. It's a shame for Gall, but one loss won't damage his career and it was a good showing for the first time he's gone the distance. Good fight from Brown.
RESULT: Randy Brown, unanimous decision.
HEAVYWEIGHT: Aleksei Oleinik (#9) vs Curtis Blaydes (#12)
Blaydes controlled both rounds before the fight was stopped. Originally, the referee thought Blaydes had delivered an illegal blow, but the replay showed that not to be the case.
RESULT: Curtis Blaydes, 2nd round TKO (doctor stoppage)
BANTAMWEIGHT: Aeimann Zahabi vs Ricardo Ramos
Zahabi started the fight stronger and was competitive in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, but ultimately, it only takes one strike to end any fight.
RESULT: Ricardo Ramos, 3rd round KO.
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Bowl for Kids' Sake: Held annually in March
Bowl for Kids' Sake is the signature fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Village. Your support will ensure that at-risk youth in our community have access to caring, adult mentors.
Participants form teams and collect pledges, then take part in one of four bowling events.
You can also donate in support of an individual bowler or team.
Home Run Heroes: In conjunction with the FM RedHawks Baseball Season
This unique annual fundraiser transforms the summertime tradition of RedHawks baseball into an opportunity for fans to support thousands of children and families in our community receiving services through The Village.
The fun begins when you pledge a dollar amount for each home run scored. Then, it's time to "play ball!" As the RedHawks' season progresses, we'll let you know what the home run tally is, so you can stay informed. "Heroes" will be billed for their pledges at the end of the season. (A one-time Home Run Hero pledge opportunity is also available.)
Bobcat North Dakota Open: Aug. 21-23, 2020
Since 1984, The Village and Bobcat have partnered to bring this professional golf tournament to the Fargo-Moorhead area. The Village has been the benefiting charity since the beginning of our partnership with Bobcat.
Funds from this event go to support the overall work of The Village, including mental health counseling, addiction treatment, mentoring, adoption and other services designed to strengthen kids and families.
For more information, read the 2020 Sponsor Brochure.
Michael Kaspari Memorial Run for Recovery: Held in September
The Michael Kaspari Memorial Run for Recovery is a fun evening of events that raises awareness about addiction treatment and supports the work of First Step Recovery in Fargo! You can take part in a 5K run/walk or a 1K kids/family fun run/walk.
First Step Recovery's Family Program is the recipient of funds from this event. The Family Program is an educational group available to family members of loved ones seeking treatment at First Step. We believe recovery is most effective when all family members understand addiction and how to support their loved one. All adult family members are welcome to attend and are not charged for these services.
Wine & Dine: November 20, 2020
Wine & Dine is the premiere gala in town that provides an amazing culinary and wine experience for guests.
Proceeds from Wine & Dine support the greatest needs at The Village. Providing access to services to those in need and removing barriers is critical to improving the behavioral health of our communities. Your support through this event will further that mission.
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The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Pages: 336
Nick and his brother Alan have been on the run from magicians and magician's circles ever since they were young. They haven't stopped since their father was killed by magicians who were after their mother's charm, which happens to be keeping her alive.
Their mother has been disturbed ever since Nick can remember, but Alan insists on taking care of her. Nick is not entirely happy with their mother since she seems to hate him, but Alan has always cared for Nick and is very devoted to him. Just when their life got a bit more comfortable, Nick and Alan are attacked again. After defeating their ambush, Nick and Alan find that their battle with the magicians had an audience of two.
Already annoyed by all the trouble the pursuing magicians and the demons they command give them, Nick hardly wants to help Jamie and Mae, the pair who witnessed the latest attack Nick and Alan had to fend off. But the ever-compassionate Alan agrees to help them when he finds that Jamie has a third-tier demon mark on him. The mark condemns Jamie to death, but Alan agrees to take them to the Goblin Market to see if there is any help available.
With Jamie and Mae joining their party, Alan and Nick have more even more people to look out for, and the magician's circle are still relentlessly pursuing them. Can Alan and Nick continue to stay on step ahead of the magicians for the rest of their lives? Is there any way to end this eternal chase?
Nick hopes that Alan will be able to help them best the magicians as they have been doing for the past few years, but then the unthinkable happens--Alan sustains a first-tier mark during a magician and demon attack. Nick is desperate to get the mark of his brother, but Alan seems more concerned with helping Jamie and Mae. Why does his brother suddenly care so much for two strangers? Nick has always depended on Alan to guide him and help make decisions, but as his brother's behavior is getting more erratic, Nick is beginning to wonder if the one person he could always trust has been lying all along.
Will they ever be free of the attacks? Should Nick delve into the past and search for answers? Or should he just trust Alan as he has always done?
The Demon's Lexicon was amazing!! I loved the plot! It was quite well paced, well written, and captivating! I couldn't put it down--I had to know what would happen next! The story is well-spun and has great flow and detail. The twists and turns kept me turning the pages late into the night!
One thing that bothered me a bit was the fact that some of the characters seemed a bit flat. If Jamie and Mae got a little more of the lime-light and were better developed, I would enjoy the book even more. Quite a few of the characters, both protagonists and antagonists alike, weren't quite as developed as they could have been. There personalities seemed a bit shallow, and I would have really liked to learn more about them.
However, Nick's character was pretty strong, but his interaction with his brother was even better. It's realistic, even it's a bit cold sometimes. Alan's unceasing compassion and care for his brother tugs a few heart-strings and he is also a great character.
Although a few twists really surprised me and made me enjoy the book all the more, but it didn't quite work entirely for me. I don't want to spoil anything, but it was an interesting twist, but I find it hard to accept completely, since there was some parts in the book that made me believe otherwise. But other than that, I'd definitely recommend The Demon's Lexicon! I really enjoyed reading it!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
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For some reason, I didn't really like this novel. :/
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Augmented Reality Brings Halloween to MediaCityUK
Carbon Digital have worked with Bulgarian artist Eleonora Asparuhova to bring a spooky character to life in the heart of MediaCityUK. The team used augmented reality to transform Asparuhova's distinctive illustrative style into an interactive mobile experience. Visit their website to watch the clip
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taprobane is a Wellington based label, producing ranges of jewellery inspired by childhood memories and translated into elegant, unique pieces with a contemporary twist. Primarily begun as a personal creative outlet for designer Karen Hermon, her strong graphic design background is evident in every range.
Every piece is designed, laser cut from acrylic and hand assembled locally in central Wellington. taprobane jewellery is now sold online, in retail stores within New Zealand and the US, and at high quality markets in the Wellington region.
Alphabet Soup was inspired by a lifelong obsession with everything typographic. The single letters, which can be worn alone or combined, are a fresh take on the name necklace. Each pendant juxtaposes the traditional aspect of a serif font with modern materials, to create a distinctly classic necklace.
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Sometimes it is near impossible to coax a lawn to grow. Maybe the area is too wet, too dry, too shady or too root engulfed by a local tree. If the previous tips just don�t work, try a groundcover, mulch or both. Here is a list o9f some of the more popular groundcover plants and their attributes. Bugleweed - Ajuga reptans - It is a 6� plant which spreads quickly by its roots and also produces a nice blue flower in a spike. It tolerates both sunny and shady conditions. Candytuft - Iberis sempervirens - This 8� evergreen is popular because of its clusters of white flowers in May and June. It spreads slowly by above ground runners and grows in sun or shade. Common Violet - Viola sororial - This 5 - 8� plant grows in sun or shade and is considered a nuisance in your lawn. It spreads rather quickly be seeds and of course, produce nice flowers. Creeping lilyturf - Liriope spicata - This evergreen has lavender, bell-shaped flowers on spikes up to 15� tall. Liriope tolerates sun or shade, heat, salt, drought and poor soil. English Ivy - Hedera helix - A creeping groundcover that will climb quite easily. It forms a thick (9�), fast spreading evergreen mat. Ivy roots rapidly as it spread, so it is useful on slopes. Lily-of-the-Valley - Convallaria majalis - You need a well-drained soil for this fast spreading, 6� tall plant. Each may - June it produces wonderfully scented flowers. It grows in sun or shade, but dies back each Fall. Myrtle or periwinkle - Vinca minor - This 4 - 9� plant is evergreen and covered in late Spring with light violet blue flowers. It will prevent soil erosion once established and can grow in sun or shade. Pachysandra - Pachysandra terminallis - This is an 8� evergreen with dark, glossy leaves. It will grow in sun or shade, but prefers a moist, loose soil. It spreads slowly, but if you cut it back, it will accelerate the growth and thicken it up. Can be invasive once established. Sedum - Sedum sp. - There are many varieties of sedum, most notably �Autumn Joy�. It has fleshy, swollen leaves, common for survivors of hot, dry areas.
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butch and sundance, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, george roy hill, katharine ross, Paul Newman, robert redford
Who are those guys?
Things were different in 1969 when Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was first shown in cinemas. There was no big simultaneous release into thousands of theatres to try for, what we are now told is, "that all important opening weekend". Films were released into a small number of cinemas, carefully chosen to give the film makers a good idea of the way the film was being received (no I'm not talking about previews; they'd already been done) and to try to build some momentum in terms of a public following, before it was released nationally. Word of mouth was the big sales technique back then, and word of mouth had movie goers flocking to see this film when it eventually opened across the country. From day one a strange phenomena surprised the theatre owners as members of the audience began to join in with the actors and speak the lines alongside them.
The tradition continues. It's infectious. You couldn't watch it today, with a group of friends, without someone just beating Newman or Redford to the punch in delivering such favourites as: "Who are those guys?" and "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals", and "Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
As well as a script that would have been sharp and funny enough for the Marx Brothers, and which certainly inspired the wonderful two-way banter of Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre in M*A*S*H, you have the casting of the two most beautifully engaging, if not the two most beautiful actors that Hollywood ever paired. There is something so perfectly right about the pairing of Paul Newman (Cassidy) and Robert Redford (The Sundance Kid) that it is quite a stretch to realise that, as a duo, they were well down the list. At least Redford was. Newman was one of the top 3 box office stars in the world at the time (only Steve McQueen and John Wayne could compete), Redford was practically unknown*. He'd been around a long time mostly playing character roles on television and getting a starring break two years earlier in Barefoot in the Park. But that was a Neil Simon comedy; an adaptation of an off-Broadway hit, a good film but not heavy hitting box office. Twentieth Century Fox were strongly opposed to casting Redford in the film, certainly not in one of the leading roles. Director George Roy Hill was equally convinced that something in his laid back, laconic style made him the man for the part.
He got support from Steve McQueen who said he was prepared to play either role if Redford was in the film. McQueen was offered the part of Sundance and walked away. Newman was originally going to play Sundance. The part was actually written for him. The role of gang leader Cassidy was, amazingly with hindsight, written for Jack Lemon. When he was unavailable it was variously touted to Marlon Brando and Kirk Douglas before someone had the idea of switching Newman to the role of senior partner. And we can all be very grateful that they did. Would the film have been as successful with Lemon and Newman, Brando and McQueen? I think not. Lots of people can rightly take credit for the success of the film, but without a few twists of fate the movie may well have quickly joined the ranks of the soon forgotten. And we would never have been able to respond to anyone saying, "I can't swim!" by chuckling with Newmanesque sparkle before adding: "Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you".
Everyone who has ever seen the film can remember the ending. The two stars caught running towards the camera in sepia tinted monochrome, guns blazing and facing their imminent death. The beginning is less well remembered but equally wonderful. It establishes a tone, a rhythm, a beauty. It begins as it ends, in black and white; it merges slowly into sepia and eventually into colour as we move from the urban and the individual to the wide open spaces of Wyoming and Utah and to the characters as a pair, a duo, a team. A couple?
The theatre lights dim. A black and white silent film is projected onto the left hand of the screen while conventional credits roll on the right hand side. The film is so well done that it can easily be mistaken for an authentic film of The Hole in the Wall Gang holding up a train in the 1890s.
Digression. Butch was one of only three outlaws who were aware of their own celebrity across the entire country. The others being Jesse James and Billy the Kid. The first feature film to be made about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was released in 1910. In this early film Cassidy and Longbaugh (real name) were killed. If the pair were killed in Bolivia (and this is disputed) then it took place in 1909 or 1911. It is entirely possible that Butch and Sundance sat in a South American cinema and watched their own deaths. George Roy Hill was so taken by the story that he filmed a second silent movie showing the pair, with Etta Place watching the silent film of their lives and exploits and with a long shot of Katharine Ross (as Etta) foreseeing the actual deaths of the pair and leaving the theatre alone. It isn't known where this film is but it is strongly hoped that one day it will be released. It was shot as the intended ending of the movie.
Holding onto monochrome the film begins with closeups of Paul Newman studying something. The shots show either his face or the activity he is observing reflected in a succession of windows. The scene takes its time. The film is establishing both a pace and a convention that significant action, in this movie, is often in an observation, a glimpse, a throwaway remark. Eventually it is revealed that he is casing a bank and that changing times are reflected by the high tech security of that bank. While little seems to be happening, the audience are given a huge amount of vital information. That here we have a charming, witty and entirely lovable bank robber coming to terms with the advance of technology putting him out of business. Butch Cassidy was the last of the (great?) outlaws of the old West and the theme of anachronism runs through the movie. Banking and big business have suffered at the hands of robbers for years but they are now in charge and expect retribution.
The next scene is equally slow but bursts into action in the end. It is an important scene as it has to introduce Robert Redford as a screen equal to Paul Newman, to establish his back story as the Sundance Kid and to introduce the casually happy approach to the dangers of their world, through dialogue that skips with wit, joie de vivre and acceptance of fate, that characterises the pair. The camera holds steady on a sustained close-up of Redford. And by sustained I mean for nearly a minute which is a heck of a long hold for this kind of shot. He's mostly looking down, cheeks sucked in as he concentrates on his cards; lit from behind and the side to make ample use of shadows and to emphasise his dark clothing, broad brimmed hat and moustache. In the scene he is accused of cheating at cards; cheating so well that a card cheat can't tell how he's doing it. He's both the centre of the action and a detached observer.
The tension builds. It looks fairly certain that we are about to witness a death and quite probably the death of a major character. Cassidy appears and tries to mediate in the stand off. Sundance insists, irrationally, that the accuser must invite them to stay and then he'll leave. It's a variation of the "are you asking me or are you telling me?" convention of the independent minded western hero. Eventually Newman seems to resign himself to the possibility of his partner's death (just as Sundance will do in a later scene), but his words have an electrifying effect on the other card player. "I can't help you Sundance". The accuser, played by Sam Elliott** in his film debut, quickly backs down on realising just who he has been tangling with. And as well as the conclusion of a brilliant scene we have Redford established as every bit the equal of Newman, Sundance as the equal of Butch and Butch established as having exceptional, but very human qualities of speech and humour and Sundance established as being a laconic straight-man as well as possessing the two super-human qualities that are conventions in the Western: brilliance at cards and speed with a gun. We're five minutes into the film and a thousand feet deep already. I'd guess that anyone who watches the film this far will watch it through to the end.
*I know some will dispute this. I'm going on commentaries by George Roy Hill and William Goldman. They certainly regarded him as an unknown not only in casting but in the way they set about establishing his character in the film.
** Sam Elliott, who later became famous for his luxuriant moustache, never met Katharine Ross while filming Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid but they eventually met and married.


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Reload bonus and faster payouts at PlayHippo
Some great news and updates from PlayHippo.
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There are two different bonuses available. A 50% bonus up to €100,- for which you have to use bonus code "NEWGAMES50" when making your deposit, or a 30% bonus up to €1000,-, for which you have to use bonus code "NEWGAMES" when making a deposit.
You can only use one of the two bonus codes once.
Some of the new games you can try with this reload bonus are of course The Invisible Man by NetEnt, Game of Thrones by Microgaming and Santa Paws. Santa Paws is also a Microgaming release that has been added to many online casinos this month, even though it's an older slot game. But the game was only available at downloadable Microgaming casinos.
Let me also mention that PlayHippo has massively decreased the payout time of winnings. Withdrawals made to bank account are processed within a couple of hours, so it usually takes only a day to reach your bank. Withdrawals made by E-wallets like Neteller and Skrill only take a couple of hours to reach your account.
I notice more and more casinos are offering fast withdrawals, which is something I find very important when choosing a casino. If I win I don't want to wait days for my money. So let's hope more NetEnt casinos will follow this good example.


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A Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation Project to Safeguard Water Heritage
The Mediterranean Center of Environment is partner of REMEE (Rediscovering Together the Memory of Water), a Euro-Mediterranean co-operation project aiming at the safeguard of the Mediterranean water heritage.
This project is implemented by APARE and funded by the European Union through the Euromed Heritage IV Programme.
The website of the project: www.remee.eu
Why this project?
Today, water heritage in rural areas, such as canals, wells and foggaras, is in danger of being abandoned due to changing ways of life and modern techniques. The same story applies in urban areas with fountains, Turkish baths and public baths, etc.
Its safeguard is nevertheless a key issue:
• To retain examples of good practice water management.
• To support plans for new development such as those in the agricultural or tourism sectors.
• To respond to the requirements of populations which still rely on traditional systems and practices.
The objectives of the project
From January 2009 to June 2011, under the coordination of APARE, REMEE brings together a group of seven project partners from Algeria , France, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey to:
• Promote the safeguard of physical vernacular heritage (architectural or landscaped) and non-physical heritage concerning water management to decision-makers and citizens.
• Emphasise to the general public the uses and practices of water management of this heritage asset which can enable improved water management.
• Integrate heritage linked to water management in local development projects involving residents and civil society in the territories concerned.
The partners of REMEE
What are the planned activities?
The Mediterranean Centre of Environment is developing in Greece the Mediterranean educational programme of REMEE called "Young People: Stakeholders in Water Heritage".
This action must engage with more than 1000 young people in Algeria, France, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey for rediscovery and safeguard of water heritage.
In Greece, children from Syros and Tinos will take part to the program.
In the other countries of the project 4 local demonstration projects are taking place:
• In the region of Tipasa - Mount Chenoua (Algeria): the creation of a discovery trail and a guide on water heritage through time, the collection and display of traditions concerning water in the Chenoua area.
• In the Medina of Marrakesh (Morocco): an inventory of fountains and Turkish baths, the rehabilitation of fountains, the launch of an eco-label for Turkish baths and an exhibition.
• In a rural area of the Al Haouz Province (Morocco): the creation of an eco-museum about local heritage and a discovery trail.
• At Hammamet (Tunisia): the creation of an educational garden with local young people, the creation of a discovery trail through the orange groves and its water heritage, a programme of cultural activities.
Awareness raising supports for the general public
• A mobile exhibition
• A discovery guide
Also, a documentary resource centre on heritage and the use of water in the Mediterranean is developed in Corsica.
This project is supported by the European Commission
Euromed Heritage IV Programme


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NASSCO's New $219M Navy Contract Could Grow
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics NASSCO a $218.7 million firm fixed-price contract for shipyard work on the USS Bonhomme Richard. The value of the deal could increase to as much as $249.2 million if the Navy exercises options on the contract.
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is 844 feet long, with a large, flat deck that can accommodate helicopters and certain jet aircraft. It can carry up to 1,871 U.S. Marines in addition to its crew. Two boilers on the ship supply steam for two geared turbines.
NASSCO will perform the work in San Diego. The program of maintenance, modernization and repair is expected to wrap up by May 2020.
The contract was competitively procured, with two offers received.
The Pentagon made the award Sept. 4 and publicly announced it on Sept. 6. The Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington, D.C. awarded the deal.
Shares of General Dynamics trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GD.


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Weird science: Car in neutral rolls uphill
No this is not magic or trick photography, this is actually happening! Watch this vehicle in neutral appear to roll uphill on its own. Known as a gravity hill, the surrounding landscape creates an optical illusion that is sure to blow your mind! This specific incident takes place in Romania between the villages of Budesti and Cavnic.


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Spoiler alert: I made it home alive (and so did my husband).
Yeah, so the trip is over and I survived the flights both going and coming back. It was not fun either time and I hope to not fly again. Ever.
Our round trip was Sunday. On Friday night I started getting nervous. More about whether I was going to forget something or get to security and have to throw something away. But behind that, I was starting to get nervous about the flight itself. Hub isn't a good flier either, so he was starting to get nervous, too. In some ways, that made me feel better because he doesn't have anxiety and yet he was getting worried about the flight. Anyway, we left for the airport and parked our car in the daily lot, then grabbed the shuttle to the airport. We found the security line, which ended up taking almost an hour to get through. It was crazy ridiculous. I did what I was supposed to, including putting my liquids (mostly makeup) into a clear baggie and on the conveyor belt outside of my small bag. But guess what? After going through the xray doohickey, they stopped me and a female TSA agent said she was going to have to pat me down around my waist and my ankles. I actually thought nothing of it at the time, just let her do her thing, then grabbed my stuff and my shoes and went to where Hub was putting his shoes back on. We hurried along to find our gate, which seemed to be the last gate on that concourse, of course. Once we got there, we found seats and tried to stay occupied. We had about 45 minutes before boarding. I kept asking Hub if we needed to be in line for something because people kept lining up, but he said they were getting their seat assignments, which I had already done online when I booked the tickets. Also, I had checked in online (for both flights) the day before so it would save us some time and money.
They finally started boarding the flight. We were almost in the last group to board because our seats were in the back of the plane. I haven't been on a plane in 17 years, so I forgot how small the aisles and seats are. And of course, I've got nicely padded hips…and our seats were in the back, so I had to pass alongside all the passengers already boarded. That kinda sucked. When we got to our seats, we found the person in the window seat was already there. Thank goodness he was a small guy, so I didn't feel like I was smushed in between him and Hub, who is a big guy. We put up the arm rest between Hub and me, then I went to find my crochet in my bag. But I realized REALLY quickly that there was absolutely no elbow room to crochet. Ugh. I was really counting on that as part of my relaxation technique. So I swapped it for a book, then plugged in the headphones for my iPod and put the earphones over my ears. Were you aware that United uses their headrest tvs to show the safety video? It's like a commercial and they tried to make it entertaining. Hub and I just rolled our eyes through the whole thing.
Lucky me, the little guy at the window seat kept his window shade open. So I pretty much had to crank my head toward Hub the whole flight. I clutched onto Hub as we took off, wrapping my arms around his arm so that I was pretty much attached to him. I did that almost every time I felt the plane bank, or there was turbulence, or we sped up or slowed down. I felt every single shift in the plane. Every single shift. I am so hyperaware of movement because of my vertigo and imbalance that I knew when the plane climbed higher or descended even a little. I tried to think of turbulence as pot holes, though that didn't help very much (we had a good amount of turbulence as we ascended, then more during the length of the flight). I cranked my music and tried to sing along in my head. I tried to read but the book was terrible and I couldn't concentrate. The woman in front of me put her seat back–of course–so I put my table tray down and just rested my head in my hand and my forehead against the back of her headrest (against the tv screen, technically). I had the little air blower from the ceiling on high, so that blew down the back of my neck and kept me relatively cool. I swayed my head to the music, tapped my fingers, and intermittently clutched at Hub as we flew. With the time zone change, I was having trouble tracking how long until we were supposed to land. At one point I was all happy because I thought we were going to start descending any minute, only to realize we had almost forty five minutes left. That was just less than half the flight. UGH. So back to the music I went, swaying and singing silently.
The pilot announced we were going to start descent, so of course I plastered myself to Hub, even though we still had twenty minutes before landing. I closed my eyes and just tried to ignore everything except the music I was blasting in my ears. The landing was hard and fast, and it felt like it took forever to slow down and stop. Everything was so loud…louder than I remembered from all those years ago. It took forever to get off the plane, because as I mentioned we were in the very back, just four rows from the bathrooms. It was interesting to watch the debarking process, because people were really patient and allowed other passengers to get off in order. All except ONE GUY who was sitting behind us who had jumped up as soon as he could, and instead of letting us out like he should, he pushed his way right up along our seats so Hub and I (and our seatmate) couldn't get out in order like everyone else. SO RUDE, dude! I mean, really? How much faster were you going to get out by being an asshole?
Have you ever flown into O'Hare in Chicago? That mo'fo is HUGE. Walking to find the baggage area to get outside for pickup took forever. We used the moving sidewalks, too, but I was so tense on the plane and so squished into the seats that I was exhausted and in pain. It was kind of slow-going. But we had landed 30 minutes early (YES!) in comparison to the schedule, so we had some extra time to get outside. One of my brothers picked us up (along with some relatives coming in at the same time but via a different airline) and we were off to the hotel to meet my parents and change our clothes for the wedding.
Our flight out was an hour and forty minutes. The wedding itself, specifically, was thirty minutes long. Then we sat for ninety minutes in the reception room, as appetizers were circulated and the open bar, well, opened. I hadn't eaten before flying (it was too early) and after we landed we went to the hotel. I had packed a tiny bag of gluten free cheese crackers, which I inhaled at the hotel (along with about six ounces of apple juice), but that was all I'd eaten all day. Unfortunately, every single appetizer was either breaded and fried, or had some sort of bread base (egg rolls, spanicopita, bruscetta), so I had nothing to eat again for those ninety minutes. I had two Shirley Temples and some water…and a few Hershey's kisses that were on the table. That sucked. I was so hungry and I was getting a bad headache. Then the soup came out…but I can't eat soup because it's usually thickened with flour. But the waitress said they had some fruit, which she brought out for me and a few other people there who had allergies. That was some awesomely tasty fruit, ya'll. 🙂 Then they served salad, which was good enough.
Luckily, my brother (it was my niece's wedding) had arranged for a gluten free meal for me, which turned out to be pretty tasty. I was impressed because normally "gluten free" means plain and dry. But it was pretty okay, including a nice big baked potato, which I scarfed down like I was starving. They ended up bringing out chocolate mousse next, but I was too worried about being sick on the flight home that I didn't eat it. Before we knew it, Hub and I were retrieving our bags from the car and changing back into our travel clothes in order to leave for the airport to fly home. When we went in to hurry around and say good bye, they were just serving the wedding cake (which I couldn't eat anyway) along with what looked like ice cream or custard or something, and maybe some other small desserts. I'm not sure because we were already a few minutes behind schedule and it was more important to me to say good bye to my family than to see what we were missing dessert-wise. Then we were gone, on the road to heading home.


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Category Archives: Newspaper
Now Available in White
Day 493 – November 26, 2012
My lack of Spanish has left me scratching my head over what I'm sure is an interesting story I read in a newspaper.
In this Monday's weekly section of El Comerico called Dia_1, there is a small sidebar story with the simple headline of Toyota vende autos blancos (Toyota sells white cars).
I'm not quite sure why it's big news (or even small news) that a Japanese car company is offering the color white as an option for its vehicles. To my mind, white seems to be a fairly standard hue (examples are here and here and here).
The Dia_1 article had a picture of a white Toyota with the caption Retorna el color de la paz (Return of the color of peace).
The word "return" would mean, to me, that the color of white was once available in Peru and then, for whatever reason, was taken off the market.
I had hoped the actual story would answer my questions as to why white was once a taboo color in cars and why it has now come back. However, I was disappointed as my less-than-perfect translation of the article did not satisfy my curiosity. Here is the text…
La compania Toyota del Peru ha retornado la venta de vehiculos de color blanco en el pais. Segun expertos en marketing, la marca japonesa descontinuo en los ultimos anos este color de su portafolio de productos, como una manera de evitar que la mala reputaction de los autos de timon cambiado de esa marca contagie a los de timon original. Ahora que se ha prohibido la importacion de autos usados con timon a la derecha, nuevamente se haria viable la venta de autos Toyota del color de la paz.
This is the translation that Google Translate provided me…
The company Peru Toyota has returned to selling white cars in the country. According to marketing experts, the Japanese discontinued in recent years this color of its product portfolio, as a way to prevent the bad reputation helm of cars changed from getting to that brand of original rudder. Now that it has banned the import of used cars with the right rudder, this again makes feasible the sale of Toyota cars of the color of peace.
What appears to be throwing me is the Spanish word timòn which Google translates to "helm" but can also mean "rudder", "tiller", or "wheel".
So did Toyota stop selling white vehicles in Peru because of some unfortunate event in the past that tainted the opinions of Peruvians towards carros blancos? Does white have some sort of cultural red line that Peruvians did not want to cross?
This article in microcosm exemplifies my experience as a non-native Spanish speaker living in a country where English is rarely spoken. When people speak to me or when I read articles in newspapers and articles, I feel as if I have only understood the tippiest tiniest part of the linguistic iceberg. There is so much more nuance and meaning that I am missing that I can only wonder what lies beneath.
Some days it's missing out on why white cars are back on sale and some days it's missing out on why and how people feel the way they feel.
As a parting note, if anyone has a better translation of the above story or knows why white was once a verboten tint, please feel free to drop a thought in the comment section.
Mixed Messages
Day 502 – December 5, 2012
This story is why I think it's important for a major metropolitan area to have more than a single newspaper serving its citizenry.
Today's front page of Peru21 had a tease about a story with this lead, "Peru es el pais mas inseguro de las Americas" (Peru is most unsafe country in the Americas). The article, on page 7, references a study from Barometro de las Americas detailing how Peru, when measuring for violence and corruption, comes in twenty-sixth out of the twenty-six countries that comprise South America and Central America and also includes the United States and Canada.
Today's front page of Publimetro has a picture of a beautiful panaroma of the Malecon area of Lima. The photograph has the caption, "…nuestra capital ocupa puesto 12 en America Latina entre las mejores ciudades para vivir." (…our capital occupies the 12th spot for the best cities to live in in Latin America) and directs the reader to page 6. Once there, the article mentions the 2012 Quality of Living survey from Mercer. Peru's capital city is ranked globally at number 121 out of 460 measured cities.
Feeling good or feeling bad about your city of residence (or any other matter) may sometimes depend on what paper you picked up.
Day 410 – September 4, 2012
My grade-school daughter has a two-day break from her School (a four-day weekend for the little one!) as this is the time scheduled for the parent-student-teacher conferences.
So I am off to spend some excellent quality time with my daughter.
Perhaps we will go to the park.
Perhaps I may even treat her to a trip to Larcomar and take her bowling.
Perhaps we will play Mille Bornes.
Perhaps she will call a classmate-friend and they will spend the day together.
Regardless of her plans and mine, this post is a reminder to let you know that I have another Peru-based blog, Periodically, Peru, that you can read and enjoy.
The Leftist Point of View
Day 389 – August 13, 2012
You may not know this (I certainly didn't) but August 13 is Left Handers Day, a day to celebrate all things left-handed.
The editors of Publimetro, a free Peruvian newspaper handed out on the street, knew of this day because they put out a special left-handed edition of their periodical. How do I know it was a left-handed edition? Look for yourself…
What you see above is the front page of Publimetro with the headline Poder zurdo. "Zurdo", to the best of my knowledge, is the Spanish slang term for a left-handed person and it makes a modicum of sense. In English, a leftie is known as a southpaw. This comes from the fact that in most pre-1990 baseball stadiums, a left-handed pitcher would have his throwing arm facing south (The Straight Dope does a better job of untangling the origins of this term). In Spanish, "south" is sur, which, with a tiny change to the pronunciation, comes out as zur.
Isn't linguistics fun?
As you will no doubt notice, to read the next page of the paper, you had to turn the left-hand side of the page. This is how the whole paper is laid out and it was quite the ingenious tip of the left-handed hat to ten percent of the global population.
Inside, the paper had articles about famous lefties (soccer player Messi, President Barack Obama, singer/songwriter Paul McCartney) and products designed specifically for lefties (scissors, notebooks, keyboards, etc.).
There was no mention of the left-handed Whopper.
Where Be The Man In The Moon
Day 253 – March 31, 2012
Taking a break from looking side-to-side can have its advantages and disadvantages.
Sometimes, when I point my head skyward, I am able to see new and beautiful things (see here and here).
Other times, I can become disoriented as evidenced by my story here.
Today was one of those latter, disorienting days.
I was outside enjoying the mid-afternoon Saturday air as the temperature began to cool as the sun made its way below the western horizon. I looked up and, as I expected, saw the waxing gibbous moon. Sure enough, just a shade over half of the lunar face was lit up reflecting the rays of the Sun.
However, the more I stared at our closest natural satellite, an odd sense of wrongness overcame me. Something, and I was hard pressed to put my foot on it, was wrong with what I was seeing.
The picture below is what I saw. See if you can figure out what is different about this picture of the Moon a day after its first quarter phase. I will let you know that this image has been doctored or altered in any way. It is true WYSIWYG.
I couldn't figure out why the Moon looked wrong to me, so I went inside and accessed the Internet to assist me. Here is what I found when I did a search for the current phase of the Moon.
I then realized what was wrong and here are four words I never thought I would ever utter, read, or write (outside of a science-fiction novel).
The Moon is upside-down.
For the first time in my life, I was looking at the Moon in the northern part of the sky. When I lived in the United States, I always lived above the Tropic of Cancer and so the Moon (and Sun) was always to the south of me.
Now, the Moon was north of me and was upside-down.
In addition to the new experiences of visiting Machu Picchu, exploring the Peruvian Amazon, and driving in the insane highways of Lima, I can now add seeing an upside-down Moon to my list of firsts.
I wonder if people from Peru think Luna is upside-down when they travel to Canada.
Where Fans Truly Light Up
Day 003 – July 25, 2011
Saw an item in the Peruvian newspaper, El Comercio, about the renovations done to a major stadium in Lima called Estadio Nacional.
As part of the renovations, lights were installed on the outside facade of the building. I have no pictures, but these other websites (here and here) have good examples of the illumination of which I speak.
What makes these lights special, according to the article, is that they flash, flicker, and change colors depending on the mood of the fans. There are numerous sensors located throughout the stadium (e.g., pressure sensors in seats, motion sensors in the roof) that can detect whether fans are standing, sitting, or jumping around wildly in their seats. Based on this input, the lights on the outside will change color and location so that anyone passing by the stadium would be able to tell what is happening on the inside.
Way cool.
I wonder if the designers of that system received their inspiration from this concert held at Wyoming's Devils Tower in 1977.


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KARACHI – KARACHI – Presiding Officers have released unofficial results of all the polling stations of the PS-114 constituency.
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KARACHI – Presiding Officers have released results of 63 polling stations which is 70 percent result of the PS-114 constituency. The results show tough...
KARACHI – The unofficial and unconfirmed results of 22 polling stations from Karachi's PS-114 constituency has been released.
KARACHI – The first unofficial, unconfirmed results from 6 polling stations has been released.


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Healthy, happy dogs romping in the snow, smiling and playing. I'm trying to focus on that today, when one of my dogs is experiencing a flare-up of a chronic health condition, and I am helpless to make her get well any faster. Seeing photos of happier, better days helps keep my spirits up and brightens my day. I hope these photos of my huskies plus two labradoodles and a scottie puppy playing in the snow recently while boarding here at Sierra Dogs brighten your day as well. Photography can evoke feelings and bring memories to life like no other medium; it's one of the reasons I became a photographer.
Better Days
These are great, as usual, Eden! They definitely make me smile!


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Long Story Short: Re-creation
illustration by JP Thimot
"Marijuana—things are happening"
That's what Governor Andrew Cuomo said when he called for a study into the plausibility of legalizing recreational cannabis in New York State (NYS). He has opposed legalization in the past. So why the open-mindedness now? Is it because the current laws are carried out with shocking racial bias? Or because a 2013 study found that enforcing cannabis possession laws cost New York $675 million in 2010? Is it perhaps because the war on this substance has failed to impact its availability or use? Nope, the reason is good old economic competition and a budget shortfall.
The details:
New Yorkers can boast that we're number one; we're the cannabis arrest champion of United States, with nearly double the doobie detentions of the national average. People of color are arrested or detained for this four and a half times more than whites. This, despite the fact that the state decriminalized possession of small amounts in 1977. Locally, people of color account for seventy-seven percent of marijuana arrests. But they only represent eighteen percent of the population. And they use the drug slightly less than white people. Go figure, right? The War on Drugs has resulted in hyper-policing of communities of color, another way law enforcement targets minorities.
This week, during the annual presentation of his executive budget, Cuomo requested a study to get the "facts" on legalization. The Governor was careful not to endorse the idea, but he called for the formation of an advisory group comprising the NYS Department of Health and state police, along with other agencies, to study how such a state-run program might operate.
So why the sudden willingness to consider permitting pot for recreational use? Partly because we are slowly being surrounded by states that are open for cannabis business. Massachusetts and Vermont already made it legal; New Jersey seems perched to take the plunge. And then there's that big country to the north, that plans to legalize it by July. It won't be long before there will be maple cannabis candy within a fifteen-minute drive for many Buffalonians.
Cuomo is also facing a massive budget deficit, and he must be eying the potential tax revenue regulated sales would generate for New York State's economy. Minimally, he is aware of the potential revenue traveling out of NY to adjoining states and Canada, and the legal pot coming back over the boarder like fireworks do now.
The takeaway:
Cuomo sees the writing on the wall. Marijuana laws are unjust. Enforcement has failed. It's a drain on the economy, and it disproportionally targets minorities. So why should Buffalo wait for Cuomo? We could get started now. Mayor Brown can make cannabis a "lowest level enforcement priority" for the Buffalo Police Department. Same way they overlook unofficial fireworks on the fourth of July. Local community activist India Walton has started a petition to get the mayor to do just that. You can sign it here.
Off with his head
It happens all over the world. Artists create works of public art that raise controversy and provoke outcry. Frank Stella's Amabel shocked them in Seoul; Richard Serra's Tilted Arc was removed from its sight in New York. Anish Kapoor's Orbit was turned into a giant slide to appease the public. Chicagoans disliked Untitled (Chicago Picasso) when it was first erected in Daley Plaza. House, by Rachel Whiteread was destroyed in East London.
Now, some people in Buffalo are unhappy with the memorial sculpture in Martin Luther King Jr. Park, and they say they want it replaced. But it's not that simple.
The details:
Public art is seldom universally appreciated, and in a diverse society, trying to please everyone is a recipe for mediocrity. Good art challenges and generates a range of responses. It's not uncommon for portions of the public to react negatively to art that isn't literal and familiar.
Community activist Samuel A. Herbert is leading a petition drive to remove the eight-foot tall bronze head in Martin Luther King Jr. Park, and replace it with a statue that looks more like the civil rights leader. "That was a huge mistake," says Herbert, "and for thirty-four years, this head has been sitting on this hill." Then the activist adds, "Two and a half generations have grown up thinking that this image is Dr. King." Which is true if the big bronze head is the only depiction of MLK you've seen in thirty-five years.
The work was created by the distinguished African-American sculptor John Woodrow Wilson. Another sculpture of MLK by the artist has been on display in the Capitol Rotunda since 1986. It doesn't exactly look like MLK either, and that's the idea. The Buffalo head is a symbol of African-American power and wisdom, not a literal depiction.
Herbert is under a couple misconceptions. The first is that it's possible to remove the current sculpture and have a new one in place by next year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He says he doesn't know what the whole project will cost, but he wants to raise funds to commission a work, and he even knows how it should look. WBEN radio quotes Herbert as saying, "We're going to raise the dollars. We're going to save a tremendous amount of money (by recycling the material, the metal)...We're going to hire that oriental sculptor that did the work in Washington, D.C. on the Reverend Martin Luther King monument: The Stone of Hope. We're going to get him to do the work."
Whoa, "that oriental sculptor?" "Recycling the material?" First, the artist Herbert is referring to by a term considered so inappropriate that President Obama outlawed its use in federal documents is Chinese sculptor Lei Yikin. When it was first unveiled, his MLK monument— which is stone, not bronze—was deemed a "failure," by Edward Rothstein in the New York Times. Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post stated, "The memorial could be vastly improved by simply removing the statue." So, Herbert thinks he can avoid controversy with Lei?
Then there's the big savings Herbert expects from "melting down" the current statue. How much would that really save? Especially after the lawsuit. Lawsuit? Yup, the Visual Artists Rights Act protects artwork—including public works owned by cities—from being destroyed for as long as the copyright lasts. That's the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. Wilson died in 2015, so Herbert has another sixty-seven years to wait, which is about how long it will take to raise $100 million dollars—the cost of the Washington DC MLK sculpture by Lei Yikin. Oh, and it also took twenty-five years of planning.
The takeaway:
If they do get 10,000 signatures on their petition as they hope, it's unlikely that Herbert and his fellow petitioners will have any luck replacing the current sculpture. Though, maybe a second sculpture could be located elsewhere in the park. Maybe he could get the Scary Lucy sculptor out of retirement. Meanwhile the petitioners' time might be better spent taking an art appreciation course.
It's shred time, bro
So many things are planned for Buffalo's waterfront, including on the outer harbor, that it's hard to keep track of them all. A children's museum, antique carousel, conversion of the DL&W Terminal into a major waterfront destination, and recreation of Buffalo River's historic Central Wharf, among others, are all at various stages of development. Now there's news that will make bicycle enthusiasts cheer. But the public response is mystifying.
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Last week, Buffalo's Panning Board approved the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation's proposal for a Bicycle Park on the outer harbor. The Common Council must still give its approval, which is expected. After that, the plan is to begin building in June, and have the park completed by spring of 2019—less than a year!
This is a large parcel of land on the Outer Harbor that will be dedicated to recreational activities, especially biking and walking. Imagine that—no fees, just nature, designed and landscaped for human enjoyment and leisure. There are three separate biking trails, at least one of which will be challenging, and a tot track for kids. One (maybe more) will wind through wooded areas.
There will also be an extension of the existing Greenway pedestrian trail that will loop around the same area, and include a scenic overlook. The plans include an activity area, with picnic tables and food truck service. The walkway will be landscaped and include public art. The plans incorporate parking for over forty cars, but it's expected that many will likely arrive by bike.
Seems like a new public park, with amenities, on the waterfront would be a slam dunk. Other cities have similar attractions. There are over 1000 recreational trails spread out over all fifty states, and numerous websites are dedicated to bike park enthusiasts.
But when Buffalo Rising reported on the proposed bike park, complete with illustrations and an exclamation point in the title, the reader comments were surprisingly negative. Many promoted private investment over public access. One person asks, "Can we get a consensus of people to speak out and just kill this proposal fast?"
The takeaway:
"Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia."
H.G. Wells
The greatest fear many people had when waterfront development was first being discussed was that developers would get the land for commercial purposes, and deny the public access to the shoreline. The Erie County Harbor Development Corporation has seen to it that the inner and outer harbors have been largely public places. This isn't wasted opportunity for tax revenue; it's part of what makes locating and living in a city attractive to investors and businesses. I want to ride my bicycle.
Artist and educator Bruce Adams is a longtime contributor to Buffalo Spree.
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Hailing from France, Lone Survivors is a progressive metalcore/djent/progressive band that is sure to be brought to everyone's attention when they release their debut album Ground Zero later this year. Featuring exceptionally talented musicians from a plethora of different musical backgrounds, the group was solidified by the addition of Matthieu Romarin (of Uneven Structure) on vocals. Mixing technicality with melody and progression, Ground Zero is an absolute thrill to listen to and is bound to make some year end lists when the guys decide to unleash this beast of an album upon the world. Be sure to support these guys by giving them a like on Facebook and be sure to keep an eye on their official site here to get the chance to order some merch or the album itself! I had the chance to chat with Olivier and Francois about a multitude of topics including the overall theme of the album, what it was like trying to recruit a vocalist, how their first ever show went, among many other topics. Be sure to read about it below!
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Paul III., Farnese (ob. 1549), made his nephew, Alexander Farnese, a cardinal at fourteen ; his grandson, Guido Ascanio Sforza, son of his daughter Costanza, at sixteen; his cousin, Niccolò Gaetani, at twelve; and a second grandson, Ranucio Farnese, at fifteen, to whom he had a year before given the archbishopric of Naples! He also created Charles of Lorraine, son of the Duc de Guise, and brother of Mary Queen of Scots, cardinal at twenty-two, although he had at the time a brother in the Sacred College, which was contrary to the constitutions and the decree of one of his predecessors. Lastly, he made his relative, Giulio Feltre della Rovere, brother of the Duke of Urbino, a cardinal at eleven!
Julius III. (ob. 1555) created Innocenzo del Monte cardinal at seventeen, and his two nephews, Roberto dei Nobili at fourteen, and Girolamo Simoncelli at twenty-one. The latter is noted as having been a cardinal during sixty years ! The zealous and earnest Pius IV. (ob. 1565), besides creating several cardinals at from twenty to twenty-three, made Ferdinand de Medici a cardinal at fourteen. Gregory XIII. (ob. 1585) made Andrew of Austria, a natural son of the Archduke Ferdinand, a cardinal at eighteen; and Albert of Austria, son of Maximilian II., at the same age. He also created Charles of Lorraine at sixteen, and Francesco Sforza at twenty. The high-handed reformer, Sixtus V. (ob. 1590), made his nephew, Alexander Peretti, cardinal at fourteen; and Innocent IX. (ob. 1591), found time in his two months' papacy to create his nephew, Antonio Fachinetti della Noce,
at eighteen. Innocent was aware, probably, that he had no time to lose !
Clement VIII. (ob. 1605) made Wilhelm, son of the Duke of Bavaria, a cardinal at twenty: but he had been Bishop of Ratisbon ever since he had been in the cradle! Clement also created his relative, Gio. Battista Deti, cardinal at seventeen, and his nephew, Silvestro Aldobrandini, at sixteen, although he had previously raised to the purple his brother, Pietro Aldobrandini, at the age of twenty-two, despite the papal decree forbidding two brothers to belong to the Sacred College at the same time.
Paul V. (ob. 1621) created Maurice of Savoy at fourteen ; Carlo de Medici at nineteen; and Ferdinand of Austria, son of Philip III. of Spain, at ten !
Urban VIII., Barberini (ob. 1644), although he had already placed in the Sacred College Francesco and Antonio Barberini, his brother and his nephew, created his other nephew, Antonio, at the age of twenty.
Innocent X., Pamphili (ob. 1655), made the nephew of his sister-in-law, the celebrated Olympia, cardinal at seventeen; and Clement IX. (ob. 1669) made Sigismund Chigi, the nephew of Alexander VII., a cardinal at nineteen, in return, we are told, for the purple which he had himself received from Alexander VII.
Alexander VIII. (ob. 1691) created Lorenzo Altieri, the nephew of Clement X., cardinal at nineteen; Clement XII. (ob. 1740) made Luigi di Borboni, son of Philip V. of Spain, archbishop of Toledo and cardinal at the age of eight; and, finally, Pius VII. (ob. 1823) created Luigi di Borboni, the son of the
above-mentioned Archbishop of Toledo, cardinal at twenty-three.
I have somewhat grudged the space that has been needed to complete the list of these precocious dignitaries, but I have thought that it was worth giving for the sake of the illustration it affords of the genuineness, sincerity, and state of mind generally of those, ecclesiastical writers and others, who on the same page which records these monstrous promotions, tell us of the infallibility and, in many cases, of the saintly virtues of the Pontiffs who made them, and of the awful sanctity and tremendous responsibilities of those who are called to the assumption of a dress whose colour is the symbol of their being ever ready to shed their blood in defence of the Church! It is also curiously illustrative of the utter futility of attempting by any rules, canons, or constitutions whatever to bind the hands of one who may at his pleasure 6 dispense" with all laws and rules.
Steps by which the Papal Election was attributed exclusively to the
Sacred College.-Gradual Progress of Encroachment.--Abnormal Elections.-Early Requisites for the Validity of an Election.Earliest Examples of the Conclave.—Notable Conclave at Viterbo in the thirteenth century.–First example of Election by "Compromise."—The Fifteen Rules for a papal Election made by Gregory X. -Basis of Conclave Legislation ever since.
MR. CARTWRIGHT, in his able and interesting little volume," On the Constitution of Papal Conclaves," says, quite correctly in my opinion, that, "from the Bull of Nicholas II.," which I have spoken of at the beginning of my second chapter, "dates the first organic consummation of a revolution that had long been working its way underground, by which the highest constitutional functions of the Roman See came to be taken away definitively from the ecclesiastical body at large." He adds, however, "and vested exclusively in this corporation" (the Sacred College), which cannot, I think, be said with accuracy. Indeed he goes on to state with entire correctness, what shows this not to have been the case. Quoting the same Bull, which I have referred to, he adds, " so that the cardinals have the lead in making choice of Popes, the other but following them." But it may be seen from the words of promulgation used in declaring the election of Hildebrand in 1073, already cited above in the first chapter, "we the cardinals, and the clergy, acolytes, subdeacons, and priests elect," &c., &c., that fixity of election, by the Sacred College, had by no means been yet reached. The language of the Bulls and decrees on the subject, and that of the very many writers who have striven to throw light on the question, all go to show that no clear and certain rules or practice in the elections of the Popes had yet been attained. The impression left on the mind by reading these declarations, and the commentaries on them, is that it was the wish and purpose of the Popes and of the cardinals to vest the election exclusively in the latter body; but that they were not able, or could not venture to affirm distinctly that such was the case, or to decree that it should be the case. The utterances both of Bulls and decrees and of the subsequent ecclesiastical writers seem to be studiously wavering and uncertain; such, in short, as it might be expected to be in registering and describing the advance of an abusive encroachment. The Bull of Nicholas II. declares the assent of the clergy to be necessary to an election. To demand an assent implies the power of refusing that assent. An election made without that assent would according to the terms of the Bull of Nicholas have been void.
Moroni, quoting the commentaries of Panvinius on Platina, tells us that Celestine II. (ob. 1144) was the first Pope elected without the intervention of the Roman people. And Sigonius,* quoted by Moroni, says of Celestine's predecessor, Innocent II. (ob. 1143), "Populum Pontificiorum jure comitiorum, cujus a primis tem
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The younger divisions of the Best of the South are historically rich with talent. This year was no different. The 16 and under division unveiled a number of players to keep your eyes on for the future. Here are five more of our top performers from the event.
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Davier Dixon, PSB Select, 2019: Dixon showed a lot of poise and confidence over the course of the BOTS tournament. In a three-point win over a very solid Memphis Prep team, Dixon put up 19 points and had several nice dishes. He takes advantage of his trips to the free throw line and manages the game like a consummate PG. - Bre Singleton
Donald Fitzgerald, EAB Tigers, 2019 (pictured above): One of the biggest players in the 16U field, Fitzgerald did not rest on the fact that he was big the entire weekend. He played with as much motor and energy as anyone else and was extremely active in all facets of the game. While he still is not the most skilled big man, his effort alone makes him a high level player. At a powerfully built 6-foot-9 he was able to hit the glass hard, block shots, and convert on finishes at the rim with power dunks. As his skills continue to progress, look for him to be a highly sought-after big man. - Carter Wilson
Demarcus Johnson, Mooresville Magic, 2019: The Mooresville Magic 16U squad was one of the bigger surprises of the week at BOTS and Johnson had a lot to do with that. A high level athlete with good size on the wing, Johnson scored the ball at a high level all week long. He showed all the physical tools of a legit mid major prospect. He competed every second he was on the floor and played with aggression. He attacked the rim hard and made high level athletic finishes in the paint as well as competed on the defensive side and hit the glass hard as well. He was one of the most eye opening players in the 16U division and one that LM & MM coaches should be tracking hard. - Carter Wilson
Leslie Nkereuwem, AC Georgia, 2019: Nkereuwem continues to trend upward this summer. The long, 6-foot-7 forward has all the athletic tools to be a successful player at the next level. He continues to develop at a rapid pace, and, with a non-stop motor, the rising junior is someone that could make a splash in Georgia this year. Nkereuwem is really good at making something out of nothing – he gets tough rebounds and loose balls that translate to production. - Garrett Tucker
Earl Smith, SR1, 2019: Smith showed how intriguing of a prospect that he is at a long 6-foot-3 and being able to play the role of floor general while also scoring the ball in a number of ways. He shot the ball well from three and he also played with a lot of pace and high basketball instincts. He ran the show well for the SR1 16U team who had some very good moments throughout the weekend. The ceiling is very high on this young point guard from the Magnolia State and he is certainly a name to stash in your memory bank. - Carter Wilson


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I live in a rule area I have an unlimited data plan on my phone I wanted to use it as a hotspot to watch Netflix on my Roku I have done this in the past but it will not connect it does not acknowledge my iPhone what am I doing wrong? I do not have Wi-Fi
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I live in a rule area I have an unlimited data plan on my phone I wanted to use it as a hotspot to watch Netflix on my Roku I have done this in the past but it will not connect it does not acknowledge my iPhone what am I doing wrong? I do not have Wi-Fi
First question is what model Roku you have, model number, not the name. The first step to try is to go into your settings menu and find the Network Reset and do that. On your Roku, Settings>System>Advanced system settings>Network connection reset. Not a factory reset, just the network. If that doesn't work, check your passcode on the iPhone and see if it has any special characters, as in anything except just letters and numbers. If it does, change the passcode to something with only letters (upper/lower case is fine) and numbers. Let us know if you still have issues after that.
I have just the basic Roku streaming stick the original purple not sure the model number. I believe it's eight 3500 are?
My Roku doesn't give me the options of a network reset under settings only to search for one.
3500x model
I found the Network connection reset function and did it still does not recognize my phone. My password is eight letters nothing special I have the Bluetooth and hotspot turned on on my phone it's an iPhone 6s it doesn't recognize it
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My use case is not typical, but very valid. I am using a Roku stick to stream apps into my car entertainment system. Android hotspot works, iPhone X hotspot does not.
I plugged the brand new roku streaming stick on to my car's HDMI. Powered it up. Upgraded the software to the latest and greatest. It connects to WiFi & I am able to stream content ok.
I am able to connect to my wife's Android Mobile hotspot & stream content. Works ok.
However, if i turn on my iPhone X's personal hotspot, the hotspot does not even show up as an available WiFi network. I tried Network connection reset that is suggested in the thread, but it makes no difference. My password is all lower case and numbers.
Only thing that actually works is the below:
* Connect Roku to a WiFi network.
* Connect iPhone X to the same WiFi network and then turn on personal hotspot
* Then rescan the WiFi network. This time Roku spots the iPhone's mobile hotspot and i can now connect successfully.
I can now drive the car & the connectivity stays up. But at some point when i stop the car & power it down & then start the car back, Roku powers up again. But it can no longer see my iPhone X's hotspot when it boots up (as i no longer have the option of connecting roku & iPhone to a common wifi network to hook them up again). This seems like a flaw in Roku
This is appalling that this issue has been reported by so many users for close to a year and it has still not been addressed. Makes me lose hope on Roku which i thought was a good product.
Come on guys, fix it!
I have reset all network setting and even restarted my tv also reset network settings on my phone and it will say that it has wireless connection but no internet connection.
Yes I feel your pain. I too have the same issues. sometimes it works. and some time it does not. I will do as have. and reboot my tv and phone then reset the network settings and turn the hot spot button on then off a few times in my phone and hope for the best.. If all else fails I turn on my apple TV stream box and connect my Iphone X to that. And that seems to work everytime. I do wish Roku would fix this issue. as so many folks are having the same issues
Since last year I'm still trying to have my Roku connect to my iPhone as it did about 1 year ago.
Whatever is going on that requires the ssid to be cleared and network connection reconfigured is a pain it the **bleep**.
I wonder if it is the OS on the Roku or the iPhone? For the past year plus I have had a normal wifi setup without issues, the one time I needed it to work with my share and it failed last fall since then I figured out by reading this website that I could reset the network connection and it would work.
Im glad it works with a workaround but I would rather it work as designed and be less time consuming and more reliable


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