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Date Added: 12/02/2015Burberry Sport fragrance opens with a fresh ginger and grapefruit touched sensation. THe heart has an aquatic fruityness in a fresh summery character while the dry down brings out musk, cedar and amber. Its nice and comfortable to wear in the summer season or for energizing sport activities.by Harry
Date Added: 07/11/2012I love this one. Tart grapefruit & a ton of spicy ginger. I love sour citrus mixed with Ginger and wood, so I fell in love with Burberry Sport immediately. (I actually got this last Xmas when I exchanged Bleu de Chanel that i received as a gift & didn't care for).by london fragrance man
I also have a sample of Dior Homme Sport, which everyone compares Burberry Sport to, but I have to disagree with most & say I prefer Burberry. The Dior is too smooth & sweet upfront. I like the more aggressive, sour citrus & heavier ginger in Burberry Sport better. I tend to prefer harsher, more in your face notes on sports scents. (My other favorite sport scent is Lacoste Essential Sport, which is even more tart than Burberry Sport).
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Love, Laughter and Solas
By Ian Worpole
December / January 2009
Ian Worpole talks to Solas stalwarts Seamus Egan and Winifred Horan, and meets the band's newest member, Mairéad Phelan.
As I've mentioned in past columns, Irish-American legends Solas are probably the most lauded of all Celtic bands out there today, and quite right too. Now in their second decade, and with an exciting new singer, Mairéad Phelan, the band has a scorching new album, For Love and Laughter, and are in the midst of an ambitious tour of the U.S., England and Ireland.
It's hard to know where to begin with Solas – the virtuoso multi-instrumentalism of Seamus Egan, shifting effortlessly from Nylon-string guitar to banjo, mandolin, flute and whistle, or the gale force that is Winifred Horan's fiddle, ripping through every live set as though it may be her last, while taking a breather to write exquisitely beautiful melodies such as "My Dream of You." Mick McCauley on button accordion and Eamon McElholm on guitar provide a driving percussive rhythm and counterpoint melodies, and the whole band contributes the best of original tunes and songs; on the new CD various guests such as The Duhks and cellist Natalie Haas all add to the magic, along with dynamo bass-player Chico Huff, who is usually on the road with the whole gang.
Compass Records founder Alison Brown says of the band: "In addition to being great crowd pleasers, Solas are musicians' musicians. You would be hard pressed to find a tighter, more powerful band. Their compositions and arrangements are a great inspiration to me personally. And getting to work with them on Compass Records is a dream come true for us." And another fine band, Beoga, says of their peers: "Solas are what every Irish band should aspire to be. Their music is a class above the rest."
Now that the heady days of Riverdance are starting to fade, Irish music tends to fall into two categories – the somewhat packaged, soulful, nostalgia-tinged Celtic Woman style, nothing wrong with that, and the driven acoustic band style that began to evolve in the sixties with the likes of the Bothy Band, DeDannan and Planxty, and which Solas has since made its own. For some bands, the songs are secondary to the tunes, and it shows, but the great strength of Solas is their melding of song and instrumental virtuosity – they attack the vocals and their accompaniment with as much relish as the tunes.
Past singers include Karan Casey and Deirdre Scanlon (and if you missed the Decade release, which includes a live DVD of a ten-year reunion concert of all past band members including John Doyle and John Williams, it is essential listening!).
Now Mairéad Phelan has stepped up to the plate, with some glorious tracks on the new CD, my personal favorites being the traditional "Seven Curses" and Rickie Lee Jones' "Sailor Song." I had a chance to talk with Mairéad, Winifred and Seamus after a concert at the Sullivan Theatre in NYC this past September:
Mairéad, tell us about yourself.
You mean talk about me? Oh, right. Well, I'm from a small town, Lisdowney, in Co. Kilkenny, and like most Irish children I started playing the tin whistle when I was six or seven. My family were all great singers as well, so that rubbed off on me, I started getting interested in singing the old songs when I was eleven or twelve. When I was about sixteen I was with a group of friends, we traveled around having fun, but we were never anything professional. I started studying medicine and then the Solas thing came along.
So how did that all come about?
I'd met Mick (McCauley) at a session in Ireland, and about a year later he called me to say the band was auditioning for a new singer, and I should send a tape, so I did. I never heard back for a while so I thought, well that's that, but then I got a call to come and try out, and the next thing I know I'm in the band, and medicine is on hold.
It must be quite something having these guys backing you up.
I'm still pinching myself! I can't believe it's happening. I came over in April and joined the band in Philadelphia, where they were recording the new album, so that's when we sorted out the songs I would sing. Then we did a short tour of the West Coast, then a couple of weeks in England.
Are audiences pretty much the same here and there?
Well, this music is pretty much a specialized genre that audiences know, and that's what they come for, so yes, so far it's pretty much the same reception. They love it!
Have you met Karan and Deirdre? Everyone still gets along?
I've met Karan [Casey], we sang together at one event, but I missed Deirdre [Scanlon]. Everyone gets along great, they've been wonderful.
At this point, Winifred Horan and Seamus Egan joined us, congratulating Mairéad on the evening's performance. "Awesome!" said Winifred.
Winifred, you've been at this a bit longer than Mairéad . . . does the thrill ever wear off?
Funny you should ask. Mike Harding [check out the BBC's British folk disc jockey on the Mike Harding Show at www.bbc.co.uk] just asked the same question, and I have to say, No! Sure we get tired physically, but once we're up on that stage, if the thrill of playing ever wore off, I'd pack it in.
Any thoughts on the band right now?
Well, I do think of us as what I'd call an acoustic band rather than say a Celtic band these days–some folk, bluegrass, even jazz, gets in there, and I think that's what our audience comes to listen to, rather than just strictly traditional Irish. So we're touring for a few months with the new CD, then we'll probably start on the next album around February. We did something like seven albums for Shanachie and now we're with Compass. They're both very good to us, but as much as anything we're a touring band, so it's just as well the thrill's still there.
Seamus, what parts of the States, besides the big cities of course, do you get good audiences?
They like us around Madison, Minneapolis, that part of the Midwest, and the Northeast is great too. Seattle, Portland, all around there. And speaking of audiences, I do feel there's something special about Ireland – it's almost a telepathic connection, they know the music so well. We've been touring more in Europe lately, which is great – Italy, Germany; some of the Festival gigs in Spain have been insane, just great, wild audiences.
What do you yourself have lined up after this tour?
Well, we finish up in Liverpool at the Irish Festival there in early November, then I'll be starting on a new solo album. We'll be doing the Boston Christmas Festival again this year. I'll be musical director again, that's a lot of fun.
And how is Mairéad fitting in?
She's an absolute joy to have around, she's fitting in great, after being thrown in at the deep end! And she's a great musician as well – she plays flute, so we're trying to figure out how to fit more of that in so we can integrate the whole song/tune thing even more.
Many thanks, guys, and keep up the good work!
For more on the band, go to: www.solasmusic.com.
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Brown&Co are very privileged to be involved with the sale of one of the rarest, if not the rarest, and widely considered the largest, collection of Massey-Harris tractors, combine harvesters and memorabilia in the UK. The sale will take place on Saturday the 7th September 2019 at Marsham, North of Norwich, Norfolk.
The auction will be undertaken on behalf of Mr Bob Parke; an incredibly passionate collector who has sourced numerous tractors & combines from his trips to, and friendships in, Canada and the USA over the past 25 years. It is testament to his passion that he has restored and maintained the collection to such a high standard.
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As to be expected for a collection including over 50 tractors (including Massey-Harris, Massey Ferguson, Ferguson, Wallis, Field Marshall and Sawyer-Massey tractors), five combines and numerous tractor-drawn & horse-drawn equipment there are many highlights amongst Mr Parke's collection.
In respect of the Norfolk heritage of the collection, there is one element that is of particular note, that being the Massey Harris 722 Combine Harvester. This item was bought by Mr Parke at a machinery auction held by Brown & Co. at Hill Farm, Oxwick, near Fakenham, Norfolk in 2012. The combine had served its working life at Hill Farm and had belonged to Mr Geoffrey Spinks and his family. Having become unsuitable for modern farming, it has been barn stored for many years before the auction but remained in reasonable order. The Combine has now been lovingly restored by Mr Parke and to the extent that he was able to get Mr Spinks back in the driving seat to harvest some wheat, many years after he has last sat at the controls.
One tractor which stands out from the collection is the exceedingly rare Dual Massey-Harris 55 conversion which was completed by an agricultural engineer from Montana, USA. It is one of 19 conversions ever undertaken and the only example in the UK.
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by Chris MaGee
For the past few years us Japanese film fans could rely on a couple of distributors for getting us our fix of our favorite films. On the one hand you could always look forward to getting your classics through the Criterion Collection and San Francisco-based company Viz Pictures has been doing a great job bring new Japanese films to North American DVD while they were still relatively new. Recently a couple of other DVD distributors have been stepping in and stealing the Criterion's and Viz's thunder, namely AnimEigo and Funimation. While the former has been getting their hands on some great classic titles including the first North American release of the Tora-san films and Shohei Imamura's "Ballad of Narayama" and "Black Rain" the latter has stepped in and has expanded their DVD catalogue past their anime mainstays and have brought such contemporary films as Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Hana", and Fumihiko Sori's "Ichi". Now film curator and DVD extra production wizard Marc Walkow has brought us news that Funimation has aquired two hot new films for their live-action catalogue, namely Noburo Iguchi's "Robo-Geisha", the follow up to his cult-hit "The Machine Girl" and Yoichi Sai's live-action adaption of the classic Sanpei Shirato manga "Kamui" that screened at this past Toronto International Film Festival.
There are no specific release dates for either DVD yet beyond the "Coming 2010" that appears on the official pages that Funimation has set up for each film ("Robo-Geisha here and "Kamui" here), but with the one night screening events that Funimation set up for both "Ichi" and Hideaki Anno's "Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone" we can only hope that we'll see both of these films pop up on big screens across the U.S. and Canada before they end up on our small screens.
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Photos of a physical model we built for one of our projects, Abdul Muis Container Retail Park. The model is composed of parts to demonstrate the construction phases.
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The project is situated in Lippo Mall Kemang, Jakarta. Kemang is a suburb in the South of Jakarta well known for cafes, restaurants, bars, and a higher density of Jakarta's expatriates. Lippo Mall Kemang is a mid-sized fashion and lifestyle mall with a total NLA of 55,000sqm (GLA 80,000sqm). There is an outdoor pocket created […]
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Shadow & Solar Radiation Simulation using Grasshopper and Ladybug. Source from Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari. Conducted on one of ILA's ongoing projects.
April 15, 2013
ICSC Conference 2013 in Kempinski Jakarta was a great success with a full house of attendees; thumbs up to the organisers! We thank you for the invitation to speak. As requested by many, we've decided to post the presentation materials Andrew delivered right here, available to view and download. Powered by Slideshare, Vimeo, and Youtube.
May 10, 2012
Andrew is the guest speaker of a new program in Pas Fm Jakarta 92.4 Fm, Architecture On The Radio. The program is presented by Ace Hardware. Pas FM has kindly provided an introductory session last night in the program Kongkow Bisnis, a joint program between Pas FM and Shengyi Magazine. Main language is Bahasa Indonesia. […]
March 13, 2011
The project's location is in the heart of Jakarta, Senayan, a massive sporting complex envisioned by the country's first President, Soekarno. The project is a rebuild of the existing swimming facility. The facility was planned to serve the26th SEA Games 2011. ILATAAJ was invited by Urbane as the Facade Designer to design its building envelope. […]
September 8, 2010
Pazia@Fx opens today. Photos below were taken yesterday evening. From the main page: "The design highlights its feature lit ceiling with triangular panellization. Massive use of RGB LED is spread through out, creating a dialogue with the store's facade front. The store stands out from the busy main road street level. A continuous visual […]
October 19, 2009
Andrew gave a lecture in Tarumanagara University, Jakarta, 09 September 2009. Yanto Effendi of Modern Space also gave a lecture on the same day. We were introduced by Doddy Yuono, the organiser, to Rudy Trisno who's a Professor in Gakushudo Manga School.


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Alan T. Rasof is the President of Amigo Managing General Agency, LLC, an entity devoted to serving the specific needs of Independent Insurance Agents and Insurance Customers. The overarching goal of the agency is to assist the customer in selecting the best plan that combines coverage and payment, in order to suit their unique needs in the realm of personal insurance.
Rasof grew up just north of Chicago, in the suburb of Skokie, Illinois. One of four children, he has 3 brothers, all of whom he remains close with today. He attended Niles North High School in Skokie, from where he graduated in 1983. He then began his undergraduate education at DePaul University in Chicago, obtaining his Bachelor's degree in accounting. Wanting to further his expertise and education, Alan Rasof pursued the necessary means of becoming a Licensed Insurance Agent, as well as becoming Licensed in Property Casualty and Health/Life Insurance Consulting and Management. What Alan Rasof enjoys most about the position of management and agency is the opportunity to connect with and educate others. In his current position, he is able to utilize his strong networking and people skills to advise and consult with individuals who are looking for the guidance of a seasoned professional in furthering their personal business goals. He revels in the fact that each client presents a unique situation that needs some assistance, and that he can ultimately equip these individuals with the tools and services that will best benefit their specific needs. He is a strong believer and proponent of the working class, and greatly enjoys the opportunity to work with these individuals specifically. Bilingual, Mr. Rasof is able to service both English and Spanish-speaking clientele, thus making for a wider range of business opportunity, and more importantly, a larger platform to offer solutions for individuals.
Outside of his career, Alan Rasof has a number of passions and interests which he regularly engages in and pursues. An avid sports fan, he played football and wrestled growing up, and athletics have always been in his blood. As a Chicago resident, he proudly supports the professional teams of Chicago. Specifically, the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago Bears, and the White Sox (naturally).
Besides his love of sports, Alan Rasof is an ardent traveler, consistently looking to broaden his horizons and fully immerse himself in new cultures, to truly understand and empathize with the diverse manners of living that prevail across the globe. He has touched down in destinations across Asia and Europe, albeit both of these vast continents still hold a myriad of untold opportunity for Mr. Rasof, and he hopes to have the occasion to one day return and explore more of what he has not yet seen across both Asia and Europe. One of his favorite places he has visited is Mexico, both for its vibrant and enchanting culture and for the opportunity it presents for him to converse in Spanish with the locals. He delights in speaking Spanish, and what better place to flex his linguistic muscles but in a place where Spanish is their native language? He frequently travels with his daughter, Lauren, and his Grandson, Elijah.
Another passion of Alan Rasof is that of giving back, specifically the March of Dimes and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer foundation. Having lost his own mother to breast cancer, Rasof is a frequent participant of fundraisers, events, and donations for the foundation.Along with his grandson Elijah who has Cerebral Palsy which Rasof is interested in furthering any cause that helps his grandson obtain the best quality of life possible and will constantly continue to do so throughout his personal and professional life. Please click here to donate to a gofundme to raise money for Elijah's treatment.


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Mixologist Spotlight: Garrett Jones, Johnny's Gold Brick
Of all the bars in Houston, the one that I frequent the most is Johnny's Gold Brick. I'll stop in for a drink to avoid the evening traffic and next thing you know it's midnight, mainly because of the engaging and friendly bartenders, the monthly rotating cocktail menu, and the conversationalists that sit at the bar and are more than willing to wax poetic. One such bartender that has impressed me is Garrett Jones, who took the time to sit down and share his story.
What got you into the industry?
I got into the industry after playing music for five years; I had been traveling around playing live since I was 17. The band I was in wasn't heading in the direction I wanted it to go and I said to myself that I needed to get a job, all the while trying to finish school. Essentially it's everyone's intro to the industry itself: I was in need of a job, went looking for it, and actually wound up being pretty good at it.
How was the transition going from being in a band to bartending?
I quit the band cold turkey—I simply walked away from it and jumped into bartending full-time. There was no on/off switch; I had originally gone to school for hotel and restaurant management, so the hospitality side of the business was ingrained in me. It was a natural switch.
How did you discover mixology?
The very first place that I worked was trying to be a craft cocktail bar/restaurant, but for some reason the craft cocktail scene wasn't really needed in Katy. Once I turned 21, I was going to Anvil and other craft cocktail bars and I was really interested in the scene and in food in general. Back in my high school days I'd invite all my friends over and I would cook for them because I genuinely liked it; I was always the guy that made everyone drinks at parties. Through that, I learned that there was much more to pouring a drink than just mixing a spirit and a mixer.
What's your specialty cocktail and what goes into it?
My specialty is the piña colada. I know that it's ludicrous to add lime juice to a colada, traditionally, but I like to add a quarter-ounce of lime juice to brighten things up a bit. So that's my twist on the piña colada. I like to play around blending the rums; for someone who's a little more adventurous, I'll probably add some still strained cachaca and split it with a Jamaican rum that has a little more funk and an over-proof spirit too.
On the subject of piña colada, why do you think there's a stigma to the drink?
Someone creating coconut cream led to the creation of the Piña Colada, so Coco Lopez created the piña colada. The drink has always been something that you could consider a basic drink, so anywhere you go there will always be coconut cream, pineapple, and rum, but you can add your own flair to it by adding good rum, making sure your ratios are right, and not giving someone something overly sweet. The stigma on the piña colada isn't necessarily false, as it stems from something that was mass-produced, but also it's craft cocktail-friendly because you get to alter it and change it up from time to time.
What are your favorite haunts when you're off the clock?
I love Lei Low. It's one of my favorites because of the super laid-back atmosphere and I've always been a "water baby." I grew up in Matagorda—my family would go down there all the time—and we had boats and I ran fishing charters for a long time. So Lei Low feels like home. The tropical influence just takes me back to the water. One of the first exposures to the craft cocktail scene I got came from Moving Sidewalk. Shane Amador, who now works at Grand Prize, was one of the first that was in the craft cocktail scene that made me feel welcomed. Honestly, it took all the pretention away from the cocktail scene; it showed you could be just a regular dude that can hang out while making great drinks.
As far as the cocktail scene goes, is it more craft cocktail-heavy or more hospitality friendly?
I definitely think everyone's starting to realize that they can't all wear suspenders and ties and belittling people for what they order. It's not how you go about making money and the whole reason we, bartenders, exist is that people want to feel safe and sort of like a second home. The last thing guests want to do is go somewhere, feel like they're going to be judged for ordering something.
Is there an endgame in all this?
Yeah, my family runs this boutique garden center out in the Richmond/Rosenberg area. The whole reason I went to school for hotel and restaurant management is to start my own restaurant out there, something small like a coffee shop or a café, something to serve the guests while they're walking about. Not being awake until 4 a.m. every night, that's the goal.
It's the end of the world and you have one last drink on the earth, what are you having?
A Dark and Stormy. It's a very chill cocktail–Black Strap Rum, ginger beer, and lime. Once, we were in San Marcos, before going to float the river, and I read an article about five drinks to have during the summer, so we made some jugs full of Dark and Stormy and it was delicious. The Dark and Stormy would be a good sendoff with good memories and nostalgia.


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Finally ... at the age of 50 (!) ... I was able to write my first PHP program.
Based on the results of logistic regression model (the intercept and the program impact estimate -- all expressed in logit), this program allows a user to calculate an odds ratio statistic and a standardized effect size (Cox index). The algorithm can be found in What Works Clearinghouse's standard document:
WWC procedures handbook (see page. 14)
WWC standards slides (Definition of small sample size correction, slide 14)
I replied on the following materials:
Udemy, Reece Kenny's Create a REAL Social Network like Facebook in PHP + MySQL. Honestly I didn't complete this course, but I learned how to run PHP and MySQL on my PC by installing XAMPP and running files from the XAMPP's subfolder (C:\xampp\htdocs). I also would have never figured out how to look at results by opening the file from localhost (e.g., http://localhost/calc.php).
Michiko's code. I first copied her simple calculator example and modified it to make my program.
The result table of a regression model includes, among other things, a column of coefficients. The intercept value, shown at the top cell of the coefficient column, may look mysterious and even arbitrary. The intercept is the predicted value for a subject whose values for all predictors in the model are 0's. If the regression model includes gender as a predictor (coded as 1 if male, else 0), the intercept will indicate the average outcome value for female subjects. If the model includes gender and body weight, the intercept value will indicate the average outcome value for females who has a body weight of zero. Nobody's weight is 0; thus, the meaning of the intercept in this case is nonsensical. If an analyst is not particularly interested in adding a substantive meaning to the intercept, he/she can ignore the intercept and safely interpret the rest of coefficients.
Personally I want all values in my result tables to have a substantive and interpretative meaning. As mentioned, with dummy variables (coded as 1 or 0) included in the model, the intercept already has a meaning.
If the model includes continuous variables, however, I recommend centering those variables around the variables' average value. If the variable in question is a test score whose value range is 0 to 100 and the average score was 65, I would subtract 65 from each subject's test score (if a test score is 60, then 60 - 65. In SAS, you can do:
proc standard data=abc out=abc2 mean=0;
var testscore1 ;
With centering, the intercept will obtain a meaning. The intercept value indicates the predicted value for a subject whose test score is the average score. Again, the centering does not affect coefficients of other variables included in the model or any other values obtained from the model.
You can also center a predictor's values and fix its standard deviation to be 1. If SAS, you can do:
proc standard data=abc out=abc2 mean=0 std=1;
var testscore;
The resulting value is called "z-score." Z-score may be better-known than the concept of centering. Z-score is one specific type of centering. Its mean is zero (as all values are centered around the average value) and standard deviation is fixed as 1.
I typically apply "z-scoring" for a pretest variable whose scores are large numbers (e.g., 953, 405, etc.). Without this adjustment, the derived coefficients may be too small to read in the table (e.g., 0.00000014).
SD=Standard error * sqrt(N);
QC: I checked the algorithm using SAS. The result was consistent with the algorithm (i.e., SD=standard error*sqrt(N)).
proc means data=sashelp.class mean std stderr n;
var height;
Mean 62.3368421
Stadard Error 1.1762317
This SAS code adjusts weights (e.g., sample weights) such that the sum of weights equals the sample size. Weight1 is the original weight and weight 2 is the result.
proc sql;
create table comp2 as
select *,
psweight * (count(weight1)/Sum(psweight1)) as weight2
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Germany proposes Greece pay primary surplus into trust account
Details of German Finance Ministry proposals for Greece to give up more of its fiscal sovereignty and come under closer economic control have been made public.
The document, seen by Kathimerini English Edition, proposes measures to build on the agreement between eurozone finance ministers in February that Greece?s loan instalments should be paid into an escrow account in order to ensure that the repayment of existing debt is guaranteed.
However, the German document also proposes that any money from a Greek primary surplus should also be paid into the trust account.
?A dedicated receipt (such as part of VAT income) in the volume of the requested GRC primary budget surplus could be transferred monthly to the trust account (as earmarking of GRC contribution to debt service),? the proposal says.
?The volume of the primary surplus is to be defined in the MoU. The trust account and the earmarking of revenue secure the delivery of the primary surplus and therefore the GRC contribution to the debt service.?
The document adds that should Greece not achieve a primary surplus, as agreed with the troika, it would have to decrease spending or increase revenue accordingly.
The German plan calls for automatic cuts should targets not be met.
?GRC establishes a simple rule for public expenditure. With the agreement of the Troika, cash deficits (deviations from budget plan) automatically lead to spending cuts equally divided through all spending programs (according to their budget share),? says the document.
The German Finance Ministry has also called for more external assistance to be provided to Greece to conduct structural reforms by enhancing the role of the EU Task Force.
?More intense, compulsory employment of external technical assistance for, among others, administrative capacity building, including for tax collection, corruption reduction, statistics, growth-enhancing investment strategies, use of structural funds, privatization process would further support the implementation of the program,? Berlin proposes.
It also suggests that technical assistance should be provided by the World Bank and the OECD.
The document concludes with proposals for growth-enhancing measures.
?In order to improve the acceptability of the program by the Greeks, those measures of control-enforcement could be complemented by growth and jobs-enhancing measures. The determining factor for investment and growth will be the rebuilding of confidence. In the short run, growth and jobs perspectives could be strengthened by the release of some structural funds dedicated to the 181 projects of high priority,? the German Finance Ministry proposes.
?The project of a public bank for investment currently under consideration could also be accelerated to support SMEs and infrastructure projects.?
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Isaac Asimov's The Naked Sun was first published in 1957. In the second novel of his famous Robot series, Asimov crafts a rich and entertaining detective story set in a dystopian future in which humanity has colonized many worlds. Over the millennia this has resulted in planets whose cultures evolved in strange directions since breaking free of Earthly rule.
This story is set on the mysterious world of Solaria, a bizarre, isolationist, and technologically-driven society which bears a disturbing resemblance to our own.
One vision of the future
In Asimov's vision of the future, humanoid robots play large role in daily life on all worlds, taking care of many of the mundane tasks humans once performed. Detective Elijah Baley of Earth has been sent on a secret diplomatic mission to investigate the murder of a robotics expert on Solaria. Initially Baley is confused by his mission—Solaria is rumored to be the most advanced of all human worlds, why couldn't they solve a murder on their own? The reasons become clear once he arrives and gains a sense of Solarian culture.
Baley finds himself on a strange world completely dependent on robotic labor. Nearly every job in society is held by robots. In fact, Baley is amazed to discover that there are only 20,000 humans living on the entire planet. The Solarian people, through advances in medicine and genetics, have extended their lifespan to hundreds of years. Each citizen lives on a vast estate spanning hundreds of miles, with gardens, lakes and fertile fields tilled by an all-robotic workforce of roughly 10,000 to every 1 human.
The Solarians appear to have built a utopia. They want for nothing. They do not have to work. They have armies of robot servants who anticipate their every whim and up till now, their society has had no crime at all.
But for everything there is a price. The Solarian people placed far too much value on the high technologies and thought too little of its' damaging affects of human socialization.
As the centuries passed and more forms of labor were assigned to robots, Solarians became increasingly distant from one another, delegating all tasks that might require human interaction. Eventually, Solarians became completely isolated from one another. By the time of Baley's arrival, this societal evolution had reached an extreme. The Solarian people do not ever physically come into one another's presence, but rather communicate through real-time holographic projection, which they refer to as "viewing" (as opposed to "seeing"- speaking to one another in person).
The idea of physical contact horrifies the Solarians. They avoid it all costs, the only exception being to engage in sex on scheduled occasions with their spouse, assigned to them by the government to ensure the population does not die out. So great is their phobia of germs and real-life social contact that even sex is regarded as a revolting but necessary civic duty, and one that is carried out with great reluctance.
The reason for Baley's assignment suddenly becomes clear: if the Solarians live in complete isolation from one another, how could one of them have committed the murder?
The mystery that unfolds is gripping and thoroughly entertaining, but let us focus on relevant aspects of Solarian culture for the moment.
United States of Solaria
When reading the above description you probably noticed at least one or two aspects of Solarian culture comparable to our own. While America certainly has no aversion to sex, there are more similarities than differences.
Physical And Social Isolation
Take a look at the how the infrastructure of America is designed. In most parts of the world, living spaces, areas of commerce and public gathering areas are either incorporated or within walking distance of one another. The American suburb, by contrast, was designed to give each family dwelling within their own miniature estate—a separate house with its own yard, garden and driveway for a car.
Essentially an invention of the G.I. Bill for veterans of World War II, the suburbs exploded in the the late 1940s and have become the dominant method of residential development for the better part of 70 years. The majority of Americans today now live in suburbs.
Coupled with the midcentury "white flight" phenomenon, the dream of a "3 bedroom with a white picket fence" was sold as the ideal lifestyle, and the American people bought it hook, line, and sinker.
What has been the result of this? A complete breakdown of what people once took for granted: Community. Many Americans live in big McMansions with larger and larger yards, reminiscent of the grand estates of Solaria. To those living in the burbs, ask yourself: how many of your neighbors do you actually know? Probably those on either side of you, maybe the guy across the street. But it's quite common for people to live within a hundred yards of each other for years, even decades, never knowing one another's name.
Since the suburbs are designed in such a way that more often that not makes walking from point A to point B impractical, people are forced to own cars and to go about their day without passing one another on the street. While some suburban neighborhoods have parks, in general the infrastructure is simply not conducive to encouraging human contact.
By the time the average American arrives home from work (which again, he probably had a long commute from) he is likely to be dead tired and just wants to collapse on the couch and watch Netflix. Get up, drive to work, drive home, consume entertainment, go to sleep. Rinse, repeat. The atomization of human interaction brought on by the rise of the suburbs has destroyed the sense of community the once bonded neighborhoods and towns together.
Decline In Social Skills
Many people have noticed a precipitous decline in the last decade of basic social skills among people. This is particularly evident in the younger members of the Millennial generation, who have never experienced life as an adult in a world without smartphones and social media.
What has this done to in-person socializing? People are unable to sit through lunch with a friend, a date, or just engage a one another in friendly banter without constantly checking their phone for status updates and "likes."
In the book, Detective Baley questions a murder suspect via hologram who is dismissive and arrogant towards him. When Baley confronts the man in person, this suspect, a powerful and respected scientist on Solaria, is frighted into an infantile state, cowering in the corner and sucking his thumb.
An enormous percentage of young Americans seem to be afflicted with a mild form of autism, going about their days in a sort of sleepwalk, physically in the real world but psychologically in a digital one. Observe a typical 18-25 year-old American woman in a Starbucks or riding or the subway. Her eyes are fixed upon her screen, hunched over her phone in almost defensive curl.
In the event that a man asks her for directions, to share a table or, heaven forbid, spit some game at her, there's a fairly good chance she'll react with a mix of fright and socially-inept confusion.
After all, that "rando" just walked up to her in person and inserted himself into her reality. He had the audacity to enter the Solarian estate of her life without passing her smartphone screening test first.
That's, like, "weird." She prefers to "view" her men via Tinder first.
Spiritual Emptiness And Fetishization Of Technology
The Solarians' society and worldview is entirely fueled by their own neuroticism and worship of technology. There is no religion or philosophy on their world. They have no real belief system to speak of at all, except in their own scientific greatness. At no point in the course of their evolution did they ask themselves, "yes, we've gained much with the choices we made, but what have we lost?"
Solaria stands as a worst-case scenario of what America could become. American culture has in so many ways rejected the belief systems and traditions of its past, focusing only on the rationalist, reductionist view of the world and blindly embraces every new scientific or technological advance without first considering the long-term implications.
The decline of religion in the United States has left a spiritual void which has been filled by the decidedly poor substitutes of cultural Marxism, materialism and obsession with technology.
Streaming porn on demand has contributed to the development of a generation of sexless neckbeards who "view" a hundred different females before getting out of bed in the morning, but cower at the thought of speaking to one in real life. Teenagers and preteens now have 4G smartphones and have never known a world where they couldn't access such content at will. The deleterious affects of this will become apparent in the coming years.
Various Silicon Valley titans involved in the so-called "transhumanist" movement are attempting to extend human life by curing the "disease" of aging. Rather than making peace with death and accepting it as part of the natural order of things, they seek to extend their lifespans by centuries, if not cheating death all together.
To be sure, if such a thing is even possible it is many years away, but it is just one more similarity between our nation and a fictional world that would have seemed ludicrous only a few years ago.
In Foundation and Earth, set many thousands of years after the Robot series, Asimov revisits the isolated world of Solaria, forgotten by the rest of humanity as the colonization of space continued. By the time the protagonists arrive, the evolution of Solarian culture has reached new levels of decadence.
The population has dropped to barely a thousand, who by this point can no longer be considered human. The Solarian people have genetically modified themselves into a new, hermaphroditic race that gives birth on their own. Their estates now span thousands of miles, their brains completely integrated with their technology and all need for physical meeting has been eliminated.
While such a scenario is still a far cry from present life in the US, one can't help but reflect on how a mere decade ago it would have seemed unthinkable that a former Olympian would lop his jewels off and receive awards and a reality TV show for doing so, but here we are.
Only by consciously rejecting the messages, belief systems and "values" fed to us by media and power elites, as well as embracing the principles of Neo-Masculinity, can free-thinking men reclaim this country and steer it not backward, but forward in a new and healthier direction.
Until such time, we have no choice but to conclude there are far more similarities than differences between our culture and the technocratic dystopia envisioned by Asimov.
Read More: Was America Better Off Before Smart Phones, Text Messaging, And Social Media?


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Storehouse Stories – Tommy
The Storehouse Documentary can be found here.
This is part of Tommy's Story and Storehouse is but one aspect of his journey…
"Having plenty of food in the cupboard is something easily taken for granted. But what would happen if your salary stopped? You might last a few weeks, perhaps even a few months. After that, where would you turn?
Many people in Belfast have no answer to this question. Thousands live close to or at the edge of their finances. For many simply getting by is a struggle. So when personal crisis hits – redundancy, illness, homelessness, separation – finding the next meal can be virtually impossible.
As a charity, Storehouse exists to be a real solution for those individuals and families, throughout Belfast and beyond, who have no safety net.
Storehouse was launched by Belfast City Vineyard Church in 2008. Through Storehouse the church sought to demonstrate God's heart of unconditional love for all.
We believe it is God's desire that no one, regardless of religion, race, lifestyle or background, should have to go hungry.
Since 2008 over 20 churches, schools and businesses have become involved with Storehouse as we continue to see the most vulnerable in our communities loved and served.
To date we have provided for over 5000 households all across our city and beyond. We continue to hope for a future where no one in our communities has to go hungry."
Other Credits:
Music by Dave Crowder Band – Rain Down.


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Taking "wine gifting" to the next level! If you REALLY like this person, you'll be giving them a bottle of wine (or another drink of choice), and you'll want to do it in style!
- Polywoven fabric
- Water resistant
- Reinforced rivited handles
- 4" W x 14" H x 4" D


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There are several scholarship opportunities specifically for Rio Salado College students and employees, including the James P. Hornburg Memorial Scholarship for students majoring in Law Enforcement and Corrections degree programs at Rio Salado and the Dr. Linda M. Thor Scholarship, which is geared toward helping single moms.
Apply now at mcccdf.academicworks.com.
Type "Rio Salado" into the search engine to find opportunities unique to the college.
If you need help with your application, do not hesitate to call on Rio Salado's Counseling Services team.
The Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization designated by the Maricopa County Community College District to receive and manage gifts on behalf of its ten colleges, two skill centers and multiple satellite centers. The Foundation actively seeks contributions from a variety of public and private sources including individuals, corporations and other foundations. It acts as a trustee for donations to assure that gifts are distributed in the manner specified by the donor.


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Emirates launched last week Skywards Gold and Platinum status matches for members in France (based on the email address used for replies). You can read more about this match offer here.
A LoyaltyLobby reader and Sebastian both forwarded me an email about the replies that they had received from Skywards (I have not sent in my match yet).
Here's the email:
Seems that they may award Gold or Platinum status based on entirely your indicated travel over the previous 12 months or the future 12. You do, however, need to have status with some other program, as they require a copy of the frequent flier card.


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Lenovo ThinkPad T420-4180W1J
Average of 4 scores (from 6 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo ThinkPad T420-4180W1J
Source: Gadgetmix
The 14″ Lenovo ThinkPad T420 looks like most of Lenovo's ThinkPads, emphasising efficiency over aesthetics. The exterior plastic has a dull scratch-resistant surface, tending to resist fingrerprints and smears. Supreme typing experience, stellar graphics performance, a paragon of connectivity, and world-beating endurance, a credit to any business.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/14/2011
Source: Computer Shopper
Change comes slowly to the venerable ThinkPad T series, but when it does, it's usually worth waiting for. With Sandy Bridge-grade speed, great battery life, durability features, and other goodies, the ThinkPad T420 is arguably today's best business thin-and-light. (But yes, it's still basic black.)
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 95%
Source: Notebookreview.com
The Lenovo ThinkPad T420 is a well-engineered 14" business notebook. It has the hallmark ThinkPad qualities including great build quality and a superior keyboard. I liked almost everything about it. The anti-glare screen prevents reflections and with a 1600x900 resolution, provides a lot of working space. The keyboard has a highly functional layout and the trackpoint and touchpad are easy to use. All this functionality can be taken to the road thanks to the 10 hours of battery from the optional 9-cell. Bottom line, the ThinkPad T420 isn't just a good business laptop ... the T420 is an excellent choice for business, home, and student use.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/29/2011
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 80%
Source: PC World
The T420 is solidly constructed and offers racehorse performance. It's highly configurable with multiple warranty options, as befits a business laptop. Just about every IT person we know swears by the T series--for their clients and themselves. That should tell you everything you need to know about the long-term reliability of these laptops.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/25/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Online.com.cn zh-CN→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/30/2011
Source: Notegear KO→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/11/2011
Rating: Total score: 91%
Series: Laptop Mag calls the battery runtime "epic", Notebookreview.com writes 10 hours, no doubt, this smaller than average laptop is made for mobile use. Generally, the screen got good ratings except in the russian site Retera. They gave their T420 model a very bad rating.
NVIDIA NVS 4200M: Business Graphics card that is based on the GeForce GT 520M with special BIOS and drivers for business applications. The clock speeds however can in theory slightly surpass the GT 520M, in the Latitude 6420 however they are at a level of the GT 520M.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
2620M: Very fast Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
Above all, this display size is used for subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles. For all three types, this size is quite large. The biggest variety of subnotebooks is represented with this size.
Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.3 kg:
Usually subnotebooks, ultrabooks and quite lightweight laptops with 12-16 inch display-diagonal weigh as much.
Lenovo: Lenovo ( "Le" as in the English word legend and "novo" (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. From 2004, the company has been the largest laptop manufacturer in China and got the fourth largest manufacturer worldwide after the acquisition of IBM's PC division in 2005. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company also produces monitors, projectors, servers, etc.
In 2011, Lenovo acquired the majority of Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Lenovo took over Motorola Mobility, which gave them a boost in the smartphone market.
From 2014 to 2016 Lenovo's market share in the global notebook market was 20-21%, ranking second behind HP. However, the distance decreased gradually. In the smartphone market, Lenovo did not belong to the Top 5 global manufacturers in 2016.
86.5%: This is a good rating above average. Nevertheless you should not forget, that 10-15% of all notebook-models get a better rating.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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IntegenX said this week that it has appointed David Smith as chief operating officer.
Smith most recently was executive vice president and CFO of Thoratec. Prior to joining Thoratec in 2006, Smith served as vice president and CFO of Chiron, which he joined in 1999 and held a number of positions of increasing responsibility. Smith has also worked for Anergen, Genentech, Syntex, and IBM.


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Writer(s): Lew Brown / Albert Von Tizler
Originally made famous by Frank Crumit, 1920
(Old Gold Show, 12/25/46 from the Bernardino Collection)
I used to love you but it's all over, all over now.
You know it's all over town that you threw me down.
But you shouldn't let that kind of story get around.
You had your chance, and now it's all over,
I'll get along somehow
Now there are things that you did that I used to forgive
But you never change, just as long as you live,
I used to love you but it's all over, all over now.


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It's been too long. It's time for a post, so let's take a look at how I put together the Alternate cover for issue #2 of the new 6 issue minis series, Wonder Woman/Conan. The first issue just came out and readers seem to really like it. I am quite grateful for the positive response and I am hopeful that it will continue to be that way through the next 5-issues.
You may be asking why I'm doing the alternate covers instead of the regular covers? You also may be asking why not any cover to issue #1? Both are excellent questions and the simple answer is the covers were assigned before I was ever offered the job. Nutty yes, but that's what happened. I, however, continued to complain about this arrangement to DC until they decided to do alternate covers for each issue so I would have covers to draw. I am very thankful that they thought enough of me to make this happen. The alternative cover for the first issue had already been assigned by the time I started drawing so I didn't get my first cover until the second issue. And that ladies and gentlemen is the story.
As I was working on the cover to the second issue, Dark Horse (Conan license holders) decided they wanted an image to use as a promotional print for SDCC. I got my cover finished just in time and it became the SDCC Dark Horse print. So even though the image has not been released as the alternate cover to issue #2 yet, it has been released as the print so therefore I can share it with you.
Okay, I'm exhausted so let's get to the art!
I did several roughs for this cover because I was trying to find something really cool to fit this very cool project. Also there is a lot going on in the second issue that would lend itself to a great cover. My favorites were A and E. A was chosen and I was off.
Dark Horse requested that Conan be a little more aggressive looking on the cover image so I accommodated them in the pencils.
You will also see that I added a second crow head since there are two in the story. Everyone was okay with the pencils so I did what naturally comes second, I inked it. Again mostly with brush and a little pen on the straight edges and chain.
Once this was done I had to jump right in on the colors because I had very little turn around time to meet the deadline for the SDCC print. My 15 year old daughter flatted the colors on this for me and she is surprisingly fast and good. Especially for her age.
I wanted the background to be red so this would really jump off the stands. I incorporated some of that into the characters skin tones so it would have some color harmony. Conan has a darker more bronzed skin tone than Wonder Woman by REH's description.
The background had a little experimentation to it. I used a flat red and then used the lasso tool (photoshop) to create random looking shapes and then did a color fade inside the lasso. This helped create the splotchy look to the background. I did multiple fades over some of those so that they blended more organically and then added some soft brush spotting over the top creating a faux water color effect.
Then things got interesting. About a month after the print was released Dark Horse let me know that Conan was holding his sword wrong! What? I was wondering where this information was in the penciling stages. However, such is the life of a commercial artist. I had to figure out a way to patch in some new black and white art into the color file without re-coloring the whole thing.
I penciled and inked the sword correction. The flat side of the sword should be lined up with the back of Conan's hand. The outline of the hand is just there as a guide. I was only going to use the sword and it's hilt.
I scanned it and then pasted it in the black copy layer (I'm coloring in CMYK channels). Then erased the parts of the old sword that were still showing. This in turn created areas on Conan's chest and arm that were now uncolored. so I went in and did some touch up and saved the day. It felt like the old days when I was working in a commercial art studio in Portland. Creating patches to correct art was one of my specialties. Of course, I had no computer help back then.
So there it is, the final final art. You'll notice I got a wild hair and added some light flares to the swords. I'm also particularly fond of the chain. I took a brush with very random edges (again in photoshop) and applied splotches of color at about 30% opacity to create a rusty metal look.
This blog is admittedly a bit long-winded but it does offer up some insights into the problems we sometimes run into with comics and commercial art in general.


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Cladribine Added to Interferon-beta Seen to Lower Relapses in Active MS, But Safety Questioned
Cladribine tablets added to interferon-beta treatment significantly reduced the probability of relapses over 96 weeks in people with active relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), a Phase 2 clinical trial found. But a troubling diminishment in key immune cells was also seen in treated patients.
These results were reported in the study, "Cladribine tablets added to IFN-β in active relapsing MS, The ONWARD study," published this month in the journal Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.
Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) is marked by periods of flares caused by inflammatory attacks (relapses), followed by periods of partial or complete recovery (remissions). A majority (about 65 percent) go on to develop secondary progressive MS (SPMS).
Despite the growing number of treatment options — including disease-modifying therapies — for these MS patients, efforts continue into better ways to lower relapse frequency and slow disease progression.
Researchers tested the safety and efficacy of cladribine tablets as an add-on therapy in patients continuing to experience active relapses (diagnosed with either RRMS or SPMS) while under interferon-beta treatment.
Cladribine is an oral medication that works by selectively targeting and reducing the number of immune cells involved in the inflammatory attacks occurring in active MS. It was developed by EMD Serono (Merck KGaA outside the U.S. and Canada) and approved in the European Union using the brand name Mavenclad (it is not approved in the U.S. for MS).
Interferon-beta works by balancing pro- and anti-inflammatory signals, reducing the number of immune cells and promoting the survival of nerve cells. Interferon-beta therapies are marketed under several brand names; in the study, researchers analyzed patients using Rebif (marketed by EMD Serono), Avonex (by Biogen), and Betaseron/Betaferon (by Bayer).
The 96-week, randomized, double-blind, Phase 2b trial called ONWARD (NCT00436826) enrolled a total of 172 patients with active relapsing MS, who were randomly divided into two groups: those given cladribine tablets (3.5 mg/kg) together with interferon-beta, and those that received a placebo and interferon-beta. [This trial, conducted in the U.S. and select European countries, concluded in March 2012.]
Results showed those taking cladribine tablets together with interferon-beta had 63% lower likelihood of a relapse compared to those given an add-on placebo.
Add-on cladribine treatment also reduced most measures of disease activity as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) — namely, the number of new brain and spinal cord lesions.
However, almost half of patients in this treatment group (40.3%) developed lymphopenia, a condition where the levels of lymphocytes (important immune white blood cells) in the blood are abnormally low. None in the control group developed the condition.
Other reported side effects, including other serious adverse side effects, were identical in the two groups.
Altogether, the findings indicate that a cladribine and interferon-beta combination can successfully lower the probability of relapses over the course of 96 weeks, but also increase a person's chances of lymphopenia.
"These results from the ONWARD study add to the efficacy data for cladribine tablets in patients with relapsing forms of MS, including those with active disease while on IFN-β [interferon-beta] who therefore need to switch to a higher efficacy treatment," the researchers concluded.
"However, administering cladribine tablets with IFN-β leads to more pronounced lymphopenia, arguing against the value of this drug combination," they noted.
One of the study's authors is employed by Merck KGaA, and another is an employee of EMD Serono.


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Leader of the small opposition Organisation for the Victory of the People, Gerald Perreira first wants members of the People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) prosecuted for corruption, narco-trafficking and murder before the government engages in national unity talks with that party. "To just speak about national unity and for them to come on board and get on board without addressing ...Read More »
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Nagamootoo gets high profile responsibilities
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is now responsible for governance, a portfolio that had been previously held by Raphael Trotman until he was recently appointed Minister of Natural Resources. For the first time in decades, the President has given up the vital portfolio of petroleum (oil and gas) and has instead assigned it to a minister, in this case Trotman. In ...Read More »
Tourism twinned with telecoms, not dissolved but tourism stakeholder still worried
Days after stating that the Ministry of Tourism has been dissolved, government Tuesday night assured that tourism has not been put on the ministerial back burner but has instead been twinned with Public Telecommunications. However, a tourism industry stakeholder still believes that the sector will not be given the required attention given the burdensome nature of telecommunications. The National Frequency ...Read More »


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Player Types, E-sports and Theorycrafting – Some Topics from the Games Conference
In my last post I wrote about the trip to the DiGRA conference (Digital Games Research Association) in the Netherlands through the use of a gallery. Now I'll bring up … Continue reading
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Update on the Trip to the Games Conference (DiGRA)
I'm late with this update, much more late than I wanted to be – but it's here! Coming home from a trip that is scheduled to go off right in … Continue reading
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I'm Attending a Games Conference Tomorrow
It's not one of those showcasy industry ones, instead it's an academic conference by DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) and I'll be volunteering! As far as I know, that means … Continue reading
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Worst thing you'll see all week: Bait
Bait is everything wrong with modern horror movies. It doesn't know how dumb it is, the cast is terrible, and the CG is soulless.
The premise is, in fact, not supposed to be a joke. A tsunami floods a supermarket. Then a shark swims into the supermarket, trapping some survivors on top of shelves and in a submerged car in the parking garage. In a way, it reminded me of Tremors, which I've just rewatched. In both movies, people are trapped while something unlikely swims around beneath them (Bait and Tremors both have the besieged survivors attempting a fishing trap for the monster). Unlike Tremors, which was mostly a comedy, Bait has no idea that it's dumb. Except for a few scenes of unfunny comic relief, Bait takes itself entirely seriously. If Bait doesn't let me laugh with it, I will instead laugh at it.
The cast of Bait isn't so much a cast as an intended demographic. Lead actor Xavier Samuel, who was perfectly cast as a lobotomy victim in another Australian horror movie called The Loved One, is certainly pretty and pretty vacant. He is exactly the wrong actor to establish the backstory and to carry the emotional weight. Yes, Bait thinks it has emotional weight. Don't ask. At some point in the last twenty years, horror movies were overrun by dumb good-looking teenagers. Tremors, released in 1990, has no teenagers. In fact, its supposed college student was played by a 30-year-old actress.
But everyone in Bait is forgettable and disposable, even when they're played by good actors like Julian McMahon (one of the leads in Nip/Tuck and the villain in the Fantastic Four movie) and Dan Wyllie (hilarious and memorable as the family lawyer in Animal Kingdom). Tremors is mostly carried by Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon goofing around. But I'd forgotten how adorable it is watching cute little Reba McEntire shoot guns, especially the way she screws up her face like she's never fired a gun before. Or maybe she's just trying to look grim. Whatever the case, it's adorable. And you can't beat a line like, "You didn't get penetration even with the elephant gun!" I can listen to Reba McIntyre pretend to talk about guns all day. But I couldn't wait for the models/actors in Bait to get eaten so they'd stop talking. Not that they do. Too many modern horror movies are too unwilling to kill many of their victims.
The CG in Bait is entirely divorced from the filming. The underwater scenes have no sense for how much room is actually in the flooded supermarket. Instead, it's just random footage of a CG shark in deep water. Consider that image up there of the shark breaching to eat one of its victims. How is it supposed to leap that far out of water that shallow? Bait doesn't care. And even though Tremors looks cheap, it comes from a whole different era when you could almost see the love that went into practical effects. Tremors almost literally uses sock puppets for its monster. I find it tremendously endearing to imagine some guy sticking his hand up into a latex tentacle puppet. I don't find it so endearing to imagine the employees at a contracted visual effects studio at their keyboards.
Bait is available for video on demand, including Amazon Instant View.


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"This will be extremely difficult, an enormous challenge to listen to his explanations," Geir Lippestad told reporters. "He will not only defend (his actions) but will also lament, I think, not going further."
The 33-year-old right-wing extremist also said he was "pleased" with the results of a new psychiatric probe that found him sane and criminally responsible, contrary to a first official exam that concluded late last year that he was suffering from "paranoid schizophrenia" and therefore criminally insane.
"His first reaction was that he was pleased with the conclusion" of the new expert report, Lippestad told reporters after discussing the new findings with his client.
"He also said he was not surprised, that he had been expecting this conclusion," the lawyer added.
Breivik, who has said being sent to a psychiatric ward would be "worse than death", wants to be declared sane, according to his lawyers, so as not to damage the political message presented in his 1,500-page manifesto published online shortly before the twin July attacks.


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Slow-roasted Filet of Beef With Basil Parmesan Mayonnaise
slow-roasted filet of beef with basil parmesan mayonnaise
Serves 6 to 8
1 whole filet of beef tenderloin, trimmed and tied (4 ½ pounds)
3 tablespoons good olive oil
4 teaspoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
10 to 15 branches fresh tarragon
Basil Parmesan Mayonnaise, for serving (recipe follows)
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Use an oven thermometer to be sure your oven temperature is accurate!
Place the filet on a sheet pan and pat it dry with paper towels. Brush the filet all over with the oil, reserving about half a tablespoon. Sprinkle it all over with the salt and pepper (it will seem like a lot but believe me, it makes a difference). Place the tarragon branches around the beef, tying them in 4 or 5 places with kitchen string to keep them in place, and then brush the tarragon with the reserved oil.
Roast the filet of beef for 1¼ to 1½ hours, until the temperature registers 125 degrees in the center for rare and 135 degrees for medium rare. I place the thermometer horizontally through the end of the beef. Cover the filet with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 20 minutes. Slice thickly and serve warm or at room temperature with Basil Parmesan Mayonnaise.
basil parmesan mayonnaise
Makes about 2 cups
2 extra-large egg yolks, at room temperature
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (see note)
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
½ cup chopped fresh basil leaves, lightly packed
½ teaspoon minced garlic
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup vegetable oil, at room temperature
½ cup good olive oil, at room temperature
Place the egg yolks, lemon juice, Parmesan, mustard, basil, garlic, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Process for 20 seconds, until smooth. Combine the vegetable oil and olive oil in a 2-cup liquid measuring cup. With the processor running, slowly pour the oil mixture through the feed tube to make a thick emulsion. Taste for seasonings—the mayonnaise is a sauce so it should be highly seasoned. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use; it will keep for up to a week.
Note: I "grate" the Parmesan in the food processor—it's actually ground, which is better than grated.