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If there was a doctor in the house during Tuesday night's American Idol telecast, he or she really should've rushed the stage at the 1:22 marker and called the official time of death for criticism. That was seconds after J.Lo, Randy, and Steven used words like "beautiful," "mad cool" and "good job" to describe a performance that found "adorable" Eben Franckewitz wreaking havoc on Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" like a baby doing its worst to a diaper.
The message from the judges was loud and clear: Go ahead and do your worst. Sing as carelessly as Ashlee Simpson with her mic switched off and a backing track blaring through the speakers. Bite the head off a small woodland creature, if that's how the spirit moves you! We'll respond to it all in the same bland, encouraging playgroundspeak reserved for a toddler who puts his toys back in the cabinet. "Very good boy-oyyyy!"
But not to worry, Idoloonies: What the judges lacked in constructive criticism and insightful commentary, they made up for with an extended discussion of J.Lo's Oscar-night nip-slip. Because (tee hee hee) 30 seconds of boob humor makes up for 120 minutes of half-truths, evasions, and new-age gibberish from a trio of multi-millionaires.
Okay, okay, enough of my kvetching! Because it wasn't all bad news for the first live show of Idol's 11th season. Of the 13 guys who performed a number of their own choosing, only one or two were nails-in-a-blender, teeth-clenching disasters. The song choices were current and quirky — and didn't include "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)." And by my unscientific calculations, there was approximately an 80 percent strike on the night for hitting the correct notes.
So let's break down our 13 performances — the judges added Jermaine Jones to the standard Top 12 lineup in what was referred to as a "dramatic" twist — with an eye on which five are most likely to advance to the finals during Thursday's results-show telecast. (For the record, the top five vote-getters from the men's and women's pools will advance directly to the finals, with the judges filling out the remaining spots with their Wild Card selections. And just so you know, I'm generally going to avoid quoting the judges in this recap, since you can get a recap of their comments by filling up a balloon with hot air, and then letting it splutter and flail around the room before landing in a pile of dust behind your couch.)
Reed Grimm, Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger"
Things that really did not need to happen in the very first live performance of Season 11: A lounge-lizard arrangement of "Moves Like Jagger." A bleeped profanity. Reed's hips set to "continuous gyration" mode (how ghastly!) while singing lyrics like "take me by the tongue" (insert gagging noise here). Reed doing his "heh-heh, I'm a cool cat" giggle mid-performance in favor of actually singing on pitch. Randy trying to make the term "Season One-One" happen, right before using his only jazz reference (Casey Abrams) and only drum-player reference (Sheila E) in the same sentence. If I end up going to Hell for all the cruel barbs I've written during my eight seasons of recapping Idol, this is the video Satan will be playing when he greets me at the fiery gates.
Adam Brock, Aretha Franklin's "Think"
You can't really say affable Adam didn't hit every note of this rollicking R&B ditty, or that he didn't make a wise choice in selecting a song typically covered by female artists. It's just that the performance was utterly utilitarian, like a perfectly okay sandwich you scarf down at your desk on a busy workday, and of which you'll have no recollection a week or two later. By this time next season, you might have some brief rememberance that there was a bearded guy who had a Pittsburgh Steelers towel hanging out of his back pocket. Or that someone other than Matt Giraud and Kris Allen brought the term "white chocolate" to the Idol stage, resulting in a car-crash of double entendres that exploded in Randy Jackson likening himself to milk chocolate.
Aaron Marcellus, The Jackson Five's "Never Can Say Goodbye"
Aaron had scored far less screen time this season than most of the Top 13 guys, and you could almost feel the resulting desperation in his rendition of "Never Can Say Goodbye," in which he buried his big, powerful voice with unneccessary vibrato and a final note that was as shrill as George Costanza's mother on Seinfeld. "That's how you sing some vocals!" shouted Randy. Another day, another affront to the English language.
Jeremy Rosado, Sara Bareilles' "Gravity"
Jeremy has one of those quiet personalities that tend to get overlooked early in the Idol season when there are still 25 contestants cluttering the stage and the average TV viewer knows no more five or six of their names. Maybe that's why producers gave him the pre-performance sit-down with Ryan, who discussed his status as the "spirit stick" of the group. Either way, I thought Jeremy's emotive, stripped-down take on "Gravity" was among the two or three best vocals of the night. I loved how he put a modern R&B stamp on the ballad while respecting the melody enough not to muck it up with unneccessary runs and tics. I chuckled when Ryan asked producers to show a screengrab of J.Lo and Steven's faces "melting" during the performance, but truth be told, I suspect I had the same "into it" expression on my face as Jeremy brought the song to a delicate conclusion. If he gets cut on Thursday, I can't promise I won't be yapping about the injustice well into Season 13. (Side note: Did anyone else notice the letters "ooki" on Jeremy's t-shirt peeking out from under his jacket? Twitter follower @joetranch wondered if he was paying homage to Snooki! Let's hope not!)
Creighton Fraker, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors"
Admittedly, I've spent the bulk of Season 11 railing against the way Creighton covers songs like an Olympic shot-putter, complete with pulled faces and unpleasant grunting and physical strain. But with "True Colors," the guy proved he's capable of restraint. Sitting on a stool with a rainbow backdrop that was yet another example of Idol producers giving us an exact visual representation of a song's lyrics (uff da), Creighton stuck to the melody on the opening verse before ripping into the final chorus with an appealing growl, unique phrasing and intriguing riffs. He's actually really talented. It's just a shame nobody in the styling department addressed the guy's hairdo, which looks like the result of a three-way scuffle among a mullet, a Mohawk, and a mangy terrier. That alone will probably keep him from the Top 10, as will the fact that the judges managed to spend half of their positive critique raising the prospect of Creighton getting the boot.
Eben Franckewitz, Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain"
Add this to Jennifer Lopez's Book of Gargantuan Lies (probably due from Hyperion Books in summer 2012, because J.Lo needs more bling in her life): "You're a great performer, you're aware of what you're doing, and you can really do this. So congratulations. It was a good job." Now let's translate that comment into truth: "You were visibly terrified, you had no idea what you were singing about, and a judge should issue a restraining order keeping you at least 500 yards from Adele's music. I am so sorry, Eben. That was as unfortunate as your violet jacket is ill-fitting." But wait! I hear something terrible in the wind: "OMG! HE IS SO ADORBS! MOMMY WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR HIM!" To which I say, "Remember when America eliminated Jennifer Hudson before John Stevens back in Season 3?" Those who do not learn their Idol history are doomed to repeat it!
Chase Likens, Hunter Hayes' "Storm Warning"
Sure, his vocal was as average as a bowl of instant oatmeal, and he struggles with pitch when he has to hold a note for more than two seconds. But hey, he looks like Brendan Fraser in The Mummy (thanks, Steven!), and he's a "good-looking dude" (thanks, Randy) and he has "movie star good looks" (thanks, J.Lo!). That counts for a lot, apparently. Plus, Chase is the only country singer on the men's side, so he won't have to worry about any dreaded vote-splitting among his core fan base. So really, who cares that there are at least 10 guys who deserve one of the five "stools of safety" more than Chase does? Apparently not our highly paid and esteemed panel of "judges." (It feels really good to put quotes around that word, by the bye.)
Phillip Phillips, Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight"
Hey, hey! I know this game, Randy! Pick one of the night's strongest performances, and then make it the only one you actually criticize! Yes, folks, it's gonna be a looooong season. Which isn't to say that Randy didn't have a point about Phillip taking so many liberties with the melody of "In the Air Tonight" that it occasionally bordered on jarring. But on the flip side, at least the guy attempted to do something interesting with the arrangement, and he sang the bejeezus out of it. In fact, I'd say Phillip brought the menace behind the lyrics to life in a way that Phil Collins' original never quite did (for me, anyway), even if the sax-heavy arrangement bordered on "late-night Cinemax, lovers in the surf" territory. No, don't go back and re-read that last sentence, or this whole paragraph, because it probably doesn't make sense. And in any event, Phillip is a mortal lock for one of the five men's slots that will be filled by the public.
Joshua Ledet, Jennifer Hudson's "You Pulled Me Through"
I kind of love that Joshua is known in some parts as "Mantasia," because in a lot of ways, he reminds me of the polarizing Season 3 champ. Where some folks hear overwrought ridiculata, I hear a voice that has so much strength and texture, that draws from such a deep well of emotion, that I just can't fault it. Even when it devolves into a gutteral howl or a melismatic seizure, I'm nodding my head and letting out a whoop of appreciation, because Joshua brings the excess where it's appropriate, and not in a studied "look what I can do with my voice!" kind of way. He does it because he has no other choice. To love Joshua's performance of "You Pulled Me Through" is to feel it to the tips of your fingers, clench said fingers into a fist, and (here's where I agree with J.Lo) literally want to punch the guy in the face out of pure joy. Bonus points for the Dalton Warblers-esque blazer. America had better do the right thing here.
Heejun Han, Robbie Williams' "Angels"
Everything about Heejun is entertaining, right down to his life goal of making people realize Asian folks can do more than get high SAT scores. Heck, even his mom is fun to watch. And that's why I can't be mad at people who want to see Heejun on their TV screens for the next three months. But I also can't pretend that Heejun's rendition of "Angels" didn't expose him as a limited vocalist. The guy clipped his lines like your aged aunt clips coupons. He struggled to conjure up the vocal horsepower necessary for the big notes. He looked slightly overwhelmed by the vastness of the Idol stage. It wasn't terrible — not by any stretch of the imagination — but I do wonder if Heejun's personality will seem so endearing if, week in and week out, he steamrolls past contestants who actually deserve a shot at being the next Kelly Clarkson.
Jermaine Jones, Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father"
Like Heejun, Jermaine gave a decent rendition of a treacly Luther Vandross ballad, but there was an unevenness to the performance, and a decided lack of charisma, that I know deep down will change my "awww…what a sweet guy" to "get him the frak off my screen and bring back Elise!" in about three weeks' time. Of course, by making Jermaine the recipient of the "last minute, dramatic" No. 13 berth, and by bringing out his adorable mom to tug away at our heartstrings, Uncle Nigel has practically guaranteed Jermaine a place in the finals, where he otherwise would've been no more than a semifinals footnote. To which I ask, "Is the 'Gentle Giant' character really and truly a necessary component of Season 11?" Personally, I'd take Jeremy or Creighton or Colton or Deandre over Jermaine 100 times out of 100. Which leads me to…
Deandre Brackensick, Earth Wind and Fire's "Reasons"
Even though the judges failed to acknowledge it, there was a tremulousness to the opening half of Deandre's performance that led to more than a few bum notes, and what's more, his limbs and hair flailed around like a wind puppet in front of an auto dealership. But oh boy that big powerful chest voice toward the end of the song reminded me why I can't abandon the Deandre bandwagon just yet. Is it possible that the soft-spoken teenager was just starting to get comfortable on the live Idol stage when his ho-hum song choice reached its climax? If that's the case, it would be a shame if we didn't get the chance to find out.
Colton Dixon, Paramore's "Decode"
I'm going to be completely honest: I really didn't understand Colton's dreary, hook-free song choice. (Hey, J.Lo, it feels good to be honest! Try it sometime!) But there's no denying the guy has a powerful, pleasing singing voice, and that he has a definite vision of how he wants to use it. Plus, he's pretty handy at the keyboards, and he has magnificent/ridiculous hair that deserves its own Vevo channel. If America gives Colton's Top 10 slot to Heejun or Jermaine, I fully expect our "judges" will remedy the situation and send him through via Wild Card.
And now, for my final verdict on the night:
Joshua, Jeremy, Phillip, Creighton, and either Deandre or Colton
Joshua, Phillip, Heejun, Jermaine, and (because life is pain) Eben
Your turn. Post your reviews in the comments, tell us which singers got your votes, and take our poll below!


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LME Gateway Documentation
- LME Gateway And The Exchange
- Installing And Upgrading
- Configuring Global Settings
- Configuring Market Data
Configuring The Order Server
- Understanding Order Management
- Order and Fill Server Files
- Configuring Order and Fill Server Connections
- Configuring Order Sessions: LME Gateway 7.18.25
- Configuring Order Routers
- Supported Order Types
- Configuring Multi-Member/ Multi-Session
- Configuring Order Book Sharing
- Order Server Startup Command Line Parameter
- Configuration Parameters
- Disaster Recovery
You configure the Price and Order Server connections in hostinfo.cfg, as well as general TT Gateway behavior. If you do not configure this file properly, the TT LME Gateway does not function correctly.
You configure hostinfo.cfg immediately after installing the TT LME Gateway, and again later, when you need to make changes. The hostinfo.cfg has the following sections:
- [dns]: Provides members with the option to use a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to connect to LME.
- [OrderServerSession]: Configures the FIX Order Server connection to LME.
- [PriceServer]: Configures the Price Server connection to LME.

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From its orbit around the Earth, the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite or Suomi NPP satellite, captured a night-time image of California's Powerhouse Fire. The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night. The Day/Night band on Suomi/NPP produces Night-Time visible imagery using illumination from natural (the moon, forest fires) and man-made sources (city lights, gas flares). This image was taken during the early morning hours of June 3, 2013. Suomi NPP captured the image at 10:04 UTC/6:04 a.m. EDT/3:04 a.m. PDT. The large area of city lights of Santa Monica are visible to the south of the fire. The city of Lancaster, being threatened by the Powerhouse fire, is also visible to the east (right) of the fire. Lancaster is roughly 22 miles southwest of the NASA Dryden Research Center, which is NASA's primary center for atmospheric flight research and operations. Image Credit: William Straka III, University of Wisconsin, CIMSS Text Credit: Rob Gutro, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


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Boca Raton, Florida -
Boca Raton, FL based Find Addiction Rehabs (FAR) has published a new long-form, state-specific guide for addiction treatment that focuses on the need for effective services in the state of Wyoming. From Cheyenne to the state as a whole, residents of Wyoming need access to quality drug and alcohol rehab centers, as well as a thorough guide to what makes effective treatment. Fortunately, this comprehensive resource on Wyoming rehab centers can be accessed via the FAR website.
The first point the resource makes is that an addiction need not be battled alone. While it can prove incredibly devastating to the individual in question, with extended consequences that can even touch the lives of their friends and family, there is often little reason for them to pursue recovery on their own. As Find Addiction Rehabs points out, there are a multitude of professional addiction treatment programs that can give an individual the highest chance of lasting recovery, and their team has spent countless hours documenting these resources to share with the communities they serve.
According to their resource, Wyoming residents are growing more concerned about the rising rate of opiate and heroin addiction, and this concern is backed by official figures on the number of active investigations involving heroin and prescription restricted narcotics. The organization says, "Wyoming's recent heroin crisis has been connected to years of prescription painkiller usage. Individuals can get dependent on pain relievers and begin taking them for non-medical purposes over time. Some medications were more difficult to obtain after Wyoming lawmakers tightened prescription medication restrictions. As a result, some people began stealing prescription pills, going doctor shopping or even turning to heroin as a more convenient alternative."
While it is important to understand the scope of the problem at hand, Find Addiction Rehabs recognizes that people dealing with an addiction today are in immediate need of help. As a result, they advise anyone in this position (or their loved ones) to take a look at their complementary resource on addiction detox facilities, many of which can be found in Wyoming. Addictions can be complex conditions that require specialized intervention to treat, especially if they coincide with mental illness, and the care a patient receives will largely depend on the substance in question as well as a number of other factors. As such, FAR says it can help to understand where help should be sought as well as what kind of treatments may be offered.
"When it comes to addiction treatment," Find Addiction Rehabs states, "there are various levels of care and support services a person may choose to participate in when overcoming their substance use disorders. Of course, everyone experiences addiction differently. This is why proper addiction recovery will require an individualized treatment plan. Many individuals may choose to follow a full "Continuum of Care" (CoC) process, which entails receiving treatment from various, consecutive levels of addiction treatment." Whatever course of treatment a patient needs overall, however, they will generally undergo a medically-supervised detox program.
Detox can be one of the toughest stages for an individual to get through, and it can even be dangerous in certain circumstances (depending on the substance, the extent of addiction and so on). Medical detoxification aims to minimize the risk of injury or other unwanted consequences that may arise as the patient experiences symptoms of withdrawal. Various medications, therapies and more may be employed to help the patient detox successfully and safely and licensed clinical staff will supervise throughout the process.
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Show us that Milner Cheese is surprisingly tasty in a creative way!
Milner cheese is the perfect choice for people who love cheese and enjoy life, knowing that a healthy diet is important. Can you surprise people with a video showing the benefits of Milner's low fat cheese?
Videos or animations, no longer than 30 sec.
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Thank you all for contributing to this contest. It has opened our eyes to the creative potential of cheese, and more specifically, Milner cheese, with its dual benefit of taste & health. Most of the entries were able to communicate both taste & healthy living, which is not an easy job. It's all too easy to fall into the "compromise" area, and quite hard to successfully deliver "No Compromise." It was also refreshing to see that a tasty & healthy food product can do humor & entertainment successfully. We are learning that this extroverted tone & manner can help dial up the taste communication for Milner.
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geraldroebroeks #1등 상금
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- Photography
- Script Writing
#1 Prize of 5,000€
I am delighted to have been selected as the winner of the Milner contest. I have only started filming less than a year ago and to have this success already is just amazing. I am also very grateful to the actors who were able to participate on extremely short notice. Finally I must thank the staff at Eyeka. First of all for organizing these contests but also for their feedback on my ideas. I think this is what sets Eyeka apart from it's competitors.
You nailed Milner's duality in an unexpected, head turning and positive way that is universally understood by both men & women. Your video also made us realize that Milner must be more daring, if we want consumers to think the impossible is possible! Thank you for the inspiration.
Beau #2등 상금
- 동영상
#2 Prize of 3,000€
Improvising with no budget whatsoever, my brother was my model and my living room was the set. Shot in a single evening, this prize has made my dream come true of moving to London.
We thought it was refreshing to mix up category codes like you did. Milner should dare more. And, we especially liked the creative device of using the "heart beating close-up" to communicate the Milner duality: taste excitement & healthy living.
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#3 Prize of 2,000€
What a surprise. I have entered lots of eYeka contests but have never won anything until now. Being nearly 65 years old, does that makes me one of the oldest winners? My wife may let me carry on making films now! Thank you.
The storyline communicates Milner's duality in a unique and entertaining way. The fact that there is a population explosion of mice because they love Milner cheese is simply genius!
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~600 words :: Yotsuba&! :: Torako/Asagi :: 12/25/08
Asagi motions Yotsuba over and says in a stage whisper, "I hear Torako's weakness is tickles."
Torako slides her hand under Asagi's tank top, cups her breast through her bra. She kisses the corner of Asagi's jaw as Asagi makes a little noise in the back of her throat and squirms under her. "You sure no one's going to interrupt?" Torako murmurs, glancing over at the open bedroom door.
"I told you," Asagi says, unbuttoning Torako's jeans. "Dad's at work, Mom's visiting a friend in Sendai, Fuka's got some school thing, and Ena's over at Miura's."
Torako mmms and kisses her, lifting her hips so Asagi can tug her jeans down. Her jeans are down around her thighs, Asagi's hand in her panties, when a familiar voice behind them says, "Tora! Asagi! What are you doing!?"
They both freeze. Torako doesn't know whether to laugh or curse, but she says, "You forgot someone."
She flops onto the bed next to Asagi and tugs her jeans back up. Yotsuba is looking at them suspiciously.
Asagi straightens her bra, rolls onto her side and says, "We were wrestling."
"How come you were taking Tora's clothes off?"
"It's my special move."
"Special move?" Yotsuba's eyes widen.
"Yep, you saw how she had me pinned down, right?"
Yotsuba nods vigorously, then glares at Torako.
"What're you looking at me like that fo- gah!" Torako shouts, as Yotsuba lands on top of her and immediately starts trying to unbutton her fly. "Hey!" She tries to grab Yotsuba's wrists, but the brat just wriggles away like an eel.
"No, no, Yotsuba," Asagi says, but instead of trying to pull Yotsuba off or anything helpful like that, she just sits up and scoots over to the edge of the bed. "You can't copy my move, you've gotta come up with one of your own."
"Like what?" Yotsuba pauses in mid reach, and Torako bats her hand away again.
Asagi motions Yotsuba over and says in a stage whisper, "I hear Torako's weakness is tickles."
"Asagi, you traitor!"
Yotsuba's eyes narrow and she's getting ready to launch herself at Torako when Mr. Koiwai's voice wafts up from downstairs: "Hello? Is Yotsuba here?"
"It's my dad!" Yotsuba shouts, and leaps off the bed.
"Did you leave the door open?" Asagi says, following Yotsuba as she dashes out of the room.
Torako watches her go, then rolls onto her back with a sigh. So much for no interruptions. She can hear snippets of the conversation downstairs, mainly Yotsuba going on about wrestling. The child doesn't seem to have an indoor voice.
Eventually there are bye-byes and the sound of the door shutting and then Asagi's footsteps on the stairs. Torako rolls onto her side again and props herself up on one elbow.
"They're going shopping," Asagi says. "No interruptions. This time for sure."
Asagi lies down next to her and smiles. "I locked the door, too."
"Ooh, you're serious." Torako laughs and plucks idly at the hem of Asagi's shirt. "You don't ever want to have kids, do you?"
"Oh, I want a houseful of little Yotsubas, don't you?"
Torako sits up. "I think it's time for me to go."
"Kidding!" Asagi laughs, grabbing her wrist. "Come back here, you."
"What if I get you pregnant?" Torako says, straight-faced. "I just don't think I can take that risk."
"I'll tickle you!"
"Anything but that!" Torako falls back on the bed, arms crossed defensively in front of her.
Asagi scoots closer, still giggling, and gives her a kiss. "How about this?"
"Hmm…" Torako says, pretending to think about it as she presses Asagi onto her back. "That might be acceptable."


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In November 2016, 5 persons were killed on Norwegian roads according to preliminary figures. In November 2015, the corresponding figure was 13.
The average for November over the last 10 years is 14 fatalities.
The fatalities last month were five men. Of the fatalities last month, four were car drivers and one was a car passenger.
Source: SSB / Norway Today


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Remember those classic arcade games? You can still play 'em in Hawthorne
HAWTHORNE— The Wellema brothers picked up right where they left off in the 1980s, fussing over which one is the best pinball player.
The brothers found the right place to fuss— Billy's Midway Arcade, a gallery of classic games now open in the two-story building at the southwest corner of Diamond Bridge and Lafayette avenues.
Bruce Wellema, 52 and David Wellema, 58 had their choice of 20 pinball machines. Another 60 games and air- and bubble-hockey tables line the walls of the arcade— a former jewelry store. The classic games include Donkey Kong, Frogger and Ms. Pac-Man.
"No one has to explain the instructions to us," David Wellema, of Dania Beach, Florida, said as he jerked the joystick attached to the "Tron" game. "We know these games – these are throwbacks."
On the opposite end of the arcade, Bruce was prepping for a match against his brother on one of its classic pinball machines, the oldest made in 1954.
"There's no place to play pinball anymore," Bruce Wellema, who lives in Prospect Park lamented.
He stepped back from the machine for a moment, stuck out his thumbs, and said, "I used to have the worst callouses. I've been playing pinball since 1972 – that's a lot of quarters."
At Billy's Midway, there is no need to bring a pocketful of loose change.
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EMERGENCY:Contractor falls 35 feet offladder in Hawthorne
The arcade's owner, 45-year-old William Smith rigged the machines with free-play buttons, so feeding them money is not necessary. Customers instead get charged for the time they spend in the arcade: $7 per half-hour, and $10 per hour. It costs $25 for an all-day pass.
Smith keeps track of customers' time by giving them wristbands marked with barcodes, which are scanned when they leave the arcade.
Smith said wristbands were required to obey an antiquated borough ordinance still on the books that limits the number of coin-operated arcade games in a place.
"Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong hadn't even come out yet, and they already had codes saying you couldn't have more than three games in a location," Smith said.
Opening an arcade fulfills a lifelong fantasy for Smith, who said he grew up hopping between local delis and pizzerias, or where ever he could find games to play.
"The athletes had their football games and baseball games and cross-country," said Smith, a borough native and 1990 graduate of Hawthorne High School. "Those of us who were little, skinny kids – 98-pound weaklings – we had to do something. It was either go home and play with our computers, or go out to the arcade and hang out."
Smith, who still lives in Hawthorne with his wife, Allyson, bought his first arcade game – Ms. Pac-Man – for $250 in 1996, the same year they wed.
At the time, Smith was working for a camera shop in Closter. He eventually took over the business, but it folded amid the rise of digital film in 2001. He then worked for a year for Classic Pinball Corp., a supplier of arcade games and pinball machines in Clifton, before becoming an engineer for the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway.
Smith said he was forced to quit his job with the railroad in November 2015 due to a series of disabilities he sustained, including herniated disks and migraines.
Meanwhile, Smith amassed a huge inventory of arcade games, most of which he kept in his detached, two-car garage.
"I had all of these games," Smith said, "so it was time to do something with them."
Smith said he was pleased with the reception of his arcade, so far, but daily repairs to the games are keeping him very busy. "I get some games working just enough to survive a day, or two," he said, "while I have to pull other ones off of the floor and give them a good work-over in the back."
On the bright side, the games already seem to be appealing to another generation of children.
Gabriel, 11, and Eric, 12, sixth-graders at Lincoln Middle School, said at the arcade that they only had seen such games in movies and on TV.
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"It's actually really cool," said Gabriel, who was playing pinball. As he propelled the ball with the machine's plunger to start another round, he added, "It's cool to have access to these types of games."
Smith said he intends to add about 20 more games to the arcade. He said he also plans to hold tournaments for some games and, possibly, give prizes to the winners.
Billy's Midway Arcade, at 312 Lafayette Ave., is open from noon to 10 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday, and to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
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3) Demolition Technologies: Its a subsidiary of Bluegrass and located in the U.S


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NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from our friends at FindMyPast.com. Please address all inquiries to firstname.lastname@example.com.
* Online access to the records of 2.4 million people living in Wales in 1911
* Major new family history resource
2.4 million people were recorded living in Wales in the census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April, 1911. Today, after nearly 100 years, the Welsh census records are available to the public at www.1911census.co.uk.
Due to public demand for access to the 1911 census, the records have been released as soon as each region's records have been digitised. Following the initial release of 1911 records in January 2009, the records of people living in Wales in 1911 are being made available today for the first time.
The 1911 census records contain details about the lives of the ancestors of many of Wales' famous sons and daughters, such as Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas, Kylie Minogue and Tom Jones.
The census covered Wales, England, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, as well as recording those aboard Royal Naval and Merchant vessels at sea and in foreign ports and, for the first time in a British census, full details of British Army personnel and their families in military establishments overseas. It is the most detailed census since UK records began and the first for which the original census schedules have been preserved - complete with our ancestors' own handwriting - providing a fascinating insight into British society nearly a century ago.
www.1911census.co.uk is easy to access and enables the public to view high quality colour images of their ancestors' original handwritten census returns. Transcribed text versions of the records ensure they are fully searchable by name or address.
Public demand for the 1911 census, which will be a key resource for family historians, has resulted in the records being released earlier than the scheduled 2012 date. To make this early online release to the public possible, the 1911 census team worked around the clock for two years - scanning on average one census page per second. In line with data protection legislation, certain sensitive information relating to infirmity and to children of women prisoners will be held back until 2012.
Comprehensive and rigorously tested, www.1911census.co.uk has been developed by UK-based family history website findmypast.com, owned by brightsolid, in association with The National Archives.
Debra Chatfield, Marketing Manager at findmypast.com, said: "This latest release from the 1911 census offers a crucial new entry point to Welsh family history research for a wide range of people, from novice family historians to seasoned genealogists who have hit a 'wall' in their family tree research. As well as helping people trace their Welsh ancestors, these records shed more light on our predecessors' day-to-day lifestyles, providing a snapshot of a day in their lives, with details of their occupations, housing arrangements and social status."
The 1911 census is huge - occupying over two kilometres of shelving - an incredible eight million paper census returns have been transcribed to create over 16 million digital images. This makes the 1911 census one of the biggest digitisation projects ever undertaken by The National Archives in association with a commercial partner.
Oliver Morley, Director of Customer and Business Development at The National Archives, commented: "This is a major achievement. By teaming up with findmypast.com, we are bringing history to life for millions. This remarkable record is available online to researchers and family historians all over the world for future generations. The 1911 census is a poignant reflection of how different life was in early 20 century Wales, before the Great War."
Handwritten records
Completed by all householders in Wales and England on Sunday, 2 April 1911, the census records show the name, age, place of birth, marital status and occupation of every resident in every home, as well as their relationship to the head of the household.
People will also have unique access to their ancestors' handwriting as the original householders' schedules were preserved and used as working documents rather than copying the details in to summary books as was the case in previous census years. The launch of the records also creates a starting point for people to trace their own family tree by looking up their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents who were alive in the year 1911.
'Fertility Census'
The 1911 census was the first to ask questions relating to fertility in marriage. Married women were asked to state how long they had been married and how many children had been born from that marriage. The census also provides a fascinating snapshot of the population of the country just a few years before a whole generation of young men perished in the Great War of 1914-1918.
How to use the 1911 Census records
* Log on to www.1911census.co.uk and register for free
* Search for an ancestor in 1911 by entering their name
* If the name is common you can enter their approximate year of birth, which will help to narrow down the results
* Search for an address to look up the history of your house or an ancestor's address in 1911
* Pay as you go to view each record. You will be charged 10 credits per transcript and 30 credits for each original household page. Visitors to the website can buy 60 credits for £6.95.
* Findmypast.com vouchers are also valid on 1911census.co.uk. Vouchers can be purchased from The National Archives bookshop and redeemed on findmypast.com. Credits can then be spent on both findmypast.com and 1911census.co.uk.
* For more information about using the 1911 census for family history research, Census: The Expert Guide by Peter Christian and David Annal is available from The National Archives online bookshop at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk .
The 1911 Census is a special case in that parts of it are being made available early. At the request of the Information Commissioner all records of infirmity as listed on the records (e.g. 'deaf', 'dumb', 'blind', 'lunatic' etc.) have been obscured and will not be available to view until January 2012.
Since 1920, government has given a commitment that information collected in a census will be kept confidential for 100 years.
About findmypast.com
Leading UK family history website findmypast.com (formerly 1837online.com) was the first company to make the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for England & Wales available online in April 2003.
Following the transcription, scanning and indexing of over two million images, the company launched the first website to allow the public easy and fast access to the complete indexes, which until then had only been available on microfiche film in specialist archives and libraries. The launch was instrumental in creating the widespread and growing interest in genealogy seen in the UK today.
Findmypast.com has subsequently digitised many more family history records and now offers access to over 650 million records dating as far back as 1538. This allows family historians and novice genealogists to search for their ancestors among comprehensive collections of military records, census, migration, occupation directories, and current electoral roll data, as well as the original comprehensive birth, marriage and death records.
In November 2006 findmypast.com launched the ancestorsonboard.com microsite in association with The National Archives to publish outbound passenger lists for long-distance voyages departing all British ports between 1890 and 1960.
As well as providing access to historical records, findmypast.com is also developing a range of online tools to help people discover and share their family history more easily, beginning with the launch of Family Tree Explorer in July 2007.
Over 1.7 million people in the UK have researched their family trees and findmypast.com has over 800,000 active registered users, revealing the mass appeal of genealogy and findmypast.com's position as the leading family history website based in the UK.
In April 2007 findmypast.com's then parent company Title Research Group received the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2007 in recognition of their achievement.
Findmypast.com was acquired in December 2007 by brightsolid, the company who were awarded The National Archives' contract to publish online the 1911 census.
About The National Archives
The National Archives, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, is a government department and an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). As the official archives of the UK government, it cares for, makes available and 'brings alive' a vast collection of over 1000 years of historical records, including the treasured Domesday Book.
Not only safeguarding historical information, The National Archives also manages current digital information and devises new technological solutions for keeping government records readable now and in the future. It provides world class research facilities and expert advice, publishes all UK legislation and official publications, and is a leading advocate for the archive sector.
At the heart of information policy, The National Archives sets standards of best practice that actively promotes and encourages public access to, and the re-use of information, both online or onsite at Kew. This work helps inform today's decisions and ensures that they become tomorrow's permanent record.
The National Archives brings together the Public Record Office, Historical Manuscripts Commission, the Office of Public Sector Information and Her Majesty's Stationery Office. See also www.opsi.gov.uk


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Main CharacterGender - Female Profession/status: - musician Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality - Italian
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The Volcker Rule: Complexity trumps common sense
Great sound bites often make for bad policy, because things that seem wonderful and simple in the abstract frequently turn out to be hideously complicated when you try to apply them in real life. That's my takeaway from the Volcker Rule, which was unveiled in mid-December after five different federal financial regulatory agencies — another example of real-world complexity — finally signed off on it.
The rule has 71 pages, which is a lot of words to transform former Fed chairman Paul Volcker's simple-sounding proposal into law. His idea, as you probably know, was to ban big financial institutions from putting taxpayers at risk by using federally insured deposits for securities speculation. But the rule itself is only the start of the complexity. It comes with an 892-page explanation. Combine the two parts and you have an opus half again as long as the New Testament, and one that to regular people might as well be written in the original Greek.
The Volcker Rule's not so fatal flaw
In the real world, the longer and more complicated something is, the more difficult it is to enforce and the more opportunities there are to game it. When you've got 297,000 words of text (by the count of the Davis Polk & Wardwell law firm), you've got loads of lurking loopholes.
Ever since Volcker first enunciated his idea in early 2009, I've been skeptical of it because he didn't propose to stop banks from making markets in securities on behalf of their customers. Market making requires buying and selling securities, and keeping some on hand as inventory. Differentiating between these trades and trades made for a bank's own account is devilishly difficult, if not outright impossible. Even with almost 1,000 pages of rules and explanations, it's going to be up to regulators to decide in specific cases what's speculating and what's perfectly permissible market making.
Throw in the fact that banks will be allowed to trade in order to hedge exposures to various things, and you've got complexity squared. Heck, complexity cubed. Or to the fourth power.
The solution to the problem that the Volcker Rule tries to address is what I call the Hoenig Rule: a 2011 proposal by Tom Hoenig, then head of the Kansas City Fed and currently vice chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., to ban banks from all trading. However, unlike Volcker, who was an adviser to President Obama and is treated by many people (not including me) as a quasi-divine being, Hoenig's name carries little clout in Washington.
In a statement, Hoenig said that while he supported the Volcker Rule, it nevertheless allows big financial institutions to "continue to engage in market making and related trading activities, which as we have learned from recent experience can be too easily gamed. All such activities should be conducted away from the safety net, in firms that do not engage in commercial banking." I totally agree. The Hoenig Rule would need some tweaking, but it starts out way superior to Volcker.
Why a Fed taper will be good for the economy
By the way, don't put too much faith in the fact that chief executives of Volcker Rule institutions will be required to personally certify that the rule is being observed. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted in 2002 after the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals, required similar sign-offs and was supposed to eliminate earnings restatements. However, there are still plenty of those.
The Volcker Rule is better than nothing, but it's just not worth the effort and expense expended on it or the problems it has caused and will cause. Ditto for "living wills," which supposedly will let regulators liquidate huge, troubled financial firms without risking taxpayer money. Ditto for tax "reform," in which what I consider a loophole is something you might consider a legitimate deduction. And vice versa.
I'm all in favor of clarity and simplicity, which I consider my stock in trade. But as Volcker shows, transforming simple-sounding ideas into legislation isn't simple. Proposing solutions is one thing. Writing laws is a lot more difficult.
This story is from the January 13, 2014 issue of Fortune.


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Hypothesis management in situation assessment
Everitt, R. G. and Marrs, A. D. (2003) Hypothesis management in situation assessment. In: IEEE Aerospace Conference 2003, pp. 1895-1903, https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2003.1235120.
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A situation assessment uses reports from sensors to produce hypotheses about a situation at a level of aggregation that is of direct interest to a military commander. A low level of aggregation could mean forming tracks from reports, which is well documented in the tracking literature as track initiation and data association. In this paper there is also discussion on higher level aggregation; assessing the membership of tracks to larger groups. Ideas used in joint tracking and identification are extended, using multi-entity Bayesian networks to model a number of static variables, of which the identity of a target is one. For higher level aggregation a scheme for hypothesis management is required. It is shown how an offline clustering of vehicles can be reduced to an assignment problem.
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Annoying neighbours, intergalactic incidents and an attack on the Peak! But what are the invaders after? And where do the X-Men fit into this? Abigail Brand is in for one hell of a bad day, as Home Invasion begins! Continue reading
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TRIAL BY FIRE Part III Written by: WINGS Previously… Rogue's team of X-Men, consisting of herself, Iceman, Psylocke, Quicksilver and Darkstar, continued their mission in Kree Space against the parasitic race known as the Brood. They fought and were defeated by a group of the aliens, who bizzarely manifested superpowers. However, upon capture, four of… Read More
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Direct Communications to donate $100 of each sale in July to School District #25.
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Direct Communications to donate $100 of each sale to Pocatello/Chubbuck School District #25.
Pocatello, Idaho (Tuesday, June 22, 2010) Direct Communications, a local internet service provider, will host a benefit event for School District #25 on Friday, June 25th, 2010, at the Direct Communications Chubbuck office located at 485 W. Chubbuck Rd. Suite B, and will donate $100 of each sale of its new Amped Up Wireless Broadband service during the month of July 2010, to School District #25.
In continuation of their loyalty to southeast Idaho communities, Direct Communications is excited to announce an event to benefit School District #25 scheduled for June 25th, 2010, 11 am-6 pm. This event will include live entertainment with local bands, games, cotton candy, prizes and more for children in the area as well as free food donated by Costa Vida. Free massages will be provided by Sunsations Spa. Many prizes will be given out at the event, including a free Xbox 360. Parents can receive information from Direct Communications knowledgeable staff regarding free services available through the internet, as well as the new Amped Up internet product available from Direct Communications.
Direct Communications will begin the event with a ribbon cutting in conjunction with the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce for the new Direct Communications Chubbuck office located at 485 W. Chubbuck Rd. Suite B, and the festivities will commence directly following. In support of our schools and children, a donation jar will be available and Direct Communications will commit to donating $100 of each sale that day and through the month of July to School District #25.
The general public is invited to attend this event that is set to be both beneficial, informative, and fun for children and adults.
Jeremy Smith, general manager for Direct Communications, said: "When we were looking for ways to get involved in the community, we examined what issues were important right now to families in the Pocatello area, and of course the number one issue everybody was talking about was funding for local schools. We thought this would be a good way to show our support for the community and the issues they care about, and hopefully make a positive lasting impression."
Shelly Allen, community relations specialist for the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District #25, said: "It's partnerships like this with local businesses that will help us provide a quality education to students in our area. Any proceeds from this event will go directly to the Education Foundation and will benefit both students and their teachers."
Direct Communications has a long history of partnering with local school districts, especially in remote rural areas. In many rural towns in Idaho, in places like Aberdeen, Montpelier, Paris, Grace, Thatcher, and many others, Direct Communications was instrumental in bringing the first high-speed internet access to rural school districts. Brigham Griffin, Marketing Director for Direct Communications, explained: "Education and high-speed internet go hand-in-hand. Not only is the education market thirsty for better broadband access to improve educational opportunities for their students, but we find that the more educated people are, the more likely they are to subscribe to higher speed internet services. We want our schools to be strong, because that makes our communities strong and keeps our company healthy."
Shelly Allen added: "We really appreciate Direct Communications thinking of us and involving us in their planning for this product launch and open house."
Anya Beauchat, local Direct Communications office administrator for the Pocatello sales office, and organizer of this benefit event said: "As a parent I wanted to find a way to help support our local schools. I hope a lot of people will come out to our event on Friday and show their support for our local school district."
For more information about the open house on Friday or to contact Direct Communications for product information, call Anya Beauchat at 208 237 9729 or visit www.directcom.com


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Summary: Wiring a new electric socket: Learn how to wire a socket, extending a circuit, wire the connections at the supply socket and wire the connections at the new socket.
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A simple way of installing a new electric socket is to a run a spur from an existing socket on a ring main circuit. The socket you choose to run the spur from must, however, be selected carefully. Do not use a socket that is already supplying a spur or is supplied by another spur. Furthermore, the combined floor area of the rooms supplied by the circuit after the new spur has been added must not exceed 100m2.
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Bioshock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds Summary
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Firings at Irrational Games confirmed by developer
Irrational has confirmed that eight employees have been laid off by the developer, which is currently working on the Burial at Sea DLC for BioShock Infinite.
BioShock Infinite DLC contest will immortalize winners in Burial at Sea
Irrational Games has announced a new contest that will put the winners' names in the second part of the Burial at Sea DLC for BioShock Infinite.
BioShock Infinite Clash in the Clouds DLC now available, 2-part Burial at Sea coming later
As promised by BioShock Infinite creator Ken Levine, the first downloadable content pack for the shooter is now available, called Clash in the Clouds, while a two part single player campaign, Burial at Sea, will be arriving later this year. All three downloadable content packs are a part of the BioShock Infinite Season Pass.


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Five-channel video installation, 9:30 min| In collaboration with Kay Schuttel
Radio 4 weekly invites artists to stay in the Torenkamer (the Tower room) to make a work and airs several live interviews about the artistic process during this week. In January 2015 this were Kay Schuttel and myself.
By means of camera's filming the interviews from the outside – looking in through the window of the Torenkamer – we mirrored the radio coverage by a visual description. Furthermore, by turning our gaze back onto the radio makers and making the visual recording of their audio coverage as a key part of our 'artistic process', the work brings a form of mise en abyme into effect.
For the final video installation (in the same building as where the original recording took place), the original audio of the radio programme is (re)combined with the visual material from the video camera. Through the combination of interior and exterior footage, an estrangement between the sound and image comes about; though they had originally belonged together they could never be perceived in this particular way.


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A Red Cross blood drive is coming to campus this Thursday, Nov. 12. The blood drive will run from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Intramural Gym in MPCC. To reserve a time to donate blood, either contact Dr. Ann Collins at firstname.lastname@example.com or use the Red Cross scheduling form online.
To schedule online, go here and click the "Schedule a new appointment" link. Then either log in to your Red Cross account or create one. From there, you can schedule your appointment.
Don't miss this opportunity to donate blood and possibly save lives!


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Nat in Nottingham, a wonky distracted multiply-neurodivergent agender IT professional. Sings, draws things, goes to SF cons, gives talks. https://quarridors.com
A shorter #introduction now I have a bit more of a hang of this!
I'm a UK-based neurodivergent, easily distracted and enthusiastic IT professional with a wonky body.
I mostly work digitally, but daily art challenges, including Inktober, have improved my traditional skills.
I'm aspiring to be a comics creator, but to be less extreme about it than I've been during challenges. More self-care and fun, less argh-deadlines.
Here's some self-portraits, scroll up this thread of replies for a selection of favourite comics, Inktober entries, wildlife art and Doctor Who fan art.
A while ago I turned some of my #DoctorWho #fanart into #colouringPages and gave them away for free.
I've now made a 10 page printable PDF colouring book, featuring 16 characters including Ood, Cybermen, Daleks and K-9!
As long as you're not making money off these, they're free to download and use however you wish - just please give me credit and link back to the download page:
I'd love to see what people do with them 🙂
#colouring #coloring #colouringbook #coloringbook #coloringpages #doctorWhoFanArt #adultColouring #adultColoring
Inktober 2018 Day 31, "Slice".
And that makes it 20 total entries for this year's Inktober, 3 more than last year! It's been fun 😊
And with that, I've beaten my Inktober 2017 total number of Inktober entries, and without burning out or stressing out in the process this time 😊
I've now equalled the number of Inktober entries I managed last year, without burning out or my self-care suffering!
Skipping days and doing combo catch-up entries was definitely a good strategy for sustainability! 😊
That one would've looked much better if I'd realised my black marker had dried up before I started colouring with it!
Inktober 2018 Day 28, "Gift".
#inktober2018 #inktober #inktoberGift #bumbag #sonicScrewdriver #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoFanArt
Inktober 2018 Day 27, "Thunder"(birds).
#inktober2018 #inktober #inktoberThunder #Thunderbirds #ThunderbirdsFanart
Inktober 2018 Day 26, "Stretch".
#inktober2018 #inktober #inktoberStretch #AdventureTime #AdventureTimeFanArt #TheLimit #JakeTheDog
(That was a quicky because I realised how late it was just as I started inking)
Inktober 2018 Days 24 to 25, "Chop" / "Prickly".
For one terrible moment, all I could think of to fit those prompt words was colonic irrigation! 😅
Inktober 2018 Days 21 to 23, "Drain" / "Expensive" / "Muddy".
Decided to switch from just the brush pen to just the fineliner.
#inktober2018 #inktober #inktoberDrain #inktoberExpensive #inktoberMuddy
I challenged myself to draw fire in freehand ink without using colour.
Don't think I completely succeeded, but that's ink for you!
Inktober 2018 Days 18 to 20, "Bottle" / "Scorched" / "Breakable".
#inktober2018 #inktober #inktoberBottle #inktoberScorched #inktoberBreakable
I accidentally lettered the days as 16-18 in the first version of that, not realising it had passed midnight, so the redrawn numbers aren't quite as neat as they would've been!
Inktober 2018 Days 15 to 17, "Weak" / "Angular" / "Swollen".
#inktober2018 #inktober #inktoberWeak #inktoberAngular #inktoberSwollen #wakyInflatableArmFlailingTubeMan
Just noticed the thumbnail sketch for last night's Inktober entry - it looks so much more dynamic than what I ended up inking!
Inktober 2018 Days 13 to 14, "Guarded" / "Clock".
Inktober 2018 Day 12, "Whale".
#inktober2018 #inktober #inktoberWhale #StevenUniverse #StevenUniverseFanArt #tinyFloatingWhale
Nat in Nottingham, a wonky distracted multiply-neurodivergent agender IT professional. Sings, draws things, goes to SF cons, gives talks. https://quarridors.com
Mastodon.ART — Your friendly creative home on the Fediverse! Interact with friends and discover new ones, all on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free. (翻译:DeepL)mastodon.art是艺术家和艺术爱好者的空间,而不是政治内容的空间--有许多其他的fediverse实例,你可以加入以获得更多的一般内容(而且你仍然可以从任何实例中关注你在.art上的朋友);见https://instances.social :)


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"Sunscope typically holds $20 million in inventory including more than 2,000 different products at any given time. The ability to automatically provide information about inventory of this volume creates a great deal of new efficiency."
Sunscope, the 13th largest supplier in the promotional products industry, is now offering distributors real-time, around-the-clock visibility to Inventory Availability to save time and make more efficient partnerships.
Essent® implemented the integration for Sunscope via the Essent OrderTrax® Network using PromoStandards. Distributors integrated with Sunscope now can look up complete, accurate, real-time Inventory Availability at any time.
The advantage of integration is that the information needed to move transactions forward can be shared automatically and in real-time, rather than slowly and manually through countless calls and emails.
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Movielocker cuts prices
August 22, 2011
The platform for online video selling Movielocker has revised its old service plans. Instead of three previous plans, Movielocker now introduces four plans, each having benefits for a certain range of users. Each plan allows users to place free or donation videos.
In the Free plan the amount of paid video has been increased up to 20. It gives an incredible opportunity to start a business without initial embeddings and make sure it is profitable in practice.
Advanced tariff is bespoken for those who want to upload more paid videos. It allows uploading up to 100 videos for the token payment. Premium plan is specially made for video archives or small video stores. It allows users to upload up to 500 videos for selling.
«Unlimited» tariff providing an unlimited number of paid videos has also remained, but the price has changed in favour of users. There are no restrictions in any tariff – no video limits, any length, any definition, any bitrate.
A significantly new function is an opportunity to place a personal logo on the player and to customize the design of a player skin which makes users' videos more unique. This option is available on the advanced, premium and unlimited plans.


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In March of '09 I wrote a blog about the first day of Spring, you can actually look it up on this site under March of '09. I talk about how I am really into fishing and plan to catch the biggest fish of my life and then would update it on here. Well I never updated that because there was nothing to update! I went out a lot that year and didn't catch ANYTHING. It was really annoying.
I even went to a place I used to fish a lot as a kid, I didn't know they had drained it and now it's just a field of marsh grasses. Talk about being disapointed. I also managed to get a huge hook stuck in the leg of my girlfriend at the time, that was all I caught that year. BUT THIS YEAR....
That year I also bought a brand new pole, I will be using it and I plan to expand my fishing area, I think I need to try bigger lakes or better waters. I also plan to go with other people that actually know what they're doing. This year I vow to catch at least one fish, (if I do I'll already be doing better than in 2009) And my challenge remains, to catch the biggest fish of my life!
Hopefully this year I will be able to update this blog.
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As many of you know, Neal surprised me with plane tickets to Ireland for Christmas, and our trip is now in less than TWO WEEKS!
We're hitting Dublin, Killarney, and Galway, so I'm slowly making my list of places we'd like to visit. We've decided to do this a bit "fly by the seat of our pants" because that's always the most fun way to go, but it's always good to have some though-starters, right?
Also, THANK YOU for sending me so many amazing recommendations! After hearing from you guys (and some great google stalking, obviously), here's what's on my list so far. Let me preface this by saying, we have very limited time in each city, and we're going with backpacks (i.e. we won't be able to do too much shopping) and we'll probably only hit one swanky/fancy dinner destination. Since, you know, we can do that back in Chicago!
DUBLIN: (2 Days)
Crackbird: Famed for their chicken so good, it tastes like crack. Being pretty big Nashville hot chicken fans, this definitely needs to be on the list.
Jam Art Shop: Hoping to stop here to pick up some prints and postcards from local artists, and pick up some souvenirs. There are two locations- one in Temple Bar and the other by St. Pats Cathedral.
The Guinness Factory: Duh. Planning to hit the storehouse during the final afternoon tour, just in time to enjoy the sunset with a complimentary Guinness from Gravity Bar, which overlooks the entire city!
Avoca: rumored to be the Irish version of Anthropologie, which also has a cafe in the basement. Sold! (Fine. This will be my ONE shopping stop, okay?)
Oliver St. John Gogerty: Two of my girlfriends and I went here after we planned a very last-minute trip to Dublin while studying abroad. We wandered into this pub during our first night in the city and made friends with a large group of old Irish dads who taught us how to Irish dance. It was like the Irish version of Cheers. It might not be the same again, but I have to go back!
Mulligan's of Poolbeg St: Voted one of Ireland's 21 pubs you have to see before you die, this old-school place is definitely on our list. (Being very big fans of Irish bars, and all.) It's said the only modern addition to the bar is a TV, which was installed solely to give old Irish men something to shout at. Sounds like our kind of place.
The Double Decker Bus Tour: I KNOW, I know. This is so touristy and embarrassing of me, but hear me out. For just one small flat fee, the hop on, hop off tour goes around to all the big sights in the city. You can hop on and hop off whenever you'd like. There are pubs near almost every tourist attraction, so you can hop off, have a Guinness, then go see some sights, get back on the bus, and repeat! Best setup ever.
There's also one more place that we're going to in Dublin, but it's a surprise to Neal, so I'll share it after our trip ;-)!
Killarney Brewing Co: The reason we're going to Ireland! The grand opening of Neal's uncle's craft brewery! I've seen the behind the scenes action, and I can assure you, this place is going to be amazing. I'll have lot's of photos to share in a few weeks. So if you're planning a trip to Killarney, you must put this on your list!
Sheehan's Pub: In the name of Kelly (whose maiden name is Sheehan) I have been told that this is one pub I absolutely cannot miss!
Killarney Grand: Attached to Sheehan's, it's a destination for all sorts of live music. Sold!
(Need more suggestions here!)
O'Connors: A pub where my friend Brittany got engaged, and one Yelp reviewer said, "Like all pubs of good standing and character, it has a horrifically inefficient lay out. A warren of cubby holes, secret passages, old cookers and confusing signposting. Brilliant."
Tigh Neachtains: It has live music, and a fire. So I'm there.
The Latin Quarter: A bustling area for shopping, restaurants, and pubs. I'm sure we'll find ourselves wandering through here at some point!
Quay Street: Aside from the above two, I'm thinking our plan of action for local pubs will consist of starting at one end of Quay street and making it to the other. We'll be there on St. Patrick's Day after all!
What else is missing from this list? Please share!
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Airwars assessment
Three civilians died, and several more were wounded in an alleged Turkish bombing of Afrin city, local media reported.
According to ANF, The invading Turkish army continued to massacre civilians on the 57th day of the attacks against Afrin. A building in the city centre was bombed, trapping three civilians in the rubble.
One building in Afrin city centre fell down as a result of the bombing, while there are at least three civilians trapped under the rubble.
IC Afrin Resistance also reported that three civilians were missing under the rubble.
Adar Press, Brexwedanakurd and Xeber24 recorder the death toll at three with several more injured.
The local time of the incident is unknown.


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The Trumps Turn a Two-Month-Old Mass-Murder Survivor into a Prop
Sometimes a picture deserves a thousand or so words.
The photograph above of the Trumps in El Paso is an obscenity.
Because it was released without caption material, its terrible significance may not be obvious to many people so let's scrutinize the image. And let's provide context, which will reveal how the evil that is Trumpism seduces so many millions of Americans, prompting some to violence, others to serve as props for our hate-filled commander-in-chief.
This is a staged, official Trump administration photo.
No news cameras were allowed in the University Medical Center of El Paso, the teaching hospital where the photo was shot when Trump touched down there briefly.
Little Paul could no more give consent to be used by Melania and Donald Trump than any of the underage girls that Trump associate Jeffrey Epstein raped and supplied to other rich men to rape.
Barring journalists from the hospital ensured that there would be no images of Trump being turned away by all eight adult survivors of the El Paso Walmart shooting. They were still recovering from wounds inflicted by a racist mass murderer whose manifesto shows he drew his anti-Latino inspiration from Trump.
The killer drove nine hours to kill as many Mexican "invaders" as possible, his own words tracking the president's dehumanizing rhetoric about supposed Latino invaders.
The butcher bill: 22 dead, 24 wounded.
Lack of Consent
One survivor appears in the image, an unwilling participant.
His name is Paul Anchondo. He was orphaned on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at age two months.
The photo above conceals more than it reveals about little Paul. Viewers cannot tell that he suffered broken fingers during the attack. The image does not show his mother's blood, still on his clothes, according to his aunt Terry Anchondo.
Now, look closely at how Melania Trump holds little Paul. His skin does not touch hers. Rather than cradling baby Paul lovingly against her bosom, Melania Trump holds him outward like a sack of potatoes, more of a logo than a human being.
Contrast this with the reasons little Paul Anchondo survived the seventh deadliest mass shooting in our nation's history. Hearing gunfire, his mother, Jordan Anchondo, made herself a human shield, dying as she absorbed the killer's spray of bullets. His father Andre, in turn, jumped between his wife and the gun barrel.
Now contrast their sacrifice, which also left their six-year-old daughter orphaned, with Melania Trump's view of her position as America's First Lady. By her own account, Melania is in it for the money.
Melania Trump revealed her crass commercialism soon after her husband assumed office. She sued a British newspaper that described her as having once been a "high-end escort."
Her complaint said the Daily Mail damaged her "unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity…to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which Plaintiff is one of the most photographed women in the world. These product categories would have included, among other things, apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance."
She collected a reported $150,000 in damages over the paper's characterization of the days when she was at times seen in the company of wealthy older men, including Trump, and worked illegally in the United States as a model, sometimes doing nude girl-on-girl poses now marketed by porn websites without any litigation by the First Lady.
Given the choice of words in the lawsuit, and the Trumpian values they reveal, it's reasonable to wonder if Melania Trump would have thrown herself in the way of bullets to save anyone else, including her own child, had she been in the El Paso Walmart when her husband's acolyte opened fire.
Little Paul could no more give consent to be used by Melania and Donald Trump than any of the underage girls that Trump associate Jeffrey Epstein raped and supplied to other rich men to rape.
We don't know whether Trump, who traveled with Epstein, in 2002 called him "a terrific guy" and voiced clear awareness that Epstein had an interest in young girls, is among those child rapists.
We do know, however, that Trump walked in on naked and near-naked underage girls, some only 15 years old, in the dressing rooms of beauty pageants he owned, bragging about it to Howard Stern and others. Perhaps we never will know how far he went since Epstein died Aug. 10 in the custody of the Trump administration, which says Epstein hung himself.
Now look closely at how Trump mugs for the camera. Keep in mind that Trump is a draft dodger who told Howard Stern he should get a Congressional Medal of Honor for bedding women while his peers were dying in combat in Vietnam. He made similar comments at other times, too.
Notice that Trump grin, as out of place under the circumstances as anything he has ever done.
Next look at that thumbs-up sign. What is being celebrated here? The First Lady's federally paid publicists, who posted the photo at Twitter, didn't say.
Is it just Trump not knowing, once again, how to behave? Could it be that luring the dead parents' relatives into being useful props that deflected attention from his violent rhetoric made him glad? Or that we are seeing his inner response to the mass murder of Latinos done by a Trump fan? Before thinking that last point is too harsh remember that many times over many years, including in his 2007 book Think Big, Trump has detailed at length that what gives him pleasure is making others suffer. In one case, Trump recounts growing suffering and states at each stage how much his pleasure grew with each new terrible event.
Also remember that Trump claims to be a Christian, yet he has said many times in various forums including Think Big that his entire life philosophy boils down to a single word that is rejected by Jesus in the New Testament: revenge.
Trump's inappropriate pose crystallizes his utter inability to connect with other human beings, whom he regards as mere objects. Think back to October 2017 when, as commander-in-chief, Trump telephoned the widow of Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson, killed in an ambush in the African country of Niger. Instead of offering condolences and comfort, Trump insulted the widow.
"The president said, 'He knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyway'," Myeshia Johnson said. "It made me cry because I was very angry at the tone in his voice and how he said it."
Irony in Death
So why did two members of the Anchondo family allow themselves to become props for Trump propaganda?
John Jamrowski, a grandfather of Jordan Anchondo and great grandfather of baby Paul, turned down a request to meet Trump at the hospital.
"We discussed it as a family and said, 'You know what, this could be spun around,'" he told The Associated Press.
Why others agreed to the photo op and the use of baby Paul is unclear.
Asked why he agreed to provide infant Paul, another relative and himself for the staged photo Andre Anchondo's brother Tito told NPR that the dead father of Paul was "very supportive of Trump."
After Paul is all grown up maybe someone will ask how he feels about being used to burnish the image of the man whose anti-Latino diatribes inspired a man to murder his parents and 20 other people.
Meantime, we can only hope that the millions of Americans who support Trump open their eyes to see what is right in front of them, open their minds to the facts about what an awful person Donald Trump is and open their hearts to the victims of mass murder after mass murder done by people who embrace Donald Trump's white supremacist, racist vision for America.
Featured image: The photo was posted on Melania Trump's Twitter page.


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"A lot of bands say they'll be back next year and they end up in the House of Blues. Not us. We said we'd be back in the Paradise and here we are!"
Disconcertingly soon after their last Boston concert date, I find myself in almost the same spot, watching the same band that unexpectedly impressed me so much. Why? partly because The Darkness are so damn likeable (just read that quote), but also simply because:
1. Their shows are still amazing. I've said it before, but there's a fantastic element to having a stadium band play mid-sized venues, because grandeur is forced into containment. As always, The Darkness never cease to entertain and put on a perfectly executed and lively show, loaded with crowd participation and an extended version of "Love On The Rocks" that had singer Justin Hawkins on people's shoulders, in the crowd, up on the balcony, and stage diving back down.
2. Hot Cakes being the charming little album that it is ("Every Inch of You" and "Everybody Have a Good Time" are pure gold, I tells ya!), it was a great chance to be able to see the new songs live, and be impressed by the likes of "She's Just a Girl," "Eddie," and bring out someone from the crowd to dance while the song was being played. Would it hurt to play "Everybody Have a Good Time" though?
3. The Darkness are basically underdogs at this point. After a successful career, the band broke up, got back together (Spinal Tap style) and released a new album. The problem is that everyone had moved on by that point and accused the band of being derivatives of themselves which still sounds contradictory to me, but that's what everyone claims. The truth is that the Darkness got back together, the right way (with all original members) and took it upon themselves to self-record and release their new album in an independent fashion. What's more, Hot Cakes is actually a pretty good album that it appears will be under-appreciated for years to come. So, despite getting no recognition, the Darkness are still doing what they do best, and doing it their own way.
The Darkness – Paradise Club – Boston/Allston, Mass. – 19/01/13 – [Photos]
The Darkness' current tour continues. For a list of upcoming shows, click here .


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Last month, we wrote that in an effort to stem the growing epidemic of nursing home abuse, the state of Kentucky was seeking more stringent criminal checks for workers responsible for the care of nursing home residents.
Now, says Courthouse News, a Kentucky "care center,†part of a nursing home chain, is accused in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department of billing Medicare and Medicaid for $16 million of "worthless" services, wrote Courthouse News. The care at Villaspring Health Care Center of Erlanger, Kentucky, is described as "grossly deficient" and abusive, according to the federal complaint.
Courthouse News wrote that Villaspring Health Care Center, lead defendant in the federal lawsuit, iis wholly owned by Carespring Health Care Management, a co-defendant. Barry N. Bortz is the final defendant and both majority owner and CEO of the two companies, according to the federal complaint.
The complaint alleges fraud, unjust enrichment, and false claims and states, in part: "The defendants have failed to provide adequate care for the medically fragile and vulnerable elderly residents of the Villaspring nursing facility, resulting in egregious harm and even death to some of those residents.'
'In the process, defendants have defrauded the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky by seeking, and receiving, substantial reimbursement from the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs for care purportedly provided to these residents, despite knowing that such 'care' was either nonexistent or so inadequate as to be worthless,†it continues.
Abuse allegations span from 2004 to 2008 when Villaspring received $15,983,983.83 in Medicare and Medicaid payments.
The complaint went on to state that, "On numerous occasions, Villaspring residents did not receive their medication as prescribed or ordered…. Medication errors were prevalent, and Villaspring residents suffered and were harmed by not receiving the medication they needed and had been prescribed," wrote Courthouse News.
Other allegations include understaffing in legal violation and fraudulent staffing—records indicating, for instance, that a Registered Nurse was on duty when that nurse had resigned weeks prior, noted Courthouse News. Allegations of nutritional abuse, failing to take residents to the bathroom, inaccurate care plans, and putting continent adults in diapers for no apparent reason, were also included in the complaint.
In one case a woman suffering from diarrhea was given laxatives; she underwent a colostomy and had one leg amputated before she died of sepsis. The government was billed nearly $13,000 for her care. In another case, said Courthouse News, another man who was deemed "likely to improve†at admission, did not receive appropriate wound care for a number of pressure sores. Among other issues, he underwent surgery to remove his coccyx before his death.
We have followed the horrendous abuses against seniors spanning physical, emotional, chemical, and sexual abuse; neglect; and even workers who have abused residents as part of pranks against each other. The elderly are among our most vulnerable citizens and, often, we have no choice but to place our older relatives in the care of others. Sadly, reports of nursing home abuse are on the rise as are nanny cams catching nursing home workers abusing residents. Recently, adding to the list of indignities, we wrote that 15 percent of U.S. nursing homes have received deficiency citations for the ways in which they manage infection.