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Nearly three years ago Edgeworks Entertainment launched TerraGenesis (Free) to the App Store, a freakishly deep simulation and strategy game about terraforming planets and creating thriving civilizations. Its main hook upon release was that it utilized actual science and data from NASA to provide the most realistic simulation possible, and in terms of the types of things you're able to do in TerraGenesis my previous description holds true: It is freakishly deep. Adjust various planetary properties like oxygen, sea levels, and atmospheric pressure to try and create a habitable environment for human colonies to live on. There's also a base of 26 different phyla and 64 unique genes you can mix in to create all manner of different living organisms, both above ground and underwater, to live and evolve on your planet. All of this takes place on planets in our actual solar system, like Mars, Venus, or Earth, or on a number of fictional alien planets. And this is really just the basics that scratch the surface of what's possible in TerraGenesis.
Anyway, while TerraGenesis has flown mostly under the radar around these parts, it has garnered a substantial and incredibly engaged fan base over the past three years, to the tune of more than 10 million downloads, and has seen a number of hefty content updates in that time. However, the biggest update to TerraGenesis has just arrived this past week and adds a whole host of new features to the game, as well as a completely revamped graphical engine.
First up is a bundle of seven "Historical Earths" that let you play a game across a variety of different historical versions of Earth, like the Age of Dinosaurs era or the Ice Age. This Historical Earths bundle features a storyline to play through that spans across all seven versions of Earth. Then there are new "World Killer" events, which as you can probably guess are "Planet-scale threats such as asteroid impacts" that are "unexpected and lead to down-to-the wire races, kicking-up the difficulty for veteran players who must learn to protect their planet from an impending extinction-level event." Anybody who has ever played SimCity knows how fun it can be to have to deal with catastrophic disasters.
Another major feature of this update are native species that can be procedurally generated on planets and can have "unique needs, settlements and cultures." The tricky part about this is how you deal with the natives on a planet, and it's really a question of morality. Do you try to coexist with these natives and find a balance between your own needs and their unique needs so that everyone can live together in harmony? Or do you just wipe those suckers out and "terraform them into extinction?"
But wait, there's more! TerraGenesis version 5.0 also includes improved faction identities (oh, did I mention you can join one of four different interstellar factions in the game?) which provides a richer culture and history for each faction, as well as differing opinions on terraforming. This means that some factions may want to terraform a planet back to its original form, even if that means it becomes inhospitable to humans. Not everyone thinks it's ok to just mess with the makeup of a planet's natural balance for selfish reasons like, you know, being able to LIVE on it, so you'll have to determine which faction your values line up with the most.
During GDC back in March I had a chance to sit down with Alexander Winn, founder of Edgeworks and lead developer of TerraGenesis, to get the lowdown on this version 5.0 update, and I was absolutely blown away spending the better part of an hour seeing not just all the interesting new features for the update but also what TerraGenesis is capable of as a whole. This is a seriously cool game, and I'm not surprised at all that it has amassed such a following despite not doing much in terms of traditional marketing. It also helps that it's free to download and try, and while it can feel a bit overwhelming at first, it has a good tutorial to get you going and before you know it you'll be terraforming planets left and right and spawning lifeforms and battling factions.
If anything I've described sounds interesting to you, don't hesitate to give TerraGenesis a download and check it out. There's a discussion thread for the game in our own forums that hasn't seen much action since the game launched three years ago if you want to offer your thoughts over there, and there's also a super active sub-Reddit, a Discord chat, and a Facebook page if you want to connect with the fanbase through official means.


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I called them "semiotically askew;" now here's Scott Adams, who agrees with the message but…
I'm also having a hard time figuring out what the pink-hat people are protesting about that they don't already have. I understand that abortion is in the mix. But the hats seem to have some sort of generic anti-Trump message that to my mind is conflated with an anti-alpha-male vibe. It's a confusing message and not completely positive. (…)
When the pink hat organizers decided on their branding, they appear to have been operating on what I call the word-thinking level. As I mentioned earlier, the hats are literally a pun about cats and vaginas. That's too conceptual to persuade. Just because the words fit together in a clever way, that doesn't make it persuasive. And if you plan to take ownership of an insult, make sure the insult is strong. The N-word was a strong insult. The Q-word was weapons-grade too. Trump turned "whiner" into the strongest voice for change, which is also strong. If your enemy has a strong weapon, it makes sense to grab that weapon and use it for defense. (…)
If you are the new President of the United States, and you see hundreds-of-thousands of protesters marching in the streets, what do you do? Well, in most cases you would treat that as the nation's top priority. You don't want it to escalate to social collapse. I can think of only one scenario in which such a large and vocal movement should be ignored until they run out of steam. That rare situation is when the protesters all wear pink hats.
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I have worked as a screenwriter and producer in Hollywood for my entire adult life. I actually know something about the power of images. I know how movies persuade an audience to a particular view point.
I also know how an audience can turn against the message being delivered.
And let me tell you, the vagina and uterine costumes, the expletives, the unhinged Ashley Judd and Madonna tirades only served as recruitment tools for Donald Trump. Those who have been lukewarm about Donald will now fully support President Trump because the images presented at the women's march were far more crude and nutty than anything President Trump has ever said or done.


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Iran's Khatami: The sound and the fury
Mohammad Khatami's recent conciliatory stance towards the Iranian government has alienated former supporters.
|Former president Mohammad Khatami has manipulated the opposition Green Movement since the arrest of its leaders [EPA]
The world might be distracted by the dramatic events in Syria, Libya, or even Yemen, but the pushing and pulling, jostling and shoving, kicking and elbowing for the post-Ahmadinejad Islamic Republic is well underway.
Ahmadinejad has done his services to the ruling Ayatollah, and will be disposed of momentarily. His grand illusion that he can actually have a face off with the Supreme Leader and determine who – his choice is a close aide named Rahim Mashaei – is to succeed him is being dashed off rudely with the combined security, intelligence, military, and clerical forces that staged him against the Green Movement and will now escort him to the exit door.
This exit – now well underway – is happening in a larger context. More than two years into the rise of the Green Movement in Iran and half a year of astounding developments in the Arab world, the Islamic Republic of Iran is juggling its domestic affairs to be able to cope with the tremor of regional earthquakes – and suddenly, at the centre of it all, one finds, yet again, Mohammad Khatami, the two-time Reformist president (1997-2001 and 2001-2005) who was once thought to be the Iranian Mikhail Gorbachev. It was not meant to be.
As Ahmadinejad is being made redundant, Khatami may prove, yet again, to be useful – at least to the ruling regime.
The smiling Seyyed
Mohammad Khatami gently glided into the modern Iranian, and by extension, the global scene, during the presidential election of 1997, when his landslide victory became the symbolic indicator of a massively based Reformist Movement that was poised either to break the back or else immunise the Islamist theocracy to any meaningful changes. It did not break its back.
Glasnost, Perestroika: It is hard to believe now, but at the time people were comparing Mohammad Khatami to Mikhail Gorbachev – and thus by extension saw the vista of an "opening" and a "restructuring" that would end the Islamic Republic very much the same way that Gorbachev had ended the Soviet Union.
It did not happen that way. Khatami managed, quite to the contrary, to give a sudden respectability to the beleaguered Islamic Republic. Masses of millions of young Iranians had poured into their streets campaigning and voting for him. He had outmanoeuvred the expatriate opposition, out-staged the banished left, and caught the ruling conservatives off guard. He was gentle in his demeanour – smiling, cheerful, liberal, feminine. "Seyyed Khandan" people call him to this day: The Smiling Seyyed.
Under Khatami's two-term presidency, the Reformist Movement had one slogan, translated into one strategy: "pressure from below, negotiation from above". The pressure from below had nothing to do with the Reformists.
The pressure was predicated on structural deficiencies of the Islamic Republic itself, some of it, in fact, the results of the neoliberal economics that Khatami, and before him Hashemi Rafsanjani, had unleashed with catastrophic consequences for the most vulnerable segments of society. The Reformists were trying to be the political beneficiaries of widespread dissatisfaction they were in fact in part responsible for generating.
To the degree that this pressure "from below" had political venues to express itself within an Islamist theocracy, it was an expression of the general health and maturity of a democratic will, which the Reformists had no moral or intellectual wherewithal to read. And as for "negotiation from above", the Reformists had failed miserably to negotiate any enduring measure of civil liberties, or curtail the arbitrary rule of the fraternity club of clerics. In 1997, with more than 80 per cent reported voter turnout, and some 70 per cent of which cast their ballots for him, Iranians had given Khatami a mandate, with which he could have in fact saved his beloved Islamic Republic and secured and institutionalised certain civil liberties. He lacked the courage, the conviction, or the imagination to do any such thing.
Whatever his two-term presidency achieved was lost overnight when, in the course of the presidential election of 2005, the vastly more populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad banked on some 15 million poor and impoverished Iranian voters who had been left out of Hashemi Rafsanjani post-war economic liberalisation, and could not care less about Khatami's cosmetic social reforms. What was left from that period was the terrible, and terribly elitist, metaphor of below (for the democratic will of the people) and above (for the jaundiced abuse of that will to achieve no enduring civil liberties).
Once a tragedy, twice a farce
Khatami resumed a lethargic political life after his two-term presidency – keeping himself busy trying to get "civilisations" to have a dialogue with each other, as a kind of a gentle doppelgänger of Samuel Huntington. The Reformist Movement made a miserable attempt at a comeback in the presidential election of 2005 and their candidate, a decent but dull and entirely uninspiring professor of pediatrics named Mostafa Moeen, lost to the vastly more conniving and populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
It was not until the presidential election of 2009 that Mohammad Khatami resurfaced on the Iranian political scene. He initially announced his own candidacy to run for a third (non-consecutive) term, which caused the bloodthirsty Rasputin of the Islamic Republic, the editor-in-chief of the Kayhan daily, Hossein Shariatmadari, to threaten his life in very thinly disguised language.
But Khatami stayed put until Mir Hossein Mousavi came out of a two-decade-old semi-seclusion from active political life and declared his intention to run for office. Khatami withdrew his candidacy in favour of Mousavi and put his weight behind the former prime minister, actively campaigning for him, and instrumental in helping create a vastly enthusiastic presidential election. There is a picture of Khatami campaigning for Mousavi in Isfahan that is now one of the iconic registers of what would later be code-named "The Green Movement".
One can and must remember that without Khatami's enthusiastic support, Mousavi would have never generated the joy and enthusiasm that came his way. Khatami gathered the fervour of his vast popular base enthusiastically and happily handed it over to Mousavi. Twenty years out of the active political scene, Mousavi was not a household name to the younger generation of Iranians. Khatami was their idol. Khatami coached, guided, blessed, and delivered Mousavi to his own base. Mousavi supporters should never forget that.
In the tumultuous aftermath of the June 2009 presidential election, Khatami was a critical force in sustaining the initial, and historically most momentous, rise of the Green Movement. The movement was given a renewed lease and legitimacy in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, when, on February 14, 2011, we saw the very last attempt at a mass rally – brutally suppressed by the ruling theocracy. Mousavi, Karroubi and their spouses were all put under house arrest, after a lynch mob of the "Majlis deputies" stormed the podium screaming "Death to Mousavi, death to Karroubi", and even "Death to Khatami".
The effective incarceration of Mousavi and Karroubi since mid-February 2011 left Khatami alone as one of the three most vocal and trusted figures publically committed to democratic reform, with various degrees of radical dispositions. Mousavi was by far the most radical of the three, still very much committed to the constitution of the Islamic Republic, to be sure, but using the post-electoral crisis to open up a whole new chapter in public discourse about civil liberties, democratic principles, rule of law, and forgotten or betrayed ideals of the revolution. Karroubi was equally courageous, if less systematic and purposeful.
Khatami was the most mild and the most liberal of the three, still believing in what his camp used to call conquering the democratic fronts "one trench at a time" ["sangar beh sangar"]. Even though, it is imperative to remember today that Khatami was among the very first to use the term "velvet coup/kudeta-ye makhmalin" in describing the result and aftermath of the June 2009 presidential election.
The three worked together with a tacit harmony – seeing, hearing, and saying things in a manner that complemented each other: just like the Three Wise Monkeys of the Tosho-gu shrine – Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru. With Mousavi and Karroubi out of the public eye, Khatami was just like Mizaru, closing his eyes to see no evil, but what he heard and what he said did not benefit from the wisdom of Kikazaru and Iwazaru, who could see and hear better than he.
This is when he should have remained silent – but he did not, could not resist the temptation. Bad move.
The storm began on May 17, 2011, when, towards the end of a long and rambling speech to a group of Iran-Iraq war veterans Mohammad Khatami said:
|"If an act of tyranny has been perpetrated, and it has been, we should all forgive and look towards the future, and if an act of tyranny has been committed against the regime and the leadership, for the sake of posterity it [too] must be forgiven. The people will also forgive the tyranny that has been visited upon them and upon its children, and we will then all face a better future. We should of course all work very hard, collaborate, and prepare the way for a future in which we will create a healthy, safe, and free future in which we will secure people's rights."
Khatami's speech to the war veterans was soon followed by some leading and highly respected Reformists – such as Mostafa Tajzadeh and Mohammed Nourizad – endorsing Khatami's position to enumerate certain conditions under which the Reformists would go back to politics and join the next parliamentary election. One such leading Reformist, Ali Mazru'i, even spoke of a "rapprochement/mosaleheh" between the Green Movement and certain factions of the Principalists.
A sudden rush of severe and even violent criticism followed. Leading democracy activists in and out of Iran began denouncing Khatami for plotting to bypass the Green Movement and go back to resume where the Reform Movement had left off. One such critic, Mojtaba Vahedi, now outside Iran as a spokesperson of Mahdi Karroubi, went so far as accusing Khatami of "betraying" the cause of liberty in Iran. He concluded with a bravura: "I am proud that I am no longer a Reformist." The reformist activists now turned their anger against Vahedi. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi remained under house arrest.
The Islamic Republic was getting ready to manufacture yet another electoral farce, and as Mohammad Khatami and his Reformist lieutenants were lining up, their detractors were now retorting back, to provide their services. As Arash Judaki, one such leading critic, put it, the evident rift between Ahmadinejad and Khamenei had offered the Reformists the chance to try to re-enter the dominant politics, and accused them of "opportunism".
Others were much harsher. Some even began, and rightly so, to question the whole false binary between "reform and revolution", dismantling "the ideological myths" of the Green Movement, accusing the Reformists, again rightly so, of using the prospect of "violence" and "revolution" as a goblin ("lulu-khorkhoreh") to frighten "the naughty child" of the democratic uprising.
To be sure, Mohammad Khatami still remains enormously popular with a vast base of Green Movement activists – especially those who call themselves "Melli-Mazhabi/Nationalist-Religious". They insist that the Green Movement is in fact the result, the continuation, of the Reformist Movement of the 1990s, which they categorically attribute to Khatami's ideas and aspirations.
This generation, having projected their own courage, imagination, and achievements to Khatami's pleasant poise and smiling disposition, is wary of any criticism coming his way. They cling to every word, every preposition, every comma of his phrasing, yet again projecting their own goodwill and conviction onto him. They are parsing not just words, prepositions, conditional clauses, and commas – they are following him as he splits the Red Sea to have and hold Khatami as the vista of their hopes, the sight of their salvation.
They dismiss any and all criticism of Khatami as "radical", "idealist", "violent", or "delusional". They are particularly dismissive of people who criticize Khatami from "outside" Iran. You are not here, you do not understand, you live a peaceful and comfortable life, they tell their detractors. We must be pragmatic, they insist.
Be that as it may, the negative reactions to Khatami's words were so harsh that he soon realized what a terrible faux pas he had made asking for forgiveness from the ruling Sultan – and quickly retracted and corrected course. "Making peace does not mean to disregard the demands", he said in a speech on June 11, 2011, less than a month after his slip about "forgiveness". "How could one sell short people's rights?"
The making of a triumvirate
Ultimately the problem is not why Khatami is so weak, spineless, and accommodating to power – projecting his moral and intellectual limitations as "wisdom" or "pragmatism". The problem is that he is all of these things from a position of weakness, facing a tyrannous monstrosity, and in the absence of any more radical positions within the general contour of the current political atmosphere.
In these circumstances, Mousavi's forced silence is in fact infinitely nobler and more eloquent than Khatami's weakling pleadings for forgiveness from a tyrant. Under other circumstances, at the very least, when Mousavi, Karroubi, Zahra Rahnavard and other exiled voices can freely say and articulate their positions, Khatami's conciliatory voice is not only perfectly legitimate but in fact even necessary, as important and crucial as anyone else's.
But when the ruling tyranny has silenced everyone – by assassination, imprisonment, torture, house arrest, exile, fear and intimidation, impoverishment, et cetera – Khatami's wobbly pleading is so pathetic because it is not stated from a position of free, fair, and democratic encounter with other, more or even less radical, voices. This regime has mutilated the Iranian political culture, does not even have the decency of allowing for a dignified funeral of an aging dissident, and its official thugs attack mourners and cause the death of his daughter – and to this regime and under these circumstances, Khatami says "if" people have done you wrong and been tyrannous towards you, you should forgive them.
Never in the entire history of Shiaism have tyrannised people been so robbed of their moral authority and the sacrosanct term of zolm been so brutally stolen from them, abused and applied to a tyrant. No amount of contextualisation, gloss, or appeals to pragmatism can whitewash that astoundingly immoral utterance.
Democratic movements are restoratives, consistent and committed to their historic course, while giving birth to new leaders and iconic representations. Left to their own history in a brutal and repressive regime, none of the current representatives of the democratic uprising in Iran would have had an iota of legitimacy. They are all, without a single exception but to varying degrees, implicated in the criminal records of the Islamic Republic.
But democratic movements are not vindictive, they are restorative. The fact is that not only Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi but Mohammad Khatami as well had been given a new lease on a new political life by virtue of the Green Movement. Without this resumed democratic uprising, none of these figures had any widespread credibility that would cross ideological or territorial barriers.
Neither Khatami, nor Mousavi and Karroubi are the leaders of this democratic movement – they are its momentary custodians. They have all received their credibility by the degree to which they are closer to the heartbeat of this movement – most of all Mir Hossein Mousavi, and precisely because he was closest to the pulse of his people. Khatami was, in fact, furthest removed from the fast pace of that pulse – but nevertheless he was (and still remains) a force, a factor, a measure. When he was with the other two, he was a unifying force.
Now, left to his own devices, he is a deeply divisive and fractious voice. Whoever had Mousavi and Karroubi arrested (Khamenei et al) and let Khatami free to say whatever he wanted to say, he knew what he was doing – he knew that, deaf and dumb to the realities around him, he would cover his own eyes not to see evil and become a stooge in the danse macabre that is the Islamic Republic. "Carrying the stamp of this one defect … doth his noble substance often doubt". Instead of misreading Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations, he should find someone in his entourage to do a half-decent translation of this eternal wisdom for him (Hamlet Act 1, Scene 4). It will do him (and the rest of us) good:
So oft it chances in particular men
That for some vicious mole of nature in them –
As in their birth (wherein they are not guilty,
Since nature cannot choose his origin),
By the o'ergrowth of some complexion,
Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason,
Or by some habit that too much o'er leavens
The form of plausive manners – that these men,
Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,
Being nature's livery or fortune's star,
Their virtues else (be they as pure as grace,
As infinite as man may undergo)
Shall in the general censure take corruption
From that particular fault. The dram of evil
Doth all the noble substance often doubt
To his own scandal.
Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.


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Torontoist Is Here To Stay
Photo of Toronto's skyline shot from just outside Grimsby, Ontario, by ethervizion from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
It's been almost four months since Torontoist announced that we would be closing at the end of 2008, and about three and a half since we announced that we wouldn't. Given that we've been continually publishing new content, rolling out new features, hiring new contributors, and gaining new readers since then, we'd understand if you've been left a bit confused. But no more—there's finally new news about Torontoist, and it's inordinately good news: Torontoist has new local investors, and will continue, safe and sound, for long into the future.
The announcement on December 12 that Torontoist would close—a decision brought about mostly by the site's unenviable financial circumstances—was met less with obituaries than it was with desperate attempts to keep Torontoist alive. A Facebook group called "Torontoist is dead… Long live Torontoist!", started by our own Jonathan Goldsbie, popped up immediately, an attempt to gauge interest in resurrecting Torontoist in some way, as some new entity, at some time in the future. Media coverage proliferated, deep, broad, endless, and endlessly speculative. The National Post, old friends if occasional ideological opposites, called us "the most eloquent voice of this moment in Toronto" not long before they called us a bunch of young lefty hipsters; CBC Radio's Matt Galloway told us in an on-air interview that, for him, Torontoist always felt most like wandering the city's streets. A new city blog calling itself Torontoest, in no way affiliated with Torontoist, teased its launch and then, after we distanced ourselves from it, went out in a blaze of glory. It was weird. But the overarching feeling from everyone—staff, readers, friends, frenemies, and fellow media—seemed to be that Torontoist had become more than a complement to Toronto, but, instead, an essential part of it.
In the midst of all of this, Torontoist staff met to weigh our options. In the hours and days after the shutdown notice, more than a few groups had stepped forward and declared their interest in striking a new deal with Torontoist, groups with the resources to actually make a new deal—and a stronger, growable Torontoist—possible. And so the staff, based on the new possibility that there was something to look forward to, and based on the fast-approaching new year, decided, together, to keep Torontoist alive for no more than six months while we sought out a new financial backer for the site. Gothamist agreed to provide a small budget for the period, and on December 23, we announced that the site wouldn't be shutting down after all. I wrote then that "a lot now seems possible for the site's future that wasn't before," and that while "Torontoist does not yet have the financial support it needs….it is the entire staff's shared mission to give the site one big concerted push, one that will see us in far better shape in six month's time and that should ensure not just our survival but our growth and success. We're going to do what we can to make Torontoist better than ever. It might, of course, not work. But we're not done—not yet."
And now we're not done at all.
On April 1, financial control of Torontoist shifted from Gothamist to a team of three investors—Ken Hunt, Rob Silver, and Amanda Alvaro—and the new corporation that the three have founded together, Ink Truck Media. (Ken is a software designer, entrepreneur, and former Torontoist contributor, whose writing has been published in Toronto Life, Quill & Quire, and Report on Business Magazine; Rob runs Dynamic Policy Consulting, a clean energy consulting company, and is one half of the Globe & Mail's Silver-Powers blog; and Amanda is the Managing Director of Narrative Advocacy Media, a subsidiary of ad agency Bensimon Byrne.)
What'll all this mean? Everything will change and nothing will: Torontoist will still be called Torontoist, and will remain affiliated with the Gothamist network of worldwide city blogs, but the site will now be wholly locally-operated and have an opportunity to grow like it never could before. As Editor-in-Chief, it'll remain my job to keep Torontoist's content as good as and better than ever, to continue to develop and grow and improve the site, to help create great new features and introduce you to great new contributors, and to uphold and strengthen the site's tight standards for stuff like ethics, accuracy, grammar, style, and puns. Ken, Rob, and Amanda are interested in Torontoist both for what it is and for what it can become, and at some point over the next few days you'll hear from them. What is most important to know is that everything that is great about Torontoist will stay that way, and everything that can be made better will.
Most of all, with a newly bright future, Torontoist is more committed than ever to fulfilling our mandate to represent Toronto as it really is as well as how we'd like it to be, a duty we have to all of our readers and to the city we all share. I meant what I said at the foot of that farewell announcement in mid-December: Torontonians need to be shown more often that their city is not ugly, banal, mean, or dangerous, but also reminded that it is not perfect or unimpeachable. Toronto warrants honest praise, honest criticism, a bit of heart, and a half-decent sense of humour. Torontoist has tried to provide all of those things, and it owes its success and whatever legacy it has to the editors, contributors, and readers, past and present, who have understood that great cities are not born but made and endlessly remade, and that they are ours to make better.
While the conditions may now be different, the ultimate reasons for Torontoist's success in the future will be no different from the reasons for its success in the past. And as Toronto grows and changes, triumphs and falters, Torontoist will be there.


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Olivia Palermo, the socialite who was a major character in the MTV series "The City," and her husband, German model Johannes Huebl, have purchased an apartment in DUMBO's Clocktower building, according to city records.
The couple purchased the apartment using two LLCs, FLOTO and Billy Budd. FLOTO is controlled by Huebl, and Palermo owned a horse named Billy Budd, so it is likely that that LLC is hers. They paid $2.95 million for the apartment in an apparent off-market deal. The seller is German entrepreneur Richard von Rheinbaben.
Palermo appeared on "The City" starting in 2009, but she was known among the New York social set before that for her supposed rivalry with socialite Tinsley Mortimer, which was documented on the now-defunct site Socialite Rank. All of the "Gossip Girl" -like drama was documented in a 2007 New York Magazine cover story.
The apartment Palermo and Huebl bought is about 2,200 square feet, and has two bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and park and river views.


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Scientists who study microorganisms are called
The scientist who study microorganisms are called microbiologists. Microbes are studied by culturing into suitable medium and making their slide.
Microorganisms live as :
Microorganisms are found everywhere on earth. They live solitary or in colonies. Most of microbes are either pathogenic or beneficial to human beings.
Microorganisms are :
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Cyst is the protective covering that encloses microorganisms during unfavourable conditions. Microbes survive under this cyst to continue perpetuation.
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Which of the following microorganism lives alone:
Microorganisms live either solitary or in groups. Amoeba is a protozoon that lives solitary or alone in dirty water having irregular shaped body.
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Curd formation from milk requires lactic acid bacteria called Lactobacillus. These bacteria produce lactic acid bacteria by multiplying in number at appropriate temperature.
Which of the following organism is used in cheese ripening?
The ripening of the cheese involves many biochemical changes and this study provides new information on peptides produced during ripening. Penicillium camemberti is an important mold used in the production of this type of cheese.
Yeast is not used in the preparation of :
The most common yeast associated with winemaking is Saccharomyces cerevisiae which has been favored due to its predictable and vigorous fermentation capabilities, tolerance of relatively high levels of alcohol and sulfur dioxide as well as its ability to thrive in normal wine pH between 2.8 and 4.
Baker's yeast is the common name for the strains of yeast commonly used in baking bread and bakery products, serving as a leavening agent which causes the bread to rise (expand and become lighter and softer) by converting the fermentable sugars present in the dough into carbon dioxide and ethanol. Yeast is also used in dhokla.
So, it is not used in antibiotics.
Which of the following microorganism promotes the formation of curd?
Lactobacilli are the bacteria which are naturally present in the milk that convert the sugar(lactose) into lactic acid through the process of fermentation and that is seen in the form of curd.
Which is a fungal disease in human?
Athlete's foot is a fungal disease in human beings. Anthrax and amoebiasis are bacterial disease while amoebiasis is a protozoal disease.
TMV causes disease in :
Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) causes disease in tobacco plant. The symptoms of this disease include yellowing of leaves, curling of leaf.
BCG vaccine given to infants protects them from :
BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) is a vaccine given to babies to protect them from serious forms of Tuberculosis (TB) such as TB Meningitis (an infection of the brain) and Miliary TB (wide spread infection).
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Edgy Evening Look
All black errythang is a known style statement for one reason and one reason only… it always works! It's no secret that black goes with everything… but how do you style it so it doesn't look boring and bland, especially in the evening? Well hopefully this post can shed some light… (or darkness in this case! haha)
I call this the 'edgy evening look' because it's dressy enough to wear to go out for drinks or dinner in the evening, but also has that edgy streak with the studded shoes, aviator jacket and ripped denim so that it's versatile depending for a variety of destinations. The main trick to make all black not look boring is in the little details.
First, you want to start with a good pair of black jeans as your canvas. They're always figure flattering and can be so versatile with accessories shoes and tops. I opted for Topshop high waisted ripped skinny jeans because I wanted a relaxed stance to the style. If you were going somewhere slightly smarter you could go sans-rips!
Next I added my black long sleeved body from Asos – I always think low v necks look dressier and more 'date night' than if you had a crew neck so thought it would work well for the evening look. Plus, for all you tall torso-ed people like me, they do it in the 'tall' section so you don't get a fedgie… hahaa you know what I'm talking about… the struggle is real!! I've linked below to the exact one…
The next question was which shoes… and let me ask you this: have you been lusting after the much coveted Valentino rock pumps? Well, tell me about it, 'stud'! But, I wish to answer your prayers because I found these amazing pair of Valentino rockstud dupes from Asos! They're a great cheaper option – at only a fraction of the price – £40 (before student discount!) compared to about £450! And, they add that extra bit of sparkle and dressiness to the look while also remaining edgy with the studs.
Of course it goes without saying that I needed a jacket in this bracing British weather and for me, this is the best part of the outfit.. I got this amazingly warm and luxurious aviator jacket from Maniere de voir, a super cute online boutique. I know aviator jackets are all the rage at the moment and embarrassingly enough I currently have 4 in my wardrobe (don't judge me hehe!) but this is my absolute favourite. It's shearling lined in the body with faux fur collar and cuffs. It has these gorgeous belted details which makes it look edgy AF but the leather look makes it appear pretty chic and smart.
Last but not least what is an outfit with a bag… I'm sure I can speak for most of us when I say we'd feel naked without them – and they can add so much to an outfit! I went for my trust Mulberry Lily bag which is just perfect for the evening as it looks dressy but is small enough that you don't end up packing it full with unnecessary stuff (guilty!) and also has an edgy side to it with the chain.
So there you have it, an edgy evening look… I've linked everything below in case you would like direct links to the pieces!
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Outlook for property prices turned negative again in July
Some of the improvement seen in near term expectations for property sales and prices have partially reversed, with the outlook for prices turning negative again, according to the latest residential survey
Buyer enquiries increase marginally for the second consecutive month in July although sales remained flat, says the residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
It also shows that landlord instructions continued to fall across lettings market as near term rent expectations increased, adding that falling supply in the lettings market seems likely to squeeze rents higher.
Near term rental growth expectations were driven up, with the headline net balance of +25% in July representing the most elevated reading over 12 quarters.
Some 8% more respondents saw a rise rather than fall in enquiries from new buyers in July, the second month running that has seen a small increase, mirrored across most UK regions.
While buyers seem to be picking up, newly agreed sales have in fact slipped. Indeed, the national net balance slipped to -6%, from +3% in June. Some areas did see a stronger sales trend, in a slightly mixed regional picture, with respondents across the North East and the West Midlands in particular reporting a reasonably solid pick-up during July.
Looking at the picture ahead, near term predicted sales are flat, with a net balance of -2%, down from +6% in June. What's more, sentiment is now only modestly positive regarding the twelve month outlook, at the national level.
Again, while new buyer enquiries are picking up slightly, new instructions to sell were unchanged for the second successive report. This follows a string of 11 consecutive monthly declines in fresh listings. It seems there is little prospect of a sustained rise in supply coming onto the market in the immediate future, the report says.
Price wise, the headline price indicator pulled back into negative territory in July, with the national net balance falling to -9%, having edged up to -1% in June. Regionally, prices were seen to be rising at a solid pace in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. But, prices continue to fall in London, the South East and East Anglia.
Back at the national level, feedback from contributors is still suggesting that higher priced tiers of the market are facing a more challenging environment. Some 69% of respondents note that, for properties marketed at over £1 million, sales prices are coming in below asking prices, up from 66% in April.
However, for properties listed at up to £500,000 and below, 59% of survey participants report sales prices have been at least level with asking, albeit this is slightly down on 62% three months ago.
When it comes to the outlook for prices, near term expectations deteriorated over the month, but at the 12 month horizon, projections remain marginally positive in net balance terms.
'The latest RICS results will provide little comfort for the market with all the key indicators pretty much flat lining. Indeed, the forward looking metrics on prices and sales also seem to losing momentum as concerns, clearly voiced in the anecdotal feedback, both about Brexit and political uncertainty heighten,' said Simon Rubinsohn, RICS chief economist.
'Some support may be provided by an easing in the cost of money which could feed through into lower mortgage finance costs, but this may be insufficient to provide a spur to lift activity given the clouds hanging over the economy,' he explained.
'Meanwhile, the lettings market data continues to send a very strong message that institutions need to upscale their build to rent pipeline to address the shortfall resulting from the decline in appetite from buy to let investors. It is significant that the near-term rental expectations indicator has climbed to a three year high,' he added.


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ICT and Computing
A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science, and design and technology and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems. The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work, and how to put this knowledge to use through programming.
Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.
At Gledhow, we use the Switched on Computing scheme by Rising Stars. This scheme provides a year group specific programmes of work as well as providing a solid platform which enables teachers to deliver a truely exciting and engaging curriculum. Pupils are given the opportunity to make creative and inspriring projects.


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Solo and Robin Pallier combined creative forces and spent some time in London with The Nicest Guy in Skateboarding™, Kyron Davis. Hit play to spend some time in the capital of Brexitland with Kyron and a few homies.
Check out Reece Leung's photos in Solo's interview with Kyron too.
And finally, if you're able to, please donate to Kyron's fundraiser for his uncle who sadly passed away in the Grenfell Tower fire.


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WASHINGTON — US B-2 bombers struck and destroyed two ISIS camps in Libya overnight, with initial estimates that over 80 militants were killed, US officials told CNN Thursday.
The mission, which was confirmed in a later Pentagon statement and is expected to be the last, short-notice military operation ordered by President Barack Obama, was approved several days ago by the President, according to sources.
"They (the ISIS fighters) posed a security threat to Libya, the region, and US national interests," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement. "While we are still evaluating the results of the strikes, the initial assessment indicates they were successful."
A US defense official said the militants were seen immediately beforehand carrying weapons, wearing tactical vests, holding mortars and standing in formation. The number killed was not released by the Pentagon, but the initial estimate put the figure at over 80. There were no women or children in the area, the official said.
US surveillance aircraft had been watching the sites for weeks as fighters fled from Sirte on the coastline into what they perceived to be the safety of remote desert areas. But the isolation of the area gave those surveillance aircraft clear imagery showing military-aged males in several areas, according to officials.
The two camps that were destroyed were located about 28 miles southwest of Sirte, the Pentagon said.
In addition to the B-2 bombers, unmanned aircraft also took part in the strikes, the defense official said.
The strike did not happen initially because the rudimentary camps had moved and surveillance had to be conducted again.
The B-2s heavy bombers flying from the US were planning to bomb four camps, according to initial reports. Some of the sites may have been empty, with fighters having moved again. US Navy warships equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles were also on standby but initial reports indicate they were not needed.
The President's approval of the strike underscores in the closing hours of his administration the difficulty of targeting ISIS fighters in dozens of countries around the world. Obama has increasingly relied on armed drones, bombers and special forces on the ground to go after these types of targets in Syria and Iraq.
"We are committed to maintaining pressure on ISIL and preventing them from establishing safe haven," Cook said, using another acronym for ISIS. "These strikes will degrade ISIL's ability to stage attacks against Libyan forces and civilians working to stabilize Sirte, and demonstrate our resolve in countering the threat posed by ISIL to Libya, the United States and our allies."


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Friday, January 31, 2014
Merry Layout from Turning Stone Casino Visit
I promised myself I'd get this layout scrapped BEFORE we left for our trip to Tampa, Florida. Since it's our very late holiday & present to ourselves, I figured I should get "old" scrapbooking out of the way before I had a bunch of happy shiny NEW photos to use!
Since you are reading this now and we're making our way home, I can say I was successful!
This page is all about our Christmas trip down to Oneida, NY where we stayed at Turning Stone Casino.
I had been wanting to see their gingerbread house display for YEARS and I was not disappointed! Just wish they had some cookies for sale! The houses looked yummy!
My parents met us there and we ate at this fantastic country western place called the Tin Rooster for my birthday! It was amazing, right down to the dancing line dancers!
My favorite part of this page are these Prima gems and the double wood snowflakes! Not to mention some twine, staples, and a gold vellum "merry" speech bubble.
Here is a side view of my page. Can you see the ice sneaking in on the edge? Yeah, wasn't any of THAT in Tampa!
Happy Friday!
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Gorgeous! LOVING the photos, the twine and the snowflakes!!!!ReplyDelete
My eyes keep looking at all of the backgrounds that you used. Love them. Don't get me wrong, I did love the photos of family and gingerbread houses, too. Great page, Mitra.ReplyDelete
LOL...I HOPE there's no snow down there..or over there....or wherever it IS....hope you have a great trip, too....must say, those wooden snow flakes are pretty neat.....& I have that vellum speech bubble!!! VERY nice, tasty [groan] LO:):)ReplyDelete
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
Hello, my name is Andrew and I am Danny the Dog's human. I will be writing his story today because Danny went to the beach with his girlfriend. He wrote about her a while back, so you know all about her. Danny has asked me to tell you about Chuck the Wonder Dog. This is a true story.
Chuck roomed with a human by the name of Jeff. Now Jeff is a good enough guy, but we have different outlooks on dogs. Jeff thinks dogs should be well trained while I take a more lackadaisical approach to dog training. Actually, Danny has me pretty well trained after fourteen years of being together. Anyway, when Chuck and Jeff first got together, Chuck was just a puppy and Jeff started right in on the training. Once the basics were covered, he began teaching Chuck to count. Yeah I know, but Jeff…
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Creamer Jug - Harlyn Bay
New to the Coves Of Cornwall Tableware Collection by Rick Stein.
These stunning designs, inspired by the land and seascape of Cornish coves, were the winning entry in a competition Rick Stein launched to final year Art & Design students at Falmouth University, Cornwall to create his new tabletop collection.
Coves from north Cornwall have been hand painted in watercolour showing the depth and colour variations in the sea. The clean design of the bone china forms compliment the subtly changing shades of each cove resulting in a unique and highly collectible range of coastal tableware.
Delightful Creamer/Milk Jug
Made from Bone China.
Dishwasher, microwave and freezer safe.
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318 S. Washington Newport, WA 99156
The Pend Oreille County EDC provides a forum for community, government and business representatives to work together to promote economic development. The Board of Directors includes a wide array of people from throughout the county who meet the third Wednesday of every month from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., rotating between Newport, Cusick and Ione.
EDC Mission: To support economic development activities that foster a healthy environment for existing and new business, improve employee skills and wages, and encourage infrastructure development, while honoring the values, history, cultural diversity and natural beauty of the area and its people.
Exbabylon IT Solutions – Owner
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Naomi Campbell makes a splash with SoBe Life Water
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
By Abbey Khan
You saw her during this year's Super Bowl strutting her stuff, now supermodel Naomi Campbell is back with the SoBe Life Water lizards. Watch her dance with the rhythmic reptiles in this new commercial to the classic hit Black Magic Woman while introducing SoBe Life's new flavors– Agave Lemonade, Yuzu Black Currant and Goji Melon. Of course every supermodel needs a super wardrobe, check out the custom-made silver swimsuit and sky-high Christian Louboutin heels.
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Monday, February 29th, an episode of The Bachelor is set to be premiered from Jamaica, as shared by ABC and Jamaica Observer. With the usual audience of millions set to tune in, Ben Higgins will continue to narrow down his final selection to one lucky lady.
More specifically, the Jamaican locale for the episode will be set in Ochos Rios, a northern resort town on the coast. Ochos Rios rests in St. Ann Parish and is home to favored attractions, lush foliage, and gorgeous bodies of water. Dunns River Falls is noted as one of the main attractions in St. Ann. Often called one of Jamaica's natural treasures, it is a family destination with falls spanning over 600 feet. Additionally, St. Ann is also home to the Enchanted Gardens, where 14 waterfalls and 8 hectares of breathtaking forests can be found.
The Sandals Ochi Beach Resort will host the famous guests as well, and it is nothing short of an all-inclusive paradise. Surrounded by natural splendor and unmatched views, romance easily fills the atmosphere at this Sandals destination. Undoubtedly, viewers from around the world can't wait to see who Ben favors at this dreamy escape.


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Let 'im Move You: This is a Formation Tour
28 Jul 2019 - 30 Sep 2020
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Sunday, July 28, 2019 to Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Jumamtu M. Poe, Let 'im Move You: This Is a Success, performed by Jumatatu M. Poe and William Robinson at La Mama Moves! Dance Festival. Photo by Theo Cote.
Choreographer jumatatu poe's Let 'im Move You: This is a Formation, created with Jermone "Donte" Beacham, tours to a number of US cities this summer. The evening-length dance centers on the artists' explorations of J-Sette—a dance form with origins in southern drill teams and made popular in the gay African American club scene. The world premiere played at the Painted Bride Art Center in February 2019 with the support of a Center grant. Upcoming tour dates and locations are listed below:
- Bates Dance Festival (Lewiston, ME): July 28-August 4, 2019
- BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (Bronx, NY):
October 4-5, 2019
- Abrons Arts Center (NYC): October 9-12, 2019
- Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX): April 15-19, 2020
- Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH):
April 22-26, 2020
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (Chicago, IL):
June 1-14, 2020
- Dance Place (Washington, DC): June 17-29, 2020
- Portland Institute for Contemporary Art: Time-Based Art Festival (Portland, OR): September 2020


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The Coral House by Gerardo Ars architecture studio is a colorful design that stands out on the block. The owners wanted to something that was distinct in the neighborhood, but still met their needs. This house demonstrates how these needs can be met with just a few simple adjustments to traditional building designs.
The house is bright red in color, with basic shapes indented throughout the facade. Other than this, the overall shape is rectangular, fitting comfortably a family with one child. From the inside it's clear that the geometric indents on the outside are actually windows, allowing for plenty of light to seep through.
Located in Mexico, the Coral House shows how owners can stand out on the block, while still having all of their practical needs met.
Photo Credits: designboom, designboom
The Coral House Stands Out in the Neighborhood
Jamie Danielle Munro — July 15, 2014 — Art & Design
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Mohammad Cartoons published in Denmark ~ Muslims Riot
Suicide Bomb goes off in Market ~ Muslim World Silent
Qu'ran flushed in a toilet ~ Muslims Riot
Women raped and then deceived into becoming suicide bombers ~ Muslim World Silent
Terry Jones threatens to burn a Qu'ran ~ Muslims Riot
6 year old Afghan Girl used as suicide bomber ~ Muslim World Silent
Qu'ran rumored to be burned ~ Muslims Riot
40 Children saved by Combined Coalition/Afghan Force ~ Muslim World Silent
Qu'rans accidentally included in a burn pile ~ Muslims Riot in Afghanistan
Do any Muslims see the stupidity in this? Does anyone else?
Is the Qu'ran this important?
People wonder why I have no respect for religion.


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At least 25 members of the vicious MS-13 street gang embedded with the Central American 'migrant caravan' were deported by Mexican officials this week; raising new fears over the identities and security of those seeking to declare asylum within the United States.
"At least 25 gang members affiliated with the MS-13 gang were deported from Mexico after they were revealed to be concealed within the caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants just across the U.S. border, immigration officials said Tuesday," reports Fox News.
"In addition to the gang members, a total of 70 central American migrants have been deported to their home countries, while about 1,500 have been granted humanitarian visas to move freely within Mexico," adds the report.
The revelation comes just days after President Trump declared a "national emergency" along the US-Mexico border; doubling-down on his campaign pledge to build a physical wall between the two nations.
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GANGLAND: MS-13 Orders Members to 'TAKE OUT COPS' in New York
Notorious street-gang MS-13 has reportedly ordered its members to "take out" police officers in New York; hoping to send a strong message to authorities following a serious crackdown on the group throughout the region.
According to the New York Post, the NYPD is on high-alert after a confidential informant told police that gang members were given a green light to murder local police officers; particularly in the nearby town of Hempstead on Long Island.
"The police have been making too many arrests and it's time to take the streets back and take out (shoot) a cop like we do in El Salvador," the suspect said.
Police are ratcheting up patrols and tracking down all leads related to the threat.
"It is imperative for members of the service to take these threats seriously and adapt their work habits and lifestyles accordingly," said a memo released by the New York Police Department.
GANGLAND: New Yorkers PRAISE Trump's Crackdown on 'Animal' MS-13
Local residents on Long Island, New York praised the President's tough approach to violent street gang MS-13 this week; thanking the President for his harsh crackdown on the cartel that has terrorized communities for over a decade.
The President first visited the region in July to talk with leaders about the "bloodstained killing fields" that had overrun their neighborhoods; saying his administration will "dismantle and eradicate" the gang after multiple murders terrorized the suburban communities.
"It feels a lot better and safer," longtime Brentwood resident Melissa Early, 40, told Newsday. "I'm not sure if they've moved on or they just know people are gunning for them."
"It used to be … people afraid to walk around," she said. "Now it's all different. The police are really on top of things."
Democrat Nassau County Executive Laura Curran praised the Trump administration's response to MS-13, calling the President's focus on law enforcement a "unique opportunity."
"It is a unique opportunity," Curran said, "to directly seek more federal funds and assistance for law enforcement to combat gangs and gain resources for community groups to keep our youth from joining gangs."
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Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and The Wave Muscat on fire
On a day that saw winds gusting to above 20 knots, Groupe Edmond de Rothschild is finding her best form of the season, and leads into the Extreme Sailing Series Rio finale tomorrow on 144 points, but with The Wave, Muscat still in touch on 138.2 and with overall championship victory firmly in her sights.
Leigh McMillan's team found their best form of the regatta so far, the team enjoying the bigger conditions. However their day was marred when local heroes, Team Brasil, skippered by Torben Grael rammed them from astern on the first beat of the penultimate race.
As the British skipper of th Omani boat recounted: "We were sailing on starboard up to the exclusion zone. There was a string of two or three boats up to windward of us, so we asked for room to tack and everyone said 'you tack' so we went for the tack and Torben just sailed into the back of us and caused quite a bit of damage and someho Hashim got injured. We had to get him on to the safety boat. He was being sick on the boat. He wasn't in good shape at all..."
Their Omani bowman Hashim Al Rashdi was rushed ashore where he was seen by some medics and has since been given a clean bill of health.
Meanwhile The Wave, Muscat managed to rapidly find a replacement bowman in the form of course marshal, Tom Buggy. "He works for OC but he has done bow a few events over the last couple of seasons," said McMillan. "He had to adapt very quickly to how we do it, but fortunately we weren't under too much pressure on the boat handling in that race and it didn't cost us anything."
Unable to finish that race The Wave was awarded average points. Fortunately damage was limited to breaking the tiller extension while McMillan thought that there might be some other issues with the steering that they would have to investigate tonight.
With the bit between her teeth today, The Wave, Muscat performed well McMillan thought, and finally secured their first bullets of the regatta - in fact three of them. However the class act of the last two days has been Pierre Pennec's team on Groupe Edmond de Rothschild. Pennec's sights are firmly set on a win in Rio, although he is realistic about the fight for the 2012 championship. "Tomorrow will be a real battle, and I hope the conditions will be as good. We work well on board and have good crew communication and good boat speed. I would like to be on top of the podium for Rio and second overall in the championship".
All the teams were pushing hard and in 20 knots of wind with gusts that peaked at 24, bearing-away at the windward mark proved particularly challenging and the risk of incidents on the water increased. SAP Extreme Sailing Team came closest to a capsize in the opening race as co-skipper Rasmus Kostner explained: "It was a full on day and pretty challenging. The races lasted about 8 minutes each and so you are working the boat really hard. We had a close call! There was a lot of breeze and the bows dug really far in. We recovered but it's the closest we have been."
The fight is on for the third place on the podium between Morgan Larson's team on Oman Air and double Tornado Olympic gold medallist, Roman Hagara on Red Bull Sailing Team, separated by just a point going into the final day. While Oman Air's didn't have any disasters on the race track other than snagging a course mark at one point, they were slightly too 'mid-fleet' for their skipper's liking.
"Below average," was Larson's assessment of the day. "We got caught up in traffic a lot and I didn't keep it clean enough and we got bounced around in the middle. Unfortunatley Gitana had a good day so we are in this position. Everybody was sailing their boats well and we just didn't find our way and it was shifty and a little bit unpredictable. We can't blame it on anything but ourselves. We'll get back on it tomorrow."
The final day of racing gets underway at 1600 UTC in Rio tomorrow with live coverage from 1700 UTC - watch this here.
Extreme Sailing Series Rio results
1. Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (FRA), Pierre Pennec, Arnaud Psarofaghis, Hervé Cunningham, Romain Petit, Bernard Labro 144 points
2. The Wave, Muscat (OMA), Leigh McMillan, Ed Smyth, Pete Greenhalgh, Hannah Mills, Hashim Al Rashdi 138.2 points
3. Oman Air (OMA), Morgan Larson, Will Howden, Charlie Ogletree, Andy Maloney, Nasser Al Mashari 125 points
4. Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT), Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, Matthew Adams, Pierre Le Clainche, Graeme Spence 124 points
5. Alinghi (SUI), Pierre-Yves Jorand, Jean-Christophe Mourniac, Bruno Barbarin, Nils Frei, Yves Detrey 117 points
6. SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN), Jes Gram-Hansen, Rasmus Køstner, Pete Cumming, Mikkel Røssberg, Jonas Hviid 112 points
7. GAC Pindar (GBR), Andrew Walsh, Anna Tunnicliffe, Mark Bulkeley, Adam Piggot, Richard Peacock 93.6 points
8. ZouLou (FRA), Erik Maris, Philip Mourniac, Jean-Sébastien Ponce, Patrick Aucour, Bruno Jeanjean 83 points
9. Team Brasil (BRA), Torben Grael, Alex Welter, Diogo Cayolla, André Mirsky, Marco Grael 61 points


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Dr. Dmitry Malkin, NYC Psychiatrist
At his practices in New York City, Dr. Malkin uses a number of psychiatric methods to explore and resolve issues that hinder his patients' well being. As a highly trained psychiatric professional, Dr. Malkin will help you take the necessary and appropriate action to regain control of your life, career, or relationships.
Key psychotherapeutic techniques in the employ of Dr. Dmitry Malkin are REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy) and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). It is useful for us to talk a little more about these therapies here so you can understand more about the work Dr. Malkin will do for you, but depending on your unique circumstances and needs he may advise a combination of other techniques in conjunction with psychotherapy.
Whether it is necessary for you to have on-going therapy or short-term counseling, Dr. Malkin will work with you to design a treatment course that will bring your strengths to the fore, respect your lifestyle, and be appropriate for your abilities.
REBT is the pioneering form of cognitive behavior therapy developed by Dr. Albert Ellis in 1955. REBT is an action-oriented approach to managing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disturbances.
According to REBT, it is largely our thinking about events that lead to an emotional and behavioral upset. With an emphasis on the present, individuals are taught how to examine and challenge their unhelpful thinking which creates unhealthy emotions and self-defeating/self-sabotaging behaviors.
REBT is a practical approach to assist individuals in coping with and overcoming adversity as well as achieving goals. REBT places a good deal of its focus on the present. REBT addresses attitudes, unhealthy emotions (e.g., unhealthy anger, depression, anxiety, guilt, etc.) and maladaptive behaviors (e.g., procrastination, addictive behaviors, aggression, unhealthy eating, sleep disturbance, etc.) that can negatively impact life satisfaction. REBT practitioners work closely with individuals, seeking to help identify their individual set of beliefs (attitudes, expectations, and personal rules) that frequently lead to emotional distress.
REBT then provides a variety of methods to help people reformulate their dysfunctional beliefs into more sensible, realistic and helpful ones by employing the powerful REBT technique called "disputing." Ultimately, REBT helps individuals to develop a philosophy and approach to living that can increase their effectiveness and satisfaction at work, in living successfully with others, in parenting and educational settings, in making our community and environment healthier, and in enhancing their emotional health and personal welfare.[1]
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is rooted in the idea that how we think about situations dictates our feelings and responses to them. In many ways, we can think of it as a thinking-first approach, in which we learn to understand our thought processes in order to shape the unconscious feelings and emotions that bubble up from the mind. Perhaps this diagram will illustrate the processes of negative thinking.
CBT, or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, is a talking therapy. It has been proved to help treat a wide range of emotional and physical health conditions in adults, young people and children. CBT looks at how we think about a situation and how this affects the way we act. In turn our actions can affect how we think and feel. Dr. Malkin and his patients work together in changing the client's behaviours, or their thinking patterns, or both of these.
Dr. Dmitry Malkin works with patients from all walks of life encountering:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD/ADD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
[1] http://albertellis.org/rebt-cbt-therapy/
[2] http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/#.VwffGfl97IU


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Pew Poll: 77% of Americans "Angry" And "Frustrated" With the Federal Government
According to a recent PEW Poll, 77% of Americans are "Angry" and "Frustrated" with the federal government . Imagine that. As per poll results, 26% of Americans recently reported that they feel "angry" with the federal government, while another 51% say they are frustrated. With all the scandals, excessive spending, out of control debt, fears and lies of Obamacare and record number of recipients on food stamps with no job recovery in sight, is it any wonder why so many Americans are angry and frustrated. It would appear that only liberal Democrats are not angry with the current federal government … what does that tell you America?
With a possible government shutdown just hours away, public anger at the federal government is as high as at any point since the Pew Research Center began asking the question in 1997. Anger is most palpable among conservative Republicans – 41% say they are angry at the federal government, the highest among any partisan group.
The new national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Sept. 25-29 among 1,005 adults, finds that 26% overall say they are angry at the federal government, while 51% feel frustrated. Just 17% say they are basically content with the government.
The share of Americans who say they are angry at the federal government has risen seven points since January and now equals the high reached in August 2011, a few weeks after the widely criticized debt ceiling agreement between the president and Congress.
As in the past, substantial majorities across the political spectrum are either angry or frustrated with the federal government. But anger at the government is far more widespread among conservative Republicans than other partisan groups. This marks a change from 2011, when political independents (30% angry) were about as likely as conservative Republicans (32%) to express anger at the federal government. In the new survey, 41% of conservative Republicans say they feel angry at the government, compared with 27% of independents. Conservative Republicans are roughly twice as likely as liberal Democrats to say they are angry with government (41% vs. 18%).
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A Texas Grandfather on
October 1st, 2013 11:44 am
It took nearly forty years for our founders to reach the point of the Boston Tea Party and other acts brought on by the manner in which the British Crown treated the American Colonies. When the tipping point was reached, the Declaration of Independence was the result.
It has been one hundred years since the election of Woodrow Wilson that began the socialist/progressive era in the United States.
It has been eighty-one years since the election of FDR that made the next big strides in a socialist agenda.
The "Great Society" effort of LBJ produced the greatest transfer of wealth in world history from those that work to those who live off the work of others. This occurred forty-five years ago.
The culmination of all this effort was reached with the election of Barack Obama in 2008. The socialist/fascist agenda was put in place to complete the job begun by Wilson.
The American people have been duped into thinking that government and more government was the way to go. Socialism works until there is not enough money or the people have an awakening to the freedom lost to government intrusion.
It has taken one hundred years for the people who still have good ethics and values to realize that the socialists have almost stolen the country.
They are mad at themselves and those in government who care nothing about the people for allowing this to happen. A big correction is in the works. It may take a quarter century to accomplish the needed changes, but this is the time of beginning. If I were a progressive-Democrat or Republican-I would be very afraid.
kashekamon on
October 1st, 2013 2:11 pm
obamacare should not of been implemented in the first place. obama, reid and peloski managed to sneak and push this through against the will of "We The People". how did they get away with this in the first place?
obama is angry because this time instead of getting his toe stepped on it was his whole foot and he doesn't want his checkbook taken away.
Rightknight on
October 1st, 2013 5:10 pm
Wherever in the entire world could we create
a 'government' capable of stealing all the money
from Social Security and Medicare and then
imposing a Socialized Medical Insurance scheme
to rob the young and healthy in order to pay for
the older victims who have originally paid their way
in full prior to the theft? Furthermore how many reasonable
young workers would willingly fund a government plan
that covers illegal aliens that are actively undercutting those
young workers actual jobs?
Crazy, huh?
Mac on
October 2nd, 2013 10:58 am
As example, may I dare say Obamacare was not a big "sneaky", "fast one," "duped" people protectively claim.
Yes, Obama lied, he's a politician. 1st Clue.
This legislation was a blazing, barreling, train with a gun to the conductor's head from the moment the words, "Pass it to see what's in it" were spoken in the same breath as IRS
As for frustration,
Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, and even Sweden…..
Gee, how obscure, crazy huh? …..
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But Nygard and his lawyer held that the wind turbine was similar to light poles or basketball hoops erected without needing city clearance. He erected the wind turbine, which was generating clean power for his house. City officials then demanded he take the turbine down, going further to pass a new law banning wind turbines within the city limits.
After passing the draconian law, the city then dragged Nygard to court. The court ruled that the city cannot ban residents from erecting wind turbines to harness wind energy. However, strangely, the court also ruled that Nygard take down his wind turbine because it caused disturbances to his neighbors, despite being situated on his property.
The court battle carried on for over a year. As a law abiding citizen, Nygard did eventually remove the turbine, leaving only the cement base – because removing it would cause structural damage to his house.
However, not to let matters rest, city officials demanded he remove the base of the structure. It is said three different engineers advised city officials that removal of the base would cause damage to Nygard's house. Yet, the city refused to heed to this advice.
The city went back to court. The court ordered the base of the structure to be removed. When Nygard was still contemplating on how best to remove the base without causing damage to his house, he was arrested and taken into custody, and later put before the court for contempt charges. The court sentenced Nygard to six months for not complying with a previous court order to remove the base.
The Nygard family told local media that the sentence was a display of unfair treatment. According to them, the ruling was not done in accordance with the law. They told how they were in the process of removing the base, when Nygard was arrested by the police.
"He was arrested, handcuffed, and taken to jail. Tonight will be night No. 4 in jail. That was the best place to harvest the wind on our property. We don't have a very big property. I don't know where else we could have put it," Kendell, Nygard's wife said.
But despite being sentenced, Nygard still operates three smaller wind turbines on their property. The family said they believed they would be able to keep them, in order to generate clean energy.
Governments around the world are encouraging their citizens to harness clean energy. However, it is unclear why in the United States, people would have to follow needless bureaucracy before being able to do something they have the right to do.
Nygard has the right to do whatever he wants with his own property, but unfortunately, in a democracy such as the United States, the property rights of an individual can be overridden according to the whims of politicians and the demands of uninvolved third parties, irrespective of the potential benefits, such as clean energy.
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