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My Heart Aches…
With great sadness I post this link to an article about the tragic murder of my dear friend Emily, wife of my brother Kurt Jordan and mother of Amanda (7) and newborn baby Luc (4 months). She and her father, Russell, were ruthlessly gunned down by her ex-husband Tuesday night after he lost custody of Amanda to Emily.
My heart mourns for the loss of Emily. She was a beautiful soul and was without a doubt Kurt's perfect soulmate. I am sick from this news and I can only imagine the pain that Kurt and the entire Jordan and Ford families are going through right now.
If there is a God, may he bring peace to Emily and her father, stillness and comfort to Kurt and Emily's families and friends and the worst possible pain and eternal torment to this monster who has brought a lifetime of pain and suffering to so many others.
Man Kills Ex-wife and Her Father – News – The Orange County Register.
With Sails Unfurled
The journey of a lifetime.
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Even Galaxies Go Dim
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Last week the LA Galaxy had all the brightness of the most brilliant stars in the sky. This week it seems those stars have all gone dark.
Ok, maybe not completely dark. Landon and Becks both had good games. But as a whole the Galaxy were completely off their game tonight against FC Dallas.
Final Score? 3-0 Dallas. Ugh. That's just ugly and humiliating.
Still, it was a great time for all of us who went. Mom finally got to see David Beckham up close on the field and she was thrilled. From six seats away, in the middle of the game and the thunderous crowd, I could hear her proclaim, "He has such an amazing ass!"
Thanks to some great seats provided to us by my friend Chris (thanks again buddy!) we were able to really enjoy the game.
Maybe next year the Galaxy can make it all the way to a win and bring home the MLS Cup? We'll see.
Had a Great Time At LA Galaxy Game
The Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 tonight at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Both Galaxy goals came off of assists from David Beckham. From my seats the goals were both scored right in front of me in the first half. So cool.
So Halloween is coming up. This is a tough holiday for me. For one… I don't find it to be much of a holiday… more like a state approved day for acting strangely.
Namely, children get dressed up in costume and are sent out into the world as beggars. And grown women use the day as a chance to slut it up as much as they can and turn every grown man around them into beggars. It's a little bizarre really.
But on top of that, the first real experience with a death of someone close to me happened around this holiday in 1995. Sure my Grandfather had passed away the year before but, after spending 3 of his last 4 weeks with him talking, I bailed out a week before he actually passed. So I didn't really experience losing him.
But that Halloween in 1995 what I went through was horrific. It was intimate and it was life changing.
Many of you know the story about my mother's fiance Rusty dying in a car accident in Texas. Many of you know he was on that ill-fated trip in my place so that he could encourage me to actually live up to my obligations and go to work that night.
It's a long story. One full of regrets, sadness and pain. Honestly there isn't really anything good that came of it.
I guess the only thing I can say that might be good from it all is that my dedication to working… to growing into my potential really came into being at that point. That experience has fueled so much of my drive and my ambition in the years since. It stands, to this day, as one of the single most defining moments of my adult life.
I'd have to say the passing of my father in 2007 had as much impact on me, and in much the same way it has pushed me to further dedicate myself to pushing my limits and growing beyond what I comfortably am and instead moving into the unknown. I've found through both of these experiences that I am able to be so much more than I think I am if I just allow myself to do the things I am afraid of. To try the new… to explore the unknown and to not sit by and watch my life go by.
So hello Halloween. I still don't know how to "celebrate" you, but I know that every year your return pushes me to reflect on my life and continue to choose to be something more than I am today.
It's Been a Long and Winding Road
Since the completion of the Surf Cup in the first week of August I think I have been home a total of something like 17 days.
I have been everywhere from Vegas, Spokane, Wichita (twice), Oklahoma City, Norfolk, Atlanta and San Luis Obispo. I've worked on video gigs, gay weddings, MMA Webshows and Polo Charity Events. It's been a crazy ride, and for the most part I've enjoyed myself immensely.
But the final part of this whirlwind tour was the loss of my Uncle Francis after emergency heart surgery to replace his failed aortic valve and to peform a bypass.
It was a tragic ending to a very long strange trip I've felt like I have been on.
I'm so tired, and I'm so numb. I don't really know what else there is to say about it.
I want to talk to someone, anyone about how I am feeling, but I just don't have words to say right now.
I feel very lost.
Francisco Fronteras 1957-2010
Eulogy for Uncle Francis
These are the four words that I use to describe my Uncle. He was, to me, a very strong, very quiet and very affectionate and loving man.
Many men are raised in this world without the benefit of having any positive role models in their life. My Uncle was one of these. As my Mother said shortly after he passed, Francis had become an incredible man of strength, integrity and love and he had done it in spite of having little guidance in becoming so. He had chosen to be that way and he found his own path in life. He forged his personality through the strength of his own character.
In my life I have had the honor of having three incredible men to show me what being a man is all about. My grandfather Carl who was as honorable a man as you will ever meet, my own father, Mick who was also a quiet and strong man with an endless love for his family and my Uncle Francis.
Through Francis I have learned that we can be more than the situations of our youth might suggest for us. That we can have the strength of will, the personal desire, and the capacity to overcome obstacles presented to us and to become the type of person who is admired and loved by all who meet us.
Francis had a great capacity for love. I can see it in the grief of his friends, the grief of his family and most especially in the grief of my Auntie Lorna. We do not grieve for his loss. I believe he is in a much better place than this now, joining those who've already gone and preparing a place for us all when our time also comes.
We grieve because our own lives are now less than they were before. Without his love in our lives we feel a great emptiness. And that is unbearable. So we grieve, and in grieving we are, together, lifting the voices of our souls to Francis and letting him know that he mattered to us. That he is and will be missed in our lives.
When I was little I visited the Philippines. I was maybe 7 the last time I visited. And I was away from my Dad who had stayed here and I felt very lost and alone. But Francis took me under his wing. He was always a creative man. A tinkerer, who could turn anything into an artistic piece. At the time he was making jewelry and he showed me how he made rings. And in showing me his craft he made me feel connected to him, he made me feel special and he made me feel loved. I have never forgotten that kindness and that warmth he gave to me as a child. And so I was very excited when I heard he was finally coming to the US. I'll never forget the look of surprise when we met again and he saw how much I'd grown. All he could say that whole night was, "You're so big!" "David, you are so big!" . . . that, and also, "I'm so cold!"
I for one am a better man for having known my Uncle. We didn't talk much. I don't think he ever became fully comfortable speaking English with me. I'm sure I spoke too fast for him sometimes and I think he felt like he spoke too slowly for me. So instead we had developed a sort of silent language of nods and glances over the years. His approval coming in a sort of quiet nod, his disapproval in a glance through his squinted eyes. We understood each other without saying words.
What words needed to be said were often expressed through Karaoke. And usually that meant me singing… For hours. I'd say, "Uncle, why don't you sing?" He'd just smile and say, "no that's all right I just want to hear you sing." And I'd continue. And continue. And continue. But I never wanted to stop singing for him because his acceptance of me always felt so good, and the look of joy on his face as I sang was always more satisfying for me than I could ever describe.
I will miss my Uncle Francis. But I will never forget him. His influence on my life will forever be felt. His example will continue to guide me in how I love my family, how I treat the women in my life and in how I will continue to push myself to be more than I am today. I thank him for being such a positive energy in my life and I look forward to the day when our souls can sing together once again.
Well it took me 15 years to finally live up to the promise I made to Bryan when we were in college and I got my first tattoo tonight. Hey, we've been shooting a production at King Ink here in Vegas for a few days… how could this not be the time to finally get it done?
Of course, as nice a joint as King Ink is, I couldn't afford it. So we went to Atomic City. It's a small little hole in the wall kind of place just north of the Stratosphere. We did a lot of research on line and they had great reviews on YELP and the price was fair. I'm very happy with our decision. A dude called "Monk" gave me my tat. (Short for Monkey, a nickname he got a long time ago and it's gradually shortened up to Monk over the years.) I have to say the place was very clean, the staff was incredibly cool to deal with and very helpful in making that final decision and in keeping it fun while also being considerate of the fact that it was something I'd have to live with.
In the end Monk took the design I had been mulling over for a week (a design I found after 10 months of searching) and he tweaked it and improved it and the end result is something I'm very happy with. In fact, I think it's pretty bad ass. So there's another experience to check off the bucket list.
And for those of you wondering about the design, it's in memory of my Dad. Mick left us 3 years ago this coming August 27. When he died my sisters and I all said we'd get ankh tattoos in his memory. The Ankh is the ancient Egyptian symbol for Life. Dad was very into the ancient Egyptian culture and was always fascinated by their belief system, their advanced technology and in their art. Many, many discussions were had regarding the Egyptians and many TV programs were watched with him regarding Pharoahs, Pyramids and more. We were actively planning out a trip to Egypt someday soon in the months before he passed. Alas, that's a trip we'll never take together. But I will forever display my Ankh and remember my Dad and the incredible Life he lived, the Life he gave to me, and the Life I hope to lead in his honor.
A Wonderful Weekend
So I spent the weekend in Vegas with Teesa, Bryan, Jesse, Jessica, Samantha and Missy. No, we weren't here to gamble. We were here for a wedding.
And not just any wedding, but a Gay Wedding! Missy's older sister Jackie married her partner Andrea on Sunday. It was a beautiful, intimate experience and I had the high honor of taking their wedding photos.
As a general rule, I try to avoid working weddings. They are high stress affairs, and I just don't like to take that on anymore. But Missy asked me to please do her this favor. I have to admit that I was reluctant to say yes when she asked. It just didn't appeal to me.
Thankfully, I said yes. And I'm very glad I did. It is such a great honor to be included in what is one of the most intimate and loving occasions that any family experiences.
Both Bride and Broom wore white. Andrea's dress was gorgeous, and Jackie was very smart in her tuxedo with a vibrant blue tie. They were both beaming during the ceremony and the joy that was felt was amazing.
Thank you Jackie and Andrea for letting my family join yours on this incredibly special day. May your life together be one of joys, happiness, success and LOVE.


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My friend Brian came up with the blog, "Blue Tooth Douchebag" – a cry in the dark against people who wear those awful earpieces in public. Every day there's some new photo of a douchebag wearing a bluetooth, taken by one of his readers/supporters. (I'm proud to say I got one in too – I've framed it and hung it up on my non-existent digital wall.)
Each picture has a smart-ass write up, and everyone's invited to pile onto the unfortunate cretin wearing the offending electronics. The reason the site works, I think, is that by now most of us have had to tolerate these people. It's disturbing to share an elevator with someone talking into the Borg implant coming out of their head, pretending their talking into the air is none of our business. Most people find these people targets for our derision, and BTDB fulfills that need for us.
Beyond that, BTDB shows that all you need is a good idea and the willingness to commit to it. This was all started with a single idea, but it didn't just appear from the ether with a "pop." Serious work was put into the layout, and it's been around long enough for word-of-mouth to spread.
Most importantly, IT GETS UPDATED ALL THE TIME. If you want your blog to take off, you have to post to it all of the time. I'll admit – I'm bad at this myself. I'm nowhere near as prolific as the blogs I'm going to do write-ups of this week. I think I lack ambition.
Anyway, look the site over and have some laughs. Then take notes. I know someone out there has an idea for a "Rude Customer Service Blog," a "Children in Public Wigging Out Blog," or a "How Does this Doofus get a Girlfriend This Hot Blog."
You can definitely make your idea work. All that matters is that it be a good idea, and you commit to it.

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It was a record breaking Open golf tournament on June 22nd thanks to our presenting sponsor EY; additional sponsors PGA Superstore, PwC, Wells Fargo, Hallagan-Huston Family Foundation; and the many hole and foursome supporters. Beyond the hot temperatures, we had the most players ever (192 paid), raised the most money ($100K more than last year), and had the most fun with Roger Maltbie as our honoree and Mitch Juricich as our emcee. Check out all the pics in the 2018 Open Album on Facebook #TFTSVOpen.
The tournament's Fund-A-Need announced The First Tee of Silicon Valley's new initiative that will introduce STEM concepts through golf to all of our participants. We will begin offering these STEM classes this Winter and hold our first 5-day STEM academy next Summer.
There's still time to donate to help us reach our goal of $100K to launch the program.
Mark your calendars for next year's Open on Friday, June 21, 2019. Please contact Judy Dixon for sponsorship opportunities –firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-508-4481.


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Dovizioso: Marquez "doesn't have everything under control"
Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso says his rival Marc Marquez's crash at Austin shows the Spaniard "doesn't have everything under control".
Marquez made a near-perfect start to the 2019 season by taking second in Qatar and dominating in Argentina, and was also set to win at the Circuit of the Americas, a track where he had never previously been beaten.
But the Honda rider crashed out of a comfortable lead at Turn 12 and failed to finish, giving up the championship lead to Ducati rival Dovizioso in the process.
Dovizioso reckons that the reigning champion's mistake is very good for the championship, as it shows that Marquez, who had a "special" start to the season, still has weaknesses.
"There is a positive and negative from this weekend but I think at the end is more positive," said Dovizioso, who finished fourth and now has a three-point lead over Valentino Rossi.
"Apart of being first in the championship, I think the crash of Marc, it shows he doesn't have everything under control. Most of the time yes, but not every time.
"This is positive for us because in the first two races he did something crazy. He was so fast. This is really positive for the championship."
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Dovizioso added that Marquez's retirement is the "confirmation that we can fight for the championship", in which he expects to have more rivals than last year.
"The negative thing is, this championship is different," he added. "I think Suzuki and [Alex] Rins will fight for the championship, Valentino for sure and Marc for sure.
"These three riders plus me, I think we have really big chance to fight for the championship.
"Also some other riders but in this moment it shows this. It is not like in the last few years I just fight with Marc at the end of the championship."
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Dovizioso started from a lowly 13th position at Austin but had a strong start, rising to sixth on the first lap, and in the end he only missed the podium by 0.966 seconds.
"My start was so good, in my mind was clear, I did everything what I wanted," the Italian recalled. "I put myself in a perfect position, I overtake two riders first lap so I couldn't make a better start.
"I was a lot of seconds [behind] after three-four laps because I lose the feeling, I almost crash in Turn 10. In the fast corners I was not fast enough.
"I miss some speed in that moment, but after a really bad moment because I lost a lot of seconds, I was calm and I try with [Franco] Morbidelli to understand where I have to be smooth, better.
"Still I was too slow in the fast corners but in some other place I was really fast I saw that with Morbidelli. I overtake him and I start to make a good rhythm, at that moment I was very similar to the fastest rider and this is the positive part of the race.
"I lose too many second in four laps, that is bad, but at the end the speed was good, also when the tyre drop and I saw Jack [Miller] lose a little bit so I try to push 100 percent until the end.
"Unfortunately I couldn't catch him half a lap before but we have to be happy."
Additional reporting by Charles Bradley
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The late well-respected film critic Roger Ebert called it a ghost story with out any ghosts but I would rather describe it as a Victorian gothic drama. It's set in 1967 London and acts as an antidote for the swinging London movies of that period. We are only reminded of this era when a certain opportunist appears on the scene with a copy of Playboy and his flashy open topped E-Type Jaguar. Jack Clayton's Our Mothers House (1967) tells a rather grim tale of seven siblings who following their religiously devout mothers death refuse to tell any one, and bury her in the garden of their very large Victorian house. They also move her bedroom furniture to the garden shed and set it up as what they call the tabernacle where they continue there 'mother time' something they all did everyday before she died. Although tensions arise between the children and they sack their housekeeper Mrs Quayle (Yootha Joyce) they look after themselves pretty well, still attending school and able to collect there mothers weekly allowance from the post office due to young Jiminee (Mark Lester) being able to forge her signature. But matters take an unexpected turn when their purported father Charlie Hook (Dirk Bogarde) turns up claiming to care for his children but we suspect its more likely to get his hands on the inheritance.
A rather unfashionable story for a film released during the 'summer of love' but none the less a well-executed and compelling drama showing a darkly engaging slice of life in South London whose religious and sexual undercurrent present us with a spooky atmospheric movie. Bogarde may have been the star, he was nominated for an Academy award for his role, but Clayton coaxed flawless performances from all the children whom you can't take your eyes of off especially the Japanese born British actress Pamela Franklin as Diana, the surrogate mother and medium that communicates with their dead mother. The screenplay was adapted by Jeremy Brooks from a novel of the same name by Julian Gloag and shows a great deal of respect for the children at the same time as exploring their dangerously irrational world. The film was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1967. Well worth sourcing this film, you won't be disappointed.


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Airplane and transport. Italian Mit: strike on 26 July reduced from 24 to 4 hours
After meeting yesterday at the ministry
A discussion table was held yesterday at the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with the national trade unions that proclaimed a land and sea transport strike for today and aircraft for next Friday.
Present at the meeting, Minister Danilo Toninelli, recalling how the right to strike is guaranteed by the Constitution and respected by this Government, asked the trade unions for a gesture of responsibility with respect to the delicate period of Summer season and also considering the problems registered on the route Rome-Florence railway yesterday. On the other hand, he announced that at the table yesterday there will be several other thematic tables at MIT on the problems of the transport sector, to think together about solutions.
The unions sat at the table confirmed the two protests. The Mit therefore, to reconcile the respect of the right to strike with the guarantee of services for citizens in such a particular period, has issued an order to reduce the strike time for Friday 26 July to 4 hours of abstention from work.
As the minister also said in the meeting he had yesterday morning, the Government and the MIT have always been committed to meeting the demands of the social partners, always proving to be open to dialogue with the unions, as is also shown by the fact that in the last year the ministry has never prescribed any sector, and has instead worked to avoid strikes by solving the underlying problems. It is no coincidence that, as recently recorded by the Commission guaranteeing the implementation of the law on strikes in essential public services, with which MIT also signed a collaboration protocol, in the last year the conflict in the even critical transport sectors is decreased, especially with regard to the aviation sector and urban transport.
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Papertake - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Lots of Layers
|Sorry the photo's rubbish. I think I need a new camera :o(
|Sorry the photo's rubbish. I think I need a new camera :o(
Wow Tracey this is gorgoeus I love how youve created your scene, and your colouring is just beautiful. hugs Shirleyxxx
Gorgeous card sweetie loving the sweet image.
Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx
Lovely card, thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments this time. Carol DT x
This is so beautiful and your layout and papers are so pretty. Love those embellishments you used. They really set it off.
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Oh I love this Tracey! Thanks for joining us at C4E this week.
fabul;ous card ,love the image and how you created a scene...delightful
thanks for joining us at the poodle parlour and good luck
tracey x
Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 eternity this week hugs x
Lovely card, great colours, thanks for playing with us at the Poodles Parlour, blessings Hilde
Oh wow! This is so pretty and so different, love the image and those fan charms are the perfect finishing touch
Lindsay xx
Oh my word Tracey this is stunning, I love, love that image and that background is just perfect, this is one very beautiful card. I do love these pre coloured images they really are so useful when you need a quick card.
Lorraine x
Lovely card!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Pink Elephant this week!!
Gorgeous card and i love this image.......you make it wonderful......


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Winsor & Newton Dammar Varnish Spray
This is the traditional dammar varnish used for centuries by painters to protect their paintings, packaged in an aerosol format, for fine spray application. Dries to a high gloss, hard finish. It is suitable for use on properly dried oil and alkyd paintings, and acrylics.


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Partner Choice and Cooperation in Networks
Theory and Experimental Evidence
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems book series (LNE, volume 598)
Part of the Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems book series (LNE, volume 598)
Cooperation is beneficial but may be hard to achieve in situations where the selfish interests of individuals conflict with their common goal, such as in sharing of goods, help, knowledge or information, in trade and pollution negotiations, and in exploitation of common resources. The standard models of such "social dilemmas" assume that the individuals are obliged to participate in the dilemma. These models fail to capture an important element of human interaction: that people are in general free to select their interaction partners. In this book a social dilemma with partner selection is introduced and studied with the methods of formal game theory, experimental economics and computer simulations. It allows exploration of simultaneous dynamics of the network structure and cooperative behavior on this structure. The results of this study show that partner choice strongly facilitates cooperation and leads to networks where free-riders are likely to be excluded.


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Snopes was created in 1994 by David Mikkelson and his first wife Barbara. It is the oldest fact-checking site on the internet. It is still used by millions of people decades later.
Multiple death hoaxes and misleading scientific claims have been debunked because of their work. Blatant falsehoods such as the Miranda Cosgrove case have been debunked thanks to the site. It has gained significant importance with the rise of "fake news" cycles during the Trump presidency.
Snopes said that Proper Media, a company that owns and operates the site, filed a complaint to the California Superior Court after the two disagreed whether there had been a breach of contract. Proper Media did not believe that there should have been a termination of the contract. Because of this, they have cut all revenue from Snopes.
It's all about advertising, and who controls it. Snopes currently has editorial control of the site, but they do not have control of the site hosting. They cannot place the ads. Proper Media does, and all that ad revenue goes to them instead.
Proper Media also owns and operates other popular sites. Some of these include TV Tropes, Raw Story, and Salon among others. The number of visitors those sites receive monthly are impressive.
The site created a crowdfunding page on GoFundMe on July 24, 2017. In one day they raised their $500,000 dollar goal. As of the writing of the article, it has over $182,000 dollars more.
Mikkelson said that they resorted to crowdfunding because they had "no viable alternative." The contract with Proper Media was also not necessary, he said. It could be done either by Snopes themselves or by a smaller client at a lower cost.
The Mikkelsons created a company in 2003, Bardav, Inc., which Snopes was a part of. Barbara was a 50 percent owner of it and sold it to Proper Media after her divorce with David. One of the five equity owners of Proper Media was Drew Schoentrup, who is currently suing David.
Schoentrup alleges that Snopes could not terminate the contract since because he is a board of director of Bardav since he bought shares of the company. It takes approval of the board of directors to make the termination possible. Mikkelson says that he is the only director and that all the spots are vacant now that Barbara sold her share.
The weird set-up of one company owning half of another comes down to whether Mikkelson needs Proper to make his decisions. Did the sale create five individual owners of total ownership of Proper Media? That confusing land makes that contract termination a problem.
What complicates things even further is one coworker of Snopes, Vincent Green. He is director of business development of Snopes. He also hired people with experience to increase the quality of content.
He was also a previous owner of Proper Media. That meant he owned 3.33 percent of Bardav shares but then quit and became an employee of Snopes. CEO Christopher Richmond accused him of fraud.
It puts the staff that makes the research and posts on Snopes possible in danger of losing their jobs. One of those includes Brooke Binkowski, the managing editor. The site has added staff in recent years to keep up with an increase in the false political news.
Mikkelsen is also accused by his ex-wife of embezzlement of company money to spend on personal expenses and prostitutes. Mikkelson is also under fire for putting his new wife as a Snopes employee as administrator. Her past as an escort and ties to the Libertarian Party has been seen as a conflict to the company.
With the money gained from the GoFundeMe campaign, Snopes has enough to continue for a while. Their operating costs run at $100,000 a month. But if they do not solve their complicated legal problem, it might be the end of this fact-checking institution for good.


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London Coliseum
January 3, 2018
Charlotte Kasner
Derek Deane's Swan Lake has always looked at its best on a proscenium stage like the Coliseum. It may have spectacle in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall, but here it gains so much in intimacy and detail. It also seems to have been refreshed, with sets and costumes looking vibrant.
Opening in an autumnal setting makes perfect sense and sets Siegfried up for a spot of migratory swan hunting. Colours are lovely, with pastel yellows popping up amongst red, orange and brown. Opening dances are performed with verve as Siegfried sulks on a bench. Mike Coleman as ever creates a fully-rounded character in the Master of Ceremonies, an avuncular man doing his best to cheer up the mopey prince. Dances don't do it for him? No problem, the MC produces a crossbow. Nothing like swan-stalking to raise a fellow's spirits.
The re-setting for the lake allows plenty of time for the fog to clear somewhat and the curtain rises on a magical moonlight setting with initially invisible swans rising from the wreaths of mist as if it itself had suddenly taken corporal avian form.
The English National Ballet corps were on fine form, well-drilled and disciplined, and moving as one with Alison McWhinney and Jia Zhang excellent as the big swans. The cygnets were step and head perfect although why no-one dresses them in grey marabou I have never fathomed.
As Rothbart, James Streeter projected plenty of character, not only when he entered the ballroom but also in owl mode, a point where even the best of productions tends to falter. He has a splendid pair of wings but also an enormous stage presence. He is never reduced to empty flapping and menacing gestures but fully conveys the sense that those wings are stirring up malicious magic, manipulating movement and extending his reach beyond human hand. At one point he engulfs Odette, reminding me of a real battle, roles reversed, between a swan and a Canada goose when the swan attempted to smother the goose in his wings.
Isaac Hernández lacks the stature of the classic danseur noble and as Siegfried struggled to make up the difference with strong character projection. His dancing is accurate. He can certainly jump and turn, and his partnering is considerate but his character rarely made it over the footlights, despite at one point and for no reason that seemed fathomable, walking to the front of the stage and glaring at the audience. A very odd piece of direction. Similarly, he walks right round the swans when they first appear and then stands off to raise his crossbow. Why waiver at the edge when he had them at point blank range. Somehow though, it failed to excite.
Jurgita Dronina's Odette is pliant and soft although here she lacked vulnerability and seemed all too keen to melt into Siegfried's arms as quickly as possible. She conveyed her plight of being caught, literally and figuratively, by Rothbart and Hernandez, who combined to create a sense of a bird barely stopped in flight on the lifts. Her Odile is less successful, although she too can turn with ease, knocking off doubles in the fouettés while barely moving from the spot, but there wasn't much sense of her guile and even less that she was in control and in collusion with Rothbart. She seemed just as much under his spell as Odile, leaving little room for much in the way of distinction between the roles.
The national dances make an excellent contrast to the white acts. It was especially delightful to see Barry Drummond in the Neopolitan, ably partnered by Crystal Costa. He has long been one to watch rising from the ranks and proves that he is a well-rounded actor dancer as well as good technician.
Conductor Gavin Sutherland gave a nuanced presentation of the score and brought out plenty of subtleties and contrasts in this most glorious of the master's ballets. Splendid playing too from Gareth Hulse on first oboe, backed up of course by true ensemble playing from the English National Ballet Philharmonic.
English National Ballet's Swan Lake continues at the London Coliseum to January 13. Visit londoncoliseum.org or English National Ballet at www.ballet.org.uk for details.
Swan Lake is followed by at the Coliseum by Manon from January 16-20.


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Monday, 13 March 2017 06:30
Sonoco Implementing Price Increase for All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard Products (2)
Sonoco (NYSE:SON) has just announced it is implementing a $75 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning April 3, 2017. "The extraordinarily rapid inflation in…
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Monday, 13 March 2017 06:26
Sonoco-Alcore to Increase Paperboard Prices in Europe
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. has just announced it will raise prices by €60 per tonne (£50 / tonne) on all recycled paperboard grades sold in the Company's European regions. The price change is effective with shipments on or after 17th March 2017.…
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Thursday, 02 March 2017 06:24
Valmet has published the Annual Report and the Corporate Governance Statement for 2016
Valmet has, on March 1, 2017, published its Annual Report for 2016 on the company's website www.valmet.com/annualreports. The Annual Report consists of three separate parts: the Annual Review, the Financial Statements and the GRI Supplement. The GRI Supplement is available…
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Tuesday, 28 February 2017 09:26
Gratifying annual results for Cham Paper Group
Cham Paper Group enjoyed a largely satisfying annual result for 2016. The group has returned to growth after a long and challenging transformation process in the paper division. There were also improvements in terms of profitability whereas the lower end…
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Friday, 24 February 2017 04:57
Global $595.3 Million Synthetic Paper Market Analysis & Trends 2017 - Industry Forecast to 2025
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Synthetic Paper Market Analysis & Trends - Industry Forecast to 2025" report to their offering. The Global Synthetic Paper Market is poised to grow at a CAGR of around 7.8%…
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Friday, 17 February 2017 09:01
Södra's operating profit SEK 452 million for the third four-month period
Södra's operating profit for the third four-month period amounted to SEK 452 million (502). The full-year profit is in line with expectations and the board proposes a distribution of profit totalling SEK 602 million. "2016 was a year of transition…
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Thursday, 09 February 2017 06:37
Paper and board production in slight decrease in 2016
Paper and board production in CEPI countries shows a small decline from 2015 CEPI member countries paper and board production has decreased by 0.1% in 2016 compared to the previous year, according to preliminary figures. Total production in 2016 was…
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Thursday, 02 February 2017 08:07
Preparing for the future
CEO Per Lindberg comments on the development during Q4 2016: "When we look back at 2016 we are very happy to see that we across the board have record production and sales volumes. The one issue is our lack of…
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Friday, 27 January 2017 06:33
Kemira increases prices of Pulp & Paper FennoSize AKD chemicals in EMEA
Kemira announces a price increase for its Pulp & Paper FennoSize AKD product line in EMEA. The adjustment will be effective immediately or as customer contracts allow. The price increase of the AKD sizing chemicals will be approximately 5-10%, depending…
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017 08:41
Definitive Agreement Reached for WestRock to Acquire Multi Packaging Solutions for $18.00 per share
WestRock Company (NYSE:WRK) and Multi Packaging Solutions International Limited (NYSE:MPSX) ("MPS") has announced that a definitive agreement has been reached for WestRock to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MPS for $18.00 per share in cash and the assumption…
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Wednesday, 11 January 2017 08:53
Kemira increases prices of pulp & paper process chemicals in APAC
Kemira announces price increase for its pulp & paper process chemical product line in APAC. The adjustment will be effective January 9, 2017 or as customer contracts allow. The price increase of polymers, surface sizes, coating chemicals and dispersants will…
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Friday, 16 December 2016 06:05
The Board of Directors of Valmet resolved on continuing the long-term incentive plan for key employees
The Board of Directors of Valmet has decided to continue the share based incentive program for Valmet's key employees approved in December 2014. The aim of the program is to combine the objectives of the shareholders and the key employees…
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Wednesday, 14 December 2016 09:41
Södra provides SEK 10 million in funding for research and development
In November, the Södra Foundation for Research, Development and Education decided to contribute an additional SEK 10 million to research projects connected with forestry. Six different projects have been awarded grants, one of which focuses on addressing the future market…
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Thursday, 08 December 2016 06:08
Rottneros signs agreement on debt financing within the framework of the investment program Agenda 500
As part of the previously announced long-term goal of changing the capital structure through increased borrowing, the Rottneros Group has signed agreements on debt financing within the framework of the investment program Agenda 500. The increased funding amounts to a…
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Thursday, 01 December 2016 10:30
Kemira increases prices of polymer products in Europe
Kemira, a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries, announces price increase for its polymer product line across all European countries. The adjustment will be effective January 1, 2017 or as customer contracts allow. The increase will be…
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S P Q R. (via @smallbeerpress via @KellyLink) "The art looks as if disasters have passed through it, but it also looks as if it had survived those disasters and as if the strewn pieces of it could be assembled into something quite superior.
" --R A Lafferty Haraway and Jarmusch on my mind. What does it mean, all these mythical places, except that we have none--and our fragmentary epics furnish them? (R'lyeh.) They are rooted in connoisseurship, not collections. Soft blue radiance. A future. Nota bene. Quotations of G.K. Chesterton. Another acronym. The 39th Root of 92. Blue Ruin: Totality and Acceleration. Bleak is the new red. Arthur Kill Ship Graveyard. The shock of the anthropocene. In 2003 the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht coined the term solastalgia to mean a "form of psychic or existential distress caused by environmental change".
Albrecht was studying the effects of long-term drought and large-scale mining activity on communities in New South Wales, when he realised that no word existed to describe the unhappiness of people whose landscapes were being transformed about them by forces beyond their control. He proposed his new term to describe this distinctive kind of homesickness. The "Future" of "Poetry" [Joyelle gave this talk as part of a panel on "The Future of Poetry" at the Minnesota Book Festival this past fall.]
The "Future" of "Poetry" 1. Becoming a mother made me a goth. Becoming a mother, and nearly dying in the process, and wondering for 10 months if the body inside me is alive or dead, and, concomitantly, if I would also kill myself if I learned it was dead, then holding it and realizing what a very minor and insubstantial gate a six pound infant is onto some kind of Hades—well, it rendered life on earth a kind of Hades.
Desecration phrasebook. The Gauss Christmath Special. Ghost cities. Print Text smaller Text bigger Why is China constructing large, well-designed "ghost cities" that are completely devoid of people?
Now, the BBC reports a giant new Chinese-built city has been spotted in Africa in the outskirts of Angola's capital Luanda. The city, Nova Cidade de Kilamba, was designed to hold up to a half million people and features 750 eight-story apartment buildings, 12 schools and more than 100 retail units, according to the report. State-owned China International Trust and Investment Corporation reportedly took less than three years to build the city at a cost of $3.5 billion. It covers 12,355 acres. BBC former Angola correspondent Louise Redvers reported that they discovered that the city's buildings are completely empty. The empty cities aren't only in Africa. Google image of China's empty roads Images of these "ghost cities" – after countless billions of dollars have been spent on the towns' design and construction – reveal nobody lives in them.
Sad satan. By Hannah Barton on October 25th, 2015 It came from the Deep Web.
That was the hook for the earliest reports of Sad Satan—"A Horror Game Hidden in the Darkest Corners of the Internet," as Kotaku's Patricia Hernandez put it. The game, she recounted as if intoning the opening lines of a ghost story, could only be found on the parts of the Internet where search engines fear to tread, on the Deep Web: sites, for example, accessible only using Tor anonymizing software.
Artists of #CassiniDiskus. Cassini periodical cicadas. The name Cassini periodical cicadas is used to group two closely related species of periodical cicadas: Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1851), and Magicicada tredecassini (Alexander and Moore, 1962), a species essentially identical except for its 13-year lifecycle.
The 17-year species is not called Magicicada septencassini because it was named prior to the 1962 paper. The cassini males' courting behavior is unusual because large groups of cassini males may sing and fly together in synchrony: that is, bursts of sound, as thousands of males sing in unison, alternate with silence, as clouds of flying cicadas leave perches in unison, seeking a new perch before the next ensemble song. Description[edit] All Magicicada species have a black dorsal thorax with red eyes and orange wing veins.[1] Cassini periodical cicadas are smaller than decim periodical cicadas. The abdomen is black except for occasional faint orange-yellow marks on the ventral surface seen in some location.
Habitat[edit] The Language of Vampyr. A reply to: Brotherman You misunderstood my question.
I did not ask "why" it is conveyed via sound, I asked if you could interpret it, which you can not. You always say that you repeat yourself, but mostly what I see you repeating is that you've figured it all out and that you're sick of repeating yourself. Been doing that since, what, page 17, right?
Interesting given your signature line. As past members have posted in this very thread, everyone gets it too, Brotherman - you're not the only one who gets it.


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Bed bugs are nocturnal insects that thrive in warm temperatures, and feed on blood. At daytime, they hide themselves in mattresses, clothing and dark recesses. They become active during the night, giving you bug bites which can be really itchy and annoying. Bed bugs are a menace all over the world and it is really hard to get rid of them if they infest in your house.
They grow at an alarming rate, and can be found everywhere from your pillows and sheets to your luggage. Since bed bugs pose a serious health risk to your whole family, including your pets, it is very important to eliminate them completely from your house and take measures to prevent their reinfestation. If you are looking for ways to get rid of these annoying little insects, this article will provide you with the perfect home remedies that will help you to solve this problem.
Home Remedies To Get Rid Of Bed Bugs
Wash all your clothing well
The best thing to do when you want to get rid of bed bugs is to wash all your bed sheets, linens, personal clothing and everything that has come in contact with your bed.
Wash in very hot water for at least thirty minutes as it helps destroy the bed bugs. Turn on the dryer as the heat will kill whatever remains as well. You can repeat the wash twice as it will ensure you have got rid of all the bed bugs from your clothing.
Use Your Vacuuming
After you are done with the vacuuming, it's time to vacuum everything around your home. Vacuum the chairs, upholstery, drapes, mattresses, carpet, walls, bed, toys, computers and wherever you suspect the bed bugs might make a home.
This will help remove the bugs and their eggs from all hidden places. Seams, edges and corner will require special attention. Dispose off the contents of vacuum bag in a sealed trash bag.
Wipe Them All
The next important thing to do is to wipe all surfaces with a good disinfectant like Lysol. This will help kill whatever germs or infestations are still remaining after the vacuuming and drying at high temperature. Cleanliness is the key to getting rid of bed bugs.
Steaming Is Effective
A steamer can be used to get rid of the bed bugs and their eggs that might have still remained behind after all this treatment. Steam your mattress, carpets and upholstered chairs as well as sofas with the help of a hand held steam blower. Bed bugs are unable to survive in temperatures above 50 degrees, so this remedy will be very effective in getting rid of them permanently.
Encase Your Mattress
Now, it is time to take further precautions that will prevent bed bugs from making a home in your mattress, which happens to be their favourite place.
Special mattress bags are available in which you can encase your mattress. This will seal the bed bugs in, suffocating them to death. Keep checking occasionally for wear and tear to prevent bed bugs from getting in. You can also use this casing on your pillows.
Silica Gel
Also known as bed bug dust, diatomaceous Earth and flower drying crystals, silca gel can be used to kill fleas and bed bugs. It is a naturally dehydrating substance that puts the bed bugs to death. Silica gel is completely non-toxic and you can use it safely without any worry.
Spread a little amount of silica gel around your house, especially focusing on areas like cracks and seams in the furniture and walls. Put some on the mattresses, and around the beds. Get a food grade variation and be sure not to inhale it.
Lavender Oil
Bed bugs can cause really nasty bites which itch very badly and can cause a lot of harm to your health. Using essential lavender oil is another effective home remedy that will help you get rid of bed bugs for good. Add around twenty drops of lavender oil to your clothing when you are giving them a final rinse.
This helps to kill the bed bugs and eradicate them completely. Keep some lavender flower buds in a sachet bag and place it under your pillows and mattresses. This helps repel them, preventing their reinfestation. You can also put a sachet containing these flowers in your luggage whenever you are travelling.
Dry In The Sun
If you are living in a place where you get plenty of sunlight, this is the easiest home remedy to get rid of bed bugs in your bedding, linens and clothing items. Keep them in the hot sun during mid noon to get the best results. The intense heat helps to destroy the bed bugs completely as they cannot survive in such hot temperatures.
Spray Natural Insecticide
You can use natural insecticide to get rid of the bed bugs effectively. These insecticides are made with vegetables and fruits, and are hence very safe and non-toxic. Canola oil and pyrethrins are very effective in killing bed bugs.
You can also spray some rubbing alcohol on all surfaces of your home to get rid of the bed bugs and their eggs. The smell of rubbing alcohol also repels the bed bugs, preventing them from infesting your home. This is the best preventive measure you can take.
Throw Away Infested Items
If some of the materials at your home have been lying unused or unopened in corners, they are quite likely to be infested heavily by bed bugs. It could be a pair of unused shoes or a luggage item. Just dispose off these materials for good as it will be impossible to treat them and they may cause future infestation of bed bugs.
Treat Your Walls
Bed bugs tend to lay eggs in cracks and holes in the walls that you might have made to hang some paintings, etc. It is important to treat these areas as well. Fill up these cracks with plaster and paint a fresh coat on your walls. This will lock them in and suffocate them, preventing further infestation.


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Below: A bag for busy city folks that can transition from day to night and place to place... This is the mens version featuring leather tab zipper pulls...
Below: The women's version is smaller but identical and features ball chain zipper pulls like those on the Pashli Satchel...3.1 Phillip Lim '31 Hour' Bag
It's a rat race out there. We constantly feel there are not enough hours in the day to be at different places at different times. Switching bags for each of our schedule is out of the question. We need an effortless arm candy that let us carry our daily essentials around... an all purpose functional bag that can transition from day to night and place to place.
Introducing the 3.1 Phillip Lim '31 Hour' Bag. The perfect bag that addresses all these needs of busy city boys and girls in a supple slouchy nappa leather with a twist on proportion. Functional in form, timeless in design, with a signature fold over lip and large zipper closure to allow you to carry little or a lot for any occassion. Take it to the airport, bring it to the boardroom, clutch it to dinner, use it for overnight rendevouz... The '31 Hour' Bag keeps you at your fashion best no matter where and when.
There are 2 versions for the '31 Hour' Bag. Ball chain zipper pulls for the girls (measures (w)35cm x (h)41cm/unfolded) or 34cm/folded) and leather tab zipper pulls for the boys (measures (w)50cm x (h)42cm). (I'd picked the women's version although the size is too small for guys, what about you?)
The '31 Hour' Bag retails for SGD1290 (womens) and will be available from early December 2011 at 3.1 Phillip Lim boutique #02-05/06 Hilton Hotel Singapore or SGD1460 (mens) now available at Club 21 Mens, Four Seasons Hotel.
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Beyonce has revealed she talked to her baby daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, while giving birth and felt a 'strong connection' to her little girl while pregnant.
The 'Love on Top' superstar felt a "strong connection" to daughter Blue Ivy, her first child with husband Jay-Z, while she was pregnant and claims she communicated with her child as she went into labour in January 2012.
Speaking to the March issue of US Vogue magazine, she said: "I felt like when I was having contractions, I envisioned my child pushing through a very heavy door.
"And I imagined this tiny infant doing all the work, so I couldn't think about my own pain. We were talking. I know it sounds crazy, but I felt a communication.
"I felt very maternal around eight months and I thought I couldn't become any more until I saw the baby, but it happened during my labour because I had a very strong connection with my child."
The 31-year-old beauty, who wowed audiences with her Super Bowl half-time show last week, added she feels more feminine since having a child and is more in tune with her body.
She explained: "After giving birth, I really understand the power of my body. I feel a lot more like a woman. More feminine, more sensual. And no shame."
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Ontario's Rebuilt Nuclear Stations Cost More Than Quebec Hydropower
Ontario ratepayers would pay less for electricity, and Quebec would get a better price for its existing hydropower resources, if the two Canadian provinces entered into a long-term power purchase agreement to replace electricity from the aging Darlington and Bruce nuclear stations, according to research by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.
With the Darlington overhaul already running $300 million over budget, OCAA said the province could pay 6¢ per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for Quebec hydro and still pay less than the 8.9¢ it would cost to rebuild Darlington under Ontario Power Generation's "high-confidence" estimate. If capital costs for the Darlington rebuild exceeded that estimate by 2.5 times, the cost per kWh would balloon to 16.6¢. OCAA explains that it chose that escalator because "every major nuclear project in Ontario's history has gone massively over budget—on average by 2.5 times." As usual, energy efficiency emerged as Ontario's best long-term deal, at 3.5¢/kWh replaced.


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Ibiza Mega Mix 2010 / Various [Import]
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- Release Date: 8/10/2010
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This 3 CD compilation includes a hundred of the finest, Ibiza inspired tracks of the past 20 years. This tight mix includes the classics and future classics of Miss Jane, Storm, ATB, Chicane, Dubfire and Blake Jarrell - to name just a few. Sunlounger, Bart Claessen, Armin van Buuren and BBE have also been selected to bring you the ultimate Balearic sound.


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In 2002, Mario took a vacation. Wait, what? That's right. Super Mario Sunshine is a game that takes place in Delfino Plaza, a paradise where Mario goes to enjoy his vacation from hard work. Obviously, chaos ensues and he has to clean up the island, thus making the game: Super Mario Sunshine. I loved this game when I first played it, but how does it hold up today?
Super Mario Sunshine is nearly identical to Super Mario 64 in gameplay. Running and jumping is present, as they are in almost every Mario game. The biggest addition to Super Mario Sunshine is the inclusion of F.L.U.D.D., or Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dowsing Device. Delfino Plaza has been covered in pollution, and Mario is framed for the crime. His punishment? He has to clean it all up! Mario uses F.L.U.D.D. to spray water on all of the pollution to clean it up, and this is implemented into the gameplay. F.L.U.D.D. sprays water with the press of the R button, but F.L.U.D.D. doesn't just spray water. There are three different nozzles that let Mario hover, shoot up in to the air, or blast across the ground. The hover nozzle is very nice, but the Rocket and Turbo are very situational, but still fun to use. Mario must collect shine sprites, the equivalent of the power stars from Super Mario 64. The more Shines Mario has collected; the more levels he can access. The entire game has a tropical setting, as compared to the varies setting of Super Mario 64. The levels range from an amusement park to a hotel to a beach to a mountain in the bay to a harbor. They're all well designed levels, and have different missions to collect shine sprites on. Some of the missions are very fun, but some can be downright frustrating. The Watermelon Festival mission is incredibly infamous for being one of the hardest in the game. Mario must find the largest watermelon in the level and bring it down to the fruit shack. This Watermelon is on the top of a hill, must be rolled down, and can easily bust. With all of the enemies, trees, and buildings in your way, it makes for a frustrating time. These frustrating missions are few and far between, and the only only other issue I have with the missions is the over abundance of red coin missions. There are at least two red coin missions in each level, and it gets redundant very quickly. If collecting red coins is your thing, though, you're in for a treat with this game. In each level, Mario uses F.L.U.D.D. to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and get through the nasty goop. It's really quite simple. There are several mini challenges Mario can do to get shine sprites, and blue coins are scattered throughout the land, which can be traded for shines. The controls are a bit of a mixed bag. Mario feels kind of slippery and there are several times where I would have fallen off platforms if I didn't have F.L.U.D.D. with me. Other times I feel like I have 100% control of Mario. It honestly can depend on the landscape sometimes, as in places like Ricco Harbor and Noki Bay this is much more of an issue than in places like Bianco Hills and Serena Beach. The controls and gameplay are still fun, despite a few setbacks.
The graphics in this game are outstanding. This game, along with many other Gamecube games, has very colorful visuals, with stunning landscapes and several amazing character models. For the time, the game's graphics were outstanding, and while some textures can look a bit pixelated today, but that's a small price to pay for the amazing graphics everywhere else. The music is also amazing. Almost every single song in the game is memorable, and I can still remember almost all of them. The graphics and music still hold up very, very well.
Super Mario Sunshine is a game that I really adore, and have beaten several times. I can go back to this game at almost any time and have a blast playing it. The game isn't perfect, but the positive aspects vastly outweigh the negative. I have no issue saying that Super Mario Sunshine has aged well.


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Once a Mother, Always a Mother - The Comeback Tale of a Woman Whose Restart Revolved Around Her Kids
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This is the story of a woman who, time and time again, put her career on hold, only so she could do justice to both worlds - her children and her career - without messing up both; and hence took it one step at a time.
Every Restar we've interviewed until now always had one thing in common:
They didn't see their restart the way we do – the way it is – commendable and grand.
They didn't think of their stories the way we do - the way they are - significant and uplifting.
But that was only until we TOLD their stories to the world.
And Ramya Shripathi, who restarted as an HR Specialist at a diversified global manufacturing company, thought so too when she read, in awe, the stories of the women featured on our website.
Not aware that her comeback, just like every other restart, proves how women become the heroes they're in search of.
How We Met Ramya…
Ramya's motivation to get back to work came from attending RestartHer - JobsForHer's conference and career fair in September 2017.
''When I heard of RestartHer from a friend, I signed up for the event immediately, and I'm glad I did because I was looking for higher ground.
My previous job had been a work-from-home role as the HR Head for a startup. I'd been with them since 2015, and the place proved to be a great platform to bridge my 'gap' years. After the startup wound operations, I missed the feeling of being in an office, especially after my (soul-satisfying) full-time roles at Accenture and Tesco, before my career break.
Which is what got me headed towards the conference and career fair. The learnings and revelations that came from it were tremendous:
- The Importance of Networking – which I had firsthand experience of at the event itself. Whether it was with women like me, who were finding their way back too, or with mentors who had countless tips for us to grow our net worth; or with the workshop experts who emphasized on the importance of building one's personal brand and keeping our professional profiles relevant and up to date.
- Clarity of the Way Ahead – which came directly from the awe-inspiring panelists, who were telling us in a thousand different ways HOW it was possible to not just come back, but do it on our terms. Because the work world needed US far more than we could even imagine.
- Staying Positive During the Job Search – which had become a challenge before I came to the event, since it seemed like I was alone on this path, and since my efforts, in whatever tiny measure, were not realizing results.
So much so that on certain days I'd question my decision of stepping away, wondering if I'd done the right thing!
But all of that changed after I interacted with people at the event.
The story before…
The birth of my son in 2011 sent me on my career break. And until 2015, when I had my daughter, I hadn't even considered restarting, let alone chalking out the how-to of my return.
I believe that there will come a time to make your money, and build your career. But the childhood of your children will only come by once.
Which is why I was sure that I wanted to be around for those precious formative years; even though I was at the prime of my career with Tesco then, and people around me wondered how I could give up on a career that was only moving upward.
So, no matter the delay, and no matter the redundancy that was bound to come in, I had great faith in myself, and I knew that it was only a matter of time before I caught up with the rest of the world.
The Goodness of a Restart…
I love that I look forward to work each day, and now have a purpose to wake up to.
Right now, with my part-time job, I have the best of both worlds. I get to get out of the house for a few hours, put my education and experience to good use, and then come home to my children, spend the evening with them and unwind by the end of the day.
I can also see a difference in the way my husband looks at me now. Proud that I'm back to work, he can't get over how I cracked the interview in one go!
I'm ever so grateful to him for giving me the liberty to take a break or restart my career. If it wasn't for him, I would have further delayed my plunge because of a lack of confidence – something that easily creeps in when the corporate world is at bay.
It does take a village to raise a child, and I'm thankful to everyone who helped me get to where I am today. My parents, mother-in-law, friends, colleagues and of course, my nanny!
What she just had to say to the women reading this…
A career is not just about the money. It makes a difference to our self-esteem, widens our social circle, and adds new dimensions to US - ones that we didn't know existed.
But having said that, if you wish to be around to nurture your children, then don't second guess your decision.
Follow your instinct and take that time off.
Because the regret that comes in later is irreparable and just not worth harboring.
And when you do come back, this piece of advice from my new boss may help: ''Take baby steps on your way back into the corporate world and don't be hard on yourself. Give yourself time to settle in or to show results.
Luckily for us, we now live in an era where the work world is becoming more and more aware of a woman's dynamism and is thankfully becoming conducive to her particular ways of striking a work-life balance.''
Whenever I doubt myself about how far I can go, I simply look at how far I've come


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And it wasn't until the SIXTH day that we were able to make a break for it. It has been one stormy -- WET and WINDY -- weekend! But Pirates Cove has been a good hidey hole. We consulted weather websites and listened to weather radio, and while we heard reports of winds as high as 51 knots in our area, the highest our gauge registered was 25.
But this IS Pirates Cove, and there IS a treasure chest, so we had to go check out the BOOTY!
We missed our Little Pirates (we used to take the grandkids on an annual Pirates Cruise), but we had fun taking pictures with them in mind. I've sent them postcards with the best one of all, but these do a good job of showing us having fun.
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|The Booty!
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|We be mateys after all!
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Temporary vs Transient Tables in Snowflake
Snowflake supports three table types, Permanent table, Temporary table, and Transient table. Here are the differences between them,
Permanent table
It is the regular database table. Consumes space, Time-travel and fail-safe period can be enabled. All tables in snowflake by default are micro-partitioned, compressed, encrypted and stored in columnar format
Temporary table
A temporary table is used for storing non-permanent, transitory data (e.g. ETL data, session-specific data). Temporary tables only exist within the session in which they were created and persist only for the remainder of the session. As such, they are not visible to other users or sessions. Once the session ends, data stored in the table is purged completely from the system and, therefore, is not recoverable, either by the user who created the table or Snowflake. You can create a temporary table that has the same name as an existing table in the same schema, effectively hiding the existing table. To create a temporary table,
create temporary table mytemptable (id number, creation_date date);
Transient Tables
Snowflake supports creating transient tables that persist until explicitly dropped and are available to all users with the appropriate privileges. Transient tables are similar to permanent tables with the key difference that they do not have a Fail-safe period. As a result, transient tables are specifically designed for transitory data that needs to be maintained beyond each session (in contrast to temporary tables) but does not need the same level of data protection and recovery provided by permanent tables. to create a transient table:
create transient table mytranstable (id number, creation_date date);
Comparison of Permanent vs Temporary vs Transient tables
|Time Travel Retention Period (Days)
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|0 or 1 (default is 1)
|Until explicitly dropped
|0 or 1 (default is 1)
|Permanent (Standard Edition)
|Until explicitly dropped
|0 or 1 (default is 1)
|Permanent (Enterprise Edition and higher)
|Until explicitly dropped
|0 to 90 (default is configurable)
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Tiger Woods got off to a steady and relatively stress-free start Saturday in the third round of the Honda Classic, positioning himself well to make a run at the lead on the back nine.
Woods began his round with seven-straight pars, most of which were routine. He hit the first three greens in regulation, all of which resulted in tap-in pars.
A par to start.@TigerWoods' third round is underway at @TheHondaClassic.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/2IOAa2ZcAw
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 24, 2018
He was forced to scramble for the first time on the par-4 4th hole when his tee shot ended up in a left fairway bunker and his approach rolled over the green. But Tiger was able to get up-and-down to remain at one over for the tournament.
He hit a nice tee shot on the par-3 5th, only to just miss his first birdie of the day. The difficult par-4 6th hole followed, but Woods did not seem intimated, putting together his most routine par of the day. He split the fairway, knocked the approach to 17 feet, and tapped in for par after the birdie putt burned the edge of the cup.
Woods missed another prime opportunity for birdie at the par-3 7th when his tee shot left him just 14 feet from the hole. Yet he finished with the same result as on the first six.
It wasn't until the 8th hole that the 79-time PGA Tour winner finally cashed in. His tee shot left him in the center of the fairway, 140 yards from the hole on the short par-4. He pured a wedge with his approach, sticking it less than six feet away. When the birdie putt dropped Woods moved to one under on the day, even par for the tournament, and just three shots off the lead.
.@TigerWoods collects his first birdie of the day.
He's three shots off the lead at @TheHondaClassic.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/9ERCaiJOCS
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 24, 2018
On the final hole of the front, Tiger kept his driver in the bag again and hit another fairway before sticking his approach to 14 feet. He was unable to convert the birdie this time, recording his eighth par of the day.


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Formed by private investors with medical background, technical experts, and Karolinska Institutet innovations AB.
Our story
Early a gloomy November morning one of the founders, now a professor in cardiology, sat on the bus to work but something delayed departure. The bus was filled with frustrated commuters and confusion arose but eventually the bus took off, and an ambulance rushed to a stop behind it.
Later, it turned out that a woman had collapsed from a cardiac arrest at the bus stop and died while the bus was standing still. Confronted with the fact that he had been so close to a cardiac arrest victim – but completely unaware that his lifesaving skills were needed – an idea was born. He thought: there has to be a way to let people know when their help is needed nearby.
In 2007, the simple but ingenious idea was realized, to use cellphones to alert skilled volunteers to cardiac arrests, and encourage them to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before ambulance arrives.
Idea of the year 2007
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Idea of the year 2007
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In 2007 the idea was awarded "Idea of the year" by Dagens Medicin in Sweden 2007 and later awarded "Service of the year" in 2012.
In late 2008, the outlines of a scientific project took form. The idea was to increase the rate of bystander CPR by alerting volunteers using text messages and to prove the value with a randomized controlled trial.
The scientific project started in Stockholm County in 2009 and in 2014 it was completed. The results showed a significant increase in bystander CPR rate in the cases where volunteer lifesavers were alerted and the results was published in New England Journal of Medicine 2015.
The results showed a significant increase in bystander CPR rate.
The results showed a significant increase in bystander CPR rate.
Firmly rooted in science, the Heartrunner system is currently supporting two research projects, one in Sweden and one in Denmark. The primary outcome is to evaluate AED use with the Heartrunner app.
In November 2018 12 month data from Copenhagen, presented at AHA in Chicago, showed a threefold increase of bystander defibrillation and volunteers Heartrunners are on scene before ambulance in 40% of the cases.


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Hey foodies! It's been a while since my last food review, but I'm thrilled to be here nonetheless. I attended one of my favorite festivals that takes place every June and another foodies playground with a ton of grilled food; come join me on my way back Wednesday edition on Giant's National BBQ Battle.
This festival is 2 days of food, booze, games, giveaways and entertainment. On day 1, I went solo and enjoyed all the sights ahead. The game plan was to tackle as much as I can on the first day and whatever I missed could wait until day 2. The aroma quickly had you salivating and instantly preparing you to either sample or purchasing the first item near by . . . and with little to no line of course! I tasted everything from burnt ends, sausage, chicken wings, and chips & dips just to get the groove going. To wash down those delicious bites, I purchased beverage tickets and started sampling local beers and wine before sampling more things.
On my journey through the festival, I filled my bag with a variety of sauces, seasonings, snacks, household items and entered myself to win a few prizes. Discouraged after stand in long lines after the few samples I had, I decided to grab some BBQ from one of the vendors and go home. It's unfortunate that I don't remember the vendor I purchased my food from but I must say it wasn't memorable at all. It was bland and lack flavored. Perhaps this vendor could better prepare themselves for larger crowds and tend to the meat more. All in all I will give it a solid 2 out of 5 stars. I order pulled chicken, pork, and ribs with cole slaw and baked beans. I knew I was wrong bringing home baked beans to the baked beans queen herself . . . my grandmother. I told her she would be disappointed before she tasted them, but she was just happy that she didn't have to cook! And yes she agreed . . . lol!
The final day of the festival is here and rain is in the air. Praying that it will subside soon and eventually it did; day 2 of the festivities shall commence. My awesome buddy and owner of Foolish Foods Catering, Chef Jah came to join Fat Girl N' Motion on another great day of BBQ! First stop was the sampling station by Giant Food. Too bad I only have 2 hands otherwise I would've had 4 plates to sample from the options under the tent. After the rain stopped the temperature rose immensely, so the cooling tent came through in the clutch as we tip toed through the line. Some samples were cheeseburger sliders, pulled pork, succulent lamb, an assortment of beverages and more. After standing and chatting for over an hour, I kindly found me a seat to take the load off. All samples or products can be found in your local Giant grocery store. The samples were good and filling while some were cold and needed to be tossed.
Traveling down pitmasters row, we stumbled into the BBQ Pitmaster Extraordinaire in the flesh . . . Big Moe Cason!!! I don't get star struck over too many people; however I was so amazed that I saw a face that I watch on TV quite frequently. Funny that earlier that day before arriving at the festival that I saw Moe Cason on Food Network's The Kitchen. He asked me how he did and I quickly replied with everything that he prepared on that episode. We shared a quick chat, pictures, and a swig of Jack – MY DAY WAS MADE!!! Still cruising and packing our bags, we ended the day listening to the sounds of DC's own Backyard Band, snagged a few bottles of wine and took some BBQ to go.
I damn sure needed a full body massage after all that walking. Giant's National BBQ Battle was a fantastic transition into the summer with grilled food and booze. It was also another highlight to my birthday month. I cannot wait until next year and hopefully run into another chef who I admire. This festival is a great way to start off your summer and be sure to bring the kids for family friendly activities too. Mark your calendars to get a head start on your summer festivals and see ya next year!
Giant National BBQ Battle
June 23-24, 2018
Washington, DC