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Late last year I came across a delightful blog that intersected with this experience and it seems like a fitting start to the new year to bring it to your attention. In decline is described as "straddling the line of decay and eroticism" and lists as its interests industrial decay, wastelands, machinery, disorder and of course the erotic. A recent post:
When I became captain of the town, I decided to extend asylum to certain citizens who were persona non grata elsewhere in the area because of their disgusting and disquieting deformities. One was known as Spare Ass Annie. She had an auxiliary asshole in the middle of her forehead, like a baneful bronze eye. William S Burroughs
Force of Resistance, Stress, Heat, Collapse
Deformity is contrary to expectation. Horror of the dysmorphic invokes the notion that formal conventions are somehow correct and keeps with the classic aesthetic principles. The revolting appearance of a functionally specific aperture, wets the appetite.
Simple deformity breaks no internal rules, it is aberrant for compromising only exceptions. One can violate conventions without appearing deformed, it is only understood as the violation of what is expected or accurate.
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NOTE: Sadly this blog has been recently removed...I have decided to leave this post anyway as an inspiration to myself if not others...


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Title: Scorpion Swamp
Author: Steve Jackson (USA)
Illustrator: Duncan Smith
Published: 1984
Level of previous knowledge: Ah, Scorpion Swamp. I remember this one quite well. Three wizards, three quests, a bunch of magic spells and an infinite amount of those damned irritating sword trees. If I can't manage this one it's because I did something really, really stupid. Or rolled a SKILL of 7.
Plot summary: A good deed has earned me some kind of magic ring which has an unfailing built-in compass and evil-proximity detection functionality. This is quite powerful, so the obvious thing to do is go off and die in a swamp somewhere so that the ring cannot possibly fall into the wrong hands. Also something about mapping.
Rules: This book has a magic system with three types of spell - good, evil and neutral. The spells you get to choose from depend on which wizard you decide to deal with. Despite the section in the rules called 'Stamina and Provisions' there are no provisions in this book - for some reason being able to cast spells removes the requirement to eat.
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Adventure LogAttempt #1
Stats rolled: SKILL 7, STAMINA 24, LUCK 9
I asked for that didn't I? At least with stamina like this my death will be protracted and painful.
Arriving at the small town of Fenmarge, I did what every good adventurer does and headed for the tavern. There I announced to the local population of slack-jawed yokels that I intended to explore Scorpion Swamp. At this news their jaws became slacker (four generations of inbreeding shows) and they tried to discourage me from this plan. As I turned away an Amish farmer appeared from nowhere and persuaded me that I should have some kind of quest to make entering the swamp worthwhile. I agreed to this, and started glancing around the tavern for floating yellow exclamation marks above the heads of the locals. The farmer explained that there were three wizards nearby - one good, one evil and one er, strange. I opted for the latter, in the hopes that such a wizard might not notice that I have all the combat skill of a ham sandwich.
I merrily departed the wizard's home and made my way to the swamp, where I committed another huge mistake by striding past the sign which warned me to turn back. Reaching the first clearing, I immediately tripped over a root and hurt my leg - I really wasn't cut out for this swamp stuff. Heading eastwards, I made my way to more solid ground where I was offered the opportunity to rest after my long, arduous journey so far. Tempting as it was, I decided to move on and also ignore the hollow tree in the clearing which looked certain to contain something deadly - a small badger perhaps.
Running north, I arrived at a grassy clearing with no sign of spiders or evil-looking roots to cause me harm. As I paused to catch my breath I was assaulted by the grass itself. Hacking my way out with some difficulty and significant stamina loss, I limped eastwards where i encountered three odd-looking creatures which were apparently swamp orcs. "I say--" I began, before a pair of arrows were released, one of which caught my arm on the way past, making me even less skilful than I was previously. At this point I didn't like my chances of surviving any combat, so I ran for it, barging past them and not stopping until I found myself at another junction. I didn't know whether or not to be relieved that they hadn't pursued.
Heading westwards this time (this was going to be a hell of a caravan route) my brass ring started flashing and a calm voice said 'WARNING - EVIL PROXIMATE'. OK it didn't, but that would have been cool. Instead it tingled a bit, and I looked around to see a whole load of scorpions scuttling towards me. Transfixed in horror, I stood there like an idiot while the evil things crawled all over me, stinging all the way. Running off again (I should have adopted the position earlier) I headed north, arriving at a stone bridge crossing a river. Casting a stamina spell in case the bridge decided to attack me, I stepped gingerly on to it and started the crossing. Fortunately there were no nasty surprises.
On the other side of the bridge was a huge tree standing alone in the middle of a clearing. Suspiciously eyeing its branches for any signs of swords, I stopped to look upwards, spying a large nest at the top. Its owner then arrived and glared at me. I had no idea what the eagle was trying to tell me and pondered asking it for directions, but eventually thought better of it and backed westwards out of the clearing.
I stepped around a tree to meet a dwarf. Irritatingly, however, he wouldn't be much use in providing me with directions due to the giant scorpion pincers around his neck. Offered the chance to perform a heroic rescue or a cowardly retreat, I of course chose the latter, only mildly annoyed that I wasn't offered the more despicable option of waiting for the scorpion to lose interest in the dwarf's corpse and then having a good old fashioned loot.
television set asserted itself and I decided against entering the murky undergrowth.
Following the path southward, I found myself in a marshy clearing containing a large, fetid pool. Sighing and preparing for the worst, I approached, watching the pool and awaited the inevitable... lump of slime which heaved itself out of the pool and into my intended path. Dismissing the idea of trying to leap over it (such heroics are reserved for those with less ranks in Clumsy Foolishness) I froze it with an Ice spell, which worked remarkably well, and proceeded westwards once more, aiming a smug kick at the frozen remains on the way past.
Spiffing chaps, these brigands.
Now heading north once more, I found myself on a progessively wider path which eventually led me to the town of Willowbend! Choosing a tavern at random, I found myself in a bedroom above the Black Bear, which was apparently an extremely popular night spot with the locals. I was offered the chance to go downstairs (presumably in my pyjamas, teddy bear in hand) and threaten an entire barful of drunken louts into jolly well keeping the noise down. Or I could just dream of being that stupid. Eventually I woke up to the sounds of the morning market, arose and left town again without so much as a spot of breakfast. Of course, now that I had the route to Willowbend mapped out I could do the sensible thing and go back around the swamp the long way, to avoid the perils within.
Or I could march straight back through like a sucker.
Fortunately the brigands remembered how pathetic I was and didn't feel like bothering me again and I continued my journey unmolested as far as the eagle's nest. Here I was told that I was really honestly quite curious about the extremely fascinating bundle of twigs in the tree above me and was offered another chance to explore the opportunity to have my eyes pecked out. Somehow resisting the temptation, I headed south until I arrived in a clearing containing hundreds of familiar-looking scorpions. They recognised me too, and swarmed towards me in the hope of seconds. A Fire spell soon taught them a lesson, and rather than hang about to make scorpion kabobs I left the clearing in a hurry.
alignment did not make this a sensible plan. Choosing to pass him by but not make any attempt whatsoever to keep an eye on him, I shouldn't have been surprised when he sprang to his feet, choked me with his garrotte and robbed me blind. All I had left was a Stamina spell gem, however, and I was glad he left me with my sword, or my combat effectiveness would have descended to that of a tree stump.
The next clearing showed all the signs of a bloody battle. Now in a hurry to get out of the swamp before I encountered something deadly (a small vulture, for example), I declined the chance to wade in the gory remains looking for valuables and moved on. I then bumped into (not literally, thankfully) a wounded unicorn, which seemed up for a fight. I, on the other hand, was not, and was forced to run back the way I came. Back on my original route, I was again thwarted when I found the clearing where I met the Master of Spiders was still very much on fire. Retreating once more, I found myself in the clearing where I bravely defeated several orcs' attempt to kill me by running away from them. This time I was offered no such luxury, and I was forced into combat with all three of them at once. I managed to kill one but after five rounds I succumbed to their lesser incompetence.
Conclusion: Failure. So that's what it feels like to be the pinball...
Number of combats: 5
Attempt #2
Stats rolled: SKILL 9, STAMINA 20, LUCK 10
OK, providing I don't manage to trip over and cripple myself on the way to the swamp I might stand a chance this time.
building displaying all the traditional staples of evilness - bats: check, heads on spikes: check, gargoyles: check, pointy towers: check. As I approached the front door it swung open, revealing the wizard himself. At this point I was seriously considering a cop-out story - something about being a humble merchant - but this idea was shattered when the wizard announced not only that he knew why i was here, but also that he believed I was a pathetic waste of space. Indignant, I challenged him to a fight. In typical evil villain style, however, he summoned a minion to take his place - in this case a stone statue of a goblin. I clubbed it to dust with a table leg, but the wizard was unimpressed by my failure to avoid injury, derided my ability and complained that I'd made rather a mess of his room. I never did have much control over my temper, so a couple of minutes later I found myself looting his skinny corpse. Happily this resulted in the discovery of a magical sword, which I immediately trusted to not be an Unholy Despicable Weapon of Ultimate Cursed Doom which would suck out and enslave my soul, and took with me. Then I scarpered, being an experienced enough adventurer to know that when you kill an evil villain, his lair/cave/castle/tower always collapses (in this case, it explodes).
Conclusion: Victory!
...no? Oh right, the swamp...
Successfully negotiating the detestable hazard that is the 'soft part' of ground in the first clearing, I headed westwards. I soon came across a log cabin, inhabited by a large hairy man who I immediately recognised as the Master of Wolves by the amulet he wore (despite having no reason to know that the Masters wore amulets). He told me to bugger off, and I saw no reason not to comply (and a couple of growling reasons to obey).
Coming to a shallow stream containing 'movement', I was given the option of wading across, or casting spells that I didn't have. I shrugged; what kind of hardy warrior would turn back because of a little water? Splashing through the water, I attracted a few leeches which attached themselves to my legs - I assume that if I had picked up any infections from the water then the leeches took care of those for me, so the loss of a few stamina points was a good trade.
Heading northwards, I groaned as I recognised the part of the swamp I had entered. Keeping an eye on the blade-wielding branches around me, I rifled through my bag for a useful spell gem, but the only spell that may have been useful was apparently the sort of magic that only evil wizards would contemplate. Fortunately my sword arm did not let me down and I made it past the gauntlet relatively unscathed.
Bless spell, healing its wounded flank. It whinnied happily before showing me where a couple of spell gems were conveniently buried - sadly containing two spells I already had, Friendship and Luck. Still, you can never have too much of either, said the unicorn, pooping a rainbow under a tree. Feeling slightly nauseous, I continued northwards.
Eventually I found myself on a riverbank, looking across a watercourse filled with crocodiles and 'other creatures' that the crocodiles had allowed to live. Given the lack of any option to feed myself to them, I meandered along the riverbank until the ground rose some twenty metres above the water and the path petered out. I was then given the option of turning southwards away from the crocofile-infested river, or diving in and attempting to swim across (known as "dinner from above"). At this point I was reminded of the wise words of my old mentor from Adventurer School: "Don't be stupid." He said that quite often, for some reason. I waved cheerily at the sunbathing crocodiles (sunbathing, of course, despite the 'evil fog' that covers the entire swamp) and headed back to the south.
Entering a pleasant glade, I met a cheerful man I presumed to be a leprechaun, sat against a tree and enjoying a picnic. My ring buzzed on my finger and I was informed that the man was evil and a thief. Marvelling at my ring's new-found ability to discern the profession of others, I decided that I didn't want this chap potentially following me around the swamp, waiting for me to turn into a corpse, so I took the initiative and attacked him. He turned out to be tougher than the average leprechaun (or perhaps it was just a cunning disguise) but I defeated him without serious injury before stealing (I guess the correct term is looting, but I like irony) his cheese and an ostentatious red cloak.
The next clearing was scorpion HQ, where all the swamp's scorpions hang out and wait for assignment. Ready for them this time, I leapt heroically to safety and continued to the oddly-sturdy stone bridge which I crossed without incident. Beyond the bridge I came across the large tree, complete with glaring eagle. Eagles apparently don't remember adventurers who met them in past lives, so I backed away carefully.
Northwards I ran, past a crossroads until I was forced to slow down by some inconsiderate boulders. Atop one of them stood a ranger - apparently I knew this because he was dressed in green, despite the fact he only had one sword and had no hood, ranged weapon or animal companion that I could see. I told him whom I served, and he suggested that I speak to the Master of Gardens, who lived nearby. I left him to his stationary ranging and followed his directions to, unsurprisingly, a lush, well-tended garden. There, the Master of Gardens greeted me and gave me further directions that would lead me to the plant I sought.
Gandalf syndrome. A bit of flattery and some softly-spoken words of sympathy persuaded him to let me pass, however. It turned out that his favourite handkerchief was stolen by a thief, who was then killed by me, and now here I was with the Red Cloak of Snot Collection in my possession - what a coincidence! Warning me of wolves ahead, he left me to continue on my way. Sadly I was not offered the opportunity to use a Friendship spell to encourage him to accompany me as a personal bodyguard.
A short way to the north, I found what I was looking for, as well as the saddest excuse for a final boss ever - yes, the wolves I was warned about. One of which died before it could say 'arooo'. Dispatching the other quickly, I examined the Antherica plant to find a single berry which had implausibly avoided being eaten by the local wildlife. Stowing it carefully in my backpack (one would have thought Selator or I would have had the foresight to prepare a small lunchbox or something for this purpose), I turned and headed back southwards.
Much of this journey was uneventful - the giant had wandered off, the giant scorpion had finished his meal and nothing was left but leather armour and bones (I assume the dwarf's weapon provided chronic indigestion) and the eagle was nowhere to be seen, presumably busy glaring at something else. I leapt over the scorpions once again and found myself back in the clearing containing the thief's looted remains. From here I took a slightly different route, aware that the sword trees were waiting not far from here. Heading southwards, I walked straight past the remains of a bloody battle and into a clearing where I was forced to hack my way through the rather unfriendly grass before progressing to the next area which was the home of the Master of Spiders.
Having no Fire spells with which to cause a spider apocalypse, I was forced to fight the unpleasant fellow in melee combat. Three hits from his nasty poisonous weapon would have finished me off, but fortunately he only landed one before he fell. Grabbing his amulet caused a spark to leap from it and set fire to the whole clearing - a bit of a design flaw, that. Running for my life, I made my way back to the edge of the swamp, past the ominous-looking hollowed-out tree and the fearsome 'soft part' of ground which could well have nearly finished me off.
I emerged from the swamp, battered and exhausted, and made my way to Selator's hut where the wizard waited. He was delighted to receive the berry, even though it was a little bit squashed by the remaining spell gems I had rattling around in my backpack. I stood, slightly swaying, eagerly anticipating my grand reward. Selator gave me some healing potions (the least he could do, really) and 'a hot meal'. Grimslade at least would have given me 500 gold pieces for the amulet I brought back. I risk life and limb for a flipping BERRY, and what do I get in return? A chicken casserole.
Conclusion: Success! For what it's worth.
Number of combats: 8
Writing: A very straightforward plot - no saving the world or anything like that. It seems like you're risking your life for relatively small benefits (and in my case, very small rewards). The swamp is described well enough although in many places it felt less like a dark, oppressive place and more like a romp through the forest. The book has a strong bias towards being good and doing the right thing to the point that, even if you successfully complete the 'evil' storyline, you are given a telling off and assumed to regret your actions. What if I just wanted to be plain evil?
Writing: 2/5
Artwork: The front cover leaves a lot to be desired, evoking memories of the famous Bloodbeast from Deathtrap Dungeon but nowhere near as detailed or fearsome. The interior art work is slightly better but much of it seems quite faded and there are very few pictures that show any kind of backgrounds that give any impression that you're in a dangerous swamp.
Artwork: 2/5
Design: Scorpion Swamp is unique in that it plays almost like a board game, with fixed locations that can be navigated and re-visited. This is handled quite well for the most part, with each clearing having a reference you should turn to if you have been there previously. It does fall down occasionally though, with some odd situations occuring, such as approaching a bridge from the north, then having to cross the bridge to leave northwards. The layout is fine - it doesn't map perfectly in a couple of places and it would have been nice to get some idea of how far you're travelling between clearings in these cases, but it's supposed to be difficult to navigate anyway. There isn't much to mention beyond the navigation though - some more items usable in different situations might have made things more interesting.
Design: 3/5
Fairness: All in all this doesn't seem too difficult an adventure at first, and my memories of it certainly weren't frustrating ones, but it isn't an easy as you might expect. There are a few encounters which can really cause you problems and a couple of wrong choices could make things awkward even for a highly skilled adventurer. The three quests vary slightly in difficulty but this isn't a bad thing - serving evil should probably be more stressful than doing good.
Fairness: 4/5
Cheating index: 0 Razaaks
Average enemy stats
Successful path
8 encounters, SKILL 8.3, STAMINA 9.4
Entire book
X encounters, SKILL 9.1, STAMINA 9.0
Instant death paragraphs:16 plus a few endings of dubious success
Any player can win no matter how weak initial dice rolls: With the right spell gems and some prudent choices in the swamp, this may well in fact be TRUE.
Final thoughtsScorpion Swamp won't go down as one of the great classic Fighting Fantasy gamebooks but it does deserve praise for being a little bit different. The board game-like style allows a level of non-linearity rare in gamebooks and gives the player a sense of freedom. Combined with some robust game design it could have been a real winner, however the straightforward gameplay and unexciting plot hold it back somewhat.
Final score: 5/10
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Vegas to Reno freeway will bypass Douglas
4-7 p.m. March 20 Las Vegas, Santa Fe Station Casino, Centennial B Ballroom, 4949 N. Rancho Drive
4-7 p.m. March 21 Tonopah Convention Center, 301 Brougher Ave.
4-7 p.m. March 22 Hawthorne Convention Center, 932 E St.
4-7 p.m. March 27 Fallon Convention Center, 100 Campus Way
4-7 p.m. March 28 Grand Sierra Resort Conference Center, 2500 East 2nd St., Reno
2-5 p.m. March 29 NDOT Headquarters Building 3rd Floor Conference Room, 1263 Stewart St., Carson City
It could be a race to see if cars drive themselves or fly by the time an interstate is built between Las Vegas and Reno.
But either way, the proposed Interstate 11 will bypass Douglas County entirely.
The freeway proposed for Phoenix to Las Vegas and points north is the subject of a half-dozen public meetings along the planned route.
Starting in Las Vegas on March 20, the Nevada Department of Transportation will gather feedback from residents of Tonopah, Hawthorne, Fallon and Reno. A sixth meeting will be conducted 2-5 p.m. March 29 at the Nevada Department of Transportation headquarters in Carson City.
A section of Interstate 11 is being completed in Boulder City. The route will generally follow Highway 95 until it hits Fernley and Interstate 80.
"The future I-11 will not only further connect our state, but the entire West," said Transportation Director Rudy Malfabon. "It will bring enhanced mobility, traffic safety, freight and other opportunities for Nevada described. As we begin initial planning to determine the interstate's exact path, these meetings are an opportunity for Nevadans to give feedback and help establish the blueprint of this vital interstate."
Feedback gathered from the public will help with the required environmental review.
The 450-mile route would be built as a limited-access four-lane divided highway in phases over the next several decades.
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Watershed Cocktail Dinner
The bounty of local produce that summer in Northeast Ohio brings serves as a constant inspiration for cocktail development. With the promise of berries, peaches, and bundles of fresh herbs, it is a wonderful time of year for creativity. This summer, in addition to creating a seasonally inspired menu, I am also thrilled to be working with Watershed Distillery to host a cocktail dinner this July. While we've done wine and beer dinners here in the past, this will be our first cocktail themed dinner. I'm excited to work with Chef Joe and the folks at Watershed to pair fresh, summery dishes with perfect patio sippers. With Watershed's Vodka, Four Peel gin, Barrel Aged Gin, and Bourbon playing the starring role it should be an awesome line up of drinks. And if we're lucky enough to get our hands on some Watershed Nocino there may be a really fun dessert drink to top it all off. The dinner is scheduled for Thursday July 28th. Stay tuned for more!!!


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The first step any Direct3D application must perform is to create the Direct3D object, from which all other objects are generated. The Direct3D object is thus a bit like the factory design pattern. Once we have created it, we can extract new interfaces from it easily. Let's take a look at the code required to properly initialize Direct3D.
The structures we will need are as follows:
LPDIRECT3D8 g_pD3D = NULL; // Used to create the D3DDevice LPDIRECT3DDEVICE8 g_pd3dDevice = NULL; // Our rendering device HWND hWnd; // window handle, already initialized
Now, let's review the calls required to actually create the Direct3D object. To do so, we need to pass the symbolic constant D3D_SDK_VERSION as a parameter, so Direct3D can make sure the application is built against the right set of header files. The code would be
g_pD3D = Direct3DCreate8( D3D_SDK_VERSION ); if (g_pD3D==NULL) return false;
We now need to create the Direct3D-compatible device that will be used to generate the graphics. This is a three-step approach. First, we query the system so we can get information on the display mode, window characteristics, and so on. Second, we fill the D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS structure with the settings we want to include in our device, and third, we create the device. The following code gets the current display mode:
D3DDISPLAYMODE d3ddm; if(FAILED(g_pD3D->GetAdapterDisplayMode(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, &d3ddm))) return false;
Now, let's fill the presentation parameters structure, which is used to create the D3DDevice. Most parameters are unused and thus can be zeroed out. We set Windowed to TRUE, because we want to do D3D in a window, and then set the SwapEffect to discard, which is the most efficient method of presenting the back buffer to the display. We then request a back buffer format that matches the current desktop display format:
D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp; ZeroMemory( &d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp) ); d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE; d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD; d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = d3ddm.Format;
Notice how we have requested a windowed application, which runs in the same graphics mode as the host. By doing so, Direct3D inherits the window size from the main application. Now we are ready to actually create the device with the CreateDevice call. Here we are using the default adapter (most systems only have one unless they have multiple graphics hardware cards installed) and requesting the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) (which is specifying that we want the hardware device rather than a software device). Software vertex processing is specified because we know it will work on all cards. On cards that support hardware vertex processing, though, we would see a big performance gain by specifying hardware vertex processing.
if(FAILED(g_pD3D->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, hWnd, D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &d3dpp, &g_pd3dDevice ) ) ) { return false; }
The first parameter tells Direct3D we want to use the default graphics adapter. This is not important in most cases because we will probably only have one video card. But for systems with more than one video board, the first parameter is the ordinal number of the card: 0, 1, 2, and so on. The second parameter tells Direct3D to use the HAL. This means we will perform hardware rendering, which is the most common option. Other options are D3DDEVTYPE_REF for the reference rasterizer and D3DDEVTYPE_SW for software rendering. The third parameter is the window handle to the application. In the fourth parameter, we need to specify the kind of vertex processing will we use. We can choose between software vertex processing (as in the preceding example), hardware, or mixed. Right after the vertex processing options, we need to state which presentation parameters our device will be using. In the example, that data comes from the D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS structure we just initialized. For completeness, here is the format of the structure:
typedef struct _D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS_ { UINT BackBufferWidth; UINT BackBufferHeight; D3DFORMAT BackBufferFormat; UINT BackBufferCount; D3DMULTISAMPLE_TYPE MultiSampleType; D3DSWAPEFFECT SwapEffect; HWND hDeviceWindow; BOOL Windowed; BOOL EnableAutoDepthStencil; D3DFORMAT AutoDepthStencilFormat; DWORD Flags; UINT FullScreen_RefreshRateInHz; UINT FullScreen_PresentationInterval; } D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS;
As you can see, there's lots to explore and set, like initializing the stencil buffer or controlling the number of backbuffers. The call to CreateDevice ends the boot process and leaves us with a brand-new, ready to use Direct3D device where we can send our geometry. Here is the complete code so you can copy and paste as needed:
LPDIRECT3D8 g_pD3D = NULL; // Used to create the D3DDevice LPDIRECT3DDEVICE8 g_pd3dDevice = NULL; // Our rendering device HWND hWnd; // window handle, already initialized g_pD3D = Direct3DCreate8( D3D_SDK_VERSION ); if (g_pD3D==NULL) return false; D3DDISPLAYMODE d3ddm; if(FAILED(g_pD3D->GetAdapterDisplayMode(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, &d3ddm))) return false; D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp; ZeroMemory( &d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp) ); d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE; d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD; d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = d3ddm.Format; if(FAILED(g_pD3D->CreateDevice( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, hWnd, D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &d3dpp, &g_pd3dDevice ) ) ) { return false; }
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Updated 06 May, 2018
SINGAPORE – Jurong West resident Noorul Zunaid, 49, was surprised when he recently heard of the three deadly dengue cases in his neighbourhood, but the father of two was not alarmed by the news.
"I don't notice a lot of mosquitoes around," said Mr Noorul, who also runs a convenience store in the area.
He was not too worried as he said that the National Environment Agency (NEA) had been actively inspecting the area and treating potential breeding spots over the past three weeks.
Madam Ivy Tan shared the same sentiment as her neighbour.
"I'm healthy, so I'm not worried...and I'm very careful too," said the 59-year-old in Mandarin.
However, these residents were not taking their chances.
Madam Tan said she does not use a plant saucer for her plants, and she claimed her pot of lemongrass helps to keep the mosquitoes away.
On his end, Mr Noorul instructed his maid to ensure there was no stagnant water in the home.
One resident, who only wanted to be known as Ms Goh, said she had been applying mosquito repellent on her three children, especially when it rains.
"Everytime after it rains, a lot of mosquitoes come out," said the 30-year-old customer service officer.
Residents of Block 932 Jurong West Street 92, which is beside an identified dengue cluster, were paid a house visit by Mr Yee Chia Hsing, Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC, on Sunday (May 6) morning. Mr Yee spoke to them about the precautions they could take to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, and also handed out educational pamphlets and bottles of insect repellent. He was accompanied by representatives from the People's Association, Town Council, Residents' Committee and the NEA.
While no home inspections were carried out by the group on Sunday, residents were told about potential mosquito breeding spots if they were clearly visible.
"Despite this being a (dengue) red zone, you still see there are water trays for plants that collect (stagnant) water," said Mr Yee, who stressed that residents' cooperation was important in the fight against dengue.
Mr Yee added that, contrary to the residents' beliefs that dengue breeding spots are located in common areas, 70 per cent are found in homes.
These could be anything from a pail of water that a resident forgot about, to even dish drying racks that had accumulated too much water.
"Everyone has to be extra vigilant and keep a lookout," said Mr Yee.
To date, six households within the dengue cluster have been uncontactable despite multiple visits and attempts by NEA to reach the owners.
Mr Yee said that the agency would be doing a forced entry "this coming week".
It was impossible to ascertain if there was stagnant water within these households, but he added: "We are leaving no stone unturned."
The Sunday house visits came a day after the Ministry of Health (MOH) and NEA announced the deaths of three people living within the dengue cluster in Jurong West – the largest this year – due to the virus.
The first case involved a 68-year-old Singaporean woman who died on April 13 while overseas. About two weeks later, a 41-year-old Singaporean man was admitted to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) for dengue. His condition deteriorated, and he died on May 3. That same day, another 63-year-old Singaporean woman died.
The deaths were among 60 dengue cases reported in the cluster of 10 blocks (Blocks 933, 940, 943, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950 and 952) in Jurong West Street 91, and two blocks (Blocks 920 and 928) in Jurong West Street 92.
Commenting on the Jurong West dengue outbreak on his Facebook page on Saturday, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, said that both MOH and NEA are currently investigating the factors that may have contributed to the severe cases in the cluster.
Since NEA was notified of the cluster on April 3, Mr Masagos said that "140 NEA officers (were mobilised) to the area to step up inspections and outreach efforts."
According to NEA, multiple rounds of checks were carried out, both in the day and in the evenings when residents were back from work, as well as on weekends. As at May 3, a total of 117 breeding habitats were detected.
Of these, 82 were found in residential premises, in common habitats such as flower bowls, flower vases, fountain, pails, and dish drying trays, some with very high larvae count of up to 200 larvae. Another 35 were found in common areas or other premises such as ground puddles, gully traps and scupper drains.
There were no construction-related mosquito breeding found in the area. NEA also conducted spraying of insecticides in the common corridors, and in residents' homes.
"We urge everyone to help eliminate potential mosquito breeding habitats, and reduce chances of dengue transmission," said Mr Masagos.
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We decided to choose from the Tapas menu to begin with: Antipasto
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Next we shared some entrees: the Paella, very tasty and hearty enough
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Detailed monitoring by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has revealed that the state media, which have been turned into presidential propaganda outlets, have allocated an astounding 98.5 per cent of news and current affairs air-time to President Mahinda Rajapaksa whilst the main opposition presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka was given a meager 1.6 per cent of air time on state-owned TV stations Rupavahini and ITN.
RSF noted that this was a direct flouting of the January 15 Supreme Court ruling and also violates the constitution, above all its Seventh Amendment and Article 104 (b) empowering the electoral commission.
"Alarmed by Gen. Sarath Fonseka's candidacy, President Rajapaksa and his followers are using and abusing all of the state's resources to get the President reelected," Reporters Without Borders said. "The TV propaganda is deafening and the figures we are releasing today are worthy of the Burmese or North Korean regimes."
The Reporters Without Borders monitoring on January 18 and 19 found that, of a total of 472 minutes and 5 seconds of news and current affairs air-time on Rupavahini and ITN, Gen. Fonseka and the other opposition candidates were granted only 7 minutes and 50 seconds, or 1.6 per cent, while the President, his government and his party were granted 465 minutes and 25 seconds.
According to RSF, on ITN one had to wait until the 7 p.m. Sinhalese-language news programme for coverage of opposition activity (Gen. Fonseka for 30 seconds, the UNP for 40 seconds and the JVP for 45 seconds), while President Rajapaksa got 3 minutes on the 9 a.m. programme, 2 minutes on the 10 a.m. programme, 4 minutes 45 seconds on the noon programme and 4 minutes 20 seconds on the Tamil-language programme at 6 p.m.
Rupavahini is giving the government an overwhelming air-time advantage. In the 8 p.m. Sinhalese-language news programme on January 18, for example, the government got 8 minutes and 30 seconds and the President got 7 minutes and 10 seconds, while Gen. Fonseka, the UNP and the JVP got a combined total of just one minute. The 20 or so other candidates are totally ignored by the state media.
Granting so much time to propaganda on behalf of the incumbent is not new. On January 11, for example, Rupavahini carried a live broadcast of President Rajapaksa's election programme launch that lasted one hour and 15 minutes.
"The President and his allies have abused other state resources in the course of the campaign. The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, for example, forced all mobile phone operators to send SMS messages signed by President Rajapaksa to all their clients, while soldiers have been seen putting up the President's election posters," RSF added.


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Out of Africa: 'The Voice of My People'
The following is the true story of an African native who escaped the brutal massacre of his tribe.
It was Friday the 13th of August, 2004, around 10 p.m. It had been a really long day, and I laid awake alongside friends on cots crammed into a large hangar, just happy to be off my feet.
Then I heard it. Distant sounds – gunfire, shouting, screams.
The smell of smoke came next.
No, I thought. No, no!
Fear, anger and anxiety gripped me as I reached the camp, one of the first to arrive. I coughed as the stench of burnt flesh filled my nostrils. I didn't want to look, but I had to.
The massacred bodies of 166 people were strewn about the UN-run refugee camp in Gatumba, Burundi, Africa. Some had been shot in the head; others burned. A few poor souls were just hacked up with a blade.
Another 116 others laid about, wounded, crippled – some crying in anguish, others too injured to make much of a noise at all.
But these weren't just any people. They were my people. My tribe.
Men. Women. Children. Yes, children. A few you could even call toddlers.
My brain tried to process the scene before me as I helped transport the wounded to hospitals in Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi. I kept thinking how, just two hours earlier, we had talked and laughed together; my people, my tribe. I only escaped the nightmare because I was in an encampment some half-mile away.
And now, before me, so many of my people laid slaughtered like animals.
And for what?
I continue to ask myself that question today, a decade later. Yet I am no longer in my home country of Africa. I find myself in San Diego, California. A 31-year-old college student. An aspiring writer. One who hopes to tell the world of the injustices to my tribe.
My people do not have writers like those found in Europe and America. We are verbal story tellers, a long and proud tradition. But I must master the art of writing so that I can make a difference for those who remain in Africa and face something far worse than what's called "discrimination" in America.
They face extinction.
Please, before I get into all that, allow me to tell you how I got from there to here.
I was born in the African village of Bijombo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was a typical poor African village. No medicine, no running water. We lived in huts with floors made out of grass and dirt. A treat for me consisted of boiled cornmeal hardened into the consistency of a rock, with a glass of milk to wash it down.
But we were generally happy. We had our families, we had our village.
Yet the region was filled with strife, and Civil War found us. The entire Central African region was engulfed in a massive civil war throughout much of the 1990s.
As for me and my people, to make a very complicated situation as simple as possible, my tribe is referred to as the Congolese Tutsi of the Banyamulenge tribe.
Generations ago, our ancestors migrated from the neighboring countries of Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to a high plateau in what is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. But since the 1990s, the Congolese Tutsi have been a pawn in a power struggle between the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries.
My tribe is Congolese, but the Democratic Republic of Congo government and our fellow citizens ignore our citizenship-by-birth status. They consider us refugees. They want us out. We faced harsh discrimination, we were forced from our homes.
As for Rwanda and Burundi, they have been mostly good to us, taking us in when need be. But there has been civil war, bloodshed, death. All sides are guilty of crimes against humanity. Ugly crimes.
The reason my people were in that UN-run refugee camp in Burundi on that fateful Friday the 13th night of 2004 was because we had fled to escape fierce fighting that had erupted between two Congolese army officers in Bukavu, the capital city of my province, South Kivu. The two officers were Colonel Jules Mutebutsi of my tribe (now in exile in Rwanda) and his boss, Brigadier General Mbuza Mabe.
After the massacre, survivors – including me and my family – were sent to live in another camp, hundreds of miles from where our loved ones were slaughtered and torched. At the end of 2006, the United Nations introduced the process of relocating us to Western countries. In 2007, families relocated to United States, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and other countries.
On April 18, 2007, I flew from Bujumbura to San Diego. I joined my dad and mom, who came one month before me. One month later my sister arrived. My brother's family joined us in 2008.
Like other survivors, I did not apply for a visa nor choose to come to San Diego. I found myself in a strange country with an unfamiliar culture. Adjusting to the American system and the English language was a challenge – I still struggle.
In 2008, I started college with the help of a government grant. But it was not always easy. The memory of my parents struggling to pay a $2 monthly school fee will not depart from my mind. In 2011, I graduated from San Diego Mesa College with an associate degree in chemistry.
In October of last year, I was hired at Point Loma Nazarene University as a groundskeeper. More recently I began my junior year here, majoring in writing. It is my pleasure to develop my talent. My ambition is to become the voice of my people.
Burundian rebel leaders, Agathon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana, who claimed responsibility for the 2004 attack against my people, remain in power today in Burundi. Pasteur Habimana works for the Burundian government while his boss at that time, Agathon Rwasa, is still in the opposition and resides in Bujumbura, Burundi. They were leaders of National Forces of Liberation-Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People.
They have never been brought to justice, unlike Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
Sometimes when I see how Americans get so upset at trivial things, such as waiting an extra minute at a lengthy stoplight or when their favorite football team loses a game, to be honest – I think Americans are ignorant.
Don't get me wrong. America helped save me and my family. For that, I will be forever grateful.
But America should consider the war-torn, disease-ravaged continent of Africa as it continues its mighty military quests. The Middle East may not need American intervention – but Africa does. America is powerful. America could help.
Maybe one day, God willing, it will.
Fix contributor Fidele Sebahizi is a student at Point Loma Nazarene University.
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From Sam at Muddybum Bikes –
The latest we have heard on the new kit is that it will be with us on the 11/03/13. It will need a bit of organising when it arrives so I expect it should be available to try/buy from around the 13/14th march. We dont have a lot of the old kit left at all now but you can give the shop a call for anything specific. Please remember that if you are hoping to purchase kit from us that you cannot pay via credit/debit card. Cash or cheque made payable to the club only please!! Membership cards will need to be presented also.


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The canning frenzy continues with a Latin American inspired recipe ❤ This Salvadoran salsa is traditionally served with pupusas and curtido, but I also serve it with tortilla chips, mixed with broth to be used as a base for soups and chilis, as an an enchilada sauce, or anywhere you use salsa (smothering beans and rice, over scrambled free range eggs, drizzled over a taco salad, used as a dip for veggies). In contrast with my fermented salsa recipe, this is a simple cooked recipe. This year I did big batches of both as I love them equally. Once you taste this sauce you will be inspired to use it in a variety of ways, it is so good!
This recipe makes about 1 quart. Multiply as needed.
– 1/4 cup avocado or extra virgin olive oil
– 4 cups of chopped tomatoes
– 1 onion
– 2 cloves garlic
– 1-3 (depending on how spicy you like it!) serrano, jalepeño, chipotle, or poblano peppers
– 1 Tablespoon dried oregano (try and find Mexican oregano if possible)
– 1 teaspoon dried chipotle chili powder (optional)
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add all other ingredients to your blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Add tomato mixture to the pan with the oil in it. Bring to just under a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until sauce is thickened (about 20 minutes). Stir occasionally to prevent sauce from sticking to the bottom. Taste. Add salt and pepper to taste. Once desired thickness is achieved remove from heat. Allow to cool for a few moments while you chop:
– 1 cup of cilantro, stems and leaves (you can reduce or increase this amount-I always double it! or substitute with parsley if you are not a cilantro fan)
Add cilantro to your sauce. Either serve immediately, store in the fridge for short term use, or can. To can:
Ladle sauce into sterilized (either by running through the dishwasher, or setting in boiling water for a few moments) mason jars, leaving 1 inch of head space. Screw lids on jars. Boil the jars in your water bath canner or a large pot for 40 minutes. Carefully remove the jars and allow to cool. Once cool, ensure they are sealed by pressing on the centre of the lid. It should be firm and not "pop" back and forth. Once canned, sauce will last the year.
Enjoy ❤ ❤


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[2016 May] ARM & TFBOYS collaborates for [Protect My Home]
ARM recently hits a major production milestone as Billy gets appointed to be the music producer for [Protect My Home], one of the latest commercial singles written specifically for Safeguard, the biggest brand of skin health products in China!
Founder and acclaimed producer of ARM, Billy was involved in the production of the entire single, to ensure that the song was produced with special care and effort. The song aimed to be sentimental to family values, and with the involvement of the kids, it adds a certain amount of purity to the entire song itself. With the master producer educating the boys, this aims to be one of the most unforgettable hits of the year.
The song aims to be the promise of protecting your home, a mutual protection to grow up healthy.


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Do you need to start your Black Friday shopping now? Best Buy has some of their Black Friday pricing now! Check out the awesome deal on this Chromebook! It's one thing you could cross off your holiday shopping list now!
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Man arrested in crash that killed 1-year-old
Wayne Anthony Green Jr. arrested in North Carolina
A 38-year-old Baltimore man wanted in a crash that killed a 1-year-old boy has been arrested in North Carolina, police said.
U.S. marshals arrested Wayne Anthony Green Jr. without incident at a hotel in North Carolina late Friday night. Authorities believe he arrived there earlier in the day.
Green is accused of leading officers on a brief chase Sunday night in Rosedale before crashing into a car in Baltimore, pushing it onto the curb and into a stroller carrying Jeremiah Perry, police said.
Green was released from a hospital Monday morning. Police said Green was not facing charges before he was released from the hospital and was not in police custody at the time.
Green was later wanted on charges of negligent manslaughter with an automobile, attempting to elude police and driving with a revoked license, police said.
Green is being held without bail.
Samantha Dooies, in the New Hanover County, North Carolina District Attorney's Office, said Green appeared in court via video Monday waiving his right to an attorney and waiving extradition.
WBAL-TV 11 News reporter Vanessa Herring contributed to this report.


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How small businesses around AZ are trying to pivot and how Snowbowl plans to deal with COVID-19.
Fiesta Bowl Names Former Coyotes CEO As New Director
Published: Monday, May 5, 2014 - 3:48pm
The Fiesta Bowl has hired former Phoenix Coyotes CEO Mike Nealy as its new executive director. He will oversee the nonprofit agency and all of its events, including the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
Nealy, 48, was with the Phoenix Coyotes and Jobing.com Arena for the past eight years. He takes over the position immediately and is contracted to serve for three years on a base salary and annual performance incentives.
Nealy replaces Robert Shelton, who resigned in January after spending 2.5 years trying to rebuild the bowl in the wake of a scandal.


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The changes in today's advertising landscape are dramatic. That's why we must diligently create new words and new frames for our words, because old words and old frames are inadequate vessels for bold new frontiers like "Native Advertising."
What the hell is Native Advertising? Is it David Kennedy's work for American Indian College Fund?
No, I don't think it is.
Dan Greenberg, CEO of Sharethrough, wrote an article for Ad Age describing the format.
Native ads place brand content such as videos, photos and articles directly into the fabric of a publisher's site — usually in a form that matches the site content — instead of just fitting ads in boxes separated from and around the content.
Sounds like advertorial to me, or one piece of the content marketing pie.
Greenberg says high-profile examples of native advertising include Facebook Sponsored Stories; Twitter's Promoted Tweets; promoted videos on YouTube, Tumblr and Forbes; promoted articles like Gawker's Sponsored Posts and BuzzFeed's Featured Partner content; Sponsored Listings on Yelp; promoted images on Cheezburger; and promoted playlists on Spotify and Rdio.
It's also a topic we picked up during last night's recording of The BeanCast. At the 11-minute point of Bob Knorpp's 213th program, I ask why we need another label for content marketing.
There was also discussion of the line between church and state in media companies. I argue that the division is archaic, and that media execs have more to worry about today than brands encroaching on their sacred news space. Media's role is to deliver high quality information to an audience and brands have a role in that, and in the best cases brands advance their own cause along with their media partner's.


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14 Sep Why Pop Ups are Now Bad in Googles Eyes Guide
Last year Google made an announcement regarding new criteria within their website ranking. Every online business needs to adhere to these new rules in order to stay tuned to the new regulations. This announcement was regarding use of intrusive interstitials (yes it's a mouth full !) throughout web pages and it is well known as the "Google Popup Penalty". Google wants web developers to make web pages more user friendly which is a great thing!. As mobile devices these days are driving the major proportion of site traffic it is essential to give them a trouble free experience whilst navigating your website.
The logic behind posing this penalty is that these intrusive popups often block essential content behind them and it appears annoying to users. Many websites are using popups and when visitors try to read some information on pages, a frustrating pop up appears in front of their eyes and it hides everything behind. Thus, in order to improve visiting experience of consumers or buyers, Google announced to improve mobile search methodology by posing a penalty over popup and it became in force from 10th January 2017. According to this announcement; pages that do not provide easy access to content will be penalized highly.
Here are few things to know that hinder content access on web pages:
- Showing pop ups over essential page content, when a user navigates the page or while they are busy reading some information.
- It displays standalone interstitial and users need to dismiss it first in order to reach to the main text of the website or page.
- Displaying a layout that appears the same as a standalone interstitial and hides content below it.
Behind this penalty the major objective of Google is to provide easy access to information over Google with intuitive and honest platforms.
Image credit to: https://webmasters.googleblog.com
What you need to do?
The penalty has been announced for Mobile search, not for the desktop users. So, you will be glad to know that WordPress offers several advanced plugins that can be customized to create a popup when a person is accessing a page from their desktop machine but they can be automatically closed for mobile users.
We see pop ups as a bad thing. Many people will argue this with us, but we feel that they just annoy users and if you are disabling them for your mobile experience you may as well cut them off from desktop also. We believe it is only a matter of time before Google will implement this rule for desktop users anyway. There are so many other ways to create engaging content without the use of annoying popups.
Also, you need to make sure your website as we have explained before in a previous blog is mobile responsive.
Do you really need popups on your website? If you don't they just scrap them all together. If you are adament that you do, make sure you have them only enabled for desktop not mobile, why get penelised by Google when you just don't have to?!
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Alexander Wood, of Wildwood Serigraphs and The Official R.Crumb Site is pleased to announce that the long production process on the new Heroes of the Blues serigraph by Robert Crumb is now complete, and the 150-print edition will release on Tuesday, September 28.
"After weeks of working on the computer, deleting the color from the Blues cards, after weeks of Robert reworking the black line of each portrait, after weeks of grouping and adding the color back to the revised images, after weeks and weeks of printing the edition, it is finally finished. I shipped the edition to Paris, where Robert signed them, and I have just received them back. So now we are ready to ship them to you on September 28.
"The edition is printed on Rives BFK archival 100% cotton cream paper. The sheets are 22" x 30". The image size is 16.5" wide x 25" tall. There are 15 colors (16 screens) used to print this edition. Because of the tremendous amount of work both Robert and I put into this edition, we are required to raise the price slightly to $380 per print. There will be a $12 shipping charge to those in the United States and a $25 International shipping charge. Each print comes with our unconditional guarantee for your satisfaction or your money back.
"Because all of you who have signed up for the Newsletter are Crumb fans, I am previewing part of the copy Robert wrote for the Certificate of Authenticity which accompanies each serigraph. Hopefully, this will answer the very natural question as to why Robert Johnson is not included in the print."
Many people have heard of the blues singer Robert Johnson, who recorded in 1936-'37 and died shortly thereafter. He is probably the best remembered of these old time blues singers, though I would argue that he is not necessarily a better singer or player than many of those pictured here. So why did I not include him, if he's so well remembered? The sad fact is that the only known photographs of Robert Johnson are in the possession of a man who will instantly threaten to sue anyone who even dares to make a drawing based on either of these photos, and his permission comes at a price; a percentage. I've been through shit with this man in the past over a drawing I made of Johnson from one of his photos and which I had reproduced for commercial purposes. He sent nasty, threatening, lawyers after me, so I don't mess with Robert Johnson. I hate the man who owns those photos and want nothing more to do with him. I would tell his name except I'm afraid he would try to sue me again. And that's why poor old Robert Johnson, who was buried in a pauper's grave, is not included in this set of "Heroes of the Blues."
-- Robert Crumb


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Climate Justice Now!| World Bank closes $1 billion carbon deal | Sunday, September 10, 2006 |
World Bank closes $1 billion carbon deal
London, 31 August: The World Bank and a syndicate of private sector buyers have closed the largest greenhouse gas emissions reduction transaction to date.
The Bank's Umbrella Carbon Facility (UCF) has inked a $1.02 billion deal that
will see it buy carbon credits from two Chinese companies, equivalent to the
reduction of more than 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2).
"The largest carbon finance deal ever is a windfall for sustainable development
in China and a major opportunity for the private sector," the Bank said in
The facility is to buy carbon credits from two projects – operated by two
private Chinese chemical companies, Jiangsu Meilan Chemical Co., and Changshu3F Zhonghao New Chemicals Material Co., both in Jiangsu Province – which qualify under the terms of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Sixty-five percent of the revenues from the deal will be funneled into a Chinese
government-run Clean Development Fund. This will help underwrite climate change
mitigation projects in "priority sectors", such as energy efficiency and renewable energy.
The CDM, established under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, allows projects in developing countries to earn carbon credits to the extent that they reduce, or avoid, GHG emissions. In this case, the two projects involve the destruction of HFC-23, an extremely potent GHG which is the by-product of refrigerant production.
These credits can be used to meet emission reduction targets taken on by
industrialised countries during the Kyoto Protocol target period of 2008–12, or
by companies with CO2 caps under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Some of the carbon credits will be allocated to carbon funds run by the World
Bank on behalf of investors and governments. Others, however, are being bought
by private sector entities. These include: Natsource Asset Management, the
world's largest private sector carbon asset management company, with some $800 million in assets; Deutsche Bank; and boutique merchant bank Climate Change Capital.
A number of large energy companies, including RWE, Statkraft and Tokyo Electric Power, are also involved.
The World Bank, which manages some $1.9 billion in its suite of carbon funds, is
planning subsequent tranches of the UCF, which was designed to facilitate and
syndicate large carbon trades.


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REGO Rapid Recovery+ - 1.54kg (Chocolate)
- The all-in-one recovery product
- Use after exercise to replenish your energy stores fast
- Contains a blend of Carbohydrate, Whey Protein, Vitamins and Minerals
- Includes 6g of BCAAs and 5g of L-Glutamine
Product Information
High GI carbohydrate and whey protein formula to aid rapid recovery after exercise
- 24g of protein with 6g BCAAs to promote the rebuilding of muscle tissue
- 38g of carbohydrate from maltodextrin
- Additional 5g of L-Glutamine
- Use after exercise to replenish your energy stores fast
- Exclusive to www.scienceinsport.com
About REGO Rapid Recovery Plus
REGO Rapid Recovery Plus provides a complete recovery product to be consumed immediately after prolonged or intense exercise when you need to replenish your energy stores and promote muscle recovery.
Contains a blend of Carbohydrate, Whey Protein, BCAAs, L-Glutamine with vitamins and minerals.
Rapid replenishment of your glycogen stores and the provision of protein help you to get the most from your training and prepare you for your next session
Recommended Usage
Recommended Usage
Consume 1 x 70g serving (3 heaped scoops) of REGO Rapid Recovery Plus within 30 minutes of completing your tough training session/competition. Mix with 500ml of water, mixing it with milk will slow down the absorption rate.
REGO Rapid Recovery Plus contains high quality whey protein concentrate, which has a complete amino acid profile to which we have added an additional 2g of leucine and 5g of L-Glutamine to support muscle protein synthesis. Leucine is an amino acid which is known to switch on the signalling for muscle protein synthesis and L-Glutamine is known as the one of the most abundant essential amino acids, with anti-catabolic and immune properties. The blend of carbohydrate, protein, L-Glutamine and BCAAs thereby provides a recovery formula that can promote replenishment of muscle glycogen stores, muscle protein synthesis, gut function and rehydration.
Carbohydrate is your muscles main fuel for moderate to high intensity exercise. During training and competition, our bodies can absorb around 60-90g of carbohydrate per hour, meaning that demand will outstrip the supply of energy. This shortfall is met by using your glycogen stores, which must be replenished post exercise so you are able to perform well in your next session.
REGO Rapid Recovery Plus is tested under the Informed Sport Certification program. This approach involves testing every single batch of Science in Sport finished product which leaves the Company's factory, screened against the 2017 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list. Banned substances including steroids are tested to the level of 10 Nanograms per gram, and stimulants to 100 Nanograms per gram. Batches (sampled at the beginning, during and end of each product batch) receive the recognised and respected Informed Sport certificate and Science in Sport provides the documentation to athletes on request.
Nutritional Info
|Typical Values
|Per Serving (70g)
|Per 100g
|of which sugars
|of which saturates
|Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs)
|- L Leucine
|- L Isoleucine
|- L Valine
|L Glutamine
|Per Serving (70g)
|Per 100g
|Vitamin D
|1.0mcg (20%)
|1.43mcg (29%)
|Vitamin E
|2.8mg (23%)
|4mg (33%)
|Vitamin C
|24mg (30%)
|34mg (43%)
|0.5mg (45%)
|0.7mg (64%)
|0.6mg (42%)
|0.8mg (60%)
|7.3mg (45%)
|10.4mg (64%)
|Vitamin B6
|0.8mg (57%)
|1.1mg (81%)
|Folic Acid
|50mcg (25%)
|71mcg (35%)
|Vitamin B12
|0.4mcg (16%)
|0.6mcg (23%)
|18mcg (36%)
|25mcg (51%)
|Pantothenic Acid
|1.5mg (25%)
|2.1mg (36%)
|2.4mg (17%)
|3.4mg (24%)
|2.0mg (20%)
|2.9mg (29%)
|23mcg (15%)
|33mcg (21%)
Maltodextrin (from Maize) (51%), Whey Protein Concentrate (30%) (Milk, Soy), L-Glutamine, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder (5.5%), L Leucine, Natural Flavouring (2.2%), Thickener (Xanthan Gum), Vitamins and Minerals (Ascorbic Acid, Nicotinamide, Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Ferric Pyrophosphate, Zinc Sulphate, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Calcium Citrate, Folic Acid, Potassium Iodine, Biotin, Cyanocobalamin), Sweetener (Sucralose).
For allergens see ingredients in bold.
When should I take this?
- REGO Rapid Recovery Plus should be taken within 30 minutes of finishing exercising. It should be taken after high intensity or prolonged training sessions and competition where you have depleted your carbohydrate energy stores. It is highly relevant for those athletes who need to recover quickly in order to prepare for another training session or competition period.
What is the difference between REGO Rapid Recovery Plus and REGO Rapid Recovery?
- REGO Rapid Recovery Plus provides all of the benefits of REGO Rapid Recovery, but with increased carbohydrate content, use of whey protein and inclusion of additional leucine and L-Glutamine. REGO Rapid Recovery Plus should be considered by athletes who are looking for an 'all in one' product to facilitate recovery after intense exercise by simultaneously promoting muscle glycogen re-synthesis, muscle protein synthesis and rehydration. It is relevant for both endurance and team sport athletes.
What is L-Glutamine?
- L-Glutamine is the most abundant non-essential amino acid found in muscle tissue. During periods of prolonged and intense exercise, both blood and muscle stores of glutamine can become depleted and remain reduced in the post-exercise recovery period. Glutamine is also an important energy source for immune and gut cells.
What does L-Glutamine do?
- L-Glutamine supplementation can help replenish the diminished Glutamine stores post-exercise. Glutamine supplementation before and after exercise may therefore improve muscle (promoted muscle recovery), immune and gut function.
What are the benefits of added Leucine?
- Leucine is the main BCAA that is used to produce energy during exercise and is also the key amino acid that stimulates muscle protein synthesis in the post-exercise recovery period.
What is the difference between REGO Rapid Recovery Plus and Whey Protein?
- Use REGO Rapid Recovery Plus when the aim is to quickly replenish your carbohydrate energy stores alongside promoting muscle recovery by also consuming protein. If your goal or activity does not deplete energy stores but you are still aiming to maintain muscle mass and promote muscle recovery by stimulating protein synthesis, then Whey Protein may be a better option.
What type of protein does this use?
- REGO Rapid Recovery Plus uses whey protein concentrate, which is a high quality protein source that is rich in BCAAs.
Why isn't it suitable for vegans?
- REGO Rapid Recovery Plus contains milk (whey protein concentrate) and is unsuitable for vegans.
How many scoops per serving:
- Add 70g (approximately 3 scoops) to 500ml of water and mix well.
How much protein is there per serving?
- REGO Rapid Recovery Plus contains 24g of protein in total.
Does it mix/shake well?
- Yes, but for best results, mix with an SiS shaker
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Verified ReviewsRated 4.3 out of 5 based on 15 Reviews
Tastes amazing - chocolate Good recharge after a sweaty run !!
Protein is an important recovery supplement. The chocolate flavour is delicious
Tastes great
Terrible taste - I was so expecting normal REGO and got this instead.
Works great!
Great taste and great impact.
Tastes great, and really speeds up recovery!
Very good, as expected
My favourite flavour, muscles dont feel achey the next day and has helped build muscle.
Good stuff
seems ok but doesn't mix as well or taste as good as normal Rego?!
best product so far. recovery mix with protein, bcaa, minerals and vitamins.
I have always given Chocolate flavor 5 stars up until I tried the lemon, Chocolate is still just as good but there is no 6 stars for lemon
Good flavour, and something you can trust
I tried the Rego Rapid Recovery a while ago and found it very good in helping with my recovery after strenuous exercise. I thought that if that was good the Rapid Recovery+ would be even better. MIstake! Mixing the recommended quantities of powder to water makes a drink that tastes like overly diluted hot chocolate powder. Not only that - no matter how long I shake the drink for I cannot get the powder to dissolve fully which results in the drink being full of bits that make it unpleasant to drink. I would not buy it again.


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Those familiar with POLO mints know how iconic a confection they are in the United Kingdom, so the latest rebranding effort attempted required the utmost attention to this notion. The results are indeed ideal with color blocking and attention to detail helps to draw in younger consumers yet maintain the iconic imagery existing fans have come to recognize.
Designed by the Taxi Studio, the new POLO mint packaging consists of five different color styles that help to differentiate the various flavors and varieties available under the brand. Everything from the individual tubes, to the store display cartons were given a splash of updating and help to maintain the Nestle brand candy's history. Those in the UK can expect to see the latest packaging designs as they hit stores next month.
The New POLO Mint Packaging Updates the Brand for Younger Consumers
Michael Hemsworth — May 11, 2016 — Lifestyle
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Creating an Easter holiday email campaign for Peeps
Surprise! The bunnies are back.
To piggyback on the web ad campaign I created for Peeps brand (which you can take a peek at right here), I took it a step further to round out the integrated marketing communications efforts and build out a mock up email campaign.
The color palette, font choices, and messaging remained the same from the web ads to this new piece; the goal is to present a strong brand identity across platforms in order to increase brand recognition with consumers.
Applying a blue gradient background brought in the feel of a bright, spring sky and really tied in with the blue hue of one of the bunny peeps offered in Peeps line of 'mallows.
Using images of actual peep bunny ears to create a border was a play off of Easter grass, paired with the gradient blue sky.
*This project is for educational purposes only. I am in no way affiliated with the Peeps brand or with Just Born, Inc.


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OYE Swimwear
Our new Hannah one-piece is perfect for those who want to be a bit bolder with their swimsuit choices but aren't totally ready to show it all off. A plunge-V neckline flatters the decollete and wider shoulder straps helps keep things in place. Full seat coverage and a lower leg line gives the illusion of high-waist bottoms, while a strappy detail in the back adds intrigue. This bright fuschia pink is perfect to layer with your favorite bottoms for post-pool mingling.
- Pull-on
- Moderate shoulder coverage
- Full seat coverage
- 80% Polyamide, 20%Lycra®
- Hand wash only
- Handmade in Istanbul, Turkey
- High quality Italian material
- Lotion, sunscreen and oil can cause discoloration of this item; this is not a manufacturing defect. Please follow care instructions to keep your swimwear in the best condition
OYE products are all handmade, using the highest quality fabrics with exceptional workmanship in pursuit of extraordinary appeal and style.


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'I got my head handed to me:' Warren Buffett sounds an alarm on Walmart and the entire retail industry
Warren Buffett just fired a warning signal for the entire retail industry, and especially for Walmart.
In an interview with CNBC's Becky Quick on Monday, Buffett called retailing "too tough" and warned against investing in the industry.
He praised Amazon as a leader in ecommerce, and suggested that Walmart may never catch up to the online behemoth.
"That is a tough, tough, tough competitive force," Buffett said, referring to Amazon. "Now Walmart is pushing forward online themselves. They have got all kinds of strengths, but I just decided that I'd look for a little easier game."
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Buffett made the remarks after Berkshire Hathaway sold off $900 million of Walmart stock, and instead invested billions in airlines.
"I think retailing is just too tough or me, just generally," Buffett said. "We bought a department store in 1966 and I got my head handed to me. I've been in various things in retailing... I bought Tesco over in the UK and got my head handed to me. Retailing is very tough and I think the online thing is hard to figure out."
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- Here's the email Sears' CEO just sent to the company announcing layoffs
- Macy's is spiraling
- Amazon strikes back at Walmart's free 2-day shipping offer
SEE ALSO: Warren Buffett just dropped Walmart and signaled the death of retail as we know it