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It's ok, Varly. You'll save it when it matters - right?
Last night's 6-0 drubbing by the Los Angeles Kings seems to have a lot of Avalanche fans worried.
In fact, Twitter filled with so much worry that Matt Duchene felt the need to give us the following two tweets:
Sorry to all the fans that paid their hard earned money tonight to watch that terrible performance of ours. We WILL be betterAs Adrian Dater put it,
This Avs team is not the same one from last year so don't get used to seeing games like that. We're not gonna disappoint you guys again
Four games into the preseason, and we're already getting apologetic tweets to fans from Avalanche players. This can't be good, right?So what I'm wondering is, does Colorado's current 1-3 preseason record (two games to play) indicate anything about the season to come? I took a look back at a decade's worth of preseason games and compared those results with the amount of regular season success. Here's what I found:
Preseason: 5-2-1
Regular Season: 118 Points, President's Trophy, Stanley Cup Champions
Preseason: 2-5-0
Regular Season: 99 Points, 2nd in West, Lost in Conference Finals
Preseason: 2-5-0
Regular Season: 105 Points, 3rd in West, Lost in Round One
Preseason: 4-2-1
Regular Season: 100 Points, 4th in West, Lost in Round Two
Preseason: 4-0-2
Regular Season: 95 Points, 7th in West, Lost in Round Two
Preseason: 5-1-0
Regular Season: 95 Points, 9th in West, No Playoffs
Preseason: 4-0-2
Regular Season: 95 Points, 6th in West, Lost in Round Two
Preseason: 4-1-1
Regular Season: 69 Points, 15th in West, No Playoffs
Preseason: 3-3-0
Regular Season: 95 Points, 8th in West, Lost in Round One
Preseason: 2-5-0
Regular Season: 68 Points, 14th in West, No Playoffs
For those of you keeping score at home, over the last ten preseasons, Colorado has had a winning record six times, a losing record three times, and a .500 record once.
In the years they had a winning record, the Avs averaged 95.3 points. There are two outliers (the team's best year, 2000-01, and one of the team's worst, 2008-09) but even if we take them out, the average only rises to about 96 points.
From these winning preseason teams, there came one Cup Champion (01), three Round Two losers (04, 06, 08), and two No Playoffs (07, 09).
In the years they had a losing or .500 record, the Avalanche averaged just 91.75 points.
From this group, there was one Conference Finals Attendee (02), two Round One losers (03, 10), and one No Playoffs (11).
What does all of this say?
Not much. The Avs are normally a pretty decent preseason club, with an overall record of 35-24-7. Is the 3.55 point gap between the winning and losing teams that significant? Not at all. The Avs have remained remarkably consistent through the years. If we take out the stellar Stanley Cup season, the winning preseason record teams are left with an average of just 90.8 regular season points.
The lesson from all of this?
These games don't count, and for guys who have to put 100% effort into 82+ games over the next 7+ months, it has to be pretty hard to get full adrenaline pumping over a meaningless preseason game.
I understand that people are worried that Landeskog hasn't scored and that Duchene isn't dominating, but things will come around. If Avalanche history has taught us anything, we're looking at, the very least, 95 points this season.
If not, be ready for a lottery pick, Capitals fans!
Go Avs
*Thanks to AvalancheDB for preseason numbers


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Flickr user Mel Sews recently posted this completed quilt. She also used the "Wonderland" line (like my original) but substituted the honey bun strips with a solid brown linen. I love the different look that it gives to the quilt!
Lynne from Quilts and Cats recently completed this stunning version made from the "Tranquility" line by Sandy Gervais. Lynne's using hers as a wallhanging. Hmmmm, a great idea as I think about how we'll decorate our next home ...
Poor Jess (aka hectichousehold) recently broke her arm, and do you know what she did to soothe her pain? She hit her scrap bin and made a quilt block based on my pattern! She even improvised a bit and added a few more slices. Check it out:
I absolutely love seeing what you've all done with my pattern. And I have to admit that I am glad (and relieved!) that you've all said such nice things about the tutorial. I'm still fairly new at this, so the feedback is awesome ... and I'm so glad that you're enjoying it!
If you make an "off the grid" quilt, I sure would love to see it!


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MILLERSBURG -- Edna B. Yoder, 82, 5642 County Road 59, Millersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at her home.
She was born March 3, 1930, in Holmes County to the late Ben and Mattie (Miller) Kauffman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Old Order Amish Church.
She is survived by her husband, Andrew J.D. Yoder, whom she married Oct. 19, 1950; 10 sons and three daughters, Ben (Fannie) Yoder, Ashland, Nelson (Lizzieann) Yoder, of the home, Bertha (Harley) Hochstetler, Kenton, Jonas (Sarah) Yoder and Mary (Aden) Raber, both of Fredericktown, Levi (Mattie) Yoder, Lakeview, Mich., John (Sarahann) Yoder, Gallipolis, Mattie (Henry) Raber, Walhonding, Andy (Elsie) Yoder, Blanchard, Mich., Noah (Edna) Yoder, Whitesville, N.Y., and Ammon (Clara) Yoder, Amos (Mary) Yoder and Dan (Leanna) Yoder, all of Fultonville, N.Y.; 123 grandchildren; 158 great-grandchildren; a brother, Joe Kauffman, Florida: a sister, Mattie (Nelson) Troyer, Fredericksburg; and a sister-in-law, Emma Kauffman.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five brothers, three sisters and a grandson.
Services will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at 9 a.m. at the Yoder residence with Bishop Emanuel Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Miller Cemetery in Mechanic Township, Holmes County. Arrangements are being handled by Smith-Varns Funeral Home at Sugarcreek.


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I have a filter that changes the designation mailbox of a message from "In" to "Junk Mail" if it is determined to be spam.
Pretty straight forward. Search for a condition, if found move (or place) message in "Junk Mail". As a second operation for that filter I would like to be able to run a script that can determine where the message was placed rather than where it should have gone. $CurrentMailbox tells me where it should have gone, not where it went.
Is there a way for the next script to know where the message actually went?


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Wot for?
Maybe I'm a bit old fashioned, but when an item drops that is an upgrade, a big upgrade, that is immediately wearable, it's not greed, it's NEED.
Maybe I have been spoilt over the last 4.5 years grouping with a bunch of long term friends, or worst case with guild mates.
Maybe the game has changed from NEED, GREED and PASS. I know this is true. I have never greeded so many BoPs as I have in the last few months with Squidly.
The Story
You see the story goes that while running an instance the other day a BoE blue dropped. One that was obviously an upgrade over my crappy green.
I asked if I could NEED (I always ask even if it's explicitly stated, there maybe someone that will cry if the get beaten and I am not going to lose that much sleep over the blue or purple pixels).
The response was…
The roll timer was counting down…
Finally one of the group members says:
Wot for?
lol. Just greed mate!
It's funny, cause I always thought greed meant "I am a greedy bastard with no use for the item apart from filling my coffers".
I Greeded
I greeded…
I won…
I equipped my upgrade…
But I was left wondering what the new loot rules of the game were.
Mr OffSpec
I asked my mates and a couple of them responded with:
Yeah, that sucks.
Everyone but Mr. Offspec who responded…
I always greed on everything
Funnily enough, not my memory of the way he played, not even with friends.
He then started calling me the "New Mr. Offspec".
Pffft whatever… I'll just keep healing ToC and grab the epics instead.
Gnomer and Out, Squidly and Stout!
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"Give Me Back My Son!"
This outcry from Leah Aks came as she saw a woman approaching her on the deck of the ship "Carpathian" carrying an infant. Both of these women were among the 750 survivors of the "Titanic" shipwreck in April 1912, which claimed the lives of 1500 people. They had been picked up from lifeboats to which women and children had been given first access.
One male passenger on that ill-fated ship had become so incensed by the crew refusing him entry to the lifeboats that he seized Leahs baby and threw it overboard, yelling "Women and children first, eh?"
A despondent Leah had to be forced into a lifeboat when her turn came. She had virtually given up on ever seeing her Efraim Fishel again and now that she finally saw him she encountered resistance from the woman holding him and insisting that it was her child. The commotion arising from their argument brought the captain of the ship aboard. He summoned them to his quarters and listened to the impassioned stories of two women who had been separated from their babies.
Then came an inspiration to Leah. "I can prove that Im right," she cried. "Since Im Jewish, if the baby is mine it would be circumcised."
Leah got the baby back and came to the United States with him. A Jewish baby was thus saved both in body and soul and went on to be blessed with many children and grandchildren.


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Ever had that sinking feeling that the person your friend is marrying is perfectly awful? Of course not, because you love everyone. But should it happen, you now can give the perfect wedding present: divorce insurance.
WedLock, as it's coyly named, is a new type of casualty insurance that gives the unhappily married policyholder a payout after he or she is unhitched. It costs about $16 a month for every $1,250 of coverage. But to discourage people from signing up just prior to their divorce, policyholders must ante up for four years before the policy will pay out. It adds a premium of $250 per unit for every year the marriage survives beyond four. So if a policyholder who bought 10 units got divorced after 10 years, he or she would have handed over $19,188 and would receive a payout of $27,500. It's probably not worth getting divorced for, but the lump sum might salve some wounds, whether through lawyers, vacations or subscriptions to the Rhapsody Book Club.
The idea bubbled up, as so many do, from the bottom of a financial pit. After John Logan watched his wealth follow his marriage down the drain, the Kernersville, N.C., entrepreneur figured there must be a market for those who want to hedge their marital bets. He won't reveal how many policies he's sold since the Aug. 5 launch of WedLockDivorceInsurance.com. But he's surprised at how much insurance his customers are buying: some of the premiums are more than $1,000 a month.
Not everybody thinks divorce insurance is prudent. "The best insurance against a painful, financially devastating divorce is to find a way to be happy in your marriage," says relationship coach Mimi Daniel. "Divorce insurance implies from the beginning that divorce is already an option."
On the other hand, unless you're Elin Nordegren, few things are as impoverishing as ending a marriage. Logan, who is recently engaged and, yes, is buying policies for himself and his betrothed, expects WedLock will become part of prenuptial agreements or be purchased for a bride or groom by relatives concerned about their loved one's choice of loved one. "Mom or Dad could buy this for their son or daughter without them knowing about it," he suggests. But the bride or groom has to be the beneficiary. Sorry, scheming mother-in-law, no windfall for you.
This article originally appeared in the Sept. 13, 2010, issue of TIME magazine.


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Zombies and zombees
Zombies must be a little too much in movie news these days. Maureen Briggs of Montrose, Colo., was fishing at Lost Lake on the Gunnison National Forest when a man and his two sons hiked by, with the younger boy asking: "Have you seen any zombies here?" Her reply, "Not yet."
But in Kent, a suburb of Seattle, residents are witnessing a real invasion of the living dead, reports The Seattle Times, as zombie bees, or "zombees," flood the area. Unlike healthy bees that go to sleep at night, zombees stay active, buzzing around lights "in jerky patterns and finally flopping on the floor." It's all the fault of female scuttle flies, a small parasitic species. They land on the backs of foraging honeybees, and using their "needle-sharp ovipositors," send eggs into the bees' abdomens. "They basically eat the insides out of the bee," says John Hafernik, a San Francisco State University biologist, who has begun tracking the spread of the zombees. And in a departure from the plot of horror movies about aliens, "it's the parasite that's native to North America, not the bees," which settlers imported from Europe centuries ago. Zombees have been spotted in California, with 80 percent of hives in the San Francisco Bay Area infected, as well as western Washington, Oregon, and South Dakota. For the latest information gathered and shared by interested citizens, check ZombeeWatch.org.
By now, everyone surely knows the mantra, "A fed bear is a dead bear," but in Heron, Mont., a community near the Idaho border, Barbara Sweeney told the Sanders County Ledger that she'd been feeding many bears for a long time because they needed her help "to survive in the wild." During the 22 years she ran an animal sanctuary, she said, people would drop off orphan bears that needed to learn "to run from outfitters and pickups." Sweeney, who insists she never knew that what she was doing was illegal, is distressed because wardens from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recently captured and destroyed seven bears that Sweeney had been feeding — including a 495-pound male and 300-pound female. "People have known I've been doing this for years," she said. "If they would have said something, I would have stopped. I can't get over killing these animals." A spokesman for the state wildlife agency said that feeding bears was a safety hazard and that doing so leads directly to their death.
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Jan. 31, 2018 Super Blue Blood Moon and Lunar Eclipse
I got up at 4am, I had 2 cameras, one with a 200MM lens and one with a wide 16mm. Both on tripods taking photos in the dark. Something thats stands still for a very long time can be challenging!
Crispy Nugget
Seaside is a special place, I grew up surfing this wave . I would ride my skateboard here after school in like 7th grade with my buddies and we'd be so tired that we would hitch hike back home. One time Rob Machado gave us a ride home. That was cool!
Hono Fly By
Such a great surprise this day at Big Beach in Maui. I was hoping that I would get an encounter with a turtle on this trip and sure enough, this turtle was cruising by me when I was getting photos of the shore break. I was so excited! Turtle are just so majestic!
Oceanside Palms
So many amazing sunsets in Oceanside. The gradients from the bright orange sun meeting with the dark blue sky makes such a great back drop for these palm trees. This photo was taken right after I got some photos of the pier, I looked up and saw the colors and I knew I had to get the photo.
Oceanside Pier
Under the pier right after the sun had set. I did some long shutter speed photos and they are always so fun to do because the photograph looks more like a painting. The dark pier with that sky as a backdrop and the movement of the water below the pier. It kinda all comes together. The concept of how you shoot this photo is easy but it does take several attempts to finally get one that will do.


text: The little words used in mind control are revealed. Change is the latest. It was used as a campaign slogan for Adolf Hitler. Remember was a classic. After the false flag or setup we remember the massacre from the Alamo to 9/11. The word and the emotions take away your ability to reason and make you a slave to the programming. The child murders and the elites. Piers Morgan suspect. We're on to them.


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Venue: Business Center, Via Mauro Macchi 8
SCOR–Professional Training Course: contentsThis three-day course has been created to respond to the needs of professionals new to the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) framework and implementation body of knowledge. Based on a solid repository of improvement program metrics and processes, SCOR has evolved to become an important performance management tool for companies seeking to elevate their supply chain performance. This course has been specifically designed to provide all types of professionals involved with supply chain:
- Foundation knowledge of the SCOR Model Reference framework.
- An understanding of how a supply chain performance team would utilize SCOR in an improvement program.
- A comprehensive outline of the phases of a typical SCOR improvement program.
- Understand the origins and goals of the SCOR framework
- Understand the structure of the SCOR two volume sourcebook
- Work with the four central parts of the SCOR framework: Performance, Processes, Practices, People, and Green SCOR
- Develop a SCOR improvement program
- Understand the five phases of a typical SCOR improvement program
- Apply the SCOR framework to an improvement project
- 3500,00 € + V.A.T. 22% V.A.T., where requested (for APICS member)
DETAILED COURSE'S OUTLINE Day 1: Introduction to the SCOR Framework
- Course introductions;
- Defining SCOR and SCOR reference sources
- Examining the portfolio of SCOR frameworks
- Understanding and using the structure of the SCOR sourcebook
- Reviewing SCOR nomenclature, codification, tables, and graphics
- Working with SCOR Performance content and metrics
- Working with SCOR Processes content and metrics
- Working with SCOR Practices content and metrics
- Working with SCOR People content and metrics
- Working with Green SCOR content and metrics and resilience
- Applying the SCOR framework: overview
- Understanding the contents of the SCOR improvement program racetrack
- Working with improvement program phase
- Discussing the motivations for undertaking a SCOR improvement project
- Developing the SCOR improvement program organization
- Pre-SCOR case study
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- Performing competitive requirements analysis and benchmarking
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Meet the creative force behind Beverly's annual grand procession, part of the city's downtown New Year's Eve celebration.
New Year's celebration details What: Beverly's New Year's Eve celebration Where: Downtown Beverly, centered around Cabot Street When: Dec. 31. 3-8 p.m.
The grand procession assembly starts at 5:30 p.m., at Studio 301, 301 Cabot St. Step-off is 6 p.m.
Many family-friendly performances, face painting, hay rides, storytelling, music and many indoor and outdoor events throughout the afternoon and evening, culminating in the kids countdown, 7-7:30 p.m. with a surprise item(s) dropped from, from the roof of the Beverly National Bank, 240 Cabot St.
Cost: Outdoor events free; indoor events require a $5 admission button good for all events, available through Dec. 29 at Casa de Moda, Beverly Cooperative Bank and Beverly Nation Bank and Dec. 31, Archer Insurance on Cabot Street.For more information go to: Beverlymainstreets.org
It is Dec. 23 and much of the world outside Montserrat College's Studio 301 on Cabot Street scrambles to put finishing touches on the coming Christmas celebration, completing last-minute shopping or heading to visits with family and friends.
Not Margo Jones — at least not yet.
The retired art teacher has another holiday on her mind and a meeting with a slightly different set of family and friends. The fraternity sits in labeled boxes or stands on 6- or 7-foot-tall poles. Inside the boxes rest a sea serpent, a caterpillar, letters, bears, fairy tale characters. Some 150 to 200 costumes in all await their chance to spring to life on their annual New Year's Eve journey around downtown Beverly.
Jones has spent December working two to six hours a day mending, improving assemblies and otherwise refurbishing her creations, along with assistants Sue Gordon and Shirley Kimball.
Without the trio, one of the most popular and visible elements of the family-friendly Beverly New Year's Eve celebration wouldn't happen. The annual Grand Procession would never step off from Studio 301 and fill Beverly's downtown with all the characters and figures Jones and other volunteers have crafted since the first parade in 1994. Adults, teens and children wouldn't gather and become the head of a dragon, the leg of a caterpillar, a letter of the alphabet, one of the Three Bears or carry a giant fish head on a pole down Cabot Street as part of the city's New Year's celebration.
Jones started with only 12 costumes in that first parade 13 years ago. She's added to her creations steadily since. And after a couple-year hiatus from introducing new characters, Jones will have at least a dozen new figures for this year's parade. She calls them "the long necks." They resemble a cross between giraffes, ostriches and plesiosaurs, the carnivorous, sea-going dinosaurs with long, thin necks and tubby, turtle-like bodies.
Jones also promises some additional creations designed especially to appeal to "young boys," but she won't say anything more about them — she doesn't want to ruin the surprise.
Crafted from cardboard boxes, fabric, paint, bits of wire, cardboard tubes and papier-mâché, the parade costumes stand as a tribute to Jones' creativity and ingenuity.
What's most remarkable, the costumes not only use common materials and fit over heads and bodies, so wearers can see where they are going — wearers will see through eye holes in the neck of the long necks, but they also collapse to almost nothing for easy storage.
Beyond papier-mâché heads, which are bulky and fragile, every other costume or part of a costume seems to fold, collapse and stack.
"It's not just a case of making," says Jones. "It's a test of fitting the pieces together. A costume has to be able to be stored."
Thus, all 200 or so costumes fit into two storage units at Beverly Public Storage, one 9 feet by 12 feet by 7 feet and the other 7 feet by 12 feet by 7 feet.
Letters, for example, fold completely flat, yet they pop into three dimensions in about 30 seconds. The cardboard box opens up, arm holes on two opposite sides, the letter on the other two sides, and a two flaps at the top of the box fold over the wearer's shoulders, each side with a half circle, that, when joined, create a hole for the wearer's head. A pin attached to a short string slides through a loop attached to the bottom shoulder flap. The loop then slips through a slit in the top shoulder flap. The pin slides into the loop, keeping the whole box secured on the wearer.
Not all costumes worked so smoothly, so Jones looks for ways to either make assembly or storage easier.
This year, Jones changed the attachment mechanism for the costumes with papier-mâché heads. The old system used a tin can on the end of pole to slide into a specific, hidden hole inside the head. If the can didn't fit perfectly, the head wobbled. With hundreds of people trying to get into costumes prior to the grand procession, the fussing made for much frustration and damaged costumes.So, this year, Jones changed the attachments.
This year, the heads have a shaft, narrow at the bottom and wider at the top, where it attaches to the head. The shaft simply slides into a hollow cardboard pole. The shaft continues to slide until the widest part fits snugly into the pole, securing the head. The wearer can see the whole attachment mechanism, making assembly very easy.
Working so many volunteer hours to refurbish costumes and design new ones, especially so close to the holidays, might seem a burden. Not so, says Jones.
"This is my playtime," she says. "Who else gets to make something out of nothing?"
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Bring Me Coffee Water Bottle
Bring Me Coffee Water Bottle
A simple stylish and fun monochrome coffee themed water bottle is perfect for using at the gym or on the go. The water bottles has been hand lettered with the message 'Bring me coffee and I will love you forever'. The water bottle would make a great gift for loved ones who love their coffee!
Made from aluminium. The water bottle carries 600ml of liquid and comes with two different nozzles.


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The penthouse at the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences in Toronto cost the buyer $28-million, with a $6,688 monthly condo fee.
For condo buyers with more modest means, there are ways to assess if that monthly condo fee is a good deal or a sign of trouble. Start by asking yourself questions, says Mario Deo, Vice President, Toronto Chapter, Canadian Condominium Institute: "What is the builder's reputation and the date of the budget statement? Is there a building permit? If you have one, you are closer to registration."
A management company draws up a budget on behalf of the builder; this gives buyers an idea of the likely level of fees.
"The better the builder, the better the budget," Mr. Deo says. "The purchaser should look at when the budget was done and when is the anticipated registration of the building," he says. "The law says builders are responsible for the shortfall in the budget in the first year," he says, so if a building's budget appears low, it may signal that the developer prefers to make up that shortfall himself but get more for his sales by falsely increasing interest in his units. "Good builders don't do that; a sneaky one will undercut the budget."
Mr. Deo recommends interviewing the boards of directors of buildings constructed by the same company and look for any budget shortfall.
"[Check the] fees-to-market price ratio. Say the condo is selling for $150,000 and the fees are $1,000, that's a ratio of 150. If it's $300,000 and the expenses are the same, that ratio is 300," Mr. Deo says. "Identical buildings with identical amenities, the higher the price-to-fees ratio the better the property."
Fees also affect resale value. "If the fees are super high, the value of the unit will go down," says Linda Pinizzotto, founder of Condo Owners Association Ontario. She says some higher fees in older buildings may be caused by a need to bolster reserve funds to new requirements.
Amenities such as roads maintained by the condo, parking garages, pools, tennis courts and sprawling grounds signal higher future fees.
Hire a realtor who knows the condos in your area, and once you own, vote for a savvy board of directors to keep fees under control, Ms. Pinizzotto says.
"[Condo buyers] need to show more interest in their ownership," she says. "They didn't just buy their unit, they bought into the building."
Consider these three key questions for resale condos.
"What's the ratio, how healthy is the reserve fund and what does the building look like? Is it dirty? Does it look like it's not being maintained?" Mr. Deo says. "A significantly lower ratio, if everything else is the same, is a sign of trouble. If the reserve fund is really underfunded and the building looks terrible, it's been mismanaged for a long time."
It's better to focus on not how much is in the reserve fund, Mr. Deo says, but whether the balance and future collections will pay for anticipated repairs. The status certificate will indicate any reserve fund shortfall, excessive borrowing or may signal future fee increases.
"People walk into a unit and fall in love with it; somewhere along the way they forgot about the building," Ms. Pinizzotto says. "The value of your purchase is in the building, not necessarily just in your unit."


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MEGAJET builds all types of pumps.
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In fairness, it's not the worst play Democrats could make. McConnell's not terribly well liked at home: Three of his five Senate wins have been with 53 percent of the vote or less. Maybe a movie star with major name recognition can capitalize. On the other hand, in a presidential election off-year and with Rand Paul solidly behind him, he's likely to be formidable in 2014. (McConnell's been shrewd about ingratiating himself with Paul since opposing him in the 2010 primary. He hired Rand's former campaign manager as a top advisor to his own reelection campaign and approved Rand's filibuster in advance before speaking on the floor in support on Wednesday night.) If the Democratic nominee's bound to be an even longer longshot in usual, why not give Judd a shot to make a splash? Low risk, high reward.
"At least in Ashley's mind, it is happening," said the insider. "She has devoted herself to many important causes and stepped away from the Hollywood spotlight so this seems like the logical next step. I don't know if she will be successful, but her heart is in the right place."
Judd, 44, has reportedly been meeting with well-financed Democratic donors, and last week ventured to Washington D.C for more public engagements.According to Don Peebles, Chairman and CEO of The Peebles Corporation, a member of President Obama's National Finance Committee, and Vice-Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, a Judd run is likely much more than a Hollywood fantasy.
"There looks to be a lot of noise around her running and she's been active in commenting on politics of the day so it is certainly possible," he said. "Senate Minority Leader McConnell's approval ratings are low, and a lot of reports show that he is vulnerable to a challenge. While Kentucky leans right, it is not as conservative as most of its neighbors and the voters of Kentucky may be looking to send a message that they don't feel fairly represented by Minority Leader McConnell."
How do you defeat her? This idea from Dan McLaughlin is a brilliant start:
Protip: ask Ashley Judd why Mitt Romney won Kentucky by 23 points. Bet she insults the state's voters.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) March 8, 2013
That's an easy question for a polished pol, especially the sort of Blue Dog that Kentucky Democrats would normally nominate. Just babble some talking points about how the party has done a poor job communicating with Kentuckians, that its pro-middle-class agenda should be a natural fit for a proudly populist blue-collar state, etc. Pandering's an easy skill to learn and I'm sure Judd will learn it — somewhat. Eventually. At the moment, though, if you've ever watched her speak, you know that she's much more comfortable with the activist's over-the-top moral indignation at the evildoers standing in the way of her agenda than with the candidate's carefully measured criticism of the loyal opposition that happens to dominate the state he/she is running in. That's how mountaintop coal removal magically turns into rape. If Dan's question were put to her today, I think she'd be smart enough to at least blame Mitt Romney's Satanic campaign of lies and greed and patriarchy for having duped the poor voters of Kentucky rather than blame Kentuckians themselves, but I don't know. She's enough of a loose cannon that there's at least some doubt. Which is why this campaign's bound to be fun, no matter how it ends.
Speaking of which, go read the joke campaign e-mail that the NRSC's cooked up for her.


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|B19 Geology and Hydrology of the Cockeysville Formation Northern New Castle County, Delaware
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Here I am with my Party Time Tuesdays Challenge with a digital stamp from Digi Garden. The Digi Garden has fantastic stamps and they are all so cute! I wish I could buy them all. I kept it pretty simple for this card. I colored my stamp with some Sharpie and Bic Markers because I wanted to see how it would turn out. I was pleasantly surprised with how well my cute little stamp came out.
I wanted my stamp to be the focal point of the card so I created a standard A2 card (4¼x5½) and created a background by trimming purple card stock and cream card stock and layering them as the base of the card. I cut out my digital stamp and adhered her to the card. I then stamped my sentiment in the lower corner and left it alone.
My card was a simple no fuss card that didn't take to long to create. I like creating clean and simple cards and layouts, as if you haven't noticed :).
What I like about this card is that it is easy enough for me to create a few of them at one time and stamp different sentiments on it so that I can then ship them off to card care connection or operation write home.
Do you send any of your cards to a charity? Let me know in the comments I am always looking for other places that I could send cards to.


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Conservation and Environment in South Africa: Monthly Updates
Botswana Conservation Monthly Update: May-June 2014
The winter is with us, welcome to the sunny days and cold evening. Most probably you will not believe us, Africa is always hot you will tell us, but don't fool yourself the coldness is here at night. Yesterday our weather station gave us 0.7 degrees during the night. So be prepared to bring warm clothes for the chilly nights, but during the day it can be pretty hot, up to 33.4 degrees in the sun yesterday.
The weather has changed and so has the vegetation, the autumn colours are all around us; red, orange, yellow, which make for beautiful pictures. During this period the water has become scarce and animals have started to regroup around the permanent waterholes of the Reserve. Elephants (Loxodonta Africana), greater kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), impalas (Aepyceros melampus), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), plains zebras (Equus quagga), common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus), spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) etc. All come to drink during the day or at night much to the delight of the volunteers waiting in a hide to look and record them for our research.
With so much work to do around the reserve between the research projects and the hard, physical work to maintain and improve the reserve, every day is a new adventure to learn more about the bush, the African wildlife and to keep our muscles warm. Thanks to our hard working volunteers we have made good progress in several of our projects.
Of course we also get some nice sightings, nearly 30 elephants around our car, a fast but amazing leopard (Panthera pardus) crossing close to us, giraffe coming near the camp for the pleasure of everybody, spotted hyena making a visit to us for a birthday bush dinner, the roar of lions (Panthera leo) at night and fresh footprints close to the camp or just our lovely impala jumping around us and showing us their fitness. The bush is an everyday adventure, every day is different and we just love it!
Elephant Identification
African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) are the largest land mammals on earth. A big male can eat up to 300kg a day (4-7% of its body weight) and drink more than 100 litres per day. They need to cover a lot of land to find all the food and water that they need. Between winter (dry season) and summer (rainy season), how the elephants spread out can vary depending on water and food sources. A lot of them tend to gather around waterholes in winter, which has a direct impact on the surrounding vegetation.
Elephants live in a matriarchal society, with an old dominant female leading the way for her family to find the good feeding areas and the waterholes. Males are more solitary or group together as bachelors. It is very important to identify the matriarch of the family or a bull to better understand their movements in the reserve. Elephant identification is based on personal features like ear notches, tusk shape, tail hairs and any distinguishing element that can help to recognize an elephant.
As it was a hot afternoon, we went to water sources in the Reserve to look for elephants as this was our best chance of finding them. We were lucky enough to find a herd of 9 individuals with 2 females, 6 sub-adults and one child. We made a note of the matriarch's remarkable traits and took lots of pictures to help recognize her and her family in the future. The volunteers really enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot of interesting facts about elephants, such as the difference in male and female behavior. However, the most memorable moment was when the herd of elephants passed just 3 meters in front of our car.
Crocodile Census
Picnics at the ready, all volunteers were ready for a day of walking by the Limpopo River to count crocodiles. The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a very important species for the freshwater ecosystem, and a good indicator of a healthy river. It is an unmistakable species that grows to up to 7m in length, weighs up to 1000kg and lives to be over a century old. Good weather is important to increase our chances of seeing the crocodiles outside of the water as they like to bask on the edge to soak up the sun.
The crocodile is exothermic and needs the sun to increase its corporal temperature. We walked 2.5 km along the edge, taking care to be as quiet as possible as crocodiles are very sensitive to vibrations and they will go straight into the water if they suspect any danger. If they are in the water, it is much more difficult for us to estimate their size. Of the ten crocodiles that we saw, the largest was about 4.2m long, which is a good size for the area. All the volunteers really enjoyed the survey, the sun, the surroundings, and the fun of trying to be as quiet as possible to get closer to the animals (still maintaining 20m distance) and take pictures.
Bridge repair
Who would ever think to have an experience of repairing an international bridge? The closest bridge that we use to cross from Botswana to South Africa was badly damaged during the rainy season. However, with the help of all of our volunteers, our neighbors and the local community, the bridge looks even better than before. Three days of hard work and a lot of shoveling and cement were necessary to give a new life to this important border.
On the first day, we removed all the logs and branches that were causing an obstruction on the bridge and for it to flood. Some of the branches and trees were really big and difficult to move but together we managed to remove them and allow the water to flow freely under the bridge again. Thanks to this hard work, the level of the water dropped and allowed us to fix the bridge properly. On the second day, we stored the sand in a dry drainage pipe for future concrete. It was a hard and very big job but really good for our muscles. On the third day, we mixed the sand, stone and cement to make concrete to fix the upper part of the bridge. The goal was to make all of the concrete in one day in order to strengthen the structure.
The volunteers worked really hard all day but also had a lot of fun and we all had the chance to write our names on the bridge. So when you come to visit us, have a look on the bridge! You may see some names: Leon, Chou, Cora, Hidde, Hans…
Fence patrol
We started patrolling our veterinary fence that separates the wildlife from the grazing animals owned by the local villagers. This fence is 300km long (yes, that is a long fence) and is an important tool in keeping conflict down between owners of livestock and wildlife. For this reason, we need to check it to make sure that no wildlife can pass through to the community area; that there is no hole that may allow predators or elephants to cross over.
For our first visit, we walked more than 3km and found several holes. All problems were recorded along with their GPS locations and pictures. There were four holes that had been used by wildlife and we repaired them straight away with rocks and logs. All of this important work will help to keep the peace between humans and wildlife. The best moment of the activity was when we climbed a kopje and saw the amazing view of all the surroundings. We could see so far; it was unbelievable.
Dam Maintenance
Dams and any water source play an important role in stocking up on water for the winter, which is the dry season here. Some of our dams are permanent (there is water throughout the year) and some are temporary and drawn from over the course of the winter. A good dam needs to be waterproof across the bottom and the sides and in good shape to work properly. Elephants (Loxodonta Africana) and other animals can affect whether the dam remains in good condition or not. Elephants are often seen walking along the edge and because of their weight (a big male can reach 6 tons), the edge can become weak and water can leak from it as a result.
Together with the volunteers, we placed spikey branches along the top of the walls to protect the dam from being destroyed. Our previous attempts had been vanquished over time with the rain and animals causing the branches to fall in the dam. Sadly, nobody was willing to take a bath in the dam after our efforts but maybe next time they will. I had always thought that mud was good for the skin!
Recycling workshop
We are all aware of the importance of conserving the environment and doing the best we can to protect it. So at Motswiri Camp, we have decided to use as many eco-friendly products as possible. Most of the products you buy in the store are really harmful to the environment due to the high level of phosphates and other harmful products that they contain.
We conducted our first recycling workshop with the volunteers this month. This session was focused on eco-friendly washing products for clothes and dishes. It was funny to see the faces of the volunteers when I showed them how you can make a washing product with ashes. Yes, you read it properly: ashes!
The recipe is simple:
Use ashes from burnt wood and mix two cups with one litre of water. Leave it to soften for 24 to 36 hours and stir it from time to time. After it has broken down, filter the liquid. Firstly, you need to filter it with a big cloth or a sieve. Then filter it with as small a sieve as possible to remove the ash residue from the finished product. The liquid at the end is yellow. For our eco-friendly dishwashing product, we use a mixture of lemon, water, white vinegar and coarse salt. There are many exciting recipes but we are still at the research stage. We will have several trials over the next few months to see which ones are the easiest and most efficient.
The workshop was very successful. The goal is also to change young people's perception and mind set. After all, they are the future.
Judi Gounaris and Sophie Juget
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In an interview with Matt Lauer ahead of the opening of George W. Bush's presidential library in April, former first lady Barbara Bush was asked how she felt about her son Jeb, the former governor of Florida, being a possible presidential candidate in 2016.
"We've had enough Bushes," Barbara Bush replied bluntly.
Her husband doesn't agree, at least according to Jeb.
In an interview that aired on Sunday's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," Jeb Bush, who served two terms as governor of Florida, was asked what his father thought about his potential candidacy.
"What about your dad?" ABC's Jonathan Karl asked the former Florida governor. "Has he offered you any advice? Does he think you should run?"
"I think we've got a split ballot amongst the Bush Sr. family," Jeb Bush, 60, said with a laugh. "Pretty sure that's the case."
Jeb's brother, former President George W. Bush, has said he thinks Jeb should run for president.
Jeb, considered among several early contenders for the Republican nomination in 2016, has not ruled out a run for the White House, but says he won't decide until at least 2014.
"My thinking is not to think about it for a year," Jeb Bush said last month. "Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time—not too early, not too late. ... I'll check in maybe a year from now, 15 months from now, something like that."
Earlier in the ABC interview, Jeb was asked about his 89-year-old father's failing health.
"I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile," Jeb Bush said. "[But] I think he's found the right balance. I think he's in a good place, he's mentally alert, he's funny as all get out. He's spiritually in a place that we should all envy. He's more comfortable with his age. And that makes me happy."


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January marks the beginning of colorful festivities in the Philippines. These festivals, often religious in nature, provide cultural insights on the locale where they are celebrated. Among the famous Festivals in January include the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila held every January 9, and Sinulog Festival in Cebu?held every third Sunday of January in honor of the Infant Jesus, or Santo Niño.
Two more festivals in honor of Santo Niño are held celebrated just a week apart in January: Ati-atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan on the 3rd week; Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo on the 4th week. What is interesting is that these two locations are merely 3 hours away by land travel. What better way to spend your vacation but by staying for a week in the Visayas and attending both Festivals from Kalibo to Iloilo!
Getting there
From Manila, there are direct flights by a lot of local carriers to Kalibo, Aklan. Travel time usually lasts for about an hour. Ati-atihan celebrations last for about a week. Just make sure that you are in town before Saturday and Sunday, the last 2 days of the festival where the Grand Street Dance Performances take place. The finale of the Festival, called Pagpadungog, is where Winners of the Ati-atihan Contest receive their awards marking the end of the event.
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It's not making sense. Maybe, it is. Everything is so blurry and vague. You can't seem to fathom what's happening. You're lost and searching- searching for the meaning behind what ifs and what could have beens. But life, we give meaning to life as if it's a beautiful paradise. Indeed it is.
But why we feel so gloomy, so empty? It seems like no light is passing through our soul. We're wounded. Hoping for healing. That's because, we're living. We celebrate life but we also fight for it. You feel all the pain, because you're living. You're not just alive, you're living. You can make it through all the storm and darkness. Wishing you well, Marj.
I was, but I am not. Desperately, I am trying to reach you – my hope. I am in this particular space in my own constructed world where doubts and frustrations recur. Emphasizing how scared I am being here, I never explored this area before. I was always in those places filled with benevolence, hope shining like the light the sun and the moon possess. And I didn't have any plans to visit a 'dark' place, as how I described it then. But, as funny as how my world suddenly flipped, I am now here, completely lost with monsters persuading me to go insane.
How did I end up here? I can't logically tell you the answer for that, but I guess, I know when. It started when I had to consider what college course do I want to pursue. Well, if you want to ask what ambition had occurred in my mind when I was young – which is usually the case in terms of life when you were like 7-year-old young - it was definitely being a doctor. I'd thought about wearing a medical coat with a stethoscope around my neck, ready to cure people from their illnesses. It was actually stuck in my mind for so long I almost thought that I was sure of it, yet, as a particular song yields, almost was never really enough and still, it is and will never be.
When I realized that such a perspective was slowly draining me, I tried my best to stand tough. I convinced myself that this was just temporary, that I could think of a way out of this. "There's still plenty of time," I once convinced myself. However, my environment demonstrated the contrary: I felt like I was completely out of time.
I was there when my classmates were happily talking about that 'dream course' they wish to take in their 'dream university.' I was there when my family was suggesting the thought of using my 'suitable' speaking voice for broadcasting and voice acting purposes. I was there when my teacher was convincing me that Education suited me the best. That 'Stand tough!' aura I used to own back then, suddenly transformed into 'I give up!' state, slowly destroying my being. And now, I am here in this space where doubts and frustrations are filling my former enthusiastic self. I need help.
I know, at this point, some of you may never consider me 'fatal' because, as you're reading this, you may judge that I still have the ability to transform my thoughts into words that can be read, so that 'automatically' falls into the aspect of complete sanity. No, because I will never tell everything to you in the first place if I still have the urge to stand like I used to, relative to my belief that speaking up through writing is the best way to attract help.
When you look at the photo of mine above, you may say that I was okay. That I was successful. That I was never losing myself. Yes, I was. But, think about what happened days after that was taken and the message of this passage you started reading minutes before, do you think I am still the same girl smiling in the photo? I hope I will be or better yet, improve if the world will permit me. But, now I'm sure – I'm not the same.
This blog is dedicated to all teens out there struggling in determining what they really want in their life or if you simply want a glow up. And since were still facing a pandemic, I think this is also a season where everyone is re-thinking about their lives. So, I hope these advices might help you.
Tip #1. TAKE RISK - since most of you are still young, I advice you to take your biggest risk. Whether it may be taking the course you want, a skill you want to acquire or just simply taking the risk to throw away your emotional baggage from your childhood. While you're still young, you have very little to lose. You dont have that much commitments and responsibilities. Because the older you get, the more responsibilities and obligations came. So when they are still not piling up, take the risk! As for me, the biggest risk I took when I was still a teenager is to CUT OFF TOXIC FAMILY TIES.
I may sound rude here but, yeah. I decided to throw away my emotional baggage from my traumatic childhood and cut off some of my family ties and it is completely okay! You dont have to be bothered by whatever they will say. Because at your age, you are already investing on your growth as a person. If you really want to grow, THERE IS NO PERFECT TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE RISK BUT NOW. Because in taking risk you are actually giving yourself a reward of getting something amazing or beyond what you expect you can have. As they say, the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Keep in mind that the bigger the risk, the bigger possibility of FAILURE. But that is completely OKAY. Because just like what I said earlier, you are still young. You dont have so much to lose so, dont be afraid to take the risk and then fail. But after failing, learn from it and the more courage you have to take risk the greater the learning, reward or happiness. Ito na nga, how to take risk nga ba? And what are the risk that would actually help me to grow? #
2: VOICE LESSON - dont get me wrong, hindi ito vocalization para sa pagkanta. What I mean is, learn to listen to that VOICE INSIDE YOU. Listen to your heart, to your intuition and to your visions because it will be your GUIDE. Because I realize that as you go along your journey of your life and if you really want to be YOURSELF and be successful in achieving your goals, the only GUIDE that you should follow is your OWN VOICE.
It is okay to take and consider other people's advices but at the end of the day,you should never forget to listen to your own voice. Because that voice is what tells you what you truly want. How would you know that if it is your 'own' voice? Your own voice always comes from your HEART. The voice where YOU and GOD'S voice are one. Because I firmly believe that God knows your heart and that is where he reside. I like journaling because whenever I journal my thought every night and every morning, I feel a dual voice inside my head. Like, it contradicts what the other voice is telling. For example: If we have dreams or goals that puts us so much weight and pressure to the point that it makes you exhausted, STOP. Because it might be a dream or goal of someone else. I believe that your own dreams and goals may be frustrating most of the time, but that frustration has fueling feeling that will always tell you that 'This is the hard way to better so keep going'. Frustration in your own dreams will not make you feel exhausted because achieving a dream itself is a fulfilling feeling.
#3. TAKE ACTION - if you really want something to happen, take action. Dont just sit there and wait things to come your way. Make action or decisions that will take you to where you want to go in your life. Just like what I said in one of my novels that I am writing in wattpad, "There is no such thing as destiny or fate. Because YOU make your OWN life choices." For example, I cannot expect to be a published author if I dont write any novels right? The bottomline here is, if you are not moving forward you are actually moving backward. And it is a sad thing. Life is full of situations where you will be put in the line whether you take courage or just stay where you are. Because GROWING needs consistency in moving forward. So if you dont have to enough courage to take action, your life will always stay the same or worse you will continuously shrink down.
#4. EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS - this means stretching your comfort zone. I watched an anime entitled "Black Clover" there is a captain there where he always tell his subordinates to surpass their limits right, here right now. Going out of our comfort zones are surely scary and uncomfortable. But you have to accept the fact that you cannot stay on the coast forever. You have to change, because the only thing that is constant in this world is change right? Go out of your comfort zones because LIMITS are just in the MIND. There are disabled people who are successful in their own careers. Because the lesson here is, if you hold back there will be no growth. Because GROWTH blooms in DISCOMFORT.
Last, #5. INVEST IN YOURSELF - especially now that you are still young, you should focus on investing on yourself more. Time is your bestfriend at this point of your life. You have so much time to discover things about yourself. I never regret buying and reading books that I never knew will help me later on in dealing life's challenges. You can use that time to read books, gain wisdom, or pick a new skill, improve your talent and learn from your experiences. Keep learning outside your home or your school. Because the real battlefield is OUTSIDE. What you learn in school will only help you in your career but your wisdom and experiences will help you in life or as a person. People who doesnt embrace growth will never succeed in their life. (This is a reflection blog from my 21st birthday last week. I hope you can feature this on your page and I hope it can help others as well. )
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Hello candy-peeps! I just wanted to share what i've been doing this long quarantine period. My father is from Pangasinan and so I grew up going there every year (usually during special occasions like Christmas, New Year, All Saints Day, etc). I've always loved their specialties yet I only get to taste it once or twice.
My father runs a GRAB business in which we have several drivers for it. Yet during this pandemic, our business experienced a big loss and our drivers feared that they won't get to earn enough for their families who are also suffering during these troubling times.
By starting this frozen food business, we were able to earn and also give our drivers a source of income. They accompany my father in going to Pangasinan every week to be able to restock and they also re-sell our products. Its a win-win situation for both of us. I do hope that we'd overcome the problems that our country as a whole and every struggling individual is facing soon and that we'd come out of this better than we were before. #SupportLocal #PilipinasMuna


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Came back from Dublin with a rampaging Irish lurgi in my system and collapsed into bed with a fitful cough that made my head explode each time it went off. Comedies were out. I chose to watch the worst thing I could lay my hands on.
That meant the 1980s. That meant Michael Caine. Add Robert Ludlum and John Frankenheimer, during his years of alcoholic haze, and you should have a perfect storm of awfulness perfect for a state of feverish narcolepsy. But actually THE HOLCROFT COVENANT displays dim glimpses of another, better film, as if two movies were projected on overlapping scrims and the wrong scrim was to the fore.
Ludlum: "the man who ruined titles," as a friend puts it. I have a mental image of his literature — fat volumes of inept prose — but have never read any of it so apart from the fat part I don't know how accurate/fair that is. He does seem to have yielded very little of cinematic value, and I suspect this may be partly due to weak characterisation — the one real hit in movie terms was the Bourne series, in which the hero is a literal blank. For much of THE HOLCROFT COVENANT, Caine's character is similarly ill-defined, though that may be partly due to his inability to suggest a New York architect called Noel Holcroft (doesn't he play something similar in the even-more-awful BLAME IT ON RIO? And with a similar name, Hollis…) and in THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, characterisation is largely replaced by casting.
So much for the HOLCROFT part of the dreadful title. The COVENANT is a vast bank account of pilfered Nazi funds set up supposedly to redress the Third Reich's crimes. We're asked to believe that it was judged wise to keep this money hidden away for forty years (Why?), that the funds shouldn't have simply been handed over when the Reich fell, and that Swiss banks administer Nazi funds for benevolent reasons. Obligatory Euro-thriller star Michael Lonsdale plays the Swiss banker, with Lilli Palmer adding class and Mario Adorf adding sweaty ebullience.
But why do I suggest that the film is anything more than sheer rot, with an offensively inane premise? Well, the screenplay is the work of three hands — John Hopkins, who did a lot of spy stuff including THUNDRBALL and Smiley's People, Edward Anhalt, who did classy stuff like THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH but also fun like THE SATAN BUG (which I watched the same day by sheer coincidence, mainly because I was convinced I had the titular bug) and George Axelrod, a reminder of Frankenheimer's glory days via THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.
Axelrod tends to smuggle in humour, sometimes in so black a form it's hard to receive it as such, and it's his voice that predominates, or would if the film were in tune with its own best intentions. Lines about Adorf's character having found the perfect way to conceal his Nazi parentage by becoming world famous seem to leeringly point out the absurdity of the whole story. The NORTH BY NORTHWEST device of a regular joe plunged into the mad world of espionage is entertainingly resuscitated, at least on paper.
Caine is actually very funny in his incredulity at the secret codes and meetings in public places, but his being so evidently himself (complete with blazer) wrecks all the humour the script tries to ring from him being an American fish out of water. Co-stars Victoria Tennant, Anthony Andrews and Bernard Hepton ("Mustn't grumble") are forced to try to be even more British than they already are in order to try to make him seem American. Or maybe it's just that Axelrod has written them as stiff-upper-lip parodies.
(Caine's career seemed to stagger through innumerable fatal misfires like this one, but like a zombie from RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, not even repeated bullets to the head could stop it.)
Highlights of fatuity — a chase through a Berlin Carnival of Prostitution (because not only do sex workers have lots of disposable income to throw at street festivities, but the city council is keen to promote the red light district as a tourist attraction); a highly public assassination attempt on seventy-one-year-old Lilli Palmer that kills four innocent bystanders and one assassin while wiping out Palmer's bookshop ("My shop!" she cries, oblivious to the loss of life) but misses its target; Caine constantly meeting representatives of governments and businesses away from their places of business, with no guarantee that he's talking to the real deal (he almost never is); an eleventh-hour twist about a character's identity which makes no difference to anything.
The movie looks glossy and Frankenheimer seems, depressingly, committed — some of his Dutch tilts and one crash zoom on Adorf's huge cave-in of a face are actually witty. Obviously the money ran out — the score is a pathetic synth dribble, and a series of voicemail messages early on seem to be recorded by the film's supporting cast, doubling up as offscreen characters. One of them is Frankenheimer himself. Inspiration must have run out too — the climax reprises shots from THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (much as RONIN and REINDEER GAMES would reprise the coda of THE TRAIN) and the story, finally unmasked as the great chain of piffle it is, seems beyond even Axelrod's powers to parody.


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Mandzukic strikes early to clinch Super Cup
The Atletico Madrid striker's early goal secured a 1-0 win over Real Madrid to clinch the Spanish Super Cup.
MADRID - Atletico Madrid striker Mario Mandzukic's early goal secured a 1-0 win over Real Madrid and a 2-1 aggregate success to clinch the Spanish Super Cup and gain some revenge for last season's Champions League final defeat.
Croatia striker Mandzukic, who joined Atletico in the close season from Bayern Munich, fired into the corner of the net from the edge of the area after two minutes and Atletico then played the best football, although there were chances at both ends.
It was a fiery game at the Calderon in which Atletico coach Diego Simeone was sent off in the first half for protesting and Real's Luka Modric was dismissed in added time for a second yellow card.
Real forward Cristiano Ronaldo started on the bench after suffering a hamstring strain this week and failed to make much impact when he came on at the start of the second half.
The defeat ended Real's hopes of winning all six trophies this season at the second hurdle after they lifted the European Super Cup last week by beating Sevilla.
It was an indication that Atletico have lost none of their desire ahead of the La Liga kick off this weekend.
Despite fielding several new players, Atletico have started as they finished off last term with the same tenacity that saw them win La Liga and reach the European Cup final where Real got the better of them with a 4-1 win after extra time.


text: Before falling asleep last night I had a great idea, or so it seemed at the time. I was thinking about the ages of planets and how plate tectonics evolve over huge lengths of time, just like Pangea evolved to the continents on Earth today. I might visit a certain rocky planet again, years later, yet it has not developed as it would have in the natural world. Since I've been playing around with converting videos to gifs, I thought it would be cool if the texture maps for the planets were actually moving pictures rather than static, that could be used to create the 3D mountains and rivers and such, but over millions of years they would spread apart or sublimate under one another just like on Earth. Of course you'd need data about how plate tectonics create the surface of a globe, how that relates to mountain formation, where they spread apart as great cracks in the globe, etc. It would be hyper-realistic and would add a large amount of realism to an near perfect program already. However, I realized since you're able to land on every object in the game, using anything but static pictures would require re-writing the entire engine. Or it could be as easy as generating a gif rather than a jpg. The gif wouldn't be actually used directly as the texture map, it would be to the side and based on the year a certain frame from the gif would be used to substitute the jpg texture map. Just a random sleepy thought.


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A former karate teacher at the Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing four girls at the school in 2005 and 2006.
John Garcia, 48, was an instructor at the Sarasota charter school when he was arrested last March. He pleaded no contest to two counts of sexual battery of a child by a person in custodial authority and two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation.
"I am sorry, though I know those words are not enough," Garcia said while crying in court Tuesday, the sheriff's office said.
Last spring, a girl had told authorities that Garcia had locked her in an empty classroom to have sex with her seven years earlier, when she was 14. After Garcia was charged with custodial sexual battery on a child, three more girls -- then ages 12 and 13 -- came forward to report past sexual abuse by Garcia.
Garcia was suspended from his job when he was arrested, and then resigned.
The first girl, now an adult, went to the sheriff's office about Garcia after her family learned about the sexual assault when she tried to commit suicide by walking into traffic in January 2012, according to a lawsuit she has also filed against the school. The lawsuit alleges that Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences was negligent in hiring and supervising Garcia and did not do enough to protect students.
Initially, many people who knew Garcia were skeptical about the charges. But her testimony, and that of the three other girls who came forward, was also corroborated by a controlled phone call and incriminating text messages that would have come out during a trial.
Craig Schaeffer, the assistant state attorney in the case, said he commended all the victims, who are now adults, for having the courage to come forward and the sheriff's office for investigating even while many people could not believe the charges.
"Hopefully, today's plea and sentence will start to bring closure to the victims and the sentence sends a message to everybody that protecting our kids is paramount," said Schaeffer.
While a sentencing can bring closure for the victims and their families, Garcia's attorney, Derek Byrd, said in cases like this, no one "leaves the courthouse feeling vindicated."
"These cases in general are always tragic," Byrd said. "Multiple lives are ruined. No one comes out a winner in this thing."
Garcia's friends and family -- including two school-age stepchildren with his second wife who Garcia said he met after the incidents of abuse -- will also have to live with the fallout, Byrd said.
"He was very well thought of and had a positive impact on the vast majority of the students he came into contact with," he said.
In addition to the 20 years in prison Garcia was sentenced to five years of probation as a sexual predator. He will be listed on the national registry of sexual offenders and predators for the rest of his life.
A former karate teacher at the Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing four girls at the school in 2005 and 2006.


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Warner Bros. and Paramount are reportedly going after Sandra Bullock for the big screen adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," in what would be the actress' first movie since her Oscar-winning performance in "The Blind Side."
According to Variety, the studios have made offers to Sandra and Tom Hanks to star in the movie, set in 2003, which centers around a boy who lost his father on September 11. The boy embarks on a search across New York City to find a lock that matches a key that belonged to his father.
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"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" was one of the first American novels to use the events of 9/11 in its plot.
Director Stephen Daldry, who helmed "The Reader," is reportedly attached to direct and Oscar winner Eric Roth, who penned "Forrest Gump" has adapted the novel.
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On Monday, a rep from Paramount told Access Hollywood, "They're all in talks, no deals in place." Access has also reached out to Warner Bros. for comment, but has not yet heard back anything.
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Demo Day Round Up: Fall 2016
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Fall is in full-swing here at Techstars with the addition of 64 new companies! Techstars recently had seven Demo Days across the globe, including Berlin, Mobility in Detroit, Barclays New York, London, Techstars Retail in partnership with Target in Minneapolis, New York City and Chicago. Phew!
Here's a quick round up of the highlights:
Berlin Class of 2016
Techstars Berlin's second Demo Day, held at the iconic Kino International, showcased 10 companies from six different countries with products ranging from machine learning and AI, to SaaS and mobility.
Techstars Managing Director, Rob Johnson, opened the event and Executive Director, Greg Rogers, provided welcoming remarks. It was an exciting day to celebrate the 2016 class with investors, mentors and other founders from the Berlin startup community!
Congratulations to the Berlin Class of 2016!
Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit Class of 2016
Techstars Mobility hosted its second annual demo day in downtown Detroit on September 8. It was a showcase of the growing collaboration between startups and the automotive industry.
Over 2500 attendees from 12 different countries watched as 12 startups pitched their businesses impacting the future of automotive and transportation. These startups were building businesses around autonomous, connected vehicle, shared services, mapping, and big data and analytic technologies. Three of the 12 companies announced partnerships with the program's title sponsor, Ford Motor Company.
The entire demo day was live streamed and that video can be watched on YouTube here.
Managing Director, Ted Serbinski, announced that Techstars Mobility has brought two additional high-growth startups to Detroit: Mapbox and Polysync, the latter of which is a Techstars Ventures investment. These companies will be opening their Detroit offices out of the Techstars Mobility space, joining Oblong who opened their Detroit office last year.
Bob Caza, Director of Communications at the North American International Auto Show, expanded on Techstars Mobility mission to expose more startups to Detroit by announcing that we're opening applications to bring 50+ mobility, automotive, and transportation startups to the 2017 Detroit Auto Show.
To capture this growth of the startup community, coupled with the entrepreneurial resurgence in Detroit, we debuted a trailer for Long Haul Films who is developing the documentary Restarting the Motor City. This is a feature-length documentary about the creators, innovators and entrepreneurs who are reimagining Detroit. They are breaking free from the shackles of 20th-century thinking to create a new model for cities across the globe.
Congratulations to the Mobility Class of 2016!
Barclays Accelerator, Powered by Techstars in New York Class of 2016
Techstars Barclays NYC's second Demo Day Event was held at the Edison Ballroom in the heart of the Theater District. Ten cutting-edge FinTech companies showcased products solving problems in real estate, capital markets, security, banking and the freelance economy.
Joe McGrath, the CEO of Barclays Americas, opened the evening with a warm welcome and recognition of the impact of Barclays' programs around the world, which have seen collective valuations rise 190% from their pre-accelerator valuations.
Greg Rogers, Executive Director at Techstars, introduced the companies to the 600+ attendees including investors, mentors, Techstars alumni and community members. Jenny Fielding, the Managing Director, closed the event with a special thank you to mentors and Jon Zanoff, Entrepreneur in Residence, for their tireless devotion to this class and role in these companies' success.
Congratulations to the Barclays New York Class of 2016!
London Class of 2016
Led by Max Kelly, the Managing Director of Techstars London, the 2016 program kicked off with new offices, a new fund and a great new class. Within the class, one-third have PhDs and there are 19 separate nationalities! The variety of industries is astonishing - from grease to graph databases, from aid to artificial intelligence.
Each company presented their pitches to a packed venue during Demo Day, which took place on September 20 at the Royal Institution in London.
It is always exciting to be in the front seat of this kind of innovation.
Congratulations to the London Class of 2016!
Techstars Retail, in partnership with Target Class of 2016
Techstars Retail's first Demo Day, held at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, showcased eleven companies with products ranging from voice search, machine forecasting, visual registries and retail experience bots. More importantly, all these teams were able to demonstrate their accomplishments they achieved over the summer.
Techstars Managing Director, Ryan Broshar, welcomed almost 1,000 attendees then opened the evening with an inspiring message and fun facts about this year's class. Target's Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Casey Carl, shared welcoming remarks and reflected on his experience as a mentor. It was an exciting day to celebrate the 2016 class and the broader Twin Cities startup community!
Congratulations to the inaugural Techstars Retail Class of 2016!
New York City Class of 2016
For the 2016 class, Techstars NYC experimented with a new take on Demo Day. Rather than live pitches Managing Director, Alex Iskold, introduced Exclusive Investor Preview and Investor Only Demo Day.
As with our previous classes, this was a diverse group of founders solving a wide range of problems. In addition to six teams from NYC, we had teams from Rochester, Atlanta, San Francisco, two teams from Philadelphia, a team from the UK, a team from France and two teams from Canada. Of these 15 companies, five have women CEOs.
The new Demo Day format was a hit among founders and mentors, and aligns with the spirit of innovation at Techstars.
Congratulations to the New York City Class of 2016!
Chicago Class of 2016
Techstars Chicago's seventh Demo Day, held at House of Blues in Chicago, showcased the latest ten startups selected from a pool of thousands of applicants. Companies ranged from a wearable hardware device enabling parents to keep track of their kids to enterprise and B2B software solutions, and showed both the diversity and high potential of the midwest startup ecosystem.
Techstars' Managing Directors, Troy Henikoff and Brian Luerssen, along with Excelerate Labs co-founder, Sam Yagan, welcomed a packed house filled with notable investors and entrepreneurs. Chris Gladwin opened the afternoon with a keynote on the need for grit in operating his business to the recent 1.3 billion dollar sale of Cleversafe to IBM. It was an exciting day to celebrate the 2016 class and the broader Chicago startup community!
Congratulations to the Chicago Class of 2016!


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