Splatoon 2's winter-themed Splatfest, from January 4 to January 6.
Noticing a little chill in the air? Getting darker a little sooner? That must mean it's almost time for Frosty Fest! This special global in-game event will turn Inkopolis Square into a winter wonderland! The graffiti in stages will also be winter themed, and Inklings and Octolings will get to use some very fancy glitter-filled ink!
In keeping with the season, this Splatfest asks: Who do you get most excited to spend the holidays with, Friends or Family? Grab a coat and battle it out in the 48-hour event from January 4th, 2:00pm PT, to January 6th, 2:00pm PT.
Along with the Frosty Fest, special gear items will be distributed via the Squid Research Lab Report (Splatoon 2) News Channel on your Nintendo Switch system. Keep your eyes open for these free holiday gifts in late December, and check back regularly so you don't miss them!


Three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Martin Sieff says America's foreign policy is misguided in its attempts to export "instant democracy" – and assumptions that the US model will work the same everywhere could have potentially dangerous consequences.
Martin Sieff is a former senior foreign correspondent for The Washington Times and former Managing Editor for United Press International. The author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East" (Regnery, 2008), he has received three Pulitzer Prize nominations for international journalism. In an interview with RT, he argues that American foreign policy is self-righteous and often contradictory when it comes to the Middle East and Russia.
Russia Today:You wrote an article about the Magnitsky law. The law is supposed to punish Russian officials allegedly involved in human rights violations by not granting them US visas and by freezing their assets here. The state department has the full authority to deny visas to anyone they want without any senate approval. Why this bill, in your opinion?
Martin Sieff: The senators in question who have framed the bill and who have pushed it through the committee are riding a tidal wave of self-righteousness. They imagine themselves to be the secretary of state of the United States. There is no rational justification for this bill. As you pointed out, the US state department already had, and in fact in this case had exercised its right and power to prevent foreign nationals from entering the United States. The United States has these powers, doesn't need them. This is signaling at Russia on alleged charges of corruption, when the record of a large majority of countries in the world on corruption issues is vastly worse than Russia's is. There is no rationality behind this act. And the American business community did not support it. They were very slow to realize it could pass, but they don't want it.
RT:Why? What kind of impact could it have?
MS: Because it's bad for business if it provokes an anti-American reaction in Russia. Serious people in America know this. Serious people in the American business community want to invest in Russia, they recognize there's tremendous potential there, and this flies in the face of American rational self-interest.
RT:The death of Sergey Magnitsky was tragic, but to many this kind of punitive legislation passed in the US would look quite hypocritical if one were to consider all those notorious reports about human rights abuses committed by the US in places like Abu Ghraib and other secret prisons. How do you see that?
MS: Well, I think again, and this is true in every country, that there is a natural tendency towards self-righteousness. Jesus said we see the sin in our brother's eyes before we see the sins in our own. This is human nature.
RT:US-Russia relations haven't been rosy in recent years, but the leaders of both countries took concrete steps to boost economic ties and trade. But in the geo-political field differences remain, and we see a serious clash of approaches over Syria. What is at the root of the clash?
RT: Do you think they were right?
MS: I am convinced they were right! At the time, I told them 'you could very well be right, I hope you are wrong,' but they have been proven right. Look at the so-called Arab Spring, as I document it in my book, 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East'. I predicted very strongly in that book that opening the door to theoretical as opposed to real democracy in the middle east would simply lead the way to extreme Islamist dictatorships throughout the Middle East which would be far more oppressive and cruel on issues of human rights.
RT: What do you think about what's happening in Egypt? It was perceived as such a success, along with Libya, but we see the situation on the ground is far from that. What went wrong with those revolutions?
MS: I predicted in my book that if democracy came to Egypt, revolution, civil war, and eventually genocide would follow, just as it did in Iraq. The Christians of Egypt are orthodox Christians, the Copts, some of the oldest Christian communities in the world. At least ten million people could be at risk of genocide if things get out of control in Egypt. It may not happen that way, but it could.
RT:Are you saying that democracy is deadly in that region?
MS: Yes! Not in every country, but democracy has to grow gradually in countries in the region. You have to have a strong middle class growing, you have to have enough people with property to learn principles of responsibility. This is not something that Muslim people cannot learn. There are many highly successful Muslim democracies in the world. Turkey – certainly a democracy. Egypt can be, but it needs to be able to develop its middle class and alleviate its poverty situation first. Right now, we do not have democracy in Egypt. We have something rather like the French revolution two hundred and twenty years ago. We have an authoritarian regime which has been toppled, we have a lot of people expressing their passions on the streets. We do not have stable democratic institutions to allow the development of democracy, and we do not have people who are experienced in the compromise, trading, and moderation that is essential to democracy, whether that is democracy in America, Bangladesh, Russia, or Germany, or Turkey.
RT: How damaging can it be for certain countries to have this kind of democracy thrust upon them from the side? From the US?
MS: It's enormously damaging in several different ways. The first and most obvious way is if you topple an authoritarian leader, or even if an authoritarian leader simply collapses through his own corruption and incompetence, as Mobutu did in Zaire – and he was not pushed out by either US pressure or Russian pressure; basically he grew old, and the regime collapsed – but democracy did not follow in Zaire. What followed in Zaire was civil war and genocide that lasted more than a decade. Ten million innocent human beings died. By contrast, in 1999 and 2000, I was a personal witness in Indonesia of a much happier change. Sukarno was another of the most greedy and corrupt tyrants in modern history. But when he was pushed aside, the Indonesian people were sufficiently sophisticated, were able to put together or inherit from their past enough structures of responsible leadership, and they had enough serious responsible leaders waiting in the wings. This is a classic example of how an evolution can go. But if you push out an authoritarian leader, or even a tyrant too soon, you will have first of all anarchy in which simply hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will die. You can have civil war or genocide easily following afterwards. In America, most of the American people, even though they are devoutly Christian, do not know that the historical Christian communities in Iraq were virtually liquidated not under Saddam Hussein, but in the conditions of chaos that followed the American takeover, before an effective government could finally be established in Iraq within the last four or five years.
RT: You have three Pulitzer Prize nominations for international reporting. You've been covering foreign affairs for so many years, and since you mentioned Iraq, what has changed in the media field in the US since Iraq? Has something changed?
MS: Nothing has really changed, not since the end. The real lessons have not been learned, there is a lack of courage and a lack of intellect, I believe, in the American broadcast media.
RT: I'm sure you've been watching the coverage of the Arab spring. What has been left out of the media attention? What would you point out?
MS: Several things. First of all, democracies evolve. They cannot be created instantaneously overnight when authoritarian or totalitarian regimes disintegrate or fall. There needs to be a period of time of a generation or more where people can have the security of private property, where people can get used to a relatively free market economy. You in Russia know this. You are making excellent progress now, but the years in the 1990s when I often visited your country – terribly difficult years. Prosperity and democracy are not unattainable goals. Most people in most countries can have them. But they are not quickly or instantaneously achieved.
Americans have, for a hundred years, drunk instant coffee. You take a little envelope of coffee, of powder, you pour it into a cup, you add hot water – instant coffee. Now they believe democracy can be spread the same way. You simply take American instant democracy, the American blueprint for democracy, you impose it on a country, you add hot water, and presto! Instant democracy! The world does not work that way. They thought it did with the Arab Spring.
The entire history of the Middle East shows that things will not be that simple. But the administration and the republicans too, as I said, are blind to the terrible danger that their policies are causing. They do not realize they are putting religious and ethnic minorities at fearful risk in countries like Iraq, Syria, and Egypt.


If you need a helping hand, Chris Green of Phillips Energy is your man! That's what everybody says, and it's true.
Helping others out is Chris' passion so joining and growing on the Phillips Energy team has always felt natural. Today, Chris is the newly named Manager of the recently opened New Kent location.
"I really like helping people and was really glad to gad to get the opportunity to manage the New Kent office for them," said Chris.
Chris was born at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News and raised in Gloucester, Va. After graduating from Gloucester High School he went to work on the water with his father who was a commercial waterman. He learned many valuable lessons working alongside his father but the most important lesson was his work ethic.
"My father was a hard worker and I'm pretty sure my work ethic came from watching and working with him," said Chris.
While he enjoyed working side by side with his father, he was eager to find a job where he could advance.
Chris began working for an underground utilities company where he stayed for the following ten years. Again, seeking a career that would offer him advancement, he left and joined the Phillips team.
"A friend of mine talked about what a good company Phillips was to work for," said Chris. "I joined the team five years ago and already got a promotion to manager, it's a different chapter," Chris said with a smile.
Chris is young in his career and is excited for his future with the company. He is optimistic about what the new facility in New Kent will bring to the community.
"It's going to be a really good opportunity for Phillips to have that third location and it's going to bring a lot of customers I think," said Chris.
Chris celebrated his six year anniversary with Phillips November 2015.
In his free time, Chris enjoys working out at the gym with his wife, yard work and rock fishing.
Chris resides with his wife, Kelly Green, Owner of Headz Up Nail and Hair Salon, and their 17 year old son.


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Laing O'Rourke takes aim at clients and 'hand to mouth' payment culture
By Dave Rogers2019-11-07T06:01:00+00:00
Company says public sector needs to pull socks up over settling bills
Laing O'Rourke has said public sector clients need to settle their bills more quickly if tier 1 contractors are to avoid running out of cash.
The country's biggest private builder complained clients were continuing to take their time in paying up, singling out slow payers in the public sector.
The comments come as it emerged this week that the firm has improved the average amount of time it takes to pay its suppliers from 52 days to 34 days.
In a note made in the latest report and accounts of the contractor's largest division, Laing O'Rourke plc, which have now been filed at Companies House, O'Rourke said lending to tier 1 firms and subcontractors had reduced "due to a loss of appetite for the sector by UK banks" and the dwindling availability of bonding and guarantee facilities.
But it added: "At the same time that we have seen this pressure in lending capacity, we have seen a continuation in a traditional approach to payments to tier 1 contractors by many of our clients, particularly within the public sector.
"Tier 1 cashflow is particularly sensitive to the length of time taken to agree and settle change and variations.
"All parties involved in the sector must collaborate to provide a modern approach to payments and providing adequate working capital to avoid the current hand to mouth trickle down of liquidity."
The accounts show that Laing O'Rourke plc returned to the black last year after racking up four successive years of pre-tax losses.
The Laing O'Rourke group business made a profit in the year to March 2019 after managing to stem losses on a disastrous PFI hospital contract in Canada.
The divisional performances of the £2.7bn business are now emerging and the results for Laing O'Rourke plc reveal it made a pre-tax profit of £32.7m after a £25.2m loss last time.
Revenue during the period increased from £1.8bn to £1.9bn.
Laing O'Rourke plc covers its operations in Europe, Canada and Abu Dhabi and includes over 100 subsidiaries including plant hire firm Select and M&E contractor Crown House as well as shares in PFI hospital schemes including Liverpool children's hospital Alder Hey.
It said it had "successfully derisked" the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) in Canada and "was not expecting any further losses". The firm has taken a £206m hit on the job which it won in joint venture with Spanish contractor OHL.
It also said the business had forked out £8m on refinancing costs and redundancies during the period.
In February, the firm completed a refinancing with a renewal date of 31 December 2021.
Shaylor creditors given no hope over missing money
Collapsed firm's bank also told it faces 'significant shortfall' on £14.5m it is owed
Kier and Mace bosses among industry chiefs calling for HS2 green light
Balfour Beatty's Leo Quinn and McAlpine's Paul Hamer also add their names to Boris Johnson letter
Government's own review says HS2 will exceed £100bn
Unpublished report suggests costs will rise from £88bn to £106bn

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How much do we love our kids?
Program Note: Tune in tonight to hear more from Steve Perry. AC360° at 10 p.m. ET.
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CNN Education Contributor
Our kids are subjected to environments and images of violence on a level never seen before. They are numbed. I asked a group of girls about why listening to Chris Brown was wrong and I was not prepared to be blown away by their twisted perception of what is reasonable behavior.
If you have not been in a school lately you ought to be afraid, very afraid. The highest rates of violence are directly related to what is considered acceptable.
From the streets of Chicago – where children watched and an adult taped a child be beaten to death – to Richmond High School where children watched a child's innocence ripped from her soul, we have seen what happens when children lose respect for life.
This is the direct result of kids feeling unraised and unloved. It is also the result of kids growing up without adult structure and high expectations. Communities can become Lord of the Flies environments in which the kids make adult decisions and they decide wrong every single time.
We have got to answer the question, "How much do we love our kids?"
The answer must be enough to create smaller, loving schools with longer school days and years. These schools are structured and driven by high expectations.
We can show kids how to love themselves and others. We can prevent many forms of violence. While there is no cure for crazy, we can create loving educational communities because we have examples all over the nation.
Filed under: 360° Radar • Chicago Killings • Crime & Punishment • Education • Steve Perry
William King
I feel like this is the worst event since the columbine shooting, you would think by now the school system be alot harder on the events that happen in public schools. The question is where was the security or public police? And to anwser the text that was posted on the show early this morning, I think alot of the evevnts that seem to happen get pinned on media when in reality it could deal with mulitple things like former depression or some experince. I feel like movies and video games are the main focus of problems when it could be somthing different, people need to realize its not the media that influnces kids activites I feel it has more to do with the enviroment or area there in.
I agree with Mr. Perry. I have had the good fortune to be able to choose "smaller, caring schools" for my children and with great results. But our young people are not their parent's fault or their school's fault – they are the responsibilty and the promise of all of us. Until we decide as a country that keeping them healthy and honored by their education for the talent that each and every one of them has, and we all pitch in to fill the hours that are not able to be filled by overworked school staff members and parents struggling to make ends meet, we will continue to hear the stories of the children who find paths that we would never hope for them. Volunteer for an organization that works with kids. Be the difference.
The point was brought up about the influence of violence on TV and movies. All I have to say about that is back in the 1800's, violence was rampant and there was no such thing as television. Art and media are more a mirror of our behavior than a catalyst. Blaming such violent act on the media is a cop out for parents and other bad people.
ilyas kadri
I strongly believe that TV, movies and video games are influencing teenagers in bad behavior and it's promoting early sexual and drugs activities.
Mark aka Peacemaker
until we put the bible and the flag back into OUR school system the children of today will not have any morale values. These kids today think they are invincible no one can harm them or punich them. You keep asking how did this happen, look at the morale values in this country today. The children have no respect for each other, if they find a situation that can harm someone they will text it or take pictures of it, without any consideration of the person being harmed. WAKE UP AMERICA WE NEED THE FLAG AND BIBLE BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS, LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CHILDREN....
Steve you are dead on. This is a disease that has taken our schools from what once were a family to prison yards. The teaching does begin at home but the people at the schools are there to help theses young people.
This country is going to hell fast and I am sad I have a 9 y.o daughter that i fear for everyday of my life.
Steve I pray you never give up and my God in his greatest move bring morality back to this nation.
Teresa, OH
I've long ago given up on thinking children need and will be given a loving environment in which to grow.
So, I vote we all teach RESPECT. Respect at home, spouse to spouse as our childrens' first teachers. Respect in the classroom, and ya, that means Teacher to students. (And yes, Ive spent enough time in classrooms to know that teachers can do damage too.) Respect on the playground, respect in the parking lot-parents thats you-, respect in the drive thru waiting for food or beer, respect at the post office, the doctor's office, the dentist's office, the library, the drug dealers' corner.
Respect is SOOOO very simple. So easy. So lacking in our children and Adults.
Respect is the purest form of love that I know.
This responsibility should come from the home but obviously it isn't. Something needs to be done and I think a good place to start is the trash they show on TV and the music they hear in their songs. It promotes the kind of lifestyle these kids think is acceptable. How will they have any value for life if they see it and hear it all over the place. It is made to look like rape and murder is acceptable.
I do think smaller schools like they used to have before some idiots got the idea to bus kids all over the place (to help segregation) would help. They could get better teachings and parents would be in more control over what their kids are doing and learning. The schools are also responsible for what happens in our schools, but they don't enforce anything anymore because the kids are so unruly and they are afraid of them. All the bullying that goes on is not even stopped by the schools. A lot of things are entered into it and it will really be hard to change, but we have to work on it if we want a decent country.
Tamie Reichert
I was relocated to beautiful Evanston, IL (an affluent north suburb of Chicago) a few years ago with my 5 children. It's where I grew up, where diversity and culture meet.
The crime became unbearable, our home was broken in to, our cars a few times, my teen would call me about the beatings he witnessed on school grounds and his friend's dad was shot and killed on the street in broad daylight apparently over drugs. Two of my children were mugged for money and clothing, and my 7th grader informed me a fight broke out between his school and a rival, the rivals showed up with bricks and pipes. I attempted to approach the police for help, the community to address the issues, the school for guidance. I was informed the problems were insurmountable, the situation helpless.
Without parents unification, without the school and communities support, we will continue to read these stories to our grandchildren someday.
I since moved from Chicago to a small rural community. I sacrificed my career, but I saved my family. And I read articles like this and wonder how bad it has to get to enforce a change...it's horrifying...
Tammy, Houma, LA
I've been a teacher and counselor in private and public school settings, and in every place where I've worked, our kids felt and feel loved. Teachers, counselors, and administrators create the environments their students live in for a very large part of their lives. While I agree that teaching ethics and morals and love start with parents or guardians, for those students who aren't so fortunate to get that at home, school personnel can and do provided a sense of belonging and love to our kids. The media sources pick up on the "bad eggs". That's not the reality for most kids who go to places where they are cared for and loved and good things that standardized tests and NCLB cannot measure take place every hour of every day. Do you honestly think anyone in education does it for the paycheck? No, we do it because we know we have the potential to touch the future by what we do with our students. The majority of us are well-trained, certified, and qualified professionals who realized a long time ago there was more to work than the money that is or isn't earned. It's all about the difference we make, the change for good we can help create, and the love we give whether anyone outside of our schools care to see it or not.
lisa colletti
Tim Gibson is right.
Again we turn all the responsibility onto our school system and fail to address the real problem, parents, or the lack of parenting. It all begins in the home and from there it is taken into the streets.


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Home News JEMP Records is pleased to officially announce its latest release from the...
JEMP Records is pleased to officially announce its latest release from the Phish Archives, Star Lake 98
The 2-DVD set of Phish's August 11,1998 performance at Star Lake Amphitheatre in Burgettstown, PA is the only full show available from the video archives as a multi-camera lawn screen feed that will be released from the band's summer tour of 1998.
The set was created from VHS videotapes of the lawn feed from the concert. The audio was mixed by Jon Atschiller from Paul Languedoc's multi-track masters. A pre-order for the DVD set going is on now at Phish Dry Goods bit.ly/starlake98 All Dry Goods pre-orders will receive "So Inclined" a bonus CD featuring music from the three remaining unreleased Star Lake concerts.
From Kevin Shapiro (Phish's archivist): On August 11, 1998 Phish played at Star Lake Amphitheatre in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. This was their second visit to Star Lake of seven to-date starting in 1997 and including 2003, 2009 and 2012 shows previously released at LivePhish.com.
The Star Lake 98 show was the 20th of summer to showcase the loose, experimental vibe of a tour that began in Europe and jumped to the United States enroute to the summer's ending Lemonwheel festival. The introduction of a never-before-played cover each night earned the tour the nickname "summer of covers" from fans and Star Lake's contribution was a Trench Town Rock opener. Star Lake also saw the return of Time Loves A Hero which was played for the first time in a decade and segued out of a sultry Wolfman's Brother. Julius, an extended Fee outro (during which hip Pittsburghians clapped along on the 2 and 4) and deep renditions of Maze and Reba set the stage for set II. The second set featured a super-swinging, ethereal Runaway Jim that foreshadowed 2011's Storage Jam and an unusual pairing of Meat > Limb By Limb. Local flavor of the Commonwealth was provided by Bittersweet Motel (the title of the Phish documentary recorded during Europe '98 dates) and Wilson, King of Prussia.
Star Lake 98 is the only full show available as video from summer 1998. The 2-DVD set was created from archival VHS videotapes of the 3-camera lawn screen feed. The audio was mixed from multi-track masters in stereo PCM and 5.1 surround. It will be released on DVD and digital audio download December 11 on JEMP Records.
8/11/98 – Burgettstown, PA Track list
Set I:
1. Trench Town Rock>
2. Julius
3. Wolfman's Brother>
4. Time Loves A Hero
5. Bittersweet Motel
6. Reba
7. The Sloth
8. Ginseng Sullivan
9. Fee
10. Maze
11. Sample In A Jar
Set II:
1. Runaway Jim
2. Meat>
3. Limb by Limb
4. When The Circus Comes>
5. Down With Disease
1. Wilson>
2. Golgi Apparatus
"Down With Disease" – Star Lake 98 DVD from Phish on Vimeo.
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package com.x7700.smm.learn.activemq.ch02;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import javax.jms.JMSException;
import javax.jms.Message;
import javax.jms.Session;
import javax.jms.TextMessage;
import javax.jms.Topic;
import javax.jms.TopicConnection;
import javax.jms.TopicConnectionFactory;
import javax.jms.TopicPublisher;
import javax.jms.TopicSession;
import javax.jms.TopicSubscriber;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;

public class Chat implements javax.jms.MessageListener {

    private TopicSession pubSession;
    private TopicPublisher publisher;
    private TopicConnection connection;
    private String username;

    /* Constructor used to Initialize Chat */
    public Chat(String topicFactory, String topicName, String username) throws Exception {

        // Obtain a JNDI connection using the jndi.properties file
        InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();

        // Look up a JMS connection factory
        TopicConnectionFactory conFactory = (TopicConnectionFactory) ctx.lookup(topicFactory);

        // Create a JMS connection
        TopicConnection connection = conFactory.createTopicConnection();

        // Create two JMS session objects
        TopicSession pubSession = connection.createTopicSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
        //TopicSession subSession = connection.createTopicSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);

        // Look up a JMS topic
        Topic chatTopic = (Topic) ctx.lookup(topicName);

        // Create a JMS publisher and subscriber
        TopicPublisher publisher = pubSession.createPublisher(chatTopic);
        TopicSubscriber subscriber = pubSession.createSubscriber(chatTopic, null, true);

        // Set a JMS message listener
        subscriber.setMessageListener(this);

        // Intialize the Chat application variables
        this.connection = connection;
        this.pubSession = pubSession;
        this.publisher = publisher;
        this.username = username;

        // Start the JMS connection; allows messages to be delivered
        connection.start();
    }

    /* Receive Messages From Topic Subscriber */
    public void onMessage(Message message) {
        try {
            TextMessage textMessage = (TextMessage) message;
            String text = textMessage.getText();
            System.out.println(text);
        } catch (JMSException jmse) {
            jmse.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    /* Create and Send Message Using Publisher */
    protected void writeMessage(String text) throws JMSException {
        TextMessage message = pubSession.createTextMessage();
        message.setText(username + ": " + text);
        publisher.publish(message);
    }

    /* Close the JMS Connection */
    public void close() throws JMSException {
        connection.close();
    }

    /* Run the Chat Client */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            if (args.length != 3)
                System.out.println("Factory, Topic, or username missing");

            // args[0]=topicFactory; args[1]=topicName; args[2]=username
            Chat chat = new Chat(args[0], args[1], args[2]);

            // Read from command line
            BufferedReader commandLine = new java.io.BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

            // Loop until the word "exit" is typed
            while (true) {
                String s = commandLine.readLine();
                if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) {
                    chat.close(); // close down connection
                    System.exit(0);// exit program
                } else
                    chat.writeMessage(s);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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I adore them both because they're under $70, stretch and mold into the softest cotton, wash up like a dream and of course make a woman of substance appear smaller than she really is.
What more can a gal ask for?
And if you're questioning the flare, I still stay in full support, again for the sole reason it makes your hips look smaller. Sign.me.up...said the pear shape.
So if you're going diggin' for denim, I suggest you start here.


"Recorded in Dublin 26/08/1987 Featuring Danny Thompson on bass" -at least that is what the credits say. In fact the recording took place June 1986, see below.
Produced in association with Frontier Films and MCD Concerts.
The series Live In Dublin consisted of eight live concert programmes shot between 1986 and 1990. They featured a wide range of contemporary musicians in performance in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
"Believe it or not, despite the fact that Danny and I have played together for about ten years, we never actually visited your wonderful country. So here we are."
Artful's involvement is demonstrated by various misspellings: 'Bless This Weather' on the cover, 'One Day Without', 'Bless This Weather' and 'Our World' in the track menu.
"The Irish recording of the DVD released in 2005 was recorded in June 1986 if this is actually the RTE recording. I was at this gig and one of the support acts was Andy White (who was dreadful!). I had tickets for the October 16th 1987 gig at the stadium but couldn't go (my grandmother had passed away the day before, so that's why it sticks in my memory) so I am 99.997% certain that the recording was in 1986.
I also checked with my old school friend in Australia who I was at the '86 concert with, and he left Ireland early October '87, so its now 99.9999997% that the date was 1986."
02 Solid Air [6:43] "This is a song I wrote for a man called Nick Drake, who had a little trouble in his nut - lovely man though."
03 Sweet Little Mystery [5:06] With the red Fender. "Songs of misery and romance."
"I like my son, you're OK over there, Baldy?
- O they gave him a microphone, oh noo..."
06 Dealer [5:43] "We're not finished yet..."
07 Outside In [4:10] "So that was the hard stuff in the middle.."
10 One World [7:19] With the red Fender.


^ Some of those buildings could be in Portland – the city line is about 350' west of the Turnpike right of way. That land is actually owned by the City – there are about 18 acres of city-owned land between the Turnpike and the Westbrook city line, south of the railroad line.
Possibly related: tonight's economic development committee meeting at city hall went into executive session to discuss the possible sale of city-owned land "near the Turnpike".
My hunch is that Portland's zoning laws would be more supportive of this kind of higher-density development than Westbrook's, although I may be mistaken.
I just can't imagine how there would ever be enough demand to justify two large office buildings, especially in Portland's suburban environment.
I think they're emphasizing medical offices for those. But as cneal said, over on that side of the quarry they'll be on Portland's side of the line. I checked, and that land is B4 Commercial Corridor north of c. 400' north of the railroad track (where there's really no room between the edge of the pit and the Turnpike land), and IL Light Industrial from that point south.
Of course it would make no sense here, but interesting nonetheless.
Phase 1 was approved. The PB meeting video is here; I haven't watched it yet but it's only 1 hour.
I'm already hearing a lot of NIMBY pessimism, skepticism and cynicism from Westbrook residents, especially older residents. People are automatically fearing the worst rather than actually looking at the plans and understanding what they are actually going to do. It's very frustrating, to say the least.
Love the proposed amphitheater idea, only wish the capacity would be closer to 12,000 so there would be no need to drive to Bangor for the upper tier concerts. Still a big improvement over the State Pier's 3,000 limit.
During the planning board meeting they did say that this was a temporary situation to provide proof-of-concept, and they'll consider expanding if it works.
Out of curiosity where are you seeing a hamburger menu?
I went to the Planning Board meeting the other night. The concert venue has flipped around to face north-easterly towards Exit 48 (previously it was facing south-easterly towards the Stroudwater/Westbrook Street overpass over the Maine Turnpike). The above has it facing more due east, which may be the final position, since the venue is planned to be more temporary for the first five years.
There are still some concerns from the Planning Board and public with regard to traffic flow and noise, but I think the venue will ultimately be approved.
I wish the project well. There are still a lot issues to be resolved as with any development of this magnitude. Am hoping it doesn't turn into Westbrook's version of Thompson's Point which has been trying to evolve for almost a decade. There is a saturation point for even a booming Greater Portland when it comes to retail, dining and entertainment options. Thanks for the update and video Dr. StrangeHat.
DO I see a train station along the mountain division RoW?
Well, I do think they have the financial motivation to see this through. All of the infrastructure improvements that have happened at Exit 48 last year and this year, as well as the on-going improvements at Exit 47 and several other road projects throughout Westbrook and Portland, are being funded by the developers. That was part of the original Dirigo Plaza approval. Waterstone bought the approved project from the original developers and this liability came along with it. I overheard that it's close to $10 million in local infrastructure improvements that they've had to fund, so you don't walk away from a $10 million investment unless you go under (ala Federated).
The developer has expressed interest in using the mountain division line somehow. I haven't heard any details beyond that, but I'd love to see a DMU run on that line daily between Steep Falls and Portland.
I doubt NNEPRA would ever want to back the Downeaster down the line for just one stop given all of the investments they've made to extend and expand service to Brunswick.
Hamburger menu in the web design sense of the 3-line menu icon at the top right of the site page, not actual burgers unfortunately. And if Chik-Fil-A is out (please no), I can hope for them to go into the old Tim Hortons next to KFC.
I wonder if this project will be swanky enough to entice a Cheesecake Factory.
Maine DoT did rebuild a few miles of the mountain division in Westbrook / Windham a few years ago for a potential freight customer that never came to fruition. That line is perfect for a DMU / light rail shuttle between the city and some western suburbs.
Quincy almost had it's own quarry hotel at one time.
The Rock Row developers are looking to partner with Metro to enable them to access nontaxable bonds via FAME.
Waterstone Properties Group, the Needham, Massachusetts, company behind the proposal, needs a public or nonprofit agency to lease its planned road system to get $16.3 million in tax-exempt bonds it has requested through the Finance Authority of Maine.
Waterstone would pay Metro to lease its property and the bus service would help design a future transportation network in the 66-acre development.
has work started on the Market Basket? I haven't been over in that area for a while.
There is grading going on and some (I think) pile drivers on site. At one of the meetings they said they were planning on pouring the slab in the spring.


The eyes of the fishing tackle industry converged on breakthrough new products from Lew's at the ICAST 2016 show in Orlando. The Springfield, Mo.-based maker of premium rods and reels took home three 'Best of Show' awards at the New Product Showcase to lead all tackle manufacturers.
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What is the point? What do you do? Anyone who has attended even a single meetup has been asked these questions by family, friends, co-workers, peers, etc. who haven't had the chance to experience the wikiHow community. Truthfully, attending a meetup can be a little nerve-racking for first timers. You're flying (or driving) into a city you possibly have never been to before, all to meet people you may have talked to for months, or years, but never met in-person. You may be afraid they're not as nice face-to-face as they are online, and that the idea of a meetup is too good to be true. However, all these fears melt away after the first hour.
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The Failures of The Rise of Skywalker, Part 6
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Journey to The Force Awakens: The Books You're Looking For
April 9, 2015 April 9, 2015 Fangirl	#SWEU, books, Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, Journey to The Force Awakens
In the weeks since Lucasfilm announced its ambitious publishing program "Journey to The Force Awakens" for this fall, a lot of individuals have asked about my opinion. Additionally, many friends and acquaintances who quit reading Star Wars books have stopped by FANgirl over the years to see if things have changed. Now that some writing commitments are out of the way, I've had time to pull together my thoughts.
It appears that one good outcome from the Expanded Universe purge is I'm now seeing a bit more recognition for the fact that some Star Wars fans found their niche in published material. Last week, Priya Chhaya offered a bittersweet farewell as she welcomed the new Star Wars stories. As she noted, we will all get to experience the rollercoaster ride of discovering characters, places, and events together, and that's exciting!
Here are some details on the 20+ book plan revealed on StarWars.com:
Novels for young adults, focusing on Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia, will be published by Disney-Lucasfilm Press in North America and distributed internationally. The young adult novels have notable talent attached, including Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof, Tin Star), Greg Rucka, New York Times bestselling author (Detective Comics and 52), Jason Fry (The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy, Star Wars Insider contributor) and New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray (The Firebird trilogy and Evernight series).
Some book and comic titles have been revealed, and they offer fans a fun glimpse into the possible stories within: Star Wars: Aftermath (Del Rey), Lost Stars (Disney-Lucasfilm Press), Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure (Disney-Lucasfilm Press), The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (Disney-Lucasfilm Press), Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (Disney-Lucasfilm Press), Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (DK), Star Wars: Journey to the Force Awakens (Marvel Comics), Star Wars: Journey to the Force Awakens–C-3PO (Marvel Comics), and Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy (Studio Fun International).
In a month that has included some bad and ugly, a whole lot of good arrived in this one announcement. It is the first big publishing news since Carol Roeder left Lucasfilm; quotes are provided by Andrew Sugerman, executive vice president, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and Michael Siglain, director, Creative Franchise, Lucasfilm, Disney Publishing Worldwide. I believe we are finally seeing positive signs of a holistic change in how Star Wars publishing will be approached, and that makes me enthusiastic about the "Journey to The Force Awakens."
These are some thoughts generated by this news:
1) According to the EW.com article, where the news first broke, "The books—which range in target age from children to adults—will be loaded with foreshadowing about the upcoming movie, including new starships, planets, characters, and clues about what happened with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo in the months following the Return of the Jedi." Mary Ann Zissimos of Disney Publishing reiterated that the books will contain clues but not spoilers, for those who are wary of having their movie experience tainted by knowing too much. As we have discussed on our speculation and storytelling podcast Hyperspace Theories, the Disney|Lucasfilm team, led by the Story Group, ideally has been laying out their worldbuilding groundwork that will be used by the writers going forward. They have brought in sharp authors, and a discerning reader could have some fun clue-hunting. But if you're just in it for a good Star Wars read, it appears the breadth of books will provide ample opportunity to do so without getting spoiled for December's movie.
2) It was noticeable to me that the bulk of the fiction is staying in the House of the Mouse. I raised concerns several times recently about how licensees – from toys and merchandise to the adult prose novels – can negatively impact the Star Wars brand message. In a recent appearance on The ForceCast, I stated my belief that if the Star Wars franchise wants to sell itself as a "Force for Change," then it is perfectly within its rights to expect licensed products to reflect the message of inclusion, diversity, and socially responsible storytelling that Disney sells as a brand. Empirical data is now proving that diversity – or as ABC stand-out creator Shonda Rhimes would prefer to call it, normalizing – sells. Members of the Story Group seems to think along similar lines as Rhimes. Putting a majority of the storytelling under Disney's umbrella helps ensure their corporate mindset get a chance to work.
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3) It appears YA is going to be the point on the tip of this publishing spear. A few years back, the Fate of the Jedi series hop-skipped over a generation of fan-favorites characters, attempting to shift their storytelling focus from the Big Three of Luke, Leia, and Han to Ben, dead-Jacen, and Vestara. Del Rey's attempt at putting a YA-meets-the-talking-dead spin fell flat for numerous reasons, but most importantly because the series did not utilize the tools that make YA popular. Using Homer's Odyssey and Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet as models tripped up the story design from the concept stage. Del Rey also utilized genre authors who didn't understand the YA conceits, and two of the three authors didn't understand or care what paying fans wanted. This time around, though, Star Wars appears to be going full bore with proven authors who have written in the YA style. Notably, there is an even split on the male to female author ratio. While I'm not familiar with Cecil Castellucci and her work, I am with the other three YA novel writers. The two male writers, Greg Rucka and Jason Fry, have proven they have chops on gender issues in storytelling. When the announcement came down I was already well into reading Claudia Gray's A Thousand Pieces of You. Her Twitter and Tumblr pages prove her an advocate for feminist values, and the plot of her novel is far more intricate than Heir to the Jedi, which many reviewers have panned for being middle grade fare. Anyone who is worried they will be reading overly simplistic YA needs to take a breath. We're all fine here. (And it's okay to admit the Young Jedi Knight series was fun, even if it was for kids.)
4) Since the initial announcement some book blurbs with a bit more detail have been revealed. Lost Stars by Claudia Gray is a star-crossed Rebel/Imperial romance against the backdrop of major Star Wars events during the Rebellion. The Weapon of a Jedi, the Luke book by Jason Fry, and Smuggler's Run, the Han Solo book by Greg Rucka, are set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, while Moving Target, the Leia book by Cecil Castelucci, takes places between Empire and Return of the Jedi. Chuck Wendig's Aftermath will be the first post-Return of the Jedi adult novel from Del Rey in the new canon. We also learned about Shattered Empire, a post-Return of the Jedi comic series from Marvel.
5) Interestingly enough, Wendig expressed his interest in writing Star Wars on Twitter on the same day in 2014 that his book is scheduled to come out in 2015. He was pointed toward Lucasfilm editor Jen Heddle by way of Gary Whitta. The public maneuvering is interesting, but it's impossible to tell if Wendig was already in Del Rey's sights or if he felt like he needed to break down some walls. If nothing else, Wendig's Twitter stream as he is writing Aftermath is fun, and a marked change from what fans have been accustomed to seeing from the adult novelization authors. I'm still disappointed in the whiteness and maleness of the authorial line-up; the one female author, Christie Golden produced the weakest novels of the poor performing Fate of the Jedi series. If the diversity score of the Star Wars Insider short story authors is mixed into the equation – no women have written a short story since the canon reboot – Del Rey's track record on diversifying their writer line-up is even worse. With so many successful female SFF authors available – check out the responses to Jen Heddle's tweet in early December asking for women to express their interest in writing Star Wars – it is incomprehensible more women haven't written for Del Rey. With that said, Wendig is a win in the "Star Wars is for everyone" category, as he is the first author in the new canon authorial team who is a vocal advocate for equality and puts his actions to deeds. He can explain storytelling, he understands the dynamics of the science fiction fantasy community, and he isn't afraid to wade around geek fandom and interact with it. Based on the presales for Aftermath on Amazon – the book was already higher ranked than any of the previously new canon era novels – this novel will hopefully prove what an author of Wendig's caliber can do for Del Rey Star Wars. Specifically, earn some new fans, win back their many lapsed fans who have given up on them, and in the process make them lots of money. This is the win-win I have been advocating for.
Tricia Barr took her understanding of brand management and marketing, mixed it with a love of genre storytelling, and added a dash of social media flare to create FANgirl Blog, where she discusses Star Wars, fandom, and strong female characters. She is one of four authors on the upcoming Ultimate Star Wars from DK Publishing, has written several feature pieces for Star Wars Insider magazine and is a contributor for Her Universe's Year of the Fangirl. Her FANgirl opinions can be heard on the podcasts Hyperspace Theories and RebelForce Radio Presents Fangirls Going Rogue.
Tricia Barr's novel, Wynde, won the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Ebook. She was also part of Silence in the Library's successful all-female creator science fiction and fantasy anthology Athena's Daughters, which is available now. For excerpts and tales of her adventures in creating a fictional universe, hop over to TriciaBarr.com.
For updates on all things FANgirl follow @FANgirlcantina on Twitter or like FANgirl Zone on Facebook. At times she tries the Tumblr.
Tricia Barr took her understanding of brand management and marketing, mixed it with a love of genre storytelling, and added a dash of social media flare to create FANgirl Blog, where she discusses Star Wars, fandom, and the intersection of women within Star Wars fandom. She is co-author of Ultimate Star Wars and Star Wars Visual Encyclopedia from DK Publishing, a featured writer for Star Wars Insider magazine with numerous articles on the Hero's Journey. Her FANgirl opinions can be heard on the podcasts Hyperspace Theories and Fangirls Going Rogue.
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Q: How to update Git on Mac OS X from system default to latest How do I update or upgrade Git (1.7.12.4) to the latest version 1.8.3.4 on OS X (10.8.3)?
I downloaded Git from git-scm.com and installed it. But it didn't use the latest version that I installed – instead it used the system default.

A: If you downloaded Git from the Git Installer, it'll install the git executable in a different place than your system's default one.
The default is /usr/bin/git, and the new one is /usr/local/git/bin/git. Your shell however will not pick up the latter one if its PATH isn't configured properly. Now, ideally, the path should have been configured by the installer by creating in /etc/paths.d/git. This, however, will not take precedence over your default binary.
To always run the newest git, you can try adding the following to your ~/.bash_profile (if you use Bash, that is):
export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH

Then, restart your shell and see if git now points to the new version. (Test with which git).

A: You can install the latest version of Git using Homebrew. The installation instructions are at the bottom. You will want to update your PATH variable to start with /usr/local/bin (or if you install it elsewhere #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin).
Once you have installed Homebrew, run:
brew doctor

To install Git:
brew install git

After setting it up, you will find that there are many other packages that you can easily install using Homebrew.