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Betting at Nationals Park
Written By: Joshua Buckley
Located south of the Capitol in Washington DC, Nationals Park is home to the city's MLB franchise and the 2019 World Series champion, the Washington Nationals. It's also one of the four stadiums in DC that were awarded a class A sports betting license. It's easy for Maryland sports bettors to get to as well.
This permit allows Nationals Park DC to host a retail sportsbook on-site and offer geo-fenced, limited online wagering via affiliated apps.
Nationals Park houses a BetMGM-powered retail sportsbook adjacent to the stadium. The BetMGM app is also available for mobile betting, but you can only use it in the venue's immediate vicinity.
During this virtual tour of Nationals Park, you'll learn about the stadium's features, including:
Where is Nationals Park in Washington DC? (1500 S Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003)
BetMGM sportsbook that operates on the premises
Types of bets available at the retail book and the app
Additional information about the venue (history, stadium capacity, parking, and more)
About Nationals Park in DC
Where is Nationals Park? This is probably something that visitors interested in catching a Nationals game or getting a piece of the action at BetMGM would want to know.
Nationals Park is nestled along the northern bank of the Anacostia River, just a few blocks south of the US Capitol. The stadium is one of the most prominent landmarks in the fast-developing Capitol Riverfront area.
The exact address is 1500 South Capitol Street SE.
The construction of Nationals Park began in 2006. It was designed by Populous and Devrouax & Purnell Architects and Planners. The cost of the project was $611 million.
Nationals Park opened its doors in 2008. It was the first professional sports venue in the country to achieve LEED certification, a mark of eco-friendliness.
The leftfield concourse and centerfield plaza of Nationals Park are lined with Kwanzan cherry trees, the symbol of the nation's capital.
The Nationals Park's capacity is 41,339, making it the 16th largest MLB stadium in the country in terms of capacity. The lower deck holds around 22,000 seats, the upper-level seats roughly 12,100, and the stadium also features 2,500 club seats.
If you're interested in the Nationals Park seating chart, you can find it on the seat map on the official MLB website.
Nationals Park hosts the Nationals' home games in the MLB. The stadium hosted several high-profile baseball games, including the 2018 All-Star Game and the 2019 World Series.
The venue has hosted many concerts and non-sporting events, including musical performances by Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Taylor Swift, and Billy Joel, among others.
A wide variety of dining options are available at Nationals Park, including bars, restaurants, and 28,000 square feet of concession stands.
Sports Betting at Nationals Park
On Jan. 31, 2022, BetMGM opened a sportsbook across Center Field Plaza in the former Center Field Social space. This marked the first MLB stadium to launch a sportsbook on-site.
The BetMGM sportsbook at Nationals Park features 40 large TVs with live odds boards, six betting windows, and 17 self-service kiosks. Additionally, there's a 40-foot bar and full-service dining options. The sportsbook is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET.
During non-event days, BetMGM Maryland sportsbook guests can park at the GEICO Garage for free.
Bets Offered at Washington Nationals Park
The BetMGM sportsbook at Nationals Park has a similar betting program to the other two retail sportsbooks in DC. Various wager types are available, including moneylines, totals, and spreads. You can bet on the Nationals and the other 29 MLB teams. The sportsbook also has odds on other major sports and non-mainstream markets like golf, tennis, and soccer.
Let's take a closer look at each bet type offered by the BetMGM sportsbook at Nationals Park.
Moneyline Betting at Nationals Park
With moneyline bets, you're picking the game's winner. If you take the Nationals at plus (+) odds, that means BetMGM has them as the underdogs in the matchup. The number shows how much you stand to win from a $100 bet.
If the Nationals are represented with a minus sign (-) on the moneyline, that means they're the perceived favorites. In this case, the attached odds show how much you're required to wager to win $100.
If there's a vast odds discrepancy between the two sides, that implies a potential blowout.
Spread Betting at Nationals Park
Spread betting is called run line betting in MLB. If you bet on the Nationals when you're the favorites, they must beat the underdog by a particular margin. If they're the underdogs, they must lose by less than the line indicates or win the game straight up.
The run line is usually set at -/+ 1.5.
Totals Betting at Nationals Park
A totals bet in MLB involves betting on whether the two teams will score more runs combined than what the sportsbook predicts. It's the same in other sports but centered around other scoring units.
Let's pretend the Nationals are playing the New York Yankees and the totals line is set at 7.5. If you took the Under and the final score ended up being 4-3, you win your bet. If you took the Over, you lose.
Parlay Betting at Nationals Park
At the BetMGM sportsbook at Nationals Park, you can add multiple outcomes on one bet for a larger payout. For instance, you can combine the Nationals to win their game outright on the moneyline and the Washington Wizards to win on the spread. Both selections must be successful for your bet to win.
Horse Race Betting at Nationals Park
Horse race betting isn't currently offered at the BetMGM sportsbook that operates within Nationals Park. You'd have to go to neighboring Maryland or Virginia to bet on horse races.
Nationals Park Partnerships
The Nationals signed a multi-year partnership deal with BetMGM in 2021 that allowed the gambling giant to open a retail sportsbook at the stadium. BetMGM also received marketing rights as part of the deal and had its logo displayed on the team's social media platforms.
Besides opening a retail outlet, BetMGM was permitted to launch a mobile betting app with some restrictions. Specifically, users can only bet via the app if they are within two blocks of the stadium.
Nationals Park Rewards
Users of the BetMGM app at Nationals Park can take advantage of the sportsbook's loyalty program — M life Rewards — which is integrated across MGM Resorts properties in the country. You can earn Tier Credits online and at the retail sportsbook, and the accumulation rate is based on your betting activity.
The loyalty points will determine your status in the program. You can redeem them for various benefits, including free bets for online play and in-person perks like complimentary cruises, room discounts, and more.
Nationals Park Parking
The ballpark is easily accessible by car and public transportation. It has access points from I-295 via the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and I-395 via the Southwest Freeway.
Nationals Park is only a half-block away from the Navy Yard Metrorail station and within walking distance of Capitol South Station. The area is also served by several bus lines, including V1, P6, 74, W9, and A9.
Regarding Nationals Park parking, the options are replete at various pricing tiers. Several garages are available on-site, including Garage C and the GEICO Garage. Parking lots open 2.5 hours before the game and close one hour after. The average price varies between $20 and $50 during the regular season.
On match day, it's recommended that you purchase a parking ticket in advance. Paying for a parking ticket in person requires a credit card as the parking lots are cashless.
Nationals Park Accommodations
You'll find several accommodation options adjacent to Nationals Park, including
Thompson Washington D.C. address: 221 TINGEY STREET SE, Washington, DC, 20003
Hampton Inn & Suites Washington DC-Navy Yard address: 1265 First Street SE, Washington, DC 20003, United States
Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol-Navy Yard address: 50 M St SE, Washington, DC 20003, United States
Residence Inn by Marriott Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard address: 1233 First St SE, Washington, DC 20003, United States
Nationals Park Client Services
Visitors at the stadium can utilize guest service for any questions or hangups. You can find them in sections 103, 131, and 320.
If you need immediate assistance, text "NATS" along with your location and question to 202-980-4357 or via Twitter at @natsparkservice.
Nationals Park Online Sportsbook
While you're at Nationals Park, you can place your bets through the BetMGM app, but certain caveats apply. By law, legal sports betting apps in DC require users to be situated within two blocks of the sportsbook's affiliated venue.
Otherwise, the BetMGM app is available for download on iOS and Android devices. Apart from the above-mentioned loyalty program, the operator serves up some of the best sportsbook bonus offers in DC for new and ongoing customers. These include odds boosts, referral bonuses, and more.
Nationals Park DC FAQ
Where's Nationals Park located?
1500 S Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003. Nationals Park is located in Southeast Washington, along the newly developed Capitol Riverfront. It sits along the Anacostia River and plays home to the Washington Nationals, an MLB franchise. The stadium is a short walk from the Navy Yard Metrorail station and is easily accessible by car and bus.
Is Nationals Park open 24/7?
You can get inside Nationals Park two hours before the first pitch through the Center Field gate. The BetMGM sportsbook adjacent to the stadium is open every day from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET.
What restaurants are available in Nationals Park?
Nationals Park features a wide range of food and beverage options, including various concession stands serving food from local restaurants like Hard Times Cafe, Duke's Grocery, and Roaming Rooster. You can buy food at restaurant vendors via cashless methods like Apple Pay and debit/credit cards. This is due to the cash-free policy which the stadium imposed due to the pandemic.
How old do I have to be to bet at Nationals Park?
The minimum gambling age in DC is 18 years or older, as opposed to 21. Therefore, you must be 18 or above to place wagers in-person at the BetMGM retail sportsbook or online via the BetMGM mobile app.
Does Nationals Park have an online sportsbook?
Yes, Nationals Park features the renowned BetMGM online sportsbook, one of the largest gambling brands in the country. By law, you must be situated within a two-block radius of the stadium to place online bets. The sportsbook will use geolocation technology to pinpoint your location. You can sign up from anywhere in DC, but you must be located inside the designated area to bet.
What sports can I bet on at Nationals Park?
BetMGM features comprehensive market coverage, including odds on all four major professional sports. You can also bet on niche sports like UFC, Formula 1, cycling, and darts. You can bet on these sports in person at the retail sportsbook or via the app.
Can I bet on horses at Nationals Park?
No, the BetMGM sportsbook that operates from Nationals Park doesn't offer horse race betting at the moment.
Joshua Buckley
Sports Content Manager
Joshua Buckley is Sports Content Manager for MarylandSharp.com. Along with award-winning experience as a sports editor in Alabama and Texas, he has also spent time in public relations for the tourism and blood banking industries. Joshua is co-host of "Whole Lotta Wolves," the only U.S.-based Wolverhampton Wanders FC podcast.


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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has expressed "concerns about reports that the apparently arbitrary arrest of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, may be 'the outcome of power-play' at the highest levels of government."
In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of the agency, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: "The reported statement by a member of PACAC seems to suggest that Magu's arrest may be politically motivated and aim to undermine the independence and freedom of action of the EFCC. If true, this would make a mockery of Buhari's oft-repeated commitment to fight grand corruption and the impunity of perpetrators, which is fuelling widespread and systemic corruption in the country."
Oluwadare, therefore, urged the authorities to afford Magu his constitutionally and internationally guaranteed fair trial rights.
"Magu must either be charged with a recognizable criminal offence or released immediately and allowed to do his job without fear of reprisals," the statement read in part.
"Nigerian authorities cannot continue to keep Magu in detention under suspicious circumstances without bringing any legitimate charges against him in violation of national and international law.
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Five (5*****) Star Review from Satin Sheets Reviews!
"The Alerians - Dark Progeny: Jordan's Wings" received a five star (5*****) review today from Satin Sheets Reviews! It was released through Red Rose Publishing October 18th, and I'm in the midst of a virtual book tour. For the complete tour schedule, click here. I'd love to see you along the way :-)
Here's the review, by Susan B. Anna, along with a link to the Satin Sheets Reviews and a link to "Jordan's Wings" at Red Rose Publishing.
Canaan's lived over 200 years. He looks like an angel, but he's far from it!"
"The Alerians – Dark Progeny: Jordan's Wings"
Jordan Taylor is a feisty, take charge, Rubinesque beauty with a tough façade, but after a string of lackluster relationships, her dream of a man who truly loves and appreciates her strength seems impossible…Until she meets Canaan, the man her fiancé claims is his best friend! Instinctively, she knows her neat, if lackluster life is about to change.
Born more than 200 years ago, Canaan looks like an angel but he's far from it. In his world, the ratio of men to women is 500 to 1, and although he's a superior being, he's willing to break the most sacred law of his brothers, even drink human blood, to have one meant for him alone. When he meets Jordan, he knows she's the one he's been searching for. To claim her, Canaan will have to betray his friend, humble himself enough to win her love, and risk his very life.
Excerpt: Suddenly, Jordan stilled. Canaan heard her soft intake of breath. The acceleration of her heartbeat assured him that she knew he was there.
Canaan leaned his shoulder against the doorjamb, the top of his head a scant few inches from the top of the door. "Trouble sleeping?"
He was drawn in by her soft, liquid brown eyes as she stared at him, and he wondered if she realized her lips were parted. He didn't want to frighten her, so he forced himself to remain still as her sweet scent of arousal sizzled along his spine. Desire for her nearly overwhelmed him, and he fought to maintain control. Her boyfriend, the man who thought he was his best friend was in the next room, for the One God's sake. None of that mattered to him in the moment. His need for her was much more than physical. She was meant for him, and somehow she had always been his from the moment she was conceived. Now, he had to figure out how to claim her.
Just a taste. He took a step closer to her and leaned in, a latch flipping open inside him. Mmmm. A tiny wall-mounted mp3 player blared to life as he passed it, an energy storm building inside him, and his mind was consumed with Jordan.
Susan B. Anna's Review
Let me begin with saying this was one exceptional read and then we can get into the why. The anticipation, allure and crafty way these characters came together was absolutely extraordinary.
Jordan may have been engaged to the non-appealing Robert who evidently was no doubt a complete jerk, but stood no chance in hell once Canaan stepped into the picture. The instant attraction between the two was undeniable and who could blame her. The man oozed sex appeal, dominance and strength. All the qualities for a passion that can't be diminished no matter who tries to intervene or try to prevent it.
Dariel's description of Canaan, will leave every woman curious and wishing there were many more men out there who can give them the sort of feeling Canaan gave me. Honestly, I think I had an out of body experience and became Jordan myself.
If you can get through a novel in a day it certainly must be very, very, very good. One so good it may be considered screen play material. I simply can't wait to sink into the sequel of what shall be a sure contemporary romance series sensation, or future blockbuster movie.
Dariel Raye has accomplished getting me hooked, and so with that said she is certainly appointed 5 Satin Pillows... for making this story line HOT, HOT, HOT!!!
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Susan B. Anna said…
Thank you, it was a truly pleasurable read.
Dariel Raye said…
Thanks so much for the encouragement, Susan. I'm happy you enjoyed it :-)


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Power Gan Devices: Materials, Applications and Reliability
作者: Meneghini Matteo Meneghesso Gaudenzio Zanoni Enrico
出版社: Springer
出版在: 2018-04-22
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This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the properties and fabrication methods of GaN-based power transistors, with contributions from the most active research groups in the field. It describes how gallium nitride has emerged as an excellent material for the fabrication of power transistors; thanks to the high energy gap, high breakdown field, and saturation velocity of GaN, these devices can reach breakdown voltages beyond the kV range, and very high switching frequencies, thus being suitable for application in power conversion systems. Based on GaN, switching-mode power converters with efficiency in excess of 99 % have been already demonstrated, thus clearing the way for massive adoption of GaN transistors in the power conversion market. This is expected to have important advantages at both the environmental and economic level, since power conversion losses account for 10 % of global electricity consumption.
The first part of the book describes the properties and advantages of gallium nitride compared to conventional semiconductor materials. The second part of the book describes the techniques used for device fabrication, and the methods for GaN-on-Silicon mass production. Specific attention is paid to the three most advanced device structures: lateral transistors, vertical power devices, and nanowire-based HEMTs. Other relevant topics covered by the book are the strategies for normally-off operation, and the problems related to device reliability. The last chapter reviews the switching characteristics of GaN HEMTs based on a systems level approach.
This book is a unique reference for people working in the materials, device and power electronics fields; it provides interdisciplinary information on material growth, device fabrication, reliability issues and circuit-level switching investigation.
Matteo Meneghini received the Ph.D. degree in the optimization of GaN-based LED and laser structures from the University of Padova, Italy. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova. During his career he has extensively worked on the reliability and parasitics of GaN-based semiconductor devices for application in the RF, power electronics and optoelectronics fields: his research is mainly focused towards the understanding of the physical mechanisms that limit the performance and the reliability of GaN-based LEDs, lasers, and HEMTs.
Gaudenzio Meneghesso received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and telecommunication engineering from the University of Padova, Padova, Italy, in 1997. In 1995, he was with the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, with a Human Capital and Mobility fellowship (within the SUSTAIN Network) working on the dynamic behavior of protection structures against electrostatic discharge (ESD). Since 2011, he has been a Full Professor with the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova.
Enrico Zanoni was born in Verona, Italy, in 1956. He received the Laurea degree in physics (cum laude) from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, in 1982, after a student internship with the S. Carlo Foundation, Modena. During 1985-1988, he was an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. From 1988 to 1993, he frequently visited the U.S. and established research collaborations with Bell Laboratories; Hughes Research Laboratories; IBM T. J. Watson Research Center; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; TRW (currently, Northrop Grumman); University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA; and many other industrial and academic laboratories. During 1996-1997, he was a Full Professor of industrial electronics with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He is currently with the University of Padova, Padua, Italy, where he was an Assistant Professor during 1988-1992, an Associate Professor of electronics during 1992-1993, a Full Professor of microelectronics during 1993-1996, and has been a Full Professor of digital electronics with the Department of Information Engineering since 1997.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Rise in MLB Batting Stats
Posted by: Jude (wayout1@columbus.rr.com) on Tue Jan 15 12:08:09 2008
Hi again J.M.
I recently borrowed a copy of one of your tapes and think it is excellent for instructing hitting mechanics, particularly to youngsters. However, I would like to have seen some discussion of hitting strategy as related to those mechanics. Have you ever thought about doing this?
You have pointed out that one of the boards you have recently seen stated that in Ted Williams time that pitchers were expected to pitch 9 innings. This was true in Ruth's time but certainly not true in the 50's. The 50's and 60's blazed the trail for future relief pitching. In fact, relief pitcher Jim Konstanty won the national leagues most valuable player award in 1950. As for the implication that relief pitching would have seriously affected Williams' hitting it certainly didn't in the 50's, a decade in which he outhit Aaron, who later went on to hit 47 homeruns and bat 327 in 1971, over 20 years after serious relief pitching found its way into baseball.
You raised the question of how would Williams hit today? To answer that question we have to consider that Williams lived and developed his skills in a different time period. He learned his trade through imitation. He thought of himself as a born hitter. There were no little league instructors around to screw up his hitting development. The most valuable instruction he ever got was from Rogers Hornsby: "Get a good pitch to hit." Unlike Bonds Williams was always a good hitter, who had a curious mind that was able to think hitting problems through. Daddy wasn't around to try to teach him how to get over the rough spots.
Assuming in his playing days Williams could have gotten into a time machine to transport to the present time I believe he would have quickly adapted to the times. Instead of doing so much fishing in the off season he would have been compelled to practice as hard as the players do today. Instead of drinking milk shakes to gain weight he would have hit the weights and perhaps hired a personal trainer. On the field he would have studied pitchers studiously as he had always done. He would set out to prove that pitchers of today are as dumb as they were in his time. With today's tight strike zone he would get a ton of walks. With the smaller parks he would hit more homeruns, but would still place getting a good pitch to hit above any homerun goal he might have. He would distain taking performance enhancing drugs (but would never squeal on a fellow player), and also distain the use of present light break away bats.
He would have trouble with pitchers just as he did in his time. I suspect that among these pitchers would be splitfinger pitchers who on occasion can get the ball to drop sharply in that 10-12 foot area in front of the plate where hitters lose sight. He would enjoy facing fastball pitchers to prove that, "God could come down from heaven and he couldn't throw a fastball by me."
Like all good hitters he would feast off of the poorer pitchers, and not ever be concerned that the best of hitters fail most of the time to get a hit. Eventually he would prove to himself that a large number of pitchers with an assortment of pitches (usually three)have dumb pitching strategies. He would also look for tipoffs and opportunities to exploit the pitcher's weakest pitch. Williams believed that 50 percent of hitting was above the neck, and would have been out to prove that no era diminishes that percentage.
To make certain that the long strength draining season did not diminish his hitting Williams at some point would have reduced the weight of his bat. This is something that steroid users never have to worry about. As one weight lifting old time baseball player, who had been a homerun hitter in the minors put it,"There are no dog days of summer when you're on steroids! As long as you stay on' em,you stay strong, you have an abundance of energy every day. You feel the same in Sept. as you did in April. Barry Bonds hasn't had dog days in four years." (This was written in 2005.) This is how Bonds hit 73 homeruns and McGwire 70.
Rather than ask the question how would Williams do today against today's pitching a more meaningful question is how would Bond's, a player whose career batting average is under 300, how would he have done without the performance enhancing substances. Would he still be called by some contemporary major leaguers as the greatest hitter of all time, presumably because of his homerun production?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Rise in MLB Batting Stats Jack Mankin [ Wed Jan 16 09:27:20 2008 ]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Rise in MLB Batting Stats Jude [ Sun Jan 20 02:27:13 2008 ]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Rise in MLB Batting Stats zach akins [ Sun Apr 27 17:04:30 2008 ]
> Hi again J.M. > > I recently borrowed a copy of one of your tapes and think it is excellent for instructing hitting mechanics, particularly to youngsters. However, I would like to have seen some discussion of hitting strategy as related to those mechanics. Have you ever thought about doing this? > > You have pointed out that one of the boards you have recently seen stated that in Ted Williams time that pitchers were expected to pitch 9 innings. This was true in Ruth's time but certainly not true in the 50's. The 50's and 60's blazed the trail for future relief pitching. In fact, relief pitcher Jim Konstanty won the national leagues most valuable player award in 1950. As for the implication that relief pitching would have seriously affected Williams' hitting it certainly didn't in the 50's, a decade in which he outhit Aaron, who later went on to hit 47 homeruns and bat 327 in 1971, over 20 years after serious relief pitching found its way into baseball. > > You raised the question of how would Williams hit today? To answer that question we have to consider that Williams lived and developed his skills in a different time period. He learned his trade through imitation. He thought of himself as a born hitter. There were no little league instructors around to screw up his hitting development. The most valuable instruction he ever got was from Rogers Hornsby: "Get a good pitch to hit." Unlike Bonds Williams was always a good hitter, who had a curious mind that was able to think hitting problems through. Daddy wasn't around to try to teach him how to get over the rough spots. > > Assuming in his playing days Williams could have gotten into a time machine to transport to the present time I believe he would have quickly adapted to the times. Instead of doing so much fishing in the off season he would have been compelled to practice as hard as the players do today. Instead of drinking milk shakes to gain weight he would have hit the weights and perhaps hired a personal trainer. On the field he would have studied pitchers studiously as he had always done. He would set out to prove that pitchers of today are as dumb as they were in his time. With today's tight strike zone he would get a ton of walks. With the smaller parks he would hit more homeruns, but would still place getting a good pitch to hit above any homerun goal he might have. He would distain taking performance enhancing drugs (but would never squeal on a fellow player), and also distain the use of present light break away bats. > > He would have trouble with pitchers just as he did in his time. I suspect that among these pitchers would be splitfinger pitchers who on occasion can get the ball to drop sharply in that 10-12 foot area in front of the plate where hitters lose sight. He would enjoy facing fastball pitchers to prove that, "God could come down from heaven and he couldn't throw a fastball by me." > > Like all good hitters he would feast off of the poorer pitchers, and not ever be concerned that the best of hitters fail most of the time to get a hit. Eventually he would prove to himself that a large number of pitchers with an assortment of pitches (usually three)have dumb pitching strategies. He would also look for tipoffs and opportunities to exploit the pitcher's weakest pitch. Williams believed that 50 percent of hitting was above the neck, and would have been out to prove that no era diminishes that percentage. > > To make certain that the long strength draining season did not diminish his hitting Williams at some point would have reduced the weight of his bat. This is something that steroid users never have to worry about. As one weight lifting old time baseball player, who had been a homerun hitter in the minors put it,"There are no dog days of summer when you're on steroids! As long as you stay on' em,you stay strong, you have an abundance of energy every day. You feel the same in Sept. as you did in April. Barry Bonds hasn't had dog days in four years." (This was written in 2005.) This is how Bonds hit 73 homeruns and McGwire 70. > > Rather than ask the question how would Williams do today against today's pitching a more meaningful question is how would Bond's, a player whose career batting average is under 300, how would he have done without the performance enhancing substances. Would he still be called by some contemporary major leaguers as the greatest hitter of all time, presumably because of his homerun production?
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Published 3:10 am Thursday, May 24, 2007
County proposes school system gets $12.2 million
By NIKIE MAYO
Beaufort County commissioners' budget workshop Wednesday included ghosts of budgets past — at least a couple of reminders the funding dispute between the school board and the county isn't over.
Robert Belcher, chairman of the Beaufort County Board of Education, was almost done with his obligatory presentation of Beaufort County Schools' budget when County Manager Paul Spruill asked the question he said "might get my hand slapped later." Knowing the school board will receive $12.2 million in fixed funding from the county in fiscal year 2007-2008, Spruill asked about the variable still facing both boards.
At the root of Spruill's question is $412,457 that Superior Court Judge William Griffin granted the schools in December. That sum comes out of the $765,783 in additional funding a jury awarded the schools in July 2006, leaving just over $353,000 in dispute. But when Griffin rendered his decision, the judge said he would "leave the door open" to reconsider the amount after the school system made all its budget amendments for the fiscal year that ends June 30.
The school board's proposed budget for the next fiscal year includes a line item allocating $200,000 for legal expenses, prompting questions from the commissioners. Moss explained that figure is simply a "rollover" and the line item would be reduced in the final budget. The extra money would likely go toward maintenance, Belcher said. But after Spruill mentioned the unsettled litigation, Moss responded, "We may need to leave that legal-expense line item alone."
Spruill said he didn't know that there could be further legal action on Griffin's judgment, and he asked that the school board "go ahead and move the money (to maintenance) to make everybody feel good."
Moss answered: "And we may have to move it right back."
Spruill acknowledged Moss' concern, saying the county would understand if that happened.
In February, commissioners and the school board entered an interlocal agreement that bars the two bodies from suing each other over school funding for the next four fiscal years. Under that agreement, the school board will receive a 5 percent increase each year for its operating budget, but no increases in its capital-outlay fund, which is used for building projects and major equipment purchases. Though the agreement provides the school board with fixed annual funding, the school board's budget must be presented to commissioners before the fiscal year begins July 1.
For the coming fiscal year, Beaufort County Schools will receive $12,253,066, about $1.3 million more than the latest figure available for the current budget year that ends June 30.
Belcher said the school board had inspected the county's older schools as part of its budgeting process.
Among the big-ticket capital projects is a $500,000 heating-and-air conditioning system for Eastern Elementary School in Washington.
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Ontario Government Abandons Pascal Vision
On Wednesday December 15th, Laurie Monsebraaten and Kristin Rushowy of the Toronto Star published an article suggesting that the Province of Ontario was planning on giving up on board-delivered extended day programming for the full day learning program.
The article explained that:
"Under the change, schools may still have on-site after-school programs, but most will be run by outside operators.The benefit of school boards providing the care, as envisioned by Pascal, is that the in-class curriculum could be linked to after-school activities. As well, it provides a "seamless day" for children, who would interact with the same staff and face fewer transitions throughout the day, all considered optimal for young learners.
Without it, the province's full-day program is no longer the unique and groundbreaking program it's touted to be…"
To read the full article, please click here.
The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care wrote an open letter to Premier McGuinty, copying Minister Leona Dombrowsky, Pam Musson, Jill Vienneau, and Jim Grieve, emphasizing our concern about what this means for the seamless, and universal nature of the program as well as the fact that this will not stabilize our already weakened sector.
In stepping away from its original commitment to an integrated extended day program, the Province is making an alarming move away from the comprehensive system that Ontario's families and communities were promised and continue to need. Allowing third party providers to operate the extended day and year programs of this system is a move away from a publicly operated and universal system that would have supported Ontario's families and communities.
By not being board-delivered, this removes the assurance that these programs are: not-for-profit, have access to rent-free space in schools, are available in all schools, and are able to offer salaries comparable to those in the school board. Not only is there an issue of serious wage gaps and lack of benefits for our Early Childhood Educators, but having third party providers for the extended day portions of the program perpetuates the trend of shift work and part time employment for our ECEs; a trend that the Early Learning Program promised to change. In introducing new legislation and regulations, the Province must ensure these elements of the program are not only covered, but guaranteed; otherwise the quality and seamless nature of our new early learning program will be drastically undermined.
The existing child care system, which is seriously underfunded, does not have the capacity to meet the changing demands placed on the sector. Parent fees have now reached a breaking point for middle class families, and unacceptable waiting lists for subsidies mean that many parents are unable to be part of Ontario's workforce. It is imperative that this government address the need for stabilization funding as well as operating funding in the upcoming provincial budget. To read the full letter, please click here.
Eduarda Sousa of the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario noted that this means more child care workers will be relegated to shift work without benefits or stable work hours.
Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, said in a press release:
"The Pascal report was always about more than 'full-day Kindergarten.' It was about a bold vision of an integrated system of childcare and family supports to prepare our province for the 21st century. It also required the province to provide school boards with the necessary supports and resources to properly roll out the program—something that hasn't happened so far."
To read the full release, please click here.
A statement put out by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) said that:
"One of the important benefits of the full-day learning and care program was the recognition it gave to the expertise of ECEs as partners in the kindergarten team and working full-time in a single year-round program. Contracting with separate third-party providers could change this picture significantly."
To read the release, please click here.
Offering a different perspective, the Niagara Region put out a statement saying that offering boards the option to continue partnering with third party providers was a positive move by the government, and that the model was working well in Niagara. To view this statement, please click here. We must remember the impacts of such an announcement on the whole sector and all of our communties and families.
People for Education put out a press release and status report on Early Learning in Ontario in response to this announcement.
"Ontario had a chance to be far ahead of other provinces in providing seamless and cohesive policy and programs for children from birth to age 12," said Annie Kidder, Executive Director of People for Education. "But now, like other provinces, we'll have all-day kindergarten without a coherent and comprehensive policy to support it. Today, we're disappointed."
In an article in The Expositor, Michelle Ruby tried to show both the relieved and fearful reactions being found in the child care community. While some centres are hopeful this might mitigate some of the impacts of the full day learning program, many experts are quick to say this does little to stabilize the child care sector which has been chronically underfunded. Judy Friel, who operates two for-profit child-care centres in the city, said McGuinty's change of plans does little to alleviate her concerns about the early-learning program's impact on her business.
Friel said the children in her programs for four-and five-year- olds help subsidize the cost of space for younger children. When thousands of children move from child-care centres to full-day kindergarten, the cost for spaces for babies and toddlers, who require more care, is expected to go up.
For the full article in the Expositor, please click here.
Language supporting the announcement has been predominantly regarding cost-savings, but behind the seemingly positive messaging is a clear fact that there will be lower wages for staff. For example, in an article on YorkRegion.com, it stated that "although the school board hasn't worked out all the numbers, ... offering before and after-school programs through third parties will save families about $7 per day per child. The school board's increased costs [will] result from the difference in wages and benefits paid out for early childhood educators in the public sector versus those in the private sector..."
Unfair wages will mean continued instability in the workforce and threaten the quality of this program. For the full article on YorkRegion.com, please click here. Similar arguments were made in an article in the Sun Times of Owen Sound.
For an article on the subject from the Ottawa Citizen, please click here.
To read the original article from the Toronto Star, please click here.
Other news coverage on this issue:
Another article in the Ottawa Citizen
Randall Denley: Day-care reversal the latest costly flip-flop - Premier's pattern is all-too-familiar
The Windsor Star
The National Post
The Record.com
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Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has warned that Friday's World Cup quarter-final against Brazil might not be the feast of football some expect.
The last-eight clash in Port Elizabeth brings together two nations famed for a free-flowing, attacking style of play.
But Van Marwijk insists the days of the Dutch Total Football against Brazil's traditional "samba" style are over.
"It was a long time ago, Total Football - if you play like that now it's very hard to win the Cup," said Van Marwijk.
"(The Netherlands') Total Football was back in 1974. We could play football very well for 20 or 30 years. It was Total Football, and I also remember Brazil's samba football.
"But sport changes and football changes also. It has to do with the fact everybody is getting fitter, better organised."
Even in the era of Total Football - where outfield players interchanged and were able to operate in any position as the situation dictated - the Netherlands did not win a World Cup, their best achievement at an international tournament being their 1988 European Championship triumph.
And Van Marwijk makes few apologies for curbing the Netherlands' traditional attacking philosophy, having vowed from the start of his reign that he would make the team more pragmatic.
The Dutchman took over from Marco van Basten following the Netherlands' quarter-final loss to Russia at Euro 2000, and commented that that side "gave away too many chances".
On Friday, he added: "I said when I started that I wanted to teach the team to defend."
Brazil boss Dunga, too, has attempted to rein in his side's traditional instincts to attack in numbers, angering many critics at home with an equally pragmatic style.
His selection of the likes of Gilberto Silva and Felipe Melo - two more defensive players - in the centre of midfield, and his insistence the team defends as a whole from front to back without the ball has been labelled as "anti-football" in some sections of the Brazilian media.
However, he has steadfastly stuck to his guns, insisting: "We don't live on talent. We live on results."
Results support his philosophy, with Dunga having led Brazil to the 2007 Copa America and 2009 Confederations Cup leading up to the World Cup.
They are now unbeaten in South Africa and are many people's tip to not only dispatch the Netherlands but also emerge as outright winners of the Cup.
Dunga, despite the more responsible approach of both sides, is still predicting an entertaining encounter on Friday.
"They are always pretty matches," said the 46-year-old. "The teams always try to play. The players have quality, they do what we all like to see, try to dribble, take chances, use their creativity.
"They always go for the goal and for the victory. When two teams play like that the show is good."
However, Dunga did warn that "a lot of it has to do with the way the Netherlands play. If 20 players stay in one half it's going to be more difficult to score".
Dunga has, however, taken exception to Dutch legend Johan Cruyff's claims this week that he "would never pay for a ticket to watch the matches of this Brazilian team. Where is the Brazilian magic?".
"Without doubt I would pay (to see Brazil)," replied Dunga at a news conference on Thursday. "I like to see these games, as the players are very technically gifted.
"(Cruyff) must get free tickets from Fifa anyway, so he doesn't pay. He can see the matches he likes.
"We always want to play a more open game because that's more beautiful."
Brazil go into the match with something of a selection dilemma, with Elano ruled out with an ankle injury, Melo (ankle) and Julio Baptista (knee) doubtful and Ramires suspended.
The Netherlands, on the other hand, have a fully-fit squad from which to choose their XI after forward Rafael van der Vaart returned to training after a two-day absence with a calf injury.
And Van Marwijk is confident his side, who have won all four of their games in South Africa, can upset the odds and beat the samba boys.
"Brazil are favourites for the World Cup, but we've proven we can also beat this type of opponent," he said. "I am fully confident of that.
"My team are absolutely ready, you can sense their excitement. They know they are facing an important match and are fully focused.
"We're not afraid of them. We know Brazil are a good strong team with a number of weapons like speed and turning around a game, but I know we can win this match."
Dunga, unsurprisingly, is equally confident.
"Brazil doesn't depend on just a small group of players, but a whole collective," he said. "The entire team is important.
"If they all play up to expectations, we're going to get the results we're looking for."
Can Dutch spring a surprise?


The terrific technological advancements have hugely impacted how audiences segregate themselves. Radio stations, TV channels, and magazines together with the internet, iTunes, and Tivo have enabled this fragmentation to go on naturally. Content on each channel is hyper-targeted to those who access it.
But over the last decade, every digital marketing tactics has evolved to feature similar trait, often called targeting. All of them, right from SEO, PPC, Email Marketing to behavior-based banner ads and TV commercials, all center on this feature. Yet in a unique style, the PR industry still relies on bedrock that continues to be inherently untargeted, also called Press Release. Says Mr. Akshat from NewswireNEXT.com.
Has Social Media really killed Press Release?
Well, it hasn't killed it. This is because, unless you accept to go the conventional way of choosing targeted marketing, Press Release will keep going. Press Releases are based on the quality of the message and establishing formidable relationships that would then be easy to convert. Mostly, it's all about going down the PR way, and that's why you'll find someone who has mastered it doing it frequently without getting tired.
If you want to recover, you'll need to recognize the problem first. You have to know that press release doesn't function and you should do something to change.
The benefit of a press release is that you could build a distribution list and deliver your information to all beneficiaries as fast as possible. Again if those beneficiaries don't care about your subject read your release, give yourself and your PR team time at least 60 days off to get something useful and exciting. Don't release fake subjects anymore.
Reasons for 60days off is for you to have time to create an exciting story, communications that show clearly that you understand the writers work, an introductory tweet and thoughtful blog comment. Don't hesitate to approach a journalist if you think he or she will be interested in your pitch. Says Roger from Ed Cal Media Agency.
Nowadays narratives are fading out, and articles are getting shorter and related content like videos and photos too. You will be disadvantaged when your story will not have strong meaning or rather doesn't have videos. Just use PitchEngine to make your story interesting and related multi-media.
If you use PitchEngine and be able to get a blogger or a journalist to cover your story, it will be now a sure that you will get to be picked up by the search engines. Then you have to get a wordtracker account and use it when you talk about your story angle, use the terms that have SEO benefit to you and your client.
To track your progress by using a tracking URL like one from BudURL to know how often your content has been clicked. You can also use Google alerts to find all blog coverage plus the retweets soon you will be able to reports that show the full impact of PR without press release initiative.


File Your Taxes Carefully - It's that time of the year again when we get either excited about filing our taxes for a nice refund or lack motivation due to potential taxes due. Either way, we have to file our taxes and get it over with. However, we have to be careful about how we file our taxes. There are more than one ways to file taxes and they all have benefits and disadvantages of filing. In general, the less information you share with third parties and more control you keep over your personal information, the safer your identity is against theft, fraud, visibility and misuse. Read this article for more information about safely filing taxes.
Also, organizing tax documents throughout the year is a must for a complete and timely tax filing. Read this article about organizing tax documents.
I've recently been asked what the future holds for companies and consumers from an identity theft risk standpoint. My answer is more identity theft lawsuits.
Some people still lack the knowledge about the privacy or security roles. This article might shed some light on their differences and similarities.
An identity fraud affidavit is a document that helps identity theft victims document the facts related to their identity fraud before contacting the police or the affected companies.
You must effectively dispute identity fraud charges and accounts if you want to make sure you are not held responsible for the fraud and protect your credit report and its information.
The Red Flags rules are the set of requirements that financial institutions and creditors must follow to implement the necessary controls to prevent, detect and respond to identity theft.
With a downward economy, taking an identity hostage to commit a quick cash fraud is on the rise today and will most likely increase with the widely used biometric access management systems.
Join the Identity Management Institute and take advantage of the no-cost grandfathering provision to become a Certified Identity Risk Manager™ (CIRM) or Certified Identity Protection Advisor™ (CIPA). Learn More.
IdentityMate provides identity risk management services to businesses and consumers. Read this article about IdentityMate services.
The "Identity Theft Lessons You Should Know" ebook provides a quick reference to major identity protection practices. Order your copy now.


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Q: Delete an element when a key of element is not found by jq I want to delete some elements when a specific key is not found using jq.  In below json file, I need to delete the first and second items as they don't have the key "Case".
[
  {
    "label": "US : USA : English",
    "Country": "USA",
    "region": "US",
    "Language": "English",
    "locale": "en",
    "currency": "USD",
    "number": "USD"
  },
  {
    "label": "AU : Australia : English",
    "Country": "Australia",
    "region": "AU",
    "Language": "English",
    "locale": "en",
    "currency": "AUD",
    "number": "AUD"
  },
  {
    "Case": "1",
    "label": "CA : Canada : English",
    "Country": "Canada",
    "region": "CA",
    "Language": "English",
    "locale": "en",
    "currency": "CAD",
    "number": "CAD"
  }
]

And the output would be:
[
  {
    "Case": "1",
    "label": "CA : Canada : English",
    "Country": "Canada",
    "region": "CA",
    "Language": "English",
    "locale": "en",
    "currency": "CAD",
    "number": "CAD"
  }
]

A: Just figured out my solution:
del(.[] | select(.Case == null))

A: This can be achieved by keeping the elements that have .Case defined.
map(select(.Case != null))

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If .Case == false won't be encountered, the above simplifies to
map(select(.Case))

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During a conference call to discuss second quarter results, SeaWorld CEO Jim Atchison, announced that the company has signed a letter of intent to enter into an agreement with Village Roadshow Media to bring new SeaWorld branded theme parks to destinations in Pan-Asia, India and Russia. The announcement comes as no surprise as the parks have announced that they were severing ties with corporate sponsors Southwest Airlines to pursue more international business.
In a statement about the letter of intent Jim Atchison said that with the letter, along with a previous agreement with partners in the Middle East, would help to expand the international presence of the SeaWorld brand.
In addition to the deal with Village Roadshow, it was announced that attendance was up 0.3% over the same period in 2013. However, at the same time profit was down from the same period last year. The chain will also be making a huge announcement about future investments within the current parks in the coming day for 2015 and beyond.


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Wei Haifeng
魏海峰/魏海峰
Total 197 records
1. New Fang Shiyu, Part 2 (1986)
2. New Fang Shiyu (1984)
3. The Story of Drunken Master (1979)
4. Ten Tigers of Shaolin (1978)
5. The Four Shaolin Challengers (1977)
6. Little Tiger from Kwantung (1973)
7. Shaky Steps (1967)
3. The Golden Ring (1966)
Director of Cinematography
1. Sword of Emei (1969)
2. The Devil Warrior (1969)
3. Lady Black Cat Strikes Again (1967)
4. Romance Across the Miles aka Silver Moon (1967)
5. Sister's Lover (1967)
6. The Black Killer (1967)
7. Who Is More Beautiful? (1966)
8. Green is the Grass (1966)
9. Lady Black Cat (1966)
10. Family Doctrine, Part One (1965)
11. The Immature Bunch (1965)
12. The Maid Who Sells Dumplings (1965)
13. The Blood-stained Butterly Mountain (1965)
14. Family Doctrine, Part Two (1965)
15. A Magic Pearl in a Haunted Valley aka The Magic Ball (1965)
16. The Ring of Spies aka Blood No. 1 (1965)
17. Agent Black Spider (1965)
18. My Many Sons and Grandsons (1965)
20. Country Boy Goes to Town (1965)
21. The Teacher who Knows Everything (1964)
22. The Factory Rose (1964)
23. Mysterious Murder (1964)
24. Autumn Love (1964)
25. Our Big Sister (1964)
26. The Sword from the Sea, Part Two (1964)
27. A Teasing Game (1964)
28. Sad Autumn (1964)
29. The Empire and the Beauty (1964)
30. I Did My Best (1964)
31. Twelve Beauties (1964)
32. Bloody Palm Print (1964)
33. The Sword from the Sea, Part One (1964)
34. Love Thy Neighbours (1964)
35. The Big Revenge, Part One (1963)
36. Happy Ending (1963)
37. The Claws of Horror (1963)
38. The Big Revenge, Part Two (1963)
39. Sword and Pen (1963)
40. Half a Sword, Part Two (1963)
41. The Swordsman and the Swordswoman (1963)
42. I Am the Murderer (1963)
43. The Dragon Lady (1963)
44. Head for Sale (1963)
45. Half a Sword, Part One (1963)
46. Revenge of the Twin Phoenixes aka A Pair of Phoenix (1962)
47. A Confusing Honeymoon (1962)
48. The Fight Between the Flying Fan and the Magic Lamp (1962)
49. Romance of the Wild Rose aka Songtress Madame Rose (1962)
50. the 5 Tigers Conquered the (1962)
51. Thief Captures Thief (1962)
52. Spring Comes to the Palace (1962)
53. Vampire Woman (1962)
54. Filial Piety is the Best Virtue (1962)
55. Showdown at the Hall of Yan (1962)
56. Emperor Han Lured by the Romantic Tune (1962)
57. The Bridge, Part One (1961)
58. A Remindful Poem (1961)
59. The Temple of the Golden Orchid, Part One (1961)
60. Pair of Jade Butterfly (1961)
61. The Affairs of Miss Ping, Part Two (1961)
62. Revenge for Parents (1961)
63. The Temple of the Golden Orchid, Part Two (1961)
64. Stove Fire (1961)
65. Love's Obligation (1961)
66. Crime of Passion (1961)
67. The Cruel King (1961)
68. Beauty aka The Courtship of the Queen (1961)
69. A Fool's Luck (1961)
70. Tears of Isolated Phoenix (1961)
71. Sword and 9 Rings, Part One (1961)
72. Tulips (1961)
73. The Elopment (1960)
74. Sisters of Different Mother (1960)
75. Last Minute (1960)
76. Romance of Flower Sale aka Flower Boy (1960)
77. Good Humanity (1960)
78. The Widow with Grievance (1960)
79. The Two Generations (1960)
80. Wife-teasing at the Honey-moon (1960)
81. Escape from Banishment (1960)
82. The Unroyal Prince (1960)
83. Awaiting the Return of a Prodigal at the Pavilion, Part One (1960)
84. Parents' Love, Part One (1960)
85. When the Swallows Return (1960)
86. Patriotic Heroine (1960)
87. River of Mandarin Duck (1960)
88. To Whom Should the True Murderer Be? (1960)
89. Search in a Wintry Night (1960)
90. Filial Piety (1960)
91. Parents' Love, Part Two (1960)
92. Beauty in Tears, Part One (1960)
93. Filial Piety that Moves Heaven, Part Two (1960)
94. River of Mandarin Duck, Part Two (1960)
95. Lady Racketeer (1960)
96. How Zhen E Slew the Tiger (1960)
97. Awaiting the Return of a Prodigal at the Pavilion, Part Two (1960)
98. Monarchical Restoration (1960)
99. Beauty in Tears, Part Two (1960)
100. The Affairs of Miss Ping, Part One (1960)
101. Lady on the Roof (1959)
102. Now that I've Got a Son, Everything's Okay (1959)
103. Princess Cheung Ping (1959)
104. Swallow the Poison with a Smile (1959)
105. The Story of Wong Bo-chuen (1959)
106. The Whims of the Heart (1959)
107. Follow the Husband (1959)
108. The Romantic Scatterbrain (1959)
109. Red and Bloody is the Cuckoo's Song (1959)
110. Love under the Festival Lanterns (1959)
111. A Wicked Woman Lights the Lamp of Heaven (1959)
112. The Broom Spirit (1959)
113. The Moonlight and Pipa of the Borderland (1959)
114. The Fairy of Ninth Heaven (1959)
115. Blood, Love, Tears (1959)
116. Lucky Ones Up to Mischief (1959)
117. Dowry or Not, She's Eligible (1959)
118. The Marriage of the Two Princesses (1958)
119. A Female Ghost Goes Begging to Raise Her Orphan Boy, Part On (1958)
120. Wealth Always Follows Woe (1958)
121. Mother's Broken Heart (1958)
122. Substituting a Racoon for the Crown Prince (1958)
123. Seven Filial Kin (1958)
124. The Peach Blossom Fairy (1958)
125. A Female Ghost Goes Begging to Raise Her Orphan Boy, Part Tw (1958)
126. The Muddled Father-in-Law Seizes the Groom (1958)
127. Prince Hong Crosses the River on a Clay Horse (1958)
128. Sin-ku's Six Crossings (1957)
129. The Story of Sit Ping-kwai and Wong Bo-chuen (1957)
130. The Seven Humiliations of So Chun (1957)
131. Second Bloom (1957)
132. Phoenix Hairpin (1957)
133. The Feud between Miss Easy-Does-It and the Fierce Shrew (1957)
134. She's So Neat (1957)
135. The Nymph of River Lo (1957)
136. Unruly Princes, Arrogant Husband (1957)
137. My Wife Married my Brother (1957)
138. The Beauty's Grave (1957)
139. The Princess Is Kidnapped (1956)
140. A Silly Girl Grabs the Bridegroom (1956)
141. Ko Kwan-bo, a Spy in the Fort Lau Kam-ting's Clash at the Ga (1956)
142. Phony Couples (1956)
143. Too Late for Divorce (1956)
144. The Famous Beauty (1955)
145. Rear Window (1955)
146. Strange Tale at Midnight (1955)
147. Love, Part One (1955)
148. The Lone Swan (1955)
149. Love, the Sequel (1955)
150. Her Fickle Heart (1954)
151. Swallows in Spring (1954)
152. Young Mother (1954)
153. The Cuckoo (1954)
154. Hopes and Aspirations (1954)
155. Grand View Garden (1954)
156. Sworn Sisters (1954)
157. Belle in Penang (1954)
158. The Tragic Death of Lam Doi-yuk (1954)
159. Mother (1954)
160. The Unfinished Love (1954)
161. Tender Lover (1953)
162. A Home of a Million Gold (1953)
163. Sunrise (1953)
164. First Come, First Served (1953)
165. Unexpected Luck (1953)
166. That's for My Love (1953)
167. Tears for an Absent Love (1953)
168. Men's Hearts (1953)
169. A Cadet in Love's Battle (1953)
170. A Couple in Love (1952)
171. The Mismatched Marriage (1952)
172. Between Her Own and the Concubine's Children (1952)
173. Bride � la Mode (1952)
174. Lovesick (1952)
175. Charming Night (1952)
176. The Three Sieges of Chuk Village, Part Two (1951)
177. The Five Heroes' Deadly Spears (1951)
178. The Three Sieges of Chuk Village, Part One (1951)
179. Sad Song of an Orphan Girl (1950)
180. The Golden Chain (1950)
181. Morning Sun (1950)
182. Broker Lai and the Smart Fei-tin Nam (1950)
183. Means Money (1950)
184. Born Again (1950)
185. The Misarranged Love Trap (1950)
186. Laughter and Tears (1950)
187. Lion-hearted Warriors (1948)
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Labels: Derek Mackie, Environment, He Puapua
The government, through the Department of Conservation (DOC), has set up an Options Development Group (ODG) to make recommendations on the co-governance and complete reform of the conservation system in New Zealand.
Their draft report leaves the reader in no uncertain terms as to who will hold the power over conservation land and water. The He Puapua report appears to be the guiding document under which the ODG recommendations have been made and it will come as no surprise that the ODG was facilitated by an author of He Puapua.
I'll quote from some of the key recommendations and sub-recommendations but I'm warning the reader that before you delve in, a translation book between Te Reo and English is strongly recommended, as well as a stiff drink and a blood pressure checkup.
"Undertake a fundamental reform of the conservation system as a whole" specifically "Review and replace the Conservation Act 1987 and all associated schedule 1 Acts …..to honour Te Tiriti/the Treaty and provide for the meaningful exercise of rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga by Tangata Whenua, to ensure that Papatūānuku thrives"
"Reframe the purpose of conservation to ensure it is fit-for-purpose for Aotearoa" specifically "Embed a new understanding of conservation that is specific to Aotearoa New Zealand that reflects both Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti perspectives and supports thriving indigenous biodiversity"
"Centre tikanga and mātauranga within the conservation system" specifically "Ensure that the terms and key principles under conservation legislation, policies and strategies reflect Te Ao Māori" and "Ensure the relationship between Tangata Whenua and conservation lands, waters, wāhi tapu, resources, species and other taonga (including tikanga and mātauranga relating to that relationship) is determined by Tangata Whenua"
"Recast the legal status of conservation land and waters, resources, and indigenous species" specifically "Reform the ownership model of public conservation lands and waters to reflect the enduring relationships Tangata Whenua have with these places and the resources/taonga that reside within them" and "Revoke Crown ownership of indigenous species" and "Resolve Tangata Whenua rights and interests in the freshwater and marine domains" and "Ensure Tangata Whenua access to and use of all species and resources managed within the conservation system…."
"Reform conservation governance and management to reflect Tiriti/Treaty partnership at all levels" specifically "Review and reform all conservation governance entities….. to reflect Tiriti/Treaty partnership" and "Adopt appropriate models for mana to mana relationships, planning, and decision-making…." and "Honour and implement existing Tiriti/Treaty settlement commitments and arrangements, noting these do not limit the full expression of te Tiriti/the Treaty partnership"
"Enable devolution of powers including decision making functions to meaningfully recognise the role of tino rangatiratanga" specifically "Provide for the delegation, transfer, and devolution of functions and powers within the conservation system to Tangata Whenua"
If you're still with me after wading through the above and have not had to activate your St John's Emergency Alarm, well done! The ODG's recommendations do seem to give Maori complete control, governance and ownership of the DOC Estate. Even the most conciliatory person would have great difficulty in reaching any other conclusion.
Once again, this comes down to what is fair and democratic. We have to ask ourselves if, arriving a few hundred years before everyone else and practising a particular belief system gives one race, or more accurately part-race, special rights of ownership over our environment. Apart from the tiny group of politicians, activists and academics who would answer yes, I believe that most other New Zealanders would find this report shocking and insulting. It suggests that 85% of the population are not deserving of owning land or capable of caring for land, which resides under the Crown for the benefit of ALL citizens.
The government is clearly going to make the most of their outright majority over the next couple of years by enacting He Puapua while denying that they intend to do so. We need to call them out on this or soon you'll have to apply to your local marae for permission, and probably pay a fee, to go for a walk in the bush!
Derek Mackie is a geologist with a keen interest in current affairs.
I can't criticize any of this because I am white, therefore I am racist.
Doug Longmire said...
The new order is well under way. total racist apartheid to be installed by 2040.
Previously, I have used the term "part-Maori" or "radical 'parts'" to describe the enemy class.
And "racism" or "ethnocentricism" to refer to their agenda.
We need to popularise and get it out there that these people are "brown supremacists"; and their agenda "brown supremacism" and "brown privilege."
It also needs to be made clear that these people don't give a fig about the non-white immigrants they are trying to co-opt into supporting their agenda.
They are just using them to advance their own cause.
Seriously, these people ARE brown supremacists. They have elevated one set of ancestors while trampling down another to identify monoculturally as "Maori," which is an explicit assertion of brown supremacism.
If they were NOT brown supremacists, they would call themselves "New Zealanders" and honour all their ancestors equally.
Where the brown supremacists claim that New Zealand has an entrenched culture of "institution racism," they are not seeking to dismantle this 'racism,' just to place it under new management.
Theirs.
They want utu for being brown without the option in a white man's world.
As Commie race-monger, Frantz Fanon, reminds us: "The native is an oppressed person, whose constant dream is to become the persecutor."
We are back under the house, aged four, boobing our hearts out when we discovered the brown wouldn't scrub off our skin.
Are we getting primed for a name change for New Zealand?
David L said...
He Puapua calls for equality of outcome for Maori, which is based on the premise that they have been disadvantaged by colonisation.
If you take the recommendations to their logical conclusion we are looking at a large wealth redistribution from non-maori to maori in order to "remedy" this situation.
So the foundation is being laid (of which the subject of this article contributes), an exercise to control land and resources, including water, whereby taxes, levies, and royalties can be applied to facilitate that wealth transfer. That is before considering how our current tax base may be redistributed in future when there are two parliaments and their respective fiscal policies to fund.
Without getting too far ahead of myself, this is all premised on the assumption that the current minority that make up the largest part of the tax base continue to reside in New Zealand. What happens when people realise and wish to take themselves and their taxable resources abroad? Will those in power seek to prevent that? Closing borders is no longer a novel approach...
Richard asks "Are we getting primed for a name change for New Zealand?
Sad to say that SCOUTS NZ has developed a new programme for the youth, the new handbooks have printed on the cover "SCOUTS Aotearoa". Scouts NZ is employing someone to oversee the conversion of Mahi Tahi into a backlog of old national programmes. Of a greater concern is Scouts NZ policy change by including the UN Sustainable Development Goals as part of their new core youth programme, when Australia, Canada & Ireland did not.


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Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi Shares Powerful Tips For Self-Mastery
Words by Coco Marett
Cover Photo: Marko Priske for Shaolin Temple Europe
They say that learning to master the self is where true power lies. I spoke with Shaolin master Shi Heng Yi, who says the path to being a better you can be as simple as watching the clouds go by
"How does one begin an email to a monk?" I wondered when I first reached out to master Shi Heng Yi, who belongs to the 35th generation of warrior monks known as Shaolin masters, after watching his TEDx Talk about self-mastery. A joke came to mind once told by a Hindu priest named Dandapani, about someone who asked him whether it was appropriate for monks to use email. He replied, "Yes, as long as there are no attachments."
Non-attachment is one of the first, and most important, lessons taught to monks. Traditionally, when entering a monastery, everything must be forfeited: contact with friends and family, money and all worldly possessions. That principle has new resonance for many people in today's vastly altered world, and some see a valuable lesson here for starting the year with a fresh perspective, unencumbered by material things. But I'm not suggesting you go Awol and donate all of your nice things to charity. You can still be mindful while dressed in your Manolos, as long as you recognise that you own them, and not the other way around.
"All material things can be lost and even the healthiest of bodies will deteriorate," Shi tells me from the office of the Shaolin Temple Europe, in Otterberg, Germany, where he is currently headmaster. He is dressed in a grey robe, his hands clasped together. "If you invest everything in something that, by nature, is unstable, while there is nothing wrong with doing so, you must acknowledge that one day, you will have to let it go."
See also: Health Coach Mayuri Punjabi On Her Journey To Wellness
Above Photo: Marko Priske for Shaolin Temple Europe
According to the non-profit Global Wellness Institute, mental wellness is now a $121 billion-dollar industry. But self-mastery—a commitment to a lifestyle of never-ending self-improvement—is something money cannot buy, and there is something beautifully brutal about the Shaolin way of life, a frightening yet liberating understanding that without external stimulants and things to blame, all that's left is how well we know and are in control of ourselves.
An unsettled mind is either worrying about the future or travelling into the past, getting lost in thought
— Shi Heng Yi
"There is only one area of control that is in your hands, and that is what you are carrying inside of you. This is something about you that nobody in this world can access," says Shi. "Self-mastery is about exploring, observing and learning about exactly this. And once you have that understanding, you can make better decisions and respond to life, and to others, with more clarity and understanding. You can find stillness in an unstable world." I asked him to give some advice that everyone, even non-monks, can think about to take a first step on that journey.
See also: 4 Ways To Stay Grateful And Positive In 2021
Out of the Clouds
Step 1: Clear Your Mind
"An unsettled mind is either worrying about the future or travelling into the past, getting lost in thought. You start to wonder; can I do this? Is this the right path? What will the others say? What if?" says Shi, adding that as a result, "the mind cannot synchronise with your own actions any more, and you become disconnected from the goals and aspirations you set for yourself."
An important part of self-mastery is learning to observe our wandering thoughts, rather than engage with them. This allows us to move seamlessly through the clutter rather than allowing it to bog us down. Shi likens thoughts to clouds: "Sometimes the sky is clear and sometimes there are clouds. Your thoughts are like clouds; they come and go. But we can get so consumed by our fleeting thoughts and worries that we forget behind them is a clear, blue sky," he explains. "You are not your thoughts. You are the sky."
Don't Cheat Yourself
Step 2: Stop looking at hard work as "work"
Incredible physical feats aside, the Shaolin warrior monks view their training as a form of moving meditation; it is discipline, self-control and self-mastery in motion. Relocating to a Shaolin temple might not be an option for everyone, but there are ways to apply aspects of the monastery mindset to modern life.
"You might feel inspired to change your life after reading or watching something, but inspiration is merely a kind of energy—if you don't take action, it does not stick. It's best to start with small steps, like taking control of your sleep and nutrition," says Shi. "If you find you are cheating yourself, or you're struggling to stay on the right path, find someone to hold you responsible, like a personal trainer."
At the end of the day, Shi says, "It is about finding something stable for yourself, so that no matter what the circumstances are, you know you can't get lost or swept away by anything external. Honesty and respect to yourself is essential. Taking care of yourself is a must."
See also: Practicing Self-Care Through The Five Love Languages
Your Are What Your Mind Eats
Step 3: Put yourself on a healthier diet when it comes to what you read
"Try to become more aware of what your mind is consuming from the moment you wake up until the moment you fall asleep," says Shi. "The books we read and the conversations we have feed our consciousness and can shift our perception of the world, and of ourselves."
The same way a steady diet of junk food can leave us feeling sluggish, uninspired and unhappy with ourselves, excessively scrolling through social media, or "rage viewing" the news can have the same effect on our mental wellbeing.
Says Shi: "If you find yourself constantly feeling anxious, angry or you're always comparing yourself [to others], then it's time to adjust your mind's diet."
See also: 5 Essential Nutrients To Boost Your Immune System, According To A Dietitian
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Golan Heights Oil all about the Shekels
Fed Folds Under Pressure, Telegraphs Looser Money Ahead
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The [DS] [CB] [MSM] Didn't See This Coming, Patriots In Control
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Violent incidents at schools in Austria's capital increase by 1200%
Civil Unrest
from Voice Of Europe:
Research shows that the number of violent incidents increased from 24 cases in 2014 to 312 cases in 2017, an increase of 1200%, newspaper Krone reports.
The ÖVP party's security spokesman Karl Mahrer, urgently calls for comprehensive preventive measures in view of this development.
"Violence in schools must not be tolerated. We need obligatory anti-violence training by the police, in the same way as traffic education," says Mahrer
Same group that pushes mandatory vaccines at gunpoint now says citizens should never own guns to defend themselves
by Ethan Huff, Natural News:
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a rabidly pro-vaccine front group working on behalf of Big Pharma, recently mailed out a deceptive survey to its members asking them to explain how they are engaging in "Firearm Injury Prevention" – as if it's part of the normal job description of doctors and pediatricians to somehow encourage their patients to avoid owning guns under any circumstances.
The Question of Gold Price Manipulation? – Craig Hemke (21/05/2019)
Death of the Dollar
by Craig Hemke, Sprott Money:
That this is even a question reveals the intellectual laziness of those who ask. However, since this is coming up with regularity again, here's another post on the subject.
First, a summary of recent admissions and convictions against The Banks:
• LIBOR manipulation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libor_scandal (Note the section where it's noted that LIBOR fixing operates as a "cartel".)
• Forex manipulation: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/16/eu-regulators-fine… (Again, note the use of the term "cartel".)
THE LEFT IS GOING ALL IN ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, AND AGENDA 21 2030.
Gerald Celente – Gold to Glow. How High Will It Go?
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White House Will Release "Very Full Report" On Khashoggi Findings On Tuesday
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from ZeroHedge:
In a wide-ranging Fox News interview released on Sunday, President Trump said he hadn't listened to the Khashoggi tape, one day after he praised the US's relationship with Saudi Arabia in response to reports that the CIA had identified Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as the mastermind of the plot to kill Jamal Khashoggi. And as speculation about the administration's ability to hold the Saudis accountable intensified, Trump said the administration will release a "very full report" on the killing on Tuesday, according to BBG.
Trump again denied that the CIA had made a final conclusion as to who is responsible for Khashoggi's killing, instead insisting that the US "hadn't assessed anything yet." In response to the Friday report in the Washington Post, Trump said that information was premature. "It's too early. That was a very premature report."
US Mainstream Media Worships Superficial 'Diversity,' but Diversity of Thought is Forbidden
by Helen Buyniski, Ron Paul Institute:
The mainstream media's obsession with racial, ethnic, and gender diversity masks its virulent opposition to ideological diversity, which is clearer than ever in the establishment's reporting on Venezuela.
For all that the left and right wings of the establishment media present themselves as bitter enemies of one another, there is very little diversity of thought in their coverage of American foreign policy. This ideological lockstep they cover up with vaudevillian antics – denouncing President Donald Trump as a racist, misogynist, and other social-justice "don'ts" on one end, while the other side declares Christianity to be under siege by the forces of LGBT, sharia law, and endless tides of migrants. This surface "diversity" – whether they're for it or against it – is supposed to stand in for the real thing.
CLINTON FOUNDATION POSSIBLY FACING CASE LINKED TO RUDY GIULIANI FOX NEWS SEGMENTS
from H. A. Goodman:
Tom Fitton's Weekly Update: #SpyGate Update…Obama WH Implicated in #ClintonEmailScandal & More!
from Judicial Watch:
Saudis transfer $100M to US Gov, as suspect in Khashoggi murder dies in "car accident"
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Killed for Their Beliefs – Forced Live Organ Harvesting Of Falun Gong in China
from Jason Goodman:
You're Surrounded Mr. Mueller, Give Yourself Up – The Truth is Becoming Too Big To Hide
by Elizabeth Vaughn, Freedom OutPost:
From the moment candidate Donald Trump won the Republican nomination, the deck was stacked against him. He was a chicken, surrounded by wolves, and they were just waiting for the right moment to consume him. But they all underestimated him. Crazy as people believe Trump to be, he has prevailed in the face of overwhelming opposition.
Anyone who's ever worked on a jigsaw puzzle knows that the process is tedious in the beginning. First, we place all the similar colored pieces in small groups, try various configurations and then we see how two groups might fit together and so on. At a certain point, the progress becomes faster until finally, a picture starts to emerge.
Farewell Bread & Circuses! NFL Fans Latest Victims of America's Politicization of Everything
by Robert Bridge, Strategic Culture:
The National Football League, suffering from dwindling attendance and negative publicity, seems to be mirroring national trends as it is falling victim to political and economic issues instead of concentrating on what it does best: performing for fans on the field of dreams.
Growing up in the post-industrial city of Pittsburgh in the 1970s, at a time when the steel industry was collapsing and the oil crisis was in full swing, was not always a bed of roses.
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Holy Temple Mount Desecrated With Murder - Breaking Israel News | Latest News. Biblical Perspective.
At around 7 AM on Friday, three Palestinian terrorists finished their prayers in the mosque on the Temple Mount, exited the compound and opened fire on passersby, killing two Druze Israeli policemen and injuring a medic moderately. The terrorists ran back into the Temple Mount after the attack. Israeli police stationed at the Lion's Gated chased them onto the Temple Mount. The terrorists entered one of the mosques, a firefight ensued, and all three terrorists were killed.
In this video, several Israeli policemen are shown standing next to a prone terrorist who is assumed to be neutralized. The terrorist suddenly jumps up and tries to attack the police, who shoot him.
A video filmed by an Arab shows Israeli Police engaging the terrorists in a firefight on the Temple Mount. Shots are heard while calls of 'Allahu Akhbar' (Allah is greater) are heard on the Mosque's loudspeakers, Finally, the police are shown surrounding the bodies of the terrorists on the Temple Mount.
A pistol, two Carl Gustav sub-machine guns, and several knives were found on the bodies of the terrorists. It is not known whether the terrorists brought the guns with them or if the weapons were taken from a weapons cache at the mosque. Muslim visitors to the Temple Mount go through a less rigorous security check than Jewish visitors who enter through the Mughrabi Bridge.
All three terrorists had documents identifying them as Israeli citizens, residents of Umm al-Fahmm. Police are checking to see if these documents are authentic.
The Druze police officers were identified as Command Sergeant Major Hayil Satawi and Command Sergeant Major Kamil Shanaan. Satawi left behind a wife and a three-week old son. Shanaan left behind one brother and three sisters.
The Druze have a strong tradition that they are descended from Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. As such, they have an inheritance in Israel near Jericho. The Druze serve with great distinction in the IDF and, tragically, many Druze have died protecting Israel.
Jerusalem Chief of Police Yoram Halevi has ordered the Temple Mount closed, evacuated, and Friday prayers canceled. This is the first time since 2000 that Muslim Friday prayers on the Temple Mount have been canceled. All gates to the Old City of Jerusalem had been closed.
Osama al-Qawasme, a spokesperson for Palestinian Authority Fatah, decried the Israeli response.
"What is going on at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings is very dangerous and an attempt to exploit what happened to carry out an Israeli plan prepared in advance, similar to what happened in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron," he said.


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EVENT SCHEDULE HERE
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The California Craft Beer Summit will be held at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento on March 19-22, 2023. The immersive multi-day event will include an interactive expo featuring craft beer supply chain partners and service providers, educational seminars led by industry leaders, an expanded legislative advocacy day at the State Capitol, a curated beer and food tasting where local chefs and brewers collaborate on pairings.
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Join CCBA for education, a hands-on expo, food and beer pairings and community building for brewers, restaurants and hospitality, distributors and homebrewers. Attendees at the Summit can learn from experts on a variety of topics including research and development, market testing and trends, regulatory issues, brewing, tasting and distributing. The hands-on expo and educational sessions will connect you with the leaders in brewing and provide an opportunity to talk to vendors and providers conducting business in the craft beer industry.
Additional Summit Week Events:
March 19, 2023: CA Craft Beer Summit: Beer & Food Tasting
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The CCBA represents brewers throughout the state of California and works to connect and empower its members though advocacy, education and communication. The Summit provides members access to all of these initiatives at one event. All proceeds from the Summit will support the CCBA's efforts to continue to advance and advocate for the business of craft beer in the state of California.
Additional details on special events, schedules, speakers and tickets will be released in late 2022.
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We don't get the newspaper any more. It isn't that I'm filling the gap by getting local news online. Quite the contrary. We watch two different local TV stations over the lunch hour to find out what is going on in our area while watching national news channels during the day for a broader range of news and current events. Honestly, I miss the having a newspaper to thumb through daily. The reason we don't receive it is simply financial or more specifically, financial-adjacent. We would take advantage of promotions to receive the newspaper for a designated period of time but the small print would say something like "holiday editions of the paper are calculated at twice the cost of a regular paper." I hate fine print like that. I get that the holiday papers command a premium, but I simply think it's poor customer service to treat your paying customers with such disrespect. And apparently, I hold grudges because this happened several years ago and it still annoys me.
Alas, I had to say goodbye to the news, Sunday comics and coupons, among other things. The strangest thing is that I actually miss the puzzles. I've always been a fan of word search and cryptoquotes and in the latter part of my life, I've actually looked forward to Sudoku and the crossword puzzles. Of course, who doesn't love the puzzle where you have to find the differences between the two pictures. Since I love board games so much, it only makes sense that I would enjoy a game that plays on this same concept and that's what we found!
In Sherlook from CMON, you're working at a crime scene. When you stepped away, some rookie messed up the scene. It's your goal to discover what is different between the two images. The game consists of only a handful of components including images of the crime scene, evidence markers and scoring/placement tokens. To set it up, all you need to do is shuffle the pictures and place them color-side up near the center of the table to form a deck. Place the evidence markers in a circle surrounding the area that will become the crime scene. Divide the scoring/placement tokens into three separate stacks based on their color then flip the green ones face-down. You're ready to go!
At the beginning of a turn, flip over the top scoring token from the green stack. You'll notice that it shows two picture cards and how they're aligned. They'll either be in a specific position and orientation or randomly thrown on the table. Since everyone has been able to see the top picture card on the deck, move it to the bottom of the deck. Take the next two pictures and place them in the middle of the evidence markers. I said you were ready to go before, but really… THIS is when you're ready to go. So GO!
This is when you need to call on your observation skills. Check out the two images and try to mentally determine how many differences there are between the two. You'll have to balance speed and accuracy here so keep that in mind as you're spending time surveying the scene.
Whenever you're ready, take the evidence marker that represents the number of differences you counted. Make sure you're positive because once you grab a marker you can't change your mind. The round continues until everyone but one person has selected an evidence marker. The last player gets three seconds to grab a marker then everyone proceeds to the Final Check. If the last player doesn't grab a marker in time, they are eliminated from the round.
Now it's time to see the answers which happen to be on the back side of the color pictures. (Hope you didn't peek!) Compare the two and count how many differences there are. The person with the evidence marker that shows the exact number of differences collects the green token which is worth 3 points. If no player guesses exactly, the green token is discarded. The player who has the evidence marker showing the closest number LOWER than the exact number takes a yellow token worth 2 points. If nobody has a number lower than the exact number then the person who took the green token also gets the yellow one! The player with the evidence marker closest HIGHER than the exact receives a red token valued at 1 point. If nobody has one higher than the exact number then the green token winner gets a red one.
After the points are rewarded, the evidence markers are returned to their respective spots, a new green token is flipped to determine card placement and two new cards are drawn. Game continues for 10 rounds and the player with the highest points is the winner. Sherlook plays up to seven and as you can see from the scoring process, the more you have playing, the better. It's a game that's great for detail-oriented people and lasts under a half hour. If you're like me and miss playing the "find the difference" puzzles in the newspaper, then pick up a copy of Sherlook on Amazon or from your local game store. As always, visit the CMON website or follow them on Twitter and Facebook to "find the difference" in their current listing of games.
Have you ever witnessed a crime scene up-close?
I love games that have some mystery and thinking, makes me feel like a detective and I secretly wish that was my job.
I like puzzles, especially the find the difference variety. I think my family would like this game. Thanks for the info!
My family loves playing games!
This game really does look like a crime scene. Ha!
It looks to be a lot of fun with a bit of detective work.
This sounds like a great thinking game, I'm a big Sherlock Holmes fan so I'd like acting the detective …evaluating the smallest of clues. He always noticed what was different, a skill I'm not sure I have, but I'd have fun trying.
This Sherlock Puzzle game is fantastic! I love games like this and I am going to have to get this for the trio and me to enjoy family game night together again in our new place.
This puzzle looks pretty interesting. I would love to play this with my family this weekend!


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Cenovus posts $914M net loss amid challenging pricing conditions
By CP STAFF April 25, 2018
General Energy Manufacturing Oil & Gas Alberta Cenovus energy gas manufacturing oil Oil Sands
74 cent per share loss compared with a year earlier profit of $211 million or 25 cents per share.
CALGARY — Cenovus Energy posted a $914 million net loss from continuing operations in the first quarter, a bigger shortfall than analysts had expected, amid challenging pricing conditions for heavy grades of crude oil as well as natural gas.
The Calgary-based company said the net loss amounted to 74 cents per share, which compared with a year earlier profit of $211 million or 25 cents per share.
The loss included a $100-million non-cash asset impairment charge for its Clearwater assets due to declining natural gas prices, as well as $469 million in risk-management losses.
The risk management loss was attributed to the company's decision last year, when prices were lower, to hedge 80% of its oil production for the first half of 2018.
Operating loss from continuing operations was $752 million, or 61 cents per share, compared with a $39 million loss last year.
Revenue was $4.61 billion, up from $3.54 billion a year ago and above analyst estimates, as oil sands volumes nearly doubled as a result of an acquisition in May 2017.
Analysts had estimated a net loss of 12 cents per share with $4.2 billion of revenue, according to Thomson Reuters data.
"The challenges we experienced in the first quarter had a significant impact on our financial results, but the underlying performance of our assets remains very strong," Cenovus chief executive Alex Pourbaix said in a statement.
"I want to stress that these financial challenges are temporary and don't reflect Cenovus's significant potential for funds flow and earnings growth."
Cenovus announced last month that it had reduced production rates in response to an above-normal differential between the price between light and heavy grades of oil, as well as pipeline and storage constraints.
It said production was ramped up again to normal levels after prices for Western Canadian Select prices improved later in the quarter.
The first-quarter results were also affected by planned maintenance at two U.S. refineries operated by Phillips 66 and co-owned by Cenovus.
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