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Entrance to Whisky Live London on Friday 31st March from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. plus an Exclusive VIP Masterclass from 9 p.m. - 9.45 p.m. worth £25. Speaker: Katherine Groves . Includes VIP dining, VIP Lounge, Whisky Live tasting glass and show guide. Additional masterclasses available at a cost of £20 through this booking page. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLAIM A FREE BOTTLE OF WHISKY FROM THE HIGHLAND PARK STAND, SIMPLY PRINT YOUR TICKET, MAKE SURE YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS ARE INCLUDED ON THE TICKET AND PRESENT IT TO THE STAFF ON THE STAND. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
Masterclass with Callum Fraser of Glen Scotia (part of the Loch Lomond group). Glen Scotia – malts from the Whisky Capital of the World!" Please note you need to have a valid entry ticket to the show to be allowed to participate in a masterclass.
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Iain Allan, Brand Ambassador for Glen Moray Distillery, will take you through a tasting of a selection of soon to be released single casks from the distillery. A varied range of whisky styles from casks types we have never released before through to old favourites to some that are a twist on previous releases, ensuring there will be something for everyone. Please note you need to have a valid entry ticket to the show to be allowed to participate in a masterclass.
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Masterclass with Highland Park . Please note you need to have a valid entry ticket to the show to be allowed to participate in a masterclass.
Come Join In 'The Revival of Whiskey Making' in Dublin City hosted by Stephen Teeling from Teeling Whiskey. We will taste 4 of the world's most exclusive Irish whiskey single malts series with the Revival Series Vol 1 -3 including the not released Vol 4. There will also be a unique tasting of the pot still spirit that has been produced at the Teeling Whiskey Distillery which is the first new distillery in over 125 years in Dublin city. Please note you need to have a valid entry ticket to the show to be allowed to participate in a masterclass.
Speaker: Kevin Abrook .William Grant & Sons global whisky specialist, Kevin Abrook, will take you through a deconstruction of Ailsa bay, tasting different cask samples giving you an insight on how we create the perfect balance of smoke and sweet. Please note you need to have a valid entry ticket to the show to be allowed to participate in a masterclass.
Thank you for purchasing tickets to Whisky Live London 2017. Do not forget to keep your tickets handy, either in the Eventbrite app or print them out and bring them with you. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLAIM A FREE BOTTLE OF WHISKY FROM THE HIGHLAND PARK STAND, SIMPLY PRINT YOUR TICKET, MAKE SURE YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS ARE INCLUDED ON THE TICKET AND PRESENT IT TO THE STAFF ON THE STAND. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
The world's premier whisky tasting show returns to the stunning surroundings of The Honourable Artillery Company on Friday 31st & Saturday1st April 2017. This historic 18th Century mansion, set in a six acre garden yet just a stone's throw from Moorgate and Liverpool Street stations, provides a truly memorable backdrop to a great whisky experience. With a brand new whisky themed menu for 2017, Masterclasses, food pairings, the VIP Lounge and exclusive private VIP pouring's, Whisky Live London 2017 welcomes visitors from across the globe.
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» Global Warming Impacts
World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate (2016)
The impacts of global warming are likely to rapidly and permanently change some of the most important places in the world.
Climate change is fast becoming one of the most significant risks for World Heritage sites across the globe.
Designated for their global significance and universal value to humankind, many World Heritage sites are major tourist destinations. Some are among the most iconic places on Earth.
Now rising seas, higher temperatures, intensifying weather events, and other climate impacts threaten many of these locations and the local economies that depend on them.
Climate change is already affecting Yellowstone National Park. Winters have become shorter, with reduced snowfall and less snow on the ground. Earlier snowmelt is impacting river flow and summer water temperatures are rising. Tree-killing pine beetles are flourishing in response to the shorter, warmer winters, and a longer wildfire season is also affecting forests. Over time, Yellowstone's familiar landscape and ecology is likely to be dramatically transformed by climate change.
Statue of Liberty, USA
In October 2012, floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy inundated nearly 75 percent of Liberty Island, devastating jetties, walkways, electrical systems, and other infrastructure. The storm caused more than $77 million in damage to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. Climate change is dramatically increasing the likelihood of future storms like Sandy.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Fewer than 900 mountain gorillas survive in the wild and nearly half of these can be found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Already at risk from habitat loss and human encroachment, gorillas will face new threats from climate change, including changes to their forest habitat and the increased danger of diseases being transmitted from nearby human populations and tourists.
Cape Floral Region, South Africa
The Cape Floral region has some of the most biologically diverse plant communities on Earth. Its unique ecosystem is home to spectacular flowers including irises, proteas, and freesias. The region is already warming but is expected to become significantly hotter and drier, experiencing larger wildfires which will permanently alter the ecosystem.
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab), Lebanon
The Ouadi Qadisha World Heritage site in northern Lebanon protects monasteries and hermitages dating back to the earliest days of Christianity, as well as a globally important grove of sacred cedars, several of which are more than 1,000 years old. Warmer temperatures will reduce the availability of suitable habitat for Lebanon cedars and increase their susceptibility to insect attack and diseases.
Hoi An Ancient Town, Vietnam
This exceptionally well-preserved example of a Far Eastern trading port, which was active from the 15th Century to the 19th Century, has more than 1,000 wood framed buildings, most of them more than 300 years old. Much of the historic neighborhood could be permanently inundated by mid-century as a result of sea level rise.
Lagoons of New Caledonia, France
New Caledonia's coral reef is one of the three most extensive in the world and has the greatest diversity of reef structures found anywhere. The 2015-16 El Niño event caused levels of coral bleaching that alarmed the scientists who work there. Higher water temperatures and more frequent or intense El Niño's threaten coral reefs worldwide.
Port, Fortresses, and Group of Monuments, Cartagena, Colombia
The historic city of Cartagena is one of Colombia's top tourist destinations, packed with squares, museums, churches, and ornate colonial buildings, including the Palace of the Inquisition and the cathedral. The city received World Heritage status for its array of 16–18th century military fortifications, built to protect Spanish colonial and trade interests in the region. In the region, low-lying Cartagena is one of the city's most vulnerable to coastal flooding. Since 1993, the rate of sea-level rise at Cartagena has been more than twice the Caribbean average, and some of the city's poorest neighborhoods are at greatest risk.
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
A thousand miles from the mainland, and famous for the role they played in Charles Darwin's formulation of his theory of natural selection, the Galapagos Islands are home to an extraordinary array of wildlife. Already under pressure from the rapid expansion of tourism in recent years, the islands are facing major new stress from climate change. Of particular concern is the potential for more intense or more frequent El Nino events, which can be devastating for species including Galapagos penguins, marine iguanas, and sea lions.
Huascarán National Park, Peru
Situated in the Cordillera Blanca, the world's highest tropical mountain range, Huascarán attracts tourists and hikers because of its spectacular landscapes and beautiful azure lakes. However, it is also a vital source of water for Andean communities and the rapid loss of glaciers in the mountain range is a major concern for the health and livelihoods of people in the region.
Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, in the Pacific Ocean is the most remote inhabited island on Earth. Most of the iconic carved moai statues and the ceremonial ahu platforms they stand on are located directly on the coast and significant coastal erosion impacts are already being recorded at several important archaeological sites.
Heart of Neolithic Orkney, UK
5,000-year-old Skara Brae in Scotland's Orkney Islands is the best preserved Neolithic settlement in northern Europe. Many of Orkney's archaeological sites are on the coast because of the importance of the islands as a center of North Atlantic trade and commerce for at least 3,000 years. At least half of these sites are under threat from coastal erosion. A sea wall was first constructed to protect Skara Brae from erosion in 1925, but despite regular repairs to the wall the coast continues to erode around this internationally important archaeological site.
Venice and its Lagoon, Italy
Venice and its extraordinary assemblage of architecture is under immediate threat from climate change today. In the face of rising sea levels, worsened by local land subsidence, and increasing pressure from mass tourism, Venice is struggling to maintain both the structures of its buildings and the character of the city.
Wadden Sea, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
Stretching along the coasts of three countries, the Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sandflats and mudflats in the world. It is one of the world's most important bird migration stopovers and it also attracts more than 10 million tourists every year. Sea level rise and worsening storm surges will lead to erosion of beaches, mudflats, and salt marshes; damage to dunes; and loss of wildlife habitat.
World Heritage sites at risk
This new report lists 31 natural and cultural World Heritage sites in 29 countries that are already being impacted by climate change and are vulnerable to increasing temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas, intensifying weather events, worsening droughts, and longer wildfire seasons.
Authored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the report highlights the urgent need to:
Identify the World Heritage sites that are most vulnerable to climate change and implement policies and provide resources to increase resilience at those sites
Ensure that the threat of climate impacts is taken into account in the nomination and listing process for new World Heritage sites
Engage the tourism sector in efforts to manage and protect vulnerable sites in the face of climate change and educate visitors about climate threats
Increase global efforts to meet the Paris Agreement climate change pledges in order to preserve World Heritage sites for future generations
Complete list of locations
Explore in-depth case studies and snapshots of World Heritage sites at risk. Links go to the relevant sections of the full report (requires PDF download).
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara, United Republic of Tanzania
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, South Africa
Lake Malawi National Park, Malawi
Wadi Rum Protected Area, Jordan
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata, Mauritania
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, Palau
Shiretoko, Japan
Komodo National Park, Indonesia
Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Philippines
Golden Mountains of Altai, Russian Federation
East Rennell, Solomon Islands
Yellowstone National Park, United States of America
Statue of Liberty, United States of America
Old Town Lunenburg, Canada
Mesa Verde National Park, United States of America
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena, Colombia
Coro and its Port, Venezuela
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, Brazil
Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island), Chile
Ilulissat Icefjord (Greenland), Denmark
Heart of Neolithic Orkney, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Wadden Sea, Netherlands, Germany and Denmark
Great Barrier Reef: The Australian government requested that UNESCO remove a case study on the Great Barrier Reef from the final report. UCS believes that we need to have these important conversations publicly, which is why we published an updated version of the case study on our blog at the same time the report was released. For more, please see lead author Adam Markham's statement on the Australian government's intervention.
National Landmarks at Risk (2014)
Global Warming Impacts
Global Warming Solutions: Prepare for Impacts
SEA LEVEL RISE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Sea level is rising—at an accelerating rate—especially along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
WESTERN WILDFIRES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Rising temperatures are increasing wildfire risk throughout the Western U.S.
We have reached a tipping point on climate action—Scientists say we have roughly one decade left to avoid the most severe consequences of climate change. Urge your legislators to act on climate.
We need swift, equitable, significant, and effective climate action. >

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College Football News: Texas looks to snap 2-game Big 12 skid - at VegasInsider.com.
No. 15 Texas (6-3, 4-2, No. 19 CFP) at Texas Tech (5-4, 3-3). While both teams have lost two games in a row, the Longhorns could still make it to the Big 12 championship game. Texas Tech is trying to get bowl eligible in its final game on campus this season. Texas is coming off a 42-41 loss to No. 7 West Virginia, a week after the Longhorns lost 38-35 at Oklahoma State. Dual-threat quarterback Jett Duffey will likely get his second career start for Tech after freshman Alan Bowman was hospitalized for the second time this season because of a partially collapsed lung. Bowman took a shot in Texas Tech's 51-46 home loss to No. 6 Oklahoma in another primetime game in Lubbock last week. The Red Raiders won their regular season finale at Texas last year, a win that likely saved coach Kliff Kingsbury's job.
Bedlam in Norman. While Oklahoma State (5-4, 2-4) has been erratic this season, and has been dominated in the rivalry series, the Cowboys have made it to overtime in two of their last three road games against Oklahoma - they won there in 2014, after an OT loss in 2012. The Big 12 co-leading Sooners (8-1, 5-1) have scored at least 51 points in each of their three games since a 48-45 loss to Texas, which Oklahoma State beat two weeks ago before losing at Baylor last week.
Iowa State takes a four-game winning streak into its game against Baylor, and will try to win five consecutive conference games in the same season. They won five Big Eight games in a row twice, both over multiple seasons in that former league (1960-61 and 1978-79). ... TCU has won four of six meetings against West Virginia since the two teams entered the Big 12 together in 2012. ... Oklahoma ranks 125th among FBS teams with only 63 offensive plays per game, but average 8.9 yards per play and rank second nationally with 563 total yards a game.
A farewell bowl game for outgoing Kansas coach David Beaty is unlikely. The Jayhawks can reach four wins for the first time since 2009 when they play at Kansas State, only a week after the school announced Beaty wouldn't return next year but would finish this season. Even with a win over K-State, they would still have to win their last two games against No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 15 Texas to get bowl eligible.
West Virginia quarterback Will Grier has thrown for 699 yards and six touchdowns without an interception in his last two games since that 100-yard passing game at Iowa State. The Heisman Trophy contender also ran for the game-winning 2-point conversion in the final minute at Texas last week. He has thrown for 300 yards in 16 of his 19 games with the Mountaineers.


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Buscrates is a DJ, musician, and vinyl junkie from the Steel City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since childhood he has always gravitated to the myriad of sounds coming from the stereo system of his father, who did some DJing in the early 80s. Anything from Roy Ayers to Steve Miller to Gil Scott-Heron could be heard at home on a Saturday morning. A very young Crates (neé Orlando Marshall) had his first experience behind a set of turntables in the summer of 1986 when a local DJ at a party let him get on the turntables while doubles of Cameo's "Word Up" 12-inch single spun on the Technics 1200s.
Although he has a wide range of inspirations, the most influential are the drum machine and synth heavy grooves of early-mid 80s boogie and the sample laden, neck snapping MPC sequences of early 90s hip-hop.
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A deeper exploration of funk began as part of East Liberty Quarters, a trio consisting of Bus and two of his close friends Geeman and Nice Rec. They released 2 EPs on Rotating Souls Records and performed for the first time as openers for Dam Funk in 2011 at the now defunct Shadow Lounge in Pittsburgh. Buscrates continued this exploration as a solo artist on his 6-track electro funk EP The Spectrum (Omega Supreme, 2014), which also features his ELQ cohorts. During this time he also had a grasp on his more hip-hop and soulful side, which can be heard in works with oft collaborator Mecca:83 from the UK, his production with Ian Wallace under the name Extra Medium, a solo all instrumental cassette tape release Home Again(Thrash Flow, 2017) and most recently on the joint effort with Portland based MC Libretto Eternal Ridin (Liquid Beat, 2019).
In 2015 he got his first international gig at Walla P's Voyage Funktastique party in Montreal. Soon after he began traveling more in the States, doing beat sets with his Roland SP-404SX and DJ sets in various cities, most notably Los Angeles' Funkmosphere party in 2017 with Dam-Funk. In 2018 he was a part of the very first 7" single release on Walla P's Voyage Funktastique imprint, releasing the A side "You Got Me" featuring Laura Benack, with whom he had worked on some tracks for the second ELQ EP. The song is one of his most known and a favorite of many. Later that year he was selected to attend Playlist Retreat, an artists playground at the home of legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff. Last year he had a co production credit with Nice Rec for a track on Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y's 2009 album (Jet Life / Atlantic, 2019). He is currently gearing up to release his first ever full-length LP on Bastard Jazz Recordings.
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Are you naughty or are you nice? The clever Word Play bead is another playful kinetic concept in the Bailey of Sheffield range. Four moving discs, set with 48 magnets, inspired by the classic tumbler lock system, are designed to be spun around separately and click into place to create multiple four letter words.
An addictive design using four marine grade 316L stainless steel discs inlaid with sixteen 1mm Neodymium Iron Boron magnets each, the bead is laser marked with a total of thirty two letters. Each disc can can be moved into place separately, and then held by the magnets, to create different words.
The Nice bead - this one's more rainbows and butterflies, there are definitely eight lovely positive words to find and a whole host more when you get going!
Forty Eight 1mm Neodymium Iron Boron magnets.


Learn the basics of how to make colourful and artistic mono prints. What is a monoprint?
You will learn some basic colour-mixing theory and how to mix both opaque and transluscent ink. There will be demonstrations of inking up a plate in different ways before printing.
You will then how to have fun creating stencils with paper, plants and other materials. Further layers of printing and stencilling are then added resulting in a wonderful and rich range of colour and pattern.
We will then gather our prints together to enjoy and discuss what has been made!
A relaxed and experimental workshop that teaches a new print process that can be used on its own or combined with a linocut.
There is also the opportunity to explore this method further in the 2 day monoprint workshop.


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Anna Kovacs
9th December 08, 10:38 PM
I guess I'll start off by saying that I liked the last punisher movie with Thomas Jane. It took it's time to get rolling but that always happens in "origin" stories. It's not one of my favorite movies but I still dug it.
I was skeptical when I saw that they had picked a new actor to play the punisher and that skepticism seems warrented now having seen the movie. The new punisher movie just didn't do it for me. I mean...it was ok...it was lots and lots of gratuitous violence and I'm down with that but overall it just felt like kind of a let-down. I actually felt ashamed and apologietic that I dragged a poor friend of mine to go see it with me.
I guess the most annoying thing was the soundtrack. I hate hate hate hated all the nu-metal crap they stuck in the movie. It was a total earache whenever that happened.
The main villain wasn't really all that villainous. He was basically an uglied up mobster peon and his crazy brother was more annoying then crazy. Seeing them get shot wasn't really all that fulfilling after watching hundreds of other guys bite it in much more creative ways.
If you're ok with a pretty terrible movie that has lots of gratuitous violence as the only motivating factor to continue watching it...please..go right ahead.
But frankly it's more of a download then a theatre watch imo.
The 2004 punisher played by thomas jane was more sympathetic, more human, and much more pleasant to look at.
The new guy seems to have basically been given all the appeal of an emotionally retarded teenage boy, and he ugly ,too.
Figured as much. What are your thoughts on the Dolph Lundgren version of the Punisher? I've always been a fan of his, not sp much based on his acting ability (obviously).
I haven't seen that one in a long time, well...with the exception of I've rewatched the scene where he storms a dojo full of swordsmen and they all draw their swords and he mows them down in about 2 seconds with an m16. that scene is awesome.
I'd have to download it and watch it again to give an opinion
I've never seen it, hmm. Shit, I may have to DL it too, it's not on NetFlix. :(
CoffeeFan
10th December 08, 12:09 AM
The new one did look pretty bad, so I'll wait for netflix.
Here's a question: Did you enjoy it more then Daredevil or Ghost Rider?
Aphid Jones
That's a Turd Sandwich vs. Giant Douche question.
That doesn't make it a valid question.
Leon S Kennedy
I thought the movie was fun to watch. Just a little generic. Felt more like this would be an episode from a Punisher TV series.
mrblackmagic
I loved it. Saw it for the second time yesterday. I always get a huge laugh out of the scene in the kitchen. Don't do drugs; always try to save face.
I did feel like something was missing. Like what happened to the Russian gang and the Irish gang at the end? Why didn't they explain McGinty to the uninitiated? You'd think most people would wonder why a black rasta would have and irish accent. I know they censored the violence so I guess I'll have to wait for the director's cut.
MrBadGuy
My favorite part was when the "Latin King" started talking WITH A FUCKING IRISH ACCENT. Have you ever heard spanish spoken with an irish accent?
Was it just me, or did all minorities have irish accents?
The acting was just horrible. I mean, I was expecting bad acting going into the movie. It's supposed to be a wham bam action movie, but man, it was just too bad.
Also, the punisher cries every 4 seconds. What a bitch.
Yes, because the punisher had violence and violence is what I came for.
OZZ
10th December 08, 01:08 PM
As we discusssed on the other thread..I think the movie is going to be more popular with the readers of the MAX series because it is so true to these storylines.
But not likely a film that will find favor with casual movie fans.
Sun Wukong
blame the executive producer for the movies failures. she put in the lame numetal soundtrack and chopped out 20 minutes of footage AFTER the directors cut; whom was marginalized.
The exec producer also produced the 2004 punisher, which in itself means she's worthy of much loathing.
thomas jane was a shitty pick for the punisher. also, his dye job was shit.
I liked the songs by Pendulum and Justice....they're not nu-metal, nevermind.
Just for the uninitiated, the Punisher's home grown villians only come in two flavors: batshit insane and diehard batshit insane. The only super powered enemies the Punisher faced are hold overs from other series and the superheroes that they fought.
Excluding the Russian II, of course.
The Jane Thomas punisher was kind of a fag, the Dolf Lundgren punisher was too one dimensional (Dolf is incapable of showing any emotion at all other than apathy) and this punisher movie...
was gun porn?
The Punisher isn't exactly the Citizen Kane of comics either. I liked all of the movies, this last one the best.
I cannot fathom why anyone likes the Dolph Lundgren version of The Punisher ..that one sucked rhino dicks, man. It was fucking terrible...
I watched it back in the 80's..maybe I missed something? I smoked a lot of dope in the 80's but I seem to recall that movie being pretty awful.
I mean, with a Russian who can barely act playing an American who is not easy to protray because so much of his expressiveness is through facial expressions and body language (Frank keeps the chit chat to a minimum, as any good Punisher fan knows)..how could it have possibly been any good?
I guess what I'm asking is - What was good about that particular version? Because it sure as hell wasn't his purple hair.
I have read a lot of bad shit about this woman..
Neildo
They fucked up his origin really bad but the end battle with the yakuza ninjas is great.
The Tom Jane punisher was pretty much a screenplay of volume 2 of the comics, except with more fucking with the origin.
i don't understand why they can't get that right. frank is a super badass ex-soldier whos family was killed by gangsters after witnessing a gang hit. how is that complicated?
You killed the wrong dudes family in the park.
Not some big crazy uber slaughter like in the Jane version. They were there, and some dudes shot them all down to prevent witnesses.
It was short, sweet and simple.
Frank, goes super badass special forces mass murderer on their asses and the story practically writes itself after that.
The whole thing after that should look and feel like Sin City with Frank playing the part of Marv.
Why is that complicated?
I was 7 when I saw it.
That was one of the funnier parts of the movie.
Yeah, kinda not the point of a punisher movie though right?
In the jane version, the whole damn family is getting slaughtered outside and Frank's dad was all like, "let's get the shot gun, it's time to kick som ass son." Your aunt is getting her guts blasted all over the pavement along with the kids... and there was no emotion whatsoever going on until his kid gets aced.
The whole thing made no fucking sense.
So I just watched my favorite scenes from the 2004 punisher and I'm completely struck by how much more classy it is. It's actually like a real movie.
I've never really read comic books but I did get the impression that War Zone is closer to the comics then the 04 movie but the 04 movie is just so much better as a stand-alone work.
Now I have to find time to watch the 80's one. if for no other reason then the dojo scene.
RaiNnyX4
I couldn't even get through half of the 2004 Punisher before shutting it off in disgust. I'm a huge fan of the Punisher and all, but I feel like even if I weren't, I still would've thought the movie sucked. It reeked of Hollywood bullshit. The new one sounds the same just with more gore and a shittier soundtrack.
Actually, the 04 Punisher movie drew from Punisher vol.2.
War Zone came from the Punisher Max series, which came afterwards
I liked the new one. It just had some wtflol moments, that's all. like shooting the irish parkour guy with a rocket in midair. or walking down the street in full battle gear in broad daylight, and the cops not knowing where he is. or grandmas half head.
got his origin right this time, finally.
the only part i thought sucked was the fight with LBJ in the bathroom. punisher had a big fucking meat cleaver strapped to his leg, and he totally had the drop on him. and then he throws him at the wall of all things. should have thrown him out the nearest fucking window. also, frank castle would not use fucking beretta m93r's. he'd use a mac-10 before he even thought about picking up a beretta m93r. damnit.
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regardless, best punisher movie yet.
I really want to see the director's cut of this movie.
That said, Ray Stevenson is the best Punisher yet, and frankly- not that it will happen- I'd want him to play the Punisher again... just with a better script.
Stevenson is the only one of the three guys to play the Punisher to actually look like he's ready, willing, and able to kill everyone in the room, and more than look it he was ready, willing, and able to kill everyone in the room.
haven't seen this movie yet... will have to wait for DVD/BluRay...
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I haven't seen the new one but did see the Dolph and Tom Jane versions.
The new guy "looks" more like the Punisher...more grizzled, then Jane and Dolph. I didn't like the setting of the Jane version and hated Travolta as the villian and I didn't like the seeming religious undertones of the Dolph version...if memory serves.
I will say that Jane has a good respect for the comic medium, however and is tight with Steve Niles
I actually liked the Jane version quite a bit until I read all the MAX storylines..then I hated it.
Jane has 'the voice'. Sounds like what frank should sound like. Did the voiceover for the videogame, which i really enjoyed.
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MaverickZ
21st December 08, 05:34 PM
Great movie. It really captured the feel of the MAX run. Both the character of Frank, the atmosphere of the movie, and the dialogue all seemed to pop right out of a comic book panel. I was very pleased with it. Except the comedic relief of that "Punisher taskforce" cop. Could have done without him. Otherwise, it was perfect.
Except the comedic relief of that "Punisher taskforce" cop. Could have done without him. Otherwise, it was perfect.
Wait...so Detective Soap is in this?
Because he was from the Ennis run, if I'm not mistaken.
Like some useless cop that was put on the task of capturing the Punisher and is inept at it?
That would describe the character perfectly. I don't remember him from the MAX comics, he must have been in Knights or some other one.
22nd December 08, 12:12 AM
I know I've been knocking Jane, but I have to say he's a fine actor. He just wasn't right for that role. Maybe it wasn't Jane, maybe it was the director and the script that just drove me fucking nuts.
Yes, Det. Soap is in this. He is comic relief, and does his job just fine.
I thought it was absolutely marvelous. I thought the "score multiplier" thing was cool, gave you an impetus to not take any bullets as that broke your multiplier. I spent most of the game hiding behind a human shield for that reason.
And "Good worker....kept his nose to the grindstone" is one of the most awesome oneliners evar.
He was in the same run as "Jane the Mouse", "Spacker Dave" and "Mr. Bumpo" all used in the Jane movie....I want to say early 1990s....
22nd December 08, 08:58 PM
One thing I didn't expect though to be honest with you is Micro getting killed. That caught me off guard. I know it was in the comics, but still. Also, what a terrible terrible choice of actor.
The Max series didn't have any recurring comedy relief so pulled both.
BTW, War Journal was the 90's run. Ennis' run with the Russian began in 2001.
AAAhmed46
23rd December 08, 10:44 PM
While the 2004 punisher movie wasn't bad, and i agree it got more slack then it deserved..... it felt as if it was forcing you to feel sorry for him, it went out of it's way to make his families death look as horrific as possible.
Infact, i liked the 2004 punisher movie. (the body builder muscle guy who got stabbed was actually really stabbed accidently, and the guy continued the scene before getting treated. Lotsa muscle)
I would have liked it if his family got shot up like they did in the comic, simply the gangters are not personally motivated, tey didn't show too much brutality. THey just killed some people go got in the way.
Though it isn't as dramatic, it pushes that someone who close to you dying sucks, especially if they get KILLED. Because it's sucha common cliche in lots of movies and stories how a loved one gets killed, it doesn't affect the viewer as emotionally. When in reality, if that were to happen, if someone accidently dies, it still fucking sucks to you.
Okay so i wrote more then i wanted, but my point is that people expected a blood bath, and didn't get one.
I didn't mind, but everyone else did.
THe new punisher movie seems more true to punisher though, lots of people getting shot gratuitously.
Ing_Un_Podong
7th March 09, 07:36 PM
I actually missed a PUNISHER film, how can that be? Maybe no german version, is this a b movie?
Nevertheless, dloading right now.
Thanks Anna for making me accidently trip over this.
i like the part when he shoots the dude with the thing. kapow splat lol
I will be buying this on Blu Ray sight unseen
11th March 09, 12:30 PM
I am actually shocked at how many people hate this movie. I've said it before and I'll say it again - this is as close as you can get to the MAX storlines within the context of film. The director made this movie FOR US (comic fans). Its great in that respect, and can easily cause me to overlook any flaws the film has.
I am willing to bet that Garth Ennis likes this version a hell of a lot more than the Thomas Jane version.
I had it downloaded a few days ago and I have already watched it twice, I also went to see it in the theatre.
Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I really liked it. About as true to the comic as you are going to get in a major film.
Netflix'd.
BTW, Annatrocity - your review of Rambo was spot-on: full-bodied wargasm!
hell yeah dude.
22nd April 09, 06:31 PM
So, I finally got around to seeing this movie, and I gotta say it just about fucked the eyeballs right out of my head.
This is the kind of movie that causes castrated animals to spontaneously regrow their testicles.
Anybody who didn't LOVE this film was almost certainly raised by Communist Lesbians.
Not the cool kind of Gun-toting, Kick-You-In-The-Face, Naked Weapon Photos Killer Dyke like Kat. The bad kind that eats tofu and doesn't shave legs.
I think my favorite part was when the Punisher wasted McGinty's gang. You are expecting a drawn-out parkour fight; instead he blows one dude up with a rocket launcher and shoots McGinty in the knees. Hell yeah!
In conclusion, this Punisher could snap Thomas Jane in half, this movie owns the holy hell outta everything up to Rambo, and if you didn't like it, its because you are the Limp-Dicked Son of Lesbian Communists who made you feel Bad about being a Man.
22nd July 09, 03:34 PM
Zen..you got it right this time, man. Any Punisher fan who has read and loved the MAX series with Garth Ennis' scripts should have a fucking shrine built for this movie..its great. My buddy in Toronto got the movie poster and laminated for me and I immediately found a place for it on my man cave wall next to my Scarface poster.
In case some of you younger folk don't know what a man cave is - its the one room you get to yourself in your house after you get married. The wife gets decorating trump in all areas but one - the man cave. It is usually a basement rec room. In my case its a basement rec room that also serves as a guest room (pull out couch) when need be. But I don't keep my good comics down there because of the humidity.
However, regarding the DVD version of Punisher :Warzone - I just picked up the 2 disc special edition and was a little disappointed to find that there is no extended version or deleted scenes. The extras are very regular, actually. Although there is a feature entitled 'Training to Become the Punisher' that is quite fun..could come in handy down the road if I decide to go apeshit insane one day.
I expected there to be a somewhat longer, perhaps even more violent (if that's possible) version on this dvd. I hope they aren't milking it and releasing a Director's cut later on..


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*ULINK2 USB JTAG Emulator support MDK4.54 ARM7 Cortex Keil Debug Adapter
I want to do a simple HelloWorld Gui app, let's say that shows a Button and once I click it, it turns on a led.
I have some experience in AVR / Arduino development, but none with ARM
Where should I start ? Is there a library for Windows-like controls ?
Thank you.

A: It is a ILI9325 based display board if I am correct. Searching for libraries and example code on the internet would yield lots of results.
Examples I found:
  - Similar Adafriut product
  - Libstock ILI9325 TFT Touch Screen Display Demo with STM32
  - stm32plus 2.0.0 the driver for STM32 F4

A: I do not know how many memory does it have, nor which processor, but maybe you could consider QT (https://www.qt.io/qt-for-device-creation/)

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"It is about big business and how we as a people are easily manipulated or advertised to in order to sway," Bullock said during a TIFF press conference. "We're shedding a light on a small slice of that world, and that happens to be politics. But I think that definitely represents where we are as a culture and we need to sort of take ownership back and start looking at things for what they are, rather than what we're being sold."
"We weren't really looking into it as being a political statement," producer George Clooney added. "Obviously we did Ides of March as well — we were very interested in the election process and how you elect officials…. But I think, I sort of second what Sandy was saying — we weren't looking at this as strictly about politics. We were looking at this about the human condition, and how we are packaging and selling everything in a very specific way. We thought that was an interesting thing to discuss."
That said, the film is coming out at an interesting time in American politics. "Obviously the timing now, you know, who would've thought that Donald Trump would be at 30 per cent," Clooney said. "It ends up working out very well for the film but, you know. We're not that good."
While the film casts an extremely harsh light on the morality of political campaigning, it counters that with plenty and plenty of humour. For co-star Zoe Kazan, that balance was crucial. "I feel like we've all become very jaded about our political process," she said. "I didn't feel like there was a lot that was surprising [about the politics in the film] per se. But I did find the tone of the script surprising, in terms of its ability to balance humour and take a very serious take on that. I think that we look in a sardonic or cynical way, with a kind of humorous indifference at a lot of times. And I liked that this movie did that, and showed the cost that can come with that sardonic distance."
Outside of its onscreen politics, the production of Our Brand Is Crisis was noticeable for playing with gender roles in Hollywood. The film was originally written with a male lead in mind, but it was Bullock who fought for the main character to be changed to a female so that she could play it. "When Sandy came to me and said, 'I'd like to play a part in this movie,' and I was like, 'which part?'" Clooney recalled. "The guy!"
"There's so much talk of that right now, and it's getting heightened which makes me happy," Bullock said about the lack of strong roles for women. "What I want to comment on is that I was able to say, 'Would you take a role that you guys have cherished and worked on a long time and change it to a female?' And there was not a lot of hesitation. The only hesitation was can that writer do it. So that hopefully shows a shift in the climate for women in film. We still have some climbing to do."
Our Brand Is Crisis opens on October 30.
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IRGC Commander Says 'Sabotage' Killed Iranian Defense Engineer
By RFE/RL's Radio Farda June 20, 2022
A commander of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says the death of a Defense Ministry engineer in May was the result of "industrial sabotage," not simply an "accident" as official comments previously suggested.
The commander, Mohammad Reza Hassani Ahangar, did not say who officials believe might have been behind any purported attack in the comments as quoted by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency.
"Our production lines are being targeted for industrial sabotage," he said, referring to the recent killing of a Defense Ministry employee in Parchin.
"The martyr of the Ministry of Defense himself was not targeted, but his death was affected by industrial sabotage," he added.
Iran's Defense Ministry said a month ago that an "accident" had occurred at one of its research units in the Parchin area near Tehran, killing engineer Ehsan Ghad Beigi and injuring a colleague.
Parchin, some 60 kilometers southeast of Tehran, is a military base where the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, previously said it suspected that Iran had conducted tests related to nuclear bomb detonations more than a decade ago.
The Defense Ministry did not elaborate on the suspected cause or provide any further details, saying an investigation was under way.
The New York Times later reported that the fatal explosion at the military site had been caused by quadcopter suicide drones.
Tehran has blamed Israel for a series of incidents, including assassinations, sabotage, and cyberattacks. Tel Aviv is believed to have been behind the assassinations of at least five Iranian nuclear scientists in the past decade. The assassinations have raised questions about the possibility of foreign intelligence agencies penetrating Iran's security apparatus.
Western concerns over the Iranian atomic program led to sanctions and eventually to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which was subsequently abandoned by the United States, which then reimposed crippling sanctions.
Talks to revive the deal broke down in March just as an agreement seemed to be within reach.
Iran says its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes, but it is now enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity -- its highest level ever and a short technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90 percent.
With writing and reporting by Ardeshir Tayebi
Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-irgc-engineer-death- industrial-espionage/31906597.html
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When a child, he learnt to play the Russian harmonica and the button accordion.
In the 1960s, he graduated from the Leningrad College of Physical Culture and Sports. When at college, he headed a vocal and instrumental ensemble.
In 1968, Alexander entered the physical education faculty at the State Leningrad Herzen Pedagogical Institute (now the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia). He was an active participant of student amateur activities.
After the graduation, he served in the army, composed music for the "Wave" ensemble of sailors.
In 1975, he entered the Leningrad Conservatory (now the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory), but failed to get a degree because of the tight touring schedule.
His popularity came in 1968 with his first pop composition "Herbs smell of mint" to the poem by Sergei Iliasov. Performed by the Bulgarian singer Boris Gudjunov, it was presented in the television contest "The Song of the Year" and made Morozov a prizewinner. Then followed the hits "Nobody Invites to Dance" performed by Irina Ponarovskaya and "Pebbles" performed by Valentina Tolkunova.
Alexander teamed up for songwriting with many talented poets including Anatoly Poperechny, Mikhail Andreev, Leonid Derbenev, Sergei Romanov, Gleb Gorbovsky, Yuri Parkaev, Evgeny Muraviov. He collaborated with the ensembles "Hello, Song", "Jolly Fellows", "Ariel".
In 1983, he was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize.
In 1984, Morozov became the artistic director of the pop group "Forum". His songs were performed by Victor Saltykov and Sergey Rogozhin.
In the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, he lived in Cyprus.
His return to Russia in 1999 was encouraged by the success of the anniversary concert in the State Central Concert Hall "Russia", featuring Eduard Khil, Lev Leshchenko, Larisa Dolina, Joseph Kobzon, Valery Leontiev, Alla Pugacheva and many other stars.
In 2002, he began his solo career as a performer of his own songs.
In 2003, Alexander Morozov Theatre of Song "Nugget" was founded, which hosted performances by Nikolai Baskov, Pelageya, Marina Kapura, soloists of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres.
In 2005, he created a series of compositions to the poems by Nikolai Rubtsov "It's light in my room", and was awarded the Nikolai Rubtsov State Literary Prize "Star of fields".
In 2010, in collaboration with the producer Marina Parusnikova, he organized the International Festival of Opera Art "Music Open Pafos" (Cyprus).
Alexander Morozov has composed more than 1500 songs and given more than 500 solo concerts. He has released about 20 albums, including "Regret nothing"(1999),"The Soul Hurts"(2002), " My Moscow" (2003), "The Land of Nizhny Novgorod" (2003), "My Father's Waltz" (2005), "Life is Good for Moments "(2007)," Crimson Ring" (2009), "Applause. Applause..." (2010),"The Day Before" (2011), "Bryansk Land" (2012), "On the Road of Life" (2013), "Golden Hits" (2014), "The Best for the Best" (2015) and others.
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On 23 April 2004, the State Central Concert Hall "Russia" hosted the opening of the Star of Alexander Morozov.
The composer is a holder of the Order of St. Nicholas (2001), the Order of "Peter the Great" (2004, 2006), and an honorary diploma "For contribution to national culture" (2012).
In 2018, Alexander Morozov is giving concerts on occasion of his 70th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of his creative life. The first concert took place on his birthday in the Grand Concert Hall "Oktyabrskiy" (St. Petersburg), the second was in the Great Hall of the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
As a president of the Cultural Fund "Nugget", he helps to promote talented youth from provinces.
He has participated in the International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" many times.
In 2018, Alexander Morozov's anniversary evening "It's light in my room" is to be held on stage of the Summer Amphitheatre (July 14, at 6.00 p.m.).


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Dubai Airport | July 23, 2012
Dubai-based Emirates Airline is expanding its presence in the United States by adding a second daily A380 flight to New York's JFK International Airport.
Starting 1st January, Emirates will begin offering almost 1,000 additional seats in both directions on flights between Dubai and New York on the modern A380 aircraft. The airline will replace the Boeing 777-300ER currently in use.
"We have continued to invest in our services by increasing our capacity to build on the resurgent demand for air travel within the United States and we are seeing this strategy pay dividends," Thierry Antinori, executive vice president of Passenger Sales Worldwide, said in a written statement.
Emirates first began offering A380 service to the USA in 2008. The two-deck aircraft has 399 seats in economy class, 76 flat beds in business and 14 first-class private suites next to two onboard shower spas.
All premium class passengers have access to the Onboard Lounge on the upper deck with plush sofas and a 42-inch LCD screen.
Emirates has been building up its fleet and routes in order to compete against carriers in the Middle East and Europe. Its 175-aircraft fleet includes 21 A380s, the most of any other major airline. This year, the carrier will begin A380 service to Tokyo, Amsterdam and Moscow.
So far this year, Emirates has increased its service to the USA with new flights to Dallas/Fort Worth and Seattle. Flights to Washington Dulles International Airport will begin in September.
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Brexit could delay Queen's speech as time runs out for bill
9News Staff
3:45am Apr 30, 2019
The UK Government looks set to delay the next Queen's Speech as the impasse over the country's Brexit crisis continues.
With cross-party talks on the EU Withdrawal Agreement showing little sign of progress, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman indicated that the parliamentary session could be extended until the House of Commons has ratified a Brexit deal.
This would mean the parliamentary set-piece outlining the Government's legislative agenda being postponed from the expected date in June to as late as the autumn.
The next Queen's Speech to ratify UK government policy could be delayed as as the impasse over Brexit continues. (AAP)
Meanwhile, UK Government hopes of avoiding elections to the European Parliament on May 23 appear to have evaporated, with the bill to ratify a Brexit deal no longer expected to be put before Parliament this week.
May's effective deputy David Lidington and Chancellor Philip Hammond led the Government side in talks with an opposition Labour team including shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
Meanwhile, 22 Labour candidates in the European elections have pledged to campaign for a referendum and then back efforts to remain in the EU.
But senior Conservatives have been hoping the Euro-elections can be avoided if a compromise deal can get through Parliament before polling day, allowing the contest to be cancelled.
They fear the May 23 ballot could result in a mauling for May if she has not been able to deliver the Brexit that Britons voted for almost three years ago.
Theresa May (AAP)
But parliamentary time is running perilously short for the passage of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill through both Houses of Parliament, as well as a successful "meaningful vote" on the deal.
"What we are focused on is the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, because that is the legislation which is necessary in order to ratify our withdrawal from the EU," Mrs May's spokesman said.
"That is part of the current Queen's Speech cycle and we need to finish that work."
The Queen and the Prince of Wales in 2017. (AAP)
The Queen's Speech is normally an annual event, but a two-year session was announced in June 2017 in order to allow time for complex Brexit legislation to pass through Parliament.


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Acrotrichis is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae.

The genus was described in 1848 by Victor Motschulsky.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Selected species
 Acrotrichis africana Johnson, 1969
 Acrotrichis australica (Deane, 1930)
 Acrotrichis cervina (Deane, 1931)
 Acrotrichis discoloroides Johnson, 1969
 Acrotrichis grandis (Deane, 1932)
 Acrotrichis insularis (Mäklin, 1852)
 Acrotrichis josephi (A.Matthews, 1872)
 Acrotrichis norfolkensis (Deane, 1931)
 Acrotrichis quadrilatica (Deane, 1932)
 Acrotrichis walkomi (Deane, 1931)

References

Ptiliidae
Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky


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Q: Is it possible to disable the remember password checkbox in SSMS? Some time we are providing same laptop for 4-5 employees in our office for some testing purpose (since a costly licensed tool is exist in that laptop only), also asked them to do not click the Remember password checkbox in SSMS to store the credentials.
But few of them accidentally click that checkbox, so each time we need to clear the SqlStudio.bin to solve the problem. Instead of that it is nice to disable the Remember password option in the SSMS in that particular laptop.
Is it possible to disable the remember password checkbox in SSMS?
The expecting behavior is as below:

A: While this may be excessive for your situation, you could try automation software to make your own login window, get the unique user credentials, then launch SSMS with the correct command line options.  Obviously, you'll want to prevent users from running SSMS directly and you can do that through Windows group policy or through registry modifications.  Or if you get a bit creative with your scripting, AutoHotKey could do that too.

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*Software to automate almost any Windows action - AutoHotKey

*To see the command line options for SSMS, type 'ssms.exe /?'

*To learn how to prevent users from running a program, google 'Windows prevent users from running a program'.

It will take a while to get through all that, but then you'll have more options for how to get unique things done quickly.
Ps.  I don't condone software piracy or license violations at all.  Use the above advice at your own peril.  These are standard tools that any good Windows administrator should already know how to do or should have in their bag of tricks.

A: You can write a small tool that would search for the necessary window and send a message to it to disable the control. Or choose one of the existing tools.
Quick search found this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11833500/preventing-cross-process-sendmessage-calls
with this link in it: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-enable-and-access-disabled-grayed-out-buttons-windows-and-checkboxes/
Of course, any such tool will be brittle. Maybe, instead, make a backup of file where this password is stored (SqlStudio.bin) and overwrite it with a fresh copy each time a user logs into Windows.
You said:

But few of them accidentally click that checkbox, so each time we need
  to clear the SqlStudio.bin to solve the problem.

Rather than handling it as an exceptional situation, handle it as a normal situation and clear the SqlStudio.bin with every log on.
Alternatively, you can try to make that file read-only / deny write permissions to it.

A: No, this is not possible, unless you reverse engineer SSMS and either hide the checkbox or make it a no-op, then recompile and deploy. And repeat every time you upgrade, apply a service pack, etc. (To be clear: this is not what I recommend.)
I have a better solution, though:
Why don't your 4-5 employees use different profiles? This takes a tiny bit more disk space, sure, but each profile gets its own SqlStudio.bin - then you could use Windows Authentication, too, which means they don't have to type their password or check a box, and it simplifies auditing, too, in case this isn't the most egregious thing they do.

A: I know this is an old post, but in order to help other people, i think maybe it's easier to just get a "standard" sqlstudio settings backup and just restore it before providing the laptop to any user.
Worst case scenario could include some registry hacking too.