Huawei Honor 8X, the latest sub-Rs. 15,000 smartphone by Honor, is now on available in India via Amazon as part of the Great Indian Festival sale that kicked off at midnight. The Huawei sub-brand launched the Honor 8X in India earlier this month, following a release in China in September. The Honor 8X comes with a display notch and sports thin bezel on all sides. There is a vertically stacked dual camera setup at the back, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, and the handset supports Face Unlock. The Amazon-exclusive Honor 8X boasts of a premium design and goes up against the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro 12,652 (Review), Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 (Review), Nokia 6.1 Plus 15,999 (Review), Motorola One Power (Review), and the Realme 2 Pro 13,990 (Review).
Honor 8X price in India starts at Rs. 14,999 for the 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage model. Meanwhile, the 6GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant costs Rs. 16,999, and the 6GB RAM/ 128GB storage variant is priced at Rs. 18,999. As mentioned, the handset can now be purchased via Amazon India. Notably, it comes in Black, Red, and Blue colour models. Launch offers include 1TB data benefits for Bharti Airtel subscribers.
The dual-SIM (Nano) Honor 8X runs Android Oreo-based EMUI 8.2.0. The smartphone sports a 6.5-inch full-HD+ (1080×2340 pixels) display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and PPI of 397 pixels per inch. It comes with an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor, paired with a Mali G51 GPU. The handset comes in 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM variants.
The Honor 8X features a dual rear camera setup with a 20-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor, paired with f/1.8 aperture and PDAF. At the front, the smartphone has a 16-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture and fixed focus.
Inbuilt storage options include 64GB and 128GB, plus storage on the phone is expandable via microSD card (up to 400GB). Connectivity options in the Honor 8X include 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth v4.2 LE with aptX support, GPS/ A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, a Micro-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors on board include an ambient light sensor, compass, fingerprint sensor, gravity sensor, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor.
The smartphone is fuelled by a non-removable 3,750mAh battery, with support for 5V/2A (10W) charging and a power saving battery features. In terms of dimensions, the smartphone measures 160.4×76.6×7.8mm.


Technology is very important to businesses today, and when it fails, it can be an utter disaster. You have two choices when it comes to your Information Technology (IT) operations. Do you hire someone in-house to install and maintain your servers, and train your staff on the latest software? Or, do you outsource it to an external IT expert? The choice of the latter has many reasons to pick and smart business owners recognize the value of outsourced IT.
The benefits of outsourcing your IT can be quite clear, however, some are not as clear. Here are ten benefits to outsourcing your IT.
You can lower your overheads with outsourced IT, as you're just renting the equipment or space on a server, and pay a monthly fee rather than having to outlay tons of money for in-house equipment. You end up paying only for what you need.
Data security is crucial for your small business, and managed service companies are experts at protecting your data safe. These IT providers can easily increase data security, and make expensive data breeches less plausible.
It can get quite costly keeping your IT staff up-to-date on the latest operating systems and other software, not to mention the constant updates out today. Outsourcing your IT can reduce or eliminate these costs lowering your overhead even more.
Most business owners are not techies, and you're probably not either, so hiring an IT person can be difficult when you don't understand what it is they do. These hiring challenges can be eliminated by outsourcing your IT.
You have so many things on your mind as a business owner that backing up your data may fall on that list way down. You may have a setup where your data is backed up automatically, however, are you checking those backups. Managed service companies ensure that backups are done regularly and that those backups are usable. You'll definitely be pleased about this when something goes wrong.
You're an expert in what you do and the niche you're in, however, IT is probably not one of those. Through smart outsourcing of your IT to an expert, you can focus on what you do best, and not have to worry about your IT.
You can better budget what you're spending on your IT each month as you just pay a fee based on the infrastructure or services you bought. When you have in-house staff, that's much harder to do, as when something breaks down, you're responsible for paying for it.
With an in-house IT staff, it can be much harder to scale up, however, with outsourced IT can be as easy as letting them know what you want. Is your business in a growth phase? Then you're perfect for outsourced IT.
The goal of any business is to be productive and efficiently serve customers, and that's much easier when you outsource your IT. If your goal is higher profits, as I'm sure it is, then better productivity and lower costs ensures those profits.
As a small business owner, you can keep up with larger competitors by outsourcing your IT. Outsourcing has always been a great way to level the playing field, and outsourcing IT lets you win in this global world of ours.
Finding ways to do more with less is the way of the startup as well as the growing business. A great strategy to do more with less is for your business is to outsource your IT, it has ten great advantages as mentioned above.


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Crews remain at scene following building fire on Glasgow's Albert Drive
Publish Date: Monday 11 November 2019
Around 20 firefighters remain at the scene following a building fire in Glasgow as crews continue an extensive dampening down operation.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was first alerted at 11.31pm on Sunday, November 10 to reports of a fire at Albert Drive in Pollokshields.
At its height, around 60 firefighters, nine fire appliances and two height appliances were mobilised to the area.
Currently, five fire appliances and one height appliance remain at the scene.
The fire had initially taken hold within a commercial premises and thereafter affected a number of dwelling flats above.
Residents were evacuated, and one person was taken to hospital suffering the effects of smoke inhalation. There were no reports of further casualties.
Crews worked through the night to contain and extinguish the fire which, due to its severity, caused a partial collapse of the building.
Incident Commander, Deputy Assistant Chief Officer James McNeil, said: "This has undoubtedly been a challenging and protracted incident that required considerable resources to meet.
"Firstly, I would like to thank our crews for their efforts – working in difficult conditions throughout the night – in bringing this fire under control.
"I would also like to thank the community for their patience and support throughout the incident, and recognise the hard work put in by our partners, other emergency services and the local authority.
"The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will continue to work alongside our Police Scotland colleagues to establish the full facts and circumstances of the fire."

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That Markle Sparkle
Why people think Meghan Markle will attend the 2019 Met Gala
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The 2019 Met Gala isn't happening for seven months, but with news that Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Serena Williams, and Gucci's creative director, Alessandro Michelle, will serve as co-chairs for the "Camp"-themed exhibition, it doesn't seem like it could get more exciting. But it can. Fashion's big night out may get a heavy dose of British royals, if the rumor mill is accurate. There's already buzz that Meghan Markle, by far the most-discussed royal of 2018, could make an appearance as a show of support for her pal Serena, who is co-hosting.
It may not be all that far-fetched—after all, there was talk of Markle going to the Emmys—and stranger things have happened before. Princess Diana once went out on the town to the Met Gala (in Dior, no less), and just last year, Princess Beatrice attended in an Alberta Ferretti gown.
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If Meghan (or her husband, Prince Harry) were to go, it would be their first time at the event, and their first time officially visiting the United States together since tying the knot. Talk about a big deal.
By InStyle Magazine
This story originally appeared on Instyle
Celebrities are using the "old age" FaceApp filter, and you have to see Cardi B and the Jonas Brothers
Ava Phillippe gushed about mom Reese Witherspoon on Instagram, and we have major heart eyes
Miley Cyrus called out her producer for suggesting male fans might not understand some of her lyrics
Kylie Jenner opened up about her struggle with anxiety, reminding us that Instagram isn't real life
Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams are engaged, and her ring could probably sink ships
This is why people are furious about Chris Pratt's shirt
How all your favorite stars celebrated the Fourth of July, so you can keep the party going
Katy Perry hopes others can learn from her feud with Taylor Swift
Shay Mitchell is having fun clapping back at trolls who shame her pregnancy, and she's the best
The first official photos from Baby Archie's christening are here, and they're (almost) too cute for words
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas just shared even more honeymoon photos, and we're SO jealous
Pink defended a photo of her children running in the Holocaust Memorial after criticism
Taylor Swift just launched Lover merch on Amazon for Prime Day, and it includes just as many pastel butterflies as you'd expect
People are freaking out about Miley Cyrus's thoughts on virginity, and there's no need to attack her
Chrissy Teigen just got a mid-summer hair makeover, and now we want one too
Meghan Markle is getting called out for having staff ban fans from taking her photo at Wimbledon, and really?
Reese Witherspoon posted a time capsule picture with Selma Blair, and now we need to watch Cruel Intentions again
Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" video has this surprise cameo, and it was foreshadowed way back at the Met Gala
Here's how Meghan Markle, Taylor Swift, and more celebs are celebrating Pride Month
Scarlett Johansson said she should be able to play "any person, or any tree, or any animal," and Twitter isn't having it


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Q: Laravel 5.2 : One database field many values seperated with comma I am using laravel 5.2, I am stuck in a case,Where i have one db field product_specs and 5 form input inserting their values to that same product_specs database field.
My question is that how can i add comma to values and then insert it to the database field product_specs.
Then i will be able to use php function explode() to remove the comma and use the result.

A: How about the implode() function?
$comma_separated = implode(",", $array);

A: just concatenate and insert on db ?
$product_specs = $value1 . ',' . $value2 . ',' .....;
//insert $product_specs on db field product_specs

then when need fetch the data and implode the previous answer
hope it helps if thats your question

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Local white supremacist gaming groups have come out swinging against Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, announced this week at the massive E3 2017 conference in Los Angeles.
In The New Colossus, protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz returns to his home country of the United States, which has been overrun by Nazis and must be cleansed. Early screenshots of the game show Nazi officers being friendly with Klu Klux Klan members, which has upset some local white supremacists who feel the comparison may "reflect badly" on them.
"We're used to the liberal media forcing progressive narratives down our throats, but this is political correctness spiralling absolutely out of control," confirmed vlogger and YouTuber 'Skeptical Quantum of Reason Gaming'.
"But I'm not a Nazi about it," he added, hastily.
Other white supremacist and alt-right commentators have raised concerns about The New Colossus, with YouTuber 'Rational Alpha Imperium' speaking out about how the idea of slaughtering "pure-blooded, white, European" enemy soldiers made him "deeply uncomfortable".


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Spot World Heritage
Agriculture Biodiversity Coastline Forest Natural Risks Snow & Ice Urban
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The programme objective is the free availability for non-commercial use of orthorectified products derived from multispectral images of more than 5 years old from the Spot 1-5 satellites family.
Nearly 30 million images have been acquired by this satellite family since 1986, this archive may be considered as a world heritage, whose access will be facilitated through this programme.
CNES, the French Space Agency has announced on January 17, 2014 the opening of the Spot World Heritage (SWH) programme in front of the GEO Plenary Assembly in Geneva. The announcement has been made in the framework of a partnership agreement between CNES and Airbus Defence and Space through its Geo-Intelligence Division (formely known as Spot Image).
Raw images will be first processed to the orthorectified level, that is, superimposable to a geographic map and integrated into a GIS, before they are made available to users.
The January 17 announcement was that of the opening of the programme with the start by CNES of the processing of a first batch of 100,000 images. The announcement was also motivated by the willingness to solicit the international institutional community in order to contribute to other large image batches while covering the processing costs.
The construction of SWH relies on that of a unique database of orthorectified data, which will be hosted by CNES on the infrastructures of the Theia Land Data Centre, and which will comprise large image batch orders from CNES as well as from outside contributors from the international institutional community.
The access to the SWH database will be made freely from the Theia portal (www.theia-land.fr) and will be allowed for any user registered for a non-commercial usage. The first products should be available in the first semester 2015.
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Name : Spot 1 to Spot 5
Imaging mode : optical
Spectral bands :
Near infrared
Mid-infrared
Resolutions :
10 m (Spot 5)
20 m (Spot 1 to 4)
Observation capability :
Swath : 60 km
Coverage :
Area : more than 200 000 images in the world
Period : 1986 – 2010
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Level 1C : data orthorectified reflectance at the top of the atmosphere
Spot World Heritage Archive Licence Agreement
Non-Exclusive Licence to Use Spot Archive Product for Non-Commercial Purpose Only
By downloading and/or manipulating and/or using the PRODUCT, the END-USER signifies that he unconditionally accepts all the terms and conditions of the present Spot World Heritage Archive Licence Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "LICENCE"). The acceptance by the END-USER of this LICENCE is the condition upon which Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (hereinafter referred to as "CNES") makes the PRODUCT available to the END-USER through online platform/infrastructure/portal/database managed by the CNES. The END-USER shall guarantee that the PRODUCT, any VAP and/or DERIVATIVE WORKS and any copy are used in strict compliance with the terms hereof.
This LICENCE is entered into by and between the END-USER and Spot Image S.A. (hereinafter referred to as Airbus DS"), an entity of Airbus Group.
Article 1 – Definitions
"DERIVATIVE WORKS": means any derivative product or information developed by the END-USER from the PRODUCT for NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and for its OWN NEEDS, which does not contain any imagery data from the PRODUCT and is irreversible and uncoupled from the source imagery data of the PRODUCT. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by express exception, any Digital Elevation Model or Digital Terrain Model (in any form whatsoever, i.e. database for instance) derived from a PRODUCT shall never be considered as DERIVATIVE WORKS.
"NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE": means the use of the PRODUCT which cannot be sold and/or associated with any other product or service that would be sold, and more broadly cannot lead to commercial activity. NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE excludes any use for competitive analysis (such as benchmarking) and commercial and/or consulting activities.
"AFFILIATED END-USER": means any individual who is granted by the END-USER the rights of use as described in provision 2 and who shall accept to be bound by the terms of this LICENCE.
"END-USER": means the private and/or public entity, previously registered on the CNES managed online platform/infrastructure/portal/database, which is supplied with the PRODUCT and accepts this LICENCE, including its possible offices within its country of residence, and excluding its subsidiaries and affiliates.
"EXTRACT": means an extract of a PRODUCT or VAP which may consist of:
an extract of 1024 x 1024 pixels maximum; or
if supplied with the PRODUCT (preview file) the sub-sample (ratio 32 toward original PAN (8 toward original XS) ) of the original image of the PRODUCT.
"PRODUCT": means any Spot 1-5 satellite orthorectified product available on online platform/infrastructure/portal/database , and provided to the END-USER for NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and for its OWN NEEDS only under this LICENCE.
"VAP" or "Value Added Product": means any product developed by the END-USER for NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and for its OWN NEEDS, which contains imagery data from the PRODUCT, and resulting in a significant modification of the PRODUCT, through technical manipulations and/or addition of other data. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by express exception, any Digital Elevation Model or Digital Terrain Model (in any form whatsoever, i.e. database for instance) derived from a PRODUCT shall always be considered as a VAP.
"OWN NEEDS": means the needs of the END-USER, under its research activities in the frame of its institutional mission for NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.
Article 2 – Licence
2.1 Permitted Uses
The END-USER is hereby granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, licence:
(a) to make an unlimited number of copies of the PRODUCT for the Permitted Uses specified in this Article 2.1;
(b) to install the PRODUCT on as many individual computers as needed in its premises, including internal computer network (with the express exclusion of the Internet, except as provided under paragraph (g) below) for the Permitted Uses specified in this Article 2.1;
(c) to use the PRODUCT within the framework of NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and its OWN NEEDS only;
(d) to alter or modify the PRODUCT to produce VAP and/or DERIVATIVE WORKS within the framework of NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and its OWN NEEDS only;
(e) to use any VAP and/or DERIVATIVE WORKS within the framework of NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and its OWN NEEDS only; and
(f) to authorise the use of the PRODUCT, VAP and/or DERIVATIVE WORKS by AFFILIATED END-USERS within the framework of NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and its OWN NEEDS only, provided that the END-USER shall make comply each AFFILIATED END-USER with the terms of this LICENCE under which:
the AFFILIATED END-USER shall be granted the right to use the PRODUCT, VAP and/or DERIVATIVE WORKS for NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and its OWN NEEDS; and
the AFFILIATED END-USER shall commit to comply with the provisions and restrictions provided hereof;
The END-USER shall guarantee that the AFFILIATED END-USER complies with this LICENCE, and shall indemnify and hold Airbus DS and CNES harmless in connection thereto.
(g) To post one EXTRACT on an Internet site in an Internet-compatible image format (without associated metadata) or to make available printed copies of one EXTRACT, with the copyright creditof the corresponding PRODUCT conspicuously displayed and written in full. The EXTRACT shall be used solely for END-USER's promotion purposes, training material or publication of the results of a research and shall not be used to distribute, sell, assign, dispose of, lease, sublicense or reproduce such EXTRACT. The END-USER may in no event allow downloading of the PRODUCT or allow a third party to access to the PRODUCT or VAP as a stand alone file. Prior to any posting, the END-USER shall inform Airbus DS, specifying the URL address used by END-USER:contact@geo-airbusds.com.
All rights not expressly granted by Airbus DS under the present Article 2.1 are hereby retained by Airbus DS.
The END-USER shall not, and shall guarantee that any AFFILIATED END-USER does not:
(a) use the PRODUCT, VAP and/or DERIVATIVE WORKS for any use other than NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE and its OWN NEEDS;
(b) alter or remove any copyright notice or proprietary legend contained in or on the PRODUCT;
(c) reproduce, transmit, disseminate, or make available in any way the PRODUCT and/or any product created from the PRODUCT, in whole or in part, to any third party other than AFFILIATED END-USERS, by any means, free of charge or in return for payment;
(d) do anything not expressly permitted under Article 2.1.
2.3 Right of Airbus DS and CNES upon VAP and DERIVATIVE WORKS
The END-USER and AFFILIATED END-USER shall inform Airbus DS and CNES of the results of the research work it has performed.
Airbus DS and CNES is granted by any END-USER or AFFILIATED END-USER the right to use freely any VAP or DERIVATIVE WORKS produced directly or indirectly from the PRODUCT.
Article 3 – Intellectual Property Rights
3.1 CNES holds the intellectual property rights on the PRODUCT.
3.2 The PRODUCT is protected by French and international copyright laws.
3.3 In addition, the PRODUCT and the satellite imagery data contained therein are protected by articles L 341-1 to 343-7 of the French Code of Intellectual Property Law as amended by the statute of 1 July 1998, relative to database copyright and to similar statutes in European countries that have incorporated EU Directive n° 96/9 of 11 March 1996 on database copyright into their laws.
3.4 The PRODUCT VAP and DERIVATIVE WORKS, when displayed in accordance with the Permitted Uses specified in Article 2.1 shall include the following credit conspicuously displayed and written in full: "© CNES 20xx (acquisition year), distribution Airbus DS /Spot Image"
Article 4 – Warranty – Liability
4.1 Airbus DS warrants that it has sufficient ownership rights in the PRODUCT to make the PRODUCT available to the END-USER under the terms hereof.
4.2 The PRODUCT is complex; Airbus DS does not warrant that the PRODUCT is free of bugs, errors, defects or omissions, and that operation of the PRODUCT will be error-free or uninterrupted nor that all non-conformities will or can be corrected. It does not warrant that the PRODUCT shall meet the END-USER's or the AFFILIATED END USER's requirements or expectations, or shall be fit for the END-USER's or the AFFILIATED END USER's intended purposes. There are no express or implied warranties of fitness or merchantability given in connection with the sale or use of the PRODUCT or any other warranty. Airbus DS disclaims all other warranties or liabilities not expressly provided in Articles 4.1 and 4.2.
4.3 In no event shall Airbus DS, nor CNES, nor anybody having contributed to development and/or production and/or delivery of the PRODUCT, be liable for any claim, damage or loss incurred by the END-USER and/or AFFILIATED END-USER, including without limitation indirect, compensatory, consequential, incidental, special, incorporeal or exemplary damages arising out of the downloading, manipulating, use of or inability to download, manipulate or use the PRODUCT, and shall not be subject to legal action in this respect.
However, the financial cumulative liability of Airbus DS, CNESand anybody having contributed to the development and/or production and/or delivery of the PRODUCT shall not in any case exceed the price paid by the END-USER to [Astrium GEO-Information Services] for the PRODUCT which such loss or damage directly arose.
Article 5 – Miscellaneous
5.1 This LICENCE shall run for the duration of protection of the applicable intellectual property rights inherent in the PRODUCT(S)
5.2 Airbus DS may, in addition to all other remedies to which it may be entitled under this LICENCE or at law, terminate this LICENCE by notice in writing if the END-USER breaches any provision hereof. The END-USER shall have no claim to any kind of indemnity in this case. Upon termination or expiration of this LICENCE, the END-USER shall return to Airbus DS the PRODUCT and VAP and all copies thereof.
5.3 The END-USER shall not transfer part or all of this LICENCE except to an AFFILIATED END-USER as per 2.1 f).
5.4 In the event that any provision of this LICENCE is declared invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall be applicable.
5.5 This LICENCE is governed by the laws of France. All disputes shall be referred to the courts of Toulouse, France.
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Rapid Eye, Spot 1-5
Spot 4 (Take 5)
Spot 5 (Take 5) Surface Reflectance


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Home Sports Oakville announces Pan Am Torch Relay route and celebration details
Oakville announces Pan Am Torch Relay route and celebration details
by Gisele Shaw
Foter - CC BY-SA
Oakville, Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, Torch Run, June 23, 2015
Oakville residents are invited to ignite their community spirit as the Pan Am flame travels through Oakville on Tuesday, June 23 ending with a free community celebration in Centennial Square from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
"Oakville is excited to be a part of the Pan Am Games journey," said Mayor Rob Burton. "I encourage residents to join in the celebration and help cheer on our community's Pan Am torchbearers and local athletes who are competing in this international event."
Residents are encouraged to cheer on the Pan Am torchbearers along the route. The relay begins at 3:50 p.m. on Dorval Drive at Lakeshore Road and will travel east on Lakeshore Road to Shipyard Park where torchbearer Camille Looper of the Burloak Canoe Club will board a war canoe and paddle up Sixteen Mile Creek to the docks of the club. Back on land, community torchbearer Lynn Petruskavich will carry the flame into Centennial Square at approximately 4:45 p.m. After a brief stop in the square, the flame will make its way east on Lakeshore Road to Burgundy Drive completing its Oakville route before traveling to Brampton.
Centennial Square will come alive with Pan Am spirit and plenty of entertainment including sports displays by the Oakville Soccer and Basketball Clubs, cultural performances by the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton, a Road to the Podium community chalk art mural, the singing of "O Canada" by 13-year-old Abbey McCay, and a musical performance by JUNO award-winning Canadian Aboriginal singer Susan Aglukark.
The town received $5,000 to help fund the community celebration event through the Government of Ontario's Torch Relay Community Grant program.
The Pan Am Games Torch Relay, presented by President's Choice® and OLG will end its 41-day journey in Toronto on July 10, 2015 when it lights the cauldron at the opening ceremony, signifying the start of the TORONTO2015 Pan Am Games.
Information on the Oakville celebration is available at oakville.ca, or visit toronto2015.org/torch-relay to follow the torch relay.
Sports Downtown Oakville Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton Oakville Soccer Club Kerr Village Centennial Square Community Oakville Lakeshore Road West Dorval Drive Burloak Canoe Club Lakeshore Road East June 23 2015 Lynn Petruskavich Susan Aglukark Town of Oakville
Gisele Shaw
Gisele Shaw is the Manager of Corporate Communication for the town of Oakville since 2002. Prior to working for the town she worked for Halton Region as a communications specialist. She is a graduate of Humber College.
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Акайры (устар. Аргайры) — река в России, протекает в Республике Алтай. Устье реки находится в 16 км по правому берегу реки Кызылчин. Длина реки составляет 15 км.

 Высота устья — 2094,4 м над уровнем моря.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Верхнеобскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Катунь, речной подбассейн реки — Бия и Катунь. Речной бассейн реки — (Верхняя) Обь до впадения Иртыша.

Примечания

Бассейн Чаганузуна
Реки Кош-Агачского района

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Xbox Live free games News: Download this Xbox One game today to enjoy all weekend
This week, the biggest fighting games tournament of the year is taking place. EVO.
To celebrate the gathering of the most skilled and entertaining fighters in the world, Microsoft has teamed up with Bandai Namco to offer out a new free game that you can download and play all weekend.
Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Ultimate Games Pass subscribers can download and play the excellent Dragon Ball FighterZ right now – and see what all the hype is about.
The game will be available for gamers to download from now until August 5 at 8am UK time (or thereabouts).
If you like what you play, you'll even get to pick up the game for cheap once the trial period is over.
During the game's Free Play Days period, you can nab the title for just £12.49 from the Xbox Store. Alternatively, the Fighterz Edition will be available for £29.99.
Then there's the Ultimate Edition, which is reduced from £102.49 to just £40.99 – so there's a bargain for every version of the game.
"Download Dragon Ball FighterZ today by clicking on the Gold Member area on the home dashboard or directly from the Microsoft Store and take the stage in one of the most dynamic fighting games to date!" Microsoft notes.
"Xbox Live Gold members can also pick up Dragon Ball FighterZ at a discount during this period and enjoy this fighting game frenzy beyond the Free Play Days period," the post continues.
"If purchased, you can continue playing while keeping your Gamerscore and achievements earned in-game during the event."
If you need to know more about the game, check out the official description of the game below.
"Featuring a roster of your favourite Dragon Ball characters with a 3vs3 tag/support system, relive some of the most epic battles from the anime or craft your own story with the large assortment of characters," reads the official description.
"Create a team with classic fan-favourite characters such as Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo, or mix and match with villains such as Cell and Frieza.
"With a free switching battle mechanic that adds another element of strategy to the gameplay, Dragon Ball FighterZ boasts a level of complexity that delivers a unique fighting experience, elevating it amongst its peers."
We gave the game a full 5/5 when it launched back in January 2018.
You can read the full review at the link, but our verdict noted:
"Dragon Ball FighterZ is a robust package finished off with extraordinary graphics and a love for the core series that oozes out of every character interaction, every animation, every move.
"Battling in this game can make you feel like a Super Saiyan badass, even if you're new to fighting games."
It's definitely worth a free play this weekend.
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"In recent days, the Minuteman Project (MMP) has stirred up a lot of controversy for its activity along the U.S.-Mexico border. Liberal activists have been concerned about possible 'human rights violations' against illegal aliens by the MMP volunteers. And even President Bush implied that the Minutemen were 'vigilantes.' But the critics have been proved wrong. The project has thus far been a resounding success." Full article.
In spite of attacks by the liberal Bush and his allies the ACLU the American patriots who are not "vigilantes" as Bush lied about them have done a great job in the War on Terror.
On Larry Elder's show Wednesday night Larry said that the minutemen had reduced criminal immigration by 75%!. Or the rate of criminals crossing the border was only 25% of what it had been before the Minuteman Project! Sounds very positive!
While on the surface and by strict definition standards, GW's use of the word "vigilantes" to describe the "Minutemen Project" might seem innocuous.
However, I think any truthful, clear thinking person would agree that the term "vigilantes" usually connotes a much stronger and negative image and is an emotionally charged adjective.
Not only is it unfortunate that President Bush chose to use this word in the first place, but the Bush Administration isn't backing down from the use of the word. How unfortunate - and potentially damaging to the Republicans. They could be driving a wedge between them and many concerned (over border issues) citizens.


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Goings-on in intellectual history for early-mid December.
Lecture: "This Land is My/Our/Their Land"
Jared Farmer (University of Pennsylvania)
Bethany Wiggin (University of Pennsylvania)
With storm surges and wildfires causing heartbreaking property damage, the environmental is the emotional. But that's always been the case. From the leafy east to the mountainous west, the American landscape has been tied to overlapping—and competing—senses of identity at the individual, subnational, and national levels. Place attachment, or topophilia, would seem to be a precursor for sustainability, but even love has its dark side.
Penn Lightbulb Café, University of Pennsylvania.
Monday, December 7, 2020, 12:00 pm -1:20 pm EST. Register.
Workshop: "An American Historikerstreit: Holocaust Representation and the Specter of Deconstruction"
Jonathon Catlin (Princeton University)
Princeton University, Modern Europe Workshop.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 12:00 pm -1:20 pm EST. Register.
Lecture: "Readings and Mis-readings of Primitive Accumulation," Cinzia Arruzza (New School for Social Research)
Yale University, Franke Lectures in the Humanities
Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 6:00 pm EST. Register.
Conference: "In Search of a Concrete Universal: A Conference in Honor of Seyla Benhabib"
Conference Program.
Participants will include: Angélica Bernal, Drucilla Cornell, Paul Linden-Retek, Peter Verovšek, Cristina Lafont, Umur Basdas, Thomas McCarthy, Kenneth Baynes, Richard Bernstein, Rainer Forst, Bernard Harcourt, Rahel Jaeggi, William Scheuerman, Lorenzo Simpson, Peter E. Gordon, Carolin Emcke, Sonali Chakravarty, Gaye Demiryol, Ayten Gündoğdu, Patchen Markell, Christian Volk, Anna Jurkevics, Carmen Dege, Matthew Longo, Eduardo Mendieta, Max Pensky, Judith Resnik, and Karuna Mantena
The Department of Political Science (Yale University), the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, the Whitney Humanities Center, the Department of Philosophy (Yale University), and the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought (CCCCT).
Friday, December 11, 2020, 9 am – 6 pm EST. RSVP here.
Lecture: The Temporalities of Work: Labor Patterns and Politics in Bombay Cotton Mills, 1875 – 1900, with Hatice Yildiz
Harvard University, History of Global Capitalism Seminar
Monday, December 14, 2020, 3:45pm to 5:45pm EST. Register.
Discussion: Melancholy in Politics, Literature, Philosophy
Nitzan Lebovic (Lehigh), Vivian Liska (Antwerp), and Rebecca Comay (Toronto) will discuss melancholy as a historical term, a textual practice, and a philosophical worldview. Mikhal Dekel (City College NY) joins as moderator.
NYU Center for the Humanities
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 12:30 pm EST. Register.
Workshop: "Black Sirens' Song, or Listening for the Sirens after the Catastrophe", with Jessica Ruffin
Engaging Black feminist thought and Schopenhauer's ethics, this paper reimagines Adorno's and Horkheimer's interpretation of Odysseus' encounter with the Sirens in order to propose an anti-racist figure of ethical receptivity.
Duke University, Franklin Humanities Institute
Thursday, December 17, 2020 – 2:00pm to 3:15pm EST. Register.
Lecture: Mirrors of History. Discussing Gallantry in Eighteenth-Century Spain and Italy, with Mónica Bolufer
This talk will consider the representation of gallantry in eighteenth-century Spain and Italy, taking a comparative perspective. Specifically, it will discuss the relationship between men and married ladies under the names of cortejo or cicisbeo. This will enable us to explore some of the roles played by gender in the construction of the symbolic North/South divide within Europe. It will do so by analyzing the game of mirrors between travel narratives by Northern observers (particularly British and French) and the ways Spanish and Italian Enlightened writers responded to them. Partly (and sometimes unconsciously) these writers similarly incorporated some of their views, resulting in competing narratives around the place of gallantry, past and present, in the process of civilization.
European University Institute, Intellectual History Working Group.
Friday, December 18, 2020, 10:00 am CET. Contact Elisavet.Papalexopoulou@eui.eu to register.
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BORROWBY a township in Lythe parish, N. R Yorkshire; 10 miles NW by W of Whitby. Acres, 710. Real property, £756. Pop., 98. Houses, 19.
Borrowby is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Borrowby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
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If you have a body to flaunt and a flair for photo shoots, then this opportunity is perfect for you! CL Casting is hiring a number of models and body doubles for still photography for an upcoming project. People residing in or near Atlanta are welcome to apply!
Make sure that the email has the appropriate subject line as is mentioned below with each role. Working dates are also mentioned with each role, so please make sure that you only apply if you are available on the said dates.
This is a stand-in role and any previous experience in the relevant field will be appreciated. The interested candidate must be completely available, as they will have to work on daily basis, Mon to Friday, July 15, 2016 to Aug 10, 2016.
The subject of the email should be 5'1″ BRUNETTE FEMALE.
The rate for this role is $140 for 12 hours.
They are looking for a hipster looking man with a bushy beard to play the role of a farmer. The actor will be selected by the director.
The subject of the email should be NATURE.
The working date will be Monday, August 1, 2016.
The rate for this role is $64 for every 8 hours.
They are looking for an actor look-alike for still photographs.
The rate for this opening is $140 per 12 hours work.
July 21st and 22nd are the two working days and the interested candidates must be available on both these dates.
Age: Around 35 years in age.
Body Frame: A thin frame with at least C cups.
Built: A very slim build.
Ethnicity: All ethnicities, shapes, and sizes are invited to apply.
The rate for the photo shoot is $64 for every eight hpurs.
All shapes and sizes are welcome to apply.
People with a neighborly-type look and friendly faces are preferred for this photo shoot.
The rate is $64 for every 8 hours.
Please attached photographs of smiling kids with the email.
Please also include name and phone number of the guardian in your email.
So what are you waiting for? If you are a resident of Atlanta, then grab this opportunity and apply now!


We may not dye the Bay green, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten about St. Patrick's Day. Or have we? Pour yourself a pint of Guinness and take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of the East Bay's Irish pride.
Which East Bay bar has the largest selection of Irish beers?
No surprise, Port Costa's Warehouse Café takes the (pot of) gold, with eight varieties of Irish beer, including three types of Guinness.
What Berkeley pub features Irish music on Sunday nights and a traditional ceilidh dance on Mondays?
When was the city of Dublin (CA) founded?
James Witt Dougherty first bought the land for farming and ranching in 1853. The Dougherty Station Inn was built in 1862. By 1878, the settlement had grown to include a school, church, cemetery, and various stores, and was officially named Dublin. The city incorporated in 1982.
Where can you celebrate St. Patty's in the 925?
Check out Dublin's annual St. Patrick's Day festival on March 17 and 18. Activities include a fun run, parade, pancake breakfast, and green-and-white evening gala. For information, call (925) 556-4500 or visit www.dublinstpats.com.


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now you will have a bandage of Circle tyre tightened with thread around them .
4- use your feet to kick it and it will bounce back so you can do more than one kick using all different position of your feet.
once you master this rule. you can form a group where one person will kick the rubber tyre to another, the looser ( the one who can't manage to kick or catch the rubber Tyre will be in the middle of circle being thrown the rubber into him and so on.
you can develop this game to make goal keeper and form pair of two.
This game is unique and you can't find it anywhere only in the narrow street of traditional Moroccan cities. extremely fun and can build confidence and develop highly skill of balance with one foot and patience and challenge.
hope you will understand the game.
its a two teams game .
on earth and with chalk we draw a big square (almost 1 meter X 1 meter) and we draw four little squares (10cm*10cm ) on every corner of the big square , and a little circle in the middle of the big square .
you must have five small rocks which can be flat (because you have to put one above the other).
* so you have the right draw on earth , you have five rocks in the circle .
one member from a team have to launch the ball from a 2 Meters distance from the big square to hit the five rocks ,he have to try 5 times until he hits the five rocks , if he do he and his team (team A) members have to run , because the other team (team B) will try to hit them with the tennis ball , if someone from (team A) get touched by the tennis ball he must be eliminated from the game , the purpose is that team A have to place the five rocks in the 4 small squares and one rock in the circle .
if they do they win .
one technic used is that (team B) have to use deception so Team A members will never know who owns the ball .
also team A members have to sacrifice for the team so remember the purpose is that the five rocks have to be placed not that members mustn't be eliminated .
usually team holds from 3 to 6 members .


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Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines | NYCC Panel
Posted byClare	 February 13, 2009 November 24, 2018 8 Comments on Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines | NYCC Panel
Friday the 13th is the perfect day for Bookspotcentral Valentine to some wonderful women authors of paranormal fiction. Whether the label du jour is urban fantasy, dark fantasy, or some flavor of paranormal, with or without heavy romantic elements and (ahem) explicit hotness, these series can encompass high-octane thrills, layered world-creation, ensemble character development, humor, and cultural commentary. It's that gusto and genre-bending variety that seems to attract its authors as well as its readers, and there were enthusiastic fans of both genders gathered at 2009's New York Comic-Con to hear more about Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines.
This hour-long panel was jam-packed and there were 6 authors sitting on the dais. As hefty as this summary is, I've actually excerpted and condensed the content, trimming out pauses for laughter and some of the random bawdiness that made it such fun. I left plenty in, too. Misstatements are mine, but I'd appreciate corrections if you have them.
Moderator Michael Spradlin is the author of The Youngest Templar, the first book in The Keeper of the Grail series (hardcover from Putnam Juvenile, released September 18th, 2008). I note that it takes a good sport and a good attitude to depart so drastically from the fiction he typically writes for nine to twelve year-olds in order to facilitate a panel for books that are often rather adult in their themes and treatment. First, he introduces himself as the temporary King of Babe-a-lon, only to be good-naturedly busted down to "token male" by one of the panelists. Let the fun begin.
The panelists and their current releases:
Kim Harrison- White Witch, Black Curse
Book 7, The Hollows series about Cincinnati witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan (upcoming hardcover from Eos, February 24th)
Vicki Pettersson- City of Souls
Book 4, Sign of the Zodiac series about Las Vegas casino heiress and Light Sagittarius Joanna Archer (upcoming mass market paperback from Eos, June 30th)
Jeaniene Frost- At Grave's End
Book 3, Night Huntress series about Ohio's half-vampire slayer Cat Crawfield (mass market paperback from Avon, released December 30th, 2008)
Jocelynn Drake- Dayhunter
Book 2, Dark Days series about centuries-old vampire nightwalker and enforcer Mira (upcoming mass market paperback from Eos, April 28th)
Margaret Ronald- Spiral Hunt
Celt-influenced debut about the Hound, Evie Scelan, who supernaturally scents her quarry amid the magical undercurrents of Boston (mass market paperback from Eos, released January 27th, 2009)
Michael Spradlin launches the discussion by asking why the paranormal genre has become so popular with both male and female readers. Kim Harrison notes how much other media have highlighted it, such as in Joss Whedon's programs and the Underworld movies. But it's nothing new, not since Bewitched. She calls it the "comfort food of the literary world," because we all enjoy fireside stories about the Bogey Man. Vicki Pettersson adds the universal need for escapism, especially in rough times, mentioning how strong female perspectives can be an antidote to the wilting flowers or token females who used to get routinely killed off at the beginning of books. Jeaniene Frost thinks readers especially enjoy the What If factor, imagining that what we see isn't all that's there, and giving names to our superstitions and fears. But another appealing aspect about this genre is that it can turn the Bogey Man into the Leading Man, showing a monster isn't as monstrous as some of the human actors. Jocelynn Drake says she's in it for the action, a heroine with guns blazing who kicks ass wherever she finds herself, battling the darkness and having fun doing it, even if she doesn't come out ahead all the time. Margaret Ronald enjoys making different patterns, a stranger kind of sense out of the evidence. Rather than using Occam's Razor to explain something, she can use Occam's flamethrower instead. Kim Harrison finally notes the cross-gender appeal might simply be attributed to all the sexy women in leather.
Michael Spradlin asks about the heroines who are involved in tempestuous, tumultuous relationships, human or not-so, and why they seem necessarily attracted to alpha males and bad boys, pointing out that the beta males want sexy chicks, too. Jocelynn Drake's heroine, Mira, hasn't been matched up with anyone yet, but Drake thinks he'll need to be a pretty strong alpha not to be dominated or steamrolled by her heroine's personality. Jeaniene Frost doesn't think the term "bad boy" gives enough credit to characters that have moral ambiguity. They're not necessarily bad, just complicated, which is her rationalization and she's sticking with it. When the heroines are strong women who won't wait for the danger to pass before jumping in, it's hard for Frost to imagine them with anyone but someone equally unafraid to jump into the dark. In her opinion, that quality defines a very good boy for these characters.
Vicki Pettersson likes writing hot guys, and if she has to slave for hours writing, she wants to do it with someone cute. The bad boys are also Kim Harrison's favorite to write, and while they always have some redeeming factor, she likes them to be genuinely bad. It's a problem for her that her bad boys have to behave well enough to survive, but then they risk becoming antiheroes. She has to remind herself to make them do despicable things. Much like women can vicariously appreciate kick-ass heroines, she believes male readers like imagining themselves in the bad boys' role, too. Margaret Ronald's male leads are usually quite sure they're doing the right thing, and that's the source of their problems. She likes playing with characters who aren't necessarily bad, in fact, one puts on the façade of being a trustworthy, nice guy. But in her books, safe isn't always the best thing, and that's a dichotomy she enjoys writing.
When considering how much of their own personality makes it into their heroines, Kim Harrison notes lots of differences with hers in residential preferences and how she spends her time, but acknowledges they share deep determination and a hatred for bullies. If she saw Rachel Morgan on the street, she'd recognize her, but might not want to be her friend, because she's scary. And all her friends die. Vicki Pettersson thinks there are aspects of her personalities in all her characters from the heroine to the bad guys. She jokes that people may not realize when they're insulting her villains, they're insulting her. And when they call her heroine a bitch, well, that's a frightening thing to ponder. Jeaniene Frost isn't like her main character, because her heroine would just never enjoy dinner and a movie, curling up with a husband and a dog. Frost's heroine occurred to her as her own person, not as a splinter of her author, who, by the way, couldn't handle being in constant danger with the ones she cares about. However, she did gift Cat her own dark humor and bad language. When it's life or death, "shucky darns" doesn't come to mind. Jocelynn Drake thinks the question revolves around whether she herself is really, really violent. And she's not, at least not in public or on her blog. She shares Mira's temper, impulsiveness, and sense of humor, but there are big chunks of her in Danaus's dark brooding and Tristan's insecurities. Margaret Ronald's heroine Evie is a total bitch, in more ways than one, and she puts up with a lot less crap than her author, and that's just one of the impulses Ronald channels through her.
Spradlin asks next about how each author began researching and creating the unique worlds where their characters reside. Kim Harrison admits to doing "zero research" on her critters, at least not since elementary school and junior high when she read various Big Books of Fairy Tales and authors like Andre Norton and Anne McCaffrey. She lets those influences swirl in the background, rather than looking into what other people are doing, though she does quite a bit of research on her locations. When she began her series, she didn't know how fascinating Cincinnati was. Since then, she's learned about its unused tunnels and subways, its reputation for graverobbing, its previous history as the 4th largest city in the nation, and that you can travel from there all the way to the Gulf of Mexico by boat. As for the magical elements of her series– and she thinks it's likely true for most of the authors,– she's just making the stuff up. Vicki Pettersson wanted to use mythology as a way to turn the popular superhero trope on its ear. As a Las Vegas native, who actually spent years as a showgirl, the city is obviously familiar to her, but she thinks it can mean different things depending on what someone's seeking. She likes showing off some of her own favorite locations and explaining Las Vegas' historical identity as a tiny desert town where everyone knows each other, only with this big, bright bulge in the middle. She rediscovers her city in finding new places for Joanna to create mayhem.
Jeaniene Frost never knew her first Night Huntress manuscript would get published, so she didn't do much world research. She'd wanted to write a book since she was twelve, so with thirty looming, she did it. As a control freak, she loves being able to create a fantasy world as she chooses, so unlike real life. She'd loved vampire stories since childhood, and simply kept the ideas she loved and didn't use the rest. Where she did do more research was on the vampires' circumstances and how they would have been shaped by them. Because Bones was turned in 1790, she researched 18th century London's social and political environment to understand how his perspective would differ from, say, a 22 year-old college student in Ohio. If that research only amounted to four sentences in the final novel, it still gave her a much better grounding in the character she was writing. She also notes that if you're writing a real, contemporary city, local readers will call you out on mistakes, so Google.
Jocelynn Drake's vampires came from years of reading and her twisted imagination, as a culmination of everything she'd absorbed. Her heaviest research, aside from fight scenes, also involves locales. Her heroine's always on the move and, in her debut, traveled through London, Egypt, and Savannah, meaning lots of work, since Drake hadn't visited any of those places. By the time she was done with the internet and loads of travel books, she could've described any street Mira walked down, and for Dayhunter's Venice scenes, she made sure to learn every canal. While Margaret Ronald agrees about the importance of locale research, she did investigate the legendary basis of her world. Once her heroine, Evie, occurred to her, she immediately realized she'd need to know a lot more about Celtic mythology than she did. She immersed herself in the medieval Welsh stories of the Mabinogion, plus criticism, discussions, and historical analysis, and surfaced days later, blinking. She enjoyed the process of coming up with a lot of ideas that never made it into the book, though she's using more of them as time and the series go by.
Opening the floor, the first question from the audience is about the oft-debated, seemingly never-resolved differentiation between paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Kim Harrison offers the impression, subject to correction, that it's much easier to get a paranormal romance reader to read something labeled urban fantasy than the reverse. The needs of certain genre readers may be very specific, but romance readers tend to be quite flexible in crossing over. Jeaniene Frost calls hers "urban fantasy romance" and some call them hybrids. She says some people define romance as requiring a 'Happily Ever After'. She advises that if you're taking a main couple through several books, as she does and do Mary Janice Davidson and Katie MacAlister, should you decide to kill the hero in the series finale, be ready to run and hide from romance fans. In urban fantasy, there isn't that expectation, either book-to-book or over the series arc. The heroine may end up with someone different than at the beginning or by herself. Paranormal romance bears a greater expectation that the couple will end up together in some form of happiness, though not necessarily married with children. For romance readers, she says if you let them know what to expect in the end, such as a final choice among multiple heroes or finally reuniting with the original one, they'll happily go along and enjoy the ride. But cheat them on the anticipated resolution, and they'll be extremely unhappy.
Margaret Ronald's kneejerk reaction is to say she prefers to have stacks and stacks of her book in every aisle possible. And while she's dreaming, she'd also like a pony. She tends to think of her work as urban fantasy, but considers that a somewhat arbitrary designation. The romance plot is muted in her book, not at the forefront, but she depends upon the reader to decide where it falls. Jocelynn Drake's books are urban fantasy with light "romantic elements." She doesn't want to lock her heroine into anything while she's having such fun getting into trouble. (When she observes that she doesn't want Mira yet "shackled to a man," several of the XY-chromosomed shackles in the crowd, like moderator Mike Spradlin, wince and "Ow!" aloud) She wants her heroine to experience all the turmoil that comes with relationships, meeting someone who she must choose either to love or kill. Kim Harrison closes the topic by pointing out if you can remove the romance from a book and still have a coherent story, it's probably an urban fantasy. If removing the romance guts the plot, it's a romance, and she says she can usually tell by the language and treatment from the first chapter.
Another audience member asks about the general importance of having sex in the books, both in frequency and explicitness. Kim Harrison begins by acknowledging how individual the choice is, based on storyline and author preference. She personally likes to write some in, but it won't break her books without it. She has, in fact, gone several books without Rachel slipping into the bedroom with anyone and didn't get any flack for it. Vicki Pettersson says she puts in sex scenes when they forward the plot, doing two or three different things in the story, and she's not talking about positions. She wrote a draft of her fourth book without any sex scenes, after someone noted she'd always had them. But she found, for her, that sucked! For her characters' emotions and interpersonal dynamics, she needs at least some. However, she notes that sex scenes aren't at all sexy to write. They're as hard to write as fight scenes, and have to be as carefully choreographed. Jeaniene Frost echoes that opinion, and says she advises writers having trouble with sex scenes to approach them like fights, involving physicality, emotion, and all the senses. She says if the author's shying away from something, the readers can tell. If she feels a scene doesn't belong, because she knows where she's taking the plot and series, she'll take it out. Her second book was pretty sexy, but her third, because of the circumstances, had more action in it. Some readers loved the increased danger, and some wanted another Chapter 32, and are demanding it for Book 4. In any case, she tries to write sex so she's moving the plot, not just stopping to peek in a window.
Jocelynn Drake hasn't felt compelled to add a lot of sex. So far, the pacing (she's just finished the Book 3 draft) is so fast, she hasn't felt like she's had time to get around to sex. She admits that's a bit of a shame, since she owes her heroine some enjoyment, and promises to let her have some in the future. She'll know it's the right time when it matches the rest of the story and doesn't slow anything down, but she hasn't felt pressured about it at all. Margaret Ronald hasn't written much in the way of actual sex, showing characters' sex appeal instead with shower scenes, drenching rains, etc. She confesses to having trouble writing sex scenes, in that sitting at the computer blushing is counterproductive. But stripping a character and rolling him in mud is no problem at all. She hasn't felt any pressure to add sex either, but does enjoy writing the teasing, more sex-appeal based scenes. Jocelynn Drake amens the fun of writing teasing scenes, flirting with putting her main characters in interesting positions. In her throatiest growl, she discusses bringing them closer…and closer…so close that you can feel… the kiss… on the page. At this point, Mike Spradlin points out the obvious superiority of this panel over any other in the history of Comic Con. The audience cheers for hotness.
The next question from the floor concerns stereotypes of women in genre fiction and society and how that figures into the authors' work. Vicki Pettersson addresses it straightforwardly, having a beautiful, buxom blond whose whole physical form is a mask. She finds there's so much more behind her female and male characters than the surface, Everyone's multilayered from the panel to the audience and even the geeks in the comic book shop. As a feminist and a woman, if there's something she sees everyday, and it's affecting her on some level, it goes into her books. There's wish fulfillment there. If a guy harasses her on the street, she writes it down, and in the next book, he dies a slow and painful death. Mostly it's just fun, and she doesn't want to hit anyone over the head with a moral message, but she's just saying with her fiction: Don't' f**k with me. Jeaniene Frost adds that to avoid stereotypes, it's important to plug deeper into the characters. Even if they're acting in stereotypical ways at times, digging deeper reveals their weirdness, quirks, and how they're opinionated and very individual. The authors can show women who are able to choose their paths, not be pigeon-holed. If they want to be kick-ass or not, that's fine, but no one should be forced into a box where they don't belong.
This topic leads another member of the audience to ask whether any of the authors encountered resistance because of their strong heroines. Kim Harrison replies with an immediate and definite No. Jeanine Frost hasn't experienced that either, and notes the market's especially good now for strong heroines. She's happy to be shelved in romance, because she's been reading it since she was way too young to be reading it. She's heard more traditional readers say that romance heroines don't kill people, but hers does, and has found a lot of readers willing to embrace whatever kind of heroine's presented as long as they can connect. Jocelynn Drake notes her focus, from the beginning, on providing balancing factors for her heroine. She wanted to have as many male readers as female, and knowing that male readers might not always be able to relate, gave them a good balance with her male character Danaus significantly sharing lots of scenes with Mira. Margaret Ronald wants to make sure does more than working out her own issues through Evie, and works to find responses that aren't just extensions of the author. Doing so, she found she liked when her kick-ass heroine was vulnerable or messed up. Vicki Pettersson points out that the male readership likes these women who they can imagine standing toe-to-toe with. Guys like alpha chicks just like girls like alpha males. As for the publishing industry, it's receptive, being filled with kick-ass females, her agent and editor being only two examples.
The next question is about having a master plan and potential series burnout. Kim Harrison explains that The Hollows series was originally planned as three books, and was delighted when she found out she'd been signed on to play with it for six. After coming up with the six-book arc, she found out it could extend to nine, and had to come up with something else. She could've folded up at that point, but gave it some thought, and asked her heroine if she was ready for more trouble. Rachel said yes. Harrison has an arc now that can extend as long as she wants, but knows at some point the story will end. She likes endings as much as beginnings. She hopes the series ends happily, and then she'll cheerfully put Rachel down and go on. She acknowledges the trap of writing the same series on and on until the stories peter out, but if the characters are still growing and learning, the story stays strong. Vicki Pettersson paraphrases Dennis Lehane saying no one ever comes up to you and tells you the 16th book in your series was just the best. Since that doesn't happen, an author wants to end the series on a strong note.
Jeaniene Frost has a series ending in mind for Book 7, although they might drag a couple more out of her, because a couple of the more-persuasive side characters in her world are bitching about getting their own books. After that, she'll write something totally different in another world. Jocelynn Drake tries to answer without looking at her editor in the front row because they've never discussed this. There are things she wants to accomplish with the series, but it's open-ended, and she likes to think she'll be writing about Mira as long as people want to read about her. That said, Drake fully expects her heroine to get fed up and protest one day, and she knows how the series will conclude at that point. However, even that doesn't mean the Dark Days world will end. She's trying to make the landscape as lush as possible, so she can jump back into it with other characters who want face time. Margaret Ronald has a clear 3-book arc, and is early enough into her series that she isn't worried about burnout, except in the annoying way that day jobs and writing don't mix. She recharges with a side project that has nothing to do with the current novels and will probably never see print.
The panel's asked whether their series can be joined by a reader at any book. Kim Harrison replies that any of hers should stand alone, but are more enjoyable read in order. That's her intention, but it takes attention to accomplish. Vicki Pettersson demands that everyone buy and read everything she ever writes or risk an ass-kicking. Some of Jeanine Frost's readers didn't even register that they'd begun reading her series with Book 3, and she heard the same about Book 2. Therefore, she thinks they're just fine read out of order, but sequential readers may get some of the inside jokes that new readers don't. She's working to lure readers into her web with whatever book they happen to grab. Jocelynn Drake isn't worried, because she's only got her first on the shelves so far, but her goal is for them to stand alone and tie together. With one book out so far, Margaret Ronald finds herself in the same position with the same goals.
Thus endeth the panel. With thanks to the authors and moderator, I hope you found this summary even half as swell as we attendees found the event.
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8 replies on "Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines | NYCC Panel"
Jay Tomio says:
Clare – thank you very much for doing this for us (and what I hear is all kinds more!) and welcome (again) to the fold!
Terrie Farley Moran says:
Great article, Clare. I always love reading about how an author thinks and develops characters, setting etc. I had to smile at "Jeaniene Frost has a series ending in mind for Book 7, although they might drag a couple more out of her, because a couple of the more-persuasive side characters in her world are bitching about getting their own books."
And haven't we all met characters like that?
Thanks, Jay. It's great to be chiming in again, especially when the site's so nice. Sad to say, I'm no better informed than before, but my rash opinions have had their hiatus.
Terrie- I knew exactly what they meant, too. Who are yours? The warden at Jake's prison?
Michael Spradlin says:
Clare,
As the moderator of said panel, I wanted to thank you for such an in-depth and insightful analysis of what I felt was a wonderful panel.
I feel lucky to have survived it.
Travis Erwin says:
Thanks for the recap. Great summary for those of us who wished we could have been there.
Clare, actually one character that really pushes to get his voice out there is a guy from Jake's cellblock. The 15 year old girl from "Strike Zone" keeps pushing to come back and tell another story as a middle aged woman.
Ah, the voices in our heads!
Lois Karlin says:
So this is where you hang out! A whole new world. I always wondered how a 3-book arc turned into a 9-book arc….


This information looks at the Active Listings versus Pending Sales for residential home for the week of September 3rd, 2012. This data shows the city and price range of the homes that have gone under contract in the last seven days compared to the active listings. North Seattle had the largest percent go under contract with 14% for the week. In Redmond, there were no homes that went under contract over $900,000 for the week and Bellevue was very active in the $350,000 to $399,999 range for Sellers. The chart below has more detailed information about each area and price range.
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Souderton closes out Methacton with short-handed goal
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Souderton's Lauren Kenah carries the ball as Methacton's Liz Chipman defends during their game on Wednesday, Sept, 18, 2019. (Ed Morlock/MediaNews Group)
WORCESTER >> Methacton had a great opportunity to get back into the game.
The Warriors trailed Souderton by one goal with 16 minutes left and held a one-player advantage after an Indians yellow card.
It was Souderton, however, who capitalized with extra space on the field. Junior Courtney Kenah carried the ball from end-to-end, dribbled through defenders and scored her second goal of the game to secure a 3-1 non-league win at Methacton High School Wednesday evening.
"They had a corner and my sister (Lauren) cleared it up to me," Kenah said. "I just took it. I just ran and beat like three people by the end of it and just shot it. I knew by that time we were down a player — a sweeper — so I was trying to waste time No. 1 and No. 2 get a goal. That's what I did."
"It's always nice to get a short-sided goal," Souderton coach Sue Casciato said. "You don't count on that. That gave us a little bit of a cushion, too, didn't have to press quite as hard at the end."
Less than 30 seconds after Kenah's goal, Souderton received a green card, giving Methacton a two-player advantage for a full two minutes, but the Warriors were unable to trim their two-goal deficit.
"That's a lot of game-recognition and communication," Methacton coach Amanda Fuertsch said. "We were coaching them from the side to double-team the ball if we're up one player. We were up two players so we even could have been triple-teaming the ball, but it's just the girls on the field need to realize that, take advantage of it and communicate so that you're still working as a unit and it's not just one person realizes, 'Oh, we're up a person.' The whole team needs to be on the same page communicating to take advantage of that numbers-up situation and we didn't do that."
The Warriors (5-2-0, 4-0-0 PAC Liberty) lone goal came in the game's first five minutes. Elena Snodgrasss worked her way in front of the net and Nicole Uebele deflected a pass into the back of the cage for a 1-0 lead. The hosts has plenty of scoring chances the rest of the way – totalling 13 corners – but were unable to get on the scoreboard again.
"We definitely out-shot them by a lot," Fuertsch said. "We had more corner chances, we just didn't capitalize. We played those first five minutes the way we play and then we dropped off from there. That's when they scored their other goals."
"Our varsity goalie is out right now," Casciato said. "I took one of my top offensive players, put her on defense – Anna Gwiadzinski. She's usually a center-forward or somewhere on the forward line. She played defense. We moved things around a little bit today and I thought in the second half our defense played really well."
The Indians (8-1-0 5-0-0 SOL Continental) tied the game at one 58 seconds after falling behind. Kenah ripped a shot on a corner, inserted by Gwiadzinski.
The one-all tie held for the rest of the first half and the first eight minutes after intermission.
Reily Knize put the Indians ahead for good when she put a rebound into the cage after a corner shot was stopped.
Methacton goalie Kelly O'Donnell made two saves in the game. Souderton's Tegan Farina, the JV goalie stepping up for varsity's injured starter, made three stops.
This midseason game could be a preview of things to come later in the season. Souderton entered the game ranked No. 3 in District 1-3A while Methacton was No. 5.
"At this point we're not too worried about exactly where we are," Casciato said. "We'd like to get maybe a bye in districts, but that's not what we're looking for now. (Methacton) is always a good competitor of our's. We've had a good history of having really good games with them."
"There are some things that are the same for every game that we need to work on," Fuertsch said, "but (Souderton) also highlighted a couple other newer weaknesses that before today we hadn't really talked about much because it wasn't something that happened in other games. Forward movement and cutting to the ball — they definitely took advantage of that and they beat us to 50-50 balls. It's definitely a learning experience."
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Today we travelled from Fes to Marrakesh. In total it took us approx 7 hours. We left the fertile rolling green hills behind. They were to be replaced by much more arid flat land with hundreds of palm trees. As we approached Marrakesh we caught sight of the snow capped Atlas Mountains. Marrakesh is definitely the red city. It's a very attractive city on first sight with wide boulevards & flowering bougainvillea in red, pink & yellow.
After dropping our bags at our hotel Dellarosa we headed to Djemaa el Fna, the famous square which at night comes alive with entertainment; snake charmers, monkeys, musicians, cross dressing belly dancers, acrobats, henna artists & storytellers (which unfortunately were in Arabic). At the back of the square are temporary food stands & by temporary I mean they are completely moved each night.. the tarps, seats, tables, cooking equipment, electricity.
We had a fun dinner of skewers & salad (& bread which is served at every meal) then we spent some time wandering around the square absorbing the atmosphere.


Dunkerton, who won his bid to be reinstated to the Superdry board a fortnight ago, has been backed by investment firm Oasis Management which has taken a 3.3% stake in the company, the Mail on Sunday reported.
Dunkerton, who won 51.2% of shareholders' votes in his bid return to the fashion specialist, is thought to be on the look-out for other supportive investor shareholders for support as he embarks upon a turnaround of Superdry.
Investment firm Standard Life, which initially tried to block Dunkerton's intervention, has had a "positive" meeting with Dunkerton and his new team, which includes former Boohoo chairman Peter Williams.
Dunkerton had criticised Superdry's management after he left the business in March 2018. He blamed discounting and poor product decisions for two profit warnings issued since he left and for wiping out £1.2bn of shareholder value.
He, with co-founder James Holder, own 29% of Superdry and had been pushing for a return to the business since late last year.
Superdry's management had argued that Dunkerton was partly to blame for the retailer's problems and a boardroom exodus quickly followed after his return.
Then-chair Peter Bamford, chief executive Euan Sutherland, chief financial officer Ed Barker and chair of the remuneration committee Penny Hughes all resigned with immediate effect along with non-executive directors Dennis Millard, Minnow Powell, Sarah Wood and John Smith.
Julian Dunkerton has successfully staged a boardroom coup and is back at the top of the retailer he founded. The team discuss what he needs to do now.
Superdry's former chief executive Euan Sutherland is set to receive a £730,000 payoff from the fashion brand, after his resignation at the reappointment of Julian Dunkerton.
As boardroom coups go, this was a particularly bloody one with many a scalp being taken.


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Towering performances as Pro Touch teams rock in Blackpool
Coach praises young footballers who went on 'a weekend they'll never forget'
30 May, 2019 — By Steve Barnett
Pro Touch SA Under-7s starred at the Blackpool International Cup, winning seven of their 10 matches
YOUNG footballers from Pro Touch SA soaked up the sun and all the silverware as they enjoyed "a weekend they will never forget" in Blackpool.
Coach John De Dominicis said there was "unbelievable noise" as two squads from the football academy made their way back from the Blackpool International Cup clutching no fewer than five major trophies between them.
Taking part in a league format, the unbeatable Pro Touch Blues were crowned kings of the Under-8s five-a-side tournament after winning five and drawing one of their games during the two-day competition, which was held at Fleetwood Town FC's Poolfoot Farm training ground.
Despite scoring a staggering 16 goals along the way, it was the Blues' goalkeeper Bobby Horton and defender Lorenzo Brigitte who were singled out for praise as the team conceded just six goals on their way to the title.
Pro Touch SA's Under-8s Blues and Reds teams returned from their trip up north with trophies
The Pro Touch Under-8s Reds also had reason to celebrate as, led by midfielders Gianni Perkola and Felice Opher, they took the runners-up spot just behind their Blue counterparts.
The success didn't stop there, however. The Pro Touch Under-7s squad also shone as they won their competition, finishing just a point ahead of AFC Blackpool Wolves. The team of tiny talents won seven and drew two of their 10 games, tasting defeat just the once on their way to claiming the title.
Their coach, Yemisi Ebofin, said the whole team were the "men of the match" as they banged in 30 goals and conceded just 10 along the way.
As they headed home, the players also had to find space in the mini-bus for two more trophies after being presented with the Fair Play Awards for both age groups.
"The way the entire squad bonded was fantastic," added John.
"We drove down to Blackpool on Friday and stayed for three nights, so it was a great experience for all the players and coaches involved. It gave them a unique opportunity to find their own little personalities, but they also worked really well as a team on and off the pitch.
"We're all very proud of the boys. It was the Under-7s' first time on tour as a team, and it was a fantastic performance from everyone."
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Some interesting things about St. Patrick.
He was born in Britain as Maewyn Succat around 390 AD.
When he was 16, Irish raiders attacked his family's estate, kidnapped him, and took him to Ireland as a slave, where he tended herds.
After six years in Ireland, he escaped his captors and found passage to Britain on a ship. After nearly starving and suffering a second brief captivity, he was reunited with his family.
He had a dream in which he read a letter and heard Irish people imploring him to return to Ireland and share the Gospel there.
Because he felt that he lacked the proper education to be an evangelist, he was reluctant to respond to the call but finally did around 432 AD.
When he became a priest, he changed his name to Patricius, or Patrick, which derives from the Latin term for "father figure".
Gaining confidence in the Lord, he traveled throughout Ireland, spreading the Gospel and baptizing converts.
In his quest to make Christianity understandable to the Irish, he employed object lessons, such as using a shamrock to explain the Trinity.
Even though he dealt fairly with the non-Christian Irish, he lived in constant danger of martyrdom. He also faced some opposition from his superiors in Britain. He faced all of his challenges with courage and gave of himself unselfishly during his 30 years of missionary work in Ireland.
By the time of his death on March 17, 461 AD, he had established quite a few Christian churches, schools, and monasteries in Ireland.
His given name wasn't Patrick. He wasn't Irish. He didn't drive the snakes out of Ireland. Instead, the real St. Patrick was a gutsy, creative, tireless missionary in a land where he had been a slave as a young man.


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Home In Other Worlds Television David Tennant Joins Disney XD's Revival of DuckTales
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David Tennant Joins Disney XD's Revival of DuckTales
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David Tennant has joined the voice cast of Disney XD's new DuckTales in the role of Scrooge McDuck.
Tennant is joined by Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan as the voices of mischief-making Huey, Dewey and Louie, respectively. The series will follow Scrooge McDuck, his curious and mischief-making grandnephews — Huey, Dewey and Louie — as they embark on high-flying adventures worldwide.
But who else is joining these familiar characters when it airs on Disney XD in August 2017?
Donald Duck (Tony Anselmo)
Well who else would be back? Donald Duck (voiced by Tony Anselmo) has to be a big part of this revival. . "He's been a single parent obsessively taking care of the boys, and he's a little bit overprotective and doesn't want to take a lot of risks, whereas so much of Scrooge's success is based on the fact that he's willing to take risks," says co-producer Francisco Angones in an interview with Entertainment magazine.
Gladstone Gander (Paul F. Tompkins)
If you have a billionaire self-made duck you need a rival competitor. And Gladstone Gander is just that. He's always been an irriation to Donald Duck but now that Donald and his nephews are back in Scrooge McDuck's life, Glanstone become Scrooge's annoyance.
Gyro Gearloose (Jim Rash)
For those who remember the 1980 series, you'll remember that Scrooge has a live-in mad scientist. He's back in this new series too. Just with a more modern twist.
Goldie O'Gilt (Allison Janney)
For those David Tennant's out there, they will know that the TimeLord was a big fan of the West Wing Series. So he quacked for joy know that C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney's character in West Wing) was going to be playing Scrooge's long time love interest We're glad that producers could make their star go all fanboy!!
Ma Beagle (Margo Martindale) and the Beagle Boys (Eric Bauza)
The Beagle Boys and their matriarch are back as the annoying stupid criminal gang who's bark is worst than their bite.
There are a few more returning characters that Entertainment magazine has revealed for Disney XD's DuckTales but you'll just have to step over to their post to find out. In meantime enjoy the cast of DuckTales singing the Original Theme song.
DuckTales is produced by Disney Television Animation with Matt Youngberg (Ben 10: Omniverse) as executive producer.
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Susan Hewitt is the Editor and Site Owner of Blogtor Who. She has loved all Doctor Who for over 5 decades now. Prisoner, Blake-7, Space-1999, Star Wars and Star Trek were also huge favourites. Her favourite Doctor is Tom Baker with Peter Capaldi following in a close second. However, David Tennant does rank as one of her favourite actors particular due to his brilliant work in theatre. She followed her heroes and became an Electrical Engineering in the semiconductor industry and worked for ATI, AMD and ARM. She is the CTO of Ryff when she isn't writing or editing Blogtor Who.
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