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PSN Review – Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Kishen PatelThursday, October 14, 2010
The Lara Croft name is one that is immediately recognized by seasoned gamers as the most popular female character in videogame history, earning the fictional vixen a Guinness World Record for such status. Spawning from the Tomb Raider series on the original PlayStation, Miss Croft has come a long way from the original concept drawn up by Core Design, to the redesign by Crystal Dynamics, and finally at a new perspective with Square Enix.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light strays from the Tomb Raider name with an all-new isometric viewpoint. Still carrying the Lara Croft character, the downloadable title remains true to its originating series with a similar plot and atmosphere. The narrative places the lovely protagonist meddling in between the drama of Totec, the "guardian of light", and Xolotl, the "keeper of darkness" who have been in conflict since 2,000 years prior to the events of the game. Lara, being the crafty archeologist that she has been throughout the Tomb Raider series, found the cursed mirror only to be stolen by her competing excavators. From here, it is up to the player to defeat the now released Xolotl.
Right off the bat, players will notice–if they were not aware of it already–that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light takes on an isometric, almost birds-eye-view, perspective of the in-game world. All camera angles, rotating, and panning and zooming is done automatically as the player moves Misses Croft around. This fixed camera is similar to that of the God of War series and unlike the PSN downloadable, Kick-Ass. The end results of the changes from the original third-person take on the heroine is a refreshing experience that is enjoyed by both fans of the Lara Croft character and newcomers to the game.
One of the driving forces of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is the cooperative multiplayer of the game. With an additional player, Lara Croft's companion takes on the role of Totec, a Mayan warrior who is apparently 2,000 years old. While playing with a buddy is an enjoyable experience, the cooperative multiplayer component adds nothing to the game, itself, since the levels are designed in a simplistic way where one player can solve all the puzzles by their lonesome. The game does not, however, include an online component.
Along the way, Lara will uncover items with give her certain power-ups and boosts that will increase her defense and attacks. Speaking of attacking, the game hosts a great variety of weaponry with everything from Lara Croft's signature handguns to even a flamethrower. Weapons can be assigned to specific button layouts on the DualShock 3 for quick access to the most fitting weapons at the time. One notable weapon is the spear which is not only a projectile weapon but also doubles up as a makeshift platform when thrown against walls.
The gameplay sports everything from gun combat to traversal platforming. Using Lara's spear, players can use them as a stair-like pathway or a boost for a jump when attempting to collect hidden objects, such as power-ups and new weapons. Also included in Lara's arsenal is a grappling hook used to scale walls and even form pathways across large gaps, as demonstrated in the screenshot below. While some puzzle solvers are unlike that of the retail-based Tomb Raider releases, the similarities are undoubtedly there and eventually make for difficult yet mind-racking puzzles.
From a graphical standpoint, the visuals are admittedly above-average but not necessarily stunning. Given the destructibility of the environment, though, clearly the game is packed to the brim with assets. As mentioned, destructibility is one example of the virtual, yet lifelike, environments but, along the way, the players experience will undoubtedly be influenced by the experiences brought by the assets involved in the puzzles. These include, but aren't limited to, rollable balls, the grappling hook to traverse the landscapes, mechanical traps, etc. In the end, the player will feel like Lara Croft is in real-life, albeit constrained and fundamentally unrealistic, peril.
While Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a downloadable PSN title at heart and contains all the characteristics of one, the game's up-to-digital distributed-date visuals are matched by its over-the-top sound design. While the sounds at times may seem more fitting for games with the technical competence, for instance Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, for a downloadable title, the sound definitely appear to be canned and desynchronized.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light packs a decent punch for a downloadable title. While there is a heavy emphasis on the compatibility of cooperative multiplayer, unfortunately the game is truthfully best enjoyed alone. With obvious likenesses to the Tomb Raider series repackaged with a new aerial perspective, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a great bite-sized download for fans of the video game vixen as well as new-comers to the universe.
PlayStation LifeStyle's Final Score
+ Refreshing take on Lara Croft's universe.
– Cooperative multiplayer not all that it's cracked up to be.
– Difficult and unintuitive puzzles later on.
Tags: Eidos, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Square Enix


Good news for MySpace: January comScore numbers show some audience metrics ticking up -- and in many cases, outpacing rival Facebook. The bad news for both social networks: Those same numbers still indicate that American users, at least, may be reaching social network fatigue.
The MySpace folks are quite pleased with these numbers, especially after December showed slippage in many metrics. And MySpace tweaked its design in the last few months in a way that should reduce page views, so watching both minutes per visitor and total pages tick up at the same time should make them feel good.
But as always, the standard "don't reach too much into a month's data" warning applies. For instance, last year Facebook also saw uniques drop from December to January -- and then watched them roar ahead.
And in general, the comScore numbers seem to indicate that there's a finite audience for social networks, or at least a finite amount of time people want to spend with them. Facebook, for instance, has seen its user base skyrocket over the past year, but the average user comes back to the site less often. And despite all manner of widgets, apps, content plays, etc, both sites are having a hard time convincing users to stick around longer. Yet another reason why it's critical for both to figure out an ad model that works.
MySpace bounces back a bit against its rival social network. But both have caution flags.


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Cigaritis namaquus, the Namaqua bar, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is restricted to the Succulent Karoo areas from the extreme Northern Cape near the border with Namibia, to the northern parts of the Western Cape.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 24–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December with a peak in October. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Zygophyllum species, including Z. retrofactum. They are associated with ants of the genus Crematogaster.

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The rules at Holly Bluff Family Campground are simple: No swimming in the pool alone. No riding bicycles after dark. No alcoholic beverages. Love your neighbor. OK, the last one
The Campground Family
Whiling away the weekend with friends and relatives at Holly Bluff has been a warm-weather tradition in Randolph County for 50 years.
by Chip Womick
The rules at Holly Bluff Family Campground are simple: No swimming in the pool alone. No riding bicycles after dark. No alcoholic beverages. Love your neighbor.
OK, the last one is more of a guideline than a rule, but it's one that campers have abided by for the past 50 years. As the late Red Hurley, a longtime camper and former campground pastor, used to say: The minute you come through that old rusty gate out there, you become part of the family.
Tony Sparks, another camper and the campground's current pastor, smiles and says that Ramona Shaw, the proud proprietor, approved of Hurley's sentiment, but she took exception to his description. The gate's not rusty, she'd say. It's painted that way.
Ramona, who turns 88 this year, and her husband, Bill, opened Holly Bluff in 1968 on land that had been in his family for generations. She has run the campground since Bill died unexpectedly on Memorial Day weekend in 1983. Hip and knee replacements and other physical challenges have slowed her gait, so her son and daughter-in-law Kelly and Joyce handle day-to-day affairs now; grandsons Landon Shaw and Tyler Morgan pitch in, too.
In May, the family treated a big crowd to food, music, and hot-air balloon rides in celebration of the campground's 50th anniversary.
Bill and Ramona married in 1951, settled in Asheboro, and started a family. In the 1960s, they joined the recreational camping craze, always pulling their pop-up camper to a campground in Stanly County.
It was Bill who came up with the idea of building a campground on his mother's homeplace west of Asheboro. The Shaws hacked down trees and brush to make room for a few campsites around one end of a cornfield. Many of those trees were hollies that stood on the edge of a 100-foot-high bluff, hence the campground's name. Bill graveled a road. Ramona started planting flowers.
In the early days, most campers slept in tents or pop-up trailers. The few who needed electricity plugged into the main power pole. Later, the Shaws laid water, sewer, and electric lines and built a house on the grounds.
Bill built an amphitheater because he wanted music in his campground.
The first swimming pool arrived on the back of a truck, an above-ground model hauled from an Asheboro motel that was upgrading. The first bathhouse featured secondhand fixtures, discards from an Asheboro factory.
The field filled up — with an arcade, a miniature golf course, and a large shelter called the Red Hurley Center that hosts activities and events ranging from suppers and sing-alongs to bingo and Sunday morning church services. Campers held fund-raisers to help pay for the open-air shelter and then helped buy a sound system.
Camper Brenda Brewer says Ramona is the reason people contribute. "They love what she stands for. She stood on her own two feet and ran this place single-handedly."
In the early days, Ramona taught Sunday school under the trees by the office. She was also an enforcer of the rules. One night, someone tipped her off that trespassers had scaled the pool fence. She stormed over and roared into the darkness: "Who's in my pool?" The trespassers dared ask if she could unlock the gates so they could get out. "You can leave the way you came in!" Ramona replied. "One went out the back," she says, grinning, "one out the front."
Ramona polices quiet time, too.
"If you don't watch it," she says, as if sharing a truth some might find hard to believe, "some people let their kids run at midnight."
Brenda says campers called Ramona "Boss Hogg."
"She was not scared of the devil himself. If somebody did not act right, she was right up in their face and telling them," she says.
Travelers come and go from near and far. "I've had 'em come in here from California, just to see Richard Petty race," Ramona says. But the campground's heart and soul are the "weekenders," who come most every weekend in season, April through October.
Couples, like David and Manuela Cooley of Lewisville, call the campground home on weekends. photograph by Sara Brennan
Donald and Janice Efird of Albemarle — Holly Bluff campers for close to 35 years — are weekenders these days. They arrive on Friday evenings and head home after church on Sundays.
Non-campers don't understand the attraction, Janice says. "My mom used to say, 'Well, what's going on up there that you have to go every weekend?'"
There is always something to do, but doing nothing — with friends — is a key pastime.
"One thing people don't think about in this day and time is just being still and fellowshipping," Brenda says. "It reminds me of the old neighborhoods. You don't worry about locking your door. You don't worry about your kids. I've seen 2-year-olds running around alone. Whoever's out there takes care of them. It's like going back in time," she says.
"Anybody here gets sick or hurt," says Daffy McKay of Asheboro, "everybody's on the horn, checking on them, attending to them, visiting the hospital, you name it."
The place to be on Saturday evenings is Lot 63, Tony and Belinda Mauldin's campsite, where a potluck always attracts dozens of folks hungry for food and conversation. On one evening, the pots, platters, and plastic containers cover two eight-foot tables. The fare includes a birthday cake for Parker Reynolds, who will soon be 5.
"Ain't a bad little spread, is it?" Tony says. "Anybody who walks up, they're welcome."
Baylee Montgomery, a college junior, spent almost every weekend of her childhood here. It's where she learned to ride a bike and to swim, and where she met her first boyfriend. Her half-brother Parker, the birthday boy, gets a face full of icing. Someone is doused with water and retaliates. Several others get wet. Baylee reminisces about hayrides, fireworks, and trick-or-treating. "There is never a dull moment."
Mike Burkett of Mount Pleasant says some may view Holly Bluff as "a little outdated," but he sees it as a throwback to the good old days. "When you put up your camper, somebody's going to say, 'You need a hand?' When I was a kid, this is the way camping was."
Holly Bluff Family Campground
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Asheboro, NC 27205
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This story was published on Aug 28, 2018
Chip Womick
Womick is a former staff writer at The Courier-Tribune in Asheboro and the author of Remembering Randolph County: Tales from the Center of the Tar Heel State.
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The Odense Giants won the 2020 Danish title
The Odense Giants won the 2020 Danish title, after five years from the last one in 2015.
Odense Giants is the 2020 Danish women's National Champions, defeating in the final Hørsholm Barracudas. In the best-of-3 series, the Odense Giants won first two games of the series, getting the title.
While game one was won convincingly 7-2, the second game was a close contest. With the score tied at 1 late in the game, the Giants could pull off a 4-1 victory to win the Danish Championship.
The protagonists for the Giants were sisters Mathilde and Kristina Brødsgaard. Mathilde held the Barracudas to only 3 runs in two games, and catcher Kristina hit 2 home runs in the final game.
With the 2020 title, the Odense Giants have collected 4 Danish titles.
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🚀 Can Virgin Orbit Find The Right Orbit?
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🚀 Virgin Orbit: SPAC In The Orbit?
Sir Richard Branson's second space company, Virgin Orbit (VORB), was one of the last SPAC deals in 2021. However, the company raised only half of its $500M target. The Virgin Group, in fact, had to make a last-minute injection of $100M to get the deal done. Underwhelming debut for sure! (Tweet This)
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Virgin Orbit was spun-off from Virgin Galactic in March 2017. The company is led by Dan Hart, a former Boeing executive. The company focused on human spaceflight operations, small satellite launches, and advanced aerospace design, manufacturing, and testing. It also developed the air-launched LauncherOne rocket.
The LauncherOne is a two-stage orbital launch vehicle designed to carry small loads of up to 300 kg into Sun-synchronous orbit. A modified Boeing 747-400 called Cosmic Girl scales to a high altitude, and from there, LaunchOne takes off to go even higher.
In 2015, Virgin Galactic signed a contract with OneWeb for 39 satellite launches with an option to launch an additional 100 satellites. As luck would have it, even as Virgin Orbit started operating independently, OneWeb canceled all but four launches, prompting the former to file a lawsuit. OneWeb filed for bankruptcy protection in 2020.
After a series of postponements, LauncherOne's first flight took place in May 2020. However, the flight failed after a few seconds as the first stage engine saw a premature shutdown. The first successful flight took place in January 2021, when it delivered a payload of 10 CubeSats to low Earth orbit. In 2022, LauncherOne has seven flights scheduled for the year.
Virgin Orbit has another subsidiary called VOX Space, focused primarily on the national security launch market. In April 2020, VOX Space was awarded a contract from the newly formed US Space Force, worth $35M for three launches of 44 CubeSats.
A Sub-Par Launch?
Virgin Orbit decided to go public in August last year by merging with a SPAC, "NextGen Acquisition Corp. II." The company was valued at $3.2B and included an investment from Boeing. However, the company's "launch" in the public markets was lackluster. Shares fell 8% on debut before trimming their losses to 1.2%.
Since then, the stock has declined 12% on Friday and a further 9.2% on Monday. Virgin Orbit blamed its poor listing performance on "market conditions," adding that the company is fighting some "pretty big headwinds" at the moment.
The listing fetched the company $228M, far below the anticipated $483M. Investors in the SPAC, who were expected to contribute $383M of that share, contributed only a paltry $68M. Virgin Group came to the rescue along with Mubadala, Boeing, and AE Industrial Partners to contribute the remaining $160M to see the listing through.
Virgin Orbit sees these funds as growth capital to further scale rocket manufacturing, grow its space solutions business, and other product development initiatives. Existing shareholders of the company will retain 85% of the merged entity, while shareholders of NextGen will hold approximately 10%. The rescue group that saved the listing has the remaining 5%.
As a theme, launch companies have had a challenging time after listing. Shares of Astra Space, another SPAC merger candidate that went public last June, are down 32%. Rocket Lab USA is down 50% from its peak of $21.34.
Only through more commercial launches will Virgin Orbit be able to turn the sentiment in its favor. But can its share price find the right orbit even if it manages a proper lift-off? It's a wait-and-watch game for now, not from Cape Canaveral, but from this very space (pun not unintended)!
VORB ended at $6.83, down 6.44%.
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Through the third quarter of 2011, the U.S. solar market installed more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of grid-connected photovoltaics (PV) on the year, far surpassing the 2010 annual total of 887 megawatts (MW). The third quarter of 2011 was also the largest quarter for installations ever seen in the U.S., supported by utility-scale project completions and rapidly declining prices for PV modules.
Module prices have plummeted due to massive oversupply on a global scale. This is a result of tepid demand in leading European markets combined with substantial manufacturing capacity expansions. While this has been a boon for domestic installations, it has also resulted in an extraordinarily difficult year for PV manufacturers worldwide.
In addition to uncertainty surrounding module pricing, the 1603 Treasury Program is scheduled to expire at the end of the year. Unless the program is extended, we anticipate a tax-equity bottleneck in 2012, stifling some large-scale utility, commercial, and third-party owned residential projects.
In short, the U.S. PV market continues to boom, but considerable risks lie ahead. This report captures and analyzes trends in the U.S. solar market and seeks to demystify the current landscape for U.S. solar installations.
The U.S. installed 449.2 MW in Q3 2011, up 39% over Q2 2011 and 140% over Q3 2010. This makes Q3 2011 the largest quarter in the history of the U.S. PV market, surpassing Q4 2010 by nearly 90 MW. Still, growth across market segments was anything but uniform. While the utility market installed more than ever before, the residential market grew incrementally and the non-residential market shrank to the lowest level since 2010.
Today, the U.S. market faces more uncertainty than at any time in recent history. On one hand, module prices are falling precipitously and system prices have never been lower. On the other hand, the market faces substantial risks in the form of legislative, financing, political, and market barriers. We identify three key questions facing the market:
1. With major markets trending downward, how much can emerging state markets ramp up? The commercial markets in California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania shrank in Q3, and our expectation is that the trend will continue at least through Q4 (and likely longer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania). Given that those states comprised well over 50% of installations in the first half of the year, overall market growth will necessitate substantial demand pick-up across a number of secondary states. In particular, we are closely watching trends in Massachusetts, Colorado, Ohio, Tennessee, and Hawaii – all of which could be near-term growth markets.
2. What will be the impact of potential 1603 cash grant expiration? As the year-end 2011 expiration date of the Section 1603 Treasury Program approaches, its impact remains somewhat undefined. Assuming no extension, the standard line of reasoning would suggest that the impact will be threefold. First, shipments into the U.S. will jump in Q4 2011 as a result of developers hoping to qualify for the 5% safe harbor provision. Second, installations in Q1 and Q2 2012 will also be propped up as those safe-harbored projects reach completion. Third, the market will ultimately face a tax equity bottleneck in 2012 for new projects, and a slowdown in installations could be felt as early as Q3 2012 for commercial projects and into 2013 for utility projects.
3. How will the trade petition impact market dynamics, both in the immediate term and if duties are ultimately imposed? Adding to the uncertainty already facing the U.S. market, there is the potential imposition of import duties on PV cells and modules originating in China. To briefly recap the issue: SolarWorld Americas, Inc. and six other unnamed petitioners, representing the newly formed Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), filed a petition with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce on October 19, 2011. The petition alleges that Chinese manufacturers of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells have benefitted from unfair government subsidies and that they have been "dumping" product into the U.S. market. It asks for the imposition of import duties of 100% or more on the wholesale cost of Chinese cells and modules. There are two questions to be asked here in relation to both the upstream and downstream segments of the U.S. solar market: one, what will be the near-term impact as the process plays out, and two, what would be the longer-term impact if tariffs are ultimately imposed? Additional detail surrounding the trade case is available in the full report.
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Death Note Movie 2: The Last Name
Title: Death Note Movie 2: The Last Name
English: Death Note Movie 2: The Last Name
Japanese: デスノート the Last name
Aired: October 28, 2006
Genres: Mystery, Police, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller
Duration: 139min
Summary: Death Note 2: The Last Name is the second in a series of live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The film primarily centers on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. The film was directed by Shūsuke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan.
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Following a period of relative quiet after the 2013 Rana Plaza factory disaster, new struggles emerge from the garment factories. ---- Since the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 - when a poorly built garment factory collapsed, killing 1200 and maiming 2,700 (see earlier articles) - there have been changes in the Bangladeshi garment industry. Amid the embarrassment of global public exposure of murderous working conditions, and under pressure from leading clothing brands, Western governments, unions and NGOs, some reforms were introduced. ---- This all occurred within a wider climate of increasing political repression by the Bangladeshi government against opposition parties and Islamic militants - with these oppositions being used as a convenient excuse for a more general authoritarianism and militarised policing of the wider society. The reforms made within the garment industryand the stricter policing have probably both served to dampen struggles in the garment industry in recent years. The state's harsher attitude towards media reporting of unrest also seems significant, as we will comment on later in this article.
2) That the state and bosses want to claim the union has more influence than it really has and to account for the unrest as being stirred up by 'outside agitators' and so claim there are no genuine workers' grievances. Despite repeated claims for years of outside agitators there has never been any hard evidence or prosecutions of these mysterious agents.
Some workers said they initially didn't know the demands of the strike but either gladly joined in anyway or were compelled to by other workers.
Dec 21st; employers respond within a few days by closing the whole garment zone of 85 factories and locking out 200,000 workers. All workers' demonstrations are banned and a paramilitary occupation of the area begins; a thousand industrial police, 900 regular cops and 15 platoons of the paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action Battalion have been deployed to crush the unrest. Bosses and police have laid charges against 1500 workers and 1500 have been sacked. As raids and arrests have been made on union offices and workers' homes, many have stayed away from work and some union activists and militant workers have gone into hiding.
If we break down the component parts of the wage rise we see that the 76% figure is not quite what it might appear. We'll also see why many thousands of workers have continued to strike and violently protest all through the negotiations and continue to do so against the deal. For them it is no desired "victory".
So the present settlement could be seen as an attempt to lock workers into an annual capped below-inflation rise - meaning a long-term decline in real income.
The garment industry is the country's largest employer and accounts for 80% of exports totalling $28 billion and massive profits. Exports continue to grow, by 9% this year. The BGMEA's statement on rent indicates the power of garment bosses as a faction of the ruling class; to preserve their profits they are pressuring the local landlords to subsidise the living costs of garment workers; landlords must cut their profits to protect those of the garment bosses. This is in addition to the various hefty subsidies and tax concessions the industry has received from the state over the years, all of which has delivered enormous wealth and luxurious lifestyles to the garment bosses.
The interested Western powers with the ability to pressure and influence local garment bosses - governments, unions, buyers, retails chains etc - have concentrated on infrastructural improvements to buildings and equipment in the hope of avoiding another embarrassing disaster. A new minimum wage procedure is in place, as is a factory inspection programme. But this is all focussed on appearance, what promotes the best image for their global retail brands and avoids reputational damage. Without adequate enforcement this is all cosmetic to hide the exploitative reality behind it; the major buyers from these brands are disinterested in reducing their profits by insisting on a realistic living wage for workers or paying a little more to help make it possible. Nor have they pushed as hard for actual enforcement of the laws on worker safety and treatment within the workplace.
One of the post-Rana reforms was the right of garment workers to have trade union representation in the workplace. There have been various allegations of obstacles in registering new unions with the state, dismissals and harassment of union members and activists and attempted monopoly of unionisation by American NGOs. Though there are now an estimated 15-20 unions active in the Ashulia area their influence seems limited; the recent strikes were wildcats and both employers and unions complained that they had been bypassed by workers failing to present demands before walking off the job, as is required by law. Bangladeshi garment workers have decades of experience of wildcat strikes and the stubborn reluctance of bosses to accept unions is likely to continue this wildcat culture. The reformist and legalistic outlook of the aspiring union bureaucrats is anyway generally out of step with these self-organised wildcat traditions and their attempts to institutionalise and tame it have so far not been very successful. This is not to dismiss the likelihood that within the wildcat strikes there is now more influence of rank'n'file union militants, perhaps a little similar to the 'unofficial' role shop stewards in European unions have had in wildcats. But under Bangladeshi conditions all strikes are so far wildcats - there is no similar established union presence in the workplace and organising must often be both more spontaneous and more clandestine.
With full rights for trade unionism recently granted as part of the reforms over fifty unions are now promoting themselves as self-appointed representatives of garment workers' interests. Yet most of them are mere auxiliaries of small leftist parties with tiny memberships and little or no experience of functioning as workplace negotiators. Most union leaders are not and have never been garment workers themselves but are Party cadre and/or allied to NGOs as academics, lawyers etc. They see for themselves a role typical of middle class professionals; mediating in the interests of social peace and cohesion between the claims of workers, capitalists and state. They share the obsession with economic development and productivity of all those classes above the workers who seek to utilise workers' labour power to build the nation state and economy. They seek only to moderate the inevitable class conflict involved in class exploitation and 'humanise', insofar as possible, the alienated labour of the wage slave. They seek to develop more modern and productive forms of alienation. The establishment of the legitimacy of their own mediating and representative roles are part of this modernisation.
Such a reformist and legalistic approach is part of the ideology and function of trade unions as brokers of labour power to bosses, mediators of conflict between classes. (Its moderation is also probably meant to imply that these union leaders are not worthy of arrest.) There is perhaps a shift now among some garment bosses who begin to see the potential usefulness of unions as a mechanism to bring more control over labour disputes and make negotiations easier - but at the same time they appear unconvinced that the unions yet have sufficient influence among workers to deliver this.
Dec 23rd; Nazmul Huda, a TV and newspaper journalist regularly covering Ashulia labour unrest, is arrested. Police accuse him of submitting false news reports and "instigating workers to create anarchy".
He is charged under the Special Powers Act - a general emergency legislation with wide repressive powers - and Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act which appears to be a catch-all cyber crime law convenient for state suppression of unwanted views.
The past two years have seen a general repression by government against those expressing any opposition or reporting of opposition. Newspapers have been closed down and journalists harassed while social media is being more tightly controlled by the state with registrations and censorship. In this nominal parliamentary democracy the norms of bourgeois democracy are fragile 'rights' - often withdrawn, suspended or with no substance to them. Several atheist and secularist bloggers have also been murdered by Islamic militants, as have numerous other critics of fundamentalism. After mounting criticism some arrests have been made of alleged Islamic attackers, but bloggers have also been prosecuted for 'defaming religious groups' and had sites shut down.
The strikes have ended and those workers and union militants not in jail, hiding, on the run or sacked are back at work; but the resentments remain, as do the material conditions giving rise to them. The present movement shows the limits and cosmetic nature of many of the reforms brought in since 2013; without adequate enforcement, many of the legal 'rights' of workers used as camouflage by Western clothing brands to absolve themselves of guilt and to distance their Corporate Image from 'sweatshop exploitation' remain a dead letter. It is a sign of garment workers' continued collective strength and determination that, even under the present repressive conditions, they can still organise their own resistance on a mass scale.
E.g., a stricter approach to registering of all employees in the workplace, use of ID etc - these may have some legal benefits for workers, but probably also make it easier for bosses to blacklist militant workers.


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Top 10 Indie Game Soundtracks of 2016
Taking a look back at some of the best indie game soundtracks of 2016.
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A quick lesson in lemming trains in World of Tanks and why they should be avoided.
Music is an all-encompassing art capable of connecting and inspiring us in various different ways. While everyone has their own unique and definitive opinion as to what constitutes "good" music, there's no denying that video game music is a unique genre capable of standing on its own.
Composing music is no easy endeavor, especially when it comes to the video game industry. A musician working on a video game soundtrack is required to construct a delicate piece of art without the ability to see the final outcome. Only when they hold the controller in their hands and play through the game do they understand where their music fits in.
Because of this, we wanted to take a look back at ten of the best indie game soundtracks of 2016, and celebrate their musical achievements.
10. RunGunJumpGun
RunGunJumpGun by developer ThirtyThree is a delightfully challenging romp through treacherous alien landscapes. The game is complimented by its superb soundtrack, which serves to always keep you on your toes. While RunGunJumpGun may be one of the most challenging indie titles we played this year, it was nevertheless enjoyable thanks to its art aesthetic and warm, synth-filled soundtrack.
9. Oxenfree
Oxenfree by developer Night School Studio is an intriguing supernatural mystery game that follows the adventures of protagonist Alex and a group of teenagers as they investigate Edwards Island. The music and sound design, courtesy of Andrew Rohrmann, is hauntingly beautiful and serves to increase the level of tension you feel while playing the game. Throughout Oxenfree, we couldn't help but marvel at some of the dark, trippy soundscapes that Rohrmann created.
8. Thumper
Thumper by developer Drool is described as a "rhythm violence" game. Occupying the role of a metallic beetle, players are hurdled through space to the tunes of some seriously heavy industrial beats. Thumper is an excellent example of a video game soundtrack that helps set the tone of the game as a whole. In fact, many players say they felt distinctly unsettled during their initial playthrough of Thumper, no doubt due in part to the game's dramatic musical score.
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Back from a week of camping! Greg Dworkin summarized the top news we missed last week. SC's Confederate flag seems to be on the brink of coming down. Christie's in, but still toast. Trump dumped. Obama bumps up in latest polls. Republicans in disarray. WaPo takes up gun-related data journalism. A closer look at the dynamics of South Carolina's last days of political struggle with the Confederate flag. Armando then joins us in recapping and discussing last week's SCOTUS action.
Mon, 29 June 2015
Kagro in the Morning "Encore Performance" - June 30, 2014 airing June 29, 2015
Greg Dworkin sets the mood with The Onion's contribution on Hobby Lobby. Justice Stevens' City of Boerne v. Flores concurrence saw the RFRA itself as an impermissible violation of the First Amendment. James Risen's Blackwater blockbuster. The robots are taking over. The multiple problems with Facebook's crazy experiment. And the intriguing backstory to a Hawaii political drama. For the fifth time in three and a half years, we've had GunFAIL accidents at more than one gun show on the same day. An Oklahoma Republican says his primary opponent (Rep. Frank Lucas) was actually executed three years ago & is now either a body double or a robot. But hey, both sides do it. You know? Turning back for a closer look at the Blackwater story, we took time out to talk to Armando as news came in from the Supreme Court on Hobby Lobby and Harris.
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Yesterday's Supreme Court decisions dominate the discussions today. Greg Dworkin brings us good fodder in the form of insightful writing on the subjects of buffer zones and recess appointments. Also in courts news, "Does the ACA violate the Origination clause?" and a Colorado federal judge upholds that state's new laws on gun background checks and magazine capacity. The passing of Sen. Howard Baker. Why the media loves Iraq hawks.
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Greg Dworkin's morning roundup focuses on the MS run-off. Vox = "the left," apparently. Todd Akin's back. Plan B on the IRS "scandal": missing e-mails they hope you won't notice don't actually bear on the first "scandal." Never mind that lost e-mails didn't bother them before. Likewise, what the U.S. Archivist has to say interests them now, but didn't then. Armando joins in for a quick update and discussion of the day's SCOTUS rulings on recess appointments and abortion clinic buffer zones. Catching up on the "no-fly list" ruling, and common threads it shares on modern technology with yesterday's cell phone search decision.
Greg Dworkin and Joan McCarter join us to round up the stories of the day. North Carolina's Outer Banks are largely doomed, but the real estate industry would like to pretend that's not so. Primary elections sorted themselves out yesterday in Mississippi, New York, Maryland and elsewhere. Crappy-looking revised GDP numbers give everyone a scare, but there's a twist. Netroots Nation is coming up fast! A federal court finds due process fault with the "no-fly list." The Detroit water crisis. More filibuster follies in the Senate. Speaking of which, it's the 1 year anniversary of Wendy Davis' Texas Senate filibuster performance, and her campaign's looking for supporters' help in marking it. SCOTUS decides on cell phone searches. And the year's biggest GunFAIL so far.
It's the Mississippi Republican Senate primary election run-off, and it turns out the McDaniel/Tea Party camp will be turning out "poll watchers"... in the predominantly black precincts. So will they be open carriers, as we saw in Alabama? It's primary day in Maryland, too, where Netroots pal Evan Coren has called Don Engel's 11th district bid to my attention. GA Gop House candidate is the latest to write Islam out of constitutional protections. One way gimmetarians leverage the power of the state to rig outcomes & undermine reasonableness as a matter of policy. No one could have predicted a SYG shooting of a cop during a no-knock warrant. Is this how Open Carry Texas does safety checks? PA woman pulls a real gun (and fires!) on kids with water guns. And a fascinating look at the "adjunctification" of higher education.
It's Monday, but you probably didn't notice, because of this one chart that tells you everything you need to know. Greg Dworkin starts off the roundup with gubernatorial news: McAuliffe fights to expand Medicaid, while Walker & Christie fight off investigators and try to stay viable. Henry Paulson is determined not to miss the rise of another crisis, this time on climate change. Running out of reasons to oppose the ACA, Republicans are finally down to the last one: we have to pay money for a public benefit. "Who Says Obama Can't Lead?" Had you heard that "gun nuts are terrorizing America"? Probably not. Another profile of Tea Party Patriots' Jenny Beth Martin's lifestyle enhancement success. A federal judge has (briefly) put a stop to the lethal combination of science denialism & the Hobby Lobby theory of "religious freedom." And what's "religion" these days, anyway, given that churches are raffling off AR-15s?
Our minds are still very much on the Charleston shootings, to no one's surprise. Greg Dworkin rounded up a selection of stories to help us continue to deal with the issues swirling around it. The latest entry in the "Republicans don't get empathy" narrative. John Lott gets SC gun law wrong, which of course means he's disqualified from the debate, then covers it up. Attacking Girl Scouts used to be a political punchline, but America has made it real. Final chapter on the TX gold bugs. Gene Weingarten on "branding" in journalism. Nobody loves stealing property more than the guardians of property rights.
The Charleston shooting dominates the news today, as we knew it must. Greg Dworkin joins us to discuss it, along with other headlines, including the latest on the pope's encyclical and how the named plaintiff in King v. Burwell has found himself some nice, socialist health insurance. Carly Fiorina's SuperPAC had to change it's name because duh, you're not supposed to have a SuperPAC. Boehner boots whips who voted against the trade rule. A pithy gun cartoon from Rebecca Hendin. Still more nuttiness from the Texas gold bugs.
Greg Dworkin rounded up 2016 news on Hillary, Jeb!, and The Donald. The debate wars. How the pope got religion on climate change. TX's crazy-sounding plan for it's own gold reserves. Joan McCarter visits to warn us about the newest Gop plan to derail net neutrality, remind us that the trade fight isn't over, keep us on King v. Burwell watch, and share a laugh about the Gowdy vs. Issa Benghazi spat.
Greg Dworkin notes that Pope Francis is set to become the first pope to address a joint session of Congress. Could it be about climate change? Did Chris Christie pardon a gun crime to get 2nd Amendment creds? Trump's in! Pundits react to Jeb!'s announcement. Today's Hillary roundup, and the strange case of the reporter excluded from her coverage pool. Time out in the TPA game? Are Tea Partiers persuadable on it? Climate deniers really are the usual suspects. Just for fun, here's video from the 2010 Netroots Nation panel including Greg and the subject of the previous article, Naomi Oreskes. Gideon has a question that gave us a chance to explain Congressional conference reports. Another story at the intersection of technology and constitutional law scares the crap out of us. States that say they hate Common Core are replacing it, with Shmommon Shmore, basically.
Hillary's in. So's Jeb!. Several crazy and/or stupid people shot up various parts of the United States over the weekend. Greg Dworkin informs us that Colt and a few other gun manufacturers are going bankrupt. Phil Mattingly Tweetsplains TAA/TPA/TPP. America's Worst Governor blows a lot. The snarky version of the TAA/TPA/TPP story, plus the KITM fine-toothed comb is brought out to parse the parts of the procedure story that even the explainers don't explain. Finally, some Bernie Sanders coverage, thanks to WillaGorilla, who sent us his recorded contribution to the show. Be the radio show you want, people!
Twitter, or at least certain corners of it, exploded with discussion of the case of Rachel Dolezal. Uh, wow. Armando helps us do our best to make some sliver of sense about this. Then, two articles pointed out by listeners tell the stories of the personal costs of conservative budget slashing in Kansas and religiously-fueled anti-abortion extremism in Indiana. Oklahoma conservatives wake up to the reality that their latest union-busting legislation is unenforceable, because they screwed up the drafting. Geez, I wonder how that happened! (Cough! ALEC! Cough!)
Greg Dworkin highlights a story that becomes a main focus of the show: RNC officials vs. the Kochs for control of everything. Wow, is there a lot wrapped up in this one! The continuing debate wars. Centrists horrified by centrism, though Fournier recovers on the topic of Rubio's boat. Coburn senses Bush fatigue, as it all goes off the rails for Jeb. Clinton holding steady. Turns out our connection of FIFA and Haiti relief corruption stories was more on-target than first thought! Another sad example of pervasive corruption: UN peacekeepers trade goods for sex.
Greg Dworkin fills in more detail on the latest Chris Christie problems. Will troops return to Iraq? Jeb, something, something, Putin. Did Rand Paul peak too soon? Jeb in disarray. Next, a little national security chat in anticipation of Joan McCarter's visit. Legal hairsplitting could keep data collection program running. Is there really anything that can put a stop to this? Still waiting on King v. Burwell, as Republicans begin testing new memes. And hey, who's up for another government shutdown?
Tue, 9 June 2015
Kagro in the Morning - June 9, 2015
Greg Dworkin notes the local Delaware outpouring of support for the Biden family, polling on the Gop 2016 field and trust in SCOTUS, Jeb's "campaign" shakeup, the latest allegations against Chris Christie, scientists say nope to warming "pause," and California's water crisis. Armando joins us to note the morning's David Brooks-hate, some criticism of the "broad" versus "narrow" nonsense about Hillary Clinton's election "path," and the less-than-earth-shattering story of Rubio's personal finances. Heavily-armed NC wackos arrested outside an elementary school. Stoner kids become international arms dealers.
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Mon, 8 June 2015
Chris Christie, former Bush administration U.S. Attorney and twice listed as a potential candidate for firing, has just discovered rampant voter fraud in New Jersey! Greg Dworkin is back with us after a weekend family even in Delaware, coinciding with the Beau Biden funeral, which gave him an interesting perspective on events. In today's roundup: Do "informed" voters really know what they're doing? Remaining questions about Hastert. And two polls on what people want to happen after King v. Burwell. Further consideration of "informed" voters. Comparing cop/civilian interactions in McKinney, TX and Abilene, TX. FIFA corruption literally reaches the international arms deal level of evil.
Fri, 5 June 2015
Sucked into a discussion centered around two recent open carry incidents—one in the Atlanta airport and one in Abilene, TX—we explore the gray areas of the law, lapses in logic and more that can make these exercises so controversial. Returning to our corruption theme, we circled back to the FIFA story, then moved on to the Red Cross's misadventures in Haiti, before moving on to the petty (maybe) corruption of claw machines. Now that's an eclectic show!
Arresting protesters (and other random folks) during the 2004 Republican convention ends up costing NYC $18 million in settlements. Charles Blow takes to task apologists for "broken windows" policing. Man with an AR-15 & a 100 round drum in the airport raises eyebrows, even in Georgia. And he still thinks he's being oppressed. The Duggars go on TV to plead for privacy & look dumb. Poaching as a terror funding mechanism. Finally, we pursue a couple interesting angles on the FIFA story: the reporter who started it all, what kind of corruption were these jokers really into, and in what ways might it really matter?
We returned to the AP's reporting on the FBI's use of surveillance aircraft, tried to get a handle on the FIFA corruption probe, and read a bit about how poaching can fund international terrorism. Guess what? Wherever there's a pile of money, you'll find everything from simple individual corruption to globe-spanning organized crime and terrorism. Maybe it really is the root of all evil. Joan McCarter helps us get up to speed on the Congressional wrangling over the ludicrously acronymed "USA FREEDOM Act." A reminder that we're on King v. Burwell watch, and who stands to lose how much if things go poorly. And once again, an amazing and fun fact you'd never know about Idaho if it weren't for Joan!
Greg Dworkin gets us caught up with all the latest 2016 polling, from the tricky Iowa caucuses to the national picture. What people say they want versus who they'll vote for. The latest polling averages and CrowdPAC scores. Armando joins the discussion of the many, many issues wrapped up in the FBI's use of surveillance aircraft, and puts us on King v. Burwell watch. What will the decision be? When will it come? How will Congress and/or the presidential candidates react? And are we ready?
We're back after a week of computer repairs, and got a rocky start technically, but were returned to the air by the diligent work of Justice Putnam at Netroots Radio! Greg Dworkin helps us catch up on the Denny Hastert story, plus some of the legal hairsplitting that made for a fascinating extended discussion. Also, potential presidential candidate John Kasich stakes out moral ground for his pro-Medicaid expansion position, and Joe Biden's loss reminds us again what a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy he is. And just for variety: Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley make the news, too. Oh, and Hillary Clinton. A New Jersey judge orders a newspaper to permanently "remove" an article. What?


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Group led by Laurier professor explores potential entrepreneurial incubator system in Haiti
WATERLOO – A group of local educators, a business person and a technology leader will join Wilfrid Laurier University professor Steve Sider on a trip to Haiti Oct. 14-19 to explore setting up an entrepreneurial incubator system reminiscent of those in Waterloo Region.
Sider, an assistant professor in Laurier's Faculty of Education, has been making regular trips to Haiti since 2003. On this trip, Sider's group will work with partners at Haitian universities, businesses and the Haitian Ministry of Education to investigate how an incubator can support social innovation in Haiti. The group will also be examining how technology can make education more accessible at the elementary, secondary and university level.
The group of education officials and business professionals includes: Stephen Preece, academic director of Laurier's Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship; a current graduate student in Laurier's new Master of Arts in Community Engagement and Social Justice; Dawn Buzza, associate dean of Laurier's Faculty of Education; Jeremy Auger, chief strategy officer at Desire2Learn; Judy Staats, a local business person; as well as officials from the Ontario Ministry of Education, the Waterloo Region District School Board and two of Sider's Haitian colleagues who work at universities in the United States.
Sider emphasizes that it is not a one-way street; the group is going to Haiti to learn as much as they are to provide input into issues such as an incubator and online education.
"Our work in Haiti has been built on authentic partnerships and this trip will bring these partners together to consider how we can work together going forward," said Sider. "In a sense, the trip itself will serve as an incubator as the various partners meet and ideas collide leading to new directions. We have seen this occur in the various incubators in the Waterloo Region; to see the potential for it in Haiti, and with international participants, is tremendously exciting."
Some of Sider's past projects include trips with Laurier Bachelor of Education students to teach in Haitian schools, and a project launched in 2011 called the Digital Mentoring Project, which provides school principals in Haiti with BlackBerry smartphones to facilitate communication with their local and international counterparts.
While Haiti is still the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, Sider says he has seen vast improvements in the country's education, infrastructure and technological capabilities, particularly since the catastrophic earthquake that hit the nation in 2010. The country also has a strong entrepreneurial culture. Of the 10 million people in Haiti, 6 million have access to cell phones, which means technology can help bring education to more people, and help give teachers a formal education.
Steve Sider, Assistant Professor
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As celebrations ensue around the globe to mark the 95th birthday of Nelson Mandela, the much-loved leader is reportedly making a slow but steady return to health. Mandela was hospitalized with a lung infection 41 days ago, and South Africa feared for the worst when he was ultimately placed on a ventilator Now, according to his daughter, the worst has passed, and Mandela is expected to make it home.
"I visited him today," current South African president Jacob Zuma told press. "I was able to say 'happy birthday,' and he was able to smile." Daughter Zindzi added that her father was making "remarkable progress," and that she couldn't wait to have him home.
Today is UN-declared Nelson Mandela International Day, and global leaders have spoken out in honor of the leader. The South African population has been encouraged to spend 67 minutes volunteering for charitable causes (67 is the number of years Mandela has been in public service).
In New York's Times Square, a huge Mandela painting by a South African artist is being featured. Virgin mogul Sir Richard Branson has pledged 67 minutes of community service today, and the Australian city of Melbourne is hosting a series of concerts this week in Mandela's honor.
The UK has joined the party with, um, this.


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House of Dillon
Viscounts Dillon of Costello Gallen in the Peerage of Ireland (1622)
Comte Dillon in France (1711, from 1737)
Earl of Dillon in the Jacobite Peerage (1721, from 1737)
Viscounts Dillon
Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon (died 1634)
Lucas Dillon, 2nd Viscount Dillon (1610–1629)
Theobald Dillon, 3rd Viscount Dillon (1629–1630)
Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon (1615–1672)
Thomas Dillon, 5th Viscount Dillon (died 1674)
Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon (died 1682)
Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon (died 1691)
Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon (died 1713)
Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688–1737)
Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741)
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705–1787) married Lady Charlotte Lee (d. 1794) daughter and eventual co-heiress of George Henry Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield.
Viscounts Dillon (Dillon-Lee)
Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon KP (1745–1813)
Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, 13th Viscount Dillon (1777–1832)
Charles Henry Dillon-Lee, 14th Viscount Dillon (1810–1865)
Theobald Dominick Geoffrey Dillon-Lee, 15th Viscount Dillon (1811–1879)
Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon-Lee, 16th Viscount Dillon (1812–1892)
Harold Arthur Dillon-Lee later Lee-Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon (1844–1932)
Arthur Henry Dillon, 18th Viscount Dillon (1875–1934)
Eric FitzGerald Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon (1881–1946)
Michael Eric Dillon, 20th Viscount Dillon (1911–1979)
Charles Henry Robert Dillon, 21st Viscount Dillon (1945–1982)
Henry Benedict Charles Dillon, 22nd Viscount Dillon (born 1973)
Comte Dillon in France (1711)
Earl of Dillon in the Jacobite Peerage (1721)
Count Dillon
The Hon. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, 1st Earl of Dillon (1670–1733) second son of 7th Viscount Dillon and father of 10th and 11th Viscount Dillon. Created Count Dillon by King Louis XIV of France . See above
Col James Dillon, Knight of Malta
Col James Dillon, Knight of Malta (kia. 1745) younger brother of 10th and 11th Viscount Dillon.
Most Rev Arthur Dillon, Archbishop of Toulouse, Archbishop of Narbonne, Commander of the Order of the Holy Ghost, Primate of the Gauls
Most Rev Arthur Dillon, Bishop of Evreux 1753, Archbishop of Toulouse 1758, Archbishop of Narbonne 1762, Commander of the Order of the Holy Ghost, Primate of the Gauls (1720–1806) younger brother of 10th and 11th Viscount Dillon.
The Hon Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, Knight of St Louis
The Hon Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, Lt Gen in the French service, Knight of St Louis 1780, last Col-Proprietor of the Dillon Regiment (1750–ex.1794) younger brother of 12th Viscount Dillon.
Lords Dillon, Baron of Kilkenny-West in the Peerage of Ireland (1619–1850, dormant 1816-1828)
Earls of Roscommon in the Peerage of Ireland (1622–1850, dormant 1816-1828)
Earls of Roscommon
James Dillon, 1st Earl of Roscommon (died 1642)
Robert Dillon, 2nd Earl of Roscommon (died 1642)
James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon (c. 1605–1649)
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (c. 1630–1685)
Carey Dillon, 5th Earl of Roscommon (1627–1689)
Robert Dillon, 6th Earl of Roscommon (died 1715)
James Dillon, 8th Earl of Roscommon (1702–1746)
Robert Dillon, 9th Earl of Roscommon (died 1770) never assumed the title. Marshal in the French Army.
John Dillon, 10th Earl of Roscommon (died 1782)
Patrick Dillon, 11th Earl of Roscommon (1769–1816) his claim to the Earldom of Roscommon was established by the Irish House of Lords 1799 and then dormant 1816-1828
Michael James Robert Dillon, 12th Earl of Roscommon (1798–1850)
Barons Clonbrock in the Peerage of Ireland (1790–1926)
Barons Clonbrock
Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock (1754–1795)
Luke Dillon, 2nd Baron Clonbrock (1780–1826)
Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock (1807–1893)
Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock KP (1834–1917)
Robert Edward Dillon, 5th Baron Clonbrock (1869–1926)
Barons Dillon of the Holy Roman Empire (1783–1982)
Dillon of Lismullen in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom (1801–1982)
Dillon of Lismullen
Sir John Talbot Dillon, 1st Baronet, 1st Baron Dillon (1739–1805) Barony recognised by King George III per Royal Licence in 1784.
Sir Charles Drake Dillon, 2nd Baronet, 2nd Baron Dillon (died 1840)
Sir Arthur Richard Dillon, 3rd Baronet, 3rd Baron Dillon (died 1845)
Sir William Dillon, 4th Baronet, 4th Baron Dillon (1774–1851)
Sir Arthur Henry Dillon, 5th Baronet, 5th Baron Dillon (1828–1852)
Sir John Dillon, 6th Baronet, 6th Baron Dillon (1806–1875)
Sir John Fox Dillon, 7th Baronet, 7th Baron Dillon (1843–1925)
Sir Robert Dillon, 8th Baronet, 8th Baron Dillon (1914–1982)


Even as a young man, Bob Beggs admits his head was usually in the clouds.
At 52, Paul Waclo radiates an energy and creativity men half his age would be lucky to possess.
History is an integral facet of culture and identity, and two area men are promoting the preservation and education of Pennsylvania history through their volunteer work at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
In the sports world, the players get the praise. But also there, literally on the sidelines, are the referees whose knowledge and skill are integral to the structure and flow of the game.
If athletic ability is supposed to dissipate with age, Ken Eberle's body clearly hasn't gotten the message.
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Back in the 1960s, the Beatles stepped onto our shores and thus began the British musical invasion of America. Other groups followed, such as the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Animals.


Algeria are certainly not leaving anything to chance in their quest to get a result in today's World Cup qualifier in Nigeria as they have insisted on cooking what they eat in Uyo.
The North Africans are in Nigeria with a chef, who has been preparing all their meals at the five-star Le Meridien.
The suspicious Algerians also came with their pillows and bed sheets.
They are roomed on the second floor of the sprawling hotel with their own security.
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And officials said they will depart the country by their chartered flight immediately after today's game.


For this year's Carmen Blacker Lecture we are delighted to welcome Mamoru Saso, Professor of Japanese Archaeology and History of Japanese Religion at the Kokugakuin University and Director of the Kukugakuin University Museum.
The Carmen Blacker Lecture Series honours the memory and scholarship of Carmen Blacker (1924-2009) and is organised jointly by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures and the Japan Society. Each year a senior scholar is invited to speak on a theme related to Blacker's research in the area of Japanese religion and folklore.
This talk will focus on Omiwa Shrine, the oldest surviving shrine in Japan, and Munakata Grand Shrine and the associated ritual sites on the island of Okinoshima. Through images of landscapes and excavated artefacts, Professor Mamoru Saso will discuss the formation of ritual sites during the fourth and fifth centuries and the relationship between the environment and the kami spirits nurtured through festivals. He will also explore how ritual practices played an important part in state formation and in the development of Japanese mythology.
Mamoru Saso received his PhD in Religious Studies from Kokugakuin University in 2006. Since 1985, he assumed various roles for the Board of Education at Chiba Prefectural Government, including Senior Researcher for Awa Museum and Head of Cultural Education and Properties Division, Department of Educational Promotion. In 2009 he became Associate Professor at Kokugakuin University and then Professor in 2010. In 2015, he was appointed Director of Kokugakuin University Museum. His recent publications include Nihon Kodai no Saishi Kōkogaku (Archaeology of Ritual and Religion in Ancient Japan, Yoshikawakōbunkan, 2012) and Kami to Shisha no Kōkogaku (Archaeology of Kami and the Dead, ed., Yoshikawakōbunkan, 2016). He won the Society of Shinto Studies Award in 2004.
This lecture will also be given on Thursday 20 July under the auspices of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures in the Weston Room, Cathedral Hostry, Norwich. To book for the Norwich lecture please click here.


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Q: HTTP_AUTHORIZATION header in Django I wrote a simple check in django which requires an access token to be passed along in some requests (I'm using a decorator).
    authorization = request.META.get('HTTP_AUTHORIZATION', None)

    # Forbid access when no access token, or an invalid one, is provided
    form = AccessTokenForm({ 'access_token': authorization })
    if not form.is_valid():
        raise exceptions.HttpDeniedException()

This has been working fine with django's development server, but recently I deployed using Apache and now it doesn't work anymore, as the authorisation variable is None. Has anyone faced something similiar before? The client is passing the header as Authorization; again, this is working fine in localhost, but not on the remote server.
Edit: I found this, and it seems that it should work, but it doesn't. Actually, I didn't even have an .htaccess file, and adding one doesn't seem to have taken any effect at all. Here are the contents:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(media/.*)$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(static/.*)$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URL} !(dispatch.fcgi)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L,E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

The thing is, I'm not even sure Apache is using this at all..

A: It seems there's a ticket for this issue here. Just add the following to apache2.conf:
WSGIPassAuthorization on

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Canadian Book Publishers: Time for a Change!
I agree that the old model of book publishing no longer works. When restrictive government grants are involved, the potential growth of any publishing company will be stunted.
Around 15 years ago, I worked for a small Canadian literary publisher. As much as I loved the work, I had to leave after three years as I was only earning $1,000 per month in full-time wages (yes, that figure is correct … only $12,000 per year for full-time work). Obviously, it became increasingly difficult to support myself and my son on this menial income. In order to improve my standard of living, my only choice was to change industries, never mind jobs.
I worked in the fulfillment area for that company, and my marketing counterparts and I would often discuss ways we could generate more income for the press. I once approached my directors and recommended we start charging fees for certain things, and I was immediately shut down. "We can't do that. We'll lose our grant money if we do." I even recall a conversation with a colleague about how we could significantly increase our book sales … only to learn that there was a fine line we didn't want to cross in this regard, too … too many book sales may equate to too much profit which may also jeopardize our ability to qualify for the next grant.
Ridiculous! When government tries to control the way you earn your money and how much money you're entitled to earn, it stunts your growth potential exponentially! It is killing the industry.
The publishing industry is thriving in the United States for reasons other than population as the author of this article mentions. It is thriving there because they are a "forward thinking" society that is open to all kinds of different book publishing business models and all kinds of different books. In Canada, our publishers are severely limited by genre ("literary" prejudice) and this antiquated notion that the grant operated "traditional" business model is the only way to go. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Here is another thing that is killing the industry: book returns. This is another antiquated business practice. How many other industries would survive if they did business this way, allowing their wholesalers/retailers to return their goods to them damaged and for a full refund at their sole discretion? This is senseless! Perhaps, it made sense at one point in time. But that time has passed. It is long gone.
Years later, rather than waiting around for the government to change their policies, I started my own for-profit Canadian book publishing company. Yes, authors pay for the publication of their books through our "supported self-publishing" business model; however, in return, they retain 100% copyright ownership of their books AND their artwork. We mark all our books NON-returnable. We utilize the Internet and social media to sell our eBooks and paperbacks online. And, most importantly, our income potential (along with our authors') is uncapped by anyone but ourselves and our own efforts … unlike it is in the "traditional" grant-operated trade/literary book publishing sector. This allows for GROWTH! And this is the type of choice Canada's book publishing industry needs! This is the kind of choice our authors deserve!
This always makes me chuckle. Why is it considered so noble to be a "starving artist" in Canada's literary world? Why can't Canadian authors have that valued sense of contribution coupled with significant profit potential? I say THEY CAN! THEY SHOULD! That's why I started my company. And I hope to have a strong influence on changing the way this country views book publishing in the years to come. The author of this article and I definitely agree on one thing—it's time for a change.
This entry was posted in Opinion, The Book Business on January 18, 2012 by Kim Staflund.
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An exciting new event will be taking place on the Wednesday 20 February during Animex 2013.
Creator-owned comics have grabbed the imagination of the comic-reading community all over again and publishers are looking for fresh ideas from a new generation of storytellers. Listen closely as Jim Zub (writer of Skullkickers, Street Fighter Legends, Makeshift Miracle and Pathfinder) discusses pitching his cult hit comic series to Image Comics and offers advice on how to climb to the top of the treacherous submission mountain, along with comic writing techniques, networking tips and amusing anecdotes.
Bryan Talbot discusses his Grandville graphic novels series of steampunk detective thrillers and the venerable and on-going tradition of anthropomorphic characters in illustration and comics from which they have grown.
The little webcomic that has erupted into full a full franchise makes its way to Animex! Join Axe Cop artist Ethan Nicolle (Bearmageddon, Chumble Spuzz) as he discusses all things Axe Cop, including the new President of the World miniseries from Dark Horse comics and the new animated TV show in production at FOX. There will also be a live Q&A where audience members can ask Ethan questions about Axe Cop and what it's like to make comics with an eight year old.
Artist Doug Braithwaite talks about how he got into comics and runs through some of the work created during his 25 year career. Within the talk he'll also look at storytelling in the comics medium as well as his own artistic techniques.
During this talk we take a look at the incredible career of Marv Wolfman, writer of comics, videogames and animation as well as the creator of Blade, New Teen Titans, Bullseye, Black Cat and more.
A chance to ask all of the speakers your burning questions about comic art and story development as well as the business in general. Speakers will be joined by additional guests Stacy King – writer of the Rocket Fox webcomic at www.shiftylook.com Rhianna Pratchett – writer on Tomb Raider and Mirrors Edge comics.
As the first Animex Comic's event closes, our speakers will be signing copies of their work.
Animex celebrates its love of comics with a day of talks and signings by writers and artists from the likes of Marvel and Udon Entertainment with some industry legends thrown in for good measure. There are only 280 tickets available and we expect this event to sell out very quickly!


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FOR YOUR FRIENDS: A Graying Pandemic: A Participatory Installation at the AIDS2012 Global Village is in DC this week. If you are 50 or older and you self-identify as living with HIV/AIDS, visit their temporary portrait studio to pose for a photographic portrait and share some of your experiences, insights, and questions about aging with the virus at The Global Village Cafe (booth #959). If you are not in the DC area and/or not living with HIV/AIDS, you can participate by asking a question with these guidelines: If you could ask older adults aging with HIV/AIDS around the world one question, what would it be? Submit your questions in person in the Global Village or through Facebook or Twitter. Be a part of the solution for our friends with HIV/AIDS.


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Anh's Brush With Fame
Anh Do paints some of Australia's most famous faces and captures their personalities on the canvas. The charismatic comedian, writer and Archibald Finalist delves into the inspirational stories that have shaped their lives.
Anh's Brush With Fame - Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson is a powerhouse of the Australian media. From her first break as editor of Dolly to life in the spotlight on commercial TV, how will Anh capture her warmth, humility and fighting spirit?
Anh's Brush With Fame - Dr Richard Harris
Dr Richard Harris is a medical hero. When a soccer team became trapped in a Thai cave in 2018, the South Australian anaesthetist played a pivotal role in getting them out. How will Anh portray his courageous spirit?
Anh's Brush With Fame - Anna Meares
Anh is joined by champion cyclist Anna Meares. From her upbringing as a coal miner's daughter to winning Olympic gold, she opens up about her near-death injury, personal loss, family sacrifice and record-breaking triumph.
Anh's Brush With Fame - Sophie Delezio
As a child, Sophie Delezio survived two horrific accidents. Now an independent and optimistic eighteen-year-old, she refuses to let disability hold her back. Anh hopes to capture her stoicism and joy on the canvas.
Anh's Brush With Fame - Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson is an icon of Australian film and TV. After a difficult start to life, Jack found his voice in Breaker Morant, The Man From Snowy River and many more iconic films. Can Anh capture his charisma and warmth?
Anh's Brush With Fame - Layne Beachley
World Champion Surfer Layne Beachley has overcome many emotional and physical battles in her unrelenting quest for success, love and contentment. How will Anh portray such a complex and driven figure?
Anh's Brush With Fame - Father Bob
Retired larrikin priest, Father Bob Maguire, emerged from his own troubled childhood to dedicate his life to helping society's most vulnerable. How will Anh capture his sense of humour and compassion?
More Documentary Programs
Running Wild: Australia's Camels
Robyn Davidson, famous for her solo expedition across the west Australian deserts by camel in the 1970s, presents this documentary telling the story of Australia's camels and the people who brought them …
Actor David Wenham joins Anh with stories from his happy childhood, where his flair for performance flourished with the support and love from his deeply compassionate parents and siblings. (Final)
Searching For Superhuman
From our genetic blueprint, to the DNA of our microbial inhabitants, to the ghost code that regulates how our genes are expressed, scientists have begun to decipher the extraordinary Code of Us.
The Art of Remembrance
Nate Byrne explores the role of paintings and sketches that represent the experiences of our service personnel and how visual art can help us to learn more about Australia's military history.