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Beal, Helen Marjorie
By Elaine Von Oesen, 1979
30 Mar. 1887–27 July 1965
Helen Marjorie Beal, librarian, was born in Oneida, N.Y., the daughter of Joseph and Helen Clark Beal. She attended Syracuse University and was graduated from the Carnegie Institute Library School, Pittsburgh. She held positions in public libraries in New York City, Eau Claire and Madison, Wis., and Kenwood, N.Y., and was librarian of the Stout Institute, Menomonie, Wis., and assistant supervisor of school libraries and public library organizer for the State of New York before coming to North Carolina in 1930. She became secretary and director of the North Carolina Library Commission in 1930 and served in that capacity until her retirement on 30 June 1950. She died in Raleigh.
As executive officer for the state library commission, Miss Beal was instrumental in extending public library service to rural North Carolina. Under her jurisdiction, North Carolina had more bookmobiles than any other state and more counties with county-wide library service than any other southeastern state. When she came to North Carolina in 1930, only 38 percent of the population of the state had any access to a public library; when she retired in 1950, 95 percent of all North Carolinians had access to free public library service. Speaking to all kinds of groups around the state, Miss Beal was able to arouse interest in and enthusiasm for public library service. This popular support resulted in the first State Aid to Public Libraries Act, passed by the General Assembly and ratified on 8 Mar. 1941. For the first time, the state declared its policy "to promote the establishment and development of public library service throughout all sections of the State." One hundred thousand dollars was provided in 1941–42 "for promoting, aiding and equalizing public library service."
Working with agricultural extension, Miss Beal helped to plan the Home Demonstration Reading Program, still in existence, and provided the annually revised reading lists for the clubs. In recognition of her contribution to rural cultural life, Miss Beal was named by the Progressive Farmer in 1943 as "the Woman of the Year in Service to Rural North Carolina because of her outstanding service to farm families of North Carolina in helping to provide every family of every county in the State with an opportunity to know good books." The announcement of the award in the January 1944 issue of the Progressive Farmer cited the increase in bookmobiles from three in 1930 to thirty-nine in 1944. By 1950, North Carolina had eighty-eight bookmobiles serving ninety of the one hundred counties. The choice of Miss Beal as "Woman of the Year" was lauded in several newspapers. In the 2 Jan. 1944 News and Observer , Nell Battle Lewis wrote, "No nicer person than Miss Beal lives in this State, and it rejoices me to see her more generally appreciated." A Greensboro Daily News editorial on 5 Jan. 1944 cited progress in library services and stated, "All this improvement is due in large part to Miss Beal's common sense, tact, energy, knowledge of her job and devotion to it."
Miss Beal was an active and contributing member of the North Carolina, Southeastern, and American Library associations. She twice served as chairman of the Library Extension Board of the American Library Association, as well as a member of its governing council. She was a charter member of the Tennessee Valley Library Council. She was president of the Southeastern Library Association from 1938 to 1940; served on the Advisory Committee for the Southeastern Library Survey, 1946–48; and edited the North Carolina Survey returns that were published in 1948 as "Libraries in North Carolina, a Survey, 1946–47." She was the author (with R. A. Felton) of Library of the Open Road (1929) and contributor to professional journals. Miss Beal was also a member of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, the North Carolina Conference for Social Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh.
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The Department of Marketing of Saint Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON) in Russia will host the 10th EMAC Regional Conference "Innovations in Marketing Models and Customer Experience Management: Emerging Markets Perspectives" on September 25-27, 2019.
The conference offers a great opportunity to bridge the gap between the marketing theory and practices through scientific discussion and close collaboration between participants for seeking the findings how to provide a sustainable development of the companies from CEE countries in conditions of the technological and digital transformation.
We invite marketing scholars, experts and other stakeholders from Europe and abroad to submit papers in all marketing areas.
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Review - Achilles and the Houseboy
Achilles and the Houseboy
by Gillibran Brown
Tags: D/s Menage
Posted in Book Reviews on May 31, 2013
This further adventure of my favorite houseboy in a domestic menage with two older Doms is actually an outtake from his previous book, More Fun With Dick and Shane. With fewer digressions that the first two books, this volume squarely tackles an issue only briefly touched on in previous books, and one of the most sensitive aspects of a menage relationship: jealously.
After an hilarious introduction in which the reasoning - which only this author could conjure up - behind the title is explained, the book gets pretty serious. Gili is reminded, in very graphic fashion, that his daddies Dick and Shane share a history that he will never be a part of. They were together ten years before the stroppy young houseboy came into their lives, and their bed. Jealously rears its ugly head, and can't be easily dismissed.
Dick and Shane know something is bothering their moody young pup, but they have no idea what's causing it, since the immature Gili can't simply open up about his feelings, which he knows, somewhere in that thick head of his, are wrong. Unfortunately, the two Doms just make things worse, giving their not-so-submissive houseboy even more cause to think he is surplus to requirements in the relationship. Of course, it all blows up eventually, and at the worst possible time for the two daddies. Of course, there's no reason to worry, since there are at least two more books in the series, so all is not lost for our hero.
While delivered in the author's inimitable style, this is a much more somber story than the two previous books in the series, and it's easy to see why it has been set aside as a separate work. It's easy to identify with Gili's feelings, and while he takes full responsibility for his immature thoughts, I think he lets his daddies off lightly. They're a little insensitive, and their approach to things they think might upset Gili is to exclude him from any involvement in the decision, which of course only fuels his insecurity. It's all well and good to argue for openness in such a complex relationship, but the heart isn't very logical.
Taken in context with the previous book, it's now easier to understand the previous work, and why there were such lengthy passages on the nature of Gili's complicated relationship with his two daddies. The events described in this book happened in the midst of the previous story, so if you read this soon after "More Fun With Dick and Shane" you'll get a much better picture of what is happening.
"Achilles and the Houseboy" may be purchased from Smashwords. You can find out more about the author and find other links at his web site.
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I am writing to set the record straight about Michael King's portrayal in your April 24 issue of the protest organized by the Workers Defense Project at the Cobra Studios under construction in East Austin ["Two Snapshots, One Problem," News, April 24]. The Workers Defense Project organized the protest because some workers who had been employed by ACL Masonry, a masonry subcontractor, were not paid by ACL Masonry for their work. What Mr. King left out of his story were the following facts: The Workers Defense Project was given documentation months ago showing that Cobalt Companies paid all ACL Masonry invoices in a timely manner for materials and labor (the workers in question). As a result, notarized lien releases were produced for those payments. ACL Masonry subsequently wrote hot checks to its employees and now has filed bankruptcy. This is all well documented and part of the court record noted by the Western District Court of Texas. Even so, the Workers Defense Project organized a protest to surprise members of the Cobra Team who had been called to the site to meet a prospective "buyer" and, in front of television cameras and a chanting crowd holding signs alleging theft and slave labor, tried to intimidate the Cobra Team into paying for this labor again.
The Workers Defense Project is after the wrong guys and using the wrong tactics. ACL Masonry stole its laborers' payment, and neither Cobalt Companies nor Cobra Studios is to blame. Given the facts left out by Mr. King, the story seems intentionally misleading in order to support some stereotypical idea that "the Man" is taking advantage of the poor Hispanic worker.
Cobra Studios is a small, sustainable, affordable, SMART housing live-work project in East Austin. We have provided jobs for the community and are providing affordable housing to people who make a fraction of median family income. Cobra Studios will be one of the few five-star green-building multifamily projects.
Mr. King's story is irresponsible. Why would the Chronicle so readily side against a small locally owned business that is working hard to contribute to Austin in a positive way by providing jobs and affordable housing? I am sympathetic to the Workers Defense Project's mission to protect vulnerable workers, but its bullying and dishonest tactics in this case undermine the organization's credibility and do not serve the interests of its clients.


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BOOKCLUB: Power Tools for Ableton Live 9 by Jake Perrine
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Master Ableton's Music Production and Live Performance Application
Montclair, NJ (October 7, 2013) – Hal Leonard Books, the musician's best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more, is now shipping Power Tools for Ableton Live 9 by Jake Perrine, an Ableton certified trainer with years of experience and an unmatched passion for making music with Ableton Live.
The author convincingly explains how Live sets itself apart from other programs, especially when it comes to working on live performance. The book explains why Ableton Live is the premier choice when making beats, remixing, live recording, DJing, live looping, sound design, electronic music, hip-hop, and much more.
Unlike other books about Live that simply explain its features like a second manual, this hands-on book contains a series of exercises that walk the user through all the features needed to produce professional-sounding music. "The goal is to get you making music as quickly as possible using the key features and learning specific techniques that will help you reach your goals," says Perrine. He guides the reader through the creation of an actual track from start to finish, plus he explains how to use Live 9 in your DJ performances. In addition, there is plenty of practice using Live 9 with the included audio content, video tutorials, excises, audio samples, and third-party plug-in demos contained on the accompanying DVD-ROM.
A substantial appendix section offers discussions of important non-Ableton-specific topics, including digital audio basics, components of a producer's studio, considerations when buying a DAW computer, and more. Whether you want to DJ, make mash-ups and remixes, play with a band, or build epic dance anthems from scratch, this book will show you all you need to know to achieve your goals with Ableton Live 9.
Jake Perrine, an Ableton certified trainer and WarpAcademy.com curriculum director, has been making electronic music for over 25 years. In addition, he has over a decade of experience teaching audio production at the college level. So, not only does he know what he's talking about, he knows how to make sure you know what he's talking about.
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New Lower Mainland railway theme website!
Congratulations to the Burnaby Central Railway on launching their new website at www.burnabyrailway.org recently. If you want to see and ride miniature trains in the Vancouver area, this is THE place to be!
We hope that the new site attracts many new visitors to what is a fine Burnaby attraction, a hidden gem among the many tourist sites of the Lower Mainland. Well done, Burnaby Central Railway and the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers!


M5/M5A1 Stuart Walk Around. Book by Jim Mesko. Squadron Signal Books. The light M5 Stuart Tank was a much-upgraded version of the M3 Stuart. Named for Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, the Stuarts filled the need for a light tank and, in addition to the US, they were supplied to Allied military forces. The leap from the M3 to the M5 Stuart took place in 1941, when the US Ordnance Department accepted a proposal by Cadillac to install double Cadillac V8 engines in the tank and, after remodeling the hull to accommodate the new motors, a new tank, the M5, was born. Reconnaissance units in the front lines of US forces were always accompanied by the agile M5s. With a top speed of 45 miles per hour, armor protection, and firepower, the M5A1 provided powerful support. Though not a match for heavy German armor, the Stuart was more than adequate for dealing with infantry. In addition to the US military, M5s were supplied to Britain, the Soviet Union and France. After WWII, the Stuart saw action in such far-flung places as China, India, and Indochina. Illustrated with more than 190 photographs, plus color profiles and detailed line drawings; 80 pages.


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New 10-Gigawatt Solar Farm Will Export Power from Australia to Singapore
A group of investors in Australia is working on a $20-billion solar farm, the world's biggest to date, that will export most of its power by undersea cable to jurisdictions like Singapore.
If all goes as planned with the Sun Cable export project, located 1,000 kilometres from Darwin and deep in the hot, dry, and sparsely-populated Northern Territory, "a 10-gigawatt-capacity array of panels will be spread across 15,000 hectares and be backed by battery storage to ensure it can supply power around the clock," The Guardian reports.
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Carried to the coast via high-voltage transmission lines, some of the power from the solar farm will plug into the NT grid to serve cities like Darwin. The majority, however, will be carried beneath the Timor Sea, 3,800 kilometres northwest via high-voltage direct cable, through the islands of the Indonesian Archipelago and on to Singapore.
Currently 95% dependent on gas for its power, according to a Sun Cable release, Singapore stands to secure 20% of its electricity needs from the project.
"Similarly ambitious," writes the Guardian, is the Asian Renewable Energy Hub being proposed for Pilbara region in northwestern Australia. In this likewise hot, dry, remote place, another group of entrepreneurs is developing "an even bigger wind and solar hybrid plant", with the bulk of its production intended to produce hydrogen for export to countries like Japan and South Korea.
While "both teams say it will be four years before they lock in finance, with production scheduled to start mid= to late next decade," observers are "cautiously optimistic" that both projects will spark a renaissance in Australia's attitude to its energy exports, The Guardian says, "one that better aligns with the country's commitment to the Paris climate agreement, rather than broadening a fossil fuel trade at odds with it."
University of Melbourne economist Ross Garnaut believes Australia, "with the best renewable energy resource in the developed world, could expand its energy production while significantly reducing global emissions." Where he departs from the entrepreneurs behind the Tennant Creek and Pilbara projects, however, is his sense of when mass exports of energy through high-voltage cable and green hydrogen will truly begin in earnest.
While he does believe such exports will eventually form part of Australia's clean energy future, Garnaut insists that low capital costs combined with extraordinary access to the power of the sun and the wind will first make his country "the natural home for growth in minerals processing" in a zero-carbon world. "Industries that would flourish under Garnaut's vision, include familiar energy-intensive operations such as aluminum, iron ore, and steel, and new opportunities in silica, lithium, vanadium, nickel, cobalt, and copper," The Guardian states.
Garnaut sees that kind of green processing as "the channel through which production of energy in Australia will greatly reduce emissions in the rest of the world," serving as "a foundation for a new era of economic expansion and prosperity."
While Sun Cable CEO David Griffin "is bullish about the possibility of his company helping to power Singapore from the outback in less than a decade," thanks to the game-changing advent of high-voltage, direct-current submarine cable, The Guardian says he and Pilbara project developer Andrew Dickson are both alert to the political challenges facing renewable energy in a country whose national government still sees fossil fuels as an economic cornerstone.
On the other hand, designing both projects as off-grid operations "has helped insulate them from politically-loaded debates that pit renewable energy against fossil fuels," The Guardian adds.
When they move into construction and operation beginning in 2023 and 2027, respectively, EcoWatch says Sun Cable and Pilbara will both "employ Australian businesses and personnel and could create thousands of construction and manufacturing jobs in the sparsely-populated Northern Territory."
But disrupting business as usual will not be easy. "No one should underestimate the scale of what would be necessary to replace Australia's existing fossil fuel industries," renewable energy analyst Roger Dargaville told The Guardian, with the coal and liquefied natural gas industries currently worth more than $100 billion per year and employing tens of thousands.
But he added that "no one should mistake where international markets are taking us," pointing to "a 40-gigawatt subsea electricity cable into Indonesia—much larger than that initially proposed by the Asian Renewable Energy Hub—[that]would be viable by 2035 if that country adopts a low-emissions target."
Dargaville "believes future exports will almost certainly be a mix of hydrogen, cabled electricity, and minerals refined before shipment," The Guardian says. "It's not really yes or no, it's just when."
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I had my first refresher driving lesson this afternoon. It's amazing how much you can forget in 16 years. Still I didn't hit anything, and only stalled a couple of times. I think I might need a few more lessons before having the confidence to go out on my own.
Towards the end of the lesson it started to rain. By the time I got home and into the flat it really started to rain hard. Then it started to hail, and then lightning, thunder and absolutely torrential rain. The hailstones were the size of those old-fashioned acid pip sweet and covered the back garden. Apparently, central Brixton got quite wild, with water almost a foot deep flowing down Brixton Hill, and some flats being hit by lightning. I suspect this was some sort of warning that I should keep off the road, but I'll defy it!
The flat sale is dragging along. We went to Bromley to prove my identity to our solicitor on Friday, because having my passport and two bills isn't enough, apparently (even though that's all they asked for). It would seem that the vendors now want to complete in the middle of June. Not ideal as we'd hoped to be out of here by the end of May, but we'll cope.
After the Bromley on Friday, we went to The Water Rats on Grays Inn Road to see some bands. The first band on, Picture Center were by far the best, really cool original sound. They have some MP3s on their website so go have a look. LP2 in particular is good. The other bands were The Fits (from Majorca) and Eye. Wasn't very impressed by either of those. Nice to go out and see a band again though. Vic, Cedric and I are off to see the Scissor Sisters on Saturday, with The Queenz of Noize and Lamb as support.
Sorry for the interruption to service this morning. I updated PHP to 4.3.6 yesterday, and fell foul of a bug which causes Apache to crash on restart with an error of "[notice] seg fault or similar nasty error detected in the parent process".
After a bit of muttering I found a suitable patch on the FreeBSD ports CVS and everything in the garden is lovely again.
I had been worried that it might be down to the Turck MMCache PHP accelerator/optimizer that I also installed yesterday, but no, that seems fine.
Enough techie talk for now….
We popped up to the Computer Fairs near Tottenham Court Road on Saturday to see if we could sort out a new phone for Vic. She fancied a Nokia 6310 , not the most recent model, but it has a reputation for being very reliable. We were lucky enough to find a second-hand one for £85 which was 40 quid less than any others we'd seen.
I got my usual cheapskate haircut at Mr Toppers (£6), and we then had a look round some camera shops as Vic has a hankering to start taking some photos.
She's ended up getting a Canon Ixus 430 off Ebay for £230, and having had a quick play with the camera, I'm quite taken with it.
My own camera, a Sony DSC-P1 that I bought in November 2000 sounds like it's on its way out. Vic is over in France for a few days visiting a friend, and, because her own camera hadn't arrived when she left, she's borrowed my camera and it's started playing up (not displaying pictures, showing images as all black etc). Chances are I'll need to get another, a pity as it's a good little camera, if a little long in the tooth by digital standards. The battery life isn't great (less than an hour per battery), and the DC connection cover doesn't fit properly, but it still takes decent pictures (or did last time I used it).
Vic's due to return from France tomorrow night, and I'm hoping to meet her at Waterloo, but an emergency meeting of Urban 75 techies has been called to look at moving the message boards to a new hosting service, so I might have to leave the meeting early. Looking forward to some nice French cheese, mmmmmm!
Well, the time has finally come. After a very long time (like 17 years) I'm finally going to start driving again.
I've booked a double driving lesson with the AA for the week after next (earliest they could do).
I've never owned a car, and haven't driven one since about 1987. Living in London for the past 19 years, I've not really needed a car, and parking, insurance etc would have cost a packet anyway.
My main problem now is that I find the prospect of a) driving and b) driving in London to be very scary. Steering a ton of metal going at 30mph near to other people and vehicles just seems a damned dangerous thing to do to me. I know thousands of people do it everyday, and that I'll probably pick it back up quite quickly but I'm still quite frightened.
The reason that I'm going back on the road is that we've sold our flat (subject to contract), and Vic and I fancy doing a bit of a UK tour before and after Glastonbury, and we'll need a vehicle to do that. We both like the idea of buying a campervan of some description, as we can live in that as well, saving hotel bills without risking a drenching by camping.
But I have to learn to drive again first. Fairly quickly too, I guess.
Glasto Tickets on sale again!
More tickets available here at the time of posting anyway. Good luck anyone who needs them!
Updated at 20:30: All sold out again. Less than 1,000 tickets went on sale.
I hope that Aloud have to repay any comission they got for every single duplicate ticket which it turns out they haven't really sold. The sheer number of people reporting cancelled duplicates and cancelled due to insufficient funds makes me wonder whether they really will be able to absorb them all without a resale? The tickets took an hour longer to sell out than last year, and I don't remember anyone reporting having accidentally ordered 4-5 times last year. "Unprecedented demand" – maybe if they'd had systems that actually responded then people wouldn't have had to make hundreds of attempts each in order to try to get some life out of the poxy system, which I suspect is the real reason for the much higher demand on the web and phone systems. Same number of people, but no feedback results in repeated attempts. Very poor performance by Aloud, and frankly, I think GFL should refuse to use them again or at least not without a large financial guarantee that this huge foul-up won't happen again.
It looks like Simon at XRRF has had similar thoughts and the people responsible are trying to make out the whole thing would have been impossible to manage satisfactorily.
NB. These tickets aren't actually official and won't guarantee entry into the Glastonbury Festival but you are welcome to go and see if you can fob them off as the real thing. We reckon they look pretty kosher, right down to the hologram which we made out of a bit of tinfoil and some sticky-backed plastic.
Vic and I have been married for six months now. And it's all been great fun.
To celebrate we had a weekend away in Brighton, staying at the "Seattle Hotel down by the Marina. We had a good time, some very good meals (at the hotel's Cafe Paradiso, the Dorset Street Bar and Bella Napoli and enjoyed a clifftop walk back to the Marina from Rottingdean.
The Glasto ticket farce continues. There are still occasionally tickets going on sale at the Aloud.com site, despite a statement on the official Glastonbury web site that no more tickets would be going on sale. WaterAid have been allowed to auction some hospitality tickets on ebay and they've gone for suitably silly money.
Messrs Blair and Blunkett continue to push the whole ID card fallacy I'm sure that compulsory ID cards would have prevented almost 200 people dying in Madrid… Oh, they have compulsory ID cards in Spain ? Well, I'm sure the British ones will be much better ?
It's been another busy week. Vic finished her job on Tuesday, and we celebrated with a very good meal at Chez Manny in Battersea.
On Wednesday we headed over to the cafe at Dulwich Picture Gallery to meet up with Helen who works there. After another excellent (and free) meal, we moved on to The Albert on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton for a few beers. We were joined by Cedric and an evening of drinking ensued. Helen and Ced are coming to Glastonbury as well so we had lots to talk about.
Today we ventured up to Rococo on the Kings Road to buy a supply of chocolate for Easter, and then took a long, slow bus trip over to St Paul's from where we walked over to Borough Market to pick up some more meat and veg.
On Sunday it will be 6 months since Vic and I got married so we're popping down to Brighton for a weekend at the Seattle Alias Hotel My brother's coming down to stay while we're away, but I'm hoping to see him briefly before we head south.
We had to make ourselves scarce early on Saturday morning, as the purchasers of our flat wanted to come around to measure up. We decided to head up to Borough Market because we've never actually been while it's open.
It's not like a "normal" town market, more of a slightly posh farmers market. We wandered around a bit, eyeing up the produce and stalls, before going around again to make our purchases. We picked up a couple of loaves of bread, some sausages, various vegetables and fungi, cheese, cider and some dry-cured back bacon. We had the bacon for breakfast this morning and it was very good, much tastier than the standard supermarket fare. Lots of customers who looked like they had come straight down from Hampstead in their Barbour jackets, and the prices weren't really cheap, but as a kind of large deli, it works well.
After we'd finished shopping, we snacked out on Frankfurters with Sauerkraut and Senf, followed by a cup of hot, spiced cider. We drank the cider sitting outside Southwark Cathedral where I was engaged in conversation by a very pleasant Special Brew drinker who regaled us with tales of living on stolen yoghurts and visiting his brother in Redcar.
It looks like we were very lucky to get our Glasto ticket orders through. After the success of the 2 orders on Thursday night, I managed to book another ticket for Vic's friend Eyi who is currently in Nigeria. Looking the tales on Urban 75, E-Festivals and the BBC News it looks like a lot of people had complete nightmares trying to get tickets, and quite a few regulars weren't able to get successful orders through, whereas others managed to get up to 5 duplicate orders processed. The whole 113,000 tickets sold out within 24 hours, actually slightly longer than last year, possibly due to the limit of 2 tickets per person, possibly due to the fact that more than 95% attempts to purchase tickets failed. How I managed to get 3 orders through while others were unsuccessful, I don't really know. Good luck? Using Firefox ? Just plain persistence? Who knows? Glad I got it sorted though, as we had a great time in 2002 and 2003.
I first went to Glastonbury in 1997, when it rained – a lot! That put me off a bit, as I spent the weekend cold and wet, wandering through mud, avoiding the lakes of brown muddy water and generally wearing myself out.
It's not going to rain this year though, is it?
Yay! Glastonbury 2004 tickets went on sale at 8pm last night.
After 2 hours of trying on the website, I finally got to the order form, submitted it and got confirmation! 10 mnutes later an email arrived to confirm… so we're going! And also managed to order the tickets for Cedde and Helen, so they're coming too. Accidentally ordered an extra car ticket and camper ticket but might be able to cancel those.
For those who can't even get through to the order form, try this link as that seems to go directly there. Good luck if you're trying. I know that a lot of the people on Urban75 had stayed up all night without success.
Once again I was amazed that the ticket agency really weren't prepared for the number of people accessing their site and it was inaccessible for most of the evening, not even allowing connections. And the phone lines were much the same, by all accounts. Some people had success calling the international order number for UK tickets, but Radio 1 announced that too, which caused the queues to fill up again. As of about 8am, 60,000 tickets, about half of the total available) had gone.
Not a pleasant experience, sitting there fretting about tickets and constantly hitting the reload button, but it seems to have worked out nicely. I just hope there aren't too many people out tere who really want tickets who are unable to get them.


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Stroboscopic effect for displaying slot reel positions of a gaming machine
A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a physical rotating reel, a strobe for illuminating the reel, and a control system for triggering the strobe. The reel includes a perimeter and a plurality of symbol positions along the perimeter. The control system triggers the strobe when a selected portion of the perimeter is at a display area generally within a view of a player. The machine design can be used to create new opportunities for reel movement and player anticipation and excitement while lessening the processing burden on the control system.
Gagner, Mark B. (West Chicago, IL, US)
GAGNER MARK B.
G06F17/00; (IPC1-7): G06F17/00
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HARPER, TRAMAR YONG
Wms Gaming, Inc Michael Blankstein J. (800 South Northpoint Boulevard, Waukegan, IL, 60085, US)
1. A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, comprising: a physical rotating reel including a perimeter and a plurality of symbol positions along the perimeter; a strobe for illuminating the reel; and a control system for triggering the strobe when a selected portion of the perimeter is at a display area generally within a view of a player.
2. The machine of claim 1, wherein the control system includes a processing apparatus, a counting apparatus, and a clock, wherein in response to detecting a predefined reel position defining a start of a revolution: the processing apparatus loads a count value into the counting apparatus; and the counting apparatus, responsive to a signal from the clock, counts the loaded value and triggers the strobe after counting the loaded value.
3. The machine of claim 2, wherein the clock operates at a fixed frequency.
4. The machine of cliam 2, wherein the control system includes a sensor for detecting the predefined position on the reel.
5. The machine of claim 2, wherein the loaded count value at the start of each revolution is the same so that the reel appears stationary.
6. The machine of claim 2, wherein the loaded count value at the start of each revolution is different so that the reel appears to be moving.
7. The machine of claim 6, wherein the loaded count value changes by a fixed amount at the start of each revolution so that the reel appears to be moving at a fixed speed.
8. The machine of claim 6, wherein the loaded count value changes by an increasing amount at the start of each revolution so that the reel appears to accelerate.
9. The machine of claim 6, wherein the loaded count value changes by a decreasing amount at the start of each revolution so that the reel appears to decelerate.
10. The machine of claim 1, wherein the reel rotates at a fixed angular velocity so that a time interval between the appearance of each symbol position at the display area and the appearance of a predefined position on the reel at the display area is constant.
11. The machine of claim 1, wherein the control system triggers the strobe each time the selected portion of the perimeter is at the display area so that the reel appears stationary.
12. The machine of claim 1, further including a motor, coupled to the reel, for rotating the reel.
13. A method of displaying a position on a physical reel of a gaming machine, the reel including a perimeter and a plurality of symbol positions along the perimeter, the method comprising: rotating the reel; providing a strobe for illuminating the reel; and triggering the strobe when a selected portion of the perimeter is at a display area generally within a view of a player.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein in response to detecting a predefined reel position defining a start of a revolution, the step of triggering the strobe includes: loading a count value into a counting apparatus; counting the loaded value; and triggering the strobe after counting the loaded value.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the loaded count value at the start of each revolution is the same so that the reel appears stationary.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the loaded count value at the start of each revolution is different so that the reel appears to be moving.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the loaded count value changes by a fixed amount at the start of each revolution so that the reel appears to be moving at a fixed speed.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the loaded count value changes by an increasing amount at the start of each revolution so that the reel appears to accelerate.
19. The method of claim 16, wherein the loaded count value changes by a decreasing amount at the start of each revolution so that the reel appears to decelerate.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of rotating the reel including rotating the reel at a fixed angular velocity so that a time interval between the appearance of each symbol position at the display area and the appearance of a predefined position on the reel at the display area is constant.
21. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of triggering the strobe includes triggering the strobe each time the selected portion of the perimeter is at the display area so that the reel appears stationary.
22. A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, comprising: a physical rotating reel including a perimeter and a plurality of symbol positions along the perimeter; a strobe for illuminating the reel; and a control system for repeatedly triggering the strobe when a selected portion of the perimeter is at a display area generally within a view of a player such that the rotating reel appears to stop with the selected portion in the display area even though the reel is still in actual motion.
[0001] The present invention relates generally to reel spinning gaming machines and, more particularly, to a reel spinning gaming machine that displays positions of its mechanical reels using a stroboscopic effect.
[0002] A reel spinning gaming machine generally comprises a plurality of physical spinning reels. Each reel is basically a cylinder with a sequence of symbols arranged around its circumference. In response to a wager, a controller randomly selects an outcome from a plurality of possible outcomes and then presents the selected outcome by rotating the reels to pre-defined positions that expose a particular combination of symbols to the player. Each unique combination of symbols represents a different game outcome with a potentially different value. If the selected outcome corresponds to a winning outcome identified on a pay table, the controller instructs a payoff mechanism to award a payoff for that winning outcome to the player in the form of coins or credits.
[0003] The spinning reels serve two primary functions. First, the spinning reels present or display a particular combination of symbols to the player to indicate the selected outcome of a game. Second, the spinning reels create a sense of anticipation and excitement within the player through controlled motion of the reels. The sense of anticipation and excitement is enhanced when symbols associated with winning combinations are observed. To create the sense of anticipation and excitement, the controller precisely controls the velocity (e.g., acceleration, deceleration, and peak speed) and final stopping position of motors that are used to drive the respective reels. The motors are typically stepper motors. This precise control of multiple motors is a significant processing burden on the controller and complicates the machine design. It would be desirable to create the sense of anticipation and excitement and to have the ability to create new opportunities for reel movement and player excitement with a simpler machine design that lessens the processing burden on the controller.
[0004] A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a physical rotating reel, a strobe for illuminating the reel, and a control system for triggering the strobe. The reel includes a perimeter and a plurality of symbol positions along the perimeter. The control system triggers the strobe when a selected portion of the perimeter is at a display area generally within a view of a player. The machine design can be used to create new opportunities for reel movement and player anticipation and excitement while lessening the processing burden on the control system.
[0005] The foregoing and other advantages of the invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the drawings.
[0006] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a reel spinning gaming machine operable to conduct a wagering game.
[0007] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system for controlling the display of a selected position on a reel of the gaming machine using a stroboscopic effect.
[0008] FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of an alternative reel mechanism that can be used to display selected reel positions using the stroboscopic effect.
[0009] While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed. Rather, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
[0010] Turning now to the drawings, FIG. 1 depicts a reel spinning gaming machine 10 for conducting a slot game. The gaming machine includes a cabinet 12 and a plurality of physical spinning reels 14 housed within the cabinet 12. Each reel 14 is basically a cylinder with a sequence of symbols arranged around its perimeter or circumference. In response to a wager, a control system randomly selects an outcome from a plurality of possible outcomes and then presents the selected outcome by displaying a particular combination of symbols to the player. The combination of symbols may be displayed in visual association with at least one pay line 16. Each unique combination of symbols represents a different game outcome with a potentially different value. If the selected outcome corresponds to a winning outcome identified on a pay table, the control system instructs a payoff mechanism to award a payoff for that winning outcome to the player in the form of coins or credits. The player may operate a button panel 18 to place wagers, activate a number of pay lines if more than one pay line is possible, initiate apparent motion of the reels 14, and collect any credits accumulated on the game's credit meter.
[0011] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system suitable for controlling the display of a selected position on a reel 14 of the gaming machine 10 using a stroboscopic effect. The stroboscopic effect is used to create or freeze the apparent motion of the reel 14 as it rotates in a regular and predictable manner. A strobe 20 produces a very brief pulse of light. Because the reel 14 is illuminated for only a brief instant, its motion appears "frozen." The control system preferably drives the reel 14 at a continuous fixed speed. The control system does not accelerate (i.e., ramp up), decelerate (i.e., ramp down), or stop the reel 14. The timing of the strobe 20 is used to create apparent motion and the appearance of a final stopped position.
[0012] The human eye has a response time of about {fraction (1/15)} second to {fraction (1/30)} second. To create the appearance of continuous motion, the strobe 20 is triggered (i.e., fired) at a minimum rate of approximately 30 pulses per second (PPS). The face of the gaming machine preferably blocks ambient light to insure that no symbols on the reel 14 are visible if the strobe 20 or the reel 14 fails. The strobe 20 is preferably positioned to optimally illuminate a viewable portion of the reel 14, i.e., the portion of the reel 14 viewable through a display window 28. In one embodiment, the strobe 20 is mounted inside the reel 14 on an axis drawn from the center of the reel 14 to the center pay line 16.
[0013] Apparent motion (or lack of motion) of the constantly spinning reel is achieved by synchronizing the strobe pulse with a selected location on the reel 14. The strobe is triggered when the selected location on the reel 14 is centered within the view of the player (i.e., centered on the pay line 16). The synchronization technique described herein is based on the use of a fixed clock 22, i.e., a clock that operates at a fixed frequency. It, however, will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that there are many techniques available for achieving the required synchronization. FIG. 2 illustrates the use of a strobe 20 to illuminate the reel 14 and the use of a fixed clock 22 to trigger the strobe 20 at a selected instant of time that corresponds with the desired reel position.
[0014] The illustrated example assumes that the reel 14 spins at a fixed angular velocity. Therefore, each reel position corresponds to a precise, well-defined time interval following a reel home position 24 (start position). Because the time interval is predetermined and repeatable, synchronization of the strobe 20 can be accomplished with a fixed clock 22. It should be understood that there are other methods for achieving synchronization that do not depend upon the reel 14 spinning at a fixed angular velocity or the use of a fixed clock 22.
[0015] The time interval between the home position 24 and the appearance of any desired reel position remains constant. For simplicity, the diagram of FIG. 2 illustrates a single reel 14 with eight positions labeled A through H. As the reel 14 spins, a home position sensor 26 detects the home position 24 on the reel 14 as it passes the sensor 26. Following this event, each reel position appears in front of the strobe 20 in sequence at a well-known and predetermined interval.
[0016] For the sake of discussion, the clock 22 operates at a frequency such that there are ten clock pulses per reel position. This means that there will be exactly 80 clock pulses for each revolution of the reel 14. In this case, the center of position A will appear in front of the strobe 20 after precisely five clock pulses, the center of position B will appear after fifteen clock pulses, the center of position C will appear after 25 clock pulses, and so forth as shown in the table below: 1
Position Counts
[0017] To cause a particular reel position to be illuminated and therefore visible to a player through a display window 28, the strobe 20 is synchronized to fire at the precise instant the reel position passes in front of the strobe 20. To accomplish this, a processing unit (CPU) 30 loads an appropriate predetermined count value into a buffer 32 prior to the start of the next revolution of the reel 14. The start of a revolution is defined by detection of the home position 24 by the sensor 26. At the start of the next revolution, the buffer 32 loads the count value into a counter 34. As the reel 14 rotates, the clock 22 causes the counter 34 to decrement from the loaded count value at a fixed rate that precisely matches the rate of rotation. When the count value reaches zero, the counter 34 triggers the strobe 20 to momentarily freeze the apparent motion of the reel 14 at the desired location.
[0018] To create the appearance of a stopped reel 14, the CPU 30 does nothing. At the start of each revolution, the buffer 32 loads the same count value into the counter 34 so that the same reel position is displayed repeatedly. This creates the appearance of a stationary reel.
[0019] To create the appearance of motion of the reel 14 at a particular fixed speed, the CPU 30 changes (add to or subtracts from) the loaded count value by a fixed amount at the start of each revolution of the reel 14. In the example below, the actual speed of the reel 14 is set at 30 revolutions per second. If the CPU 30 adds five (i.e., one half of the distance between two adjacent reel positions) to the count value loaded into the counter 34 at the start of each revolution, then it will appear as though the reel 14 has moved one half of a reel position in {fraction (1/30)}th of a second. After two actual revolutions (i.e., {fraction (1/15)}th of a second) of the reel 14, it will appear as though the reel 14 has moved one full reel position. Because there are eight positions on the illustrated reel 14, it will require {fraction (8/15)} of a second to create the appearance of the reel 14 moving though one complete rotation. This corresponds to 15/8 or 1.875 revolutions per second, which equals 112.5 revolutions per minute (RPM).
[0020] The following table lists the apparent speed of the reel 14 obtained by adding particular values to the counter 34 at the start of each revolution. The table shows the apparent speed for the illustrated eight-position reel 14 and for a twenty-position reel. 2
Apparent Apparent
Increment RPM RPM
Count (8 position) (20 position)
(stationary) (stationary)
5 112.5 45
[0021] In this example the CPU 30 updates the counter 34 at the start of each revolution of the reel 14. It should be noted that lower apparent speeds are obtained if the counter 34 is updated after every other revolution or after every third revolution. It should also be noted that intermediate speeds are obtained by alternating the amount on alternate updates.
[0022] To create the appearance of acceleration of the reel 14, the CPU 30 changes the loaded count value by an increasing amount at the start of each successive revolution of the reel 14. To create the appearance of deceleration of the reel 14, the CPU 30 changes the loaded count value by a decreasing amount at the start of each successive revolution of the reel 14.
[0023] To create the appearance of movement of the reel 14 to a particular location, the CPU 30 loads a sequence of count values corresponding to intermediate reel positions on successive revolutions, similar to an animation. For example, to create the appearance of movement from position A to position B, the CPU 30 would successively load the counter 34 with intermediate count values ranging from five (the center of position A) to fifteen (the center of position B).
[0024] To create the appearance of movement of the reel 14 to a particular reel position instantaneously, the CPU 30 loads the counter 34 with the count value corresponding to the desired reel position. This creates the appearance of the reel 14 instantly "snapping" to the new position.
[0025] Using the stroboscopic effect to display positions on a slot reel, the burden on the CPU 30 is significantly reduced relative to controlling the actual speed of a stepper motor. The CPU 30 can easily control five or more reels, thereby reducing cost of manufacture of the gaming machine. If each reel 14 is driven by a separate motor, each reel 14 would be associated with a separate strobe 20, home sensor 26, buffer 32, and counter 34, but may share the clock 22 and CPU 30. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, all of the reels 14 may be tied together on a common axis or drum 36 and driven from a single motor 38 at a fixed rotational speed. With a single drum 36, the multiple reels 14 may share a common motor 38, clock 22, home sensor 26, and CPU 30. This simplifies both the mechanical and electrical design and further reduces cost.
[0026] While the present invention has been described with reference to one or more particular embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that many changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, the counter 34 may be replaced with a different counting apparatus including both a counter and a comparator. The counter may start at zero and cause the comparator to trigger the strobe 20 when the counter counts up to and reaches a selected count value. Each of these embodiments and obvious variations thereof is contemplated as falling within the spirit and scope of the claimed invention, which is set forth in the following claims:
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His courage and his smile were infectious. He rallied so many toward his cause and created a family of supporters, a family of friends, all of whom loved him dearly.
With his bright outlook, his witty humor, his energy, his tireless dedication to helping others with their MS, and his daily endurance of his own MS, Jimmie Heuga became a champion in life.
Yet that champion would happily engage in a personable conversation with anyone he met, anywhere, anytime. He even offered a ride to my hitchhiking brother one cold Colorado night in the 1970s, along a dark road in Vail. He was just a great guy, a great local in the Vail Valley. My brother had no idea he got a ride from an Olympic champion.
His reach in life was enormous. His impact immeasurable. He touched so many lives.
Well done! Very well written article and what a great tribute to an amazing person who did so much for people! Keep up the great work!
Eric, Awesome. What a great tribute you wrote. I hope to talk w/ you soon.Thanks for writing this.
With any loss of of a loved person, the emotions rush forward and you put those emotions into words eloquently and inspiring. I'm not overwhelmed with the quantity because the quality of life Jimmie lived is well worth hearing about. Great job.
I'm touched by your words and your friendship with the person you call your friend Jimmie Heuga.
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James Franco's 'Spring Breakers 2' Instagram Rant Shows Disgust for a Sequel — Well, Duh
By Jenny Jaffe
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I make no secret of my distaste for James Franco. What's to like? As my friend Josh Gondelman so perfectly put it, he like "if a semester abroad were a person". And James Franco has made no secret of his distaste for the prospect of a sequel to Spring Breakers, which apparently is being made without the contribution, or even the consent, of director Harmony Korine. So when James Franco takes to Instagram to rant about his anger towards Spring Breakers 2, neither of us is very happy.
Earlier today, Franco posted a selfie along with the following caption:
STATEMENT ABOUT SPRING BREAKERS 2: This is not being done with Harmony Korine or my consent. The original was wholly Harmony's creation and these producers are capitalizing on that innovative film to make money on a weak sequel. I want everyone to know that whoever is involved in the sequel is jumping on board a poison ship. It will be a terrible film, with a horrible reason d'être: to make money off someone else's creativity. Can you imagine someone making the sequel to "Taxi Driver" without Scorcese and DeNiro's consents? Insanity! I'm speaking up for Harmony and his original vision and for any creative person who cares about preserving artistic integrity.
Ugh. UGH.
First off, you are no DeNiro, my friend, and Spring Breakers was no Taxi Driver- we are talking about a sexploitation film starring Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, here. Of COURSE the purpose of the original film was to make money. Korine could have made another art-house/Dogme 95 film if he'd wanted to, but he didn't he made Spring Breakers, and I'm not saying that it's not good, I'm just saying that as far as concern that a sequel won't retain the artistic integrity of the first one goes, Franco clearly did not look at the box office figures. You'd think Franco would have been in Hollywood long enough to know that anything that's made money will spawn more things with the possibility of making money.
I'm not saying it's right that they make a sequel to Korine's film without his consent (note that I don't care that they don't have Franco's consent; you don't need an actor's consent to make a sequel), I'm just saying that if Franco wants to get mad every time a decision is made for the wrong reasons in the film industry... he's got a very difficult road ahead of him.
Plus, did he seriously just use the phrase "raison d'être" in an Instagram post?
UGGHHHH.
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Q: I have a requirement to validate email address and confirm in next page as xxxxx@xxxx.com User will enter email address and click on validate button. and after validation,in next page the email address will be shown as first letter of emailxxxxxxxx(till @ symbol)@domain's first letter namexxxx(till domain name length).com. xxxxx represents the length of name
here i'm able to validate the email address using java regx but not able to display the patterns as mentioned above. any idea to achieve in java. I'm very new to this,for any mistake,excuse me

A: As your description is very vague about the requirements. This might be a starting point for you.
String emailAddress = "john.doe@example.com";
String secretAddress = emailAddress.replaceAll("(.{4}).*@(.{4}).*(\\..*)", "$1xxxxxxxx@$2xxxx$3");
System.out.println(secretAddress);

output
johnxxxxxxxx@examxxxx.com

A: you can use javascript in JSP page itself like
<script>
function myFunction() {
    var str = "deepak.kumar@gmail.com";
    var res = str.substring(0, indexOf("@");
   var res2= str.substring(str.indexOf("@")+1, str.length);
}
</script>

OutPUT: res=deepak.kumar
res2=gmail.com

A: Try this -
String yourEmail = "anewemail@gmail.com"; // any email id
String[] splitString = yourEmail.split("@");

firstLetter = String.valueOf(splitString[0].charAt(0));
String[] secondPart = splitString[1].split(".com");
String finalAnswer = firstLetter+"xxxxxx"+"@"+ secondPart[0].charAt(0)+"xxx.com";

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Wakatobi: Beauty is in the Eye of the … Goby
Published: 29/03/20163:22 pm Updated: 11/04/20161:53 pm
Author Sophie Fraser
A goby darts back and forth in the current, snapping up drifting planktonic crustacea.
By Wade and Robyn Hughes.
It's an exercise in patience. Hours spent watching out-of-focus pink orbs flit back and forth across the view-finder screen. Oblivious to anything else except the chill creeping in under the wetsuit and stiffness in the neck and shoulders from holding the camera housing stationary in an awkward position.
Top-Bottom: Determinedly shy and private despite their flamboyant outfits, pajama cardinalfish emerge at dusk; Trumpet fish are fierce predators of smaller reef fish; Noodle-thin & about 2cm long, a skeleton shrimp contemplates planktonic motes.
Pink-eyed gobies are also known as hovering gobies. Never more than two centimetres long, they cluster in small groups, usually in or near the branches of Acropora coral, and flit about in the current like tiny fireflies, snapping up planktonic specks of food. In constant, erratic motion, they test photographers' reflexes, and frequently bamboozle the best auto-focus that DSLR manufacturers can offer.
I'd spent five entire dives at 21 metres with this particular group at Wakatobi. The first session yielded some nice profiles, striking enough with the vivid pink eye as the centre of attention, but a couple of glimpses of the fish head-on convinced me that there was more yet to be done. And so began the multi-dive vigil.
A half-metre or so beyond the Acropora that these gobies called home, stood a small red finger-sponge. It had cropped up in the background of a couple of the opportunistic shots from the first dive. Totally out of focus because of the shallow depth of field of the extended macro lens, it glowed under the light from the strobes. This offered a better backdrop for displaying the gossamer-thin transparent fins of the goby than plain black. So hours were spent with the camera held as steadily as possible, sponge positioned as the backdrop, hoping that, eventually, one of these little blighters would flit into frame and strike an appropriate pose. One did. Once. For less than a second. Buoyed by that happenstance, and uncertain about whether I'd actually captured that fleeting, decisive moment, I stayed longer, desperate for a second chance. But none came.
Such selective diving spent focused on a single subject of interest, where the only constraints on available time are those imposed by depth and availability of air supply, is only possible when an individual diver has exclusive control of the agenda. Being freed from the anxiety of knowing that others are waiting to move on down the reef, or take their turn to look at or photograph the same creature, opens the door to prolonged observation and more detailed appreciation of the rhythms of life in the sea. It also brings the ability to reflect on shots already taken in a particular spot, visualise ideas for improvement, and then go back to the same spot as often as necessary to craft those ideas into usable images.
Wakatobi Resort's private boat is the ideal platform for this kind of diving. It's the closest you can get to diving out of your own boat at home, with the added advantage of having a friendly crew to do all the work, and an expert private guide on-hand to provide detailed local knowledge and locate hard-to-find species.
A day on Wakatobi 1 begins, literally, with a couple of questions: "Where do you want to go and what do you want to see?" Your answers then become the agenda for the day.
Passage times to more distant dive sites, and surface intervals, can be spent lolling about on sun-beds. Lunch and snacks are served whenever you ask for them, and the programme for the day is completely flexible. On our most recent visit, we took the opportunity of exploring outlying sites, such as the atoll at Nda'a, which is not on the routine list for the Wakatobi resort fleet boats. While it was good to get out to these remote locations, their remoteness makes them more exposed to illicit fishing, so the diving is generally better at the more frequently visited sites closer to the Resort itself. The private boat makes it possible to plan dives at these sites when the crew are not on the roster for the fleet boats. This includes night-diving sites, which can get crowded on the fleet-boat roster. We opted for dusk/night dives, which had us in the water very late in the afternoon and emerging after dark. This enabled us to easily fit in four dives per day, and still be back at the Resort before the night-diving fleet boats.
Battered but not stopped by strong current, a chromodorus nudibranch presses on in its search for food and, perhaps, a mate.
The addition of this private boat option is another step in the evolution of Wakatobi as a destination. The Resort is becoming popular with increasing numbers of social divers, individuals and families – seemingly as intent on relaxing in the sun, or having fun in the boats, as getting out and exploring the reefs. By adding the private boat, the resort is able to cater for the increase in these guests, and still provide world-class coral reef diving for those who want to spend time in focused pursuit of particular subjects, or even just enjoy the quietude of being at sea without interruption.
Venomous little fish, fangtooth blennies circle each other warily.
Everybody wins with this evolution. More people get to see and experience the reef-scapes of south-east Sulawesi, and, perhaps gain a greater appreciation for what it takes to conserve ecosystems such as these.
These are reefs that have been fished and exploited for centuries, so they are not pristine. Increasingly large numbers of people live in the vicinity and, in one way or another, depend on the reefs for their livelihood and to feed their kids. But, thanks to Wakatobi Resort's conservation programme, they are still spectacular reefs. This is conservation based on sound economics, and not altruism alone. Revenues flowing in to the Resort are creating education and employment opportunities for many locals. These opportunities, in turn, create choice for the local communities: they can choose between unmanaged exploitation of their reefs or sustainable management of them.
Going lip to lip. Male squarespot anthias battle it out for territory and the harem of females that go with it.
So economic growth of the Resort, through its appeal to wider ranges of guests, translates as more opportunity and choice for more local people. In turn, that translates into higher levels of protection for the core assets – the reefs themselves. And that creates more opportunity for divers like you and me to go and stare, if only for a moment, into the hypnotically beautiful pink eyes of the hovering goby.
Visit the Wakatobi website to find out more: www.wakatobi.com
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The idea of a central morgue where dead bodies would be kept for identification and inquest was a new one in the urban culture of the British Empire of the mid-nineteenth century. Inquests up to that point took place in public houses, and bodies awaiting inquest were stored in outbuildings. A central morgue in Melbourne was first utilised in the 1850s and by the 1890s had become the main site of coronial inquests. The call for a morgue was partly a response to the desire of the government to identify its deceased members and label their deaths, and partly a requirement of the climate. Traditional practices, rooted in localism, were inefficient in a growing colonial society with hot summers. The surveillance of the dead was common in French and English societies, but was given particular emphasis in a town experiencing a gold-rush population boom. Changing ideas about what was acceptable in polite society also played a part. Identification, decency and health, therefore, provided varying motivation for this radical departure from local English practice. However, the morgue occupied an ambiguous place within the bureaucracy of the day. And like its Paris counterpart, it was sequestered, for a period at the end of the nineteenth century at least, as a lurid but nonetheless acceptable place of spectacle and macabre titillation.
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At the turn of the twentieth century some upper-class Victorians became motorists; consequently, for the first time ever, regulation and policing intersected with this class of society. By 1905 so many concerns had been raised about compromised public order and safety that the Victorian State Government attempted to implement a Motor Car Bill based on its English predecessor (1903). Wealthy motorists possessed power and influence, however, which contributed to the postponement of legislation until 1910. Additionally, parliamentarians were drawn from the same social class as motorists, and, in creating regulation, they were potentially regulating their peers, colleagues and friends. The private motor-car also brought with it new issues of civil liberty and responsibility. Finding a balance between the two continued to be a problem, as private transport gradually became affordable for middle- and working-class people, and both the number of regulations and the power of the motoring lobby increased.
Stories from the Nineteenth-Century Castlemaine Police Courts
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This paper uses the records of the Castlemaine, Chewton and Fryerstown police courts from 1860 to the 1890s in order to examine the ways that people sought to make themselves a home after the main goldrushes had finished in the district. 'Home' is taken to mean a place that offers security, comfort and a sense of belonging – more than simply a house. The paper briefly considers the ways that the courts worked both for and against the various interests of claimants and then looks in more depth at some of the family law cases that came before the court. These cases reveal that the struggle to make a home was often carried on even within the four walls of a house.


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