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Blowback in Geldermalsen
Posted on December 16, 2015 by Baron Bodissey
A very unusual event occurred tonight in the small Dutch town of Geldermalsen: there was a riot.
"But Baron," you say. "That's not at all unusual. Culture-enrichers riot almost every day in The Netherlands, and all over the rest of Western Europe."
Yes indeed, they surely do. But this was a riot by the indigenous Dutch, who were protesting the establishment of an asylum center in their town, a deal arranged behind their backs. This is a man-bites-dog story.
In the videos below you'll at first see the public meeting, which is taking place in a room with big plate glass windows. While public officials drone on, the riot is gathering in intensity just outside those windows.
A Muslima takes the microphone to give her testimony. As she speaks, the people around her grow visibly uneasy, directing more and more of their attention to the windows, outside of which the protesting townsfolk are throwing fireworks and clashing with the police.
After another thirty seconds or so the call goes out to abort the meeting, and everyone hastily leaves the room. After that you can see some footage of what is transpiring outside the windows.
Our Dutch correspondent H. Numan sends this concise explanation of the background for tonight's events:
Geldermalsen is a small town of 26,000 inhabitants, less than 10,000 in the main village itself.
The reason for the riots is very simple. Money. Lots of it.
The village is near bankruptcy due to silly investments. Before the real estate bubble burst, they bought agricultural land to change it into an industrial zone. The village spent a lot of money on it (the land itself, infrastructure, etc.) but nobody was seriously interested in setting up their business there. Something they could have foreseen with a bit of marketing research. They didn't do that research, and Geldermalsen is now looking forward to a €12.5 million write-off. Bankruptcy, in other words.
The mayor found a perfect solution: she offered the industrial zone for conversion into an asylum center. COA (Centraal Orgaan opvang Asielzoekers, the authority responsible for asylum seekers) is desperately looking for asylum locations, so this came as a gift from heaven for them. All Geldermalsen had to do was offer the entire plot for sale, which would have meant a very large asylum center. COA is only looking for locations that can house more than 600 persons. By offering the plot to COA, they could ask the current market price for it. That meant the village would have been saved from bankruptcy.
The mayor is a proverbial progressive dumb [epithet], but not so stupid as to think the population would meekly accept the new arrangement. She understood very well that the population were not going to like her idea. So she tried to do the usual backroom deals so familiar to us all. Arrange everything 'amongst friends'. Pretend genuine interest in democracy by organizing one (1) public meeting where the (selected) audience would automatically approve the deal. Then COA would buy that land for the market value. And house 1,500 refugees there.
This scheme has now backfired. Last week concerned citizens contacted GeenStijl [major Dutch website] for advice and support. They got that immediately. Good advice, such as 'select a capable spokesperson', 'make sure extreme left as well as right wing extremists from outside don't interfere' and how to behave with the media.
They discovered Geldermalsen has a white industrial elephant, and published it. The population was outraged.
Tonight that meeting was held, and got wildly out of control.
The riots are not, repeat, NOT nationwide, only in the municipality of Geldermalsen.
What is striking is the media's response. They abhor this outburst of violence, and strongly condemn it.
Which is a first. Up until now, they have never ever condemned violence. When committed by left wing activists, that is.
Below are the videos. They're in Dutch, but there's really no need for subtitles. The events speak for themselves:
Dutch News
Hat tip: Vlad Tepes.
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28 thoughts on "Blowback in Geldermalsen"
DiMu on December 16, 2015 at 10:59 pm said:
Good on the citizens of Geldermasen! It's what we will all have to do sooner or later.
Here is some political incorrectness from Down Under telling the Islamic 'victims' to P…S OFF!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZZlo0WZ_iU
Nick on December 16, 2015 at 11:26 pm said:
Matt Bracken on December 17, 2015 at 10:11 am said:
Awesome video! So shared!
Bert on December 16, 2015 at 11:19 pm said:
Well that looks like some kind of "insurrection"
And the "Industrial Zone"? What will happen to it?
H. Numan on December 17, 2015 at 12:14 am said:
What do you think yourself? 😉
It will industrial, but now for the asylum industry. By the way, I find it remarkable the police found it necessary to fire warning shots. This might be genuine, but I really doubt that. Far more likely, this will be the excuse to declare a state of emergency and close all pretences to a democratic debate.
Craig in Michigan on December 17, 2015 at 2:42 am said:
Allowing the influx of huge numbers of Middle Easterners into Europe is meant to create social destabilization for exactly the reason you state, as an "excuse to declare a state of emergency." The ruling elite know this will cause chaos: they're not naïve, they're counting on it.
Consider the following from a presentation Bernard Connolly at Banque AIG made in May 2008 titled "Europe — Driver or Driven? EMU and the Lust for Crisis." He made these predictions under the heading "What Europe Wants," note especially the second bulleted point:
"To use global issues as excuses to extend its power:
• environmental issues: increase control over member countries; advance idea of global governance
• terrorism: use excuse for greater control over police and judicial issues; increase extent of surveillance
• global financial crisis: kill two birds (free market; Anglo-Saxon economies) with one stone (Europe-wide regulator; attempts at global financial governance)
• EMU: create a crisis to force introduction of "European economic government"
It is interesting to note that the most recent Paris massacre gave Hollande the excuse to limit civil liberties in France just before the conference on the global warming hoax (two of the above bulleted points). Hmm, how convenient. I won't go as far as to say that the authorities had direct involvement or intentionally stood down (although the latter was ordered at Benghazi), but they know an increase in terrorism is inevitable with the importation of mostly military-age Muslim men. They may not know when it will happen, they just know it will — and then you "never let a serious crisis go to waste."
URL to Zero Hegde's first exposition of document:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-15/shocking-2008-aig-report-laying-out-motives-behind-europes-perpetual-crisis-and-deat
Wolfie65 on December 17, 2015 at 11:08 am said:
Seems very short-sighted.
How will the bankers and political elitists like it when their sons are beheaded and their daughters incorporated into some Imam's harem?
They won't be immune.
Nero on December 16, 2015 at 11:41 pm said:
The Patriots should have [intemperate recommendation redacted] and destroyed the refugee shelter.
Jeff E on December 16, 2015 at 11:47 pm said:
Looks a lot more like a protest vs. a riot.
H. Numan on December 17, 2015 at 1:17 am said:
Ineed it is. But if you can pretend it's a real riot, one gets lots of extra's otherwise impossible. The mayor can declare a state of emergency. Banning groups bigger than 3 people. Stop the "democratic process", until order has been restored. Forbid any demontration. Arrest whomever they want.
That's why I doubt the necessity of the police firing in the air. It might very well prove the excuse needed to declare that state f emergency. When will it be lifted? The moment the asylum center is open for business, of course.
Bishop Cardinal Guy Leven-Torres TOCC UK on December 17, 2015 at 12:20 am said:
Oh dear…. Finally the worm rises up and turns. Expect more of this…..Serves them right. These Buraeucrats are the public servants not the protesters.
Nick on December 17, 2015 at 1:40 am said:
Yes, I agree. There will probably be more of the same. Unfortunately none of the brain-dead idiots riding the political gravy train will even think twice about what they are doing. Nothing, absolutely nothing on this earth, will ever cause the neo-totalitarians to change their minds and admit they are wrong. Nothing.
Murad on December 17, 2015 at 2:00 am said:
In other related news:
Putin's 'peculiar walk' linked to KGB weapons training, report claims
Study published in the British Medical Journal links Russian president's 'gunslinger gait' with his time in the Soviet security agency. RFE/RL reports
The study, published on Tuesday by the British Medical Journal, notes that Putin has shown a "clearly reduced right-sided arm swing", possibly related to weapons training he received when he was part of the Soviet KGB.
Citing a KGB training manual they obtained, the researchers suggest that his style of walking is linked to training he underwent in the feared security agency, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring at the twilight of the Soviet Union.
"According to this manual, KGB operatives were instructed to keep their weapon in their right hand close to their chest and to move forward with one side, usually the left, presumably allowing subjects to draw the gun as quickly as possible when confronted with a foe," the researchers, based in Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands, wrote.
What do the researchers say about the British who are importing invaders and dislodging their own native people and sending them to other parts of the world with a dark future? What do they say about clothing, sheltering, financing their own enemy and gradually surrendering their country to their enemy, in a subtle way unnoticed by 99% of the native people?
Indeed, the clever researchers should study why Russia is not destroying itself like Britain, France, Sweden, Norway, Holland, . . . and indeed:
Deutschland schafft sich ab[de] ("Germany abolishes itself")
You see only Thilo Sarrazin and Trump see Germany destroying itself. Only two people against millions. So they must be wrong.
G.J.Davies on December 17, 2015 at 8:39 am said:
All power to the good citizens of Geldermason who would appear to have been excluded from any meaningful discussions regarding a migrant influx into their local area! The more these QUISLINGS sitting on local councils are brought down to earth with an almighty bump the better. I just hope that other towns and cities throughout the EU now realise that they are being systematically betrayed by their representatives at both national and local levels and perhaps direct action is perhaps the only answer. It works for migrants so why not for hard pressed citizens too.
Juho on December 17, 2015 at 8:47 am said:
It's not easy to raise against traitors when you have that culture of obedience.
Flintlock on December 17, 2015 at 9:15 am said:
To reach the real Islamic enemy, opponents of Islam will FIRST have to fight their way through their own (redacted) forces of "Law 'n Order".
These so-called "Good Guys" are really doing very, very bad things. The problem will be how to reach THEM, and get them to protect the citizenry rather than their (redacted, redacted) "Leaders".
That (redacted) fight of the "Leaders" vs. "The People" is getting damn near universal throughout the entire Western World these days. Lock and load, boys and girls.
RonaldB on December 17, 2015 at 10:17 am said:
I think there's a good chance the indigenous Europeans will be able to round up the invaders (eventually) and either expel them completely or confine them to well-secured areas. It seems the European nation-state is dead, and we will go back to the times of provinces united by culture and language.
This is what the Serbs were about to do in the Bosnia War. The process was aborted when NATO forces intervened on the side of the Muslims, bombing the Serbs into surrender.
The biggest danger by far is intervention by military forces not directly related to the fighting. In the case of the Geldermason citizens, the Dutch national police and military could send forces to suppress the protest. I'm sure the Dutch government is not above requesting assistance from the German or British military, should things really get out of hand. Or, like in Bosnia, you could even have NATO intervention, including US troops.
Exactly the same problem presents itself in the US. The red states might get to the point of seceding from the union, particularly if Hillary attains the presidency and continues the policies of Obama. In that case, you can expect not only the US security forces and military to attempt to suppress the split-up, but possible assistance from NATO countries, including saturation bombing. Why would Obama, or Hillary, both internationalists, hesitate to bring foreign troops into US territory?
I'm just saying that any planned rebellion needs to take into account the very real possibility of outside intervention, and develop appropriate contingency plans.
the dutch patriot on December 17, 2015 at 12:15 pm said:
And in comes the Dutch police! They have a reputation to uphold when it comes to helping occupiers. Firing warning shots towards the Dutch people who dont want these invaders on their soil. Brave quislings. The Dutch police should have been firing warning shots towards those liars in that fake city council…
Death to all those who help the islam (ic state) in any shape or form! Death to all enemies foreign or abroad!
Eric Bligan on December 23, 2015 at 12:41 pm said:
I feel very strongly for the protesters.
My the force be with you and ignite the rest of Europe.
Kepha on December 17, 2015 at 12:42 pm said:
Someone apparently torched a mosque in reaction to the San Brnardino killings:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/authorities-detain-person-interest-mosque-arson-fire-35734024
Maybe these two only indirectly connected events in California and Geldermalsen are indeed the beginnings of a Western blowback. Purge the progs, please.
William Palmer on December 17, 2015 at 1:01 pm said:
The progressive mindset has an astonishing "hold" on its followers, doesn't it? It is as tenacious as a religion.
Hey… duh, I wonder if it actually is a religion?
It is as if we are fighting a mixture of two religions that have come together, Islam and Progressivism. I bet the historians can tell us that this has happened many times before in history.
Baron Bodissey on December 17, 2015 at 1:18 pm said:
The Progressive religions (there are a number of different sects) are an outgrowth of Scientism, which replaced reverence for a deity with reverence for scientific knowledge. But the science thus revered is an imaginary concoction; it explains absolutely everything, which is of course not possible (see Heisenberg, Gödel, and Chaos Theory, for starters). Furthermore, Scientism's adherents affirm knowledge that they don't have, which they are actually taking on faith. "The science is settled" is the most obvious example, since 99.9% of those who assert that factoid have no expertise whatsoever in the field of climate science. They are simply accepting the received wisdom of the hierodules of "Anthropogenic Climate Change", who have, to put it mildly, a political interest in promoting certain conclusions.
These religions-without-God take strange forms, because they are required to deny what they in fact are. This contorts their catechisms into bizarre intricate circumlocutions in order to provide all the deep satisfactions provided by religious belief, while repudiating all forms of religious belief.
As far as I know, this sort of thing is unprecedented in history. Until at least the 19th century, there was no religion whose basic premise was that no form of deity existed, and which claimed not to be a religion.
Wolfie65 on December 17, 2015 at 9:00 pm said:
I've commented on this general topic several times on the forum of a large and very cyber-active Austrian newspaper (www.derstandard.at , for those of you who read German), all my comments have been purged by the VERY PC moderators.
What I basically said was that violence against the immigrants/settlers/refugees/invaders whatever you want to call them is not only pointless but counterproductive.
The only thing you will accomplish is that YOU will look like the bad guy, the TV coverage showing crying Arab children and your hate-filled, distorted mug, possibly armed. Completely regardless of what actually happened and how, or who actually started or what.
And, as other posters have pointed out, the security forces (police, military, etc.) will, in most cases, side with the government, often to the bitter end.
If you are attacked, you should, of course, defend yourself and those close to you, even if that means jail time for you and your house turned into a refugee camp.
Guess we're not quite at that level yet, but that's what may be around the next bend.
The closest historical comparisons to the current disaster I can come up with would be the Hun invasion of the 5th century, the plague outbreak in 1346 or the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Prepare for a modern reboot of the Middle Ages.
Dymphna on December 17, 2015 at 9:48 pm said:
That reboot will be especially true if Iran shoots an EMP our way. Prepare for chaos.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/18/jams-woolsey-peter-pry-emp-a-shariah-approved-nucl/?page=all
But that would leave other continents unharmed. A big burden on Oz to take in refugees…
We'll be damned if we do or damned if we don't. The time for dialogue and debate is running out. I'm not an advocate of violence, far from it. But be honest: if the locals didn't demonstrate the "yes monkeys" present would democratically voted for that refugee center.
Right now everyone is putting the blame on Wilders. As one could expect.
butwhowasluty on December 17, 2015 at 11:06 pm said:
Nice nose-touch, taqiyya-lady! (2nd video, 2 secs in. And yes, we did spot it)
Wonder what she was lying about.
JoanE on December 19, 2015 at 5:53 pm said:
1) Muslima seemed angry….probably doing her victimology speech.
2) Tear gas and dogs are usually the initial stage of an upheaval in society.
3) This will end in blood and camps.
bandiet on January 4, 2016 at 8:16 pm said:
[Expletive]!!!!
What do you want to say with this post? Just some farmers, throwing some crackers,
the only thing you can say, the establishment are [weak and emasculated men]. Even so are those rioting(if you can say that) people over there. If this is the purpose, whe are doomed! Wake UP, you [weak and emasculated people]! Watch Kaotic, or be demolished!


Letting go of the difficulties of the past that the heart may express its truth. Leads to transformation within the self.
I take away all the labels between myself and my feelings.
Inner transformation through letting go of the past enables the expression of truth from the heart.
Helps to let go of the difficulties of the past within our depths, and to trust that the heart has space to express its truth (green). As we suspend judgement of ourselves, balance is restored between the head and the heart. The heart's communication helps us to discern what we spiritually need and how to be of higher service to others.
An opportunity to let go of the past, to trust one's feelings.
To allow onself to be, that the head and the heart find balance.
Letting go of the persecution of the past.


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Back HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Topics HIV Testing & Diagnosis AIDS 2016: Access to Home Testing Doubles Frequency of HIV Testing Among Australian Gay Men
AIDS 2016: Access to Home Testing Doubles Frequency of HIV Testing Among Australian Gay Men
Published on Tuesday, 02 August 2016 00:00
A randomized trial conducted with Australian gay men has shown that easy access to self-testing kits can double the frequency with which men test for HIV, with an even greater increase among men who used to test infrequently, Muhammad Jamil of the Kirby Institute reported at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) last month in Durban.
Australian guidelines recommend that sexually active gay men should test for HIV at least once a year, and that men at higher risk for HIV should test every 3 to 6 months. However, a third of men at higher risk only test once a year or not at all.
HIV self-tests (devices for home testing) have been approved for sale in the U.S., U.K., France and other countries. Australian policy changed in 2014 to allow manufacturers to submit self-tests for regulatory approval, but none have done so yet.
The Frequency of Oral Rapid Testing at Home (FORTH) study recruited gay and bisexual men who were at higher risk of HIV -- in the previous 3 months they had either had condomless anal intercourse at least once or had had 5 or more sexual partners.
In this randomized study, half the men received 4 self-testing kits (the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test) and could request additional kits if needed. The number of kits provided corresponds to the recommendation that higher risk men test every 3 to 6 months. Men in the control group only had access to HIV testing through the usual services, but would be provided with self-testing kits after a year.
A total of 362 men were recruited through sexual health clinics, AIDS service organizations, and social media in Sydney and Melbourne. Their average age was 35, two-thirds were employed full-time, and a third were university educated. Half had had more than 10 sexual partners in the previous 6 months, and 6 in 10 had had condomless anal sex with a casual partner.
For analysis, men were divided into "recent testers" who had taken an HIV test in the 2 years before the study began and "non-recent testers" who had not. Most men were in the first group.
The primary outcome measured was the average (mean) number of HIV tests per man during the first year of follow-up.
Looking first at recent testers:
Men in the intervention group took an average of 1.8 tests at health facilities, while men in the control group took 2.1 tests.
Men in the intervention group also used an average of 2.4 self-tests.
Men in the intervention group therefore took a total of 4.2 tests during the year, compared with 2.1 tests in the control group --– a doubling of the rate (risk ratio 2.0; p<00.1).
Results were even more impressive among men who had previously tested infrequently:
Men in the intervention group therefore took a total of 2.9 tests during the year, compared with 0.7 in the control group -- a 4-fold increase (risk ratio 3.95; p<00.1).
The equal number of tests done at health facilities in the intervention and control arms shows that self-tests supplemented rather than replaced facility-based testing.
The researchers were concerned that the easy access to HIV self-tests could result in fewer men in the intervention group going to a clinic to test for sexually transmitted infections. But there were no differences in the number of sexual health screens done (2 per year among recent testers and 1 per year among non-recent testers).
The researchers asked what men receiving self-tests liked about them. They mentioned being able to test themselves (92% of men), convenience (83%), not needing to go to a doctor or clinic (75%), getting the result within minutes (74%), being able to test when you want (74%), saving time (66%), privacy (62%), not requiring a blood sample (51%), being able to test partners (41%), and being less embarrassing (26%).
The only negative points about HIV self-testing to be agreed on by a comparable number of people were it not being possible to have a full sexual health check (57%) and the results being less accurate (25%).
The findings strengthen the evidence that access to free HIV self-testing increases testing frequency in high-risk gay and bisexual men, concluded Jamil.
In the U.K., a large trial called SELPHI is about to recruit 10,000 men who have sex with men. It aims to assess whether access to self-testing for HIV (offered at no cost via the internet) leads to increased rates of HIV diagnosis and linkage to care.
MS Jamil, G Prestage, CK Fairley, et al. Access to HIV self-testing doubles the frequency of HIV testing among gay and bisexual men at higher risk of infection: a randomised controlled trial. 21st International AIDS Conference. Durban, July 18-22, 2016. Abstract FRAC0102.

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When is comes to lunch, I love to have a satisfiing big plate that will keep me going through the day without too much munching. one of my childhood fav grain is Pearl barley. I guess its because of the crunch that I love so much. There is a lot going on in this plate, from Pearl Barley to roasted veggies (zuuchinis, mushrooms, colorful carrots) to sautéed marinated Tempeh and a green salad on top.
Being prepared ahead of time with the ingredients in the house is key to success here. In no time you can assemble a nutritious meal that is so delicious, healthy and colorful.
Take a meduim pot and add the pearl barley, water and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil and then lower the heat to a simmer and let it cook until all the water have evaporated. At least 30 minutes or more. Set aside.
Take a baking sheet and line with a parchment paper. Take a mixing bowl and add all the vegetables, (carrots, mushrooms, zucchini and onion). Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle cayenne pepper, salt and pepper. Mix with your hands, to fully coat the vegetables. Bake in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
Take a ziplock bag and add the tempeh, olive oil, nutritional yeast, shawarma spice blend, salt and pepper. Shake the bag gently to cover the tempeh evenly. Let it marinade for a couple of hours or overnight.
Take a nonstick pan, and add the tempeh in one layer. Turn the heat to medium - low and cook on each side for a few minutes, until golden brown.
Take a mixing bowl, and add the cooked pearl barley and the roasted vegetables, mix and add more salt or pepper if needed. Take a serving plate and pour the pearl barley/vegetables mixture, add tempeh, and green salad on top. You can squeeze a splash of lemon and drizzle some more olive oil before serving. Serve warm or in room temperature.


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Activision Blizzard (ATVI) 2Q16 Earnings Call Notes
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The rise of esports feeds into ATVI's model of strong franchises capable of retaining audiences year after year
"Our esports and film and TV initiatives are not only a driver of audience expansion, but drive deeper engagement which will lead to longer franchise lives with greater profitability. First, on esports. Last year, BlizzCon had its highest livestream viewership ever with over 10 million people around the world tuning in, higher than the viewership for this year's NBA and MLB All Star games. This November, Blizzard will be hosting its tenth BlizzCon. One of the biggest attractions there will be the culmination of the Road to BlizzCon tournaments with global champions across a number of franchises being crowned, including the champion for the just-announced Overwatch World Cup." Thomas Tippl – Chief Operating Officer
Pokemon Go's success in bringing in more players to mobile may present an opportunity to ATVI
"In terms of learnings, Pokémon Go has been very successful in expanding the mobile games audience. They have brought the large Pokémon fan base to mobile. And I believe this is very good for the whole gaming industry. What it has also proven is that when you pair innovation to very strong branded IP, there is a huge potential. And so I think this is actually very good, and it's a great opportunity for Activision Blizzard on mobile." Riccardo Zacconi – Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, King Digital Entertainment Plc
Strides in digital and digital in-game sales bode well for margins
"The first is just the trend that we're going to continue to see around the shift from retail to digital on full game sales, and that will continue. But even more importantly and a bigger driver as you saw in Q2 is the deeper player investment that we see once we have players inside of our experience and new opportunities to add micro-transactions, advertising, other things into those experiences, which are all really contribution margin and accretive to the overall margin of the company." Dennis M. Durkin – Chief Financial Officer
Hopes for esports are very high
"Having said that, more people are spectating on video games than ever before. There are more opportunities for spectators than ever before. The live event competitions are providing greater prize pools, greater recognition, greater opportunities for players. And we think that this is one of the areas that'll present great opportunities for us for the long-term. Getting from here to a place that will allow our franchises to resemble the NFL, the NBA, Major League Baseball, is going to take some time, but I could tell you the best minds of the company, the people who are in this room are all committed to continuing the efforts that we've made." Robert A. Kotick – President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
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Intel Partners with Adlink on Devkit for Industrial Machine Vision AI
By John K. Waters
Adlink Technology, a provider of IoT and edge computing hardware and services, has announced a partnership with Intel on a development starter kit (devkit) for industrial machine vision artificial intelligence (AI).
Called Vizi-AI, the devkit combines an Intel Atom-based SMARC computer module with the Intel distro of the OpenVINO toolkit and Adlink Edge software. SMARC (Smart Mobility ARChitecture) is a small form factor module definition for applications that require low power, low costs, and high performance. OpenVINO is the open-source toolkit for developing apps that emulate human vision. Adlink's Edge software is designed to enhance the functionality of OpenVINO through the Adlink Data River, which the company describes as "a blueprint for robust, reliable Industrial IoT solutions."
"Machine vision" refers to the technology and methods that provide computers with the ability collect visual information -- to "see." This is accomplished via video cameras, analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), and digital signal processing (DSP). The visual information collected goes to a computer for things like automatic inspection and process control, or to a robot controller as part of a guidance system.
The Vizi-AI devkit was purpose-built for enterprise developers and data scientists. It includes a range of pre-built OpenVINO-compatible machine learning models that can be used out of the box. Developers can connect the devkit with different image capture devices and then deploy and improve machine learning models to gain insight from vision data to optimize operational decision-making.
"We have designed the Vizi-AI devkit as an integrated hardware and software solution which provides users with an ideal starting point to find business value from machine vision AI," said Steve Cammish, VP of Adlink's Edge Solutions group, in a statement, "by enabling easy edge deployment of their machine learning models. This approach can then be scaled for industrial requirements using the same software, but deployed on more powerful hardware as needed."
Vizi-AI fits into Intel's ongoing mission to enable Industrial IoT transformation, said Intel VP Christine Boles.
The devkit also comes with Adlink's Edge Profile builder which provides a simple, intuitive user experience to manage devices and applications, and the Edge Model Manager, which enables users to add their own models to a pre-loaded selection for easy deployment.
Adlink's product portfolio covers a range of devices, gateways, network infrastructure, and cloud services. The company is headquartered in Taiwan, with offices in XX Vizi-AI is also supported by a community where users can find support, pre-built scenarios and other resources.
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Northeast Blanding's Turtle Working Group
Conservation Plan
Site Management Plans >
Appendices >
Appendix K
Appendix L
Report a Turtle
Competitive SWG Proposal (2011)
Status Assessment (2007)
Northeast Blanding's Turtle
Coordinating the strategic conservation & management of Blanding's turtle populations in ME, NH, MA, NY, and PA
Field Forms and Resources
Conservation Plan for Blanding's Turtle and Associated Wetland-Dependent Species of Greatest COnservation Need (SGCN) in the Northeastern United States
Blanding's turtle range
Blanding's turtle is a wide-ranging, semiaquatic species found in discontinuous areas from Nebraska to Nova Scotia. In the eastern United States, Blanding's turtles occur in discrete areas of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, with the largest areas of occurrence in New England and northern New York and the largest known population in Massachusetts. Eastern populations are of conservation concern because of ongoing declines caused by habitat alterations, adult roadkill, elevated nest and hatchling depredation, and other factors.
In 2004, the Northeast Blanding's Turtle Working Group was formed as a partnership of representatives from four state wildlife agencies (ME-NH-MA-NY), universities, land managers, and researchers. Between 2004 and 2010, the group expanded to encompass other key partners and the state of Pennsylvania and published a status assessment (Compton 2007) summarizing the causes of regional population decline and calling for strategic, proactive conservation measures. In June 2014, the Northeast Blanding's Turtle Working Group completed the Conservation Plan for Blanding's Turtle and Associated Wetland-Dependent Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Northeastern United States. This plan was updated in July 2021 after a second round of sampling and habitat management actions. Both efforts were multi-year collaborative projects funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through its Competitive State Wildlife Grant program
Report Blanding's Turtle Sightings
A cooperative conservation effort of the state wildlife agencies of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, public partners including the State University of New York at Potsdam, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the University of Maine at Orono, and private partners including Grassroots Wildlife Conservation, Inc., and Swampwalkers, Inc., funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Competitive State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program. ©2015 Northeast Blanding's Turtle Working Group


Everything in Creation is movement. Brought into being strictly according to Law by the pressure of the Light, movement produces heat through which forms are able to unite. Thus without Light there could be no movement, and therefore man can also imagine that in the proximity of the Light the movement must even be far more rapid and strong than at a vast distance from It.
In fact the greater the distance from the Light, the slower and more sluggish becomes the movement. In time it may even lead to the rigidity of all the forms which had already taken shape when at first the movement was still more animated.
The expression "Light" in this connection does not, of course, refer to the light of some planet, but to the Primordial Light, which is Life itself, therefore God!
Following this picture of a great survey of what takes place in Creation, I wish for once today to direct attention to the earth, which is now revolving at a far greater distance from the Primordial Light than it did many millions of years ago, because it has been increasingly exposed to the weight of the Darkness through men, who in their ridiculous and stubborn conceit, due to a one-sided over-development of the intellect, drew away from God. The intellect is and will always continue to be directed only downwards towards coarse matter, because that is the purpose for which it was provided; on the assumption, however, that it should be able to receive absolutely undimmed all radiations and impressions emanating from above, out of the Luminous Heights.
All the work of the intellect for outward activity in coarsest matter, that is, in material substance, falls to the frontal brain. On the other hand, the back brain has the task of taking in from above impressions which are lighter and more luminous than coarse matter, and passing them on for further use.
This harmonious co-operation of the two brains, given to men for their benefit, was disturbed by man's one-sided surrender to purely earthly, that is, to gross material activities. In the course of time it was completely stifled and tied off, as it were, because owing to its excessive activity the frontal brain was bound gradually to over-develop in proportion to the neglected back brain, which consequently became still less capable of receiving and also weakened. Thus over thousands of years the hereditary evil came into being through physical reproduction; for even newly-born children brought with them a frontal brain proportionately far more developed than the back brain. This held the danger of the awakening of the hereditary sin, through which man is compelled from the outset to direct his thoughts solely towards earthly things, and thus away from God.
All this will be easily comprehensible to every man of sincere goodwill; moreover, I have given many and detailed explanations of it in my Message.
All the evil on earth came into being because man, owing to his spiritual origin, could exert a pressure with his volition upon everything else existing on earth; whereas just because of this spiritual origin he could and also should have had an uplifting influence; for that was and is his real task in Subsequent Creation, in which all that is spiritual naturally takes the lead. It can lead upwards, which would be the natural thing, but it can also lead downwards if the volition of the spiritual is mainly striving only after earthly things, as is the case with earthmen.
In the knowledge of Creation which I have given in my Message, and in the related explanation of all the Laws automatically working in Creation, which may also be called the Laws of Nature, the whole weaving of Creation is displayed without a gap; it allows every process to be clearly recognised, and therewith the purpose of man's whole life. With unassailable logic it also unfolds his "whence" and his "whither", thus giving an answer to every question, provided man seriously seeks for it.
I have said that the movement in Creation must become progressively slower the further away anything is from the Primordial Light, the starting-point of the pressure which subsequently brings about movement.
So is it with the earth at the present time. Through the guilt of earthmen its orbits have become increasingly distant. As a result the movements are becoming slower, ever more sluggish, and thereby much has already approached the stage where rigidity sets in.
Rigidity also has very many stages; in its beginnings it is not so easy to recognise. Even while it is progressing, recognition remains impossible unless a flash of light for once stimulates the keenest observation.
This recognition is difficult simply because everything living within the sphere of the steadily slackening movements is also drawn uniformly into the increasing denseness that leads to rigidity. This applies not only to the body of a human being, but to everything, including his thinking. It affects even the most minute things. Imperceptibly every concept also changes and becomes distorted, even those concerning the actual meaning of the language.
Since he himself is drawn along in the same sluggish vibration, man cannot notice this in his neighbour, unless from out of his inner being he seeks once more to fight his way upwards spiritually with the strongest volition and with tenacity, so as again to come a little nearer to the Light. His spirit will then gradually become more mobile, thus lighter and more luminous, and will influence his earthly recognition.
Terrified and aghast with horror, however, he will then see, or at least intuitively perceive, how far the distortions of all concepts have already progressed in rigidity on this earth. The far-seeing view of how things really are is lacking, because everything has been pressed into narrow and obscure limits which can no longer be penetrated, and must in time completely stifle everything they embrace.
I have already often pointed out distorted concepts; but now, through the steady withdrawal from the Light, these are slowly proceeding on the downward path to rigidity.
It is unnecessary to give individual examples, for either no attention whatever would be paid to such explanations, or they would be described as tiresome quibbling, because man is much too rigid or too indolent to want to give them serious reflection.
I have also already spoken sufficiently of the power of the word, of the mystery that even the human word can, for a time, work constructively or destructively on the weaving of Creation within the sphere of the earth. This is because through the sound, tone and composition of a word, creative forces are set in motion which do not work according to the intention of the speaker, but according to the sense of the word in its meaning.
The meaning, however, was originally given through the forces which the word sets in motion, and which are therefore exactly adjusted to the true meaning, or vice versa, but not to the volition of the speaker. Meaning and word arose out of the corresponding movement of forces, therefore they are inseparably one!
Again, man's thinking sets in motion other currents of force which correspond to the essence of his thinking. Man should therefore endeavour to choose the right words to express his thinking, thus in so doing to perceive intuitively in a more accurate and clear manner.
Suppose a man is asked about something of which he has heard, and part of which he may even have seen. When questioned he would maintain without hesitation that he knows it!
Great responsibility attaches to the expression, and to the concept of "knowledge" associated with it!
I have also already pointed out the great difference between "knowledge" and what has been "learned". Learnedness is by no means real knowledge, which can only be absolutely personal; whereas what has been learned remains the acceptance of something outside the personal.
To hear something, and perhaps even to see part of it, is far from being the knowledge itself! A man should not assert: I know it, but the most he could say is: I have heard of it or seen something of it. If he wishes to act correctly, however, truth would oblige him to say: I do not know it!
This would be far more correct in every way than to report about something which he himself has nothing to do with, and which cannot therefore be a real knowledge either; whereas through incomplete reports he would only cast suspicion on or incriminate other people, perhaps even plunge them unnecessarily into misfortune, without knowing the actual ins and outs. Therefore carefully weigh with your intuitive perception every word you intend to use.
He who thinks more deeply, who will not be satisfied with already rigid concepts as a personal excuse for loquacious pomposity and malevolence, will easily understand these explanations, and in quiet examination will learn to look further in everything he says.
A multitude of such restricted concepts, with their fatal consequences have already become habitual among earthmen. They are greedily snatched up and promoted by slaves of the intellect, who are the most willing adherents of the Luciferian influences of deepest Darkness.
Learn to observe attentively and to use properly the currents in this Creation, which bear the Will of God, and thus God's Justice in pure form. Then you will again find the true humanity which has been wrested from you.
How much suffering would thereby be avoided, and how many ill-disposed persons among mankind would also be deprived of the opportunity to commit their deeds.
This evil is also responsible for the description of the earthlife of the Son of God Jesus not corresponding at all points with the facts, as a result of which a totally false picture has gradually arisen in the minds of men up till now. The words given by Him were also distorted, as has happened with every teaching that was made into a religion and which was intended to bring upliftment and perfection of spirit to mankind.
And therein also lies the great confusion among all men, who increasingly fail really to understand one another, thus allowing discord, distrust, slander, envy and hatred to grow and flourish.
All these are unmistakable signs of advancing rigidity on earth!
Arouse your spirit, and begin to think and speak in a far-seeing and comprehensive way! This naturally also demands that you not only work with the intellect, which belongs to coarsest matter, but also make it possible once more for your spirit to guide your intellect, which should serve the spirit as ordained by your Creator, Who from the very beginning has permitted you to come undistorted into existence here on earth.


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Gul Panag introduces 'Audi Q Life' at Women's Power Drive in Mumbai
Audi organised Women's Power Drive, an exclusive program to give women a chance to experience the driving pleasure of the Audi Q range in Mumbai as part of their roll-out of 'Audi Q-Drive' in the city. The 'Audi Q-Drive', is a one of its kind program which will give participants
a chance to experience and test drive the sporty and sophisticated Audi SUV range - Audi Q7, Audi Q5 and the Audi Q3.
"The notion that SUVs are being chosen by men only, is passe. Undeniably, these sporty vehicles have fast gained a preference among today's women. A good number of our luxury SUVs are being driven by women in India. Audi has always been at the forefront of bringing out new technologies and offering its customers a luxurious and sporty driving experience. Customer delight is one of the pillars on which we plan to build our future and events like these are designed to give our customers a truly once in a lifetime experience," said Michael Perschke, Head, Audi India.
Audi enthusiast film actor Gul Panag who had earlier co-hosted the Women's Power Drive in New Delhi, took women in Mumbai through the finer aspects of 'Audi Q Life' while explaining the features of Audi Q3, Audi Q5 and Audi Q7. Incidentally, Gul also owns an Audi Q5 and recently took a roadtrip to the Sach Pass in the Audi Q5 and Audi Q3. Like Gul, women from all walks of life, cinema and fashion, corporate or professional are also enrolling into the 'Audi Q Life'.
"I am very devoted to the cause of promoting driving for women. I am certain that Audi's special focus on catering to this segment will inspire many more women to take to the wheels. The Audi's Q range - Audi Q7, Audi Q5 and the Audi Q3 are SUVs with different dimensions but all are equally apt for women. I am especially proud and excited to be associated with the 'Audi Q-Drive', as it will give women like me an exclusive opportunity to experience the power of the Qs and see how suitable it is for them as well. It was a
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This page includes trailheads near or north of Hwy 120 through Yosemite, including Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point.
Oakdale and Tracy Bypass - how to avoid bad traffic on the way to Tioga Pass and Sonora Pass.
Old Priest Grade - how to avoid slow two-lane with no passing zones on the way to Tioga Pass.
(SE from Lake Tahoe) Luther Pass and the Big Meadow trailhead for the Tahoe Rim Trail are summer-only parking areas!
Both are signed strictly no parking in the winter.
E88104 Jackson Bypass This isn't a trailhead, it's a way to avoid traffic on the way to Carson Pass!
PRESTE Old Priest Grade This isn't a trailhead, it's a shortcut to Yosemite!
TGROVE Crane Flat Where Hwy 41 from Fresno ends at Hwy 120, Tuolumne Grove, filling station.
Ten Lakes Campground plus access to Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne.
PORCUC Porcupine Flat Porcupine Flat and Porcupine Creek trailheads, 6-7 miles west of Tenaya Lake.
Tenaya Lake Snow Flat parking area for the May Lake High Sierra Camp and Mt Hoffman.
Olmstead Point is a great lookout point, not really a trailhead.
Sunrise Creek, at the west end of Tenaya Lake for the Sunrise High Sierra Camp, Tenaya Peak, and Clouds Rest.
DOGLAK Tuolumne Meadows Cathedral Lake trailhead for Cathedral Peak, Unicorn Peak, Echo Peaks, etc.
The Lembert Dome Trailhead for the Pacific Crest Trail, Soda Springs, and Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp.
The Tuolumne Meadows Permit Kiosk parking lot for backcountry permits.
The Dog Lake Trail Backpacker Lot for Vogelsang, Lyell, etc.
Mono Pass Dana Meadows south to Parker Pass and Mono Pass for Koip Peak, Mount Gibbs, etc.
WARNFK Warren Fork / Camp 9 Warren Fork of Lee Vining Creek for climbing Mt Warren.
Also a free walk-in campground and 'Camp 9' car camping.
LEEGAT Lee Vining Gate Hwy 120 is gated somewhere near here in winter.


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King's Table is a multiplayer only game, there is no AI to play single player! Requires iOS 5+ to play online games through Game Center.
Tafl games are a family of ancient board games that originated in northern Europe, spread by the Vikings and Celts. It consists of two uneven teams of pieces, and unlike most similar board games, the two sides have different victory conditions. The smaller team in the center has a King piece that must escape to win. The larger attacking force wins by capturing the opponent's King.
Fix Weak King rule to work properly online.
You either have to play with someone by passing ur device back and forth or play like words w/friends where you have to wait for the other play to make their move. If we're gonna pay $2.99 the least you can do is let us play the computer.
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I wanted to give this 5 stars, but I can't quite do that. I actually do play hnefatafl, but I play with what is called the "weak king" rule. In that rule, one only needs to surround the king on two sides to win (like all other pieces) - thereby making the game more fair. The strong king - the rule this plays by - heavily weighs the game in white's favour, to the point where it is almost un-winnable for red. While I understand that both rules are legitimate, it would be nice if we could choose between strong or weak rules. Otherwise, it can be frustrating to play as red.


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Q: Double is not abstract and does not override abstract method getNext() in ListInterface? I'm trying to compile the following program and keep receiving an abstract method error. The program I'm trying to compile is as follows (not yet complete though). The error I'm receiving is as follows:
Double.java:5: error: Double is not abstract and does not override abstract method getNext() in ListInterface
public class Double<T extends Comparable<T>> implements ListInterface<T>{
       ^
  where T is a type-variable:
    T extends Comparable<T> declared in class Double
1 error

import java.io.*;
import ch06.lists.*;
import support.DLLNode;

public class Double<T extends Comparable<T>> implements ListInterface<T>{

    protected DLLNode<T> front;
    protected DLLNode<T> rear;
    protected DLLNode<T> curPosition;
    protected int numElements;

    public Double(){
        front = null;
        rear = null;
        curPosition = null;
        numElements = 0;
    }

    protected DLLNode<T> find(T target){

    }

    public int size(){
        return numElements;
    }

    public boolean contains(T element) throws NullPointerException{
        if (DLLNode.getInfo()!=element){
            return false;
        }
        else{
            return true;
        }
    }

    public boolean remove(T target) throws StackUnderflowException{
        if (!contains(target)){
            return false;
        }
        else{
            return true;
            DLLNode.setLink()==null;
        }
    }

    public T get(T element){
        return find(element);
    }

    public String toString(){

    }

    public void reset(){

    }

    @Override
    public T getNext(){
        return null;
    }

    public void resetBack(){

    }

    public T getPrevious(){

    }

    public void add(T element){

    }
}

A: It says you are not overriding the getNext() method in ListInterface, and currently you have two getNext() methods. I'm surprised it's not telling you about that, but I guess it's looking at the first one and seeing it's not the same as what it expects from ListInterface.java. Delete the public DLLNode<T> getNext() method, and the error should go away.
The real solution to your problem is to get yourself a good IDE, like Eclipse or IntelliJ. They will highlight where all the problems are in your code and give you suggestions on how to fix them. Generally the hardest part in using an IDE is getting it set up properly, so I'd suggest doing a search for a tutorial for whatever IDE you decide.

A: Got it!
You are missing a } at:
public boolean remove(T target) throws StackUnderflowException{
    if (DLLNode.contains()==target){
        return true;
        DLLNode.setLink()==null;
}

Although I don't really understand what you try to do here...
in:
   public boolean remove(T target) throws StackUnderflowException{
        if (!contains(target)){
            return false;
        }
        else{
            return true;
            DLLNode.setLink()==null;
        }
    }

You cannot return a value and execute another command after. Switch the order of return & DLLNode.setLink()==null;

A: There are a lot of errors here.
Some:
1.
 protected DLLNode<T> find(T target){

needs to return something.
2.
 public String toString(){

needs to return something.
3.
public T getPrevious(){

needs to return something.
4.
    protected DLLNode<T> find(T target) {

while
    public T get(T element) {
        return find(element);
    }

see that get() returns T and find() returns DLLNode<T>

Compiler just got confused with all that and told you to fix at least something :)

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package com.lcw.one.user.dao;

import com.lcw.one.user.entity.DictUserOperateEO;
import com.lcw.one.util.persistence.BaseRepositoryImpl;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.JpaEntityInformationSupport;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

@Component
public class DictUserOperateEODao extends BaseRepositoryImpl<DictUserOperateEO, String> {

    @Autowired
    public DictUserOperateEODao(EntityManager entityManager) {
        super(JpaEntityInformationSupport.getEntityInformation(DictUserOperateEO.class, entityManager), entityManager);
    }

}

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Q: how to tell yum variables parser where the yum variable id starts and ends? Is there any way to tell the yum variables parser where the variable name starts and ends?
I'm having trouble embedding $releasever.
For example, this works:
# cat test.repo
[RHEL$releasever]
name=RHEL$releasever test
# yum  repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
repo id                   repo name         status
RHEL6                     RHEL6 test        0
repolist: 0
#

but this doesn't:
# cat test.repo
[RHEL$releasever_SOMETHING]
name=RHEL$releasever test
# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Bad id for repo: RHEL$releasever_SOMETHING, byte = $ 4
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
repolist: 0
#

Alas, yum does not recognize ${releasever} or $(releasever)  -- shell style and Make style.  Is there some other way to do it within yum?
Right now we have multiple yum repositories that are named like RHEL5_something and RHEL6_something and I want to consolidate that to RHEL$releasever_something as it would simplify our configuration management.
I can still consolidate the config by using a config mgmt variable rather than a yum variable; I just want to know if yum can do it?

A: This is a known issue which has been last updated by Red Hat on 4 January 2017 as of this writing.  The only workaround which I can suggest is to move SOMETHING to before your invocation of $releasever.


Posted April 10, 2008 7:09 am & filed under News.
The cactus quail return to Colorado, so it must be spring. While not as famous as the swallows who have already returned to Capistrano, it's all good.
No, the certain sign of spring arrived in my neighborhood about 6:45 Monday morning…. That's when I had to stop the car to yield the right-of-way to the proud parents of 14 baby quail, each about 4 inches long….
(B)y the middle of June… the pear cactus, which we transplanted from the native prairie, has sprouted its brilliant yellow flowers, and the woody butterfly bushes have started to attract their frolicking, fluttering flocks.
Now what I want to know is where to find a good jasmine tea in Wichita.


Anti-Static Warning Labels are used when posting components susceptible to static charges. This is commonly electrical equipment, such as hard drives or internal memory sticks. The labels act as a warning to the person opening the item, hopefully preventing them touching the item directly or without the correct precautions.
The labels are supplied in by the roll, with 1000 labels on each roll and measuring 80mm x 35mm.


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ARCTIC CAT'S NEW CHASSIS: Part II
A few weeks ago we published an online article about the potential for Arctic Cat to introduce a new chassis within the next couple of years.
We've been giving this a lot of thought – and so have you, apparently. There's been a ton of commentary on our social media sites on this subject from readers and viewers – so much so that we've barely been able to publish any article about Arctic Cat without you raising the question.
FIRST OFF
In our opinion there is very little wrong with Cat's current ProCross platform. Could it be lighter? Probably, but it isn't really much heavier than its competition. In some applications it's actually lighter.
Could it handle better? Maybe, but it's still one of the best handling platforms in the biz. Is it comfortable? Yes and no. However, its basic ergonomic layout is extremely good and any improvements in comfort could be accomplished with mere cosmetic changes – nothing radical - certainly nothing requiring a complete chassis dump.
So, why should AC consider a new chassis? There are a number of issues surrounding this question and none of them are even remotely involved with the proficiency or lack of it with the current ProCross platform.
Arctic Cat has been building this platform for over a decade and customers - particularly snowmobile consumers – really like new, shiny stuff. We've always said, you need to give customers a reason to buy a new sled. The best way for an OEM to do this is to obsolete the old one by bringing out something completely new and perceptibly better. "Better" may mean lighter – or more convenient, or more stylish, or more comfortable, or with a better ride – whatever. The point is, it's new. And that's what sells snowmobiles!
It's no secret Cat and Ski-Doo have been in an extended battle over whether or not the ProCross chassis infringes on Ski-Doo's triangulated, pyramidal chassis design. At this point, details of the lawsuits and their settlement have been so complicated and secretive, we don't know for sure what's going on. For a while Ski-Doo had an injunction preventing Cat from selling any ProCross sleds in Canada. That has since been lifted.
Our estimate however, is that any new Arctic Cat platform would not use the current triangulated backbone of the past. This would likely mean something similar, either to the current one or more like Polaris' chassis – but in no way completely the same as either so as not to get into legal trouble.
This is a problem in several ways: Would a new design be as rigid? Would it be lighter or even the same weight? Would handling and ride be compromised? Would it be economical enough to build so it doesn't drive prices up?
Certainly, design targets, since they're throwing out all the bathwater, would be focused on radical lightness, different and perceptibly better ergonomics and improvements in ride and handling – if possible. There could also be exclusive adaptability for Cat's current range of snowmobile engines and how to improve accessibility and routing of turbo plumbing, as well as exhaust and intake.
We briefly touched on this, but since the ProCross platform was introduced before Cat's current use of a Yamaha 4-stroke triple, there may be an opportunity to improve that engine's fitment in a new chassis. This also brings up the point we discussed in our former diatribe about the possibility of Cat coming with something narrower (we had asserted in our earlier story the narrower clutches introduced for 2022 maybe hint at this).
Although we doubt a new chassis would stray from the existing wide-spaced A-arm setup up front, there may be a new long-front-arm-skid on the agenda.
Also, depending on how Arctic Cat's marketing department views the off-trail market, a new chassis may provide the opportunity for Cat to bring a new mountain sled that exceeds the competitions' offerings in the weight and traction departments. No small task there.
There are many directions Arctic Cat can go here. It's our firm opinion, the worst place it could go would be to remain static and do nothing. At this point, the Arctic Cat name and reputation are still strong – wait a half a decade and who knows if that same brand identity will still be at play.
Arctic Cat is a savvy company with good people on board. It would be foolish to try to convince ourselves these conversations haven't been ongoing in the boardrooms and engineering labs of the company for quite some time. We're waiting with anticipation to see what happens!
WHERE'S MY SLED?
ARCTIC CAT UPDATE
2022 Arctic Cat ZR 9000 Thundercat Detailed Overview


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Afterlife and Narrative in Contemporary Fiction
Bennett, Alice (2012) Afterlife and Narrative in Contemporary Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230364240
Afterlife and Narrative explores why life after death is such a potent cultural concept today, and why it is such an attractive prospect for modern fiction. The book mines a rich vein of imagined afterlives, from the temporal experiments of Martin Amis's Time's Arrow to narration from heaven in Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. At the heart of the book is a focus on how the properties of the afterlife have become a tool for examining the capacities and conventions of narrative fiction. Modern novels carry the history of realism and its attempts to present life as it is, but many of the techniques which achieve these effects require perspectives and positions for narration that are profoundly un-lifelike. Each chapter of the book takes a fresh look at problems in narrative theory, taking all its cues from experimental narratives set in the afterlife, from avant-garde experimentation to popular genre fiction. Afterlife and Narrative examines, applies and refines anti-mimetic theories of fiction in readings of a group of texts which are after, but not in imitation of, life.
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > English


[…] Most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70% of the information you wish you had. If you wait for 90%, in most cases, you're probably being slow. Plus, either way, you need to be good at quickly recognizing and correcting bad decisions. If you're good at course correcting, being wrong may be less costly than you think, whereas being slow is going to be expensive for sure.


The now legendary local event series returns for June 2013 Season 3, Episode 3 of GROOVE GARDEN at The Garage. Join the funnest folks in SLC for a day filled with beats, boogie, great food and drink and its been confirmed... SUNSHINE (as opposed to the MAY GREY we experienced last month). Spread the news and bring your dancing shoes!


Nowhere is the contrast between the progressive drive of Hungary's creative class and the current government's reactionary politics more visible than in the sprawling capital Budapest. The city is known as the Paris of the East for its art nouveau architecture and flâneur-friendly boulevards, though extreme budget cuts and rampant racism under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist Fidesz party are rapidly degrading its potential as a creative hub in what many see as an only nominally united Europan Union. We met six protagonists from the city's varied art, music and cultural scenes who remain cautiously optimistic about their individual futures amidst the collective crisis. This is the first of a six-part series, read our second part here. All photos by Rosalia Kullick.
Musician and DJ Titusz Bicskei is a resident at the city's renowned A38 club. However, he prefers to stay at home and cocoon himself in his DIY studio in the capital's central eighth district.
When I started organizing my first acid house parties in 1992 there was a very real and positive sense of hope in Budapest. The Iron Curtain had just fallen, the era of Socialism was over, and everybody, especially young people, felt liberated in the new capitalist world. Now, twenty years later, you may sense a very different feeling here: the euphoria that once characterized the city has been drained away, and personally I prefer not to go out as much as I used to, opting instead to spend my time at home together with my family. I don't even watch TV. Compounding this feeling is the fact that Budapest has become an expensive place to live, especially as I still remember the golden age when the city was cheap compared to Western standards. While it's easy to allow yourself to become depressed, I do see a future: a lot of new, interesting music clubs and spaces are opening up throughout the city, a fact I'd like to interpret as a good sign.
From day one, I've always divided my energy into various projects, and this helps me remain positive during this period. I am a DJ, but I also founded and participated in bands such as the hip-hop group Bëlga and the electropop band Carbonfools. In contrast I started a new group called the Chip Chip Chokas a couple of years ago and our equipment is entirely made up of DIY instruments such as old, pimped-up 8-bit Commodore C64s, Atari consoles and all manner of strange devices scavenged from flea markets and eBay. This interest in homemade electronics is a way for me to channel my creativity and also corresponds to my interest in stop motion movies and music videos that I've produced over the years in an attempt to refocus my restless mind.
The internet is a good medium to keep yourself connected to the world even if you prefer to stay at home. The Chip Chip Chokas would not exist without it, especially considering the online websites and forums where I learned about circuit bending, taught myself how to solder and harvested similar strains of niche knowledge required to tweak electronics. If you listen to the Chip Chip Chokas' first album Chip Rock Hungary from 2009, you can hear a lot of weird, alien sounds which is the direct result of my designing entirely new instruments and noisy effects modules from scratch. I saw Chip Rock Hungary as an opportunity for collaboration and invited many fellow Hungarian musicians to participate. In that sense, the record is akin to a family album, mapping out and documenting the country's widespread nexus of underground artists.


LXRandCo guarantees the authenticity of this vintage Céline Micro Luggage handbag. This stylish handbag comes in red calf. Due to the vintage nature of this product, there are signs of wear on the corners and surface.
Description LXRandCo guarantees the authenticity of this vintage Céline Micro Luggage handbag. This stylish handbag comes in red calf. Due to the vintage nature of this product, there are signs of wear on the corners and surface.


Welcome to Peeking Town, a calm and ordinary residential suburb where you just moved. Suddenly one night, Jason -- your neighbor's the prized dog -- is kidnapped. You are Miss Teri Tale, a bestseller novelist searching for inspiration for your next story. What a perfect opportunity! Help investigate this mysterious disappearance. Who, among your seemingly quiet neighbors could have 'dognapped' Jason? Led by an anonymous informant, visit your neighbors' houses, discover their weird and wacky secrets, collect clues and resolve this investigation that is mined with unexpected twist and turns. A comic scenario rivaling the best T.V. series, breathtakingly realistic and animated settings makes 'Miss Teri Tale: Where's Jason?' a particularly original and delightfully funny game!


This full-service Fernie, British Columbia hotel is minutes away from world class skiing, fly fishing and numerous recreational activities.
Located in British Columbia's East Kootenays, the Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge offers the convenient location, superior accommodations and unbeatable customer service guests have come to expect from the Best Western name. This Fernie hotel offers beautiful views of the Canadian Rockies as well as convenient access to the Fernie Alpine Resort, boasting world class skiing and fly fishing on Elk River.
The Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge offers 95 spacious guest rooms and suites including kitchenettes. Each well-appointed guest room features a microwave, refrigerator, cable satellite television and high-speed Internet access. Enjoy a delicious meal at the onsite Boston Pizza and Sports Bar. Hotel amenities include an indoor swimming pool, both indoor and outdoor hot tubs, full business services and meeting/banquet space for up to 180 people. Pets are welcome with restrictions.
Hotel guests will find themselves minutes away from numerous outdoor activities including world class golfing at the adjacent Fernie Golf and Country Club, skiing, snowboarding, ice skating and white water rafting. Enjoy a quick trip into historic downtown Fernie to take a Heritage Walking Tour or browse through some of the many shops and boutiques.
Make a reservation today and save at the Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge! Enjoy your stay.
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36 pages full colour + Young Diana Badge + Young Mandrake Universe Card + a Kid Phantom Puzzle.
Story written by Andrew Constant. Artwork by Paul Mason.
Kid Phantom 6 is the 6th part of the new comic book from Frew, aimed at a younger audience. It will chronicle the adventures of the current Phantom when he was a young boy.
This issue comes with Phantom's Universe Character Card #17 Young Mandrake.
The Phantom's Universe Card #17 is one of a series of varied character and comes with your Kid Phantom No 6.
The Phantom's Universe Card is only available at www.phantomcomic.com.au/, as part of your Kid Phantom No 6 Comic order or as part of a Kid Phantom subscription.