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In the 11-week trial, 54 healthy men and women were given either 1,000mg of vitamin C plus 235mg of vitamin E or a sugar pill placebo. The participants completed an endurance training programme consisting of three to four sessions per week, of primarily running. Fitness tests, blood samples and muscle biopsies were taken before and after the programme.
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'I Don't Want to Think About it Anymore': Queen was 'Hurt and Exhausted' by Harry and Meghan's Antics
Jo Marney September 23, 2022
An explosive new book has revealed inside information about the ongoing rift between Harry and Meghan and the Royal Family including how the Sussexes hurt the Queen in her final years. Author of The New Royals – Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown, Katie Nicholl claims a source told her that the Queen had been left "hurt and exhausted" as the Harry and Meghan saga played out after their wedding and the pair decided to leave their royal duties behind – a concept which would have been unthinkable to Her Majesty who served her citizens for 70 years.
The book, an extract of which was published in Vanity Fair, says that the Queen said she did not want to think or talk about the pair leaving and that she was disappointed they had declined her invitation to take her great-grandchildren, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, to her annual 'sleepover' at Sandringham country estate. When the Queen was asked about the couple leaving to start a new life in Hollywood, the source said: "[The Queen] was very hurt and told me, "I don't know, I don't care, and I don't want to think about it anymore"."
Happy Birthday, Prince Harry. As you mourn the loss of your Granny, the Queen, I sincerely hope that you are comforted by the precious memories that both you & Meghan were able to share with her.
Despite your grief, I still wish you a wonderful day. pic.twitter.com/TMLZditcJ2
— Anne Boleyn ("Brazen Hussy") (@TudorChick1501) September 15, 2022
The source went on to say that she was very disappointed that the pair moving away in her twilight years meant she could not ever get to know Archie and Lilibet. The Sussexes have batted away numerous olive branches from the Royal Family since their lavish, tax-payer-funded wedding in May 2018.
As the Queen arrived at her Scottish castle and estate, Balmoral, where she died on September, 8, she reportedly invited the Sussexes to visit her there. The Queen would spend a few weeks at Balmoral every summer, and numerous other members of the Royal family visited her this year, but Harry and Meghan reportedly snubbed their last chance to see the Queen, Harry's grandmother, alive.
She died at Balmoral a few short weeks later.
Just days before the Queen's death, a palace insider revealed that she had been left incredibly strained "waiting for the next nuclear bomb" to go off as Meghan launched her podcast, Archetypes, which she used as a platform to attack the Royal Family.
A well timed Hollywood tear…for The Queen.
Along with Harry they broke the Queen's heart. #QueenElizabethII pic.twitter.com/mf0W5FMln1
— SisterSara (@SisterSaraAnn) September 19, 2022
"She doesn't want to be on tenterhooks all the time, waiting to see what the next nuclear bomb will be – that will take its toll," said the source just two weeks before the Queen passed away.
Harry's father, King Charles, has made numerous attempts to reach out to his son both privately and publicly. In 2021, (then) Prince Charles was, according to royal expert, Nick Bullen, "incredibly sad" about everything that had gone on. After Meghan used her spiteful podcast to make the claim that Harry had "lost his dad", Charles, who was spending time with the Queen at Balmoral just before her death, reportedly felt "bewildered" by the continuous, "painful" attacks against the family.
Prince William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex follow the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in a Royal Standard and adorned with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre from the Abbey
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— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) September 19, 2022
Despite their awful behavior right up until the end, King Charles once again offered Harry and Meghan an olive branch in his first address as King. The new monarch said "I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan," Charles said, "as they continue to build their lives overseas".
While many have hoped that the Queen's death will have softened Harry and Meghan and prompted them to change their behavior, reports today have revealed that the pair once again snubbed an invite to a family dinner with King Charles and Harry's brother, William because Meghan had been banned from visiting the dying Queen at Balmoral.
The Sussexes have now returned to Hollywood. It's yet to be seen if their attacks will now stop, but it seems unlikely considering Meghan has more podcasts to do and Harry's tell-all book is set to be released soon.
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I have the PSOne in a couple of variations. Great system with many great games but this system is one of those "is it retro" arguments lol.
Well, it was released a year after the Jaguar and we consider the Jaguar retro. It was released almost 20 years ago as well. If the cut off for retro is 15 years, it meets that criterion. LOL
dot.fyre
Quote from: "zapiy"
this system is one of those "is it retro" arguments lol.
Definitely retro.
Definitely an iconic piece of gaming hardware (though I prefer the redesigned PSOne). THE console of the 90's.
It had a similar effect to that of the Wii in that millions of "non-gamers" bought them.
Shadowrunner
Yeah I definitely consider the PS1 retro. I don't have a huge collection for it, maybe 30 or 40 games at most. There are some real classics on it, but some of the early 3D games haven't aged very well.
It seems it's starting to become a very popular console to collect for. For a lot of people in their 20's this was their first console, and now that they are grown up and working they are starting to buy all the games they missed out on. Prices on ebay and such are rising rapidly for some of the games.
So, demand for the games is up and Ebay is following the expected trend by sellers rising prices. It does make sense, though, that folks who first played with the system are now collecting games they missed on now.
WiggyDiggyPoo
This marked the switch for me from computer based gaming to console as found that I simply couldn't afford the latest
PC (Amiga gaming by this point being almost dead) to play.
I had 5 PSones over time, kept buying one back every time I got rid if it lol.
Name your measure of success cliche and think it applied to PSone. It'd be a stretch to say its impact was as big as the NES but certainly I think it was the first console for a while to start selling to non gamers?
Quote from: "WiggyDiggyPoo"
It'd be a stretch to say its impact was as big as the NES..
YORKSHIRE!
I'd be honoured to be considered a yank, but no Brit all the way.
What I mean is we know the NES essentially saved the gaming industry, which is quite an achievement. The PSOne didn't have to do that but what it did do is thanks to some very snazzy marketing and games is break out of the traditional market of consoles and sell itself very successfully to a wide audience.
Yes it's pretty uncommon to hear someone from the UK say the NES saved gaming! Better hope Laird doesn't see this Myself being from NA I agree, as it really did save gaming over here.
Back on topic though, I also agree the PS1 really was the first console to appeal to non gamers. It completely changed the industry, for good or bad depending on how you look at it or who you ask.
Quote from: "WiggyDiggyPoo"
The NES most certainly didn't save the gaming industry, it revitalised it - in America anyway. But in Europe, and especially the UK it bombed, it only sold around 600,000 units in the UK. That is less than the Atari Lynx and was outsold but the rival Master System by 4:1. There is so much ridiculous revisionist history about when it comes to the NES, you should probably read THIS THREAD.
The PS1 however was successful everywhere, mainly down to Sony's aggressive marketing (that often included outright lies) and excellent developer support.
But for me personally I have absolutely zero love for the PS1, for me it was the machine that ruined the video game industry and started the turn into a world of faceless corporations releasing identikit games, endless sequels and franchises and ushered in the modern era. The PS1 is where retro gaming ended and modern gaming began, most of the games are the same as the ones released today only with worse graphics. And because of these visuals I think that most PS1 games have aged really badly and I don't see the appeal of collecting for it at all.
I own a PS1 purely for playing the original 2D Grand Theft Auto games but it will, for me personally, always be bland and soulless machine with no personality and zero appeal.
I'll read the NES thread at a later time.....
For now though I'll continue with my reason for getting a PSX which was I wanted to play games that I couldn't on my Amiga.
GTA was the first game I wanted, and other early titles I was picking up like Destruction Derby, G Police, were fulfilling my need for 'next gen' games.
I do actually agree with Laird to a certain extent that the PS1 marked a change/end of an era in terms of gaming although what that impact meant in terms of being good or bad is very subjective.
I would definitely agree that the PSOne marked a "change of the guard," so to speak, when it comes to video gaming. It was the transition point from retro to modern even though it still had contemporaries that we classify as retro easily.
Franchised games and sequels were around long before the Playstation.
It's arrival did mark a change in gaming but it doesn't have to be for the better or worse. Just different.
It was great to be able to play games like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, MGS, ISS, Gran Turismo.
Games that just weren't possible before.
ps All the games I mentioned do have "worse" graphics than their modern counterparts but are
still better games. IMO.
tomwaits
Quote from: "dot.fyre"
Franchises and sequels were around on earlier consoles but the PS1 era was the beginning of recycled game engines in AAA titles. Developing/licensing a 3D game engine is expensive so they were re-used for sequels to ensure profitability. Tomb Raider, Tony Hawk, Spyro, etc. 'New' games were essentially map packs, cutscenes, and a new front end so that they could be released every year or two without having to develop an entirely new game. The sports game yearly update method applied to AAA games. The 'cinematic modern gaming' development model started in the PS1 era and has gradually grown to dominate console gaming since then. Bland, soulless, corporate driven gaming for the masses. Yuck.
There are so many games for PS1 that there are plenty of unique quality titles too. But, looking at the console's role in history, it was the start of mainstream modern gaming and I don't classify it as a retro system.


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Another Fatal Accident on Route 115
Posted by hB-0dTwkzlfh8zuJhCSkqB on September 21, 2010
Only seven months after two fatal crashes occurred on Pennsylvania Route 115 within a week of each other, the curvy roadway has claimed another life. Shortly before midnight on September 18, a 26-year-old man, James J. O'Brien, Jr., died in a one-car accident.
According to state police, O'Brien was travelling south on Route 115, just north of Pittston Boulevard, when his car crossed into the northbound lane. The car hit a mailbox and a concrete pillar in a driveway on the northbound side and flipped over. O'Brien was ejected from the car through the driver's side door and the car ended up on its roof.
O'Brien was taken to Wyoming Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
State police are still investigating the circumstances of the crash.
After the fatalities on Route 115 earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation lowered the speed limit to 45 mph. The department also took out the passing lanes and installed a turning lane for both lanes of traffic. State police increased patrols and issued numerous citations.
James J. O'Brien, Jr.'s death raises the question, however, of whether those changes were sufficient to adequately protect safety on a curvy road like Pennsylvania Route 115. No highway can be without risk. But this one has a particularly troubled track record.


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Kurt Busch to participate in Next Gen test Tuesday at Charlotte
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NASCAR will hold its first Next Gen test of 2021 on Tuesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kurt Busch will be back behind the wheel in a test that will validate some adjustments that have been made to components of the Next Gen car. Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion, currently drives for Chip Ganassi Racing.
The Next Gen car was most recently on the track last month at Daytona International Speedway with Roush Fenway Racing driver Chris Buescher logging the prototype's first laps on a superspeedway. Busch and Martin Truex Jr. took part in two days of testing in November on the Roval and oval layouts of Charlotte Motor Speedway. That session marked the first time that two prototypes were on the track at the same time.
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John Probst, NASCAR Senior Vice President of Racing Innovation, indicated after the Daytona test that another session at Charlotte was potentially in the cards.
"I think some of the stuff we found in the car is very promising for some of the other tracks we're going to take it to," Probst said. "So if anything, we may try to get on a local track up in the Charlotte area for a couple hours to verify what we found here translates to some other track types."
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Paragraph Style
===============

A paragraph style provides character formatting (font) as well as paragraph
formatting properties. Character formatting is inherited from
|_CharacterStyle| and is predominantly embodied in the :attr:`font` property.
Likewise, most paragraph-specific properties come from the |ParagraphFormat|
object available on the :attr:`paragraph_format` property.

A handful of other properties are specific to a paragraph style.

next_paragraph_style
--------------------

The `next_paragraph_style` property provides access to the style that will
automatically be assigned by Word to a new paragraph inserted after
a paragraph with this style. This property is most useful for a style that
would normally appear only once in a sequence, such as a heading.

The default is to use the same style for an inserted paragraph. This
addresses the most common case; for example, a body paragraph having `Body
Text` style would normally be followed by a paragraph of the same style.

Expected usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The priority use case for this property is to provide a working style that
can be assigned to a paragraph. The property will always provide a valid
paragraph style, defaulting to the current style whenever a more specific one
cannot be determined.

While this obscures some specifics of the situation from the API, it
addresses the expected most common use case. Developers needing to detect,
for example, missing styles can readily use the oxml layer to inspect the
XML and further features can be added if those use cases turn out to be more
common than expected.

Behavior
~~~~~~~~

**Default.** The default next paragraph style is the same paragraph style.

The default is used whenever the next paragraph style is not specified or is
invalid, including these conditions:

* No `w:next` child element is present
* A style having the styleId specified in `w:next/@w:val` is not present in
  the document.
* The style specified in `w:next/@w:val` is not a paragraph style.

In all these cases the current style (`self`) is returned.

Example XML
~~~~~~~~~~~

.. highlight:: xml

paragraph_style.next_paragraph_style is styles['Bar']::

  <w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="Foo">
    <w:name w:val="Foo"/>
    <w:next w:val="Bar"/>
  </w:style>

**Semantics.** The `w:next` child element is optional.

* When omitted, the next style is the same as the current style.
* If no style with a matching styleId exists, the `w:next` element is ignored
  and the next style is the same as the current style.
* If a style is found but is of a style type other than paragraph, the
  `w:next` element is ignored and the next style is the same as the current
  style.

Candidate protocol
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. highlight:: python

::

    >>> styles = document.styles

    >>> paragraph_style = styles['Foo']
    >>> paragraph_style.next_paragraph_style == paragraph_style
    True

    >>> paragraph_style.next_paragraph_style = styles['Bar']
    >>> paragraph_style.next_paragraph_style == styles['Bar']
    True

    >>> paragraph_style.next_paragraph_style = None
    >>> paragraph_style.next_paragraph_style == paragraph_style
    True

Schema excerpt
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.. highlight:: xml

::

  <xsd:complexType name="CT_Style">
    <xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:element name="name"            type="CT_String"        minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="aliases"         type="CT_String"        minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="basedOn"         type="CT_String"        minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="next"            type="CT_String"        minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="link"            type="CT_String"        minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="autoRedefine"    type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="hidden"          type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="uiPriority"      type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="semiHidden"      type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="unhideWhenUsed"  type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="qFormat"         type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="locked"          type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="personal"        type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="personalCompose" type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="personalReply"   type="CT_OnOff"         minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="rsid"            type="CT_LongHexNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="pPr"             type="CT_PPrGeneral"    minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="rPr"             type="CT_RPr"           minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="tblPr"           type="CT_TblPrBase"     minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="trPr"            type="CT_TrPr"          minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="tcPr"            type="CT_TcPr"          minOccurs="0"/>
      <xsd:element name="tblStylePr"      type="CT_TblStylePr"    minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
    <xsd:attribute name="type"        type="ST_StyleType"/>
    <xsd:attribute name="styleId"     type="s:ST_String"/>
    <xsd:attribute name="default"     type="s:ST_OnOff"/>
    <xsd:attribute name="customStyle" type="s:ST_OnOff"/>
  </xsd:complexType>

  <xsd:complexType name="CT_String">
    <xsd:attribute name="val" type="s:ST_String" use="required"/>
  </xsd:complexType>

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posted on 2015-05-27 06:00 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Idol anime franchise's second film opening in Japan on August 22
Bandai Namco Pictures announced a new film in the Aikatsu! idol anime franchise titled Aikatsu! Music Award: Minna de Shō o Moraima SHOW! . The film will open in Japanese theaters on August 22.
The official Aikatsu! YouTube channel began streaming a teaser video for the movie.
In the film, an Aikatsu! All-Star awards ceremony will take place. The film will feature songs and stages featured throughout the anime series. The teaser previews some of the concert scenes appearing in the film.
The film will run about 50 minutes long in 50 theaters throughout Japan, and it will be shown in both 2D and stereoscopic 3D.
The first 50-episode Aikatsu! television anime series premiered in 2012. Daisuki began streaming the series last September. Daisuki describes the series:
Ichigo Hoshimiya is an average first-year middle school student, but after her best friend Aoi encourages her to enter Starlight Academy, a famous idol-training school, Ichigo's whole life changes. She meets various rivals, becomes proficient in abilities that are integral to idols, and uses Aikatsu! cards while challenging herself with an array of auditions.
The curtain has risen on newbie idol Ichigo's cheerful, energetic idol activity!
The second half of the third season of the Aikatsu! TV anime series premiered in April, and the fourth season will premiere in October. The franchise's first film opened in Japan on December 13.
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Read the full article and watch the interview clip here.
Source: AZ Central. The article was written by Ryan Randazzo.


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Seminar: The Documentary Distribution Dilemma
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Ozdox, the The Australian Documentary Forum and The Australian Director's Guild in association with AFTRS supported by Metroscreen and Sydney Film School presents:
The Documentary Distribution Dilemma
What online video can and cannot deliver, and why filmmakers need to understand it NOW!
Date: THURS 9 April 2009 – 6.30pm for 7pm
Venue: AFTRS Theatre 130 Bent St The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
$5 at the door (no reservations)
The Ozdox website is www.ozdox.org – register to be notified of seminars by email.
This special OzDox session, produced by Sensory Image, will explore new technologies and online video festival and multi-channel distribution sites (e.g. raindance.tv). It will gaze into the crystal ball for documentary filmmakers, in the new climate of ABC and SBS online streaming. It will bring together experts and filmmakers to examine the impact of VOD upon our work, our pocketbooks and our futures.
Video online has been developing for a number of years and has now gained a large following and a big press. From You Tube to the ABC, increasing numbers of people are uploading and downloading increasing amounts of material, and filmmakers have an imperative need to understand the rapidly evolving online environment.
At this point, Video-on-Demand is relatively underused but Hollywood and TV networks alike are looking toward VOD as a complementary distribution platform, and it is about to take off. As the educational market is also moving towards VOD, documentary DVD sales will also affected — perhaps even replaced. Significantly, VOD revenues are currently around $1.5 billion and are predicted to reach $5 billion in two years — and it's only the beginning…
Special Guests:
Moderator: Sandra Davey – General Manager – Digital, Unwired Australia
Judith Bowtell – Director, Policy and Communications, NSW Film and Television Office
Chris Gilbey OAM – www.perceptric.com and www.vquence.com.au
Robert Hutchinson – Head of New Media & Digital Services Interface stream, ABC – www.abc.net.au
With Overseas Guests (via video):
Elliot Grove and Zara Ballantyne Grove – www.raindance.tv
Nick Ware – Managing Director – Joining The Docs in UK
Among the issues we will be addressing are…
What is the actual state of online development today?
What do filmmakers need to know about online – technically, creatively and in terms of marketing and delivery to audiences?
What do we need to change in the way we plan and make our films?
Is online delivery a viable alternative to DVD distribution?
Where can filmmakers go to make a return on investment in the online forum?
There will also be time for those attending the seminar to ask questions of the panel.
Guests bios:
Robert Hutchinson – Head of New Media & Digital Services Interface stream, ABC
As Head of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's New Media & Digital Services Interface stream, Robert is responsible for the visual presentation and ease of use of digital content and services on the website, broadband service and other digital platforms. Robert is also Creative Director of ABC2, the ABC's new digital TV channel. His current role includes developing broadband and digital television strategies and initiatives for the corporation. Robert has been working in the multi-media and Internet industries since 1995 in a variety of roles including new media arts practitioner, web designer and business analyst. He has been responsible for establishing Internet ventures for major advertising and media companies including Saatchi & Saatchi
(Wellington) and The Radio Network (NZ). Robert also works as an independent film producer and director.
One of the leading visionaries in Australian Media and Technology, Chris consults on business strategy with particular regard to the impact of P2P technologies on media through Perceptric Pty Limited. As CEO of Lake Technology (ASX) he successfully led the company to a sale to Dolby Laboratories (NYSE), and subsequently consulted to Dolby's Consumer Division on global consumer strategy. With 20 years in the Australian Music Industry, Chris led the development of the first transactional web site for CDs at BMG, as well as the development of the enhanced CD. Founding chairman of the Australian Music Industry'Äôs charity, the Golden Stave Foundation, and founding chairman of Export Music Australia, Chris received the Order of Australia for his contribution to the music industry and charity.
Elliot Grove – Raindance
Founder of Raindance Film Festival in 1993, the British Independent Film Awards in 1998, and Raindance.TV in 2007, Elliot has produced over 150 short films and 5 feature films. He teaches writers and producers in the UK, Europe, Japan and America. He has written three books which have become industry standards: BEGINNERS GUIDE TO MAKING IT IN FILM (Barrons 2009), RAINDANCE WRITERS LAB 2nd Edition (Focal Press 2008) and RAINDANCE PRODUCERS LAB (2004).
Zara Ballantyne-Grove – Raindance.tv
Zara managed the 2006 Nokia Shorts competition as well as the creation of mobile assets for the popular CSI franchise. She currently manages the licensing of content for Raindance.tv and supervises the scheduling and delivery of films to over 10 distribution partners. London-based Raindance.tv streams off-beat shorts, features and documentaries worldwide over 10 media platforms. In the last five months, over 300,000 people have already watched raindance.tv.
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Project – The Abbey
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Project description: Ever wanted to really know what it is to be a nun inside an Abbey? This media space allows you to engage with ABC TV's The Abbey series and enables the audience to experience the Abbey through their own personal journey.
Varcha Sidwell – Producer/Writer/Director, C S P B
Justy Phillips – Designer
Margaret Woodward – Designer
Guardian mentor/s: Catherine Gleeson
LAMP Lab: October 2006
Target media: Mobile, Broadband, TV
C S P B Pty Ltd © 2006
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Project – indigi-nous
Broadband, DVD, Games, General, Locative, Mobile, Project, Residential Jul 2006 No Responses »
indigi-nous
Tagline: "Learn about Aboriginal Australia through interactive experience"
LAMP Lab: July 2006
Target platforms: Broadband PC, cards, DVD and mobile
Project description: Designed as a cross media and cross platform experience for primary school aged children, 'Totemon' is an interactive locative and online game, a dvd game, and has a trading card, quest element. Informed by Aboriginal culture, it is an immerse learning environment, the user finding stuff about Australia's unique and special places, people, plants and animals, totems and tucker.
Team Members (indigi-nous)
Geoff Ferguson – Producer
Catherine Vogan – Designer
Joe Hurst
Jason Ramp
Guardian mentor: Keren Flavell and Sherilee Saul
indigi-nous © 2006
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Podcast – The Digital Distribution Business Model
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The Digital Distribution Business Model © Peter Giles 2006.
Recorded live and unedited during the LAMP lab in Perth in May 2006 in front of the seven teams developing emerging media projects.
"If you can get traffic, interest in your property, create a community and measure it…that is a really compelling argument to get funding…the advertisers want to reach people who are interested in a specific subject/product". Peter covers a large part of the brand, business models and distribution 'new revenue' landscapes in this talk and begins by referring to the simple things such as getting your 'name' right in the global mix, so that you are able to effectively take part in the long tail phenomenom, "Mass audience to global niche audiences". He plays a short excerpt of Chris Anderson explaining the long tail concept and shows other examples of recent successful models such Artic Monkeys, Michael Moore web 2.0 applications, MySpace, JibJab, Lego cross-branding and Rocketboom.
Peter says today's model is primarily getting audience share as cheaply and effectively as possible – by understanding and using social networks and the blogosphere but also by being unique and viral. Once these audiences are in place then it is far easier to monetize and bring in advertising interest. Another important area of digital distribution is being heard in the noise. Peter talks eloquently about the findability and consistency of branding at each point of entry that the user makes into your service. He then talks about the easy ways to increase your exposure and chances of being found by highlighting the key web 2.0 (user publishing, collaboration & democratized distribution) services such as blogs, podcasting, RSS and many more. He continues by talking about the four 'm's' (citing Ken Rutkowski) as a way to think about the business development of your digital property. Move people, Manage them, Monetize them and most crucially Measure them – really understanding how the audience have used your service/s is critical now. He finishes by pointing out that it is critical to adopt a combination of methods (web 2.0 and others such as search optimisation) and use the cross-media paradigms that permeate peoples lives now – much of the new ways to get your digital property into the marketplace are relatively cheap or even free and should not be overlooked.
All LAMP podcasts are also published through the iTunes store.
PETER GILES – Head of Digital Media, AFTRS
Peter has worked as the Head of the Digital Media Department since 1998 and has established Australia's leading postgraduate and professional programs in Visual Effects, Interactive Media, Broadcast Design and Computer Animation. The Department has produced short films that have won both Australian and international awards for artistic and technical excellence.Prior to joining the AFTRS Peter worked as Digital Media Manager for Metro Screen where he initiated programs to develop the skills of new and emerging filmmakers. He managed a wide range of innovative production workshops in partnership with organisations including the Loud Youth Festival, IBM, the Australian Film Commission, the NSW Film and Television Office, ABC Online, SBS TV, the Performance Space, the Australian Centre for Photography and the Australian Network for Art and Technology.
Over the past 15 years Peter has produced projects for radio, television, film and interactive media. His video artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and the Institute of Contemporary Art in London.
Peter is a well known commentator on digital media and is currently the Chair of the Sydney Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH, the leading computer graphics industry body.
Perth 12 May 2006
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Project – Read with me! Play with me!
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READ WITH ME! PLAY WITH ME!
A pre-school parental led reading and simple games service
Tagline: "Words and games for pre-literate children with their parents"
Company: Ariel Productions
Target platforms: TV, Broadband and interactive TV/Interactive TV, online, mobile screens, DVD
Project description: Read with me, play with me is an electronic picture-book series based on the adventures of Poppy, Matilda and Mu-Mu the cat. Written for pre-literate children from 2 to 5 years old, the stories are interactive, engaging and developed for learning through play. The TV series is designed so that parents can sit with their children and navigate a simple interactive TV application. There are a range of wall-papers and simple videos that can be delivered to mobile phones so parents can share elements of the stories with their children, whilst on the move.
Team: Christine Sweeney, Troy Bellchambers, David Phillips
Guardian mentor: Peter Giles
© Ariel Productions 2005
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Project – Hit It!
Broadband, DVD, General, Interactive TV, Mobile, Project, Residential Oct 2005, TV, User Generated No Responses »
HIT IT!
A cross-platform, participatory musical drama for teenagers
Tagline: "Satisfy the creative spirit"
Company:mememe
Target platforms: TV, interactive TV, online, mobile, DVD, merchandise
Project description: HitIt is led by a 26part, 24 minute TV show. Viewers can use the broadband online site to use musical tools and create their own music, take part in song-writing competitions and vote for who they think are making the best 'sounds'. The series ends with a live interactive TV special where the online community come together and show the TV world their creations.
Team: Cate McQuillen, Jake Carroll, Karl Williams
© Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace 2005
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New Delhi:(Page3 News Network)-Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Shri Mallikarjun Kharge today inaugurated 'Skilling India', the Theme pavilion at India International Trade Fair, 2012 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in the presence of Hon'ble Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shri K. Suresh.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Kharge stressed for the specific efforts to impress upon youth, their parents and society as a whole, the need of skill development. He said skill development is one of the most important tool for empowering the persons, increasing productivity of the enterprise and competitiveness of the country. The main objective should be to disseminate information to the unemployed youth and all sections of society about employment opportunities for skilled person.
Shri Kharge said his Ministry has been at the forefront of skill development activities in the country. It offers multifarious opportunities of skill development through various schemes. Craftsmen Training Scheme , where training is offered through a network of 10341 ITIs. Total seating capacity is more than 14 lakh. It is also important to mention here that in last five years the number of ITIs and their seating capacity has been douled. In 2006-07 there were 5114 ITIs with seating capacity of 7.42 lakh. Today there are10341 ITIs with seating capacity of 14.54 lakh and another 3000 ITIs will be set up in unserviced block of the country, where no ITI exists. Training is conducted in 137 trades. Entry qualification is 8th, 10th and 12th pass. Duration of course varies from six months to three years.
The minister informed that the DGE&T has taken several initiatives for upgradation of ITIs. It started with upgradation of 100 ITIs in 2005-06 with total outlay of Rs 160 Cr. In 2007-08 we took up upgradation of 400 ITIs with outlay of 1581cr with World Bank assistance. During the year 2007-08 itself we started upgradation of 1396 ITIs in PPP mode, where we have released Rs 2.5 cr to every IMC.. Industry is partnering the upgradation processes in all the ITIs. We have made Institute Management committee which is chaired by a leading local industrialist. Thus, in addition to modernisation of machinery and equipment interface with industry has also improved.
He said during XII five year plan, the ministry has a very ambitious scheme of setting up of 1500 new ITIs and 5000 Skill Development Centres in unserviced blocks of the country in PPP mode. With these, we hope to achieve our target of skilling 100 million persons by 2022.
Apprenticeship training scheme is another important scheme, where training is conducted through a network of 27000 industries having total training capacity of 3.37 lakh. In this scheme training is conducted in 252 trades. The training period varies from six months to four years. Entry qualification varies from 8th class pass to 12th class pass and ITI pass outs, the minister added.
He also highlighted the importance of Delivery schedule which is very flexible. It can be part time, full time, weekends, onsite, offsite to suit various target groups. Courses are being conducted through more than 7000 Vocational Training Providers. Assessment is carried out through 46 empanelled Assessing Bodies and Certificates are issued by NCVT on recommendation of Assessing Bodies. The most important aspect is that Training and Assessment cost to successful candidates is borne by Government of India. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge appreciated the efforts made by ITPO, CII and organisations involved in creating thE theme pavilion and pressed hope that it will be able to spread the message of skilling to every youth in the country.
The theme of this year's IITF'2012 is 'Skilling India'. This is for the first time such a theme has been selected by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO). The theme pavilion exhibits the efforts made by various Government and Private agencies in achieving the target of 100 million by the year 2022 as set by Hon'ble Prime Minister. Many Ministries such as Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of MSME, Ministry of Textiles, private companies like ILF&S, Sri Ram Group, Sector Skill Councils on Health, Logistics and National Skill Development Corporation are participating in the event.
Smt. Rita Menon, CMD, ITPO, Shri Chandrajit Banerjee, DG, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Shri Ravi Mathur, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri P.K. Padhy, Principal Labour Economic Advisor, Shri Dilip Chenoy, CEO, NSDC were also present on the occasion.


Lenten Day 24: On Your Feet, Folks. It's Curtain Time.
Over the years I've seen it all. Most of it on bumper stickers. Beware. Repent. Jesus is coming back and He's not happy.
As I've mentioned earlier in this blog series, back in the 1980's when I managed a Christian bookstore, I was bombarded regularly with requests by well-meaning Christians looking for the latest and greatest best-seller on the second coming of Christ. The book 88 Reasons Why Jesus is Coming Back in 1988 stands out in my memory as the most laughable effort drawing people's attention away, in my opinion, from the primary Kingdom message found in the scriptures. The author's second book, released in 1989, was a 'whoops, I miscalculated' type of book and, as expected, sold much less than the original! It's obvious that good Christians can so easily be caught up in the prophetic 'yet-to-come' nature of the Bible that we can actually end up missing the practical realities of the scripture which call us to live wisely for today. As I see it, Jesus makes this point clearly here in this final paragraph or so of Chapter 21 of Luke's gospel.
"Be on your guard," Jesus proclaims. In other words, be aware of the times we live in, folks. Know that 'the end' started 2,000 years ago. Every day from the moment Jesus dies on the cross until today is considered 'the last days'. We just live in the latter part of the last days! So rather than spending so much time worrying about all the prophetic details that point to 'the end,' just know that we're already there! We've been there for two millennia now! The question should never focus on if we are in the last days, but, more importantly, how are you and I living now that we know that we are in the 'last days'?
Theologian N.T. Wright explains it this way. From the beginning of time until the end of time on this planet, we are all acting out our parts in a glorious three-act play. The play has been written, produced, and is being directed by God, our loving Father. The script for Act One is found in what we Christians call the Old Testament. That really is a poor title for this act, since everything in this section of the play gives substance, meaning, and purpose for the other two acts. Act One has the creation story and contains the earliest narratives of how God plans to redeem this lost world of His, calling some very specific men and women on planet earth to join Him in His glorious plan of worldwide reconciliation.
Act Two, which is written on paper in what we call the New Testament, gives us the real inside story on God's plan for world-wide redemption and reconciliation. Jesus of Nazareth is revealed as the lead character in the entire trilogy. The surprise awaiting us in Act Two is that when Jesus, our hero, arrives on the scene, He doesn't end the story but just begins the Third Act. As the curtain comes down on Act Two, the theatre is abuzz on how Act Three could top what we've seen and heard thus far. But the orchestra plays, the curtain opens and there, to everyone's surprise, is us! Act Three begins. We are all standing on the stage. We all have important parts to play. We have lines to speak and actions to accomplish. The plot thickens. The story becomes richer than anyone might have first expected when they first took their seats back in Act One. Unlike the first two acts, Act Three is more of an 'improv session'. There is much freedom for us on the stage to play our parts, but we must be very careful not to act 'out of character' or outside of the consistency of the stories found in Acts One and Two. As N.T. Wright states, we have the freedoms to explore our parts, but must, as an actor or actress working under the tutelage of the master director, stay in character when on the stage. Just as professional actors must study their scripts, we must know well the consistencies found in the bigger story as presented to us in Acts One and Two. We must stay 'in character' with everything that has occurred on the stage before us. Otherwise, the audience will have no way of understanding this grand story God has written for all of us!
And as Jesus states here, Act Three will, indeed, come to an end. This play will not go on forever. It has a beginning, a middle, and it has an end. All of the players on the stage must stay on their toes. Playing our part to the end. Staying in character the entire way. Consistent and persistent to the author's marvelous trilogy, even to the final curtain.
I hear, Jesus, standing off stage, whispering to us that the final curtain is drawing near. Let's do this thing with a strong finish, folks. Not falling asleep at the switch, as Jesus says. On our feet, as the final curtain comes down.
Bravo! Bravo! God, what a masterpiece you've created!
My prayer: Jesus, I see the signs. I know the times. The end began 2,000 years ago and now we're 2,000 years closer to the very end of the play! Help me, Holy Spirit, to not fall asleep at the switch during this vitally important part of Your drama. The climax of the story is at hand. May I play my unique part for the glory of Your great Kingdom! For Your name's sake. Amen.
My questions to ponder: Am I more consumed with the details of the second coming than actually playing my part on the stage today? What is my character all about? Why have I been chosen to be 'on stage' during this unique part of God's trilogy epic? How can I play my character with gusto, knowing that with God, there are no small parts…only small actors?


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Balfour Beatty consortium reaches financial close on £550 million Aberdeen and North East Scotland road improvement project
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that its consortium has reached financial close on a major project to improve roads around Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland. Balfour Beatty will invest up to £20 million, which is one third of the sponsor's investment requirement.
In June 2014 the Connect Roads consortium, now known as Aberdeen Roads Limited, comprising Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Galliford Try, was selected as preferred bidder to design, build, finance and operate the £550 million Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route / Balmedie-Tipperty project. The clients are Transport Scotland, Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council.
Construction will be undertaken by Balfour Beatty's UK construction business, Carillion and Galliford Try in an equal joint venture. Once the construction is complete, the trunk road assets will be managed by Aberdeen Roads Limited and maintained by Balfour Beatty on its behalf for 30 years.
Work commences immediately and is expected to be completed in winter 2017. The project includes designing and constructing 58 kilometres of new dual carriageway. The contract also includes constructing 40 kilometres of new side roads, 30 kilometres of access tracks and more than 100 new structures, including two significant focal point bridges over the rivers Dee and Don.
The project is being procured under the Scottish Government's Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) model.
Steve Marshall, Executive Chairman, said: "This project demonstrates the value of combining our investment, construction and maintenance capabilities to deliver value for our customers. We look forward to working with Transport Scotland, Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council to deliver this long-awaited scheme."
Anoop Kang
Anoop.kang@balfourbeatty.com
Dominic Cheetham
Dominic.cheetham@balfourbeatty.com


The most worth-while places to visit in this gorgeous eastern European country.
As a relatively small nation in southeast Europe, Croatia is often overshadowed by more well known Mediterranean destinations like Italy or Greece. But the breathtaking natural beauty and rich cultural history of this country has started to attract more and more curious travelers, causing Croatia to become the 25th most visited country in the world (according to the UN World Tourism Organization).
So why is everyone flocking to Croatia? Aside from its role as the backdrop for many scenes in the ever so popular TV series, Game of Thrones, its location at the crossroads of central, southern, and eastern Europe creates a cultural fusion that makes for a truly unique experience. Croatia combines the cheap prices and traditional cuisines of eastern Europe with the gorgeous seaside towns and relaxed pace of life found in Mediterranean cities.
Travelers may also find themselves attracted to Croatia for its thriving natural scenery. From the warm climate, to the peaks of the Dinaric Alps, to the beaches of the Dalmatian Coast, Croatia offers so much biodiversity that its hard to believe so much beauty fits into a single country. With 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites scattered throughout the landscape, and thousands of islands lining the coastline, the incredible expressions of nature never end in Croatia.
In order to navigate this amazing country with ease, here is a list of the 10 best things to see in Croatia.
Because Plitvice is the largest national park in the country, and a world renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site, cheap buses travel frequently to and from major surrounding cities to the park. A nice student discount reduces the entry fee, so college travelers should definitely remember to bring their student ID. This massive park is filled with smooth turquoise lakes, winding forest trails, and countless tumbling waterfalls, making it a perfect day trip for hiking, relaxing, and marveling at natural beauty.
While Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia, Ban Jelačić Square is the heart and soul of Zagreb. This historic square has been a pedestrian-only zone since the end of WWII, and is framed with welcoming cafes and shops where locals like to sit, drink coffee, and watch the world go by.
When in Croatia, a day trip to one of the many surrounding islands is a must. Lokrum is a particularly popular spot off the coast of Dubrovnik, where a 15 minute ferry ride can transport you to a little oasis filled with forests, wildlife, a botanical garden, a historic fort, numerous swimming areas, and a lovely coastline where rocky cliffs meet the refreshing waters of the Adriatic Sea.
Full of narrow alleyways, hidden local restaurants and historical sights, wandering through the maze that is the Old Town of Split can entertain for hours. The Old Town is also home to another UNESCO World Heritage Sight: the ancient Palace of Diocletian. Be sure to climb the bell tower of the nearby Cathedral of Saint Domnius, where you can witness panoramic views of the quaint city and the neighboring ocean.
Though Krka is much smaller than Plitvice, this park is also worth a trip as its only a 1.5 hour bus ride from Split. After enjoying a peaceful boat ride up the Krka River, you can spend the day meandering through the winding wooden walkways that arch over crystal clear streams and curl around powerful waterfalls.
Osijek is the largest city in Croatia's eastern Slavonia region, and European Avenue clearly embodies the city's eastern European influences. This main road represents a showcase for Art Nouveau architecture, with huge, aging buildings sporting incredible ornamentation and artistic decoration.
As the most popular marketplace in Zagreb, Dolac Market is perfect for early risers who want to try fresh, authentic food at cheap prices. Spend a morning wandering through the seemingly endless rows of tables piled with fresh fruits and vegetables, aromatic herbs, and dried fruits and nuts. Fig jam is also a Croatian specialty, and vendors often sell jars infused with flavors like lavender and rosemary.
Used to protect the seaside city since the Middle Ages, the fortress walls that wind around the Old Town of Dubrovnik are an incredible piece of history. Walking along the 2km pathway provides sweeping views of the rugged coastline and clustered city, and a huge student discount makes the experience much more affordable.
While traditional art and history museums exist in most major cities, this creative and funny museum displays unique objects that have been donated over time. From strange trinkets to heartfelt letters, every piece reveals an interesting story about broken hearts and failed relationships from all over the world.
Within walking distance from the Split city center, Marjan Forest Park provides loads of opportunities for outdoor activities including renting bikes, hiking through the woodland paths, cliff-jumping, or relaxing at one of the surrounding beaches. The park resides on an elevated peninsula, so while one side towers over the city and offers a gorgeous view, the other side looks out over the ocean and represents a perfect spot to watch the sunset.


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Saint-André-en-Vivarais ou Saint-André-des-Effangeas (Sant-Andrieu en occitan) est une commune française, du Vivarais, située dans le département français de l'Ardèche en région française Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Ses habitants sont appelés les Saint-Andréens.

Géographie

Situation et description
Saint-André-en-Vivarais se trouve dans le nord du département de l'Ardèche, entre la vallée du Rhône et le Massif central et à la limite nord du plateau Vivarais-Lignon. La commune est située à  d'altitude, sur la ligne de partage des eaux Atlantique - Méditerranée, dominant les hauts plateaux du Velay. Le village se situe à quelques kilomètres du lac de Devesset (), principale base nautique de la région, avec le lac de Lavalette.

À côté du village de Saint-André, la commune possède une enclave située entre les communes de Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, Saint-Pierre-sur-Doux et Rochepaule. Quelques maisons de la Chapelle-sous-Rochepaule et des Chalayes appartiennent à la commune.

Communes limitrophes

Climat

Hydrographie

Environnement
Le paysage de la région est essentiellement composée de vastes prairies verdoyantes, marquées par le relief. Elles sont remplies de jonquilles au printemps.

L'humidité de la région, la forte présence de l'eau, ont été favorables à la formation de tourbières il y a environ .

En dehors des prairies, les alentours du village sont recouverts de forêts d'épicéas, ce qui explique l'implantation de scieries, menuiseries et autres industries liées à la sylviculture. Ces forêts sont riches en fruits sauvages et champignons. Saint-André-en-Vivarais est l'une des communes les plus boisées en France.
Le climat est relativement doux durant l'année, mais peut s'avérer très rude. En raison de l'altitude et des vents parfois violents, notamment la burle, les températures hivernales ont parfois atteint .

Voies de communication

Urbanisme

Typologie
Saint-André-en-Vivarais est une commune rurale. Elle fait en effet partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
La commune est en outre hors attraction des villes.

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des forêts et milieux semi-naturels (65,2 % en 2018), une proportion sensiblement équivalente à celle de 1990 (65,9 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
forêts (62,9 %), prairies (21 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (13,9 %), milieux à végétation arbustive et/ou herbacée (2,3 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie

Autrefois la commune s'appelait Saint-André-de-Beaudiner puis Saint-André-des-Effangeas, elle a acquis son nom actuel en 1926. Durant la période révolutionnaire, elle se nommait Montvert.

Histoire

Il n'y a pas de traces avérées de présence humaine à Saint-André-en-Vivarais lors de la préhistoire.

La zone de peuplement qui deviendra au  Saint-André-des-Effengeas est citée par  comme dépendant de la tribu celte des Ségalauniens.

Durant le très haut Moyen Âge, cette frange du Vivarais et du Velay est un désert humain. Elle était recouverte de sa forêt primitive et peuplée de bêtes sauvages (loups, ours…).

Vers 1130 le seigneur du territoire de la future commune de Saint-André-en-Vivarais était Arthaud de Beaudiner qui à cette époque fit bâtir le château de Beaudiner. Celui-ci sera le siège de la baronnie de Beaudiner comprenant les villages de Montregard, Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, Saint-Julien-Molhsabates et Saint-André-en-Vivarais.

Avant le  le principal centre de peuplement était le bourg du château de Beaudiner. Au  le bourg de St-André autrefois composé de seulement quelques fermes est suffisamment important pour qu'une paroisse y soit fondée, il deviendra alors un village. Le nom de ce bourg originel est inconnu : Effengeas ?, Rialles ? ou autres?

Au , construction de la maison forte de Montivers qui était la demeure des châtelains gérant la baronnie et le château des Beaudiner après leur déménagement pour le château de Cornillon.

Entre 1360 et 1384 les grandes compagnies semèrent la désolation dans le Velay et le Vivarais qui souffrirent de leurs exactions. C'est très probablement durant cette période que les maisons fortes de Montivers et de Beaume sont attaquées et incendiées. Quant au château de Beaudiner, on rapporte qu'il aurait joué un rôle durant cette période trouble mais aucun texte ne relate de quelconques combats qui s'y seraient déroulés.

En 1572, pendant les guerres de Religion, le capitaine huguenot Vacheresse prit le château de Beaudiner par stratagème.

Après plusieurs sièges menées en 1572, 1573, 1574, le baron de Saint-Vidal avec moult gens de guerre à cheval et à pied et 7 pièces d'artillerie reprit et détruisit le château et le bourg de Beaudiner de fond en comble en 1577.

Au cours de l'année 1636, saint Jean-François Régis vint à Saint-André-en-Vivarais prêcher un dimanche. Son tombeau se situe dans le village de Lalouvesc.

Louis Pize, enseignant et poète, était surnommé le « Virgile du Vivarais ». Il est né le  à Bourg-Saint-Andéol (Ardèche) et décédé le  à Saint-André-en-Vivarais.

Postérieurement à la normalisation de l'état civil, il fut constaté que pendant plusieurs années, la commune n'avait pas rempli ses obligations d'enregistrement des naissances, mariages et décès. Les causes ne sont pas établies mais l'absence de consignes, de registres pré-imprimés, la confusion des rôles avec ceux dévolus au chef-lieu de canton sont des motifs possibles.

Une commission d'enquête nommée par délibération de l'Administration municipale du canton de Saint-Agrève en date du 23 fructidor an six () a été chargée de reconstituer les événements à compter du , date de la mise en place de l'état civil.

Les rapports de cette commission sont inclus dans les registres détenus par la mairie et les archives départementales. Ils sont établis en nivôse an huit () et font état de 81 naissances et 29 mariages reconstitués.

Les Hospitaliers

Au , implantation des Hospitaliers de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem en haut Vivarais, construction de la commanderie de Devesset et de la maison forte du fief de Beaume sa dépendance.

Politique et administration

Démographie

En 1464 environ un siècle après sa fondation 30 feux fumaient en la paroisse de Saint-André-en-Vivarais soit de 200 à 350 habitants (le recensement ne comprenant pas les habitants du bourg de Beaudiner, les nobles et les hommes d'église), ils rapportaient 77 de taille (aide et crue cumulées) en 1478.

On peut noter une nette décroissance de la population au recensement de 1836 (-55 %), conséquences de la Révolution française et des guerres napoléoniennes ? La population croit régulièrement jusqu'au début du  ; puis la révolution industrielle engendre un exode rural qui fait chuter la population de près de 80 % entre 1910 et la fin des années 80.

Économie et immobilier

Immobilier

Propriétaires de leur résidence principale : 64,84 %

Résidence principale de type maisons/fermes : 92,31 %

Résidences principales en immeuble : 5,49 %

Emploi
Taux d'activité : 78,4 %

Taux de chômage : 18,18 %

Activités économiques

Source: INSEE

Lieux et monuments
 Monument aux morts pour la France (en face de l'église).
 Église et mairie, au centre du village, de part et d'autre de la place Principale. L'église est lieu de culte de la  paroisse catholique «  en Vivarais » .

 Musée de la Béate (Les Ruches).
 Château de Montivert (Monument Historique privé), ancienne résidence d'été de la famille lyonnaise de Lacroix-Laval, descendants des Montivers.
 Château de Beaume (Monument Historique privé).
 Château disparu de Beaudiner, siège d'une baronnie.
 Les hameaux et lieux-dits de la commune : les Pimpies, Montivert (château), Beauvert, le Brochet, la Garnat, le Basset, les Eygassons, les Fayes, la Croix des Ruches, les Ruches, la Passa, les Versets, Boucharin, Bel-Air, la Célette, le Gua, Bénétrèche, les Grangeasses, la Souche, Pèyregourde (ruines), Louveton, Fougère, Vacheresse, Poularin, la Sagnette, la Chaumette, les Combes, Gaucher, Barjon, Baume, la Raze, la Faurie, la Chaumasse, les Scies, la Pessia, la Fereire, Bramaloup, Malachareyre, Bouffevent, la Vialette, la Chave, Piaron, le Muret (ruines), les Fournes (ruines).
 la Valette, les Chalayes, la Rochette (1 et 2),
 Deux calvaires (route de Saint-Agrève et route de Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid).

Personnalités liées à la commune

 Antoine Barthélemy de Vire Duliron de Montivers, Capitaine d'infanterie à la Compagnie des Indes ayant servi au Sénégal et en Gambie entre 1741 et 1749, puis aux Indes à partir de 1752 ; il fut prisonnier des Anglais entre 1761 et 1766 après avoir combattu contre eux du côté de Pondichéry et Chandernagor. Il fut propriétaire du Château de Montivert.
 Le poète contemporain Louis Pize (1892-1976) membre de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon s'est éteint à Saint-André-en-Vivarais.

La colonie de vacances la plus ancienne de France
Tous les étés, la commune prend vie grâce aux cris et rires des enfants, venus passer des temps de loisirs éducatifs à la colonie de vacances de Saint-André. Situé au plein centre du village et accueillant des enfants principalement issus des bassins annonéen et lyonnais, le centre de vacances existe depuis 1906 à la suite du don du bâtiment par la comtesse de Lacroix-Laval (château de Montivert) à un prêtre d'Annonay voulant créer sa colonie de vacances catholique à l'époque.

Aujourd'hui, ce centre de vacance est devenu la doyenne des colonies de France en activité. L'Association du Centre de Vacances et de Loisirs de Saint-André gère les lieux et ouvre les portes de la colonie durant 8 semaines, chaque été. Les enfants, les animateurs et les activités diverses et variées se succèdent alors pendant ce temps-là.

Notes et références

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Références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
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Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de l'Ardèche
 Communauté de communes Val'Eyrieux

Liens externes

 Site du Pays de Saint-Agrève (dont St-André-en-Vivarais)
 Saint-André-en-Vivarais sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

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Commune dans l'arrondissement de Tournon-sur-Rhône
Commune abritant une commanderie de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem en France
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We'll know more about that later, when the pads go on. Trust me when I tell you that the coaching staff and the personnel folks are taking a much more conservative and realistic approach. The game changes completely in training camp, and then again in the preseason and then, of course, the regular season is an entirely different animal.
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**REPORT: EAGLES GIVE DE A PHYSICAL
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