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You'll Fall in Love with "Jimmy & Sam"
You'll fall in love with Jimmy & Sam, the lead characters and title of the new play written by Michael Rhodes, Pat Harrington and Howard Storm. A dynamite production with a dynamite cast including Storm, Chris Winfield, and Teresa Ganzel, Jimmy & Sam is family entertainment for all ages.
Funny and warm but minus the schmaltz, the story, directed by Johnny Crear and produced by Michael Carazza, centers around two male seniors, friends for more than four decades, and now both retired.
Jimmy, played by Winfield, is a former dockworker is Irish, and Storm's Sam, a former barber, is Jewish. Suddenly, as the play's press release succinctly describes it, "…they're roommates looking for laughs, love and easier days." Meanwhile, into their midst, appears Ganzel, magical as always, as a likable interloper. And all of it is performed to perfection with a fine balance of comedic timing and poignancy.
Recently and exclusively previewed with a special reading at the historic Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood, this edition of Jimmy & Sam foreshadows nothing but more wonderful things to come. Delightfully narrated by Brenda Varda, with staging coordination by Winfield, and optimum sets provided by the Group Repertory Theatre, Jimmy & Sam will continue to deliver the goods…the very goods…with fine directing by Crear, top-notch producing by Carazza, and a senior class of performers, with the emphasis on class!
The reading was incredible and the story line was excellent. One of many great productions by Michael and the very talented cast. I can only offer, keep up the good work.
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The IAWTV Awards nominees mix up the professional and independent
Liz Shannon Miller Dec 18, 2011 - 12:01 AM CST
The International Academy of Web Television hit a major milestone in its evolution this week with the announcement of the first-ever nominees for the IAWTV Awards, honoring excellence in web original content. Voting is now open for members in 32 categories, ranging from Best Drama Web Series to Best Distribution Platform, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony held during CES next month.
There's a fair amount riding on the IAWTV Awards, as the show is not only a potential money-maker for the organization, but the final step in the IAWTV's separation from the Streamy Awards, the organization that was the IAWTV's original reason for existence and is now an independent ceremony that will be co-produced by Dick Clark Productions.
But looking at the nominees, one thing stands out — if the goal is to celebrate web originals, then the IAWTV Awards are a step in the right direction. No awards show ever gets it exactly right (especially given how subjective taste can be), but the spread of shows recognized represents a pretty good mix of productions backed by major players and genuinely independent shows.
Looking at the Best Comedy Web Series category, for example, you have the category's shoe-in nominee, The Guild (Microsoft), (s MSFT) as well as Video Game Reunion (Atom/Comedy Central) (s VIA) and Gigi: Almost Pretty (My Damn Channel/BBC Worldwide). But Pretty and The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour are both independently produced and distributed.
And if you look at the Best Drama Web Series category, it's even better — RCVR is distributed through Machinima, and Pioneer One by Vodo, but both companies are web-native and the other three nominees are completely independent. This means that there are many nominated shows that will genuinely benefit from the greater exposure being offered by being nominated.
The emphasis here is definitely on web series as opposed to the more nebulous and hard-to-define content being produced by YouTube (s GOOG) creators (beyond stray nominations for The Phil Defranco Show and the Fine Brothers' Kids React). And because the eligibility period stretched from January 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011, many of the nominated shows have been dormant for some time — it's a personal favorite, but it's been almost a year since the last episode of Fanboy Funhouse was released, and it may not represent the current web video culture as well as another nominee might.
Also, the IAWTV Awards need a better name. Or any name at all, really. The Emmys were named after "the image-orthicon camera tube," according to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website — surely there's an equally obscure web equivalent to that.
Still, as a voting member of the organization, I'm looking forward to making some tough decisions as I fill out my ballot, and watching the live-stream this January. For years, I've heard the argument that the web series world may simply be too young for us to start handing out awards, but I've decided to be positive about this. After all, as long as the focus stays on the shows and creators, something that inspires people to work harder, make better shows and watch more web content can only be a good thing.
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5 Responses to "The IAWTV Awards nominees mix up the professional and independent"
dan December 19, 2011
FYI: minor show note – it's "Gigi: Almost American" , not "Almost Pretty"…
KoldCast TV December 19, 2011
Most Shows pay a fee and nominate themselves for consideration before voting takes place. There are hundreds of other GREAT Shows whose creators are either not members of the IAWTV or who chose not to pay the fee and self-nominate – KoldCast TV among them in the category of Best Distribution Channel. Accordingly, viewers should not think for a single minute that the fine Nonminees are fully representative of the best Shows in Internet television.
That said, KoldCast TV is proud to be distributing the following Nominee's Shows:
Anyone But Me
The Best Friend
Vampire Zombie Werewolf
Ruby Skye P.I.
Congratulations to everyone!
Josh Bernhard December 18, 2011
I find it interesting that you don't consider Pioneer One to be independent. Just because we were distributed through VODO (among other venues)?
Mathieas December 18, 2011
I say we call them the Lizzys.
modelmotion December 18, 2011
The title suggests you cannot be both professional and independent. That just seems wrong.

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By Ilana masad
Because he said he would be there, in sickness and in health. Because he had said no to getting a dog, which may have been cruel back then, when she was waiting and waiting for a pregnancy and needed someone to love other than him. This time it wasn't his place to say no. Because she wanted him with her, which was the ultimate validation of their life together. Because as hard as it was to admit, he wanted all this waiting, waiting for the end, to end. He had always wanted to take care of her, even when she didn't want him to, and he knew it was time to give in and break the pattern. His mother had raised him to always do what the lady says. Because his most precious memories involved her, overshadowing even the sunlit nostalgia of his grandfather's farm and the feel of a cow's teat squeezed between his then-small fingers. If he could have had it any other way, he would have, but he'd lived long enough to know that he had to deal with reality, not dreams. Because she was beautiful, still, in a dignified old lady way. Her fingers reached out to him when her forehead was damp with sweat and she was cold. She didn't want him to see her in pain. She wanted him to witness the magic trick she was going to disappear through. Because years ago, she'd told him she would do it and made him promise to support her. And he was a man of his word. Because the dimple in her cheek was sagging as her skin grew too large with the loss of fat and muscle. Because he could be strong. For her.
Because Dad said Grandma wanted to. Dad said it's her choice, she's a big girl, she can do what she wants. Mom said to listen to Dad. Because Mom said that being sick is hard, and I said I know, like when I had mono last year. Grandma couldn't take us to the pond to fish anymore. Because Mom said that Grandma always did things her way and Dad said that we should be proud of her and that I should be the same way when I grow up, only not sick. I was scared of seeing her with tubes all in her face like people in movies. Because I hate the hospital since I got my tonsils out and there was a blood clot and they had to dig down my nose with a tube to get it out, and I didn't want to need to visit Grandma there. She got all whispery and tired and it made me sad. Because Dad said his brother, I call him Uncle Twin, said it was okay to let her go. Because we're allowed to let her go, Dad said.
Because it took me years of fighting with, grappling with the idea before I was able to really, quite clearly, look her in the eyes when she talked about it. Because I had to admit that there was something alluring about having the ability to plan for it. Everyone says that I have my anal tendencies from her and her planning, the way she took us on vacations with a binder full of information about every site we visited and every sight we saw. She had worksheets for us, for Christ's sake. I was the one who took after her, the just-so ways, my brother is nothing like that. Because in the darkest corners of my mind, lying in bed at night with my snoring hubby beside me, I must admit that this way will be better for everyone. Because maybe the experience will even be interesting. At least I don't have children I need to explain it to. Because it might make me unique, not in the generic children's television kind of way but truly and actually different. No one I know has been through something like this, after all. Because something has to give. It's going to happen anyway. Because I believe in the right of a woman to choose, and it makes me a hypocrite to disagree with this one, this choice. Because she's tired. And I want to be there. I don't know how I'll live without her, but if I have to, I want a kiss goodbye.
Because she could. Because she had an affinity with lemmings that she had never spoken about to anyone, although those that knew her in her professional life may have recognized her docility and appreciated it. Because she now recognized the underlying resolve of self-effacement that is often found below the facades of people like her. Followers. Because she made a decision and she would stick to it. Because she had often not done things she wanted to do, the worst of which was during the birth of her second child, which she had promised to herself and everyone else would be natural, and which had ended up just like the first one, with her begging for something to dull the pain, only to find out that she needed a C-section in the end anyway, and the anesthesia led to general numbness and the inability to hold her second-born in her arms while the blood still wet his head and the overpowering smell in the room was of fertility rather than modernity. She was determined not to undo this thing now. When it became harder to move her arms and swallowing was a pain, she began to talk about it more, to get herself used to the realness of it. She'd been talking about it casually, offhand, for years. She had gotten so much extra time, more than she'd been promised originally. But still, because she didn't want to be taken care of a single day longer than was necessary. Because her biggest fear was devolving into a mewling infant with no control over its own sphincter. Because she didn't want to know what it was like to lose the power to think. She believed in that adage about thinking therefore being, and cherished her mind's eye more than any screen on which imagination could be played. Because the landscapes the painkillers gave her had always been magical and reminiscent of a childhood when quiet was more pervasive than noise so that sound was revered in all its forms, whether naturally occurring or mysteriously recorded. She missed the quiet as the days moved on and preferred to sit silently in a room with her husband and her children and watch them watching her. Because she was tired of waiting. She was ready. Because she was brave and stalwart and had spent a lifetime being that way for other people. It was time to be good to herself. Because it was late. Because he agreed to climb into bed with her when she did it, breathing with her until he couldn't keep the space between his breaths long enough without passing out. He had become a crier as he aged. Because she loved that he still loved her and she was pretty sure she also loved him. She wanted to spare them the worst of it, and there were studies that proved she was right to do what she was doing. They celebrated her life right there in the living room with her. Because she'd made all the arrangements and paid for them with the years of people's problems and insecurities being deposited at her hearthstone. Because she didn't want to stick around to watch her grandchildren grow old enough to be embarrassed by her. Because she was given a healthy dose of painful reality by the latest round of doctors. Because she had been saving up the medication for years. Because it was time. Because she could.
Ilana Masad is an Israeli-American writer living in NYC. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Tin House, Printer's Row,The Rumpus, The Toast, The Butter, Hypertext Magazine, Split Lip Magazine, and more. She is also the founder of The Other Stories, a podcast that makes it just a little bit easier for writers to get heard.
Art: Another Eye by Josh Graupera, Issue 3 Featured Artist
Josh Graupera is a Lancaster born, Philadelphia based artist. He received his BFA in Painting at Millersville University in 2014. Graupera has also attended residencies at the Chautauqua Institution, the Fabric Workshop Museum and Second State Press. www.joshgraupera.com


Lung Cancer is a National Emergency and must be declared as such. This step will allow an increase in desperately needed research funding. We represent the 433 Americans who die every day because of this disease, the deadliest of all cancers. Our goal is to have enough participants to stage a die-in of 433 people. We need Congress to see what this disease actually looks like.
The Rally will be held in Area 1 on the Capitol grounds from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own signs, posters, etc., to the Rally, with the understanding that these items may not be brought into or near the Capitol Building. Members of the media will be invited.
Speakers will include members of the Congressional Lung Cancer Caucus (Rick Nolan, Debbie Dingell, Jamie Raskin as of 10/18) with cooperation from the office of Congressman Nolan, founder and co-chair. Congressman Nolan's daughter, Katherine Bensen, a Stage IV lung cancer survivor, will also be in attendance, as well as former NFL player and noted lung cancer advocate Chris Draft, who lost his young wife to the disease, and Greta Kreutz, former D.C. news personality and lung cancer survivor.
As this is an unbranded, grassroots event, participants are free to wear clothing representing their favorite lung cancer organizations, if desired. All organizations and their volunteers are welcome. There will be no fundraising as we are not a nonprofit nor do we represent one. Our goal is to provide a unified presence for the purpose of Lung Cancer advocacy.
Participants are encouraged to make appointments on their own to see their elected U.S. Representative and Senators to occur after 1 p.m. when the Rally is scheduled to conclude. We can provide an informational packet, or participants are free hand out their own organizations' literature when these visits are made.
Please contact us directly if you are interested in room and/or ride sharing. We will do our best to accommodate you.


[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] glsl: Stop tree grafting if a variable is overwritten as an 'out' param.
Previous message: [Mesa-dev] [PATCH] glsl: Stop tree grafting if a variable is	overwritten as an 'out' param.
> + * expression we're trying to graft references the variable, we must stop.
> + * \param ir   An instruction that writes to a variable.
> + * \param var  The variable being updated.
> -    * we're trying to graft, then we're done.
> +    * we're trying to graft, then we're done.
BTW, any interest in trying to craft a Piglit test that validates this fix?
I'm guessing it shouldn't be too hard (famous last words, I know).


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U of O introduces new Sikh, Punjabi language courses
Anchal Sharma
Prabhroop Chawla proposed the courses to the university last December. Photo: Komal Joval.
Courses offered in 2019, open to community members
What do you do when you want to take a course that's not offered at the university? For Prabhroop Chawla, the answer lies in creating it.
Chawla, a fourth-year student in international development and globalisation at the U of O proposed the idea for a Punjabi language and Sikh diaspora course to the Faculty of Arts last December, and in the span of four months, the courses were announced by the university administration.
The courses, originally scheduled for January 2019, have been postponed to later this year, according to the Faculty of Arts. An announcement will follow in the spring regarding their scheduling.
"I'm just really happy that when I took the initiative it was received very well, and everyone has just been wonderful throughout," Chawla told the Fulcrum in an interview, noting that it usually takes five to six years for something to like this to come into effect.
A Vancouver native, Chawla is Sikh by faith and hails from a Punjabi family.
"When I initially moved (to Ottawa), I noticed that the (Sikh) community was definitely smaller … than it is in Vancouver or in places like Toronto, but I immediately got involved and got to know people in my first year," she said.
"I've always been really passionate about learning about my heritage and my religion, my language, culture … and I thought well, why not share that with others?"
AHL2100, is an introduction to Punjabi, and like all language courses will focus on oral, written, and reading comprehension, with added lessons offering cultural context to the language through poetry, and literature.
AHL3100, the Sikh diaspora in Canada, will focus on the historical context of Sikhism and its contribution to Canadian society.
As Chawla explains it, the course aims to be both academic and interactive.
"We are expecting to have guest speakers from different fields; politicians, (educators), the technology sector, business, finance, from all realms, to highlight their achievements but also to serve as an inspiration and guide students, and to understand the contemporary and historical contributions of Sikhs within Canada and how each of these individuals in some way or another contributed to it," she said.
The courses require no previous knowledge of the culture, language, or religion, and Chawla encourages students without exposure to the culture to give them a try.
"I feel like a lot of times people do have a lot questions but there isn't a platform or the resources … to channel their curiosity and I really hope that this will serve to do that in an open, fun and engaging and interactive environment."
For her, having these courses is also an opportunity to stay connected to her roots.
Chawla shared that her favourite aspects of Sikhism lie in its "emphasis on equality, love for all, and its openness," which she believes resonate with Canadian values as well.
"I want to thank the university from the bottom of my heart for being so open, encouraging and supportive, and for taking the initiative to welcome this idea with open arms and to work on implementing it.".
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for the courses, you can email Chawla at pchaw097@uottawa.ca.
Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that the courses have been postponed and will no longer be offered in the Winter 2019 semester.
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Communities unite over indifference to Tim Hortons boycott
Ryan Pepper & Anchal Sharma
While Canadians may be up in arms online around Tim Hortons' response to the minimum wage hike, their response in person has been less than caffeinated.
Arts Day on the Hill rallies for more public funding
"I think this government understands the essential role of the arts and we look forward to continued conversations with these MPs and this government."
Three fictional characters with real mental illnesses
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Grizzlies rookie Jaren Jackson Jr., still dressed in his full Beale Street-blue uniform, grinned ear-to-ear as he sat in his locker following a 131-117 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
How much fun did he have in his 24-point, seven-rebound regular-season home debut Friday?
"A lot of fun. For sure, for sure," Jackson said pausing for a moment. "Oh, wait, you want a real quote here? Um. Yeah, it was cool."
If his response seemed unpolished, it's because it was. But it was certainly genuine.
Jackson is only 19 years old after all, the youngest player to ever wear a Grizzlies uniform.
But the behavior that gave away Jackson's age in his postgame interview – like when he made fun of teammate Andrew Harrison for using spray-on deodorant, joked about watching "Hoopmixtape" highlight videos of Brandon Jennings, and became giddy when talking about "dapping up" rapper Young Dolph before the game – didn't appear on the court Friday.
When Jackson first checked into the game at just over the 5-minute mark of the first quarter, the rookie received a loud ovation from the hometown fans. But it took just 21 seconds for him to look like an efficient veteran.
He made an impact immediately, scoring on a pass from Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley – his first official regular-season basket in FedExForum. The announced 17,019 fans in attendance cheered loudly again.
In the second half, he stepped out to the perimeter and knocked down his first 3-point shot. More boisterous applause.
It was something the rookie said he had dreamed of since he was 4 years old. The rappers on the court, the fans dancing, the fireworks, the "spectacle" was everything he imagined. But was it enough to make him feel like his 4-year-old self again?
"Maybe for a little bit," Jackson said. "But not for too long, because then I'm getting punished."
He's right. Jackson didn't have time to revel in his first NBA home game anyway. Especially not when starting power forward JaMychal Green left the game in the third quarter with a broken jaw and did not return.
With Green out, the rookie will likely take on an even bigger role.
"We've been together a short amount of time but in no situation have I seen a moment that's been too big for him," Grizzlies coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. "He's never been too hype. He's never been too low. Whatever it is that's in front of him, he just attacks it head on and for a guy who just turned 19 years old to do that already speaks to his character."
Jackson finished the night making 8-of-12 shots for 67 percent. By halftime, he had already exceeded the 10 points he scored in his NBA debut in Indianapolis on Wednesday.
"You can't go into the game wondering," Jackson said. "That's everybody. Everybody should feel like that, so when it happens you're not surprised."
Perhaps Jackson's reaction was just another cliché, a "next-man-up" type of response to a commonly asked question when a teammate goes down. But maybe it's a sign that – behind all his youthful mannerisms – the rookie is wise beyond his years.


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Michael Eccleston begins run for refugee awareness
All Saints College, St Joseph's Campus, Lochinvar teacher, Michael Eccleston, began his 150km Refugee Awareness Run this afternoon (Friday) at St Joseph's High School, Aberdeen, surrounded by cheering staff and students.
Alyssa Faith PUBLISHED June 17, 2016
Michael, or "Ecco" as his students fondly call him, high-fived students as he walked through a guard of honour beside the man who inspired this amazing journey, Sierra Leone refugee and CatholicCare Refugee Services employee, John Sandy.
Prior to the run, students gathered for an assembly and were challenged by both Michael and St Joseph's Principal, John Tobin, to stand up for injustice.
"Standing up and saying 'this is not right' is what we ought to do, not only in this school, but in society," said Mr Tobin.
Michael continued this theme by encouraging the students to get angry about injustice and challenging them to "get out there, look for an injustice, and do something about it".
The assembly also included talks from John Sandy, Tania Kellend, also of CatholicCare Refugee Service and St Joseph's students from Uganda, Botswana and Fiji who shared their experiences with immigrating to Australia and expressed the importance of feeling accepted.
The assembly finished with a spoken word poem from a Rwandan refugee, Roje, who impressed and inspired students with three powerful spoken word poems.
If you would like to support Michael and help him to reach his $3,000 goal, you can donate through his everydayhero fundraising page. Michael is raising money to support CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning Refugee Service.
Michael's itinerary:
Friday 17 June –
2:30pm - run commences from St Joseph's High School, Aberdeen
3:00pm - arrives at St James' Parish, Muswellbrook
Saturday 18 June –
7:00am - depart St James' Parish, Muswellbrook
12:00pm - arrive at St Catherine's, Singleton
Sunday 19 June –
10:30am - depart St Patrick's Parish, Singleton
3:00pm - arrive at St Joseph's Campus, Lochinvar
Monday 20 June –
10:00am - depart St Joseph's Campus, Lochinvar
12:00pm - arrive at St Peter's Campus, Maitland
Tuesday 21 June –
7:15am - depart St Peter's Campus, Maitland
11:30am - arrive at CatholicCare Refugee Services, Mayfield
12.30pm - arrive at San Clemente High School, Mayfield
Read more about Michael's run in the June Aurora.
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Hill station
A hill station is a high-altitude town used as a place of refuge from the summer heat. Prevalent in South Asia, they are to be found throughout Southeast Asia. Hill stations are largely identified with European colonialists but the origins of many go back much further in time. Hill stations were often the summer capitals of their state, province or region; by and large the coming of air-conditioning has made this role redundant but many towns remain popular tourist destinations.
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Hill stations were to be found throughout British India. Queen of them all was Simla, the summer capital of the British Raj, but its ascendancy only dated from 1911 when Delhi became the Imperial capital. Each Presidency capital had its own hill station retreat: Bengal (Calcutta) went to Darjeeling, Bombay to Matheran and Madras to Ootacamund.
Hill stations established by the British in Burma included Maymyo, the "summer capital", and Kalaw.
See the Wikipedia link below for more information about hill stations in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
See the Wikipedia link below for more information about hill stations in Malaysia.
"Hill station", Wikipedia.
"List of Indian hill stations", Wikipedia.
"Category: Indian hill stations", Wikipedia.
"Category: Hill stations in Pakistan", Wikipedia.
"Category: Hill stations in Burma", Wikipedia.
"Category: Hill stations in Sri Lanka", Wikipedia.
"Category: Hill stations in Malaysia", Wikipedia.
Picturing Mountains As Hills - Hill Station Postcards and the Tales They Tell by Shashwati Talukda
1909 Map of Simla Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 26, Atlas 1909 edition, page 61.
"List of Maps and Plans", page xi A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org including maps of the smaller hill stations of
Darjeeling between pages 314 and 315
Murree between pages 244 and 245
Mussooree and Landaur, between pages 280 and 281
Naini Tal, between pages 282 and 283,
Ootacamund between pages 412 and 413
Matheran between pages 336 and 337,
Princely State
Srinagar and Environs, between pages 252 and 253
Kennedy, Dane. The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj (full text, searchable). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. ISBN 0520201884. ISBN 978-0520201880
Retrieved from "https://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Hill_station&oldid=45786"


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A New Leaf (1971)
Walter Matthau as Henry
Elaine May as Henrietta
Jack Weston as Andrew McPherson
George Rose as Harold
William Redfield as Beckett
James Coco as Uncle Harry
Directed and written by
Joe Manduke
Photographed by
Gayne Rescher
Based on the story "The Green Heart" by
Jack Ritchie
Rated G
April 6, 1971 |
"Perfect!" says Walter Matthau, after Elaine May has dropped her tea cup (twice), her glasses, her purse, her gloves and her composure while trying to master the complexities of a simple tea party. The hostess is dismayed at the damage to her rug, so Matthau deliberately pours his own drink onto it. Then he observes that of all the sexual perversions he has ever witnessed, the neurotic relationship of the hostess and her rug is without doubt the most disgusting. Exit.
Is it any wonder, then, that the enormously wealthy Miss May falls immediately in love with Matthau, whose sole skill, if any, is putting down Turkish rug fetishists? She is, herself, a botanist who dreams of the day when a frond, herb or previously unclassified fern will be named for her. That would be, you see, immortality of a sort, to have a frond of one's own.
Elaine May's "A New Leaf " is a love story about these two people, who are in desperate need of each other even if he doesn't know it. Matthau plays an aging bon vivant who has squandered his fortune and is told by his butler that he has few choices: Suicide, perhaps, or marrying money. He has no ability or ambition, and work of course would be out of the question. He has dedicated his life to living it comfortably and with style. His butler tells him, as he dons his velvet smoking jacket: "You have preserved in your own lifetime sir, a way of life that was dead before you were born."
To carry it still further, he borrows $50,000 for six weeks from his rich uncle, a sort of gay Rabelaisian played by James Coco, who spends most of his day eating, drinking and employing a transistorized pepper mill. Matthau sets out on a search for the right potential wife, with no results until Miss May drops her teacup and he suspects that she may be so incompetent, even dumb, as to marry him.
Their courtship involves finding out about each other's tastes. He savors rare French vintages, for example, and she likes Mogen David and soda, with a drop of lime juice. And so on. For their wedding night, she dons a Grecian gown, inadvertently sticking her head through the armhole. He attempts to readjust her, and as she struggles within the gown for about two minutes you hear more laughter than I've heard in any theater since "The Producers" (1968), which is my yardstick for these matters.
"A New Leaf" is, in fact, one of the funniest movies of our unfunny age. Miss May is reportedly dissatisfied with the present version; newspaper reports indicate that her original cut was an hour longer and included two murders. Matthau, who likes this version better than the original, has suggested that writer-director-stars should be willing to let someone else have a hand in the editing. Maybe so. I'm generally prejudiced in favor of the director in these disputes.
Whatever the merits of Miss May's case, however, the movie in its present form is hilarious, and cockeyed, and warm.
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In the second round of tariff increases on US products, China has added the following Made In USA items to the list of good subject to retaliation: soybeans, small commercial planes, SUVs, liquid propane, and agricultural products including beef and sorghum. These items are in addition to an earlier tariff increase notice on US pork, wine, and fruit, nut, and vegetable exports. The Chinese government has stated that the list includes items most likely to impact business and workers in states which supported President Trump.


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Flipkart launches centre of excellence, to skill unemployed for logistics sector
The e-commerce company will collaborate with LSC, NSDC and KSDC to train and skill the unemployed and make them job ready
Flipkart has launched a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in collaboration with the Logistics Skill Sector Council (LSC) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), set up through the National Skill Development Corporation of India (NSDC) and Karnataka Skill Development Centre (KSDC). As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Indian e-commerce platform's CoE will help build a skilled and trained workforce to fill the gaps in the rapidly growing e-commerce industry in the country.
The Centre of Excellence, will train and skill job seekers who wish to join the logistics space. It will focus on augmenting skill development in the logistic industry.
Equipped with modern classrooms, computers and projectors, this CoE covers an area of 1,500 sq ft. The training modules have been developed with help from LSC and KSDC, and will impart knowledge to candidates on various aspects of logistics and supply chain, including storage and distribution, customer management and material handling.
The learners will also be updated about the local transportation laws and regulations and receive an overall knowledge of the end-to-end supply chain. Soft skills training will also ensure that the aspirants are able to interact with customers satisfactorily.
Karnataka Kaushalya Mission, will also actively help in this endeavour, especially by mobilising learners for the CoE.
The 60-day long training session will make the participants job ready, especially in the Indian e-commerce space.
The certificates provided to the learners at the end of the course will be recognised in several countries, such as Australia, Denmark, Germany and Saudi Arabia. The certification awarded under the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSFQ), will be equivalent to an undergraduate degree, and will significantly increase the job prospects of the learners.
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Net Flicks: Karl Darlow's must-watch box sets and movies
Written by Dan King
Although Newcastle United's players this week resumed phase one of training ahead of a potential return to Premier League action next month, the country remains largely in lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Karl Darlow, along with the rest of his United team mates, has reported back as part of small, staggered groups to the Magpies' Benton base over the last few days, but - like most people - he's still been watching more television than usual to pass the hours during these unprecedented times.
Recently, Martin Dúbravka gave us his must-watch shows and movie recommendations, and now fellow goalkeeper Darlow has been telling nufc.co.uk what he and his girlfriend Lucy have been tuning into lately.
SCARFACE (Age rating: 18)
"I've been going through all the old movies - me and Lucy, while we had some time to kill, have been going through all the old ones we hadn't seen. We watched Scarface, which I really enjoyed.
"There's a lot of action, isn't there? Especially towards the end. I obviously knew the main quotes from it, but I'd never seen it and I thoroughly enjoyed it."
GOODFELLAS (18)
"I'd say GoodFellas wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be, to be honest. I thought it would be better than it was.
"It's got Robert De Niro in it, and I'd enjoyed Taxi Driver, but this didn't really grip me got some reason - not like Scarface.
"I like a bit of action and I think there probably wasn't enough in it for me. It was a bit slow-paced. I'll probably get battered for saying that when this goes out..."
THE GENTLEMEN (18)
"I watched this before the start of lockdown. This would be my number one - it's the best one I've seen in ages.
"It's Guy Ritchie's latest film and it's a bit like Layer Cake, I'd say. It's got some big actors in it and it was really good. I enjoyed the way it was done."
GANGS OF LONDON (18)
"A series rather than a film, but I enjoyed this one as well. It was different to what I'd expected - I thought it was going to be all London street crime, but it was more diverse than that. There were a lot of different gangs from different countries and I really enjoyed it.
"I did that whole series (ten episodes) in about two days. I think it's had some mixed reviews but I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was very good."
BASIC INSTINCT (18)
"This was a good film. There was a lot more to it than I thought there was going to be.
"It's most famous for 'that' scene with Sharon Stone but it's a good film because it keeps you guessing who the killer is. It had me guessing all the way through.
"We were just going through top films from the past and seeing what was on, and tried to do as many as we could - which was quite easy given the amount of time we had!
"To be back in the first phase of training now is a relief, more than anything. I think everyone's the same - it's a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel to be back out there and woking towards something that we all want to do."
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Carolyn Hawkins (nee.Riddick) is a Graduate and a Fellow of the London College of Music. She holds diplomas in organ, piano and flute.
Although she has dedicated the last thirty years to running the music studio she started her career as a theatre organist - performing in theatres and concert halls throughout the UK and abroad, recording on vinyl and cassette (!) and broadcasting on local and national radio, including 'The Organist Entertains'.
Carolyn directs three flute ensembles - Flute Pastilles for younger players, Flute Salad for advanced students and Flute Punch for mature performers(!).
Carolyn also teaches the flute at 'Lady Barn House School' in Cheadle.
Malcolm Bolan Teacher of piano (classical, jazz and popular music) home organ, electronic keyboard and theory is an Associate of the Royal College of Music (A.R.C.M. Piano). Studied piano, double bass and composition at the Royal College of Music from 1964 - 1967. Worked professionally in rock and comedy bands all over the UK from 1967 until 1973, playing bass guitar, piano, organ and various types of synthesisers. From 1973 until 1979 worked as a backing keyboard musician for bands, solo musicians and singers, and a variety of other types of entertainers. During the period 1979 until 1987 Malcolm worked in the Middle East as a solo pianist/singer and entertainer, as well as being a part of cabaret acts in various duos, trios and quartets, performing a very wide range of styles whilst working out there. He also did a lot of teaching, especially in Qatar. From 1988 until present Malcolm has taught at 'The Music Studio' and has thoroughly enjoyed it.
Brian Clayton - first became interested in the electric guitar and performed with several local rock and pop bands in pubs and clubs in the North West.
He was a member of the Buxton based blues band 'Route 66' for ten years, recording several albums and featuring regularly at major blues festivals.
On leaving the band, Brian turned his attention to music education and attained an associate diploma in classical guitar performance from the London College of Music in 2000.
He subsequently joined the team at the Music studio and has guided many students through examinations from grade one to grade eight in classical and electric guitar.
Tim Hawkins graduated with distinction from the London College of Music in 1985, winning the Westminster prize for keyboard harmony. He studied the organ with Gordon Phillips. A one year post-graduate year at Reading University led to a career in secondary school music teaching, and for part of that time, teacher training.
After thirty years service Tim took early retirement to allow more time to teach privately and pursue other projects.
Tim has directed the music in several churches and is currently Director of Music at St George, New Mills. He is an examiner for the Royal School of Church Music.
based in New Mills specialising in jazz piano, keyboards, improvisation & conducting. He studied at Leeds College of Music on the BA Honours Degree in Jazz Studies (1995-98) & the Postgraduate Diploma in Performance at Salford University (1998-2000). Since then Adam has maintained a busy schedule of gigs, teaching & MD work including Ronnie Scott's, the Bridgewater Hall, Band On The Wall & numerous theatres, weddings, clubs & pubs. Recent highlights have included accompanying Daniel Koek from Les Miserables & working with the Mike James Swing Orchestra. Adam teaches piano at schools in Macclesfield, Tytherington, Poynton & Hope Valley in addition to the Music Studio and is also Musical Director of New Mills Brass Band.
Flute Salad have been performing for over twenty five years. They rehearse every week in term time. The are all pupils at the Music Studio and attend different schools in the area. Their abilities range from grade five to diploma and their ages range from fifteen to twenty three.
Flute Pastilles is a training ensemble where pupils range from grades two to five.
Flute Punch is a sextet of adult pupils ranging from grade five upwards.
These ensembles perform concerts in the local area, usually raising money for charity.
Associated Board Examinations - exams are held at the Music Studio every Easter. Local teachers are welcome to use this facility for their pupils. An accompanist can be provided.


Villas for Sale in Nerja - Property list - Page 1: 10 properties out of 22 are shown.
Page 1: Properties 1 to 10 out of 22 are shown.
Beautiful bungalow situated in a residential area on the outskirts of Maro. This villa is all on one level, walk through the entrance gate into a good size east facing terrace area surrounded by mature plants, on the right, the main door, into the living/dining room, 2 bedrooms, 1 shower room, new kitchen and a separate toilet. From the kitchen area you have access to the back west facing terrace where you will find a storage room, a Jacuzzi and area for parking a car. Nice property in immaculate condition, sold fully furnished, ideal for holidays or permanent living.
This villa with mountain views consists of two floors: On the main floor there is an american style kitchen facing a spacious living-dining room. From here patio doors lead to an enormous open terrace with sunblinds and from the terraces there is access to the garden. On this level there are also 2 bedrooms, the master bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and a family bathroom.
From the garden at basement level, there is a one bedroom apartment with a dining- living room, an equipped kitchen, a bathroom, utility room and a storage room.
The house comes with many extras such as Air conditioning, Solar panels and gasoil heating.
Detached villa in the countryside but with easy access and just 3 km from Nerja.
The accommodation is on 3 floors and you enter the house via a covered terrace into a bright living-dining room with chimney and A/C, fully fitted kitchen, one bedroom and a shower room are also found on this level. Upstairs there are 2 further bedrooms both with A/C, the master bedroom also has an en-suite shower room and a private South facing terrace with sea views.
On the lower level with separate access from the terrace there is another bedroom and a shower room.
The house sits on a good size plot and has many terraced areas for enjoying our great climate, a private swimming pool, parking area and many fruit trees.
Situated in a quiet residential area, this detached villa is just 1km away from the main promenade of Burriana beach.
There is off street parking and the rest of the plot is terraced and laid to lawn with a variety of mature trees. Facing SouthEast and SouthWest you also have the advantage of all day sunshine.
The living accommodation is spread over 3 floors and the main living area is open plan with a fully fitted kitchen. Patio doors lead from the kitchen out onto one of the terraces. The living-dining area has A/C, a chimney and patio doors to an enclosed terrace/sunroom from where you have amazing views of the surrounding countryside out to sea. There is also a guest toilet on this floor.
Upstairs you will find a twin bedroom, bathroom and the master bedroom with it's own terrace, again with lovely sea views.
Reached by an external staircase the lower ground floor has a further twin bedroom, shower room and another room that has yet to be developed.
Offering good size accommodation in a very desirable location.
Recently constructed beautiful villa situated in a residential area of the town within walking distance to the centre and all amenities. The bright and airy accommodation comprises of: reception hall, guest toilet, open plan fitted kitchen and living dining room with doors towards the terrace with BBQ and private pool. On the first floor there are two bedrooms, two bathrooms (master bedroom is ensuite) and in the attic there is an extra bedroom and an ample roof terrace which has beautiful views to the sea and mountains plus solar panels for hot water. On the semi basement level there is a separate apartment with lounge, games room, two bedrooms, bathroom and storage room. The property benefits from private parking in the form of a carport that can hold a van or 4x4, it is to be sold furnished and has Sky Satellite TV.
This large detached villa offers versatile accommodation spread over 3 floors with 3 bedrooms in the main house and a separate 1 bedroom apartment on the lower floor.
From the road the entrance is through a front terrace and leads into a hallway with guest toilet, the open plan living-dining-kitchen is flooded with light from the dual aspect patio doors which lead to a wrap around terrace with sea views. A feature staircase goes up to 3 double bedrooms, all with fitted wardrobes, the master with a private sun terrace, facing South with sea views and the other 2 bedrooms each have a small juliettte balcony, the large family bathroom has a walk in shower.
On the lower floor there is a good size (53m²)separate 1 bedroom apartment again with open plan living space which includes a kitchen.
A covered terrace leads to the private swimming pool ideal to shade from the heat of the sun.
Situated in a very quiet location, this beautiful south facing, detached villa has the living accommodation distributed all on one level and the garage underneath.
Consisting of 3 ample bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, spacious, open plan living- dining room with A/C and double patio doors leading out onto a lovely terraced area part of which is covered and with a private heated swimming pool and good views of Nerja, the mountains and the sea.
If you are looking for a Villa that you can just lock up and leave at only a short drive to town or a 25 mins walk, this property is in a perfect location.
Detached villa recently built near to Capistrano in a quiet residential area of Nerja. With private west facing swimming pool, ample terraces and a roof terrace with sea views.
This property has a large open plan living-dining room with kitchen, guest toilet and upstairs 3 bedrooms and 2 shower rooms, downstairs there is an apartment with internal access from the upper floor and also a separate entrance.
Well presented, 4 bedroom detached villa in the highly desirable area of Capistrano village. Having a mini-market, restaurants and bars on site along with 2 adult swimming pools and a childs pool make the complex an ideal location.
The spacious accomodation is split over 3 floors and entrance is into an open plan hallway with feature staircase which leads directly into the large, bright living area with dual aspect windows and a fireplace for the cooler months. There is a separate fully fitted kitchen, guest toilet and dining room with patio doors leading out onto a semi covered porch which overlooks the beautiful, well established private garden.
Upstairs you will find 2 large double bedrooms both with A/C and sharing a wrap around balcony with lovely sea views. Also on this level is a shower room and a full bathroom.
At garden level, reached by a separate entrance there is a 2 bedroom, self contained apartment.
This villa offers versatile accommodation either as a family home or as a rental investment.
Located in an extremely private and quiet location but within a short walking distance to Burrinana beach and the centre of Nerja, this beautiful villa has a lot to offer.
The property comprises of entrance hall leading to a large lounge/dining room, off this room you have a seperate fully fitted kitchen and utility room as well as a downstairs showeroom. From the lounge you have a sweeping staircase to the upper level which has 3 well sized bedroom and a brand new family bathroom. Off the master bedroom theres is a balcony with sea views.
Outside this villa benefits from a drive way to hold 2 cars, lovely shaded seating areas and a stunning pool.


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workingimmigrants.com: Will New Mexico farm workers finally be covered by workers comp?
Kudos to Workcompcentral for reporting on the struggle to provider workers compensation coverage to farm workers in New Mexico. Failure to cover farm workers is one of the scandals of the current workers comp system in the country (Many states do fortunately cover these workers).
Public interest lawyers filed suit to declare the lack of coverage in New Mexico as unconstitutional.
Read the Workcompcentral article below. Republished with permission, www. workcompcentral.com, a workers' compensation subscription news service.
A New Mexico lawmaker said Wednesday he's wrestling with whether to reintroduce a bill he's backed for the past two years with no success — a move to require the state's agricultural industry to provide workers' compensation insurance to farm workers.
Rep. Antonio Lujan, D-Las Cruces, said he may decide to hold off on bringing up the bill next month when the Legislature reconvenes in Santa Fe. The bill would apply to farms with three or more non-family employees.
"Truthfully the best we could hope for would be a debate on the House floor and that's as far as it would go," Lujan said. "But I am determined. If they go the litigation route and win, they would still have to provide coverage."
Lujan was referring to a lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty in August 2009 on behalf of several workers, including two who are U.S. citizens, who claim they have gotten little or no assistance for medical bills or lost wages after being disabled by on-the-job injuries.
The lawsuit argues that the state Workers' Compensation Act violates the equal protection clause of the state constitution by excluding farm workers from benefits. The case remains in the discovery phase.
Currently, the state's workers' comp system excludes farm and ranch workers, domestic servants, real estate salespeople and workers in companies with fewer than three employees.
Just last month, the Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation and Occupational Disease Disablement voted to support the Lujan bill to remove the farm worker exclusion. This week, the council voted not to endorse plans to remove the exemptions for domestic workers and real estate agents.
The Center on Law and Poverty, a major backer of Lujan's bill, persuaded council members by asserting that removing the exclusion for farm workers would apply to less than 10% of the state's nearly 21,000 farms. The 1,973 farms that employ three or more people represent 83% of the farm employees in the state and the proposal would add only about $10 million in annual insurance costs.
Three major parts of the agriculture industry have ample cash to cover the costs, according to official statistics gathered at the center. Dairy ranchers had $1.4 billion in cash receipts in 2008; cattle ranchers saw $1.4 billion in gross income two years ago; and chile growers had an estimated crop of more than $57 million last year.
"The numbers seem clear. They should be able to afford to do this like every other employer in our state," said Gail Evans, legal director of the center. "There's been discussion why the restaurants have to provide workers' comp to their employees, but giant diaries do not. It's really nonsensical."
In estimates from two major workers' comp insurers — New Mexico Mutual and Southwest Casualty — the center said costs for insuring a typical farm worker would range from $7.02 to $8.32 per $100 of payroll in the voluntary market. Employers in the assigned risk pool would be charged about $11.32. For dairy workers the rates would be $4.81 to $5.70 per $100 of payroll. Cattle workers would pay the highest rates, as much as $18.12 per $100 for those in the assigned risk pool.
Caren Cowan, executive director of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, said those rates are optimistic at best. One ranch that voluntarily offers comp coverage to its workers is paying a rate of about $29 per $100 of payroll, she said.
"The way the system works in New Mexico, everybody would first go into an assigned risk pool and the rates would be the highest amount possible," she said.
Cowan cites a study conducted by New Mexico State University researchers on the topic, which estimated insurance costs just for the cattle industry would be closer to $11.5 million annually. When considered as a percentage of profit, the study concluded that the average profit per cow is $27.15, but that workers' comp costs would eat up $24.98, cutting profits to $2.17 per cow.
"Three to five years at those rates and people would be out of business," Cowan said.
And most ranchers, who generally provide food, lodging and transportation for workers, also assume the cost of any medical treatment required by an accident on the ranch, according to Cowan.
Beverly Idsinga, executive director of the New Mexico Dairy Producers, said the more than 150 dairies in the state are already struggling with low milk prices and will continue to oppose a move to increase their costs.
"The price of feed is going up and the price of milk is going down," Idsinga said. "We already have dairies leaving the state because of the pricing issue."
While only a few of the large dairies provide workers' compensation to their workers, Idsinga said all dairy operations have general liability coverage to provide for workers in the case of a catastrophic injury.
Charlie Marquez, a lobbyist for the New Mexico Chile Association, said the liability insurance issue extends to chile farms and provides adequate protection for laborers.
"We don't understand the need to go to the workers' comp system," Marquez said. "Farmers are, by and large, very responsible and provide for the care of their employees."
To read a draft copy of the Lujan bill, click here: http://www.workcompcentral.com/pdf/2010/misc/nmfarm12162010.pdf.


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This is our tribute to Terry Pratchett! Long Long ago in a place far away a mind found a world that was on a disc supported by four elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle called the Great A'Tuin. That mind was the fantastical one of Sir Terry Pratchett inventor of the Disc World and the many wonderful characters that reside there! Terry is a social commentator and this is reflected in his many books. Terry is such a master of telling a tale that it is only when you reflect back on the story (that you could not put down) that you know that what the story is really about! However, every one of them is full of fun and whimsy. With that in mind Gerri and Eugenia invited one of their friends Jo, who is as fanatical about Terry as Gerri is! So they discuss the world of Terry Pratchett, discuss the characters who they love and who is their favourite. Who is your favourite Discworld favourite or is it just like Gerri's which changes every time she reads a new book? Terry and his daughter have also set up a Production Company and plan to make television series about the Discworld, keep checking the net to see when or if they may be transmitted!


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Emily A. Carter
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics
Ph.D, California Institute of Technology, 1987
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1982
Founding Director, Gerhard R. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2010-2016)
Associated Faculty in Chemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering, PRISM, PEI, and PICSciE
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Emily A. Carter is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics, and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Her office oversees 10 academic units comprising six departments and four interdisciplinary centers/institutes, 12 undergraduate certificate programs, as well as school-wide administration of undergraduate and graduate student affairs; faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement; space, facilities, and building services; development and alumni affairs; diversity and inclusion; communications; information technology operations; and administration, finance and planning. In her research, Carter develops and applies quantum mechanics based computer simulation tools to enable discovery and design of molecules and materials for sustainable energy, including converting sunlight to electricity; producing chemicals and fuels from renewable energy, carbon dioxide, air, and water; and optimizing liquid metal alloys for future fusion reactor walls. The author of nearly 400 publications, Carter has delivered over 500 invited and plenary lectures worldwide and serves on advisory boards spanning a wide range of disciplines. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. She broke the glass ceiling on several major prizes, including the 2017 Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics from the American Physical Society and the 2018 Award in Theoretical Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. Carter received her B.S. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1982 (graduating Phi Beta Kappa) and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Caltech in 1987. After a brief stay as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder, she spent the next 16 years on the faculty of UCLA as a professor of chemistry and later also of materials science and engineering. She moved to Princeton University in 2004, where she was the Founding Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment from 2010-2016 before assuming the role of Dean of Engineering and Applied Science in 2016.
G. S. Gautam and E. A. Carter, "Evaluating transition-metal oxides within DFT-SCAN and SCAN+U frameworks for solar thermochemical applications," Phys. Rev. Mater., 2, 095401 (2018). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.095401
B. G. del Rio, M. Chen, L. E. González, and E. A. Carter, "Orbital-free density functional theory simulation of collective dynamics coupling in liquid Sn," J. Chem. Phys., 149, 094504 (2018). (Editor's Pick) doi: 10.1063/1.5040697; Scilight: doi: 10.1063/1.5054900
J. M. P. Martirez and E. A. Carter, "Effects of the Aqueous Environment on the Stability and Chemistry of β-NiOOH Surfaces," Chem. Mater., 30, 5205 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01866
S. Xu and E. A. Carter, "2-pyridinide as an active catalytic intermediate for CO2 reduction on p-GaP photoelectrodes: Lifetime and selectivity," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 8732 (2018). doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b03774
W. C. Witt, B. G. del Rio, J. M. Dieterich, and E. A. Carter, "Orbital-free density functional theory for materials research," J. Mater. Res., 33, 777 (2018). doi: 10.1557/jmr.2017.462
X. Zhang and E. A. Carter, "Kohn-Sham potentials from electron densities using a matrix representation within finite atomic orbital basis sets," J. Chem. Phys., 148, 034105 (2018). doi: 10.1063/1.5005839
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Five excellent, but very different permaculture properties in and around Whanganui.
When: 16th April 2 pm to 17th April 5:30 pm
Price: $100 with your own transportation. $140 with transportation provided. Includes dinner on the 16th and breakfast on the 17th. Please provide your own lunch. Price does not include accommodation. See below for information on accommodation and transport from Turangi to Wanganui.
Minimum number for participants: 10 . Maximum number for participants: 20
Registration required before 9th April with 50% deposit (20% non-refundable).
Contact: The ECO School, 06 344 5013; 022 635 0868; theecoschool@gmail.com
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Monday, 16th April 2 pm Mt. St. Joseph Retreat Centre
The property has a diversity of uses – a residence for three sisters plus the administration centre, a Retreat Centre, Archives, Hospitality area and a 45 bed Rest Home.
Interconnectedness, relationality, kinship and care are key words permeating our spirituality and our practice. Our vision is for "Fullness of Life for the Earth and her Peoples."
We endeavour to be bicultural and support the aspirations of the tangata whanua.
The original Peat family homestead gardens have been added to over the years with a mix of surrounding shelter-belt edges, big native trees (totara, rimu, rata, kowhai) and some big exotic trees (redwood, pinus radiata, macracarpa). The southern steep hill is covered with regenerating bush. The eastern hillside is currently being developed as a rather extensive orchard and garden with planned for bird and bee forages. The western hill and valley is being restored as a small wetland. Walking tracks for the public and new native trees are being planted on the adjacent hill.
4:30 pm The Quaker Settlement, 76 Virginia Road, Whanganui.
This is the only intentional Quaker community in the Southern Hemisphere, now 36 years old. Sixteen households encircle the community buildings which are also used as a conference centre by diverse groups locally and nationally. The community of about 30 including children, care for the centre,and run an annual Quaker seminar programme, all on a voluntary basis. As a community we endeavour to recognise the diversity of life, its interdependence and balance, including our relationship with the environment. Much of the land was blown sand dunes which over time is developing into a treed landscape with native tree plantings, a Harakeke (flax) collection, orchards, sheep, chickens and ducks, and community as well as individual vegetable gardens.
Link about Quakers, and the Seminar Programme:
Tuesday 17th April 9:30 am David Aislabie
A network of different timber, nut and fruit trees with native shelter belts creates a mosaic pattern of highly productive "clearings"on this 6 hectare permaculture property. North facing slopes are terraced into permanent raised beds and clover paths (swales) growing a diverse rotation of certified organic vegetables and subtropicals (mainly tamarillos), irrigated via a windmill from runoff stored in 2 large ponds. Soil improvement features green manures and up to 50 tons of compost per year, made in straw yards where pigs and cattle graze.
Note: David took an early permaculture course in NZ and continued his market gardening with a new focus after that. It is one of the best established properties based on permaculture design.
1 pm Mark Christiansen
A 5 acre (2.2 hectare) property developed with a mixture of permaculture, organic and biodynamic principles. Begun 14 years ago as an edible landscape, it developed into a collection of heritage fruit trees, and then progressed into heirloom tomatoes and beans and other vegetables. A focus is on finding out what grows successfully in this area as well as on medicinal/nutritional qualities. Among the collection is the Monty's Surprise apple, believed to be the best apple in the world for human health.
3:30 pm The Eco-Thrifty Renovation, Nelson & Dani Lebo
An abandoned, derelict villa on a section full of rubbish and weeds has been transformed into an energy-efficient home and fully installed permaculture landscape on 700 square metres in the 12 months ending November 2011. The energy performance of the renovated villa has been outstanding, and the food production (on pure sand) has exceeded expectations. The total budget for the project including purchase of the property, retrofitting and landscaping was under $100,000.
Dinner, optional overnight accommodation and breakfast at the Quaker Settlement. Book you own accommodation: www.quakersettlement.co.nz
Getting to Whanganui:
Intercity Bus transport from Turangi to Wanganui
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Sunday, 15th April: Departs 3:15 pm and arrives 7:30 pm. Hotels and backpackers within walking distance of bus depot for overnight accommodation. Book through BBH or YHA.
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Anger Wells Up In APC Over Party Leaders Wooing Wike
By Todaysplash.com October 4, 2022 Updated: October 4, 2022 No Comments14 Mins Read
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-South, especially in Rivers State, including candidates for the 2023 elections, have called on the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and governors of the South-West to stop hobnobbing with Governor Nyesom Wike.
The stakeholders, comprising National Assembly and State House of Assembly candidates and other party faithful, said it is discouraging for members of the party in Rivers State to see APC leaders they look up to, romancing a known political opponent like Governor Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
They frowned on the fact that these leaders go as far as visiting the state to inaugurate projects on the governor's invitation, thereby helping to campaign for the PDP in Rivers by heaping praises on Wike, ahead of the general election.
They spoke at a one-day consultative meeting of the South-South executive committee presided over by APC National Vice Chairman of the zone, Chief Victor Giadom, in Port Harcourt, Sunday night.
The stakeholders also accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the party's National Executive Committee, NEC, of neglecting Rivers APC.
They spoke amid grumblings in the APC over the inability of Senator Adamu Abdullahi-led National Executive Committee, NEC, to meet over pressing issues.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the Presidential Campaign Council will hold today as scheduled last night, with a member of the council assuring that Asiwaju Tinubu will return from London this week.
Rivers APC angry
Rivers APC Legal Adviser, Dike Iheanyi Zubi, while speaking at the meeting, said it is unfair for governors of the South-West to hold nocturnal meetings with Wike and return to their states without bothering to interface or speak with their party members in the state.
Zubi further said the action of Tinubu who had held meetings with Wike abroad and the action of the governors concerned were tantamount to anti-party activities and urged President Buhari to call them to order.
He said: "It is very discouraging for the APC here in Rivers State to see a situation where the presidential candidate of our party, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his handlers, including South-West governors of the APC coming to the state to undermine our party here in Rivers State.
"They begin to hobnob and hold nocturnal meetings with Wike, who is seen as a contender with the APC here in the state. So, we as APC members here frown at such action because it doesn't encourage us here. We consider it as anti-party on the side of Ahmed Tinubu and his cohorts.
"Instead of coming to strengthen the Rivers State chapter of the party, they are busy hobnobbing with Governor Wike, who is a PDP member. For the APC in Rivers State, we see it as an affront and anti-party activity.
"So, I call on the national chairman of the party and President Buhari to call him (Tinubu) and his cohorts to order. They should stop dividing Rivers APC. APC is one family."
Similarly, a former caretaker committee chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area and State House of Assembly candidate for the 2023 election, Professor Lawrence Chukwu, said the action of the party leaders is embarrassing to APC members in the state.
"As a party, the kind of embarrassment we are receiving from our leaders who come to Rivers State is unbearable. Imagine that Governor Wike is abusing the president (Buhari) and our leader (Rotimi Amaechi) every day. Yet, our leaders and some governors of the party will come to Rivers State to commission projects in Rivers State.
"They will not even bother to visit members of the party before leaving. It is very bad. The APC in Rivers State has what it takes to win elections here. All we need is support; we need financial support from the national," Chukwu said.
Chief Sydney Nyechie, APC chairman, Obio Akpor Local Government Area said: "We are toiling day and night to ensure come 2023 Rivers APC takes over Rivers, then South-West APC governors and the Speaker of the House of Representatives will come to Rivers to say they are commissioning projects and be singing praises of Governor Wike.
"By doing that they are ridiculing us before Wike and Rivers people. Those people (Rivers APC South West leaders) have no business coming to the state to romance Governor Wike. The embarrassment we are receiving from APC leaders at national is too much. We will not take it."
Ininasiya West, APC candidate, Akuku Toru/Asari Toru Federal Constituency, said: "I'm particularly concerned that Senator Magnus Abe, even after leaving the party to be SDP governorship candidate, still has the authority and mandate of the APC presidential candidate.
"Tinubu cannot be sitting on the fence in Rivers anymore. He should come out and say where he belongs so that we who are still in the party know how we move. We are here, ready to win the election. Tinubu must make a clear statement on Rivers.
"Another concern is there are various court cases against Rivers APC candidates by Wike, hiding under PDP, again trying to win through the back door. You are aware he is pressuring the court to remove the party from the ballots as we suffered in 2019.
"I don't know how the APC national has taken this. Perhaps the national APC has been blowing Wike's trumpet and the man feels it is in support of him to go on with the matter. We want national (APC) to be proactive. Let us not wait to take steps only after the deed has been done."
On his part, state APC chairman, Emeke Beke, who said he was speaking as an individual, expressed dismay that none of the party members from the zone whose names were submitted to the national level of the party made the list of the APC presidential campaign council.
Beke told Chief Giadom to relate it to the national level that state APC chairmen in the zone took a position and have written to the President and national officers in that regard, even as he called for a refund of 25 per cent from the proceeds of the sale of forms in the state.
"We have written to the President, to the national chairman, to the candidate (Tinubu), to the chairman of the governors' forum and the Director-General of the campaigns. You people asked us to nominate five, five names for the campaign council.
None of the five names we sent appeared on the list because they don't like Rotimi Amaechi. From the zone, not one (name) appeared. The chairmen have taken a position on that. We will down our tools.
"As you go back, tell the national chairman that Rivers State bought forms of over one billion naira. And what we are asking, remit to the state 25 per cent of that money.
"If that money is not remitted to Rivers State, forget about coming to Rivers State to campaign for a presidential candidate. "We will vote for our national assembly, state house of assembly candidates and focus on the governorship candidate of this state and we will win.
"The truth is that what has happened to Rivers State is because they don't like Rotimi Amaechi. I speak as Emeka Beke, not as Rivers APC chairman.
"I have heard and seen Wike's comments on television and social media respectively. Wike dines with leaders of our great party. If the nation does not listen to the APC Rivers State, we will take our destiny in our hands."
He said Governor Wike does not have the political spread to win an election but is luring its leaders with financial inducement, even as he expressed worry that respected leaders of the party are constantly visiting the state and dining with Wike, a few months before the general poll.
He said: "We have been out of government for eight years. Now we want to win elections. I can tell you that Wike does not have the political base to win an election in Rivers State. What Wike is doing is bribing leaders of our party to short-change the APC family in Rivers State.
"My candidates and members in Rivers State have suffered. Candidates are selling their land, selling their property to make sure they win the election and keep APC in power, and then leaders that we look up to will come here and campaign. At the end of the day, they will dine with Governor Wike at night. Please, tell them not to dine with Governor Wike again. Let them support this party in the state. We are party men, but tell them if they don't support us, we will not support them."
They're being honest — Giadom
Responding, the APC national vice-chairman, South-South and former acting national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Giadom thanked the party faithful in the state for their frank comments and contributions.
"This is my own constituency and I am from Rivers State. I know exactly that everything that you have said here is true.
"Everybody in Nigeria knows that what you are complaining about is true. The speaker (Femi Gbajabiamila), Governor Kayode Fayemi, and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, all came here (Rivers) to commission projects, and by doing so, praised Governor Wike.
"By doing that, you are marketing our opponents against the APC. So we will put it to them, we will make them know. I can also tell you that we are passing through very tough times."
Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Giadom said: "The reason we are here is to collate what we feel are the challenges in the party, with the aim of providing solutions to them or be ready to face the consequences.
"We have come, we have listened to them, we have heard them clearly, and we are going to put them together and report to the national party in Abuja to ensure that we find solutions to all the things that we know will help us win election in Rivers State.
"I know the pains of my people, which are also our collective pains. We were not on the ballot in 2019, which of course we know that I was supposed to be a direct beneficiary of that ticket. "But the manipulation of the system denied us from being on that ballot. So, people have the right to be apprehensive, they have the right to be worried.
"But I can assure them that, by the grace of God, we will be victorious this time around and APC will win in Rivers State and recapture our possession of becoming in charge of Rivers State leadership and we will form a government and be in Government House."
Grumblings over APC's 'dormant' NEC
The inability of the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the APC to convene a meeting of the party's National Executive Committee, NEC, might be leading to a groundswell of dissent within the ranks of the party, Vanguard has learned.
This is as the APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC is set to hold its inaugural meeting today even as it prepares to welcome its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, back to the country this week.
Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, who is also Director of Public Affairs and chief spokesman of the Council, confirmed that the meeting will go on as planned.
Asked when and where the council will flag off its campaign, Keyamo simply said: "I have no such information for now, but we have a meeting slated for Tuesday (today)."
Although party spokesman, Felix Morka did not respond to calls and messages seeking answers to the questions, the Director, Media and Publicity of the campaign council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu is expected back in the country this week.
"Asiwaju will return this week. As to campaign flag-off, I will get back to you," he stated.
Meanwhile, there are grumblings among party chieftains on the continued exercise of NEC powers by the Adamu-led NWC. The APC NEC had on April 20 delegated its powers to the NWC to act on its behalf for the next 90 days.
Announcing the decision, National Secretary of the party, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, disclosed that while the motion was moved by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai seconded the motion.
El-Rufai was said to have added a caveat that the NEC must meet at the end of the 90 days to review its own decision. While the 90-days lapsed on July 20, the NEC was supposed to have met around that period.
However, the NWC had consequently taken a decision to convene an NEC meeting within September, but the current crisis regarding the composition of the campaign council has made the party unable to hold its NEC.
The NEC, which is the principal executive body of the party is constitutionally mandated to meet every quarter or at any other time decided by the NWC.
Although, the first mandate of the highest organ of the party, the National Convention, is to "ratify policies and programmes of the party" such power is held in trust by the NEC which is saddled with discharging all functions of the National Convention in-between national conventions.
Consequently, it is the duty of the NEC to ratify the composition of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, said a top official of the party.
Although, he conceded that APC had always acted in the breach in the past by not convening the NEC to ratify the council, he, however, added that the seeming altercation between the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led NWC and the presidential candidate of the party, Tinubu is one reason having the NEC meeting is germane.
"The NEC is very important with respect to ratifications of policies and programmes. Apart from discharging functions of the National Convention in-between National Conventions, NEC in Article 13.3(A)(VI) of the APC 2022 Constitution (as amended) is mandated to 'create, elect and appoint any committee it may deem necessary, desirable or expedient and assign to them such powers and functions as it may deem fit and proper
"You would recall that on Monday, January 7, 2019, a special NEC was held at the International Conference Centre, ICC, for the inauguration of that year's Presidential Campaign Council. It is supposed to be a one-item NEC, to ratify the campaign council, but obviously, certain persons are scared of convening an NEC meeting.
"Our party has always been in breach of our constitution. The constitution provides for a National Advisory Council whose inaugural meeting should have been convened by the national secretary within one month after the national convention in June which gave birth to the Abdullahi Adamu-led NWC.
"Now, where the National Convention, NEC or National Caucus are 'unable or unwilling to meet', according to our constitution, it is the duty of the National Advisory Council to convene such meetings of the above organs," he explained.
A member of NEC from Kogi State, who pleaded anonymity, said it is the NEC and not the NWC that has powers to tinker with the composition of the campaign council.
According to him, all issues regarding the council would have been laid to rest if an NEC meeting had been convened before now.
On what is expected of NEC at such a meeting, he said: "It is the duty of the NEC to vet and approve the structure or organogram of the PCC. NEC will also harmonize the structures in the states, senatorial districts, local governments, wards and polling units level as well as harmonize the manifesto of the candidate with what currently exists as a manifesto of the party so that we can have a single document.
"Just last week in Kogi state, the governor inaugurated the campaign council. Now, I do not know if such an organogram has been approved. In Kogi, the governor, like in other states is the Campaign Coordinator. The deputy governor is the deputy coordinator. The state party chairman is the assistant coordinator while the Chief of Staff to the governor is the director-general of the campaign. The Secretary to the State Government is the Secretary of the campaign council in the state. The governor equally replicated nearly the same structure in the three senatorial districts. Now, this is why NEC should have met before now to give a direction as to how this should be done."
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A Glance at Legend of the Five Rings…
TOPICS:Brad AndresErik DahlmanFantasy Flight GamesLegend of the Five RingsNate French
Posted By: Goof August 28, 2018
Player/s: 2
Play Time (Goof): 60mins
Producer: Fantasy Flight Games
Designer: Nate French, Brad Andres, and Erik Dahlman
For Shame! I can hear you crying like some kind of Impeccable Magistrate. Why is this a glance and not a full review? Well allow me to use my Voice of Honor and explain. I REALLY want to talk about Legend of the Five Rings, and I haven't played enough to do a full review yet.
My muses are everywhere.
Don't get all Matsu Berserker on me, it's a beast of a game (almost a Kitsu Warrior if you will). And I've been competing in a couple of local leagues and competitions at Ace Comics and Games Annerley and Vault Games. As such, I've been more focused on refining my own strategy and not as a reviewer exploring all aspects of the game like the taint trying to spread through Rokugan.
Legend of the Five Rings is a competitive Living Card Game with a number of interesting elements. It's got seven distinctly different clans (factions you play in), a variety of different strategies and a couple of different win conditions. Fighting political and military battles over the five rings, each with unique and fascinating powers, you build yourself a deck and go to battle against another player. I haven't tried to Multiplayer variant yet, just the 1v1 matches.
It's a lot of fun.
I will say, part of me only really got into competitive play with L5R after Android: Netrunner was heartbreakingly cancelled (we salute you in your final days, you amazing game). I try to keep myself to only one competitive LCG at a time, because keeping up with the packs can get a little expensive on the wallet (and I've essentially given up Collectable Card Games all together because they're a huge money sink). I am enjoying the new experience. Let me explain why.
L5R is a really different beast. Fantasy Flight Games continues to surprise me with how unique card games can be. In my younger gaming days, I always played pre-constructed deck games which followed a very similar format. Put thing on field, use thing to hit enemies, use cards in hand to support things hitting enemies. They were usually quite straight forward and deviated very little in terms of strategy, always approaching the same goal just from different positions.
L5R has the dude on the field hitting things, don't get me wrong. But it's much wider than that. For example, you can win in three different ways – destroying your opponent's stronghold, getting to 25 honor, or your opponent going to 0 honor. And the dudes have a timer which you can manipulate called "fate". It's a system I quite like as it sort of works to balance things by not keeping powerful characters around too long and makes when you play characters matter. L5R isn't just about hitting your opponent – it's about when you hit, how you hit, where you hit, and if you can outmatch your opponent in strategy.
I'm not claiming to be an expert on L5R. As in stands I'm way more likely to lose a game than win one. But each time I've lost, I've seen mistakes I've made, combinations which I could have exploited better, missed opportunities to improve on next time. It's less about the cards I have and more about how I use them. To me this really clearly indicates the game has a ton of crucial decision making points. It's almost overwhelming to be honest. If you're the sort of gamer who enjoys juggling a lot of different elements, L5R is for you. If not – I don't think my next few paragraphs are going to convince you to like this game.
You have two different decks in L5R. Conflict and Dynasty. The dynasty deck is where your characters come from, as they fill provinces and can be instructed to enter their particular fray. The conflict cards are like the strategies and tricks you use to manipulate the various elements such as honor of your clan, political conflicts, military conflicts, character deployment, personal honor of characters, equipment, spells, spirits… the list goes on. What FFG have managed to do is get a competitive card game to tell a story which unfolds as you play. I was super concerned all the elements wouldn't interact and things would get a little too convoluted. And look yeah, L5R isn't a straight arrow. It twists and turns like a Phoenix Shugenja weaving a spell. But it works.
When I say L5R tells a story, this actually occurs on multiple levels. There's the immediate game you're playing out, then there's the narrative FFG is writing to coincide with pack releases (which I thoroughly enjoy), and then there's the voting players get to do at competition for which role their clan is going to get, and who takes important locations such as the city of Toshi Ranbo which the Scorpion clan has now claimed (leading to an exclusive card they can use).
All of these storytelling elements lead players (especially me) to care about their clan. To feel loyalty to it. To want to embrace the narrative from their point of view. It's the part of the game I enjoy the most and hats off to FFG for managing to do this fairly well.
This Glance is really starting to get to a length where the metaphor makes me feel like I've been staring at you for an uncomfortable amount of time, so I'm going to stop talking about the good and move on, but one last point – the role system is something I'm super keen on. Each clan has (at current) two roles they can choose between, and a supporter role they can take if they want extra influence from a specific other clan. The roles give them specific deckbuilding benefits and restrictions, as well as a tiny in game bonus when certain things happen. It's a system which keeps decks fresh and rotating rather than just rotating cards out of a cycle, and I actually hope they embrace the roles element even more going forward.
When I first played L5R I had a lot of trouble getting my head around action windows. Some phases have no windows, others have basically infinite, you can play some of the same cards either during a conflict or during a pre-conflict window. And the phase reference cards are really no help. Cards are quite freeform in how they're designed, which can add some interesting interactions but can also cause some confusion in interpreting them. I really don't think the action, reaction, interrupt explanation is anywhere near clear enough on the cards themselves. And the way general concepts and effects are worded (like how resolving rings really needs the explanation of being "as the attacking player"), means learning the game is a bit of a feat. While I've pretty much got my head around it now, I don't find L5R pleasurable to teach at all. What it equates to is very much a clunky system. If it wasn't for such high production quality from such a well known publisher, I'd have suggested this was maybe a rough draft of what would eventually become a much tighter game.
The makings of a great game are there, I just don't think L5R is where it needs to be yet. More cards being released will definitely help, but I also think the fact the only really consistently viable strategy in the game at the moment is attacking strongholds. Trying to get to 25 honor is almost undoable (I get close, normally sitting between 20 – 22 at the end of the game) but there aren't any cards which can help you close out and every clan can play around it quite simply. It's my biggest frustration at the moment. Don't make it a win condition, build my clan around attempting it, and then not support us with any cards released to accomplish it!
Very, very annoying.
I don't think the clans are balanced at this point because I think some clans are missing key parts to make their viable engines run properly (Lions put your hands up). And look, I'm a player trying to use a somewhat niche strategy which L5R currently doesn't have cards for, so maybe it's a bit on me. I just find there are clans whose tools are so specific to themselves it can be hard to import those tools into support for another clan, and yet can take advantage of the tools of others. It was a similar issue in Android: Netrunner with Anarch. I wonder if L5R needed to start with seven of the clans in the game, since each clan clearly hasn't gotten the same amount of care and passion put into them. They may have been better having three or four clans in the base game, then introducing more as the game went along. I know I run the risk here of people being upset about their clan maybe not being in the game (I spoke above about how passionately devoted to your clan you can end up being), and I know some players are upset they haven't really gotten the Mantis clan in the game yet (I'm really hoping they end up being some kind of neutral faction clan, with maybe a specific Mantis stronghold which allows them access to more support or something. They're essentially mercenaries so I feel like it would make so much sense. Anyway, back to my point –) I feel like less variety but more focus could have been really positive for the initial state of the game.
What about for casual players? For those who don't want to play competitively? In my absolute honest opinion I think you should give L5R a miss (it pains me to say). It's too much of an investment just to bring it out for a casual game. And more importantly, from the perspective of having friends and family around a table playing a game, there are other games which will be more satisfying. The mere fact you have to build your decks, and the fact FFG have AGAIN not released enough of everything in the core box to have full playsets means you can't really just build two decent and fun decks out of a single corebox to play between a couple of you. The decks are just a bit random at that stage in my opinion.
Legend of the Five Rings has so much of what I want in a competitive LCG. But it feels very much like a prototype at this stage. Almost like an early access game or a print and play prototype while the designers are polishing some things off. I want L5R to become everything it's got the promise to be, and given how much I fell in love with Android: Netrunner, I know they can pull it off.
I'll stop glancing now… it's been too long since I've blinked.
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