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The royal tour that's being overshadowed by Kate and William next door in Pakistan
While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are making headlines across the world for their first ever official visit to Pakistan, another royal couple is in the region but, in comparison, they're flying under the radar.
King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima, of the Netherlands, are in India for a four-day tour and so far, it's been full of activity and colour.
Their Majesties are visiting the country with stops in New Delhi, Mumbai and the state of Kerala.
Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife, Savita. (Getty)
The state visit aims to strengthen ties between the Netherlands and India, particularly amid India's rise as a superpower within the region. The tour has a special focus on water technology, maritime developments, health, sustainable agriculture, social initiatives and cultural heritage.
Queen Maxima is known for her bold style choices and she's worn some pretty incredible outfits of the tour so far.
On arrival, the 48-year-old mother-of-three wore a red suit and shirt by Dutch-Danish designer Claes Iversen, that she had been seen in just days before in Amsterdam.
Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander with India's President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife, Savita. (Getty)
During the first day of tour, Maxima wore an off-the-shoulder grey lace dress by Natan, complete with a matching headpiece and aquamarine jewels.
Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander were officially welcomed to India by the country's President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife, Savita, at the presidential palace before visiting the Raj Ghat monument, the memorial site dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi.
Kate Middleton reunites with Queen Letizia and Queen Maxima at Garter Day
Dutch Royals follow in Harry and Meghan's footsteps
Dutch Queen makes second appearance since sister's death
The royal who flies his own planes
They then met Prime Minister Narendra Modi before having a costume change for the evening's state banquet.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Mausoleum of Safdarjung. (Getty)
Maxima wore a bespoke beaded gown by Dutch designer Jan Taminiau, in the style of a traditional Indian saree. The fabric of Maxima's dress is believed to have come from a saree given to Maxima's mother-in-law, Queen Beatrix, when she visited India several years ago before abdicating the throne in favour of her son, Willem-Alexander. Maxima accessorised her stunning outfit with large diamonds from the royal collection including the Dutch diamond bandeau-style tiara.
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The royal couple ended their day with a visit to the Mausoleum of Safdarjung, one of the city's most imposing sites. They, they spoke with Indian students who had recently returned from an exchange program to the Netherlands.
The Dutch royal family in pictures
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Sotter spent the summer of 1902 with Pennsylvania impressionist Edward Redfield in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Between 1910 and 1919, Sotter taught at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. His paintings often feature large areas of sky filled with clouds and he frequently painted winter night scenes, such as Moonlight, Bucks County (Beacon Hill Fine Art), a perfectly successful depiction of a quiet, moonlit landscape filled with twinkling stars. Star-studded skies, although rare in landscape painting, go back at least to 1600 when they appear in the oeuvre of Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610), a German painter who worked in Rome. The early eighteenth-century series of landscapes dedicated to the planets by the Bolognese master Donato Creti (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome) also feature stars, but one might also think of Vincent van Gogh's famous Starry Night of 1889 (Museum of Modern Art) when searching for precedents. Sotter's Moonlight, Bucks County has an atmosphere of fantasy and nostalgia that one associates with American illustration and especially with Maxfield Parrish and his evocative, dream-like visions. Sotter was given a special exhibition toward the end of his life (1950) at the Woodmere Gallery in Philadelphia. Sotter died at Holicong (near Doylestown), Pennsylvania in 1953. The Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, PA, has been working on a catalogue raisonné of Sotter's work.


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CPI condemns decision of ICTU to reopen talks with the Government
The decision by the ICTU to go back into talks with the Government has the potential to place the trade union movement in a position where it will become tied to Government policies, in particular to the consequences of the forthcoming budget and all future budgets.
It is clear from the letter sent by Brian Cowen to David Begg that these talks go well beyond rescuing the current agreement but are geared more towards locking the trade union movement into a position of supporting future Government policy, leaving itself hostage to fortune to an inept Government.
Using such terms in his letter to the ICTU as "societal ownership" of the crisis, Cowen in effect is stating—and the ICTU is clearly buying into this—that society as a whole must accept the responsibility and the cost of a crisis created by a few who, in creating it, made billions off our labour.
The previous "social partnership" agreements did nothing to end the gross inequality that exists in Irish society. If the trade union movement concludes a new agreement with this bankrupt Government the likelihood of achieving a more socially just Ireland is even more extreme, given present conditions.
The present crisis is both global and has specific Irish features, resulting from the policies of the present Government and its cronies in the banks and among property speculators. If the trade union movement does a deal it will be letting this Government, the bankers and speculators away with the pensions, social welfare payments and health and educational services of its members, whether they are now employed or have lost their jobs recently, to continue to raid the public purse in order to bail out a corrupt minority.
This approach is the road to nowhere. It is time for a new departure. If workers are to be called on to make sacrifices, we need to start thinking and acting independently of this Government and crisis-ridden system. A socially just society is clearly not on the agenda of this Government, or any other potential coalition Government, no matter what combination of parties makes it up.


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FOBI Signs $250,000 Data Consulting Agreement With Azincourt Energy Corp. Enabling Azincourt To Leverage Fobi's Artificial Intelligence And Real-Time Big Data Operational Platform Fobi will assist Azincourt Energy in the development of its big data and operational intelligence platform to transform the legacy and antiquated applications and practices that are commonly used in the mining and exploration sector
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fobi AI Inc. (FOBI: TSXV FOBIF: OTCQB) (the "Company" or "FOBI"), a global leader in providing real-time data analytics through artificial intelligence to drive operational efficiencies and profitability, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a data consulting agreement with Azincourt Energy Corp., a Canadian-based resource company specializing in the strategic acquisition, exploration, and development of alternative energy/fuel projects, including uranium, lithium, and other critical clean energy elements.
Fobi will assist Azincourt in the development of a big data and operational intelligence platform to help transform legacy and in some cases antiquated but commonly used practices in the mining and exploration sector. Fobi will introduce the use of artificial intelligence applications and data mining techniques that analyze large amounts of aggregated data, detecting patterns and consistencies that may not be readily apparent otherwise, and can therefore help provide road maps to help the Company achieve more impactful drill holes in less time, and with less cost.
The contract with Fobi will allow Azincourt to benefit from Fobi's experience architecting and deploying real-time applications and operational solutions across various data applications at scale. Fobi will architect and deploy its established AI & Big Data Operational Applications in an effort to support Azincourt's goal of making discoveries and delineating a resource at its East Preston project.
"This partnership with Fobi AI gives Azincourt the opportunity to apply leading-edge technologies to our efforts at East Preston," said CEO, Alex Klenman. "I think it's incumbent upon us to utilize leading-edge exploration techniques to help guide us toward significant discoveries. Artificial Intelligence, machine learning algorithms and rapid big data analysis clearly have a place in our future and we're eager to apply these new techniques to uranium exploration. There are multiple applications we can utilize here, and I'm excited to begin working with Fobi and their innovative team. I think this is a tremendous opportunity for Azincourt," continued Mr. Klenman.
Agreement with Azincourt Signifies the Modernization of the $144 Billion Mining & Exploration Equipment Market
According to Grandview Research, the mining & exploration equipment market size was valued at $144.37 Billion USD and is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 12.7% from 2020 to 2027. The report goes on to say that ongoing digital innovations are expected to transform key aspects of mining over the next few years. "Increased investment, along with government support for the digital mine innovation, is expected to trigger the demand … Technology is becoming a critical differentiating factor for manufacturers and mining companies as digitization and automation are continuously gaining momentum." The partnership with Azincourt will enable Fobi to aid in the transformation of Azincourt's data platform and strategy, which will greatly enhance the company's existing operations.
After establishing an initial roadmap for Azincourt, Fobi will be able to port its modern practices to offer them to additional clients in the mining and exploration industry and other major sectors, creating additional potential revenue streams.
"I see the exploration and mining sector as a very lucrative opportunity for Fobi," said Rob Anson, CEO of Fobi. "This agreement with Azincourt will enable Fobi to demonstrate the power of our real-time operational data applications and real-time analytics and insights to provide Azincourt with leading-edge technology, strategies, and necessary applications to streamline and automate current manual applications. Fobi will continue to drive innovation and best practices to improve the industry's existing antiquated operational and data systems. The powerful combination of Fobi's artificial intelligence and real-time big data applications will be key to enabling Azincourt to make faster, smarter, data-driven decisions which ultimately will be key to driving further success in regard to the Company's operational efficiencies and performance," continued Mr. Anson.
This Press Release Is available on the Fobi Website and the FOBI Verified Forum On AGORACOM For Shareholder Discussion And Management Engagement.
About Azincourt Energy Corp.
Azincourt Energy is a Canadian-based resource company specializing in the strategic acquisition, exploration, and development of alternative energy/fuel projects, including uranium, lithium, and other critical clean energy elements. The Company is currently active at its majority-owned East Preston uranium project in the western Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the Escalera Group uranium-lithium project located on the Picotani Plateau in southeastern Peru.
Alex Klenman, President & CEO
info@azincourtenergy.com
About Fobi
Fobi is a cutting-edge data intelligence company that helps our clients turn real-time data into actionable insights and personalized customer engagement to generate increased profits. Fobi's unique IoT device has the ability to integrate seamlessly into existing infrastructure to enable data connectivity across online and on-premise platforms creating highly scalable solutions for our global clients. Fobi partners with some of the largest companies in the world to deliver best-in-class solutions and operates globally in the retail, telecom, sports & entertainment, casino gaming, and hospitality & tourism industries.
Fobi AI Inc. Fobi Website: www.fobi.ai
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T : +1 877-754-5336 Ext. 3 Twitter: @ Fobi_inc
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FOBI Signs $250,000 Data Consulting Agreement With Azincourt Energy Corp. Enabling Azincourt To Leverage Fobi's Artificial Intelligence And Real-Time Big Data Operational Platform Fobi will assist Azincourt Energy in the development of its big data and operational intelligence platform to transform the legacy and antiquated applications and practices that are commonly used in the mining and exploration sector Back to video


 Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, "The man of God has come here,"  the king said to Hazael, "Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'"  So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels' loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, "Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'"  And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You shall certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he shall certainly die."  And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept.  And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women."  And Hazael said, "What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you are to be king over Syria."  Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you would certainly recover."  But the next day he took the bed cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
Anyway, we've got some really interesting stuff going on in this passage. First off, why is Elisha going to Damascus (v. 7)? Why is the king of Syria, Ben-Hadad, Israel's enemy at the time, calling Elisha his "father" (v. 9)? I've got some ideas but I don't want to address them now. What I'd like to bring up is the age old problem of divine sovereignty and human responsibility.
Once Hazael comes to Elisha he is told that Ben-Hadad will recover from his illness, but that he will die. Then Elisha begins to weep in Hazael's presence because the LORD has revealed to him that Hazael will become king over Syria when Ben-Hadad dies and do wicked things to the people of Israel. Upon hearing this prophecy Hazael promptly returns to Ben-Hadad and murders him taking the kingship as his own.
This is a classic example of what we know to be a "self-fulfilling prophecy." It seems that it is Hazael's hearing of the prophecy that serves as a catalyst to the fulfillment of the prophecy. This is essentially what Shakespeare's play Macbeth is all about. What would have happened had Hazael never received that prophecy from Elisha? Would treachery and conceit polluted Hazael's heart like it did upon hearing it? Moreover, how does this fit into the age old philosophical dilemma of how divine sovereignty and human responsibility work together?
I have found it helpful to approach this question from the understanding that God's Word is creative. When God speaks things happen. Isaiah tells us that God's Word does not return to him void but accomplishes that for which it set out to do (Isaiah 55:11). Likewise, we all know that when God says "let there be light" the only possible outcome is LIGHT. Moreover, our entire world is upheld by God's word at every moment (Colossians 1; Hebrews 1).
God is the author of all of creation. There is no "mere" nature. Yet it is within this world, the theatre of God, that we live and move and have our being. We do not live in a clockmaker's world. Moreover, we do not live in a Darwinian firecracker with atoms aimlessly bounding around.
So on the one hand there is nothing under the sun that God is not the author of (Proverbs 16:33). On the other hand, the fact that God has authored our actions does not make them any less our actions. The characters in a story act the way they do because there is an author. Yet it is the characters who are doing the acting, they have volition. The author writes the character's actions. This does not make the characters actions any less their actions simply because a sovereign being has prescribed them.
This is a great mystery and above all else God is to be feared and glorified!


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Q: Swift 3: sort array of filenames independent from extension Consider this array:
let files = ["file2.tif", "file33.jpg", "file11.jpg"]

I would like to sort this array so the result would be
sortedFiles = ["file2.tif", "file11.jpg", "file33.jpg"]

There are two problems here that I don't know how to approach:
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2) how to make sure that "file2" is put in front of "file11"
Thank you so much for your insights

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Metastable de-excitation spectroscopy and density functional theory study of the selective oxidation of crotyl alcohol over Pd(111)
James Naughton, Andrew Pratt, Charles W. Woffinden, Christopher Eames, Steve P. Tear, Sarah M. Thompson, Adam F. Lee, Karen Wilson
The extremely surface sensitive technique of metastable de-excitation spectroscopy (MDS) has been utilized to probe the bonding and reactivity of crotyl alcohol over Pd(111) and provide insight into the selective oxidation pathway to crotonaldehyde. Auger de-excitation (AD) of metastable He (23S) atoms reveals distinct features associated with the molecular orbitals of the adsorbed alcohol, corresponding to emission from the hydrocarbon skeleton, the O n nonbonding, and C═C π states. The O n and C═C π states of the alcohol are reversed when compared to those of the aldehyde. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the alcohol show that an adsorption mode with both C═C and O bonds aligned somewhat parallel to the surface is energetically favored at a substrate temperature below 200 K. Density of states calculations for such configurations are in excellent agreement with experimental MDS measurements. MDS revealed oxidative dehydrogenation of crotyl alcohol to crotonaldehyde between 200 and 250 K, resulting in small peak shifts to higher binding energy. Intramolecular changes lead to the opposite assignment of the first two MOs in the alcohol versus the aldehyde, in accordance with DFT and UPS studies of the free molecules. Subsequent crotonaldehyde decarbonylation and associated propylidyne formation above 260 K could also be identified by MDS and complementary theoretical calculations as the origin of deactivation and selectivity loss. Combining MDS and DFT in this way represents a novel approach to elucidating surface catalyzed reaction pathways associated with a "real-world" practical chemical transformation, namely the selective oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes.
Journal of Physical Chemistry: Part C
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp205340z
Published - 29 Dec 2011
10.1021/jp205340z
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp205340z
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Naughton, J., Pratt, A., Woffinden, C. W., Eames, C., Tear, S. P., Thompson, S. M., Lee, A. F., & Wilson, K. (2011). Metastable de-excitation spectroscopy and density functional theory study of the selective oxidation of crotyl alcohol over Pd(111). Journal of Physical Chemistry: Part C, 115(51), 25290-25297. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp205340z
Naughton, James ; Pratt, Andrew ; Woffinden, Charles W. et al. / Metastable de-excitation spectroscopy and density functional theory study of the selective oxidation of crotyl alcohol over Pd(111). In: Journal of Physical Chemistry: Part C. 2011 ; Vol. 115, No. 51. pp. 25290-25297.
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Obama Signs Bill to Preserve Fishing Below Dams
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Anglers who caught the attention of federal lawmakers have preserved access to fishing below dams on the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee.
President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law a bill blocking the Army Corps of Engineers from erecting barriers to prevent fishing in the tailwaters. Those tailwaters are prime fishing spots in a region known as a recreational haven.
Local officials said the restrictions would have hurt tourism, a key contributor to the region's economy.
Congress waded into the controversy by passing the Freedom to Fish Act. It puts a two-year moratorium on any barriers that would block access to tailwaters.
Sen. Mitch McConnell praised Obama for reversing a decision to place barriers along the river.
A proposal to permanently ban barriers is pending in the House.
Note: News release from Sen. Lamar Alexander below (interestingly, it doesn't mention Obama)
This entry was posted in Lamar Alexander, President Obama and tagged below, congress, Cumberland, dams, fish, fishing, freedom, Obama, River, signs on June 3, 2013 by Tom Humphrey.
Alexander Threatens Corps of Engineers Budget in Fishing Fight
News release from Sen. Lamar Alexander's office:
WASHINGTON, May 8 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) told a top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official at a budget hearing today that he would restrict the Corps' ability to transfer new funds to projects if it doesn't abandon "unreasonable" fishing restrictions that amount to "thumbing your nose at elected officials," saying, "It sounds to me like we have a life jacket problem – not a water problem." (Video HERE.)
Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), the subcommittee chairman whose approval the Corps would also need, called Alexander reasonable "99.9 percent of the time" and told the Corps officials, "My strong advice would be to try to work something out with him."
"We don't need Big Brother in Washington holding our hands while we're fishing down in Tennessee or Kentucky or any other place," Alexander said to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy. "If you're not going to pay attention to the elected representatives of Tennessee and Kentucky and other states, I'm not going to pay attention to your judgment. You have nine major accounts, 918 project accounts, and in order to move that, you need the permission of the chairman and me to [transfer new funds to projects]. … You're going to find it very hard to get my approval for any reprogramming request – anywhere in the country – until I get the Corps' attention, and if that doesn't get your attention, I'm going to work with my colleagues to reduce the reprogramming requests to $1,000 so that any reprogramming you want to do, you'll have to come back to me and Senator Feinstein and the chairman and ranking member in the House."
Referring to the order in which the legislative and executive branch duties are laid out in the Constitution – Article I and Article II, respectively – Alexander said, "We're Article I, you're Article II – you ought to be paying attention to our judgment on this, especially when so many members of Congress from both sides of the aisle have made themselves clear on this. We don't need a government that's big enough to interfere with us when we have enough sense to … get out of the water the 20 percent of the time when it's spilling through the dam."
Alexander, the lead Republican or Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development that was holding the hearing, has introduced the "Freedom to Fish Act" to prohibit the Corps from restricting fishing beneath 10 dams on the Cumberland River. On March 23, the U.S. Senate unanimously supported his amendment to the Senate budget resolution allowing Congress to pass legislation prohibiting the Corps plans.
On April 30, the Corps announced that it would move forward with full-time, permanently restricted access to tailwaters areas below the dams, through buoys and signage. Today, Alexander said the Corps would "find it very hard" to get the approval it needs from him as Ranking Member of the subcommittee for "reprogramming" required to move money among the Corps' more than 900 project accounts.
Alexander pointed to the Corps' own statistics showing that water only spills through the dams 20 percent of the time, on average. Alexander said, "Closing off the tailwaters 100 percent of the time would be like putting the gate down over the railroad crossing 100 percent of the time – the tracks aren't dangerous when the train's not coming, and the water isn't dangerous when the water isn't spilling through the dam."
Former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Jerry Martin, an appointee of President Obama who until stepping down recently would have been responsible for defending the Corps in court, has said the Corps' restrictions are unreasonable "in light of the tremendous protection from liability enjoyed by the Corps." The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has also said it will not enforce the Corps' restrictions, and Alexander has repeatedly encouraged the Corps to work out a compromise with state agencies to address safety concerns.
This entry was posted in Congress, Lamar Alexander and tagged Alexander, army, ban, corps, Cumberland, dams, engineers, fishing, Lamar, River on May 8, 2013 by Tom Humphrey.
Alexander to Push 'Freedom to Fish' Legislation
NASHVILLE, April 30 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' announcement today that it would proceed with its proposed fishing restrictions below dams on the Cumberland River:
"This is a waste of taxpayer dollars and an unreasonable interference with the right to fish below the dams the public owns," Alexander said. "We will therefore move ahead in the U.S. Senate next week with legislation to ensure the freedom of Americans to fish in these waters at times that the state wildlife agencies believe is consistent with reasonable efforts to ensure public safety."
The senator's statement follows an announcement by the Corps today, Tuesday, April 30, that it would proceed with restricting access to tailwaters areas below the dams in Tennessee and Kentucky on a full-time, permanent basis through the use of buoys and signage. The Corps is not proceeding with physical barriers at this time, though that has been part of the plan.
Alexander previously introduced the "Freedom to Fish Act" to prohibit the Corps from restricting access to the tailwaters, noting that the waters are only dangerous 20 percent of the time. Cosponsors included Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), as well as U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) in the House.
On March 23, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution to the budget that would allow for Congress to pass legislation prohibiting the Corps' plan. Alexander has also held a range of meetings with Corps officials, encouraging the Corps to work with Tennessee and Kentucky wildlife agencies on a compromise to ensure safety.
This entry was posted in Lamar Alexander and tagged Alexander, army, congress, corps, Cumberland, dams, engineers, fishing, Lamar, River on April 30, 2013 by Tom Humphrey.
Alexander Bill Supports Dam Fishing
NASHVILLE, Feb. 21 – At a press conference today at Old Hickory Dam, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) told a gathering of anglers and other community members that he will introduce legislation next week to delay the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' "unreasonable plan to restrict fishing below Cumberland River dams that will destroy remarkably good recreational opportunities and many jobs."
"Water spills through the Cumberland River dams less than 20 percent of the time on average," the senator said. "To close off the tailwaters to fishing 100 percent of the time would be like keeping the gate down at the railroad crossing 100 percent of the time: The track isn't dangerous when the train isn't coming, and the tailwaters aren't dangerous when the water isn't spilling through the dam."
Alexander said his legislation would require the Corps to conduct an environmental impact review before it could restrict public access to the fishing waters below ten dams on the Cumberland River. The senator said this process would likely take more than a year and would include multiple comment periods, as well as give Congress time to determine if the funding required for the safety barriers on the Cumberland River is in the best interest of public safety and the American taxpayer.
This entry was posted in Lamar Alexander and tagged Alexander, corps, Cumberland, dam, engineers, fishing, Lamar, River on February 22, 2013 by Tom Humphrey.
Comptroller's Audit Completed on UCDD ("one of the sweetest projects")
News release from state comptroller's office:
The Upper Cumberland Development District's (UCDD) former executive director Wendy Askins called an independent living facility for seniors "one of the sweetest projects in the history of [her] career." However, only a small handful of seniors lived in the facility after it was completed. And their accommodations were significantly less luxurious than those Askins and her daughter enjoyed after they moved into the publicly-funded facility's main living quarters.
A report released today by the State Comptroller's Division of Investigations identified numerous UCDD transactions that did not appear to serve a public or governmental purpose. The report concluded that the volume and type of inappropriate transactions identified indicates that the UCDD board of directors failed to uphold its duty to follow sound business and accounting practices, to ensure that all disbursements were appropriate, and to act in the best interests of the district and its goals.
Development districts are created to promote economic growth and development and to serve those in need within each district's boundaries. The vast majority of funding for the Upper Cumberland Development District and its programs comes from taxpayer dollars from state and federal government.
The Living the Dream Project was designed and planned by Askins while she served as executive director of the UCDD. The Comptroller's investigators questioned numerous transactions Askins ordered which did not appear to be in the development district's best interests. The investigators pursued a trail of improper spending on a project that appeared to primarily benefit Askins and certain members of her family.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged askins, audit, comptroller, Cumberland, developmental, district, Upper, wendy on October 15, 2012 by Tom Humphrey.
Audit Finds $2 Million in Lavish Spending by HRA
Taxpayer money has been used to cover $2 million for travel expenses, meals and entertainment, mobile communications devices and subsidies for a training complex and resort property used by the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency, an investigation by the Comptroller's Division of Investigations has revealed.
Among other issues, investigators found that agency officials spent nearly $60,000 on an annual trip to Washington, D.C., more than $1.6 million to subsidize its training complex and resort property, $123,000 for gift certificates for training events, more than $100,000 annually on 160 mobile communication devices for employees, and thousands of dollars for extravagant meals and entertainment.
The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency serves 14 counties in the Cumberland Plateau region with a 63-member board comprised of various county and city mayors and derives the vast majority of its funding from state and federal governments.
This entry was posted in Comptroller, scandals and tagged Agency, audit, Cumberland, human, lavis, resource, spending, uchra, Upper on September 26, 2012 by Tom Humphrey.
Lawsuit Filed Over Alleged Email Hacking in Upper Cumberland
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed against the Upper Cumberland Development District by a former employee who says her personal messages were hacked.
Attorney Gary Blackburn told WTVF-TV (http://bit.ly/Mnw23x ) in Nashville the lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of Ashley Pealer. The filing alleges the agency violated Pealer's constitutional guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure as well as federal acts protecting personal information.
The lawsuit names interim UCCD director Randy Williams as well as current agency chairman Mike Gannon.
"This is the first of the lawsuits that we will file," Blackburn said.
Pealer and her mother Kathy were fired by Williams in June.
Attorney Dan Rader, who represents the development district, said he had not yet seen the lawsuit and could not comment on it.
The agency's former executive director, Wendy Askins, resigned in March after reports that agency funds were spent on a million-dollar house in Putnam County amid other expenditures. Askins said at the time she made some mistakes, but never personally profited from her job.
In her lawsuit, Pealer claims after she was terminated, she heard from people inside the agency who said some of her private messages were being passed around. Pealer said messages from her private Hotmail and Facebook accounts were printed out.
The lawsuit claims some 300 pages of private text messages were accessed by the defendants and printed out.
In his filing, Blackburn alleges his client's private communications were targeted because she refused to "remain silent about the illegal behavior of Wendy Askins."
The lawsuit claims Pealer's dismissal was handled differently from Askins' forced resignation in that Askins was allowed to keep her cell phone.
In another development, Putnam County Executive Kim Blaylock questioned Gannon's refusal last week to allow a vote on her motion calling for the rehiring of Ashley and Kathy Pealer.
Blaylock made the motion during a special meeting called to address the firings. Gannon ruled her motion out of order because the agenda only said that the agency board would "discuss" the matter.
This entry was posted in Courts, judges and tagged ashley, askins, Blackburn, Cumberland, development, district, Gary, lawsuit, pealer, Upper, wendy on July 19, 2012 by Tom Humphrey.
Upper Cumberland Development District Executive Resigns
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The executive director for the Upper Cumberland Development District has resigned after a series of news reports that agency funds had been spent on a million-dollar house in Putnam County amid other expenditures.
WTFV-TV in Nashville reported (http://bit.ly/GDcdNT ) that Wendy Askins resigned Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting with lawyers hired by the agency.
The board had previously suspended her and asked lawyers to recover $300,000 spent without board approval, and they requested a state investigation of their own auditor.
Askins said in a prepared statement that she had made some mistakes but denied ever personally profiting from her job. She said that the publicity of the reports has harmed her to the point where she could no longer be effective.
This entry was posted in government programs and tagged askins, Cumberland, development, district, resigns, Upper, wendy on March 20, 2012 by Tom Humphrey.
Legislators Skipped Meetings of Troubled Board; Some Colleagues Want an Invesigation
Two Tennessee state lawmakers partly responsible for helping oversee the scandal-gripped Upper Cumberland Development District can count on one hand the number of board meetings they've collectively attended in the last two years, reports Andrea Zelinski.
Attendance records for meetings of UCDD's Board of Directors and its Executive Committee dating back to 2010 show that Rep. Charles Curtiss attended one meeting in that time and Sen. Charlotte Burks made two appearances.
"We can't always break loose" from prior engagements to attend UCDD meetings, Curtiss, D-Sparta, said in his Capitol Hill office during a recent interview with TNReport.
…UCDD's executive director, Wendy Askins, and her deputy, Larry Webb, were recently placed on administrative leave after a WTVF NewsChannel 5 investigation revealed Askins had moved in to the agency's million-dollar "Living the Dream" assisted living facility for needy seniors.
NewsChannel 5′s UCDD series has also raised questions not just about the "Living the Dream" facility, but management of the agency in general. UCDD doled out thousands of dollars for campaign events, booze, personal gifts and other potentially suspicious reimbursements under Askins' leadership, WTVF reported.
After the WTVF "Living the Dream" story first broke last month, UCDD board members who previously voted for or vocally defended taxpayer-spending on the plush estate — or signed off on other curious agency spending — claimed they were duped into acquiescence by Askins and a UCDD auditor, whom board members now allege was incompetent.
Curtiss has missed every meeting since 2010 except this year's Jan. 19 meeting, where board members voted to revise the official minutes from a previous meeting which occurred on Feb. 16, 2010 regarding discussions they'd had about the "Living the Dream" project. Curtiss was one of 16 members who voted "yes" on the revisions, which involved retroactively approving $300,000 for "Living the Dream," even though he wasn't at the 2010 meeting in question.
A number of Tennessee lawmakers are now calling for a thoroughgoing probe of UCDD by state auditors. The situation is raising concerns among lawmakers that this board, and possibly others like it, risk being poor stewards of government money and deserve focused legislative investigation as well
This entry was posted in Legislature and tagged Burks, charles, charlotte, Cumberland, curtiss, development, district, Upper on March 15, 2012 by Tom Humphrey.
Cumberland County Commission Wants Its Own Hog Law
The Cumberland County Commission has approved a resolution urging the Legislature to enact a "private act" for the county allowing the hunting of wild hogs with dogs, reports the Crossville Chronicle.
The resolution passed unanimously and will be forwarded to state Representative Cameron Sexton requesting a private act be passed for Cumberland County.
County Commissioner Carmin Lynch, 9th District, asked what difference the private act would make.
"It's confusing and I wonder what difference a private act will make," Lynch said.
Joe Koester, 5th District commissioner, said he also wondered the same thing and spoke with TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency) about the matter and invited TWRA Region III Wildlife Program Manager Kirk Miles to come to the meeting to answer questions.
Miles explained the main difference between the current law and the private act, or resolution, would be that hunters or landowners would not need a permit to hunt the wild hogs with dogs.
The other significant difference is that, with the private act, there would be no limit as to how many designated hunters could be used to capture or eradicate the hogs from a landowner's property. The discretion would be up to the landowner, who could designate any means necessary to protect their land and property from destruction from free running feral hogs.
The current law sets a limit of 10 designated hunters to help.
This entry was posted in Legislature, local government, wildlife and tagged commission, county, Cumberland, dogs, hogs, hunting, legislature, resolution, TWRA on December 26, 2011 by Tom Humphrey.
Former News Sentinel Nashville bureau chief Tom Humphrey writes about Tennessee politics, state government and Legislature news.
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Review: Horns embraces its inner demons
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Perhaps Alexandre Aja's most ambitious film to date, Horns delivers moments of pure horror bliss only to be outdone by its over-the-top narrative, spending too much time meandering through one silly moment after the next. And although it's quite entertaining at times, Horns can't seem to figure out what kind of movie it wants to be. In the film, a young man wakes up to a pair of horns growing from his head after the death of his girlfriend. With the horns comes the newfound power of people confessing to him their deepest and darkest secrets.
Horns deals with a very powerful and horrifying subject as it roots itself in the story of a girl being brutally beaten to death in the woods. Her boyfriend, Ig, was the last one to see her alive, convincing the townspeople that he's the one who committed this terrible crime. And although Ig knows he's an innocent man, he walks the streets feeling the pressure of guilt and sadness as he's constantly being told to confess a crime he did not commit. A setup like that can find a comfortable home in any horror movie because it's all too real. With its devilish twist, Horns is a unique slice of cinema that will no doubt find an audience within the horror genre and well beyond it.
The interesting thing about Aja's adaptation of Joe Hill's novel—and I did not see this coming—was that it pours a pitch black layer of comedy over its dark subject matter. And while the comedy does work in parts, I found it hard to really get immersed in these characters because it bounces around too much between being funny and being serious. It's a weird mix of horror and comedy that works as often as it doesn't. It's like the film wanted to be a serious take on what a man is willing to do to find out the truth about the woman he loved as much as it wanted to have fun with its devil-driven powers. Had Aja stuck with one or the other, we'd have an entirely different movie on our hands. But because it shifts around so much in its tone, we have an uneven story without much of an identity. It's fun and entertaining when it wants to be, but beyond that there really isn't much to hold on to.
One of the most intriguing elements from Horns, though, was the notion of Alexandre Aja working with Daniel Radcliffe; that's not exactly a duo you would ever expect to see out of the genre. Sporting a pair of devilish horns and an American accent, Radcliffe's performance was solid through and through, especially during the film's final moments when he fully embraces the power of his horns. Ig is such a cool character that really comes to life thanks to Radcliffe, who continues to think out side of the box when it comes to choosing movie roles. Hopefully this isn't the last time we see him dip his toes in the horror genre.
Horns is a unique and ambitious adaptation with a story of love at its core that comes to life through a man with the power of the devil. That concept is what really drives this film and I think Aja did a solid job of taking Hill's crazy story and lifting it out of the pages and onto the screen. Certainly no easy task, that's for sure. And while the film's final moments get tripped up by questionable cgi, it's a hell of a little film that I think is going to hit the mark with a lot of people.
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carlybacon says:
I absolutely can't wait to see this.
I really hope you review this one, you're going to have a blast with it.
garylee828 says:
You have been promoting this film since January of 2013 when I first made my blog. I was highly anticipating its release – particularly since I'm such a big Aja fan. But then I saw the trailer and was underwhelmed; I thought that it didn't know what it wanted to be. And now your review seems to confirm my concerns. Thanks for getting my hopes up only to let me down, Ryan!! lol. 🙂 I may give it a go someday, but I'm now in no rush. BTW, I'm rebooting my blog. Will publish it in a couple months or so when I feel it's ready. Hope you will like it. 🙂
Exactly man. It's nothing you need to rush out and see, but it's definitely worth a look. Radcliffe was a lot of fun and there are some pretty cool moments. Could have been a lot better, though. Looking forward to your new blog, man!
Zoë says:
Great review Ryan! Pity to see this wasn't as amazing as we were hoping, but I am glad to hear that Radcliffe delivered. I really like him when you take him out of Potter, he is a solid actor. Well, still hoping we get this soon, I have been looking forward to it for quite some time.
Been reading more of Hill's work lately, he is very good!
Yeah, it's too bad it didn't live up to all the hype. Radcliffe is definitely the highlight here, though, so it's worth checking out for that alone. I read a ton of Stephen King but I haven't branched out over to Joe Hill yet. I've heard he's great, though!
Well, hopefully soon.
I've been reading King for years, and Cara was insistent I try out Hill's work, and I was thinking sheesh, what if he's riding to fame on Daddy's coattails? Well, I can assure you, nothing like that. The one I read now (Heart-Shaped Box) had bits that were reminiscent of King's work, but Horns moves away into something that is entirely his.
I could highly recommend his work, he is extremely good!
Tim The Film Guy says:
So you'd still recommend it? Because am still super excited to see it 😀
Well, I did give it a 3/5 so that's totally watchable in my opinion.
Brittani says:
I'm looking forward to this one! I was hoping to read the book first, but someone is hoarding it at the library.
Damn, well I hope you get to read it soon. I haven't read the book but based on the film I can imagine that it's pretty damn good. A lot of what the movie tried I can see working very well in Hill's novel.
fearbit says:
Great review Ryan..is there a chance to review the Alien Isolation and the Evil Within games? They both worth to check them out and I totally want to read your thoughts.. Keep it up man..! 😉
Thanks, man! No I won't be reviewing those games. However, I'm really excited about The Evil Within. That looks right up my alley. Thanks for reading!


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We expect to be adding new material to the site for quite a long time after its initial launch early in 2019. So every few months we'll add an update here, indicating the main changes that have taken place since the previous update.
Update 08 September 2019 Script for Calamity added.
Update 15 July 2019 Scripts for Mourning Pictures, Shakespeare's Sister, The Colony and scenes 1 to 7 of Vinegar Tom have been added, joining Enslaved by Dreams. We hope to add more in the coming months. The scripts are located both in the ARCHIVE: Scripts section, and in the Words sections of the PRODUCTION pages for individual shows.
We'd like this website to reach as many people as possible, so if there's anyone you think would find it interesting – friends, relatives, students, teachers, colleagues – please let them know about it, through Facebook or Twitter or email or conversation or…
More at the V&A
A lot of the material on this website comes from the Monstrous Regiment company archive, which is held in the V&A's Theatre and Performance Archives in London. But there's a great deal more in the archive than is here on this website. The recently completed catalogue is now available online at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/archives/unit/ARC24744; also at: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/450.
You can find out about accessing material in the V&A's Theatre and Performance Archives at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/theatre-performance-archives. And note that these V&A Archives also hold material from other theatre companies of the same time, such as the Women's Theatre Group, as well as the archives of the Arts Council.
Unfinished Histories
If you'd like to find out more about feminist theatre in the 1970s and 80s and the alternative theatre movement of which it was a part, do visit www.unfinishedhistories.com, which also has information about interviews with Gillian Hanna and Mary McCusker, founding members of Monstrous Regiment, and with writers, directors and designers who worked with the company such as Bryony Lavery, Andrea Montag, Chris Montag, Lily Susan Todd, Michelene Wandor and Hilary Westlake.
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Rockwatchers may be interested to go to a talk on Plumming the Depths of the Kimmeridge Clay.
It's part of the Keith Palmer Lecture Series & PESGB Stoneley Lecture Series. The talk will be given by Dr Steve Etches MBE & Professor Alice Roberts.
Find out more on the Lapworth Museum website or download the event flyer.
Venue: Wodensborough Ormiston Academy, Hydes Road, Wednesbury.


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Living on the Internet
The world is going virtual, and we're all moving to the internet.
Andreessen Horowitz recently ran a survey across their 250+ companies asking how they're going to operate post-covid, and here's what they learned: 90% of organizations will continue to hire remote employees and be remote in some form. And these are companies that were started pre-COVID. The vast majority of companies that are created after COVID will be remote only.
This is a shocking change from a few years ago, where remote-first was frowned upon. There was no way you could build a big remote-first company, they said. The shift in sentiment demonstrates how well our tools work right now (Zoom, Slack, Email, etc), and how well companies were able to operate during COVID. Of course, no one liked being locked in their house, forcefully glued to a screen for hours on end, but the truth of the matter is that remote work turned out much better than anybody thought it would. I can't think of a single company of any size in which their knowledge work was materially influenced by remote work. No bank went down, no Stock Exchange went down. And no major internet company went under either.
Put simply, remote work worked, and this was during the most trying conditions possible, where people were on literal lock down and couldn't leave their houses.
Remote work might change something that was fundamentally true throughout all of economic history — the idea that where you work and where you live must be connected. With remote work, maybe they don't, because as COVID proved, you can work anywhere and produce high quality work. And even further up the stack, maybe you can get a high quality education from anywhere too — perhaps even completely online. And so it's possible we've decoupled geography from economic opportunity for basically the first time in a few thousand years.
Professionally speaking, where you live physically may no longer be more important than where you live digitally. The people who you engage with on Twitter, or on group chats, or in online communities might influence your career more than your longitude & latitude. Which means you can finally live & work anywhere — an absolute game-changer. We didn't even have to build The Silicon Valley of Idaho or India: we built it in the cloud.
We might instinctively think that decoupling geography might lead to less encounters, but since COVID it seems people have been able to keep up with 3x the people in ⅓ the time. All that time saved on commuting adds up.
It almost feels like business relationships have fully evolved from predominantly IRL coffee meetings & conferences to text-based group chats, Clubhouse conversations, and digital networks/fellowships.
We used to say it was never *less* important to live in SF, but never *more* important to be connected to SF. But this misses the glaring fact that even more people are now (professionally) living mainly on the internet.
It's less that the importance of SF has decreased and other regions have risen to fill the gap — it's more that location matters less & less altogether.
Indeed: Living on the internet is the great equalizer — you no longer have to move to SF or go to Harvard to get your education, grow your network, or build your reputation. You can now do that from the comfort of your own home.
So we're seeing this incredible inversion of how we used to understand work. In a way, COVID has provided us what we've always wanted, a global talent pool and a flatter, more meritocratic global society. Balaji often talks about this political science concept of "voice vs. exit" — you can either use your voice in an attempt to reform some institution from the inside, or you can exit that institution entirely to create your own version that's 10x better. COVID provided us an exit from the old ways of working, and the further away we get from the worst parts of the pandemic, seeing no reversion to the mean, it's now clear we aren't going back.
But living on the internet not only equalizes us through the lens of a global talent pool, it also democratizes social status: today, if you live on the internet, no one cares how big your house is, how nice your car is, or how cool your clothes are. The currency of the internet is moreso based on intelligence, wit, interestingness, and competence .
But what about the benefits of in-person? How will we replicate those serendipitous water cooler conversations? Clearly Zoom-based relationships can't be as strong as IRL ones. And what about people's non-work life? Where's this all going, by the way? Won't living on the internet lead to some Ready Player One dystopia?
True story, I included the above paragraph mainly to feature this Cartman photo.
To be sure, there are tradeoffs. Startups will try, but we won't be able to fully recreate the intimacy of IRL. However, let's not pretend everyone has fulfilling communities today.
Someone once remarked: if IRL were a movie, the visuals would be amazing, but the plot and characters would suck.
Living IRL is wonderful if you happen to live in a nice place with lots of nice friends, weather, and fun things to do — I'll give it that. But most people don't live in places like that. The idea that everyone does Marc Andreessen playfully calls "Reality Privilege."
Living on the internet allows someone without a great research university nearby to go into a virtual classroom and experience nearly the equivalent of a Stanford classroom, taking a class from one of the world's great professors, just as if you were there in person.
The internet partly unbundled professional networks from geography, but of course it can't unbundle intimate community. (Not yet, anyway. :)) Of course, people will always prefer in-person to build actual friendships and relationships, but living where you work in order to build professional relationships is not as necessary as it once was, and that's a foundational development with all sorts of interesting second order effects worth paying attention to.
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I'm happy to see Eric Cartman in this post!
Dan Collison
There are better and worse neighborhoods on the Internet as well as IRL.
There are neighborhoods where people are systematically victimized and the people don't know it. Where people live among criminals and garbage and eat sh*t and not only don't know any different but enjoy belonging to a group, think that garbage is stimulating and get a nice dopamine, seratonin or oxytocin rush from the sh*t they eat.


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the different proposed times, I didn't know what was decided upon.
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Thanks Della! Let's have coffee/lunch soon!


If you wish to stay warm indoors, the resort of les Arcs provides 5 movie theatres and 1 other movie theatre in Bourg Saint Maurice. You will enjoy a large choice of movies.
To travel between the different resorts of les Arcs (1600, 1800, 1950 and 2000), free shuttles run from 7:30 am and 7:30 pm.
A few metres only from the residence Chalet des Neiges Cime des Arcs****, the bowling guarantees lively afternoons and evenings.
For some great powder skiing, Arc 2000 offers many activities such as: snowshoe hiking, cross country skiing, snow scooters, quads, dogsleding, ski-joering, ski shows, torchlight ski descent.
But also paragliding, street shows, fanfares, concerts, fireworks, conferences, circus, sporting events, tournaments and demonstrations during the winter season.
Different shows and activities are also offered on the snow front, for young audiences, during February and Easter holidays.
The children will be amazed by the ice cave of the resort, which is carved in more than 10.000 m³ of artificial snow. It offers an exceptional and unique show.


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[Game Chef 2011] Is a LARP fair game?
So ive been working on my game, and it turns out I've borrowed some ideas from the LAPRs that my wife writes. As such, my game might work TOTALY sweet as a LARP. is that fair game for Game Chef?
Re: [Game Chef 2011] Is a LARP fair game?
If you can get it into roughly 3000 words, why not?
Maybe it's against the rules. Maybe people would be biased. This larp would need 5 to 10 people. The magic might not be understood by non largest without playing.
I suppose you can ask Jonathan for an official ruling, but really, yeah, LARPs are okay. I mean, a couple years ago boardgames were okay, so.
The rules just say "design a roleplaying game." S'far as I know, a LARP is a roleplaying game.
A LARP is a game, so why not allow it? I'm all for inclusion.
What everyone else said. I'm itching to see this.
Larps are totally fair game! Game Chef has traditionally been a forum for pushing the boundaries of what an RPG is or can be. That means that YOU get to decide what a roleplaying game is, for the purposes of the contest. Design a larp, design a single-player game, design an online chat game, design a mixed-method game that doesn't fit traditional categories at all, design whatever you want.
Here's another question in this line.
Last night I rewrote my game as a Larp and now I have two totally separate documents each of ~3000 words. One is the Table Top Rules one is the LARP rules. i Realy don't think I can get both sets of rules into 3000 words.
So... What would be the right way to submit this?
1. Submit the two versions seperatly?
2. pick one version to submit?
3. pick one version as primary and stick the other in the "supplemental" section?
In 2004, Eero submitted 3 games, but I'm more inclined towards 1 game per chef or group of collaborating chefs. Including an alternate ruleset as "supplemental material" seems kosher to me, though, since it's optional material not necessary for playing the game.
Your the rule maker right? So you are saying that more than one entry is allowed but not encouraged?
Yeah, I wasn't in charge in 2004 and there were far fewer games submitted than what we'll probably have this year. So, yes, please only one submission per person or team of people.


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County, Bridge District Debut Drive-Thru Vaccination Site at Larkspur Ferry Terminal – Appts. Now Live
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Vaccination site is specifically for older adults and other Marin residents who cannot navigate other walk-through sites due to mobility issues.
The Larkspur Ferry Terminal is the site of a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic. (Photo by Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District).
The County of Marin has teamed up with Curative and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, which operates the Larkspur Landing ferry terminal, to open a new drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site specifically for older adults and other Marin residents who cannot navigate other walk-through sites due to mobility issues.
The site is limited to 200 vaccinations per day during its first week of operations, largely due to the impact of the recent severe winter storms. Daily appointments will increase as supplies are delivered and operations develop. Eventually, the site will expand to offer up to 1,500 doses per day.
"Providing a vaccination location that is accessible by personal vehicle, paratransit and public transit options is an important factor in removing barriers to the vaccine ensuring health equity for our most vulnerable residents," Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis said of the facility at 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, just east of Highway 101.
Appointments are required and are limited to Marin residents age 65 and older who can show proof of age and residency. Appointments are now live and will be accessible from Marin County Public Health's vaccination options webpage.
To help spur use of the drive-thru facility, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is offering Marin residents free train rides to the Larkspur station for vaccine appointment holders at the ferry terminal POD. If approached by a train conductor, appointment holders can simply mention that are going to the vaccination site when asked for payment. Marin Transit will offer a shuttle to and from the train station to the nearby vaccine site for those with mobility issues, however, those who prefer to walk from the station are permitted to access the site on foot. The new vaccine site can also accommodate paratransit vehicles.
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