i rememember being taken as a child into here at glasgow cross, the london road side if memory serves, the place was amazing, does anyone know what happened to the exhibits in there? i think the room that it used still exist above the furntiure shop that is in the building now. On the railway bridge there used to be a huge sign pointing to it.
I don't remember it myself, but it might help to jog someones memory.
I think it closed around 1984, there was stuff you could put coins into and they would move about, like laughing clowns, marching soldiers and music making machines and other weird stuff, no memory of go-go dancers unfortunatly.
I don't reall the go go dancers but I remember the laughing policeman in the window .
yeh i remember it, It had loads of stuff, clockwork in cases, trains moving. When the shop closed it moved to a smaller shop just round the corner. I wonder what happened to all that stuff? Someone must have it I hope.
The only memory I have of the place was the little race track which constantly had cars going round it with no visible means of propulsion. It totally amazed me, stood there for ages trying to work out what made the cars move. I think it was part of the cash desk, I remember getting in everyones way as they were trying to pay for their goods. It was right beside the door to the stairs. I think that was the second floor.
Remember the Corporation advertising buses started in the 70s? The first two were Barclaycard and Yellow Pages.
There was also a Krazy House bus - I seem to remember it being purplish. Having read through most of the forum by now, I feel confident in confessing that I was a childhood bus-spotter. Catharsis in later life! Hurrah!!
Are you sure this was at Glasgow Cross? Remember Krazy Kuts was at Glasgow Cross where London Rd and Gallowgate split.
Schiehallion wrote: Are you sure this was at Glasgow Cross? Remember Krazy Kuts was at Glasgow Cross where London Rd and Gallowgate split.
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This is from a pic of St Enoch subway station just before it closed for modernisation in 1977. I've also got one from 1981 which was taken in Gordon St and seems to have Krazy House ads in the background.
Full details of the book the pic comes from (highly recommended!) are in the original thread over in the Projects forum.
The other pic I was talking about - this is from a 1981 book simply called Glasgow. It's a collection of pictures by Douglas Corrance, with text by Edward Boyd, long out of print but can still be found in charity shops and the like from time to time.
This would appear to show that Krazy House took out ads in the window of the BR booking office in Central Station!
I remember the crazy house and i can verify that the go go dancers were indeed there.
I loved the place as a kid and have many happy memories of it.


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INTERVIEW: Jerome Alquié fulfills a dream with SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK
Anybody who has learn Yoshihiro Tatsumi's A Drifting Life understands the inspiration and affect a grasp mangaka can have on an aspiring artist, as Osamu Tezuka's mentoring of the younger Hiroshi Katsumi does within the guide. When manga and anime specialist Jerome Alquié was approached to work with premier sci-fi author Leiji Matsumoto on a continuation of Area Pirate Captain Harlock, it was a no brainer. Leiji himself interned and was influenced by none aside from the good Tezuka, and would find yourself performing as a mentor on the sequence for Alquié in flip.
Set in the identical timeline as the unique sequence, Area Pirate Captain Harlock is about on an Earth that has suffered from a lingering chilly spell. A staff of scientists is dispatched to a distant island to analysis the reason for the spell, however they come across the mausoleum of the Sylviadres, an alien power implanted on Earth and who're able to nice destruction. Banished pirates led by Captain Harlock resolve to sort out the threats themselves after Earth's defenses crumble within the face of competing inner forces.
The primary concern of the sequence hits comedian retailers on June 9, 2021, and Ablaze Publishing will proceed to launch month-to-month points till the top of the 12 months. Alquié will do double responsibility on every concern by drawing the interiors together with one of many 5 variant covers anticipated for every concern of Area Pirate Captain Harlock.
Alquié's illustrations are attractive and sweeping in scope. He took a while out from engaged on and selling Area Pirate Captain Harlock to speak to The Beat about his fashionable tackle a basic and the awe-inspiring problem of working with a legendary grasp.
Nancy Powell: How did you turn out to be concerned in Area Pirate Captain Harlock?
Jerome Alquié: I'm a baby of the '80s era in France, a time once we noticed the arrival of the primary Japanese cartoons of which Captain Harlock was a big half. Despite the fact that I wasn't keen about this anime at the moment, I rediscovered it a bit later within the '90s with a barely extra grownup eye. I fell fully beneath the spell of the sequence which was supposed for a kid viewers however weaved some notably grownup themes reminiscent of immortality, robotics, and particularly ecology, themes which can be very current at this time.
For the reason that Nineties, my ardour for Captain Harlock and its creator Leiji Matsumoto has continued to develop. My profession as an illustrator for a lot of iconic '80s releases for DVD publishers, collectibles, and different merchandise, in addition to my want to make comics, in the end led to this extraordinary challenge.
Powell: How a lot do you know about Leiji Matsumoto and the unique manga earlier than the challenge? Had been you already a fan of the manga?
Alquié: Like many individuals of my era, I knew the cartoon first. The manga model arrived in France a lot later. However within the Nineties, impressed by rediscovery and a rising ardour for the work of the legendary Leiji Matsumoto, I looked for every part I may discover. Captain Harlock manga have been among the many first in Japanese that I acquired. They allowed me to find his type and sense of poetry and romanticism. In different phrases, YES, I used to be already an unconditional fan of the manga sequence and the entire universe of its creator (known as the Leijiverse) earlier than beginning this challenge. This ardour was even my best inspiration, and in addition my best supply of stress, as I needed to honor the creator and his unique work.
Powell: Are you able to discuss the way you and Leiji Matsumoto labored collectively?
Alquié: I admit that I used to be a bit pressured after I submitted my work; however sensei Matsumoto was extremely supportive. His variety feedback and help all through the challenge at all times motivated me to do my finest. Messages got here a number of occasions a month whether or not on the story, the dialogues, the storyboard and even the ultimate boards. And I can inform you that when you're a fan of the work of a grasp and also you obtain these sorts of messages, it is extremely heartwarming and actually motivates me.
Powell: There's plenty of cinematic motion occurring within the pages of the comedian. Was that deliberate and influenced by the anime?
Alquié: I feel that having grown up with anime (far more than comics), I think about my story extra like a cartoon! It's evident in my framing and format… Generally I'll even pose or mimic the gestures of the characters earlier than returning to my workplace to finish my storyboards as if to verify {that a} scene would additionally work if it have been to be animated.
That is solely the second time that I remodeled my animated storyboards into a comic book storyboard with a typical format of bins. I at all times attempt to be as harmonious as doable by way of sizing, shade, and environment. I additionally at all times work on double pages and by no means on single layouts which additionally accounts for this.
Powell: Which artists influenced you most if you selected the design of Area Pirate Captain Harlock?
Alquié: I at all times appreciated Captain Harlock in its unique model by Leiji Matsumoto, in addition to the animated variations made by Kazuo Komatsubara, Shingo Araki or extra just lately Nobuteru Yuki.
Shinji Aramaki's 2013 movie can also be very stunning and encompasses a darker Captain Harlock and a little bit of Steampunk influences, but it surely's not fairly the one which matched most carefully to the photographs I recall so fondly from my childhood.
I attempted to make it a bit extra fashionable and so as to add a private contact whereas nonetheless being trustworthy to all these nice character designers who influenced me a lot and for whom these works are an ideal tribute.
Powell: Who's your favourite character to attract within the sequence?
Alquié: This can be a query that deserves as many solutions as there are characters! However I feel if I needed to choose my favourite male character, it might nonetheless be the Captain! As for the feminine character, I'll go along with Miimé, the muse who performs the harp and who's at all times with Captain Harlock. I feel this enigmatic character is stuffed with poetry. I requested Leiji Matsumoto how he noticed the connection between these two characters, and he mentioned, "It's a powerful and trustworthy friendship that can at all times cross time and area." As I mentioned, very poetic.
Powell: Will every concern of the comedian embrace the 5 variant covers, and can you be doing the covers for every?
Alquié: Every concern could have a number of different covers and I'll at all times do not less than certainly one of them. Ablaze requested me if it was doable to make these covers as a tribute to some well-known film posters, so I selected The Darkish Knight for Subject 2 and the primary Star Trek film by JJ Abrams for Subject 3. I've not but determined for concern 4 and concern 5.
Subject 2 cowl by Jerome Alquie, courtesy of Ablaze.
Powell: What have you ever discovered from working with Leiji sensei?
Alquié: In all sensei Leiji's works, there's at all times the story of a younger man or lady who goes from the state of childhood and adolescence to the world of adults, following within the footsteps of his heroes like Captain Harlock or Maetel within the Galaxy Specific 999. I like the theme of this transition from childhood to maturity and the way his works present that each one goals are achievable if you imagine in them strongly.
Ever since I used to be a child, I've been dreaming of drawing. For the reason that Nineties I've admired and had a deep respect for Leiji Matsumoto. So to collaborate with him fulfilled an extended held dream! Because of him I used to be capable of notice it and I will probably be eternally grateful for the good honour he has given me to have the ability to add a brand new journey to the saga of Captain Harlock.
And you may ensure that it was "the work of my life." I used all my expertise and keenness to make one thing its unique creator, his followers, and future followers who uncover it, might be pleased with.
I want you all learn!
Printed by Ablaze Publishing, Area Pirate Captain Harlock #1 arrives in shops on Wednesday, June ninth. Take a look at an prolonged excerpt from the difficulty beneath.
Subject 1 besides courtesy of Ablaze Publishing (c).
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NGC 4595 is een balkspiraalstelsel in het sterrenbeeld Hoofdhaar. Het hemelobject werd op 14 januari 1787 ontdekt door de Duits-Britse astronoom William Herschel.

Synoniemen
 UGC 7826
 MCG 3-32-81
 ZWG 99.106
 VCC 1811
 IRAS 12373+1534
 PGC 42396

Zie ook
 Lijst van NGC-objecten

Externe links
  NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  SIMBAD Astronomical Database
  SEDS

NGC-object in Hoofdhaar
Sterrenstelsel in Hoofdhaar
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Q: Sandwich Rule for Sequences Proof Sandwich rule for sequences:
Let (an)n∈N, (bn)n∈N and (cn)n∈N be sequences with the following properties.
(a) Both (an)n∈N and (cn)n∈N converge to the same real number r.
(b) an ≤ bn ≤ cn for all n ∈ N.
Then also (bn)n∈N converges to r.
Proof. :
We show that (bn − an)n∈N is a null sequence.
Then by the sum rule,
limn→∞ bn exists and is equal to:
limn→∞
(an + bn − an) = limn→∞
an + limn→∞
(bn − an) = r + 0 = r,
as desired.
By (b) we have 0 ≤ bn − an ≤ cn − an and by the sandwich rule for null sequences
1.5.3(iii) it suffices to show that (cn − an)n∈N is a null sequence.
However, by the
scalar multiplication rule, (−an)n∈N converges with limn→∞(−an) = −r and so by
the sum rule again
limn→∞
(cn − an) = limn→∞
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(−an) = r − r = 0,
as desired.
I understand the majority of the proof but don't understand how to show that (bn − an)n∈N is a null sequence from the information given

A: $\limsup b_n \le \lim c_n = r, \quad \liminf b_n \ge \lim a_n = r$, hence $\limsup b_n = \liminf b_n = r$, hence $\lim b_n = r$.

A: You want to prove that $b_n-a_n$ is a null sequence.
The key idea is to show instead that $c_n-a_n$ is a null sequence, and then since $0\leq b_n-a_n\leq c_n-a_n$, it follows from the sandwich rule for null sequences (1.5.3(iii) in your notes/book) that $b_n-a_n$ is also a null sequence.
To prove that $c_n-a_n$ is a null sequence, you calculate the limit $\lim_{n\to\infty} c_n-a_n$ as follows:
$$\lim_{n\to\infty} c_n - a_n = \lim_{n\to\infty}c_n + (-a_n) = \lim_{n\to\infty} c_n + \lim_{n\to\infty} (-a_n) = \lim_{n\to\infty} c_n - \lim_{n\to\infty} a_n = r-r = 0.$$
The conclusion is thus that $c_n-a_n$ is a null sequence, and that this implies by the above that $b_n-a_n$ is a null sequence as well.
To finish the proof, since $b_n-a_n$ is a null sequence, you have that $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty} b_n-a_n = 0$. Since the limit of $a_n$ exists, the limit of $b_n$ must also exist, and
$$\lim_{n\to\infty} b_n = \lim_{n\to\infty} (b_n-a_n) + \lim_{n\to\infty} a_n = 0+r = r.$$
Thus $b_n$ converges to $r$.

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Essentials of crisis communications in a lightning-fast new media world.
The cover of a recent New York Times Business section carried this: What not to do in case of emergency, drawn from the recent examples of BP, Toyota and Goldman Sachs. I would also add HP to that list, though obviously to a lesser degree.
It's well worth reading, but here are some lessons drawn from Peter S. Goodman's article. Please note: What follows is general advice, not directed at or in response to any particular company or specific situation.
1. When faced with a potential crisis, don't delay in responding. At the same time, don't give off-the-cuff responses. If you need to research the situation, say so, then provide regular updates because of course you'll need to evaluate the issues involved.
2. Don't blame other people or factors. You can't spin your way out of a catastrophe. ""There's not a lot of news when the company takes responsibility and moves on,"" according to James Donnelly at Ketchum.
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Calligo is a "Tech Growth Business of the Year" finalist
By Calligo | 19 Feb 2020
Calligo is a "Tech Growth Business of the Year" finalist at the National Technology Awards
Yesterday, the shortlist for the National Technology Awards was announced, and included Calligo in the "Tech Growth Business of the Year" category.
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"The National Technology Awards are probably one of the broadest in scope of all technology awards. Spanning from B2B to B2C, and across all industries, the sheer range of organization that the judges will have considered for this category is so much greater than for any other award scheme, which makes being a Tech Growth Business of the Year finalist all the more special. This nomination is testament to the great work the team has put in over the last few years to ensure that our growth plans have been met and that we do not lose sight of our customers' needs in the process."
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In the late 1980s a Southern US university conducted a fascinating psychology study where they organised undergrad students in a number of identical rooms over a six-week period. In each of the rooms 8 students were sat along a row of desks in a 'U' shape formation, the groups were mixed races and genders for measurement purposes they were connected to heart rate and brain activity monitoring equipment. They were politely told the test would begin shortly but this was a Psychology study, so of course, the test was already underway.
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2012 WJC: USA vs. Canada Reviewed; Time to Panic? Hardly
Posted on January 1, 2012 by Chris Peters
First off, Happy New Year, everybody! Thanks for making 2011 such a fun year on United States of Hockey. Hopefully it'll be even better in 2012. Now let's get to some analysis.
Photo: Dave Arnold
Maybe it's a good thing 2011 is over for the U.S. National Junior Team, but it couldn't have ended on a more sour note.
It was too little, too late for Team USA as it fell 3-2 to Canada, despite a third-period comeback bid. Turns out, that third period may have been Team USA's best period of the tournament, but it came well after there was anything to play for.
In that third period, Team USA gave its fans a glimpse of what could have been. A furious forecheck, bodies in front of the net, creating chances in tight and a pair of goals showed what the team was capable of. It took 12 periods to get there.
The U.S. will now meet Latvia on Jan. 3 and Switzerland on Jan. 4 in the relegation round. Team USA can finish no higher than seventh place. To provide some context, the U.S. has finished lower than sixth place only four times since 1977 and not since 1999. There were far less talented teams that fared far better than this edition of the U.S. National Junior Team.
Coming up after the jump, a brief look at USA-Canada. Also, a look into why it is not yet time to panic for USA Hockey.
Jack Campbell (Photo: Dave Arnold)
The U.S. fell behind early and never really recovered from its slow start. Jack Campbell, who ditched his Captain America mask in favor of his 2010 WJC lid, had his best game of the tournament. He was peppered early and I wouldn't put any of Canada's goals on the goaltender.
Once again it was either a turnover, a crucial mistake on D or a bad penalty that helped contribute to the goals. The first period was Team USA's tournament defined. Sloppy, disimpassioned and devoid of offensive production. As the game wore on, the team got better, as did the effort.
Neither team scored in the second period, leaving Team USA with 20 minutes to show something. It took a little while to get going, but around the half-way point of the period, Team USA turned it up a notch. They finally found that gear that had been missing against Finland and the Czech Republic.
Charlie Coyle scored on a beauty of a snapper, and that gave the U.S. life. Then Jason Zucker scored one from below the goal line and it looked as though the comeback was on.
In the end, the U.S. couldn't find the equalizer despite several good opportunities.
When the final buzzer sounded, the U.S. was left with its third consecutive loss and plenty of questions, but so few answers.
Quickly… some bright spots from the Canada game:
Jacob Trouba, a deserving Player of the Game (Photo: Dave Arnold)
Jacob Trouba was named the U.S. Player of the Game, and from the first puck drop, the 17-year-old was overall outstanding. He was playing like a man out there. On one 15-second (or so) span in the first period, Trouba took a player off his feet on three separate occasions. There were many instances where Trouba put a Canadian player on his backside. His draft stock has to be on the rise after his performance. At times he showed his youth, but more times than not, he raised his game to a new level.
Campbell definitely had his best night of the tournament. He made 32 saves and didn't give up any softies. He gave his team confidence and bailed them out at times as well.
I still don't think there's any point in hanging the previous losses on the goalies, even if they didn't have their best games. They weren't the only ones on the ice in those games. Plenty of blame to go around.
Jarred Tinordi took a costly penalty, but outside of that, provided solid defense. He was Team USA's most reliable defenseman throughout the tournament and looked every bit as good as the first-round draft pick Montreal used on him in 2010.
Bill Arnold was quietly one of Team USA's better forwards throughout the tournament. He is in a three-way tie for the U.S. point lead with five points (2-3). I never saw much of a letdown in his compete level.
Charlie Coyle leads Team USA with four goals (Photo: Dave Arnold)
Charlie Coyle, battling a flu bug, gave a gutsy performance against Canada. His goal was a beauty, and he certainly showed why he's such a prized prospect. Knowing that he wasn't at 100 percent for the Czech game explains a lot why Team USA's offense was sputtering. It hasn't been great all tourney, but it's better when Coyle is at the top of his game. Ah, just another "What if?"
There may have been a few more bright spots, but overall, the U.S. comes out of the preliminary round 1-0-0-3. Just looking at those numbers in succession makes you think about what happened. The other thing you might notice? It's four games.
There has been a lot of overreaction to what this means for USA Hockey, the NTDP, the development model overall. In the end, it is a bad week. The players didn't perform in a tournament where the margin for error is so small that after three games your tournament can be over.
If USA Hockey were to base their entire developmental ideology on four games, the results would be laughably disastrous. That's not to say this four-game period doesn't require strong examination. It absolutely does, but to say this is a failure of the selection process or the development system is taking it too far.
It's easy to say player X (most often Shane Prince comes up) would have helped the team, but how do you know? You just don't. And we'll never find out. You need 22 guys to win, and one player here or there was not going to save this team.
You have to think back to the 2005 team that disappointed in Grand Forks, or the 2009 team in Ottawa. There are always questions after the tournament, but if USA Hockey blew up the system after either of those years, perhaps there would have been no gold in 2010. What they did was make small tweaks.
After 2009, instead of picking the team without a pre-tournament camp as had been the norm, Tim Taylor and Jim Johannson figured that a camp leading into the tournament would give more credibility to the scouting system and give a much better idea of what the players could do at the World Junior level (a level far different from college and/or Major Junior). That tweak resulted in back-to-back medals in 2010 and 2011. However, with the same setup, it results in a seventh-place-or-lower finish. You just never know how it will play out.
This year, the team lost two defenseman they were counting on in a matter of days when Justin Faulk wasn't released and Seth Jones got injured. Rocco Grimaldi suffered a serious injury weeks before the tournament, leaving him unavailable. Nick Bjugstad wasn't at 100 percent. Charlie Coyle got sick. Connor Brickley got hurt and missed a game. Derek Forbort went down early in a key game.
These things happen. They're not excuses, but they are contributors to what ends up being the most disappointing finish for the U.S. in a long, long time. Maybe ever.
Then you take into account the failures on the ice. The poor decisions that led to goals, the bad bounces, the bad penalties, the lack of effort in certain situations. It all adds up to what we saw.
The overreaction to what to make of this loss needs to be tempered. It's an embarrassing setback. It is not the end of the world.
The U.S. has medals in two of the last three years at the World Junior Championship. Prior to 1996, it had medaled twice in 20 years. Three straight gold medals at the Under-18 level and eight consecutive medals overall. Top-three finishes at the U17 Challenge in each of the last five years. Three first-place finishes in the last four years at the World Junior A Challenge. That's a high success rate at the international level.
That doesn't even mention the dozens of American prospects making NHL debuts in the last five years. The players are developing through all avenues and making it to the game's top level at a rate far higher than ever before.
Is it time to panic? No. Not in the least.
USA Hockey will have to go back to the drawing board, determine what went wrong this year and what to do better next. It won't result in sweeping changes, but there will be tweaks. This is the type of result that demands action of some kind, and there will be action, guaranteed. It just won't involve dynamite.
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17 Responses to 2012 WJC: USA vs. Canada Reviewed; Time to Panic? Hardly
JBS says:
When you don't achieve your ultimate goal then there will always be speculation. The fact is we have a lot of very talented hockey players in the US & we should be well set for many years. Chemistry & a foundation for team work will forge the process. Hooah!!
Side note: Zucker & Coyle are great young Americans & will play at the next level. Their ability, leadership & battle level are paramount.
J O'B says:
Well I guess on the bright side, is that USA Hockey has advanced to the point that this kind of finish is unacceptable. There are many of us who are paying attention, and will no longer just shrug off poor results (thanks in large part to more accessibility of getting to watch the games). I wish USA Hockey would be honest about this tourney in their monthly mag, and not sugar-coat it in some candy mannered article.
Canada's constant booing of our boys is a big surprises to many new to this tourney, and a source of extreme irratance to those of us that grew up idolizing Canadian heroes of the past. It is a sure sign that we are taken seriously, and they are nervous about the hockey development of their neighbors.
…. gotta say that there is a higher road to take than booing anyone, but stuff like this gets around and Canadians don't take kindly to it … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCbyzELbaTk
… so there is a history here on both sides …
JWVerticalJump says:
When things like this happen, people are always looking at starting over, but that should not be the case here. USA Hockey has done an outstanding job and this is a bump in the road. Hey to me Ottawa was more of a disappointment then what happened this year. That team was loaded with first rounders and just quick basically. This team I did not get that feeling, they played hard every shift. We will brush our selves off and be a factor in Russia next year. Hey we now expect medals from the WJC, which is something that I never thought would happen.
Byfugfor2014 says:
Ok having lived in Canada the last five years they are not booing the Americans because they sense our boys as a threat(though they should) It is because bashing America is their second most popular sport. They feel because a few idiot Yanks think they live in igloos means that all Yankees think they live in igloos and since we are all George W Bush clones that gives them the right to boo players simply due to their nationality. I got harassed at a bar where i was watching the 2010 gold medal game because i had the gall to wear my us jersey in public. My canadian friends even admitted to me that if I was Russian and was wearing their jersey they wouldnt have minded, but the fact i was wearing USA gear was somehow down offensive. One buddy said that I had no right to be happy that the US won because the Americans dont know real hockey and its an insult to Canadians to think that their Yankee neighbours could actually like the greatest sport in the world as much as them. After Canada beat the US in overtime at the olympics the BPs i was at erupted into a chant. Now if it had simply been a rendeition of Oh Canada thats one thing but this bar of "polite" canadians(to thier credit my friends did not join in) rose as one and for a solid 5 minutes chanted F the States. And judging by the booing witnessed of the Yanks at this world juniors that shows no signs of changing
charlieyankee says:
The only reason they didn't join in was because you were with them, and they were probably very resentful of the fact that you being there prevented them from joining in the "fun."
I grew up near the border, and for a long time, I had a lot of respect for Canada and Canadians. Not any more.
P.S. If they're insulted, they're not really your friends.
unfortunately its difficult for some people (particular those who watch hockey games in bars in Canada – would a bar in Philadelphia or Boston have been any different than the one you were at?) to separate politics from behaving like human beings. I would suggest that you watch the next Canada-USA game with a family not in their 20 – 30's and inebriated in a bar before you judge the reactions of a country of 33 million people. I for one appreciate the States and though do not consider you a hockey 'threat', consider you a worthy and challenging hockey adversary… and that will continue to grow as US hockey gets better. cheers.
Well that is one way of putting it. Another way to sum it up is that Hockey (particularly the U20's) is a soother for the Canadian inferiority complex. Canadians (not all) try to cleverly layer in their favorite past-time of American bashing into hockey. What's most sad is, it is directed at some young men, some not even old enough to vote. If it is such a problem maybe the US should stop sending a team. If that were to happen the tournament would have a good chance of flopping, then what?
With the anti-American sentiment that lies in Hockey and Canada, one thing that concerns me is when young players drink the Kool-aid and want to go play hockey in the CHL. Just think of what that kid would go through even with a stong mental make-up. I have seen US kids (on US based CHL teams mind you) have to put up alot of extra curricular activity due to citizenship. It must be draining. Having said that I have heard from some players that things did work out for them.
I hope that USAH uses this as a motivator to take those 100,000 kids under the age of 8 and produces players and teams that will make Canada eat its lunch.
I do agree that things need some tweaking.
lets face it AL … Canadians if anything have a superiority complex … Canada is a richer, better educated, more tolerant, more peaceful, healthier nation…. The 'inferiority complex' thing that Americans love to throw around is just another example of you living in a self aggrandizing bubble which makes everyone else chuckle … and if you really think USA hockey not participating in the world juniors would have any effect at all you really don't understand the sport.
… ultimately there are lots of people on both sides of the border which love the same game and love to compete with eachother … should make for a lot of intense meetings in the future,.
Some interesting reading…http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/2011/12/29/brunt_world_junior_hockey_canadians/
While I agree with many of the points made in this article, and I appreciate the background information, this team lacked two major component: cohesion and snarl.
When Seth Jones was injured, did his teammates join forces to return the favor to
the Russians? No. The same with the Bjugstad hit.
Other teams do this to remove assets. They also know that our guys won't get up in their faces and hit back.
Yes, I know they can take penalties, or even get kicked out of games or suspended. However, not dishing out some retribution
puts a big "Kick Me" sign on the team's back. If the other teams know that running somebody on the team is going to cost them, they might think twice.
Correction: Forbort hit
Martin Breen says:
Chris, you say it's not time to panic because we have had one poor performance and USA Hockey moves on many kids to the NHL. But is that the appropriate standard, moving a small number of players on to the NHL? I know hundreds of hundreds of talented kids who pour their heart and soul into hockey (putting off college for years) and then end up quitting. To me, this is a serious issue that is not addressed by USA Hockey.
As one of the bloggers above said, USA Hockey (and you to a less extent) will paint a rosy picture and say everything is great in American hockey.
As a parent of 3 kids who play and as a former college player myself, I will assert things are not great here. Money is ruining this game and USA Hockey has talked out of both sides of its mouth by saying they want the game to be affordable but making the race to for elite development a game only for the rich. We were at Nationals a few years ago and besides paying for the high travel costs, USA Hockey took a cut of the hotel costs every night.
And to me, I have observed issues with our development model and selection process before this poor performance.
Again, I ask you, have you observed that USA Hockey tends to move on very selfish players instead of team players? You cannot win with a group of selfish players not mattered how skilled and eventually it will catch up to you.
I do not think it is panic to ask the question of whether we are promoting the right values.
I'll say that money is an issue…..if a kid breaks a stick now, it is a $100-$200+ dollars even on top of all of the other various fees we are assessed. That is what I paid for skates when I was a kid. Not exactly what most people would spend on equipment for a sporting activity. I will admit that this is not just a USA issue, but in Calgary where I am most familiar, equipment cost even more. However, they all seem to drive BMW's and Mercedes in the oil "centre" of Canada and they pay crazy prices for it without blinking.
.. just be careful not to do the same thing you say 'Canadians' do, which is to lump a whole nation of people into a description which in actuality represents a minority. I am a staunch Canadian and hockey fan and don't rejoice in the US's failings. I want to see the US get better and become a consistent rival to Canadian hockey. .. makes for some of the best hockey ever played… equal to some of the best Canada – Russia games.


Australian Aboriginal people have lived in harmony with the earth for perhaps as long as 100,000 years; in their words, since the First Day. In this absorbing work, Lawlor explores the essence of their culture as a source of and guide to transforming our own world view. While not living romantically the past or suggesting a return to the life of the hunter/gatherer, "Voices of the First Day" enables us to enter into the mentality of the oldest continuous culture on earth and gain insight into our own relationship with the earth and to each other. This book offers an opportunity to suspend our values, prejudices, and Eurocentrism and step into the Dreaming to discover: A people who rejected agriculture, architecture, writing, clothing, and the subjugation of animals, A lifestyle of hunting and gathering that provided abundant food of unsurpassed nutritional value, Initiation and ritual practices that hold the origins of all esoteric, yogic, magical, and shamanistic traditions, A sexual and emotional life that afforded diversity and fluidity as well as marital and social stability, A people who valued kinship, community, and the law of the Dreamtime as their greatest "possessions.", Language whose richness of structure and vocabulary reveals new worlds of perception and comprehension. A people balanced between the Dreaming and the perceivable world, in harmony with all species and living each day as the First Day. Voices of the First Day is illustrated throughout with more than 100 extraordinary photographs, bark paintings, line drawings and engravings. Many of these photographs are among the earliest ever made of the Aboriginal people and are shown here for the first time.


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Q: Why can we split this Double Integral? In George Arfken[7th edition]'s Mathematical Methods For Physicists Chapter 14 problem 14.1.13, there was this integral that we needed to calculate with Bessel Functions:
$$f(\theta)=-\frac{i\kappa}{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^R \exp[i\kappa \rho \sin(\theta)\sin(\phi)] \rho *d\rho d\phi.$$
My approach to this was to treat the inner integral [the $\rho$ integral] as being similar to $\int_0^R x\exp(\alpha x)dx$ and then evaluate it out. With integration by parts i reached: $\frac{-\exp(-\alpha x)}{\alpha ^2}(\alpha x+1).$ However, applying the limits and moving to do the outer integral, I do not reach the desired result.
What the Instructor's manual did:
$$\int_0^R \rho d\rho\int_0^{2\pi}d\phi[\cos(\kappa \rho \sin(\theta)\sin(\phi))+i\sin(\kappa \rho \sin(\theta)\sin(\phi))].$$
The cosine integral was identified as a Bessel function, which i understand to be $2\pi J_0(\kappa \rho \sin(\theta)),$ while the sine integral would vanish (as we can show from the integral representation of Bessel functions).
But the part I didn't understand was why are we allowed to split the double integral the way it was shown here?
Isn't $\exp[i\kappa \rho \sin(\theta)\sin(\phi)] \rho$ completely a function of $\rho$ as far as the inner integral is concerned? Why can we send the $\rho$ with $d\rho$ while keeping the exponential elsewhere? That is, what was wrong with my approach?

A: Two steps have been done here:

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*Exchange integration order:

$$\int_\Phi\int_P f(\rho,\phi)\mathrm{d}\rho\,\mathrm{d}\phi\to \int_P\int_\Phi f(\rho,\phi)\mathrm{d}\phi\,\mathrm{d}\rho\equiv \int_P\mathrm{d}\rho\int_\Phi \mathrm{d}\phi\, f(\rho,\phi).$$

*Now, for the inner integral over $\phi$ the $\rho$ is a constant parameter. Thus, by linearity of integration

$$\int_\Phi\mathrm{d}\phi\, \rho g(\rho,\phi)=\rho \int_\Phi\mathrm{d}\phi\, g(\rho,\phi).$$
Insert this into the iterated integral above, and you get the desired form:
$$\int_P\rho\,\mathrm{d}\rho \int_\Phi\mathrm{d}\phi\, g(\rho,\phi).$$


Who has tested the Sightron S30-5?
I'm hoping to hear from some people that have tried the S30-5. I'm currently using Aimpoint 9000SC's but they are a bit on the heavy side, definitely a no go on a 38 special 1911 I'm getting next year. I'm thinking of giving S30-5 a shot, I've heard the dot although advertised at 5moa actually looks closer to 2moa and has no negative magnification. What I've not heard is how they hold up long term. Also I'd prefer not to give another penny to Ultradot, I find their business practices shady.
Re: Who has tested the Sightron S30-5?
I am one of the people that recommended it before. Nothing has changed to make me change my mind. I only have one of the S30-5 and I have been shooting other pistols lately but after about 2 years I can say it is still going strong. I have not bought another Ultradot since I found Sightron but I have bought a lot of others looking around. I have a list somewhere of what every scope weighed with different sets of rings. I also was looking for a scope for a 38 special. I have a micro on there now but it handled the weight of the Sightron no problem.
I like the S30-5. I've been using one on my 45 (slide mount) since last fall. Probably about three thousand rounds now. I just put one on a friends 45 as well. I like the small dot. I also like that I can feel the clicks when making adjustments and the adjustment scales will turn so you can set them at zero. I didn't care for the light duty rings and didn't use them although they would be fine on a 22. I recently bought a second one that will go on my #1 wad gun when it comes back from KC.
I like my S30 a lot. Unfortunatly, it is currently at Sightron's service, for the second time. The first time, the brightness knob came loose and wouldn't click in or stay in position. Imagine rapid fire and having to reach over to turn your dot back on.
This time, it just quit working. Fiddling with the battery and brightness knob would bring the dot back, but only for a round or two.
Service the first time was prompt and this time they have been curtious.
I do like the clarity and roundness of the dot. The supplied rings worked for me. Just don't overtighten or the long screws will bend. Use blue loctite.
My S30 was slide mounted on a .45. Just my experience.
Froneck approved lol. I'm gonna try one.
I just ordered an S30-5 from Optics Planet and got an extra $18 off using coupon code DIRECTBUY12. That get s me the sight for $139.99, delivered. They've only got 3 or 4 left in stock. Thought someone here might be interested.
It's only 131.99 using your code if you don't mind a few extra days wait for the free shipping option. Also, today only 12% off ANY red dots using SMRD12.
You're right. It was $131.99 and I took the free shipping.
My S30-5 has been fine.. I have it on my old Clark Long slide so it doesn't get used much these days but did have a year on my wad gun before.. the dot is more like a 2moa.
If memory serves Frank did have an issue later on with his and posted it here.. Something came loose and he simply tightened it back up.
for the $$ it is easily the best alternative to an UD at that price range.
There's a local guy getting into bullseye and needed a red dot for his 22. I recommended the S30-5 amd we mounted it today. I was very happy with it, felt quality built, dot was very nice (looked to be 2moa) and the included rings were actually pretty nice, I like how the base screw went into a steel stud instead of aluminum like a lot of cheap rings.
I ended up sending mine back as soon as I got it. As pointed out, the dot is absolutely NOT a 5 MOA dot.
It is definitely 2 MOA like my Aimpoint and MD II.
This may be a benefit or detriment. I do not like 2 MOA dots and was expecting something at least close to a 5 MOA.
Everything else seemed fine about it, but I did not mount or use it in any way. I traded it in towards another Matchdot II.
Yeah if you're expecting 5moa you're gonna be disappointed. I like 2moa dots though. They should fix their advertising.
willnewton wrote: I ended up sending mine back as soon as I got it. As pointed out, the dot is absolutely NOT a 5 MOA dot.
I have mounted a few and only shot them enough to sight in the pistols. The dot was smaller which I like. Dot also was nice and round. No negative magnification.


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Bradley Rose
Rationalizing Secret Lair X The Walking Dead
TL;DR: I don't support Secret Lair X The Walking Dead.
Here's what I think about Secret Lair X The Walking Dead.
What follows are individual points regarding aspects of Secret Lair X The Walking Dead. The sources of these points are:
Mark Rosewater's Blogatog post
Mark Rosewater's other Blogatog post
Weekly MTG
Gamespot article
I share my thoughts and give a "GOOD" or "NO GOOD" rating for each point. If any aspect has at least one "GOOD" point, it's given a "GOOD" rating.
Let's take a walk.
Not Silver Border: GOOD
The Walking Dead cards could have been silver border, but Wizards gave two reasons for why they're not:
POINT #1
"It seemed very easy and natural for us to make cards that did work well within the Magic rules."
It's very easy and natural to make cards that work within the silver-bordered world as well, though.
Bad Ass, a Zombie, requires you to growl as a cost. You can imagine Michonne requiring you to imitate a Walker in some fashion before you can create those tokens.
Easy and natural.
RATING: NO GOOD
"We wanted these cards to be…like more normal black-bordered cards."
In a vacuum, this arbitrary reason is fine. With context of other aspects of this product, though, this decision doesn't hold water.
"Silver-bordered cards are treated by some Magic players as being less than black bordered cards…"
This makes sense. It's unfortunately true.
If Secret Lair X The Walking Dead must be released, it will draw a new audience. I want the early experiences of Magic to be awesome.
Because of the Godzilla cards, there's currently a good way to do black-bordered cards that feature a different IP.
Therefore, this product should be black-bordered.
RATING: GOOD
No Godzilla Treatment: GOOD
The Walking Dead could have been given Ikoria's Godzilla treatment. However:
"Putting extra names on them was aesthetically unattractive."
This was already done for the Godzilla cards. Is there data that shows existing Magic players don't like the extra names?
But making game design decisions to alter the visual of five game pieces as they would be viewed by potential new players? Weak reasoning for compromising an existing solution.
RATING: NOT GOOD
"Why can't the game…peel itself away from the intellectual property…?"
This is the smoking gun. A paradigm shift (I don't count Arabian Nights) that makes a lot of sense. Consider that Monopoly has endless skins:
This is what we should expect for Magic going forward. Some of us are excited. This product is "Magic: The Walking Dead", compatible with Magic: The Gathering. They share the same Magic game system and so can be played together.
This reminds me of Vs. System, a card game with two major IP skins: Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
While Vs. System was intended to have more than one IP skinned to it, it doesn't mean Magic can't embrace doing this now.
To continue to play Magic now is to accept other-IP Magic cards.
You can't continue to play Magic and reject other-IP Magic cards played by your opponents. Otherwise, you're gatekeeping.
But it's OK if you can't accept other-IP Magic cards and conclude you must "break up" with Magic. We'll miss each other and support each other.
Sold Only in Secret Lair at Launch: NO GOOD
I already currently don't support the Secret Lair Drop Series. But that's besides the point. You, dear reader, for example, may be fine with Secret Lair.
So, let's examine assuming Secret Lair is good:
"A lot of those customers don't go to gaming stores…They still want to be a part of Magic…We want to make those people happy."
I want those players to be happy, too. But Secret Lair is not the only method of delivering Magic to those players.
Some people buy from online retailers like Card Kingdom. But let's say they don't know where to buy Magic online, like maybe new The Walking Dead fans. Here's the Wizards website pointing out where to buy Magic online, an Amazon link:
Okay, cool.
But let's say an enfranchised player who only buys online to play Magic at their kitchen table already knows about this Amazon link. Let's see what's available:
The Set Booster Box is great for someone who isn't drafting their packs. Just opening at home, for example. $150.
The Collector Booster Box is already targeting players with deep pockets. $250.
And then there's Commander, a great stay-at-home activity. $20 decks.
There are already means to deliver products to stay-at-home-and-buy-online audiences.
"If you're a Godzilla fan who heard that Magic is doing something with Godzilla, that particular approach didn't make it really easy for you to…get what you wanted. You'd have to open Ikoria boosters until you found the card you wanted."
Great point for Godzilla. Some just want those Godzilla cards.
We need products that sell a few cards that are exactly what a player is looking for. If only there was a way besides the limited-time-only Secret Lair drops…
Ah, yes. Commander Collection & Signature Spellbook series! But these series are their own thing, with premium reprints, that's fine.
We can still have something like "When Worlds Collide: The Walking Dead." Or a Steven Universe draft set.
There are ways to deliver cards in the way you want without the shortcomings of Secret Lair.
"We are trying to open up Secret Lair to as many regions as possible…but yes, I openly admit, we have a way to go. I do want to point out that many of the supplemental products we make with unique mechanical cards in black border aren't on sale either in every market or in every language."
Then why choose Secret Lair to experiment with? If other supplemental products that are distributed in limited fashion do so better than or equal to Secret Lair, why not choose the style of those products, especially with unique game pieces, where there's not this one-week FOMO-inducing time window?
One answer is that this makes the most business sense. I know it's a company goal to make more money than they currently do, so failing on a larger scale is riskier.
…Maximizing the accessibility to these unique game pieces be damned.
Accessibility already diminishes naturally over time. There's a certain standard of accessibility already in place with current non-Secret Lair products sold.
Don't make new game pieces artificially more difficult. There are current means to distribute these even wider than you are doing now.
No Current Magic Equivalent: GOOD
"If needed, we can print a Magic IP version of these cards with a Magic name and creative concept/art."
Due to Point #5 earlier, I'm convinced not every non-Magic IP Magic card needs a Magic equivalent name printed. We're in a new era now.
With that said, there have been foil and non-foil versions of Secret Lair. There can be a Doctor Who IP and a Magic IP version of a future product with the same mechanically-unique cards, for example.
Using The Walking Dead IP: NO GOOD
The worst aspect. *heavy sigh*
POINT #11
"The Walking Dead has…been a phenomenon…It's very appealing for us to consider…all those people who we think might make great Magic customers."
The Walking Dead fans should be a mature audience. The problem is that the game pieces can be exposed to thirteen-year-olds.
If I were a parent that saw the following booster pack, I'd think that all game pieces will be safe for thirteen-year-olds.
Currently, at MagicFests, we don't allow for imagery that isn't appropriate for thirteen-year-olds. The following art is famous for being an offender, found on playmats, which judges ask players to put away:
Someone might try to argue this specific art is OK and will point out that this isn't explicit.
But imagery is powerful and can represent what's not explicitly shown. In this case, Liliana probably didn't just accidentally fall over on top of Chandra, anime-style. The appeal to fans of this art is in what this represents.
Another example of what's super not OK is this card alter:
"BRAZZERS" gives a different context to what this official Magic art is portraying. But even if you can say it's "just a logo" there, you know that logo represents something that is not acceptable for a game to show thirteen-year-olds.
Brazzers is for mature audiences. So is The Walking Dead.
"Negan…forces one of your opponents to play this sick mind game where they have to choose and sacrifice one of their own creatures, but you can also get into their head and trick them into sacrificing more than they had to! It…feels exactly like something the real Negan would do."
With the context of Negan, this disgusts me.
Yeah, Bolas also tortures. Torment of Hailfire is a good example of making someone choose the lesser evil multiple times. Then there's Slave of Bolas depicting losing your will to the dragon:
This is a sad scene and the thought of losing your free will is scary. Certainly, mature audiences can imagine awful things that might be scary about that.
The difference here is that we've seen what Negan does do when he traps people. We get to see how he gory his killing is. We get to see the harem of wives he coerces into what fits the definition of rape.
Magic doesn't show in detail these acts.
The imagery of what Negan does is realistic. People have been coerced into sex before. People can relate to the danger of barbed bat being swung at their head.
Consider this murderer:
This is something that's OK for thirteen-year-olds.
Negan represents intimate experiences that are not OK to have a Magic card for that young teens and survivors of assault would play with or against.
Throw Negan into the group of cards that include Invoke Prejudice.
I don't support Secret Lair X The Walking Dead for two reasons:
Secret Lair is not a good vehicle for experimenting with new, unique cards
The Walking Dead IP isn't appropriate for Magic
I look forward, though, to Magic: The Legend of Zelda. And while I've watched all of the mature-themed Game of Thrones, please don't do Conspiracy: Game of Thrones.
Wizards does make mistakes even while they're trying to evolve Magic for the better. So continue to give that constructive criticism.
"Bear with us. We're gonna make a few missteps along the way."
— Weekly MTG | Secret Lair: The Walking Dead
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For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Giuseppe Garibaldi is an Italian aircraft carrier, the first through deck aviation ship ever built for the Italian Navy, and the first Italian ship built to operate fixed-wing aircraft. She is equipped with short take-off and vertical landing aircraft (STOVL) aircraft and helicopters. Giuseppe Garibaldi was involved in combat air operations off Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Libya.
The Giuseppe Garibaldi is the fourth ship of the Italian Navy to be named after the 19th century Italian General Giuseppe Garibaldi. All four ships, including the missile cruiser, together with an image of Garibaldi, are depicted in the crest.
Built by Fincantieri (Italcantieri) at the Monfalcone shipyards on the Gulf of Trieste, she was laid down on 26 March 1981, launched on 11 June 1983, and commissioned on 30 September 1985. Garibaldi is classed as an anti-submarine warfare carrier (ASW), and is based in Taranto.
The ship is powered by four Fiat COGAG gas turbines built under license from GE, offering a sustained power of 81,000 hp (60 MW). Driving two shafts the ship has a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and can travel for 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at around 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
The ship was equipped with four Otomat Mk2 short range surface-to-surface missile system installed at the stern of the ship (removed in 2003 to improve the flight deck and satellite communications) and two ILAS three triple tube torpedo launchers. Defences are provided by two eight-cell SAM launchers firing the SARH Aspide missile, and three Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO CIWS.
The ship also has many countermeasures including two SCLAR twenty-barrel launchers for chaff, decoy, flares, or jammers, the SLQ-25 Nixie and SLAT anti-torpedo systems and ECM systems.
The air arm consists of a maximum of sixteen AV-8B Harrier IIs and two search and rescue helicopters, or eighteen Agusta helicopters or a mix of helicopters and fighters. The flight deck is the characteristic off-axis design with a 6.5 degree ski-jump for STOL aircraft; it is 174 m (571 ft) long and 30.4 m (100 ft) wide.
A 1937 law gave control of all national fixed-wing air assets to the Italian Air Force and the navy was only permitted to operate helicopters. At the time of the ship's commissioning the Garibaldi the Italian Navy Aviation did not receive her Harriers so she was reclassified as an Incrociatore portaeromobili (Italian for Aircraft carrying cruiser). Until 1988 only Italian helicopters landed on her deck, as well as Royal Navy Sea Harriers during NATO joint maneuvers. The ban on fixed-wing aircraft was lifted in 1989, and the Italian Navy acquired Harrier II fighters to fly from the Giuseppe Garibaldi.
In 2009 Giuseppe Garibaldi was replaced as the flagship of the Italian navy by the new and larger carrier Cavour.
The ship underwent a modernization in 2003 and a major restructuring in 2013.
Giuseppe Garibaldi and the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman operate near each other in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004, a multinational war exercise conducted off the coast of Morocco.
In 1999 with the Kosovo War in the Balkans, Italy committed Harrier AV-8B II+ fighters embarked aboard Giuseppe Garibaldi, from 13 May to early June 1999. The planes carried out 30 sorties in 63 hours of flight. The planes used Mk 82 GBU-16 bombs and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. The Italian naval force in addition to the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi, with its air group, included the Maestrale-class frigate Zeffiro.
Following the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the war on terror declared by U.S. President Bush, Italy participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Giuseppe Garibaldi was engaged as the command ship of GRUPNAVIT I, 1 Italian Shipping Group, which also included Zeffiro, the patrol team and the airman supplier in Etna. The group set sail from Taranto on 18 November 2001. They trained in the Indian Ocean from 3 December 2001 to 1 March 2002 and returned to Taranto 18 March 2002. During the mission, the AV-8B Harrier unit carried out 288 missions for a total of 860 hours of flight. Tasks carried out included interception/interdiction, sea and air support, and aircraft interdiction in Afghanistan.
Participating in the 2011 military intervention in Libya after the transfer of authority to NATO and the decision to participate in strike air-ground operations, the Italian government assigned under NATO command four Italian Navy AV-8B plus (from Garibaldi) in addition to Italian air force aircraft. As of 24 March, the Italian Navy was engaged in Operation Unified Protector with the light aircraft carrier Garibaldi, the Maestrale-class frigate Libeccio and the auxiliary ship Etna. Additionally the Orizzonte-class frigate Andrea Doria and Maestrale-class frigate Euro were patrolling off the Sicilian coast in an air-defence role. In total, until the end of the mission in Libya, the eight Italian Navy AV-8Bs flying from the carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi dropped 160 guided bombs during 1221 flight hours.
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Make sure the mixture stands for at least 5 minutes before transferring into the baking tin. The mixture is quite sticky so spray-on pan greasers make it easier to get the bread out once baked.
Don't be alarmed if on the off chance your bread turns green. You just needed to include more lemon juice in your mixture.


Girls from ON THURSDAYS, THEY PLAYED MAH JONGG are back in"MICHAEL'S SECRETS" by MILTON STERN. Just when things are looking up for Hollywood television and screen writer, Michael Bern, his TV show is cancelled, his best friend dies face first into her birthday cake, and his dog decides to take an eternal nap in her favorite chair. To escape the unending drama of Tinsel Town, he accepts an offer to move to Washington, DC, and co-write a screenplay with his friend, Sharon. But, anyone who knows Michael knows that drama just follows him everywhere, and it is usually of his own making.
The Girls from ON TUESDAYS, THEY PLAYED MAH JONGG are back in"MICHAEL'S SECRETS" by MILTON STERN. Just when things are looking up for Hollywood television and screen writer, Michael Bern, his TV show is cancelled, his best friend dies face first into her birthday cake, and his dog decides to take an eternal nap in her favorite chair. To escape the unending drama of Tinsel Town, he accepts an offer to move to Washington, DC, and co-write a screenplay with his friend, Sharon. But, anyone who knows Michael knows that drama just follows him everywhere, and it is usually of his own making.


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Stagedoor Manor offers a world of Special Events, Celebrity Master Classes, and Performance Opportunities.
Throughout the summer, many Stagedoor alumni, now successful in the entertainment industry, return to share their experiences with students wanting to follow the same path. Creative teams from Broadway hits (writers, lyricists, directors, and original cast members) visit to workshop at our rehearsals and inspire us with insight into the creation of their shows.
Working with writers and directors in exploring new material, Stagedoor students can experience the discovery and creation of Premiere Productions! Major companies and successful authors often use Stagedoor Manor to workshop and premiere Broadway material before licensing the work to the rest of the world.
Remember: Everyone has the chance to perform at Stagedoor Manor!
Before arriving for the summer, campers choose to appear in either Musical or Drama productions. Auditions occur during the first few days of camp, and they are kept fun and easy. In partnership with another camper their own age, they read a short scene on stage, then each camper is given the opportunity to sing. A short workshop beforehand prepares each child and gives them a chance to work with the pianist playing their audition.
We perform 14 full-scale
shows every three weeks
in eight indoor and
outdoor theaters.
Our dramatic shows cover a wide range of styles. From Shakespeare to Farce, Modern Comedy to Period Tragedy, Stagedoor does it all! Here are a few of our favorite Dramas:
The Laramie Project, Tartuffe, Our Country's Good, Madwoman of Chaillot, Our Town, Pride and Prejudice, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Letters to Sala, The Vampyre, Romeo and Juliet, Lend Me a Tenor, The Crucible, The Imaginary Invalid, Columbinus, Mousetrap, Sweatshop, Radium Girls, The Crucible, Ring Round the Moon, The Children's Hour, Macbeth, Steel Magnolias, Shakespeare Abridged, Pilgrims of the Night, The 39 Steps, Crimes of the Heart, Importance of Being Earnest, Inherit the Wind, The Bad Seed, Little Women, Piece of My Heart, Anatomy of Gray, and Leading Ladies.
Yes, we produce the great Broadway Musicals! We also occasionally produce new works with special permission from MTI and gifted artists and theater legends like Cameron Mackintosh. Some of our favorites include:
Into the Woods, Les Miserables, The Producers, Side Show, Mystery of Edwin Drood, Pippin, Big Fish, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Spring Awakening, Drowsy Chaperone, Jesus Christ Superstar, Bare, Rent, West Side Story, The Wiz, Carrie, Titanic, Zombie Prom, Once On This Island, Sweet Charity, Addams Family, Evita, Cabaret, Legally Blonde, Footloose, Urinetown, Annie, Sweeney Todd, Bonnie and Clyde, Bat Boy, Sound of Music, How To Succeed In Business, Spamalot, The Wild Party, Fame, Children of Eden, Curtains, Jekyll and Hyde, Wedding Singer, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Avenue Q, 13, High School Musical, Secret Garden, Chicago, Phantom, and Little Shop of Horrors!
Our Theaters
A variety of performance spaces include:
• The Carl and Elsie Samuelson Theater: A 350-seat mainstage proscenium, home of the "Players Ensemble" and featured in the movie "Camp."
• The Jack Romano Playhouse: A 350-seat smaller proscenium, home of the "Our Time Cabaret."
• The Forum Theater: Our newest 350-seat space! A fully-covered theater that still has the feeling of a summer pavillion.
• The Oasis Theater: 350 seats with a unique in-the-round environment, home of our student's creative writing "Dramafest" productions.
• The Michael Larsen Cabaret Theater: A revue-style stage with flexible 120 seats, brings the audience up close.
• The Carousel and The Merman Theaters: Two intimate black box spaces, seating about 80, for intense dramatic atmosphere.
• The Garden: A magical natural amphitheater, with open seating under the stars.
Professional Scenic, Costume, and Lighting designers make Stagedoor productions look great!
Two scenic shops and an air-conditioned costume shop with abundant stock accommodates our technical staff. Over 60 specialists design and create the 42 different shows we mount each summer.
While Stagedoor performance students do not participate in the technical side of their productions, a limited number of Technical Camper spaces are available. These students work as assistant stage managers alongside our professional Production Stage Managers.
We guarantee individual attention and expression by averaging 26 campers or less to each production.
Unique Programming
Special performance-based master classes, like Our Time Cabaret and Player's Ensemble, extend the performance opportunities in both music and drama. Dramafest is an additional opportunity for selected campers to write and direct their own shows, and invited industry professionals and celebrities view performances and offer professional feedback on the work. Learn more about it here!


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Why You Should Sell Health-Care REITs Now
This investment category's winning streak looks to be nearing its end.
By Jeffrey R. Kosnett, Senior Editor
If you think all beer is beer, toothpaste is toothpaste and REITs are REITs, think again. Over the past ten years, real estate investment trusts that own health-care-related properties, such as hospitals and nursing homes, have delivered annualized total returns of 19.9%, on average. Over the same period, property-owning REITs as a group returned an average of 11.4% a year, and Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was flat. Moreover, the average health-care REIT boasts a current dividend yield of 5.0%. That compares with 3.5% for the average property REIT and 2.0% for the S&P 500.
Medical REITs showed their mettle during the credit crisis of 2008 and 2009. Although prices of health-care REITs sank, the declines were not nearly as severe as for other REITs. While 20 REITs of various kinds paid dividends in stock instead of cash in 2009 and many others chopped their cash payouts, only two health-care REITs trimmed cash distributions.
Steady Tenants
The consistency of medical REITs makes sense. They are not closely tied to consumer spending, travel and job growth, so they hold up in bad times. Over the long term, hospitals, nursing homes, medical labs and assisted-living residences are solid cash generators, so they're steady tenants for the REITs that own health-care facilities.
But just as a healthy thoroughbred can pull up lame, so can a winning investment category. For the first time in at least a decade, the outlook for medical real estate is less than stellar. Avoid investing new money in the sector. And if you're sitting on big gains, consider cashing in your chips.
What's the problem? For starters, medical REITs are expensive. As a group, they sell at record-high prices relative to funds from operations, the REIT industry's preferred method of measuring profits (FFO is essentially earnings plus depreciation). Over the years, the price-to-FFO ratio for health-care REITs has ranged from 8 to 13; today, it's about 17. Moreover, a bunch of medical REITs recently issued gobs of new stock or are planning to do so. This suggests that REIT executives may think that now is a better time to sell shares than to buy.
Investors worry about overexpansion and, as you might expect, the effects of health-care reform, particularly its impact on government insurance programs. Although it's true that "you can't throw Grandma out of the nursing home," says John Roberts, a REIT analyst for Hilliard Lyons, a brokerage in Louisville, Ky., "the major tenant is the government" -- either directly (through ownership of medical facilities) or indirectly (through Medicare and Medicaid payments).
In addition, hospital-owning REITs often expand in partnership with universities and medical schools. But state and federal agencies are often involved in financing these ventures, adding another element of uncertainty stemming from health-care reform. Some REITs lease property to facilities that rely on patients who pay out of pocket and, in theory, aren't affected by coming changes in health insurance. But this, too, isn't a sure thing. Take Ventas (symbol VTR), which owns hospitals, nursing homes and senior-housing facilities and has delivered amazing returns (31.2% annualized over the past ten years). Ventas recently paid more than $3 billion in cash, stock and the assumption of debt for the real estate assets of Atria, a chain of 118 luxury assisted-living residences, at a time when this business is struggling and overbuilt.
Ventas CEO Debra Cafaro says the deal will boost Ventas's earnings and dividends by 2012. But Atria's occupancy rate is already 87%. Rents average a stiff $4,300 a month, so it will be hard to generate much higher revenues. There's no way this buyout will be a bonanza for Ventas. With its share price elevated, Ventas has little margin for error. The same goes for all medical REITs.


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Q: Polymorphic Paperclip Plugin with multiple picture uploads I have used paperclip polymorphic plugin to track my attachments. The tutorialwhich I have been through has used single attachments(image) http://burm.net/2008/10/17/ruby-on-rails-polymorphic-paperclip-plugin-tutorial/.
How do i enable multiple images with this plugin?
Thanks.

A: You have to make some changes to the code.

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NBCUniversal CEO Calls Presidential Debate "Nerve-Racking," Lauds Moderator Lester Holt
3:02 AM PDT 9/27/2016 by Georg Szalai
Steve Burke CES - H 2016
Steve Burke also signals at the Royal Television Society Conference in London that the company may not be interested in buying ITV.
Steve Burke, CEO of Comcast's NBCUniversal, on Tuesday discussed the first presidential TV debate, Donald Trump's past working for NBC, the company's opportunity to grow its international business and his interest in possibly acquiring U.K. TV giant ITV.
In a keynote conversation with Tina Brown at the Royal Television Society Conference in London, which this year has the tagline "Full Stream Ahead: Commissioning, Producing and Distributing Content in an Age of On-Demand," he also discussed the partnership of content and the changing media landscape.
Burke said more than 100 million people likely caught the first head-to-head debate between U.S. presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. "We have set-top-box data. At least inside the Comcast footprint, over 35 percent of the homes were turned on to the debate, which would extrapolate to over 100 million viewers," he said.
Burke also acknowledged the debate caused him some concern. "It was nerve-racking for me, and I got a copy of the debate sent to me this morning 4 o'clock London time...because the anchor of the debate was Lester Holt, who is the anchor of NBC Nightly News," he said. "The environment is so tough right now for anybody moderating anything to try to make sure that it's a fair debate, we were very worried and concerned for Lester. He ended up doing a very good job."
Some viewers, including Hollywood folks, criticized Holt on social media during the debate, but Trump himself was quoted by CNNMoney as saying after the event, "I thought Lester did a great job."
The likely audience for the debate shows that "people will turn out for very large live events," even though it's more challenging to draw a big live crowd today, the NBCU CEO said, also pointing out that the Rio Olympics averaged 27.5 million live viewers.
Brown joked that some people blame NBC for Trump's prominence. The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, which Trump used to host, were on a the air a long time "before we showed up," Burke said about his team and NBCU owner Comcast. "At the time, he was an entertainer and very good at what he did in that realm. I think NBC News has done a very good job handling the election and trying to get the right issues out. But it's a very interesting time."
Discussing NBCU's U.K. business, which contributes about 20 percent of the company's international revenue, Burke said: "We have a huge investment profile in the United Kingdom.... This is a huge, huge market for us. We want to be the best place for talented people to bring their great ideas." That includes respecting creatives and marketing "the hell out of" projects.
He added: "My prediction is more and more of that will be international. NBCUniversal and Comcast, we are less international than [Fox], the Walt Disney Company or Time Warner, and I look at that as an opportunity."
Could that mean a bid for U.K. TV giant ITV, Brown asked? "No, nothing to say there," Burke answered. ITV does a lot of production, so wouldn't its business fit into NBCU? "Yes and no," he replied, emphasizing that NBCU was essentially a U.S. company. "We have a very healthy respect for how hard it is to program a [broadcast] network [back in the U.S. and more so abroad]...I think we would be more interested in distributing the product that we make and creatively making television shows and movies outside the United States."
With the Brexit-driven decline in the value of the British pound this year, analysts have wondered if an American company could make a bid for ITV. Adam Crozier, CEO of ITV, has long said he sees the company more as a consolidator rather than a takeover target.
Here's a look at some more highlights from Burke's appearance:
- Discussing the way Comcast and NBCU look for synergy and cross-promotion, Burke said he believes in letting executives run their businesses in a decentralized way, but the company also stands for something, and "we basically say you must cooperate when a movie like Secret Life of Pets comes out.... It is not optionable." He also said he tells executives to "think like an owner, not a renter," meaning a focus on long-term success and not on self-aggrandizing posturing. "We don't tolerate bickering and fighting and wasting a lot of time."
- How does he manage M&A? "The major growth engine has been acquisitions," Burke said. When there is a year to closing a deal, his team uses that time to make all plans to be able to hit the ground running once it gets completed. That can mean changing executives and strategies, but definitely not just sitting back and waiting, he said.
- "Brian Roberts and I had always believed that content and distribution work well together," Burke said, but only if you manage things well. He pointed to successes that Rupert Murdoch and John Malone have had over the years with that approach. "Our dream was getting big in distribution...and then getting bigger in content."
- Illumination Entertainment CEO Chris Meledandri is "this generation's Walt Disney," Burke said. Comcast chairman and CEO Roberts also recently touted the executive and his success.
- Buying DreamWorks Animation was a great opportunity, Burke said. "We have had such a good experience in the animated film business." The deal allows the company to double its annual animated film output to four and add an animated TV business and consumer products business. Concluded Burke: "The animated film business is maybe the best part of the feature film business."
- In the old days, "the least objectionable" show on TV would be a success, the NBCU CEO said. "Today, the middle of the market is just gone." People will look for and find the big hit, "finding those things that have the potential to really break through."
- How are young viewers like his kids different in their viewing behavior? "They will never watch shows that they don't want to watch. They will never feel that they have to watch a show when it's on linear television. They have grown up with DVRs, and those changes are permanent. You can really draw a line. It's really right around the end of the millennial age cohort, right around 34- or 35-year-olds." Media companies must be Snapchat and Facebook and others where younger viewers spend more time.
- Digital is a key focus for NBCU, he said. The acquisitions of stakes in BuzzFeed and Vox Media continue to let NBCU learn new things. BuzzFeed, for example, ran the company's Rio Olympics Snapchat Discover channel, which Burke said some saw as "heresy." He said he tries to get on Instagram and Snapchat with his kids but admitted that this will "never be second nature like for them." How do young audiences feel about the Olympics? Burke said millennials love them, as do advertisers. "Television is still a very good business" overall, he said, and will be for a long time. But he said it was "unlikely" that the TV business would in the next 10-20 years grow as much as in the last 10-20 years.
- Asked about Comcast's recent deal to integrate Netflix into U.S. set-top boxes, Burke explained that many people in the U.S. subscribe to Netflix. "To a degree, those Netflix customers are being inconvenienced," he said, but the vast majority of them enjoy the cable channels they get. The integration allows for "a happier customer," he concluded.
Comcast first got a controlling stake in NBCU in early 2011 before in 2013 buying full control. It has since more than doubled the operating cash flow at NBCUniversal. Roberts recently said that the entertainment arm's performance across its businesses has been "beyond even my own highest expectations."
Burke also said Tuesday that there was more upside ahead, touting the NBC network, the success of the film unit and the growth in theme parks. Among other successes, NBC just won the third U.S. TV season in a row in the 18-49 demographic, and Telemundo's ratings have been rising.
Georg Szalai


Much like their ready-to-wear collections reflect the brand's rich Sicilian DNA, Dolce & Gabbana has launched a cosmetics collection that captures the beauty of Rome. Called Glow in Rome, the beauty range features five new products: The Millennial Skin On-The-Glow Longwear Concealer (a perfect match with the brand's Millennial Skin On-The-Glow Tinted Moisturiser), rich nail lacquer, Dolce Matte lipstick, the Eyeshadow Quad in Lushies and a face compact for the perfect, luminous look.
Teaming up with her BFF for her latest collaboration, Kylie Jenner's range includes two brand new glosses, a matte lipstick, a 12-shade eyeshadow palette complete with rich matte and metallic hues and a mini highlighter palette (perfect if you're on-the-go). Plus, the packaging is pretty darn cute.
Dolce & Gabbana and Fenty Beauty's new beauty collections are now available at all leading beauty counters, including Sephora Middle East. The Kylie x Jordyn collection will be available from Kyliecosmetics.com on September 21, 2018.
Now, take a look at the best beauty looks from the 2018 Emmys.


Red Pig Technologies is the South African wholesaler and distributer of Ultimate Addons – robust motorcycle accessories which include a range of cases and mounts for phones, tablets, GPS and action cams. Owner, Michael Wilkinson, a biker and gadget lover at heart believes he's found a perfect niche with the UK designed product.
In order to make the motorcycle crowd aware of the new product, he spent a lot of time at auto shows, and needed a cashless payment solution for customers without cash on them. His requirements included something that was mobile, ultra-portable and cost-effective. After much online research he found exactly what he was looking for in ZipZap mobile POS, a Paycorp product.