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Three Views: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Review By John Corrado
★★★½ (out of 4)
Recounting the events of the rebellion hinted at in the opening crawl of the original 1977 film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a prequel that actually works. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film expands upon the mythology of the series in ways both inventive and resonant, with a dark and gritty tone that makes it feel like a welcome change of pace.
The film follows Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), a Rebellion soldier whose scientist father (Mads Mikkelsen) was taken when she was young to work for the Galactic Empire, helping build the planet-destroying Death Star.
As an adult, Jyn is recruited by Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly) and sent to steal plans for the super weapon from Commander Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn). Joining her on the mission are a ragtag group of rebel soldiers including Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), the militant who rescued her as a child and is controversial in the more moderate parts of the rebellion for his extremist measures, Rebel Alliance leader Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), and defecting Imperial pilot Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed).
Felicity Jones does an excellent job of carrying the film, both in the physical action scenes and quieter dramatic moments, and she is backed up by a solid supporting cast. Donnie Yen is a standout member of the ensemble as a blind man who is wise to the ways of the Force and has mad stick fighting skills, even taking down an army of stormtroopers in one of the film's most pleasing action moments. Wen Jiang is also memorable as his best friend, a ruthless marksmen who harbours doubt and has to regain his faith in the Force. There's also a delightful non-human sidekick in the form of K-2SO (Alan Tudyk), a reprogrammed Imperial droid who has a tendency to speak his mind in any situation.
Although early buzz for the film was plagued by reports of ample reshoots, there are no hints of them in the finished product, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes together pretty seamlessly. This isn't to say the film is flawless, as it does take a bit of time to get started and can feel a bit long at 139 minutes, especially considering that the overall outcome is rarely in doubt. But the film works more often than not, building towards a suspenseful and exciting finale when their plan is actually put into place.
Like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Rogue One is a prequel that succeeds at building upon and fleshing out the world of its series, geared mainly towards those who grew up with the franchise and are ready for something a little darker. This is essentially a battle film, wrought with complex politics of rebels versus fanatics and the perils of warfare, and while this more serious approach makes it far less accessible to young audiences, it makes the film that much better and more interesting as an artistic achievement. This is a film about characters making sacrifices for the greater good, focusing on the planning, effort and impact behind staging a rebellion against a corrupt dictatorship.
The film also fits into the larger fabric of this universe in some really great ways, with a lot of clever little throwbacks to the original trilogy, including a couple of sinister appearances from Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) himself. This is a dark and gritty movie for those who take Star Wars seriously, providing an entertaining and emotionally resonant bridge between the series. And by the time the final scene hits, which ties it directly into A New Hope in pretty seamless ways, it's hard not to leave the theatre feeling thoroughly satisfied.
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Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Baze Malbus (Wen Jiang) in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Review By Erin Corrado
The first of the stand-alone Star Wars films, Rogue One takes place right before Star Wars: A New Hope. The film also opens without the customary scrawl that has opened every other Star Wars film to date. In fact, the events of Rogue One are based on the scrawl from Episode IV.
We first meet Jyn Erso (younger versions played by Dolly Gadsdon and Beau Gadsdon) as a kid living with her parents Lyra (Valene Kane) and Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen). When Imperial soldiers come, they take Jyn's father hostage as his engineering skills are of use for building the Death Star. Despite being searched for, Jyn manages to hide and when we meet her years later as a young adult (now played by Felicity Jones), she has become a scrappy thief, cynical to the world and stealing to get by.
But the Rebellion comes calling, breaking her out of a prison transport because they need her help. They believe her father is still alive and now crucial to the Death Star's completion, and they need her help to get him back and steal the plans to the giant weapon.
We all know where the film is going to ultimately end up due to the original film – but how we get there and who will survive are the questions that keep us watching here. That being said, the second act does drag a bit before it picks up again towards the end. At two hours, twenty minutes, the film could have easily been a bit shorter. At points it is also darker than The Force Awakens in my book, and that worked. On that note though, the youngest members of the family may be better left at home.
Felicity Jones is very good in the leading role, and the supporting cast around her (Mikkelsen, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk etc.) all also do well with their roles. The special effects were well done, and I also quite liked the re-purposed Imperial droid K-2SO, who provided just the right level of dry humour. The end battle sequence is very well executed and it was in these moments that I found the film worked best. The score (this time around by Michael Giacchino with elements of the original John Williams themes) works very well, and still has the feel of a Star Wars score. As for the 3D, to be honest, I barely noticed it, so in my opinion you could take it or leave it for this one.
Overall, Rogue One is a entertaining (if a little long in parts) addition to the Star Wars canon.
Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and K-2SO (voiced by Alan Tudyk) in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Review By Tony Corrado
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is not part of the trilogies, lacking some of their features such as the main title theme and opening crawls. However, it does provide a new plot point, namely how the Death Star plans mentioned in the opening crawl to the first (1977) film (A New Hope) were stolen.
As a child (Beau/Dolly Gadsdon), Jyn Erso hid while her father Galen (Mads Mikkelson) was taken away and forced to help design the Death Star. As an adult (Felicity Jones), Jyn is taken into the Rebel Alliance in an attempt to find her father before it is too late to stop the weapon. The militant revolutionary Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) who had hidden Jyn as a child received a message from her father delivered by a defecting Imperial transporter Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed) that sets the Alliance on its quest for the plans. The ragtag group that goes out on the mission led by Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) includes a reprogammed Imperial droid K-2SO (voiced by Alan Tudyk) and two martial artists: Chirrut (Donnie Yen), whose deadly staff and faith in the Force more than make up for his blindness, and Baze (Wen Jiang) who relies more on brute force and a very big gun.
Despite its lower status in the Star Wars universe, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story provides a good compliment to the saga, with the same production values, a good director (Gareth Edwards) and fine cast. There are brief appearances of the evil Empire leaders, including Darth Vader (with his Leitmotif and voiced again by James Earl Jones) and other British-accented villains and some of the good guys to keep things relevant.
The film is rather long at 134 minutes and dark, heavy on politics and combat with little of the Force-based fantasy of some of the other films, but is at least not as boring as Episodes 1 or 2. Since sex and cussing (both absent here) are considered less child-friendly than violence in the US, it can still be aimed at the family market there, though younger kids may find it difficult without a fairy-tale ending.
Consensus: Serving as a dark and gritty prequel that plays seamlessly into the original classic, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a compelling if slightly overlong entry into the series that is carried by an excellent ensemble cast. ★★★ (out of 4)
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Hospital unit that deals with emergency medical, surgical, paediatric or obstetric situations for incoming patients at any hour of the day or night. (metadata – INE)
Not exercising the right to vote. In Portugal, the Constitution does not legally oblige active participation in electoral acts. According to the Basic Law, the right to suffrage is a civic duty, however there are no sanctions applied for those who abstain, nor should they be prejudiced in any way for not exercising their right-duty. The calculation of abstention has no legal effect in elections, unlike national and local referendums, where the number of abstentions determines whether the vote is legally binding or not. As such, a referendum is not binding if the number abstaining is greater than the number of people voting. (Glossary – CNE)
In each election, the official number of voters who abstain is calculated using the difference between the number of people registered on the electoral roll and the number of voters who exercised their right to vote.
Abstention Rate
Coefficient, generally calculated as a percentage, of the relation between the voters who abstained and the total number of voters registered for that election (i.e., total of voters registered on the Electoral Roll and who are eligible to vote in a particular election).
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The Transpennine Express service is an Intercity train service that connects various towns, villages and cities across the Pennines in the North of England. It also offers a regular train service to Manchester Airport throughout the day. If you are wishing to travel by train throughout the North of England, then the Transpennine Express train service is the perfect choice for you and will offer a service to suit your needs and requirements.
Doncaster, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York.
There are approximately 300 services in operation every single day which serve over 100 stations. These services connect passengers across the Pennines and further afield to Scotland.
The First Transpennine Express service offers passengers the opportunity to travel First Class. The First Class section of the train is usually located in Coach C and C&F. Any passengers wishing to travel in the First Class section of the train must hold a valid ticket that allows them to travel First Class. The First Class carriage are clearly marked on the doors of the tarin and also on the head covers of the seats.
The benefits of travelling First Class include complimentary tea, coffee, water and Biscuits.
Please Note: This only applies on services that has catering provided.
If you wish to take your bike on the train, you should call and ensure that there is space available for the time of your travel. Each train has 2 designated spaces for bikes and if you do not pre-book your space for your bike in advance, you can turn up on the day but it is purely on a first come first served basis.
The student railcard is a great way to save money on your rail travel. And this can be used for journeys on the Transpennine Express. If you are aged 16-25 or over and in full time education, you are eligible for the Student Railcard.
Railcards are a great way for passengers to save money on their rail travel. There are several railcards available for several different groups of people. All of the railcards offer big savings on your train travel as well as additional saving on tickets for events, attractions, restaurants and days out.
The Transpennine Express operates a train service that connects passengers direct with Manchester Airport from a large number of towns and cities in the North of England. The airport service is a great way to travel to and from the airport without the hassle of driving and parking. The service runs at regular times throughout the day and night during both week days and weekend. This service is perfect if you wish to travel to the airport and then stay at one of the Manchester Airport Hotels close by.
Below is a list of train station that the Transpennine Express train serve.
Many of the stations above are part of the famous Transpennine Ale Trail.
The Transpennine Express train network covers over 20 football grounds throughout the North of England and these include Premiership and Championship teams such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds United, Huddersfield, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United. Other lower division clubs such as Halifax and York are also on the network. If you follow football, these train routes and services could be the perfect option for your travel to and from the games.
Some of the UK's top Northern holiday destinations are covered on the Transpennine Rail network. Great destinations such as the Lake District, Scarborough and Blackpool can all be easily accessed by train. If you are thinking of visiting any of these destinations for a holiday or short break, it is worthwhile taking a quick look to see if there are any special offers or deals available for the dates you wish to travel.
It is now possible to connect to FREE unlimited WiFi at a select number of train station on the Transpennine Routes. If you wish to use the FREE WiFi at any of the station, you need to look for the 'O2WiFi' signs.
There are several different types of tickets available for travelling on the Transpennine Express trains and routes and obviously the prices are determined by many different factors. The routes, times and dates of travel, age of person(s) travelling will all have a an influence on the price you pay for your train ticket(s). Travelling at 'Off Peak' time will also be cheaper than travelling at 'Peak' time and these are all factors that you yourself should take into consideration when planning your journey.
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As with most travel services, the sooner you book, the better deals you get and if you pre-book your Transpennine Express train tickets in advance online, you will receive the best deals and can save over 50% on your train tickets.
Booking your tickets online is very simple and you can then collect your tickets from the train station on the day of travel. If you book your tickets online, you will need to take the same credit or debit card to the station that you used to purchase your tickets, in order to collect them.


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St Michael`s Catholic Primary - Chatham (0.4 miles)
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Epcot is in the midst of a major expansion project that will ultimately change the way people look at the park. As stated by Bob Chapek, the company wants to transform Epcot into a place that's "[more Disney,] more family, more relevant, and more timeless." While we are not entirely convinced about this, we are sure Guests will love the new attractions that will open as part of this project.
Let's take a look around the park to check on the progress that has been done so far. We hope you'll enjoy the tour.


It's that time of year again and I thought I'd share my list of the top Christmas / Hannukah gifts for the gun lover in your life!
From body armor to fixed blade knives to the ubiquitous Sig Brace, these are some of the gifts I'm definitely hoping for this holiday season.
What did I miss and what else is on your list?
Designed for rifle-caliber pistols, the stabilizing braces allow for a more stable platform and, according to the BATFE, can be shoulder while firing.
That means your 11" AR or AK style pistol can be fitted with a brace and you now have a very compact platform - even shorter than bullpups. This (along with one of the new Armalite 6" pistols) is on the top of my list.
"Why do we use a 500 lumen light on our handgun? Because there isn't a 1,000 lumen light out yet"
Those are the words of legendary Navy SEAL and founder of Warfighter Academy Dave Maynard as we started the low-light force on force training for the night.
That eye opening experience made lights a must have and the X300 is the best balance of cost and quality on the market.
This was my Christmas gift to myself. Now if only UPS would hurry up and get it here. As a mother of two young boys, the balance of safe firearm storage and quick access in an emergency is a priority.
The Gun Box is the answer.
You can use the code LILREDARMY to save 5% on your purchase.
With the announcement of new models hitting the market, lightweight, low profile optics have seen a precipitous decline in price.
Going from an Aimpoint Comp M4 or any of the EoTech's to the Aimpoint Micro is a huge relief when you're really running behind the gun for a long class or training session.
Red dots on pistols are slowly becoming the next big thing and the Trijicon RMR is clearly the category leader in quality and durability.
Designed by the guys at STA Training Group and made by Medford Knife and Tool, this is one of the most versatile knives you can get.
One of the coolest products I've had the chance to check out and there will be a quick video review coming up soon.
The Defender may be the perfect low cost home defense rig out there. Level IIIA soft armor with a holster and room for a flashlight and an extra mag? Starting at under $200? Yes, please!
Far too many shooters have absolutely no medical supplies with them in case of accident or emergency situations.
The O.S.I.S. Trauma Kit, also known as the Scout Trauma Kit is a quality kit that takes your gear a notch up from the typical "blow out kit" that may leave you wanting more gear in an emergency.
Will a Magpul Cell Phone Case make your phone more tactical? No. But it might make it grow a beard and start flipping its sim card out like Chris Costa changing magazines. But considering this is an actual review from an anti-gun nutjob on the product, don't you feel like buying one just to piss them off?
I foolishly ordered this phone case before I realized that this is the company that made the 30-round magazine Adam Lanza used to slaughter 20 kids and six adults at Sandy Hook. They have fought gun reform tooth and nail, trying to militarize America's streets, and led the recall effort against Colorado senators who actually tried to do something after their fellow citizens were gunned down in a theater there. Some shoppers are happy to hand their money over to the death industry but I am not. Back it goes to Amazon. I won't feed this country's scourge.


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Professional Puzzle Maker
Champion Crossword Solver
And ... um ... did I mention Master Scrabble Player? His name is Trip Payne, and the simplest way to sum him up is to use a job title that he actually once held: 'Word Expert'. Trip was more than a bit kind in answering way more questions than I probably should have asked...
Who's the guy in the picture?
I'm a 41-year-old professional puzzlemaker who lives in Boca Raton, Florida. I've been with my partner Brian for seven years. I love puzzles, games, and mental pursuits of all kinds.
Tell us about your very first published crossword.
It was called "Shining Examples", in the November 1983 Games Magazine; I was 14 when the puzzle was accepted, and had just turned 15 when it was published. It was a one-star 15x15 repeated-word theme with 80 words, but Mike Shenk accepted it because the three 15-letter entries crossed two 11-letter entries.
He had to rework several sections of the grid, and of course changed a lot of clues. I still have the contract for that puzzle; I earned $40 for it, which was a great rate at the time.
Where do you publish regularly nowadays?
Every Monday through Friday, I have the Yahoo Daily Puzzle with Hints; it's a 13x13 pop-culture-based puzzle where you can click on any clue to see the Yahoo search results, which should lead you to the answer.
Every week, I have the "wordoku" puzzle in TV Guide magazine, where there is a long TV-related word or phrase somewhere in the completed puzzle.
Every five weeks, I have a themeless puzzle in the Washington Post, edited by Peter Gordon.
I try to put up one puzzle a month on Triple Play Puzzles, my website.
I usually put out a book or two with Sterling Publishing every year. Tip-Top Criss-Crosses will be published next, and I'm about to start work on Pop Culture Word Searches.
I try to find time to make occasional puzzles for the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and other places, but I don't get to do too much of that.
I have a couple more very exciting new gigs possibly in the works, but nothing is certain yet.
Given how prolifically you publish puzzles you seem to construct almost as fast as you solve! How long does it take you to construct one of your regular puzzles, and what's the secret to such rapid turnaround?
Really depends on the puzzle, of course. I typically spend two weeks a month making 20 Yahoo puzzles; a puzzle for the Post or the Times might take a few days. I don't actually think I'm that prolific, aside from Yahoo — I have relatively few puzzles published in the "major" markets every year, compared to many constructors.
If a regular solver was to attempt one of your puzzles (published anonymously), how might they recognize it as a 'Trip Payne' puzzle?
I'm not sure that I have a distinctive style, like (say) Karen Tracey or Byron Walden or Bob Klahn. I think my puzzles have a lot in common with people like Mike Shenk and Patrick Berry, though I'm not necessarily claiming to be in their league. I focus on trying to find the cleanest possible fill, and I spend a lot of time on the clues.
Since I construct by hand (I'm so old-school that I still use grid paper), my fills probably betray a slight bias toward my own interests; that's a problem that computer-filled puzzles don't have. But I can live with that.
What books/websites/software are your constant companions when you're constructing a crossword puzzle?
If I need to look up a pattern, I use the databases at Cruciverb, the NPL site, and Onelook. There are tons of sites I use regularly — Wikipedia, IMDB, and so on. I have a large library of reference books that were very handy in the pre-Internet days but don't get pulled out nearly as often anymore.
Who are your mentors in the world of crossword construction?
Primarily Mike Shenk and Stanley Newman. Will Shortz gave my career a boost by allowing me to work at Games as an intern during my college breaks. Aside from Mike, the constructors I most admired when I was coming into my own as a puzzlemaker were Henry Hook, Merl Reagle, and Jordan Lasher.
When did you realize that you might be 'faster than the average bear' at this game?
It wasn't like it was some sudden discovery, like a superhero discovering that he has superpowers for the first time. I entered a Baltimore crossword tournament in 1987, came in at the top of the bottom half, and realized that I had a long way to go to be as good as people like David Rosen or Ellen Ripstein or John McNeill. So I solved a lot of puzzles, honed my techniques, learned the vocab, and started working my way up the tournament ladder.
When did you enter the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT), for the first time, and how did you do?
I was a judge at the ACPT for several years (and constructed a couple of puzzles for it, including the final puzzle once). I eventually asked Will if I could jump from the judging side to the solving side, which at that point no one else had done, and he agreed. So I entered in 1992 for the first time; if I'm remembering correctly, I was leading going into the final round, but ended up in third place, behind Doug and Ellen.
You've won the ACPT a rather impressive three times. Is any particular one of those victories a real standout for you?
They've all been special, of course. The first one was great, winning at age 24 in 1993. But I really liked my last victory, in 2004, when I set an A-finals record time of 5:20, halving the times of my competitors, Jon and Al. For some reason that puzzle was right in my wheelhouse, I can't explain why.
In 2009 you came within a whisker of winning the ACPT again. Can you describe what went wrong?
In 2008, I finished first but had two mistakes; I filled in INVESTS for INJECTS, which made VAN rather than JAN and ROSCO rather than ROCCO — and all the clues seemed right *enough* that I didn't question them.
In 2009, freakishly, the same exact thing happened: I finished first but had two mistakes — ALL ALONE for ALKALINE (clued as "Basic"), SLATES for SKATES, and ROCARDO for RICARDO — and again, they all seemed right *enough*, given the specific clues, that the mental alarm bells never went off.
The other thing that went wrong was that for those two specific years, Will changed the time limit from 15 minutes to 20 minutes, and it's entirely likely that had the time limit still been at 15 minutes, I would have taken both titles despite the errors, since Tyler didn't finish the puzzles until well after that point each year.
When I asked Tyler Hinman last year who would win the 2010 ACPT (if he was unable to compete!), he said
Trip Payne, with no hesitation. I can't believe the guy has only three titles - he's right in it every year. And he has to be hungry for another title after stumbling in the final two years in a row.
The big surprise, of course, is that neither of you won it. Can you describe want went wrong for you this year? And who is this Dan Feyer guy anyway - did he come out of nowhere?
To answer the last question first: hardly! Two years ago, he won the C division; last year, he won the B division and would have made the A finals had he not made a strategic error on puzzle 7. Many of us had him pegged pre-tournament as the favorite to win.
Nothing really went wrong for me this year; I was just squarely beaten on puzzle 5. The only two puzzles where I wasn't in the top minute were puzzle 2 (one minute behind the leaders) and puzzle 5 (two minutes behind most of the leaders, four minutes behind Dan).
For some reason, I just wasn't on Quigley's wavelength on puzzle 5, and I didn't crack it as quickly as the other top people. Just the way it goes; I'd much rather lose that way than because of a careless error or something.
How do you 'prepare' for a crossword tournament?
I probably prepare less than any other top solver. Since I make puzzles for a living, solving is sort of a busman's holiday, and I don't really do so on a regular basis. That said, in the month before a tournament, I'll solve maybe a few hundred puzzles — go through a couple of Reagle or Sun collections, print out some puzzles I haven't done from various sources, that sort of thing.
Which crossword puzzles do you solve more or less religiously throughout the year?
I always solve the Fireball and Washington Post Puzzler themelesses, and usually solve the Friday and Saturday New York Times puzzles. I also enjoy the variety puzzles Patrick Berry puts up on his site .
There are a lot of puzzles where I don't solve them regularly, but when it's time for me to take a plane trip, I print out all the ones I haven't gotten to yet — the Onion, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Quigley's themelesses, and the most recent Reagles.
I don't usually speed-solve, unless I'm in training or someone asks me to for a point of comparison. I either solve casually or, if I want a challenge, I cut out the across clues and try to solve the puzzle using just the downs.
How often do you get seriously stumped on a puzzle nowadays - I mean, to the point where you have to cheat, or leave some squares blank?
Can't remember the last time.
The Big Screen
Tell us about the work you did for the CBS show 'Million Dollar Password'?
My title was "Word Expert"; during the show, my main job was to judge the legality of the clues, and determine whether a response was close enough to correct to be counted. I also helped write the rules to the game and helped vet the rounds before they aired.
The first batch of episodes was taped in New York, and the second batch in Los Angeles. It was hard work but a lot of fun, and I'd love to do more game show work in the future.
In 1999 you appeared on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Can you tell us how you did? What was the final question?
I was on the second and third episodes of the show, and was the first person to win $32,000. My $64,000 asked which toy's name translates into English as "play well" — Atari, Lego, Hacky Sack, or yo-yo. The answer is Lego; I guessed Atari.
The question actually wasn't quite correct — "Lego" doesn't translate as anything; that's actually a morphing of a two-word Danish phrase — but I decided not to protest it, being more than happy with the money I'd won.
Was Wordplay, the movie, a life-changer for you, or more just a bit of fun?
It was certainly a lot of fun — how many people can say they went to film festivals to see a movie that co-starred them? And I did get some professional gigs out of it, which is always good.
Scrabble Player
Very few people are experts at both Crosswords and Scrabble. How do you find the time to stay on top of both?
As noted, I don't really spend much time solving crosswords. And I don't study Scrabble nearly as much as I should; that's a resolution I keep making.
You once wrote that you prefer the puzzle community to the Scrabble community. Why is that?
I doubt I phrased it quite that way; I don't want to seem dismissive of the Scrabble community, which I genuinely enjoy. It's just that I've been a part of the puzzle community since the mid-1980s, and most of my closest friends are in that community as well. The puzzle world is my second family, the same way many other people feel about the Scrabble community.
You've expressed a bit of frustration with your Scrabble game in the past. How is it going for you right now?
Right now, pretty well. I've gained around 200 rating points in the last year and am back among the top 50 players at the moment. I feel like I'm playing pretty well; I just need to keep learning words.
Some serious Scrabble players would avoid crosswords for fear of filling their head with phoneys. Is that ever an issue for you?
Yeah, I know some people who quit Scrabble — or quit doing puzzles — just because of that fear. It's an occasional problem, sure. But most of the crossword repeaters are short words, and I know the Scrabble-legal short words pretty much cold, so it's not a problem as often as you might think.
Where do you play Scrabble mostly? Clubs, Tournaments, Online,...?
I play in a lot of local tournaments (both one-day and multi-day) and try to travel out of state to a few major tournaments a year as well. I go to the Fort Lauderdale Scrabble club most Wednesday nights, and I occasionally play some games against a strong computer program called Quackle.
Do you have a well-defined study regimen? Can you share it with us, or is it top secret?
It's not much of a regimen, but I do have specific areas that I'm working on. I'd rather not say, for fear of giving away what areas I'm weakest in.
Who do you think is the best Scrabble player in America right now?
David Gibson, probably, though you could easily argue for Dave Wiegand or any of several other people.
Do you have a best Scrabble play of all time?
Sure do. I had the rack A-A-E-I-N-P-R, and I played....
WAIT! Don't spoil it for everyone. Ok folks - what would you have played in this situation? When you have your answer, click on the board to see Trip's play.
Spelling Bees
I believe you won a Big People Spelling Bee a while back. Can you tell us more about that competition?
I've competed four times; I won once, in 2008. Two of my three losses were because the reader mispronounced the word. After this year's competition, many of us wrote letters to the organizers, saying that we would not return until they fixed that problem (and several other significant issues).
Did you enter the Scripps National Spelling Bee when you were at school? If not, why, and if so, how did you do?
No, my school didn't send anyone to the bee. I typically did well in classroom bees, though.
Have you heard of the AARP Senior National Spelling Bee. Do you think when you reach that special age that starts with '5' you might give it a go? Do you think spelling bees for adults have the potential to become something really big, or is it just a bit of fun?
I suspect it's just a bit of fun. I guess I'd consider something similar if it was local or had a larger prize, but I doubt I'd travel to Wyoming for a chance at possibly recouping most of my travel expenses.
Onwords and Upwords?
What are your word-buff-esque goals between now and the end of the year?
I'd like to continue improving at Scrabble (I'd love to make the top 10 at Nationals this August, which I've never managed). Other than that, I'd like to just keep trying to make creative, interesting puzzles, both for Triple Play Puzzles and elsewhere.
PHEW! I think that just about does it Trip. Thanks so much — I realize how much of your valuable time this has taken, but rest assured, Word-Buff visitors will thoroughly appreciate it!
And don't forget, if you like reading about people, books, and handy resources from the world of Scrabble, Crosswords, and other word games, feel free to pop your name and email address in the box below.
I'll put you on the Word-Buff Stuff! mailing list, and when something interesting comes along, you'll be the first to know...
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Q: Identificar modelo do roteador via PHP ou Javascript É possível identificar o modelo do roteador de uma pessoa através do PHP ou Javascript?
Queria que quando a pessoa acessasse uma página "X" o php ou javascript identificasse qual é o modelo do roteador dela e guardasse essa informação em txt ou BD.
Isso é possível ?

A: Há diversos meios mas nenhum confiável pois nem sempre retornará o que se espera. Um exemplo de gambiarra que pode tentar fazer é obter o IP do gateway do usuário. Normalmente o IP do gateway é o IP que leva a página de administração do roteador. Mas note que só conseguirá acessar caso o usuário esteja na mesma faixa de IP do gateway e nem sempre o IP do gateway leva a página admin do roteador. Os roteadores permitem ao usuário definir uma faixa de IP customizada ou um conjunto pré definido que difere da faixa do gateway. Tornando esse método inviável. E mesmo que aceda ao gateway, não há garantia alguma de obter a informação que necessita.
Mas se quiser entender a ideia é, precisa obter o IP do gateway. Pode fazer isso com JavaScript usando permissões especiais de acesso via browser ou por meio de plugins JAVA (O JAVA é mero exemplo, pode ser outra linguagem).
Com o IP do gateway em mãos, a ideia é conseguir ler a página que retorna do protocolo HTTP.
Conseguindo a página, tente extrair as metatags ou o título da página. Muitos roteadores colocam o nome e modelo na tag <title>.
É esse o alvo. Obter o conteúdo da tag <title>.
Saliento novamente que é apenas um de diversos meios de alcançar o que pretende e ainda assim requer permissões de acesso para execução de plugins e scripts JavaScript que normalmente são bloqueados por normas básicas de segurança. E ainda tem a falta de garantia de que o nome e modelo do roteador estará descrito na página HTML conforme método citado acima.
obs: o meu roteador não exibe o nome, marca ou modelo na tag title. Ao invés disso exibe "クイック設定Web".
Outros meios é usar funções de rede. Obviamente precisa de permissões para executar no usuário. Alguns roteadores retornam o modelo como nome de host ou DNS local. Normalmente o nome vem abreviado num padrão definido pelo fabricante. Mas como pode ver é também inseguro em relação a funcionalidade pois nem sempre terá essa informação e mesmo que consiga em alguns casos, ainda terá que interpretar as abreviaturas.
Um detalhe, pode descartar qualquer tentativa com usuários conectados em redes de telefonia 3G, 4G, 5G. E também usuários de dispositivos móveis como smartphones e tablets que obviamente não permitirão fazer nada disso. A menos que instalem explicitamente um aplicativo que extraia os dados da rede local.
No final das contas, terá um trabalho enorme com dezenas de gambiarras que não vale o retorno. É mais fácil um dromedário passar pelo orifício de uma agulha.

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Connecticut's Morgan Tuck, shown earlier this year, tied her season-high with 20 points in Saturday night's loss to Las Vegas to end a long road trip for the Connecticut Sun.
It's been a long road trip for the Connecticut Sun. They have played 10 of their 11 games on the road, including six stops on the West Coast.
On Saturday night, the Sun were playing the final game of a four-game West Coast swing in six days against the Las Vegas Aces. Connecticut led by 12 points after three quarters and had a seven-point lead with 4:19 left in the game.
But the Sun didn't have enough left in the tank to finish off the Aces. Las Vegas outscored Connecticut, 14-3 in the final four minutes to beat the Sun in a 94-90 WNBA game.
The Aces were ready and willing to run up and down the court with the Sun. At the end, they had a little more. Rookie A'ja Wilson, the 6-foot-5 from South Carolina who was the No. 1 pick in last spring's WNBA draft, was outstanding with a game-high 34 points and 14 rebounds – the second time this season she has scored over 30 points.
Guard Kayla McBride had 27 points and six rebounds while Kelsey Plum added a season-high 10 assists.
The Sun, who lost to Phoenix, 84-77 on Thursday night, slip to 10-9. They were led by Morgan Tuck, who had 20 points off the bench including a 4-of-7 performance from three-point range. Jonquel Jones scored 16 points while Chiney Ogwumike added 15 points and pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds.
Connecticut, which is 3-8 after starting the season 7-1, played without Alyssa Thomas (12.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg) for the tenth consecutive game. She is day-to-day after injuring a shoulder against Washington on June 13. Starting point guard Courtney Williams (12.3 ppg) has been out for personal reasons and has missed the last four games.
The Sun were in position to steal a victory but ran out of gas in the final minutes, missing five of their final six shots from the floor — pressed by an aggressive Aces defense.
Connecticut led 87-80 with 4:19 when Jones grabbed a rebound and drove to the basket and scored. But Wilson hit a jumper and then on their next possession, McBridge drove between a pair of Connecticut defenders to score. Plum hit a three-point jumper from the corner with 3:12 left to tie the score at 87-87.
McBride sank a pair of free throws with 1:52 left to give the Aces and head coach Bill Laimbeer a two-point lead, 89-87.
After another Connecticut miss with 1:28 remaining, the Aces controlled the rebound and raced down the floor. Wilson missed a shot in the lane, covered by three Connecticut defenders. Wilson fought for the rebound and put up a shot that went through the basket. Fouled, she added a free throw with 1:12 left to push the lead to 92-87 – a 12-0 surge by the Aces in 3:07.
Tuck drained a three-pointer with 51 seconds left to pull the Sun within two points, 92-90.
Jasmine Thomas missed two shots in the final 13 seconds of the game – shots that were tough to get up in the air due to an quick Aces squad that consistently pressured the ball and the shooter.
Tuck sank a career-high four three-point goals – an impressive performance considering she had just seven three-point shots combined in the previous 17 games. Her 20 points tied a season high first achieved at Phoenix on June 20.
Tuck's former teammate at the University of Connecticut, Moriah Jefferson, had an immediate impact on the game for the Aces in the fourth quarter.
A third year pro, Jefferson was named to the WNBA All-Rookie team for the San Antonio Stars in 2016, starting all 34 games and averaging 13.9 points and 4.2 assists a game. But it was just her third game of the season coming off successful off-season knee surgery.
Jefferson played a season-high 17 minutes and had a season-high nine points (3-5 shooting) and five assists.
Early in the fourth quarter, Jefferson scored a traditional three-point play on a drive to the basket, had a beautiful pass inside the lane to Wilson, a sharp pullup jumper and a quick drive to the basket as the Aces cut an 11-point Connecticut lead to seven.
The Sun return to the Mohegan Sun Arena on Tuesday when they host the New York Liberty for an 11 a.m. matinee.
NOTES: The Sun trailed by as many as 15 points against Phoenix before closing to within one point twice in the final 4:16 of the game but couldn't grab the lead in an 87-77 loss to the Mercury on Thursday night.
The Sun received a balanced effort with Chiney Ogwumike, Rachel Banham and Jasmine Thomas each finishing with 11 points while Alex Bentley scored 10 off the bench. Lexie Brown had a career night, finishing with nine points on three 3-point field goals.
Connecticut trailed by 13 points to begin the fourth quarter, 70-57 before a 15-3 run cut the lead to three points, 73-70. Brown had a pair of three-point shots in the surge while Jones and Tuck each had baskets in traffic in the lane.
Tuck scored with 4:16 remaining to cut the lead to one, 73-72. Jones scored with 3:45 left to again cut the lead to one, 75-74.
Phoenix (14-5) was led by Diana Taurasi (25 points, five rebounds, four assists) and Brittney Griner (23 points, six rebounds, three blocks).


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Wimbledon Fever Begins
Submitted by Foreign Students on Mon 20/06/11
For the next fortnight Britain will be going tennis mad, as Wimbledon fever takes over the country. The tennis tournament, held in south west London, attracts all the very best players in the world, including Britain's main hope- Andy Murray.
One of the four majors in tennis (alongside the Australian, French and U.S. Opens), Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and the only one to still be played on grass. Held annually, this year's tournament has particular significance as it is the 125th championships.
Tradition plays a major part in Wimbledon, and the tournament wouldn't be the same without its many quirks. For example, the chosen snack of the fortnight for the crowds watching is always strawberries and cream, which, if you haven't tried yet, is delicious. These crowds will have first had to queue (often overnight) to get in to watch on one of the important courts, though chances are the clichéd British summer rain will force play to be stopped several times throughout the day. However, all this is part of the Wimbledon experience and is what makes it such a brilliant sporting tournament.
British Hopes
In the UK, any hope of a Wimbledon winner lies with Andy Murray, the world number 4 Scotsman. Though he has never won a Grand Slam tournament before, he comes into the championships in great form, recently having won the warm up 'Queens' tournament also in London. However, he faces very tough competition from the top 3 players in the world- Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, who between them have won 27 of the last 30 Grand Slam tournaments.
Other than Murray, us Brits have very few other players to cheer on, with the next best Men's player- James Ward, ranked 176th in the world, and the best Women's player- Elena Baltacha, ranked 61st.
Despite the lack of real tournament winning hopes, the British love Wimbledon and over the next few weeks you will see quite how much everyone embraces the traditional strawberries and cream, the rain breaks and Sue Barker's presenting skills on the BBC coverage.
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Q: Error when building a new solution in xamarin.forms on Mac When I am creating new solution in vs for mac (xamarin.form) after building project i am getting this error.
My existing project working fine. I am getting this for new solution.
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/External/xbuild/Xamarin/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(3,3): Error: No installed provisioning profiles match the installed iOS signing identities. (Myxamapp.iOS)

A: Your error is exactly what is says in the message - you do not have a provisioning profile that matches the bundle id in your manifest.
See here for instructions on how to set one up
It might be worth setting up a wildcard profile that will work across a number of apps while in development.


Thanks to The Denizen, I was super excited when I read that a new sushi bar had just opened up in Newmarket. And even more so to find out that as well as serving modern style and creative sushi, a range of Japanese and Korean dishes were on the menu as well – my favourite cuisines! Plus an awesome beverage list – think Kokako cold brew coffee, Daily Organics kombucha and Cocoloco coconut water. Now, this sounded like my kind of place!
Fast forward a few months where I have been frequenting &Sushi on the weekends, with the aim to try everything on their mouthwatering menu. So far, my favourites have definitely been their sushi – every piece is beautifully presented and has some surprising decorations, like edible flowers, wasabi creams and strawberry slices! Each roll is clearly marked with the ingredients and some of their sushi is vegan and vegetarian.
Their purple rice sushi with cream cheese, salmon and topped with avocado and pink wasabi cream is a clear favourite, as well as the sushi pockets filled with perfectly chopped salmon and avocado pieces. All the sushi is freshly made, tastes great and the fillings generous.
If you prefer something more substantial, then I recommend you try one of their Soba Noodle Salads. Simply choose between charred eggplant (my favourite), teriyaki chicken or fresh tofu, and then be wowed when it arrives to your table. The salads are beautifully presented and are topped with red cabbage, radish, avocado, beansprouts, mesclun salad, ume dressing and the best part – kumara shavings, which gives the salad a nice texture.
Also a special mention to their Bulgogi Beef Donburi, which took standard donburi to a whole new level. It had wonderful flavours and was also decorated with edible flowers – not something you see everyday! And don't leave before trying their miso soup – at $3, it is the best I have had in Auckland.
1. The location. Nestled among the vast array of shops on Teed Street, &Sushi is the perfect spot for lunch after a morning of shopping.
2. The space. Minimalist design, with hanging plants and a zebra-like feature wall. It is also clean and light.
3. The friendly and efficient staff, who are clearly passionate about their food. Plus, you can see the chefs cooking in the kitchen!
To me, &Sushi is the real deal. If you are looking for beautifully presented and tasty meals, welcoming staff and a great ambience, then no doubt you will be dreaming daily about your next visit to &Sushi.
Recommended: charred eggplant soba noodle salad, a range of their sushi and a cup of warming miso soup!


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Watch Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin cover The Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' for new Hanukkah song series
It's their first in a series of covers for the Hannukah holiday season
Greg Kurstin and Dave Grohl. Credit: @foofighters/Twitter.
Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin have teamed up to cover The Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' – the first in a new series of covers to celebrate Hanukkah.
In a video posted to Twitter, Grohl is seen delivering vocals and drums on the furious rendition of the 1994 track, while Kurstin plays the song's distinctive keys.
Sharing the track to Twitter, they wrote: "As the only Rock and Roll Hall Of Famers with a lyric about kugel, we thought it would be a shanda to not kick off this party with New York's (and Abraham's) finest…known by some as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedenego known by their Imas & Abbas as @beastieboys!"
It's the first offering of the project, which will see the pair covering eight songs by Jewish artists, one for each day of the holiday season.
As the only Rock and Roll Hall Of Famers with a lyric about kugel, we thought it would be a shanda to not kick off this party with New York's (and Abraham's) finest…known by some as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedenego known by their Imas & Abbas as @beastieboys!#HanukkahSessions pic.twitter.com/QbDSWNhXaO
"This year, instead of doing a Christmas song, Greg and I decided to celebrate Hanukkah by recording eight songs by eight famous Jewish artists and releasing one song each night of Hanukkah," Grohl first explained of the project.
"With all the mishegas of 2020, Greg Kurstin & I were kibbitzing about how we could make Hannukah extra-special this year," he added in a tweet. "Festival of Lights?! How about a festival of tasty LICKS! So hold on to your tuchuses… we've got something special coming for your shayna punims."
The Hanukkah Sessions! comes as Foo Fighters gear up to release their new tenth studio album 'Medicine At Midnight'. The album is set for release on February 5, 2021, and the band recently shared its first single, the dark 'Shame Shame'.
"This is our Saturday night party album," Grohl told NME of the new record recently. "It was written and sequenced in a way that you put on, and nine songs later you'll just put it on again."
Foo Fighters also recently shared a new short documentary called 'Times Like Those', celebrating their 25 years as a band.


I had a swap due today for orients stamp arts this week. For this swap you make four and send to hostess and received 4 different cards back! Pretty straightforward. The Hostess "Rli" always amazes us with the goodies she sends back with the swapped card!
I used a ancient Ginkgo stamp, I am not sure who makes it as I took it off its wood mount a few years ago, its and oldie and goodie!
I stamped the image in Ranger Archival - you need waterproof for watercolor pens! Sketched in a little brick red t give it some subtle undertones.
I only used two of the green tones for these leaves!
With a tiny bit of water and a fine paint brush I mixed the two colors.
The pigment leave the pens from a felt brush like nib, the color just flows on to the paper!!
Washed it till I felt like it was "right"
Because I was using cheap watercolor paper, I did get pilling, but once the paper was dry , It brushed of very easily!
This was the first and Steve thought it lacked pop so he suggested I try it on an angle. Good thing I did!!
here are the other 4!
The card base is 5x7 Premium white felt, it has a nice heavy body weight. Spectrum Aqua pens are much easier to use than I had thought they would be.
WOW!! Ginny I loved this Ginkgo would you be so Kind to send me a couple of these to color , thank you so much.


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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India adopts CC-BY
The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India (MAPAI) had adopted creative commons CC-BY license for its official publication Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (OAJMAP). The recent announcement about this on its journals web page mentions that to fully realize the potential of open access to research literature, barriers to reuse need to be removed and it uses CC-BY and also recommends it as the preferred license for open access publications. It also adds that with the adoption of CC-BY license all those players would be encouraged who wish to develop new knowledge tools and services for making the research discovered and produce new knowledge. The Chief Commons Officer, John Wilbanks in the latest special issue of Nature on 'The Future of Publishing' says that "A licence that is designed just for publishers might feel safer, but it is a fool's errand". He also mentions that CC-BY is widely used by scholarly publishers viz., BioMed Central, Hindawi and the Public Library of Science and it fulfills the community definitions of openness.
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Public Knowledge Project releases Open Monograph Press version 1.0
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Invitation for Quality Evaluation of UNESCO's GOAP
UNESCO's Global Open Access Portal (GOAP) presenting the status of Open Access to scientific information around the world is in the process of doing a Quality Evaluation of UNESCO's GOAP. And is inviting experts and professionals involved with Open Access to offer their perspectives towards the advancement of Open Access policy by completing a short questionnaire online by March 22, 2013.
For more information, you may please contact Ms. Alison Macbeth, Communication and Information, UNESCO, New Delhi Office, India.
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MOE is the company that makes the JVC FTX90's. I have had a pair of these for about a year. They are rock solid and take amping very well. TTPOD's fried on me after using them for 5 min. I returned them thinking I had a bad pair replacements came, same thing happened. I also have the Havi's. I can't compare the 2 though as I am obviously doing something wrong with them. I put Comply tips on them and they sound awful. Using an X3 with E12 or Rockboxed iPod and C5. Only listening to flacs, they sound awful. I know it is me based on the reviews here. I will say the MOE's are a lot better than the TTPOD's IMO.
no offense, but I don't understand the 5 star rating with the audio quality and value rated so poorly.
Cons - Limited acoustics with no frequency separations. Bass is too hard & trapped. Treble is just on a moderate level.
i took a quick look to the forum thread of this earphone. usually everyone talks about it's frequency balance (peaks etc.). i bought this, used this and i couldn't find anything to talk about.
nothing spectacular about it's acoustic, yes it sounds bigger than some already trash earphones but pretty bad frequency separations, everything placed too close to each other. the bass is not too weak but not the best bass for sure, it's too hard, not deep enough and of course it also gets affected by the small acoustic. same goes for the highs... highs are not detailless but not on a high quality too. power it and you'll lose yourself in the jungle of parasites.
wanna try MOE SS01 for 3 times lesser price ? why don't you get yourself a TTPOD T1-E then ? it's not just the looks. they're the same. the only difference is, some TTPOD's doin' harakiri after a very short time (maybe because they're ashamed from bad acoustic performance, who knows ?).
oh, wait a minute... i've a second thought, why don't you get neither of them and buy yourself a true earphone from my table, how 'bout that ?
"Hi i'm new here so i'll piss and flip the bird to everyone"
I give this review half a star.
maybe that's because you don't have enough stars in your hand. i didn't wanted to write a detailed review about this one because there's no need to. you should check my other reviews to find out why. it does not even deserve a review, completely unnecessary, ordinary, basic, worthless, time waster product.


The specifications and platform details for Intel's Skylake processors have been leaked by Sweclockers only a day after the launch of the high-performance Devil's Canyon processors.
yesterday from various companies, ADATA, Corsair, Crucial to name a few.
afford a DDR4 memory kit on the mainstream platform.
with the unlocked parts arriving later on.
said to mention 48 EUs on GT3e and 24 EUs on GT2 level processors.


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She (dt. Sie) ist ein Popsong des deutschen Duos Groove Coverage aus ihrem zweiten Studioalbum 7 Years and 50 Days. Der Titel wurde im Juli 2004 als vierte Single ausgekoppelt. Die Melodie des Liedes stammt von dem Weihnachtslied Stern über Bethlehem von Alfred Hans Zoller.

Hintergrund
Der Song wurde am 26. Juli 2004 von Zeitgeist Records in Deutschland als Single veröffentlicht. Produziert wurde She von Axel Konrad und Ole Wierk; den neuen Songtext schrieb Lou Bega. Er handelt von der Besonderheit der Frau und ihrer Unvergesslichkeit in unser aller Leben.

Das Musikvideo zur Single wurde unter der Regie von Eric Hillenbrand realisiert. Er zeigt eine Gruppe junger fröhlicher Frauen am Weiher beim Campieren und Feiern.

Chartplatzierungen
She konnte sich in Deutschland und Österreich in den Top 20 der Hitparaden platzieren.

Titelliste der Single
 She (Radio Edit) – 3:50
 She (Extended Version) – 5:31
 She (Droggn-Abroggn Remix) – 3:18
 She – 2:23
 She (Skam Remix) – 5:55
 She (Canadian Remix) – 3:30

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Einzelnachweise

Lied 2004
Popsong

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EcoRe3 - Resistance, Recovery and Resilience of Long-term Ecological Systems
Seddon AWR, Cole LE, Morris J, Fletcher M-S & Willis KJ
Alistair W.R. Seddon1, L.E. Cole2, J. Morris3, M.-S. Fletcher4 and K.J. Willis5
"Resilience" is a key attribute needed to ensure the persistence of Earth's ecosystems in the face of increasing anthropogenic stressors and climate change. Yet definitions of resilience, and the methods used to measure it, can differ markedly between studies (Hodgson et al. 2015). These disagreements make it difficult to compare and identify systems with more or less resilience and to plan future mitigation strategies.
Figure 1: Components of resilience (adapted from Hodgson et al. 2015), showing a classical resilience landscape where components of resilience can be derived. See Box 1 for definitions.
One useful approach is to integrate the different concepts of resilience within one unifying framework, by identifying the different "components" of resilience that lead to a system maintaining ecological functioning in the face of disturbance (Fig. 1). This is the first step for understanding what factors cause variations in resilience between different ecosystems. The next challenge is to develop tools to measure these components across biomes.
Recent attempts have used satellite data to map some components of resilience at global scales (e.g. Seddon et al. 2016). These "snapshots" are based on measuring short-term ecological responses, but whether the patterns reflect fundamental properties of the systems, or are the result of historical disturbance legacies, remains unknown. Sediments provide a long-term record of disturbances and ecological responses for investigating resilience (e.g. Cole et al. 2014), but the appropriate metrics for comparing components of resilience from sediments across different ecosystem types are yet to be developed.
EcoRe3 is a new PAGES working group which aims to devise a set of standardized approaches for comparing components of resilience from the paleo-record. We focus on measuring resistance (the amount of change following a disturbance), recovery (the speed to return to equilibrium following a disturbance) and how these components contribute to the resilience (the ability to tolerate disturbance and remain in the same state) in ecological systems using long-term data.
Scientific objectives
Elasticity: Speed of recovery to equilibrium following a disturbance. Determines the recovery rate.
Precariousness: Distance to an ecological threshold or tipping point.
Latitude: Width of the basin (or ecological resilience, e.g. Holling 1973).
Resistance: Amount of change following a disturbance (in Fig. 1, basin with slope "a" has higher resistance than slope "b"; e.g. de Keersmaeker et al. 2015).
Sensitivity: Relative variance of system compared to driver (e.g. Seddon et al. 2016).
Box 1: Components of resilience - definitions
EcoRe3 is based around four key scientific objectives:
Theory: We will develop methods, grounded in ecological theory, to measure and compare resistance, recovery and resilience using long-term ecological datasets. These will be explored at the first EcoRe3 workshop in March 2017 (pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/127-pages/1652).
Application: Using a series of high-resolution paleoecological records to test the use of these approaches will enable us to compare components of resilience across biomes, and investigate which biotic and abiotic controls are responsible for the observed patterns.
Training: Open-Source code will be developed for all analyses to ensure reproducibility of the methods. A workshop for early-career scientists, towards the end of the group's third year, is planned.
Integration: A major goal is to find ways to collaborate with scientists interested in resilience across different disciplines. In addition to working together with other PAGES working groups, we plan to investigate how to integrate the tools developed on paleo-datasets into those that can be used for the management of contemporary ecosystems.
For further information about EcoRe3 activities, please subscribe to the mailing list. pastglobalchanges.org/ecore3
1Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
3Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
4School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia
5Oxford University and Royal Botanic Gardens, Oxford, UK
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Cole LES et al. (2014) Nature Comm 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms4906
Hodgson D et al. (2015) Trends Ecol Evol 30: 503-506
Holling CS (1973) Annu Rev Ecol Evol Syst 4: 1-23
Seddon AWR et al. (2016) Nature 531: 229-232


It one of the most unusual things about La Liga. That La Liga protocol dictates that the trophy for winning the league is only handed to the champions at the start of the following season.
So on Sunday, 98 days after winning the La Liga title, Real Madrid players were finally able to raise the trophy they had worked so hard for last season.
Sergio Ramos climbed the famous steps of the Bernabeu Stadium, for the first time as captain, accompanied by co-captain Marcelo he kissed the trophy before lifting it in a rather subdued manner before their league clash with Valencia.
The Madrid faithful didn't seem to mind and were jumping up in joy as "champions" ringed around the Stadium. After such a long wait they were going to join in on the belated celebrations one way or another.
After briefly lifting the trophy Ramos and Marcelo, wearing their Madrid home strips, ran down the stairs to join the rest of the players on the pitch and parade the trophy before posing for a team photo.
Zinedine Zidane's squad were joined by the Copa del Rey trophy they won from last season, the La Liga and this season's European Super Cup, which they beat Jose Mourinho's Manchester United to claim.
Oddly, there was no sight of the Champions League, which was the prize jewel from last season's famous treble. Suppose it's locked away in their prestigious and ever-growing museum.
Madrid pipped fierce rivals Barcelona to claim their first La Liga title in five years in the final game of last season with a 2-0 victory over Malaga to finish with 93 points from 38 games.