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Fantasia Daily for 9 July 2010: Phobia 2, Secret Reunion, The Clash, Rubber
Ah, working from the road! At least the new offices in Montreal are nearby and nice; I actually got there early because I wasn't quite sure how far it was. Then I spent the whole day dealing with an unexpected side effect of the code that seemed so clever last week. At least I know what the problem was.
Then it was back down the road for a pretty good run of movies, hanging out with a few cool Canadian internet film writers, and my first film of the festival that had a star in attendance, the surprise darling of Cannes, "Robert" from Rubber:
Sadly, what both the host and the guest had to say was en français, and my understanding of the language isn't even what it was in high school. It sounds like Robert has a bit of an ego, though maybe he's earned it, as his first film was hilarious.
Haa Phrang (Phobia 2)
* * * ¾ (out of four)
Seen 9 July 2010 in Theatre Hall (Fantasia 2010)
The first Phobia (called "4bia" in festival programs) was a sort of sampler, offering up four short horror stories from four different directors, also tending toward different types of horror. The follow-up anthology brings the number of stories and directors up to five, and while the variety isn't quite what it was in the previous one, this group of Thai filmmakers still finds ways to make the audience jump.
In the first short, "Novice", Paween Purijitpanya gives us Pey, a surly teenager who has just been deposited in a remote Buddhist temple by his mother after a tragic accident. It's the start of the ritual of the hungry ghosts, and woe befalls the poor kid who disturbs the food left out for the spirits. Purijitpanya takes a basic horror story and executes it near-perfectly. The effects guys come up with a good monster, and the filmmakers hold it back enough to make its appearances jump-worthy while still cranking up the tension between. It builds to the ending it must have, but a good one.
In one of the more direct connections between shorts, Visute Poolvoralaks's "Ward" focuses on the kid Pey was with, Tee Arthit, who winds up in the hospital with casts on both his legs. Supposedly, his hospital room is effectively private, with an empty bed to one side and a brain-dead patient on the other - but the brain-dead patient has visitors, and when they leave, seems much more active than he should be. "Ward" is a pretty straightforward series of jump moments, set up and knocked down.
Full review at EFC
Uigyeongje (Secret Reunion)
* * * ½ (out of four)
Secret Reunion starts out like a spy movie, the sort they don't set in the present day anymore because the Cold War has ended everywhere but Korea and Cuba (although from the recent news about a busted Russian spy ring in New York, you wouldn't know it). It evolves strangely, though, becoming a sort of unique take on the buddy picture, much like Jang Hun's debut, Rough Cut, looking conventional but much more clever.
At the turn of the millennium, a group of three North Korean agents led by the brutal "Shadow" (Jeon Gook-hwan) made an assassination attempt on a defected cousin of Kim Jong-il. The South Korean National Intelligence Service had turned one, Son Tae-soon (Yun Hee-seok), so Agent Lee Han-kyu (Song Kang-ho) and his team are able to get to the scene. It's a bloodbath, and Han-kyu is fired in the wake of the debacle. The other spy, Song Ji-woon (Kang Dong-won) is disavowed, cut off from his pregnant wife in the north. Six years pass, and Han-kyu is now working as a sort of very low-rent private detective, retrieving foreign-born brides who walk out on their husbands. Relying on his pair of idiot assistants gets him poised for a beating on a construction site, when the fight is broken up by the foreman - Ji-woon, living incognito under the the name Park Ki-joon. The recognize each other immediately, though don't show it, and soon Han-kyu has recruited Ji-woon to work for him. Each thinks the other's low circumstances is a cover, and that learning what is really going on will get them rewarded by their old masters.
The opening sequence of Secret Reunion is as good as this sort of spy movie stuff gets, fusing slick tradecraft with over-the-top action in a way that manages to evoke both the realistic and fantasy modes of spy cinema, set Shadow up as a villain to be reckoned with, and establishes Ji-woon as a decent man without painting him as disloyal. Jang is so assured in this tense, violent territory that it's a bit of a surprise when the movie goes in a different direction.
Bay Rong (The Clash)
* * ½ (out of four)
Seen 9 July 2010 in Salle de Seve (Fantasia 2010)
It's probably unfair to compare this to The Rebel, the previous action movie to co-star Johnny Nguyen and Tranh Van Ngo, but it's inevitable - the two leads are back, and Nguyen once again writes and produces. This looks to be made on a much smaller budget, and is contemporary as opposed to being a period piece. Unfortunately, it just isn't at the same level; the action scenes are fewer and farther between, and the melodramatic story doesn't quite work.
Still, when the action scenes come, they are great fun to watch. Nguyen is a top-notch screen fighter, and Ngo isn't so bad herself, and their high-leverage style of mixed martial arts is shot in a way that there's no doubt that the actors and stuntmen are taking hits and doing some incredibly athletic action. Nguyen has come up with a good basic story, but aside from the action, there are precious few moments when the movie is really fun to watch; it could use a little more levity or character types beyond grim hardcases.
* * * * (out of four)
Seen 9 July 2010 in Salle de Seve (Fantasia 2010: Camera Lucida)
Ah, curse the need to spend a little bit of time this morning seeing to certain essentials, as it leaves me without the time to write a full review of Rubber, the early leader in the contest for the most deranged, bizarre - and funny movie of the festival. The concept is screwy enough - a discarded tire comes to life, starts rolling, and kills whatever comes into its path with the power of its mind. On top of that, though, writer/director Quentin Dupieux presents it in a way that smashes at the fourth wall, presenting it as not quite a film-within-a-film, but having an audience all the same, one which interacts with the story in strange ways.
And yet, it all works. The crazy digressions, the deadpan comedy, the constant pointing out that this actually doesn't make a lick of sense. It's got a winning cast that all hit just the right note, and special effects that are handmade but not obviously cheesy. It may at times be a hard, weird movie to describe, but it's also a perfect midnight movie experience.
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Your guild has a heavy army? We have a Deathlancer. Join Lunarcron.
Highly active, all day everyday (not very casual).
Level 7 (Level 8 on the way).
Involved in every aspect of the game including Resource Planet attacks and defenses.
We use strategy, tactics, and teamwork to accomplish our goals.
BYOB. Deathlancer beats everyone to the bar.
Don't be a douche. Whether you're more powerful or not, we're chill and all those in Lunarcron are equally viable for nearly all of our operations.
If you don't know, ask. We're extremely friendly to those wanting to learn the game and wanting to better their game and our guild. The more you learn, the better we become.
Nah Lunacron is a dictatorship, if you don't want to get Line chat they will kick you. Regardless if you help out with defenses and donate every day like your suppose to.
Drama llama powers - ACTIVATE!!!
Ok, I'll bite... even though I have no idea who you are. I've been the General of Lunarcron for less than a week. Since then, only 2 members have been removed due to ZERO (0) contribution in 2 weeks (we have screenshots for proof).
As for the dictatorship, false by most common definitions. If you were in LINE chat where the guild communicates, you'd know this. All officers and deputies have been included in decision making for the requirements and members were given a chance to weigh in on these. Just because we have requirements, doesn't mean we're a "dictatorship." If you didn't meet the requirements after quite some time, you get the boot to make room for others who will.
Contribution? We're not needy or greedy. As long as we make rent. It doesn't secure a position. Defenses? If you weren't in LINE chat, there's a high chance that you were fodder taking up space for someone who was more well coordinated with the guild. Since the previous general's last string of kicks, I haven't noticed any ranged non-tank hitters at minimum range getting punched in the face with Godfists and dying in round 1.
TL;DR: You failed 2 simple requirements.
made an account, to post on the recruitment thread. that's dedication.


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K500,000 for Team PNG
BY: Carmella Gware
The PNG Olympic Committee received a cheque of K500,000 from the sales of the 2019 Trukai Fun Run t-shirts.
Trukai Industries Ltd proudly presented the cheque on Friday in Port Moresby.
93,492 t-shirts were sold from this year's June 16th fun run – both from auctions and the t-shirt sales.
Trukai Industries says this year's fun run was a huge success, compared to previous years'. Both the Lae and Port Moresby auctions recorded a total of 61,000 t-shirts.
In receiving the K500,000 cheque, Team PNG Chef de Mission, Emma Waiwai, expressed the PNG Olympic Committee's heartfelt gratitude to Trukai.
"Your support, like I said, always goes a long way towards our preparation and certainly for this year, it has really helped because we are taking a bigger team than normal," she said. "Not as big as 2015 but still a big team so that K500,000 really helps to make sure that our athletes are going and performing.
"They're all ready now to go and perform at their best. And when they hear things like this, I'm sure it really motivates them to go and make sure that what they achieve, is not only for them and for their families but also for sponsors like you."
Apart from the cheque presentation, Trukai also donated 1.25 tonnes of rice for Team PNG to take to Samoa. The rice donation consists of 50 bags of 10kg Jasmine rice, 50 10kg bags of Trukai, and 25 10kg bags of Natural Brown – all worth about K5,000.
The 16th Pacific Games will take place on the 7th-20th July where the PNGOC will be sending 500 athletes and officials to represent PNG.
(Team PNG Chef de Mission, Emma Waiwai)
PNG Olympic Committee
Trukai Industries Ltd
Carmella Gware

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The nursing home's environment failed to maintain and enhance the dignity and respect of the residents on seven nursing units. Findings included the following: During the initial tour of three west nursing unit accompanied by Employee E5, unit manager on February 3, 2015 at approximately 10:45a.m. the following was observed: Residents were noted to be sitting on tables in the dining room where a large flat screen television was mounted on the wall. The volume was noted to be very loud. Resident R308, an alert and oriented resident, resided in a private room that was directly next to the three west dining room and shared a common wall with it. The doorways to the Resident room and the dining room were noted to be diagonally opposite each other. The Resident stated in a private interview at the time that the television in the dining room was so loud that it was always like that, that it was always like that at night, that he told everybody about it. Observation of the dining room on Three West nursing unit on February 4, 2015 at 11:45 a.m. revealed approximately 20 Residents sitting at several tables throughout the room. Several of the residents had been identified as cognitively impaired by Employee E5, Three West registered nurse unit manager during the initial tour of the previous day. The television was on and the volume again was very loud. A table on one side of the room was set with sandwiches, salads, bottles of sodas and other items. Approximately 8 nursing staff members, including the unit manager were observed standing in front of the table holding plates and were in the process of serving food to themselves. The table was in full view of Residents who were sitting at tables across from them. The staff noted the surveyor and began to leave the room carrying plates of food. Employee E5 stated in an interview at 11:50 a.m. on that same date that the Residents had not yet eaten and were in the dining room waiting for their lunch at that time.
Based on observation, review of clinical record and resident and staff interviews, it was determined that the nursing staff failed to accommodate one resident's need for a safe and comfortable wheelchair. Findings include: Review of Resident R298's clinical record revealed the Resident was admitted to the nursing home and was moderately cognitively impaired. Continued review of revealed a Minimum Data Set dated November 9, 2014 which indicated a diagnosis. Further review of the MDS revealed that Resident R298 required staff supervision for transfer, dressing, ambulation, eating and used a wheelchair for mobility. Additionally the resident was frequently incontinent of bladder and required extensive assistance of staff for hygiene. An Occupational Therapy Evaluation completed in August 2014 stated that the Resident always used a wheelchair. The left armrest of the wheelchair was noted to have an elastic bandage wrapped around it, the padded portion of the armrest had slipped off and observed to be on the inside of the chair.


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Encyclopedia > Kyushu
Kyushu (九州) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly of the main islands. It is considered the birthplace of Japanese civilization.
Population: 13.44 million (1995). Area: 35,640 km².
The island is mountainous, and Japan's largest active volcano, Aso at 1592m, is on Kyushu. There are many other signs of tectonic activity, including hot springs.
Kyushu includes seven Prefectures - Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Oita, and Saga. The major city on the island is Fukuoka - a port and major centre for heavy industry. Kitakyushu and Omuta are also industrial centres. Nagasaki is the main port.
Kyushu has a subtropical climate. Major agricultural products are rice, tea, tobacco, sweet potatoes, and soy; silk is also widely produced. The island is noted for two types of porcelain - Satsuma and Hizen. Heavy industry is concentrated in the north and includes chemicals and metal processing.
The name Kyushu literally means nine (九) provinces (州) and gets its meaning from the nine ancient provinces that once made up the island. The central government, behind the Meiji Emperor, in 1871 abolished this and the feudal system of government and established prefectures (Haihan Chiken) in their place.
See also: Geography of Japan, List of regions in Japan
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Tyranny Made Vivid: The Enduring Power of Nineteen Eighty-Four
A famous artistic denunciation of tyranny, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, is now almost 70 years old. Completed by Orwell in late 1948 and published the following June, the influence of Orwell's novel over the following decades has been tremendous. Probably far more people are familiar with the fictional dramatically repressive, one-party state of Oceania than with the actual history of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union during the 1930s and 1940s—the place and time that is the closest real-life parallel to Nineteen Eighty-Four's dystopian society.
The novel has been widely imitated and parodied, perhaps most memorably in a famous Apple computer ad, and certain phrases from Nineteen Eighty-Four, such as "the Thought Police" and "Big Brother is Watching You" have entered common usage. Moreover, warnings and accusations that contemporary politicians are turning society into a real-world version of Orwell's dystopia are almost as common as similar invocations of Hitler or Nazi Germany.
The seven-decade-long influence of Nineteen Eighty-Four demonstrates art's power to impress real-life injustices and horrors on people's minds. How does the novel accomplish this, though? What did Orwell do that was so effective?
Identifying Nineteen Eighty-Four's strengths paradoxically requires first looking at one of the novel's most notable weaknesses.
What is striking about Oceania in Nineteen Eighty-Four is how, for a nightmare vision of the future, the society lacks many of the worst features of real 20th-century repressive states. Oceania's regime certainly is repressive—people are frequently arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and killed for real and imagined offenses against the state—yet large-scale, genocidal killing such as that perpetrated by Nazi Germany does not occur. While everyone outside the ruling elite lives in material poverty, Oceania does not have massive famines that kill millions, which makes it unlike both Stalin's Soviet Union and (years after Nineteen Eighty-Four's publication) Mao Zedong's China. Oceania wages constant war against the world's other two superpowers, Eurasia and Eastasia, yet the war consists of relatively low-level, conventional warfare. Nuclear weapons are not used anymore, so humanity is not at risk of extinction. Moreover, because the three superpowers have a tacit understanding that the war should last forever (so as to justify repressing their populations), there is no danger that Oceania will ultimately be defeated and conquered. National disaster through wartime defeat, which Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan suffered and the Soviet Union almost suffered, does not threaten the citizens of Oceania.
Viewed in this way, Orwell's dystopia seems comparatively moderate. This illustrates Nineteen Eighty-Four's biggest flaw, at least as a political statement: to make his fictional tyranny seem as omnipotent and unassailable as possible, Orwell attributes far greater stability to the regime and far greater competence and foresight to its rulers than occurs in real life. This should undermine the novel's power, as it makes the fictional world less realistic and less horrifying than it could be.
I say, "should undermine the novel's power"; yet, somehow, it doesn't. Despite its flaws, Nineteen Eighty-Four still disturbs and haunts many of us, as its continuing influence shows. The reason is that Orwell depicts features of tyranny that while objectively less severe than mass murder, famine, or devastating war, are subjectively more moving. For those who have never experienced the worst features of tyranny—as most of Orwell's readers in 1940s Great Britain presumably had not—descriptions of mass murder, starvation, and similar atrocities can be shocking but also very quickly numbing. A reader can sympathize with the victims of such injustices but may not be able to identify with them.
Instead, Orwell describes in great detail aspects of Oceania's tyranny that readers can identify with and that can stir a deeper sense of revulsion and outrage than greater but more distant atrocities would. I can identify at least four of these:
Poverty. People might not starve by the millions in Oceania, but everyone lives a bleak, meager material existence. Much space in the novel is given to describing the uncomfortable, deprived life that Winston Smith and other characters live, with Orwell including telling details such as periodic power outages, the lack of razor blades, the cigarettes that fall apart if you hold them the wrong way, and the only alcohol available being foul-tasting gin. Winston prizes small possessions such as an old-fashioned notebook not merely because it allows him to keep a diary but because it looks and feels nicer than most of the material objects he encounters: "a thick, quarto-sized blank book with a red back and a marbled cover…Its smooth creamy paper, a little yellowed by age, was of a kind that had not been manufactured for at least forty years past."[1]
This kind of detail is presumably the legacy of Orwell's journalistic career living among and writing about the poor, whether in Paris, London, or the north of England, as well as his experiences of wartime and post-war austerity. This part of the dystopia would be something his fellow Britons could definitely identify with. Orwell captures what the novelist Anthony Burgess, in his commentary on Nineteen Eighty-Four, aptly described as "the cheating of the senses with shoddy food, drink, and tobacco, the rough clothes, coarse soap, blunt razor blades, the feeling of being unkempt and unclean."[2]
Lies. Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth, which is the propaganda department of Oceania's regime. He—and thus we the readers—have a first-hand view of how the regime lies about history and current events so they will fit the political need of the moment. At one point Winston is charged with rewriting an old news story that mentions a Party member who had subsequently been purged and executed. He accordingly writes an article about a speech by Big Brother praising a martyred war hero, one Comrade Ogilvy. As the novel tells us, "It was true that there was no such person as Comrade Ogilvy, but a few lines of print and a couple of faked photographs would soon bring him into existence."[3] The grotesquerie of this deliberate, blatant lying is somehow more memorable than the mere fact of the purged Party member's murder.
Such lying parallels real-world government-sponsored fictions. Indeed, the aspect of the Ministry of Truth's operations with perhaps the greatest relevance is its treatment of Oceania's foreign relations. As the regime periodically changes its wartime allies and enemies, it switches the stream of hate and vilification from one foreign country to another, going so far as to rewrite history to make the enemy of the moment the enemy from time immemorial. Allowing for a certain exaggeration, I don't think this aspect of Nineteen Eighty-Four qualifies as "dystopia" or even "satire." This is simply a description of how governments and foreign policy work.
Psychological humiliation. The scenes of interrogation and torture that occupy much of Nineteen Eighty-Four's final quarter or so are probably the weakest part of the novel. As Orwell tries to make the tortures lurid and unexpected (as with the horrors of Room 101) and the torturers as villainous as possible (as with "The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake," "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever," and similar mustache-twirling lines), he ultimately undermines these scenes' credibility. Nevertheless, a potent idea—with, again, a real-life parallel—remains behind it all.
The Thought Police seek not merely to hurt or kill Winston Smith and their other victims, but to make them abase themselves by accepting their own guilt and the regime's essential legitimacy—to love Big Brother, as the novel puts it. This allows the regime to kill dissenters without ever making them into martyrs. This scenario parallels the Stalinist show trials, in which leading Communists were forced to confess to various conspiracies and crimes. Such psychological abuse can be more moving than physical abuse. This is perhaps partly because the focus on the victims' emotions encourages us to empathize with them. Perhaps partly it is also because robbing someone of their self-respect is more painful to witness than physical harm.
Breaking the family. Oceania's regime wants to eliminate love between individuals so that the only love is for Big Brother and the Party. Nineteen Eighty-Four focuses on the regime's efforts to stamp out romantic love, with Winston's relationship with his secret lover Julia being the book's key act of rebellion. What receives less attention but is no less powerful is the tyranny's attack on the relationships of parents and children. Winston's parents are long gone, vanished in a purge, and he has only vague recollections of them. The only children of note in the book are those of Winston's neighbors, the Parsons. These children are violent, hyper-aggressive devotees of the regime who threaten Winston with toy guns. Winston later reflects,
Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the [regime youth group] the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages….[T]hey adored the Party and everything connected with it. The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother—it was all a sort of glorious game to them.[4]
Mrs. Parsons lives in fear of her children. The fear proves justified when, toward the book's end, the family's seven-year-old daughter informs on her father, leading to the father's arrest by the Thought Police. Even Winston's half-remembered relationship with his mother was marred by his bad behavior, brought on by poverty: he remembers constantly demanding more food and even stealing from the family stores, despite the deprivation this means for his mother and younger sister. His last contact with his family was stealing a piece of chocolate from his sister before running away from home; by the time he returns, his mother and sister are gone, apprehended by the police. As Julia comments, "All children are swine."[5] This bleak portrait of family relationships fraying and even disappearing is another of the terrible yet understandable details by which Orwell makes his dystopia vivid.
Yet family life also provides one of the few elements of warmth and even nobility in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Depicting such elements of human decency, however rare they may be, is no less important to the success of a dystopia such as Orwell's than depicting the horrors of dystopian existence. To act as an effective warning against future tyranny, a dystopia must offer some positive aspect of life to hold on to and set against the tyranny's evils. To the extent Orwell provides a positive alternative to Oceania's poverty, lies, and repression, that alternative is not democratic socialism—Orwell's own political philosophy—or any other explicitly political ideology but a kind of domestic happiness set apart from politics.
Perhaps the most significant and touching moment in Winston and Julia's relationship is not their lovemaking or acts of overt resistance to the regime but when they briefly hold hands in a crowd. Winston feels "a deep tenderness, such as he had not felt for her before...He wished they were a married couple of ten year's standing. He wished he were walking through the streets with her just as they were doing now, but openly and without fear, talking of trivialities and buying odds and ends for the household."[6]
Such domestic life and devotion is exemplified by Winston's shadowy mother, who is perhaps the most admirable character in the book because of her love for her children, despite the hardships of poverty, war, and the regime's repression. She cares for them in the face of her impending arrest and Winston remembers her protective embrace. He reflects on his mother's values:
It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual thereby becomes meaningless. If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love…The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world. When once you were in the grip of the Party, what you felt or did not feel, what you did or refrained from doing, made literally no difference…And yet to the people of only two generations ago, this would not have seemed all-important, because they were not attempting to alter history. They were governed by private loyalties, which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself.[7]
These moments of human affection and loyalty, as displayed by Winston and Julia and by Winston's mother, provide a contrast to the demands of the tyrannical regime. They offer a glimpse of humanity in a book mostly taken up with depicting inhumanity and perhaps also offer a significant insight. What Orwell places in opposition to the tyranny of Oceania is not an alternative political vision (which might in turn become tyrannical if ever put into power) but the notion of ordinary people living ordinary private lives beyond the pervasive reach of the state. Along with Orwell's condemnation of tyrannical repression, this championing of ordinary, domestic life and happiness against an all-embracing state is well worth remembering.
A version of this essay originally appeared in Life Matters Journal (https://www.rehumanizeintl.org/readlmj).
[1] George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (New York: Penguin Books [Signet Classics Reprint], 1992), 9.
[2] Anthony Burgess, 1985 (Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1978), 18.
[3] Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, 42.
[5] Ibid., 136.


The Dental Walk of Shame.
Last Thursday, I went to the dentist.
He kindly scheduled me an 8:00 AM appointment for the next morning to have a cavity filled.
Y'all, there are few things in life that are more humiliating than a dentist sitting in a pristine office with a perfect smile and a crisp, white lab coat informing you that your teeth are, in fact, ROTTING OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
I felt like a dirty, rabid hyena.
The urge to explain myself was overwhelming—I bathe! My house is immaculate and I engage in a plethora of varied forms of personal hygiene—THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHAMPOO IN MY SHOWER!! I'M CLEAN!!!
Alas, all I could do was smile weakly [after all, the sorry nubs masquerading as my teeth were about to fall out of my mouth, so I had to be careful!], take my pink reminder slip of shame, and drive home.
Kellan arrived back at the ranch only to find me prostrated on the living room carpet, moaning about how I had to have MAJOR SURGERY.
He grinned, and offered to drive me because the man's not an idiot.
Friday morning rolled in with a dreary New York fog, and I rolled out of bed and into my yoga pants. I slowly drank a steaming mug of caramel truffle coffee with the vague impression that it might be my last, and then did my best not to swoon as Kellan led me to the car while I mentally composed my last will and testament.
After enough extra pain killer to tranquilize a baby elephant, I spent the duration of our car ride home exclaiming that "Ah fink mehr fehrc ish melteenk awf!" [Translation: I think my face is melting off.], and proceeded to spend the remainder of the day drooling out of the right side of my mouth.
Ha, the story behind the story is that I had some terrible experiences with dentists when we lived overseas. Old trauma=massive overreactions.
Ok, fine. You are excused.


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With abundant natural beauty, a mild-year round climate, and one of the most affordable costs-of-living in the country, the Grand Strand is the perfect place to call home. It is no wonder then, that over the past eight years, over 104,000 people have relocated to the Myrtle Beach/Conway/North Myrtle Beach metropolitan area alone.
With so many people looking to relocate to the area from across the world, it's only understandable that many are not entirely familiar with the different townships and communities that make up the Grand Strand. Fortunately, your real estate experts at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Elliott Coastal Living are here. With local insight into the history, attractions, and real estate offerings of the Grand Strand, prospective homebuyers can begin to feel a little bit more at home in their new community.
This week we will be looking at the charming coastal hamlet of Southport, NC—America's Happiest Coastal Town.
Southport was founded in 1792. Originally known as Smithville, the town was named after Revolutionary War Hero and later North Carolina Governor—Benjamin Smith. Throughout its early history, Smithville grew as a fishing village and through supporting military activity. Throughout most of the 19th century, Smithville served as the county seat of Brunswick County. In 1887, Smithville was renamed to Southport in an attempt to promote greater shipping.
While Southport never achieved its goal of becoming a major shipping port, the area's small-town charm and abundant natural beauty transformed the area during the victorian era into a popular tourist destination.
As you tour the various beaches and museums that call Southport home, you may find yourself struck with an inexplicable case of deja vu. Over the years, Southport has become a favorite filming destination for many movies and television series, including Dawson's Creek, Matlock, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Nights in Rodanthe. Several walking and vehicular tours can take visitors to the sites that made Southport famous.
With easy access to Intracoastal Waterway, Cape Fear River, and the Atlantic Ocean, Southport is a proverbial "Paradise on Earth" for any watersports aficionados. Fishing, kayaking, sailing, and surfing are all beloved past-times for Southport natives. For those looking for a fun day excursion, head down to docks and hop aboard the ferry to the beautiful Bald Head Island nature preserve.
By far, one of the area's largest draws is the annual North Carolina Fourth of July Festival. Every year, around 50,000 visitors descend upon this cozy coastal village for this week-long display of patriotic revelry.
Southport real estate offers prospective buyers the benefit of living close to major business centers—such as Myrtle Beach and Wilmington—without having to sacrifice the cozy comfort of small-town coastal living.
If you're looking to buy or sell Southport real estate, turn to your friends at Better Homes and Garden Real Estate Elliott Coastal Living. For over six decades, the friendly staff and real estate professionals at BHGRE Elliott Coastal Living have been helping people find their forever home in the Grand Strand. Visit our website or give us a call today to learn about the luxurious residential properties available in Southport, NC.
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Matthysse v Pacquiao – Big Fight Preview
Posted on July 10, 2018 in Latest news // 0 Comments
By Paul Maon
The big question this Saturday night, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is how much does the dead cert, future hall of famer, Manny Pacquiao have left? No one would have begrudged him exiting stage right and retiring following a points loss in his May 2015 mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather. After all, he is an eight weight World Champion (2 weight classes are lineal and Ring Magazine Belt wins) and owes the sport little. Instead, in time-honoured tradition, the once buzz saw like whirling dervish, has become increasingly more human and easier to hit with each passing contest and has carried on regardless.
His most recent outing could hold the key to where he is currently at. In September 2017 he travelled to Brisbane, Australia to defend his WBO Welterweight Title against the unbeaten, but lightly regarded Jeff Horn. This was an opponent Pacquaio was expected to beat handsomely, but instead was hurried and hustled out of the fight by the inspired Aussie. To illustrate what should have been a gulf in class if Pacquiao was fighting anywhere near to his apex, in Horn's second defence last month, he was hammered by Terence Crawford in a one-sided dominant stoppage loss.
The worry about this is that Crawford v Pacquiao is a match promoter Bob Arum is keen to make amongst others. I for one wouldn't be comfortable seeing this, and even more uncomfortable in Pacquaio facing another of Boxing's current hottest properties in the Ukrainian three weight World Champion, Vasyl Lomachenko.
All this talk though is academic if the Filipino cannot get past his opponent at the Axiata Arena this weekend. Pacquaio challenges for the WBA Regular Welterweight Title against the Argentine knockout artist, Lucas Matthysse. This is the first defence of a belt that Matthysse won via an eighth-round stoppage victory over the previously unbeaten Tewa Kiram In January in California.
ESPN televise in America, while BoxNation picks up the rights here in the UK. This is my preview.
Lucas Matthysse (39-4, KO36) v Manny Pacquaio (59-7-2, KO38) – 12 Rounds For The WBA Welterweight Title
Manny Pacquiao has surely already etched his Hall of Fame credentials in stone after a stellar career, with World Titles in an astonishing eight different weight classes. The mercurial Filipino began his professional adventure way back in 1995 in the lower weight classes. After eleven straight wins, Rustico Torrecampo knocked him out in the third round of a ten rounder in Manila. Two years later, Pacquiao captured his first World Title, the WBC Flyweight Title, travelling to Thailand to knock out Chatchai Sasakul in eight rounds. After two further wins, Pacquiao then failed to make weight for a defence against Medgoen Singsarat in Thailand and was again stopped in three rounds, this time to a body shot. Six straight wins at Super Bantamweight in his home country followed before he took a career-defining opportunity. On two weeks' notice, Pacquiao travelled to Las Vegas to challenge for the IBF Super Bantamweight Title against Lehlo Ledwaba on the Oscar De La Hoya v Javier Castillejo undercard. Manny stole the show, stopping the South African in the sixth round, after knocking him down three times during the contest. In an attempt to unify the division, Pacquaio was held to a technical draw by Agopito Sanchez, the WBO Champion, after he suffered a bad cut. Four stoppage victories followed before Pacquiao defeated the legendary Marco Antonio Barrera in a masterclass, stopping the Mexican great in eleven rounds when well ahead. This was truly lift off for the Filipino.
Next came an assault on the Featherweight division, but he ran into a man who he would share four fights with, the Mexican warrior, and at the time WBA and IBF Featherweight Champion, Juan Manuel Marquez. In their first meeting in May 2004, Pacquiao knocked Marquez down three times in the opening round, but Marquez finished the fight like a Champion, snatching a draw. After a homecoming win against Fahsan "3K" Battery, Pacquiao was dealt another loss in the first of another rivalry, this time with Erik Morales. Morales won 115-113 on all three cards in a classic. Ten months later the two met again, this time Pacquiao turned the tables and brutally stopped Morales in ten rounds. Another ten months later the duo fought for a third time. Pacquiao drew a line emphatically under the rivalry by knocking Morales out inside three rounds in Vegas, after dropping him three times.
After knocking out Jorge Solis, Marco Antonio Barrera was then unanimously defeated on points in a rematch, setting Pacquiao up for a crack at the WBC Super Featherweight Title held by Marquez. Another tight tussle saw Pacquiao triumph via a split decision. He immediately stepped up to Lightweight, and relieved David Diaz of his WBC Title, stopping him in nine one-sided rounds. Another Hall of fame test was passed in his very next fight, agreeing to fight Oscar De La Hoya in a fight many wrote Pacquiao off in as being too small. De La Hoya weighed 145lbs to Pacquiao's career highest of 142. It was a mismatch, but to everyone's surprise, Pacquiao whipped De La Hoya for eight rounds, forcing the great to retire on his stool at the end of the round. A pound for pound star was truly born.
This was further enhanced as Pacquiao knocked Ricky Hatton out cold inside two rounds to lift the IBO Light Welterweight Title, and he then wrested the WBO Welterweight Title from Miguel Cotto in what was one of his last great performances, stopping the Puerto Rican in the last round. The WBC Title at Super Welterweight was next, Pacquiao humiliated the bully that was Antonio Margarito, punishing him for the whole twelve rounds before winning on points widely. He then moved back down to Welter to beat Shane Mosley (UD) and Juan Manuel Marquez (Split Decision) before Timothy Bradley controversially outscored him in June 2012. In his next fight, he was finally beaten by his great rival when Marquez knocked him out for the full count in six rounds. Brandon Rios was unanimously outpointed in Macau, China before he regained the WBO Welterweight Title by outscoring Bradley in a rematch. After hammering Chris Algieri back in China, the fight the world had all been waiting for was set. Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao.
The event and build up was huge, the fight, however, was a letdown. Mayweather took over from the fourth onwards to comfortably win on points dealing Pacquiao his sixth career loss. He rebounded from that May 2015 night, and beat Tim Bradley for a second time in April 2016, before, looking a bit more like his old self in beating Jesse Vargas on the scorecards to pick up the WBO Welterweight Title once again on November 16th. Then came the surprising reverse to Jeff Horn in Australia, and here we are in July 2018 with Pacquiao staring an exit from the big time in the face.
To try to combat this, the all-conquering partnership with trainer Freddie Roach is no more. Roach claims he hasn't spoken with Manny since the Horn fight. Pacquiao is now being trained by lifelong friend and longtime assistant trainer, "Buboy" Hernandez. In spite of this Pacquiao hasn't committed to a fight beyond Matthysse because of his senatorial duties in the Philippines. When reached by the Los Angeles Times, Pacquiao said if he does compete again beyond Saturday's contest, he would open to reuniting with Roach. Roach has stated that he would be more than willing to reunite with Pacquiao.
Firstly though, Manny must come through what will be a difficult test in Malaysia.
Lucas Matthysse is the epitome of the term "fan friendly". A pro since June 2004. After 26 fights unbeaten (one no contest) Mathysse finally stepped up in class in February 2010, stopping the former WBA Super Lightweight Champion, Vivian Harris in four rounds in Mexico City. Two fights later, however, Matthysse would taste defeat for the first time when another former World Champion, New York's Zab Judah outscored him by one point on two cards. Matthysse won by the same margin on the third and the scoring was controversial, with Judah controlling the early action, but Matthysse rallying to drop Judah in the tenth and dominating the later rounds. Lucas returned to stop the evergreen DeMarcus Corley, before another split decision loss, this time over ten rounds against Devon Alexander.
Matthysse then embarked on a decent six-fight winning run, defeating decent names in Humberto Soto (RTD 5), Ajose Olusegun (TKO10) and Lamont Peterson (TKO3). This set up a first World Title tilt, challenging Danny Garcia for his WBA and WBC Super Lightweight Titles. It was to be a unanimous points win for Garcia, although Lucas was always in the contest, losing eventually by two points (twice) and four points.
Knockout victories over John Molina Junior and Roberto Ortiz were backed up with a gruelling majority decision win over war horse Ruslan Provodnikov to set up another Title opportunity. Viktor Postol would prove too strong in Matthysse's attempt at the WBC Super Lightweight Title, stopping the Argentine for the first time in his professional career in ten rounds. Since that October 2015 night, Matthysse has boxed twice. A move up to Welterweight saw Emmanuel Taylor stopped in five rounds in Las Vegas in May 2017, before he finally captured World honours by knocking out the previously 38-0 Thai, Tewa Kiram in eight rounds to capture the WBA Title he defends this weekend.
This could be a lively affair, with Matthysse surely intent on setting a high pace and putting constant pressure on the ageing 39-year-old Filipino. I still feel that this should be Pacquiao's kind of fight, rather than the technical stop-start affair with Jeff Horn. My pick is for the Pac-Man to triumph on the cards in a crowd pleaser of a fight. Where he will go from there is anyone's guess.
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What kind of event could bring together Nevada's governor, lieutenant governor, a congressman, two gubernatorial candidates and dozens of Assembly and state Senate members?
Far down the list of anyone's guess would likely be the unveiling of NV Energy's 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), a lengthy, data-heavy planning document the utility is required to submit to state regulators every three years detailing how it plans to meet future electric supply and demand.
But members of Nevada's political elite crowded the Springs Preserve last week to hear utility CEO Paul Caudill unveil details of the utility's 2018 IRP, including six proposed agreements to develop six new photovoltaic solar farms throughout the state and several major battery storage projects, doubling the state's renewable energy production by 2023.
The star-studded unveiling, which also includes a contract for potentially the cheapest solar production price in the country, was somewhat unusual for the IRP process, which typically resides in the realm of energy policy wonks and other denizens who follow the normally dry regulatory proceedings.
Unmentioned during the event but clearly present throughout the utility's IRP filing was the specter of Question 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would end NV Energy's monopoly control of the state's electric market and require the state set up and switch to a competitive retail market by 2023.
NV Energy, which has donated millions of dollars to a PAC opposing the ballot question, states in the IRP application that the expansive planned move toward more renewable generation wouldn't go forward if the ballot measure passes, as the amendment would prohibit the utility from owning generating stations or entering into power purchase contracts with outside firms.
Here's what the IRP process entails, and what the future landscape of Nevada's energy policy could look like over the next three years.
Under state law, an electric utility is required to file a "plan to increase its supply of electricity or decrease the demands made on its system by its customers" to the state's Public Utilities Commission every three years, due on June 1.
That broad outline takes the form of a filing consisting of thousands of pages of applications, testimony and appendixes from the utility, a window into how it plans to manage electric demand and procurement of supply over a period stretching out over the next three decades.
From there, the PUC — which consists of three commissioners appointed by the governor — is required to hold hearings and take testimony from any interested parties on the application, and judge it based on several criteria including meeting reliability minimums, the state's renewable portfolio standard and acquiring fuel sources judged on flexibility, diversity and reliability.
After receiving the application, the PUC has 135 days to approve the utility's energy supply plan. This year, that's Oct. 14. The PUC then has 210 days to approve the rest of the plan, which for 2018 falls on Dec. 28, fewer than six weeks before the Legislature convenes.
State lawmakers in 2017 approved a number of changes to the IRP process, including requiring the utility for the first time to file it jointly for its entities serving both Northern and Southern Nevada service territories.
Clean energy advocates see this latest IRP as a shift for the utility, which had approached solar and energy storage projects more conservatively in the past. They also see it as the utility adjusting to the times, a reflection of the dramatic drop in solar and battery storage prices over the past few years, even with the recent tariffs on solar panels imposed by the Trump administration.
One of NV Energy's proposed solar projects, Copper Mountain 5, would provide the cheapest solar energy in the country, according to Greentech Media, which is part of a research firm that tracks solar contract prices. That price could increase after the first year, but the other proposals are similarly low priced contracts, said Colin Smith, an analyst at Greentech Media Research.
"These projects are on par with some of the lowest [contract] prices to date," he said.
The IRP could put more pressure on clean energy groups, many of which have stayed neutral on the Energy Choice Initiative, to decide whether they support the ballot measure or the utility's continued regulated monopoly over the state's energy portfolio. Robert Johnston, a senior attorney at Western Resource Advocates, said there is some concern that moving to an energy choice market might slow down progress on building out large-scale solar projects.
Johnston noted that there would likely be several transition years before Nevada has an open energy market. There is concern among some environmental groups, he said, that during the transition period, there will be a halt in the construction of new solar projects.
Under the proposed plan, the state's energy supply plan would rise from 14 percent renewable in 2017 to 32 percent renewable in 2023.
Jon Wellinghoff, a policy advisor for the ballot measure and former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dismissed these concerns. He argued that companies might invest in clean energy even during the transition period before a restructured market goes into effect.
He laid out a few hypotheticals in which that might be possible. A large company that owns several stores in the state, Wal-Mart for instance, could enter into a contract for a solar facility to serve its stores under energy choice. Or, Wellinghoff said, a casino giant such as MGM Resorts International could invest in solar to aggregate and then offer to its large employee base.
If the market is opened, Wellinghoff said, he expects solar and battery storage to be the predominant types of energy procured because of how competitive their pricing has become.
"There's no question those are the primary things they're going to invest in," he said.
NV Energy says in the filing that it will only move forward with all of the proposed solar projects if Question 3 fails in November. If not, the company would be required to sell off all of their power purchase agreements and power plants as part of the dismantling of the monopoly structure.
If the ballot question passes, the utility proposed going forward with only one of the six proposed renewable energy projects — a 300 solar megawatt power purchase agreement with 8minuteenergy at the Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm. Its IRP filing states that doing so will help the utility's Northern Nevada operations meet the minimum Renewable Portfolio Standard goal.
The utility is also asking for the approval of four major transmission system upgrades to help interconnect the newly planned renewable energy projects, in total worth $22.9 million and that the utility could later recover through an adjustment in rates. If Question 3 is approved by the voters, the utility is asking the PUC to approve only a $550,000 transmission upgrade.
NV Energy executive Shawn Elicegui wrote in testimony filed with the IRP that because the utility would only need to meet the needs of customers through 2023 if the ballot measure passed, it wouldn't make sense to enter into several long-term solar power contracts that it would then need to turn around and sell almost immediately.
Does NV Energy really need the proposed solar?
The IRP requires the utility to prepare two analyses, one that addresses supply and another that addresses demand. But the two are interconnected. Growing energy demand has typically been used to justify the need for procuring more supply or building more transmission lines.
For utilities across the country, power sales have flattened or increased at smaller rates, even as economies have grown. Part of this has to do with improvements in energy efficiency.
The same trend is true for NV Energy. In its filing, it forecasts its peak load — the maximum amount of energy required by its customers — to grow at about 0.7 percent in Southern Nevada and dip slightly in Northern Nevada between 2019 and 2029. The forecast is low, the company said, because it factors in the expiration of contracts and an ambitious energy efficiency plan (the IRP proposes cutting sales by more than 1.1 percent through energy efficiency).
Wellinghoff said that even with Valmy plant — the utility's lone remaining coal-fired plant — coming offline in the near future, the utilities commission might punt on NV Energy's plan because the utility could satisfy its customers' needs without new solar farms.
"We'll be well into the transition to energy choice by [the time they need that energy]," he said.
NV Energy argues that even though adding solar will bring more generation to the grid, it will lower costs over time because the utility will be less reliant on purchasing natural gas. Right now, the utility must choose whether to purchase power on the Western wholesale market or purchase natural gas as fuel for those power plants. The six solar energy projects would give the utility more flexibility to avoid those costs, which could fluctuate in the future.
The utility's plan also called for extending out the planned lifespan for several of its existing power plants until around 2030 largely to provide capacity support during times of peak electric demand, as most of them are in good operating condition.
One of the highlights cited by Caudill and others in the presentation of the IRP is moving up the retirement date for one of the units of the Valmy coal-burning generation plants, the utility's lone remaining coal-fired facility in the state.
Long a target for environmental groups, the utility initially planned on operating the rural Humboldt County-based plants through their expected retirement date of 2025, to help meet peak demand during hot summer months and because the utility considered coal to be a more reliable resource than large-scale solar.
The IRP filed by the utility calls for one of the two generating plants (which it co-owns with Idaho Power) to be retired by 2021, with the other staying operational through 2025.
the commission approving regulatory asset accounts, which would allow the utility to recover the cost of closing the plant early through changes in rates.
NV Energy said the conditions, like the approval of three new solar projects, are necessary to maintain a reliable grid in an area that serves Reno and mining customers near Elko.
Uncertainty over the retirement date is due to various unsolved factors in the utility's electric supply mix over the next three years, Elicegui wrote in a filing submitted as part of the IRP, requiring a series of tests to ensure that retiring the plant early wouldn't disrupt the utility's ability to deliver electricity during peak demand times.
"While our current long-term reliability assessment indicates that we should be able to retire North Valmy Unit 1 in 2021 without compromising our fundamental directive – to safely and reliably deliver low-cost energy to customers – we need to confirm those findings with additional analysis as 2021 approaches," Elicegui wrote in the filing.
Disclosure: MGM Resorts and NV Energy have donated to The Nevada Independent. You can see a full list of donors here.


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GeoOrbital is an electric wheel system fitted to existing bicycles by the American company GeoOrbital, Inc. It launched its successful crowdfunding campaign in 2016. A GeoOrbital powered bike was featured during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 at Brooklyn, NY in May 2016. In May 2017 it launched a Crowdfunding Reg CF campaign on the site StartEngine

History
GeoOrbital was founded by Michael Burtov in 2014. Burtov conceived the concept while watching a film called Tron, thinking that a lot of space was wasted inside the wheels - leading him to create an electric wheel system. He designed a wheel that can take the place of the existing wheel on nearly any bike, with two size options at launch. The motor and battery were able to produce a top speed of 20 mph and battery lasts for 12 miles, extendable to 30 miles with pedaling. In 2016, the company debuted on Kickstarter, reaching its fundraising goal of 75,000 within 78 minutes. With the fundraising campaign, the company drew the attention of media and was covered in TechCrunch, Irish Times, Huffington Post, The Verge, Gadgette and others.

The company also successfully raised a funding around of $150,000 from a group of independent angel investors.

The successful kickstarter campaign in May and June 2016 generated $1,261,222 in pledges pre purchasing around 1600 wheels. [14]

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ГЕС Köprübaşı — гідроелектростанція на півночі Туреччини. Знаходячись після ГЕС Kayabük (15 МВт), становить нижній ступінь в каскаді на річці Болу-Чай, лівому витоку Yenice Irmagi, яка впадає до Чорного моря за два десятки кілометрів на схід від Зонгулдака.

В межах проекту річку перекрили кам'яно-накидною греблею із глиняним ядром висотою 120 метрів (від фундаменту, висота від дна річки — 108 метрів) та товщиною по гребеню 12 метрів, яка потребувала 8,5 млн м3 матеріалу. Вона утримує водосховище з площею поверхні 5,3 км2 та об'ємом 199 млн м3 (корисний об'єм 163 млн м3), я якому припустиме коливання рівня у операційному режимі між позначками 392 та 437 метрів НРМ.

Облаштований на правобережжі у підземному варіанті пригреблевий машинний зал обладнали двома турбінами типу Френсіс загальною потужністю 74 МВт (у різних джерелах також зазначаються показники 78,9 МВт та 80,9 МВт), які при напорі у 207 метрів повинні забезпечувати виробництво 203 млн кВт-год електроенергії на рік.

Відпрацьована вода по тунелю довжиною 4,7 км та каналу довжиною 0,4 км відводиться назад до річки. При цьому оскільки між греблею та виходом каналу Болу-Чай описує вигнуту на захід велику дугу, відстань між цими пунктами по природному руслу становить біля 22 км.

Видача продукції відбувається по ЛЕП, розрахованій на роботу під напругою 154 кВ.

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I realize the pumpkin season is over, but Indonesia happens to produce beautiful gourds all year long. Every time I go to the supermarket I am overwhelmed by the variety and size of the different pumpkins and I try to buy a different one every time. Although squashes are not really produced here the local pumpkins are so sweet that you could easily do without spending hundreds of rupiahs for an imported butternut squash. We particularly enjoy the kabacha hijau which is the Japanese style pumpkin with green skin and yellow interior and the plain-old orange pumpkin.
I usually buy small pumpkins although huge ones are available for very reasonable prices. By huge I mean Joshua-Sized pumpkins weighing about 13 kg and available at almost every supermarket. When we go to Puncak we always stop by the street-side markets and replenish our veggie supplies while spending less than 20 USD.
Last Thanksgiving season a very gracious friend had us over for coffee and our awesome bible-study host demonstrated once again why she is the hostess with the mostess by presenting a deliciously scrumptious pumpkin bread that I couldn't help but have two (or three) pieces of. I asked her for the secret recipe and she gave it to me. That paper had been in my kitchen for about 2 months when I finally decided to give it a go.
Being in Jakarta, we have learned to substitute and make do with what we have. We also make an effort to make everything from scratch in our house so the first thing I did was to substitute the canned pumpkin for fresh pumpkin. I had no idea how to make my own puree and after looking here and here I came up with my own method. I just steamed the pumpkin for about half and hour and then drained it, really drained it. I have never bought the canned stuff but I'm pretty sure the consistency was very similar.
A few substitutions later and what seemed like a successful result according to my ever-supportive husband and friends here's my version of Pumpkin Bread. My best advice when baking is just make it your own. Work with what you have, use the beautiful fresh ingredients your hometown provides and just enjoy the good things in life with a good cup of coffee (Vietnamese being my fuel of choice).
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the pumpkin, sugar, water, vegetable oil and eggs. Beat until well mixed.
3. Measure the flour,baking soda, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and ground cloves into a separate bowl and sir them until combined.
5. Loaf Pans: Grease two 9×5 loaf bans and dust them with flour. Evenly distribute the batter between them. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
8.Remove from pans by inverting them onto a rack and taping the bottom.
WOW EEEE! I love pumpkins too and I'm amazed that I haven't yet turned orange with the amount that I eat. You are spot on about the very very expensive butternut squash – I couldn't believe my eyes the first time I saw how much they cost, needless to say they are 'off the shopping list' and instead like your good self I've opted for buying pumpkins instead. Your recipe for pumpkin bread looks yummy!
Hi Lottie! I love butternut squash but not as much to spend hundreds of rupiahs on them. We love pumpkin, too and we eat it way to often. Thanks for dropping by!!! Have a wonderful weekend!
I like butternut squash too and it's just as expensive here in Singapore. Your pumpkin bread looks really good! I purchased a book on steamed cakes so I am going to try this as a steamed version. By the way, what camera do you use for your photos? They are lovely!
Yeah, I really miss butternut squash soup but the one made with pumpkin has a very similar taste. Wow, let me know how it turns out steamed! Sounds amazing! I use my D5000 with a 50 mm lens.


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Milford Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 793 as of the 2000 census.

History
Milford Township was organized in 1858. It was named from a sawmill at a ford.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 39.6 square miles (102.5 km), of which 39.2 square miles (101.5 km) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km) (0.96%) is water.

The west quarter of the city of New Ulm is within the township geographically but is a separate entity.

Unincorporated communities
 Essig at
 Essig Trailer Court at

Major highway
  U.S. Highway 14

Lakes
 Horseshoe Lake

Adjacent townships
 West Newton Township, Nicollet County (north)
 Lafayette Township, Nicollet County (northeast)
 Cottonwood Township (southeast)
 Sigel Township (south)
 Stark Township (southwest)
 Home Township (west)
 Ridgely Township, Nicollet County (northwest)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 793 people, 269 households, and 225 families residing in the township.  The population density was 20.2 people per square mile (7.8/km).  There were 279 housing units at an average density of 7.1/sq mi (2.7/km).  The racial makeup of the township was 99.37% White, 0.25% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.

There were 269 households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.2% were married couples living together, 2.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.0% were non-families. 13.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the township the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $57,813, and the median income for a family was $58,854. Males had a median income of $36,833 versus $25,729 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,417.  About 3.8% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.3% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.

References
 United States National Atlas
 United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
 United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

Townships in Brown County, Minnesota
Townships in Minnesota


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Gyms and health clubs in West Virginia reopen
By Angel Thompson
Published: May. 18, 2020 at 10:55 PM EDT
Gyms and health clubs in West Virginia reopened, Monday.
Leslie Craven is the owner of Anytime Fitness in Vienna and she says, they are excited to be back open and they are following all of the state guidelines.
"It's great...being a small business owner, it's been very frustrating over the last two months being closed; being a small business owner has been very trying," said Leslie Craven, Anytime Fitness, owner.
Craven says new gym guidelines include:
-No showering allowed at the gym
-If you have any symptoms, you are not allowed in the gym
-Must maintain social distance
-There is a sign in sheet for people to confirm they are following guidelines
Craven says they are doing a lot more sanitizing and cleaning.
There will be staff one site at 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. but the gym is back open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For more information, call 304-295-5646.
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Jenn Grant 'Paradise' (album stream)
By Brock Thiessen
After revealing a string of teasers, Jenn Grant's new album Paradise is finally here to stream in full. In advance to the album's arrive on Friday (March 3) via Outside/Ba Da Bing Records, you can dive into it all below.
The LP marks the Haligonian singer-songwriter's first full-length since 2014's Compostela and sixth overall. It was recorded at Grant's home studio with her husband and producer Daniel Ledwell.
"I wanted to explore new soundscapes," Grant said in a statement. "I also thought about my singing much more. I feel like I am a completely different artist from when I began performing. I don't feel like I really heard my own voice until recently. The delivery of songs has become crucial to me. For some of these new songs, I decided to approach singing more like a whisper, to get a feel for it's softness."
You can read Exclaim!'s review of Paradise over here, and stream the full album below via Consequence of Sound.
As previously reported, Grant has a series of tour dates coming up in support of the new album, and you can see those here.
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BUENOS AIRES - Thousands of people lit candles in Buenos Aires province to commemorate and call for justice in the death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who died last year amid unclear circumstances four days after denouncing the then-Argentine president Cristina Fernandez.
"Candles for Nisman" - an event which gathered together important figures in the justice system, Argentine politicians, and the deceased prosecutor's relatives in a square north of Buenos Aires - was more than just a tribute.
The ceremony opened with the reading of a letter from the prosecutor's daughters.
It was a call for justice from the Argentine people, who still seek answers to the events of January 18, 2015, when Nisman was found dead in his home with a gunshot to the head, the evening before he planned to go to Congress to detail the charges against Fernandez.
Even though one year has passed, the erratic investigation into Nisman's death has still not concluded whether it was a suicide or a homicide.
But Federico Casal, the lawyer representing Nisman's daughters, said in an interview with Efe that there is evidence the prosecutor was intentionally subdued and killed.
"We have no doubt that they killed Alberto Nisman," he said bluntly.
For Casal, because the prosecutor's death was "a complicated manouevre that was planned and executed with the efficiency of experts", Argentinian and foreign intelligence are directly suspected.
The death last year of the prosecutor, who was the lead investigator into the 1994 attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires, an assault which killed 85 people, shook Argentine society and sparked a serious political crisis.
Nisman was found dead only four days after lodging his complaint against Fernandez for allegedly concealing the Iranian suspects responsible for the attack, an accusation based on the memorandum of understanding signed between Argentina and Iran in 2013.
"Someone ordered Nisman to be killed before the evidence was presented to Congress," said Argentine journalist Joaquin Morales Sola, one of the speakers at the event.
The case against Fernandez was dismissed last year in court, but with the change of government in December in the South American country, demands for case to be reopened have resurfaced, especially after the memorandum between Argentina and Iran has since been declared unconstitutional.
"What is important is that the death of Nisman continues to drive the demand for truth and justice, which we, as Argentinean people, must have if we want a true democracy," Graciela Romer, a public opinion analyst who attended the tribute, told Efe.
"We have to continue thinking that it is possible, that a better Argentina is possible, and then to support that vision," said Gabriel Muñiz, another attendee.
Also attending the event were vice-president Gabriela Michetti together with various officials from the new government of Mauricio Macri, representatives of the mayor's office of Buenos Aires, leaders of the Jewish community and delegates from various embassies serving in the country.
But until now, the only defendant in the case of Nisman's death is Diego Lagomarsino, a computer technician who had worked with the prosecutor and owned the gun that took Nisman's life.
Lagormarsino, who says he had "lent" Nisman the 22 caliber pistol that ultimately killed him, yesterday defended the theory that Nisman "was alone when he died."
"I do not know what happened. And if he committed suicide, we have to know if he did it because he wanted to, or because somebody forced him to," said Lagomarsino, in an interview published Monday by news portal Diez Sudacas.


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According to Crimes Against Property detectives, an investigation was conducted in conjunction with the Economic Crimes Bureau of the Nassau County District Attorney's office that determined Crystal Smalls, 39 of 31 Joan Lane had stolen in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,0000) from her employer Auto World Kia located at 2520 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow.
Crystal Smalls, 39, of Massapequa is charged with Grand Larceny 2nd Degree after she stole over fifty thousand dollars while she worked as a controller for Auto World Kia in East Meadow. She was arraigned on July 7 in Hempstead.
Between June 2013 and July 2014 Smalls was employed as a controller and was responsible for making deposits for the company. Smalls would remove cash from deposits and alter slips only reflecting the deposit of the checks. She was placed under arrest on Tuesday, July 07, 2015 at 10:45 a.m. without incident.
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LA MIRADA – Kiwanis Scholarships applications are now available for 2011 high school graduates who reside in the city of La Mirada.
The forms can be picked up at the local high schools, from the school counselors or school's office or by calling 714-521-0996.
When the application has been returned to the Kiwanis Club, by April 9, the student will then receive a packet which must be returned completed, with an official transcript by April 30.
Also include a copy of your acceptance or enrollment in a college, university or trade school.


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At Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa, mix with the cold water of the Atlantic, with the warm waves of the Indian ocean. A geographical special position, which has led to the fact that in South Africa, culinary meridians cross: The sea route to India and China to Europe around the Cape and made the country a transit point for Goods from Asia.
South Africa's immigration history, the cuisine of the country has influenced Dutch and British settlers touched as well in cooking pots, such as Malaysian and Caribbean slaves from the Dutch colonies. There are immigrants from Portugal, France and Germany followed. Chinese and Indian workers settled in South Africa. All of them influenced with your cooking cultures, the Kapküche. The traditional dishes of the Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho and other African peoples.
Today, the rainbow nation is not the language of only eleven official country, but also a diet, reveals a lot about the people who live here. How it tastes depends, therefore, where one is a guest.
What unites all South Africans, is the love of the flesh. In any case, you should refuse, therefore, an invitation to a Braai, the South African variant of the Barbecue. Grilled, actually, always, whether it's Steaks, chicken or Boerewors - a tasty flavored sausage roll made of beef and mutton. But also exotics such as ostrich or crocodile meat sometimes on the grate.
No Braai is complete without a sauce Periperi-Chilli, Relish, such as Chakalaka, or a fruity Chutney. As side dishes, the South Africans like to use baked sweet potato or pumpkin columns, popular Squashes and Butternuts. In African families, there's the food: Pap, so corn porridge, or Sam, is a Xhosa dish made of white beans. The Millies-called corn directly on the Grill.
in addition to the international fast food that is also very popular in South Africa, serving the better Restaurants tasty Steaks of Impala, Kudu or Springbok meat. Also with East Africa, African impact, peanut or coconut sauce, and Live Music. Along the coast, and in particular the Garden Route, there are Seafood, sea fish, calamari and oysters in Abundance. Especially popular is the Snoek, a local fish, prepared in different ways is smoked: dried or grilled.
In Cape town and the surrounding area, Kapmalaien make one of the best kitchens in the country, known for numerous, "Bredies" referred to stews. Another specialty kapmalaiischer kitchen Sosaties, skewers of marinated lamb meat - spicy like a shish kebab, or also fruity with apricots.
for The Bobotie, a minced meat filled with Egg custard baked casserole that resembles a shepherd's Pie. Seasoned with one of the Cape Malay Curries are milder and sweeter than the Indian version. Excellent and spicy Indian curries you get in Durban: A majority of the people living here has Indian roots.
For the small Hunger Samoosas - filled dough pockets to be sold together with a variety of Pies in South Africa on every street corner. And of course Biltong: in the past, the Vortrekker ate car the popular dried meat Snack in the plan. Today there is the American Beef Jerky-like Biltong in the supermarket or at the gas station: in handy slices are cut, or as large slabs.
if you have a little more Muse, you can drink in a Café or farm shop for a Cup of traditional Roibostee and Koeksisters, the teeth bonding. This is a braid, braided, fried pastry that is soaked after Baking in the syrup.
To eat a chilled Windhoek lager, which is brewed in Namibia, formerly German southwest Africa, according to the purity law of the former colonists. Also tasty are the other popular brands of beer: Castle lager, Carling Black Label or Amstel. To popular rights, the fruity Cider Savannah Dry and Hunter's. of the fruit Of the Marula tree comes the taste of another South African specialty, the Amarula liqueur.
But also wine lovers in South Africa to find an abundance: The wine-growing at the Cape already has 350 years of Tradition. Then, as now, South Africa are grown and American wines, especially in the southwest, in the province of Western Cape. The wines from Stellenbosch and Constantia are now popular all over the world. In addition to the typical South African variety Pinotage or Steen also Shiraz, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot are grown Noir.
At best, the wine tastes directly on the Well. Almost any of the numerous wineries in the Cape, offers tastings where you can try for a small amount of the in-house varieties. The goods can be discovered with the car very well on their own. Alternatively, it is also organized bus tours are offered through the Winelands. The advantage is that No one has to drive and miss.


A class-action suit filed in US District Court in Illinois not only names Pacquiao and promoters Top Rank but also telecasters HBO and Showtime, who combined to produce the pay-per-view fight program that was sold in the United States for about $100.
The suit also names Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions, and cable television providers AT&T, COMCAST, and DirecTV and accuses the defendants of deceptive practices in marketing and advertising the bout.
Publication information: Article title: Lawsuits Pile Up over Pacquiao Injury. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Manila Bulletin. Publication date: May 7, 2015. Page number: Not available. © Manila Bulletin. COPYRIGHT 2015 Gale Group.


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The 15 Craziest Bathrooms We've Ever Seen
by EL DUDERINO December 18, 2018
Someconsider the throne to be a sacred place. A place where one can take care of business in peace, without the distraction of modern world. A daily ritual that clears the pipes both physically and mentally.
Other people don't take themselves or their poop so seriously, choosing instead to use the conventional idea of the bathroom to innovate, create art, or prove the stupidity of the human race.
We are firmly in the latter group, so we put together a list of some of the craziest bathrooms we could find, showing you the some of the best (and worst) bathrooms one could conceivably desecrate with their basest bodily functions.
1. The port-o-jet
A heady DUDE from Indiana created an outhouse powered by jet fuel to go, "Where no toilet has gone before." It was seen shooting down a runway at Westfield International Air Show in Massachusetts. Seems like a decent way to fly through morning rush hour and take a morning dump at the same time.
2. The Grinder's Throne
A toilet tricked out for the 90s working man. We could totally see Milton from Office Space spending his days here, though his stapler would clash with the color scheme.
3. The iPoo
Yes, that's really what this toilet's designer, Milos Paripovic, called his creation. It's a designer john, made with the same materials as Apple products . If you're an Apple fanboy, don't go looking for how much this baby will set you back, it's not for sale.
4. The Showdown
We have so many questions about the way this bathroom was rigged. Order too many toilets? Didn't want to spring for a urinal? Why did they go through with putting both toilets in? Then it hit us — what an epic opportunity for Battle Shits.
5. The Wile E. Coyote
This seems like an outhouse only a certain gullible cartoon canine would get tricked into using. But if nature calls when you're at the end of the Earth, your options are likely limited.
6. The Golden Throne
This is a solid gold throne made by the Hang Fung Gold Technology Group in Hong Kong. The toilet itself is work $5 million dollars, while the entire bathroom will cost you a cool $28 million dollars.
7. The world's worst toilet
This toilet is an abomination, an outright disgrace. It looks like something a bored child would create if he was locked in a bathroom. Not only is it not a functional toilet, it's flagrant insult to DUDES everywhere.
8. The Hot Carl
This toilet would be a wonderful gift for the friend who has a certain depraved fantasy. Or yourself if you're consumed with revenge fantasies. Just print out the faces of your enemies and tape them under the seat.
9. The La-z-boy's throne
For those who look at ceramic with disdain, here is a classier model with a leather upgrade. This is one of the most impractical toilets on this list, as we're not sure how comfortable pooping while reclined is, and cleaning this baby would get gross fast.
10. the gamer's Den
The only way this works is if there's a BYOC (Bring Your Own Controller) policy. Every gamer's dream is not having to interrupt play with essential bodily functions and this bathroom delivers. Who wouldn't want to go to the bathroom in full view of their friends while playing Fortnite?
11. Don't Miss a sec
This is an art piece created by artist Monica Bonvicini, which was first shown outside the Tate Britain Museum in London. Bonvicini used one-way mirrors to create "Don't Miss a Sec" so you can see out when you're using the toilet, but no one can see in. In case you don't feel exposed enough on the toilet, this exhibit's mind trick is for you.
12. The world's coldest (and loneliest) bathroom
The urinal below was installed in Antarctica, mere yards from the South Pole. Chris Curtis, who took this picture, said this bathroom, "Marks an elusive destination and goal that was not able to even be reached until the early 1900s." Peeing your pants for warmth is probably pretty tempting if you're near the South Pole, so good on the brave souls who installed this urinal.
13. Under the sea
This underwater restroom (women only) at the Mumin Papa Cafe in Japan cost $270,000. It was designed to make you feel like you're going in the ocean, which you can always do for free by going for a swim.
14. the safest place to poop
This is a 15-ton public restroom in Beijing that was built to withstand bombs and gunshots. With a price tag of $100,000 it's definitely not most cost-efficient way to build public bathrooms, not to mention the fact that public bathrooms generally aren't high priority targets for terrorists.
15. Swaggy T
This diamond encrusted toilet is valued at $100,000 and has more than 72,000 pieces of Swarovski cut crystal on it. It was made by a Japanese fixtures company to attract more walk-in traffic at their store. No word on if the stunt worked, or if any customers defecated in it, mistakenly thinking it was fully functional.
As you can see, a bathroom can be more than boring off-white ceramic tile and a non-descript john from Home Depot. Just because everyone else's commode looks the same, doesn't mean yours has to. Keep doing you DUDES, and stay fresh out there.
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A jarda quadrada é uma unidade inglesa de área de uma jarda de lado.

Equivalências
1 jarda quadrada equivale a:

 1.296 polegadas quadradas
 9 pés quadrados
 0,03305785123966942 rods quadrados
 0,00082644628099172 roods
 0,00020661157024793 acres
 8.361,2736 cm² (83,612736 dm²).

Ver também
 Sistema imperial de medidas ou sistema Inglês
 Unidades de área

Unidades de área
Unidades imperiais


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The weather is getting colder, the days shorter – for me the perfect time of the year to pick up a book and snuggle up in a comfy chair. And for some strange reason, I love to read literature classics in late autumn / winter.
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