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All Blacks snatch victory at the death in thrilling Brisbane Test
The All Blacks came from behind to break Wallaby hearts in Brisbane and claim a dramatic 29-28 victory at Suncorp Stadium. To add to the misery, it was revealed post match that Wallaby head coach Ewen McKenzie has resigned with immediate effect.
In what was another classic match between the two sides, the Wallabies came within minutes of a famous victory over the world champions, and what would have been back to back losses for Bledisloe Cup holders.
Their late comback, sealed with a Malakai Fekitoa try and Colin Slade conversion, put an end to what should have been a momentous occasion for 100th Test cap earner, Adam Ashley-Cooper.
The centurion crossed for one of the Wallabies three tries, while the All Blacks scored four of their own, and came back from being 25-15 down. Aaron Smith brought them closer and then with the clock ticking down, and the score 28-22 in favour of the home side, the match looked out of reach.
Eventually impressive centre Fekitoa crossed, giving Slade, who is now the fourth choice flyhalf in New Zealand, and opportunity to slot the conversion and win the match, with time up.
After the match it was announced that coach McKenzie, who has been under immense pressure of late with the Kurtley Beale issues and speculation about his relationship with the team's former business manager, has resigned.
"I did not ask Ewen to resign, but understand his decision. He informed me this morning of his intention to resign, regardless of tonight's result," said Australian Rugby Union CEO Bill Pulver.
"We sincerely wish Ewen well for the future professionally and personally."
The Wallabies leave this coming Friday for a testing end of year tour that sees them face the Barbarians, then Wales, France, Ireland and England. So they have a busy week of planning ahead.
"We hope to have the new Head Coach in place before the team leaves for the Spring Tour on Friday," added Pulver, who hinted that media pressure is what caused McKenzie to resign.
"Criteria for the role includes identifying a coach who can lead us to victory in next year's Rugby World Cup; represents Rugby's core values; has the support of the playing group; and is available."
Availability might turn out to be the most important factor over the next few days.
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Rising costs, community expectations, population growth and an increasing demand for natural resources are key issues impacting the management of Australia's water resources.
A new Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) report said these issues are forcing the water industry to develop more innovative and efficient processes in order to optimise resource recovery from wastewater.
The report Wastewater – An Untapped Resource? was prepared by ATSE with funding from the Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence and recently launched by the Chair of Melbourne Water, Professor John Thwaites.
The report finds that Australian wastewater contains nutrients, carbon, energy and other inorganic and organic resources that is worthy of recovery, and examines the potential industry opportunities for resource recovery in Australia.
International case studies were reviewed and the Australian regulatory framework was take into consideration. The report also evaluates the key technologies and products required and analyses several investment options.
It was found that there are several significant value-creating opportunities to pursue for investors in Australia in the medium term.
Wastewater – An Untapped Resource? was developed by a group led by Dr John Burgess FTSE, a chemical engineer who has more than 20 years experience as a senior executive and research leader.
The group also included Deputy Director of the Advanced Water Management Centre at the University of Queensland, Professor Damien Batstone, Senior Research Scientist from CSIRO Land and Water, Dr Tim Muster, and Manager of Research and Innovation at Yarra Valley Water, Francis Pamminger.


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Q: JSON and XML importer in Quartz Composer only working intermittently I've recently started having a look into Quartz Composer and I'm trying to get it to download some JSON from the web and turn it into a structure. From what I can tell, the "Climb JSON Importer" plugin does exactly what I need.
The problem I have is that's it seems to be intermittent. Sometimes you can hover over the output and see the JSON structure, but often the tooltip simply says Type: Structure.
I've tried using a local copy of the JSON file instead of downloading it, I've toggled the "Update Signal" flag, I've even hooked it up to the Wave Generator to try and make it do periodic updates, all to no avail.
I'm also pretty confident it's not the third-party plugin, since I have the same issues if I try and use the built-in XML importer. Is there something I'm missing here? Are there any useful debug mechanisms so I can see what it is (or isn't) doing?

A: In Quartz Composer, patches only execute if they're connected to a blue "Renderer" patch.  When hovering over a port, if you see the type name, but no data, the patch might not be executing.
A quick way to do this is to create a Billboard patch, and to connect the JSON patch's output to the Billboard's Enable input — it won't display anything, but it will cause the JSON patch to execute, so you can browse the data by hovering over its output ports.

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Category Archives: John Yoo
I Hate Yoo!
From TALKING POINTS MEMO:
John Yoo says President Obama is too afraid of the politics of Guantanamo Bay to capture and interrogate terrorists.
The former George W. Bush administration lawyer, Yoo wrote the infamous torture memos used to justify the "enhanced interrogation techniques" that were a central legacy of Bush's Global War On Terror. He now says that the killing of Osama bin Laden will go down in history as one of President Obama's biggest national security fails.
Filed under Barack Obama, Chimpy, CNN, Democrats, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, humor, John Yoo, movies, Pakistan, parody, politics, Republicans, snark, Torture, waterboarding, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Abbottabad, Eliot Spitzer, Gitmo, Global War On Terror, intelligence, interrogation, national security, terrorism, Wall Street Journal
With Justice For None
From CROOKS & LIARS:
From the moment he entered the White House, President Obama's attitude towards the crime, corruption and politicization of the Bush Justice Department has been to "look forward and not backwards." As we've seen for the third time in just the last several days, that's working out just fine for the Bush lawyers.
On Wednesday, prosecutor Nora Dannehy [assigned by Gonzales' successor Michael Mukasey] announced she would bring no charges against Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Monica Goodling or any of the key players behind the purge of 9 U.S. attorneys.
Filed under Alberto Gonzales, Barack Obama, Chimpy, Congress, Democrats, George W. Bush, Harriet Miers, humor, John Yoo, Justice Department, Karl Rove, Michael Mukasey, Monica Goodling, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, Scott Bloch, snark, Torture, White House scandals, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Attorney General, Glenn Leon, Government Accountability Project, Jay Bybee, Nora Dannehy, Office of Legal Counsel, perjury, U.S. Attorneys
Creepier by the Dozen
WASHINGTON — A coalition of left-wing advocacy groups filed legal ethics complaints on Monday against 12 former Bush administration lawyers, including three United States attorneys general, whom the groups accuse of helping to justify torture.
The coalition, called Velvet Revolution, asked the bar associations in four states and the District of Columbia to disbar the lawyers, saying their actions violated the rules of professional responsibility by approving interrogation methods, including waterboarding, that constituted illegal torture.
Filed under Alberto Gonzales, Barack Obama, Chimpy, CIA, David Addington, Dick Cheney, Douglas Feith, Geneva Conventions, George W. Bush, humor, John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Justice Department, Michael Chertoff, Michael Mukasey, movies, parody, Pentagon, politics, Republicans, Scandals, snark, Steven Bradbury, Timothy Flanigan, Torture, waterboarding, White House scandals, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Alice Fisher, Convention Against Torture, disbarment, Eric Holder, ethics, interrogation, Kevin Zeese, Office of Legal Counsel, Office of Professional Responsibility, Velvet Revolution, VotersForPeace, William Haynes II
by nonnie9999 | March 31, 2009 · 12:19 am
Los Presos Españoles
From ABC News:
In what may turn out to be a landmark case, a Spanish court has started a criminal investigation into allegations that six former officials in the Bush administration violated international law by creating the legal justification for torture in Guantanamo Bay.
The officials named in the 98-page complaint include former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who once famously described the Geneva Conventions as "quaint" and "obsolete."
Others include John Yoo, a former Justice Department lawyer who wrote the so-called "torture memo" that justified waterboarding and other extreme interrogation methods for terror suspects.
Also named are: former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith; former General Counsel for the Department of Defense William Haynes II; Jay S. Bybee, formerly of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel; and David S. Addington, former chief of staff and legal advisor to former Vice President Dick Cheney.
(And yes, kids, I am just as upset as you are to find out that William Haynes II is the secret identity of Mr. Bean! 😯 )
Filed under 9/11, Alberto Gonzales, CIA, David Addington, Defense Department, Dick Cheney, Douglas Feith, Geneva Conventions, Guantanamo, humor, John Yoo, Justice Department, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, snark, Torture, Wall Street Journal, waterboarding, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Association for the Dignity of Prisoners, Balthazar Garzon, Center for Constitutional Rights, Charles Taylor, Chuckie Taylor, Convention Against Torture, G-20, Gonzalo Boye-Tucet, Human Rights Watch, Jay Bybee, Jose Luis Zapatero, Liberia, Madrid, National Court, Spain, William Haynes II
by nonnie9999 | June 28, 2008 · 12:19 am
They should have used harsh interrogation tactics on them!
Two key architects of the Bush administration's controversial interrogation policies defended their legal positions today, sparring with House Democrats over whether discredited Justice Department opinions led to unlawful torture of military and CIA detainees.
The testimony from David S. Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, and John C. Yoo, a former senior Justice Department lawyer, was light on details but heavy on semantic disputes with lawmakers on a House Judiciary subcommittee.
Filed under 9/11, al-Qaeda, Chimpy, CIA, David Addington, Defense Department, Democrats, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, House Judiciary Committee, humor, John Yoo, Justice Department, movies, parody, Pentagon, politics, Republicans, September 11, snark, Torture, waterboarding, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Debbie Wasserman Schultz, interrogation, Mel Watt, terrorism
by nonnie9999 | April 21, 2008 · 12:04 am
In a League of Their Own
From The Guardian:
America's most senior general was "hoodwinked" by top Bush administration officials determined to push through aggressive interrogation techniques of terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, leading to the US military abandoning its age-old ban on the cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners, the Guardian reveals today.
General Richard Myers, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff from 2001 to 2005, wrongly believed that inmates at Guantánamo and other prisons were protected by the Geneva conventions and from abuse tantamount to torture.
Filed under Abu Ghraib, Alberto Gonzales, Chimpy, Colin Powell, David Addington, Defense Department, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, Geneva Conventions, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, humor, John Yoo, Justice Department, Larry Wilkerson, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, Richard Myers, snark, television, Torture, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as 24, Jack Bauer, Jay Bybee, Kiefer Sutherland, Philippe Sands, Torture Team, William Haynes
by nonnie9999 | June 26, 2007 · 3:11 am
Heaven Help Us and Keep Us….
Oriiginal movie poster.
The Washington Post gives us a glimpse into the flaccid, dark, dysfunctional heart and mind of Dick Cheney. The article begins with Dick Cheney giving idiot Chimpy his orders meeting with George W. Bush in 2001. Here are some snippets:
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Released in 1956, "Get Rhythm" is an upbeat number by Johnny Cash with positive lyrics speaking of a happy shoe-shine boy. While the song is classic, inimitable Cash, it would quickly become overshadowed by its b-side, "I Walk the Line." A peculiar song that changes key between each verse and has no chorus, "I Walk the Line" would become the song Cash is best known for, a tale of pledged fidelity with lyrical undertones implying even deeper meaning. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at #30 in their 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.


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Talking Points From Week 6 Of ISL 5
Posted on November 8, 2018 by flyinggoalie
FC Pune City 1 – Kerala Blasters 1
1) Pune Lucky To Escape With Draw
The Stallions were very lucky to take something out of this game, even with refereeing decisions going their way. They were awarded a very soft penalty and Emiliano Alfaro should really have been penalized for stopping a ball from going in with his hands at the other end. Except for brief spells, Pune were pegged back in their own half and the duo of Adil Khan and Jonathan Vila had a busy night breaking up opposition play. Marko Stankovic was missed at the beginning of the season and the Austrian had to hobble off again after securing the lead for his side. Pune will hope that his calf injury is not serious and that he will be available for a crunch bottom-of-the-table clash against Chennaiyin.
2) Kerala Make Pressure From Corners Tell For Once
The Blasters won an astounding fourteen corners in this match. Until the 61stminute, however, they could not make any of them count. A few minutes earlier, Nikola Krcmarevic was deemed to have shoved Alfaro in the back and conceded a penalty. No one was more pumped than the Serbian when the Pune striker made a hash of his effort and he made some of that adrenaline count when he thumped in the equalizer from a poorly cleared corner. It is not the defensive midfielder's job to score goals. However, on a night when the attacking players forgot their shooting boots at home, Krcmarevic was on hand to make a difference.
Chennaiyin FC 0 – Mumbai City FC 1
3) Same Old Story For The Machans
Chennaiyin FC must be hoping for a quick upturn in their fortunes because one point in six games does not reflect how they have performed on the pitch. Another game passes by from which they should have picked something up. Inigo Calderon and Eli Sabia have papered over the cracks that appeared in defence at the start of the season and Chennaiyin look more solid in that department. Their problems are elsewhere, and a worrying pattern is emerging. They completed their 50thattempt on goal in three matches towards the end of this game and have one goal to show for their efforts. Jeje Lalpekhlua did not cut it at the start of the season and his replacement, Carlos Salom is not delivering either. Chennaiyin needs goals and they need them fast.
4) The Accelerator Has Kicked Into Gear
When Modou Sougou moved to Marseille in 2013, his new manager referenced the previous game the French side had played and highlighted how the team had missed an accelerator. Sougou was bought for 4.5 million euros to fulfil that role and he displayed that quality while taking his goal against Chennaiyin. He reacted quickest to a ball played beyond a high line, racing through on goal and while his first effort was saved, the ball fell kindly for him and he made no mistake with his second effort. After a slow start to the season, he has three goals in four games. More importantly, his goals have proved to be the winner in every Mumbai victory to date and delivered nine points.
Delhi Dynamos 2 – Jamshedpur FC 2
5) Chhangte Makes An Impact At Last
Lallianzuala Chhangte has long been earmarked to be a star. Impressive on his national team debut in 2015 and during a stint with Liverpool's youth academy at Kirkby in 2016, he has been closely watched in the ISL. He had his moments last year, but consistency eluded him and the story has repeated this season. He finally kicked into gear against Jamshedpur, showing good pace and composure in anticipating a back pass to the keeper before slotting home. It was also his ball that deflected onto the path of Adria Carmona, who headed home to briefly give Delhi the lead. The Lions could not make his performances count in the end, but if Chhangte can take some confidence from this game, it will do them a world of good.
6) Jamshedpur Are Draw Specialists
The Red Miners have taken the league by storm this season with a distinctive attacking flair to their displays. A lot of that is down to the influence of the manager, Cesar Ferrando, who demands that his team play their football on the front foot. This has translated to an unbeaten start to their campaign, but there have only been two wins in their seven games. After a 2-0 win their first game against Mumbai, Jamshedpur have not managed to keep a clean sheet. While they are capable of scoring goals, they can also be porous at the back. If they can tighten a bit more at the back, more of those D's will turn into W's.
Kerala Blasters 1 – Bengaluru FC 2
7) Poor Officiating Costs Kerala Again
The Blasters were at the wrong end of two poor refereeing decisions in their previous game against Jamshedpur and they suffered once again against Bengaluru. Sunil Chhetri was at least a yard offside when he received the ball from which he scored, and Sandesh Jhingan was right in pointing out that the standard of officiating needs to improve in the ISL. Kerala were desperately unlucky not to take at least a point from this game, with BFC's winner coming from a rebound off Nikola Krcmarevic. While David James' side lost their unbeaten start to the game, there were performances to take heart from, especially from Prasanth Karuthadathkuni, making an impressive first start to the season.
8) Bengaluru Show That They Can Grind Wins Out
Last year's beaten finalists shot to the top of the standings with a gritty away performance. After dominating proceedings during the group stage last season, the failure to win the title hurt the side a lot, and they seem determined to go all the way this time around. They were lucky with both their goals and the Blasters were more of a threat for large portions of the match, but they managed the game well. They were fluid with changes in their personnel and the fact that they had played three different players at right back by the end suggests that they can cope when a spanner is thrown into the works. They maintained their all win record in the ISL against their southern neighbours and left Kochi with a slight mental edge before the reverse fixture plays out later this season.
FC Pune City 2 – Chennaiyin FC 4
9) The Stallions In Free Fall
Something is seriously wrong at Pune. Before the season started, they were widely being tipped for the title, having strengthened a side that already had most bases covered last season. Six games into the season, their manager has already been fired with the interim boss holding on by the skin of his teeth. It has not helped that many of the stalwarts from the previous season have not turned up. Emiliano Alfaro has already missed two penalties this season and has looked a distracted figure of late. He started this game on the bench, an unthinkable proposition not too long ago. Diego Carlos got himself sent off against Goa for a horrendous challenge and playmaker Marcelinho continued on that insolent path against Chennaiyin getting himself banned with the match already lost. While Marko Stankovic and Iain Hume cannot be blamed for being injured, Pune's foreign contingent have just not stood up to be counted this season.
10) Chennaiyin Turn Their Fortunes Around
The team from Chennai have been the unluckiest team in the league and they were due some good fortune going into this game. They showed good character getting back into the match after going a goal down, and captain Mailson Alves celebrated his return to the lineup after being dropped for three games with a goal and an assist. Jeje Lalpekhlua was restored to the lineup as well and while his barren run in front of goal continues, Chennaiyin found the net from other quarters. There has been an over-reliance on him and Carlos Salom for goals and it bodes well that Inigo Calderon and Mailson both contributed on set-pieces. Their contribution in that department was a vital cog in the machine last season.
Tags: Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, Delhi Dynamos, FC Pune City, Indian Super League, Jamshedpur FC, Kerala Blasters, Mumbai City FCCategories: Indian Super League
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Group That Evangelizes to Young Children Comes Under Scrutiny From Activists and Media July 23, 2014 Terry Firma
Group That Evangelizes to Young Children Comes Under Scrutiny From Activists and Media
By Terry Firma
A couple of weeks ago, Hemant blogged about a international organization called the Child Evangelism Fellowship that thinks it's cool to indoctrinate kids as young as four with talk of hell and damnation. CEF had picked relatively godless Portland, Oregon as its next battle ground, and the plan was to send more than a hundred missionaries into the city to form "Good News Clubs," whose goal is to "harvest" children for Jesus.
A protest group, Protect Portland Children, rose to the challenge and took out an ad in the local alt-weekly to explain:
Good News Clubs are not about mainstream bible study or the Golden Rule. They are hardcore fundamentalist indoctrination. They terrorize children too young to understand with vivid warnings of eternal punishment. They teach children that they are born wicked and "deserve to die" instead of building self-esteem. They teach children submission to authority instead of critical thinking. These toxic, fear-based doctrines can cause traumas in children that last into adulthood.
Now, the Associated Press has picked up the story, and the AP account made it into a slew of newspapers, including the New York Times.
It was going to be an uphill battle for CEF all along.
Gallup polls in 2008 and 2012 have consistently indicated that Oregon is among the least religious states in the country, with one of the fewest populations identifying themselves as "very religious."
Nonetheless, the volunteers have begun their work.
At a park on Monday, the group laid out a tarp for children and chairs for their parents. A pair of volunteers led about 12 kids through Bible verses and songs that praised a Christian god. "My heart was dark with sin," they sang, "until the savior came in."
What got lost a bit in the AP piece is that, while the protests are real, no one is saying that evangelists don't have free speech rights. What's at stake is that the people behind Protect Portland Children credibly claim that the CEF's longer-term goal is to establish Good News Clubs in Portland public schools this fall, as the fundamentalists have done in other cities. Sure, parents would need to give written permission for their kids to attend such school gatherings, but critics charge that CEF is underhanded and stealthy about the aggressive, everything-is-a-sin fundamentalism that it really teaches.
The journalist Katherine Stewart (below), author of The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children, explains it in this video.
Kids attending the Clubs were targeting their non-Christian peers or their friends for what I can only describe as faith-based bullying. And I also heard stories from parents whose kids would come home telling their parents that they were going to go to hell, because they didn't go to the right kind of church. I began to realize that the Clubs seek to convey the unavoidable impression in small children that their activities are endorsed by the school. The kids would say they knew the religion of the Good News Club must be true because they learned it in school. Remember, we're talking about little kids here. No institution has as much authority for them as the public school.
In public places like parks, where no permission slips are needed, skepticism might flow a little more freely. Consider the AP article's ending:
Mia Marceau, a mother of two in the Portland suburb of Vancouver, Washington, said she was intrigued when the group approached her apartment complex pool last week. She said she, too, believes in Jesus Christ. Within a few hours, however, she didn't like what the group was telling her 8-year-old son and his friends: They were headed to hell, needed to convert their friends and were duty-bound to raise money for the organization.
I raised a free thinker," she said. "He didn't buy in. All of a sudden, he's having arguments with his friends over salvation."
That kid's going to be all right.
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I just returned home after a near 5 hour drive from Spokane(istan).
I am an old alum, but got to really see the campus for the first time in a long time, and got to see it through the eyes of a wide-eyed high school kid, whom I had brought to campus.
Our school, our campus, the students, the Kennel, our team were all....spectacular! Even the weather, although cool, was sunny.
Those of you who get to see it on a regular basis, may not realize how remarkable our little school is. Believe me, it is amazing on so many levels.
We got a tour of campus by a thoughtful, articulate and pleasant young lady.
We got to attend our drubbing of UCNR and see the beautiful building itself.
We got to see Matt dunk!!! and Micah too! Twice!
I got to thank BobZag for all he does. You are my hero Bob.
The Kennedy/Martin Center was FULL of students working out at 10:15 Saturday morning, as was new, spectacular library.
Spokane glistened in the wintery frost. The Falls, awesome.
I was overcome with nostalgia when going up the stairs in the AD building as I had done so many times, so many years ago.
I am at my home now and I am thankful for it.
But I may never feel as at home as I did on those blocks off Boone.
Gonzaga is about so much more than basketball.
But it sure is fun to have the basketball too.
A great post that should find a home in Mae's Blue & White Cafe.
I just graduated five years ago and walk around campus as much as I can when I'm back visiting friends/family. It's amazing how much it has changed in such a short time, whether the changes are large or small.
Great post, HRZag! When it warms up a little, I need to make the cross-town trip from my home up south and really take some time scouting out the whole campus.
Thanks for posting the photo of the handsome fellows! Hope the younster is soon bouncing with the Kennel Club!
HR -- Very eloquently put! It was my pleasure to see you again. I'm glad you and the prospective young Zag with you had a great time. Also, happy to hear that you made it home safely.
I try to never take the GU campus for granted, even though I am down there fairly regularly. Anyone who attended GU in the '60's (when I did) would be stunned to see the tremendous growth on campus. Thanks for the reminder about what a great place we have here!
See you in San Diego??
Good to see you, HRZag. It was fun. Lots of old memories in the Ad Building, for sure.
Nice post HRZag - I haven't been on campus since 1968, but will definitely check it out next spring when I visit Spokane.
Pleased to finally meet you as well HRZag. Perhaps it will not be so very long until you return for another game. At times the campus seems to change as fast as Las Vegas. Just the other day the wife and I were headed to a parking lot near the Knights of Columbus and turned down a street that was no longer a street. More of a pedestrian mall, and quite nice, near the new book store.
The new "bookstore" is pretty nice. I hit it about three times if I recall. Maybe more.
Did they ever figure out what happened with the fire? Arson?
The campus really looks great. I love the banners. "Find Your Passion".
It made me proud. Very proud indeed.


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Appendix 4: Undesignated Vehicles
X-45 / X-46
Boeing X-45 / X-46
In the late 1990s, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began to study the possibility of building an unmanned strike aircraft. In March 1999, Boeing received a contract to build two X-45A UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) technology demonstrators. The X-45A was to develop and test technology for a future operational UCAV for ground attack, electronic warfare, surveillance and other operations in high-risk areas. The first X-45A was completed in September 2000, and underwent extensive ground testing, including low- and high-speed taxi tests during 2001 and early 2002. The first flight eventually occurred in May 2002, with the second vehicle following in November that year.
Photo: Boeing
The X-45A was a tailless design with low radar and infrared signatures. It was fitted with a conventional tricycle landing gear, and was powered by a single Honeywell F124-GA-100 turbofan engine. In the absence of vertical surfaces, yaw was controlled by a thrust-vectoring system. The aircraft was also equipped with an internal weapons bay of 680 kg (1500 lb) capacity to test all phases of weapons handling and deployment. The X-45A had a GPS-based navigation system, and its primary sensor was an AESA (Active Electronicalls Scanned Array) synthetic aperture radar.
Photo: Jim Ross, NASA
As can be expected from an unmanned vehicle which is to operate semi-independently from human operators, a lot of development effort and time went into the flight control software and the required "intelligent" systems for communication and targeting. The software was developed in blocks, and Block 1 testing (which included taxiing, take-off and landing, airborne navigation, and basic communications with the ground control station) was completed in February 2003. Tests of the Block 2 software, which included communication with manned aircraft and the first weapons release, began in November 2003. In March 2004, the X-45A dropped a weapon for the first time, while in April that year, a target was hit with an inert GPS-guided bomb. In August 2004, the two X-45As flew in formation for the first time. Demonstration of the Block 3 software began in October that year, and included, among other features, in-flight mission replanning. The X-45A test program was eventually completed in July 2005, after a total of 64 flights had been successfully completed. The final and most complex mission included detecting and avoiding multiple simulated threats, determining to attack which one of several possible targets, replanning after the operator changed target priorities, and conducting the actual attacks with one or two aircraft.
The X-45A was never intended to represent the final operational UCAV (sometimes referred to as "A-45"). The operational prototype was to be the X-45B, which was originally planned to be available for the U.S. Air Force in the 2006/07 time frame. The X-45B design closely resembled the X-45A, but was somewhat larger to provide greater payload and range. However, before the first X-45B had been built, it was replaced by the larger X-45C (q.v. below), a common basic design for Air Force and Navy requirements.
In parallel with the DARPA/USAF X-45A UCAV effort, the U.S. Navy and DARPA studied a naval carrier-based UCAV under the UCAV-N label. In this case, two contracts for technology demonstrators were awarded in June 2000, to Boeing for the X-46A and to Northrop Grumman for the X-47A. Boeing never disclosed much information on the X-46A, but the overall design was generally similar to the X-45B except for a new wing planform.
Image: Boeing
It soon became evident that the Navy's UCAV-N shared many requirements with the Air Force's UCAV, and that two separate development programs would be a waste of time and resources. In April 2003, the two efforts were formally combined under the joint DARPA/USAF/Navy J-UCAV program, later renamed J-UCAS (Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems). Both Boeing and Northrop Grumman were developing an aircraft to fulfill the J-UCAS requirement, and flight testing of both systems was expected to begin in 2007. With the creation of J-UCAS, the X-45B and X-46A programs were terminated before any airframe had been built.
Image: Boeing Photo: Boeing
X-45C X-45C (mock-up)
Boeing's J-UCAS aircraft was designated X-45C, and effectively combined technology developed under the X-45A program with UCAV-N requirements. The basic center body configuration of the X-45C was similar to the X-45A/B, but the wing planform had changed significantly (it was similar to that of the X-46A). Payload capability was 2040 kg (4500 lb), representing two GBU-31/B JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) GPS/INS-guided bombs. The X-45C was to incorporate provisions for automatic aerial refueling. The special requirements for a carrier-based UCAV in terms of airframe structure and low-speed handling characteristics would probably have led to slightly different X-45C versions for the Air Force and Navy.
The J-UCAS development effort was defined in terms of "spirals" (nothing beats a new buzz-word). The X-45A demonstrator was "Spiral 0", while the X-45C and X-47B represented "Spiral 1". Later spirals were to further enhance the mission capabilities of the system by integrating more sensor and weapon options. The ultimate goal had been labeled J-UOS (J-UCAS Objective System) by DARPA.
In early January 2006, the J-UCAS program was cancelled in favor of separate follow-on programs by the USAF and U.S. Navy, and - in case of the Air Force - the development of new manned long-range bomber aircraft. The Navy has since effectively taken over the J-UCAS program under a new label (first N-UCAS, then UCAS-D (Demonstrator)), and parallel development of the X-47B and X-45C vehicles as carrier-based UCAVs continued until mid-2007. In August 2007, the Navy announced the X-47B as the winner of the UCAS-D competition, and the development of the navalized X-45C (unofficially known as X-45N) was effectively terminated.
Data for X-45A/C:
X-45A X-45C
Length 8.08 m (26.5 ft) 11.9 m (39 ft)
Wingspan 10.3 m (33.8 ft) 14.9 m (49 ft)
Height 1.13 m (3.7 ft) 1.2 m (4 ft)
Weight (gross) 5530 kg (12190 lb) 16600 kg (36500 lb)
Speed Mach 0.75 Mach 0.85
Ceiling 10700 m (35000 ft) 12200 m (40000 ft)
Mission Radius 920 km (500 nm) 2400 km (1300 nm)
Propulsion Honeywell F124-GA-100 turbofan; 28 kN (6300 lb) General Electric F404-GE-102D turbofan; 31 kN (7000 lb)
[1] DARPA J-UCAS Website
[2] Jay Miller: "The X-Planes, X-1 to X-45", Midland Publishing, 2001
[3] Boeing Website
[4] Air Force Technology Website
Last Updated: 2 September 2007


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Five stallions standing in Mexico have joined TrueNicks. All stallions are part of Germán Larrea's Rancho San Jorge group.
Almuhathir (TrueNicks) is a Capote half brother to Met Mile (gr. I) winner and successful sire Wild Rush. The immediate family also includes graded stakes winner Summer Raven and her Holy Bull (gr. III)-winning son Winslow Homer. Out of the stakes-winning Plugged Nickle mare Rose Park, Almuhathir was an $850K yearling buy and went on to earn over $230K on the track while placing in the Whirlaway Handicap (gr. III). At stud, he is the sire of back-to-back Futurity Mexicano (MEX-I) winners: Capotazo (2009) and Xanadu (2010). Xanadu also captured the Clasico Gaspar Rivera Torres (MEX-I).
Arbitrate (TrueNicks,SRO) is a stakes-placed son of Deputy Minister and champion three-year-old filly Serena's Song (by Rahy), making him a half brother to five stakes winners, including Coronation (gr. I) heroine Sophisticat and grade II winners and young sires Grand Reward and Harlington. With first crop four-year-olds of 2011, Arbitrate is already the sire of Clasico Criadores Mexicanos (MEX-I) winner Cappucine and Mexican gr. I placers Delirio and Doctortico. Arbitrate stands at Rancho El Mana.
Devil's Bag stallion Boca Di Leone (TrueNicks) is a half brother to Cigar Mile (gr. I) winner Purge. The speedy family includes sires Valid Wager, Valid Expectations, and Littleexpectations, as well as three-time gr. I winner Jersey Girl and her son Jersey Town, victorious in last season's Cigar Mile (gr. I). Kentucky-bred Boca Di Leone raced in Mexico where he won five times and was stakes-placed. His first foals are three-year-olds of 2011.
Multiple graded stakes-placed Free Thinking (TrueNicks,SRO) is an Unbridled half brother to four-time graded winner Bedanken. The dam, winning Strawberry Road mare Danka, has produced six winners, and all are black type stakes performers. Free Thinking placed in the Firecracker (gr. II) and Kelso (gr. II) en route to earnings of $322K. With first crop two-year-olds of 2011, Free Thinking stands at Rancho El Mana.
Point Determined (TrueNicks,SRO), a son of Point Given, started as the fourth choice in the 2006 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) following placings in the San Felipe (gr. II) and Santa Anita Derby (gr. I). He later won the Affirmed Handicap (gr. III) at Hollywood Park. Out of the grade III-winning Broad Brush mare Merengue, Point Determined hails from the immediate family of King's Bishop (gr. I) winner Visionaire. He has first crop yearlings of 2011 and stands at Rancho San Isidro.


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Having 'Rich People' Worth Rp. 11,000 Trillion, the Reason Sri Mulyani Is Sure Indonesia's Debt Of Rp. 6,000 Trillion Can Be Paid Off?
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani believes the government's debt of Rp 6,000 trillion can be paid and repaid.
It was recorded that the government's debt reached IDR 6,713.24 trillion until the end of November 2021.
This debt has a ratio of 39.84% to gross domestic product (GDP). The debt of Rp. 6,713 trillion consisted of the issuance of Rp. 5,889.73 trillion of state securities (SBN) and Rp. 823.51 trillion of loans.
Then how does Sri Mulyani pay off her Rp 6,000 trillion debt? If referring to Sri Mulyani's statement last week, Sri Mulyani believes the government can pay off debts but the realization of state spending must also be managed properly by creating positive economic growth.
"If we spend well, it becomes a good infrastructure, so quality human resources (HR) will make Indonesia's economy grow well, so we can repay the debt, including this SBSN, God willing, it can be paid safely," he said in a virtual video, Wednesday. January 5, 2022. However, Sri Mulyani once said that she had the richest Indonesian version of herself. Not Djarum's boss, his version of Indonesia's richest person is Director General of State Assets Ronald Silaban.
The value of Rionald Silaban's 'wealth' is calculated based on state assets.
Indonesia's wealth based on asset value reached IDR 11,098.67 trillion throughout 2020. This wealth increased compared to 2019 which was IDR 10,467.53 trillion.
According to data, the Directorate General of State Assets (DJKN) of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) accounted for an increase in state assets of 6.02%.
Director-General of State Assets Rionald Silaban said the value of this asset was seen from the side of the balance sheet of state revenue sources.
"The increase in the value of our state assets is more than Rp. 4,000 trillion, this is the side of the balance that is not discussed because what is often seen is the source of income," said Rionald Silaban. Previously, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menkomarves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan also talked about Indonesia's debt reaching IDR 6,000 trillion.
According to him, government debt is still in a productive state with a normal debt ratio below 60% of gross domestic product (GDP).
"Those (debts) are strategic government projects, they are carried out everywhere. So if our debt is IDR 6,000 trillion as long as it is productive debt and can build it and the people enjoy it and we can pay it back, why is it a problem?" Coordinating Minister Luhut said in a virtual webinar quoted on Thursday (12/16/2021).
Coordinating Minister Luhut said that the debt money was being maximized and used according to the needs of the Indonesian people. "So, for example, if someone criticizes it, it's a huge debt. Criticize the government with clear data, so you don't misunderstand and don't make bad news or news," he explained. .000 trillion can be paid. But there is a condition.
Sri Mulyani explained, the government can pay debts but the realization of state spending must also be managed properly by creating positive economic growth. I can repay the debt, including this SBSN, God willing, it can be safely repaid," he said in a virtual video, Wednesday (5/1/2022). with a ratio of 39.84% to gross domestic product (GDP).
The debt of IDR 6,713 trillion consists of issuance of state securities (SBN) of IDR 5,889.73 trillion and loans of IDR 823,51 trillion. For this reason, the government will continue to provide understanding to the public regarding debt financing. If you have a good understanding, people will also be more obedient in paying taxes.
"People often hear that the state debt is already IDR 6,000 trillion. But they don't see the balance sheet, there are state revenues and expenditures that can be enjoyed by the community, such as social assistance, personnel expenditures such as salaries for central and regional ASN employees, and allowances," said Sri Mulyani. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani opened up about the state debt which reached approximately Rp. 6,000 trillion. So far, the public has only seen the debt figure of Rp. 6,000 trillion but did not see the benefits of the debt.
"People often hear that the state debt is already IDR 6,000 trillion," Sri Mulyani said in a virtual video, Wednesday (5/1/2022).
Sri Mulyani added, the public should be able to see the whole of debt financing. In the preparation of the APBN, one of the sources of financing apart from state revenues comes from taxes, but also debt. This debt is what benefits the community, such as social assistance to civil servants' salaries.
"But they don't see the balance sheet, there are state revenues and expenditures that can be enjoyed by the community, such as social assistance, personnel expenditures such as salaries for central and regional ASN employees and allowances," said Sri Mulyani.
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The city of Markham doesn't look much like the town where Edmund Chiu grew up.
It's among the country's fastest growing communities, and one that became a city just five years ago.
Among the latest markers of development are the Markham Pan Am Centre, where the city hosted sporting events at the 2015 Games; an incoming York University campus, which will offer classes to 4,000 students; and new condominium towers called Markham Square, by Ideal Developments and OnePiece Developments. The new residences, in the Unionville community, are where Chiu and his brother have each purchased a unit.
"We both have a pretty soft spot for Markham," says Chiu, who works in automotive sales in Mississauga. Though his family calls Maple, Ont., home now, they still have roots in their hometown. He and wife Angela were high school sweethearts at Milliken Mills, and their twin boys, Austin and Tyler, swim at the Pan Am Centre almost every week. When the boys graduate high school, they might soon after call Markham Square their new home, whether they share the two-bedroom unit their dad purchased or not.
From left: Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Ideal Developments president and CEO Shaji Nada, Bin Fu, of OnePiece Development, and Edmund Chiu, a purchaser at Markham Square condos, are all supporters of the development project.
"They're basically best friends, which is how me and my brother grew up, as well. This is why I see this one unit as a potential shared place for them," he says.
Occupancy is expected in 2021 when the boys will be applying to post-secondary schools. Chiu says they won't be pressure to attend York University — though it's tempting with the new campus being built just across the street.
For mayor Frank Scarpitti, the new condo development is part of a vision coming to fruition. "This is fulfilling the mission we had several years ago," he says.
Scarpitti has lived and served in Markham for decades and has been mayor since 2006. He can recall council discussions going back to the 1970s and '80s about what to do with the area where Markham Square will be.
The land was frozen by the provincial government it was determined what space was needed for the Parkway Belt West Plan, which set aside land for transportation, utility and recreational purposes. When the freeze was lifted, Scarpitti says they could have let the land go to another subdivision of single family homes. But his council had another vision.
"We took it upon ourselves to create a vision into the future. What we're finally seeing is that vision becoming a reality," he says.
As well, the community has invested in innovative sustainability initiatives with an award-winning District Energy system and solar panelling at the Pan Am Centre. The sporting venue is perhaps the greatest gift to the area, Scarpitti says.
Key to that vision is the partnership between Ideal Developments and OnePiece Developments, who assembled a top tier team to make Markham Square a reality. Markham Square will feature two towers of 33 and 29 storeys, a spacious rooftop lounge, an elegant high-tech library lounge for business and social gatherings, a games room with foosball and billiards, a multimedia lounge with stadium seating, a full equipped gym, and park space where a third tower had originally been planned.
With the continuing growth of Markham as a city, the decision to get involved was an easy one, says Shaji Nada, president and CEO at Ideal. "We felt that Markham would be growing more and more, so this will be the right project to go to market with," he says.
It is the "flagship project" for both companies, says Bin Fu, CFO at OnePiece. Markham Square will play an important role in the city's development. "Our project is the very first residential tower in this whole area. It's quite significant in terms of city planning," he says.
Even as the city grows beyond what Chiu knew from his adolescence, with a major sporting venue, a university campus and cranes in the sky erecting urban dwellings, Markham is still Markham, he says. And he says that is thanks to the developers and city officials who want to protect its roots.


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By Income Investors Editorial Desk | August 31, 2016
Latest Deals May Fuel More Gains in VZ Stock
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has been a great growth and dividend story so far this year. And I hope you've not missed that one! Verizon's stock handed in a decent 13% capital return to income investors on top of a 4.3% annual dividend yield.
One logical question any long-term investor should address when investing in a telecom dividend stock is whether or not the company has a game plan to counter competition. In the telecom business, where revenue is hard to come by from just providing voice and data services, the big challenges for companies like Verizon is how to find new avenues for growth and finding how to keep up with the pace of fast-changing technologies and consumer preferences.
Verizon, which operates America's largest fourth-generation wireless network and all-fiber broadband infrastructure, seems to have an answer for this.
The company has been expanding aggressively in recent months to solidify its dominant position in this digital age. When you analyze its recent acquisitive streak, it's clear that the company has a game plan to pursue new sources of growth in mobile advertising, streaming video, and the so-called Internet of Things.
In July, Verizon bought Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) web assets for $4.83 billion, followed by its latest $2.4-billion acquisition for GPS vehicle-tracking company FleetMatics Group PLC (NYSE:FLTX) in early August.
Verizon Chief Executive Officer Lowell McAdam says Yahoo's digital assets will accelerate Verizon's revenue generation in digital advertising as the telecom giant gets access to Yahoo's more-than-one-billion monthly active users through its search, communications, and digital content products. (Source: "Verizon to acquire Yahoo's operating business," Verizon Communications Inc., July 25, 2016.)
In acquiring FleetMatics, Verizon will build on a small but growing presence in the commercial fleet management segment, which is, "extraordinarily large, lightly penetrated, global and fragmented."
Investors in VZ stock, however, don't look very excited by these acquisitions, as shown by the stock performance in the past two months. Verizon stock has lost about six percent since Yahoo's deal was announced.
One probable reason behind the lackluster performance of VZ stock is Verizon's huge debt, which is depriving the company of the opportunity to improve its credit rating. While pursuing its acquisition spree over the past four years, Verizon has loaded its balance sheet with total debt of $110 billion, which is more than double its 2012 levels.
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For many income investors, Verizon's ballooning debt may deter the company to increase its dividend and satisfy investors looking for income from the low-risk segment of the market at a time when the government bond yields and saving accounts are offering too little.
But despite these negative factors hurting VZ stock, investors should get satisfaction from the fact that the company has consistently beat analysts' forecasts when it comes to earnings. Over the past five quarters, Verizon's earnings have been higher than consensus estimates by analysts. (Source: "Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)," Reuters, last accessed August 30, 2016.)
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Each year, Verizon also generates enough cash to maintain its dividend payouts. Last year, it cranked out over $20.0 billion of cash, and with its dividend payout ratio of 64%, Verizon is still a better telecom play when compared to its close rival AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), with its 82% payout ratio. (Source: "AT&T, Inc. (T)," Yahoo Finance, last accessed August 30, 2016.)
If you're following Verizon's dividend increase timing, September is the month when the company usually comes up with good news for income investors. Last year, Verizon boosted its dividend by 2.7% to $0.565 per outstanding share. On an annual basis, this increased Verizon's dividend by $0.06 per share to $2.26 per share. And in the previous year, it raised the dividend by 3.7%. With a nine-year history of dividend increases, chances are bright that investors will be rewarded for believing in the company's growth story in the next couple of days. Stay tuned!


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The Giz Wiz Asks You! > Know any big time location errors in Movies, or on TV Shows?
On the Daily Giz recently we got talking about movies & TV shows where the editors, or writers, or other production people didn't really know much about the location of the action. Once, a long, long time ago -- the late 1970s' or early 80's, on Mike Hammer (a TV show starring Stacy Keach that "takes place in New York City") -- a guy on the phone said to Mike: "Meet me down by the oil fields on the west side!" The oil fields???? On the west side of Manhattan?? (Maybe an oil slick in the Hudson River, but that's about it.) That wasn't even common sense! Couldn't the writer have guessed Manhattan had no oil fields?
Do you have any examples of this kind of thin?.A listener (I have to find his name) emailed me to complain about the King of Queens TV show. He said the background footage was shot in Burbank, California, not Queens, NY. And it drives him crazy when they're supposed to be driving along a street in Queens and he sees restaurants down the block from his house in the background footage!
Add yours, please!
October 29, 2009 | The Giz Wiz
AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT:
In today's episode of DGW (#949) you mentioned discontinuity errors in TV shows. That happens to be a pet peeve of mine. Its especially bad when I watch TV series that are filmed in Miami. All the way to Miami Vice, continuity errors, drove me crazy.
Movies are great offenders too. One of the worst offenders is Scarface. The major of Miami at the time refused allow the producers of Scarface to film in Miami. He was afraid of the negative publicity that the film would bring to Miami. Of course that didn't stop the film from being made. It was filmed in LA. If you have ever been in Miami, you could not fail to notice how flat it is, but in Scarface Miami has hills. Filming Scarface in LA makes as much sense as filming The Streets of San Francisco in Miami.
The other discontinuity error which many people don't notice has to do with the accents of the latinos in the movie. I grew up in Venezuela and most foreign language movies and TV shows when I was growing up were translated in Mexico. That meant that everybody on most TV shows sounded Mexican. Every nation and even region in Latin America has its own accent. A Mexican sounds as different from a Cuban as a New Yorker from a resident of Nashville. All the Latinos in Scarface but one were played by Mexican actors and they sounded Mexican. Funny thing is that the one Cuban actor from Miami, who played Manny Ribera, changed his name from Rocky Echevarria to Steven Bauer.
Another frequent offender is the TV show CSI Miami, which aside from the ridiculous plots and made up science, never mind David Caruso's "acting" skills or lack thereof, they take great liberties with the geography of Miami. Once, when I could still stand to watch the show, they had a crime scene right by my house. In the show they displayed a map of the city with a dot in a spot not even half a mile from my house. That spot is in a train depot and looks nothing like what they claimed it to be. Of course they also seem to travel though space and time without regard for the laws of physics. They often go from one end of town to the other in the blink of an eye. Better yet are their state of the art facilities and how they all drive hummers. I've seen what CSI Miami actually drives (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandrino/287364250/) and it has no resemblance to a hummer.
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CSI Miami is the worst!! I live in Florida so I am familiar with Florida yet the script writers I don't think have even spent a day in FL.
1 The yellow filter on every outdoor scene. Fl doesn't look like that the desert looks like that. Miami is near the ocean it has a misty white glow about it.
2 They once solved a case by reading the tag number off of the front of the car. In FL we don't have front tags only rear tags.
3 They on one episode were tracking some paw prints from a "mountain lion"!!!!!!!!!!! In FL we have a Mt Dora but no actual mountains. According to this chart http://geology.com/state-high-points.shtml Florida's highest point is right on the border with Alabama. Furthermore we do have several wild cats native to Florida including the Florida Panther which is nearly extinct. The Florida Panther is a subspecies of Puma and so is the Mountain Lion. They are defiantly different however.
4 The episode that someone was tied up in a building that was about to be demolished!!!!!
a) if you call and tell the implosion company that there might be someone in the building they wont blow it up!
b) If you come sirens blazing in your big Hummer they won't blow the building up!
c) If you bust through the fence with your big hummer then drive it into the building They won't blow it up!
Implosions are not on a schedule. The destruction of a building ALWAYS comes second to safety of property and LIFE. It was a really cool shot of the hummer driving out of a imploding building but there is no way in the world that it would happen.\
October 29, 2009 | MattBatt
One really old one is North By Northwest. The Cary Grant character was in Chicago and takes a bus to the country and is dropped off in the countryside of Illinois, supposedly. This is where the plane buzzes him and he takes refuge in a cornfield. The farmlands of the midwest where I grew up are rolling and green with small farms scattered about. The dead flat landscape that the movie was shot looks exactly like the dead flat Central Valley of California where I have lived for the last 40 years.
The second one is Die Hard 2. The Bruce Willis character comes out of what is supposedly Dulles air terminal in DC and uses a payphone with "Pacific Bell" clearly printed on it.
December 6, 2009 | Sue McCallister
The movie "Two Lovers" with Gwenth Paltrow that came out in 2008 was set in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. A lot of the movie took place in a small apartment building. The location was mentioned many times in the movie and the street scenes were filmed in Brighton Beach including on the boardwalk along the beach.
There was one major scene filmed on the roof of the building. I guess they could not find a suitable roof in Brighton Beach. They filmed that scene on a rooftop in Jersey City, NJ. In the background was Newark Airport, the Pulaski Skyway (major/recognizable bridge in NJ) and the industrial landscape of that part of New Jersey. At least if they faced the other way on the roof you would have seen the Manhattan skyline, it would have from the west instead of the east but at least it would have been a realistic view from Brighton Beach.
December 7, 2009 | BrooklynJim
On one of the first shots of the very first episode of Bones they show a plane landing at National Airport Washington DC with a nice shot across the Potomac of the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building behind the plane. Text comes on the screen and Identifies it as Dulles airport which is about twenty miles out of town. No good reason to even make the change.
January 14, 2010 | John Duncan Yoyo
Technically, this isn't an error.
At the beginning of the first "Back to the Future" movie, when Marty McFly/Michael J. Fox leaves the laboratory garage of the Professor, he's riding his skateboard. He goes past a Burger King -- probably a product placement -- but I recognize it as being here in Beautiful Downtown Burbank, Calif. There was a Toys R Us next door, too.
So from this recognizable area, he turns the corner, and is suddenly on a street leading to "Courthouse Square" in that small town, "Hill Valley."
That Courthouse Square is a large standing set in the back lot of Universal Studios. Now being used for the Ghost Whisperer.
It was damaged somewhat by a fire a couple of years ago, but they've repaired it.
I found a website showing this and other Back to the Future locations:
http://www.seeing-stars.com/locations/BTTF.shtml
This isn't a location error, but It is rather humorously jarring to see a bit of your home town in a movie for a moment.
March 6, 2010 | StevenErnest
Hi to all,
I love the show "Psych" on the USA Network. I love the cast and it's good natured humor. I especially like the fact that it takes place in Santa Barbara, CA. I grew up and spent most of my life in So Cal and visited Santa Barbara. It is a beautiful town with the channel islands visible off the coast. The show is filmed in Vancouver, BC which is also a beautiful place (that's where the Winter Olympics were just held). I'm not complaining but Vancouver scenery is not Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is surrounded by hills with brush about waist high. It's a semi-arid area. Vancouver, BC is a rain forest covered with lush vegitation. The area around it has beautiful redwoods and more trees. You can certainly see the difference.
March 24, 2010 | Bob
There was episode of television Starsky and Hutch where the cops went into a building arrested three guys, one was handcuffed to a pole inside building, and two others escorted out afoot to police cars and cops drove away. The clip ended show leaving off the other guy inside or whatever. Only two guys went away.
March 31, 2010 | Joseph Smith


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Freshvintage is one of the vendors at this weekend's event in Kennett Square.
A carefully selected range of artisans, antiques dealers and small businesses will be in the spotlight on June 10 for the return of the Clover Market to Kennett Square.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the large Genesis HealthCare parking lot at 600 Broad St. A shuttle will be running all day from the corner of Union and State streets next to the Kennett Parking Garage to the location of the Clover Market event. Parking will also be available at Kennett High School. Admission is free, and the event will go on, rain or shine.
The Clover Market offers a top-of-the-line selection of curated dealers from the region. Shoppers can browse through booths offering refurbished antiques, clothing, ceramics, jewelry, candles, furniture and much more.
Food vendors will be Jammin' Crepes, Mom-Mom's, Shop A Go Go, Revolution Taco, and the Tot Cart. Sweets will be sold by Flour and Oats Artisan Cookies, Mom Pop[s and Zsa's Ice Cream.
Beverages will be served by the Philadelphia Lemonade Company, Philter Coffee, Harvest Ridge Winery/Rebel Seed Cider, and Victory Brewing Company.
There will be live music at the festival by Couple Days from noon to 3 p.m., and representatives from the Finding Shelter animal rescue will be spotlighting adoptable animals. Kids can stop by Funny Faces Face Painting for a range of fanciful creations.
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This Quaker site calls him "America's first great champion for liberty and peace"
William Penn was an influential English Quaker and founder of the colony of Pennsylvania in 1682. He was the son of Admiral Sir William Penn and joined the Society of Friends (Quakers) in the 1660s. Outspoken and eloquent, he preached religious tolerance and advanced Quakerism in Europe. He obtained a grant of territory in North America from King Charles II in 1681 (the area was dubbed Pennsylvania in honor of his well-connected father). By the next year he had reached an agreement with the native inhabitants to found a settlement — Philadelphia — with his co-religionists. For two years Penn governed the colony, which soon grew to include non-Quakers in search of religious freedom. From 1684 to 1699 Penn was in England again, where he used his close relationship with King James II and VII to secure the release of religious prisoners (including 1,200 Quakers). After William III took the throne (1689), Penn's association with James brought him a charge of treason, but he was acquitted (1693). Penn returned to Pennsylvania in 1699 to make alterations on his constitution, which had proved unworkable. His last years in England, from 1701 until a debilitating stroke in 1712, were occupied with legal disputes (in 1708 he spent nine months in debtors' prison). His most famous works include No Cross, No Crown and Innocency with Her Open Face, written while he was in prison for his religious views (1668-70).


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Portugal does not need a bailout but its European partners are not doing enough to shield the euro currency from the debt crisis, top officials from the debt-burdened country said Tuesday.
Portugal is edging closer toward needing financial rescue and the government appears worried at the lack of help from its fellow EU member states to avoid that scenario — France and Germany are reportedly pushing it to give in to market pressures and take a bailout like Ireland and Greece.
Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, acknowledging Portugal's problems are continuing despite government efforts to restore market confidence, said on TSF radio, "We are doing our job. Clearly, Europe is not doing its job to defend the stability of the euro." He did not elaborate.
Prime Minister Jose Socrates said Portugal is making progress in reducing its budget deficit.
Preliminary data indicated that last year's deficit would be below the government's target of 7.3 percent, he said, adding that it would be one of the sharpest reductions in the 17-nation eurozone.
He said the government would continue its austerity program, including pay cuts and tax hikes, to drive down the deficit to 4.6 percent this year.
The 2009 deficit of 9.3 percent was the fourth-highest in the eurozone after Greece, Ireland and Spain, spooking markets and bringing a potentially unsustainable surge in the national borrowing rates.
Portugal's problems of high debt and low growth have contributed to wider market concerns about the soundness of the eurozone.
"The government is doing its job and is doing it well," Socrates told a news conference. "I'd like to stress again that ... Portugal won't request any financial help for the simple reason that it doesn't need it."
Socrates said Portugal will continue to seek loans on international markets, even though its 10-year bond yields — a key gauge of investor sentiment — have recently reached euro-era records of around 7 percent as investors demand higher premiums for risking their money on Portugal.
He said forecasts indicated economic growth reached 1.3 percent last year. However, analysts expect a recession in 2011 for the second time in three years.
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Once my student acupuncture interns found out that I was game for anything and never complained, they began pulling out different techniques with every visit, determined to practice every trick in the book on their guinea pig. I'm pretty tough, plus they laugh at all my jokes, so I went with each new twist for the sake of my health and their learning.
On rare occasions I wince, although most of the time the swift motions of the female student don't even feel like needling. When I do feel some "sensation" from the needles, I try to be discreet. The students commented on this during one of my recent visits; apparently some people are very vocal and not too kind when something feels unpleasant.
They laughed, as usual, and turned off he lights and left me to lay there. I started to weep. Maybe that's what life's like. I can only marvel when it doesn't hurt.
I spent the last month preparing resources for liturgies in three different languages, chasing down French missals and Spanish Gospel acclamation verses. Today was the last day of the global conference for which I was liturgical coordinator. Before most people were out of bed I was helping priests from Chad and Cameroon find just the right stoles and being reminded of how bad my French is.
When it came time for the Priere Universelle, the priest from Cameroon, who had delivered a homilie that managed to be both impassioned and slow enough for me to comprehend, started singing a response. Judging by the singing from the assembly, this sung prayer is customary in at least some of the French-speaking countries.
Able to figure out most of the text, I sang along from my post beneath the large lovely crucifix before which I have prayed a thousand times. Even though I was exhausted from a week of early liturgies, I felt that surge of energy I get any time I come upon a hymn or practice I have never experienced before. The surge says "there's more out there for you to learn". It says "you are living the life you want".
During the communion procession, after making sure everyone had everything they needed, I went to the grand piano and started to lead a Taize hymn. Taize seemed a perfect choice: simple, multicultural…and the only piano parts my clumsy fingers can play.
The assembly picked it up. From the corner of my eye – I don't dare look away from charts when I struggle to play piano – I saw coming toward me a conference participant from Hong Kong who had sung for our festival liturgy the night before. He skipped up the altar steps behind the ministers and eased onto the piano bench next to me, beginning to sing a harmony. After one iteration of the 8-bar refrain, knowing that he is an organist, I slid away from the center of the bench so he could play.
He played and we both sang. Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, Alleluia!
That's when I knew I was wrong. Life is about more than marveling when it doesn't hurt. Life is good, good good. Often we have to go looking for goodness, or at least show up in the marvelous places where goodness can swirl into a cloud in the air. Joy is not just something that pops up when the pain stops. It's in the air. It's in my voice and my prayers and my heart.


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Colder weather just naturally makes us yearn for comfort food. Hearty stews. Rich, creamy soups. Loaves of warm, crusty bread. And, in my case, scalloped potatoes.
I have been making them the way my Mother did for years now, layering slices of potato with flour and butter, then pouring milk over the whole thing and dotting with more butter before popping them into the oven. A few months ago, I tried scalloped potatoes Dauphinoise that were so mouthwatering, I just knew I would never make them the same old way again. Some people might call this "au gratin" because of the cheese. Whatever the name, they are scrumptious.
This easy recipe takes scalloped potatoes to a new level. Cheesy and flavorful, you won't believe how good these are until you try them.
Waxy potatoes like new potatoes work well as they hold their shape well when used for dishes like scalloped potatoes. But don't be afraid to try your own favorite all purpose potato.
Wash and peel the potatoes, then slice them into fairly thin slices (so they cook faster). Layer the potato slices, overlapping them slightly, in a heavy casserole or lasagna dish.
Sprinkle a generous amount of the grated Gruyere on the first layer of potatoes, season with salt and pepper to taste, then start the next layer. Depending on the size of your dish, you will end up with 3 or 4 layers of potatoes and cheese. Don't worry if the layers and rows aren't perfectly neat.
Add the cream, crushed garlic cloves, nutmeg and sprigs of thyme into a small saucepan and bring the cream to a gentle boil. Remove the garlic cloves and thyme, and pour the cream over the potatoes.
Press the potatoes down with the back of a wooden spoon or spatula so the layers are nice and tight. Dot the top with butter (optional). Cover the dish with aluminum foil and pop it in the oven.
Bake the potatoes for one hour, then remove them from the oven (careful, as it is very hot). Remove the foil and bake the potatoes for another 15 minutes or until they are nice and golden brown on top and the potatoes are cooked through. You can test to see if they are done by inserting a sharp knife in a few spots. If they seem too firm, give them another 10 minutes or so.
Let them rest for about 10 minutes to make cutting them into slices easier. Enjoy!
Hello Chitrangada. I'm so glad you enjoyed this hub. Please give the recipe a try and come back and let me know if your family liked the dish.
This recipe sounds delicious and I would love to try it. Although potatoes are my family's favourite, in any form, I haven't tried something like this. Interesting combination of ingredients.
Hello Dianna, you are so welcome. They are such a wonderful cold weather food.
I love scalloped potatoes but I rarely have the enjoyment of eating them. The dish brings fond memories of holiday celebrations back home. Your add of nutmeg and the Gruyere cheese must bring a wonderful flavor to the potatoes. I will try this next time I have company. Thank you for sharing!
Hello Flourish. They really do smell so good when they are cooking. You might want to experiment and add more nutmeg to suit your taste...I like a little more thyme and garlic.
These look and sound so good I can almost smell them cooking from here. I'm discovering that nutmeg is a secret ingredient in a lot of great things.
You are so welcome Bill. If you like nutmeg and garlic, you can experiment by adding a little more of each. Let me know how it goes!
This is a great reminder. I love scalloped potatoes, but we never have them. I do believe we are going to change all that this weekend, thanks to your recipe. Thank you!


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Tiana Nobile was born in South Korea and adopted as an infant. Currently, she lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she works for an arts education nonprofit. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, MAT in elementary and special education from the University of New Orleans, and MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. Tiana is a Pushcart Prize nominee, a Kundiman fellow, and a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award. A finalist of the National Poetry Series and Kundiman Poetry Prize, she is the author of the chapbook, The Spirit of the Staircase (2017). Her writing has appeared in Poetry Northwest, The New Republic, Guernica, and the Texas Review, among others.
In her current manuscript, Tiana explores the history and complexities of transnational and transracial adoption, both her own and the broader collective experience. She is primarily interested in investigating the impact adoption has on the body, memory, and language.
Lately, Tiana has been reading in conversation with fellow Asian American adoptee poets, Leah Silvieus, Ansley Moon, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, and Sun Yung Shin. Together, these five poets formed the "Adoptee Book Club," a group that gathers regularly to discuss books that are written by adoptees and/or contain adoptee narratives. Recent books include The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies, Interrogation Room by Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong, and All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung.In her spare time, Tiana likes to garden, go fishing with her spouse, and make pasta from scratch. Second lines on Sundays are her favorite.
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"/ˈməT͟Hər/" in Guernica (December 2018)
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"'Lost' first language leaves permanent mark on the brain, new study reveals" in Hyphen Magazine, Adoptee Literary Folio (November 2017)
"Revisionist History" in Apogee, We Outlast Empire series (September 2017)
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The Movie Soundtrack Featuring the Songs of ABBA. By ABBA. Easy Piano Songbook. Movies, Pop, Disco. Softcover. 98 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.280954).
This 2018 sequel/prequel to the popular 2008 film of the same name again features the music of '70s pop sensation ABBA. Our matching songbook includes the songs: Andante, Andante • Angel Eyes • Dancing Queen • Day Before You Came • Fernando • I Have a Dream • I Wonder (Departure) • I've Been Waiting for You • Kisses of Fire • Knowing Me, Knowing You • Mamma Mia • My Love My Life • The Name of the Game • One of Us • Super Trouper • Waterloo • When I Kissed the Teacher • Why Did It Have to Be Me?
A fan of ABBA, I wanted to be able to play some of the songs from this movie. Love the selections. No Money, Money song but love all the others.


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Friedrich Wilhelm August Wendorff (* 1. Januar 1829 in Langenfelde, Pommern; † 1907) war ein deutscher Richter und Parlamentarier.

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Nach dem Abitur 1847 am Gymnasium Stralsund studierte Friedrich Wendorff Rechtswissenschaften an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg und der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. 1848 wurde er Mitglied des Corps Rhenania Bonn. Nach dem Studium schlug er die Richterlaufbahn ein und wurde Kreisgerichtsrat in Stralsund. 1874 wurde er außerdem Mitglied des Verwaltungsgerichts in Stralsund. Nachdem er Kreisgerichtsdirektor in Stralsund geworden war, wurde er 1888 zum Präsidenten des Landgerichts Stendal ernannt. Er besaß das Gut Toitz bei Nossendorf.

1873–1876 vertrat Wendorff als Abgeordneter den Wahlkreis Stralsund 2 (Grimmen, Greifswald) im Preußischen Abgeordnetenhaus. Durch seine Ernennung zum Mitglied des Verwaltungsgerichts in Stralsund verlor er am 21. Mai 1874 sein Mandat; er wurde jedoch umgehend wiedergewählt. Er gehörte der Nationalliberalen Partei an. Er erhielt den Charakter als Geh. Oberjustizrat.

Er war verheiratet mit Caroline Emilie geb. Zober. Hugo Wendorff war ein Sohn des Paares. Zur Erinnerung an seinen am 12. August 1876 verstorbenen Sohn Hermann errichtete Friedrich Wendorff die Hermann Wendorffsche Stiftung mit einem Kapital von 500 Mk. zur Auszeichnung für einen Obertertianer am Gymnasium Stralsund.

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  Bernhard Mann: Biographisches Handbuch für das Preußische Abgeordnetenhaus 1867–1918 (= Handbücher zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien. Band 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7, S. 410.
 476. † Wendorff, Friedrich. In: Matrikel der Bonner Rhenanen 1820–1970, 1970, S. 93, Band 4 der Blaubücher der Bonner Rhenania

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Oscar Futures: Can Julian Get a Schnomination for 'Diving Bell'?
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Every week between now and January 22, Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the Oscar blogs, and out-and-out guess (when necessary) to track who's up, who's down, and who's currently leading the race for a coveted nomination.
UP: There Will Be Blood. It's the last great question of Oscar season: Can this critically beloved film beat the odds and land a Best Picture nomination? DOWN: American Gangster. So really, everyone realizes, it's not nearly as good as The Departed.
CURRENT PREDIX: American Gangster, Atonement, Into the Wild, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men
UP: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. The Schnab is everywhere! And a surprise DGA nod makes him a viable candidate for an Oscar nomination. DOWN: Joe Wright, Atonement. Meanwhile, no DGA nod for Wright just accelerated the decline of his film, a onetime front-runner.
CURRENT PREDIX: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood; Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men; Sean Penn, Into the Wild; Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Ridley Scott, American Gangster; Joe Wright, Atonement
UP: Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild. The movie, and its young leading man, are making a surprise surge in the final days of campaigning; DGA, WGA, and SAG nominations for the film suggest broad industry support. DOWN: Denzel Washington, American Gangster. It may be that not even Denzel's Academy magic can get him a nomination for this downbeat role in a fading film.
CURRENT PREDIX: Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; George Clooney, Michael Clayton; Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd; James McAvoy, Atonement; Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
UP: Ellen Page, Juno. Out of nowhere, she seems poised to win the Golden Globe this weekend. DOWN: Amy Adams, Enchanted. Observers fear this movie might be too slight for a Best Actress nomination, no matter how great Adams is in it. Sneaking away with the Globe could change that, though.
CURRENT PREDIX: Julie Christie, Away From Her; Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose; Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart; Keira Knightley, Atonement; Ellen Page, Juno
UP: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men. At this point it seems foolish to put anyone else in this slot, since Bardem might be the biggest lock on Oscar night since Titanic. DOWN: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War. He's the last hope for this movie, which has otherwise fallen completely off the radar.
CURRENT PREDIX: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War; Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild; Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
UP: Catherine Keener, Into the Wild. Never underestimate the Academy's willingness to nominate the fantastic Keener. DOWN: Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement. Seriously, she's in the movie for like three minutes.
CURRENT PREDIX: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There; Ruby Dee, American Gangster; Catherine Keener, Into the Wild; Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson's War; Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone; Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
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