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This Is Australia`s New MG ZS Kicking Off at $20,990
Eduard Huma • November 27, 2017 • No Comments •
With the former MG Cars now becoming MG Motor and owned by SAIC Motor, the UK-based company has started building models destined for different markets like Australia. In the Land Down Under, the carmaker announced the introduction of an affordable SUV in the shape of the ZS, considered the best contender against the Mazda CX-3.
Speaking of the SUV`s introduction in Australia and affordable price, Peter Cao, general manager of SAIC Australia, has also declared:
"We are proud to bring an attractive yet affordable compact-SUV to Australians, with a host of safety and technology features we know the market has come to expect. In the last year, we have listened to the feedback of the Australian market and our seven-year unlimited kilometre warranty with roadside assistance is yet another effort made by MG Motor Australia to ensure our customers can be assured they are getting the best value for their money."
On the local market, the MG ZS can be had in two variants – MG ZS 1.5 Soul which costs $20,990 and MG ZS 1.0T Essence also available at $23,990. Each one comes with its own features and characteristics.
Starting with the GM ZS Soul, this particular variant features 17-inch alloy wheels, eight-inch touchscreen media interface with Apple CarPlay functionality, Yamaha 3D sound system or rearview camera with parking sensors.
In the engine department, the Soul variant kicks off with a 1.5-liter naturally aspirated engine with a good 84 kW and 150 Nm of torque.
Moving to the Essence, this edition is equipped with more features like "Stargazer" panoramic sunroof, keyless entry and a suite of safety gizmos. In the engine department, the Essence comes with a 1.0-liter turbo-petrol engine good for 82 kW and 160 Nm of torque. The power is sent to the wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission.
Both variants come with plenty of space inside and a cargo boot at the back of 359 liters. The overall boot can be expanded to a total of 1,166 liters with the rear seats floded down.
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Healbe's GoBe 2 Wearable Device Features Enhanced Software and New Services
Only Wearable with Auto Calorie Counting Capabilities Adds Data Sharing, Goal-Setting and Personalization Features to Tracking of Key Health Parameters
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Significant enhancements to the GoBe™ 2 wearable tracker now allow consumers to share data with health professionals and use new goal-setting applications in their quest for healthier lifestyles. An array of Healbe accessories to further enhance and personalize their devices are now available as well.
Designed and manufactured by Healbe™ Corp., Redwood City, Calif., GoBe 2 is the first device designed to help people lose and maintain their weight by automatically tracking and providing them with their calorie intake and other information they need to adjust their lifestyle habits. The GoBe 2 and its new applications, services and accessories, are on display here at CES 2018 (Sands, Level Two, Booth 45851) and at the Pepcom pre-CES media event.
Key enhancements debuting at CES 2018:
Health and Wellness Portal: In early 2018, Healbe will launch a new health and wellness portal allowing users to share their personal data (calorie intake, calories burned, energy balance, water balance, stress level, emotional state, heart rate, sleep quality and distance traveled/number of steps per day) with trusted nutritionists/wellness coaches.
Software Updates: The latest GoBe 2 software update provides users with a more accurate and personalized 24-hour calorie intake algorithm, weight management and goal-setting options and projected "after" images of users once they attain their weight loss goals; more details available online early in 2018.
New Services: GoBe 2 now allows for the integration of users' personalized data with external inputs such as medical records, nutritionist recommendations and customized food delivery; more information will be made available towards the end of the first quarter of 2018.
Marketplace: A new marketplace platform offering new accessory options including an array of color wrist bands (white, purple, red, blue, yellow and black), extra charging dock, extra charging cables and soon an assortment of third-party devices including smart scales and smart insoles for dynamic weight and physical activity tracking. Visit https://healbe.com/us/store/#!#access to view what's in store!
Using five activity and stress sensors, in conjunction with the company's patented Healbe FLOW™ Technology, GoBe 2 monitors nine key health parameters that contribute to users' overall health.
"Not only is the GoBe 2 the most effective wearable for automatically tracking caloric intake, calories burned and hydration levels, but the device will now enable users to collaborate with trusted health professionals," said Artem Shipitsyn, CEO and co-founder of Healbe. "Bodily information collected by the GoBe 2 will provide data that no other consumer tracker device can and will empower users and their health professionals to create a plan based on a more complete picture of users' health and habits, allowing them to make adjustments in real time."
All data recorded and tracked via GoBe 2's sensors is securely sent to individual users' smartphones and portable devices via Bluetooth LE for viewing on the Healbe GoBe app for iOS and Android devices or Healbe's web-based user dashboard.
GoBe 2 is water-resistant for most daily activities, including swimming (except in saltwater), showering and bathing, and works for up to 48 hours per charge (via an included USB cable and charger dock).
GoBe 2 is available online at Healbe.com and Amazon.com at a suggested retail price of $199. The new colored wristbands are priced at $19.00; extra charging docks are $25.00 and charging cables are $5.00.
Artem Shipitsyn will speak on a CES panel called "The Game Changers" to discuss the new wave of health and fitness technology helping consumers to live healthier lives on Tuesday, January 9 at 9:00am (Venetian, Level 4, Lando 4304).
About Healbe
Healbe™ Corp. is a global health and wellness wearable startup founded in 2012. The company conducted a successful Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign in 2014 that raised more than $1 million dollars to support its launch of the GoBe, a health-monitoring "smart life" bracelet. The GoBe uses patented Healbe FLOW™ Technology and other innovative features to monitor more aspects of individuals' health and well-being than any other wearable fitness tracker—including calorie intake, calories burned, energy balance, water balance, stress level, emotional state, heart rate, sleep quality, distance traveled and number of steps per day. Healbe is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. with executive offices in Moscow; research and development offices in St. Petersburg, Russia; and manufacturing offices in Schenzhen, China.
For more information about Healbe GoBe 2 please visit www.healbe.com. To download the app, visit the Apple Store & Google Play.
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Bulldogs Combat Slow Start; Beat Alcorn, 7-6
Mississippi State battles back after slow start and gets their 20th win of the season.
By winstoncountysfinest Mar 19, 2013, 11:29pm EDT
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Freshman Myles Gentry continues to be quite reliable out of the bullpen with a career night and his first Bulldog win.
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Brandon Woodruff failed to make it through the first inning for the second-consecutive game and gave way to an early 3-0 Alcorn State in just 0.2 innings pitched. But the Bulldogs battled back grinding out 10 hits while drawing 10 walks as the battled back to take a 7-6 midweek win over the Alcorn State Braves.
Mississippi State (20-4) played arguably their sloppiest game of the season with three errors defensively and left 14 runners on base with two innings of leaving the bases loaded.
Woodruff came out of the gate struggling for the third straight appearance after lasting just 0.2 innings in his last start against Mississippi Valley State and garnered the Mississippi State's first loss of the season in relief against Central Arkansas. He gave up three runs on four hits while walking two batters and hitting another.
State would get Luis Pollorena to come in and get the final out of the first, but not before an error from his glove brought in another run and State trailed 4-0 before they even took the plate.
Adam Frazier would immediately go to work with a single blooping into left field and giving him a hit in 21 of the 24 games this season, but MSU wasn't able to do anything with Frazier and the Dawgs went three-up-three-down in the second.
Trailing 5-0, MSU needed to make something happen and they did in the bottom of the third. Nick Ammirati would start things off with the first of his three singles followed by Frazier reaching again on a walk. Hunter Renfroe would then deliver with one out by smashing a two-run double through the left-center gap. Back-to-back walks to Alex Detz and Pirtle followed by a Daryl Norris flyout brought up Jacob Robson with two outs. Robson was walked and the third run of the inning came in to cut the Braves lead to 5-3.
After loading the bases and not getting anything to the plate in the fourth, the Bulldogs went back to work in the fifth with Robson leading off with the second of his three walks and with one out Ammirati delivered with an RBI single but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. The Bulldogs cut into the lead again, 5-4.
State would get the lead for good in the sixth with a one-out two-run double by Norris and would take a 7-5 lead into the eighth. Myles Gentry (1-0) would pitch a gem until the eighth. Coming into the game to relieve Luis Pollorena, Gentry struck out six of the first seven batters he faced and allowed no one to reach in those first seven. He would go 4.0 solid innings striking out eight (both career highs) and allowing just one earned run on no hits.
The run came with the Bulldogs in a bit of trouble. A couple of errors had brought home a run and there were runners in scoring position with no one out. That is when Chad Girodo stepped in. Girodo seemingly saved the Bulldogs by striking out each of the three batters he faced and keeping the State lead.
Jonathan Holder (10 saves) would close it out for the Bulldogs in the ninth with a perfect inning and two strikeouts.
The Diamond Dawgs were lead offensively by Ammirati (3-4; 2R, RBI, BB) and Frazier (3-4; 2B, 2R, BB).
The Maroon and White now turns its attention to #8 Kentucky in Lexington for a three-game series beginning Friday night.
BULLDOG CHEWIES
LIGHTS OUT: Much concern has been made about Jonathan Holder's past few outings. But the shutdown closer still is just about perfect when he enters with a save on the line. Tonight he garnered his 7th save of the season just two back of what he had all of last year when he tied for the seventh-best save-season in school history. The single season record of 13 (Scott Tanksley and Van Johnson) could be all but a done deal at this point. He also registered his 16th career save pushing him to sixth all-time.
DEVELOPMENT CITY: Hunter Renfroe continues to show why he is a major MLB prospect. His third-inning double extended his hitting streak to nine games. His two-run two-bagger was his seventh of the season and after tonight, he sits at a team-leading 30 RBIs. In his first two seasons (76 games) he managed only 27.
FRA-MAZING: Adam Frazier's base hit to lead off the bottom of the first meant that he has now hit in 21 of the Bulldogs 24 games this season and has him on a five-game hitting streak. He's also reached base safely in 22 of the games this year. He was 3-for-4 on the day to give him a team-leading 14 multi-hit ball games this year.
HE'S GETTIN' IT AMMI-RIGHTI?: Nick Ammirati started off MSU's third-inning with a single to quietly extend his hitting streak to five games. The catcher had a career-high three hits tonight and reached base four times total.
HE CAN GO FOR MYLES AND MYLES: Gentry showed MSU is continuing to develop their pitchers. The freshman still leads the team and is among the leaders in the league in appearances (13). Gentry came in with his team trailing 5-0 in the third and pitched exceptionally well. He recorded 4.0 innings with a career-high eight strikeouts and gave up no hits to earn the first win of his MSU career.
THEY'VE GOT THE POWER: With their 10 hits, the Bulldogs have now had 10-plus hits in five-consecutive ball games and have hit in double digits 15 times in 24 games this year.


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2018 started off on the wrong foot for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). After big gains in early January, a market correction helped send the benchmark to a loss of more than 1% by the end of the first quarter.
There was no shortage of losing stocks within the index, with nearly 90 stocks falling 10% or more during the period. Yet three companies stand out as seeing especially large declines.
Below, we'll look more closely at these losing stocks to see whether shareholders need to be concerned about further potential drops during the remainder of the year.
Apparel retailer L Brands didn't waste any time getting off to a poor start, seeing double-digit percentage declines during the first week of the year after issuing guidance for its fourth-quarter results. The holiday period was more sluggish than expected for the company behind Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works, and growth in comps wasn't enough to keep L Brands from seeing earnings come in toward the low end of its previous guidance range.
Later in the quarter, L Brands predicted that the first quarter would also be relatively weak. Although actual numbers for the holidays were slightly better in some ways than it had initially projected, L Brands pointed to a failure for the retailer to live up to its typical post-holiday performance. Until the overall retail climate gets more favorable, L Brands could see further challenges.
Albemarle's declines during the quarter were tied to its primary product. The company is the world's largest producer of lithium, and the element has been instrumental in meeting soaring demand for batteries, even amid somewhat limited global supplies. That's helped bolster Albemarle stock in recent years.
Yet now, producers are looking at plans to expand capacity in order to meet demand. That has many investors fearing that favorable conditions in the lithium market will come to an end, harming what has been a lucrative business for Albemarle. It's too early to admit defeat yet, but investors aren't giving Albemarle much benefit of the doubt in terms of waiting to see a marked deterioration in its business before cutting back on their positions.
Finally, General Mills also disappointed investors with its quarterly report during the period. The food giant said that sales were up just 2% in its fiscal third quarter, with a 9% rise in operating profit. Yet what's hurting General Mills and many of its peers is rising costs of the raw materials that go into its processed-food offerings. That gives General Mills an unattractive dilemma: either eat higher costs itself or become less competitive in a fierce industry environment.
Falling earnings forecasts aren't good news, but General Mills is remaining aggressive in trying to come up with a viable growth strategy. The company said it would purchase Blue Buffalo Pet Products (NASDAQ: BUFF) in an $8 billion deal, and further diversification into the pet-food arena could help General Mills find new avenues for boosting customer demand. A rich valuation for Blue Buffalo wasn't entirely received well, though, and General Mills will have to demonstrate the value of the acquisition in producing cost synergies and other advantages down the road.
These stocks haven't done well, and it's entirely possible that they'll keep seeing pain in the near future. Among these stocks, though, it looks like General Mills has the clearest plan forward to try to rebound from its losses -- although Albemarle and L Brands also have solid positions in their respective industries that could drive comebacks in the near future.
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Current commercial and military technology prototypes were used for inspiration to develop screen graphics depicting how the world might be viewed in 2025. From this emerging technology, Spov created a technical vision through which the global narrative could unfold as the player tries to make sense of tangled events and prevent an emerging catastrophe, put in motion by the game's calculating villain, Raul Menendez.
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Today a cold front actually blew into West Texas giving us a much needed break from the stifling heat. The temperature is in the mid 60's and I finally have hope that fall is upon us. The nip in the air made me think about sprucing the house up for fall. My potted plants on my front porch need attention. The hot weather has shriveled them up to nothing. I came across these fall potted plants and felt inspired to do the same at my house. Native grasses are such an easy way to add a touch of fall. I also think I might try some cat tails and natural branches in my pots. I never think of dried plants and branches for outside. I also love the gold ceramic pots. They scream fall to me. I am off to the nursery to redo my pots and hoping fall is here to stay.


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Metro Presents: Ethio Cali-style jazz at Union Station on September 12
by Anna Chen , September 3, 2014
Ethio Cali, a Los Angeles based Ethio-jazz band, will perform at Union Station on Friday, September 12. The performance will take place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Fred Harvey Room.
The band will perform two 45-minute sets starting at 8:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. DJ Jeremy Sole of KCRW/theLIFT will open for the band. The performance is free to the public and dancing will be welcome.
Union Station is accessible via Metro Rail, Metro Bus and several municipal bus lines. Use the Trip Planner at metro.net for routes and connections. Car and bicycle parking are also available on site. Directions and parking information are available here.
Ethio Cali is led by trumpeter, arranger, and composer Todd Simon. The ensemble's sound is inspired by the golden age of Ethiopian music of the 1960s and 70s, filtered through a lens that is uniquely Los Angeles. The ensemble also draws inspiration from the rhythmic and melodic textures of Sudan, Somalia, Ghana, and Colombia.
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Check out the new Sharecare website! It is co-founded by Doctor Oz and Jeff Arnold (creator of WebMD). It is a social interactive / multi-disciplinary health care information website. Basically, you can use the site to get information about various health topics and learn from different disciplines in health/medicine. Brian was able to be the first Physical Therapist on the site. Take a look! Register and you can ask Brian questions through Sharecare.


Mantaro Muscle aka Kid Muscle, is the spoiled son of superhero wrestler King Muscle. After 28 years of peace, the Muscle Leagues old enemies regroup and form the dMp. The Muscle League has lost its edge and are overwhelmed by the young, well-trained fighters. Recognizing their weakness, the Seigi Chojin reopen the Hercules Factory (a school for superheroes) and begin training a new generation of heroes to take on the dMp.


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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro packs quad-core Intel Core i7 in a light magnesium body
by GSMArena September 12, 2017
Xiaomi's Air notebooks focused on portability, the new Mi Notebook Pro focuses on power. That is not to say it's not portable – it has narrow bezels, making it one of the smaller 15.6" laptops around, and its magnesium alloy body weighs 1.95kg.
The laptop comes with a choice of 8th gen Intel Core processors – the base version has a Core i5 8250U (dual-core) but you can go up to Core i7 8550U (quad-core). These come with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage (M.2 PCIe SSD).
Graphics for the 1080p screen are rendered by a dedicated Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPU (2GB VRAM). The screen is guarded by Gorilla Glass and boasts 72% NTSC color gamut coverage. A symmetrical cooling system with two fans cools both the processor and the GPU.
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The Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro has a full-size backlit keyboard that is 19% larger than the MacBook Pro keyboard. The keys are spaced 19.5mm apart and have 1.5mm travel distance. The sizable touchpad below the keyboard hides a fingerprint reader.
Connectivity covers most of the basics – 2x USB-C, 2x USB 3.0, a full HDMI port, an SD card reader and a 3.5mm headset jack. Missing are gigabit Ethernet, Mini DP and VGA, but those can be added with an adapter.
One of the USB-C ports is used for charging and can fill half of the 60Wh battery in 35 minutes. Did we miss anything? Oh yes, the custom Harman Infinity speakers and Dolby panoramic sound for headphones.
The Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro starts at CNY 5,600 (€710/$860) for the i5 version, the i7 model is CNY 6,400 (€815/$980). If you want 16GB of RAM, you'll have to part with CNY 7,000 (available only for the i7 model, storage remains 256GB).
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Community Water Supply and Sanitation systems in peri-urban and low income settlements of Dar es Salaam
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015, Dar es Salaam - The project, commonly known as the Maji Yetu ("Our water") project, handed over the constructed infrastructures and operations to the respective beneficiaries in the presence of H.E. Paul Cartier, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, EU Head of Cooperation Eric Beaume and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Hon. Eng. Mbogo Futakamba.
The Maji Yetu project set up 15 Water Supply Schemes in peri-urban, low-income settlements of Dar es Salaam, supplying 200,000 people with clean and safe drinking water. Through the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was signed during the ceremony, the constructed water infrastructures have been handed over to the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA), while the management of operation and maintenance of the Schemes have been handed over to the community based Water Consumers Associations (WCAs). The MoU serves to render the user rights to the respective WCAs, and marks the closure of the project that started in October 2007.
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Batī Kōṯ är ett distrikt i Afghanistan.   Det ligger i provinsen Nangarhar, i den östra delen av landet,  kilometer öster om huvudstaden Kabul.

Trakten runt Batī Kōṯ består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Batī Kōṯ är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är mars, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med  mm nederbörd.

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How Can't We Love the Company We Work for?
Lots of people says recently to never love your company. Don't love it because it may not love you back and bla bla bla. That kind of sense that I fail to understand. I just can't get the point why shouldn't we love the Company where we work?
I have so many reasons why we MUST love our company.
For starter, we spend at least 8 hours a day in that place, at least 5 days a week. How does it feel to spend that much amount of time in a place that you hate? It must feel like hell!
Second, we earn a living from the job provided by our company. Don't you feel like dating or marrying a guy just for his money with no love included?
And the most important thing is that we learn and we grow during our tenures in our companies. I don't know if it's you, but to me, the companies I've worked has really made me who I am today. The ups and downs has made me wiser, the experiences has made me skillful, and the chances I've got has discovered the competence that I never thought I had in me. How can't I love something that has given all of that good things into my life?
Say no more, I know how it feels when the pressures killing us inside. The politics, the drama, the crazy deadlines, and so on; you mention it, I know it. But again, all of those office disasters are just the things that make us learn. It's a precious lesson that we didn't get in schools. Not only it has helped us to become a better employee, but also it has made us a better person inside. Trust me, it will come in handy in our personal lives too.
Loving our company doesn't necessarily mean we spend 24 hours with it and make it our priority on top of all other important things in life. That's NOT my point at all.
Love your company by being proud for being a part of it. Love it by ALWAYS doing your very best at work. And always remember… your company is your identity; if you spit on it, you spit on yourselves. Love it by keeping its name clean. Watch your behavior as a professional, because whatever you do may represent the entire Company as well. That's how you love your company.
Believe it or not, loving our company will actually do good to us instead of to the Company itself. It will make us eager to learn every detail about our job; the business, the environment, and so on. Such business acumen will really help us to become an achiever at work. And of course, someone who loves their company will naturally make them look loyal to the Company and wherever we work, loyalty point is always a big plus.
What if your company is a bloodsucker that makes you suffer? Well, before I'm suggesting you to move on, I would rather asking this to yourself again, "Is it really the problem with the Company, or maybe… it's just you?" If you keep jumping from one company to another over and over again, then maybe, the problem is yourself.
Loving a company is just like loving our families and friends. None of them is perfect. They will annoy us, upset us, piss us off, stress us out… Yet at the end of the day, we've got to live with it. No matter where we work, it will be just the same.
I'm not saying that we've got to stay with that current employer for forever though. If our best effort to fit in just never works, then it's okay to move on. I believe finding a dream job in a dream company is like finding a Mr. Right. They won't be perfect but they're out there!
Life is too short to be spent with the things that we hate. Either love it or leave it! Have a great Monday, folks!


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Theatre of Yesterday and Tomorrow Commedia Dell'arte on the Modern Stage
Author: Fisher, James
This is an examination of the widespread influence of commedia dell'arte, one of the rarest of theatrical forms - a non-literary theatre that emphasized the skill of the improvising actor. In the twentieth century an astonishingly diverse group of playwrights, actors, directors, and designers rediscovered the art of commedia in ways that permanently changed the direction of the modern theatre. Luigi Pirandello, Edward Gordon Craig, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Max Reinhardt, Jacques Copeau, Dario Fo, Eugenio Barba, and many more sought liberation from formal literary drama. They viewed commedia as theatrical art at its pinnacle of expressivity and creativity. Includes chapters on Italy, Spain, England, Russia, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, Germany, France, and the United States.
". . . a certain unity is achieved in this study from its focus on the founders of the modern commedia movement and their affinities for and influence on one another. . . . informative notes, and an extensive index . . . help make the book a worthwhile resource for newcomers to the subject as well as for the commedia afficionado." - Shakespeare Bulletin
". . . provides a much-needed overview of commedia's effect on the world of theatre, through the work of many of the century's key performers, directors, and playwrights. (An appendix gives grief summaries of the impact of commedia on the visual arts, film, literature and music). . . . The book is most satisfying in its detailed accounts of commedia's unquestionable centrality in the work of such major figures as Craig, Copeau, Reinhardt, and Meyerhold. But Fisher also writes convincingly of other diverse commedia devotees: Pirandello, Lorca, Barba, Littlewood, Brecht. Other interesting tidbits pepper the text, as Fisher discusses George Sand's private theatre, the plays of Danish writer Ludwig Holberg, or Luigi Chiarelli's teatro grottesco. In his final chapter he demonstrates the impact of commedia on the American practitioners of political theatre in the 1960s and of new vaudeville in the 1980s. . . . has enormous potential as a starting place for future studies. . . . Fisher has created a useful reference book, charting commedia's fascinating history as one of the central obsessions of twentieth-century performance." Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
"Here is a rich compendium of information, analysis and interpretation on a vastly comparative topic. Fisher's grasp of most western countries' contribution to the Commedia tradition bespeaks a broad erudition, which he mines for consistently interesting discussions. . . . Fisher's copious and painstaking Notes, thorough Bibliography and useful Index all add to the book's allure. So do its 34 black-and-white plates, which offer far more than the familiar images of Commedia history. In short, this volume is indispensable for scholars of Commedia in its broadest context. For this reason, plus the sheer delight of its materials, the work must already be canonical." -- Naomi Ritter
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Q: Power supply buzzing, LED strip insulation has almost turned black I was changing some light bulbs at my mom's house and I noticed that a (water resistant) LED strip she has had turned stiff and almost black. As expected, it hardly gave out any light. The LEDs seem to be working so I think the reason it's hardly giving out any light is the decoloration of the insulation which was once transparent.
I also noticed its power supply (230V -> 12V, 5A) was buzzing and was quite hot to the touch. The strip is about 2m with LEDs every 5cm, so approximately 40 LEDs. Although I don't have a datasheet (since it was installed many years ago by someone else), if we assume each LED to be drawing 50mA, it adds up to 2A - way bellow the 5A of the power supply. Even if they use up 100mA, which does seem a bit much, it would still add up to 4A which should still be fine for the power supply but might explain the heat.
Could the LED strip turn black because of normal use/heat or should I have a better look at the power supply? I didn't notice any obviously busted electrolytic caps with a quick inspection (the top is full of venting holes so I could look inside) but there could be ones where I couldn't look without disassembling it.
I did notice a trimmer on it but I didn't have a multimeter with me to test the output voltage so I have a suspicion the output is somewhat larger than 12V but not enough to blow the strip instantly.
Last bit of information that I found odd but it could be nothing, the electrician had used a 5 core piece of cable, using 3 of them (blue, brown, green/yellow) to connect the power supply to mains and the remaining 2 (blue and brown) to go back and connect to the LED strip. So you have 230V and 12V running through the same cable. Could this have anything to do with it?
I will go back with my multimeter so I can find out myself if the power supply is not set correctly or acting up.

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Could the LED strip turn black because of normal use/heat or should I have a better look at the power supply?

Yes, it can. Cheap plastic can warp and discolor under summer weather, and will do so faster when it has trapped the heat of the led and the FPC the strip is made of. Frankly. I've had cheap waterproof led strip yellow in room temperature over time.
The power supply can definitely be suspect as well. Without at least a multimeter. You cannot tell if it is under or over voltage, if it is stable, etc. Keep in mind that you can drive these led strips at more than 12V, up to 15V and they will work, at a significantly lower life time.
As to the wiring, unless there is a short, that's not too much of an issue.

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What It Means to 'Represent'
Imagining a Title IX for the Church
By Lisa Fullam
U.S. Catholicism
A female lector in Sydney, October 2021 (CNS photo/courtesy Australian Bishops Conference)
The jump shots were graceful and precise, the offenses ran with creativity and perfect timing. The sellout crowd roared at a deft steal or a powerful blocked shot. As I watched the women's Final Four basketball tournament this year, I realized that it was a pilgrimage of sorts for me—partly for the games themselves and partly because this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX. As I left a panel discussion on that topic, it struck me that the Church could use a Title IX. An ecclesiastical Title IX would be an act of justice in keeping with Church teaching on the equal dignity of men and women and would achieve the reforms that Pope Francis seems interested in implementing, but in a more direct and effective way than his actions so far.
Imagining what such a thing might look like in Catholic life means first learning a little more about Title IX. Here is the text in its entirety: "No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Title IX was the brainchild of Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress, who went to law school when med schools wouldn't take her because she was a woman. After the legislation was signed into law in 1972 by President Richard M. Nixon, it still faced fierce opposition as to its application to athletics. The male sports establishment ridiculed the very idea that women should have opportunities equal to those of men. It was bad enough that other programs and scholarships should be extended equally to women, but sports? When athletics was explicitly included in the title's provisions, it was still a long way from being implemented—Sen. Jesse Helms, among others, opposed the measure and its application to sports, and the NCAA filed a (later dismissed) lawsuit challenging its legality in 1976. While the NCAA eventually came on board, true parity is still a work in progress. Recall the ridiculous disparity in workout equipment during 2021 in the men's and women's basketball tournaments. Up to the Sweet Sixteen, the men's teams in their tournament bubble got a gym full of weight-training equipment, while the women got a single exercise bike, a few dumbbells, and some yoga mats.
What I remember first about Title IX is the uniforms. I was playing junior varsity basketball before Title IX came, and we wore the hand-me-down uniforms from the varsity squad. The varsity players were expected to use their uniforms as long as they could; our JV uniforms were old, stained, and so ragged that we had to wear t-shirts under them lest we suffer a lapse in modesty on court. Girls' sports then just didn't count for much, and JV girls' sports mattered even less. But when Title IX kicked in, we got the varsity's then-recent uniforms, and the varsity squad got new ones, because—well, because suddenly we counted. We still played to mostly empty stands then, even when I played varsity. But Title IX brought us a measure of dignity, an official recognition that, just like boys' and men's teams, we were representing out there. We girls—not only the boys—were the "mighty mighty Cosmos" of our fight song, and we strove to live up to our claim.
Title IX wrought an enormous shift in girls and women's participation in sports. According to the Women's Sports Foundation, before Title IX, only one in twenty-seven girls played sports. Today, that number is two in five. The participation of girls and women in organized sports at every level is now commonplace, and that participation—mirrored in other areas affected by Title IX, like academic scholarships and access to graduate programs—is its greatest accomplishment. We are here, and we represent, on the court and in the classroom, and from there, everywhere. While it was legislated from above, the fact that it had its effect at the ground level was the source of its power, even to the most ordinary players in far-flung corners of the U.S. athletic world, even to a JV girls' basketball team in a small town in Vermont.
This recentering of focus can be enormously empowering, especially in its rejection of the stereotypes of female weakness and dependence on male leadership.
It is participation that matters most: the opportunity to represent, to be the face and hands and fast-breaking feet of the school. If sports overall were only a matter of identifying and cultivating the best of the best, the Steph Currys and A'ja Wilsons, we misunderstand the endeavor entirely. The vast majority of boys and girls will never grow up to be Steph or A'ja, or Diana Taurasi or LeBron James. The importance of sports does not lie only in winnowing the field to find the greats. Even a bench-warmer like me benefited from the discipline of practice, the focus on teamwork, and other virtues that sports confer. Athletes can develop a frame of reference that depends on our own cultivation of the best we can do. For girls, sports can be an arena in which performance (one's own and the team's), not male approval, is key. This recentering of focus can be enormously empowering, especially in its rejection of the stereotypes of female weakness and dependence on male leadership, and of its challenge to general notions of second-class status that held sway in the pre-feminist era. Washington Post sportswriter Sally Jenkins put it this way:
When you cure the perception of emotional frailty and physical incompetence in a young woman, you kill the idea that there are some things she is constitutionally unfit to do. And you seed a new idea in her, that she has the inalienable right to choose her professional interest and to work at it with an unembarrassed shouting passion.
The point of Title IX is not to compare girls' and women's sports to boys' and men's sports, nor is it a patronizing concession to let the "weaker sex" have some gym time, too. It is about equity, and the equal dignity of the athletic strivings of all people who practice their jump shots, or fling a javelin, or work out a floor routine in gymnastics. What it leads to is a conviction of one's equal dignity, and a resolve that equal opportunity should be the rule, not the exception, not a concession from the boys. We sweat too, and we represent.
So what would Title IX—let's call it "Titulus Novem"—look like in the Church? How would Catholic life be affected if it was mandated that "no person in the Church shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in any program or activity receiving Church funds"? First, as in Title IX, it is not a comparison of, say, whether women or men are better preachers, or more compassionate pastoral caregivers, or whatever. Such a comparison trades in invidious sex stereotypes and ignores the rich tapestry of the ecclesial gifts of different individuals called into service by God. No, Titulus Novem is about what it means to represent.
Pope Francis has shown an interest in raising women's profile in leadership in the Church since the beginning of his papacy. In his 2013 apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium, he wrote:
Demands that the legitimate rights of women be respected, based on the firm conviction that men and women are equal in dignity, present the Church with profound and challenging questions which cannot be lightly evaded…
(Then he spent the rest of that paragraph explaining that of course women cannot be priests.) He added more women to the International Theological Commission (then undercut that advance by calling them "the icing on the cake," and praising them for their intuition, not their theological acumen). Recently, he announced that women and lay men can lead some dicasteries in the Vatican (which is great, but ask any Catholic: "How many dicasteries are there in the curia, and who leads them?"). And most recently, he announced his intention to add two women to the Dicastery of Bishops, implying that they would be members of the (currently) twenty-three-member dicastery, not consultants. A fine thing to do, but not exactly a powerful voting bloc.
Here's the problem. Putting women and laymen in such positions is admirable, and is certainly a step in a good direction, but it won't have the kind of immediate effect that is needed to bring about real change. Making women into Vatican functionaries in small, easily outvoted numbers or giving them leadership of certain departments is unlikely to significantly increase the effective voice of women in the Church. Like Title IX, Titulus Novem would need to take effect at the ground level, in this case in the daily lived reality of the Church, not merely in the rarefied atmosphere of Rome. Like Title IX, Titulus Novem would mandate proportionate funding for boys and girls, men and women, for all Church-funded functions. Budgets, after all, are moral documents: Titulus Novem would mandate that the Church's allocations treat its daughters and sons equitably, in keeping with the Church's teaching on the equal dignity of women and men.
So how might Titulus Novem actually work in practice? Here are a few thoughts. What if, every time a diocese fully funds the education of a man in seminary, it provided equal opportunity and equal funding for a woman? That alone would vastly expand women's opportunities to minister in the Church and would especially benefit lower-income candidates. It would make their time in seminary easier, too, since they wouldn't need to work for food and shelter while also holding down the full-time job of seminary studies. Funding equity would expand the range of ministries that women could pursue, since they'd be less pressured paying off educational debts after seminary. People called to less lucrative ministries—like many ground-level social-justice ministries—could follow that call without worrying that the student loan servicers would come after them.
What if every Church-sponsored school had to be either co-ed or have equal facilities for boys and girls? What if vocation-exploration weekends for men and women were funded equally, and those vocations were celebrated and supported equally? What if we didn't need a special collection for impoverished retired religious women and men, about three quarters of which is needed by women's institutes?
Consider liturgy. What if every week at Mass we heard the words of the great women writers and mystics in our tradition, not just stuck into a homily as a reference, but as words to ponder, say, after the first or second scripture reading? What if we required women as well as men to proclaim the Gospel, so that we would see that the words carry the same power in a soprano or alto voice as in a tenor or bass? What if it were a requirement that altar girls as well as boys serve? We know that women do a lot of the support work in the Church, from dealing with altar linens to cooking for Church suppers, from childcare during services to religious ed, from being lectors and sacristans to training those ministers. What Titulus Novem would do would not be to keep those essential tasks from being done—the Church would not function without the unpaid labor of (mostly) women. Titulus Novem would require that women be included in the work and the benefits of the Church in all its functions.
And, of course, priesthood would be changed if it were really based on vocation, education, and devotion—qualities not limited by sex. Catholic women are now specifically told that they cannot ever represent, that no one can encounter the presence of Christ if mediated by female hands. Anyone who has ever met women clergy from other denominations or seen the Christlike work of women in non-ordained ministries knows how silly and obsolete that notion is. It may help explain why moms are more likely to take their daughters out to soccer practice on a Sunday morning—where their girls represent—instead of to Church where they're reminded of a stained-glass ceiling we're told is Jesus' fault. (And people who think of Jesus like that should go back and re-read the gospel of Luke, where powerful women and men together announce the Good News.)
These are just a few ideas—in truth, I've found it difficult to imagine what true equity for women would look like in the Church at the ground level, because it is so far off. I've only had glimpses of what it might look like, only hints of anything like the way those glorious post–Title IX basketball uniforms felt back in the day. Without a bottom-up, visible, palpable requirement that women be treated equitably in the life of the Church, women will continue to be relegated to supporting roles, clapping on the sidelines while our brothers are the only ones who really count.
But it's also true that when Title IX was passed, few could imagine the sea change it would bring. Simply requiring that women be treated like equal human beings, like people whose lives and strivings, hopes and dreams could not be shot down by the legacy of discrimination, fostered an enormous change in women's educations and careers. We needed—and still need—Title IX. The Church doesn't need (only) women serving in the Roman curia; the Church needs Titulus Novem.
Lisa Fullam is professor of moral theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. She is the author of The Virtue of Humility: A Thomistic Apologetic (Edwin Mellen Press).
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Sony has sold SOE
Matthew Wilson February 3, 2015 General Tech
Sony has sold off Sony Online Entertainment to an investment management firm known as Columbus Nova. The developer will now be re-branded as Daybreak Game Company and will finally be able to make games for other platforms.
SOE has been responsible for many multiplayer titles, including DC Universe, EverQuest, the recently launched H1Z1 and even Star Wars Galaxies back in the day. The announcement was made by an SOE employee on Reddit who said: "This name embodies who we are as an organisation, and is a nod to the passion and dedication of our employees and players. It is also representative of our vision to approach each new day as an opportunity to move gaming forward."
Just last year SOE had to let go a bunch of employees at its San Diego and Austin offices. According to Tech Crunch, SOE's new owner, Columbus Nova, will continue to support the publisher's current online catalogue and plans to release Everquest Next soon are still on track.
Apparently the console and mobile platforms will play an important part in Daybreak Game's future. Company President, John Smedley even went as far as to announce on Twitter that he "can't wait to make Xbox One games!"
KitGuru Says: Sony has been cutting off parts of its business over the last year in an effort to return to profitability. SOE will still be around, although it will be under a new name and will have much more freedom now that it isn't tied down to Sony. What do you guys make of this? Was selling off SOE a good move?
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It's complicated: Lots to sort out on gay marriage
Nikolas Lemos waves a rainbow flag today outside San Francisco's City Hall shortly before a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California. The justices issued two 5-4 rulings in their final session of the term. One decision wiped away part of a federal anti-gay marriage law that has kept legally married same-sex couples from receiving tax, health and pension benefits. The other was a technical legal ruling that said nothing at all about same-sex marriage, but left in place a trial court's declaration that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
PUBLISHED: June 26, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: April 21, 2018 at 10:01 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Two landmark Supreme Court rulings that bolster gay marriage rights don't remove all barriers to same-sex unions by a long shot. Where gay couples live still will have a lot to do with how they're treated.
Some questions and answers about Wednesday's court rulings:
Q: Can you boil down these two big rulings — 104 pages in all — to the basics?
A: In one case, the court said legally married gay couples are entitled to the same federal benefits available to straight couples. In the other, it cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California, where voters banned them in 2008.
Q: What type of benefits are we talking about?
A: More than you'd expect. There are more than 1,000 federal laws in which marital status matters, covering everything from income and inheritance taxes to health benefits and pensions. In states where gay marriage is legal, same-sex couples may actually be looking forward to filing their income taxes next April — married, filing jointly.
Q. Why does it matter where a gay couple lives?
A: Even with today's ruling, where legally married gay couples live still may affect the federal benefits they can obtain, at least for now. Social Security survivor benefits, for example, depend on where a couple is living when a spouse dies. If that happens in a state that bans or does not recognize the union, it's not for sure that the surviving spouse will be entitled to the payments. Immigration law, meanwhile, only looks at where people were married, not where they live. It's complicated.
Q: What does the U.S. marriage map look like right now?
A: It's a patchwork. Same-sex marriage is legal in 12 states and the District of Columbia — representing 18 percent of the U.S. population. When gay marriage resumes in California, the figure will jump to 30 percent. Twenty-nine other states have constitutional amendments that ban gay marriage. Six states have laws that ban it. Two states neither allow gay marriage nor ban it.
Q: How many same-sex couples in the U.S. have been legally married?
A: The numbers are squishy. The Pew Research Center estimates there have been at least 71,000 legal marriages since 2004, when Massachusetts became the first state to legalize them, but says there are almost certainly more. The Williams Institute, a UCLA-based think tank, says approximately 114,000 couples are legally married and more than 108,000 are in civil unions or registered domestic partnerships. In California alone, 18,000 same-sex couples were married during the 142-day period when gay unions were legal there in 2008.
Q: What's all this talk about DOMA?
A: DOMA is the federal Defense of Marriage Act, enacted in 1996. The court on Wednesday struck down a section of that law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman for purposes of federal law. That's what had denied legally married gay couples access to a host of federal benefits and programs that are available to straight couples.
Q: Why all of the focus Wednesday on California?
A: The second case that the court addressed related to a 2008 state ballot proposition that added a ban on gay marriage to the California Constitution. The court didn't rule on the merits of that ballot proposal, but it left in place a trial court's declaration the proposition is unconstitutional. That means same-sex weddings could resume in California in about a month, although a federal appeals court there said it may continue to bar gay marriages even longer if proponents of Proposition 8 ask for a rehearing.
Q: What more could the Supreme Court have done?
A: Tons. It could have given gay Americans the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. Instead, it sidestepped the looming question of whether banning gay marriage is unconstitutional.
Q: What's President Barack Obama's take on all of this?
A: He welcomed the ruling striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and directed Attorney General Eric Holder to make sure federal laws are in sync with the ruling. (Obama, who endorsed gay marriage last year, broke with his Republican and Democratic predecessors and declined to defend the law in court.) Already, the Defense Department says it is beginning the process to extend health care, housing and other federal benefits to the same-sex spouses of members of the military.
Q: How does the public feel about gay marriage?
A: Public support has grown dramatically in the last few years, with a majority now favoring legal marriage for gay couples. There's even broader support for extending to gay couples the same legal rights and benefits that are available to married straight couples. An Associated Press-National Constitution Center poll last fall found 63 percent favored granting gay couples the same legal benefits straight couples had. And 53 percent favored legal recognition of same-sex marriages.
Q: What happens next?
A: Supporters of gay marriage will keep pressing to legalize same-sex unions in all 50 states. That means more battles in individual states, and more visits to the Supreme Court.


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BEA: Books and other cool stuff
Two weeks ago, we attended Book Expo America, the largest book industry trade show in the U.S. Here's some of the interesting things that we saw and books we came home with. I'll start with the books, in no particular order. All descriptions are provided by the publishers, and in no way reflect my opinion of these books. I haven't read any of these yet.
The Penguins of Doom (From the Desk of Septina Nash) - by Greg Fishbone
Description: Dear Reader, In order to make this book I had to escape from a mad scientist, adopt a trio of wild penguins, become an Olympic freestyle skateboarder, collect a whole bunch of empty yogurt containers, and find my missing triplet sister. In order to enjoy it, all you have to do is read every page. Thanks for doing your part! Sincerely, Septina Nash, Main Character
Blooming Tree Press / 182 pages / Ages 9 - 12 / On sale date: July 7, 2007 (7/7/07!)
Nightmare Academy by Dean Lorey
Description: Charlie Benjamin isn't like other kids. His nightmares are so powerful, they open portals straight to the heart of the Netherworld, letting horrifying monsters come through. After a Class 3 Netherstalker invades a sleepover and tries to eat everyone, the Nightmare Academy offers to help. But when Charlie's entrance exam allows a deadly Named into our world, he and his new friends must fight to protect us all from the monsters that rush in when the lights go out.
Harper Collins / 320 pages / Ages 10 and up / On sale date: August 21, 2007
Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban
Description: To Andrea, the life of a princess is not a dream; it's tedious and stifling. But the certainties of her life, both good and bad, are thrown into chaos when she accidentally travels to an alternative world, from a cave on a forbidden beach in her family's kingdom to the warm and carefree life of Southern California. Then, a careless visit to the cave results in terrible consequences: a brewing war between kingdoms, her sister's love for the wrong man, Andrea's own conflicted feelings for an enemy leader, and dark family secrets exposed. Andrea must act to resolve problems which she helped to create, and she faces many difficult choices, torn between duty and desire on so many levels.
Tanglewood / 324 pages / Ages 9 and up / Pub date: October, 2007
Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader by John Granger
Description: Unlocking Harry Potter offers the serious reader five keys to open the text of the best selling books and reveal why they are so popular. Ranging from the familiar Hero's Journey to the esoteric symbols of Literary Alchemy in Harry Potter, Unlocking is a delightful explanation and exploration of the qualities in Ms. Rowling's work that resonate with the spirit of our times and those that transcend it. The five keys Granger discusses are narrative misdirection , how the point-of-view shapes our understanding (and mis-understanding) of what happens, literary alchemy, the historical language of personal transformation, postmodern themes, how Ms. Rowling is writing the epic of our politically correct times, hero's journey, the repeated elements that give each book its structure and narrative drive, and traditional symbolism, the iconographic use of images and events to transcend the world in story. No serious fan of Harry Potter, no serious reader of great fiction, will want to miss the Hogwarts Professor's unlocking of Ms. Rowling's wonderful stories.
Zossima Press / 312 pages / On sale now
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire
Description: When ten-year-old Dinah and her two siblings are trapped by a terrible storm, cousin Gage keeps their spirits up with an unlikely story—that skibbereen, aka tooth fairies, live in warring colonies right in your neighborhood. Dinah is skeptical at first, but when the real world seems unbearable, stories told by candlelight have a way of becoming real. Dinah starts to—wants to—believe. Don't we all?
Candlewick / 304 pages / Ages 10–13 / Pub date: October, 2007
The Strand Prophecy by J. B. B. Winner (J.B.B. Winner is a pseudonym for a father and twin daughters who wrote the book together)
Description: The Strand Prophecy is a science fiction epic set in the present day. The action begins on the steps of the White House, with stops in the jungles of Brazil and the deepest regions of Africa. Strand, a troubled and reluctant superhero discovers the beginning of a rapid evolutionary cycle. One in which new life and new predators will quickly emerge to threaten all of human existence. He races against time and the U.S. military to protect the innocent, safeguard his niece and along the way, perhaps find redemption for his brothers death. Strand's action-packed adventure delivers non-stop intensity, mystery and surprise from its first page to it's last. (Read David's review of this book)
Missile Rider Publishing / 336 pages / Available now
Igraine The Brave by Cornelia Funke
Description: Princess Igraine dreams of becoming a famous knight just like her great grandfather, but the truth is, life at the family castle is rather boring. Until the nephew of the baroness-next-door shows up. He's got a dastardly plan to capture the castle and claim as his own the wonderful singing spell books that belong to Igraine's magician parents. To make matters worse, at the very moment of the siege, her mom and dad botch a spell, turning themselves into pigs! Aided by a Gentle Giant and a Sorrowful Knight, it's up to Igraine to be brave and save the day--and the books!.
Scholastic / 224 pages / Ages 8-12 / Pub date: October, 2007
In the Serpent's Coils by Tiffany Trent
Description: Ever since her parents died, Corrine's dreams have been filled with faeries warning her of impending peril. When she's sent out to live at Falston Manor, she thinks she's escaped the danger stalking her. Instead the dreams go stronger, just as girls begin disappearing from school. Then Corrine discovers letters of forbidden love from a medieval monk who writes of his entanglement with a race of vampiric Fey—the same Fey who haunt Corrine's dreams. Who are these creatures and what do they want? Corrine knows only one thing for sure: another girl will disappear soon, and that girl might just be her.
Mirrorstone / 304 pages / Ages 12 and up / Pub date: September, 2007
Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness (Erec Rex, book 2) by Kaza Kingsley
Description: Erec Rex has returned to save Alypium from the grasp of the evil Shadow Prince. But it is not without a price. If he succeeds, he could turn into a far worse villain than his own enemies. Erec learns more about his past, trust, honesty, and friendship as he hurtles toward his inevitable fate.
Firelight Press / 368 pages / Ages 9-12 / Pub date: October, 2007
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven, book 2) by Brandon Mull
Description: At the end of the school year, Kendra and her brother, Seth, find themselves racing back to Fablehaven, a refuge for mythical and magical creatures. Grandpa Sorenson, the caretaker, invites three specialists- a potion master, a magical relics collector, and a mystical creature trapper- to help protect the property from the Society of the Evening Star, an ancient organization determined to infiltrate the preserve and steal a hidden artifact of great power. Time is running out. The Evening Star is storming the gates. If the artifact falls into the wrong hands, it could mean the downfall of other preserves and possibly the world. Will Kendra learn to use her fairy gifts in time? Will Seth stay out of trouble? Can they overcome paralyzing fear? Find out in book 2 of this bestselling series
Shadow Mountain / 456 pages / Ages 9-12 / Available now
Beowulf by Gareth Hinds
Description: The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages — and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds's masterful illustrations. Grendel's black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the hero's final, fatal battle against a raging dragon. Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats burning on the fjords are all rendered in glorious and gruesome detail. Told for more than a thousand years, Beowulf's heroic saga finds a true home in this graphic-novel edition.
Candlewick / 128 pages / Ages 9-12 / Available now
Muggles and Magic: An Unofficial Guide to J.k. Rowling and the Harry Potter Phenomenon by George W. Beahm
Description: "Muggles and Magic" is the first general interest book, resource guide, and reference work for Rowling's millions of fans. Organized in six sections with appendices, this 400-page book is a treasure trove of information and trivia about Harry Potter, Rowling's most famous literary creation, and the phenomenon that surrounds him.
Hampton Roads Publishing Company / 377 pages / Available now
The Feathered Cloak: The Trilogy of the Tree: Part I by Sean Dixon
Description: When eleven-year-old Freya meets Morton—a peregrine falcon who has been stripped of his feathers—in the woods near her home, she has no idea what to make of him. What has happened to this poor creature, and what force has destined that he cross her path?
Before long, Freya and Morton have embarked on an adventure that will take her far, far away from her goatherd father's small house. As the often bad-tempered girl and the once-majestic bird begin to form an unlikely bond, they find themselves at the centre of a battlefield—one that pits old against new, god against mortal, peace against war, pagan against Christian, and brother against brother. Is this the end for the race of Norse gods and goddesses, and the Vikings who fight in their shadows? Or simply the beginning of a bigger story…
In The Feathered Cloak, newcomer Sean Dixon whisks us back to a time part real and part imagined, weaving myth and history into an epic tale for young readers.
Key Porter Books / 200 pages / Young Adult / Pub date: August, 2007
Atherton #1: The House of Power by Patrick Carman
Description: Edgar, a gifted climber, is a lonely boy scaling the perilous cliffs that separate the three realms of Atherton: a humble fig grove; a mysterious highland world of untold beauty and sinister secrets; and a vast wasteland where he must confront an unspeakable danger that could destroy the people of Atherton. When Edgar discovers a book which contains the history of Atherton's origins and ultimate apocalypse, his world--quite literally--begins to turn inside out.
Little, Brown Young Readers / 352 pages / Ages 8-12 / Available now
And here's a couple of non-book items that caught my interest:
Butterflies are one of my family's interests, so we couldn't resist The Book Bug, a cute little critter that holds your book open while you read. Perfect if you read while eating, like I do!
Miyu Magic Stones are a fascinating concept that has the potential to be the next big thing. They're real, polished semi-precious stones, designed for kids to collect. But more than that, each stone is associated with a "magic power," and also comes with a code that can be entered on the interactive web site. There's a variety of accessories, including a necklace that you can swap stones in and out of, and a collector's box. There's also a book tie-in, The Emerald Boy. They aren't available in the U.S. yet, but according to the company they are very popular in the Netherlands, where they originated. They should be coming to the U.S. soon. Why do I think this could be the next big thing? Because while the cynical parent in me sees this as a clever marketing scheme, my inner child really, really wants one...or two.
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Kaza Kingsley said...
Sheila,
How are you doing? It was great to meet you in NYC! I hope your summer went well.
Book two has officially hit the shelves now - so exciting! I'll be coming through Baltimore on October 20th, at the Barnes and Noble Power Plant, 3:00 PM. I'd love to see you when I'm out there!
Then I'm off to DC after that...
Kaza Kingsley
Author of the Erec Rex series
http://www.erecrex.com
Hi Kaza,
It was great to meet you, also. That's exciting that you'll be in Baltimore; I'll see if I can stop by. Congrats on the release of book 2, and good luck with it!
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Three Glenwood Springs shops opt for LED upgrades
News | October 3, 2017
Heather McGregor
Clean Energy Economy News
While remodeling an old space at 816 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs for the new Toad & Co. retail clothing store, owner Jon Zalinski opted for sleek LED track lighting. Even the vintage-style hanging bulbs over the sales counter, at right, are LEDs.
Kelley Cox/Clean Energy Economy News |
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Strategies for Lighting: Design, Technology & Controls, a free lighting workshop and showroom for building and design professionals, is planned for 2-5 p.m. Thursday.
Third Street Center, 520 S. Third St., Carbondale
Sponsored by Garfield Clean Energy, CLEER and CORE.
Three downtown Glenwood Springs businesses are enjoying lower electric bills and better lighting after replacing aging fluorescent lights with LEDs.
Glenwood Adventure Co.'s shop at 715 Cooper, the Sweet Adventures ice cream shop at 722 Cooper and the Toad & Co. clothing store at 816 Grand Ave. all installed energy-efficient lighting in June and July.
"We are using the environment for our business," said Ken Murphy, owner of Glenwood Adventure Co., an outdoors guide and outfitting business. "This lighting is better for the environment, so it's better for our business."
In the first full month after the upgrade, the Glenwood Adventure Co. shop used 9 percent less electricity compared with the monthly average from the previous year.
Murphy also owns Sweet Adventures across the street. He opted to upgrade the lighting in both buildings, and credits the action to his store manager, Logan Bartek.
"You do it for the long term," Murphy said of the project. "We hope to be in this space for a long time."
That said, rebates provided by Glenwood Springs Electric and CORE added together to offset half of Murphy's project costs. Glenwood Springs Electric provides rebates for a variety of efficiency projects for its customers to reduce demand and control system costs.
With the rebates, the payback for the LED upgrades at the Adventure Co. shop is estimated at less than two years, and about three years at Sweet Adventures.
Lighting supplier OneSource Lighting of Grand Junction lined up the two projects with Bartek. The installation contractor, Green Tech Electrical of Glenwood Springs, completed the lighting change-outs in both stores in less than two days. Green Tech used the existing lighting fixtures at both stores, and simply replaced the old lights with LED tube-style bulbs and ballasts.
"If I'd known it would be this easy, I would have done it years ago," Murphy said.
He described the new lighting as soft and bright, and said the LED bulbs deliver a steady light, unlike the flickering of the old fluorescents.
STARTING OUT EFFICIENT
Two blocks away at Toad & Co., owner Jon Zalinski explained his approach to lighting. He purchased the building, which had previously been an attorney's office and a bookstore, earlier this year.
Zalinski wanted the remodeling to make the ceiling and other off-kilter aspects of the vintage building disappear, putting the focus on eye-level merchandise. Carefully chosen lighting, installed by Green Tech Electrical, has accomplished those goals, he said.
Working with a fairly small space, he used track lighting mounted on sturdy metal tracks suspended a couple of feet below the ceiling. Knowing the high energy usage of halogen lights at Treadz, his store next door, Zalinski went with LEDs from the start.
"We have been providing free energy consulting to Jon for a few years through Garfield Clean Energy, helping plan for projects that will reduce energy use at Treadz," said Erica Sparhawk, program manager for CLEER, which manages Garfield Clean Energy. "Jon is well aware of the technology that delivers good product lighting while being highly energy efficient."
Zalinski took care to choose a warm light temperature for the LED bulbs to show accurate color and texture of garments. And the track lights can be tilted or moved to highlight displays that will change over time.
Green Tech installed other types of LED fixtures in the fitting rooms and in the small storeroom at the back of the store.
"I asked the contractor how much power all of this lighting pulls," Zalinski said, "and he told me it's about as much as just one of the old fluorescent fixtures."
Toad and Co.'s lighting upgrade is estimated to deliver a payback in eight years — longer than Murphy's two projects because Zalinski purchased new fixtures. He, too, benefited from rebates provided by Glenwood Springs Electric and CORE, which covered 38 percent of the project cost.
Garfield Clean Energy offers free building walk-throughs for retail stores and other commercial properties across Garfield County. Energy consultants can provide guidance on high-return investments in energy efficiency upgrades that increase comfort and productivity and reduce utility costs.


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The economy continued to bleed jobs last month, shedding 651,000 in February. Original estimates for the two previous months were revised upward as well. The unemployment rate spiked to 8.1 percent in February, and economists aren't exactly predicting clear skies in the coming months. The 'Meter doesn't hold Obama personally responsible for this entire economic catastrophe, but it's still deducting 5 points for continued darkness at the end of the tunnel.
What's worse, nominees for two top Treasury Department positions bowed out of the confirmation process Thursday, leaving Secretary Timothy Geithner without a top deputy or an undersecretary for international affairs. With the economic reins in desperate need of pulling, the 'Meter deducts 10 for dash-and-ditch at the worst possible time, bringing today's subtotal to 15. Could today be the day Obama breaks the widget?
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package org.spongycastle.crypto.tls;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Vector;

import org.spongycastle.crypto.agreement.srp.SRP6StandardGroups;
import org.spongycastle.crypto.params.SRP6GroupParameters;

public class DefaultTlsSRPGroupVerifier
    implements TlsSRPGroupVerifier
{
    protected static final Vector DEFAULT_GROUPS = new Vector();

    static
    {
        DEFAULT_GROUPS.addElement(SRP6StandardGroups.rfc5054_1024);
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    // Vector is (SRP6GroupParameters)
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    /**
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    public DefaultTlsSRPGroupVerifier()
    {
        this(DEFAULT_GROUPS);
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    public DefaultTlsSRPGroupVerifier(Vector groups)
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    protected boolean areGroupsEqual(SRP6GroupParameters a, SRP6GroupParameters b)
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        return a == b || (areParametersEqual(a.getN(), b.getN()) && areParametersEqual(a.getG(), b.getG()));
    }

    protected boolean areParametersEqual(BigInteger a, BigInteger b)
    {
        return a == b || a.equals(b);
    }
}

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NEWTOWN, Conn.— Grace Herrick of Newtown has more on her mind than the typical high school senior's worries about homework and college applications.
Herrick, a senior at The Gunnery in Washington, Conn., has more global concerns: She's thinking about schoolchildren in Uganda.
It's not just news headlines for Herrick. She's been to Uganda and seen the situation firsthand. And her response to what she observed became the basis for her Girl Scout Gold Award project — and much more.
Herrick's father is a psychiatrist at Danbury Hospital, and through this association, Herrick met Dr. Majid Sadigh, director of the Global Health Program.
Herrick was looking for inspiration for her next science fair project — she has consistently won awards for science projects focused on renewable energy — but she saw a different need after spending time at the African Community Center for Social Sustainability (ACCESS) in the Nakaseke District of central Uganda.
"Education is technically free in Uganda, but not really," Herrick said. In addition to school fees, students must have a school uniform, including shoes, or they will be sent home. Also, there is no transportation. But one of the most surprising things she learned was the role food plays in whether a child can attend school.
She contrasted the Ugandan model with the United States, where there are free lunch programs for children in need.
In wondering why the dropout rate was so high, she learned that Ugandan children enter kindergarten ill-prepared to succeed.
Touched by this, Herrick was motivated to do something about it. She spoke with Dr. Robert Kalyesubula, founder of the African Community Center for Social Sustainability, and started a program to help prepare children for kindergarten.
Now, 35 children are enrolled in her program, which meets on the ACCESS campus. They are learning their colors, letters and numbers, and getting reinforcement of their lessons with the help of DVDs. And at Herrick's program, the kids not only follow a curriculum to prepare them for kindergarten, they also get a meal.
The response to the program was greater than she expected.
The parents are getting involved in the program, too. They participate in folklore storytelling sessions, Herrick said, so they are adding their own ideas and culture to what the children learn.
"The kids are more excited," she said. "Some of the parents are illiterate, but the program broadens their horizons, too."
Herrick earned her Girl Scout Gold Award and was selected to present her project at an event in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Gold Award program.
But she's not stopping there. Herrick is now creating a nonprofit organization to not only continue the program she started, but also to expand it. Shen wants to establish centers of excellence for early childhood education in rural communities within Uganda and other countries with similar needs.
She's excited to share her experience with her sister, Catherine, who did not go to Uganda last year. But Grace is counting on her sister to join the next trip there.
Herrick's future plans include medical school, but she has realized the limitations of that career. "You can't fix a patient and send them back to an environment in which they'll only become sick again," she said. "You have to fix the environment."