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/**
 * Adds a Load More button at the bottom of the list. When the user presses this button,
 * the next page of data will be loaded into the store and appended to the List.
 *
 * By specifying `{@link #autoPaging}: true`, an 'infinite scroll' effect can be achieved,
 * i.e., the next page of content will load automatically when the user scrolls to the
 * bottom of the list.
 *
 * ## Example
 *
 *     Ext.create('Ext.dataview.List', {
 *
 *         store: Ext.create('TweetStore'),
 *
 *         plugins: [
 *             {
 *                 xclass: 'Ext.plugin.ListPaging',
 *                 autoPaging: true
 *             }
 *         ],
 *
 *         itemTpl: [
 *             '',
 *             '
{text}
'
 *         ]
 *     });
 */
Ext.define('Ext.plugin.ListPaging', {
    extend: 'Ext.Component',
    alias: 'plugin.listpaging',

    config: {
        /**
         * @cfg {Boolean} autoPaging
         * True to automatically load the next page when you scroll to the bottom of the list.
         */
        autoPaging: false,

        /**
         * @cfg {String} loadMoreText The text used as the label of the Load More button.
         */
        loadMoreText: 'Load More...',

        /**
         * @cfg {String} noMoreRecordsText The text used as the label of the Load More button when the Store's
         * {@link Ext.data.Store#totalCount totalCount} indicates that all of the records available on the server are
         * already loaded
         */
        noMoreRecordsText: 'No More Records',

        /**
         * @private
         * @cfg {String} loadTpl The template used to render the load more text
         */
        loadTpl: [
            '
',
                 '',
                 '',
                 '',
                 '',
            '
',
            '
{message}
'
        ].join(''),

        /**
         * @cfg
         * @private
         */
        loadMoreCmp: {
            xtype: 'component',
            baseCls: Ext.baseCSSPrefix + 'list-paging'
        },

        /**
         * @private
         * @cfg {Boolean} loadMoreCmpAdded Indicates whether or not the load more component has been added to the List
         * yet.
         */
        loadMoreCmpAdded: false,

        /**
         * @private
         * @cfg {String} loadingCls The CSS class that is added to the {@link #loadMoreCmp} while the Store is loading
         */
        loadingCls: Ext.baseCSSPrefix + 'loading',

        /**
         * @private
         * @cfg {Ext.List} list Local reference to the List this plugin is bound to
         */
        list: null,

        /**
         * @private
         * @cfg {Ext.scroll.Scroller} scroller Local reference to the List's Scroller
         */
        scroller: null,

        /**
         * @private
         * @cfg {Boolean} loading True if the plugin has initiated a Store load that has not yet completed
         */
        loading: false
    },

    /**
     * @private
     * Sets up all of the references the plugin needs
     */
    init: function(list) {
        var scroller = list.getScrollable().getScroller(),
            store    = list.getStore();

        this.setList(list);
        this.setScroller(scroller);
        this.bindStore(list.getStore());

        // We provide our own load mask so if the Store is autoLoading already disable the List's mask straight away,
        // otherwise if the Store loads later allow the mask to show once then remove it thereafter
        if (store) {
            this.disableDataViewMask(store);
        }

        // The List's Store could change at any time so make sure we are informed when that happens
        list.updateStore = Ext.Function.createInterceptor(list.updateStore, this.bindStore, this);

        if (this.getAutoPaging()) {
            scroller.on({
                scrollend: this.onScrollEnd,
                scope: this
            });
        }
    },

    /**
     * @private
     */
    bindStore: function(newStore, oldStore) {
        if (oldStore) {
            oldStore.un({
                load: this.onStoreLoad,
                beforeload: this.onStoreBeforeLoad,
                scope: this
            });
        }

        if (newStore) {
            newStore.on({
                load: this.onStoreLoad,
                beforeload: this.onStoreBeforeLoad,
                scope: this
            });

//            this.disableDataViewMask(newStore);
        }
    },

    /**
     * @private
     * Removes the List/DataView's loading mask because we show our own in the plugin. The logic here disables the
     * loading mask immediately if the store is autoloading. If it's not autoloading, allow the mask to show the first
     * time the Store loads, then disable it and use the plugin's loading spinner.
     * @param {Ext.data.Store} store The store that is bound to the DataView
     */
    disableDataViewMask: function(store) {
        var list = this.getList();

        if (store.isAutoLoading()) {
            list.setLoadingText(null);
        } else {
            store.on({
                load: {
                    single: true,
                    fn: function() {
                        list.setLoadingText(null);
                    }
                }
            });
        }
    },

    /**
     * @private
     */
    applyLoadTpl: function(config) {
        return (Ext.isObject(config) && config.isTemplate) ? config : new Ext.XTemplate(config);
    },

    /**
     * @private
     */
    applyLoadMoreCmp: function(config) {
        config = Ext.merge(config, {
            html: this.getLoadTpl().apply({
                cssPrefix: Ext.baseCSSPrefix,
                message: this.getLoadMoreText()
            }),
            listeners: {
                tap: {
                    fn: this.loadNextPage,
                    scope: this,
                    element: 'element'
                }
            }
        });

        return Ext.factory(config, Ext.Component, this.getLoadMoreCmp());
    },

    /**
     * @private
     * If we're using autoPaging and detect that the user has scrolled to the bottom, kick off loading of the next page
     */
    onScrollEnd: function(scroller, x, y) {
        if (!this.getLoading() && y >= scroller.maxPosition.y) {
            this.loadNextPage();
        }
    },

    /**
     * @private
     * Makes sure we add/remove the loading CSS class while the Store is loading
     */
    updateLoading: function(isLoading) {
        var loadMoreCmp = this.getLoadMoreCmp(),
            loadMoreCls = this.getLoadingCls();

        if (isLoading) {
            loadMoreCmp.addCls(loadMoreCls);
        } else {
            loadMoreCmp.removeCls(loadMoreCls);
        }
    },

    /**
     * @private
     * If the Store is just about to load but it's currently empty, we hide the load more button because this is
     * usually an outcome of setting a new Store on the List so we don't want the load more button to flash while
     * the new Store loads
     */
    onStoreBeforeLoad: function(store) {
        if (store.getCount() === 0) {
            this.getLoadMoreCmp().hide();
        }
    },

    /**
     * @private
     */
    onStoreLoad: function(store) {
        var loadCmp  = this.addLoadMoreCmp(),
            template = this.getLoadTpl(),
            message  = this.storeFullyLoaded() ? this.getNoMoreRecordsText() : this.getLoadMoreText();

        this.getLoadMoreCmp().show();
        this.setLoading(false);

        //restores scroll position after a Store load
        if (this.scrollY) {
            this.getScroller().scrollTo(null, this.scrollY);
            delete this.scrollY;
        }

        //if we've reached the end of the data set, switch to the noMoreRecordsText
        loadCmp.setHtml(template.apply({
            cssPrefix: Ext.baseCSSPrefix,
            message: message
        }));
    },

    /**
     * @private
     * Because the attached List's inner list element is rendered after our init function is called,
     * we need to dynamically add the loadMoreCmp later. This does this once and caches the result.
     */
    addLoadMoreCmp: function() {
        var list = this.getList(),
            cmp  = this.getLoadMoreCmp();

        if (!this.getLoadMoreCmpAdded()) {
            list.add(cmp);

            /**
             * @event loadmorecmpadded  Fired when the Load More component is added to the list. Fires on the List.
             * @param {Ext.plugin.ListPaging} this The list paging plugin
             * @param {Ext.List} list The list
             */
            list.fireEvent('loadmorecmpadded', this, list);
            this.setLoadMoreCmpAdded(true);
        }

        return cmp;
    },

    /**
     * @private
     * Returns true if the Store is detected as being fully loaded, or the server did not return a total count, which
     * means we're in 'infinite' mode
     * @return {Boolean}
     */
    storeFullyLoaded: function() {
        var store = this.getList().getStore(),
            total = store.getTotalCount();

        return total !== null ? store.getTotalCount() <= (store.currentPage * store.getPageSize()) : false;
    },

    /**
     * @private
     */
    loadNextPage: function() {
        var me = this;
        if (!me.storeFullyLoaded()) {
            me.setLoading(true);

            //keep a cache of the current scroll position as we'll need to reset it after the List is
            //updated with new data
            me.scrollY = me.getScroller().position.y;

            me.getList().getStore().nextPage({ addRecords: true });
        }
    }
});

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Michael Kors Bi-colors Leather Hailee Medium Satchel Bag in Blossom/Tulip [New] [Authentic] Product Key Features Strap Drop4.75" double handle w/ 18"-22" crossbody MaterialLeather StyleSatchel ColourPink SizeMedium ClosureSnap, Button FeaturesAdjustable Strap, Detachable Strap, Magnetic Snap Dimensions Depth5" Height9" Normal Price: ≈S$1,150 Now, with just S$450, you will be carrying a Sakura theme bag during the Sakura season!!!
Brought this bag in boutique but too small for me. Only use it less then 10 times. Purchase at $598 100% authentic can go check in boutique. Condition 9.5/10 Selling now at half price.
Seldom used. Rtp 500 plus Condition very good. Comes with strap dustbag. If have the paperbag i will provide also.
Price is FIXED. I shall not entertain any enquiries with regards to Best Price? Lowest Price? Etc. 100% BRAND NEW AND AUTHENTIC!
Comes with tags, Michael Kors Care Card and Michael Kors dustbag.
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The supporters coach for the final away game of the season to Millwall on Saturday, April 30 is now full.
We would like to thank all supporters for their continued support after fans snapped up all seats on the coach.
See you all at Millwall!


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Oral History How-to
From Designation to Destruction - A Timeline of the fight to save the Bryn Mawr (Baird Cottage) Property, St. John's
August 1993 - Steinhauer family applies to Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador for designation of Bryn Mawr as a Registered Heritage Structure
September 1993 - Bryn Mawr designated as a Registered Heritage Structure by Heritage NL
April 2016 - St. John's looking at heritage status for Bryn Mawr (CBC); Demolition permit application submitted for Bryn Mawr in St. John's (CBC); Rally to save Bryn Mawr heritage home in St. John's (CBC); Bryn Mawr Threatened by Demolition (Trident); NL Historic Trust Bryn Mawr Rally (Flickr)
May 2016 - Bryn Mawr owner will sue if city grants heritage status, son says (CBC); St. John's city council passes motion to give Bryn Mawr heritage status (CBC)
June 2016 - Designated a Heritage Building by the City of St. John's
July 2016 - Controversial heritage property Bryn Mawr sold for $2 million (CBC)
January 2017 - Lawsuits totalling $8.7M against St. John's from former Baird Cottage owner, developer (CBC)
June 2017 - Bryn Mawr placed on the National Trust for Canada's 2017 Top 10 Endangered Places List; Bryn Mawr Named to Canada's 10 Most Endangered List (Trident)
November 2019 - Heritage Property Baird Cottage at Heart of $8.7-Million Court Challenge (VOCM)
August 2020 - Proposed personal care home buildings would cushion Bryn Mawr heritage home in St. John's (Saltwire)
September 2020 - Personal care home near historic Bryn Mawr proceeds (Saltwire)
October 2021 - Supreme Court dismisses developer's lawsuit against City of St. John's over heritage designation (CBC); Historic St. John's property's potential not damaged by heritage bylaw, Newfoundland court rules (Saltwire); Capital City Reacts to Historic Structures Court Decision (VOCM)
February 2022 - Preserving NL's Built Heritage is Key to Its Future (Independent)
November 2022 - Prolonged Legal Battle Leaves Heritage Property in Disrepair (VOCM)
9 December 2022 - Bryn Mawr Cottage in St. John's destroyed by fire (Saltwire); Mired in disputes about its fate, historic St. John's cottage destroyed by fire (CBC); Heritage building destroyed by overnight fire (NTV)
Posted by Dale Jarvis at 4:10 PM

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Staten Island Tip is the site of future speculative work by the Delta National Park design team.
The primary means of exporting water from the Delta are two large aqueducts.
This image describes the physical consequences of several types of reclamation.
Diagram describing the altered movement of fish in the Delta.
View of Jones Tract flood, taken several months after flood occurred. They were still pumping.
Diagram shows the basic features of a setback levee and compares it to a conventional levee.
The Eastern Alignment Isolated Facility is the latest preferred alternative of the planners of the ongoing crisis in California's contentious debate over Delta water export.
The through-Delta improvements would include: 1/ 75 miles of retrofitted setback levees; 2/ 60 miles dredged rivers and sloughs; 3/ barriers at Old River, Connection Slough and Woodward Canal; 4/ a siphon at old river to direct water to clifton court forebay.
2004 Jones Tract levee breach that led to the flooding of thousands of acres of farmland.
October 2003 letter from Governor Schwarzenegger to Sen. Feinstein encouraging the reauthorization of Cal-Fed, the bureacracy charged with overseeing the future of the Delta.
Land at the western edge of the Delta is subject to higher water salinity levels because of the proximity to San Francisco Bay. Controlling salinity is a major task for state and federal agencies.
River Islands is a development proposed for Stewart Tract in the southeast Delta. It would build a new community protected by a "super levee." This new levee is seen by adjacent landowners as a breach in the long-standing agreement to build levees to the same height, thereby ensuring that all would share equally in the risk of flooding. If realized, River Islands would set a new precedent for in-Delta suburban development.
Mandeville, Bacon, Venice, Staten, and Bouldin Islands are all owned by a single family or corporation.
Large Owner Axis diagram showing past or present island owners and their source of wealth. The Large Owner Axis is a chain of islands that connect the two most important elements of the Delta's water redistribution infrastructure.
The LOA is also the key axis of planned "through-Delta" water redistribution infrastructure proposals, whether or not these improvements are tied to the new Peripheral Canal proposal.
View of Jones Tract flood, looking toward the flooded Bacon Island Road, which provides the only road access to Bacon Island.
Photograph showing the extent of the 2004 Jones Tract flood, which covered 10,000 acres.
Diagram showing water systems surrounding and within the delta islands. Farmers must pump constantly to maintain optimal water levels in their fields. The electricity required to power the pumps is expensive, and is making the Delta increasingly unable to compete in the global market for agricultural products.
Engineering diagrams of the massive pumping systems required by the Delta Wetlands Project.
The entire central valley drains into the Delta.
Diagram showing water systems in a part of the Delta.
The primary and secondary zones regulate land use in the Delta. The primary zone strictly limits uses to those associated with agriculture, and the secondary zone allows uses more loosely associated with agriculture. The secondary zone is the site of many creative interpretations of agricultural uses.
Darker colors indicate lower elevation to -15' below sea level.
Diagram describing the history of delta island floods. Darker gray represents more flood events, with a maximum number of nine.
During the historical period of reclamation, land development companies often filled in waterways to create larger tracts of land. Many of these can clearly be seen in aerial photographs.
One of CALFED's scenarios calls for levee improvements through the center of the Delta linking the Delta Cross Channel to the Pumps. This territory coincides with the Large Owner Axis and the Delta Wetlands Project.
Edge of fields in the Borrow Pit Exchange Authority. Right to left is field edge, toe ditch, (riparian) levee bank and levee crest, the constituent elements of the Delta's levee infrastructure.


Happy New Year 2013 from B'z!
As with every year, B'z has posted a message for their fans on the official fanclub's website. B'z is now truly 25 years old as the band was founded in 1988. Look forward to those three upcoming LIVE-GYM releases and let's see what the band has got in store for us this year!
We at OFF THE LOCK also wish you all the best and a happy new year!
That's awesome, I wish them a happy und succesfull year 2013 too.
Still I demand access to the B'z fanclub as a non-asian fan.
Hey everybody, a happy new year to all, even it is a bit late;). Here is the fishy person again and this person has a question again(it is unbeilevable,(and perhaps impertinent , I know:). But, (Iknow ,I am stupid) how ,on earth catch you these vidiotaping?
I am an old H.. about the Inaba 's age , I think, Iam very stupid.
Happy new year to you, too. As stated in the article, the video has been published on B'z PARTY's website. You have to be a fanclub member to view it.
Hey , that was very, very quick :)). Even , if I am impolite, do you live for answering any ???
I salute you for this site everytime I have a glimpse of it, too.
A member to B'z fanclub , you have to be more than to know the Kanji , I think.
Was genau möchtest du mir sagen? Ich verstehe nicht ganz.
auf keinen Fall wollte ich Ihnen zu nahe treten.
Es ist genau so gemeint , wie es geschrieben steht. Ich bewundere diese Seite genauso, wie sie ist.
Ebenfalls bewundere ich Ihre Kommunikation in Japanisch.
Meine Wenigkeit hat da ein paar Probleme.
Es ist nichts Negatives .
Falls ich diesen Eindruck hinterlassen habe, entschuldige ich mich.
Gome nasai gozai masu :).
P.S, Meine Japanischkenntnisse beruhen nur auf einen knapp 6 monatigen Unterricht. (mit mehren Wochen Pause). Mehr war leider nicht drin .


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The strong and charismatic Director of Omni-Admin remains a mystery to many. He masks his emotions very well and always comes off as correct, a true company man.


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Small zoos offer you big fun on Okinawa!
by Shoji Kudaka
They may not be Disney's Animal Kingdom, Safari Park, or even the Okinawa Zoo, but there are places on the island where you can bring the kids to hang out with animals. And, often, these small zoos, ranches or farms are free.
Even without star animals like a panda or a koala, these local spots entertain visitors with unique kinds of fun.
Dacyou Land
There may be other places in Japan where you can see ostriches, but when it comes to touching the largest and heaviest bird in the world, not many places can top Dacyou Land (Ostrich Land) in Nakijin Village. In this ranch-style facility, you can feed them, touch them, and take photos with them posing like an ostrich rodeo.
When I tried the "rodeo photo," the owner of this place advised me not to put weight on the bird. That's a sound advice given the fact that the huge birds' kicks are strong enough to kill humans. The ostrich I took photos with looked gentle and let me pet its neck without any problems during the photos session.
Having been featured on TV shows, this place is well known throughout the country. There is a restaurant by the entrance where people can enjoy "ostrich steak","ostrich eggs sunny side up" and more.
Address: 309 Heshiki, Nakijin Village
GPS Coordinates: N 26.689395 E 127.963736
Open Location Code (OLC): 7QR9MXQ7+QF
Hours: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
URL: dacyou.net/index.html
Mini-mini Doubutsuen
Just a 10-minute drive from gate 3 of Kadena Air Base, Mini-Mini Doubutsuen (Mini-Mini Zoo) is home to animals such as turtles, monkeys, rabbits, ostriches, peacocks, ponies and more. Entrance to the small zoo is free and it even includes a bird that says, "Ohayou Gozaimasu" (good morning).
The front of this place may look small for a zoo, but the look can be deceiving. More animals and creatures are waiting than people would imagine from its compact façade. Many animals can be seen at close-up or even touched.
There is also a food court in one section where people can buy sweets.
Address: 660 Akamichi, Uruma City
Open Location Code (OLC): 7QR99R5F+W5
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 7 pm. (9 a.m. on Sun.)
Denkuu no Eki Haaso
A roadside station near the Expo Park and Churaumi Aquarium, this place has a neat-looking park in the back where visitors can see animals for free. Many goats are kept in small ranches with huts installed on site. Food for the animal can be purchased from capsule toy machines at the entrance.
A part of the ranch is inhabited by Yonaguni Uma, a breed of horse indigenous to Yonaguni Island. Other local animals such as a bull and Ryukyu-ken (Ryukyu dog) live there as well.
This is a good place to take a walk. Many parts of the facility are covered with trimmed grass and paved roads running between each section. There is also a restaurant, farmers market, a pond, and a creek on site.
Address: 1334 Gushiken, Motobu Town
Open Location Code (OLC): 7QR9MWW5+VH
Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
URL: denkuu.okinawa/
Neo Park Okinawa
In this large zoo that is five times the size of Tokyo Dome, there are 100 kinds of animals, which include capybara, emu, lama, lemur, monkey, wallaby and more. The biggest feature of this place is that many animals come close to visitors - sometimes beyond a fence line. Once past the entrance, cranes and flamingos will sometimes flock around people, and food for some animals can be purchased at the gate.
Each section has a title such as Flamingo Lake, Amazon Jungle, and Oceanian Flora and Fauna, some of which charge extra to see. People can also tour via a small train, which is a replica of one that used to be in service on the island.
Nostalgia is everywhere, partly thanks to a slow tempo song with a catchy ukulele melody going, "Neo Neo Neo Neo Neo Park…" at many parts of the facility.
Address: 4607-41 Nago, Nago City
Open Location Code (OLC): 7QR9JX6R+7H
Hours: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Admission: 660 yen for adult, 330 yen for middle and high school students, 220 yen for ages 4 to elementary school age.
URL: www.neopark.co.jp/
Noborimata Nouen
Within a 10-minute drive from the Legion Gate of Camp Foster, Tamaki Shouten is a farmers market near the Nakagusuku Kouen. People go there for fresh produce and reasonably priced commodities and plants for gardening. But, you can also advance to the deeper part of the site, toward the "Doubutsuen" (zoo).
Although the scale of the zoo has become smaller than it once was, there are still animals you can see for free. Ponies, pigs, chickens are kept together at a barn. Hay is stacked on the side, so people can feed them. They also feature turtles and a peacock in another section. Many parts of the facility are old, but the location presents a glimpse into an old local farm.
Address: 1261-2 Noborimata, Nakagusuku Village
Open Location Code (OLC): 7QR97QQQ+49
Okinawan culture
A lot of monkey business going on at Monkey Bar Okinawa
Have a "wild time" at the zoo!
Okinawa Zoo: The southernmost zoo in Japan
VIDEO| Neo Park Okinawa
Murasaki Mura Closed Through May
Okinawa Zoo & Museum resumes limited operations
Stripes' Trip: Enoshima's furry inhabitants too cute to overlook


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How to play with drunk people
Sophistication. Accuracy. Incisive wit. The drunker you get, the further you leave these qualities behind. Read on for fast, funny games that make the most of this familiar altered state.
Words by Holly Gramazio 21 November 2019
How to play with drunk people, Thomas S.G. Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection. CC BY-NC.
Okay, first things first: even if you're an enthusiastic drinker, you should read this article when you're sober. If you then get drunk and decide to try out one of the games, great, but don't read this for the first time when you've been drinking and want something to play.
If it's too late for this advice and you're tipsily googling "games to play drunk" while your friends stare expectantly and wait for instructions, then honestly, just play Pictionary. I know you don't have cards: try a random word generator, or get everyone to open a book on any page and draw the first interesting noun they find.
Right, now that that's out of the way: drinking.
I came to drinking slightly late; I was in my mid-20s before I had more than a polite sip of champagne. I like it! I like being a bit drunk when I'm around friends who are also a bit drunk. I like the sense of relaxation, and the increased communal willingness to try something silly, and the intensity. I like the way drinking accelerates the lifecycle of inside jokes. I like how being a bit drunk dulls my almost-constant freelancer sense that whenever I'm not working, I should probably be working.
Drinking also changes how people play. Look at Vapours, which comes up as a game for rowdy friends "all in a state of intoxication" in Ben Jonson's 1614 play 'Bartholomew Fair':
Vapours
(Adapted from 'Bartholomew Fair'.)
Sit in a circle. Somebody begins by saying something – anything they like.
Someone else – contradict them! Whatever they said, you think something else, and you think it really strongly!
A different someone else – hey, who just said that? What did they say? That doesn't sound right! It's your turn to talk! Say whatever you like – as long as you contradict the person who went before you.
Carry on until you don't want to play any more, or until someone fails to disagree.
It's such a tiny, slight set of rules, almost impossible to fail at, but that simplicity and aimlessness is part of what makes it work for the drunk. Games for drunk people shouldn't just be games that are ideal for sober people that work for drunk people as well. Instead they should be games that benefit from a shorter attention span, from distractability, from easy amusement.
Luckily, games like this are easy to find. Try this one, adapted from a famous list of games that Gautama Buddha suggested were not suitable for monks, who have better things to do with their time. For drunk non-monks, it's a good time.
Sit outside somewhere on a hot evening with a bowl of water.
Take turns to dip your hand into a bowl of water, and then – quick! Press your hand down onto a flat surface, trying to make a shape as you do.
Everyone else takes turns to guess what the shape you've made is. You choose your favourite guess. If someone gets it right, better still.
If you run out of space for shapes, wait until the water dries up and start again.
Singing and space travel
The relationship between games and drinking is complicated by the fact that some of the functions that drinking fulfils – a social structure, a focus, a reason to get together, something to do with your hands – are functions that are also fulfilled by games.
Think about karaoke, and about the PlayStation megahit SingStar. Drinking isn't mandatory for karaoke, but at least in the UK the default assumption tends to be that karaoke happens with a drink in hand and another already inside. The drinking decreases participants' self-consciousness, and provides an alibi for bad singing or enthusiastic dancing.
Coldplay on SingStar, PlayStation Europe. Source: Flickr. © PlayStation Europe. CC BY-NC.
Singalong with Chris when you play SingStar.
Compare this to SingStar, which presents players with a song and gives points for how well they hit the notes. For good singers, this can be frustrating: it penalises them for putting their own stamp on a song. But for the rest of us? Speaking as an exceptionally bad singer who sometimes struggles to feel comfortable at karaoke, I never had a problem with SingStar. The points system is a distraction from self-consciousness. It's an alibi. It's an excuse.
Just like drinking.
So, given that games and drinking can fulfil similar social functions, what happens when you combine them? Well, they can support each other – or they can undermine each other.
In the UK the default assumption tends to be that karaoke happens with a drink in hand and another already inside,
Sam Sheffield's game DunDunDunDun plays with this tension. It's a videogame where players compete to move awkward spacecraft around a screen. The unwieldy steering is controlled by a traditional game controller: so far, so unremarkable. The speed of movement, however, is controlled by blowing into a breathalyser: the higher your blood alcohol content, the faster your spacecraft goes.
The ideal player is drunk enough to power their spacecraft, but not so drunk that they can't steer it. This feels like a metaphor for the ideal good-times party-game player, someone who has perhaps had a drink or two and is really ready to commit to a game, but who isn't yet incoherent. But given that Sheffield himself rarely drinks, perhaps the game is more ambivalent than it seems.
An awkward drinking game
Another drinking game, Lee Shang Lun's Washing Machine, is much more explicit about its critique of alcohol's role in social contexts. In this one-off performance at a night of games in a Melbourne bar, Lee – wearing only his underpants – set himself up at a table with a deck of cards and a bottle of rum. Players could challenge him to a simple card game and if they won, paint a part of his body white; if they lost, they had to feed him a shot of rum.
It's an intense, deeply uncomfortable game that digs into Australian attitudes to race and drinking, and to the nation's history as an invading penal colony whose first riots were about access to alcohol.
Lee himself, who had never drunk before, ended the night with only a quarter of his bottle of rum left, and he remembers little of the performance beyond scattered moments, some of them reconstructed from photos and stories. These include spraying water from his mouth over the crowd, wetting himself as he stumbled to the toilet to throw up, feeling desperately unhappy but unable to stop grinning, gradually losing his ability to explain the premise of the game to its participants.
From a callous, game-design perspective, one of the things that Washing Machine therefore demonstrates is that drunkenness is not a single state to step into, but a state in constant flux, a malfunction that our body earnestly tries to fix for us even as we pour another drink. Another is that whether we're drinking ourselves or not, the presence of alcohol changes the atmosphere for play.
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Jenga will test your drunken coordination.
Even in contexts less fraught than Washing Machine, there's no perfect game for drunk people, though there are characteristics that work better than others. Board-games writer Matt Thrower recently asked on Twitter about games that people liked to play "completely wasted"; answers tended towards simple, fast, creative games like Telestrations, a commercial version of a traditional drawing game, or dexterity games like Jenga. A lot of people went for Monikers, a commercial version of the Hat Game.
The Hat Game
To start, everyone grabs four or five scraps of paper. On each one, write the name of a different famous person (fictional or real), and then five words and phrases associated with them. Fold the pieces of paper into quarters.
Now put all the names into a hat.
Takes turns to draw a name out. Then, just like with the game Taboo, try to describe the person so someone else can guess them – without using any of the associated words and phrases. Keep going, taking turns around the circle, until all of the names have been pulled out.
Okay, great. That's a good start. Now put the pieces of paper, folded over again, back in the hat. And play again, from the beginning. But this time, instead of being able to say whatever you like except the forbidden words, you can only say one phrase with a maximum of five words. You still can't say any of the words on the paper or repeat any of the clues used in the first round.
Good. Fine. Getting there. But now, last round: all the names go back in. This time, when you draw a name out, instead of speaking, you can only mime. Keep going until all names have been guessed or given up on.
Special notes: in the first round, you can't guess any names that you put in the hat (it's fine to guess them in subsequent rounds). If you want to keep score, then for each round that's correctly guessed, give the guesser and the describer a point each.
Simplicity and repetition
The best games for drunk people are familiar to at least one of the players in the group, and preferably more. They're funny. They're simple. They don't require anyone to make any sort of judgement call about physical, mental or emotional safety. Maybe they invite people to perform or sing or draw or do something else they might feel awkward about: the structure of the rules and the lower self-consciousness of someone who's been drinking can pull in the same direction.
Finally, they should be games that repay repeat play. Perhaps the most true thing about drunk players is: once they find something that's fun, they stick with it. You can't stop them from having the wrong kind of fun, and make them have another, more sophisticated type of fun instead. You can't get them to switch game because you think variety will make for a more memorable evening. You just have to set things up and let everyone get on with it.
Holly Gramazio
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Holly is a game designer, curator and writer based in London. She works both independently and as half of Matheson Marcault. Her recent projects include the collaborative drawing game Art Deck and the script for the video game Dicey Dungeons. She founded Now Play This, a festival of experimental game design based at Somerset House in London, and is interested in games that get people creating or looking at their environments in new ways.
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Tiki torches, Jungle Birds, and sparkling rosé on tap at the Kress make summer fun in Greeley
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A charcuterie and cheese board at The Kress is perfect for snacking and sharing — even during the movie! (Emily Kemme)
Yes, the rumors are true. The movie "Downton Abbey" is headed to The Kress Cinema & Lounge this fall. That gives you plenty of time to figure out what you're going to wear to the screening — because of course, Granny says only your best will do.
In the meantime, the fun folks downtown at Greeley's arts cinema have plenty to offer for summer leisure time.
Two screens
The Kress's highly anticipated second screen is slated to open in August. Filling a space formerly occupied by Grabo's Bar & Grill, 805 9th St., the second movie venue is literally just around the corner from the Kress's main entrance. It will be accessible through a door adjacent to the current bar.
Kress bar manager Justin Ghofrani said the new space will carry forward the Art Deco theme from the existing theater and lounge. Seating capacity is 47, with every two chairs sharing a table. The addition gives the business access to downstairs restrooms, eliminating the need to hoof it up the long staircase and miss a scene.
When are you not in the mood for deviled eggs? (Emily Kemme)
Expanded menu
Ghofrani and Kress manager Margaret Thompson have shone a spotlight on the menu, expanding offerings from bites and nibbles (small plates) to portion sizes that can make it a meal, or order several if you're really hungry.
The Cubano is served on a thick roll, with layers of ham, pork shoulder, Swiss cheese and house-made pickles. If comfort food is what you seek, the Tillamook cheddar mac-n-cheese with garlic panko breadcrumbs should suffice. Pair either with a fresh salad — there's a spinach apple with gorgonzola and honey-dijon dressing, or an arugula with sweet roasted beets tossed with goat cheese and walnuts.
If you're a nibbler or are inclined to share, get a board — either artisan cheese or a charcuterie with prosciutto, salami, capicola and a mound of house pickles and mini red sweetie peppers. Or get the combo to sample the variety. Creamy house-made hummus, a longtime staple, is nutty with lemony hints. And for the devil in us all, there's good news. The deviled eggs are back!
Remember, meals and cocktails can be enjoyed while watching the show.
Below street level in The Kress Speakeasy, the menu is limited to boards and small plates. The Media Noce (late night) sandwich is a new, heftier addition.
Jungle Birds and Piña colada slushees are new summer coolers at the Kress Cinema & Lounge's Tiki Terrace during Friday Fest. (Courtesy The Kress Cinema & Lounge)
Tiki Bar Terrace — with island cocktails to match
Since it opened in 2008, the Kress has been the place for edgy mixology, sipped in classy surroundings that slow down time. This summer, Ghofrani takes it outside and joins the Friday Fest jive, injecting some pizzazz with the 9th Street Plaza Tiki Terrace.
The Terrace will feature piña colada slushees from a machine, making this frosty favorite even cooler since no blender is needed. They'll also be pouring the Jungle Bird — a cane rum, pineapple juice and Campari concoction with a beaky bite — and sparkling rosé on tap. There will be limited seating, and tiki torches.
If it's too hot outside, head indoors for more of what's on tap — in this case Aperol Spritzes in the Speakeasy, and once Ghofrani can iron out the mechanics, he hopes the house-made French 75 will be on tap upstairs. A mixture of Spring 44 gin, Chardonnay and lemon, Ghofrani has been carbonating and bottling the beverage in house for years. It's about time to let it flow.
Speaking of getting inside, it goes without saying that the best place to be in the heat of summer is where the surroundings are cool and the air conditioning is cranked. Walk into the Kress sometime. You'll see what we mean.


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Remote working continues to grow as employers compete for talent
- Australian Investment Council Future Jobs Barometer
Twenty-three per cent of jobs advertised by companies backed by Australian Venture Capital (VC) firms offered remote working opportunities at the end of June as companies increasingly compete for talent according to a report released today by the Australian Investment Council.
The report, titled Future Jobs Barometer shows 4504 advertised job vacancies in the portfolio companies of eight of Australia's active VC firms at 30 June 2022 and analyses where jobs are being created by industry, jobs skills and geographic location.
Jobs growth in VC-backed businesses is a reliable indicator of where the demand for skills will be coming from into the future with the latest analysis highlighting the ongoing need for cloud-based skills which accounted for 1270 (28%) of job vacancies. Workflow, Marketing, Engineering and Sales experience were also highly sought after by companies in the innovation sector.
Roles in the Space & Aviation sector tripled from December 2021 to June 2022 which can largely be attributed to employment opportunities created by Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies which is developing low-cost solutions for the small satellite industry.
Likewise, roles in the Transport sector increased three-fold which is mostly due to the rapid emergence of electric bike subscription service, Zoomo, which now sits amongst the Top Ten Employers in the Council's study.
Other key findings in the Future Jobs Barometer:
Jobs for Engineers increased by 118% from 117 in December 2021 to 255 in June 2022 with vacancies for Mechanical, Electrical and Design Engineers in fields such as Avionics, Biotechnology and Health Sciences.
Fintech roles have decreased since December but are still abundant with 1554 job vacancies in the latest study compared to 2685 at the end of December. Global Business payments platform, Airwallex has continued to be a consistent employer in the Fintech sector with 275 jobs available at 30 June.
Artificial Intelligence continues to feature strongly as an industry for employment with 368 job vacancies across Retail, Health & Medical and Energy sectors.
Three new entrants joined the Top 10 Employers category in June with 101 job advertisements recorded for Zoomo, 80 for Cialfo and 65 for Immutable.
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The NFL Lockout: My Top 10 Observer-ations
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Richie Whitt | March 3, 2011 | 11:00am
10. Barring a last-minute agreement, the NFL will cease operations as we know them tonight at 11 when the league's current collective bargaining agreement expires. The owners and players have met via mediation the last nine days with no significant movement. The owners, dealt a significant blow this week when a judge ruled they could not touch $4 billion in TV reserves during a lockout, dispersed yesterday with no further meetings planned. Ominous.
9. This will be a lockout, not a strike. That means this is the owners grinding things to a halt and it means there will be no traditional picket lines and no chance of a feel-good implementation of off-the-street scab players like the ones used in 1987. If you're choosing sides, see it as the owners being even more greedy.
8. The main chess pieces in the owners vs. players are NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and players union boss DeMaurice Smith. Each is venturing into his first labor negotiation, which should make things interesting.
7. Once the lockout begins, everything stops. Except for the NFL Draft April 28, which will be a surreal event considering the rest of the league has shut down. Players can't visit team facilities, have playbooks or make any contact with team officials. Likewise, teams will stop using players' photos and stats on their websites. The NFL will be alive, but in a coma.
6. I remember the last major work stoppage in 1987. On one Sunday I found myself -- instead of watching the NFL -- down at my local VFW playing bingo.
5. The players are pondering to decertify their union, meaning they will no longer be represented as a whole in negotiations. If this happens and the owners continue with the lockout, this thing could involve antitrust laws and will be headed to the courts for years of legalese.
4. Since no free agents can be signed or trades made, it'll be fascinating to keep up with players during the lockout. Unable to train at team facilities and no longer receiving paychecks, this thing could ruin some careers. Some savvy players have saved their pennies for a rainy day. Others...
3. When the lockout is over the NFL likely will have an 18-game schedule and a rookie wage scale. This is mostly about off-the-field stuff. The game we've grown to love won't be noticeably different.
2. At the heart of the matter is how the players and owners will share $9 billion in annual NFL revenue. Consider the absurdity of that "problem."
1. It will take blown deadlines, ugly rhetoric and, yes, uncomfortable compromise, but I just can't see the NFL missing any games because of this labor impasse. The '87 strike was a disaster for the owners and we saw the staggering blows the work stoppages dealt Major League Baseball in '94 and the NHL in '05. By Labor Day we'll be talking cornerbacks, not court rulings.


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Regulatory News - Americas
PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - Feb 7
Feb 7 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Grocery delivery startup Instacart on Wednesday reversed a tipping policy that had outraged workers, who accused the $7 billion company of cheating them out of rightfully earned wages. nyti.ms/2Gc2mJH
- European antitrust authorities on Wednesday blocked a plan by France's Alstom SA and Germany's Siemens AG to combine their train-making units, killing a deal the companies said they needed to combat increasing competition from China. nyti.ms/2HWZNwX
- Payday lenders won a major victory on Wednesday after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved to gut tougher restrictions that were to take effect later this year. nyti.ms/2t8URKZ
- U.S. President Donald Trump lauded his new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico in his State of the Union address and urged Congress to pass the revised pact. The deal, he argued, will help American farmers and workers and ensure "that more cars are proudly stamped with the four beautiful words: Made in the U.S.A." nyti.ms/2Szct0S (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)


The Hamas-run Ministry of Endowment, in conjunction with charities and the Gaza police have raised money to pay off debts of more than 350 Palestinians imprisoned in the Gaza Strip over unpaid debts, the ministry's undersecretary announced today.
Prisoners will be released in coming days as "Redemption for debtors is aimed at freeing prisoners for unpaid debts so [the prisoners] can spend the holy month of Ramadan with their families," Hasan al-Seifi said during a news conference in Gaza City.
Speakers at the conference stated that unpaid debts up to 6,000 shekels ($1,553) would be forgiven, while a large poster behind the podium stated that debts to be paid would not exceed 7,000 shekels ($1,812).
Prisoners are expected to be released from Shajaiyya police center in Gaza City, according to the General Commander of Gaza's police, Tayseer al-Batsh.
Speakers at the event stated that the debts forgiveness was inspired by teachings of the holy Quran. The move by the Hamas government comes just under a week after Gaza's interior ministry released 156 prisoners as a goodwill gesture to mark the start of Ramadan.


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The Wildheart Trust: December 2021
Name and type of organisation/s: The Wildheart Trust (registered charity no. 1171144)
Fundraising method: Digital (other)
Code themes examined: Misleading information and complaints handling
Code breach? No
The complainant said that a fundraising appeal by the Wildheart Trust (the charity) wrongly suggested that some of the animals in its zoo had suffered cruel treatment in the circuses that had previously owned the animals. The complainant also said the charity was wrong to suggest that it had rescued the animals from circuses. They said that the inaccurate information damaged the reputation of some circus families.
In April 2020 the charity published a video appealing for funds to help it deal with the fall in visitor numbers to the Isle of Wight Zoo caused mainly by the Covid-19 pandemic. Its video described the care the charity gave to big cats that had been rescued from circuses. It said the animals were emotionally and physically broken and had endured horrific conditions throughout their lives. It said the funds raised would help it rescue more animals in future, as well as help the charity continue its conservation work.
The complainant said the animals mentioned in the video included animals treated as family pets by their circus owners. The complainant said there had been no rescue and that a circus had donated those animals in 2017. The complainant said that experts disputed claims that circuses' treatment of animals caused suffering to them.
Our decision
We considered whether the charity's fundraising video had unfairly criticised or insulted other people or organisations, and whether it or its materials had misled anyone or been likely to mislead anyone. We also considered the charity's evidence to prove the claims it made about the animals in its fundraising video and if it had taken the steps needed so that a donor could make an informed decision about donating. Finally, we looked at the charity's complaints handling.
The charity's response to our investigation provided evidence that identified the animals described in the fundraising video and gave some of their medical history. It addressed the complainant's concerns about differing expert views on whether or not circuses' treatment of animals caused suffering to them. It explained its reasons for the claims it had made about the animals. We found that the charity's assertions, based on its view of the facts and research, were not misleading or likely to mislead. We found that the video set out a strong position on opposing the use of animals in circuses, but the charity did not criticise or insult any specific people or organisations. We decided that the charity had handled the complaint fairly and proportionately. We therefore found no breach of the code by the charity.
We made no recommendations for action by the charity.
The complainant requested an external review of our decision. Upon review of the case, the External Reviewer did not consider that the complaint about our decision met the threshold for a full external review. You can read the executive summary of the External Reviewer's decision here.