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Liars - Liars
Liars – Liars (5/5)
The best thing that ever happened to Liars was the one star review of They Were Wrong So We Drowned they received from Rolling Stone Magazine. What better way to promote yourself as the punk-rock-who-gives-a-fuck band of the new millennia than receive a devastatingly negative review from the magazine tailor made for the culturally shallow petit-bourgeois that choke our cities with the treeless wasteland of suburbia. Rolling Stone Magazine, who needs them. This is the same magazine that put The Eagles on the cover decades after they're relevant, if they ever were relevant. This is the same magazine who, like most of its readers I'm sure, discovered itself during the culturally vibrant time of the sixties and has spent the last forty years skimming pop culture chum looking for the most shallow musical "artists." This is the magazine that caters to Starbucks shopping masses who yearn for the convenience of picking up the latest Jasan Mraz, Carly Simon or Michael Bolton while simultaneously buying overpriced cappafrappalattes. When Rolling Stone published that review a very clear wall was erected and edict imposed. Play by our rules or else you don't get in.
So naturally the Liars went on to record the equally confounding Drum's Not Dead.
After giving Rolling Stone the middle finger twice, it appears that Liars are ready to play nice with their audience. Their fourth release, given the swanky title Liars, is their most accessible album since their debut. Of course, its accessibility is mixed with the confrontational personality of the band. One cannot help but imagine a grin on lead singer Angus Andrew's face when he delivers the faux-metal line "sweet massacre of death" during the album opener "Plaster Casts of Everything." This mischievous irony is heightened by the fact the momentum of the song hits a wall mid-song only to accelerate to full speed with an even more anthemic refrain. Liars make it clear that even though they're writing actual songs this time they're still not playing nice.
I'm tempted to dissect the album into pop songs (or at least pop songs by the Liar's standards) and percussion experiments that recall their last two albums, kind of like how Bowie's Berlin albums were divided between lyrical songs and instrumentals. About half of the songs are the experimental Liars where they treat every instrument as if it's a drum. This push-pull tension works wonderfully thanks to some great sequencing. Unlike so many bands the Liars don't frontload the album, and after the two requisite singles as album openers, there are three challenging tracks in a row. By evenly distributing the swag, they've made sure the listener doesn't get bored by the half-hour mark.
Many of the catchier numbers sound like old favorites blown out through the Liar's bullhorn. "Houseclouds" sounds like an electroclash Prince. The fuzz of "Freak Out" is reminiscent of Dinosaur Jr. The stabbing guitar and breathy vocals of "Pure Unevil" recalls New Order. Needless to say, the breadth of the sound coming from this album is impressive. At times Liars sounds like an album at a forked road. One direction is the murky swamp of experimentation obscured from the likes of lesser critics like Rolling Stone by a gripping canopy. The other path leads them out in the open with all the other indie-rock artists that have made their way onto soundtracks of quirky independent comedies. Or, perhaps the Liars are coming from the opposite direction, arriving at a point where both sides of their personality meet rather than diverge. I hope that this album is really a reconciliation between the inviting Liars and the Liars who don't have a problem telling Rolling Stone to fuck off.
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1000 Years in Hell With Mike Meyers
It has recently come to my attention that Mike Meyers is putting out another movie. After desecrating the corpse of Dr. Seuss he's gone ahead and offended an entire religion. Meyers's latest celluloid monstrosity is called The Love Guru where he plays a Hindu spiritual leader who is enlisted in a scheme to get a professional hockey player back together with his wife. Hockey? Oh, that's right, he's Canadian.
Some people are none too pleased with the movie. The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (an oxymoron on par with the organization, Jumbo Shrimp for Corporate Ethics), a group of conservative Hindus, have written letters in protest of the film. They have even created a chart illustrating how many years in hell you will receive for even watching the film. For example, if you watch the movie knowing about it's "spiritual significance" you receive five demerits and one-hundred years in the first level of Hell. However, if you are involved in making the film then you receive thirty demerits and one-thousand years in the second level of Hell. Don't worry, it's too late for Mike Meyers, he's already received at least ten-thousand years in Hell for The Cat and the Hat.
Demerit
Making the movie, 'The Love Guru'
2nd region of Hell for 1000 years
Watching it for entertainment without knowing the spiritual science/significance
Nether region (Bhuvaloka) for 100 yrs
Watching it for entertainment even after knowing the spiritual science/ significance
1st region of Hell for 100 yrs
Being a seeker of God/on the spiritual path, knowing about the Movie, but doing nothing to stop it
I wonder how long until the studio uses this as a gimmick. "The movie that's so good they don't want you to see it." "Never before has ninety minutes been worth a hundred years in Hell." "It's sacri-larious!"
It's kind of nice to know that religious zealots exist everywhere. To be perfectly honest the hundred years of hell has me more curious about the movie than the actual preview. Is it really worth it? Not if during that hundred years I will be forced to watch Mike Meyers movies, that's for sure.


So, I'm starting this week a bit of a hole, as I spent the weekend in the hospital with a wicked stomach bug. It was an unpleasant experience, that much is certain. As silly as it may be, whenever I do have to go in, a part of me wonders if I I'll get out again. Apparently, I did! This time they gave my body something it didn't enjoy, and I swelled to three times my normal size. My head was so puffed I couldn't move my face. I'm certain Tiny Elvis would have made note of me. I'm finally out, back to my usual body-mass, a little tired, but ready to get things done.


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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
November 9, 2018 by Indie Gamer Chick 3 Comments
This is almost not fair. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon probably shouldn't be listed alongside stuff like Escape Goat 2 or Axiom Verge or even Fez. I mean, Fez had close to an entire movie devoted to its development, something most indies could only dream of. And yet, it still feels more on the same level as its peers than Curse of the Moon. It seems somehow wrong that today's game competes head-to-head with it for a spot on the IGC Leaderboard, along with Dead Cells or SteamWorld Dig 2 or Sportsfriends. In case you didn't know, Bloodstained is produced by Koji Igarashi. As in "the guy who made Castlevania: Symphony of the Night." To say doors would open to him that wouldn't open to your average indie developer is a bit of an understatement.
To put it in perspective, Curse of the Moon is the result of a $5,545,991 Kickstarter campaign. But, Curse of the Moon wasn't even the focus of that campaign. This is the game that got made because the campaign made so much money. This is a stretch goal. The game that people actually backed is coming out next year. That's fucking insane.
The moon is visible in every stage and slowly develops into a full moon that frames the final level. This doesn't make Curse of the Moon better, but it shows a wonderful attention to detail that demonstrates how much care and consideration was given during the design. Meanwhile, Link is like "the moon.. gets full? That's adorable. For me, the moon tried to crash into the planet, obliterating all life as we know it. Enjoy your Castlevania cosplay. It's precious."
Curse of the Moon was promised to be a "retro mini-game prequel" or something along those lines. But it ain't mini. This is a full-fledged NES-style game so convincing that you would swear this is the missing link between Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and Super Castlevania IV. And it truly is an NES Castlevania in everything but name. Enemies are almost all reskinned versions of Castlevania staples. The four characters are very similar to Dracula's Curse. There's no Grant Danasty, and the main character doesn't feel like a Belmont, but the first ally you gain certainly does, whip and everything. The second character is a close approximation to Sypha Belnades. Finally, they just pretty much said "fuck it" and stuck Alucard in as the third ally, bat-transformation fully intact. It's the moment where you feel the team said "we're either going to get sued or we're not. Might as well go big or go home."
If you think of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon as Castlevania 3.5, that tells you everything you need to know about the game. It controls slightly better than the NES series, and it's especially nice that the stairs aren't a complete nightmare to use anymore. But otherwise, it feels like a really great ROM hack. Everything has this creepy familiarity, but that doesn't mean some inspired bits of originality don't seep through. In fact, not being married to the Castlevania mythos allows for some of the most creative boss designs in the series. The series that Curse of the Moon isn't part of, but kind of is anyway. Sorta. It's complex.
"Excuse me, have you by any chance seen my wife? Last time I heard from her, she said she had to go fight bears. Bears that 'care' whatever that means. Kinda sexy in a bald, creepy, evil spirit kind of way?"
Another way to look at it is someone shot Castlevania with the same modernization ray Shovel Knight used on classic NES Capcom games. 2010s 2D gameplay conventions are here. Optional difficulty? Check. A save system besides a password? Check. Tons of extras and multiple endings? Check. It's actually an impressive, fully-realized package and it's strange that people still think it's some sort of throwaway Kickstarter bonus. Let's say Ritual of the Night never sees the light of day and Curse of the Moon is as far as the franchise makes it out of the crib. As much as that would suck, the one thing we wound up getting is very, very good on its own merit.
Having said that, the big issue is the difficulty and the lack of flexibility. Curse of the Moon has two difficulty options: Casual and Veteran. There's no toggles to adjust how hard the game is between these, and that's sort of a problem. "Veteran" is Castlevania exactly as you grew up on. A lives system and that infamous Castlevania "getting hit by a bat somehow causes your character to dramatically curl up and fly six feet backwards, more than likely into a god-damned fucking pit" recoil that resulted in many a hurled controller. It also nerfs the value of item-pickups. Casual eliminates both the lives and the recoil. Consequently, the normal mode is too hard and the casual mode is too easy. But there's also a chance that the normal mode is too easy for most Castlevania veterans. Despite the fact that I've beaten Castlevania I & III (fuck Simon's Quest, it sucks, it's boring, and it has too much downtime), I wasn't really looking to challenge myself here and so I opted for casual mode. But when I dipped my toes in the putrid water that is Veteran mode, I actually did clear the first few levels with almost no effort. I'm getting reports from Castlevania fans that this would be the easiest of the NES Castlevanias if it was legitimately part of the series. Take that for what it's worth.
This was my favorite boss fight. And yet, as cool as it was, I couldn't stomp out the earworm that kept humming the theme to DuckTales in my head.
But, I kind of wish I could have played the unlimited lives version of the game with the option to turn the recoil on and off. Just to give a whirl. Oh, I wouldn't have left it on. I actually kept a running count of how many times I would have almost certainly died as a result of that recoil: 57 times. That's 57 times I didn't scream myself hoarse in anger. But what if I wanted at least that much challenge without having to deal with starting full levels over because I ran out of lives? That's not possible with Bloodstained, and maybe it should have been. The lack of Goldilocks options means everything is too hot or too cold, and we never get a chance at making things "just right" before the bears show up to eat her face off.
You can actually make your own challenges, though the game doesn't remotely advertise this. I didn't even know about this stuff until well after I had beaten the game and was replaying it for the sake of grabbing extra screenshots for this review, but you can murder the allies you acquire over the game's first three levels by attacking them instead of talking to them. If you do this, you gain an extra ability for the main character. Killing the Belmont wannabe gains you a wider-ranged jumping-slash maneuver. Killing the Sypha clone gains you a double-jump. Killing not-Alucard allows you to dash. Mind you, the main character is easily the most boring to use, so it's actually not-desirable to kill the allies to gain these moves. It would make more sense if killing them gained you something the ally did. Kill the not-Belmont, gain her higher jumping. Kill not-Alucard, get the ability to fly. Something, ANYTHING other than the way they did it. You also unlock different endings, depending on which allies you kill and which ones you don't. By the end of the game, I was using all of them except the Sypha clone, who would be almost worthless. Except for the fact that I killed the last boss by, you guessed it, using the Sypha clone. That dude became the friend you drag around with you on a night on the town because he'll pick up the check at the end of the night.
I giggled when I reached this scene. Yes, it's a character based on Elizabeth Báthory, the infamous "Blood Countess" accused of killing over 600 girls and bathing in their blood to maintain her youth. But this is also a wonderful satire of the final room of the original Castlevania. Instead of coming across Dracula's coffin, you come across a bathtub. And yes, I've confirmed this was deliberate. Now THAT is how you do an in-joke.
Otherwise, I really liked Curse of the Moon. It's probably not as good as Castlevania III, where I feel the level design is stronger and more inspired. Curse of the Moon brings a lot of great ideas to the table, but the levels themselves feel more like direct homages that didn't stray far enough from tradition to feel like the "lost sequel" that it aspires to be. Given the fact that the bosses stand out for their creativity, it's a crying shame that the levels almost never do. There are multiple branching paths in each stage, but they'll all bring you from one level to the next in linear fashion and only give you a couple new areas to explore, though those few extra rooms have the same look and feel to them that the other paths do anyway. Don't get me wrong: the levels are never boring, and actually it's a treat that not one of them sucks the fun out of the game. But while the themes can be fun and the reskins of existing Castlevania enemies are nifty, the levels all feel like stages we've already played from previous games. Well, besides the last stage where an army of bugs destroys the walls, but that feels more like Heat Man's stage in Mega Man 2, so the familiarity is still there.
And also, it's worth noting that the fifth boss is so absurdly flashy that I'm honestly lucky I didn't have a seizure. All the bosses do a final "last hurrah" attack once defeated, and that one was probably the most flashy, dangerous-for-my-epilepsy moment I've had in seven years as IGC. It made people without epilepsy sick too. I normally defend these types of artistic decisions, but this one I feel crosses the line where it's unnecessary. But don't let that discourage you. The bosses are creative and cool. Just exercise caution.
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What makes Curse of the Moon truly unique is I don't have to say "it's an NES Castlevania, and if you didn't enjoy those, you won't enjoy this." Because that might not be entirely true. The casual mode might make it so players who liked the concept but not the prohibitive difficulty of the originals can actually take-in this game from start to finish and not give up in frustration. And they'll probably have more fun with doing so than they ever did with the 80s/90s originals. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an accessible NES Castlevania that gives players broken by Dracula's Curse a pair of crutches. Isn't that the best way to pay tribute to a classic? And it goes so much further than that. Teenagers who grew up with the NES are now adults in their 40s with all the fun that can come with that. Slower reaction times. Waning skills. Maybe those who ate through the originals once upon a time but can barely get past the Mummies/Cyclopes/Gargoyle combination now that they're decrepit can feel like they've come home again. Curse of the Moon can tickle the nostalgia of that crowd, but also be something they share with their kids. This, my friends, is how you do a classic franchise tribute. Polish the spirit of the game and plaster-over the unsightly holes. You know, the holes you made when you threw your controller through a wall after being knocked backwards into a pit.
The real question is whether or not Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and next year's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night are indies at all. It's not as if Igarashi was some nameless, faceless coder working at Konami who finally worked up the courage to go off on his own. He's a legend of game development. Oddly enough, even after seven years of running a moderately popular indie game review blog, I still couldn't tell you exactly where you draw the line between "indie" and "not indie." For Bloodstained, it just seems off to me that the guy who went from making real Castlevania games leaves Konami to make games that are still Castlevania games in every way a game can be except the name and characters, and that counts as an indie. This isn't someone taking a huge risk trying to mimic a game designed by his hero. He's already the hero, making exactly the kind of game we would expect from him if had never gone off on his own and Konami mandated a direct sequel to Castlevania III with NES-style graphics. I put Curse of the Moon to a vote among my fans. 88% said this should count as an indie, but I was going to go against this and make a judgement call that this isn't right.
Real super quick: see that whip? It sort of implies that you'll have full eight-way attack options, just like in Super Castlevania IV. I think that's why this picture is literally the first picture shown on the Steam page. But actually, this is a special attack that uses the game's weapon-juice that you might not even be carrying because the game's version of the holy water could fill its spot. This character's default weapon is a short-range sword that fucking sucks. When myself and others bought this, we thought there'd be eight-way attack options based on these screens, so it's kinda skeezy on their part. Also, this is the best sub-weapon for most bosses besides the Sypha clone's magic homing missiles, which completely make bosses a cakewalk.
And then something unexpected happened: developers started contacting me, some I had never previously interacted with, saying they wanted the game ranked on the Leaderboard. Why? So they could aim to beat it. It was universal. They wanted Bloodstained: Cursed of the Moon to be declared by me an indie game and placed where I felt it should be (in this case, as the eighth-best indie I've ever reviewed as of this writing) so they had something to aim at. I like that. And, if this could serve to bring out the best in a new generation of game development heroes, hell, why not? So Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an indie. And now I'll remind those who pushed for this that next year, the real Bloodstained will arrive. A game in my favorite genre (Metroidvania) by one of my favorite producers (Igarashi) that will presumably take all the best parts from those classic games, clear up the warts inherit to those, and combine what's leftover with modern game design principles. You want to be compete with that? Hey, your funeral.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon was developed by Inti Creates
Point of Sale: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Vita, Nintendo Switch, Steam
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Cleaning a grain elevator
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Grain elevators are used to receive, clean, store, and transfer bulk grain. The flow of grain and its processing through the facility cause grain dust to become airborne in the work environment. Some activities can create enough grain dust that it becomes an explosion hazard or can make employees sick. Cleaning of a grain elevator is one such process that can cause a significant increase in the amount of grain dust in the air, if done without adequate precautions. If a lot of grain dust is suspended in the air, and a spark or flame is present, an explosion may occur. A grain dust explosion can be powerful enough to destroy a grain elevator and to potentially cause severe injuries to employees.
The concentration of grain dust in work place air must always be less than 50% of the lowest level that will cause an explosion (the Lower Explosive Limit or LEL) in areas where there are no sources of ignition. It must be lower than 10% of the LEL where there is a source of ignition. (A few examples of ignition sources include: electrical spark, smoking, unsafe lighting). The LEL varies between 20 g/m3 to 60 g/m3 depending on the type of grain, the particle size, and the moisture content of the dust. Dust at those levels is very "thick" and hard to see through and can occur in small areas during some cleaning processes.
Grain dust can also be harmful to health. Health effects of occupational exposure to grain dust include eye, skin, upper respiratory tract irritation; chronic bronchitis; and asthma. These health effects have been reported by people working in concentrations of less than 10 mg/m3.
Furthermore, conducting certain operations while cleaning a grain elevator or its grain bins may place workers in situations where a serious injury or fatality could occur; for example, falls while working at heights, confined space hazards when entering a grain bin or silo, and coming into contact with moving machinery while working near equipment moving grain or flour.
Factors that can lead to an accident, death, or illness from cleaning a grain elevator include:
the generation of dust to concentrations above the LEL;
oxygen deficiency or other hazardous atmosphere in a grain bin, silo, pit or other confined space;
working at heights;
working near unguarded moving parts such as conveyors or augers; and
breathing air that contains high concentrations of grain dust.
Eliminating and controlling the hazard
Some effective ways to reduce hazards when cleaning a grain elevator include:
establishing and monitoring confined space entry procedures;
establishing safe work procedures for cleaning a grain elevator (e.g.: lockout/tagout procedures, use of vacuums or brushes in place of blow down);
training employees on the hazards and how to protect themselves using safe work procedures;
providing personal protective equipment (PPE) for hazards that cannot otherwise be controlled; and
ensuring employees follow safe work procedures and use proper safety devices and personal protective equipment.
The most effective way to prevent grain elevator fires and explosions is to actively prevent the conditions where an explosion could occur. This includes:
controlling settled dust to less than 3 mm by regularly vacuuming surfaces;
controlling the release of dust by sealing grain transferring systems, using local ventilation and dust collection systems at transfer points; and
prohibiting the use of compressed air to blow settled material from surfaces.
In addition, some ways to reduce the risk of ignition include only using intrinsically safe tools and equipment (tools that do not create sparks) and establishing safe work procedures for conducting hot work like welding or metal cutting.
The Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (COHSR), Part II entitled "Permanent Structures" contains requirements relating to grain elevators such as in section 2.14(2) "Housekeeping and Maintenance". It says that dust, dirt, waste and scrap material in every work place in a building shall be removed as often as is necessary to protect the health and safety of employees.
The COHSR, Part VIII entitled "Electrical Safety" contains requirements relating to the use of intrinsically safe electrical tools and equipment as well as other safety requirements for electrical equipment.
The COHSR Part XIII entitled "Tools and Machinery" sets out requirements for spark proof tools (section 13.2) and for intrinsically safe portable power tools (section 13.5) in areas where fires or explosions could occur.
The COHSR, Part X entitled "Hazardous Substances" contains section 10.4 "Hazard Investigation" that prescribes requirements for conducting a hazard investigation for exposure to grain dust. As well, section 10.14 "Employee Education" describes required aspects of an employee education program for occupational hazards. Sections 10.19 to 10.22 "Control of Hazards" contain requirements for grain dust concentrations in air relative to the LEL and state that compressed air shall not be used for blowing dust from structures, machinery or materials. Compressed air shall not be misused.
The COHSR, Part XI entitled "Confined Spaces" stipulates requirements in respect of grain elevators and grain bins, such as hazard assessment, confined space entry procedures, emergency procedures and equipment, and hot work. It also specifically addresses engulfment issues where solids are capable of flowing easily, such as bulk grain.
The COHSR, Part XII entitled "Safety Materials, Equipment, Devices and Clothing" contains requirements for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect employees from exposure to grain dust. The use of respiratory PPE must especially be considered for operations where excessive grain dust disturbance occurs, such as during the cleaning process. As well, section 12.10 "Fall-Protection Systems" states requirements for fall-protection systems that must be properly used when working at heights or over surfaces or things that can cause injuries.
Other hazards related to cleaning operations must be identified, assessed and be controlled by preventive measures as prescribed by COHSR, Part XIX "Hazard Prevention Program".
For further information, please contact the ESDC Labour Program office at 1-800-641-4049. The Labour Program website provides information on occupational health and safety topics such as: Right to Know, Right to refuse dangerous work, and Workplace Health and Safety Committees.
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety provides more information on combustible dust hazards on its website.


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PREVIEW: ROCHDALE V YEOVIL TOWN
Yeovil Town are back in SkyBet League One action this coming Saturday as the Glovers travel to take on promotion chasing Rochdale.
'Dale currently sit in 8th place in the League One table, just three points behind the play off places.
As we know, Yeovil are currently sat bottom of the pile on just 33 points, a full 20 fewer than Saturday's opponents.
However, Yeovil have been on an eleven day break from competitive action since losing 2-0 away at Colchester on 17th March.
Meanwhile, Rochdale have played twice since then, beating Scunthorpe last Saturday before losing 3-0 to Oldham in midweek.
The Glovers' enforced break came as a result of Bristol City's involvement in the Johnstones' Paint Trophy final.
Yeovil did have a midweek fixture, but not in the league. Terry Skiverton took his men to Larkhall Athletic in the Somerset Premier Cup.
The game saw Yeovil progress through to the next round after a penalty shoot-out victory over the non-leaguers.
The squad chosen gave the opportunity for some fringe players to stake their claim for places in the first team with Fergus Bell, Alex Smith and Sam Hoskins all getting some extended game time.
Liam Davis and Artur Krysiak also got some much needed match fitness following injury.
The game ended 1-1 in normal time with AJ Leitch Smith scoring the Glovers' goal.
Rochdale's form has been hit and miss, some impressive wins have been succeeded by some heavy losses. Interestingly, Rochdale haven't drawn a game in 2 months, since they shared the points with Coventry at the back end of January.
The Dale's team news surrounds the head injury sustained by midfielder Jamie Allan.
Manager, Keith Hill expects the youngster to be missing for the rest of the season after coming off against Oldham.
There are also concerns over three others; Peter Vicenti, Stephen "brother of Kevin" Dawson and Ashley Eastham were all struggling last time out.
So much was the concern over Eastham that Rochdale actually finished the game with 10 men due to all their substitutions being used up on earlier injuries.
For Yeovil, they have also been decimated this week, but more by international call ups.
Joel Grant has jetted of to represent Jamaica while all three Swansea loanees are with their countries too.
Josh Sheehan and Liam Shephard are with the Wales Under 21s and Stephen Kinglsey is with Scotland's Under 21s.
All of this means that all of the other Glovers' loanees are available for selection including Ben Nugent who played in the Somerset Cup in midweek.
In terms of injury, Artur Krysiak played his first game since suffering a head injury at Scunthorpe.
Joe Edwards looks likely to miss out however, his ankle injury against Crewe flared up again against Colchester. The Glovers' skipper is in a race against time to be fit for Saturday.
When the two sides met earlier in the season, Rochdale came through the match at Huish Park with a comfortable 3-0 win.
Top scorer Ian Henderson scored twice after Jack O'Connell had opened the scoring.
Previously, however, the Glovers form against Rochdale has been decent; in 2011/12 season, the sides drew 0-0 at Spotland before Jonathan Franks, Richard Hinds and Michael Woods scored in a 3-1 Yeovil win.
Of course, Rochdale is also the scene of Yeovil's first ever Football League fixture back in 2003.
Kevin Gall and Lee Johnson scored in a 3-1 Glovers win that day.
Over all, Yeovil win the head to heads with four wins to 'Dale's three.
Tickets for Saturday's game are available on the day, priced at £20 for adults.
If you're not making the trip to Lancashire this Saturday then never fear, the game will be available in full on Glovers Player.
The next home game at Huish Park is the Good Friday clash against Chesterfield where the game has been designated as a kids-for-a-quid game.
Stay tuned to YouTube for the highlights of each game and keep in touch with the goings on from Spotland with social media on Twitter or Facebook by clicking the links.
Comedian Tommy Cannon and Lisa Stansfield.
A foot in both camps
Kevin Amankwaah, Andy Bishop, Steve Collis, Ritchie Jones, Glenn Poole and Andrew Tutte,
Rochdale have been in the news this season as they have been given a set of heat lamps to help their pitch grow by local police.
The lamps were seized in raids on cannabis farms in the area and now aid the ground staff at Spotland.


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I have always loved to read and thus have always loved words, letters and fonts. Even my Affatshionista logo is made up of words. So when I saw Skorch Magazine's post by Bellas Styles that she had purchased an Alphabet Skirt from Yoek in the Netherlands, I had to have one. I am not much of a pencil skirt girl, I like my skirts short and fluffy or pleated so I opted to an Alphabet "Tunic". And I cannot even tell you how much I loved that the letters in the print were in curvy lines, so fun. I hope it is long enough to wear with tights.
I love that Yoek's Plus Size is a size US 28-30, and the description of the item says This shirt has a flare fit.
So the top has arrived and it is just not very becoming. In general I do not wear flowy clothing and it is 95% Polyester and 5% Elastic. I am going to return it since it cost $113 Euros, which is about $150. I do love the print but it is unlikely I will order from Yoek again. Do you think it might have looked better if I had ordered a smaller size?
These are some Size 2X 100% polyester tights I bought from Torrid this summer. The stretch comes from the fact that they are woven. They have a different sizing scheme since I wear a 4X in Tops and 5X in dresses and a 28 or 30 in pants at Torrid.
I love them. I had been looking for something a little abstract in a plus size without much luck. I find them difficult to wear unless I am wearing all black so that is a little limiting, and the lace skirt and top from Torrid were probably a little too "lacey" for the abstract cotton looking leggings. Still looking for the perfect outfit.
The bracelets came as a set from Torrid also. I love bangles and they are often too small for me so this really makes me appreciate Torrid.
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Nieświszczuk (Cynomys) – rodzaj ssaka z podrodziny afrowiórek (Xerinae) w obrębie rodziny wiewiórkowatych (Sciuridae). Nieświszczuki zostały po raz pierwszy naukowo opisane w 1805 roku podczas ekspedycji Lewisa i Clarka.

Rozmieszczenie geograficzne
Występują w Ameryce Północnej i Środkowej. W Stanach Zjednoczonych nieświszczuki głównie występują na zachód od rzeki Missisipi, choć można je spotkać w kilku rejonach na wschodzie. Zostały wytępione w pewnych rejonach Wielkich Równin, ponieważ farmerzy uważali je za szkodniki.

Opis
Są to nieduże, o zwartej budowie, kopiące obszerne nory gryzonie z krótką szczęką. Długość ciała (bez ogona) 290–440 mm, długość ogona samic 46–100 mm, samców 40–105 mm; masa ciała samic 460–930 g, samców 460–1300 g. Nazywane są "pieskami", ponieważ w chwili zagrożenia lub zainteresowania wydają odgłosy podobne do szczekania. Są roślinożerne. Na wolności mieszkają w licznych koloniach nazywanych potocznie "miastami", które podzielone są na rodziny, zwane też koteriami. Sieć płytkich tuneli i komór zamieszkiwana przez jedną kolonię zajmuje zwykle ok. 100 ha powierzchni, jednak największa odkryta kolonia obejmowała obszar 65 tys. km2 i mieszkało w niej 400 mln osobników.

Zagrożenia i udomawianie
W wielu rejonach rolniczych powodują poważne straty finansowe – kolonia skupiająca 25 tys. nieświszczuków zjada tyle pożywienia, co 100 krów lub 800 owiec, przez co od wielu lat są ofiarą zarówno masowego trucia i zatapiania całych kolonii, jak i niekontrolowanego odstrzału zwierząt. Szacuje się, że w porównaniu z rokiem 1800, pod koniec lat 90. XX wieku w USA przetrwało tylko 5% populacji zwierząt. Takie zmniejszenie liczebności doprowadziło do zagrożenia wymarciem tchórza czarnonogiego, który poluje na te zwierzęta.

Z uwagi na ukształtowane podczas życia w koloniach duże umiejętności społeczne oraz czytelną mowę ciała, od początku lat 90. XX wieku coraz częściej są udomawiane – najpierw w USA, a potem również w Europie. Udomawianie tych gryzoni przyczynia się do coraz większego nacisku opinii publicznej na wprowadzenie prawnej ochrony nieświszczuków.
W USA stwierdzono też, iż coraz częściej nieświszczuki potrafią się adaptować do życia w wielkich miastach, budując mniejsze kolonie na niezabudowanych obszarach miast.
Również w USA farmerzy coraz częściej zachowują "miasta" nieświszczuków, traktując je jako atrakcję turystyczną, pokazywaną odpłatnie przyjezdnym.

Systematyka

Etymologia
 Cynomys (Cynomomus):  kuōn, κυνος kunos "pies"; μυς mus, μυός muos "mysz".
 Monax:  "samotny". Gatunek typowy: Monax missouriensis  (= Arctomys ludoviciana ).
 Mamcynomiscus: modyfikacja zaproponowana przez meksykańskiego przyrodnika Alfonso Luisa Herrerę w 1899 roku polegająca na dodaniu do nazwy rodzaju przedrostka Mam (od Mammalia).
 Leucocrossuromys: gr. λευκος leukos "biały"; κροσσοι krossoi "frędzel"; ουρα oura "ogon"; μυς mus, μυός muos "mysz". Gatunek typowy: Spermophilus gunnisoni .

Podział systematyczny
Do rodzaju należą następujące występujące współcześnie gatunki:
 Cynomys parvidens  – nieświszczuk mały
 Cynomys gunnisoni  – nieświszczuk płowy
 Cynomys leucurus  – nieświszczuk białoogonowy
 Cynomys ludovicianus  – nieświszczuk czarnoogonowy
 Cynomys mexicanus  – nieświszczuk meksykański

Opisano również gatunki wymarłe z plejstocenu Stanów Zjednoczonych:
 Cynomys hibbardi
 Cynomys niobrarius
 Cynomys vetus

Nieświszczuki w kulturze masowej
 Nieświszczuki są pokazywane w pierwszych scenach filmu Indiana Jones i Królestwo Kryształowej Czaszki
 "Dramatic Prairie Dog" i "Dramatic Chipmunk" to tytuły przeróbek filmu pokazującego zaskoczonego nieświszczuka, umieszczane przez ich autorów na YouTube

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Pat Stroer (1996) Prairie Dog Pets. A Guide to Their Proper Care and Enjoyment. Wydane nakładem autorki
 Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (2006) Prairie Dogs. New York, Clarion Books
 Sharon L. Vanderlip. (2002) Prairie Dogs. New York, Barron's

Linki zewnętrzne
 Działania na rzecz ochrony piesków preriowych
 Najważniejsze pytania na temat piesków preriowych

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The Police program is for boys who are 11 years of ages, are at least ten years old as well as have actually finished the 5th quality, or go to least 10 years old as well as have gained the Arrowhead of Light rank as a Cub Precursor. The function of Young boy Scouting is the same as it is for Cub Precursors: in order to help boys turn into good citizens who are solid in character and also personally fit. Yet because they're older, Police have a program with even more and bigger difficulties. Boy Scouts work together in groups called patrols. The patrol leader is an older boy, not an adult. The Precursors in the patrol choose their patrol leader. Police have amazing outside tasks. It has been reported that he will be too engaged with exactly what he perceives as important events such as showing up on The View instead of to recognize The U.S.A.'s youth.
The police as well as families which are attending the jamboree will just need to be content with a video tape which Mr. Obama so kindly and attentively is submitting their way. Although Obama's routine has been cited as the prime reason for his lack of ability to participate in the get together it is likely that it also has something to do with the precursors prohibiting homosexuals from being scout leaders. Basically, his goal is primarily to avoid Police debate while he's trolling for ballots. Now in time President Obamas ratings are so reduced he cannot manage to anger one more group of past fans, besides 45,000 Precursors cannot vote yet so a look on the Sight means potential votes. They go on long camping trips and also long-distance hikes. They go canoeing and whitewater rafting, and extra. They removal via the Police rate is from Tenderfoot to Eagle Precursor.
When the Police of The U.S.A. changed its policies so as not to remove young scouts that are open about their positioning, those who object to sincerity and homosexuality alerted that there would be a mass exodus from the organization. In addition, a whole new group was produced to offer a home for youngsters who are not gay. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is the largest Looking organization in the United States of America and also one of the biggest youth organizations in the United States with greater than 2.4 million youth participants as well as nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910 and, since then, greater than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at a long time. The BSA belongs to the international Precursor Activity and also became a starting member organization of the Globe Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.
Even as it moves its plan on homosexual precursor leaders, there are still countless Americans today who do not meet among the fundamental demands to become scouts. The ballot by the Police of America's board to raise the company's restriction on gay scout leaders is just the most up to date phase in a long background of conflict over that qualities the right to wear the precursor attire. The Boy Scouts of The U.S.A. provides the country's primary young people program of character advancement as well as values-based leadership training, which aids young people be "Prepared. This scout's 100-year wedding anniversary timetable will certainly include a browse through to Washington DC as well as various other area tourist attractions. I am a firm believer that the training these young men receive in the Scouts provides them with the very best feasible preparations for the adult years. They learn self-reliance, engage with various other kids along with adults and are taught a wide range of abilities.


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Le canton de Metz-Ville-4 est une ancienne division administrative française située dans le département de la Moselle, en région Lorraine.

Géographie
Situé dans l'est de Metz, le canton regroupait les quartiers de Borny, de La Grange-aux-Bois, de Grigy-Technopôle et de Vallières-Les Bordes.

Histoire
Le canton est créé en 1982. Dans le cadre du redécoupage cantonal défini par la loi du , les cantons de la Moselle sont modifiés par le décret du . Les quatre cantons de Metz sont supprimés à partir de mars 2015 et leur territoire réparti en trois nouveaux cantons, appelés Metz-1, Metz-2 et Metz-3.

Administration

Composition
Le canton de Metz-Ville-4 se composait d'une fraction de la commune de Metz. Il compte  habitants (population municipale) au  janvier .

Démographie

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Cantons de la Moselle
 Canton de Metz-Ville-1
 Canton de Metz-Ville-2
 Canton de Metz-Ville-3
 Arrondissements de la Moselle
 Communes de la Moselle
 Liste des conseillers généraux de la Moselle

Liens externes

 Localisation du canton de Metz-Ville-4 sur une carte de France

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After months of speculation, 2013 well and truly got off with a bang following today's unveiling of one of the year's most exciting and eagerly awaited new issues – the UK Gold Proof Sovereign.
And after the change of reverse design on last year's Diamond Jubilee Sovereign (only the fourth ever in the coin's long and illustrious history), Benedetto Pistrucci's almost 200 year-old Sovereign design makes a welcome return in 2013.
For many collectors, Pistrucci's classical depiction of Saint George slaying the dragon remains the definitive Sovereign design; it has in fact appeared on the coinage of every British monarch since George III. Fittingly, it is also 60 years since the pair first appeared on the first Sovereigns of the Queen Elizabeth II's reign in 1953.
Struck in 22 Carat Gold to the highest proof finish by the master craftsmen of The Royal Mint, the Sovereign has long been considered Britain's most famous and sought-after coin.
Last year's Gold Proof Sovereign sold out in record time and it's widely anticipated that the 2013 coin will follow suit. There are however just 7,500 available worldwide so orders should be placed immediately.


A new partnership is set to develop an integrated health management service for older people living in London's Islington area, bringing care into the community.
University College London Hospitals, working with The Whittington Hospital and other chief care providers in the borough, has been consigned by Islington's Clinical Commissioning Group to form the Integrated Community Aging Team offering a multidisciplinary service to older residents.
The new facility, which trialled in mid-October, includes an initial two-hour assessment to evaluate physical, mental and social wellbeing, which is carried out in the patient's own home.
Bringing a thorough health service away from acute settings to home visits will be of particular benefit to patients who may be experiencing difficulties with mobility. At home, getting around is largely improved with stair lifts, but for many elderly patients, visiting the GP's offices can be challenging.
Analysing the results of the comprehensive health check, a programme of any necessary support or intervention is prepared by the members of the team. Depending on the individual's needs, this could include pharmacy or occupational therapy services or physiotherapy.
The scheme is expected to be especially important in improving frailty care in the area and where patients experience issues with balance and mobility hindering their ability to get out and socialise, ICAT will work to address this with local representatives of the charity Age UK.
ICAT's clinical lead, Dr Ruth Law, said: "We now have the resources to actively help and manage care for frail older people in the community, with much greater interaction between hospital and community teams.
"If patients do need to come into hospital those links with community colleagues mean we're benefiting from greater awareness and knowledge of patients, and assurance around how their care is continued after discharge."
The number of people in the area being cared for through this community initiative has meant that fewer cases are referred to the local hospitals and patients are able to maintain a level of comfort and independence by staying in their own homes.
So far the integrated care scheme has had positive feedback, with the collaborative approach to caring for older patients in Islington resulting in staff having had the opportunity to build better relationships with their patients and understand their individual needs to a greater extent.


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Lim Yung-hui, the WKBL's oldest baller, leaves the court
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Lim Yung-hui
Asan Woori Bank Wibee head coach Wie Sung-woo tears up while talking about Lim Yung-hui in a post-game interview after the team lost to the Yongin Samsung Blueminx on March 18. [YONHAP]
After 20 years as a professional player in the Women's Korean Basketball League (WKBL), Lim Yung-hui of the Asan Woori Bank Wibee finally hung up her jersey on March 18.
For the first 10 years of her career, Im was a little-known sixth woman, but she grew to become a crucial player both in the WKBL and on the national team.
By losing the third playoff game against the Yongin Samsung Blueminx 68-75 on March 18 in Asan, the Wibee completed their 2018-19 season.
As the Wibee had been dominating the WKBL regular season and the championship since the 2012-13 season, their elimination in the playoffs was a surprise. As well as failing to hold the title for a seventh-straight year, the Wibee's exit also meant an unexpectedly early finish to Lim's career.
Throughout her 20 seasons in the WKBL, Lim played in 600 games and averaged 8.74 points per game. In the playoffs, she played in 43 games and averaged 9.58 points per game.
"Even at 40, she still got yelled at by the coach, but she didn't say anything and just played," said head coach Wie Sung-woo. "When I think of Yung-hui, I always feel sorry and thankful. I'm just thankful that I met a player like Lim during my coaching career."
After a standout career at Masan Girls High School, Lim made her pro debut in 1999 with Gwangju Shinsegae, now the Bucheon KEB Hana Bank.
Despite the spotlight she received as an amateur, she quickly disappeared into the background and played mostly as sixth woman when Lim made her debut.
Things started to change when she joined the Wibee for the 2009-10 season, especially when Wie was appointed head coach in 2012.
Starting from the 2012-13 season, Lim and Park Hye-jin have led the Wibee to sweep the WKBL's regular season and championship. Following their success in the league, Lim started getting a reputation on the national team.
During the 2012-13 season, Lim won the MVP award for both the regular season and the championship, and in 2013-14, she again won the MVP for the championship series. In addition to the MVP awards, Lim was selected in the season's best five forwards for three years.
Most recently, Lim competed for the inter-Korean women's basketball team at the 2018 Asian Games, winning silver.
But it's not all about the awards.
This season, Lim played her 600th career match, a record for the WKBL. Her unparalleled professional career also earned her the respect of rival players — when the Wibee lost to the Blueminx, even the opposition players started getting emotional about Lim's retirement.
"To win against Woori Bank, Yung-hui was the player that we had to overcome," said Park Ha-na of the Blueminx. "After the game, Yung-hui told us to win [the championship]."
Even the Blueminx's head coach Im Geun-bae highly complimented Lim after the match, saying, "It's not an easy thing to maintain the top spot on the professional stage at 40. Yung-hui is a great player."
The Blueminx's Kim Han-byul said that Woori's early exit is a little disappointing, despite the Blueminx defeating them to advance to the championship. She didn't forget to thank Lim as she helped Kim a lot when playing together on the national team.
Judging by the comments of the coaches and players after the game, Lim truly was a respected player by many in the league and on the national team. However, Wie will now have to put aside his emotion and start thinking about next season.
"We'll prepare well for the next season and show that Woori Bank can be strong without Lim Yung-hui," Wie said.
Although Lim concluded her career as a player, she will still appear on the court in the upcoming season — she is continuing with the Wibee as part of the coaching staff.
BY KIM HEE-SEON [kang.yoorim@joongang.co.kr]


During my extended bout with the flu, I've been using my trusty Palm and the Baen Free Library to help take the edge off the virus invasion.
Most of Baen's catalog consists of competent military SF with some fantasy thrown in for good measure. While most of the books were highly enjoyable, and I did intend to post reviews of them, the virus host threw that idea into coulda shoulda land. So now that I'm feeling better, it's time to make up for it; the following is a series of mini reviews.
On Basilisk Station by David Weber: The first installment in the Honor Harrington series. Likable protagonist, well put-together universe, but suffers a bit from the über-greatness of Honor Harrington. Her only flaw is that she sometimes doubts herself (and apparently she had some problems with math at the Academy)–but apart from that, Honor is godlike, which gets a bit stale.
The Honor of the Queen by David Weber: The second installment in the Honor Harrington series. Better than On Basilisk Station–the universe feels a bit more "lived-in," and the interactions between Honor and the sexist pigs of Grayson yields some fun moments. Bonus points for letting her sense of duty seem a bit creepily compulsive at times.
The Apocalypse Troll by David Weber: Didn't make it through this one. Something about time travel completely turns me off, and when the characters start talking quantum mumble mumble to make it seem "scientific," well, bah. Apart from that, the characters are a bit shop worn, and while the Trolls are a pretty cool idea, it just seems that the human protagonists understand their twisted mentality too well.
Mutineer's Moon by David Weber: Really digging the concept in this one. I'm not going to spoil it, but it's a nifty idea. And there are lots of cyberpunk-y body enhancements going on. You can never go wrong with body enhancements. First in a series, so it ends mid-action. You can tell this is an earlier work, since while the battle sequences work well, the characterizations are flimsy and the embedded love story is absolutely cringe-worthy.
Oath of Swords by David Weber: Weber detours into fantasy and does a credible job of it. Not great but solid. It's always good to see an author do something interesting with the trolls, dwarves, and elves concept.
The War God's Own by David Weber: The follow-up to Oath of Swords follows the same characters as they delve deeper into the history of their world. Weber feels a bit more comfortable in the universe he's created in this one, but of course, it won't make any sense unless you've read the first installment.
Mother of Demons by Eric Flint: Good concept where a human colony ship is shipwrecked on a planet inhabited by interesting and–well, alien–aliens. Features a good, tight plot, fast-paced writing and interesting ideas.
A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo: Hard military SF in the grand old tradition, with lots of heavy weaponry and pretty well drawn characters.


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December 16, 2017 / 3:07 PM / 2 years ago
Factbox: Key figures in Austria's new coalition government
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's center-right People's Party (OVP) led by Sebastian Kurz and the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO) have agreed to form a coalition government.
Head of the Freedom Party (FPOe) Heinz-Christian Strache (L) and head of the People's Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz leave a news conference in Vienna, Austria, December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
The deal marks a major victory for a European far-right party after a flurry of elections this year, in which right-wing parties have made gains but failed to enter coalitions elsewhere in Western Europe.
Here are the main figures in the new government:
SEBASTIAN KURZ (OVP), CHANCELLOR
Kurz became a conservative junior minister at 23, Europe's youngest foreign minister at 27 and leader of the People's Party at 30, moving it further to the right of the political spectrum. He has yet to complete his law degree while he pursues politics.
An early critic of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-border policy as Europe's migration crisis escalated in 2015, he infuriated Berlin when he spearheaded the closure of the Balkan route into Europe.
Known for his slicked-back hair, he speaks eloquently but often eschews discussing policy details in public.
He won October's parliamentary elections promising to break with Austria's decades-old political consensus which shares power among conservatives, Social Democrats, labor and employer associations.
HEINZ-CHRISTIAN STRACHE (FPO), VICE-CHANCELLOR
The 48-year-old former dental technician is the longest-serving party chief in Austria and enters government for the first time.
During the campaign he accused Kurz of stealing the FPO's ideas, but Strache toned down his rhetoric during coalition negotiations stressing joint political targets.
Strache is keen on ridding his party of its neo-Nazi image, portraying it as a mainstream defender of the middle class. He has called for "zero immigration" and wants to ban political Islam.
KARIN KNEISSL (FPO REPRESENTATIVE), FOREIGN MINISTRY
The multilingual Middle East and international law expert got her new job on an FPO ticket. She has never been a member of the FPO, which has expressed sympathy for Israel's desire to host embassies in Jerusalem and has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin's party.
Kneissl, 52, has criticized Merkel's open-door policy toward refugees and has called the European Union's migrant deal with Turkey "nonsense" in newspaper comments.
Kneissl, who owns a farm in Lower Austria province, worked in the foreign ministry under a conservative minister in the 1990s.
HERBERT KICKL (FPO), INTERIOR MINISTRY
The Freedom Party's general secretary is seen as its mastermind and powerbroker who wields influence in all party matters.
The 49-year-old future police supremo, who started his career as speechwriter for charismatic late FPO chief Joerg Haider, is known for his sharp tongue.
The political hardliner has been a member of parliament for more than a decade.
MARIO KUNASEK (FPO), DEFENSE MINISTRY
The hardliner inherits a legal dispute with Europe's largest aerospace company Airbus over a 2003 fighter jet purchase and will soon have to decide how to modernize the neutral country's aerial defenses.
Kunasek, 41, called for a night-time curfew for asylum seekers in 2016 and curbing asylum seekers' access to health services in 2015, according to human rights group SOS Mitmensch.
Last year, he published an article in Die Aula, a magazine linked to Austria's right-wing extremist scene, according to the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance that researches the far right.
HARTWIG LOEGER (OVP), FINANCE MINISTRY
Loeger has no university degree, but over 30 years of experience in the insurance sector, where he has been the chief executive of Uniqa's Austrian unit since 2013. The 52-year-old manager, a surprise ministerial appointee who has not held public office before, enjoys sports and art.
GERNOT BLUEMEL (OVP), CHANCELLERY MINISTRY
A close ally of Kurz's, whom he knows from their time in the conservatives' youth wing, 36-year-old Bluemel studied philosophy in Austria and France, focusing on "Christian social teachings".
After various posts in the party he became chief of the conservatives in Vienna, a traditional Social Democratic stronghold, in 2015. He is in charge of the party's media portfolio.
Reporting by Kirsti Knolle, Shadia Nasralla. Editing by Jane Merriman


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Failures of Authoritarian Governance in Egypt
Apr 28, 2021 Khalil Al-Anani
On March 23, the world's attention turned to Egypt as traffic in the strategic Suez Canal was disrupted after the 400-meter container ship, the Ever Given, ran aground in heavy wind. The crisis, which lasted for almost six days until the stranded ship was freed, raised questions not only about the size of the canal—one of the most important international trade routes—and its ability to accommodate large ships and containers, but also about the efficiency and capabilities of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), which is responsible for managing and running the canal. The situation also calls into question the competency of Egypt's authoritarian regime and its ability to run the country, which is being tested daily in sectors such health care, education, and transportation.
Incompetent Authoritarianism
The Ever Given incident exposed Egypt's authoritarian failure. The canal, which connects the Mediterranean and Red seas, is considered one of the most important channels around the world. It is the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia. Approximately12 percent of total global trade passes through the Suez Canal, one million barrels of oil per day, and about 8 percent of liquefied natural gas.
The Ever Given crisis caused many losses to Egypt, internally and externally. First, as one of the most important sources of national income for Egypt, the Suez Canal contributes 2 percent of Egypt's gross domestic product. According to Egypt's official data, the annual revenue of the Suez Canal reached about $5.6 billion in 2020, despite the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some estimate Egypt's loss from this Suez Canal crisis as $1 billion. Egypt reportedly seized the ship for weeks after the incident and called the Japanese owner to ask for compensation for these losses.
The incident has greatly affected Egypt's image globally and raised questions about its ability to provide efficient management of the waterway.
Second, the incident has greatly affected Egypt's image globally and raised questions about its ability to provide efficient management of the waterway. Hence, it was not surprising that the event provoked an unprecedented number of jokes and memes about the ship and Egypt's management of the crisis.
Third, the canal episode reignited the debate over the need for alternative maritime and trade routes to replace the Suez Canal, either through Russia, Israel, or Iran.
Noteworthy was the lack of local news coverage of the ship's running aground and its aftermath. To be sure, such issues represent a red line for the local press, which does not dare publish news about the Suez Canal that the regime considers to be a matter of national security. The first news about the incident came from the foreign press. In fact, under Sisi's repressive regime that targets freedom of expression and arrests dissident journalists, it is difficult to obtain accurate information about such emergencies. Ironically, a few days into the crisis, local Egyptian media reported inaccurate and false information that the ship was freed when, in fact, it was still stuck in the canal.
Deceptive Indicators
The Egyptian government has attempted to take credit for its economic achievements over the past few years and particularly in the pre COVID-19 era, when the economic growth rate in fiscal year 2018-2019 reached 5.6 percent and the unemployment rate fell to 7.2 percent in FY 2020-2021, according to the World Bank. But a closer look at these numbers reveals that they are deceptive and inaccurate. On the one hand, the high growth rate is not due to the increase in industrial production or the growth of the services sector, which would create more job opportunities for Egyptians. Instead, it is generated mainly from mega projects, implemented by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi's government, which serve a minority of rich Egyptians; these include the New Administrative Capital project that was launched in 2015 at a cost of $45 billion, mostly from foreign loans and investments.
The high rate of economic growth and other positive economic indicators do not trickle down to ordinary Egyptians, who suffer from poor standards of living and face many challenges in the health care, education, and transportation sectors.
On the other hand, the high rate of economic growth and other positive economic indicators do not trickle down to ordinary Egyptians, who suffer from poor standards of living and face many challenges in the health care, education, and transportation sectors. According to numerous reports, nearly one third of Egypt's 100 million population lives below the poverty line, which is set at about $2 a day. In addition, according to Egyptian official data, the poverty rate in Egypt is still high, having reached about 29.7 percent in 2020; this is despite the decrease from the previous year when the rate was around 32.5 percent. It is thus not a surprise that Egypt witnessed sporadic protests among the middle and poor classes, even in the face of regime repression and intimidation.
Additionally, the gap between the rich and poor is increasing greatly. The middle and poor classes are paying the cost of austerity measures and economic and financial reforms implemented by Sisi's government over the past seven years in order to obtain aid and external loans, especially from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The impact of these measures on ordinary Egyptians has become intolerable because of the decrease in public expenditures, the devaluation of the Egyptian currency, and the high inflation rate.
Over the last few years, Egypt witnessed a steady decrease in foreign direct investment, which reached its lowest level during the first quarter of 2021—it decreased by 33 percent, according to data1 from the Central Bank of Egypt. Perhaps one of the reasons for this decline is concern regarding economic intervention by the military, which creates fears among foreign investors. As is well known, the Egyptian military is a major economic actor, controlling different industries and playing a direct role in nearly all public projects in the country.
Finally, it is important to emphasize that many of the major projects implemented by Sisi's government are based on external borrowing and loans from foreign countries and international institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. This policy has raised Egypt's external debt to unprecedented levels, as it recently reached more than $125 billion.
Ongoing Tragedies
On April 18, a tragic accident occurred in Egypt, in which 11 people were killed and 98 injured when a train derailed in the city of Toukh, north of Cairo. A few weeks earlier, there was another terrible accident when two trains collided near the city of Tahta in Upper Egypt, killing 32 people and wounding about 162 others. Although Egypt has one of the oldest railways in the Middle East, which was established in 1834, the system is one of the most vulnerable and underfunded because there is no official interest in developing it or modernizing its equipment and methods of operation. Sisi was once caught in a video2 expressing this lack of enthusiasm for government investment in the railway sector. Train accidents in Egypt have now become the norm, as hardly a month or sometimes a week passes without an accident in which many innocent people are killed or injured. Although Egypt has achieved infamy for train accidents during the past three decades, these tragedies have multiplied significantly in recent years. According to official statistics, the year 2017 alone witnessed approximately 1,657 train accidents, an increase of about 1,249 from the year before.
Train accidents in Egypt have now become the norm, as hardly a month or sometimes a week passes without an accident in which many innocent people are killed or injured.
Ironically, Sisi's government is planning to develop a new 1,000-km high-speed electric railway network linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, between the cities of Ain Sokhna and New Alamein, at a cost of about $23 billion. This reflects a major flaw in the spending priorities of Sisi's government: instead of modernizing the existing railways that serve middle and poor classes, billions of dollars will be wasted on a train that only serves the wealthy class.
In addition, the Egyptian government has failed miserably in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, whether due to the lack of adequate health services for the cases of infection or the failure to provide the necessary support for medical staff. Over 13,000 people have lost their lives to the virus in Egypt, where there are about 223,514 cases of COVID-19, according to World Health Organization data. In fact, there are many doubts about the accuracy of these figures and the public does not trust them because of the lack of transparency of the Egyptian government.
More importantly, the mortality rate due to COVID-19 among medical staff and health service providers is unparalleled. As of April 27, 488 doctors in Egypt have lost their lives to COVID-19, according to the Egyptian Medical Syndicate's most recent statistics.3 Last January, a tragedy occurred in an Egyptian hospital where four COVID-19 patients died due to a shortage of oxygen in an intensive care unit at El Husseineya Central Hospital located in Al-Sharqiya governorate.
The Egyptian government has also failed to provide vaccines to its people. So far, only 0.1 percent of Egyptians have been vaccinated—a very small number in a population of about 100 million people. It is striking that last year, Egypt received billions of dollars from the IMF to deal with the repercussions of COVID-19. The World Bank also providedmillions of dollars for a project to modernize the Egyptian health system, but no one knows where this money has gone.
Neither Food nor Freedom
When President Sisi came to power in 2014, he promised Egyptians that their country would become prosperous within a few years. However, the current reality shows that Egypt has been facing a number of socioeconomic challenges as evidenced by the deterioration in the most basic services. That happened despite the financial support that Sisi obtained since the coup of July 2013, especially from Gulf Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which poured billions of dollars to Sisi's regime in order to preclude democratic change in Egypt. Since Sisi took power, living conditions have worsened and Egyptians have begun to question his government about the fate of this money, how and where it was spent, and whether or not the average citizen benefited from it. It is thus not surprising that many Egyptians, particularly the youth, are disenchanted with the Sisi government's failures and are using social media to demand its dissolution.
Like other authoritarian regimes, the Sisi regime attempts to trade freedoms and human rights for development and stability. Sisi has repeatedly asked his fellow Egyptians to be patient and bear the socioeconomic difficulties, promising them a fruitful future. However, seven years into his reign, Egyptians have neither seen meaningful development nor gained personal freedoms and respect for human rights.
1 Source is in Arabic.
Khalil Al-Anani
@Khalilalanani
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Thanks for the reply. I read you had the same problem in the main post, and tried exactly what you mention. Unfortunately i'm still having the same problem. I can get into FTP no probs, just netcat wont work for me.
Just playing around with now but having issues getting it to connect. Probably using the wrong command. Will work it out eventually..
Cheers. Now just to work out how to use netcat with windows 8. Thanks again for the advice.
I have rooted my F6400 and have FTP and telnet access. Are the execute commands run through telnet or SSH, as i am having problems connected through SSH.


Several years ago, when I went to make my dairy-free, egg-less chocolate cake recipe, I discovered I was out of baking soda. (The recipe called for baking soda and red cider vinegar.) I looked online to find the substitution measurement of baking powder vs. baking soda so I could use what I had on hand in the kitchen: baking powder.
On a cooking site (forgive me, I'm not sure which one it was), they recommend using 3 tsp. of baking powder to replace the 1 tsp. of baking soda (minus the vinegar).
'Lo and behold!! My cake was as high, if not a little higher with only 2 tsp. of baking powder versus the 3 tsp. I've used all this time! I was pleasantly surprised!
55 mg of sodium per 1/8 tsp. = 440 mg of sodium per 1 tsp.
I was using 3 tsps. so…3 x 440 = 1320 mg sodium for a single-layer 9-inch cake!
Granted, you don't eat one entire cake in one sitting but still, that's a lot of sodium. I broke that down to 220 mg per slice out of 6 generous slices, (remember, it's only a one layer cake).
Versus: 2 x 440 = 880 mg sodium. That's about 147 mg of sodium per slice using the 6 generous slices example.
Now for the fun, money-saving part!
The container says there are 383 servings per container. Remember, the servings are 1/8 tsp., so 383 divided by 8 = 47.875 or about 48 tsps. of baking powder per container. If you use 3 tsps. each time, you get 16 single-layer cake uses out of one container.
However…if you use 2 tsps. each time, you get to bake 24 single-layer cakes instead of 16 out of the same amount of baking powder from the same container!!! 🙂 Woo-hoo! 8 more cakes before I need to buy another container of baking powder!
In times like these, I'll take that savings! 🙂 LOL Life's simplest pleasures.
Recipe: Pasta and Hot Dogs?
I learned this recipe in my Home Economics cooking class (remember those?) way back in high school. I've made one or two adjustments over the years to make it my own. One adjustment is that I serve the grated cheese on the side for myself and my husband because our son is allergic to dairy, (allergic not lactose intolerant, two very different things).
I'm also not one for hot dogs but when they're grilled, I do like them and I buy the "purest" form of them: pure beef, no fillers, little or no preservatives. We always grill extra so we have something for breakfast (my son eats leftover dinners for breakfast all the time), or lunch the next day. The green pepper and the beef hot dogs are strong flavors so they need a sauce to match them. I have found that this dish works better with a richer sauce rather than a marinara. Enjoy!
Pasta with caramelized onions, green peppers and hot dogs.
Takes about 30 minutes to make. Serves 4-6 people.
Onions are translucent and beginning to caramelize! Yum!
Fill large pot with cool water for pasta and begin to bring to boil.
Chop onion and set aside.
Check skillet. If hot enough, swirl olive oil into the skillet, lightly covering the bottom. Add onions and lightly sprinkle with sea salt and ground pepper. Saute onions until translucent and beginning to caramelize, about 5-10 minutes.
Add green peppers, season and stir.
Chop green pepper. Add green pepper to skillet when onions begin to brown.
About this time, the water should be boiling. Pour dried pasta into boiling water, sprinkle with sea salt and a dollop of olive oil (keeps pasta from sticking together) and cook per instructions.
Slice leftover grilled hot dogs and add them to the skillet once the green peppers are beginning to soften.
Had a little incident with the olive oil jar, so there's more oil in here than I usually use.
Brown the hot dogs on both sides, about 5-7 minutes.
Carefully pour 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 jars of prepared 7-herbed spaghetti sauce into the skillet mixture. Once boiling, lower the heat to 2 or 3 (low) and stir often for 5-7 minutes.
Before draining pasta, spoon 1-2 large spoonfuls of pasta water into the skillet mixture. This really does make a difference and helps the sauce stick to the pasta.
Drain pasta and add to skillet mixture. Mix thoroughly and simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
After adding sauce, bring to boil and lower to simmer.
Add cooked pasta and voila!
Serving suggestion: Serve with your favorite fresh salad. Enjoy!
Top with grated cheese for dairy-eaters.
Please note: I have a very light hand when it comes to salting our food. I have found sea salt is not only better for you (your body processes it easier than table salt and it provides more minerals, nutrients), but it is more flavorful so you don't need to use as much. So, when I say sprinkle, I mean tiny sprinkle. You can adjust to your own taste, of course.


This position is split between building inspector and code enforcement officer. The candidate will be responsible for code compliance inspections for both residential and commercial structures. Candidate will ensure code compliance during project site visits during various phases of construction. Candidate must be able to interpret construction drawings, have an excellent oral and written communication skill set. Candidates perform duties as code enforcement officers. Performing inspections related to the Town's ordinances, investigating alleged violations, issuing citations, and coordinating with other departments and agencies. Combination Building/Code Enforcement Officer position duties are performed with limited supervision. Candidate will be required to become proficient with the various software's utilized by the department. Detailed report writing is a must. During major storm events, the candidate will be required to be placed in an "on-call" status and will be a member of the damage assessment team.
Conducts research to facilitate departmental operations, which include: locating parcel data, gathering information for court cases, conducting ordinance review, and permit research.
Prepare and maintain accurate records of inspections, court cases, and violation citations issued.
Responds to and investigates alleged violations of state laws, town ordinances, and codes related to public health nuisances.
Performs both residential and commercial building inspections.
Prioritizes works schedule, performs follow-up inspections to ensure compliance with applicable building codes.
Coordinates with other departments and agencies when necessitated due to circumstances of present at the time.
Is an active participant in all departmental meetings.
Required to maintain a current level of technical expertise as new code editions are made available.
Performs other assigned duties as needed.
This position reports to the Development Services Manager.
How to apply: Applications are available online here. Forward resume and application to attn.: Bruce Spicher, Development Services Manager at bspicher@kiawahisland.org or 4475 Betsy Kerrison Pkwy, Kiawah Island, SC 29455. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.
EOE Disclaimer Town of Kiawah Island is an Equal Opportunity Employer.