Nissan's Colin Dodge: "The factory within a factory is the ultimate lean production system."
Karmann soon won't be the only supplier with a factory within Nissan's Sunderland, England, assembly plant.
Other parts makers will join Karmann inside the plant as Nissan pushes to boost the plant's production 25 percent to 400,000 units by adding three models by late 2006.
Magna Kansei and Calsonic Kansei will be inside the plant when production of the Tone small minivan starts in January.
Positioned along the assembly line, Magna Kansei will supply cockpit modules and Calsonic Kansei will provide front-end modules. The production start in December 2006 of the crossover based on the Qashqai concept, code-named P32L, likely will see more suppliers enter the Nissan factory.
"The factory within a factory is the ultimate lean production system conceivable," says Colin Dodge, managing director of Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK.
"The most important thing for me is the quality feedback of the system. It's the most unsophisticated but effective system: You just shout to the supplier when you've got a problem. It does away with other reporting systems and analysis."
Lear Corp. is believed to be close to a location decision for a new 100,000-square-foot plant in Sunderland.
Local industrial real estate specialists claim that five or six more suppliers are looking for sites ranging in size from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet.
"As part of the Nissan Integrated Management System, we are actively talking to other Sunderland suppliers with a view to integrating production and to ensure we maintain the highest quality levels into the future," says Trevor Mann, deputy managing director of Nissan Motor Manufacturing U.K.
Dodge says he also wants to see the current minimal inventory reduced further and the dozens of daily delivery truck movements around the plant eliminated. To facilitate the change, existing main production lines will be shortened and individual stations will be made more compact and user-friendly. Dodge likens the changes to introducing a "fishbonelike" structure within the plant, with suppliers connecting directly to the main spine of the assembly line.


freebsd-net - Bridges on VLAN-tagged interfaces.
for a Xen VM, but we're a long way off that).
can't get a bridge that has a vlan tagged interface on it to work.
Clearly, I'm doing something wrong (being new to FreeBSD) but what?
I'm trying to add a vlan tagged interface to a bridge.
bridge0 has an IP address that pings just fine.
If I put an IP address on that, it pings just fine.
If I now put an IP on that bridge instead of re0.33, it does not ping.
address (in this case 192.168.33.20).
There are no firewalls involved at all here.
might interfere for the time being.
bridges: vm-bhyve and that didn't create working bridges either.
of how to configure networking on FreeBSD, or I've come across some kind of bug?
Any pointers very gratefully received.
Re: Bridges on VLAN-tagged interfaces.
have you done an "ifconfig up" for the physical interface?
ifconfig_vlan11="up vlan 11 vlandev ixl0"
> have you done an "ifconfig up" for the physical interface?
> ifconfig_vlan11="up vlan 11 vlandev ixl0"
> If I now put an IP on that bridge instead of re0.33, it does not ping.
> it's own address (in this case 192.168.33.20).
If I read it corretcly, all you get are ethernet broadcast frames.
must be in PROMISC mode.
and file a bug reports probably.
>> If I now put an IP on that bridge instead of re0.33, it does not ping.
>> ping it's own address (in this case 192.168.33.20).
> If I read it corretcly, all you get are ethernet broadcast frames.
> verified to be announced.
> re0.33 must be in PROMISC mode.
done by ifconfig(8)'s "addm" command.
vlan clone and I have no idea if "addm" respects it, in case it is involved.
permanent promisc mode and see if you can see unicast frames afterwards.
> > If I now put an IP on that bridge instead of re0.33, it does not ping.
> > it's own address (in this case 192.168.33.20).
> must be in PROMISC mode.
> and file a bug reports probably.
promisc on an interface. Thank YOU!
>>> If I now put an IP on that bridge instead of re0.33, it does not ping.
>>> own address (in this case 192.168.33.20).
>> If I read it corretcly, all you get are ethernet broadcast frames.
>> be in PROMISC mode.
> by ifconfig(8)'s "addm" command.
> clone and I have no idea if "addm" respects it, in case it is involved.
> promisc mode and see if you can see unicast frames afterwards.
case), then configure an IP on bridge0 and get both (!) to ping.
I would have sworn I had tried this and it hadn't worked, but alas, it now does.
I now have a bridge0 on re0.33 which works, great.
hey presto, that IP pings, but the IP on bridge0 on VLAN 33 stops pinging.
doesn't get any IP traffic any more.
both of them ping, too.
vlan tagged interfaces from working.
>>>> If I now put an IP on that bridge instead of re0.33, it does not ping.
>>>> own address (in this case 192.168.33.20).
>>> If I read it corretcly, all you get are ethernet broadcast frames.
>>> must be in PROMISC mode.
>> by ifconfig(8)'s "addm" command.
>> clone and I have no idea if "addm" respects it, in case it is involved.
>> permanent promisc mode and see if you can see unicast frames afterwards.
> I now have a bridge0 on re0.33 which works, great.
> I now configure a bridge1 which contains re0 and put an IP on that bridge, and hey presto, that IP pings, but the IP on bridge0 on VLAN 33 stops pinging.
>> I now have a bridge0 on re0.33 which works, great.
>> I now configure a bridge1 which contains re0 and put an IP on that bridge, and hey presto, that IP pings, but the IP on bridge0 on VLAN 33 stops pinging.


RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that Laminate Technologies (LamTech), a manufacturer of customized laminated panels and fabricated components, will invest in excess of $2 million to establish an operation in Henry County, creating a minimum of 30 new jobs. The company is a supplier to many area kitchen cabinet manufacturers, and the Martinsville - Henry County location is strategically located to better serve its markets. Virginia successfully competed against North Carolina for the project.
Speaking about today's announcement, Governor McDonnell said, "This project is a great example of established companies attracting potential suppliers and building on an industry. With its first Virginia operation Laminate Technologies will supply regional cabinet manufacturers, adding to the already impressive wood products cluster in the Martinsville - Henry County area. The region continues to rebound economically, and I congratulate all involved on 30 jobs and a new corporate partner."
"We thank LamTech for choosing Virginia for its new Mid-Atlantic manufacturing operation," said Jim Cheng, Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade. "Henry County was the right choice for the company, as it provides a strategic, convenient location and offers an available facility that meets the company's needs. I have every confidence that the region will be a great fit, and look forward to the company thriving in the Commonwealth."
Founded as a privately held company in 1985, Laminate Technologies continues today under the same private ownership and leadership. LamTech has risen to become one of the largest, privately held custom laminators/ fabricators in the United States. Its primary mission is to provide creative solutions to the laminating and fabricating needs of its customers, delivering quality products and services that are unparalleled in the industry.
"After a careful evaluation of various sites in North Carolina and Virginia, and numerous visits to both regions, it became clear that Virginia was the clear choice," said Fred Zoeller, President & CEO, Laminate Technologies. "The people in the Economic Development Department and the overall attitude from those whom we visited within the state department were all great and very helpful. The overall support that we received from the people of Martinsville - Henry County, along with their continued cooperation in helping us locate an essential rail siding, is fantastic. Again, the choice was overwhelming that Martinsville - Henry County and the Commonwealth of Virginia would be the home for our 4th operation."
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation to secure the project for Virginia. Governor McDonnell approved a $50,000 grant from the Governor's Opportunity Fund to assist Henry County with the project. The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission approved $110,000 in Tobacco Region Opportunity Funds for the project. Through its Virginia Jobs Investment Program, the Virginia Department of Business Assistance will provide funding and services to support the Company's recruitment and training activities.
"We are thrilled that LamTech has chosen to locate in Henry County," said Jim Adams, Chairman of the Henry County Board of Supervisors. "Our citizens have a rich history of hard work and dedication to the craft, and LamTech recognized that. This is a great day for our residents."
"Another great day for Henry County-30 new jobs and $2 million investment," said Virginia State Delegate and Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission member Danny Marshall. "We want to thank the management of Laminate Technologies for having the confidence in our people and area. I know that 30 of our people will work hard to make Laminate Technologies' Henry County location a successful business. The Tobacco Commission's goal is to help bring good jobs to our area. We were glad we could be a positive part of this project."


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Communication Theory x
Language and Social Interaction x
Rhetorical Theory x
Nathan A. Crick
When John Dewey announced that communication was the most wonderful of all affairs, he recognized the centrality of communication within the tradition of American pragmatism. In other traditions of philosophy, such as idealism or empiricism, communication certainly played a role, but usually it was a secondary function of transmitting ideas from one mind to another. In idealism, ideas were discovered through intuitive revelation of the whole and only later expressed through transcendent eloquence, whereas in empiricism, particular data was attained purely by the senses and communication served a kind of documentary function of fact gathering. Pragmatism, however, inverted this traditional hierarchy. By arguing that the meaning of our ideas was only found in their effects and consequences in experience, particularly those consequences brought about through shared experience, pragmatists made communication both the origin and consummation of knowledge—regardless if that knowledge was practical, scientific, aesthetic, or social. Consequently, pragmatists believed that improving the quality of communication practices was central to improving not only the state of knowledge but the quality of our experience living together in a common world.
Rhetorical Approaches to Health and Medicine
Jennifer A. Malkowski, J. Blake Scott, and Lisa Keränen
Rhetoric, commonly understood as the art, practice, and analysis of persuasion, has longstanding connections to medicine and health. Rhetorical scholars, or rhetoricians, have increasingly applied rhetorical theories, concepts, and methods to the texts, contexts, discourses, practices, materials, and digital and visual artifacts related to health and medicine. As an emerging interdisciplinary subfield, the rhetoric of health and medicine seeks to uncover how symbolic patterns shape thought and action in health and medical texts, discourses, settings, and materials. In practice, rhetoricians who study health and medicine draw from the standard modes of rhetorical analysis, such as rhetorical criticism and rhetorical historiography, as well as from social science methods—including participant observation, interviewing, content analysis, and visual mapping—in order to deepen understanding of how language functions across health and medical objects, issues, and discussions. The objects of analysis for rhetorical studies of health and medicine span medical research, education, and clinical practice from laboratory notes to provider–patient interaction; health policymaking and practice from draft policies through standards of care; public health texts and artifacts; consumer health practices and patient advocacy on- and offline; public discourses about disease, death, bodies, illness, wellness, and health; online and digital health information; popular entertainments and medical dramas; and alternative and complementary medicine. Despite its methodological breadth, rhetorical approaches to science and medicine consistently involve the systematic examination and production of symbolic exchanges occurring across interactional, institutional, and public contexts to determine how individuals and groups create knowledge, meanings, identities, understandings, and courses of action about health and illness.

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Microbial & Environmental Biotechnology
Dr. Yashpal Singh Malik
Address : Dean, College of Animal Biotechnology
Email: deancoabt@gmail.com; malikyps@gmail.com
Brief Introduction :
Prof (Dr) Yashpal Singh Malik served as ICAR-National Fellow at the premier Veterinary Institute of the country- Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar India from 2014-2020. Prof Malik is a graduate of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. He is having rich experience in Veterinary Microbiology and Biotechnology. Prof Malik did his post doctorate in Molecular Virology at University of Minnesota, USA and acquired advanced trainings in Virology at University of Ottawa, Canada, and Wuhan Institute of Virology, China. Prof Malik has been to The United States of America, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Belarus, Belgium, Sweden, and People's Republic of China for representing India in scientific arena. Prof Malik is a member of International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) on Birnaviridae and Picobirnaviridae study group and a managing committee member of World Society for Virology (USA).
Prof Malik is recipient of the prestigious ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award; distinguished Associateships/ Membership of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and National Academy of Veterinary Sciences. Prof Malik has been endowed with Fellowships of Academy of Microbiological Sciences (AMSc), Biotech Research Socity (BRSI), Society of Immunology and Immunopathology (SIIP), Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiology, Immunology and Specialists of Infectious Diseases (IAVMI), Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists (IAVPHS), National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB), International Science Congress Association (ISCA), Fellow Academy for Environment and Life Sciences (AELS), Fellow Society of Applied Biotechnology (SAB) and Fellow Indian Virology Society (IVS). Prof Malik has developed several technologies and diagnostic kits and has two National patents to his credit. He has authored 7 books and published around 227 scientific research articles in peer reviewed journals of high impact factor. His h index is 42 and RG score 41. Prof Malik has supervised 5 Ph.D. and 18 Master's degree students for their thesis research. He has been reviewer for many reckoned Indian and International Journals like Lancet, Journal of Virological Methods, Vet. Microbiology, Archives of Virology, Infection, Genetics and Evolution, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, VirusDisease, Indian Journal of Microbiology, Indian Journal of Animal Science, etc.
Prof Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Immunology Immunopathology and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology and Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences. Prof Malik is on advisory board of several professional academic societies including Indian Virological Society where he is serving as "Secretary General" and "Secretary" in World Society for Virology.


What Are the Best and Worst Jobs for Your Health?
Most of us probably never stop to consider if what we do for a living is healthy for us or not.
According to reports by career advice agencies such as Monster.com and CareerBliss.com, people who work as fitness instructors have one of the healthiest jobs out there today. It's not just because they are physically active in their work, either. It seems these positions offer positive interactions with others, as well as creativity, and flexibility in schedule.
Other careers that appear to be good for a person's health are those where employees work for companies that hold people accountable for the work they produce, more so than the hours they spend in the office. According to reports, a career in software engineering can often provide an employee with that luxury.
Some of the worst jobs for a person's health are painfully obvious. Both firefighters and police officers rank high on the list, as well as desk jockeys who live their sedentary lifestyle inside a cubicle all day.
Those holding manual labor positions are also at risk for unhealthy work since a reported 65,040 cases of injuries and illness among laborers was reported in 2010. They are followed closely behind lawyers, and healthcare shift workers.
Which do you have – one of the best or worst jobs for your health?
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Shelbourne Park is one of the worst tracks in Ireland for greyhound injuries and deaths.
According to sickening Irish Greyhound Board statistics, at least 146 greyhounds suffered injuries there and 36 were destroyed by a track vet over the past four years alone.
This includes 41 injuries and 12 deaths last year.
At tracks around Ireland in the past four years, 1,559 greyhounds suffered injuries and 506 were killed. The Irish Greyhound Board figures are based on "reported" injuries and deaths, suggesting that the actual number could be even higher. They do not include the greyhounds injured at tracks and later killed elsewhere, or the thousands of greyhounds who go missing each year – presumed killed when found to be too slow to win races.


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Q: Specifying LME Model using lme4 with nested and crossed fixed effects I have the following study design:

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*3 factors ($F_1,F_2,F_3$), where $F_1$ has 5 levels and both $F_2$ and $F_3$ have 6 levels (so 180 "conditions" in total)

*$F_2$ and $F_3$ are nested in $F_1$ and are crossed (so this is a split-plot design with 5 plots, each containing a 6*6 matrix of subplots)

*The levels of each factor are categorical, and the response is measured on a continuous but bounded 100 point scale (0-100).

51 participants were assigned 30 random levels of $F_2$ (from any level of $F_1$), where for a given level ($l$), the participant provided 6 responses: one for each level of $F_3$ that is crossed with $F_{1F2_l}$. Therefore each participant provided 180 responses in total.
I have 9126 responses in total, averaging approximately 50 for each condition (it is slightly unbalanced across both participant and conditions due to measurement errors).
I am trying to model this data for inference purposes using lme4, however I have a few questions:

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*How to specify the model? My understanding is a bit shaky and I'm not sure from reading Bates (2014, Fitting linear mixed-effects models using lme4). Is this correct? resp ~ F1/F2 + F1/F3 + (1|participant)

*Using the model above, I see significant interactions between $F_1$-$F_2$ and $F_1$-$F_3$, as expected, but I want to know about the effect of each $F_2$ and $F_3$ within each level of $F_1$, and the above specified model doesn't give me that...

*An aside - is it ok to use a linear model with a bounded continuous DV? Looking at the data, participants tend to use the extremes of the range quite a lot. The range of the residuals is the same across all fitted values, but the mean residual decreases as the fitted value increases.

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En 1965, la société 3M commercialise un lecteur de cartouches audio de très grand format, le 3M Cantata. Les cartouches sont destinées à diffuser de la musique dans les lieux publics, pendant une longue durée. De par la longueur exceptionnelle de la bande, la très faible vitesse de défilement et l'intégration d'un système autoreverse, le tout permettant une diffusion de musique ininterrompue pendant plus de vingt heures, elles restent en usage de leur sortie jusqu'au début des années 1990.

Le 3M Cantata est livré avec une cartouche proposant 700 morceaux courts de style muzak, une musique d'ambiance sans prétention artistique, d'une durée d'environ 27 heures et intitulée Variety Library. D'autres cartouches ont été commercialisées par la suite : chansons de Noël, musique country, etc.

Principe

Le support retenu pour le Cantata mélange plusieurs autre technologies : s'il est un type de cartouche audio, le Cantata se rapproche des cassettes en ce sens que la cartouche ne contient non pas une seule bande sans fin mais deux bobines de magnétophone traditionnel au format un quart de pouce. Contrairement aux « cassettes » de type RCA tape cartridge et cassette audio Philips, les bandes ne sont pas disposées côte-à-côte mais sont superposées. Lorsque la bobine supérieure est totalement déroulée, la tête de lecture se déplace verticalement pour se positionner devant la bobine inférieure et la lecture reprend en sens inverse. La qualité sonore est médiocre du fait du défilement très lent, et le son est uniquement monophonique.

En 1970, 3M propose le Cantata MkII, un modèle plus compact avec des cartouches elles aussi plus petites, le tout uniquement disponible à la location.

Notes et références

Articles connexes
 Bande magnétique
 Cassette audio
 Cartouche audio

Enregistrement sonore
Format musical
Produit lancé en 1965

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Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has said his administration will continue to discharge its salary obligations to over 24,000 civil servants working in core ministries in the state and promised to pay December salaries for them to have a memorable Christmas celebration.
The governor in an exclusive interview with ABN TV said he will also continue to support workers in departments and agencies through subventions to keep them afloat.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu
He however charged revenue-generating agencies to be prudent in the management of their resources so as to be able to cater for their salaries without looking at the direction of the state government.
He tasked them to drive their agencies with private sector mentality to function optimally.
"Abia workers will be paid their salaries, I pray and hope that I will have enough to appreciate them and give them more than their salaries" he said.
While the core civil servants in various ministries in the state account for about 24,000 out of 27,000 civil servants, the rest are from departments and agencies, the governor said.
He said none of the 24,000 are owed anything in form of salary and that their Christmas salaries will come.
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F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn [Xbox 360] – Review
December 21, 2019 John	Leave a comment
With F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, I thought Monolith Productions developed a sequel that was more focused on action than horror. It was a fine game, and enjoyable for many reasons, but I still found it somewhat disappointing compared to the original. Unsurprisingly, the expansion F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn continued down this path. Released on September 3, 2009, roughly seven months after the base game, Reborn had a novel premise but was too brief to serve as anything other than a narrative introduction to F.E.A.R. 3.
Instead of controlling the Point Man, or another member of F.E.A.R., I was actually put in the shoes of Foxtrot 813, a Replica soldier. This offered a unique perspective since the Replica soldiers were one of a few groups of "bad guys" I had faced off against. With a runtime of about an hour though, there wasn't much time to explore this role reversal. On a routine mission, Foxtrot 813 was telepathically coerced by Paxton Fettel to turn on his squad. Fettel, of course, was one of Alma's offspring and an antagonist from the first game. He didn't really feature in the second game, but following his commands, Foxtrot 813 eventually made it to his puppet master. Fettel then assumed Foxtrot's body and was, ahem, reborn.
There were many differences between the first and second entries in the series, but one I failed to mention in my previous review is the way gunplay was handled. It was an FPS released in the wake of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and it showed, specifically when aiming down a gun's sights. Pulling the right trigger to look down the sights with an enemy in the vicinity locked me onto that enemy, quickly and efficiently. This allowed for more precise gunplay, but offset with limited aiming speed adjustments and the plodding movement speed of my avatar, I couldn't fine tune the controls to find a sweet spot that felt "right." I made due, continuing to fiddle with the controls every now and then, but to no avail.
Like with the base game, the environments and gunfights were pretty great.
Between F.E.A.R. 2's insane ending, Fettel's appearance, and Alma's attempts to prevent his return, I'm interested to see what happens in F.E.A.R. 3, the final installment in the series. Reborn, while offering a novel role reversal, brought little else of note to the series. The brief campaign had new environments and some exciting gunfights but was merely a proper explanation of Fettel's return. At ten bucks, it's hard to recommend to anyone other than zealous fans or achievement hunters.
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As I engaged with allies, enemies, and explored the first few missions of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, I couldn't get over how good it looked. The visual detail present in character models and environments floored me. It was a remarkable improvement over F.E.A.R. and its two expansions, which released upwards of three-and-a-half years prior. Monolith Productions developed the first game during a transition period between console generations, while this entry was put together firmly within one, and it showed. That further familiarity with development tools and the platforms of release resulted in visual improvements isn't surprising, however. But, personally it was a reminder of how good games of the previous generation could look, and how much improvement had been made in just a few years. Continue reading F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin [Xbox 360]- Review →
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Kurulin Fusion [PlayStation Portable] – Review
May 10, 2019 John	Leave a comment
Years ago, during a PlayStation Network flash sale, I picked up Kurulin Fusion for a buck. A block-matching puzzle game for the PlayStation Portable, its sole claim to fame is the fact that Nobuo Uematsu served as musical director. The legendary composer, best known for his involvement with the Final Fantasy series, didn't actually contribute any music for this game, however. Instead he provided instruction to Kenichiro Iwasaki, who arranged techno remixes of classic Johann Sebastian Bach compositions. Regardless of Uematsu's level of involvement, the soundtrack was a delight and full of hummable earworms. The game, on the other hand… Continue reading Kurulin Fusion [PlayStation Portable] – Review →
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Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard [Xbox 360] – Review
January 9, 2017 John	Leave a comment
In an effort to begin a new tradition, my friend and I decided to kick off the New Year by completing a "bad" game. We'd done this previously, completing Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror at my behest back in 2012. It was a barely competent first-person shooter that was otherwise unremarkable, save for the ludicrous fistfight against Osama Bin Laden that capped it off. This year, we compiled a list of suitable titles from my collection, paired them against each other in the Tournament of Terribleness and wound up selecting Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard as the game we'd start 2017 with. Oh boy.
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves [PlayStation 3] – Review
July 28, 2016 John	4 Comments
When I began writing about Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, I considered it the high-water mark of the PlayStation 3's library, at that point in the platform's lifecycle. Having completed its sequel, Among Thieves, I can testify that it unquestionably usurped that role, and deserves recognition as one of the best games of the contemporary cinematic era. Originally released in North America on October 13, 2009, Naughty Dog maintained the excellent blend of third-person, cover-based shooting and wowing traversal that put the series on the map with the first game. What carried my interest however was the engaging narrative. Characters both familiar and fresh intertwined with Nate's search for Marco Polo's lost fleet. Danger and drama kept Nate busy across the game's dozen hour runtime and the numerous set pieces often had me in disbelief and culminated in an experience that played like a greatest hits of the action-adventure genre. Continue reading Uncharted 2: Among Thieves [PlayStation 3] – Review →
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Star Ocean: Second Evolution [PlayStation Portable] – Review
September 4, 2015 John	1 Comment
When I played Star Ocean: First Departure earlier this year, I came away disappointed. I was looking forward to an epic sci-fi JRPG and instead encountered a brief fantasy tale wrapped in a sci-fi veneer. My eagerness to bask in the series wasn't washed away however and I promptly began the follow-up Star Ocean: Second Evolution. Another remake for the PSP, this one was of Star Ocean: The Second Story which originally released on the PlayStation in North America in 1999. This version was released ten years later and left me with many of the same grievances, but I wound up enjoying it more.
Much everything remained the same from the previous remake.
Of the Star Ocean games released to date, this is the only one to serve as a direct sequel to another. Set twenty years after the events of First Departure, this game is primarily the tale of Claude Kenny, the son of one of the original protagonists. I say primarily because players can also choose Rena Lanford as the centerpiece of the game. Both characters embark on a journey of self-discovery and their paths cross very early on at which point they remain together through the end. Having done a single playthrough I can't comment on the differences caused by picking the other, but since they join up so early on, I can't imagine there's much uniqueness.
Pretty quickly after starting, Claude gets separated from his father's Federation crew and he's left to fend for himself on a technologically inferior planet. Here he comes across Rena and the two eventually embark on a quest to rid planet Expel of the monsters that have freshly infested it. As their quest unfolds they meet likeminded individuals who join up as comrades. Like the previous game, this is a game meant to be replayed as all party members aren't obtainable in a single playthrough. Unfortunately, tri-Ace pulled the same stunt of developing a fantasy JRPG in the veneer of a sci-fi setting – translated, the sci-fi aspects bookend fantasy elements comprising the bulk of the experience. I'm fine with either setting, but I would caution any readers planning to dive in – these first two games aren't entirely sci-fi tales!
Private Actions returned again but I made little use of them.
The sci-fi elements on display were more pronounced however, with the final third taking place on another, further advanced planet. Energy Nede as it was called had an interesting backstory and was home to the Ten Wise Men. This group served as the eventual antagonistic force and they are one of the most memorable I've seen in a JRPG. They weren't particularly fleshed out, but each one was unique and the progression in battling them made the conclusion an event. A few in particular were downright dastardly and evoked major tantrums in me. When they were felled, it was a satisfying event and ultimately everything ended on a cheerful note.
Battles and exploration were identical to First Departure, down to the UI. These remakes were developed at the same time and accordingly, it was all very familiar to me. I still relied upon spamming the basic attack and this continued to be a decent strategy. I will say there were more enemies that required me to flank and others that I had to earnestly avoid attacks, so the battles were a little less monotonous than I'd previously experienced. The skill system returned too and I, again, really enjoyed spending the accrued skill points increasing individual character's stats and skills. It was an addictive facet that that had a noticeable impact on my party's performance in battle, making it all the more incentivizing.
There were attractions and other diversions that I also didn't invest myself in.
Visually, I found this game very appealing. It was originally made during the era of prerendered backgrounds and they were left intact for this remake. Games aren't often made with this style of prerendered backgrounds anymore as the horsepower in our consoles and computers no longer calls for it. The buildings and towns were constructed using this graphical style and they look dated, which sounds offensive; I really liked them so I would say they looked… nostalgic. Because this style is still new to me, I was able to give some things a pass, like the poor scaling.
Some backgrounds were portrayed with such depth, that as I navigated Claude he would continue to shrink until I could barely make him out. Frequently, this made locating objects to interact with a bit of a chore. Part of the blame lies with the viewing area of the PSP's screen. This was a console game originally so naturally it was meant to be played on a larger viewing receptacle. It wasn't until I plugged my PSP into the TV and blew the image up that the visuals really looked right. The game was entirely playable on the PSP, and I usually prefer my RPGs in this form (apt for bedtime sessions), but the game's roots begged for it to be played on the TV.
Those prerendered backgrounds were begging to be seen on a TV!
Star Ocean: Second Evolution was a more enjoyable game than its predecessor. The story was largely forgettable (what even happened in the middle, I couldn't tell you) but it did have a larger concentration of sci-fi elements. As was the case with First Departure, it was when the narrative placed the characters in a futuristic setting that my attention was grabbed (especially when the Ten Wise Men were in play). But, it still felt like a fantasy JRPG wrapped in a sci-fi shell. The core gameplay mechanics– battling and adventuring – were identical to the previous game; they still remained fun after another twenty hours due to the additional challenge breaking up the monotony. And graphically the game was presented in a way that felt fresh to me, despite the dated stylings. It's the best Star Ocean I've played to date, but much of it was largely forgettable and perhaps not worth seeking out. A better future was found, but here's hoping for an even brighter one.
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Random Game #44 – Dissidia Final Fantasy [PlayStation Portable]
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Perhaps the greatest love letter to the Final Fantasy series came from within the walls of Square Enix itself. Featuring the protagonists and antagonists of the first ten games, this title brought them together in a universe-melding fashion. Two warring gods summon these individuals to do their bidding, which plays out in a cross between the fighting and RPG genres. I've yet to play it myself, but I've heard tell of Tridrakious spending upwards of 100 hours with it, so the game has to have considerable depth. Another game I've got to get around to. Too bad it lacks much content from Final Fantasy XII though.
Dissidia Final Fantasy was originally released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan on December 18, 2008, in North America nearly a full year later on August 25, 2009, and another month later in Europe – September 4, 2009. It was developed and published by Square Enix. I picked it up from All Your Base in Broken Arrow, not too long after the shop had moved into PJ Gamers.
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import { HttpModule }    from '@angular/http';

import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';
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import {StudentService} from './student-service';
import {StudentDashboardComponent} from './student-dashboard.component';
import { AppRoutingModule }     from './app-routing.module';

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import { InMemoryDataService }  from './providers/in-memory-data.service';

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  imports:      [ BrowserModule , FormsModule ,AppRoutingModule ,HttpModule ,InMemoryWebApiModule.forRoot(InMemoryDataService),],
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Ahh… the beginning of fall in NYC. The leaves, especially in Central Park, are just glorious and colorful. The first hints appear the holiday season is just around the corner. The whole city is gearing up for Halloween and lightweight coats are the dress code. If we're lucky, the NY Yankees are on their way to the World Series and the NY Giants and NY Jets are doing well so far in football season.
Please check sightseeing and holiday hours for Columbus Day, Monday, October 11th.
The Yankees have done it again in 2010! Clinched their way into the MLB Post Season…but it's not over yet! Anywhere from 11 to 19 baseball games during October stand between the New York Yankees and their 28th World Series Championship!
The Post Season starts October 6th and Yankees Tickets start at just $40!
Yankees Play Off Tickets On Sale Now at StubHub!!!!
See Halloween in New York City for more the spookiest things to do in October.
On Kids' Night on Broadway, young people age 6-18 can see a participating Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. Participating Shows this year include: The Addams Family, American Idiot, Billy Elliot, Chicago, Fela!, La Cage aux Folles, The Lion Kind, Mary Poppins, Memphis, Next to Normal, Promises Promises, Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles and Wicked.
The spectacular Big Apple Circus leaps into its 33rd Season with a thrilling All-New Show, Dance On! The World's Greatest Circus artists swing into action in the spotlight under our intimate Big Top, where no seat is more than 50 feet from the ring! This year's performers come from America, Bulgaria, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mongolia and Russia. Come see monocyclists, lasso twirlers, contortionists, miniature horses, jugglers, clowns and more.
Two of the world's greatest living actors—two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award® nominee James Earl Jones, and Tony Award and Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave—are coming together on Broadway in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.
Synopsis: A timeless American play, which inspired the beloved Academy Award-winning film, Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. Their iconic tale of pride, changing times and the transformative power of friendship has warmed the hearts of millions, and is being performed for the first time on a Broadway stage. It is a strictly limited, sixteen-week engagement premiering on October 7, 2010.
A concert for Autism Education hosted by Jon Stewart. The all star celebrities scheduled to appear include: Lewis Black, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, Joel McHale, John Oliver, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog and many more to be announced. Tickets start at $105.
Half Price Tickets now Available.
This year's chefs and culinary personalities include Dan Barber, Daniel Boulud, Alton Brown, Paula Deen, Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Tyler Florence, Giada De Laurentiis, Masaharu Morimoto, Rachael Ray, Martha Stewart, and Ming Tsai, to name just a few.
100 percent of the net proceeds directly benefit the hunger relief organizations Food Bank For New York City and Share Our Strength. Tickets start at $18 for some great Kid's Events and go up to several hundred for private dinners with the famous chefs.
Following the wildly successful reviews of the eight-week Shakespeare in the Park show in Central Park, Mr. Pacino is taking the show to Broadway, starring as Shylock, the Jewish merchant.
Synopsis: Antonio, a young man, pledges a pound of his own flesh to a moneylender, Shylock (Pacino), so a friend can woo his lady-love in style. Antonio learns a hard lesson in loyalty, humanity, friendship and prejudice when the revenge-seeking Shylock comes to collect and he is unable to pay.
Open House New York is a huge architecture and design event that opens doors to places and venues either closed or usually closed to the public. It is a great opportunity to discover new neighborhoods through special talks, tours, performances and family-friendly workshops.
Samples of previous tours include architects discussing design plans for the new World Trade Center and a Historic tour of the Apollo Theatre with Billy Mitchell. Check out OHNY Kids!, various tours, architecture and NY History, sustainable NYC and even compete in their photography contest.
Catch the Knicks season home opener at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Oct. 30 vs. Portland. The Knicks have a great season lined up and we all look forward to them growing into the classic team they were in the 90s and earlier years.
October 11-17, 2010, Reservations open September 13th.
My favorite spa is Great Jones (at left), because of their amazing water lounge, steam and sauna. It is great way to escape to the bustling city, especially in the winter. However, they don't have the best spa week deals anymore (the value of a mani/pedi is not nearly as good as a facial or massage). Another great spa that partakes in Spa Week is Elizabeth Arden. See Spa Week for details.
The parade celebrates the spirit of exploration and courage that inspired Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition and the important contributions Italian-Americans have made to the United States. Joe Piscopo & Maria Bartiromo were the 2009 Parade Co-Anchors. There is also a special Columbus Day Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral. More on the Columbus Day Parade.
Sponsored by The New Yorker Magazine, the festival includes a special opening-night screening of "The Social Network," directed by David Fincher, about the inception of Facebook and the personal and legal complications that ensued.
Following the screening, the film's stars, Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake, and its screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, will talk with Nicholas Thompson.
Based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, about one of America's most inspirational and mercurial personalities, Hall of Fame football coach, Vince Lombardi. It is directed by Tony® nominee Thomas Kail (In the Heights), Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and two-time Emmy Award-winner Judith Light (Wit) head the cast.
Previews: September 23, 2010, Opens: October 21, 2010.
New York Music Festival – September 27-October 17, 2010. Hailed as "the Sundance for Musical Theatre," the New York Musical Theatre Festival hits town from September 27 to October 17 for three weeks jam-packed with over 30 new musicals, along with dozens of concerts and special events. There's something for everyone – from traditional musical comedies to hip hop to edgy rock dramas and more! Tickets are just $20 to see the hit shows of tomorrow, featuring some of musical theatre's most talented performers.
Speed Plating for NYC Singles with Celebrity Chef Danny Boome – SpeedDate.com and Celebrity Chef Danny Boome Introduce Speed Plating to New York City Singles. Speed Plating offers New York singles the tasty notion of sharing a four-course gourmet meal with four different dates (one per course) to make for a delectable, fun-filled evening. Tuesday, October 26th.
Fall is here and there's a forecast of fun for all. Join Powell Leonard as your host Chuck E. Baby (channeling a hilarious impersonation of a Chuck Barris-like Gong Show TV host) presenting the vaudeville-style comedy variety show: "THE KONG SHOW: FUN and FALLderal! Monday, October 18th.
Nora's Will – Award Winning Comedy Movie Opens in NYC – Award-Winning Comedy "Nora's Will" Opens in NYC October 15th at the Paris Theater! Nora's Will is a Mexican Jewish comedy like nothing you've seen before, a truly unique tale about lost faith and eternal love from writer/director Mariana Chenillo. The film was named Mexico's Best Picture of the Year, taking home seven Mexican Academy Awards. See the trailer to learn more about the New York City Premiere of Nora's Will.
Marsha Starr COMEDY HYPNOSIS Show NYC – As seen on FOX 5 NEWS…MARSHA STARR is taking New York City by storm with her laugh-a-minute roller coaster ride of hypnotic fun. Las Vegas trained, she brings you fast-paced action packed, side-splitting hilarity in a comedy explosion you won't soon forget. This is the show where audience members are the stars.
Spain Art Fest´10 – On October 6 and 7 a selected group of talented New York based Spanish artists will take over Times Square Plaza, between 46 and 47 streets, featuring the newest trends on Contemporary Spanish Video Art Installations and Performance.
The Big Waltz at Lincoln Center – Saturday, October 16, 2010. Immerse yourself in the romantic beauty of the Viennese Waltz at the first-ever DANCE AUSTRIA! – a dazzling evening of original performances by Austria and New York's most gifted dancers, the mellifluous sounds of Juilliard, special guests, a trip giveaway and surprises – Austrian-style. And best of all, YOU take center stage. Our professional dance team will show you the moves-and as part of our grand finale, we invite you to waltz under stars at Lincoln Center! Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center, NYC West 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue 5:30 – 8 pm FREE.


40.1 oil ratio in a 250?
Re: 40.1 oil ratio in a 250?
It was just the usual parting of "you do it your way, and I will do it mine".
If you ever get to a prorace where Honda has their team semi in attendance DONT insult it's driver about his knowledge of motorcycles or engines. It seems that he is employed by UPS to drive the truck that pulls Honda's trailer. All in Honda colors. At least this was the case about two years ago. That particular gentelman's skills go way beyond driving the truck, trust me. He is there with the machinery before the mechanics are and does a lot of the setup and prep. He then assists the mechanics in many ways. He apparently was planted by Honda who for financial advantages wanted the employment arrangement. His advice I will take.
Oh well, so much for hoping for adult responses!!!
I have a teenager that acts more adult than some of the grown-UPS here.
Never any problems runs clean and great.
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Andres Bonifacio, Life, Works and Ideals - Lessons for Philippine Basic Education
My father and I have had plenty of conversations regarding Philippine history. His stories were quite different from what I was being taught in primary and secondary schools. It seemed I was receiving a "sanitized" version of the past from school. My father's stories were much more intriguing. In college, I therefore decided to explore further these stories. In the midst of all these conflicting lessons in history was a man named Andres Bonifacio. My father easily identified with Bonifacio because like him, Bonifacio's parents died while he was still young. Bonifacio was then forced to stop schooling to take care of his siblings. My father made a living by selling necklaces made from jasmine. Andres Bonifacio sold canes and paper fans.
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My father taught me that Andres Bonifacio wrote under the name "Agapito Bagumbayan", which translates to "loving new homeland". My father said that Bonifacio was really an intellectual, but seeing a superior writer in a friend, Emilio Jacinto, he stepped aside for the better talent. Bonifacio also used the pseudonym "May Pag-asa" (There is hope). My father likewise talked about a trial that was really a sham, a trial that sentenced Bonifacio to death.
So in college, I took the opportunity to learn more about Andres Bonifacio. In classes where an essay is required, I chose to work on topics related to Bonifacio whenever it was relevant. In literature, I finally had the chance to look for his writings. One poem that I could recall was about the love of the country. I am pleased to see that some of the writings of Bonifacio are now online. So, here is the third stanza of that poem
¡Banal na pagibig! pagikaw ang nukal (Holy love! when born)
sa tapat na puso ng sino't alin man, (of a pure heart)
imbi't taong gubat maralita't mangmang (the humble and the backwoodsman, the poor, the unlettered)
nagiging dakila at iginagalang. (become great and respected.)
Seeing this stanza made me refresh the memory of the joy I had when I finally found some of Bonifacio's writings. The words in his writings are simple yet very profound. I likewise got the chance to look into the trial that led to Bonifacio's execution. And I still remember what the teacher said as he was returning the papers to the class. As he was giving me back the essay I wrote, he said to the class that what I wrote was truly filled with anger. My father was correct, Bonifacio did not have a fair trial. I wrote in my essay that the lawyer defending Bonifacio was like a pig who eats its own manure. That comparison I felt compelled to write after seeing the defense Bonifacio had:
Although it was not my fortune to have defended Andres Bonifacio et al, in the trial on the charge of conspiracy, bribing and treachery, I venture to give the following statements: The word defense seems to be already far from applicable to Andres Bonifacio at this time, due to his contemptous act, and if there is a graver punishment than death, it should be meted out to him, because the intention to kill our President is equivalent to a desire to exterminate all of us. From his designs, we can conclude that he is totally devoid of any sympathetic regard for us, who are his brothers of the same country, blood, and race. Nevertheless, it is not unknown to your high intelligence that we are brothers of sin and that, therefore, we need counsel and advice. Bonifacio, however, arrived at a most pitiful situation when he was taken from Yndang. He was stabbed, stripped of the clothes on his person and of the little things that he carried with him. I think that such punishment is sufficient for the offense he has committed. And if this is not enough, hear what I shall further say. Is it not stated in our Kartilla, or constitution of the Katipunan, that we should love our fellowmen as we love ourselves? Did not our Savior Jesus, ask our God the Father to pardon the Jews who had slandered him and killed him? And how should we, who are only creatures made of dust, not pardon our fellowmen? In consideration of all this, I plead that Andres Bonifacio be pardoned for the crime he has committed, so that in so doing we may fulfill what we pray in Our Father, "Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."
-The Court Martial of Andres Bonifacio by Teodoro M. Kalaw
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Andres Bonifacio's life was tragic yet it provides inspiration for the weak and oppressed in society. His love for his fellowmen enabled him to transcend his poor and humble status in society. His life is truly a magnificent realization of the third stanza of the poem he wrote.
After he saw the film "Supremo", Napoleon Imperial reminded me of the importance of learning what really happened in 1897:
It is my fervent hope that the film "Supremo," premiered last night, just in time for the 149th Bonifacio Day, which seems to have presented a corrected version of the history of the Philippine Revolution, will be watched by all Filipinos especially the young people.
Presently, there is a proposed bill in the House of Representatives in the Philippines that seeks to require a course in college that tackles Bonifacio's life, works and ideals:
Continue Bonifacio's Unfinished Struggle - Youth Solon
Originally posted 29, November 2012
http://kabataanpartylist.com/blog/continue-bonifacios-unfinished-struggle-youth-solon/
"Beyond remembrance, the youth of today should live up to Andres Bonifacio's legacy of patriotism and service to the Filipinos masses."
This is Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino's statement on the 149th birth anniversary of the great leader of the 1896 revolution.
"The revolution of 1896 was not only a revolution against the Spaniards. It was a revolution against inequality, widespread poverty, and human rights violations. In a country still grappling with the same old problems, there is no better option but to continue Bonifacio's struggle," Palatino said.
For living up to the real value of nationalism and patriotism, the youth solon added that Bonifacio can serve as a good role model for the youth sector.
"At a time when nationalism is reduced to wearing shirts with stars and suns, at a time when patriotism has been reduced to reciting the pledge of allegiance, the youth should remember what Bonifacio has taught us – that nationalism involves active involvement in our country's issues, and that collective action against elements that trample our sovereignty is key to being patriotic," Palatino said.
Palatino also reiterated his call for Congress to pass House Bill No. 4353, which seeks to provide for the inclusion of a course on the life, works and ideals of Bonifacio in the collegiate curricula.
Palatino filed HB 4353 last March 8, 2011. However, the said bill has yet to be discussed at the committee level.
"Including a course on the life, works and ideals of Andres Bonifacio in the collegiate curricula will strengthen the values of nationalism and patriotism. Lessons on national independence, collective action, civic consciousness and patriotism will be inculcated among the students. These lessons will shape the character needed for personal, community and national development," Palatino said in the explanatory note of the bill.
"More than posting tarpaulins and offering flowers, the youth of today can honor Bonifacio by continuing the struggle that he has waged – a struggle for a just and humane society in a country that fully controls its economy and its future," Palatino said.
"To commemorate Bonifacio's legacy is to continue the struggle against injustice. Our great hero is calling us to unite, and continue his unfinished revolution. Let us heed that call," Palatino ended.###
(For full text of HB 4353, see this link: http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/basic_15/HB04353.pdf)
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I must add that Bonifacio's life, works and ideals should be included in Philippine basic education curriculum. Not every Filipino would have a well-informed father as the one I had.
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The Daily Express - August 24, 1991
Tom's desert song gets helping hand
Daily Express - Saturday, August 24, 1991
Driving across the Arizona desert, Heartbreaker Tom Petty stopped to help out a stranded motorist.
It turned out to be none other that Winona Ryder's boyfriend Johnny Depp, star of the hit movie Edward Scissorhands.
Striking up a highway conversation, Johnny said he would love to appear in one of Tom's videos.
Faye Dunaway, who was filming with Johnny at the time, appears with him on the video which accompanies the new single, Into The Great Wide Open, released on September 9.
Tom's album of the same name has gone gold in the UK. He takes off on a three-month tour of the States at the end of the month, and UK dates are being discussed for the new year.
The Los Angeles Times - August 25, 1991
Tom Petty Is Mad as a Hatter in 'Wide Open' Video
Nothing feeds a performer's already inflated ego more than his latest rock video. So it's a testimony to how secure Tom Petty feels about his niche in pop stardom that of all the characters he plays in his new video, the one he seems to relish the most is . . . a lowly roadie.
Credit either Petty's team-player instincts or his sly sense of humor, but the rock-hero role in Petty's new clip, "Into the Great Wide Open," is played by someone who actually began his career as a rock guitarist, but went on to win acclaim as a young actor . . . Johnny Depp.
Read more: The Los Angeles Times - August 25, 1991
Ocala Star-Banner - August 29, 1991
Tom Petty flying high after his 'dark period'
By David Wild
Ocala Star-Banner - Thursday, August 29, 1991
Tom Petty is hot these days.
In the wake of "Full Moon Fever," the best-selling album of his career, and given his tenure as the youngest Traveling Wilbury, Petty is flying high.
Yet this turn in Petty's commercial fortunes comes not so many years after a time when it seemed as though he and the Heartbreakers would have to journey to the desert to get hot. After the breakthrough success of "Damn the Torpedoes," in 1979, the group produced a series of distinguished albums that nonetheless seemed to sell progressively fewer copies.
Frustratingly for Petty -- whose success had always been based on the music rather than the persona -- he found himself making more news when he broke his hand during the recording of 1985's "Southern Accents," or when his home burned down in 1987, than when he put out a new record.
Read more: Ocala Star-Banner - August 29, 1991
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 30, 1991
Pop/Rock: Giving the people what they want in music
Review by Tony Norman
"Into the Great Wide Open" Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (MCA Records)
One of the central mysteries of the record buying public is the sudden, but much-deserved success of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers after nearly a decade of consumer indifference. Petty's much acclaimed solo effort "Full Moon Fever" obviously turned a few heads. It eventually led to the band's musical rejuvenation when they toured to support the album.
Now the boys are back with 12 new songs co-produced with Petty's fellow Traveling Wilbury Jeff Lynne. The results, if not the masterpiece everyone agrees is just about due, qualify as the best album by a "mainstream" band this year.
Listeners will experience an overwhelming feeling of deja vu at the end of the album's first cut "Learning to Fly," a continuation of Petty's thematic infatuation with skies, open spaces, celestial bodies, falling in love and woman who don't scare easily.
With deceptively simple lyrics and melodies, "Into the Great Wide Open" continues the laid-back pacing Petty picked up during his stint with the Wilburys. While Petty continues to enunciate like Dylan would after one too many evenings in the San Fernando Valley, the Heartbreakers continue to back him as if he still imitated Roger McGuinn.
Lynne is responsible for making sure the rough edges aren't too jagged, and he does his job well enough, but there's something to be said for allowing the Heartbreakers to rock louder and edgier than they do here.
This is wonderful airplane music.
Post-Gazette Rating: A
The Deseret News - August 31, 1991
Debate over Tom's distinctive sound isn't petty but it's persistent
By Jerry Spangler
The Deseret News - Saturday, August 31, 1991
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS; "Into the Great Wide Open" (MCA) ★★★
When it comes to Tom Petty, it seems the only thing critics can agree on is to disagree.
To some, he's too commercial; to others not commercial enough. To some, he is a parody of the Byrds; to others his music is a welcome return to the traditional sounds of 1960s rock 'n' roll.
To some, his lyrics are pretentious and often "borrowed" from other songwriters; to others he represents the forefront of social and political songwriter that found renewed life in the 1980s.
Tom Petty now enters the 1990s an enigmatic personality, living as much in the past as on the cutting edge. On his latest album, "Into the Great Wide Open," will do little to create a critical consensus about Petty or his music.
But critics don't buy thousands of albums; normal people do. And what the new album should do for the average listener is further establish Petty as one of America's finest pop-rock craftsmen. The album is loaded with catchy melodies, metaphorical word plays and good old-fashioned, guitar-drenched rock 'n' roll.
Read more: The Deseret News - August 31, 1991
Charleston Post & Courier - September 1, 1991
Listen Up: Petty's back, 'Breakers got him
Review by Forrest White
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS, "Into the Great Wide Open." MCA. ★★★
Once again, Tom Petty has forged a collection that's unmistakably Petty. Whatzat? Well, yeah, it would be pretty hard to disguise that voice, but that's not the point.
For "Into the Great Wide Open," Petty reunites with the Heartbreakers for the first time since the 1987 release, "Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)." He's been hanging out lately with good company, rock gods and fellow Traveling Wilburys Bob Dylan and George Harrison, not to mention his good buddies Jeff Lynne and Roger McGuinn. And, we can't forget the late Roy Orbison.
Read more: Charleston Post & Courier - September 1, 1991
Chicago Tribune - September 1, 1991
Petty Delivers Rock, Pure And Simple
By Greg Kot
Consistency Is The Key To His Laidback Success
When Tom Petty sang the line "I won't back down" on his "Full Moon Fever" album three years ago, it didn't sound like a macho boast.
Instead, he delivered it in a calm, measured voice, like someone who didn't need to shout to prove how tough he was.
When Petty talks, it's the same way. Although he's been a California resident since the '70s, he converses in a soft, gentlemanly drawl that bares traces of his Florida upbringing.
"I don't go back and listen to my records," he says. "But when I hear them on the radio, I always like them. It makes me feel good that when they come on, there's nothing that makes me want to hide under the seat."
Read more: Chicago Tribune - September 1, 1991
The Milwaukee Sentinel - September 6, 1991
On Tap: Petty, Cliff honor past while forging own paths
By Jim Higgins
Tom Petty and Jimmy Cliff, a pair of singers who honor tradition while distinctly going their own way, will sing in Milwaukee this weekend.
Petty and the Heartbreakers will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Marcus Amphitheater. Tickets are $22.50 and $29.50, plus service charges.
Listeners who heard Petty's "American Girl" from his 1976 debut album might have sworn it was Roger McGuinn of The Byrds. Petty's sound owes a lot, including occasional use of 12-string guitar, to The Byrds, and he honored McGuinn by co-writing "King of the Hill" for the Byrdman's recent "Back From Rio" album.
In addition to echoing McGuinn, Petty plays with a snarling emotional intensity that's all his own.
Read more: The Milwaukee Sentinel - September 6, 1991
The Milwaukee Journal - September 9, 1991
Petty delivers a psychotic reaction
By Thor Christensen
The word "psychedelic" is bandied about so often in rock 'n' roll that it has become almost meaningless. But Mike Campbell, guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, came up with a sound so tough and mysterious Saturday night at the Marcus Amphitheater it virtually defined the P word.
Touring behind their latest album, "Into the Great Wide Open," Petty and the Heartbreakers paid homage to the psychedelia era with an "Alice in Wonderland"-inspired stage set: candle-lit chandeliers hung over the stage and from the amphitheater roof while a dragon-man bearing a harmonica emerged from inside a massive oak tree.
Petty's theatrical acid trip reached its climax as masked men dressed like George Bush, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon chased the singer around the strobe-lit stage. Petty fought them back with an oversize neon-pink peace symbol, and escaped his nightmare unscathed. Good trippy fun, but the props and antics had nothing on Campbell's surreal guitar playing.
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by Sandra Gulland | Sep 23, 2019 | Adventures of a Writing Life, On Research, The Game of Hope | 0 comments
I'm pleased to announce the beautiful Canadian paperback edition of The Game of Hope. It's fresh and fun to have a new cover. The first person to email me* a selfie holding the book will be sent an autographed hardcover edition.
In other news, I've just returned from a three-week trip to the UK, researching the early life of Queen Elizabeth I and the village of Adisham, where I've set my other heroine, young Molly the falconer.
Researching falconry at The Hawking Centre was a highlight of my trip.
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In one month, shortly after Canadian Thanksgiving, Richard and I will be heading south to San Miguel de Allende for the winter. Once settled, I plan to NaNoWriMo-write the rough first draft of Molly & Bess (working title). I'm not yet sure if it's one novel or two. This will be one way to find out.
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How to write a story logline without going crazy
by Sandra Gulland | Dec 9, 2018 | Adventures of a Writing Life, On Plot, The Writing Process, Work in Process (WIP) | 9 comments
I decided to try to write a logline for my next novel because I had wandered into mucky territory in working on my plot. I've attempted this for several of my earlier novels, but never successfully. I can write a 500-page novel, but a one-sentence summary? This turns my brain into a pretzel.
What is a logline?
The term logline originated in Hollywood. According to some, film producers would get so many scripts to consider that they took to summarizing the story in one sentence and putting it on the spine of the manuscript so that they could easily find what they were looking for.
A more likely explanation, IMO, is this one, thanks to Ms. Google:
The term "logline" was first used in old Hollywood. The big studios would own hundreds of scripts, and the studio head would keep a log book that recorded concise summaries (or "loglines") that described each script in the studio's possession.
A logline (sometimes called the "elevator pitch") summarizes the essence of a story in one sentence (sometimes two) between 20 – 30 words long.
How hard can that be?
Hard!
Why write a logline?
Writing a logline is a good way of discovering the core of your story.
A logline will help you keep focussed on that core while writing the novel.
A logline will be useful if pitching your book to an agent or publisher, should you need to do so.
A logline will be useful in marketing the novel once it's published.
I love anything that makes writing something seem easy, like this video on writing a logline:
According to this, a logline formula is, simply:
Character + want + obstacle
Not exactly!
First step: Describe the main character
I've read that it's best to use an (interesting) adjective + noun structure for any character mentioned in your logline, and to not use their names. (An exception to this last is to name characters of historical significance.)
Here's Molly, the main character of The Next Novel (working title Raptor Girl):
A feral teen falconer with mysterious powers
Yes, I know: it doesn't quite fit the two-word rule, but I'm going with it.
Her antagonist, young Master Pete, might be described as:
a predator
(or, simply) the Master
And the interesting adjective? Here are some I'm considering:
Although "desperate predator" is interesting, "vindictive Master" is clearer.
Next step: What does my protagonist want?
That's the million-dollar-question, because my Molly (or any character, for that matter) wants many things:
She wants her father's respect.
She wants him to come out of his depression, get over his grief.
She wants to save his life.
She wants to solve the mystery of her brothers' death.
She wants to help her father fulfill her dead brothers' last wish to compete in Queen Elizabeth's White Falcon Gala.
She wants to escape Pete's murderous vengeance.
She wants to save the lives of her raptors.
She wants not to be sent to the gallows for having saved them.
She wants to be a falconer, to live a life with raptors.
She wants to kiss the funny horse whisperer.
She wants to prove to the world that her white falcon is exceptional.
So: how to choose just one?
I began by looking for the one thing that might tie into several others.
This one might be key:
Let's give it the "why" test: Why does she want to do this?
It would help restore her father's spirits.
It would honour her dead brothers.
It would prove how amazing her falcon is. (And what an amazing falconer she is, in turn, earning her father's respect.)
So it's a fairly central goal, except for one thing. Competing in Queen Elizabeth's Gala could mean discovery by the Master, from whom she is fleeing.
Last step: the obstacle
So maybe this is the obstacle:
A feral teen falconer with unusual powers is intent on helping her father honour her dead brothers' last wish by competing in Queen Elizabeth's White Falcon Gala, although doing so could mean being sent to the gallows by the vindictive Master.
OK. Not bad, although at 41 words it's far too long. Trimming it back will have to come. Loglines will change over time; they do not have to be written in stone.
Refining the logline
But now, how to refine it, make it better?
In Finding the Core of Your Story Jordan Smith suggests two things:
some loglines need a phrase to set the scene;
using the word must or forced can add urgency.
So, giving this a try:
After the suspicious deaths of her two brothers, a feral teen falconer with unusual powers must help her broken-hearted father honour her dead brothers' last wish by competing in Queen Elizabeth's White Falcon Gala, although doing so could mean being sent to the gallows by their vindictive Master.
Now to test it, to see if it follows the formula
Main character:
After the suspicious deaths of her two brothers, a feral teen falconer with unusual powers must help her broken-hearted father honour her dead brothers' last wish by competing in Queen Elisabeth's White Falcon Gala, although doing will likely mean being sent to the gallows by their vindictive Master.
After the suspicious deaths of her two brothers, a feral teen falconer with unusual powers must help her broken-hearted father honour her dead brothers' last wish by competing in Queen Elizabeth's White Falcon Gala, although doing so will likely mean being sent to the gallows by their vindictive Master.
Obstacle:
The interesting thing about this exercise is that it solved a few plot problems. Before, competing in the Gala was something that happened almost by chance, which didn't feel logical, much less dramatic. Also, the danger of discovery by Master Pete was never even considered. Now that possibility adds tension.
Plot problems outstanding
There are many outstanding plot problems to be solved, including solving the mystery of her brothers' death and how to dispense with the vengeful Master.
Also, perhaps the one hook that's most of interest to potential readers is that Molly will become Queen Elizabeth's Master Falconer.
You can see how challenging it is to write a logline!
Useful references on writing loglines
Finding the Core of your Story by Jordan Smith
Learn How to Write a Logline for Your Screenplay Once & for All
10 Tips for Writing Loglines
I'm a big fan of Save the Cat by Blake Snyder, and I'm looking forward to reading Save the Cat Strikes Back, which I understand has a chapter on loglines.
Speaking of Save the Cat, this post on logline templates for specific genres as defined by Snyder looks interesting. I'll be exploring it soon.
In other words, more to come.
Eagles, red kites and an Elizabethan wedding: a round-about way to come up with an idea for a scene
by Sandra Gulland | Nov 25, 2018 | Baroque Explorations, On Research, Painting, Work in Process (WIP) | 0 comments
Yesterday I began searching for my next raptor to paint and I was captured by this lady, named, appropriately, "Imperious."
I wanted to find out the breed of this bird and to know if it might be one my character in The Next Novel might have had experience with. In other words, what was this bird, and was it common to Elizabethan England?
I'd discovered Imperious on the website of Raphael Historical Falconry, and so I wrote to them. This morning, I had a long email from Emma Raphael, giving me a full and very interesting explanation. (People are so very generous with their knowledge!) Imperious is a Golden Eagle hybrid, and Eagles were rarely seen in Elizabethan England. In fact, there was only one recorded, in the ruins of an old castle near Chester, and was persecuted by farmers who feared for their young cattle.
The beauty of the Red Kite
The wild raptor most associated with Elizabethan England, Emma went on to explain, is the Red Kite.
The red kite might be a scavenger raptor, but it is so beautiful! I believe I may have found my next painting subject. (Note: I did!)
Emma went on to explain about red kites in Elizabethan England:
They were at their highest population levels ever at this time because of the spread of human settlements and all the open rubbish pits found in towns and villages in which they scavenged. They flocked in their hundreds and could be seen wheeling around the skies like crows whistling and calling.
She suggested I look at the painting "The Wedding at Bermondsey" — a painting of a wedding in Elizabethan London. From a detail of the painting, red kites can be seen in the sky.
Emma goes on to explain that …
The royals throughout the period hunted kites with Gyr Falcons because they were so numerous and there are lots of accounts of "kite hawking" in Londonshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingtonshire.
Cambridgeshire is the initial location of The Next Novel, and so here, with a simple inquiry about Imperious, I have a wealth of scene possibilities.
The charm of men in bloomers
Additionally, " Wedding at Bermondsey" is a painting I could get absorbed in for some time. The details are delicious. The 16th century is new to me, and I confess that men in bloomers are charmingly captivating.
Belgium artist Joris Hoefnagel painted "Wedding at Bermondsey" some time after his visit to the UK in 1569.
A Question Readers Often Ask: What's next?
by Sandra Gulland | Apr 1, 2018 | Mistress of the Sun, Questions Readers Ask, The Game of Hope, The Shadow Queen, The Writing Process | 0 comments
Readers often ask, "What's next?" The answer to that question depends on when the question is asked, of course. What follows is an evolving diary, begun many, many years ago.
A reader wrote some time ago:
Are you going to write more stories about the court of the Sun King?
You did such a great job with the historical details and as I have studied Louis XIV and his court— there are plenty of interesting stories to tell (including the adventures of the Princess Palatine, even La Grande Mademoiselle and Lauzun, a couple that united even after a prison term and old age only to break up over greed).
Indeed! By the way, I love La Grande Mademoiselle, but have yet figured out how to tell her story.
You could even do a trilogy of Louis XIV's Mistresses— you've done La Vallière, next could be Montespan, then Maintenon (the king's mistress, then second wife).
I believe she's onto me.
Or a novel on Princess Henrietta as she has a tragic back story with her father being killed, her brothers Charles and James, and she had several romances during her marriage to her cousin Monsieur that are interesting reading, including one lover who was her husband's boyfriend who falls for Henrietta and became a master of disguise to see her at any cost (De Guiche–who visited her as a fortune teller, a litter bearer and in a domino so he could romance her in Philippe's presence at a masked ball).
What wonderful suggestions these are. Henriette would indeed be a fantastic subject.
I especially love the De Guiche stories, and in fact wrote many scenes of him hiding in the fireplace and disguised as a fortune-teller, etc., but these scenes, like many, many others, now reside in my cut file.
What I wrote in answer to this letter above:
I am considering writing a novel about Athénaïs (Montespan), but it might focus on her first engagement more than her relationship to the king. I'm not sure. It could also be a story told from the point-of-view of Des Oeillets, her maid who was the go-between between Athénaïs and Voisin, the convicted poisoner.
As this reader points out, there are a wealth of wonderful stories to be told. The hard part is choosing. It took me eight years to write Mistress of the Sun because I kept changing perspectives. I even included the unforgettable Mademoiselle at one point.
I did, in fact, eventually choose to tell the story of The Shadow Queen from the point of view of Des Oeillets (Claudette).
But to answer, "What's next?" I am writing a Young Adult novel based on the teen years of Josephine's daughter Hortense. I am back in the Napoleonic world!
It's Easter 2018, and Hortense's story, The Game of Hope, will soon be published in Canada, two months later in the U.S.
As for what's next? I'm writing — or, at least I think I'm writing — a novel about a teen, a girl falconer in Elizabethan England.
That story about Mademoiselle at the Court of the Sun King continues to haunt me, however. Might that be next next?
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Bed-bound promo, website craziness, and Scrivener awe
by Sandra Gulland | Mar 20, 2018 | Adventures of a Writing Life, Promotion, The Game of Hope, Work in Process (WIP) | 0 comments
I've been bed-bound for over a week since a minor knee operation to repair a meniscus issue. I'm not going to whine about it! In fact, I've discovered that I'm the perfect candidate for this type of life.
On the bed beside me are:
my Mac Air;
my Levenger notebook (calendar etc.);
a Circa notebook fat with my To Do lists;
another notebook (a Semikolon Mucho Spiral Notebook for the stationery curious), where I'm thinking through The Next Novel;
a three-ring binder for scene sheets (@ Story Genius), which I'm really using as a support for my mouse pad and mouse);
my Kindle;
an iPad;
and a stack of magazines (The New Yorker, Real Simple, and Bookmarks).
Beside the bed is my walker (required for just a little longer!), a water bottle, clock, and iPhone. Moisturizer, lipstick, post-its, pencil, pen, pills. Snacks, tissue. Basic clutter.
Everything I need, in short, right where I can reach it. The only problem with this rat's-nest life is that I can't climb stairs (yet), can't get up to my office.
But for now, I'm making great use of this time.
Website renovation
With every publication, a writer needs to update his/her website with information about the new book, a new media kit, author events, and a new author portrait throughout.
I didn't have time to get an author portrait taken this year (I tried a selfie, with poor results), so I've used one James Brylowski took of me five years ago.
"Problem is, books are written slowly, and aging happens all of a sudden." — from a wonderful article: The Agony and the Ecstasy of taking Author Photos.)
Having neglected my website for years, I discovered a number of problems. Fortunately, I was able to find a great website person through Fiverr.com who is helping me. We have quite a bit to do yet.
(Frankly, I don't know how authors who publish a book a year manage.)
An important part of getting my website more reader-worthy was setting up my Media page. Following the directions of Tim Grahl (see below), I learned to code my Media page so that high-definition images would be automatically downloaded with just a click. I'm fairly stoked that I was able to do this.
Also, on Fiverr.com, I found someone to turn the book cover of The Game of Hope into a 3D image (see above). For $5!
Easy Outreach with Tim Grahl
When it comes to marketing, I'm a fan of Tim Grahl, He's experienced, down-to-earth and realistic. I've taken a few of his online courses, and they've always been worthwhile. Right now I'm following a new one he's testing out, "Easy Outreach." Basically, it's about how to get interviewed on podcasts, but the detailed system he outlines would apply to any outreach: to blogs, vlogs, or podcasts, etc.
An important part of the process is to identify suitable podcasts and to study them before making a pitch. (I've discovered a number of wonderful podcasts in the process.) I'm kind of excited about putting this into practice. I ordered a USB Yeti mike, and already have one podcast interview scheduled for the fall.
I'm ready! Who knows where this might lead?
Finally learning Scrivener
I've promised myself that I would write The Next Novel on Scrivener. I've taken stabs at learning it before, but I've always ended up confused and frustrated. It's a complex programme! I was on the verge of giving up when I came upon a Udemy Scrivener 3 course for Mac. It had excellent reviews so I went for it. It's been fantastic. I have questions almost every day, and the teacher responds to every one. I take it bit by bit, and immediately apply what I've learned, so hopefully it will stick. I'm finally understanding why so many writers love it.
Additionally, I've been developing my next novel following the guidelines in Story Genius by Lisa Cron. Puzzling over how to get Cron's scene card templates into my Scrivener project, I Googled "Story Genius Scrivener" and found a wonderful article by Gwen Hernandez on WriterUnboxed: Using Scrivener with Story Genius. Bingo! She even included a downloadable Scrivener template with scene card templates (and much more).
Watching movies, reading and listening to books and reading magazines …
And then, of course, there have been wonderful movies to watch: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Call Me by Your Name; and, last night, Lady Bird. All were simply great. Of the three, I found Call Me by Your Name the most enchanting, swooningly European.
And then, of course, books, books, books! In addition to books on writing, I'm reading The Burning Girl by Claire Messud and listening, on Audible, to an amazing performance of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
A hard life, eh?


An Aug. 22nd article in The Independent by Kashmira Gander about the war in Gaza included the following passage in reference to the recent public execution of 18 Palestinians by Hamas.
However, there were widely reported public executions in Gaza much more recently than the 90s.
During the 2012 war (Pillar of Defense), Hamas "publicly put an end" to at least 7 suspected 'collaborators'.
During the 2008-2009 war (Cast Lead), Hamas executed dozens of Palestinians in the streets, again for suspected 'collaboration'.
And, during their violent coup in Gaza in 2007, Hamas carried out at least eight known summary executions, mostly for 'treason'.
So, it clearly is not accurate to claim that the recent public executions in Gaza were the first since the 1990s.
After our communication with Indy editors, they deleted the sentence which claimed that these recent executions were the first in the enclave since the 90s.
We commend Indy editors on their positive response to our complaint.
Do you think they'll be sending out a correction/apology to everyone who read the original piece in the printed edition?
You should not commend the editor. REnough is enough. How many more errors should we have to highlight until heads start to roll?
It is their duty to get facts right first time every time. I can tolerate an error regarding a subject once a few months but when this happens more frequent we either have a rubbish journalist that needs sacking or the paper's doing this intentionally.
Yes, I feel frustrated too. It's as though we are playing 'catch up' all the time in trying to combat and disprove the lies, myths and fabrications against Israel. It is a full time job for cifwatch.com to do as witnessed here. The lack of journalist integrity in the UK is appalling.