I was out swimming in the ocean in Gulf Shores, Alabama on a very hot, summer vacation day, and decided I'll just cast a line out there with a piece of squid on it. I'm about 20 feet out there in the water and cast it, and let it sit in the water.
About 15 minutes later I started to reel line in for another cast, and there was a lot of slack on it (due to all of the waves dragging my line towards me), and all of the sudden my line started squealing. I came running out of the water in fear that it was a shark.
And it was pretty amazing pulling him up there and knowing that this beast stingray was what I had fought for over a half hour. After I had pulled him in and taken a few pictures I had to cut the line because the stinger was about three foot long and flopping all over the place.
By the end of all my hard work, I had about 100 people crowded around me. This is something that I probably will never experience again!
Congratulations on getting Third Place in the 2011 Fishing Photo and Story Contest. Your pictures look cool and your story sounds exciting! Thank you for sharing your fishing experience with catching that stingray... it sounds like all those people watching were in awe too. Nice job!
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The Importance of the Iowa Caucus
Iowa is a perfectly ordinary Midwestern state famous for corn and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team. With three million people, the population of Iowa doesn't even match that of the entire city of Los Angeles. In fact, Iowa only makes up about 1% of the entire population of the United States. Yet every four years, Iowa becomes center stage when it hosts the very first voting event that helps determine the presidential candidates that election year. The Iowa caucus is the election kickoff, and the results are often a good indicator of who will end up running for president of the United States.
What is a caucus? It's a party meeting of the members of a state's legislative body in order to select candidates or decide policy. Once the most common way for a state to choose presidential nominees, today only a handful of states rely on the caucus as their only means of determining candidates. Other states participate in primaries or a combination of voting practices to determine their candidates.
What is the major difference between a primary and a caucus? During a primary, voters cast secret ballots while caucuses allow open shows of support for candidates. Back in 1972, Iowa sort of fell into the position of being the first state of hold either a caucus or a primary. It used to be that party bosses could schedule primaries or caucuses at any time without informing anyone. In 1972, the Democratic rules were changed so that a 30-day notice was required. Through a series of scheduling conflicts and moving events to earlier in the year in order to follow the 20-day requirement, the Iowan Democratic party ended up holding their caucus in January, just in front of the New Hampshire primary.
In 1976, a relatively unknown Jimmy Carter noted that Iowa was the first major voting event, so he spent a considerable amount of time campaigning in the state. Though he didn't win Iowa, he made an impressive showing, getting him noticed by his party members across the country. Ultimately, he won the presidency.
The Republican and Democratic parties in Iowa agreed to hold their caucuses on the same date, securing the state's enviable status as first-in-line come voting season. In order to maintain a semblance of order and to avoid "frontloading," the national parties now penalize states that try and hold their voting events early. Because Iowa goes first, it gets ample media attention, which in turn draws candidates to the small Midwestern state.
This year was no different. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both wooed Democratic voters while Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Christie, Bush, and Carson hoped to do well among Republican voters. The results? Martin O'Malley, a third democratic candidate, dropped out of the race completely after gaining very few votes. Clinton won the caucus, but just by a hair. Bernie Sanders' strong support in Iowa showed that he is a top contender for the democratic nomination, and his success in Iowa helped fuel his strong win in the New Hampshire primary.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump's team was shocked when he lost to Ted Cruz. An equally big surprise was how young Florida senator Marco Rubio garnered nearly as many votes as Trump, bolstering his confidence and therefore his campaign. After the Iowa caucus, libertarian-minded Rand Paul dropped out of the race completely.
The results of the Iowa caucus don't determine who will win the nomination, but they do often determine which candidates will move forward, and which will probably start dropping out of the race soon. In fact, in the New Hampshire primary Donald Trump defeated Ted Cruz while Sanders trounced Clinton. Meanwhile, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina ended their presidential bids. As the primaries and caucuses continue, the candidate list thins out considerably until just one from each party remains. After that? The presidential race really starts to heat up.
So far, the fight for the nomination has been unpredictable. Were you surprised by the results in Iowa? Who do you think will win the Republican and Democratic nominations?
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Gale Gordon (born Charles Thomas Aldrich, Jr., February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball's longtime television foil—and particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television situation comedy, The Lucy Show. Gordon also appeared in I Love Lucy and had starring roles in Ball's successful third series Here's Lucy and her short-lived fourth and final series Life with Lucy.
He is remembered for his role as school principal Osgood Conklin in the early 1950s television hit show Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden. Gordon was also a respected and beloved radio actor. He also co-starred as the second Mr. Wilson in Dennis the Menace.
Born Charles Thomas Aldrich, Jr., in New York City to vaudevillian Charles Thomas Aldrich and his wife, English actress Gloria Gordon, Gale Gordon's first big radio break came via the recurring roles of "Mayor La Trivia" and "Foggy Williams" on Fibber McGee and Molly, before playing Rumson Bullard on the show's successful spinoff, The Great Gildersleeve. Gordon and his character of Mayor La Trivia briefly left the show in December 1942 when Gordon enlisted in World War II and the storyline followed. He was the first actor to play the role of Flash Gordon, in the 1935 radio serial The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon. He also played Dr. Stevens in Glorious One.
In 1950, Gordon played John Granby in the radio series Granby's Green Acres, which became the basis for the 1960s television series Green Acres. Gordon went on to create the role of pompous principal Osgood Conklin on Our Miss Brooks, carrying the role to television when the show moved there in 1952. In the interim, Gordon turned up as Rudolph Atterbury on My Favorite Husband, which starred Lucille Ball in a precursor to I Love Lucy.
Gordon and Ball had previously worked together on The Wonder Show, starring Jack Haley, from 1938–39. The two had a long friendship as well as recurring professional partnership. Gordon also had a recurring role as fictitious Rexall Drugs sponsor representative Mr. Scott on yet another radio hit, The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, staying with the role as long as Rexall sponsored the show. When the sponsor changed to RCA, the character simply switched employers.
The widely acknowledged master of the "slow-burn" temper explosion in character, Gordon was the first pick to play Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy, but he was committed to Our Miss Brooks as well as being a regular on several other radio shows, and declined the offer (the role went to William Frawley). He appeared in three guest shots on the show: twice as Ricky Ricardo's boss, Alvin Littlefield, owner of the Tropicana Club where Ricky's band played, and later as a judge on a Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour episode.
In 1958, he appeared as a regular in the role of department store co-owner Bascomb Bleacher, Sr., on the NBC sitcom Sally, starring Joan Caulfield and Marion Lorne. He also appeared on the Walter Brennan ABC sitcom, The Real McCoys. Gordon had a co-starring role in the CBS television comedy Pete and Gladys. At this time, he guest starred with Pat O'Brien in the ABC sitcom, Harrigan and Son, the story of a father-and-son lawyer team. He also appeared on the CBS/Desilu sitcom, Angel, with Annie Fargé. On The Danny Thomas Show, he guest starred in seven episodes. In five, he played the landlord of the building where the Williams family lived. In 1962, Gordon appeared as different characters on two episodes of another ABC sitcom, The Donna Reed Show.
In 1962, Ball created The Lucy Show and planned to hire Gordon to play Theodore J. Mooney, the banker who was first Lucy Carmichael's executor and subsequently her employer, when she went to work in his bank. Gordon was under contract to play John Wilson (after the death of Joseph Kearns, who played George Wilson) on Dennis the Menace. Prior to Gordon's replacing Kearns on Dennis the Menace, the two had worked together on an old radio show, The Cinnamon Bear.
When Dennis the Menace ended in spring 1963, Gordon joined The Lucy Show as Mr. Mooney for the 1963-64 season. (In the interim, Charles Lane played the similar Mr. Barnsdahl character for the 1962-1963 season.) The somewhat portly Gordon was adept at physical comedy and could do a perfect cartwheel. He did this on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy, and again as a guest on The Dean Martin Show.
After the sale of Desilu Studios, Ball shut down The Lucy Show in 1968 and retooled it into Here's Lucy and became her own producer and distributor. She used Gordon again, this time as her irascible boss (and brother-in-law) Harrison Otis 'Uncle Harry' Carter at an employment agency that specialized in unusual jobs for unusual people. In reality, it was just a continuation of the Lucy Carmichael/Mr. Mooney relationship, but with new names and a new setting.
Gordon had all but retired when Here's Lucy ended, but in the 1980s he came out of retirement to join Ball for the short-lived Life With Lucy. When Lucille Ball ended her career, Gordon was the only actor to have co-starred or guest-starred in every weekly series, radio or television, she had done since the 1940s. His last acting role would be a reprise of Mr. Mooney in the first episode of Hi Honey, I'm Home!
Gale Gordon: From Mayor of Wistful Vista to Borrego Springs, by Jim Manago, published by BearManor Media in 2016, is the first biography of Gordon.
Gordon died of lung cancer on June 30, 1995, at the Redwood Terrace Health Center in Escondido, California, aged 89. Virginia Curley, his wife of nearly 60 years, had died in the same facility one month earlier. The couple had no children.
In 1999, Gordon was inducted posthumously into the Radio Hall of Fame, and for his contribution to radio he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Boulevard.
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^ "Radio Broadcast Log Of: The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures Of Flash Gordon". Audio Classics Archive. 1988. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
^ "What Do You Want to Know?" (PDF). Radio and Television Mirror. 14 (6): 58. October 1940. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
^ a b c "Gale Gordon: A Final Bow". Lucyfan.com. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
^ a b Pace, Eric (July 3, 1995). "Gale Gordon, TV Actor, 89; Longtime Foil to Lucille Ball". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
^ Leszczak, Bob (2012-11-02). Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide. McFarland. p. 167. ISBN 9780786493050 – via Google Books.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009-06-24). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1074. ISBN 9780307483201 – via Google Books.
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Greater stability and forever homes for some of the state's most vulnerable children and young people are a step closer to reality, with new legislation passed in Parliament today.
Child Safety Minister Shannon Fentiman said the Child Protection Reform Amendment Bill 2017 passed by Parliament today would strengthen the state's existing child protection laws.
"This Bill includes important priority changes to the Child Protection Act 1999 to improve long-term outcomes for children and young people in care," Ms Fentiman said.
"We want to focus on achieving timely, stable and positive outcomes for children and young people involved in the child protection system.
Support the ongoing implementation of other key reforms under the Supporting Families Changing Futures program and address identified legislative issues.
Ms Fentiman said further reforms would be considered and progressed at a later stage to respond to other issues raised during the review of the Child Protection Act.
"Today's passage of this Bill means these important improvements to the state's child protection system are now even closer to taking effect and making a real difference to children and young people in care," she said.


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Rock'n Yodel is a studio album by Kikki Danielsson, released in April 1979 as her debut album as a solo artist. It peaked at number 13 on the Swedish Albums Chart. The title "Rock'n Yodel", which features Kikki Danielsson yodeling, charted at Svensktoppen for 10 weeks between 13 May–15 July 1979, peaking at 5th position.

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Notes from New Hampshire Ruby User Group, 25 June 2009: Pat Allen, Thinking Sphinx and Casey Rosenthal SASSiJS
By Ted Roche on June 27, 2009 in CSS, Home Page, JavaScript, LAMP, Linux, MySQL, OpenSource, Ruby, Technology, Web Development
Twelve people attended the June meeting of the New Hampshire Ruby / Rails User Group , held on the 4th Thursday of the month ( we usually meet on the 3rd Thursday) at RMC Research in Portsmouth (Thanks to RMC and to John for hosting the meeting!)
Nick Plante was our master of ceremonies. As is the custom, we made a round of introductions to find out the most of the folks were "from away."
Pat Allen put on the first presentation, on Thinking Sphinx. Thinking Sphinx is a Ruby library (not just for Rails) that allows Ruby applications to work with the Sphinx full-text search engine. Pat presented a slightly shortened version of the presentation he gave at RailsConf, and the presentation was clear, engaging and interesting. Participants had lots of questions to ask on search technology, word stemming, project status, what it's like to be a Freelancing God, what being the lead on a popular Open Source project is like, what's a kilometer, and more, and Pat's answers were insightful. Check out (pun intended) the source on github, the support on Google Groups and Pat's guide to using Thinking Sphinx on Peepcode.
Pat also took a moment out to plug his upcoming Rails Camp, a not-going-to-make-a-profit weekend get-together in BarCamp/Unconference format for 30-ish people at Bryant Pond, Maine. It sounds like a great event and a nice location and a price that can't be beat: $120 for 3-nights, 3-days food, lodging and conference. Get details and consider signing up at http://railscamps.com/#ne_july_2009
Casey Rosenthal asked us, "What are style sheets for?" a number of times during his presentation, for good reason. Casey talked about SASS, Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets, a part of HAML and his reimplementation of SASS in Javascript, SASSiJS, sounds like "sausages" leading to all kinds of predictable jokes. But the topic was thoughtful, intriguing, interesting, and controversial. SASSiJS actually allows a .sass file to be downloaded as part of the HTML file, with similar syntax to a stylesheet link, and a JavaScript file that interprets the .sass file into CSS and applies it to the HTML document. Discussion was far-ranging and insightful: "What's this good for?" "Would designers use this to make their CSS DRY?" View the source on GitHub at http://github.com/clr/sassijs/tree/master.
Thanks to Pat and Casey for their great presentations, to Nick for organizing, and to John and RMC for the facilities.
Notes from October Python SIG: Unit testing and Sphinx
By Ted Roche on December 9, 2008 in LAMP, OpenSource, Python, Technology
An even dozen (or maybe an odd dozen…) folks attended the October Python Special Interest Group meeting, held as usual on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Amoskeag Business Incubator.
It was a busy and exciting meeting. Vigorous conversations filled the first half hour, as we welcomed a few new members, a few members not seen in a long time, caught up on news and what's new in the Python world, and made a round of introductions.
Kent S. Johnson presented a new episode of Kent's Korner, talking about the unit testing facilities available in Python. Python has a couple of options, including a xUnit-clone version and a more Python system in nose. We got into a great discussion on the philosophy of unit-tests, the test-first-fail-code-test cycle, test-driven development, and so forth. It was quite enlightening.
Arc Riley made the second presentation on the Sphinx documentation generator for Python. Arc talked about the history of Python documentation, with docstrings and EPyDoc and ReStructuredText (not to be confused with ReST, Representational State Transfer!). Sphinx seems to be a popular project name these days, as I heard about a different project by the same codename both at the RubySIG and maintainer Patrick Galbraith's presentation at MonadLUG).
Arc provided us with the slides to his presentation, available on the gnhlug site here.
Links and notes from this meeting and past meetings can be found at Shawn O'Shea's blog at http://eth0.net/ — thanks, Shawn!
NOTE that the next meeting of PySIG will take place on Wednesday December 17th at the Amoskeag Business Incubator across the hall from our usual meeting room. Hope to see you there!
Thanks to Arc and Kent for great presentations, to Bill and Alex for organizing and running the meetings, to Janet for the incredible cookies, to the Amoskeag Business Incubator for the great facilities, and to all who attended and participated.
Notes from Python SIG, 23-Oct-2008: unittest and Sphinx
By Ted Roche on November 8, 2008 in LAMP, OpenSource, Python, Technology
Arc provided us with the slides to his presentation, available on the gnhlug site here: [TBD real soon now, once we get the site restarted]


Following a viral incident of a passenger being dragged off of a plane, United Airlines makes changes to its policies.
United Airlines executives said Tuesday that it's too soon to know if last week's dragging of a man off a plane is hurting ticket sales. The chief executive said no one will be fired over the incident.
CEO Oscar Munoz and other executives apologized again on Tuesday before discussing the airline's latest financial results with analysts and reporters.
Munoz said he takes full responsibility "for making this right" after the April 9 incident aboard a United Express plane at Chicago's O'Hare airport. He said the airline will have more to say later this month after it finishes a review of its policies on overbooked flights.
Munoz started the call with an apology to David Dao, the 69-year-old Kentucky physician who was dragged off the plane by Chicago airport officers who had been summoned by United, and to all other customers.
"You can and should expect more from us, and as CEO I take full responsibility for making this right," Munoz said. He and other executives vowed to treat customers with dignity, and said that what happened to Dao will never happen again.
Munoz's early statements on the incident were widely criticized. He initially supported employees and blamed Dao, calling him "disruptive and belligerent." On Tuesday, he was asked if the company ever considered firing anyone.
"I'm sure there was lots of conjecture about me personally," said Munoz. Then he noted that the board of United Continental Holdings Inc. has supported him.
Even in normal times, airlines closely - even daily - scrutinize numbers such as advance sales and occupancy levels on planes. Yet United officials said they couldn't measure whether the dragging has affected their business.


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The Boy and the Beast
By Andrew Osmond.
Early on in Mamoru Hosoda's new film The Boy and the Beast, a child is whisked – dare we say spirited? – to a world of strange, magical beings. As the terrified boy rushes pell-mell through bright lights and food stalls, anime fans will think of a certain Ghibli film, and wonder if Hosoda is claiming Miyazaki's mantle. Well, no. After this fleeting moment, the film quickly goes down its own road. Much of it's a double act between the kid and a rumbustious bear-man, between our world and Wonderland, and a story that's funny and serious in ways that are different from how Miyazaki films were funny and serious.
But like it or not, Hosoda is saddled with the "next Miyazaki" tag, like Makoto Shinkai before him. That's reasonable. Miyazaki and Hosoda make films which, by and large, you could show to people with no knowledge or interest in anime. They're accessible to fans of Pixar or Potter – or to use an example Miyazaki gave, to a Japanese country grandpa. Their films don't do fan service; they don't start from otaku templates (moe, mecha). Spirited Away invited comparisons to Alice. Boy and the Beast starts like an urban Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as runaway nine year-old Ren follows a shaggy figure into a maze of Tokyo alleys, then to another world.
This is the realm of Jutengai, a city of market stalls and stone buildings, based on Marrakech in Morroco. Unlike many film fantasies, Jutengai's animal-faced people are shown working and living in their own "real" lives, with no suggestion that they're part of a dream. However, Ren has several moments of realisation in the film that the people in Jutengai have problems and issues very like his own. Take the bear-like Beast that Ren followed, who's named Kumatetsu. The hairy bruiser may look fearsome, but he's an underdog and outsider like Ren himself. Kumatetsu is desperate to find an apprentice to help him win through Jutengai's fighting tournaments and become the world's new ruler… though that's not what the film's really about.
The beastly Kumatetsu – voiced by Koji Yakusho, famed as the live-action lead in The Eel, Shall We Dance and 13 Assassins – invites non-anime comparisons. For a start, he looks like a more disreputable relative of his Disney namesake in Beauty and the Beast. His rough-housing, rough-father personality – "I hate cry-babies!" – echoes Long John Silver (who probably influenced a classic anime character, Ma Dola in Laputa). In the English dub of the film, Kumatetsu is voiced by the prolific John Swasey, who already has a track-record in playing scary dads; he's Gendo in the Evangelion films, and Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
Like Chihiro in Spirited Away, Ren must stand up to a hail of cuffs and pummelling, both from Kumatetsu and other characters in Jutengai. On this blog, Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino suggested that young characters must be shown in such sorry straits. "Humans have to overcome pains; at least in drama and fiction, surely they are okay."
Boy and the Beast involves pain, but also a load of physical comedy, more than any Hosoda film since his One Piece picture Baron Omatsuri & The Secret Island. Kumatetsu angrily chases Ren (who he renames Kyuta) in rings round a table; later on, there's a sequence where the boy mimics Kumatetsu's every movement, up to the inevitable bit where Kumatetsu zigs, zags and feints to throw Ren off. These scenes could have been lifted from live-action slapstick or a Bugs Bunny cartoon. But they're much better integrated into the film than the cartoon moments in Hosoda's past works (like the nose bleed at the end of Summer Wars), and suggest an evolution in his comedy.
Otherwise, the animation in Boy and the Beast shines most in its fight scenes, which will be the obvious focus for "sakuga" buffs. There's a great market brawl between Kumatetsu and a tusked rival, by turns nimble and muscular. It'd be interesting to know if it was all by one artist, or by two artists switching places midway through. A later, much more pivotal battle feels a little uneven, with the characters feeling momentarily weightless when they're not slamming together; but it's all very hearty entertainment.
These fights feel cathartic in a story about angry, unhappy children. Like numerous anime, Boy and the Beast's themes overlap with those of Pixar's Inside Out, but suggest that kids don't just contain cute emotions; they harbour primal monsters from the Id. But the film also has beautiful fantasy wish-fulfilment, especially in the way Ren learns to move freely between magic Jutengai and mundane Tokyo. The story's action sloshes between realities, with no need for the cyberspaces of Summer Wars or Digimon. (Even Monsters Inc didn't make it this easy.) The wonderland of Boy and the Beast is fully permeable to us, a true world next door to our ordinary life.
I loved the film – I'm not sure if it's my favourite Hosoda pic, but it's a rich new flavour for him. There've been complaints that Boy and the Beast feels too mainstream, even too Disney, but it does more with its tropes than the vast majority of geek-genre offerings. It may not have time-travel or cyberspace, but Boy and the Beast is still wholly Hosoda.
Andrew Osmond is the author of 100 Animated Feature Films. The Boy and the Beast is released in the UK by Studio Canal.
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How goofy was the elevator pitch for Nintendo's Wii U team shooter Splatoon? Play as a head-tentacled, paintgun schlepping biped that can morph into a turbo squid? Zip around multiplex obstacle courses, squaring off against fellow ink-spuming cephalopods while spraying viscous goo to brand your turf? Grind on gloop-splashed rails like a madcap Tony Hawk/Jackson Pollock mashup?
Too weird to succeed? I hope not, because with all due respect to rethinks like last year's Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, I haven't played a Nintendo game this gonzo and flat out fun in years.
Here's how it works: Two squads of four players (not platoons, though that's what inspired the catchy portmanteau) battle in skatepark-inspired arenas, outfitted with ink-spewing gadgetry and one imperative, to cover as much of the area's ground space with your team's color as possible before time runs out. The controls are simple: pick up the Wii U's tablet controller, thumbstick in the direction you want to move, and swivel the tablet in the one you want to shoot.
You can ink over already saturated areas and take out enemies by assaulting them with your weapon, but don't look for kill counts or headshot tallies, because Splatoon is about maximum coverage, not carnage—an anti-sanguine splatter-fest, and a graffiti vandal's dream come true. And it only sounds shambolic. There's a deep tactical shooter lurking beneath all that polychromatic spatter.
Before you've so much as glimpsed the leveling and gear grind, you'll have to grapple with Splatoon's funky shapeshifting tactic, either firing paint slugs as a slow-moving bipedal Inkling, or holding a button to insta-morph into a squid. In squid mode, you can dart across ink-glazed surfaces, moving twice as fast while recharging your dwindling ink supply. Swim into enemy ink, of course, and you'll slither to a stop, opening yourself up to enemy fire.
Splatoon builds on its ink-traversal idea by letting you craft "roads" through enemy lines, or swim up otherwise unclimbable platforms. What if Tony Hawk had to lay pipe to get anywhere? It's a smart, often pivotal incentive to fashion shortcuts, take out snipers, cut through enemy-covered terrain, or get somewhere high fast to maximize your ink-spatter-to-surface-area ratio (the further ink falls, the more area its soaks). Think an extreme sports game meets a jet ski racer meets a coloring book.
The possibilities snowball when you factor all the gear abilities (dozens of speed, damage and stealth perks associated with headwear, shirts and shoes) and special weapons (bombs, mines, ink-tornado-flinging bazookas, mongo paint-rollers) that you can buy from shops with cash earned by leveling up in online matches. But it's also beginner-friendly: The game keeps special weapons in check by requiring you ink so much ground before they unlock, then limits how long they're usable. And a helpful "super jump" does away with lonely re-spawns (at your base, after someone takes you out) by letting you touch a teammate's icon on the Wii U GamePad's screen and rocket across the map to wherever they're currently battle-painting.
Don't let how insane any of that sounds put you off playing. It's not how Splatoon feels in action, whether inking some quiet corner, or in a duel with a higher level opponent. Low level players can routinely steamroll high level ones, because Splatoon's basic maneuvers work as a kind of competitive equalizer. I'm not talking about luck, or something like Mario Kart's blue shell, where there's an ultimate rock that can crush someone else's scissor, just that Nintendo's designed the game so that how you play—your "play style," as the company puts it in the manual—often trumps what you're playing with.
I do wish Splatoon had an offline bot mode so you could practice when the matchmaking service peters out (you can "recon" levels solo, but that's it). And the game definitely needs an option to cancel while waiting for an online match to start. As it is, once you've agreed to join, Nintendo locks you to a timeout while searching for matches (the clever little Doodle Jump-inspired game you can play on the Wii U GamePad is amusing but poor compensation). It's there to help seed the game's online pool, but having to flip the Wii U's power switch to kill the process when real life intervenes is plain unfriendly.
I wasn't able to try the Battle Dojo, a 1-on-1 mode where you and another player in the same room compete by shooting ink at balloons. And I've only dabbled with the offline story mode, though it's so far classic Nintendo: platform through linear levels with ink-related conundrums, then battle cunningly designed bosses (think Shadow of the Colossus's enemy-climbing angle, only with ink). It's as cutesy and goofball and clearly designed to fit within Nintendo's family of future-looking franchises as you'd expect of a new IP as heavily marketed as this one's been.
But those activities feel like distractions from Splatoon's triumphant team-play mode, the game's heart and soul, and the reason a guy like me, no fan of competitive online shooters, can't stop playing the darned thing. There's nothing else quite like it, nor the cathartic dopamine jolt to be had when you squid-skim up a paint-smeared quarter pipe, an Inkzooka at the ready, leap over the edge, take aim with your weapon, and reduce a startled opponent to goo.


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Malcom X vs. Mlk Ideology
sMalcom X versus Martin Luther King Emily Voutes Malcolm X (1925-1965): Even his own name is a stab to the opinions of prejudice white folks during his era. This is true because his own, self declared last name "X" represents "the rejection of slave-names" and the absence of an inherited African name to take its place." Meaning that he was prepared to create a personal identity that represented himself and his race, and not a name that a white man forced upon him. Though they had similar characteristics and morals; his approach to the civil rights movement compared to the strategies of other civil rights leaders of his time, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. differed greatly. Rather than trying to integrate the black community into the white, Malcom X focused on the complete separation of the two races. He didn't want the freedoms to drink at the same water fountain as the white citizens, but instead wanted his own water fountain for blacks that was equally as refreshing and sanitary. On the contrary, MLK response would overall want assimilate the two cultures and allow them both to drink from the same water fountain, regardless of skin color. King sought for non-violent ways of protesting African American rights using tactics such as sit-ins, marches, and boycotts. Malcom X was not afraid to use violence as a tactic and based his actions on a "by any means necessary" foundation. Through an analysis of two famous speeches written and spoken by both radicals, it is clear that in the future they envision two very distinctive American cultures. For example, in his speech "The Ballot or the Bullet", (1964) Malcolm X criticizes the actions taken by the white population, abstaining from any efforts to appeal to their culture; in which his approach comes across very separatist. "I'm not an American. I'm one of the 22 million Black people who are the victims of
How Did Malcolm X Influence The Black Power Movement
He was a very important figure as he attracted many new converts by his influential, powerful oratory. He convinced people such as Muhammad Ali to become a member of the nation of Islam. Malcolm X was highly critical of Martin Luther King, addressing him as 'Uncle Tom' and the civil rights movement. He argued that the SCLC and the NAACP trusted the American system and believed in the 'American dream' therefore they'd never be able to set the black people free and gain them independence. He also criticised Martin Luther king by saying that he was preventing black people from effectively fighting for their rights by involving religion, which he explained in his speech, 'The ballot or the
Compare And Contrast Malcom X And Martin Luther King Jr
(Jacqueline Jones) To his admirers, he was a man who was an audacious advocate for the Civil Rights of African Americans who indicted white American in the harshest of terms (violence) for their crimes against blacks. When he was in the Nation of Islam, he taught black supremacy and actually advocated the separation of blacks and whites which is completely the opposite of what the civil rights movement was about. When he left the association, he became a Sunni Muslim which did not support racism and he was willing to work with civil rights leaders though his philosophy still emphasizing self defense and black
Separate But Unequal Essay
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader and civil rights activist, said he had a dream that his children would live in a world where no one is judged by the color of their skin, but by their character. Segregation leads to problems such as riots, protests, boycotts, and rebellion. Segregated schools cause problems and build barriers between students. The Constitution protects everyone, regardless of race, and states that citizens cannot be stripped of their rights without the process of law. The separation of black and white based on skin color is unfair and unjust.
I M Pro Klansman Analysis
Also, as a Civil Rights leader he must convince the enemy to stop hating blacks. A brave step in the opposite direction, Campbell visits "Klan County." He writes," I made the trip to what was being referred to by Peter Young as Klan County" (Campbell 246). Will was crazy to go visit Klansmen who he was fighting against. The change, however, did no harm. Campbell says, "I didn't lie to them and they didn't lie to me.
Miseducation Of The Negro Summary
Woodson also stressed that society did not make a valid effort in trying to domesticate the African-American after the oppression of slavery ended. Instead of having shackles around their wrists and ankles, African-Americans now had to deal with an industrialized world which purposely got a head start and left them behind. However, it was also stated by Woodson that African-Americans should forgive but never forget how they were placed in such an economical, physical, emotional, and social deficit, but use it as a tool of hope and determination for the
Malcolm X Or James Brown - Who Had The Bigger Impact On Black America?
Yet, while both Malcolm X and James Brown wanted Black unity, Black pride, and both had a great following, they both had different ideas of how to make the aspiration of true Black unity a reality. Malcolm X approached the situation of White oppression with an absolute Black radical perspective and followed a total separatist agenda. While the civil rights movement fought against racial segregation, Malcolm advocated the complete division of African Americans from white people and claimed that Blacks could take care of themselves if only they were given the opportunity to do so. Malcolm X also staunchly opposed the civil rights movement's strategy of nonviolence as a means of advocating for better treatment. Malcolm did not believe that nonviolent protest or peace marches were not the way to get White America's attention about the plight of Black America.
The Difference Between Martin Luther King Jr And Malcolm X
All black everything is not the way to go, both black and white is what should show. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are the two most well known Civil Rights leaders in America from the 1960's, but they both had different views of solving the racial problems in America. Malcolm X's philosophy was to keep segregation, but have a mutual respect between blacks and whites. He also believed in violence if necessary, and seemed to be a radical "Black Power" activist. Martin Luther King Jr. on the other hand took after the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, and believed in nonviolence and boycotting.
James Weldon Johnson's 'Dairy Of An Ex Colored Man'
As James Weldon Johnson accounts in his chronicle, "Dairy of an Ex Colored Man" Johnson describes acts of hate and violence toward African Americans. Many thought Blacks inferior and urged they could not and will never become civilized; "you freed nigger and you gave him a ballot, but you couldn't make a citizen out of him."(75) Johnson lived first hand in a society Griffith wished to enforce and even proliferate. His testimony shows that what Griffith believed was the solution to a "black problem" was already in practice. But more than that, Johnson knew that this was not an issue of Black vs. White in the protection of a righteous civilization. He argued that "modern civilization hit ignorance of the masses through the means of popular education.
Why Did Kennedy Win The Civil Rights Movement In The 60's
Nixon did not attempt to gain the African American vote, due to African Americans trying to desegregate themselves. Nixon thought if he supported the African Americans he would lose votes of American voters. Opposing Nixon, Kennedy supported the desegregation of African Americas from the American population. Kennedy reinforced the civil rights movements and went on record stating he has and will endorse Martin Luther King Jr's acts after Kennedy secured King's release from imprisonment. Kennedy's campaign advisers advised him not to support the African American race because he would lose voters in the south.
Comparing King And Malcolm X's Political Ideologies
Zack Ketchum Professor Rodgers Essay #2 27 November 2013 "Upbringing as a factor of King and Malcom X's Political Ideologies" Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are two of the most well-known American civil rights activists of the 1960's. Though different, their methods of protest were very important, as both men fought for the end of second-class-citizen treatment of African Americans. Often times, their methods are considered opposites - while King frequently endorsed peaceful methods such as harmless protests and speeches, Malcolm X employed violence in order to demonstrate his discontent and desire for change of the status quo. The issue that arises when one looks to compare the two men and their methods, then, is who was better?
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Saint Quartz is the summoning currency found in Fate Grand Order [FGO]. This form of currency allows you to summon craft essences and servants from a pool. While summoning, the default rarity of the essence or servant summoned is at 3 stars. However, if one is lucky, there are times that one may receive a 4 or 5 star ranking essence or servant. For one summon, it takes 3 SQ to summon a craft essences or a servants.
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SEVILLE (Reuters) - Sevilla have sacked coach Pablo Machin, the La Liga side said on Friday, the day after the team were knocked out of the Europa League by Slavia Prague.
The club have placed director of football Joaquin Caparros in charge until the end of the season.
Machin, who was hired last June on the back of his steady success with Girona, got off to a flying start with the Andalusian side and took them to the top of the table in November.
But results have declined in 2019, not helped by a congested fixture list which has seen them play 50 games in all competitions, due to them having to play six Europa League qualifiers at the start of the campaign.
"Sevilla FC have made the decision this Friday to part company with first team coach, Pablo Machin following a string of poor results in past weeks," the club said in a statement on their website.
Sevilla, who have one of the best home records in La Liga but have failed to win away from home since September, are sixth in the standings on 40 points, five behind fourth-placed Getafe who occupy the final Champions League spot.
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The holidays can be stressful for everyone in the family, especially for toddlers still trying to figure things out. Parents who are prepared for tantrums are likely to handle them better, so here are some common triggers to help you cope with your toddler's holiday stress.
Shopping – You may or may not mind standing in long lines, wading through crowds of people, or hitting store after store to snag that clearance sweater, but your toddler does. Try to leave your toddler with a relative or babysitter. You will accomplish more and prevent a tired or overwhelmed toddler meltdown. Is childcare not an option? Make as few trips as possible and plan out your list so you can be in and out quickly. Many websites offer store maps and complete sales guides. Don't leave home without a few items to keep your toddler entertained and/or fed.
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Q: Flink package missing class CheckpointCommitter - flink-connector-cassandra - hard error I'm getting this error when submitting a new job to Flink (v 1.0.3) in my local environment.
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/flink/streaming/runtime/operators/CheckpointCommitter
    at org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.cassandra.CassandraSink.addSink(CassandraSink.java:164)
    at com.xxx.yyy.sample.backend.flink.AAAAA.main(AAAAA.java:99)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.apache.flink.client.program.PackagedProgram.callMainMethod(PackagedProgram.java:505)
    at org.apache.flink.client.program.PackagedProgram.invokeInteractiveModeForExecution(PackagedProgram.java:403)
    at org.apache.flink.client.program.OptimizerPlanEnvironment.getOptimizedPlan(OptimizerPlanEnvironment.java:80)
    ... 33 more
Looking at the source code in github
https://github.com/apache/flink/tree/master/flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/runtime/operators
i would think that the class should be available and it should be packaged in flink-streaming-java.jar but once the file is imported, the class is not there
missing CheckpointCommitter
Any ideas?
pom.xml
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    4.0.0
<groupId>com.AAAAA.BBB</groupId>
<artifactId>sample-backend-flink</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>

<name>Flink Quickstart Job</name>
<url>http://www.myorganization.org</url>

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <flink.version>1.0.3</flink.version>
    <cassandra.version>2.2.7</cassandra.version>
    <driver.version>3.0.0</driver.version>
</properties>

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>apache.snapshots</id>
        <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
        <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
        <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
        </releases>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
        </snapshots>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
        <artifactId>flink-java</artifactId>
        <version>${flink.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
        <artifactId>flink-streaming-java_2.10</artifactId>
        <version>${flink.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
        <artifactId>flink-clients_2.10</artifactId>
        <version>${flink.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
        <artifactId>flink-core</artifactId>
        <version>${flink.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
        <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-0.8_2.10</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
        <artifactId>flink-connector-cassandra_2.10</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
        <artifactId>flink-connector-redis_2.10</artifactId>
        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <!-- Profile for packaging correct JAR files -->
        <id>build-jar</id>
        <activation>
            <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
        </activation>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-java</artifactId>
                <version>${flink.version}</version>
                <scope>provided</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-streaming-java_2.10</artifactId>
                <version>${flink.version}</version>
                <scope>provided</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-streaming-scala_2.10</artifactId>
                <version>${flink.version}</version>
                <scope>provided</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-clients_2.10</artifactId>
                <version>${flink.version}</version>
                <scope>provided</scope>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-core</artifactId>
                <version>${flink.version}</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-0.8_2.10</artifactId>
                <version>1.0.2</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-connector-cassandra_2.10</artifactId>
                <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
            </dependency>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
                <artifactId>flink-connector-redis_2.10</artifactId>
                <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>

        <build>
            <plugins>
                <!-- disable the exclusion rules -->
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.4.1</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <phase>package</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>shade</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <artifactSet>
                                    <excludes combine.self="override"></excludes>
                                </artifactSet>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </build>
    </profile>
</profiles>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.4.1</version>
            <executions>
                <!-- Run shade goal on package phase -->
                <execution>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>shade</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <artifactSet>
                            <excludes><exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-annotations</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-shaded-hadoop1</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-shaded-hadoop2</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-shaded-curator-recipes</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-core</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-java</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-scala_2.10</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-runtime_2.10</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-optimizer_2.10</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-clients_2.10</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-avro_2.10</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-batch_2.10</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-streaming_2.10</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java_2.10</exclude>

                                <exclude>org.scala-lang:scala-library</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.scala-lang:scala-compiler</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.scala-lang:scala-reflect</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.typesafe.akka:akka-remote_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.typesafe.akka:akka-slf4j_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>io.netty:netty-all</exclude>
                                <exclude>io.netty:netty</exclude>
                                <exclude>commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.avro:avro</exclude>
                                <exclude>commons-collections:commons-collections</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-core-asl</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.thoughtworks.paranamer:paranamer</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-compress</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.tukaani:xz</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.esotericsoftware.kryo:kryo</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.esotericsoftware.minlog:minlog</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.objenesis:objenesis</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.twitter:chill_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.twitter:chill-java</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.twitter:chill-avro_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.twitter:chill-bijection_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.twitter:bijection-core_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.twitter:bijection-avro_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>commons-lang:commons-lang</exclude>
                                <exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
                                <exclude>de.javakaffee:kryo-serializers</exclude>
                                <exclude>joda-time:joda-time</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-lang3</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
                                <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-math</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.commons.json</exclude>
                                <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
                                <exclude>commons-codec:commons-codec</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations</exclude>
                                <exclude>stax:stax-api</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.typesafe:config</exclude>
                                <exclude>org.uncommons.maths:uncommons-maths</exclude>
                                <exclude>com.github.scopt:scopt_*</exclude>
                                <exclude>commons-io:commons-io</exclude>
                                <exclude>commons-cli:commons-cli</exclude>
                            </excludes>
                        </artifactSet>
                        <filters>
                            <filter>
                                <artifact>org.apache.flink:*</artifact>
                                <excludes>
                                    <!-- exclude shaded google but include shaded curator -->
                                    <exclude>org/apache/flink/shaded/com/**</exclude>
                                    <exclude>web-docs/**</exclude>
                                </excludes>
                            </filter>
                            <filter>
                                <!-- Do not copy the signatures in the META-INF folder.
                                Otherwise, this might cause SecurityExceptions when using the JAR. -->
                                <artifact>*:*</artifact>
                                <excludes>
                                    <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                                    <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
                                    <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
                                </excludes>
                            </filter>
                        </filters>
                        <transformers>
                            <!-- add Main-Class to manifest file -->
                            <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                <mainClass>com.demandware.unified.sample.backend.flink.PhysicalInventory</mainClass>
                            </transformer>
                        </transformers>
                        <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source> <!-- If you want to use Java 8, change this to "1.8" -->
                <target>1.8</target> <!-- If you want to use Java 8, change this to "1.8" -->
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

A: I had a similar problem. What fixed for me was ensuring the KafkaConsumer/Producer used in the source matches the one you depend on.
There seems to be a conflict between the differing versions of FlinkKafkaConsumer.
When using this import
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
    <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-0.8_2.10</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>

make sure you are using FlinkKafkaConsumer08 rather than FlinkKafkaConsumer (Or Producer if you are using the producer)
The weird thing for me is that my IDE cannot resolve the FlinkKafkaConsumer08, but it compiles using a build tool and runs correctly.

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ABOUT ATENEO
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"Ateneo Will Take Care of You!"
Janice Moradoz
I remember the surprise of Fr. Vitaliano R. Gorospe, SJ when I started working in the Ateneo. As he was a close family friend, naturally, someone in my family would have told him of my application but I asked them to keep quiet about it as I was unsure whether I would be able to get in or not. So when he learned that I was working here, he was very happy and proud! With eyes wide open, he said, "Wow, that's very good! Ateneo will take care of you!" And every time we saw each other, he would repeat the same words.
His words left a mark in my mind. Back then, I was a young lady with no responsibilities. I felt safe and assured knowing I was in the Ateneo. But as I matured, Fr. Gorospe's words "Ateneo will take care of you" started to sink in and made sense.
In the years that have passed, working in Ateneo has not only fulfilled me in terms of my career but also my spirituality. Annual retreats and prayer sessions continue to fuel my faith in the Lord. Activities and programs like sharing, outreach and helping the poor and victims of calamities have taught me the real significance of being a woman for others. Ateneo has not only taken care of me, but others as well. Maybe that is also one reason why I have stayed this long.
I was also moved by Fr. Gorospe's devotion to Our Lady of Penafrancia or Ina as we call her in Bicol. He was so devoted to Ina that he was even inspired to write a book about her. He was not a Bicolano but his dedication to Our Lady of Penafrancia was very inspiring. Through him, my faith in Ina became even stronger. He also loved Mt. Banahaw that he used to encourage his students to go there to experience what was believed to be the holy mountain. Once, he showed me his scar from his heart operation, saying that the operation's success was because of Ina and his devotion to the holy mountain.
In terms of career, Fr. Gorospe or Fr. Goro or Fr. George to his close friends, also advised me to be more computer literate and to learn anything I could about technology. He said that computers are the next important thing in the future; that everything we would do from then on would involve computers. True enough, most of our work depended on computers and I knew I would be lost had I not followed his advice. When I received my first staff excellence award, he came to congratulate me for a job well done and told me to keep soaring high.
I have no other significant memories with Fr. Gorospe but I know that he was a passionate professor and have written books about theology. And I am grateful that I had the chance to know him personally and I am thankful for the inspiration he gave me.
Ms. Janice Moradoz and relatives with Fr. Vitaliano R. Gorospe, SJ at the mini concert of Jose Mari Chan
at Shangrila Mall during Christmas of 1994. (L-R: Aunt Fe of Ms. Moradoz, her cousin Allan,
Ms. Moradoz, Fr. Gorospe and Mrs. Chan (wife of Jose Mari). Photo courtesy of Ms. Moradoz
Ms. Janice Moradoz works as office assistant at the Ateneo Grade School's Registrar's Office. She has been with the university for 24 years now.
Ateneo is Home is about finding God in the Ateneo's faces and spaces. It aims to inspire members of the Ateneo to reflection, connection and community. This website aims to touch hearts and open eyes to the comfort and, at times, wonder and mystery of our home that is Ateneo which reflects God's love and majesty.
This website is managed and owned by the Ateneo de Manila University Formation Council through the Office for Mission and Identity. You may reach us through 426-6001 local 4010-4016 or at omi@ateneo.edu.
IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY RESOURCES
Link on Ignatian Spirituality that may be helpful for you!
www.phijesuits.org
www.emmausphil.org
www.ignatianspirituality.com
www.loyolapress.com/ignatian-spirituality.htm
www.cisphil.org
LENTEN REFLECTION: Identity and Mercy
LENTEN REFLECTION: Life and Identity
LENTEN REFLECTION: Golden Statues
LENTEN REFLECTION: The Lord Hears Us
LENTEN REFLECTION: The Light of Christ
Sino ang tatanghaling pinaka-ASTIG ng AJHS?
Advancing scientific research and innovation
Catch the "Paraiso" music & arts festival on 18 January 2020!
Me Too: It can happen to anyone - Blueboard by Ma. Lourdes Veneracion-Rallonza, Ph.D.
The AJHS Fair "SINANG" happens Jan. 17-18, 2020
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Henn Na Hotel is known to be the first robot hotel in the world, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a good hotel. The robot hotel Japan doesn't live up to the crazy expectations I had from seeing futuristic movies. The Henna Hotel did not even meet the expectations of a 2-Star Motel.
I found out about the place from Atlas Obscura. A site known for obscure destinations. Most of my journeys have been fueled by Atlas Obscura so they have high credibility with me.
"Henn na" or "Henna" in Japanese translate to weird, strange or unusual. This is true, because when you see a robot velociraptor at the front desk, you'll think this is a weird hotel.
To get to Henna hotel Nagasaki you first have to get to Nagasaki. Then take the train for about an hour North to Sasebo at the Huis Ten Bosch stop.
A shuttle service runs every 15 minutes from the road at the Huis Ten Bosch stop to Henn Na Hotel Nagasaki. In my situation, I decided to take the walk since it's about 15 minutes from the station any way.
We arrived to the Henn Na hotel Japan at 1pm, 2 hours before check-in at 3pm. There was no early check-in, because Japan is very strict about check-in times. There was no "real" person to ask if we wanted to any way.
We were able to hangout in the nearby lounge with free Wi-Fi. The reception robots activated around 2:45pm and we were able to check-in 15 minutes early.
The robots at check-in are mainly voices that direct you to use the self-service check-in computers. The robots move around a little as they talk, but that's it.
There were 2 robot velociraptors and one robot lady. The robot lady had a scary face so I went with the robot velociraptor.
At the check-in counter, you'll find yourself in front of a robot and two screens. At the large screen facing you, you'll select Check-In or Check-Out. After selecting "Check-In," you'll be redirected to the smaller screen directly in front of the robot and the robot begins moving. Next, you'll select your language and the robot will begin speaking. You'll fill out some data and scan your passports. There was trouble with scanning mine so it took a few tries before getting it to work. Then, you'll receive a receipt with your room number and one key card to your room.
I saw the robots docked, but they didn't come out to get our luggage. There wasn't any worker in the lobby to help set this up. It turns out the robots that take luggage to your room were out of order.
If you wanted to store your luggage securely for the day, you could store your luggage in this large storage area that can only be accessed by a robot arm.
500JPY to store luggage with this robot. I chose not to use this service.
There were also a bunch of items and amenities for sale in the lobby…but you'd have to find a person to buy from.
I was really looking forward to Lazy Time!
I was going to buy this, but there was no attendant to buy this from. The robots had no idea what I was saying.
There were a few gardening robots in the grass, but they weren't moving. By the looks of the grass, the robots haven't moved in weeks. I later saw an actual person gardening to pick up the slack from these lazy robots.
You're doing a crappy job, robot.
To get into the room, there is a door key scanner (typical for most hotels), after that cleared, you had to press the "SCAN" button for the facial recognition scanner, then you could open the door. That facial recognition scanner was very inconvenient since it misread my face several times. I'm not sure what it bases it on. I checked-in so I'm assuming that's where it scanned my face (or off my passport—bad photo) but when my friend tried to open the door, it scanned his face with no problem.
At least that's what I thought, he just used the key to open the door. The facial recognition system was all for show.
The hallways to the rooms were outdoors, very reminiscent of motels. This was only a concern because that makes it much easier for insects to get into the room. This was definitely a problem because there were mosquitoes in the room and a giant cockroach. The cockroach was so big that it needed facial recognition to get in.
For a robot hotel in Japan, it was much like a standard business hotel. I've stayed in very similar Best Western hotels in Japan that were like this.
The only difference was that there was a robot helper "Churi" in the room. The robot said she could control the lights or tell us the weather, BUT when we made those requests none of them registered with the robot. It's like an Amazon Alexa, if Alexa didn't give a crap about what you were saying.
Since we registered the room in English, the robot was speaking in English so it's nice to see at least those things linked up.
Unfortunately, this robot helped wouldn't shut the hell up. She would just randomly activate and say the weather when the room was completely quiet. We had to unplug her to get some sleep.
My friend cut his foot walking around the floor barefoot. That's because the floor was dirty. I stepped on a few things too and switch to exclusively slippers in the room.
After a long day of walking around Huis Ten Bosch, it was time for sleep. I untucked the bed covers and found a few hairs. I haven't been on the bed yet. I look under the pillow and see a few more hairs. Someone slept in this bed and the sheets haven't been changed! My friend was lucky enough to have a bed that was cleaned.
At that point, I just wanted to get a refund and continue on to another city. I looked at the train schedule but it was too late to leave. The last train to get me to Fukuoka (the next destination) had already left for the night.
Then I called reception to change my sheets.
Me: Hi, I'd like the sheets in my room changed.
Reception: (2 minutes later) Hello?
The "ok, one moment" happened four more times over 10 minutes. They then said they'd come to the room.
Later, housekeeping arrived and knocked on the door. I opened to door to find a lady from housekeeping holding an iPad with a live stream of a guy wearing a headset. She spoke to the man in Japanese and then the man spoke to me in English. Interesting solution. We had a conversation for a few minutes about what the problem was. Then housekeeping came in to inspect the bed and confirmed that it was a problem. She left and came back after a few minutes to change the sheets.
I slept pretty well but woke up with a mosquito bites on my feet and legs. Damn it.
To stay here one night the cost was $182 USD and it was severely disappointing.
I would not recommend staying here. If you're planning on going to Huis Ten Bosch, take a day trip and plan t o catch the last train. Bosch hotels can be very expensive!
The Bosch hotels look fancy though, but you don't really have to stay there to experience the lobby and dining.
Person seen landscaping. Robot seen relaxing.
I didn't know this until I got here, but Henna Hotel is right next to a Dutch City Themed amusement park. That amusement park is call Huis Ten Bosch, which makes a lot of sense after the fact.
The biggest highlight at the theme park was eating at the Huis Ten Bosch Robot Restaurant. It was nice to see actual robots doing a good job!
Unsurprisingly, the robot hotel in Japan ended up laying off over half of it's robot employees. The robots caused more work for the humans at Henn Na Hotel Nagasaki and a bad customer experience is bad for business.
I stayed here and it was pretty bad. If you really want to visit Henn Na Hotel Japan, you don't really have to stay in the hotel. Most of the robot stuff is in the lobby and you can just go check it out. Definitely way over priced for what you get. If you want to go to Huis Ten Bosch, take a day trip here and stay at a hotel in the city.
It was an ambitious attempt but the world is not yet ready for a hotel fully run by robots. This is still a small step in that direction..
Would I try another robot hotel? Absolutely. I'll stay in any type of weird hotels as long as it's not a love hotel. I draw the line at cleanliness. Which is why I was pleasantly surprised by how nice some of Japan's capsule hotels are.
I'll try to look for more weird hotels in Japan to check out. I've already found some pretty weird Japanese bars and scary Japanese arcades.
What's the weirdest thing you've experienced while traveling?


URBANNA, Va. — An animal lover in Virginia has attained internet fame after she went out of her way to help local dogs stay cool this summer.
More than 800,000 people have seen an image of her effort, posted to Reddit this week. Under the header "Saw this while walking through a small town in VA – it's nice to know that someone is looking out for all the pups in this summer heat," Reddit user Brittany Magill, of Falls Church, posted the photo of a sign.
Megan turned out to be Megan Brockman, a local cafe owner. She said she came up with the idea to buy the pools last month after she heard about two local dogs who died of heat stroke.
Brockman, who has two dogs of her own, said the other dogs' death made her cry. She headed to a dollar store and bought 11 kiddie pools, made the sign, and put them in front of her restaurant.
The pools went fast, she said, so she bought more. She's bought at least 30 pools so far.
Nothing could have prepared her for the attention the actions have received since the photo went viral, she told WTVR.com.


When I first started this blog I tried to find a single word or phrase that might encapsulate the German way of living or lifestyle.
Everyone has their own experience, view and perception of German life and culture or "Deutsche Lebensart".
For me, high living standards, plentiful leisure time, a strong work ethic and a well-funded and structured welfare system distinguish German society. Germany has a highly urbanized society, with lifestyles that emphasize recreational and leisure activities. Many Germans enjoy hiking, camping, skiing, and other outdoor pursuits. Soccer is the most popular sport in the nation, and many Germans belong to local soccer clubs. Germans are also known for their love of food, especially rich pastries, veal and pork dishes, and various types of sausages and cheeses. German-made wine and beer are famous all over the world. Also popular are lively social gatherings at outdoor beer or wine gardens.
With over 110 million speakers in Europe, the German language is one of the most important on the continent and is the most widely spoken. Whether you want to learn German to further your career or simply want to make a holiday in a German speaking country more memorable, knowledge of this rich language will undoubtedly be a useful linguistic skill.


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Q: Initialization of the data source Failed (excel) I have the database linked to excel it is working on my PC but when my manager access the excel file from his computer it comes up with an error message.
"Initialization of the data source Failed"
How can I grant authorization for other members to access the excel on their computers ?
I'll look forward to your reply
thanks in advance :)
Chao