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Who Can Help Us Eat More Healthily?
Almost two thirds of UK adults are obese or overweight, so says a new survey by Public Health England (PHE). PHE, whose mission is to protect and improve the nation's health and to address inequalities, points out that there are 19 district local authorities with more than 70% of population obese or overweight.
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Whose Responsibility is it to Improve These Statistics?
As I outlined last week, Tesco have decided to join the task of educating our children on the origins of our food. The question arises as to whether it truly is their responsibility?
PHE is the government department which oversees and advises local councils on how to help people stay healthy and protect them from threats to their health. In essence, the government wants everyone to be able to make healthier choices, regardless of their circumstances, to minimise the risk and impact of illness. There is, of course, no need to speculate why there is so much concern from the government about our health, but we can correctly assume it has everything to do with the cost of keeping the growing (sicker) nation well.
'Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A call to action on obesity in England' is a policy paper which was published in 2011 and sets out plans for involving the whole of society in reducing obesity:
It states that obesity is everybody's business and that it is the responsibility of individuals to change their behaviour to lose weight;
It urges that a range of partners, including government and business, have a responsibility to help people lose weight;
It outlines that dealing with obesity in children and adults is important;
It has a goal to reduce the number of calories the nation eats every day by 5 billion, further recommending that business has a big part to play in achieving this.
But who else is Helping?
All local councils in England have health and wellbeing boards created to bring together local organisations, which can help people make these healthier choices. A local Healthwatch representative is available through this resource to connect the general public and enable them to be involved in major decision making around health and social care. In principle, every person in England has an opportunity to feed their opinions and ideas into health and wellbeing boards.
On a more practical level family level, the NHS provide a very informative website. It is bright, cheerful and full of practical information.
Kent Local Authority goes one step further to support healthy lifestyles for people living in Kent through their 'virtual health club'. Actions like this take their time to reap rewards, as evidenced by the 65% - 70% of Kent residents who are still overweight or obese. However, these are all steps in the right direction.
Charities, such as the British Heart Foundation, have been campaigning for years about marketing unhealthy food and sweetened drinks to children. The BHF Food4Thought Campaign was piloted in 30 schools and empowered children to stock and sell healthy snacks in vending machines. As part of the project schools also competed in an online game, called Snackville, in which they had to look after the health of pupils in a virtual school and build a business empire based on healthy vending machines.
Matching entrepreneurship with healthy living can only be encouraged. As a teacher many years ago, the Home Economics Department campaigned to ban vending machines in the school, however unfortunately the money raised for school activities was deemed more important.
Another charity, the British Liver Trust has also been working hard. This is the UK charity for adults with liver conditions and coordinates The Love Your Liver campaign, which is a national awareness initiative about liver health. Check out how healthy your liver is on http://loveyourliver.org.uk/ Thankfully mine seems to be in good enough shape.
Modern Living - Lifestyle Choices
According to the World Health Organisation, '[a]bout 30% of cancer deaths are due to the following five lifestyle choices: obesity, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use.' The WHO further states that a 75 per cent increase is expected in annual cancer cases over the next two decades, linked to the five lifestyle habits mentioned.
Parent's Choice
While the government, local authorities and charities actively promote healthy life choices, parents have the primary duty of care to provide food that is nutritious. Good wholesome food nurtures good eating habits in children which, in my experience, transfers into their adulthood. Allowing children to be part of the cooking and home management activities in the home provides important life skills. Eating can no longer be a spontaneous activity but needs to be planned in advance, with more importance placed on the grocery list.
What do you think? Whose responsibility is it? Parents, government, big business, charity, community?
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Q: How to use runOnUiThread for updating a TextView I have two threads in my main activity from Runner and start them with clicking a button. The only thing thy do is count up. I want to update two TextViews wit the current count from ech thread. When i start my app and click my button, the app crashed.
The code run perfektly in the console.
The class Runner is only used for the counting. I want to Update the two TextViews after each passage in the methode running().
public class Runner extends Activity implements Runnable {

    int count = 0;
    String name;

    public Runner(String name) {
        super();
        this.name = name;
    }

    public void warten() throws InterruptedException {
        int zahl = (int) (Math.random() * 500) + 500;
        Thread.sleep(zahl);
    }

    public void running() throws InterruptedException {
        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            warten();
            count++;
            System.out.println(name + " ist bei: " + count);

            if(count == 10) {
                System.out.println(name + " IST FERTIG");
            }

            runOnUiThread(new UiThread(name, count));

        }

    }

    public void run() {
        try {
            running();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}

The class UiThread should be the main thread for updating the UI.
public class UiThread extends Activity implements Runnable {

    String name;
    int count;

    TextView textView1;
    TextView textView2;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        textView1 = findViewById(R.id.textView2);
        textView2 = findViewById(R.id.textView3);

    }

    public UiThread(String name, int count){
        this.name = name;
        this.count = count;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        if(name == "thread1"){
            textView1.setText("thread1 ist bei: " + count);
        }else{
            textView2.setText("thread2 ist bei: " + count);
        }
    }
}

A: i would recommend you checkout this guide on android threading docs.
You can't initialize an activity class, you only add it to the manifest, doing so will lead to a null context. So remove the constructor in your UiThread class.
Also you do not need for your runner class to extend Activity. Pass an instance of Activity inorder to use the runOnUiThread() method.
Here is an example of how the UiTHread class should be.
public class UiThread extends Activity {

public TextView textView1;
public TextView textView2;

@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    textView1 = findViewById(R.id.textView2);
    textView2 = findViewById(R.id.textView3);

    startThreads();
}

private void startThreads(){
    // Initialize the runnable class passing this activity context.
    Runner runner = new Runner(this);

    Thread thread1 = new Thread(runner, "thread1");
    Thread thread2 = new Thread(runner, "thread2");

    thread1.start();
    thread2.start();
}
}

the runner class
public class Runner implements Runnable {

private int count = 0;
private UiThread context;

public Runner(UiThread activityContext) {
    this.context = activityContext;
}

public void warten() throws InterruptedException {
    int zahl = (int) (Math.random() * 500) + 500;
    Thread.sleep(zahl);
}

public void running() throws InterruptedException {
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        warten();
        count++;
        System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " ist bei: " + count);

        if(count == 10) {
            System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " IST FERTIG");
        }

        // update text views from the main thread.
        context.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                if(Thread.currentThread().getName().equals("thread1")){
                    context.textView1.setText("thread1 ist bei: " + count);
                }else{
                    context.textView2.setText("thread2 ist bei: " + count);
                }
            }
        });
    }

}

public void run() {
    try {
        running();
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

}

Hope this helps.

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Sonaria was a one-of-a-kind musical & artistic VR experiment, the result of a collaboration between our studio and the Google Spotlight Stories team. A VR experience like no other, it could be called a musical meditation on nature, as well as an experiment in minimalism. Sonaria offers a rare peaceful escape for the mind, offering space for your imagination to explore the area between images and sound.
The original concept came from the mind of musician Scot Stafford, who also provided the musical backbone and immersive sound design for the film. Our team at Chromosphere then provided overall creative direction, story, art, and technical implementation in collaboration with the Google team.
KEVIN: Scot Stafford pitched his original concept for this experience to us, which in short was a musical VR journey following two creatures in a continuous chase through multiple environments. The other central piece of the idea was that the two creatures would also be morphing or transforming into other creatures along the way. When he presented the concept, Scot also had a little doodle of a teardrop shape which added three more teardrops and became a bird-like creature. I really latched onto the concept both because I like the simple nature of the teardrop shape and because it made me think of a graphic way of looking at the evolution of life. Treating the teardrop as though it is the singular building block of life in this world, like a molecule or a single-celled organism.
JASMIN: Because of the idea to build the world out of teardrops, we looked for inspiration from artists who love to use playful, simple shapes in their work. Two artists who ended up providing a lot of inspiration were Leo Lionni for the playful way in which he handled cut-out shapes, and Alexander Calder for his bright colors and emphasis on strong graphic shapes. The palette of the world began to develop with the idea that the two teardrop characters are red and blue, so our early exploration focused on these two bright teardrops against very minimal backgrounds. The designs quickly became more complex, and Nelson Boles did a lot of fantastic exploration to see how many creatures could be built from the teardrop shapes. However we eventually decided to simplify and thought it would be more appealing if there was a very concise method to determining the number of shapes we used for each creature. We used the same thinking for the environments, where we would isolate a single item or prop that best described the environment, such as lily pads for the marsh or kelp for the kelp forest, and focus on letting that element alone flesh out the scene.
JASMIN: For the transformations of the creatures, we initially imagined that they might multiply like bacteria in a petri dish, or maybe split apart like cells to become new creatures. As we explored further, we found inspiration in some naturally occuring patterns, like the Fibonacci spiral of some flowers. This gave us a clearer idea of what to do in the spaces between transitions, allowing for more interesting shapes to occur during the sequence.
KEVIN: Even though Sonaria wasn't a traditional narrative, we still wanted to find some natural arc to the experience to help the journey tie together. There needed to be some sense of order that led us from one vignette to the next. Because of how the teardrop reminded us of the concept of building blocks of life, our initial thoughts had to do with tying things together through a kind of natural evolutionary chain.
JASMIN: Scot had told us from very early stages that he wanted to incorporate the sounds of whale calls, so another idea we considered was starting very small with the teardrops and then working up through larger and larger creatures until we reached the whale. Eventually Nelson had the really cool idea to string everything together in levels of elevation, starting at the bottom of the ocean and working our way up to the surface, into the trees and sky, before coming back to the ocean.
KEVIN: Once we had this concept for the arc in place, planning the story out became like an artistic choreography of the creatures' movements, almost like we were planning a ballet. We had to find an interesting and elegant way to get the creatures from one place to the next, and also start to think through the details of how we would transform the sets.
JASMIN: For the first step in planning we came up with a 4-panel storyboard frame where each panel represented 90 degrees of vision in VR. This gave us the first ideas about how much physical space the creatures would be traversing, and we tried to stage each major point of action within a single quad to keep the movement from becoming too dizzying. Theresa projected these storyboards onto a 3D cylinder that we could time out and watch in VR to give a very rough sense of the experience. These initial tests helped us to realize that we were still forcing the viewer to move far too much to watch all of the action as we continually wrapped ourselves up in cords from the headset!
KEVIN: This also led to some more advanced set planning. We created these isometric set diagrams to help us better visualize where actions and set elements would be in 3D space.
KEVIN: After some trial and error with the flat storyboards, we decided it would be necessary to make a completely 3D layout to better visualize the timing and flow of the film in VR. Based on our storyboards and rough set layouts, Lucy was able to quickly model proxy versions of the sets & characters, and Alex Grigg spent a few days making them fly around in space. This gave us a much better sense of timing, and more importantly the closest idea so far of what it would be like to experience Sonaria in VR. After some more finessing and getting ourselves entangled in cords a few more times, we had a solid layout pass and could move on to animation!
Nelson did the very first animation test of one of the creatures, which was this fish. After showing it to Scot, he suggested that perhaps it was too fluid and that we could consider limiting the character animation in the same way we were limiting all of the visuals to allow more room for imaginative interpretation.
The transformations of the creatures turned out to be particularly hard to animate since they involved so many teardrop shapes moving around and rearranging themselves into new creatures. Because of this we sometimes prototyped the transformations in 2D where it was easier to plan out the shapes we wanted to hit. The animators then had a drawing they could follow in 3D, and it also helped the tech team to make sure the characters' rigs were set up to accommodate all of the motions of the transformation.
THERESA: A big technical challenge on Sonaria was in planning so that all of the sets, animation, and most importantly music, would all fit together seamlessly in the end. We knew that the creatures would be flowing between scenes in a continuous motion from on to the other, and this needed to happen without breaking the musical structure. This necessitated setting up a spreadsheet early on which charted out the exact frame numbers on which each major action would happen. Those actions also needed to happen on frames in multiples of 12 which was the pre-determined "beat" of the film. In addition, the viewer's gaze would determine when important actions would happen so that you would not miss vital story moments. This meant that the characters would need to enter a holding pattern and then seamlessly come out of it once your gaze returned focus. This in turn meant that during the set transitions, the set would also need to exit from a looping animation and go into a transition animation as quickly as possible without a hitch. Of course, this careful coordination also all needed to function in real time!
LUCY: The idea for the set transitions was to smoothly hide and reveal environmental elements, transporting you to a brand new location. To do this I used a gradient shader which was first written by Cassidy Curtis from the GSS team, which allowed me to do things such as animate a color change on an object that would radiate from a certain point. We used this effect to reveal the new sky color and also to do things such as animate the kelp disappearing from the fish scene from the top down, almost as if the light from above was obscuring it.
THERESA: We also used the gradient shader to create the pulsing effect on the animals. One of the big technical challenges that had to do with the visuals was the fact that the film's style utilized so many layers of transparency. Transparency is notoriously processor-intensive in real-time projects, so we had to figure out how to optimize this as well as working to minimize transparency sorting issues. To add to the mass of teardrops on screen at any one time, I also created a particle system to make teardrop trails coming off the creatures. It was a system which would generate teardrop shapes with controls for the size and speed, and was designed to be straightforward for the art team to use and place in the scenes wherever they wanted.


Quite quickly into my multi-hour visit with Georges at Antic it was clear our wine interests overlapped enough and that I respected his palate enough that I would readily take his advice on wine. So, when he found out I love Champagne and had tuned into the kind of wine I like he recommended I buy this bottle of Rémi Leroy Blanc de blancs, and I immediately did.
Getting the bottle back home I was torn. I could feel through the glass the kind of wine it would be. To truly enjoy it all I wanted to do was stay home, drink it on my own, and fall asleep in low light wearing a silk negligee – I just knew it was going to have that sort of silken, delicate, ethereal-with-substance sort of feel to it that can only be captured by such an experience. But as a wine lover in a community of wine lovers it is also important to share unique wines with people that can appreciate it and so too can understand its importance. So, I brought the bottle with me on a recent trip to Canada and drank it with friends on Vancouver Island while visiting them all in Victoria.
The Remi Leroy Blanc de blancs grows, uniquely, in the Côte des Bars of Aube. The area is predominately planted to Pinot Noir, but it is also full of Kimmeridgean soils, which many believe are better suited to Chardonnay. So, some brave souls have risked planting the white grape even as it grows surrounded by the red. Leroy is one. He farms organically, with a focus on cover crops to encourage the health of the soils and then takes a more minimalist approach in the cellar while keeping the focus on clean, stable cuvées at the same time. It would be ridiculous to call a methode traditionelle wine program anything like natural or non-interventionist, as so many steps are integral to just making sparkling wine, but Leroy aims to reduce cellar techniques or inputs that would otherwise be unnecessary. It's a kind of balance I admire.
So, what of the wine itself?
It is unbelievably beautiful. My original sense of falling asleep in low light, perhaps candles, in a silk negligee captured the feel of the wine. It's a slower paced, end of the day sort of wine. That softened glow one gets from candles with their flickering light cast across the walls and ceiling resembles the mouthfeel and presence of this wine on the palate.
Candle light, without doubt, has a delicate nature to it but at the same time the mood it casts is powerful. It can change the feel of an entire day, regardless of how things have gone. There is intimacy to it and a calm, sensual openness. Candle light in its qualities resembles the feel of silk used for negligees or nightgowns – soft and smooth, while thin and satiny, exactly what we mean when we use the word silken. It is light, delicate, sensual, and, again, carries its own unique mood.
The Remi Leroy 2009 Blanc de blancs sits in the center of this family of feeling.
If I was to turn to regular tasting notes I'd have to admit in a strange way I don't remember its flavors – they were chalky and pale yellow, high tone ethereal notes, without being shrill, like what one would hear at high voice from a choir singing in a well-tuned cathedral – the wine was so much more about its texture, mouthfeel, and mood. It's finish was long.
When I bought the wine from Antic, there were few bottles left of this 2009, it turned out, and it doesn't get exported from France. The Remi Leroy brut does make it to the United States, for those wanting to try some of the Leroy wines, but I confess I haven't had it yet. Based on the Blanc de blancs I would be shocked if it isn't wonderful and I intend to taste it as soon as I can.


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Content is sparse at the moment but we will slowly be adding clips from our Macross lifestyles as time goes on. Eventually, I plan to have the full podcasts up there as well just to give people more options as far as accessing it is concerned.
This would be perfect for my morning commute.
when I right click on the play button, I get a 'Save audio as' option.
Hmm. I don't. Maybe it's the browser? I'm using Firefox. I already downloaded it a few days ago through the Dashboard thanks to admin privileges; maybe something needs to be changed for it to be publicly downloadable?
I get the option too and thought it was common knowledge, sorry.
Ok, lets get a list going here. So far it appears that the right click to save function is available in Chrome, but not Firefox or IE. EXO, what browser are you using?
Given more time I can set up an itunes download link, but it be a while before I have time to get around to it sorry.
Aw. Can't we all just get along?
I'm using Safari and I don't have the download option, either.
Wait we have a pod cast?
I hate all pod casts. Radio is dead. I'm bored listing to idiots yaking for hours. I'm pissed at people who have news to tell but gonna hold off and say it on a pod cast first. I'm suppose to listen to the whole thing just to hear someone tell me one tiny little bit of information that is worth while. Could have posted the same news in text form days ago but no we got wait for the podcast. Try fast forwards to the part you might be interested in. It's impossible to find what you want without having to listen to boring people talking.
Just some notes about the podcast itself. You might wanna try sectioning off the content and putting a summary of what is where along with the times where each section starts and ends.
I also felt that the podcast was a real chore to listen too at certain moments. Your commentary alternated between being fine and sometimes stale. That's partly why I suggested the sectioning. Users like myself would be able to skip around to what they find personally interesting and thus make the whole thing easier to swallow.
Don't take them too seriously. Alot of what they say is trolling by their own words. That said I haven't heard what you said about Colony Drop yet.
Don't ever listen to the criticism of the mainstream. 9 times out of 10 they are completely hypocritical and full of crap.
I really liked Redline myself. The music was great as you said but I didn't have a problem with the romantic elements or the d-boy subplot. It's a fun movie that you really shouldn't take too seriously but if you're so inclined it does have some artistic depth to it beyond the spectacle that is the racing.
You guys haven't been watching the Aqualion? That's insane: which also summarizes this show in recent episodes. I hope you have at least watched some of the episodes in the time between recording this podcast and posting it.
Here at work, I only have IE and there's no "Save As..." option either. Though, for anyone in my predicament who does want to save it, try right-clicking on this direct link to the podcast.
Since it's a 90mb+ file, I'm not going to download it through my job's network and will wait until I get home.
You guys haven't been watching the Aqualion?
I've been telling them, but at this rate they're never gonna win da aqua lion.
I'm still disappointed that the Aqualion isn't a mecha show about underwater mechs. That should happen at some point.
Yeah Getter 3 didn't set the best precedent so all we got is Mars Daybreak and Fafnir.
I'm enjoying this podcast so far, they pretty much nailed REDLINE on the head for its pros & cons. Good thing is the cons are far outweighed by how awesome the film looks & sounds!
P.S. I'm using Google Chrome... no issues.
I hate all pod casts.
That's why it's a podcast.
I'm bored listing to idiots yaking for hours.
Don't worry -- we're f*cking JENIUSES.
I'm pissed at people who have news to tell but gonna hold off and say it on a pod cast first.
No danger of that -- all our casts have been half a year late.
I'm suppose to listen to the whole thing just to hear someone tell me one tiny little bit of information that is worth while.
Guess again -- none of it is worthwhile.
Could have posted the same news in text form days ago but no we got wait for the podcast.
Like I said, it was all posted months ago. Literally.
Try fast forwards to the part you might be interested in. It's impossible to find what you want without having to listen to boring people talking.
Actually... This is a valid point. Some other podcasts give you a time breakdown menu, so you know at what point to fast-forward to.
Thanks for all the feedback, people.
I'm not in charge of the way it is presented, recorded, formatted, nor uploaded but rest assured that your input is read and taken into consideration. This is the third and longest episode so far -- the reason being that it is actually two episodes in one, just to fit in the Tim Eldred interview. The length is certainly an issue -- this is likely going to be the exception rather than the rule. Also I think from now on we will start sectioning off the cast into three or four different parts to make it more streamlined and reduce the rambling. I believe the "what are you watching now" thing was supposed to be an attempt at that.
Mr March, thank you for your points. However, I thought we did introduce ourselves..? I believe that's the first thing we do at the beginning of each episode, introducing our real names and MW handles, although sometimes it might be hard to hear (especially since we don't use the handles in conversation).
Roy Focker, I know how you feel. We actually have a specific goal with this, and I personally don't like to do anything that just anybody can do -- I would rather leave it to someone who's better at it. The purpose of this podcast is to open a window into Macross fandom within Japan. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I think the fact that we are based in Japan and our experiences here give us a unique insight, just as a matter of fact. So we would like to share our experiences with those who are not fortunate enough, say, to attend the Macross Exhibition with the 1/1 Valk, or attend all the really cool concerts, or speak to Kawamori or Tenjin or Ishiguro, etc. Those are experiences that we would like to share with you, like stupid things that we said to Mikimoto, dumb jokes that Chie Kajiura made about Tochiro on Twitter, etc.
I don't even remember who first pitched the idea for doing this, but I'm pretty sure it was Tochiro, and his reasons were sound, so I joined. We're trying to give you a sense of how active, organic and actually productive the Macross fan community is at the moment. The best way of doing that we decided would be just to get together and have a chat.
We still have a ways to go, and I really hope that things become a bit more streamlined in terms of frequency and length, but hey, we're all doing our part.
I'm watching it... But it's really not my kind of thing, so I didn't talk about it. Either that, or I just forgot.
I just listened to the first few minutes -- you're right, we didn't introduce our handle names. Huh. That's really odd, we usually do. Sorry about that!
No worries and thanks for the fast replies. I look forward to the next episode. Keep up the good work!
I'm not into podcasts at all but I really enjoyed this one. Listened to the whole thing in 2 sessions.
I also told Tochiro to say the date the podcast is being recorded in the beginning.
I wasn't referring to "Seedy" at all, I was pointing my proverbial finger at actual reputable anime news sites. As for Redline, guilty as charged.
I think people have me confused with Richard (Gubaba), he mentioned "Seedy".
I liked Redline too. Just finished listening to the podcast will try to speak up or move closer to the mic in the future.
That's true. It was me.
Ill follow, not a huge fan of podcasts, but usually people that like Macross have similar tastes and it makes for interesting listening. I think Macross breeds a different kind of anime fan.
I normally don't listen to fan podcasts, but decided to give this one a shot. You guys definitely know your stuff and it was nice to put voices to your screen names. I also liked the group's chemistry. I suppose that has to do with the fact that you all have hung out in person before and that chemistry carried over to the broadcast. And like Renato wrote earlier, being bilingual and living in Japan gives you guys a perspective and credibility that other shows can't match.
I was surprised to hear that Tim Eldred was your guest speaker. I remember him and Greg Lane as being the only good mecha artists that the old Robotech comics had, so I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Eldred's now a professional storyboarder and works on the Star Blazers' website. I always wondered what happened to him after his days at Eternity.
Another thing that I really loved was hearing an intelligent discussion that involved both Macross and Robotech. I'd almost forgotten that that was even possible. Listening to that segment made me realize that one huge advantage that closed podcasts have over messageboards is that dumdums and trolls can't sh!t on the discussion.
But, there's always room for improvement. There were times when you guys rambled on and went way off track. I could tell that Tochiro was trying to steer the discussion back on track at times, though I just wish he did it a bit more often. I understand that there's probably a desire to give everyone an opportunity to have their say, but I think it's best for the show's producer (Tochiro?) to take a stronger role in steering the ship. Also, try to make sure everyone speaks directly into their mics. It was a little jarring to hear someone speak at full volume, then another person at almost a whisper. Though overall, job well done.
So, uh...when are we doing the next one?
I just saw the Nichimo Zentradi stamp kit....good stuff.
Will there be a MW video podcast in the future?
We arranged the very first MW podcast last year to be filmed, and it was. We had a whole thing set up, and we talked around a large table adorned with Hidetaka Tenjin posters and stuff, and a Microman GunRobo (original black pre-Megatron), which I used to shoot people whose opinions I did not care for. Unfortunately, something happened, I don't know what, and we were left with audio only. I proposed to try again from the second cast onwards, but it didn't happen.
Many thanks for all the feedback everyone!
One thing that seemed apparent based on some of the feedback I've been getting is that quite a few people didn't realise that this was a new EPISODE of the podcast and not the first episode of a NEW podcast. It's actually episode 3. The links to the first two episodes are useless due to Megaupload being gone, so I'm re-encoding them and will be posting them on MW. I've just put Ep. 1 up and while theres still some technical hiccups (its displaying differently and the scoopbot seems to have latched onto it for some reason) it should be listenable.
Get it HERE (also added to the first post of this thread).
I'll redo Ep. 2 next weekend, and will be recording the first half of Ep. 4 a week or two after that.
To address some of the suggestions that people have put out there, once I have 3-4 eps posted I will get them onto an itunes account. At some point I also hope to have them indexed on a separate page which will also include descriptions and timestamps. In the meantime I will be posting timestamps in this thread from Ep. 4 onwards.
I listened to the entire podcast, all 3+ hours. I suppose that generous length is necessitated by the frequency at which you're releasing these podcats (once a month? whenever?).
Once a month? Heck I WISH I had that sort of time! Basically the idea is to do it 4-5 times a year during a regular year, with more frequent casts as required - ie, I'm expecting to do a few extra this year due to the 30th Anniversary.
Actually, while we omitted forum handle introductions in this episode, we did do them in previous episodes so I didnt think saying them again was necessary at the time. I might just put a name list up with each episode saying who participated and who they are on the forums.
We actually have a specific goal with this, and I personally don't like to do anything that just anybody can do -- I would rather leave it to someone who's better at it. The purpose of this podcast is to open a window into Macross fandom within Japan. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I think the fact that we are based in Japan and our experiences here give us a unique insight, just as a matter of fact. So we would like to share our experiences with those who are not fortunate enough, say, to attend the Macross Exhibition with the 1/1 Valk, or attend all the really cool concerts, or speak to Kawamori or Tenjin or Ishiguro, etc. Those are experiences that we would like to share with you, like stupid things that we said to Mikimoto, dumb jokes that Chie Kajiura made about Tochiro on Twitter, etc..... We're trying to give you a sense of how active, organic and actually productive the Macross fan community is at the moment.
I normally don't listen to fan podcasts, but decided to give this one a shot. You guys definitely know your stuff and it was nice to put voices to your screen names. I also liked the group's chemistry. I suppose that has to do with the fact that you all have hung out in person before and that chemistry carried over to the broadcast.
....Also, try to make sure everyone speaks directly into their mics. It was a little jarring to hear someone speak at full volume, then another person at almost a whisper. Though overall, job well done.
Many thanks for the kind words! For something like this, I feel that getting everyone in the same room (preferably with alcohol) is key - there are far too many podcasts out there where it's one long skype conversation and theres no chance for people to really play off each other. As for the volume issues - its a difficult problem to solve because we only have one mic (albeit a decent one) so people's voices are naturally going to sound different depending on how far from/close to the mic they are. Thats why we cram as many ppl as possible onto the couch because that puts them directly in front of the mic.
I just saw the Nichimo Zentradi stamp kit....good stuff. Will there be a MW video podcast in the future?
Sorry but a vidcast isnt in the cards at the moment because such an undertaking would require everyone to wear pants.
It's ok as long as Renato is wearing his best socks.


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According to Census 2011, Bhagatpura's population is 1201. Out of this, 630 are males while the females count 571 here. This village has 200 children in the age bracket of 0-6 years. Among them 117 are boys and 83 are girls.
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**Edited on October 1st 2018**
Melina's Nuclear Heat
The details of Melina's call up to Wrestler's Court remain blurred, but there's several examples of the former Diva being difficult to work with; so much so other wrestlers have compared her to Sunny. One time Lita kicked her out of the locker room, so she had to change in the hallway. She had an altercation with Sharmell (a week after Booker T and Batista had their backstage fight) in 2006. Candice Michelle had heated words with Melina over a wrestling move Candice was using (although on that occasion, Candice was proven wrong), and Taryn Terrel stated Melina was the only Diva she was warned (by WWE personnel) about in 2007.
Maria Kanellis had nothing nice to say about her after leaving WWE, and Brooke Adams (Tessmacher) went further by saying she was the only person who liked Melina, but still labelled her as a "rude, fake, bitch to everyone". She also told a story about Melina spreading a rumour and trying to turn Layla and Kelly Kelly against her. In OVW, Melina expressed her hatred for Mickie James and Angel Williams (Angelina Love) by posting negative comments on the forum of her official website. After Mickie James was promoted to the main roster in 2005, Melina posted the following:
"I know that there's going to be people who don't understand. I'm sorry… I can't help the way I feel about HER (I Hope you know who HER is). I tried my best to get along with the girl. It's just not meant to be. I don't know if you've seen America's Next Top Model and how cady girls can be on that show… well, welcome to my world with HER. She hated me from the day I showed up to Louisville. She made sure my life there wasn't great. You WOULD think it was a new person thing, but when new people came around, I was still the one who got her rudey poo. But you know, as she tried to break me…. I just got stronger and tried harder. Our work got us on tv and She hated that I was on tv first. "She hated that I got any attention at all.
You know…. I don't consider myself pretty. Not at all. Not like the other girls. And I am cool with that. Like I have said before, looks come and go but the way I am, the way i treat people and the things I accomplish in life… that can never be taken away from me. I can die right now knowing how I touched peoples lives…. I know that I did things on my terms. I never took off my clothes, kissed ass or slept with anyone to get my spot. I worked hard. I'm not perfect but I give the people my all."
Continuing with examples of her behaviour, the biggest example would be the Wrestlemania XXVII team of John Morrison, Trish Stratus and Snooki. Kelly Kelly was originally scheduled to be in the match, but it was a ruse to slot Snooki in at the last-minute. Melina assumed she had a spot in the team, but it was announced Trish Stratus would come out of retirement for the six-person mixed tag match. It's known that John Morrison had purposely snubbed Trish before, and during the match, and wanted nothing to do with her ideas. This was unlike Morrison, so Trish was upset and confused by his behaviour. It's believed Melina had been in his ear for weeks, and he may have resented Trish for "taking his girlfriend's spot".
Paul London has previously talked about Melina's case happening at 3am in a hotel. Wrestler's were asked to come down from their rooms and witness the event; which London said was "stupid". In a shoot interview, London said The Undertaker was the judge for the case, and the boys were taking bets on how long it would take for Melina to cry. Sadly, there's no more details about the case itself, so why it happened, and what came from it, remains unknown.
Billy Silverman Doesn't Care For Wrestler's Court
I would like to give credit to this article from 2005 for shedding light on the Billy Silverman situation. The piece explains it in more detail, so I'll summarize below.
– When WWF bought WCW, the WWF wrestlers knew the WCW guys were coming, so they expected them to be respectful of their backstage etiquette. They wanted to prove to the WCW guys they were successful because they had unwritten rules to abide by, and there were no exceptions.
– In the beginning, the WCW guys could do nothing right. If they talked too much, they were put in their place, and if they talked too little, they were seen as awkward. Just like any serious merger, the WWF vs. WCW stigma took time to wear off.
– Billy Silverman decided to book himself in for First Class on his first flight as part of the WWF. What he didn't know was that it was seen as disrespectful for someone who just joined the company to book themselves in First Class with the veterans. Kurt Angle felt the need to inform Silverman of the "rules", as he didn't want Silverman to get heat with the boys; it took a while til Angle himself felt he could book in to First Class after joining the company.
– Despite the warning, Silverman didn't understand. He didn't get the concept of having to earn your tenure before booking in to First Class. Angle tried to explain it, but Silverman didn't care, and by not caring he made himself a target for hazing.
– Silverman was summoned to Wrestler's Court. He was found guilty of breaking basic etiquette, and his punishment was to serve liquor to everyone on a plane ride. He may have been sentenced to do this twice, but the details are not concrete.
– Before Wrestler's Court, many of the boys insulted Silverman. After the hearing, the insults calmed down, except from one man – John Bradshaw Layfield. While JBL insulted Silverman in jest (which is normal for him), the former WCW referee didn't see it that way. He soon left the company, and filed a lawsuit against WWE for JBL's bullying. Nothing came from it, but it's interesting to note that The Blue Meanie added his own comment in a deposition for the lawsuit. Credit to this link.
"[Brian "Blue Meanie" Heffron], who is roughly 6-1 and 280 pounds, admits he had previously criticized [John Bradshaw Layfield] for being a bully in earlier Internet interviews and gave an unflattering opinion of him during a deposition taken for a lawsuit against WWE filed by former referee Billy Silverman. Heffron said he experienced "verbal intimidation and hazing" from Layfield outside the ring during his time working with WWE from November 1998 to June 2000."
So you could ask two questions after reading this: Is JBL a bully? Or was Silverman too sensitive for the WWE locker room? You decide.
William Goldberg Vs. Christopher Irvine
The infamous incident between Goldberg and Chris Jericho is one of the most talked about instances of Wrestler's Court. Luckily, the details have been ironed out for some time, and I can also provide a video of Jericho talking about it in an interview.
Goldberg and Jericho had a backstage altercation on Bill's first day in the company. There was still some animosity left over from the WCW days, and by this time Jericho was a veteran in the company, while Goldberg was the new guy. Jericho managed to stop Goldberg's assault before it began with the only shoot hold he knew from his job as a bouncer; a face lock (or head lock, depending who tells it) which rendered him immobile. Every time Goldberg tried to get out of it, Jericho cinched it in harder. He kept the hold on til others came to separate them.
Word got around that Jericho took the mighty Goldberg down by himself. Even Vince McMahon heard about it, and he laughed it up as he couldn't believe Jericho had taken out one of the biggest guys in WCW history. Goldberg was taken to Wrestler's Court, as the boys felt that Goldberg had disrespected a veteran of the locker room.
As the brand extension split Raw and Smackdown in to two rosters, Triple H was appointed as judge. The Game did not hold back any punches, and he immediately found Goldberg guilty of disrespecting the business, and showing disrespect for those who worked their asses off to put him in the main event spot he had.
Unlike previous punishments, Goldberg did not have to buy anything, and he could not bribe the judge and prosecutor with gifts; his punishment was far more severe. Triple H told Goldberg his punishment was to "apologize to Jericho, and to publicly admit that, out of the two, Jericho was the better wrestler, and always had been.". I'm guessing many fans would have paid a lot of money to see that apology!
And once again we have come to the end of today's hearing. I've included a video of Chris Jericho talking about the incident, and while he plays it up like it was nothing, we can still appreciate Jericho for sticking up for himself against the disrespectful and entitled Bill Goldberg. Forward to 2:11 for Jericho's thoughts on Goldberg. Thanks for reading!
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New Delhi : The Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar has said that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has started its work and will be conducting various entrance examinations for higher educational Institutions from next academic sessions onwards.
The Minister highlighted that for the first time in the history of competitive examinations, the JEE (Main) and NEET (UG) will be conducted twicebefore admissions in the next academic session. This gives a choice to the students especially if they fail to appear in a test due to unwarranted circumstances. He also informed that the syllabus and the pattern of question paper would remain the same and there will be NO increase in the exam fees currently being charged.
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According to the absolute location it spreads up to North latitude 6.5'1" and as per longitudinal location. It spreads between longitudes 79.5'1" to 79.5'2".
North : Dehiwala Lake and Municipal Council area of Kotte.
South : Mount Lavinea and Kawdana west Grama Niladari Division.
East : Part of Veras and Bolgoda Lake and Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat boundary.
West : Natural Coastal area.
Altogether 8.71sqkm or 871.03 Hectares small piece of land belonging to this area.
When compared with the whole area of Colombo(673.62sqkm) Dehiwala takes only 1.29%.But there are number of reasons as to why this small piece of land takes immense value among other lands.
Dehiwala is a city lying immediately south of Colombo,the Commercial capital. It directly connect with the transportation way to Colombo.Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat area is about 8.71sqkm (871.03 Hectare) small piece of land and only 1.29% of the area of capital city of Colombo.
There are many factors that affects tothe validation of this area.This is also home to SriLanka National Zoological gardens which remains of Asia's largest.Colombo South Teaching hospital is another important landmark in this area.This town has extensive population and rapid industrialization and urbanization in recent years.Dehiwala area lie directly Colombo south and along the Galle road it runs alone the coastal area to the south of country.
There are many stories about the history of this area. One of those is Diya+Wala which means a dip or hole filled with water.In past this area consists full of ponds,lakes etc thus famous as Diyawala (an area filled with water) and later on it became Dehiwala.
Another story in this name regard is that this area has many trees of Lime or a forest of lime trees and people call it Dehiwala.It is told that king of kotte has filled all this lime requirements from this area.
The following describes how the various village names have established in the area.
Since there was a Temple which had Seven Boe trees surrounded, the area called by this name.
An area having plenty of Nika trees(which is a herbal medicine) and considerally jungle area closer to Attidiya fields are known as Nikape.
People who belongs to Karava cast lived in this area and they did fishing for their way of living.
This area once called "Pattiyamulla"and it says the cattle hard produced curd & milk to the king's palace at kotte was brought up in this area.More than 500 carts that transport thing to castle maintained here and vast number of cattles lived in this area.
During the rainy season the huge flow of water ran through this area caused many pits and ponds.A place having lot of ponds and pits is known as Vilawala.
Because of a tunnel built in between Balapokuna Raja Maha Viharaya and Pamankada.Raja Maha Vihara and Sinhalese soldiers made there frequent walks through that tunnel, so its called Pamankada.This tunnel later had helped to release prince medhaya when he was imprisoned at Fort Royal prison during past. He was taken to pepiliyana Raja Maha vihara using this tunnel area,according to folk tales.
Except the Galle Road area,the middle part is geologically surrounded by a range of hills.The inner part of this hill area consist of huge hard black stone (like metal) Down these hills,The parts displayed in dark black and ponds filled with water. The area having large number of dark ponds are called Kalubowila according to folk tales.


Reginald Claude is a Wolverhampton stalwart, and the likeable 7 year old son of Monsieur Bond heads to the Midlands track on Friday night with more than just a squeak. Available at odds of 9/1 10.00 +900 9.00 9.00 -0.11 , he represents good value under competent pilot Charlotte Jenner.
Mark Usher's inmate knows the track like the back of his hand, and his last success at the track came over the 6 furlong trip, back in the spring. Has since gone on to score at Windsor and has put in a number of creditable efforts since. Last two runs have been over course and distance and has shown promise on both occasions, with slight excuses of being hampered or poorly positioned. Likes to be held up and come through horses late and Charlotte Jenner is the horse's regular pilot, and one of the best in this field of inexperienced riders.
Richard Fahey saddles the favourite Royal Connoisseur – a 4 year old son of Art Connoisseur who was a beaten favourite last week. Has plenty of solid form, but also has more than a handful of second place finishes, implying he may be a little quirky. That is probably not the ideal horse for an inexperienced jockey, and unfortunately, that is exactly what Hayley Irvine is. She may well be talented and Fahey knows the time of day with his young riders, but the combination of new jockey and tricky horse render Royal Connoisseur a false favourite in our eyes.
With a clear spin round, Reginald Claude should go close, and he represents solid each-way value.
Jeremy Noseda is not the easiest trainer to predict, but his runner Parkour looks too good value to leave at Wolverhampton. A thrice raced 2 year old colt, the son of Holy Roman Emperor has one piece of form which makes him very interesting in this average race.
After putting in an acceptable performance on debut at Nottingham, Parkour improved second time out at Kempton when switching to the all-weather. He was 4th of 12, beaten just 2 lengths, and there was plenty of promise in that run. Went to Windsor next time out and absolutely bombed out, finishing in last place, beaten 18 lengths. Something was clearly amiss that day, and Noseda has given his runner around 7 weeks to recover.
There is a very good chance that the horse will find his form again now returned to the all-weather, and it is interesting that Noseda is yet to have gelded the horse. Due to the strength behind the market leader If Winter Comes, Parkour is available at odds of 8/1 9.00 +800 8.00 8.00 -0.13 , which make him look a good bet. Stall 9 isn't a particularly bad one at Wolverhampton and he is likely to sit handy and track the leaders.


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John P. Murgo | Founder | CEO | Digital Immunity | Inc_
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A team member and well respected Biologist and Computer Scientist began to think about the relationship between computer software and biology. He discovered that just like genomics has a unique DNA that identifies them, so does software. He started to combine the research of Bioinformatics and Computer Science to figure out how he could identify the unique DNA of software executing in memory.
After 10 years of diligent research and advancements in technology, the concept of mapping the DNA of applications and operating systems software, combined with the technology to use that DNA to protect the integrity of executing code became possible.
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John understood from the beginning that chasing exploits and trying to identify malicious code was a losing battle. There are too many attackers (and nation states), with many creative people and good ideas. The only way to truly protect a system in memory was to monitor and protect its DNA (how it is supposed to work) at every step of its execution.
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Could you throw some light on your mission and vision statement?
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The work culture at Digital Immunity is open and inclusive. We are still a relatively small team, so it is easy to ensure everyone understands our vision, mission, goals and strategy. Everyone at Digital Immunity is passionate about what we are bringing to market; we all fully believe this is game-changing technology. We thrive on bringing value to our clients, innovating and collaborating with our clients and partners.
How are you contributing in the evolution of the cyber security industry?
Our contribution to the industry is to advance the Bioinformatic technique of true protection that doesn't require knowledge of an attack, or attacker. We are evolving end-point protection to be a critical element that is viable in legacy and mission-critical systems where other approaches do not meet the requirements. The zero-trust approach is simply an understanding of what is good and therefore extends, through a deterministic approach, to stop what is bad. Digital Immunity is changing the game, providing an advantage to the defenders and removing any points of attack.
What technologies are you leveraging to make your solutions resourceful?
We have fully developed all our technology and have 8 patents and more on the way. DI can integrate with and complement the defense-in-depth strategy of our customers. From a deployment perspective, DI is flexible, can be deployed on premise or in the cloud, and integrates with existing workflows to be easily maintained by non-cybersecurity professionals.
What are your company's future aspirations? What strategies are you undertaking to achieve those goals?
Our aspirations are to have our technology deployed in protection of the OT and mission-critical IT endpoints across industry. We strive to promote the zero-trust model and make our Bioinformatic approach to DNA mapping the de facto standard of endpoint protection. We are partnering with technology companies and service providers to scale faster; a founding member of the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance to promote best practices; and an active member of the ICS cybersecurity community.
A client in the life science industry is implementing Digital Immunity to defer the risk of patching and legacy system upgrades and said "we were looking for something to make patching irrelevant in OT. I think we found it in Digital Immunity." Through a deep analysis and assessment of all available technology, Digital Immunity was the only company that can deliver the best protection, securing the OT and mission-critical IT endpoints while shielding the good processes to sustain production without any impact from attempted cyber-attacks. "We've just started implementing the solution and it has already done it's job stopping an attack that made it through every other protection we have in place."
"Having a tool that gives me visibility of all IT and OT traffic is the first step so I know what to protect. Coupled with that, Digital Immunity is the most important investment. It is superman armor to those industrial applications that are running on the floor. It is the only technology that I know that truly changes the game of not having to patch on a high basis. We can prioritize production and use maintenance windows to do updates, all while remaining secure with DI Protect."
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Focus: Battleground Europe – A Bolt Action supplement
June 6, 2018 - Bolt Action, Bolt Action - Battleground Europe, Focus - Tagged: Battleground Europe, Bolt Action, Scenarios & Additional Rules
Battleground Europe was the first in the Warlord range of Bolt Action Theatre Books, each of which focus on a specific theatre of operations, providing detailed history, scenarios, army lists and rules for specific historical units and characters, so gamers can immerse themselves far more deeply in the detail of the campaign.
From D-Day to Germany!
This supplement deals with the final phase of World War II in Western Europe. It covers the build-up to the Invasion of Normandy, the fight through bocage country, the snowy forests of the Ardennes, and follows the combatants through to the crumbling of the Third Reich and German surrender.
This theatre book is a supplement to the tabletop wargame Bolt Action and its goal is to describe the context for games set within this phase of the war. What was it like to storm the beaches of Normandy? How formidable was the bocage country? What was it like to fight in the snowy forests of the Ardennes?
You will find several scenarios within the book some depicting actual historical battles while others offer a view on typical operations with the aim to give a sense of what the fighting was like. Additional units have also been included in the book, giving you something new to stretch your opponents with!
Exclusive Free Miniature
Remember that when you buy one of our rulebooks direct from us, it comes with an exclusive free miniature, not available anywhere else! For Battleground Europe the exclusive model is this British War Photographer – bravely risking his life to capture the heroics of the Allied soldiers on celluloid.
More Bolt Action Theatre Books
There are also Theatre Books for the Eastern Front, Pacific, Early War, etc so no matter where you choose to fight your games we'll have you covered!
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Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews, Sci-Fi
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 2/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 There is nothing quite as irksome as a promising book that fails to deliver. Despite its potential, Ernest Cline's poorly executed science fiction/fantasy debut "Ready Player… [Continue Reading]
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When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 "When Breath Becomes Air", a posthumously published memoir is divided into two halves – the first half chronicles Paul Kalanithi's early life and… [Continue Reading]
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 A little boy. An unnamed monster. Birds from an unnamed realm which feed on said unnamed monster. A woman so old that she witnessed the Big Bang. A girl who has been 11 years old for an uncertain period of time. A… [Continue Reading]
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A Midsummer's Equation | Keigo Higashino | Book Review
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Running with Scissors | Augusten Burroughs | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 "Running with Scissors" is a memoir recounting American author Burroughs's outrageous adolescent life. As a child, Burroughs was a neat-freak, obsessive about keeping his hair, clothes and surroundings picture-perfect. His parents were constantly having violent fights and when… [Continue Reading]
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Eight to be inducted into Virginia Communications Hall of Fame
Author: Brian McNeill, University Public Affairs
Since its inception in 1986, 172 communications professionals have been inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, which is hosted by the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture.
Photo top row, left to right: Barbara Ciara, Doug Coleburn, Brian Ellis and Bill Eure. Bottom row, left to right: Kym Grinnage, Cabell Harris, Thomas P. Kapsidelis and Donald Lee.
Eight distinguished media professionals will be inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame at an awards ceremony on March 26 at the Altria Theater.
The Virginia Communications Hall of Fame recognizes communications professionals with exceptional careers in advertising, journalism, public relations, new media and other media fields, and who have made outstanding long-term contributions in the field of communications and who were either born in Virginia or became distinctively identified with the state.
Since its inception in 1986, 172 communications professionals have been inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, which is hosted by the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University.
This year's inductees are:
Barbara Ciara, anchor and managing editor of WTKR-TV News 3 in Hampton Roads, is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering news stories in locations such as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Haiti and Mexico. Her stateside coverage includes political campaigns, investigative reporting and interviews with luminaries such as Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Ciara earned an undergraduate degree Summa Cum Laude from Hampton University in Virginia. In 1978, she became the youngest female and first African American to hold the position of news director at a commercial television station in the Southwest. She also broke new ground in February 1997 by becoming the managing editor of Local News on Cable, or LNC, a first-of-its-kind partnership among commercial television, cable and The Virginian-Pilot newspaper.
Doug Coleburn is retired editor of the Blackstone Courier-Record, where he has served since 1948. For more than 70 years, he has been a champion of open government and transparency — both as a journalist and as a local elected official for 53 years. He has published several books and won numerous awards from the Virginia Press Association. For most of his life, he has written columns, editorials and stories and taken compelling photographs that have informed and entertained generations of Southside Virginians.
Brian Ellis, executive vice president at Padilla, currently leads its crisis and issues management practice. He began his career in the communications business at 19 as a late-night DJ at the University of Florida as well as a reporter/anchor at the school's PBS station WRUF. Ellis spent most of the next decade reporting and anchoring the news for TV stations in Augusta, Georgia, Richmond, Virginia, and Tampa, Florida. He moved to public relations 29 years ago, managing national campaigns and helping clients navigate major crisis issues. He was a founding member of Carter Ryley Thomas, which grew to be the largest PR agency in Virginia.
Bill Eure, who passed away in January, was a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, who began his broadcasting career in the sales department of WAVY-AM/TV in Hampton Roads. He became general manager of WRAP-AM in Norfolk in 1960, sales manager at WMAL-TV in Washington in 1965, and entered broadcast ownership in 1970 with the purchase of WSSV-AM and WPLZ-FM in Petersburg. Eure began the first African American programmed FM station in the Richmond market, Magic 99, in 1981. Eure went on to own WKEZ-FM in Yorktown and WINA-AM, WWWV-FM and WQMZ-FM in Charlottesville with his sons. In addition to serving as the Virginia Association of Broadcasters president in 1975, Eure also was past president of the Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters, a member of the National Association of Broadcasters Medium Market Committee and a member of its board of directors. He was recognized by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters with its C.T. Lucy Distinguished Service Award.
Kym Grinnage has been vice president and general manager of WWBT-TV NBC12 since 2011. He also assumed responsibility of WUPV-TV CW Richmond in 2019. Grinnage joined the station in 1990 as an account executive followed by appointments as national sales manager, local sales manager and general sales manager. Before coming to Richmond from New York, he was a sales account executive with CBS television. Prior to that, Grinnage held positions in sales and affiliate relations with NBC. He is the recipient of three Associated Press awards for Best Editorial and a Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities' 2018 Humanitarian Award. He lives in Chesterfield County with his wife, Kyle.
Cabell Harris is founder of WORK Inc., a creative branding agency in Richmond, Virginia. His early career includes work with companies in New York, Boston and Los Angeles. In addition to managing WORK, creating ad campaigns, corporate identities, packaging products, publishing books, building apps and taking his own brands and products to market, Cabell was a professor for over 10 years at the VCU BrandCenter. Cabell has been recognized in every major industry award show including: Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards, The One Show, New York Addys, ADC Annual Awards, Graphis, Athena Advertising Awards, the International ANDY Awards, British Design & Art Direction, Effie Awards, Communication Arts and over 10 Best of Shows for the Richmond Addys. Various publications have declared him one of the top creatives in the country.
Thomas P. Kapsidelis is a veteran Virginia journalist and author of "After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings," published in 2019 by the University of Virginia Press. He was an editor for 28 years at the Richmond Times-Dispatch before accepting a fellowship in 2016 at Virginia Humanities to complete his book. A native of Petersburg, Kapsidelis previously was the Richmond bureau manager for United Press International and a reporter with The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina. Kapsidelis graduated from the University of Maryland in 1977 with a B.S in journalism and from Goucher College in 2014 with an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction. He is a visiting assistant professor of journalism at the University of Richmond for the current academic year and formerly taught as an adjunct instructor at VCU's Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture.
Donald Lee is a cameraman and journalist for CBS News' "60 Minutes" based in Washington. His career began at VCU, where he enrolled in the newly formed broadcast news curriculum. The academic community included local radio and TV stations, and at WWBT-TV in Richmond, he joined a group of cameramen and women who would become lifelong friends and family members. Over the next five decades working for CBS News in Washington and for the past 10 years at "60 Minutes," he has covered conflict, politics, natural disasters and everyday life while raising a family with his wife, Barbara, also a VCU alum. Awards include three Emmys, two duPont-Columbia Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Tickets to the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame are available for $150 each and can be reserved online. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Hall of Fame scholarship fund at VCU.


This year's Current British Archaeology in Egypt conference celebrated the achievements in fieldwork supported by the Egypt Exploration Society during 2015-16. Four projects were showcased in hour-long lectures, while a further eight were presented in posters around the venue.
The financial contributions made by members and donors allowed the Society to support these projects via funding or in administrative functions from our Cairo Office, and so we were delighted to also welcome Essam Nagy, our Fieldwork and Engagement Manager, to attend the event too.
The event was kicked off by EES Director, Dr Cédric Gobeil – his first major event since taking on the role in October 2016. Dr Martin Bommas from the Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project (QHRP), a joint EES-University of Birmingham mission in Aswan, began proceedings with discussions of recent findings in the necropolis area and the well-publicised discoveries of the causeway of Sarenput I. As well as these remarkable findings, Martin also presented some other findings that he had made around Aswan during the course of his work there and looks forward to bringing further updates in EA and JEA. The findings by the QHRP are dramatically changing the way we think about the Old-Middle Kingdom necropolis on Aswan's west bank and further investigations during 2017-18 will provide vital clues towards a chronological and spatial analysis of its development.
Dr Diane Johnson provided an insight into the unique collection of fossilised remains discovered at Qau el-Kebir by Guy Brunton and Flinders Petrie in 1924. Two to three tonnes of fossilised bones recovered from burial shaft 562 in cemetery 400 were described by Petrie as one of the most important discoveries he ever made. Considered to be evidence of a never before reported local Seth worship practise in the area, Diane has been funded by the EES to use a variety of techniques including scanning electron microscopy, x-ray CT imaging, mass spectrometry, and carbon dating to understand better the collection and its implications on religious practises at Qau el-Kebir.
The Nile Delta has long been an area of interest for the Society and its Delta Survey. Benjamin Pennington provided an update on his work around the ancient site of Naukratis and its evolving fluvial landscape over time. In particular his focus was on the period c. 6000–2500 BC and the ways in which the landscape had influenced changing settlement patterns, subsistence strategies, and social developments culminating in the emergence of the ancient Egyptian state. Using over 1600 geological borehole records, radiocarbon, OSL and pottery dates Ben has formed a 4D model of the Delta to reveal the changing landscape and its implications for societies living there at the time.
The final lecture of the day was provided by Dr Hannah Pethen on behalf of the team investigating graffiti preserved at the quarries of Hatnub under the direction of Dr Roland Enmarch. Hannah has conducted her own research at the site and presented her findings using high resolution satellite imagery and Geographic Information System (GIS) software. Using a combination of 'off-site' survey and data from fieldwork and GIS analyses Hannah has been able to study the distribution, visibility, gradient and clustering of archaeological remains along the Hatnub quarry road, to understand how movement around the site was facilitated and controlled, how resources were transported after quarrying and what influenced the location of roads, shelters, cairns and guard-posts.
Dr Cédric Gobeil closed the event, reflecting on the continuing relevance of the EES in providing support to projects in Egypt and the wider discipline, not only through financing fieldwork but also by providing a broader infrastructure of publications and events in order to communicate the results of the work to wider audiences.
We very much look forward to what projects will be able to present at CBAE 2018 and hope that many of you can join us then.
The Society would like to thank all those that attended the event, and in particular the speakers. We are also very grateful to the volunteers that made the event a success, from running registration desks to photography and catering - thank you all!


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Nowadays and even more so, big companies are not interested in just products; they are also interested in the finishes of their facilities. Architecture and interior design professionals know very well that any small details are important and necessary to obtain optimum results.
The thorough porcelain stoneware by Urbatek has attracted a lot of interest to use this ceramic in its more demanding designs. Proof of this is the various projects in automobile dealers which have been carried out throughout this last year by the PORCELANOSA Group Trademark.
During 2013, renowned companies such as BMW, Nissan, Jeep, Land Rover, Peugeot or Citroën have put their trust in the PORCELANOSA Group products to pave their showrooms around the world, thanks to the technical characteristics of our floorings and finishes.
Its extraordinary strength and weariness makes this ceramic stoneware the most suitable material for high pedestrian traffic areas, such as automobile dealers.
With many available finishes and wide selection of formats, this ceramic offers a high performance in the most adverse conditions as it is a material without any superficial varnish, nor double loaded which offers a higher modulus of rupture than the current established standards (40 N/mm3, agasint 35 N/mm3 which is required).
Furthermore, this high performance porcelain presents a practically inexistent water absorption (about 0.1%), giving this material a clean and highly hygienic surface.
Therefore, the Urbatek collection is undoubtedly the evolution of stoneware in order to offer you the best results in the most demanding conditions.


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Q: jQuery can't get display value of a span, when using a class only style below are two different methods of setting the display to none for a span container, one using a class and another using style.
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$('div span').not(':visible')...

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(by the way, the above code is selecting invisible divs and spans. To get only the visible ones it would be $('div span:visible'))


SOLD OUT WINEMAKER'S DINNER with Andrea SOTTIMANO and his stunning BARBARESCOS at Quo Vadis On Wednesday 21st November we are hosting a wine dinner in the private dining room of Quo Vadis, together with Andrea Sottimano.
We have had Andrea Sottimano (from the eponymous wine estate in Piemonte) going round the shops and various restaurant customers this week, tasting his wines, culminating in a dinner at Quo Vadis. And they are just great. The Barbarescos (Barbaresci?) (no - appparently 'Barbareschi' is correct) are awesome, but it is clear from our tastings that these young wines they do benefit from being opened early if possible.
The Wine Gang will undoubtedly be familiar to many of our customers, but for those who are not the 'Gang' is made up of five of the UK's foremost wine writers and tasters: Tom Cannavan, Jane Parkinson, Anthony Rose, Joanna Simon, and David Williams.


The concept of "rentals" often makes people envision compact, cramped housing complexes connected to other compact, cramped housing complexes. Anybody relocating to 76103, however, will want to keep in mind that they will also find houses for rent in the area. There are a variety of good reasons for you to consider houses for rent in 76103 as an alternative to apartments, townhouses, or buying a home, and by making use of a quality search tool, it can help you identify the ideal place that meets your expectations.
A large number of individuals favor houses for rent in 76103 since they provide added space when matched against nearly all townhomes or apartments. Additionally, rental homes allow for greater flexibility by having lease obligations not any longer than a year (most often) and limited obligation for repairs. All leases should be examined carefully though so that you understand each and every detail, but for the most part, the landlord is going to be the person obligated to repair A/C, furnace or plumbing troubles, many times even have the grass mowed, and many other things.
In 76103, houses for rent are found mainly in outer-lying locations, versus in the heart of downtown. Even so, you might be able to locate a nice house downtown if you`re ok with putting in a little additional time and energy. Houses for rent in 76103 give a lot of added square footage versus townhomes or apartments, thus they are going to be terrific for families and groups of multiple roommates. Differing from the majority of other types of housing, houses are disconnected from other dwellings—they tend not to have community facilities not unlike apartment units do, and typically give you some kind of a front or back yard. Houses for rent in 76103 are also still within easy travel distance to most of the city`s places of employment, top destinations and entertainment areas.
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After locating a house for rent in 76103 that matches all your desired features, plan a day to check out it before paying any upfront money for it or signing any official documents. Meaning that you`d be going to view the place in person, instead of only taking a look at pics sent to you from the real estate agent or owner, or even seen over the internet.
When the moment arrives and you are at last going to see a home, ensure that you detect what type of condition it`s in. The owner is traditionally the person accountable for the house`s overall maintenance and upkeep, so it`s existing state may be a hint as to just how it will be taken care of via the property owner during the time frame you`ll be calling that place home. Has the yard been taken care of and is in reasonable shape? Are the walls full of peeling and breaks, or are the carpets and rugs excessively dirty and stained? Do all of the kitchen and other household appliances (heating and central A/C) power on? Do the back and front doors lock securely? You`ll also want to have a look at the immediate surrounding area and observe whether the other houses compare well to your expectations. Even when not under the same exact landlord`s management, how they are maintained can reflect on the area by and large.
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Live updates - Collector Road crash sparks delays with drivers urged to avoid area
Motorists have been advised to seek an alternative route and allow extra time for their journey during Wednesday's rush hour through Castle Bromwich
Stephanie BallooSenior Reporter
M6 QUEUES PIC TREVOR ROBERTS Massive queues on the M6 motorway, southbound last night. STOCK PIC M6 TRAFFIC CHAOS, CONGESTION
A crash on a busy city route is causing major delays - with drivers urged to avoid the area.
The collision has brought traffic around the A452 Collector Road to a standstill in Castle Bromwich this morning (Weds, Jan 22).
Motorists have been advised to seek an alternative route during the early rush hour following the 7am RTC near Parkfield Drive.
Commuters heading westbound towards the M6 junction 5 island will also be affected by the heavy traffic.
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Man injured in two car crash 08:27
Delays extend to M6 08:18
Crash sparks delays 08:14
Collision cleared
Man injured in two car crash
The crash which has sparked delays this morning involved two cars at the junction of Collector Road and Parkfield Drive, Castle Bromwich.
One man, who managed to get himself out of his vehicle. was injured and taken to hospital for further checks.
No one else was said to be injured.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said:
One of our ambulances came across the RTC so stopped to render aid. We sent a second ambulance at 6.34am to the two car RTC.
We treated and conveyed one man who had managed to extricate from his vehicle. He was given treatment on scene before being taken to Heartlands Hospital for further checks.
Standstill for 45 minutes
Motorists on the Collector Road were said to have faced a 45 minute standstill this morning as they made their way to work.
Traffic is believed to be moving slowly again now, but the crash appears to have caused significant delays to journeys in the area.
Delays extend to M6
The delays are also affecting the M6 near junction 5 this morning.
West Midlands Roads said the collision was causing traffic on the busy motorway from 7am.
Any commuters heading in this direction should seek alternative routes and avoid the area surrounding Collector Road, Castle Bromwich.
Crash sparks delays
Motorists are being warned to avoid the busy A452 Collector Road this morning following a crash at the junction of Parkfield Drive.
The collision took place at around 7am and is now causing delays in the area - including on the M6 junction 5.
The severity of the crash is not yet known, but rush hour commuters have been told to seek alternative routes.


Wickenburg's Wild West Run is hosted by Champions of Wickenburg Youth (COWY), a 501(c)3, charitable, non-profit organization.
We at COWY believe the future of success is found in the hands of the next generation. Sports and other youth programs help guide our boys and girls to develop principles of hard work, dedication, and endurance. The traits these young people gain from participating in sports, music, and other youth programs will not only help them be better students, but eventually prepare them to be better parents, citizens, and leaders. As such, we are focused on helping local youth programs develop safe and effective opportunities for young people.
Having gradually ascended above the town, the turnaround gives participants a picturesque view of the town and it's surrounding beauty. You won't find a more beautiful run in all of Arizona. So enjoy the run while you're out, but ya'll come back for a wild west finish of fun at Sunset Park.
Race timing will be provided by Race Timers using a disposable timing chip. Results will be displayed at the finish line moments after the runner finishers, results will be also available during the event online.